Scarlet Letter: January 21, 2002

Dateline

January 21-26

Events are open to the public free of charge unless noted; films are shown at 7 and 9:30 p.m. in Gulick Theatre (GT) and Hepburn 218 (H 218) unless noted.

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Monday, January 21
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
(see below)
Classes Begin

·Martin Luther King Jr. Day Observances: Chapel service with remarks by President Sullivan, 5 p.m., followed by a candlelight procession to The Underground for an "open microphone" and video screening of I Have A Dream.

Tuesday, January 22
·Women's Basketball: vs. Potsdam, 6 p.m.
·Film: Training Day (GT), R.
·Men's Basketball: vs. Potsdam, 8 p.m.

Wednesday, January 23
·Zen Meditation, Herring-Cole, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, January 24
·
Film: The Others (GT), PG-13.

Friday, January 25

·Men's Hockey: vs. Colgate,
7 p.m.

Saturday, January 26

·Squash: SLU Tournament (Middlebury, Connecticut College, William Smith), 10 a.m.
·Indoor Track: SLU Classic, noon.
·Film: Serendipity (GT), PG-13.
·Men's Hockey: vs. Cornell,
7 p.m.

In Brush Gallery
"Out of the Woods and into the Fire," Bruce Gundersen and Jerilea Zempel (sculptural works by two artists based in New York City and the Adirondacks), January 21-February 13; "Countdown to Eternity: Photographs by Benedict J. Fernandez" (photographs of Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement), January 21-February 13.

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Volume X No. 17

January 21, 2002

The Scarlet Letter is published weekly except during break periods during the academic year for St. Lawrence employees by the staff of the University communications office. Submissions, comments and questions can be addressed to or faxed to 7422; deadline is Wednesday at 5 p.m. for the following Monday's edition. To find The Scarlet Letter on the University's Web site: www.stlawu.edu/scarlet/scarlet.html.

Major Campus Events, 2001-02
(Weekends unless noted)
· Board of Trustees Meetings: February 7-9, May 16-18
·Alumni Council: February 15-17 (For information: 5585)
·Admissions Scholar Days: Monday, April 8; Monday, April 15 (For information: 5261)
·Admissions Open Houses for Accepted Students: April 13, April 20 (For information: 5261)
·Commencement Weekend: May 17-19 (For information: 5585)
·Reunion Weekend: May 31-June 2 (For information: 5904)

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Martin Luther King Jr. Day: Martin Luther King Jr. Day, January 21, will be observed on campus with a chapel service, with remarks by President Sullivan, beginning at 5 p.m., followed by a candlelight procession to The Underground for an "open microphone" and video screening of I Have A Dream. Also, the Brush Gallery exhibition "Countdown to Eternity: Photographs by Benedict J. Fernandez," which consists of 50 photographs of King and other leaders and events of the Civil Rights Movement, 1965-68, opens January 21. A slide lecture by the photographer, with a reception following, is scheduled for Friday, February 8, at 4 p.m. in Griffiths 123.

Taxi!: Taxi service to locations throughout the North Country was scheduled for inauguration on January 20. This service, partially underwritten for students by the University, is available Monday-Saturday, noon to 11 p.m., and Sunday, 1-9 p.m. When not in service, a taxi will be available without reservation in the Vilas parking lot; or call Potsdam Taxi at 265-0721. For information, including the fee structure: 5555. This service is in addition to the free airport service and holiday bus service already in existence.

NEH Applications: Scholars from the participating institutions of the Associated Colleges of the St. Lawrence Valley are invited to apply for participation in the SUNY Potsdam 2002 NEH Faculty Summer Seminar, "Freud and the Compulsion for Antiquity," led by Richard Armstrong, University of Houston, June 4-27. Deadline for application is January 31, 2002. For information, application materials and seminar description/syllabus: David Curry, 267-2021 or currydc@potsdam.edu, or Ruth Sullivan, 267-2005 or sullivrs@potsdam.edu.

Ladysmith Black Mambazo Concert: Free tickets for this concert are available only to St. Lawrence students, faculty and staff at the Noble Center Information Desk, Jan. 21-Feb. 1. Any remaining tickets for the general public will be available after February 1. The concert, part of the Hewlett Project "Flippin' the Script" series of events this semester, is scheduled for Saturday, February 9, at 8 p.m. in Gulick Theatre, with a simulcast in the Northstar Pub and The Underground.

Ruggers for Rent: Members of the women's rugby team are available for odd jobs through March 10, as a fund-raiser for the team. For details and an appointment: Kelly Davis, 386-2210, or Morgan Fee, 6277.

Meditation Sessions: Fifteen-minute meditation times are scheduled for Tuesday evenings, 9-9:15 p.m., and Thursday mornings, 7:45-8 a.m., in Gunnison Chapel (chapel garden, weather permitting). For information: 5256. Counseling services offers meditation workshops, 4:30-6 p.m. most Mondays and Thursdays in Dean-Eaton Lounge; these include meditation and discussion. For information: 5391.

Lunch Bunch: Laurentian Women's Association Lunch Bunch normally meets on the first Wednesday of each month during the academic year in the Noble Center Formal Lounge. Dates for the spring semester are February 6, March 6, April 3 and May 8 (note: this is the second Wednesday of May). Reservations must be made by noon the preceding day with Mickey Williams, 386-8781. At the February 6 meeting, Carol Pynchon will speak about her family's trip abroad during the first half of 2001.

Retirees Luncheons: University retirees gather on the second Tuesday of each month during the academic year in the Noble Center Formal Lounge for lunch. Dates for the spring emester are February 12, March 12, April 9 and May 14. Reservations must be made by noon the preceding day with Mickey Williams, 386-8781, or Wanda Renick, 386-3474. At the February 12 meeting, Carol Budd, biology, will speak on the Integrated Science Education Initiative.

Achievements

Cory Towne has been appointed manager of server management, effective January 2, 2002. This position oversees recruitment, training and supervision of the information technology support staff directly responsible for the University's multiple operating system server environment.

Chapin Professor of Geology and Mineralogy Mark Erickson and Booth Platt '99 presented their results from the study of fossil mites in a paper titled "Early Holocene fossil oribatid mite biofacies as proxies of paleohabitat at the Hiscock Site" at Smith Symposium II last October at the Buffalo Museum of Science. The work resulted from Platt's senior thesis in geology; the paper incorporated thesis work by Douglas Jennings '93.

Eleven students have been awarded travel grants to assist with costs incurred while conducting research during the spring semester. Students awarded grants are:

Cabot Family Endowment for International & Intercultural Education
Hillary Baker '02, "Experiencing Third-World Health Care: Organization and Treatment"
Ann Newman '03, "Changes in the Role of Women from the Dictatorship (1939-1975) to the Democratic Period
(1975-present) in Spain"
Nicola Reid '04, "Trinidad vs. Jamaica Carnivals"

David H. Cool Fund for International & Intercultural Education
Danae Kesel '03, "Finding First-Hand the Truths of Religion in Guatemala"

D. Douglas Andrews Memorial Award
Rachel Kelley '03, "Photographic Documentary of the Pacuare & Reventazon Rivers in Costa Rica"
Brendan Lynch '03, "A Comparative Study of the Liturgical Music of American and European Catholism"
John Stevens '04, "The Pub As a Community Crossroad"

Giltz Family Fund
Matthew Gaines '04, "Fieldwork on Aspects of the Bark-Cloth Industry in Southwestern Uganda"
Richard Kline '02, "Investigations of Aristolochia Salvadorensis"

Betsy Cogger Rezelman International Travel Endowment
Kimberly Tarr '04, "Form and Function of 13th-Century Castles of the British Isles"

Romeo/Gilbert Intercultural Endowment
Leah Kriger '03, "Fair Trade in Coffee: The UCIRI Cooperative"

The awards are granted through the office of international and intercultural studies at St.Lawrence.

More than 30 student, faculty and staff volunteers from St. Lawrence University spent part of the semester break assisting with recovery and cleanup efforts at "Ground Zero," the site of the September 11 collapse of the World Trade Center's twin towers in New York City. From January 6 through 12, members of the group worked at two locations near the site:
the coroner's office on 1st Ave., where rescue workers may bring the remains of someone who, through DNA tests, has been identified as missing; and "Ground Zero" itself, where a tent has been set up for volunteers to report for assignments from coordinators working with the Salvation Army. Depending upon those assignments, volunteers are dispatched to various sites where workers are most needed, during the 3 to 11 p.m. shift. St. Lawrence volunteers have been provided free lodging at a nearby YMCA facility. The project originated at a North Country Scholar Day admissions event in November; attendees included Disaster Relief Project Director for the Salvation Army Randy Widrick, a Colton, New York, resident who has been in New York City since September 13. On-campus coordination was done by St. Lawrence Leadership Academy Project Director Anne Townsend.

Former St. Lawrence University Nordic skiing and cross country running and track star Lawton Redman '98 won his third US National Championship in the last nine months and took the top qualifying spot for the U.S. Olympic team at the Olympic Biathlon Trials.

Town and Gown
St. Lawrence has formally requested that the Village of Canton annex four University-owned properties on the north side of East Main Street, making them part of the village. All are now part of the Town of Canton. In a letter to Canton Mayor Robert Wells, Vice President for Administrative Operations Thomas Coakley stated, "Adding these properties would appropriately add to the tax base of the Village and that is, in fact, our objective in making this request."
Should the request be granted, the University will also request a zoning change for the parcels, from their present Town of Canton designation as commercial, to the village's "highest permissible residential zoning." Coakley pointed out in the letter that the properties in question all have deed restrictions that limit their use to residential purposes.
The University has also requested that four additional properties be removed from tax rolls, and be designated as tax-exempt properties. They are:
21 Elm Street - Viebranz Scholar residence
7 Maple Street - Safety and Security Officer
11 Maple Street - Office for Corporate and Foundation Relations
127 Miner Street - To be a vacant lot
"These are properties that we utilize more directly in the operation of the University," Coakley's letter states.
Town Supervisor David Button has referred the request to Town Attorney Charles Nash, who plans to report to the town board in February with a recommendation.

Campaign St. Lawrence Report
Through November 30, 2001, Campaign St. Lawrence totals $105,377,826. With 13 months remaining, the campaign was at 81% of its $130 million goal.

Listed below are new campaign commitments of $10,000 or more, from campaign donors of $25,000 or more,
September 30, 2001-November 30, 2001:

For Unrestricted Purposes:

From Kate and Allen Newell, $24,999 for the St. Lawrence Fund, bringing their campaign total to $923,172.
From the Estate of George Partridge 1896, $678,604 for the Laura Adele Partridge Memorial Endowment Fund.
From Frank W. and Charlotte Appleton P'71, $142,325 (pooled life income fund) for unrestricted use, bringing his campaign total to $272,483.

From Herbert '47 and Sylvia '47 Watkins, $12,366 (charitable gift annuity) for unrestricted use, bringing their campaign total to $148,865.
From John B. Hitchcock '52, $25,000 (charitable gift annuity) for unrestricted use, bringing his campaign total to $97,442.
From Barbara P. Newell '48, $10,584 for the St. Lawrence Fund, bringing her campaign total to $63,137.
From Edward W. Keller '86, $15,000 for the St. Lawrence Fund, bringing his campaign total to $38,475.

For Academic Programs and Student Enrichment:

From Bruce '60 and Ann '63 Benedict, $25,231 for the Linda R. Pettit Scholarship Fund, bringing their campaign total to $1,611,223.
From an anonymous friend of St. Lawrence, $500,000 for the Alfred C. Viebranz Endowment for Creative Writing, bringing the individual's campaign total to $1,600,000.
From David L. Torrey, $25,000 for the Linda R. Pettit Scholarship Fund, bringing his campaign total to $1,073,415.
From Barbara '51 and Archie '50 MacAllaster, $10,375 for the Linda R. Pettit Scholarship Fund, bringing their campaign total to $1,025,772.
From Michael W. Ranger '80, $25,000 for the Linda R. Pettit Scholarship Fund, bringing his campaign total to $1,025,051.
From Kate and Allen Newell, $10,000 for the Linda R. Pettit Scholarship Fund, bringing their campaign total to $923,172.
From Lawrence '60 and Sally Winston P'85, $10,000 for the Linda R. Pettit Scholarship Fund, bringing their campaign total to $739,648.
From Frank and Grace Burr P'97, '03, $25,000 for the Linda R. Pettit Scholarship Fund, bringing their campaign total to $644,202.
From President Emeritus Frank P. Piskor, $20,000 (pooled life income fund) and $567 (outright) for the Anne C. and Frank P. Piskor Endowed Scholarship, bringing his campaign total to $349,102.
From Edward Amsler '68, $10,000 for the Linda R. Pettit Scholarship Fund, bringing his campaign total to $322,550.
From Preston C. Carlisle '52, $28,717 for the Carlisle Family Athletic Program Endowment Fund, bringing his campaign total to $172,531.
From the Independent College Fund of New York, $10,000 for various scholarship funds, bringing their campaign total to $106,935.
From the Independent Colleges Office, $30,000 for the Teaching Scholar Partnerships program, bringing their campaign total to $30,000.

For Facilities and Grounds:

From Lawrence '60 and Sally Winston P'85, $5,000 for Canaras Conference Center and $5,000 for campus beautification, bringing their campaign total to $739,648.
From Alfred Viebranz '42, $30,000 for Kohlberg House, the residence for the Viebranz Visiting Writer, bringing his campaign total to $305,586.


Other Gifts:

From Barbara '51 and Archie '50 MacAllaster, $10,375 in memory of John Hannon '44, bringing their campaign total to $1,025,772.
From Richard Young '40, $175,864 (charitable remainder trust) for the Janet Nevins Young Scholarship, Owen D. Young Library and unrestricted purposes, bringing his campaign total to $845,325.

Job Openings

(For all openings, St. Lawrence University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Complete position descriptions are available in the human resources office or at http://web.stlawu.edu/resources/job.html. If a deadline is not given, review begins upon receipt of applications.)

Bookstore: Clerk II, Level 13, January 22. Government: Visiting assistant professor in comparative politics, March 1. Intercollegiate Athletics and Recreation: Assistant football coach/defensive coordinator. Jeffrey Campbell Graduate Fellows Program, March 1 (for information: Peter Bailey, English).