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S TUDENT L IFE THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER OF WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS SINCE 1878 S TUDENT L IFE One Brookings Drive #1039 #42 Women’s Building St. Louis, MO 63130 Newsroom: (314) 935-5995 Advertising: (314) 935-6713 Fax: (314) 935-5938 Editor: [email protected] News: [email protected] Calendar: [email protected] Please Recycle SUMMER JULY 2004 Vol. 126, No. 1 Hot and Humid www.studlife.com INSIDE INSIDE Is this man a world-famous glow-stick inventor? This and other rumors— debunked! PAGE A5 As Washington University once again pre- pares to serve as a host for a presidential de- bate, its Career Center and student groups are relentlessly involved in the behind-the-scenes work. Although student volunteers are not guar- anteed tickets to the presidential debate on Oct. 8, a select few will have access to the venue that night. Available volunteer positions include administrative work, such as answer- ing the phone, sending faxes, and making cop- ies; ushers who will check the credentials of debate attendees; production assistants who will help set up administrative headquarters; tour guides who will orient outsiders; and er- rand runners who will help pick up supplies with their own vehicles. According to Vice Chancellor for Students Jill Carnaghi, the University supports student participation in the events. “Getting students involved in the whole election process [is very rewarding],” said Car- naghi. “Last time we had 200 volunteers, and 50 percent of the student population entered the lottery” to attend the debate. The media will also need a handful of volun- teers to provide administrative support. Carnaghi noted that undergraduate and graduate students with an interest in the media should apply specifically for these vol- unteer positions, adding that “in the past, stu- dents have gotten jobs in the media and gone to the inaugural [ceremony] in January.” Due to the heightened security surrounding the debate and the limited number of posi- tions available, Carnaghi said that the volun- teer selection procedure is a “pretty rigorous process.” All interested volunteers must fill out an application, send in a resume and write an essay in addition to undergoing a background check. All applications must be submitted be- fore midnight on Tuesday, Sept. 7. Visit http: //debate.wustl.edu for more information. For students who are interested in viewing the presidential debate on Oct. 8 but are un- able to obtain tickets, the University will set up remote viewing sites around campus. During the 2000 debate held at the University, stu- dents congregated at Ursa’s Café to watch the event on its large projection screen. In addition to helping students understand the election process, the Oct. 8 presidential debate may peak student interest in the No- vember elections Project Democracy, a nonpartisan group of about 20 members, registered over 400 new voters last year by setting up tables in Wohl, Mallinckrodt, and at last spring’s WILD. Senior Teresa Sullivan, president of Project Democracy, is trying to capture the attention of her fellow peers and get them involved in Debate preparations already well underway By Laura Geggel Contributing Reporter Career Center asks students to volunteer during debate weekend See DEBATE, page A3 New Yahoo! group lets freshmen meet early Students share hopes, dreams, and screen names online By Rachel Streitfeld Contributing Editor For those upperclassmen for whom pre- orientation means only one thing—new dating prospects—now there’s another resource, and this one offers more depth than Faces. Incoming students are sharing their hopes, dreams and screen names online with other freshmen on the Yahoo! group wustl2008. In a trend that started last year, students newly accepted to the University have formed an online group to get a head start on college life. Last year’s members say the concept re- ally works. “I have been in contact with a lot of people from last year’s group,” said ris- ing sophomore Kevin Li. “And some of the people I met from there are now my closest friends. I mean it’s really what you make of it.” Li is so enthusiastic that he’s helping this year’s freshmen with their group. This year, though, things are moving more slowly. As opposed to the 400-odd students who joined up last year, this year’s group boasts about 140 freshmen. Getting to know you On the site, freshmen can post and re- spond to messages, which are then sent to every member. Students compare notes on anything: pre-orientation programs, time spent on the computer or SAT scores. These postings give students a chance to be front-runners in University gossip. One rumor circulated that Howard Stern’s daughter will move in with the other new freshmen this August. (The University tells Student Life this appears to be untrue.) Group members can also vote in a va- riety of polls. Students compare potential majors, where else they were admitted and plans on going Greek. The polls also help students gauge their fellow classmates’ political sentiments. Students can weigh in on the reinstitution of the draft or the situation in Iraq. But participants are most likely to vote on issues more pressing to an apprehensive college freshman, such as: “Are you still a virgin?” (Nearly 69 percent say yes.) “What are you looking for in a guy?” (Looks, sense of humor, or his soft side.) And most press- ingly: “Is it pop, soda, or simply coke?” (It’s soda, evidently.) Moving in Students say meeting other freshmen online has helped assuage their first-day- See FRESHMEN, page A3 This fall, faculty and students in Wash- ington University’s Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences (EPS) will have a newly constructed building to call home. Faculty and staff are already moving and settling in to the recently completed building, located to the northeast of Brook- ings next to Compton Hall. The three-story, 59,000-square-foot structure will provide students and faculty with additional class- rooms and state-of-the art instruments that will assist professors in their research. The building also houses multiple display rooms where the department can showcase its work to the public. “In addition to enhanced instructional capabilities and solid support of the depart- ment’s advanced instrumentation facilities, the new building will include exhibits and displays connected with Earth and planetary sciences,” said Richard Heuermann, admin- istrative officer for EPS. “This space should provide visitors with a better idea of the scope of these sciences and the active role that the University plays in the development of these sciences.” As well as providing the EPS department with an improved working space, the newest architectural addition to the Hilltop Campus will provide a bit of breathing room for other University departments. Previously, EPS was located in both Wilson and McDonnell Halls. The biology department, which had shared McDonnell Hall, will now be able to utilize the entire space. The Psychology-Neurosci- ence-Philosophy program will take over Wilson Hall. According to Ray Arvidson, chair of EPS, the department had simply outgrown its old locations. “We ran out of space and our work became hampered as a consequence,” said Arvidson. “Furthermore, the teaching facilities in Wil- son were inadequate for the modern instruc- tion required by a world-class department. For more coverage of the upcoming election turn to page A3 and visit studlife.com By Helen Rhee Staff Reporter Science building set to open New home for Earth & Planetary Sciences nearly complete OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS The new Earth & Planetary Sciences Building takes shape during the late spring. The process of moving into the new facility has already begun. The Field House undergoes its transformation from athletic facility to debate hall in fall 2000. Such changes won’t happen to the Field House again until this October, but other planning for the debate has already begun. STUDENT LIFE ARCHIVES See BUILDING, page A3 The road to the Olympics passes through—Francis Field? PAGE A11 Learn them now: names and faces of the most important people around campus. PAGE C6 How do you beat the heat? With ice cream, of course. But where do you get it in St. Louis? PAGE C5 News Sports Forum Cadenza Scene INDEX A1 A11 B1 C1 C5
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Is this man a world-famous
glow-stick inventor? This and other rumors—
debunked!
PAGE A5
As Washington University once again pre-pares to serve as a host for a presidential de-bate, its Career Center and student groups are relentlessly involved in the behind-the-scenes work.
Although student volunteers are not guar-anteed tickets to the presidential debate on Oct. 8, a select few will have access to the venue that night. Available volunteer positions include administrative work, such as answer-ing the phone, sending faxes, and making cop-ies; ushers who will check the credentials of debate attendees; production assistants who will help set up administrative headquarters; tour guides who will orient outsiders; and er-rand runners who will help pick up supplies with their own vehicles.
According to Vice Chancellor for Students Jill Carnaghi, the University supports student participation in the events.
“Getting students involved in the whole election process [is very rewarding],” said Car-naghi. “Last time we had 200 volunteers, and 50 percent of the student population entered the lottery” to attend the debate.
The media will also need a handful of volun-teers to provide administrative support.
Carnaghi noted that undergraduate and graduate students with an interest in the
media should apply specifically for these vol-unteer positions, adding that “in the past, stu-dents have gotten jobs in the media and gone to the inaugural [ceremony] in January.”
Due to the heightened security surrounding the debate and the limited number of posi-tions available, Carnaghi said that the volun-teer selection procedure is a “pretty rigorous process.”
All interested volunteers must fill out an application, send in a resume and write an essay in addition to undergoing a background check. All applications must be submitted be-fore midnight on Tuesday, Sept. 7. Visit http://debate.wustl.edu for more information.
For students who are interested in viewing the presidential debate on Oct. 8 but are un-able to obtain tickets, the University will set up remote viewing sites around campus. During the 2000 debate held at the University, stu-dents congregated at Ursa’s Café to watch the event on its large projection screen.
In addition to helping students understand the election process, the Oct. 8 presidential debate may peak student interest in the No-vember elections
Project Democracy, a nonpartisan group of about 20 members, registered over 400 new voters last year by setting up tables in Wohl, Mallinckrodt, and at last spring’s WILD.
Senior Teresa Sullivan, president of Project Democracy, is trying to capture the attention of her fellow peers and get them involved in
Debate preparations already well underway
By Laura GeggelContributing Reporter
� Career Center asks
students to volunteer
during debate weekend
See DEBATE, page A3
New Yahoo! group lets freshmen meet early� Students share
hopes, dreams, and
screen names onlineBy Rachel StreitfeldContributing Editor
For those upperclassmen for whom pre-orientation means only one thing—new dating prospects—now there’s another resource, and this one offers more depth than Faces.
Incoming students are sharing their hopes, dreams and screen names online with other freshmen on the Yahoo! group wustl2008. In a trend that started last year, students newly accepted to the University have formed an online group to get a head start on college life.
Last year’s members say the concept re-ally works.
“I have been in contact with a lot of people from last year’s group,” said ris-ing sophomore Kevin Li. “And some of the people I met from there are now my closest friends. I mean it’s really what you make of it.”
Li is so enthusiastic that he’s helping this year’s freshmen with their group.
This year, though, things are moving more slowly. As opposed to the 400-odd students who joined up last year, this year’s group boasts about 140 freshmen.
Getting to know you
On the site, freshmen can post and re-spond to messages, which are then sent to every member. Students compare notes on anything: pre-orientation programs, time spent on the computer or SAT scores.
These postings give students a chance to be front-runners in University gossip. One rumor circulated that Howard Stern’s daughter will move in with the other new freshmen this August. (The University tells Student Life this appears to be untrue.)
Group members can also vote in a va-riety of polls. Students compare potential majors, where else they were admitted and plans on going Greek.
The polls also help students gauge their fellow classmates’ political sentiments. Students can weigh in on the reinstitution of the draft or the situation in Iraq.
But participants are most likely to vote on issues more pressing to an apprehensive college freshman, such as: “Are you still a virgin?” (Nearly 69 percent say yes.) “What are you looking for in a guy?” (Looks, sense of humor, or his soft side.) And most press-ingly: “Is it pop, soda, or simply coke?” (It’s soda, evidently.)
Moving in
Students say meeting other freshmen online has helped assuage their first-day-
See FRESHMEN, page A3
This fall, faculty and students in Wash-ington University’s Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences (EPS) will have a newly constructed building to call home.
Faculty and staff are already moving and settling in to the recently completed building, located to the northeast of Brook-ings next to Compton Hall. The three-story, 59,000-square-foot structure will provide students and faculty with additional class-rooms and state-of-the art instruments that will assist professors in their research.
The building also houses multiple display rooms where the department can showcase its work to the public.
“In addition to enhanced instructional capabilities and solid support of the depart-ment’s advanced instrumentation facilities,
the new building will include exhibits and displays connected with Earth and planetary sciences,” said Richard Heuermann, admin-istrative officer for EPS. “This space should provide visitors with a better idea of the scope of these sciences and the active role that the University plays in the development of these sciences.”
As well as providing the EPS department with an improved working space, the newest architectural addition to the Hilltop Campus will provide a bit of breathing room for other University departments. Previously, EPS was located in both Wilson and McDonnell Halls. The biology department, which had shared McDonnell Hall, will now be able to utilize the entire space. The Psychology-Neurosci-ence-Philosophy program will take over Wilson Hall.
According to Ray Arvidson, chair of EPS, the department had simply outgrown its old locations.
“We ran out of space and our work became hampered as a consequence,” said Arvidson. “Furthermore, the teaching facilities in Wil-son were inadequate for the modern instruc-tion required by a world-class department.
For more coverage of the upcoming election� turn to page A3 and visit studlife.com
By Helen RheeStaff Reporter
Science building set to open� New home for Earth
& Planetary Sciences
nearly complete
OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
The new Earth & Planetary Sciences Building takes shape during the late spring. The process of moving into the new facility has already begun.
The Field House undergoes its transformation from athletic facility to debate hall in fall 2000. Such changes won’t happen to the Field House again until this October, but other planning for the debate has already begun.
STUDENT LIFE ARCHIVES
See BUILDING, page A3
The road to the Olympics passes
through—Francis Field?
PAGE A11
Learn them now: names and faces of the most important people around campus.
PAGE C6
How do you beat the heat? With ice cream, of course. But where do you get it in St. Louis?
PAGE C5
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