HEALTH-PLAN RATESThe 1996 rate structures are announcedfor the endowed Managed Choice and80/20 Health Care Plan.

IT'S FAMILY WEEKENDParents and relatives of first-yearundergraduates are visiting campusduring the next three days.

Chinese-American activist Harry Wu will speak Nov. 5

of his jail term.Wu 's detention followed the controversial visit to Cornell,

June 8-10, by Taiwanese President and university alumnus

Harry Wu, a man whose life has become emblematic ofhuman rights activism, will speak at Cornell on Sunday,Nov. 5, in the David L. Call Alumni Auditorium in KennedyHall at 7:30 p.m. Tickets, at $3 for students and $5 for others,are on sale at the Willard Straight Hall Ticket Office.

By his own account, Wu, 58, has spent almost 20 yearsin Chinese prisons and under forced labor for hi attempts toexpose human-rights violations in that country.

As recently as this summer, Wu, a naturalized Americancitizen, was imprisoned for nine weeks in China after tryingto enter the country on June 19 using a United Statespassport. He was charged with disclosing state secrets toforeign organizations, a crime which could have resulted in

Wu

the death penalty.After much diplomatic maneu­

vering between the United Statesand China, Wu was expelled onAug. 24, after a Chinese court con­victed him ofspying and sentencedhim to 15 years in jail. Wu said hehad decided to go on a hungerstrike "unto the death" if Chineseauthorities had made him serve any

Lee Tung-hui. Both events exacerbated tensions betweenChina and the United States.

Wu, the son of a well-to-do Shanghai banker, was first putin a Chinese prison camp in 1960 while he was a student atBeijing Geological College, and he spent the next 19 yearsunder forced-labor conditions.

A Hoover Institution research fellow, he came to the UnitedStates in 1985 as a visiting scholar at the University ofCalifornia. Berkeley. But he risked his freed m again in 1991when he returned twice to his homeland to ecretly videotapehuman right violations.

Wu's talk is sponsored by the Third World StudentProgramming Board.

would rewrite the Memorandum of Under­standing (MOU) to reflect the new name ofthe university and to make it more specific,"said Haldeman.

"The CAU leadership will provide a listof priority areas which they feel is importantto study. These scientific areaswill be sharedwith Cornell faculty and, where there ap­pears to be common grou nd for research andteaching, the new MOU will reflect them,"he said. "Initially, they have identified bio­technology, molecular biology and envi­ronment science as areas in which theywould like to exchange information." .

The benefits of entering such agreementsare numerous, accordingto ormanT. Uphoff,directorofCIIFAD. "The potential for geniusis spread evenly around the globe. We want towork with the Chinese to encourage an open­ness of science and tap that genius," he said."The sheer magnitude of Asia is important to

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Haldeman

pronouncing the merger of China's twoleading agricultural universities. BeijingAg­ricultural University and Beijing Agricul­tural Engineering University have beenmerged to become China Agricultural Uni­versity. Foote holds an honorary professor­ship at the newly created institution.

With the emergence ofa newer, strongeruniversity, it became an appropriate time toconsider the information-sharing potential.

"On this trip, it was decided that we

Foote

Scary night for dancing

Robert Barker Unh-ersity Photograph,lTom Smulders, left, a grad student in psychology, and Ingrid Hau, a junior in neurobiology and behavior, showtheir steps at an Oct. 27 Halloween Party at the Big Red Bam sponsored by the Ballroom Dancing Club.

Visit fortifies CU research connections to ChinaBy Blaine P. Friedlander Jr.

Two Cornell educators have returned froma China visit that fortified already-strongconnections between the university andChina's most prestigious agricultural re­search institutions.

"We have a very positive feeling aboutthe leadership in the new China Agricul­tural University. They reaffirmed verystrongly about enhancing the relationshipbetween the Chinese research institutionsand Cornell," said James E. Haldeman,associate director of the Cornell Interna­tional Institute for Food, Agriculture andDevelopment (ClIFAD). "I feel very opti­mistic that we could seize the moment. InChina, there is a great scientific ability."

Haldeman and Robert H. Foote, the JacobGould Schurman Professor Emeritus ofAnimal Science, represented Cornell Uni­versity for the Oct. 8 ceremonies officially

Aahrawi

Palestinianspokespersonvisits Nov. 7-8

Hanan Ashrawi, internationally known asone ofthe chiefspokespersons for thecause ofPalestinian independence, will be the 1995Henry E. and Nancy Horton Bartels WorldAffairs Fellow at Cornell Nov. 7 and 8.

Ashrawi will present the Bartels Fellow­Ship lecture on Wednesday, ov. 8, in theDavid L. Call Alumni Auditorium ofKennedy Hall at 7:30 p.m.

Titled "The MiddleEast Peace Process: APersonal Account,"the lecture is free andopen to the public.

Ashrawi's two­day visit to Cornellis hosted by theMario Einaudi Cen­ter for InternationalStudies. She will

meet with students and faculty from theNear Eastern Studies, Peace Studies andWomen's Studies programs, the ArabClub, the Israeli community and studentinterested in human rights and Arab-Is­rael i concerns.

Ashrawi will sign copies of her recentbook, This Side of Peace: A Personal Ac­COunt, at the Campus Store on Tuesday,

ov. 7, at 2:45 p.m.Ashrawi rose to prominence in the inter­

national arena when she was chosen asspokesper on for the Palestinian delega­tion to the ground-breaking Middle Eastpeace conference in Madrid in 1991. Aneloquent speaker in both English and Ara­bic, she soon came to be viewed as one ofthe most articulate and recognized voicesfor the Palestinian cause. On the podiumand in the media, she received praise for herkeen intellect and her fierce commitment tohuman rights.

She continued to serve as a spokespersonfor the Palestinians at the 1992 bilateraltalk in Washington, D.C., between Israeland the Arab delegations. After Yasir Arafatand Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabinclasped hands on the South Lawn of theWhite House to mark the accord betweenthe PlO and Israel in 1993, Ashrawi wasinvited to serve in Arafat's new administra­tion. She dedi ned the offer and instead wentOn to become commissioner general of thePalestinian Independent Commission forCitizens' Rights, a group that monitors com­plaints of mistreatment. This summer, shestepped down from that post. citing an "ab-

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remember - it's got more than half theworld's population and we want them to bepart of the human enterprise. Their knowl­edge i fir t class, as i ours, and we want tohare those resource ."

Late in September, Cornell received vi i­tor' from Beijing Agricultural University(now CA ), which enhanced another bridgebetween Cornell, other U.S. universitiesand everal Chinese institutions. Throughthe China-Cornell Fellowship Program, agrant was provided by the Rockefeller Foun­dation in 1992 that laid the groundwork forinformational exchange between Cornelland CAU, the Beijing Medical Universityand Qinghua University.

"This is a good way to stem 'brain drain'and provide a bigger collaboration betweenthe .and China," said Xiangzhong Yang,director of the China Cornell FellowshipProgram. At Cornell, he is also a seniorre earch associate in animal science and aprofessor of animal science through theChina Agricultural University.

"Even though the agriculture collegesare big players, this program is not limitedto just ago It's open to all disciplines," Yangaid. "We hope to expand this program to

include area such as the ocial and politi­cal ciences."

While exchange are administeredthrough CIlFAD, Haldeman notes that theinitiatives are always faculty driven. "Weare the framework, ifyou will, for helping toestablish ties between our researchers hereand their researcher ," he said. "But this is afaculty-driven opportunity - based on theirinterests and their resources. We can't tellthem what to research, but if they want tou e thi' avenue, they may."

On a larger level, Haldeman believesthat the ew York state economy can ulti­mately benefit from 'uch exchanges. Hesaid that there are many capable and superbscientists in China. By nurturing these rela­tionships and sharing knowledge and re­sources, we all benefit.

"There are a lot ofcommoditie involved.In fact, when I was there it felt like I was inupstate ew York, the greenery of the coun­try ide was very imilar; corn wheat, apples,pear , cabbage, potatoe , etcetera," saidHaldeman. "That's one of the reasons thisidea is very attractive to both institutions.We have a lot in common."

Getting the word from Albany

Photographs by Adriana Rovers/University PhotographyNew York State Assemblymen Martin A. Luster (D-125th) and Edward Sullivan (D-69th) visited campus on Oct.24. Top photo: Luster, center, Ithaca-area assemblyman and member of the Assembly Higher EducationCommittee, and Sullivan, chainnan of the committee, talk with human ecology students Jenevieve Nguyen, left,and Erika Johnson in their Issues in Contemporary Society 101 class, to which Sullivan lectured. Bottom photos:Later, Provost Don Randel, left, Franklin M. Loew, right, dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine, and otherstatutory deans and administrators met with Sullivan, center, and Luster in Martha Van Rensselaer Hall.

-Department of Clinical Sciences, Collegeof Veterinary Medicine; lain D. Boyd,Sibley School of Mechanical and Aero­space Engineering; James ThomasBrenna, Division of Nutritional ScienceS;Rebecca Harris-Warrick, Department ofMusic, College of Arts and Sciences; andSarosh Kuruvilla, School of Industrial al1d

Labor Relations.

• Women's equestrian makesvarsity: The sport of women's eques­trian at Cornell has been elevated fromclub status to the varsity team level,Charles R. Moore, director of athletics,has announced.

The first competition for the team wasSaturday (Cornell placed fifth out of 14tcams), and it will participate in 10 eventsthis year, including two home shows at theEquestrian Center on Pine Tree Road. Thefirst home show will be Dec. 3.

Cornell's first equestrian team will bedirected by Sue Elbrecht, a native ofOwego, who has been an English styleinstructor for the past 15 years. Elbrechthas served as a judge for the NationalIntercollegiate Horse Show Associatiol1(IHSA) for the past eight years.

Perkins Professor of Envi ron mental Studiesin the Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium, Di­vision of Biological Sciences.

The following were elected associateprofessors with indefinite tenure:

Naomi S. Altman, Department of PlantBreeding and Biometry, College of Agri­culture and Life Sciences; Stephen C. Barr,

issue of the Journal of Family and Con­sumer Sciences, Firebaugh also is de­scribed as "a highly respected and recog­nized leader within the field at both thenational and international levels."

"Administratively and fundamentally,her leadership abilities in higher educationhave contributed to the strengthening of theprofession," the association said.

A specialist in family resource manage­ment and author or co-author of more than50 scholarly articles and two books,Firebaugh came to Cornell as dean in 1988from Ohio State University.

At Ohio State, she served in several ad­ministrative capacities, including vice pro­vost for international affairs, acting vicepresident for agricu ltu ral adm inistration andassociate provost.

APPOINTMENTS

BRIEFS

The Board of Trustees approved tenurerecommendations at its Oct. 13 meeting.The following faculty members were electedprofessors with indefinite tenure:

John W. Fitzpatrick, Section of Ecol­ogy and Systematics, Division of Biologi­cal Sciences, and the Louis Agassiz FuertesDirector of the Cornell Laboratory of Orni­thology; and Eloy Rodriguez, the James A.

• Firebaugh re­ceives award:Francille Firebaugh,dean of the College ofHuman Ecology, is arecipient of the 1995Distinguished ServiceAward from theAmerican Associationof Family and Con- Firebaughsumer Sciences (AFCS).

The award is given each year to recog­nize members of the AFCS for superiorachievements in family and consumer sci­ences, outstanding professional contribu­tions and sustained leadership at both thestate and national levels.

Cited for her "sustained commitmentto family and consumer issues" in the fall

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Program allows alumni to trade experiences with students

Adriana Ro,'ers!Umversity PhotographyParticipants in the 1995 Alumni in Residence Program and Student Assembly members gathered in the Big Reel Bam onthe night of Oct. 23 for a Welcoming Reception. From left, Kristina Podesva '96 and Alison Klugherz'96 talk with alumnusAnthony Casendino '59-'60 in Architecture, Art and Planning. Casendlno, from Boston, has a career In architecture andurban-change management.

By Dennis Shin '96

Participating in the annual Alumni-in­Residence program, 11 Cornell graduatesreturned to campus Oct. 22-24 to relive thestudent experience. According to partici­pants, the event opened the eyes of bothcurrent and former students to new perspec­tives on life at the university.

"Taking part in this program has made merealize that it's a very intense experiencecoming to Cornell," said Joyce Marshall '66,a human ecology graduate. "It's great to re­visit it at different stages of your life becauseit enables you to see the effect Cornell has onwho you are and who you become."

Initiated in 1987, the program invitesalumni selected by their colleges to learnabout the daily life ofcurrent students. Witha busy schedule of attending classes, eatingin dining halls and meeting with students inthe dorms where they stay as guests, theparticipating alumni blend into student lifeall over again, according to Nancy Law,assistant director of club programs for theOffice of Alumni Affairs.

"I think it's a unique way for alumni toparticipate with the university because it'snot just coming back to campus for a foot­ball game or council meeting. They're re­ally intimately involved with the whole pro­gram," Law said. "A lot of them start to feellike freshmen. They don't know anyone,they try to reach out and meet people, andthey have to find their way around a campusthat has changed physically."

At a reception held at the Big Red Barnon the evening ofOet. 23, the eleven alumnimet with students, other than their hosts, tomore broadly share experiences. During thereception, the alumni were officially wel­comed by Vice President for Student andAcademic Affairs Susan Murphy and werelater serenaded by the all-female, student acappella group After Eight.

Meg Roe '83, one of the youngest alumsin this year's program, pointed out at the BigRed Barn gathering how the mentality ofstudents seems to have changed since thetime she studied in the hotel school.

"The level of maturity and confidence ofthe students today really impressed me,"she said. "I remember being shy and timid,but these students appear really outgoing."

Although the alumni commented on "re­liVing" their freshman years, they also noted

that today's freshman experience is in someways dramatically different from the onesthey remember.

"When I was at Cornell, West Campuswas for men, North Campus was for women,and the women had strict curfews, so it'sbeen interesting to return and stay with astudent host on West," Marshall said.

Because residence halls were so strictlysegregated when she was a student, Marshallwas especially anxious about such new ex­periences as co-ed bathrooms.

"I was showering my first morning and ayoung man walked right on in to the bath­room and started brushing his teeth. Thatwas a shock at first," she said.

Other alums enjoyed meeting with stu­dents in the classroom setting and observinghow methods of both teaching and learninghave evolved. Carol Brown '57, a graduate

of the school of architecture, spoke at aseminar on contemporary issues in art. Shealso visited students' studios where sheviewed their art projects.

"The students I met are really dealingwith a lot ofdifferent issues at once," Brownsaid. "They are very dedicated to their work,thinking hard about it and producing im­pressive results. At the same time, they areconcerned about how they are going tosurvive after Cornell. For artists, especially,it's getting much tougher."

Alumni were not theonlyoneswho learnedfrom their visit, however, as student hostsrevealed how they found out that the Cornellexperience can endure beyond four years.

"I was encouraged to learn that you don'tnecessarily end up doing what you major inonce you graduate. I'm now realizing thatthings change and that has relieved a lot of

pressure I was feeling when I first got here,"said freshman Ilana Kubel.

Students were selected by their residencehall directors for participation in the program.Besides offering the alumni an opportunity tolearn about the current issues the Cornellcommunity faces, Law pointed out that theprogram enabled students to learn about real­world issues, such as balancing professionalexperiences with a personal life.

"I found that students are incredibly ca­reer-oriented," said Anthony Casendino '59­'60, an architect from Boston. "Althoughhaving such focus is good, I hope that theyaren't forgetting the value of learning as anexperience while they are here."

According to both alumni and studentparticipants, in a program like Alumni-in­Residence, one crosses generations in pro­viding such a learning experience.

Symposium celebrates creation of endowed nutrition professorshipBy Dennis Shin '96

At a symposium honoring the first endowed chair in theCollege of Human Ecology's Division of Nutritional Sci­ences, four international leaders in nutrition research andpol icy gathered in the conference room ofClark Hall on Oct.27 to discuss "Maternal and Child Nutrition: National andInternational Perspectives."

Recognizing the establishment of the Nancy SchlegelMeinig Professorship of Maternal and Child Nutrition, theevent honored both Jere Haas, professor of nutritionalsciences and the first professor to received the endowedtitle, and the Meinig family for their contributions to theadvancement of the field of nutrition research.

"Traditionally, Cornell always has been a cutting-edgeleader in nutrition, and this symposium gives substance tothe important work that is being done in this area," saiddonor Nancy Meinig '62, a graduate in food and nutrition.

Four speakers were invited to address the symposium,based on their interdisciplinary approaches to nutrition andtheir authority at the national or international level.

Moderated by Cutberto Garza, director and professor ofNutritional Sciences, the event concluded with a responseby Haas.

"This is really a celebration not of a professorship, but ofmaternal and child nutrition and the people who are dedi­cated to its research and action," Haas said.. Opening the panel discussion, Eileen Kennedy, execu­

tIve director of the U.S. Department of Agricul ture's Centerfor Nutrition Policy and Promotion, analyzed the ClintonAdministration's reaction to the block grant proposed by theU.S. House of Representatives on federal Food As istanceProgram costs. Saying that 14 million children are now onfood stamps, Kennedy insisted that a responsible agenda forchange is necessary but, she argued, the current threat to cutoff funding does not provide the solution.

Presenting research findings that revealed a gap between

'At Cornell, we areactively involved inbuilding ••• bridges.We've been at theforefront of teachingand research in the areaof matemal and childnutrition, and this

professorship allows us to do that a iot

better.'-Jere Haas

consumer knowledge and consumer action when it comes tonutritional choices, Kennedy concluded: "While we haveachieved remarkable success in developing the dietaryguidelines, I believe we've been much less successful incommunicating these guidelines in a way that motivatesconsumers to change their behavior to an improved diet."

Janet King, director of the Western Human NutritionResearch Center, characterized a form of "silent malnutri­tion" that takes place in the United States. Although thiscountry may be seen as the leader among developed na­tions, King noted that chronic-insufficient or poor foodchoices sustain malnutrition among diverse sectors of theAmerican population.

"We need to remember that the vulnerable population,particularly here in the United States, is not homogeneous.So one remedy, [such as the federal Food Assistance Pro­gram], is unlikely to serve all," King said.

Micheline Beaudry, chief of the nutrition section atU lCEF headquarters in New York, summarized the con­sequences of malnutrition at the international level. Accord-

ing to Beaudry, 180 million of the world's children areunderweight, and half of that number live in south Asia.

"We frequently tend to divide the problems and solutionsinto 'we' and 'they,' meaning that 'they' have problems and'we' have solutions," Beaudry said.

Detailing UNICEF's strategy to address these problems,Beaudry asserted the need for a more cooperative mentalityin mobilizing efforts and resources globally to reach thetargets set by international goals and standards. .

In defining the methodologies of international di­etary assessment, Judit Katona-Apte, senior humanitar­ian affairs officer for food security at the United Na­tions, focused on the establishment of food needs and theassessment of self-reliance.

"Whether or not the food selected will contain sufficientnutrients is an important consideration, and the current wis­dom of the times states that nutritional needs are not automati­cally met even when food needs are," said Katona-Apte.

Students in the audience said they found the mergingof broad perspectives enlightening. Laurie Herraiz, adoctoral student in Human Nutrition, found the conceptof involving people in research as individual partici­pants, not as laboratory ubjects, a principle that shecould apply to her own work.

"I thought it was a unique opportunity to hear worldlyperspectives on topics of a more global nature that we some­times take for granted and don't focus on," Herraiz said.

Each of the speakers, along with Haas, agreed that effectivepolicy must depend on active research. Demonstrating thatwomen and children comprise the most vulnerable segment ofthe population in terms of nutrition problems, the symposium,said Haas, exposed gaps that must be bridged between thenutrition science and the communication.

"At Cornell, we are actively involved in building thosebridges," he said. "We've been at the forefront of teachingand research in the area of maternal and child nutrition, andthis professorship allows us to do that a lot better."

4 November 2, 1995 Cornell Chronicle

CORNELL'S ENDOWED HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS

1996 rates announced for Managed Care and 80/20 plans

Source: Foster Higgins National Survey for Employer-Sponsored Health Plans, )994

Total Cornell Endowed Health Plan Costs

Discussions aboutGuiding Principles

As we look to the future, we plan tocontrol health care costs within a context ofplanned, deliberate principles that will guideour overall program design.

These guiding principles emerged fromlast year's informational meetings and willbe the basis for future rate development inthe endowed health care program:

• The university plans to continue tooffer a choice of health care plans withinthe endowed health care program.

• Premiums for the 80/20 Plan and Man­aged Choice will be comparable.

• The value (as measured by cost perperson) of benefits provided under the twoprograms will be comparable.

• To maintain choice within Cornell'sendowed health care program it is neces­sary to enroll a minimum of 20 percent ofour faculty and staff in anyone program.

• The endowed health care programshould be priced as a true self-insured ar­rangement and should be self-supportingover time.

The 90/1 0,60/40 sharing ratio is basedon the total dollars it takes to providehealth care coverage to faculty and staffeach year. It includes, on the employee'sside, the costs of premiums and, onCornell's side, the percentage paymenttoward health care expenses (80 percentfor the 80/20 Plan and 90 percent forManaged Choice), as well as all the pay­ments Cornell makes once an individualhas exceeded the cap on out-of-pocketexpenses, which are features of both the80/20 PlaIT and Managed Choice. Alsoincluded in the total are mental health andsubstance abuse costs and the costs ofprescription drugs to Cornell.

The 1995 rates are based on a 92 percentuniversity contribution for single coverageand 75 percent on the aggregate cost forfamilies. The combined university contri­bution for dual spouse coverage in Man­aged Choice is 87 percent. This year's con­tribution rate represents a 1 percent reduc­tion in each category over last year's uni­versity contribution, and eventually thisamount will gradually decrease until itreaches the targeted 90 percent for singleand 60 percent for family.

Determining aLonger Range Strategy

While controlling health care costs hasrequired some hard decisions, we hope tobegin seeing a stabilization of expense inthe health program over the long term.We are optimistic that changes made overthe past few years in the prescription drugprogram, the retiree program and the in­troduction of Managed Choice will allowus to exercise a degree of control overfuture increases in health care expensesfor Cornell and for our faculty, staff,retirees and their families.

Even with these changes, however, we donot expect that the cost of Cornell's healthcare program will go down (unless somethingsignificant happens at the state or federallevel). We do expect the changes we haveintroduced over the past several years to slowthe rate of increase in health care expense forboth Cornell and our plan participants.

In ConclusionAs in the past, our objective is to balance

the responsible stewardship of universityfinances with the desire to provide a re­sponsible level of protection for our fac­ulty, staff, retirees and their families. Wefeel it is important that we continue anongoing dialogue with you, our faculty andstaff, so that we can design health careprograms that meet your needs, while alsosharing with you the information that willhc:lp you understand the changes underway.I believe that collaboratively we can con­tinue to develop creative solutions to thesevery complex issues.

94/95

$4,334(18%)

$23,524

93/94

$20,765

92/93

Rates forCalendar

Current Rates Year 1996

$5.31 $7.55$43.66 $53.43$22.80 $28.18

$4.87 $5.97$42.56 $49.83$21.69 $26.28

Individual/Family Individual/Family

$200/$400 $250/$500

$250/$750 $250/$750

Individual/Family Individual/Famiiy

$1,000/$2,000 $1,500/$3,000

$5,000/$10,000 $2,500/$5,000

account both the employees' perspective andthe broader picture noted above, were used inthe development of the 1996 rate structure.

A year ago, during the summer of 1994,through a series of discussions we had withvarious campus groups, including the Em­ployee Assembly, the Employee BenefitsAdvisory Committee, the Faculty Councilof Representatives, the Human ResourceNetwork, and others, a set of guiding prin­ciples was formulated to aid in future healthcare program evaluations and changes.These principles help ensure that the en­dowed health care program continues tooffer a choice of health care plans, and thatthe two existing programs - ManagedChoice and the 80/20 Plan - be roughlycomparable in value.

One of these principles is the move­ment of the university's share to 90 per­cent of the cost for single coverage and 60percent of the additional expense for cov­ering a family.

are added, Cornell's salaries and benefitswill increase by nearly $13 million. Thiswould bring the total cost to Cornell for1996 for endowed salaries and benefits tonearly $365 million.

Additionally, everything - salaries,health care, life insurance, retirement,other benefits - is interconnected. Anyincrease in salaries has a domino effect,creating increases in the amount Cornellspends in retirement contributions, shortand long term disability, life insurance,Workers' Compensation, Social Securityand Medicare taxes.

Cornell's Share of CostsA number of principles, which take into

91/9290/9189/90

80/20 Single80/20 Family

80/20 Dual Spouse

Managed Choice SingleManaged Choice Family

Managed Choice Dual Spouse

oEmployee Contribution• Cornell Share

88/89

Cornell Share vs. Employee Contributions per Fiscal Year(in millions - add three zeros)

$0

$5,000

Employeebiweeklypremiums:

$10,000

$20,000 1----+---+----+-----+-$18,618

$15,000 r---t-r---,

$25,000

saw much higher increases. Over the longterm, though we hope to hold the increase inCornell's cost for 1996 to under $1 million,Cornell's expenses have almost doubledsince 1989 (see Chart 2).

The Broader ContextIt is hard to convey a sense of the overall

picture, where health care program expensesare just one part of an overall benefits andcompensation expense for Cornell. Ingeneral, for every $1.00 Cornell spendson salaries, it spends an additional $.35on benefits, not including the cost of paidtime off such as vacations and sick leave.The cost to Cornell to hire an individual isover one-third above what that benefits­eligible person's salary is.

In fiscal year 1994-95, Cornell spentalmost $76 million on endowed benefitsalone. That figure is expected to increase toalmost $80 million in this fiscal year. If theincreases estimated for endowed salaries

will not be welcomed news, as we continueto see an increase in the cost of health careannually in spite of our efforts to controlcosts for both the university and our fac­ulty, staff and retirees. Some of this in­crease-such as that in catastrophic claims­could not be predicted. From a nationalperspective, however, Cornell is not alonein experiencing health care costs that con­tinue to spiral upward.

Although many employers nationwidesaw increases of less than 10 percent thisyear, surveys have shown that those wereemployers who offered HMOs or othertypes of managed care only. Employerswho offer managed care products in con­junction with traditional indemnity plans

80/20

Managed Choice Out of Network

Deductibles:

Out-or-pocket maximums:

Rate Structure

80/20

Managed Choice Out of Network

Calendar Year 1996 Endowed Health Plan

Heath Care Costs Still RisingWe know that the new rates structure

as well as its emphasis on wellness andprevention, have helped staff and facultybetter meet their health care needs. Over thelonger term, we expect that this emphasison wellness and preventive care will helpthe university as well.

We knew that over the short term Man­aged Choice would not initially help con­tain costs. since those people first enrollingin Managed Choice would take advantageof the physicals and other well ness incen­tives that it offers. However, we did notexpect the costs for both Managed Choiceand the 80/20 Plan to increase at the ratethat they have this past year.

This year, we had a dramatic increase inthe number and size of catastrophic claims- 25 of which have been over $100,000­totaling $3.5 million. We have also hadmore familieschoosingto be enrolled in the80/20 Plan or Managed Choice rather thanin other health care plans (as sometimeshappens when a spouse or partner is em­ployed elsewhere).

The total increase in costs - over $4million - represents a 20 percent increase incosts over last year's costs, instead of the 10percent we had originally projected. Be­cause Cornell is self-insured, we have hadto make some adjustments for 1996 in ourrate structure for both Managed Choice andthe 80/20 Plan.

New Health Care RatesThe current biweekly contributions, the

new biweekly contributions and changes inthe deductible and out-of-pocket maximumsfor endowed faculty, staff and early retireesare shown in Chart I. We have had toincrease premiums in both programs andincrease deductibles and out-of-pocketmaximums in the 80/20 Plan. These newrates will take effect with your first full payperiod of the new year.

Feedback from faculty and staff has in­dicated that some have been hesitant aboutenrolling in Managed Choice because ofthe high out-of-pocket maximums that couldbe incurred if a participant went "out-ofnetwork" to seek health care. Because webelieve that over the long term ManagedChoice will help slow the increase in healthcare rates, we want to encourage greaterparticipation in Managed Choice for 1996.So the new rate structure also reflects adecrease in the out-of-pocket maximumsfor Managed Choice non-network benefits.

We did not expect the costs

for both Managed Choice

and the 80/20 Plan to in·crease at the rate that theyhave this past year.

By Jean SamuelsonDirector, Benefit Services

We have now had a little over one year'sexperience since Cornell offered ManagedChoice in addition to the 80/20 Health CarePlan for endowed faculty and staff. In thatone year, 40 percent of those eligible haveenrolled in Managed Choice. Those in Man­aged Choice seem to be very satisfied withtheir coverage, with very few complaintsabout the program coming into BenefitsServices, and very few participants in Man­aged Choice moving back to the 80/20Plan. Aetna tells us that faculty, staff, andtheir families in Managed Choice are ac­cessing preventive care and most have hadcomplete physical exams.

As many of you know, Managed Choicewas implemented at the university as a wayofcontaining the ever-rising costs of healthcare. Its lower premiums and copayments,

Cornell Chronicle November 2, 1995 5

Adriana Rovers/University PhotographyRita Calvo, s.cond from I.ft, a senior lecturer in gen.tics, P.t.r Bruns, c.nt.r, dir.ctor of the Division of BiologicalSci.nc.s, and Jim Blank.nship, right, lectur.r in bioch.mistry, observe high school teachers at the CIBT summerprogram in Stimson Hall. The t.achers are Paul Reed, left, from Ch.nango Vall.y High School, and Nancy Wright, secondfrom right, from Honeoy. Central School.

Bringing lifeto high schoolbiology classesBy Roger Segelken

If more high school teachers had accessto an innovative curriculum-developmentprogram pioneered by scientist-educators atCornell, their students might find biology alot more relevant to real life.

Several thousand students are now learn­ing the fundamentals and techniques of the"new biology" - molecular biology - byconducting experiments the same way re­search scientists do: They pose a question thatthey care about, instead of que tions somedistant textbook author dreamed up; theydesign and carry out their own experimentswith specialized lab equipment and suppliesmost high schools, and many colleges, don'thave; and they analyze the results - some­times disappointing and often urprising, butthat's what science is all about.

The new way of learning high schoolbiology is implemented by teachers who re­ceive intensive training during on-campussummer institutes from university faculty andresearchers working on the cutting edge ofscience. After completing the three-weekCornell Institute for BiologyTeachers (CIBT)program, the teachers return to their schools,armed with challenging laboratory exercisesdeveloped by partnerships between univer­sity scientists and high school teachers andtested in high school classes by previousCIBT participants. The teachers also receivegrants to buy laboratory supplies, desktopcomputers that are linked to Cornell and toother teachers around the state, and access toa lending library ofequipment that isoneveryscience teacher's wish list.

Now in its sixth year, with major fundingfrom the Howard Hughes Medical Institute aswell as start-up support from Apple Com­puterCo., the institute has trained and equippedmore than 150 teachers in New York andOhio. An estimated 75,000 high school stu­dents in those states have learned more mod­ern biology than many thought possible bydoing the institute's lab exercises.

"Because teachers can't help teachingother teachers too, the institute's influencehas multiplied several-fold," said Peter J.

Bruns, CIBTfounder and director, who alsois a professor of genetics and director of theDivision of Biological Sciences at Cornell."Thousands of students have discoveredthat biology is about them - not some pick­led specimen on a dusty shelf- but about themolecules that make us what we are."

Topics covered by the institute's lab exer­cises are always timely and sometimes aheadof their time. Students in schools with CIBTparticipants learned about PCR (polymerasechain reaction), RFLP (restriction fragmentlength polymurphism) and VNTRs (variablenumber tandem repeats) before some triallawyers knew what the terms meant.

In one CIBT exercise called "ForensicDNA Amplification, or Who Done It?" thesuspects in a murder investigation are fel­low students who supply DNA from theirmouths' epithelial cells. The DNA is ampli­fied by PCR, and the PCR-generated frag-

ments of DNA are separated on the basis ofsize by electrophoresis. When results of theexperiment are visualized photographically,students try to match the banding pattern ofsuspects' DNA with DNA evidence leftbehind by the murderer.

"Kids really want to know what DNAfingerprinting is all about. The OJ. Simpsontrial has been one of the biggest boons to theteaching of molecular biology," said DavidRuth, the Cornell geneticist who serves as theCIBT outreach worker and travels to schoolsto assist teachers in presenting the lab exer­cises. "Students want to know whether theyshould believe evidence that comes from alittle speck of blood, and they discover thatscience is good for something."

Or students can develop their skills atplant-tissue culture, karotype analysis, DNAspooling, yeast transformation and the useof protein gel electrophoresis to study evo-

lution. One lab exercise prepared by CornellLecturer Lindsay Goodloe and two CIBTalumni, Diane Emord of Syracuse'sHenninger High School and Mary Colvardof Cobleskill, encourages student to testthe food preferences of slugs. The tudentslearn to design an experiment that mayprove or disprove their hypothesis, makeobservations and accurately record data anddraw conclusions based on their findings.

"Once my students get over the initial'yuck!' response and learn to use 'gross'things, they find that science can be fun,"Averill Park High School teacher MelissaJoslin said of the slug lab, often the firstexercise teachers use at the start of the year tointroduce the new way of learning biology.

"We're asking students to work in away that is, at first, a little frustrating,"added another CIBT graduate from Averill

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Researchers battle disease in Theory Center's virtual reality demoand virtual reality resources.

For the SC'95 demonstration, videoand audio information will be passingbetween Gillilan in San Diego andFaerman in CTC's Visual Insight Zone atCornell. To the local observer, the remotefacility will appear to be a moving cubeout in virtual space with live video imagesof the researchers pasted onto one face.

"The I-WAY will link many of thecountry's fastest computers and mostadvanced visualization environmentsin an experimental configuration basedon Asynchronous Transfer Mode(ATM) technology," said Rick Stevens,director of the Mathematics and Com­puter Science Division. Argonne Na­tional Laboratory, and organizer (co­organizer with Tom DeFanti, directorof the Electronic Visualization Labora­tory at the University of Illinois at Chi­cago) of the I-WAY project. ATM is anemerging standard for advanced tele­communications networks. The 1-WAYwill rely primarily on a combination ofexisting networks, with some additionalconnectivity and services provided bymultiple national service providers.

"The 1-WAY represents the first trulynational-scale ATM test bed for high­performance computing - a collaborationamong carriers, scientists, research insti­tutions and industry," said CTC directorMalvin H. Kalos. "As such, it is a great

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tional Center for Research Resources atthe National Institutes of Health, to modeland visualize trypanothione reductase.Currently, the researchers use CTC's Vi­suallnsight Zone to evaluate a number ofdrug compounds to see if they will bind tothe enzyme.

The Visual Insight Zone encompassesCTC's interactive high-end visualization

Richard Gilil/an

In this supercomput....g.n.rated visualization, the parasite Trypansomacruz;, which caus.s Chagas diseas., is shown trav.ling through thecirculatory syst.m.

site inside the human body," said CTCvisualization specialist Richard Gillilan."If all goes according to plan, Cornellresearchers working with us on the projectwill join us in the virtual space to assistwith the drug design."

Gillilan collaborates with Dr. CarlosFaerman of Cornell's biochemistry de­partment, in work supported by the Na-

By Margaret Corbit

Visitors tothis year's Supercomputing'95 (SC'95) conference Dec. 3-8 in SanDiego will be firsthand witnesses to a Iife­and-death struggle between parasite andvictim, using virtual reality to follow thevillain on its voyage through the humanbody, thanks to efforts of Cornell Univer­sity researchers.

The Cornell Theory Center's (CTC)featured application on SC'95's 1-WAYwill demonstrate remote ;nteractive useof CTC's Visual Insight Zone to searchfor a molecular cure to Chagas disease.

Chagas disease afflicts more than 18million people in tropical America and iscaused by a parasite, Trypansoma cruzi,that enters the body through mucus mem­branes. Passing through the circulatorysystem and invading individual tissuecells, it frequently causes heart disease.High levels of the chemical trypanothionein the cells of the parasite protect it fromnaturall y toxic byproducts of metabolismin the cell under attack. This chemical isregulated in the cell by an enzyme calledtrypanothione reductase. Drugs that in­hibit this enzyme should kill the parasite.

"At the demonstration, we will witnessa reconstruction of the life cycle of theparasite, including a voyage into the hu­man blood stream. Then we will conducta session of parallel computer-assisteddrug design - an attempt to kill the para-

6 November 2, 1995 Cornell Chronicle

Frank DiMeo,Unh'ersiry PhotographySusan Watkins, center, professor of apparel design, with the help of human ecology student Sigrid Benedetti,left, and graduate student Yulando McMullen, displays a well-known piece of functional clothing.

Book: Tech makes clothing a 'portable environment'

Chemistry Day is Nov. 4Student and professional chemists from

Cornell and Ithaca College will demon­strate their science in action with a day longexhibit at Pyramid Mall on Saturday, Nov.4, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Conducted by the Cornell and IthacaCollege chapters of the American Chemi­cal Society (ACS), "Chemistry Day at theMall" kicks off National Chemistry Week.The exhibit will emphasize the educationand career opportunities in chemistry, aswell as the role of science in everydaylife.

"We will show how to get electricityfrom fruits and veggies, how to use redcabbage juice to determine whether a sub­stance is an acid or a base, and how paperchromatography can separate M&Ms can­dies by color," said Emily Ehrenfeld, oneof the Chemistry Day organizers and agraduate student in ecology and system­atics at Cornell.

form functional clothing that is detailedin the text.

Clothing not only protects the body,increasing health and safety, but also canimprove a worker's job efficiency orenhanee the body 'scapabilitiesand func­tions, says Watkins. "Clothing is ourmost intimate environment and an envi­ronment that is carried everywhere withan individual, creating its own room­within-a-room and its own climate withinthe larger climate of our surroundings."

The 372-pagegeneral reference book ischock full of examples, case studies, dia­grams and illustrations by Cornell gradu­ate Heidi Specht Lamb (HumEc '82) ­many drawn while she was a student ­Ithaca artist Jim Houghton and formergraduate student Susan Snyder McKinney.At the end of each chapter, Watkins, withthe help of McKinney, offers informationon searching databases, including keywords, to find more information.

Watkins recently was appointed to theNational Academy of Sciences' Commit­teeon Defense Women's Health Researchand is on the Advisory Board of the publi­cation Safety and Protective Fabrics. Herresearch projects have involved pilots,hockey players and nursing home resi­dents. In 1991, Watkins was named aFellow of the International Textile andApparel Association for her pioneeringwork with protective clothing.

new functional garments or gear. Thebook includes information on: how thebody responds to changes in tempera­ture; clothing systems for thermal, im­pact and chemicallbiological protection;designing for mobility; fastening sys­tems; increasing body function; alterna­tive production methods; fit and sizing;problem-solving; creative thinking; spe­cial needs and the design process.

The book is a revision of the originalpublished II years ago, which was trans­lated into Japanese and Korean. It hasbeen updated not only to include newtechnologies and information but to bet­ter communicate material based on com­ments and examples from Watkins' stu­dents over the years.

"Current technology is so phenom­enal that the divisions between product,apparel and housi ng designers are bl urred.Clothing, in many cases, becomes a mov­ing 'house' - a portable environment,"said Watkins, who teaches courses infunctional apparel design.

Workers in hazardous environments,for example, need protection from con­taminants that could pass through tradi­tional fabrics and stitch holes. Some pro­tective clothes, therefore, are made fromcontinuous films. Heat sealing, whichessentially melts and fuses such filmstoget.her, is an example ofone of the non­traditional production processes used to

together via high-speed communicationslinks. CTC's OC-3c (155Mbps) ATM linkto the vBNS will be used for this purpose.

The Cornell Theory Center, one of fourhigh performance computing and commu­nications centers supported by the NationalScience Foundation, operates the world'slargest IBM SP system. The center's activi­ties are also funded by New York state, theAdvanced Research Projects Agency, theNational Center for Research Resources atthe National Institutes of Health, IBM andother members of the CTC's CorporateResearch Institute.

For more information, contact LindaCallahan, director of external relations,Cornell Theory Center:

e-mail: cal@tc.comell.eduphone: 607-254-8610fax: 607-254-8888http://www.tc.comell.edu/

By Susan Lang

Clothes aren't just for style and pro­tection from the weather; they can bedesigned to enhance our senses, protectus from harm and compensate for physi­cal shortcomings. In fact, clothing can belife-supporting and can make the differ­ence between life and death.

By using state-of-the-art materials andtechnology, we can create all kinds ofnew clothing capabilities, says SusanWatkins, professor of apparel design atCornell, in her completely revised book,Clothing: The Portable Environment(Iowa State University Press, $24.95).

Suits for children born with no naturalimmunity, electrically heated jackets thatcan be plugged into outlets at emergencybus stops or ski lifts, survival vests for themilitary, smocks to ground microchipworkers against static electricity, and allkinds ofgear for athletes, astronauts, bombsquads,soldiers, surgeons, pesticide work­ers and the disabled are just a few of theexamples Watkins uses in thiscomprehen­sive text on functional clothing.

Intended for design students, productengineers, research and development,sales and marketing personnel alike inthe government and military, medicaland apparel industries, Clothing: ThePortable Environment discusses the fullrange of challenges involved in planning

opportunity to demonstrate the potential ofa future high-performance Globallnforma­tion Infrastructure."

CTC is one of several core sites for the 1­WA Y, assisting in the areas of security,network connectivity and job scheduling aswell as in implementation of an AFS filesystem distributed at sites across the nation.Selected 1-WAY applications will have ac­cess to CTC's 512-node IBM RS/6000POWERParallel SP system to demonstrateadvanced capabilities.

One focus of the I-WAY project is theclose coupling of immersive virtual envi­ronments and supercomputing. CTC's ap­plication is made possible by integratingsoftware developed by academic computa­tional chemists and computer scientists atCornell and IBM. The application uses thecomputational capability of the SP at CTCand relies on the two sites being linked

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Biology colltillued from page 5

Park, hiology teacher Victoria J. Boulay."Designing your own experiment is verydifferent from the 'cookbook' approachthat most students are used to, where youkno\\ \\hat the results are 'supposed tobe' and there is no allowance for ari­able . The. e exerci es are open-ended, so\\hat )OU get out of the experience de­pend. on ho much time you spend."

The CIBT lab exercises are realistic,outreach \\ orker Ruth said, because theyare de'veloped in collaboration with uni­versity researchers who spend the rest ofthe year on the forefront of advancedtechnology. "This material is not 'dumbeddo\\ n, ..' Ruth said. "These really are thetechniques that are used everyda) in mo­lecular biology, genetics and genetic en-

ineering, hut \\e think we've found a\\a) to make them understandable.

" '0 single concept in science is that hardto understand," Ruth continued, "but \\henyou pile a lot at once, you 10'e people. Westart at the heginning and give the detailsalong the way, and before they know it, thestudents have mastered some pretty sophis­ticated concepts."

While university scientists can providethe "content" for the biology curriculum,Ruth oh..erved, that information would benearl) useless without the "packaging" bythe people \\ ho know what holds students'interests - the teachers. ew lab exercisesare developed by CIBT graduates, working\\ ith Cornell scientists; then the labs aretested by teachers in institute workshops,piloted in some schools, then fine-tunedbefore being distributed.

or would the innovative exercises bepractical without enough equipment and. upplie for all students to try things out ­and then tr) it again. Equipment grants fromthe intitute to CIBTgraduates provide somehelp, speciall) in tight-budget times atpuhlic . chools. The rest comes in "footlockeTS," the lending-library kits with enoughequipment and suppl ies for every student todo the expcri ments. The kits are prov ided bythe Cornell Biotechnology Program, whichget. financial support from ew York stateas well as local and national corporations\\ ith an interest in science education.

Back in their home schools, the CIBTgraduate are not abandoned. The com­puter network, established first with aidfrom Apple Computer Co. and now withHughes Institute support, keeps teachersin touch with their university sources ofhelp and with each other, Averill Park'sJoslin noted.

"It's a little scary for teachers to usethis high-tech equipment for the first timein front of a room full of adolescents,"aid Rita Calvo, a ociate director of

CIBT's outreach program as well as aCornell lecturer in genetics and develop­ment. "Fortunately, help is just a key­stroke away on the institute's computernetwork. And when the outreach work­ers, like David Ruth, pay a visit to theschools, it's a real treat for the studentsand a great help to the teachers."

Ruth said he set a ide his universityresearch career to work in science education- earning teaching certification in math­ematics and the sciences during vacations­because he hopes for a better-informed pub­Iic." ot all these kids are going to becomescientists, of course, but everyone needs tounderstand the science that affects our lives.Lay people are making decisions all thetime involving science, and science is pro­gressing 0 fast. We are living in the middleof a biological revolution."

Biology IS the focus of the Cornellteacher institute for another reason, CI BTDirector Bruns said. Usually taken dur­ing the sophomore year in high school,biology may be that final science coursefor students who subsequently quit school."For dropouts, biology may be their last,best chance to learn some science," Brunssaid. "We want to make that experienceas meaningful as possible."

"At last, we're able to teach somethingthe students hear about on television andread about in the papers," said Averill Parkbiology teacher Boulay. "It's what's goingon today."

Cornell Chronicle November 2, 1995 7

Family Weekend brings parents, siblings, guests here Nov. 3-5Hundreds of parents, siblings and guests of new un­

dergraduates are expected to arrive on campus Friday forthree days of Family Weekend activities

"The weekend is designed to give parents of new under­graduates an opportunity to visit the campus and get a realfeel for their child's education and life away from home,"said Ann Shumate, associate director of Campus Life.

Among events scheduled for Family Weekend are panelpresentations and entertainment. Cornell's seven schoolsand colleges each will sponsor presentations, featuringremarks from deans and faculty members. Other highlights:

• Reception given by Cornell President Hunter Rawlings,Friday from 5to 6:30 p.m. at Willard Straight Hall. Rawlingswill offer remarks at approximately 5:45 p.m.

• Performance by Second City ational Touring Com­pany, Friday at 8 p.m. in Statler Auditorium. This is thesame comedy troupe that launched the careers of JohnBelushi, Shelley Long, Joan Rivers and others.

• Piano 'concert by Xak Bjerken, a lecturer in theDepartment of Music, Friday at 8: 15 p.m. in Barnes Hall.

• Saturday panel discussion, "Stress: What to LookFor, What to Do," 10:30-11 :45 a.m. in the auditorium at

Uris Hall.• Yale vs. Cornell football game, Saturday at 1 p.m. at

Schoellkopf Field.• "Twilight Concert," Saturday at 5 p.m. in Sage

Chapel. The concert by the Cornell University Chorusfeatures classical pieces and madrigals and an appearanceby the a cappella group "After Eight."

• "Music from the Theatre," Saturday at 8:15 p.m. inBailey Hall by the Cornell Wind Symphony.

For more information on Family Weekend activities,contact Campus Life at 255-5511 or 255-6290.

Charlie Moore assesses first year as captain of Cornell athletics

Charlie Moore, director of athletics, poses in $choellkopf Field after a year on the job.

Moore's list ofcoming facility upgrades

By Jacquie Powers

Charlie Moore '5] grins widely when hecontemplates celebrating his first anniver­sary as Cornell's director of athletics thismonth. He also notes that he's beginning tomap a succession plan for the department.That sounds a little unusual, but not whenyou get to know Moore.

He announces decisively that he loveshis job, and you can tell from the way hetalks about the past year that it's true. Andhe says that despite the succession planning,about which he will confide no details, ofcourse, he won't be ready to leave the job foranother few years.

The captain of Cornell athletics says hesimply intends to do what he was broughton board to do, do it fast and do it right.Then he's determined to leave Cornell ath­letics in what he calls the capable, energetichands of a younger crew. And what was hebrought on board to do? To get the depart­ment, well, shipshape.

Moore, 66, a former Olympic athlete witha distinguished record in international busi­ness, can tell you exactly how he has spent thepast year and what he has accomplished withthe department. He doesn't need to refer tonotes or files. It's all in his head, and it chartsa course for Cornell to follow in re-establish­ing a position of athletic prowess.

At six-foot-plus and lanky, Moore stillhas the build of an athlete and the bearing ofone accustomed to competing and winning.A charter member of the Cornell AthleticHall of Fame inducted in 1978, Moore re­ceived a bachelor's degree in mechanicalengineering in 1952. He also sailed overseveral more hurdles in that same year,winning gold (400-meter hurdles) and sil­ver medals (1 ,600-meter relay) in the Sum­mer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. He setan Olympic record in the 400-meter hurdlesand a few weeks later established a worldrecord in the 440-yard hurdles.

So Moore knows well what it takes to bea scholar-athlete, and he knows well thatthe key to charting a new course for Cornellathletics is its scholar-athletes. He believesthat course starts before they ever get to theuniversity, and therefore he has imple­mented a better process for identifying andadmitting student-athletes, as well as aclosersystem of mentoring and tracking themonce they're here.

He pointed out that Cornell is the onlyIvy League school with decentralized ad­missions, "which makes it very difficult.It's not a level playing field." So Moore hasdesignated one person in central admissionsto act as an athletics department facilitator,helping with the admission and counselingof potential student-athletes.

Moore noted that while there's a verynarrow window during which coaches arcpermitted to woo athletes, an admissionscounselor has a wide open window and canhelp a prospective scholar-athlete determinewhether the fit at Cornell is right. Now thesescholar-athletes have an advocate, in ad­missions, to help them find the right spot,and to help ensure their academic as well asathletic success, he added.

And Moore has focused on the academicperformance of scholar-athletes. He hasstrengthened FACAPE, the Faculty Advi­sory Council for Athletics and PhysicalEducation, and reinvigorated the programof faculty team advisers.

Here are some of the facility up­grades on Charles Moore's "to do" list:

• Strength and conditioning. Afterfive years of effort, the department nowhas a plan to construct a new strengthand conditioning facility for student­athletes. Teagle and Schoellkopf gymswill be upgraded for use by other mem­bers of the Cornell community. The newfacility is likely to be adjacent to theField House and he expects the sitedesign, costs and funding to be set be­fore March 1996, with completion bynext fall.

• Outdoor track. He has made good

Each Cornell sports team now has at leastone faculty adviser, to help athletes connectwith Cornell in the academic sense. Theyalso can helpstudent-athletes reconnect withtheir own academic advisers, when neces­sary. Finally, they help promote the sport tothe full academic community.

"Cornell has only eight percent of itsstudent body who are student-athletes. Andthat compares with 24 percent at Princeton,for example.... There's a big cultural dif­ference when three times as many studentsin classes at Princeton are athletes as op­posed to Cornell," Moore said.

Through FACAPE and faculty team ad­visers, he wants to help student-athletescommunicate their concerns and to feel morea part of the campus community.

"I know the best thing these students cando is be on athletic teams," Moore said. "Itteaches them discipline. It teaches them time­management. The record is very clear thatkids do better during the season than out ofseason. Why? Because they feel better about

progres ,he said, on siting, funding andpreliminary design of an outdoor track,at the east end of Upper Alumni Fields.He hopes to start construction nextspring. If funding can be completed intime, this new facility will include anNCAA-regulation soccer field.

• Outdoorvarsity tennis. Funds havebeen raised and bids let to construct newoutdoorcourts adjacent to the ReisTennisCenter. Moore expects to lay the courtsnow and finish them off in the spring.

• Robert Trent Jones GolfCourse.Plans are being drawn to irrigate thecour e and replace drains.

themselves. They're in better condition. It'sthe old sound mind, sound body concept."

But, he added, not everyone shares thatview, and he and his coaches are watching astudent's grades more closely than in the past,to help forestall academic problems. In fact,he said, coaches now are being held account­able for their athletes' academic success.

Moore's eyes light up and he comes toattention at the mention of coaches. He hashired eight new ones who he expects willlead the Big Red to glory. He leans back andcounts them off on his fingers like a proudgrandfather naming his grandchildren:men's ice hockey, women's basketball,squash, women's fencing, women's soft­ball, strength and conditioning, men's ten­nis and men's heavyweight rowing. Weexpect winning teams this year, he said, andyou know he means it.

Moore also believes the department hasmade solid progress in gender equity. "Ithink we are bringing new awareness to howimportant it is, and not because it's law, but

because we can't think of permitting dis­crimination in our programs," he said.

The department has addressed such ar­eas as scheduling and travel, compensationequity, publicity and facilities, he said. Healso just announced the start ofconstructionof an expanded women's ice hockey lockerroom. And he is very close to announcingthe start of a dedicated fencing facility, aroom that will be renovated in the lowerlevel of the Field House.

He noted the department still is seekingfunding to provide an expanded boathousefor women's crew and a women's softballfield. They're at the top of his 'to do' list.

Finally, Moore said, to help get the mes­sage out and attract those winning scholar­athletes and boosters, the department hasjoined the information superhighway fasttrack with a home page on the World WideWeb. There, alumni and fans can get infor­mation on everything from coaches to teamline-ups to tickets and schedules.

His biggest disappointment? "Is not be­ing able to solve the funding problems,"Moore said. His goal is not only to keepupgrading and expanding facilities, but toimprove all the sports programs so thatCornell can regain its position of power inIvy League athletics and then to make theprograms self-sufficient.

And if, in charting this course to athleticexcellence, he makes some waves?

"Some have thought that I'm rough. ButI've spent my whole life doing turnarounds.I understand the sensitivities. I'm not theogre I'm made out to be," he said.

"I'm direct, I'm fair, I'm demanding. Itend to be a bit of a perfectionist. I work atnot micro-managing but Idon't always suc­ceed. That's a function of the passion I haveabout what I'm doing.... In the end Ididn'tcome here to be popular. I came here tomake a difference."

And it's clear that he already has.

8 November 2, 1995 Cornell Chronicle

ITHACA CITY ELECTIONS 1995

Local candidates share views on community concernsYearly. the Chronicle makes space avail­

abl for candidates to share their views onmatter. of concern to the community. This

car, \"c invited candidates in contestedraces on the ballot in the city of Ithaca toanswer the following questions:

I. What do you feel arc your qualifica-

tions for the position; why should you beelected?

2. What do you consider to be your con­stituents' top issues, and how will you ad­dress them if elected?

3. What will be the city of Ithaca's great­est challenge during the next four years, and

how will you address it?4. What is your view of the Memoran­

dum of Understanding between Cornell andthe city of Ithaca, and how do you think itwill affect the future relationship betweenthe two entities?

Election Day is Nov. 7, and there are

other contests and issues on the ballot in thelocal area. The polls in Tompkins Countywill be open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. If youhave a question about your polling place,call the Tompkins County Board of Elec­tions at 274-5522.

Exercise your right to vote.

__________Ithaca Mayor _

Benjamin Nichols (D)

Alan Cohen (I)Qualifications: Community experi­

ence in government, business and human. ervice .

I b lieve in inclusive governance andbuilding consensus. As mayor, I would\\-elcome, not derail, opposing points ofvie\\-. They are critical to the developmentof balanced decisions. When we fail toIi ten to the many voices in our commu­nity, but seek only echoes of our ownthinking, we make bad policy. I agree thecity should continue to pursue a sociallyprogres ive agenda, but realize it must bebalanced with an emphasis on thecommunity's economic health. I don'twant to see us make painful cuts in ser­vices. We must work to reverse the declinein our tax base and generate new revenue.

Qualifications: I have proven my quali­fication for this office by a record of sixyears of ucces ful management and leader­'hip. In difficult financial timesas a result ofthe cut in state and federal funding forcitie , I have balanced our budget with in­crea e in property taxes below the rate ofinflation, with no layoffs. At the same timewe have maintained essential services andmade progre in developing affordablehouing, a new day-care center, youth pro­gram, and downtown revitalization. I havetaken the leadership in forming a new coop­erative effort with the county and Town ofIthaca to combine planning and economicdevelopment for our mutual benefit.

Paul Sayvetz (I)Qualifications: I am a committed com­

munity activist with a working knowledgeof Ithaca's various departments. I believethere is great potential for asocially healthierand happier Ithaca, not from administrativeor legislative tinkering but from simplepeople-friendliness on the part of electedofticials and staff. I would practice andpromote that philosophy. The best designedand mot well-funded program in the world

Constituen ts'concerns: Taxes andour ability to pay forservices; jobs, drugsand public safety.

Prioritize cityspending, look for ef­ficiencies in servicedelivery, consolidateservices with other Cohenproviders, increaserevenue streams, lobby for school districtfunding changes. Develop a business re­cruitment/retention program, with a com­mercial property database. Work proactivelywith businesses, helping them grow. Facili­tate apprenticeship and other training op­portunities. Support our police. Increasecommunication with neighborhood resi­dents, who should set the public safetyagenda. Ongoing training in cultural diver-

Constituents' con­cerns: The people ofthe city are concernedwith the general stateof the economy, withproblems of crime anddrugs, with the volume Nicholsand speed of traffic,with the need for more constructive activitiesfor young people, and with the disease ofracism. Property taxes, particularly the heavyschool tax, are a heavy burden. We are en­gaged in a wide range of cooperative effortswith neighborhood groups, the schools,Cornell, and adjoining municipalities to at­tack each of these problems. We are making

won't work unless thepeople operating ithave the right attitude.

Constituen ts'concerns: The top is­sues for City Hall arethat our low-incomepeople don't feel val­ued or respected and Sayvetzthat we don't haveenough people living in the city of Ithaca ­we're letting the suburbs take over.

sity, interpersonal communication, domes­tic violence and law enforcement techniques.Look at successes of other communities infighting drugs. With innovative thinking,they are finding creative solutions.

Greatestcballenge: Healing the woundsofdivisiveness inourcommunity and bring­ing diverse groups and individuals togetherto address pressing community problems.Engaging and motivati ng our youth, revers­ingour economic decline, fighting our grow­ing drug problem and alleviating the taxburden - all require a cooperative effort.

I will bring our community together andbring all parties to the table of politicaldiscourse. Politics of inclusion, not exclu­sion.1 will keep in touch through anongoingrotation of town meetings throughout ourcommunity. Working together, wecan bringa new vision to our city. We must put

effective use ofour success in obtaining largefederal Comprehensive Development BlockGrants to support more affordable housingand economic development.

Greatest challenge: The greatest chal­lenge facing city government and ourcitizens during the next four years wi II bemeeting our needs in a time of increasinghostility to cities at the national and statelevel. Already, in order to slice the in­come tax of the most wealthy, GovernorPataki has cut off funds the city waspromised as partial restitution of previ­ous reductions, and has cut student aid.The Gingrich-Republican Congress isfurther reducing aid to students as well assenior citizens, while passing a budgetthat decreases tax rates for the wealthiest

If elected, I will work to discourage thepolice department from treating poor peoplelike undesirables. I will work to e tablishmore public amenities, such as a downtowncommunity center or a "bubble" roof overthe Alex Haley pool so that it can be usedyear-round. I will work for earth-friendlychange, such as waste-reduction, large-scalef~od waste composting, and the like.

Greatest challenge: The challenge is toget away from "me first" thinking. Let's notoppose the construction of a park because

community first and improve the quality oflife for all Ithacans.

Cornell.city agreement: The memo­randum establishes a working group to ad­dress issues of concern to both parties, andboth have acknowledged their responsibili­ties. A new era of mutually beneficial coop­eration is potentially at hand.

Despite what the mayor says, it does mat­ter how we got here. The confrontational anddivisive actions he took last spring injuredboth parties, as well as many individuals andbusinesses. I'm concerned that this memo­randum is only as strong as the mayor'sconviction to act in kind. An agreement signedby the mayor for politically expedient pur­poses is undermined by the insincerity of hispersonal agenda. Iam committed to maintain­ing and further developing a relationship ofrespect and cooperation.

and increases them for the rest of us. Wemust all get together to fight back.

Cornell-city agreement: I am delightedwith the Memorandum of Understandingand am proud to have joined with PresidentRawlings in reaChing that agreement. Thecity's public recognition of the importanceof the vitality ofthe university and Cornell'scorresponding recognition of the impor­tance of the health of the city lays thefoundation for many years of increasedcooperation for our mutual benefit. We areinextricably intertwined. Personally, mylife and my family are tied to both Cornelland Ithaca. The agreement provides for thecreation of a mechanism - a high-levelworking group - that will translate ouraspirations into practice.

we don't expect to ever go there. Let's notoppose subsidizing the State Theater be­cause we don't like their choice of shows.The mayor is a key figure in the communitywho can cajole and persuade people into apublic-spirited mindset.

Cornell-city agreement: It's a goodagreement. I hope it sets a tone for futurerelations between the city and Cornell. Thecity needs all the help it can get, and Cornellneeds to recognize its obligation to be agood citizen.

_______Common Council3rd Ward _

Susan Blumenthal (D)Qualifications: I believe I have the expe­

rience and leadership abilities to serve onCommon Council. Building upon my back­ground as an urban planner, I have partici­pated in city affairs since 1984 when then­Mayor John Gutenberger appointed me to thePlanning and Development Board, which Ichaired for over eight years. In 1990, Ichairedthe Downtown VisionTask Force, a 75 mem­her group of community people working onis.....ues related to the vitality of our centralhusiness district. I currently chair the Down­town Revitalization Leadership Committee(DRLC), a l3-pcrson, follow-up group ofbusiness and government leaders implement­ing the ta...k t(lrCe'S recommendations.

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Constituents' con­cerns: The Bryant Parkand Belle Shermanneighborhoods havemany fine attributes,but parking on neigh­borhood streets by BlumenthalCornell commutersandpreservation of the housing stock on somesensitive blocks require extra measures toinsure that these neighborhoods remain pleas­ant places to live. I will work to enact mea­sures such as residential parking permits andincreased enforcement of city ordinances. Ihave already begun to work with Bryant Parkresidents to apprise the building commis-

sioner of occupancy and code violations andwill ask that he reactivate the Building De­partment Advisory Board to provide inputfrom citizens about code enforcement anddepartment operations.

GreatestcbaUenge: Maintainingthequal­ity of life in the city in the face of fiscalimpacts from cutbacks in federal and state aidwill be the greatest challenge. There will beincreased competition for funds and toughdecisions to make regarding the provision ofbasic services and amenities that city resi­dents desire. It is the responsibility of citygovernment to provide services the commu­nity demands as efficiently as possible. Wemust continue to look at ways of providingimproved services more efficiently, such aswith the use of inter-municipal agreements

like those recently put in place for transporta­tion, fire and youth services.

Cornell·city agreement: I am pleasedthe two parties have come to terms. Theuniversity's financial contribution will ad­dress costs of providing city services to theuniversity. Much attention has been paid tothe agreement's monetary aspects, but theestablishment of a permanent, on-goingworking group as part of the Memorandumof Understanding could be of even greatervalue in providing a forum to discuss andwork on solutions for problems. I have seenthe results of this type of communicationwhen university officials worked with theDRLC to address issues related to down­town matters. I believe the working groupcan benefit both entities.

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_______Common Council 4th Ward _

Jane Marcham (I)

Theresa Alt (D)Qualifications: I have been active in the

community for over a dozen years workingon neighborhood, local, state and nationalissues. I have campaigned for child care,local economic development, better-payingjobs, affordable housing, peace, fairer taxa­tion, and single payer health reform. I haveworked to elect officials who would act onthese issues. Year after year I \:tave been outon the street registering voters to broadencitizen participation. I have worked in CityHall and have seen how policy decisionscan affect daily operations - a perspectivethat will be unique on Council.

Qualifications: My 30 years at TheIthaca JournaL, including 11 as editorialpage editor and eight as City Hall reporter,provided me with broad knowledge of cityissues, respect for varying opinions, specialconcern for fair and open government, andaffection for the diverse p~ople in this lively,cosmopolitan city. As a past leader of sev­eral organizations who knows how to listenwell, work cooperatively and speak respon­sibly, as a Cornell graduate who rememberswhat it's like to be a student here, and as a29-year resident of East Hill, I want to putmy experience to work for my neighbors.

Constituents' concerns: They include:]) More city attention for East Hill: I'd pro-

Constituents'concerns: The park­ing crunch is particu­larly acute in theFourth Ward of Ithaca.Our backyards are be­ing paved over forparking, which dam­ages the environment.I will work for better Allpublic transportation,to give people an alternative to cars. Fre­quent buses between Cornell and Down­town, a shoppers' bus to the Farmers' Mar­ket and supermarkets on weekends, andbetter information would be a start.

There are bigger citywide issues. Much

mote more neighbor­hood communication,meetings and earlierconsulting with resi­dents on such issues asparking and traffic,property and cityscape Marchammaintenance, noise,crime and Collegetown development.

2) Cooperative relationships between thecity and Cornell University, and betweenresidents who share East Hill: More couldbe done to inform students and other new­comers about thecity's parking, trash, hous­ing and other regulations and explain whythey're important to neighborhoods.

3) High costs of government: My goal

ofour housing is not affordable. Put anotherway, people need better paying jobs (indus­trial jobs, unions in the service sector) to beable to afford even the basics.

Greatestchallenge: Itwill be hard to keepup city services while average incomes godown, a nationwide trend, making propertytaxes, sales taxes and fees ever harder toafford. Meanwhile state and federal govern­ments exacerbate the situation by cutting aidto localities. We have to elect state and federalgovernments that understand the need to fundlocal services from income taxes based onability to pay. Until this happens city govern­ment will have to get by with less. Computersshould make it possible to cut hand-drafting,

would be to control city spending so as tokeep increases in the total tax-and-fee bur­den within the inflation rate.

Greatest challenge: The financialcrunch, resulting from growing demandsand dwindling state and federal programsand revenues, strikes me as the city's mainchallenge. I'd encourage the city to 1) re­view its priorities before drafting the nextbudget, and seek economies in all depart­ments; 2) examine consolidating services- not governments, just yet - with thetowns and county to reduce staff and pro­gram costs; 3) expand the tax base throughstrategies to attract rather than discouragebusiness, a careful revision ofzoning, brain­stormingsessions on downtown's problems,and the sale of unneeded city property; 4)reduce the reliance on city borrowing.

copying, mailing, filing and telephone tag yetkeep up service.

Cornell.city agreement: The Memoran­dum of Understanding between Ithaca andCornell promises an exciting new eraofcoop­eration, especially in conjunction with theprospect of intermunicipal planning andcountywide cooperation. Countywide landuse planning that includes Cornell can holdthe key to a better economy, more rationaltransportation, environmental preservationand better municipal services for all. Moreshared facilities can mean greater efficiency.Excessive concentration of wealth in onesector does not make a healthy society. Shar­ing it will mean a better quality of life for all.

Cornell.city agreement: The Memo­randum of Understanding looks like amajor step toward resolving many long­standing conflicts between the city andCornell University, the worst being therecent rift that was financially damagingto both sides.

Cornell's voluntary payments for cityservices will increase substantially,though they fall short of the mayor'soriginal expectations, and the city makespromises in return - including fair ad­ministration of Cornell building permitsand avoidance of challenging Cornell'stax-exempt status. A fine feature is the"permanent working group," represent­ing both sides, to resolve troublesomeissues. But the agreement can be can­celed unilaterally and requires hard workand good will on both sides.

Youth Outreach Program gives second chance to many teensBy Darryl Geddes

Homeless or runaway teens can find asupportive ear and learn the skills to make iton their own from The Learning Web'sYouth Outreach Program.

The program, which receives funding fromthe United Way of Tompkins County, pro­vides teens with the promise ofa better future.

Larry Farbman, the program's case man­ager, said there are many reasons teens closethe door on their home life and parents.

"Some have been victimsofextreme abuseat the hands of their parents," he said. "Manysimply have no more ties with their familiesand have reached an age where they feel itmakes sense to be out on their own."

He said most youths find their way to hisoffice at ]20 W. State St. on the advice offriends; others are referred by schools, thecourt and parents.

"Whenever possible, I talk with parents

and arrange for facilitated meetings even ifthe person isn't coming back home,"Farbman noted. "It doesn't make sense for ayoung person to live with family membersand then all of a sudden they don't exist.There needs to be some closing of woundsfor a person to move on."

The ability to move on and pick up thepieces from what has often been a shatteredyouth is what Farbman attempts to give hisyoung clients. "We provide individuals withthe necessary counseling and essential train­ing aimed at helping a person critically ana­lyze theirskill-building," he said. "It is essen­tial that these individuals have the ability tolook at themselves and be honest about wherethey are going."

One of the most important skills neededfor life on your own, Farbman said, is bud­geting. "Learning how to handle your moneyand make sound decisions about your moneyis basic to survival."

Farbman also helps his clients expandtheir vocabulary to include such words as"commitment" and "responsibility."

All of this is an attempt to get the youngpeople to help break their dysfunctionalpatterns and move away from trouble, hesaid. "I want them to explore and develop avalue system and work ethic that steersthem toward better choices."

The program has been in operation for fouryears and has served more than ]20 people.

Farbman recounted the ordeal of a 14­year-old girl helped by the program whohad left home to escape the horror of incest.The Youth Outreach Program hooked herup with an apprenticeship, and that connec­tion has now turned into long-term employ­ment, with plans by the teen to attendTompkins Cortland Community College.

In addition to United Way funding, theprogram receives financial support from thecity of Ithaca and Tompkins County.

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Cornel/Information TechnoLogies. Columnswill address issues of interest and concernto campus computer users.

Beginning in ]989 and annually thereaf­ter, the Office of Information Technologieshas sponsored asurvey ofworkstation owner­ship and use among Cornell undergraduates.The study highlights informative trends re­garding students' access to workstation andnetwork resources and their use of key net­work-based services. The current report ofthat study, "Workstation(Personal Computer)Ownership Among Undergraduatesat CornellUniversity," is available from the Office ofInformation Technologies. If you would liketo receive a copy, please send electronic mailto Dolores Chase, dtc]@Cornell.edu, or callher at 255-8099. Please specify whether youwould like to receive the full report (including

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data tables and appendices) or an executivesummary version.

Windows 95 ReleasedAfter much marketing and media hype,

Microsoft has released Windows 95.Microsoft predicts that by this fall. Win­dows 95 will reside in the computers of"from 15 to 20 percent of a hundred millionPC users" (The New Yorker, 4 Sept. 1995).Windows 95 is a significant improvementthat will enhance the Windows computingenvironment, and offers a number of fea­tures not found in previous versions. It should

also be easier to install and maintain. Re­member, however, that as with any newsoftware, you may face some challengeswith Windows 95.

Do some research. In order for a com­puter to support Windows 95, a minimum of8 MB of RAM is strongly recommended ­with only 4 MB, performance will be slow;a typical installation requires 35 to 40MB ofhard disk space; people with older systemsor peripherals (printers, CD ROM drives, ormodems), may encounter difficulties; andsome types of application software mayneed to be upgraded. Also, the look ofWindows 95 is markedly different, so giveyourself time to adjust.

For information about Windows 95 in theCornell environment, please see CIT's Website, http://www. cit. cornell.edu/cit-pubs/will95.htmL. Other good resources are http://www.pcix.com/win95/win95home.html. and

Microsoft's own Windows 95 Web page,located at the URL http://www.windows.microsoft.coml If you are a Cornell staffmember working in a departmental environ­ment, you should not move to Windows 95without first consulting your local system ornetwork administrator. If your computer isvital to your work, you should not install anewly released operating system.

Bear Access News Service Starts UpA Bear Access "news service" started

Sept. 1, replacing the "Bear Access News­letter." Instead of compiling articles into amonthly newsletter, news, information andannouncements are sent out individually tomembers of an electronic mailing list.

Subscribe to the Bear Access News Ser­vice electronic mailing list, called "ba-an­nounce-I,"by sendingan e-mail message to

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Cornell Cooperative ExtensionForum

"Talking Liability: Managing Risk," Allen Bova,risk management & insurance; Terry Gifford, Co­operative Extension; James Gillett, natural re­sources; and Elizabeth Greene, Cooperative Ex­tension, Nov. 6, 8:30 a.m., 135 Emerson Hall.

Chemical Engineering"Impact of Transport Processes on Cardiovas­

cular Health and Disease: Scott Diamond, SUNYBuffalo, Nov. 7, 3:45 p.m., 165 Olin Hall.

ChemistryTBA, Richard Himics, Nov. 3, 4.40 p.m., 119 Baker"Fungi From Competitive Ecosystems as

Sources ofNewBioactive Natural Products,"JamesGloer, Univ. of Iowa, Nov. 6, 4:40 p.m., 119 Baker.

Fruit & Vegetable Science"Report From the Real World of an Extension

Specialist," Regina Rieckenberg, Cornell Coop­erative Extension, Nov. 2. 4 p.m., 404 Plant Sci­ence Building.

"Carbon Balance in Apple Trees: Crop Loadand Leaf Mite Stress Effects: Ana Francisconi.horticultural science, Geneva Agricultural Experi­ment Station, Nov. 9, 4 p.m., 404 Plant Science.

Cornell Research Club"Encryption: From the Abstract World of Math­

ematics to the Very Concrete Worlds of War andCommerce: Richard Platek, mathematics andOdyssey Research Associates, Nov. 6, 4:30 p.m.,Hollis Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall.

Ecology & Systematics"Reproductive Isolation Between Sympatric

Aphid Populations on Two Hosts: Prelude to Spe­ciation?" Sara Via, entomology and ecology &systematics, Nov. 8, 4 p.m., A106 Corson Hall.

Electrical Engineering"Learning From Labeled and Unlabeled Obser­

vations," Vittorio Castelli, IBM T.J. Watson Re­search Center, Nov 7,4:30 p.m., 219 Phillips Hall.

Entomology (Jugatae)"Entomology and Intellectual Property: Rich­

ard Cahoon, Nov. 2, 4 p.m., A106 Corson Hall."Augmentation of a Native Parasitoid for Lygus

hesperus Management in Strawberries," AndrewNorton, Nov. 9, 4 p.m., A106 Corson Hall.

City & Regional Planning"Dilemmas of Mixed Use," Hilda Blanco, Hunter

College, Nov. 3, 12:15 p.m., 115 Tjaden Hall.

Sri Satya Sai BabaSundays, 10:30 a.m., 319 N. Tioga St. For

details call 273-4261 or 533-7172.

Zen BuddhistTuesdays, 5p.m.; Thursdays, 6:45 p.m., chapel,

Anabel Taylor Hall.

Animal Science"Effects of Energy Balance and Dietary Lipids

on Ovarian Function in Postpartum Dairy Cows:Ron Butler, animal science, Nov 7, 12:20 p.m.,346 Morrison Hall.

Applied Mathematics"Math Applied to Liquid Crystals: Homotopy,

Connections and the Blue Phase," James Sethna,physics, Nov. 3, 3 p.m., 310 Rhodes Hall.

Anthropology"Beyond the Speaker and the Text: William

Hanks, University of Chicago, Nov. 3, 3:30 p.m.,215 McGraw Hall.

Advanced Computing ResearchInstitute

"Parallel Automated Adaptive Analysis," MarkShephard, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Nov.6, 11:15 a.m., 708 Rhodes Hall.

Biochemistry"Cytoplasmic Serine Hydroxymethyltrans­

ferase: Does Its Reaction Mechanism Have Impli­cation in Elucidating Its Physiological Functions?"Patrick Stover, Nov. 3, 4 p.m., large conferenceroom, Biotechnology Building.

The film Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey will make its Ithaca premieretonight, Nov. 2, at 7 p.m. with special guests Robert Moog, Ph.D. '65, and EricRoss.

Protestant Cooperative MinistrySundays, 11 a.m., chapel, Anabel Taylor Hall.

Astronomy & Space Sciences"Stellar Explosions and Outflows," Mario Livio.

Space Telescope Science Institute, Nov. 2, 4:30p.m., 105 Space Sciences BUilding.

Agricultural, Resource & ManagerialEconomics

"The Impact ofTrade Liberalization on Mexico'sDairySector: A Spatial EconomicAnalysis," CharlesNicholson,ARME, Nov. 2, 12:15p.m., 401 Warren.

Latter-day Saints (Mormon)Sunday services: Cornell Student Branch, 9

a.m., Ithaca ward, 1 p.m. For directions or trans­portation, call 272-4520, 257-6835 or 257-1334.

MuslimFriday Juma' prayer, 1:15 p.m., One World

Room, Anabel Taylor Hall. DailyZuhr, Asr, Maghreband Isha' prayers at 218 Anabel Taylor Hall.

CatholicWeekend Masses: Saturday,S p.m.; Sunday,

10 a.m., noon and 5 p.m., Anabel Taylor Audito­rium. Daily Masses: Monday-Friday, 12:20 p.m.,Anabel Taylor Chapel. Sacrament of Reconcilia­tion, Saturday, 3:30 p.m., G-22 Anabel Taylor Hall.

Episcopal (Anglican)Sundays, worship and Eucharist, 9:30 a.m.,

Anabel Taylor Chapel.

Friends (Quakers)Sundays, 11 a.m., meeting for worship in the

Edwards Room of Anabel Taylor Hall. Discussionsmost weeks at 9:50 a.m., 314 Anabel Taylor Hall

Baha'i FaithFridays, 7 p.m., firesides with speakers, open

discussion and refreshments. Meet at the BalchArchway; held in Unit 4 lounge at Balch Hall.Sunday morning prayers and breakfast, 7 a.m.

JewishMorning Minyan at Young Israel, 106 West

Ave., call 272-5810.Friday Services: Conservative, 5:30 p.m.,

Founders Room, Anabel Taylor Hall; Reform, 5:30p.m., ATH Chapel; Orthodox, Young Israel, call fortime, 272-5810.

Saturday Services: Orthodox, 9:15 a.m., OneWorld Room, ATH; Egalitarian Minyan, 9:45 a.m.,Founders Room, ATH.

African"AmericanSundays, 5:30 p.m., Robert Purcell Urtlon.

Christian ScienceTestimony meetings sharing healing through

prayer and discussion every Thursday at 7 p.m.,Founders Room, Anabel Taylor Hall.

Korean ChurchSundays, 1 p.m., chapel, Anabel Taylor Hall.

Bound for GloryNov 5: The show runs Sunday nights from 6 to

11, with live sets at 8:30, 9:30 and 10:30 p.m. in theCommons Coffeehouse of Anabel Taylor Hall.Admission is free and is open to everyone. Kids arealways welcome, and refreshments are available.Bound for Glory is broadcast on WVBR-FM, 93.5and 105.5.

Sage ChapelThe Rev. Robert L. Johnson, director of Cornell

United Religious Work, will give the sermon Nov. 5at 11 a.m

Cornell Jazz EnsembleTheJazz Ensemble will perform althe Johnson

Museum of Art Nov. 5 from 3 to 5 p.m.

Comell Folk Song ClubCeltic and French-Canadian traditional music

with a mix of old and new instruments will bepresented by the Montreal-based band Orealis ina concert Nov. 4 at 6 p.m. in Cornell's James LawAuditorium. Tickets are on sale at Borealis Booksand Rebop Records. For further information, call273-2132 or 272-3471.

Veterinary CollegeJames Law Lecture Series: "Mothers, Babies

and Diseases in Later Ufe: David J P. Barker,UnIVersity of Southampton. Nov. 9. 4 p.m., CallAlumni Auditorium, Kennedy Hall.

Women's Studies"Representing Islam: Martlpulating Gender,

Shifting State Practices and Class Frustrations,"Shelley Feldman, rural sociology and women'sstudies, Nov. 3 3:30 p.m., ILR Faculty Lounge,Ives Hall.

Third World StudentProgramming Board

Harry Wu will speak Nov 5 at 730 p.m. in CallAlumni Auditorium, Kennedy Hall.

Comell Concert CommissionFour·tlme Grammy Award winner Tito Puente

will exhllaro.te Cornell's Bailey Hall with a rhythmicevening of Latin jazz and percussion on Nov. 5 at8 p.m Tickets are on sale for $12 and $14 ($8 and$10 for CU students) at Willard Straight Hall ticketoffice, Ithaca Guitar Works or by callingTicketmaster In Binghamton, 722-7272.

Departm nt of Mu ic• Nov. 3 8:15 p.m., Barnes Hall: Pianist Xak

Bjerken will play four ballades by Chopin, Includingthe Sallades in G Minor, op. 23; in F Major, op. 38;In A-flat Major, op. 47 and in F Minor, op. 5. Alsoon the program is Steven Burke's newest work,dedicated to Bjerken, One.

• Nov. 4, 5 pm., Sage Chapel: The CornellUniversity Chorus, under the direction of ScottTucker, celebrates Cornell Family Weekend bygiving their annual "Twilight" concert. Tickets are$5 in advance at the Uncoln Hall ticket office, $6 atthe door. Call 255-2324 for information.

• Nov. 4, 8'15 p.m., Bailey Hall: David Connleads the Cornell Wind Symphony in a concerttItled "Music From the Stage." Featured are workswritten - or transcribed - for winds from operasand musicals by Gershwin, Bernstein, Verdi andOffenbach. Covered also are tunes and songsfrom A L. Webber's Phantom, Cats and JesusChrist Superstar

• Nov. 5, 8:15 p.m.• Anabel Taylor Chapel:Annette Richards gives her first open solo recitalas urtlversity organist with an all-Bach program.See story, Page 11.

• Nov 7,8:15 p.m., Barnes Hall: Cornell com­poser and doctoral candidate Brian Robison willpresent a concert of his chamber music featuringthe Ithaca Brass in the premiere performance ofTamna NOCI, a work that laments the horrors of theBosman conflict

Sou hast Asia ProgramThaI Manual of Knowledge' Ancient Wisdom

or Postmodern Artifact?" Craig Reynolds, Austra­lian National University, Nov 2,12:15 p.m., KahinCenter, 640 Stewart Ave.

"Gays, 'Kathoeys' and Men: A Preliminary His­tory of Thailand's Third Gender," Peter Jackson,Australian National University, Nov. 9,12:15 p.m.,Kahin Center, 640 Stewart Ave

Society for the Humanities"Towards Rethinking the Category of the Aes­

thetlc" Isobel Armstrong University of London,ov 6, 430 pm., Hollis Cornell Auditorium,

Goldwin Smith Hall.

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sence of law and regulations ... and misuseof authority."

Born in ahlus, Palestine. in 1946, whenit was till under British rule, Ashrawi grewup Irt Ramallah on the West Bank. Thedaughtcr of a physician. she studied Englishliterature and earned her B.A. and M.A.degree. at the merican University in Beirut.

nable to return from Lehanon to her homefollowing the ix-Day War of ] 967 and thesubscyucnt Isracli occupation of the WestBank, she wcnt to the U.S. to undertakedoctor..ll studies in medieval English litera­ture at the University of Virginia, inCharlottesville. There she hegan her activein\lJI ement in the Palestinian struggle.founding the ( harlottesville hranch of theOrganizution llt Arah Students and heudingthe mCflcan f'riends of Free Palestine.

tJrricd in 11.)75 to Emile Ashrawi, a

musician and dramatist, Ashrawi has twodaughters. She returned to her home in theOccupied Territories in 1979 under the pro­visions ofa general amnesty for Palestiniansand became a professor of English literature,then headofthe English department, at BirzeitUniversity. Active in demonstrations andprotests again. t Israeli rule, she establishedthe University Legal Aid Committee to as­sist Palestinian students who ran afoul of theIsrael i authorities.

After the 1987 outbreak of the Intjfadeh- the revolt against Israeli occupation ­Ashrawi formed the Palestinian PoliticalCommillee. which became a center for po­litical and diplomatic activity in the Occu­pied Territories, and she drew attention tosuch issues as strictures on academic freedom.arbitrary deportations and the mistreatment ofPalestinian prisoners. he also helped form

feminist study groups and sparked conscious­ness-raising sessions on the treatment ofwomen within Arabic societies.

In ]989. YasirArafat,theexiledleaderofthe Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO),asked Ashrawi and others to meet with U.S.State Department officials and make a pleafor upgrading the status ofdialogue betweenthe United States and the PLO. Followingthe Gulf War, Ashrawi took part in explor­atory talks with then Secretary ofState JamesBaker and his aides and helped launch theMiddle East peace process, ensuring that thePalestinians would be a key part of it.

The Henry E. and Nancy Horton BartelsWorld Affairs Fellowship was estahlished atCornell hy the Bartels in 1984 to foster abroadened world perspective among stu­dents by bringing distinguished internationalpublic figures to campus.

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between the search for dark matter and thefields of particle physics and cosmology.

Sadoulet earned his doctorate in 1971from the University of Orsay and worked inthe field of experimental high-energy phys­ics for the early part of his career. He was akey person in the building of the proton­antiproton collider and detectors at CERN,the international high energy physics labo­ratory in Geneva, Switzerland. In the mid­1980s, he turned his attention to problems inastrophysics and moved to Berkeley to setup a research group to search for dark matterwith cryogenic detectors. He was part of agroup of scientists that announced in 1993the possible first evidence for dark matter inthe galaxy with the observation of a massivecompact halo object (MACHO) in the LargeMagellanic Cloud.

The Bethe Lecture Series, established byCornell's physics department and the Collegeof Arts and Sciences, honors Hans A. Bethe,Cornell professor emeritus of physics.

Born in London, Richards earned abachelor's degree in English language andliterature at Oxford University, while servingas an organ scholar at Corpus Christi College.She earned a master's degree in music fromStanford University in 1989, before studyingwithJacquesvan Oortmers.<;cn at the SweelinckConservatorium in Amsterdam. She returnedto Stanford in 1991 to continue her doctoralstudies in musicology.

Richards has performed throughout Eu­rope; her U.S. appearances include perfor­mance at the Old West Church in Bo ton andTrinity Cathedral in San Jose, Calif.

She is the winner of the 19 6 OundleInternational Organ Festival and the 1992Dublin International Organ Competition.

month-old guerrilla uprisingby the ZapatistaNational Liberation Army. Riebe, who de­nies the charge that he has supported therebels, has said he supports their goals ofland reform, improved roads, education andhealth care but not their violent methods.

Riebe will speak about his arrest and expul­sion, and also about the current situation inChiapas, at 8 p.m. in the cafe at Anabel TaylorHall, on Nov. 9. The event is sponsored byCUSLAR and is free and open to the public.

born around 1920," said Nathanielsz, direc­tor of the Laboratory for Pregnancy andNewborn Research in the College of Veteri­nary Medicine at Cornell. "These recordsenabled him and his colleagues to trace andexamine adults who were still alive and findout the cause ofdeath of those who had died.Together with parallel animal studies, thiswork reinforces the now-widely acceptedtenet that high blood pressure, cardiovascu­lar and respiratory disease and diabetes arelinked to poor health and nutrition of themother and baby."

Barker is professor ofclinical epidemiol­ogy at University ofSouthampton and direc­tor of the MRC Environmental Epidemiol­ogy Unit at Southampton General Hospital.He earned his Ph.D. from the University ofBirmingham and his M.D. from the Univer­sity of London. His thesis - that a baby'snourishment before birth and during infancy,as well as its exposure to infection duringearly childhood, influence the diseases itwill develop in later life - is detailed in his1994 book Mothers, Babies and Disease inLater Life.

Annette Richards, university organist andassistant professor of music, will give a solorecital Nov. 5 at 8:15 p.m. in Anabel TaylorChapel. It is Richards' first solo recital sincebeing named university organist last year. Theperformance is free and open to the public.

The all-Bach program features Falltasiaand Fugue ill C Minor, Sechs Chorale vonverscheidenerArt, Sarabanda con partite inC Major, Concerto inA Minor and Toccata,Adagio alld Fugue ill C Major.

Richards succeeded William C. Cowdery,who erved as acting university organistsince the death of Donald R.M. Paterson inMay 1993.

By Darryl Geddes

By Larry Bernard

Bernard Sadoulet,director of the Centerfor Particle Astrophys­ics at the University ofCaliforniaat Berkeley,will deliver part of theannual Bethe LectureSeries Nov. 3-8. Sadoulet

Sadoulet's lecture is the first part of a two­part Bethe lectureseries this year. In the spring,MargaretGellerfrom the Harvard-SmithsonianCenter for Astrophysics at Harvard Univer­sity, will be on campus for a week to talk on"Large Scale Structure in the Universe."

Sadoulet will give a Physics Colloquiumin Schwartz Auditorium, Rockefeller Hall,on Monday, Nov. 6, at4:30 p.m., titled "TheDark Matter Problem." He will discusssearches for the mysterious missing mass ofthe universe. Sadoulet also will give severalmore technical seminars on the interaction

For nearly two decades, Father LorenRiebe, a native of Los Angeles, was thepriest for about 30,000 parishioners, mostlyTzeltal-speaking Mayan Indians, in the re­mote Mexican village of Yajalon, Chiapas.

But in June, Riebe was detained and ex­pelled from Mexico on charges by the gov­ernment that he, as a foreigner living inMexico, had violated the law by becominginvolved in the country's politics - specifi­cally by urging peasants to support the 22-

Expelled priest to talk on Mexican uprising

University organist to give first solorecital Nov. 5 in Anabel Taylor

Lecturer will suggest nutrition of babysets the stage for lifetime of health, diseaseBy Roger Segelken

Adult diabetes, high blood pressure andeven cardiovascular and respiratory diseasecan be traced to poor health and nutrition ofthe baby and its mother, University ofSouthampton epidemiologist Dr. David J.P.Barker, will say at the James Law Lecture,set for Thursday, Nov. 9, at 4 p.m. in theDavid L. Call Alumni Auditorium, KennedyHall, on campus.

"Mothers, Babies and Diseases in LaterLife" is the title of Barker's lecture. TheJames Law Lecture, which is named forCornell's first professor of veterinary medi­cine, is free and open to the public.

"Studies by David Barker and his col­leagues show that nutrition of the fetus andnewborn infant has significant effects onlater lifetime health," according to thespeaker's host, the James Law Professor ofReproductive Physiology Dr. Peter W.Nathanielsz.

"Dr. Barker's work tells this fascinatingand important story from the analysis ofunique lifetime health records of babies

Particle astrophysicist, Bethe lecturer,will give physics colloquium Nov. 6

Football (4-3)Nov. 4, YALE, 1 p.m.

Lightweight Football (3-2)Nov. 3, ARMY. 7:30 p.m.

Men's Soccer (12-1-1)Nov. 4, YALE. 3:30 p.m.

Women's Soccer (9-4-3)Nov. 4. YALE, 11 a.m.

Theatre Arts• Black Box Series: The Show Must Go On, an

offbeat comedy about a family whose membersread lines from a stilted and dismal script. Troubledevelops when someone shows up who's not inthe script, and hilarity ensues. Nov. 3 at 4:30 p.m.,Nov. 4 at 7:30p.m. and f'<ov. 5 at 7:30 p.m , BlackBox Theatre, $2.

• Play Reading: The Hollywood Canteen byProfessor Ron Wilson, with guest actor ElizabethAnn Townsend, Nov. 5, 2 p.m , Film Forum, free.

Home games are in ALL CAPS.Records are as of Monday.

Women's Volleyball (17-6)Nov. 4-5, CORNELL INVITATIONAL

Women's Tennis (2-1)Nov. 3-5. at RolexilTA Indiv.

Flu ShotsInfluenza vaccine is offered again by University

Health Services during clinics. Cornell students andtheir spouses, faculty and staff members are eli­gible to attend. Clinics will be held in the main lobbyof Gannett Health Center on Nov. 2 from 1:30 to 4p.m. and Nov. 3 from 8:30 to 11 :30 a.m. and 1:30 to4 p.m.A fee of$10 will be charged. For information,call Gannett Health Center at 255-4082.

Venezuelan Students & ScholarsAssociation

A conference. "Archeological Mysteries ofVen­ezuela: Past, Present and Future.- by ProfessorLuis Molina of the Quibor Archeological Museum,Venezuela, will be held Nov 7 in 153 Uris Hall. Forinformation, call Manuel Hernandez at 256-8469.

Men's Tennis (G-1)Nov. 2-5. Rolex Reg. Champs. at Princeton

Field Hockey (8-7)Nov. 3, YALE, 2 p.m.

Cornell SavoyardsThis Halloween you'll be haunted by Cornell

Savoyards' production of Ruddigore: Orthe Witch'sCurse! Come in costume and get a chance to wina door prize. Shows will be held Nov. 3 and 4 at 8p.m. and Nov. 5 at 3 p.m. in Kulp Auditorium atIthaca High School. Tickets, available at WillardStraight Hall ticket office, Logos and Hickey's, are$9 evenings, $7 students and seniors; $6 mati­nees. For reservations, call 277-4847.

Hotel SchoolThe 16th annual auction for charity, hosted by

the first-year graduate students of the School ofHotel Administration, will take place Nov. 4. Thesilent auction will take place from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.in the atrium of Statler Hall, East Avenue entrance.The live auction will be held in the Carrier GrandBallroom of the Statler Hotel, with bidding com­mencing at 5 p.m. A partial list of items to beauctioned includes: Alaskan and Seabournecruises; a cocktail party for 30 in New York City bySusan HoI/and and Co.; hotel room at The Peaksin Telluride, Colo.; 1996 Summer Olympics para­phernalia; autographed Jim Craig Olympic hockeyposter. For info, contact Kim Tudahl at 257-6429 orLaura Knapp at 256-7163.

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South Asia Program"EmergencyAssessments," Vijay Prashad, his­

tory, Nov. 6,12:15 p.m., G-08 Uris Hall.

Stability, Transition & TurbulenceTBA, Charles Baggett, Cornell, Nov. 7, 12:30

p.m., 178 Rhodes Hall.

Statistics"A Paradox Concerning Shrinkage Estimators:

Should a Known Scale ParameterBe Replaced byan Estimated Value in the Shrinkage Factor?­William Strawderman, Rutgers University, Nov. 8,3:30 p.m., 100 Caldwell Hall.

Textiles & Apparel"Physical Interactions Affecting the Adhesion

of Dry Particles," Don Rimal, Eastman Kodak,Nov. 2,12:20 p.m.• 317 MVR Hall.

"Development of Modular Integrated Body Ar­mor," Susan McKinney, Arthur D. Little Inc., Nov. 9.12:20 p.m., 317 Martha Van Rensselaer Hall.

Wildlife Science"An Adaptive Approach to Waterfowl Harvest

Management in North America," Jim Nichols,Patuxent Environmental Science Center, Nov. 9.3:35 p.m., 304 Femow Hall.

Latin American Studies"The Archaeological Mysteries of Venezuela:

Past, Present and Future," Luis Molina Centeno,Division of the National Council for Historic Pres­ervation, Venezuela, Nov. 7, 12:15p.m., 153UrisHall.

Olin*Kroch*Uris LibrariesArt and Architecture Research Seminar, Nov.

2,2 to 3:30 p.m., 106 Olin Library.History Research Seminar. Nov. 2, 4:30 to 6

p.m., 106 Olin Library.

Science & Technology Studies"Races and Places," Henrika Kuklick, Univer­

sityof Pennsylvania, Nov. 6, 4:30 p.m., 609 Clark.

Society for the Humanities"Thinking About Mediation," Isobel Armstrong,

University of London, Nov. 7, 4:30 p.m., 201 A.D.White House.

"The Passions and the Cognitive," IsobelArmstrong, University of London, Nov. 8, 4:30p.m.• A.D. White House.

Immunology"Immunotherapy With Interleukin-2," Kendall

Smith, Cornell Medical College, Nov. 3, 12:15p.m., Boyce Thompson Auditorium.

Plant Breeding"Transformation of Plants With Viral Replicase

Genes Confers Resistance to Plant Virus Dis­ease," Milton zaitlin, plant pathology, Nov. 7,12:20p.m., 135 Emerson Hall.

Ornithology"Long Point Bird Observatory: North America's

First," Michael Bradstreet, Long Point Bird Obser­vatory, Nov. 6, 7:30 p.m., Fuertes Room, Lab ofOrnithology, 159 Sapsucker Woods Road.

Peace Studies Program"Of Just Wars and Political Animals: From

Citizenship to Empire in Aristotle's Politics," JosiahOber, Princeton University, Nov. 2,12:15 p.m., G­08 Uris Hall.

"Security Implications of Migration," SarahSpencer, Institute for Public Policy Research, Lon­don, Nov. 9,12:15 p.m., G-08 Uris Hall.

Pharmacology"Three-Dimensional Structure of Interferon­

Gamma Complexed With ItsCell Receptor.- SteveEalick, biOChemistry, molecular & cell biology,Nov. 6, 4:30 p.m., Lecture Hall III, VeterinaryResearch Tower.

Psychology"Raising Children in a Socially Toxic Environ­

ment," James Garbarino, Cornell, Nov. 3, 3:30p.m., 202 Uris Hall.

Rural Sociology"People and Paths to Rainforest Destruction:

Cross-National Evidence From the Tropics," Tho­mas Rudel, Rutgers University, Nov. 3, 3:30 p.m.,32 Warren Hall.

Physiology"Function of Proteoglycans in the Regulation of

Lipoprotein Lipase," Andre Bensadoun, nutrition,Nov. 7, 4 p.m., Lecture Hall III, Veterinary Re­search Tower.

Plant Biology"Characterization of Phosphorus Uptake in a

Southern Pine," Mary Topa, Boyce ThompsonInstitute, Nov. 3. 11 :15 a.m., 404 Plant Science.

Plant Pathology"TheVirologyofChestnut BlightHypovirulence,"

Brad Hillman, Rutgers University, Nov. 7, 3 p.m.,A133 Barton Laboratory, Geneva Agricultural Ex­periment Station, and Nov. 8, 12:20 p.m., 404Plant Science Building.

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Russian Literature"Waiting for Antichrist: Apocalyptic Code of

Russian Symbolism· (in Russian), Oleg Proskurin,Moscow State Pedagogical University, Nov, 7,3:30 p.m., 177 Goldwin Smith Hall.

Science & Technology Studies"Ethical Issues in Women's Health Care Deliv­

ery," Andrea Parrot, human service studies. Nov.6,12:15 p.m., 609 Clark Hall.Continued on page 10

HillelYaron Svoray, an Israeli journalist who infil­

trated Germany's neo-Nazi movement, will speakNov. 5 at 8 p.m. in Statler Auditorium. Tickets are$2 for students and $4 for others. Tickets areavailable at the Willard Straight Hall ticket office,Cornell Hillel and at the door.

Landscape Architecture"'Infrascape': An Examination of the Appropri­

ate Relationship Between the Culture Implied byInfrastructure and Values Associated with land­scape," Elissa Rosenberg, University of Virginia,Nov. 3, 11:15 a.m., 157 E. Sibley.

PhysicsBethe Lecture: "The Dark Matter Problem,"

Bernard Sadoulet. University of California, Berke­ley, Nov, 6, 4:30 p.m., Schwartz Auditorium.Rockefeller Hall. He also will present several moretechnical seminars during his visit Nov. 3-8.

Professors"at·Large"Environmental Refugees: An Emergent Cri­

sis in the Global Arena," Norman Myers, environ­ment and development consultant for World Bank,World Wildlife Fund, and U.S. Departments ofState and Energy, Nov. 9, 7 p.m.. Boyce Thomp­son Auditorium.

European Studies"Intelligentsia and Power: The Crisis of Democ­

racy and Its Causes in Today's Russia," MariettaChudakova, University of Ottawa, Nov. 3, 11 a.m.,153 Uris Hall.

urns," Nancy Green, curator of prints, drawingsand photographs at the Johnson Museum of Art,Nov. 2, 10 a.m., Johnson Museum

CUSLARThe Rev. Loren Riebe will speak about his

arrest and expulsion from the remote Mexicanvillage of Yajalon, Chiapas, on Nov. 9 at 8 p.m. inthe cafe at Anabel Taylor Hall.

Willard Straight Hall Art Gallery"The Artists of Willard Straight Hall," featuring

mixed media by staff and students affiliated withthe Straight and part of the Straight's 70th anniver­sary celebration, will be on view through Nov. 12.

Tjaden Hall"Images Unseen," student work, through Nov. 4.

Van Rensselaer Gallery, E"124 MVRThrough Nov. 2, freshman design and environ­

mental analysis student work.

Mann LibraryLearn about the scope of the Department of

Fruit and Vegetable Science's activities at theexhibit in the lobby of Mann Library. Examples oftechniques and publications, highlighted by fruitsand vegetables in decoration and art, will be ondisplay through December.

BiOChemistry, Molecular & CellBiology

Ef Racker Lectureship: Henry Bourne, profes­sor of pharmacology and medicine at the Univer­sity of California, San Francisco, will present "Sto­ries About Biological Signaling" Nov. 9 at 8 p.m. inJames Law Auditorium. He also will present atechnical talk, "How Do Receptors Activate Trim­eric G Proteins," Nov. 10 at noon in the largeconference room of the Biotechnology Building.

Comell Campus Club"Master Prints From Upstate New York Muse-

tronic through Bear Access through Nov. 10. Agraduate student must obtain consent from thecommittee chairperson for the pre-enrollmentcourse selections and then receive an electronic"adviser key" (password) from the chairperson orgraduate field office.

• Thesis/Dissertation: Thethesis/dissertationsubmission deadline for a January 1996 degree IS

Jan. 12, 1996. Students should see the GraduateSchool thesis adviser for approval of the format oftheir thesis/dissertation before submitting the finalcopies to the Graduate School. Office hours are 9a.m. to noon daily; also 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. onMondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays; walk-in basisonly, no appointments. Professional master's de­gree candidates should check with their field of­fices regarding the deadline, as that deadline maybe earlier than the Graduate School's.

• Conference travel grant applications aredueatthe Graduate Fellowship Office, Sage Gradu­ate Center, by Dec. 1 for January conferences.Applications are available at graduate field offices;registered graduate students invited to presentpapers are eligible.

ChemistryBaker Lectures: Graham A. Fleming of the

University of Chicago presents a lecture series on"Ultrafast Spectroscopy" at 11 :15a.m. in 119 Baker:"The Control of Phase: Phase-locked Pump-probeand Echo Measurements Heating and Cooling.Control of Dynamics," Nov. 2, and "Introduction tothe Primary Steps in Photosynthesis: Theories ofEnergy Transfer," Nov. 9.

Comell Library"Paper, Leather, Clay & Stone: The Written

Word Materialized," through Jan. 5, Kroch Library,Monday through Friday, 9a.m. t05 p.m.; Saturday,1 to 5 p.m.

edge of early ukiyo-e methods and his personal,modern vision.

- "Ukiyo-e Prints and Woodblocks," throughDec. 31. To accompany the works by AkiraKurosaki, this exhibition, drawn from the perma­nent collection, includes works by Hiroshige andHokusai, masters of the traditional ukiyo-e print.

-12 O'Clock Sharp: Thursday Noontime Gal­leryTalk: Matthew Armstrong, associate curator ofpainting and sculpture, will discuss "The MarquseeCollection of American Medals," Nov. 2.

• On Nov. 2 from 12:15to 1:15 p.m. and 3:30to4:30 p.m., Jim Hardesty will demonstrate the art ofChinese brush paintin.g.

.Johnson Art MuseumThe Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, on

the comer of University and Central avenues, isopen Tuesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5p.rn. Admission is free. Telephone: 255-6464.

- "The Marqusee Collection ofAmerican Med­als: through Nov. 5.

• "Art in Bloom: Botanical Illustration and theArtist's Interpretation: drawings from the per­manent collection and the Cornell Library, onview through Dec. 31.

• "Master Prints From Upstate New York Mu­seums: through Dec. 31. This exhibition pre­sents a selection of European and Americanprints from the 15th century to the present,organized by and presenting works from six artmuseums in Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Utica,Albany and the Johnson Museum.

• "Akira Kurosaki Woodcuts: through Dec.31. This exhibition reflects Kurosaki's knowl-

Tuesday, 11f7"The Net," 7 p.m."Herdsmen of the Sun" (1988), directed by

Werner Herzog, 7:30 p.m., CTA Film Forum."How Tasty Was my Little Frenchman" (1971),

directed by Nelson Pereira, with ArduinoColassanti,Ana Maria Magalhaes and Ital Natur, 9:30 p.m.

- CoursEnroll: Pre-enrollment for Spring '96.All course pre-enrollment will be on-line and elec-

Sunday, 11/5"A Walk in the Clouds," 4:30 p.m."The Net: 7 p.m."Camp de Thiaroye" (1987), presented by

Pentangle, 7:30 p.m., Uris, free.

Wednesday, 11/8"The Smoking Fish" (1976), directed by Roman

Chalbaud, 7 p.m."Fast Times at Ridgemont High" (1985), di­

rected by Amy Heckerling, with Sean Penn andJennifer Jason Leigh, 9:30 p.m.

Thursday, 11/9"The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea" (1995),

directed by Laurent Heynemann, with JeanneMoreau, 7 pm.

"Fast Times at Ridgemont High," 9:15 p.m.

Monday, 11/6"Le Amiche" (1955), directed by Michelangelo

Antonioni, with Eleonora Drago, 7 p.m."A Walk in the Clouds: 9 p.m

Saturday, 11/4"White Main" and "The Red Balloon," IthaKid

Film Fest, 2 p.m., $2/$1.50 12 and under."Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey," 7 p.m."The Net," 7 p.m., Uris."River of Grass: 9:15 p.m."A Walk in the Clouds," 9:30 p.m., Uris."Monty Python and the Holy Grail," midnight,

Uris.

directed by Steven Martin, 9:45 p.m."Monty Python and the Holy Grail" (1974),

directed by Terry Gilliam, midnight, Uris.

Adriana RO"crsIUni,crsity PhotographySalah Hassan, assistant professor of African art history and visual culture, uses a .Johnson Museum of Art exhibition asa foundation for a lecture to his Africana studies class last month. The .Johnson Museum offers educational servicesfor many classes on campus throughout the year. Call Cathy Klimaszewski at 255·6464 for details.

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Thursday, 11/2"Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey" (1994),

directed by Steven Martin, with guests RobertMoog and Eric Ross, 7 p.m

"Ali Fear Eats the Soul" (1974), directed byRainer Werner Fassbinder. 945 p.m.

Friday, 11/3"River of Grass" (1993), directed by Kelly

Reichardt, with Lisa Bowman and Larry Fessenden,guest dlfector Reichardt will be viSiting, 7 p.m.

"A Walk in the Clouds· (1995), directed byAlfonso Arau, With Keanu Reeves, 7 p.m., Uris.

"The Net" (1995), directed by Irwin Winkler,with Sandra Bullock. 9:30 p.m., Uris.

"Theremln. An Electronic Odyssey" (1994),

Films listed are sponsored by Cornell Cinemaunless otherwise noted and are open to the public.All films are $4.50 ($4 for students and childrenunder 12), except for Tuesday night Cinema Off­Center at the Center for Theatre Arts ($2) andSaturday or Sunday matinees ($3.50). Films areheld in Willard StraightTheatre except wherenoted.

Comellintemational FolkdancersOpen to the Cornellcommunityand the general

public. Allevents are free unless noted. Beginnersare welcome. No partner necessary. For informa­tIOn. contact Edilia at 387-6547.

Nov. 5, North Room, Willard Straight Hall:monthly planning meeting, 6:30 p.m.; teaching tobe announced, 7:30 p.m.; open dancing and re­quests, 8:30 p.m.

CU .Jitterbug Club ClassesThe following classes take place at 209 N.

Aurora St For Information, call Bill at 273-0126• Lindy Hop review, Nov. 4, 3t05p.m., $7 atthe

door• Learn the Shim Sham, a line dance from the

30s. No dance experience necessary. Nov. 4, 5 to6 p.m., $4 at the door (free with the Lindy review).

• Basic Lindy Hop: Six-week series starts Tues­day, Nov. 7, 8:30 p.m. Cost is $36/$42.

• IntermediateLindy Hop: Six-week series startsWednesday, Nov. 8, 7:15 p.m. Cost is $36/$42.

• Intermediate Jitterbug: Six-week series startsTueSday, Nov 7,7:15 p.m. Cost $36/$42.

Israeli FolkdancingThursdays 8 p.m., Edwards Room, Anabel

Taylor Hall.

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