Cornell
CHRONICLE
Volume 20 Number 10 October 27, 1988

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"Fool on the Hill," a new
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"Betteand Boo" to open Nov. 2

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Cornell Club in New York City

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Jill Peltzman
Joyce Lindorff, harpsichord, and Sonya Monosoff, violin, rehearse Biber's "15 Mystery Sonatas," which they'll perform on Nov. 12 as part of Cornell's Festival of Czech Culture. Each of the sonatas requires a different tuning of the violin.

Writing programs lead

latest teaching initiatives

Programs to improve the writing of student scientists and engineers are among the 10 projects receiving funding in the latest round of Cornell's five-year, $5 million President's Fund for Educational Initiatives.
So far, $1.9 million has been awarded to develop 21 new courses and redesign eight classes, buy equipment, develop computer software and support other proposals to enhance undergraduate education at Cornell, according to President Frank H.T. Rhodes.
The President's Fund was created "to encourage creative linkages between the disciplines and particularly between professional and liberal education," Rhodes said.
"This program has helped people rethink undergraduate education and helped faculty try things that they've had a desire, but no money, to do," said Larry I. Palmer, vice president for academic programs. "If we're going to change the style and substance of undergraduate education, the institution has to change, and these awards are helping make that possible."
Previously, awards were made to proposals by individual faculty members. Beginning with this latest round, only collegewide proposals from deans or program directors are being funded in an attempt to affect the overall direction of undergraduate education rather than improve isolated courses, Palmer said.
The major awards in the latest round will expand writing programs in the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Engineering. Each program will receive $250,000 to begin building on the success of the university's John S. Knight Writing Program, in which all freshman are required

to take two writing seminars in social science or humanities subjects. The new efforts will require upperclassmen to do more writing as part of their science, social science and engineering studies, Palmer said.
"We want to make writing a habit of the mind," Palmer said. "Writing is not a separate skill to be taught off by itself. It is a way of teaching students how to think systematically, and it should be a part of any course."
In the College of Arts and Sciences, for example, nine writing courses will be added in each of the next three years, and writing components will be introduced into existing courses in chemistry, mathematics, physics and biology, Palmer said.
"Writing is an indispensable part of thinking," said Harry E. Shaw, director of the Knight Writing Program. "Success will depend upon the extent to which we can persuade faculty across the college that writing has a living connection with thought in their disciplines."
In the College of Engineering, the new money will be used to expand a one-yearold writing program by offering a course in engineering communication and by holding seminars to help faculty integrate writing assignments into existing courses.
"Writing and public speaking are crucial to engineering practice — not merely secondary aspects of it," said Steven Youra, director of the Writing Program in Engineering. "Much of an engineer's time involves composing reports and proposals and delivering formal presentations."
The President's Fund also made the folContinued on page 7

Two win award for best foreign-language software

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What started five years ago as a hope of

"Systeme-D: Writing Assistant for nous that it can't be read in a lifetime. But a

Sola is collaborating with colleagues at

m- combining a bilingual word processor with French," has been called "arguably the most scholar studying Dante uses computers to Johns Hopkins and Harvard' universities

a data base to help teach foreign languages ambitious, innovative and sophisticated for- find answers to his particular questions and at the Universities of Chicago, Pitts-

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has turned into prize-winning software that is helping students at a dozen colleges and universities to team French.

eign language microcomputer software on the market" by the Journal of the American Council of the Teaching of Foreign Lan-

about Dante's writings.
"Textbooks take you from one lesson to the next in a linear fashion. But what is the

burgh and Illinois to apply the program to Spanish, Portuguese and Italian. They hope
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guages. A report in Foreign Language An- first fact of French? This software finds the

nals said the program "surpasses any other right moment to introduce something, which

commercial foreign-language microcom- is when the student asks a question. That's

puter program."

when learning takes place."

On Oct. 26, the program was named the country's best foreign-language software at a Washington, D.C., convention of members of EDUCOM, a consortium of colleges and universities interested in computer issues. The award competition was conducted by the National Center for Research to Improve Postsecondary Teaching and Learning, which is based at the University of Michigan.

The new computer program is the brainchild of Donald F. Sola, also a professor of linguistics at Cornell, who wondered what kind of learning tool could be created by combining bilingual dictionaries and grammar references with a relational data base to sort through the information. Sola, an expert in the Quechua language, suggested writing a computer program to Noblitt and to doctoral student William J.A. Pet, a com-

Variations of "Systeme-D" also are, or puter wizard who now is computer and linsoon will be, used to teach Spanish, Portu- guistics consultant at the Summer Institute guese, Italian and Quechua, which is spoken of Linguistics in Suriname.

by Indians in Central and South America.

At the time, Noblitt was engaged in a

The Spanish version is called "Salsa"; and computer-assisted revision of his French

the Quechua version, "Runa Simi."

textbook, and the three scholars decided to

All of the recognition leaves one of the build their program around French and program's authors, James S. Noblitt, who Quechua, ensuring that the program would

calls himself a "plain old vanilla professor" be adaptable to more than one language.

James S. Noblitt

Jill Peltzman

with no special training in computer programming, enthusiastic about the role of computing in the humanities.
"This is a second renaissance," said Noblitt, a professor of linguistics, adding, "The secondary literature on Dante is so volumi-

They and 300-plus additional Cornell researchers received more than 400 personal computers and other support from IBM's Project Ezra, named for Ezra Cornell, and set up to encourage faculty and students to create innovative computer uses.

Donald F. Sola

Jill Peltzman

2 October 27, 1988 Cornell Chronicle

Briefs
• Open house: There will be an open house with refreshments in the newly completed Food Science Laboratory adjacent to Stocking Hall on Nov. 2 starting at 3 p.m. The Department of Food Science in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences is inviting all members of the Cornell community to visit the new facility.
• Kristallnacht remembered: Yiddish culture is being celebrated on campus with a series of events sponsored by the B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation at Cornell in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of "Kristallnacht" Nov. 9 and 10 in 1938 when the Nazis smashed the windows of synagogues and Jewish-owned businesses throughout Germany.
There will be a free showing of Arthur Cantor's film on Yiddish theater in America, "The Golden Age of Second Avenue," tonight at 7 pjn. in Room LO-4 of Uris Library.
See the Chronicle calendar for details of a klezmer concert on Oct. 29 at 8 p.m. in Goldwin Smith Hall and a performance of Sholom Aleichem monologues on Nov. 2 at 8 p.m. at the Commons Coffeehouse in Anabel Taylor Hall.
• Video camera: A video camera is available for use by visitors during the final weeks of the exhibit at the Johnson Museum of Art of media art by artists in Buffalo. Visitors to the exhibition can use the camera to shoot aspects of the exhibition or other subjects in the immediate area and then watch on a nearby monitor what they and others have shot The show runs through Nov. 12.
• Scholarly interests: The Office of Sponsored Programs in Day Hall has established a data base on the Cornell mainframe with some 800 records of the research and scholarly interests of faculty, senior research and extension associates, and academic librarians on the Ithaca and Geneva campuses.
Printouts of the data base, which will be periodically updated and expanded, are available at academic department offices and at the Office of Sponsored Programs. Material is being gathered at the Medical College to be added to the data base.
For more information and details for gaining access to the data on the mainframe, call Araxy Terzian at 255-5014.
• Breakfast with Rhodes: A limited number of places are available for students to sign up for breakfast with President Frank H.T. Rhodes.
His office telephone number is 2555201. The breakfasts are held from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. in the Elmhirst Room of Willard Straight Hall at various times during the year. Reservations are made on a firstcome, first-served basis.
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Plant physiologist to head

Ecosystems Research unit

Leonard H. Weinstein, plant physiologist and program director for environmental biology at the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, has been named director of the Ecosystems Research Center at Cornell.
A specialist in air pollution's effects on plants, Weinstein takes the place of Robert W. Howarth, who will continue a research association with the center. The center's founding director, Simon A. Levin, is now director of the Center for Environmental Research at Cornell.
The Ecosystems Research Center is one of two "think tanks" devoted to stressed ecosystems and funded by the Environmental Protection Agency. It was established in 1980 to assess and evaluate knowledge on whole biological communities and ecosystems and to investigate the applicability of ecological principles to environmental regulation and management.
ERC has a core staff of nine scientists and five associates at Cornell and has published more than 140 reports on such questions as environmental-risk management, biotechnology and the effects of air pollution on plant-pest interactions.
Weinstein holds the title of W.B. Thompson Distinguished Scientist at the

Boyce Thompson Institute, an independent laboratory here on the campus. Weinstein received a B.S. in landscape horticulture from Pennsylvania State University in 1949, an M.S. in plant pathology and entomology from the University of Massachusetts in 1950 and a Ph.D. in plant physiology from Rutgers University in 1953.
Weinstein said the ERC, which is a unit of the Center for Environmental Research, will continue to respond to major current and future problems affecting ecosystems. Ecosystems are the communities of all living organisms in particular portions of the environment. A complementary research and analysis effort within the Center for Environmental Research, called the Global Environment Program, considers ecological problems on a larger scale, he noted.
The new ERC director said he hopes the center will become "more eclectic in its funding" by supplementing EPA support with research grants from foundations, industry and other government agencies. Weinstein said the center is expected to expand by adding researchers who are not affiliated with the university as well as more of those on the faculties and staffs of Cornell and Boyce Thompson Institute.

Structural engineer to discuss

building bridges with the arts

David Billington, a structural engineer from Princeton University, will make his second annual visit to Cornell as an A.D. White Professor-at-Large Nov. 1 through 10.
Last year, Billington became the first engineer elected as an A.D. White Professor. He was described as "a structural engineer, definer and critic of structural art and historian of technology."
The highlight of his visit will be a public lecture, "University Education in a Technological Age," on Nov. 2 at 4:30 p.m. in the Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium of Goldwin Smith Hall. Billington will draw on his course at Princeton entitled "Structures and Machines," which he teaches to undergraduates in the liberal arts.
Billington also will conduct a faculty colloquium on the topic, in which he will

illustrate a teaching style that can aid the integration of engineering and the liberal arts. He will examine how an understanding of technology and the liberal arts can affect modern university education. About 20 faculty from various colleges have been scheduled to participate in the colloquium, according to John Abel, professor of structural engineering.
Billington is author of "The Tower and the Bridge: The New Art of Structural Engineering," a historical analysis of the engineering and aesthetics of public structures from the early 1800s to the present. A graduate of Princeton, he has never taken an advanced degree, but he has been-a full professor of civil engineering at Princeton since 1964. He also has worked as a practicing structural designer and is a member of the National Academy of Engineering.

Obituaries

Forrest F. Hill
Forrest F. Hill, provost of the university from 1952 to 1955 and chairman of the Department of Agricultural Economics from 1943 to 1952, died on Oct. 20 in Cortland Memorial Hospital. He was 87.
Hill, whose career was marked by leadership positions in national and international agriculture, joined the Cornell faculty in 1930, the same year he received a doctorate in agricultural economics from the university.
A specialist in farm management, agricultural credit, marketing and land economics, he served with the Federal Farm Credit Administration from 1933 to 1939. He was deputy governor of the administration from 1934 to 1938, when he was named governor. He played a key role in the federal program for refinancing farmers during the Depression.
He returned to Cornell in 1940. After serving three years as provost under President Deane W. Malott, Hill left Cornell to become vice president of overseas development for the Ford Foundation. He was chairman of the board of the International Rice Institute from 1962 to 1976, when he retired and returned to Ithaca. He lived at

701 The Parkway. Hill was born on a Kansas farm and
grew up on a wheat farm in Saskatchewan. He received a bachelor's degree from the University of Saskatchewan in 1923 and in the following year took up graduate study at Cornell.
Survivors include a daughter, Margaret Jean Hill, of Fayetteville, and a brother, Howard Hill, of Florida.
Memorial gifts may be made to the Alzheimer's Disease Association, 360 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, 111. 60601.
Fred Small
Fred J. Small Jr., who retired from the university in 1982 after 25 years as a plumber, died Oct. 21 at Robert Packer Hospital. He was 64.
He was born in Ithaca, he served with the U.S. Navy during World War U, and he was a member of the Plumbers and Pipe Fitters Union Local 109. Small lived at 312 N. Titus Ave. in Ithaca.
Survivors include a son, James M. Small of Ithaca; a daughter, Patricia Ann Radzik of Lancaster, Pa.; two grandchildren and two great grandchildren; and two brothers and three sisters.

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Notable
Jane Davenport, Arts '90, and Laura Leasburg, Ag '90, took first place for the second consecutive year in the annual campuswide Cornell Class of 1894 Debate Tournament. They triumphed over 13 twoperson teams, winning a cash prize of $275 each. The second place awards worth $175 each went to the team of Andrew Jacobs and Cam Jones, both Arts '89.
Semifinalists Jody Kruger and Elaine Chiu, both juniors, and Larry Rosenburg and Peter Smiley, both seniors, received cash prizes of $75 each. The Best Novice Team award worth $50 for each team member went to sophomores James Dumas and Laura Pagano.
Physicist to discuss
'big science' versus
little science'
Nuclear physicist and author Alvin M. Weinberg will speak on "Scientific Choice: Big Science or Little Science?" today at 4:30 p.m. in the Kaufmann Auditorium of Goldwin Smith Hall.
Weinberg is a distinguished fellow at the Institute for Energy Analysis, Oak Ridge Associated Universities. His lecture is sponsored by the College of Engineering, the Program on Science, Technology and Society, the Department of Physics and the University Lectures Committee.
"Big science" describes mammoth projects such as the superconducting supercollider (SSC), the most costly science machine ever attempted, or the mapping of the human genome, which is expected to cost $3 billion. Critics of U.S. science policy fear that concentrating resources on a few "big science" projects deprives thousands of equally important, smaller efforts.
Weinberg is a leading figure in the development of nuclear energy for land-based power plants and submarines and is the coauthor of "The Physical Theory of Neutron Chain Reactors."
His interest in the interaction between modern technology and society is expressed in essays in which he coined phrases that are now part of everyday language, including "big science," "technological fix," and "Faustian bargain." His essays were published in a collection, "Reflections on Big Science."
In his talk, Weinberg also will discuss carbon dioxide and the greenhouse effect.
A member of the National Academy of Science and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Weinberg has received numerous awards for his contributions to the development of nuclear energy, including the Atoms for Peace Award, the Harvey Prize, the Heinrich Hertz Award and the Enrico Fermi Award and the E.O. Lawrence Memorial Award of the Atomic Energy Commission.
—Roger Segelken
Plants' gene action
topic of BTI lecture
How plants turn their genes on and off in response to stress, such as excessive heat, too much or too little water and even insect attack will be discussed when Australian molecular biologist W.J. Peacock presents the Boyce Thompson Institute Distinguished Lecture in the Life Sciences on Nov. 4 at 2 p.m. in the institute's auditorium.
Peacock's group was one of the first to describe "transposable elements," which are bits of DNA that jump in and out of genes.
Transposable elements have been used to "tag or mark" genes of agricultural interest, such as stress response genes.
In his lecture, "Control of Plant Gene Action and Its Implications to Agriculture," Peacock will describe a new molecular tool known as "gene shear," or "riboenzyme," which can block expression of undesirable genes in plants. He will discuss how this tool could be used to develop new improved crop varieties.
Peacock is chief of the Division of Plant Industry at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization in Australia and currently chairman of the International Board for Plant Genetic Resources in Rome.

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'87 graduate weaves fantasy, reality in Cornell setting

That Cornell's campus is a popular hangout for dogs is well known to faculty and students. That these dogs communicate telepathically with one another and hold clandestine convocations to answer the five questions of ultimate wisdom — that's a secret.
Secret until now, that is. Matt Ruff, a 1987 Cornell graduate, tells all in his first book, "Fool on the Hill," being published by The Atlantic Monthly Press.
Sprites, visible only to the occasional drunk, sail boats on Beebe Lake and fight off a fierce attack by an army of rats, and a storyteller uses his imagination to conquer a fire-breathing dragon to save his lover in Ruffs romantic, violent story of "a shadow Cornell; like the real one yet unlike it."
Written as his senior thesis, Ruffs novel is praised as "a comic fantasy of wonderful energy, invention and generosity of spirit" by Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Alison Lurie, who was one of Ruffs professors.
"It marks the start of what should be a remarkable career," said Lurie. "Matt has a wildly fantastic and comical imagination. He's a natural."
A Publisher's Weekly review said that "this exuberant first novel brims with good humor and imagination" but criticized it for being "packed with self-conscious, punning references. Too many of Ruffs narrative devices exist only to spotlight the author's cleverness," the reviewer wrote. The 22year-old author agrees.
"Sometimes I'm a little too tongue-incheek in my writing," he said. "And I don't know if I'd have the guts to put in as many story lines again. The first 100 pages threaten to scare readers away."
In those first 100 pages, readers meet a Wisconsin woman, her ill-chosen fiance and her marijuana-smoking father; a dog and a

Matt Ruff
cat who leave home to search for heaven; Calliope, a lady who changes her physical appearance to match her suitor's ideal woman; a storyteller named Mr. Sunshine; university founder Ezra Cornell; and the Bohemians, Harley- and horse-riding students who are too weird to live anywhere on campus except in one dorm: Prudence Risley Residential College.
"I like hanging out with outcast groups; Risley has that reputation," Ruff said of the dorm where he lived during his junior and senior years. What is weird about Ruff? "On the Arts Quad, I always walked along

the footpath rather than on it," he said. "I never figured out why."
A reception and launch party for the book, open to any former residents of Risley and others who will be invited, will be held at Risley beginning at 7 p.m. on Nov. 5. Ruff will read from his novel on Nov. 3, beginning at 4:30 p.m. in the Temple of Zeus cafeteria in Goldwin Smith Hall, and he will sign copies of his book from 1 to 3 p.m. on Nov. 5 at Cornell's campus store.
In "Fool on the Hill," the Bohemians tangle with the fraternity brothers of Rho Alpha Tau, a monster escapes from its grave

and comes to life in a plastic party doll, and students attend a Halloween party in Tolkien House, where they are entertained in an underground forest. And Stephen Titus George, a thriving writer looking for a story and longing for love, finds both.
"Yeah, I'm Stephen Titus George," Ruff said. "A lot of the characters have part of me in them. But I've changed."
In the novel, for example, Stephen Titus George owes his writing success to the inspiration induced by "the want of a steady girlfriend." Now Ruff lives with his steady girlfriend in Seattle, but he still is inspired to work daily on another novel, "Venus Envy."
Ruff was bom in New York City, the son of a minister — a point he shared automatically because "being a minister's son is a different thing to be. You're either straight-lace or rebellious; I'm the second kind."
He attended Cornell because it has an early-admission program and because he liked the arcade he visited in Ithaca's Collegetown neighborhood on the rainy day that he visited the university.
"I didn't know much about Cornell until I got there, but I loved it," Ruff said. During his first two years of college, the ideas for five different books about Cornell started dancing in his head. In his junior year, he decided to weave them together in the book that became "Fool on the Hill." When Lurie read his manuscript, she suggested to Ruff that he submit the book to her agent
"It took a while to sink in" after The Atlantic Monthly Press offered him a $17,500 advance for world rights to the book. Ruff said. "I'm still trying to imagine how people will receive this thing."
— Mark Eyerly

Math professor reappointed director

of Mathematical Sciences Institute

Mathematics Professor Anil Nerode has been reappointed director of Cornell's Mathematical Sciences Institute, and the institute has received a new grant from the Department of the Army.
Nerode will serve as MSI's director until June 30, 1992, according to Joseph Ballantyne, vice president for research and advanced studies. MSI is the largest math research center in the country. A special $130,000 grant from the Army to purchase equipment will make possible improved computer graphics and animation in math research.
"Under Anil Nerode, the MSI has continued to offer a model for the future of both pure and applied math research. We expect his continued excellent leadership to ensure the institute's success," Ballantyne said.
Nerode was appointed MSI director in 1987, one year after the institute was established as the Army's national center for excellence, as a result of faculty efforts led by Geoffrey Ludford.
Nerode's own research'focuses on logic and computer science. He served as chairman of Cornell's mathematics department from 1982 to 1987. In that role, he led in establishing a master's program in computer science for Ph.D. students in mathematics and developed the math department into the most computer-oriented such department for re-

search and teaching in the country.
MSI was organized, with a five-year, $12.5 million contract with the Army, to perform unclassified mathematical research in applied analysis, physical mathematics, numerical analysis and computing and statistics and applied probability. MSI has no restrictions on publication.
MSI helps the Army obtain expert advice on math-related problems. During the last year, Cornell scientists gave advice on personnel data management, procurement analysis, predictions of battlefield survivability of fiber optic cables, dam safety risk analysis, weapons and vehicle reliability data and quality control in tank production.
MSI funds 20 graduate fellowships each year, supports research by some 30 Cornell faculty, and funds long- and short-term appointments for visiting faculty and postdoctoral associates (a total of more than 80 last year).
There is no mathematical sciences "institute" in the bricks-and-mortar sense. MSI's research is integrated into numerous science and engineering departments.
"When researchers visit here, they work in the individual departments, where they interact with Cornell faculty in computer science, engineering and other disciplines," said Nerode.
—Dennis Meredith

Anil Nerode

Jill P tinman

Performing Arts to feature

Christopher Durang comedy

Patricia Reynolds
"The Marriage of Bette and Boo," with Kenton Benedict, left, Brendan O'Meara and Antoinette LaVecchia, opens Nov. 2 at the new Center for the Performing Arts.

"The Marriage of Bette and Boo" by satirist Christopher Durang opens on Nov. 2 at 8 p.nx in the Class of '56 Flexible Theatre in the new Center for Performing Arts.
This humorous analysis of marriage and the family in contemporary America also will be performed on Nov. 3 and 4 at 8 p.m., on Nov. 5 at 5 p.m. and 9 p.m., and on Nov. 6 at 2 p.m.
"The play traces the marriage between Bette and Boo over 30 years. The relationship is at times sad or angry, and at others it is intentionally funny," said David Feldshuh, director for "Boo" and artistic director for the Department of Theatre Arts.
The play displays Durang's usual biting humor, as found in his acclaimed "Beyond Therapy" and "A History of the American Film," but also has considerable dimension and compassion, Feldshuh added.
"Boo" furthers the interaction between undergraduates and the Department of Theatre Arts' resident professional theater associates.
Antoinette LaVecchia, a student in the

advanced undergraduate theater program, is provided with a challenging role portraying Bette.
Resident professionals Kenton Benedict, who plays Boo, and Michael Stacy, as Carl Hudlocke, make their Cornell debuts in this production.
They are joined by fellow RPTAs Kate Levy as Margaret Brennan and Maria Porter as Soot Hudlocke.
Scenic design is by Jill Moon, costume design by Judy Johnson and sound by Chuck Hatcher.
Tickets for weeknight and matinee performances of "The Marriage of Bette and Boo" are $3.50 for students and senior citizens and $4.50 for the general public. Friday and Saturday evening performances are $4.50 for students and senior citizens and $5.50 for the general public.
Tickets went on sale on Oct. 25 and can be purchased at the center's box office or ordered by phoning 254-ARTS Monday through Friday between 11:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.

4 October 27, 1988 Cornell Chronicle

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Notices should be scat to arrive 10 days prior to publication and should Include the name and telephone number of a person who can be called If there are questions.

tions, photographs and memorabilia prepared by the Finger Lakes Lace Guild are on display in the lobby of Mann Library, Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to midnight; Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sundays, 11 a.m. to midnight, through Nov. 28.
FILMS

Classics "Grammar, Apostasy and Sodomy," Danuta
Shanzer, University of California, Berkeley, Nov. 3, 4:30 p.m., 156 Goldwin Smith Hall.
Committee on Evolutionary Biology "A Darwinian Approach to Agriculture," Janis
Antonovics, botany. Duke University, Oct. 27, 4:30 p.m., Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall.
East Asia Program "Poetry: The Price of Being Human," Bei Dao,
Chinese poet, Nov. 3, 4:30 p.m., 230 Rockefeller Hall.
Einaudi Lecture "France and 1992: Problems and Perspec-
tives," Michael Bauert CNRS, Paris, Nov. 2, 4:30 p.m., G08 Uris Hall.

Bound for Glory Caryl P. Weiss, traditional and contemporary
folk, in three live sets in the Commons Coffeehouse, 8:30 p.m., 9:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m., Oct. 30. Bound for Glory can be heard from 8 to 11 p.m. onWVBR-FM93.
Council of the Creative and Performing Arts
Concert with Karel Paukert, organist, performing Czech music, assisted by Noriko Fujii, soprano, Nov. 7, 8:15 p.m., Sage Chapel.
Hillel Klezmer concert with Yale Strom and
friends, Oct. 29, 8 p.m., Kaufmann Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall. Tickets are $5, ($4 for students, $3 Hillel student affiliates). For more information call 255-4227.

Notices should also include the subheading of the calendar in which the item should appear.
DANCE
Cornell Folkdancers The Cornell community and general public,
including beginners, are welcome. Admission is free, unless stated.
Oct. 30, North Room, Willard Straight Hall, instruction and requests from 7-9:45 p.m. For more information, call Wies van Leuken: 2573156.
Israeli Folkdancing Israeli folkdancing, Oct. 27, 8:30 p.m., Ed-
wards Room, Anabel Taylor Hall.
EXHIBITS
Johnson Art Museum The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, on
the corner of University and Central avenues, is open Tuesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free. Telephone: 255-6464.
"Contemporary Art in Czechoslovakia: Selections from the Jan and Meda Mladek Collection," featuring the work of 12 Czech artists and including sculpture, painting, collage and reliefs, will be on view from Oct. 29 through Dec. 23. The artists are: Vladimir Janousek, Magdalena Jetelova, Jiri Kolar, Stanislav Kolibal, Eva Kmentova, Karel Malich, Jiri Naceradsky, Karel Nepras, Ladislav Novak, Adriena Simotova, Otakar Slavik and Ales Vesely. The exhibit was planned in conjunction with Cornell's Festival of Czech Culture, Nov. 4 through 12.
"Sculptures and Pastels by Clara Seley," an exhibition of approximately 20 sculptures and 20 pastels created during the past 20 years, through Nov. 13.
Humorous drawings based on the Johnson Museum's architecture by Gerar Edizel, an art history doctoral candidate specializing in modern art. Among his interpretations are "Limp Museum," after Salvador Dali, "Rubbery Museum," a homage to Thomas Hart Benton and "Museum Without Rooms," after Richard Serra, through Oct. 30.
"Art Faculty Exhibition" featuring works by current and emeritus professors in the art department, including Roberto Bertoia, Stanley J. Bowman, Zevi Blum, Victor Colby, James Cole, Norman Daly, Kenneth Evett, Miriam Hitchcock, John Hartell, Victor Kord, Jean N. Locey, Elisabeth H. Meyer, Eleanore Mikus, Gregory Page, Barry Perlus, Stephen F. Poleskie, Arnold Singer, Kay WalkingStick, Jack L. Squier, and W. Stanley Taft, on view through Nov. 12.
"Media Buff.: Media Art of Buffalo, N.Y.," the eighth part in a series of exhibits by York State artists, is devoted to contemporary video and films from Buffalo, N.Y. It was organized by Richard Herskowitz, adjunct curator of film and video at the Johnson Museum, and will be on view through Nov. 12.
Mann Library Rare books on the history of lace and tech-
niques of lace making, lace from private collec-

Films sponsored by Cornell Cinema unless otherwise noted. An (•) means an admission charge.
Thursday, 10/27 "Golden Age of Second Avenue," a film by
Arthur Cantor, narrated by Herschel Bernardi, sponsored by Hillel, 7 p.m., LO-4 Uris Library.
"Letters From My Wind Mill" (1954), directed by Marcel Pagnol, with Henri Vilbert, Rellys and Roget Crouzet, sponsored by Pentangle, 8 p.m., Uris.
"El Norte" (1983), directed by Gregory Nava, with Zaide Silvia Gutierrez and David Villalpando, co-sponsored by CUSLAR, 8 p.m., Anabel Taylor.
Friday, 10/28 "Bagdad Cafe" (1988), directed by Percy Ad-
lon, with Marianne Sagebrecht, CCH Pounder and Jack Palance, 7:30 p.m., Uris.*
"Beetlejuice" (1988), directed by Tim Burton, with Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis and Michael Keaton, 9:45 p.m., Uris.*
"Night of the Living Dead" (1968), directed by George Romero, with Judith O'Dea, Russell Streiner and Duane Jones, 8 p.m., Anabel Taylor.*
"The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years" (1988), directed by Penelope Spheeri, midnight, Uris.*
Saturday, 10/29 "Bagdad Cafe," 7:15 p.m., Uris.* "Beetlejuice," midnight.* "Dawn of the Dead" (1979), directed by
George Romero, with David Emge, Ken Force, Scott Reiniger and Gaylen Ross, 8 p.m., Anabel Taylor.*
"The Metal Years," 9:30 p.m., Uris.*
Sunday, 10/30 Reviving Ancient Traditions, including the
films "Split Dancers of Long Bow Village," "Our God the Condor" and "Joe David: Spirit of the Mask," co-sponsored by CCPA, 2 p.m., Johnson Museum. The second in a series of Sunday afternoon programs, "Art and Artisans: A Celebration of the Margaret Mead Film Festival."
"Beetlejuice," 4:30 p.m., Uris.* "Raising Arizona" (1987), directed by Joel Coen, with Nicolas Cage and Holly Hunter, 8 p.m., Uris.*
Monday, 10/31 "The Last Supper" (1977), directed by Tomas
Gutierrez Alea, with Nelson Villagra, Silvano Rey and Luis A. Garcia, co-sponsored by CUSLAR, 8 p.m., Uris.*
Tuesday, 11/1 "A Journey to Laos, SEAP Film Series, 4:30
p.m., 310 Uris Library. "Le Paltoquet" (1986), directed by Michel
Deville, with Fanny Ardant, Daniel Auteuil and Richard Bohringer, 8 p.m., Uris.*
Wednesday, 11/2 "La Salamandre" (1971), directed by Alain
Tanner, with Bulle Ogier, Jean-Luc Bideau and Jacques Denis, 8 p.m., Uris. •
Thursday, 11/3
"1983 Tansen Music Festival," South Asia Program Film Series, 5 p.m., L04 Uris Library.
LECTURES
A.D. White Professor-at-Large "University Education in a Technological
Age," David P. Billington, civil engineering, Princeton University, A.D. White Professor-at-large, Nov. 2, 4:30 p.m., Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall.

Food and Nutrition Policy "A Review of Nutrition-Related Policies and
Programs in the United States during the Reagan Administration and Their Impact," Laura Sims, dean of the College of Human Ecology, University of Maryland, Nov. 1, 2 p.m., 166 Martha Van Rensselaer Hall.
International Affairs Group/Arab Club "The Immigrant and the City," Azouz Begag,
CNRS, France, Nov. 9, 7:30 p.m., Kaufmann Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall.
Latin American Studies "The Ideology of the Sandinista Front," Den-
nis Gilbert, visiting fellow, Oct. 28, 12:15 p.m., G08 Uris Hall.
Near Eastern Studies "The History of the Hebrew Language," Avi
Hurvitz, on sabbatical from Hebrew University, Brandeis and Harvard, Nov. 3, 4:30 p.m., 374 Rockefeller Hall.
Psychology "Invariants Versus Constancy, And The Pre-
pared Viewer," Dorothea Jameson, University of Pennsylvania, Oct. 28, 4 p.m., Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall. This is the seventh James J. Gibson Lecture in Experimental Psychology.
Southeast Asia Program "Political Intervention in Distributing Housing
to Lower Income Groups in Malaysia," Razali Agus, SEAP grad, city and regional planning, Oct. 27, 12:20 p.m., 102 West Ave. Ext.
"Nutrition in Indonesia," Maiden Nesheim, vice president for planning and budget, Nov. 3, 12:20 p.m., 102 West Ave. Ext.
Preston H. Thomas Memorial Lecture Series in Architecture
British scholar Robin Evans, currently a visiting professor at Harvard University, will give four lectures Nov. 1 through 4 at 5:30 p.m. in 120 Ives Hall. The topics are:
"Drawing Stone: Stereotomy & the Undercutting of Style," Nov. 1; "Le Corbusier: His "Modular, His Buildings," Nov. 2; "Three Phases of Fragmentation in Twentieth Century Architecture," Nov. 3; "Architecture and Its Three Geometries," Nov. 4.
MUSIC
Department of Music Diana Mclntosh, composer and performer of
instrumental, vocal and electronic music, will give a performance including piano playing, tapes, percussion, spoken voice, acoustical equipment and slides, Oct. 27, 8:15 p.m. in Barnes Hall.
Donald R.M. Paterson, university organist and Sage Chapel choirmaster, will play the AeolianSkinner organ, Oct. 28, 8:15 p.m.. Sage Chapel. He will play Prelude and Fugue in C minor by Felix Mendelssohn; Canzonetta, Op. 156 by Josef Rheinberger; Sketch in D-flat by Robert Schumann; Prelude on "lam sol recedit igneus" by Bruce Simonds; and Prelude in E-flat by Camille Saint-Saens. Other works will be Ernst Krenek's Sonata, op. 92; Robert Barrow's Gregorian Prelude I; Eugene Giout's Scherzo, Louis Vieme's Berceuse; and Marcel Dupre's Resurrection.
Pianist Pola Baytelman, currently artist-in-residence at Skidmore College, will give a solo recital on Nov. 2, 8:15 p.m., in Barnes Hall. Her program will feature J.S. Bach's Chromatische Fantasie und Fugue; Franz Schubert's Sonata in C Minor; George Green's Five Pieces for Piano and four small works by Isaac Albeniz.

RELIGION
Sage Chapel Tim McClure, general secretary, British Stu-
dent Christian Movement, will deliver the sermon at Sage Chapel on Oct. 30. Services begin at 11 a.m. Music will be provided by the Sage Chapel choir, under the direction of Donald R.M. Paterson.
Catholic Mass: Every Saturday, 5 p.m., every Sunday,
9:30 and 11 a.m., and 5 p.m., Anabel Taylor Auditorium.
Daily Masses Monday through Friday, 12:20 p.m., Anabel Taylor Chapel.
Christian Science Testimony Meeting: Every Thursday, 7 p.m.,
Anabel Taylor Founders Room.
Episcopal (Anglican) Every Sunday, 5 p.m.. Anabel Taylor
Chapel.
Friends (Quakers) Sunday, 10 a.m., adult discussion; 11 a.m.
meeting for worship, Edwards Room, Anabel Taylor Hall.
Jewish Morning Minyan: Young Israel House, 106
West Avenue. Call 272-5810. Reform Services: Friday evenings 5:30 p.m.,
Anabel Taylor Chapel. Conservative/Egalitarian Services: Friday
5:30 p.m., Saturday 9:45 a.m., Anabel Taylor Hall Founders Room.
Orthodox Shabbat Services: Saturday 9:15 a.m., Edwards Room, Anabel Taylor Hall.
Korean Church Every Sunday, 1 p.m. Anabel Taylor Chapel.
Muslim Sunday through Thursday, 1 p.m., 218 Ana-
bel Taylor Hall. Friday 1 p.m. Anabel Taylor Edwards Room.
Protestant Protestant Cooperative Ministry: Every Sun-
day, 11:15 a.m., Anabel Taylor Chapel. Baptist Campus Ministry (SBC): Every Sat-
urday, 7 p.m., in the Forum, Anabel Taylor Hall.
Zen Buddhism Zazen meditation: Tuesdays at 7 p.m. and
Thursdays at 5:10 p.m. in the chapel or the Edwards Room, Anabel Taylor Hall. For more information or to arrange beginner's instruction, telephone Ian Dobson: 347-4303.
SEMINARS
Agronomy "Kinetics of Biodegradation in Soil," Kate
M. Scow, agronomy, Nov. 1, 4 p.m., 135 Emerson Hall.
Applied Mathematics "Stability of the p-version of the Finit Ele-
ment Method for Problems with a Divergence Constraint," Soren Jensen, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Oct. 28, 4 p.m., 322 Sage Hall.

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rchaeology "Reports from the Field," Hirsch Travel *ard recipients, Intercollege Program in Arbrology, Oct. 27, 4:40 p.m., 305 McGraw all-
stronomy Formation of Sun-like Stars," Frank H. Shu,
niversity of California, Berkeley, Nov. 4, 4:30 m-. 105 Space Sciences.
iochemistry, Molecular and ell Biology
Control of c-myc Expression by a Block to longation," Mark Groudine, Fred Hutchinson ancer Research Center, Oct. 28, 4:30 p.m., 204 ocking Hall.
'l'le to be announced, Bryan Cullen, Duke l«versiry Medical Center, Nov. 4, 4:30 p.m., $ Stocking Hall.
iophysics tliree Dimensional Design and Action of
* Acetylcholine Receptor," Nigel Unwin, M^'cal Research Council, Cambridge, Eng-
nd Nov. 2, 4:30 p.m., 700 Clark Hall.
Thompson Institute Control of Plant Gene Action and Its ImpliO to Agriculture," W.J. Peacock, chief, &• of Plant Industry, Commonwealth Scienr & Industrial Research Organization, Aus»i *, Nov. 4, 2 p.m., Boyce Thompson Audito-
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Environmental Toxicology "Pathologic Lesions in Early Life Stages of
Lake Trout Exposed to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD)," Jan Spitsbergen, avian & aquatic medicine, Oct. 28, 12:20, 304 Femow Hall.
"Isozyme Specific Inhibition of Cytochrome P-450s," Michael Murray, West Meade Hospital, Department of Medicine, Sydney, Australia, Oct. 31, 12:20 p.m., 304 Femow HaU.
"Setting Priorities Among Food Related Risks," Alan Rulis, Food and Drug Administration, Washington, D.C., Nov. 4, 12:20 p.m., 304 Femow HaU.
Ethics and Public Life "Foundations of Environmental Policy," dis-
cussion of Mark Sagoffs book, "The Economy of the Earth," Oct. 31, 12:15 p.m., 609 Clark HaU.
Floriculture/Ornamental Horticulture "Garden Festivals - A New Approach to Urban
Waterfront Redevelopment," Peter Trowbridge, landscape architecture, Oct. 27, 12:15 p.m., 404 Plant Science Bldg.
"Diurnal Water Flux Patterns in Kentucky Bluegrass," Mark Carroll, doctoral candidate, Nov. 3, 12:15 p.m., 404 Plant Science Bldg.
Food Science & Technology "Nitrosamine Formation and Mutagenicity of
Nitrate-Treated Chinese-Style Salted Fish," YinMing Weng, food science, Nov. 1,4:3,0 p.m., 204 Stocking HaU.

Comical Engineering New Developments in the Dynamics of Eniled Polymers," Matthew V. Tirrell, chemi-
al 'ngineering and materials science, Univer? of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Nov. 1, 4:15 >-145 Olin Hall.
Clemistry "le to be announced, James W. Jorgenson, «versity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Oct. ^:4Op.m., 119 Baker. Putting Stress to Work: Organic Synthesis wi11 Small Ring Building Blocks," Armin de M"jere, University of Hamburg, Oct. 31, 4:40 i; 119 Baker. t be announced, Edith Flanigen, Union
Corporation, Nov. 3, 4:40 p.m., 119

International Nutrition "Forum on Poverty Alleviation Versus Tar-
geted Approaches to Control Malnutrition," a round table discussion moderated by Michael C. Latham, Program in International Nutrition, Oct. 27, 12:40 p.m., 200 Savage HaU. Panel members are: Per Pinstrup-Andersen, Roger Shrimpton and Erik Thorbecke.
"The Consequences of Economic Policy Reform on Low Income Households," David E. Sahn, Food and Nutrition Policy Program, Nov. 3, 12:40 p.m., 200 Savage HaU.
Latin American Studies "Ecological Context and Consequences of Ag-
ricultural Development in Nicaragua," Alison Power, ecology and systematics, Nov. 1, 12:15 p.m., 153 Uris Hall. (Research Group on Latin American Environmental Issues)

Cognitive Studies

Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Psycholinguistics Series

"High Flux Boiling Applied to Thermal Con-

Some Questions and Preliminary Results trol of Micro-Electronic Devices," Arthur E.

ftfding Chinese-speaking Children's Acqui*'11 of Quantificational Scope Relations," Yu-

Bergles, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Nov. 1, 4:30 p.m., 282 Grumman.

CW* Chien, School of Social Science,.Univer-

ity California, Irvine, Oct. 27, 4:30p.m., I l l M'^U H l l
Critical Period Effects on Universal and j^ific Properties of Language: Evidence from ft >nd Language Learning," Jackie Johnson, is'llg fellow, cognitive studies and psycholgy Nov. 3, 12:15 p.m., 204 Uris Hall.

Mechanical & Aerospace
Manufacturing Engineering
"Successful Design and Implementation of CIM Systems," Jack Bradt, SI Handling Systems, Oct. 27, 4:30 p.m., B14 HoUister HaU.
"Why Quality?" Irving DeToro, The QuaUty Network, Nov. 3, 4:30 p.m., B14 HoUister HaU.

Computer Services

Microbiology

IBM PCs to Teach Human Resource in the School of Industrial and La-
ns," John W. Boudreau, Center for A d Human Resource Studies, Industrial n*1Ubor Relations, Nov. 3, 12:20 p.m., 100 G ^ l l Hall.

"Evolution of Circumsporozoite Protein Genes of Malaria Parasites," David Amot, New York University Medical Center, Oct. 31, noon, G-3 Vet Research Tower.
To be announced, Robert McLean, Queens University, Nov. 3, 4:30 p.m., 124 Stocking HaU.

EcologyandSystematics
Control of Mammalian Feeding," A.W. O^Pton, curator of mammals. Museum of Ctf jparative Zoology, Harvard University, Oct. 8. '2:30 p.m., 206A Stimson HaU.
Solution of the Mammalian Jaw Joint and M''!11* Ear," A.W. Crompton, Oct. 28, 3 p.m., M^'son Seminar Room, A106 Corson/Mudd.
Competition in hydractiniid hydroids," Leo Bisi> biology, Yale University, Nov. 2, 4:30
.'1 Morison Seminar Room, A106 Corson/
M*H

Natural Resources
"Wetland Cumulative Impact Assessment: The Interplay Between Policy and Science," Barbara Bedford, Ecosystem Research Center, Oct. 27, 12:20 p.m., 304 Femow HaU.
"Macroenconomic Policy and Wildlife in America: Who Gains and Who Loses?" Tom McShane, World Wildlife Fund, Oct. 28, 2 p.m., 304 Femow HaU.
"A Greenline Park for the Finger Lakes: Importing the English Concept of Protected Landscapes," Richard J. McNeil, natural resources, Nov. 1, 12:20 p.m., 304 Femow HaU.

Economics "olicies and Impact Analysis with an Ap-' li, General Equilibrium Model of India," T.N. r^'asan, economics, Yale University, Oct. 28, {^.498 Uris Hall.
Education Society
^ e Role of Community Colleges in Ameria!1 Education," Eduardo Marti, president,
ToJJPPkkiins Cortland Community College, NNov.
, * 2 0 p . m . t 131 Roberts HaU.

Neurobiology & Behavior "Bright Lights and Night Life: Luminescent
Brittlestars on a Coral Reef," Matthew Grober, section of neurobiology and behavior, Oct. 27, 12:30 p.m., Morison Seminar Room, A106 Corson/Mudd HaU.
Nutrition "Strategies for Cancer Chemoprevention,"
Daniel Nixon, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Md., Oct. 31, 4:30 p.m., 100 Savage HaU.

p c a l Engineering
Optical Disk Read/Write Head Design," D«'l<1B. Kay, Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, NO' 1,4:30p.m., 219 Phillips Hall.
Entomology • hanges in Plant Acceptability to Phytophg<*s Insects as a Result of Experience," Elizae1^ A. Bemays, University of California, B^e'ey, Oct. 31, 4 p.m., Morison Seminar Rd"*. A106 Corson/Mudd Hall.

Ornithology
"Ghosties and Ghoulies and Things that go Whomp in the Night," Steve Kress, ornithology, Laboratory of Ornithology, 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Oct. 31, 7:45 p.m. Since it's Halloween, come dressed as your favorite bird. Judging wUl be held at 7:15 p.m.

Pharmacology "Excitatory Amino Acid Neurotoxicity, in
Vitro," Dennis Choi, neurology, Stanford University, Oct. 31, 4:30 p.m., G-3 Vet Research Tower.
Physiology "Role of Calcium in 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin
D3-Mediated CeU Differentiation," Keith Hruska, Department of Medicine, Washington University, Jewish Hospital of St. Louis, Nov. 1, 4:30 p.m., G-3 Vet Research Tower.
Plant Biology "The Distribution and Function of the Cy-
toskeleton in Pollen Tubes," Tony Perdue, plant biology, Oct. 28, 11:15 a.m., 404 Plant Science Bldg.
Plant Breeding and Biometry "Rice Genetic Resources Evaluation: A Phylo-
genetic Approach," Gerard Second, plant breeding, Nov. 1, 12:20 p.m., 135 Emerson HaU.
Plant Pathology "Host Recognition by Parasitic Plants," John
Steffens, plant breeding and biometry, Nov. 1, 4:30 p.m., 404 Plant Science Bldg.
Pomology/Vegetable Crops "Improving the Nitrogen Nutrition of Sweet
Corn with Mechanically Suppressed White Clover Living Mulch," Vern Grubinger, graduate student, vegetable crops, Oct. 27, 4:30 p.m., Whetzel Seminar Room, 404 Plant Science Bldg.
"Influence of Broadcast Oat Windbreaks on Commerical Onion Growth and Yields," Carol Miles, graduate student, vegetable crops, Nov. 3, 4:30 p.m., 135 Emerson HaU.
Poultry Biology "Regulation of Food Intake in Broilers," Den-
zil Maurice, poultry science, Clemson University, Oct. 27, 4:30 p.m., 300 Rice HaU.
Rural Sociology "Issues in Population Program Assistance in
the 1990s and Beyond," Mercedes Concepcion, demography, Population Institute, University of the Philippines, Oct. 27, 12:15 p.m., 360 Uris HaU.
"Beyond the Population Turnaround: Implications for Rural Communities in the U.S.," David Brown, sociology, Oct. 28, 12:15 p.m., 32 Warren HaU.
Stability, Transition and Turbulence "Linear Stability and Methods for Computing
Dominant Eigenvalues," A. Kribus, mechanical and aerospace engineering, Nov. 1, 1 p.m., 282 Grumman.
Textiles and Apparel "Innovative Research and Extension Education
Programs in Economic Development," Guy Bums, Cooperative Extension, Nov. 1, 12:20 p.m., 317 Martha Van Rensselaer HaU.
Theoretical and Applied Mechanics "Seismic Fracture Studies of Gravity Dams by
Boundary Element Method," Chuhan Zhang, Tsinghua University, Nov. 2, 3 p.m., 205 Thurston HaU.
Western Societies Program "France and 1992: Problems and Perspec-
tives," Michel Bauer (CNRS), Nov. 2, 4:30, G08 Uris HaU.
"Discontinuity/Continuity in German Lyric Poetry, 1929-1956," Leonard Olschner, German, Nov. 4, 12:15 p.m., 153 Uris HaU.
SPORTS
Friday, 10/28 Men's Cross Country, Heptagonals at New York Women's Cross Country, Heptagonals at New York Freshman FootbaU, Army, at home, 3:30 p.m. Lightweight Football, at Rutgers, 5 p.m. Volleyball, Princeton, at home, 7 p.m.
Saturday, 10/29 Women's Varsity Field Hockey, Pennsylvania, at home, noon Women's Varsity Soccer, at William & Mary, noon Volleyball, Pennsylvania and Dartmouth, at home, noon Men's Varsity Soccer, at Columbia, 1 p.m. Varsity Football, at Lafayette, 1:30 p.m.
Sunday, 10/30 Women's Varsity Field Hockey, BuckneU, at home, 1 p.m.

Monday, 10/31 Men's Jr. Varsity Soccer, at Harwick, 4 p.m. Jr. Varsity FootbaU, Hobart, at home, 4:30 p.m.
Wednesday, 11/2 Volleyball, at Syracuse, 7 p.m.
SYMPOSIA
Council of the Creative and Performing Arts
Festival of Czech Culture, "The Milieu of Czech Literature, Film, Music: From the 60s to the 80s," Nov. 4 - 6 , Kaufmann Auditorium, Goldwin Smith HaU.
"Cultural Situation in Czechoslovakia," opening session and discussion, Josef Skvorecky and others, Nov. 4,4:30 p.m.
Vera Chytilova wUl present and discuss the film "Prefab Story" (1979), Nov. 4, 7:30 p.m., Uris Auditorium.
Panel discussions on literature and film with Drahomira Liehmova, scholar, film critic; Zdena Salivarova, novelist, actress, singer; Josef Skvorecky, writer; Antonin Liehm, editor-inchief, 'Lettre International in Paris, Rome, Madrid; Vladimir Valenta, play/screen writer, actor; and Vera Chytilova, film director; Nov. 5, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Screening of 'Transport to Paradise," with Arnost Lustig, novelist, Nov. 5, 4:30 p.m., Uris Auditorium; Vera Chytilova wiU present her film "The Jester and the Queen" (1988) at 7:30 p.m.
Breakfast and a panel discussion will be held in the A.D. White House, Nov. 6, 10 a.m.
(See exhibit and music listings this week and next for other festival events.)
THEATER
Theatre Arts "The Marriage of Bette and Boo," by satirist
Christopher Durang, Nov. 2, 3 and 4 at 8 p.m., Nov. 5 at 5 p.m. and 9 p.m., and Nov. 6 at 2 p.m., Flexible Theatre, Center for Performing Arts, 430 College Ave. Tickets are $3.50 for students and senior citizens, $4.50 for general public for weeknight and matinee performances; $4.50 for students and senior citizens for Friday and Saturday evening performances, and $5.50 for general public.
Hillel "A Celebration of Yiddish: Tevye, the Milk-
man," Gideon Shemer's one-man show, based on the original monologues of Sholom Aleichem, 8 p.m., Nov. 2, Commons Coffeehouse, Anabel Taylor Hall. Admission is $2 for community, $1 for students.
Risley Theatre "Line," a one-act play by Israel Horovitz,
Oct. 27, 28 and 29, at 8 p.m. and at 10 p.m., Oct. 29, at Risley Theatre. Tickets $2 at door or caU 255-9521.
MISC.
Cornell Figure Skating Club Open house, Oct. 30, 5:30-7 p.m., Lynah
Rink. Full or part-time memberships and lessons for all ages, with special student and family rates. For more information, call 272-9417, 273-9060 or 257-3071.
CUSLAR Discussion Series "The United States in Central America: A
History of Intervention," Walter LaFeber, history, Oct. 31, 7 p.m. Commons Coffeehouse, Anabel Taylor HaU.
Waste Watchers Waste Watchers, welcomes new members to
its next meeting on Nov. 1, 5 p.m., in the Edwards Room, Anabel Taylor Hall. For more information contact Lucy Gagliardo, 277-3044 during the day or 539-6313 after 6 p.m.

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October 27, 1988 Number 41
Office of Human Resources Cornell University 160 Day Hall Ithaca, NewYork 14853-2801

In compliance with the Immigration Reform and Control Actof1986, Cornell University isnow requirad to cheek the identity andemployment eligibility ofall new hires.
Effective June 1,1987, if you accept aposition, you must show documents on or before your first dayofwork, that indicate your Identity andemploymen t eligibility; for example, a state issued driver's license anda birth certificate. Formore Information, contact Staffing Services, 255-5226.

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experiments, supv. staff, data analysis, etc.

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to flow cytometry &tissue culture. Exc. interper., comm. &supv. skills, letter & resume to Judi Baker by 114.
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Instruct & advise faculty &other researchers in useofPlant Cell & Transformation Facility & conduct independent experiments. Demonstrate

SR. RECORDS ASST., GRI8 (C4II9) Olin Libr.-E
Update serial holdings in online & unions Serials catalogs; process withdrawals & transfers; assist w,serial records conversion to online catalog. Other projects as requested.
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TECHNICAL CONSULTANT III (PT4I05, PT4I06, PT4I07) Theory Center-E
Provide full range of consulting svcs. to researchers using resources of CNSF.
Req.: BS (grad. study ineither computer sci. or 1ofphysical/bio./engr. sci.). 3-5 yrs. related exp. Exp. w/mainframe computers essential. VM /CMS & array processors exp. desir. Fluency in 2 prgrmng. lang. Demonstrated ability to work w/complicated programs. Strong written & interper. skills. 1 etter & resume to Judi Baker by 11,4

food. Req.: AAS or equiv. combination of ed.&
exp. req. I yr. food srvc. supv. exp. Knowl. of food & health codes desir. Letter & resume to Cynthia Smithbower by 11/11.
EXECUTIVE STAFF ASST. II (PC4I26) Food Sci.-S
Aid Dairy O r . Dir. & Assoc. Dir. in tech. operation & fiscal mgmt. of Northeast Dairy Foods Research Ctr. Until 6/30/93.
Req.: BSw/3-4 yrs. lab research & busn. mgmt. exp. or MS biolog. sci. related area w busn. exp. Exc. comm. skills (written/oral); familiar w/PC's & exp. w/variety of software req. (WP, spreadsheets &data base mgmt.).Letter & resume to Esther Smith by 11 / 7.
ACCOUNTANT II (PC4117) Statler Hotel-E Resp. for accurate & timely recording &
reporting of financial info, for Statler Hotel. Conference Ctr. & Statler Club. Supv. acctg. staff.
Req.: BA acctg. or related field req. CPA or MBA pref.; min. 3yrs. exp. w/diversified acctg. w computer system exposure. I yr.supv. exp. Knowl. of CU acctg. system desir.; knowl. of hotel acctg. procedures helpful. Letter & resume to Esther Smith by 11/7.
ASST. DIR., ENGINEERING ADMISSIONS (PA4I03) Engineering Admissions-E
Assist in recruitment, selection & enrollment of engr. freshmen & transfer students; research &

terper. & comm. skills. Confidentiality essential. Med. typing. Min. Biweekly: $487.50
SEARCHER. GRI8 (C4I23) Olin Libr.-E

Maintain housekeeping areas w in Small Animal Clinic, exam rooms, admissions, kennels & patient care areas. M-F, (approx. 2 10p.m.).
Req.: H.S.dip. orequiv. Basic housekeeping

OFFICE ASST., GRI6 (C4I25) Plantations-S Provide clerk/recept. support forgift shop&
main offc. 25hrs./wk.; M-F afternoons, hrs./

Search monograph orders & books for libr. skills. Must bewilling to work near & possibly vary w/seasons.

system; input book orders & records into NOTIS handle snakes, rodents, small wild animals, tur-

database.

tles, birds, etc. Pre-employment physical. Min.

Req.: H.S. dip. or equiv. Min. I yr.progres- hourly: $6.00

sively resp. tech. svcs. exp.,additl ed. may be

Req.: H.S. dip. or equiv. Min. 1yr. exp. in public oriented position, cash handling exp. req. Able to deal w/variety of people. Lt. typing. Min. full-lime equiv.: $448.50

substituted for exp. Knowl. of I or more West-

Technicalern European lang. Med. typing. Min.Biweekly.
$487.50

1LS ASST., GRI6 (C4120) Olin Libr.-E Under dir. of Admin. Supv. for Interlibr. Bor-

rowing, input or type all non-NYSILL & non-

SECRETARY, GRI9 (C4I07) JGSM-E Provide WP& admin, support for faculty
members using Mass 11 & Mac. Execute & complete all incoming work w / emphasis on tech.
typing. Req.: AAS or equiv. Min. 2 yrs. sec./offc.
exp. Familiar w/WP& Mac computers. Heavy

REGULAR EMPLOYEES: Submit employee transfer application, resume & letter. EXTERNAL APPLICANTS: Mail employment application, resume, & list of lab techniques/equip.,

RL1N borrowing requests; prep, borrowed material received on loan; process RLG & NYS1LL photocopy for CU patrons. 20 hrs./wk.
Req.: H.S. dip. or equiv. Some college bkgrnd. pref. Able to work w/foreign lang. Some exp. w/microcomputers highly desir. Lt. typing. Min full-time equiv.: $448.50

typing. Min. Biweekly: $510.90

or computer software/ hardware with which you

are familiar. Submit letter per position, specify SR. DEPT. ASST., GR18 (C4118) Olin Libr.-E

OFFICE ASST., GRI9 (C4I06) Univ. Press-E title, dept. SL job number. Interviews conducted

Under geni. supv. of dept. head & 6 reference

Resp. for accts. receivable process e.g., pay- by appt. only. Qualified applicants are contacted librarians, provide wide range of sec. & offc.

ment, adjustments & daily deposits requiring judgment.
Req.: AASor equiv. Some acctg./bookkeeping desir. Min.2 yrs. related exp. Familiar w/computer/data processing procedures & Glo-

after materials are reviewed. Backgrounds highly desired: biochem., chem., microbio., elect., physics, lie. animal health tech.
TECHNICIAN, GR19(T4113) Vet. Palhology-S

mgmt. svcs. insupport of reference & instruct!. functions. Type & format bibliographies, instruct! materials, reports, etc. Distribute mail; order supplies; manage offc. files; answer phone, calculate stats. 20 hrs./wk.

bal Turnkey System (on-line STC PUBS DATA

Provide tech. support for activities in flow

Req.: AAS orequiv. pref. Min. I yr. related

system) or similar system. Med. typing. Min. cytometry lab. incl. cell cultures, protein & exp. Exc. WP &typing skills. Able to manage

biweekly: $510.90 OFFICE ASST., GRI9 (C4I05) Univ. Press-E

nucleic acid analysis. Req.: BSor equiv. inbio.or phys. sci. Min. I
yr. related exp. Apply by 11 '4. Min. Biweekly:

variable workload &work well under pressure. Strong interper. skills. Med. typing. Min. fulltime equiv.: $487 50

SYSTEMS PROGRAMMER/ANALYST II (PT4103) Theory Center-E
Provide parallel prgrmng. support & enhancements for minisupercomputers in configuration consisting of IBM & Floating Point Systems (FPS) equip.
Req.: BS; MS pref. 3-5yrs. prgrmng. exp. Exp. w/UNIX, VM/CMS, Fortran, C or FPS equip, desir. Familiar w parallel processing environ, req. Letter & resume toJudi Bakerby 11/4.

plan functions related to improved recruitment strategies.
Req.: BS (MS pref.) Min. 2 yrs. exp.in admissions & related activities pref. Exc. comm. & interper. skills; understanding of engr. profession; some familiarity w info, systems & stat. analysis, pref. Letter & resume to Cynthia Smithbower by 11 / 24.
Clerical

Correspond w; delinquent accts. & open new accts.; enter data; occasional processing accts. receivable payments.
Req.: AASor equiv. Some acctg./bookkeeping coursework desir. Min. 2 yrs.relatedexp. incl. familiarity w computer data processing procedures & Global Turnkey System (on-line STC PUBS DATA system) or similar systems. Med. typing. Min. Biweekly: $510.90
SECRETARY, GRI9 (C4I24) Psychology-E Serve as dept. recept.; oversee work-study stu-

$510.90

TECHNICIAN, GR20 (T4120) Neurobiology &

RESEARCH AIDE, GR20 (T4114) Classics-E Behavior-E

Operate Kurzweil optical scanner, to convert

Conduct high resolution electrical recordings

printed texts into computer files. Scan Greek & from isolated brain cells of mice & rats. Dissect

Latin texts. Correct Greek text Inscriptionsfor specified brain regions. Maintain cells grown in

inclusion in IBYCUS database. Provide tech. primary tissue culture. Prep, recording solutions;

consultant svcs. tooutside institutions.

patch clamp pipettes for recording. Order lab

Req.: AAS or equiv. BAClassics, Humanities supplies, maintain lab. 20 hrs. wk

or related field pref. Proficiency in ancient'Greek

Req.: BS or equiv. I 3yrs. bio. lab plusexp.

& Latin req. Familiar w WP. Apply by 11/4. in immunocytochemistry & tissue culture. Apply

Min. Biweekly: $534.30

by 11/4. Min. full-time equiv.: $534.30

TECHNICAL CONSULTANT III (PT4II6) Theory Center-E
Support graphics applications on Nail. Supercomputer. Develop software tools & support svcs. to nail, users of supercomputer graphics software & workstation hardware.
Req.: BS or equiv. combination of cd. & exp. 3-5 yrs. related exp. Strong comm., interper., org. & planning skills. Detailed knowl. of mainframe operating environ, req. Ext. exp. w/ graphics hardware & software req. Able to develop graphics programs on mainframe &

REGULAR EMPLOYEES Submit employee transfer application, resume & cover letter. Career counseling Interviews available by appt. EXTERNAL APPLICANTS Mail employment application & resume to 160 Day Hall. Interviews conducted at Staffing Services, East Hill Plaza by appt. only. Qualified applicants are contacted after materials are reviewed.

dents; serve as sec. to faculty & admin mgr.; process depl. billings; advisee /major applications & maintain records; mail; maintain mailroom & supplies; sign out AV equip.
Req.: H.S.dip. orequiv. AAS in sec. sci. or equiv. pref. Min. 2yrs. exp.; knowl. ofWP (on Mac) pref. Exc. typing, proofreading, org.& interper. skills. Knowl. of CU desir. Med. typing. Min. Biweekly: $510.90
ADMIN. AIDE, GR20 (C4I08) Biotechnology-S

TECHNICIAN. GR20(T4l 19)Neurobiology & Behavior-E
Assist inisolation & synthesis of mRNA coding for acctycholine receptor channel; assist w microlnjection of mRNA into frog oocyts; prep, frog oocyts; record solutions & patch clamp pipettes; order geni. lab supplies & assist in lab maim.
Req.: BS inbio. or equiv. I 3yrs.biology lab exp. plus mRNA handling & cloning techniques Apply by 1 1 4 . Min. Biweekly: $534.30

Temporary
Experienced & skilled individuals specifically interested intemporary work should mail application to 160 Day Hall.

microcomputers. Letter & resume to Judi Baker by 11/4.

PERSONNEL ASST., GRI6 (C4116) Office of Human Resources-E

Provide Admin, assistance to NSF Plant Sci Or. Dir. & staff, incl. offc. mgml., writing & editing, planning & scheduling.

SECURITY OFFICER (G3909) Johnson

ANIMAL TECHNICIAN, GR2I (T4118) Clin- Museum

ical Sci.-S

Provide security to art museum as needed.

RESEARCH SUPPORT SPECIALIST HI (PT4I09) Vet. Pathology-S
Mng. flow cytometry lab. Supv. stall & activities; design, execute &coord, research protocols; provide tech. assistance; determine equip. & supply purchases; assist w grant proposals writ-

Maintain CU centralized employee personnel files; process employment verifications; input employee data.
Req.: H.S. dip. or equiv. CRT exp. desir. Good org. skills essential. Confidentiality a must Med. typing. Min. Biweekly: $448.50

Req.; AASinbusn.. Fnglish orrelevantfield Mm. 2 yrs. admin., writing, editing & sec. exp. essential. Some sci. bkgrnd. desir. Med. typing. Min. Biweekly: $534.30
PAY OFFICER. GR20 (C4112) Statler Hotel-E

Trap, handle, weigh, determine sex. transport & tag woodchucks. Anesthetize for blood samples & tattooing. Monitor feed intake, medical treatment of minor injuries. Assist w/surgical procedures, especially liver biopsies w; follow-up care. Some work w animals infected w/wood-

Able todeal w public; stand for long periods of time. Previous security exp. helpful. 3 4 davs wk.; 9:45 a.m. 5:15 p.m. Also fill-in for special events & extra hrs. Temp, for6 8 wks.
ACCTS. ASST. (C3807) Hotel Admin -E

ing & co-authoring manuscripts. Req.: MS in biolog. or phys. sci./or equiv.
Min. 5yrs. related labexp. strongly pref. Letter & resume to Judi Baker by II, 4.
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER (PA4I0I) Faciliigineering-E
Org. & perform structural, architectural & civil engr. design svcs. for alterations &repairsto Univ.'s physical plant; provide structural analysis in connection w designs of new work & on existing structures.
Req.: BS, civil engr. w,structures major. 3 5 yrs. related exp. Exc. org.. interper. & comm skills. Prof. engr. lie. desir. Must have & mainIain \alid driver's lie letter & resume to Cynthia Smithbower by

SECRETARY. GRI7 (C4I09) NYSSILR Buffalo Offc. Ext. & Pub. Srvc.-S
Provide sec. support for dir., coord. &institute assoc. ofInt. for Industry Studies. Serveas main offc. & phone recept.; maintain program records & files (paper & electronic).
Req.: H.S.dip orequiv. Min. I yr cept. exp. Exc. org. & comm. (written oral) skills Good phone techniques. Knowl. or exp. w computers especially WP. Med.typing. Min. Biweekly: $467.98
SR. DEPT. ASST., GRI8 (C3023) Public i aw 1ibr.-l
Under geni. supv. Resp. for operation of A-V Or. Maintain microfilm collection; aid patrons in locating, reading or copying desired materials

Keep accurate time records for all hotel employees. Prep, payroll submissions for fulltime, p-t, & student employees.
Req.: AAS in bookkeeping or acctg. or equiv. Min. 2 yrs. related work exp. Knowl. of CU payroll system desir. Knowl. of computers req. Med. typing. Min. Biweekly: $534.30
ADMIN. AIDE, GR20 (C4110) Fconomics-I Set-. Admin. Aide to 2 faculty members.
Handle all admin, aspects of grad. program from admissions to placement. Process & maintain corresp files on all coursework. corresp. & research manuscripts.
Req : AAS or equiv. Min. 2yrs.exp.on IBM or compatible AT w DOS systems mgmt. esscn-
ch. processing skills req. Heavy typing. Min. Biweekly: $534.30

chuck hepatitis. Conduct field studies.
Req.: BS or equiv. exp. NYS Trapper's lie. 2 3yrs. related exp.Extensive live trapping exp.. previous exposure to research environ., knowl. of Lotus 123. Pre-employment physical req. Apply by 11/11. Min. Biweekly: $557.70

Tape checks for deposit, complete deposit forms, geni. bookkeeping duties connected v. deposit & daily cash flow. Enter orders on IBM AT Produce reports using Lotus 123. 30 hrs wk., until ".> 30 89.
Req.: H.S.dip. orequiv. Min. I 2 yrs. offc.

TECHNICIAN.GR22(TI509)PlantPathologyGeneva-S
Assist in conducting research on fungal cell

exp Geni. bookkeeping knowl., WP & adding machine skills. Knowl. of Lotus 123. Med. typing. Call Laune Worsell at 255 2192.

biology. Oversee use& srvc. of equip, (e.g., elec-

tron microscopes).

RESERVE ASST. (C3806) Fine Arts Library-E

Req.: BS or MS, bio. or relevant field Exp

Put books on reserve using IBM-PC & PC

& or trng. in light transmission, electron & File, type bills toroverdue books, work at circ.

scanning electron microscope pref. Exp. w/im- desk. 20 hrs. wk., I 5.

muno chemical techniques, protein purification Req.: AAS or equiv. Able to usePC. pref.

& separation protocols, aswell as w geni. bio- IBM, WordPerfect & PC File. Libr. exp. desir.

chem. techniques useful. Must be imaginative, Med. typing. Call Michelc Draiss at 255 9560.

ADMIN. MANAGER II (PA4I02) mology-S
Manage admin, of dept. under direction oi Chairman. Oversee dept. functions of personnel admin., budget development (SM1S) & fiscal mgmt., facilities coord., purchasing, & tnsttti.
inning. Supv. several offc. staff.

Assist patrons using PC's& other equip., control open reserve materials. Familiar w other A-V media, aswell. Mechanical aptitude helpful.
Req. AAS or equiv, Knowl. of PC's. Familiar w, WP software, especially WordPerfect. Good org. skills. Able to work w-variety of people in public srvc. setting. Min. Biweekly: $487.50

dexterous, neat & accurate. Min. Biweekly:

ADMIN. AIDE, GR20(C4121) Food Sciencc-S $581.10

Provide support svcs. for Dairy O r . Dir..

stall Asst. (lech. Mgr.) & Research CHESS OPERATOR, GR24 (T4117) CHESS-E

nil 6 30 93.

Interact w user groups on tech. & scientific

Req.: AASsec. sci. or equiv. Mm. 2yrs. exp. problems Implement safety codes. Resp. for

Woik independ. Exc. org.& inlerper. skills. covering CHESS system malfunctions & soft-

Academic

Req.: BS w,trng. in busn. mgmt. & admin. Univ. trng. courses desir. Strong personnel mgmt. & comm. (written, oral) skills interacting w faculty. 3 5 yrs. exp. in univ. admin, incl. strong computer skills. (IBM PC/PC IX)S). Knowl. of LOTUS 123& dBase 111 Plus highly desir. F.xp. w/SMIS highly desir. letter & resume to Cynthia Smithbower by 11 II,
SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING/ANALYST II (PT4I08) Computer Services-E
Design, modify, maintain, document & install moderately complex programs & application pkgs. for UNIX & VMS operating
weekends. Req.: BS or equiv. w/computer related courses. 2 3 yrs. prgrmng. & exp. w/machine architecture. Knowl. of system utility programs, system control languages, e.g., DCL & shell scripts. letter & resume toJudi Baker by 11/4.

OFFC. ASST./OROER ENTRY CLERK. GRI8(C4IO4) Univ. Press I
Enter customer orders from non-coded source documents. Order for CU & client presses' books.
Req.: H.S. dip. or equiv. Busn. school pref. Min. I yr. related exp. Knowl. of SIC (ilobal Turnkey System. Prior exp. w/computers helpful. Med. typing. Min. Biweekly: $487.50
OFFICE ASSI.. GRI8 (C4I1I) Summer Session-l
Use Mat- v, PageMaker to produce brochures, fliers, ads, forms & other printed materials; assist I>ivisiou media mgr. in accomplishing wide range of mktg. & publicity protects.
Req.: H.S. dip. oi equiv. req. AASdcsir. Mm. I 2 yrs. exp. in media related field pn : w Apple Mac necessary. Knowl. ol advertising, mktg., printing & graphic design. Letter &
to Either Smith b) It 4. Mm Biweeldyt

Conference planning & org. exp. desir. Strong writing & editing skills. Ext.exp. w micros. Med. typing. Min. Biweekly: $534.30
SECRETARY Boyce Thompson Institute Type manuscripts, grant proposals, corresp .
reports, etc Assist at switchboard. Req.: AAS or equiv. Exc. typing skills; able to
icad various handwritings, good proofreading skills WPexp. nee:IBM PC exp. helpful. Able to work cooperatively vv variet) oi people. Coatact Joanne Martin, 607 254 1239. Min. S u n ing Salary: $12,000
General Service
KM.I LAS EMPLOYEES Submit CM

ware problems assoc. w,instrument control.

May assist in experimental programs. Some eve. & wknd. hrs. req.
Req.: BS or equiv. inlech field such as engr. or physics. 2 4 yrs. exp. Good mechanical & lab skills. Prgrmng. exp. pref. Apply by 11 II. Min Biweekly: $639.59

EXTENSION ASSOCIATE, URBAN HORTICULTURE SPECIALIST New York City,
NY Provide leadership in Master Gardener Volun-
teer Development in 5 boroughs of NYC. Req.: MA & BA, at least I inplant sci. 3 yrs.

RESEARCH ASST. Boyce Thompson Institute Assist in research in a fungal biochem. lab.
Select developmental mutants ol tungal plant pathogen & analyze genes expressed during fun-

successful prof. exp. Letter of intent & resume by 10 10 to Sally Clark. Cornell Cooperative Extension, 212 Roberts Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca. NY 14853.

gal development. Techniques used will incl. prep. ol libraries ol genomic DNA,plasmids & DNA sequencing. Techniques involve use of radioisolopes. ultraviolet light, media prep., culture of nonpathogenic fungi & bacteria & useof organic chemicals
Req.: BSin bio. oi relevant field. Previous trng. & exp. in biochem., microbio. oi cytolog) lab. helpful Contact Dr. R.C. Staples,607, 254 1251. Min. salary: $l'3,000

ASST. PROFESSOR OR BEGINNING ASSOC. PROFESSOR Philosophy
Tenure track, beginning fall semester, 1989. Send letters of recommendation, grad. transcripts & writing sample of not more than 35 pages to Prof Sydney Shoemaker, Search Committee, Dept. of Philosophy, 218 Goldwin Smith Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 .1201 by 12I

$4X7. Ml

application to Staffing Services, D

Cornell Chronicle October 27, 1988 7

Graduate
Bulletin
Course pre-enrollment for spring semester 1989 began Oct 26. If the form is received at Sage Graduate Center by Nov. 9 your name will be on initial class lists. Forms are available at Graduate Field Offices and Sage Graduate Center. Course and time roster booklet is available at Sage.
Fellowship information on deadlines is in the October issue of the Sage Graduate Newsletter.
National Science Foundation applications are available at the Fellowships and Financial Aid Office, Sage Hall. Applicants must be U.S. citizens and beginning graduate study in the sciences or engineering leading to either a master's or doctoral degree in the mathematical, physical, biological, engineering or social sciences or in the history and philosophy of science. Minorities, women and disabled persons are encouraged to apply. Awards are $12,300 plus tuition per calendar year for three years. Part I deadline is Nov. 14.
Students with outstanding educational loans should be aware of changes in federal regulations. Each year in a degree program, it is the student's responsibility to request, complete, and file deferral forms with each lender. Students with outstanding educational loans from other institutions should contact their lenders and/or billing agencies to obtain specific instructions regarding deferral procedures and repayment terms.
President's Fund
continuedfrompage 1
lowing awards: • $45,000 to the College of Arts and Sci-
ences to expand theeffort^ of the Ethics and Public Life Program to help faculty explicitly and extensively address ethical issues in their disciplines as part of their courses.
• $40,000 to the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences to expand a program that urges faculty to develop cross-disciplinary programs that incorporate the reading and discussion of literature on major issues facing society today, including international competition, world hunger and the applications of biotechnology.
• $30,000 to the Division of Biological Sciences to improve instruction.
• $22,000 to the School of Industrial and Labor Relations to continue a new program to improve the teaching skills of graduate students.
• $20,000 for the College of Human Ecology for the dean to support an undergraduate concentration in gerontology or other programs in the college.
• $15,590 to the College of Architecture, Art and Planning and to the Center for International Studies to develop 10,000 photographs of South Asian architecture taken by the late Professor Robert MacDougall into a teaching resource.
• $10,000 to the Women's Studies Program to support faculty efforts to improve instruction.
• $9,940 to Uris Library to establish a compact-disc reference for psychological and sociological indexes.
— Mark Eyerly

Error-free programs research

aided by Digital Corp. grant

A new approach to building computer programs that control such critical operations as air traffic, railroads and nuclear plants is being developed by Cornell computer scientists, using $525,000 in equipment and software granted by Digital Equipment Corp.
The researchers are devising computer programs that can be proved mathematically to be error-free — reducing the need forextensive testing — and that will continue to operate even when part of the multicomputer control system becomes inoperable.
As part of the project, the computer scientists will "run"a simulated railroad inside a computer using such a program, studying how the programs function as components of the computer system fail.
The new fault-tolerant programs will be designed for what computer scientists call "real-time process control applications." Such programs regulate the movement of trains and planes and the operation of nuclear power plants, steel mills and other complex processes.
Failure to make correct decisions quickly can be disastrous, so computer scientists have long been interested in ways to assure

that the programs are correct. Digital's grant is part of a three-year re-
search agreement in which the Cornell scientists will share their findings with pigital engineers, said Fred B. Schneider, an associate professor of computer science who is supervising the project.
The Cornell researchers will be using a large VAX processor and a network of highperformance graphics workstations granted by Digital to simulate computer control of a railroad. Initially, they plan to design a program that will allow their simulated train to travel at the fastest speed possible without violating the maximum or minimum speed limits for any segment of track occupied by the train.
Eventually, they hope to control several trains on interconnecting tracks and to maintain control of the simulated trains even when some of the computers exhibit arbitrary behavior as a result of failures.
Digital, with headquarters in Maynard, Mass., is the world's leading manufacturer of networked computer systems and associated peripheral equipment, according to company officials.
— Mark Eyerly

Open houses set
for 800 students
More than 600 high school junior and senior students thinking of enrolling in one of Cornell's three state-supported colleges will visit campus Oct. 29, and another 200 college students thinking of transferring will visit on Nov. 4.
The two events are sponsored annually by the alumni associations of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, the College of Human Ecology and the School of Industrial and Labor Relations in conjunction with the admissions offices of the three schools.
Open House on Oct. 29 is particularly aimed at students in rural high schools, and it provides prospective Cornell students and their parents an overview of the university, admissions and financial aid information and an opportunity to meet faculty and current students. Transfer Day on Nov.4 is aimed at two-year-college students andothers interested in transferring.

Barton Blotter:

Managing people

Student robbed at gunpoint

key problem, says

A former Cornell student was robbed of more than $100 at gunpoint on the Arts Quad about 2:45 a.m. on Oct. 25, according to a report filed with the Department of Public Safety.
The victim, whose name has not been released, said a man approached him between Lincoln and Goldwin Smith halls and asked for a cigarette. When the victim handed the stranger a pack of cigarettes, the man thrust what appeared to be a small-caliber handgun against the student's face and said, "I'll take anything else you've got,"according to the former student's statement.
The victim said he turned over more than $100 in cash and was ordered to lie face down on the ground. The robber fled the scene on foot.
He wasdescribed as about 6 feet tall and weighing about 175 pounds, with dark hair but no facial hair, and wearing a dark waistlength coat and dark pants.
According to Public Safety, the victim walked to a friend's apartment andreported the incident to authorities about an hour after it occurred. Safety officials are continuing to investigate the incident but said they had no immediate suspects.
Also according to the morning reports of

Public Safety for Oct. 17 through 25, there Hilton president

were 12 thefts reported on campus with

losses in cash and valuables set at $2,567.

Learning how to manage people will be

The thefts included an $823 VCR taken the greatest challenge facing university stu-

from Goldwin Smith Hall, a $300 radar de- dents when they go into the business world,

tector removed from a parked car and a Carl Mottek, president of Hilton Hotels, told

$450 video cassette player taken from students at the School of Hotel Administra-

Statler Hall.

tion on Oct. 21.

Six persons were referred to the judicial

Answering a student's question, Mottek

administrator on charges of possession of a said, "Managing people is the greatest prob-

dangerous weapon, altering a parking per- lem you will ever have. Now you are in-

mit, possession of stolen property, assault, volved in managing your friends and your

forging a parking permit and misuse of a peers. When you go out into business, you

parking permit.

will have to know how to manage people

The Office of the Judicial Administrator also is investigating an apparent hazing incident in which three students locked them-

that you don't get along with and people with much different likes and dislikes than your own."

selves, or were locked, in the lounge of Sage Hall.
An area youth was referred to juvenile authorities on charges of stealing twowallets in Barton Hall. An Ithaca man wasarrested for possession of marijuana.
Computerizedcopies of the most current

Mottek, whose office is in Beverly Hills, is president of the organization that manages all Hilton hotels in the United States.
Speaking to students in Dean John J. Clark Jr.'s weekly class, "Cookies with Clark," the Hilton executive said that "now is a great time to be in the hotel business."

daily report may be called up on CUINFO Mottek, who studied hotel management

under the title SAFETY. CUINFO terminalsat Michigan State University and earned an

are situated in the main lobbies of Day M.B.A. at Harvard University, told thestu-

Hall, Gannett Clinic, and the Olin, Mann dents, "I am an example that the hotel busi-

and 1LR libraries.

ness is one business that you can succeed in

with a C-plus average in college."

Annual Thomas Memorial Lecture Series will focus on geometry and architecture

British scholar Robin Evans, an authority on the theory and history of architecture, will give the Preston H. Thomas Memorial Lecture Series on Nov. 1, 2, 3 and 4.
Currently a visiting professor at Harvard University, Evans will give all four lectures in the series at 5:30 p.m. in Room 120of Ives Hall on the overall topic "Geometry in & Around Architecture."
He will address the following topics on successive dates:
• "Drawing Stone: Stereotomy & the Undercutting of Style."
• "Le Corbusier: His Modular, His Buildings."

• "Three Phases of Fragmentation in Twentieth Century Architecture."
• "Architecture and Its Three Geometries."
Evans studied architecture at the Architectural Association, London, from 1963to 1967 and received a doctorate in the theory and history of architecture from the University of Essex in 1975. He has written numerous articles and three books, including "The Fabrication of Virtue: English Prison Architecture 1750-1840."
The Thomas lectures are given annually through the Department of Architecture.
— Martin B. Stiles

He said advantages of working in the hotel industry include, "You can make money at it, and it's fun. I feel sorry for people who dread going10 work."
Answering another question, he said that Hilton Hotels have had only one woman manager "and she left to get married, so now we have none, but we have four resident managers who are women."
Mottek gave the Hotel School $200,000 towards the Hilton pledge of $1 million to the school's $35 million capital campaign for remodeling of Statler Hall and construction of the new Statler Hotel & J. Willard Marriott Executive Education Center.
He also presented the school with $10,000-for a new scholarship and willprovide another $10,000 next year. Hilton scholarships, open to any applicant, are being established in several universities.
—Albert E.Kaff

Software continuedfrompage 1
eventually to use the program to teach Chinese and Arabic, Sola said.
EDUCOM and the National Center for Research to Improve Postsecondary Teaching and Learning cited the program for being "intuitive and clear cut, thanks to intelligent screen design and programming." Their program is the only foreign-language teaching software that combines lexical and grammatical information with examples in a data base, Noblitt and Sola said.
In its French version, the program lists 4,400 words in a bilingual dictionary and more than 250,000 forms of 700verbs. Students in the midst of a writing assignment can search for the correct word in either

French or English and can call up usage examples to make sure they are using the correct words. The program can help students learn how terminology differs between serious andminor apologies in French.
The program, however, does not automatically insert the chosen word into a student's text and it does not check the student's spelling, Noblitt added. Students must type their complete text, reinforcing what they learn from the computer, he said.
Noblitt and Sola insist that their software is "a learning environment, not a teaching tool. It does not pretend to replace the classroom teacher or textbook."
By immediately assisting students as.

questions arise, the computer program encourages beginning students to write and to think in French sooner than they otherwise would, Noblitt said.
"The fatigue factor associated with searching through dictionaries and grammar books is considerable. Some students mention this as a reason for abandoning foreignlanguage study," he explained. "A reference book that gives the detail found inour program would be so large it would bevirtually useless."
At Cornell and a number of other universities, "Systeme-D" is available on computer networks, Sola said.
Noblitt, who visited 60 campuses during

the past year as an IBM consulting scholar, said he found some humanities professors to be condescending to their colleagues who use computers, but many others are quite excited.
Pointing to the success of the case-studies approach in the study of law, business and medicine — where students look at a problem before looking at answers — Noblitt said computers can provide the equivalent for studies in the humanities.
"We need a tenure system that recognizes this kind of computer research as being just as valuable as traditional research," he said.
— Mark Eyerly

8 October 27, 1988 Cornell Chronicle

Committee to hold public hearing on divestment

The Proxy Review Committee of Cornell's Board of Trustees has scheduled a public hearing for Nov. 3 as part of its information-gathering role in the trustees' review of their policy on investing in companies that conduct business in South Africa.
The hearing will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. in 45 Warren Hall, under the auspices of the University Assembly, in cooperation with the employee and student assemblies and the Faculty Council of Representatives.
Those who wish to speak at the meeting should call the assemblies office at 2553715 by noon on Nov. 1.
"This session will supplement about 20 hours of committee meetings with speakers of a wide spectrum of viewpoints," said Patricia Carry Stewart, chair of the Proxy Review Committee. "That includes representatives of corporations that have stayed and

withdrawn, journalists, our own faculty and other scholars, and South Africans of all races, as well as an African National Congress observer at the United Nations."
Besides including diverse outside speakers, the committee has invited representatives of students, faculty and staff to meetings on and off campus, Stewart said.
Meeting set for Nov. 3 from 3 to 5 p.m. in 45 Warren Hall.
"For those who may still feel that their views have not been represented or cannot be properly conveyed at a public session, we urge that they submit their thoughts in

writing either through the elected representatives of campus governance or to the Proxy Review Committee, care of Room 441 Day Hall," she added.
She said such materials should be submitted by Nov. 9 to allow due consideration before the committee starts compiling the report that it must submit to the Investment Committee by Nov. 23.
It is the investment Committee that, by mid-January, will make recommendations to the full Board of Trustees, which will vote on the matter at its Jan. 27-28 meeting. When the board adopted a selective-divestment policy three years ago, it agreed to review the policy's effectiveness at this time.
To help the Investment Committee develop its recommendations, the board has asked for factual reports from the university's counsel, its treasurer and the Proxy

Review Committee, which is to be the principal gatherer of facts and viewpoints.
All three reports will be made public during the period of the Investment Committee's deliberations.
The current selective-divestment policy allows investment only in companies independently judged to be "making good progress" or "making progress" under the Sullivan Principles (now called the Statement of Principles) signed by some corporations.
From Dec. 31, 1986, to Sept. 30, 1988, Cornell's holdings in companies doing business in South Africa have dropped from about $146.5 million to about $42.6 million, of which $8.04 million is in companies pledged to end South Africa operations, according to the university Treasurer's Office. Total university investments are valued at about $1 billion.

Cornell's ivy-covered halls receiving designer styling

The halls of ivy at Cornell are receiving a designer cut this fall aimed at both better aesthetics and preventive maintenance — a design that took almost a year to plan.
A crew of arborists is now at work clinging to ladders and reaching from cherrypickers following a consensus master plan developed by Jeffrey Lallas, project coordinator for maintenance management. The plan includes trimming the ubiquitous ivy back and removing it from roofs, gutters, and even from inside rooms where it has invaded through windows, some now unable to be closed.
Of course, to tamper in any way with this sacred image of an Ivy League school is to risk the wrath of the most reticent of Ivory Tower denizens. Thus, Lallas developed his trimming plan in extensive consultation with deans, architects, plant specialists and other guardians of the university's ivy heritage.
The initial phase of the ivy maintenance program involves 21 of the oldest buildings on Cornell's lower campus, including Lincoln Hall where the ivy has grown above the masonry walls and with its invading fingers is threatening to lift the wood shingles off gable ends of the structure.

This is just one example of the damage the uncontrolled growth of the seven varieties of ivy and vines on campus can cause, Lallas said.
The plants clog gutters and downspouts, create roof leaks and even provide an easy means for squirrels and rodents to enter the upper stories of buildings.
The master trimming plan will be expanded to include scores of other buildings on campus including residence halls which are now badly overgrown.
Lallas said the plan is constantly subject to revision in order to accomplish its overall goal of preserving the aesthetic contribution and meaning of the ivy to the university without causing costly damage to buildings or masking their outstanding architectural features.
Reportedly, the first ivy on campus grew from a cutting brought to campus from Harvard in 1881 by Jennie Fisk McGraw and planted at the base of McGraw Hall, one of the oldest buildings in Cornell's Arts Quadrangle.
The building was named for McGraw's father, an original benefactor and trustee of the university.
— Martin B. Stiles

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Four floors added to new Cornell Club in Manhattan

The raising of scaffolding this summer brought the first visible sign of progress on the new Cornell Club building in mid-Manhattan.
The scaffolding is enabling workers to add four floors to the 10-story, masonry-and-steel, 1920s-era building just off Fifth Avenue at 6 E. 44th St.
By June, the 46,000-square-foot structure had been gutted, and, according to Jim Hazzard '50, alumni affairs director, the project is about on schedule and the building should be turned over to Cornell by next summer.
Harold Tanner '52, a Cornell trustee, is leading the membership drive, which he says will be formally launched in the fall.
"This exciting new facility," says Tanner, "reflects the high priority the trustees and university have assigned to providing a major locus for alumni and academic activities in the heart of New York City, where more than 30,000 alumni live and work. It should also be a great home-awayfrom-home for alumni visiting New York from around the country and world."
Tanner will be seeking 30 Founding Members, who would contribute $100,000 each, and 60 Charter Members, who would contribute $25,000. There also will be named gifts — such as club rooms — for which major donations will be sought.
Hazzard says the club will provide a focus for "a wide array of academic activities," including lectures and seminars, as well as a congenial setting for alumni activities.
General Manager Roger Ross '51, who managed the Piping Rock Country Club on Long Island for 23 years, listed the facilities planned for the club:
• Lobby, grill and tap room on the ground floor.
• Formal dining room on the second floor. • Library on the third floor. • Informal dining room on the fourth floor. • Meeting rooms accommodating from four to 48, with optional catered meals, on the fifth floor. • Men's and women's exercise areas, with showers and locker rooms, on the sixth floor.
• Forty-eight guest rooms on the seventh through 14th floors.
"And the guest rooms will be brand new, of top quality and very nicely appointed," Hazzard emphasized.
The Cornell Club New York, as the new facility will be called, is a not-for-profit corporation governed by a 12member, university-appointed board. The club is to be com-

pletely self-sustaining: the building was bought principally through private gifts for $13.4 million in November 1986, and operating expenses are to be met by the membership.

Above: The dining room planned for the new club.
Left: The new Cornell Club on East 44th Street In Manhattan. The first 10 stories (darkly shaded In this drawing) are the original building; the next four are being added.
As to overall membership, Hazzard says, it is anticipated that the rolls will eventually include 5,000 resident members, 1,500 suburban members and 7,500 nonresident members. Though the board has agreed on the principle that more recent alumni will pay less, detailed fees schedules have not been set.
"What we must emphasize," Hazzard adds, "is that individual use of the facility will depend on being a member. Alumni, faculty and university groups — as groups — will be very welcome to use meeting facilities for a great variety of university-related activities.
"But we have 145,000 living, 'addressable' alumni; those among them, and among faculty and staff, who choose to become members must have priority for personal use of the restaurants, tap room, exercise rooms, guest rooms or library. In a self-supporting enterprise, after all, these members make it all possible."
Alumni with membership questions may contact Hazzard at Alumni House, 626 Thurston Ave., Ithaca, N.Y. 14850 (Phone: 607-255-7083.)
— Sam Segal

Fall 1988
Cornell Summer Report

Published by the Cornell University Division of Summer Session, Extramural Study, and Related Programs

From the Dean
by Charles W. Jermy, Jr., Acting Dean

Summer at Cornell is a time to concentrate, a time to explore new ideas, and a time to enjoy the area during its best season. This past summer, many Cornell students and faculty members, visiting students, and adults participating in continuing education programs discovered this for themselves.

In the three-, six- and

eight-week summer sessions,

1,499 undergraduates and

356 graduate and special

students took courses taught

by 157 regular Cornell

faculty members who were

joined by 58 distinguished

visiting faculty. Eight-five

Shari Renaud
Investigating a crannog at Lough Ennell are Cornell Professor Robert E. Farrell, left, Irish diver Gary Dickson, and Barent Rice of the University of New Hampshire.

percent of the students are Cornell degree candidates.
Taking classes alongside these college students, 800

The course described below is a Special Program sponsored by the Cornell University high school juniors and

Summer Session. It will be offered again in the summer of 1989.

seniors found out what

college life is all about, as

The Manmade Irish Islands participants in the Cornell University Summer College program (see story, page 2).

Cornell

professor

leads

expedition to

locate

Cornell's Adult University attracted 595 adults and

mysterious crannogs

511 youngsters to enroll in "education vacations."

reprinted from the Cortland/Tompkins Herald American (July 10, 1988), courtesy of Syracuse Newspapers

The CAU experience of the Donahue family is

by Lillie Wilson Staff Writer
More than 2,000 years ago, when marauders plagued the Irish countryside, Celtic tribes started taking lo the lakes of central Ireland for refuge in an astonishing way.
They built their own artificial islands—called crannogs—out of brush, timber and stone, creating structures that present-day archaeologists consider engineering marvels.
"They hand-built stable islands in silt-bottom lakes. It still amazes me," says Cornell University professor Robert E. Farrell, who has spent several of the past five summers exploring crannogs in three Irish lakes.
This summer's expedition turned up yet another wonder: about 50 miniature structures surrounding a number of half-acre crannogs in Lough Ennell—small satellite crannogs, so to speak— that Farrell refers to as "the equivalent of low-rise condominiums."
Those 50 antique condos

probably represent only a fraction of the lake's total, according to Farrell, whose team covered about 5 percent of Lough Ennell this trip. Farrell expects to find somewhere in the neighborhood of 1,000 such mini-crannogs in that lake by the time his project is finished five years from now.
From research done so far, it looks as if those minicrannogs might have served as single-family dwellings, or perhaps special work stations for members of the tribe, he says.
The discovery was, in Farrell's words, a "mindblowing" one for him and his project associates at the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin, which co-sponsors the work with Cornell.
"At Lough Ennell, I got the same feeling that I had when I looked at the Yucatan for the first time: That I was seeing an artificially altered landscape," he says.
The Celts constructed crannogs from about 800 B.C. through the Middle Ages, by piling dirt and

wood upon layers of brush, Six divers with archaeologi-

stone and trees, which they cal experience from the Irish

somehow submerged to

National Divers Association

create a stable foundation. also volunteered their time

No one has quite been able and expertise.

to explain how they managed In the lake called Lough

it, Farrell says.

Lene, the team discovered a

"What's so incredible is pattern of timbers fanning

that people actually chose to out around the bases of

live on the lakes, even though several crannogs. There

it took a tremendous expendi- were hundreds of the tim-

ture of time, energy and

bers, all showing Celtic-style

economy to do so."

joinery notches, and they

Most crannogs eventually were huge, Farrell says—

became submerged, so

more than 10 yards long and

explorations of preserved

half a yard wide each—too

structures typically take place big, presumably, to be hand-

under water. In places where maneuvered into place

the lakes were drained,

underwater 1,000 years ago.

exposure caused quick and But that's how they must

massive deterioration of the have gotten there, Farrell

organic building materials. concludes with awe.

Deteriorated air-exposed

The timbers may have

crannogs had been the only functioned as something like

ones studied until Farrell

porches, surrounding the

and his colleagues began

crannogs with platforms for

on-site under-water archae- additional living space; or,

ology in 1983.

they may have served to help

The 1988 team was

insulate the crannogs from

supplemented by nine stu- the cold lake waters, he

dents from the University of speculates.

New Hampshire, University

The expedition brought

of Pennsylvania and Cornell, back measurements that will

who received course credit in be fed into a computer

archaeology for their trouble. program designed for

described on page three. 4,406 professionals attended conferences coordinated by the Department of Conference Services, while others enrolled in short courses presented by Programs in Professional Education.
The Archaeology in Ireland program (see story, this page) is just one of a number of summer studyabroad programs. For example, other archaeology students accompanied Professor John Coleman to Greece, while art and architecture students went to Italy, France, Spain, and England. Of course, one doesn't need to major in these subjects to participate in overseas programs; they are mind-expanding experiences for students in any field. Special Programs also take place on campus and across the U.S. 1,390 students enrolled in Special Programs this past summer.
1989 will mark the ninetyninth summer session at Cornell. I hope that as you read about some of our programs, you will begin to plan to be a part of it.
three-dimensional realization. Farrell and others will try to complete a hypothetical reconstruction of the Lough Lene crannogs by next year.
Past summers' expeditions to Irish lakes turned up a number of surprising, longsubmerged artifacts, including an eighth century book shrine, a medieval cloak pin, a plow, and remains of two ancient wooden boats. The underwater environment has preserved a wide variety of materials in the silt bottom of the lakes, Farrell says.
But the maintenance of Ireland's crannogs is threatened now because lakes are being drained to make room for more agricultural land, says Farrell, who is pushing to finish his study of a phenomenon that may not be around much longer to investigate, at least not in any preserved form.
Eventually, Farrell hopes to see the project excavate an entire crannog "in its original context as a living island." No such excavation has been attempted yet.

page 2

Cornell Summer Report Fall 1988

The 1988 Summer Session theme was "Flight." Below is a brief discussion of next summer's theme.

1989 Summer Session Theme: Revolution

The campus-wide theme vior, and personal values.

of the 1989 Cornell Univer- We use the traditional lan-

sity Summer Session is

guage of revolution in dis-

"Revolution." In the bicen- cussing the worldwide

tennial year of the French

political upheavals whose

Revolution—which, in one visual images appear nightly

view, began the modem era on our screens, and we are

in the West—we hope that inclined to receive every new

this theme will provide a

inhabitant of a presidential

vantage point from which to palace as George Washington

consider our past and present until he or she forces us to

conditions as well as their admit otherwise.

implications for the future.

If there are alternatives

Our own American

other than naive enthusiasm

culture is founded upon a

or weary cynicism with which

philosophically-defined

we can respond to change, a

political revolution. Our

university community is a

history expresses the tension good place to develop them.

between claims based on

This summer, faculty mem-

unchanging natural rights

bers and distinguished visitors

and our recurrent enthusiasm will interpret the concept of

for fundamental change. We "Revolution" in its literal and

live today in a climate of

metaphorical forms. Artists

"revolutions": the computer and performers will share

revolution; the green revolu- their work and their vision.

tion; completed revolutions in You are cordially invited to

painting and poetry; and

participate in the exploration

revolutionary changes (we are and to incorporate our theme

told) in family structures and into your thinking about our

gender role, economic beha- past and our future.

A traditional jazz concert on the Arts Quad

Chip Tilden

Summer College students in a gleeful mood

Chip Tilden

Cornell University Summer College gives high school juniors and seniors the chance to experience university life, earn college credit, and explore career options.

Learning about Careers in Government

by Martha Goelzer

At Cornell University's Summer College, high school juniors and seniors take Cornell courses, live in dorms, and get a preview of what college life is all about. Many also enroll in an intensive career exploration program which may help them measure their interest in a certain career.
One of these programs is Explorations in Government and Public Affairs, which was created two years ago by Steve Jackson, assistant professor of government at Cornell, and Margaret Haine, director of Summer College. The program introduces students to the work of elected officials, civil servants, lobbyists, and political organizers.
Students take two Summer Session courses, for six or seven credits, one of which is a course in government. In the afternoons, they attend a not-for-credit course which features speakers who have various public service roles.
This summer's list of visiting speakers included an

alternate delegate for Jesse Jackson to the Democratic National Convention, the Mayor of Ithaca, a member of the Tompkins County Board of Representatives, and a member of the World Wildlife Fund/Conservation Foundation. Discussion sessions are an important part of the afternoon course.
"One of the points of this, in my mind," Professor Jackson states, "is to show them the variety of things that people do in what's called politics and public affairs."
Another point which Professor Jackson emphasizes is that, "in politics, as opposed to many other careers, there is no set career. Most of the people in politics who are playing one role at one time very likely have played some other role at some other time, or will in the future."
Professor Jackson views the sessions as a valuable forum in which students start thinking about "what might it mean if I end up in a career in Government and

public affairs?" Tara Bannister, one of
nineteen Summer College students who participated in the Explorations in Government and Public Affairs program this summer, appreciated the perspective on "what a politician is and how a politician should act," that the afternoon course provided.
Fellow student Matthew Estabrook welcomed the opportunity to examine other political points of view—a process which, he believes, will sharpen his decision-making during the November elections, when he will be voting for the first time.
According to Professor Jackson, this year's group included "particularly vocal contingents of both Reagan republicans and liberal democrats, so essentially we had a continuing dialogue throughout the term, with every visitor, where the questions would be coming back and forth from both sides."

Division of Summer Session, Extramural Study, and

Related Programs

Cornell Summer Report, B12IvesHall 255-4987
Cornell University Summer Session, B12IvesHall 255-4987
Extramural Study, B12IvesHalI 255-4987
Cornell's Adult University, 626 Thurston Avenue 255-6260

Cornell University Summer College, B12IvesHall 255-6203
Programs in Professional Education, B12IvesHall 255-7259
Cornell University Conference Services, 221 Robert Purcell Union; 255-6290

Let Your Mind Live

"Find a subject that

whether it's history, women's talk about their educational

you really like and study studies, entomology, account- background, explaining,

it—don't worry about the ing, or any other field.

for example, that a career

future." That's the advice The aim of the Humanities in business may be what's

L. Pearce Williams, the and Sciences Explorations in the cards for a classics

John Stambaugh Professor Program is to reveal what a major.

of the History of Science, University education is like

An important aspect of

gives the Summer College at its best and to foster res- the Summer College pro-

students in the Humanities pect for the "life of the mind." gram is the introduction of

and Sciences Explorations Williams plans to invite

the students to counselors

Program, which he directs. great scholars and thinkers at the Cornell Admissions

A narrow focus on prepar- at Cornell to present one

Office, who will attempt

ing for a career is a mis- hour lectures, explaining

to demystify the admissions

take, Williams believes. how and why they do what process, explaining the

More important, students they do and how they got to best approach to filling

must find out what excites do it. The program will also out applications and how

intellectually and follow feature speakers from a wide to make the most of campus

their interest in that subject, range of fields who will

visits and college interviews.

Cornell Summer Report

Fall 1988

Cornell's Adult University offers "education vacations" to alumni and friends of the University—and their children or grandchildren.

page 3

CAU: A Family Education

by Margo Hittleman

participants goes into develop- "I'm always wondering

ing the youth program. "This whether my children are doing

is a really workable environ- enough, learning enough.

ment for a family with child- Here they are able to do a bit

ren," said Dennis. "Every- of a lot of things. They get to

thing's taken care of—a place know some other people totally

to stay, a place to eat, things to outside the rules and regulations

do. It's a nice alternative to of their own community. You

other choices for a vacation." see very little of kids sitting in

Age-specific supervised activi- front of TV sets; I like that.

ties, which include a combina- This week is special for them.

tion of learning, recreation,

"All in all, CAU is a total

free time, and dorm living, removal of yourself from the

are offered from 8:30 a.m. regular world, a stepping out

until bedtime. A quick glance of your daily life," she con-

flu

at this year's activities shows tinued with a smile. "I've sat

something for everyone:

back and allowed myself to

sports, crafts, wacky Olympics, cogitate on all the things that

camp-fires, and trips to nearby happened under Louis XIV,

_... . CAU participants in a sculpture class taught by Professor Roberto Bertoia

David Ruether parks. The science center, the to see that time as a whole. art museum, and the Cornell And it's kindled some new

W hat is it about Cornell's Adult University that

class was interdisciplinary, bringing in guest lecturers from a variety of departments

brings people back summer to share their expertise. "It's

after summer, some for more a fascinating look at that

than a decade? For the mem- whole century and the con-

bers of the Donahue family nections to modern times,"

from Norwich, Vermont, on Emily said. "We've heard

campus for their second CAU about the history of architec-

season, the answer crosses ture, music, art, food and

generations: new friendships, eating customs, as well as the

new ideas, and a wonderful trivia—things you always

way for families to spend a wanted to know but never

vacation together while

had the chance to ask."

enabling everyone to pursue

Stephen, age 11, was

their own interests. One

enrolled in a program entitled

afternoon the Donahues

"Art in Action" led by in-

came together to talk about structors from the eduation

their experiences at CAU. department of Cornell's

"...newfriendships, newideas, and a wonderful way forfamilies tospend
a vacation together..."

Dennis Donahue, a computer software specialist who is soon to become the

Johnson Museum of Art. He talked knowledgeably about how to make Chinese

dairy were but a sampling of thinking. I was in the right

sharing ideas."

places to go.

mood, not with my mind half

"It's great fun," Emily

Stephen gave top review on the lecture, half on what I

added, "to listen to people to swimming trips to the

was going to make for dinner,

who are able—in true profes- Cornell pool and local parks— who was going to pick up the

sorial style—to take a thought, no surprise given this

children from soccer practice.

develop it, and bring it to

some coherent conclusion in an hour. It's like being an

nAII In all, CAU is a total

undergraduate all over again ... without all the homework."
And then there are all the

removal of yourself from the regular world, a stepping out of

other activities: early morning tennis games, an afternoon

your daily life"

trip to swim in Cayuga Lake, evening concerts and lectures. "You've got the added advantage," Dennis noted, "that Ithaca is such a nice place physically."
The 150 adult participants who make up CAU's "student body" each week for four weeks are a varied group. They range in age from recent graduates to those who have been out of school for more than forty years. Many CAU participants are repeaters, people who come back year

summer's heat wave—and For me, it's more of a vaca-

the chance to meet new people. tion than simply going to a

For Sara, the best parts of her resort. This imposes some-

Cornell week were getting a thing else on your mind, gives

roommate, her counselors, you alternatives that are so

(unequivocably rated "nice"), attractive, so much fun, how

and "not having to set the

can you do anything else but

table." (Three-to twelve-

get engaged? I can't recom-

year-olds are paired with

mend it highly enough."

roommates their own age

Stephen's recommenda-

and housed in a room adja- tion was even more concise.

cent to their parents. Teens Asked by his father: would

live in separate quarters for you want to come back? He

the week.)

responded quickly, "Sure.

"As a parent," said Emily, It's fun."

national coach for the U.S. scrolls out of rice paper and after year, with some boasting

Biathalon Association-(cross- Japanese screens and chops of continuous attendance for

country skiing and rifle

(signature stamps).

more than a decade. Each

marksmanship), was partici-

Sara, 8, arrived, carrying year, increasing numbers are

pating in a class on leadership a just-made tie-dyed T-shirt younger Cornell alumni.

led by Professor Don Tobias, and eager to share the story

The link, given this diver-

a faculty member in the

of that morning's trip to

sity, is an interest in expanding

College of Human Ecology's Tompkins County Airport

one's horizons—learning

Department of Human Service where her group, exploring something completely new

Studies. The 25 students in the theme "flight," boarded a or exploring a favorite subject

the class, from social service, small plane and learned about in greater breadth—and a will-

volunteer, and business

life in a cockpit. Dennis and ingness to get involved.

organizations, had just fin- • Emily's oldest son, Chris,

"People are quite willing to

ished viewing a fast-paced who is 14 and participated enter into the process," Emily

video on successful entrepre- in CAU's teen program last noted. "They don't just come

neurs featuring Ken B Ian- summer, enrolled in Cornell's sit in on lectures, pack their

chard, author of the best-

Sports School this year.

bags and go home. They are

selling One Minute Manager. The emphasis at CAU is interested in being part of

Emily Keast Donahue '67, on active learning. "A major the group."

a middle-school French

value of this program is being "I think the professors

teacher, time-travelled to

thrust into an environment appreciate the program as

"the Court of the Sun King" with a group of adults—none well," Emily said, "having

through a course on Louis of whom you know—having older students who are really

XIV led by Alain Seznec, a topic, hearing a professor interested in what they have

professor of Romance Studies direct traffic, and listening to say. It's a two-way street,

and former dean of the

to the students add their

and it comes across."

College of Arts and Sciences. thoughts," Dennis said. Like most CAU offerings, the "It's a nice mechanism for

The same careful attention paid to the needs of adult CAU director Ralph Janis, '66

Charles Harrington

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Cornell Summer Report Fall 1988

Winter Session, sponsored by the Division of Summer Session, Extramural Study, and Related Programs, gives students an opportunity to complete a course in three weeks.

Cornell Winter Session Course List
January 3 - January 20, 1989

Art 121 Introductory Painting
E. Mikus 3 credits Will cover the problems of artistic expression through the study of pictoral composition, proportion, space, shapes and color as applied to abstract and representational design.
151 Introductory Drawing
E. Mikus 3 credits A basic drawing course in the study of form and different techniques in black and white and color still life drawing.
371 Independent Study
E. Mikus v3 credits
Business
570 Negotiations for Managers
E. Brooks 3 credits In this program you will discover how to use planning, tactics, power and timing for successful negotiating. Readings, case studies, and a self-improvement checklist steer you through a series of management negotiating situations. You learn how to: gain and maintain the strategic edge, negotiate from a weak point, develop alternatives, deal effectively with peers, organize your negotiation team, and cope with crisis negotiation.
Economics 102 Introductory Macroeconomics
G. Staller 3 credits Analysis of aggregate economic activity in relation to the level, stability, and growth of national income. Topics discussed may include the determination and effects of unemployment, inflation, balance of payments, deficits, and economic development and how these may be influenced by monetary, fiscal, and other policies.

315 History of Economic Analysis
M. Falkson 4 credits Early writings in economics and their relationship to current economic analysis and policy issues, for example, ancient and medieval philosophers on justice in exchange; mercantilist arguments for trade protection; early theories about the effect of monetary expansion (D. Hume); the role of the entrepreneur (Cantillon); and general competitive equilibrium (the Physiocrats). The most recent reading assignment in this course is Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations but the emphasis is on the relationship between the precursors of Adam Smith and his Wealth of Nations to modem economic analysis and current efforts to answer some of the questions raised in the early writings on economics.
Education
497 Workshop in Communication
M. Glock 0-2credits Offered 1/9 -1/13 Hostility and alienation are the unexpected and undesired responses we have all occasionally triggered when trying to coordinate our own needs with those of our organization or family. How can we get to the root of misunderstandings that erode relationships? How can we communicate effectively so that we increase our confidence in ourselves and the confidence of others in us? How can we cope with difficult people? In this workshop participants learn from telling, showing, demonstrating, video and audiotapes, small-group work, and role playing. Appropriate for all who work with people—teachers, administrators, managers, nurses, parents, and other professionals. A paper is required for credit. Fee, $25.
English
211 Reading and Writing of Fantasy and Horror
R. Farrell 4 credits Using selected works of J.R.R. Tolkien, Steven King, and Bram Stoker, we will examine the information base and techniques of these writers

More courses may be added to this roster; please call 255-4987 to ask about classes added after this date.
Also, students may arrange to study independently.
as bases for the creation of new works of fiction in these genres. A great deal of the course will be done in individual and small-group tutorials. It is recommended that students read the full Lord of the Rings, Stoker's Dracula, and King's The Shining, Salem's Lot and Firestarter before the course begins.
270 The Reading of Fiction
P. Marcus 3 credits This course covers forms of modern fiction, with emphasis on the short story and novella. Students write critical essays on works by English, American, and continental writers from 1800 to the present. These writers may include Lawrence, O'Connor, Woolf, Faulkner, Mann, Kafka, Joyce, and others.
280 Creative Writing
R. Morgan 3 credits An introductory course in the theory and practice of writing narrative prose, poetry and allied forms.
Food Science 450 Fundamentals of Food Law
P. Hopper 1 credit Offered 1/12 -1/18 Introduction to the complex array of Federal and "State statutes and regulations that control the processing, packaging, labeling and distribution of food including aspects of safety and nutritive value. Emphasis will be placed on the FDA and USDA, but will also reference additional regulatory agencies. A case study format will be used.
Government 111 Government of the United States
B. Ginsberg 3 credits An introduction to government through the American experience. Concentration on analysis of the institutions of government and politics as mechanisms of social control.

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