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The
Chronicle
Vol. 14 No. 29 Purdue University Calumet Summer, 1996
Ground breaking
Inside
Opinion
for Founders Plaza
Scott gets
wired with
Chronicle
First phase of $1.2 million project
Online
will be completed late this summer.
See page 4
BY GREGG LEONARD
Paver bricks
Entertainment
Editor-in-Chief
Alumni and friends of
Scott
Nearly 50 people joined Purdue Calumet are encour¬
Gonzales Chancellor James Yackel and sev¬ aged to purchase engraved
previews eral city and state officials in a paving bricks which will be
ground-breaking ceremony for the set in the plaza walkway
this sum¬
new Founders Plaza, on June 4. around the reflecting pool.
mer's Located between the Gyte and These bricks will cost $100 for
hottest Student Faculty Library Center, the a 4” x 8” brick with up to 36
plaza will honor the founders of characters, or $175 for an
movies
Purdue Calumet as part of the 50th 8” x 8” brick with 72 charac¬
Anniversary Celebration. It will ters. Contact the Office of
See page 6 highlight the contrasts ,of Advancement, Room 0-318,
Northwest Indiana, where Great [phone].
Herons still nest in the shadow of
steel mills.
The plaza will be built on land bicentennial plaza. The administra¬
that was once a portion of 171st tion at that time was not able to
Street. Like Purdue Calumet itself, gain permission from the city of
this little portion of the campus has Hammond to close the street, and Photo courtesy of University Relations
a rich history of its own. the plans were shelved. There were Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kuscera, of Hammond, help break the
According to former Chancellor two other attempts to acquire the ground for the opening of Founders Plaza. The Kuscera’s
Combs, plans for closing the street area, but the city and area residents bought the first memorial paver for the plaza in honor of their
Briefs and utilizing the area began in the blocked university attempts to late son, Michael.
early seventies, with plans for a close the street.
New director In 1991 the university again sion were defeated, plans were accomplishing what we couldn’t
The Chronicle petitioned the city to vacate the developed for the area. Former get done.”
appointed
street and they were finally suc¬ Chancellor Combs, in his address The plaza itself will feature a
Paul McGuinness, the former cessful. After the seemingly requi¬ at the ceremony, thanked the pre¬ pair of walks set in blue-green
director of recruitment at Moraine http ^/axp.calumetpiirdue.edi]/~chronicle site lawsuits challenging the deci- sent administration for “finally See Plaza, PAGE 3
Valley Community College, in
Palos Hills, III., has been appointed
the new director of Admissions Chronicle RIPPLE IN STILL WATER Tinkham honored
and Recruitment at PUC.
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Parking compression for 40 years of service
staffer wins
due to construction
BY REGINA HURST
Preparations for a utilities con¬
struction project, concerning the design award Staff Writer
steam/chilled water lines on cam¬
Professor Charles B.
pus, began on Wednesday, June
Tinkham of the English
12, and is continuing through Chronicle Staff report
department was honored at
August. The contractor plans to
Illustrator Rhede Rhodes won a first the university’s annual
fence off the area and store equip¬
place award in the Student Society of Faculty and Staff Service
ment and supplies on the east side
of the P-2 parking lot, located Newspaper Design’s 1996 Excellence in Recognition Luncheon.
newspaper design awards. Prof. Tinkham has served
between the A-building and M-
“This is big - this is huge!” Purdue Calumet for 40
building. Access to the lot will
remain open and parking at the exclaimed Dave Fanno, advisor to The years.
Chronicle. Tinkham joined the uni¬
west end of the lot, near
The drawing, entitled “Ripple in Still versity in 1955. Since then
Woodmar Ave., will be maintained.
The area should be avoided as Water,” won first place in the hand- Illustration By Rhede Rhodes he has written and pub¬ Chronicle file photo
much as possible. drawn illustration category for a non¬ lished several books, arti¬ Professor Charles Tinkham,
Reduce, reuse, recycle daily student newspaper. The Chronicle cles and poems. His latest Department of English,,
Rhede is an education major at PUC book, “A Year Among the joined the faculty in 1955.
with Green Coalition ■■ & x! H >1 # If
and has been on the Chronicle staff Trees of Purdue Calumet,”
The Green Coalition, a new since fall 1995. The elusive Mr. Rhodes http i//axp.calumet purdue.edu/~chronide is now available in the cam¬
environmental group on campus, is could not be reached for comment. the Chronicle is working hard to earn pus bookstore. years of service.
recruiting new members for next “It is great that Rhede has received more awards like this one,” commented Other members of the Also honored at the lun¬
semester. A concern for the envi¬ recognition for his work. The staff of Gregg Leonard, Editor-in-Chief. faculty and staff were hon¬ cheon were Purdue Calumet
ronment and a desire to socialize ored for 1,055 collective 1995-96 retirees: Mildred B.
with students with the same con¬ The Chroniq(j|e Chronicle now online years of service. Among Blosky, Library; Patricia J.
cerns and interests are the only those also recognized were Cushing, University
requirements. Contact the Student Associate Professor of Division; Rae Jeanne
Activities Office at [phone] Chronicle, the Chronicle Online is a Physics Jaming Pan who Gozdecki, Registrar’s office;
to join or learn more about the club. http://axp.calumeLpurdue.edu/~chronicle resource for students, faculty and others has served the university Margaret A. Gurski,
Photography contest Look for the above logo for expanded to keep themselves informed. for 35 years. Engineering; Mary A.
With PUC stories, local, national and Professor of English O’Drobinak, Athletics;
information available only on-line.
The Lake County Parks depart¬ world new, plus features, the Chronicle Robert E. Nichols, Jr. and James S. Quasney,
ment is accepting entries until Oct. Online uses the capabilities of the World Head of the Department of Information Systems and
1 for their 1996 Photography The Chronicle has expanded its virtu¬ Wide Web to inform and entertain readers. Manufacturing Engineering Computer Programming;
Contest. For more information call al presence on the Web with a new design The Chronicle Online can be accessed Technologies and Mary Lee Warner,
[phone]. and commitment to electronic publishing. from any of the computers on campus via the Supervision C. David Rose Advancement; Cecilia C.
As an alternative to the paper based above URL or from the PUC home page. were recognized for 30 Weimer, Nursing.
2 Summer, 1996
The Chronicle
ADMINISTRATION UPDATE Briefs Briefs Briefs
What a 50th anniversary
Tau Psi named of Whiting, and Joy Reiner and Laura
“Best Chapter” Zeller of Schererville.
year it’s been!
Recognized as an outstanding
PUC’s Tau Psi chapter of the Pi
secondary student teacher was
Sigma Alpha political science honor
Our year-long, 50th anniversary observance has afforded Nancy Hoban of Munster.
society received one of the two national
Purdue Calumet numerous opportunities to celebrate, tell our “Best Chapter” awards for 1995-96. The
Bank One Merrillville
story and draw attention to our institution. award was for campuses that have
between 6,000 and 15,000 students. scholarship established
It has provided a forum for reviewing our past and focusing The award recognized the PUC chapter
The Bank One Merrillville scholarship
on our future. for its extraordinary level of activity and
at PUC is completed and is currently
the dedication of its members to the
benefiting seven PUC students.
We have tried to seize our moments throughout this special goals of the honor society.
The final check of the five-year
Accompanying the award was a check
Vear and, indeed, there have been moments to seize and commitment, originally made possible
for $250.
cherish! As our golden anniversary winds down, join us in by the foresight of the bank’s president
James Dandurand, was recently pre¬
this, The Chronicle s last issue of the semester, as we take note
Students awarded sented to the university.
of Purdue Calumet special happenings of 1995-96. Students that reside in Lake or Porter
Six students recently accepted
County, Ind., have a minimum SAT score
academic awards at PUC.
the Indiana General Assembly approved construction
of 800, and demonstrate financial need
Andrea Marie Poulos of Munster,
of a classroom/office building we desperately need. can apply for this scholarship.
received the A.D. Sander award. Poulos
Preference is given to students studying
was named the outstanding graduating
•after a two-year decline, enrollment this semester management, business, economics,
senior within the university’s School of
increased to 8,976—the second highest spring total in finance or organizational leadership and
Liberal Arts and Sciences. The Sander
supervision.
university history. Award is named in honor of the PUC pro¬
fessor emeritus of history, A.D. Sander.
• a new associate degree program in emergency medical Paul Sengstock of Chicago “A Year Among the Trees
services—offered collaboratively with St. Anthony Heights, III., and William Vitaniemi of of Purdue Calumet”
Kouts, received the William Edwin
Medical Center was introduced last fall.
For people interested in nature, the
Murrell Award for outstanding seniors
indigenous inhabitants of the Calumet
• another new associate degree offering in nutrition, in the department of electrical engi¬
Region and history, the book, “A Year
neering technology. The Murrell Award
fitness and health has been approved. Among the Trees,” is available at the
is presented in honor of a former PUC
PUC bookstore for $11.
electrical engineering student, who
• 15 skill-enhancing, credit certificate programs for
In the book are illustrations by artist
died during his sbnior year.
professionals were introduced last fall. Tom Bailey, poetry by PUC English
Suzette Marie Czekala of Crown
professor Charles Tinkham and histor¬
Point, and Dawn Renee Geurts of
•several endowed scholarships were established,
ical references by PUC English profes¬
Hammond, received the Shirley Staton
contributing to the more than $315,000 that will be sor Robert E. Nicols, Jr.
Memorial Award for their involvement in
awarded in university scholarships during 1996-97. the PUC Women’s Studies Program.
“The Muffins are coming!”
The namesake of the Stanton Award is a
•our south Lake County presence was expanded to deceased PUC professor who was ‘The Muffins are coming” will soon
three sites this spring, with credit courses offered at instrumental in establishing the be heard at Deep River County Park.
Merrillville (Hellenic Cultural Center) and St. John Women’s Studies academic program on The Muffins are a vintage baseball
campus. team from Columbus, Ohio, who are
(Lake Central High School), in addition to Crown Mark Batliner of Griffith, was named traveling to the park on Sunday, July
Point High School. the Accounting Honor Student. 21. They will engage the Deep River
Grinders in a gentleman’s game of
•a Nobel Prize winner and renowned science educator
Outstanding future vintage baseball at 2 p.m. on Grinder
(Leon Lederman) visited our campus and lectured. Field.
educators honored
The teams play by 1858 rules. They
• so did a world class marathon/American record holder Five PUC student teachers were do not swear, spit, chew tobacco, steal
Qoan Benoit-Samuelson).... honored as outstanding future educators bases, lead off bases, wear mitts, or
by the Indiana Association of Colleges perform any ungentlemanly acts. The
•and an astronaut Oanice Voss)... for Teacher Education (IACTE) at its umpire fines players who do commit
annual teacher recognition banquet held such acts.
• and the chairman of President Clinton’s Council of in Indianapolis. Contact [phone] for more
Economic Advisors Ooseph E. Stiglitz... Elementary education student information. The Park is located on
teachers honored were Christina Old Lincoln Highway at County Line
•and a CBS news correspondent (Martha Teichner)... Eaton of Cedar Lake, Michelle Powell Road in Merrillville.
• and another media expert, this one on the social Corrections Quote of the week
impact of television (George Gerbner)...
‘Most people are on the
•and an award-winning author, actor and humorist
In the May 19 issue of the Chronicle
world, not in it-have no
Qean Shepherd)... the story on new student government lead¬
ers omitted the name of Senator Michael conscious sympathy or
• and the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of
Mitchell. We regret the error. relationship to anything
Chicago (Michael Moskow)...
about them-undiffused, sepa¬
•in an unprecedented turnaround, our women’s basket¬ ‘A poet can survive rate, and rigidly alone like
ball team rebounded from an abbreviated season a year everything but a misprint.’ marbles of polished stone,
ago to win the conference championship and earn a touching but separate.
- Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie
berth in the National Association of Intercollegiate
Wills Wilde (1854 -1932) John Muir (1838 -1914)
Athletics (NAIA) Division I women’s basketball tour¬
nament, compiling a 27-5 record.
The Chronicle
• Internet access was made available and electronic mail
Editor-in-Chief News Editor illustrators
accounts were activated for all students.
Gregg teorwd Amanda Tuohy Rhade Rhodes
•METS, ISCR EET and Construction Tech hosted a Managing Editor Entertainment Editor Staff Writers
unique Then <St Now Car Show/Tech Expo last Manbeth Mask Scott Gonzales Regina Huist
Darcte Marshak
Production Manager Sports Editor
Saturday. (Were you able to attend?) Tammy Rawdon
Dan Barlo Raymond Lisktjy Vickie Vaiiade
•Professor of History Lance Trusty wrote a book about Business Manager
Columnists Staff
All Novak
our half century heritage, Purdue University Calumet: Bob Hnida Sean
Copy Editor Erin Lame
The First Fifty Years. By the way, it’ll be on sale next
Beth Krooswyk Dave Fanno
week for $25 through the Office of Advancement
The Chronicle - Purdue University Calumet
(0-318).
Hammond, Indiana 46323-2094
It’s been a grand year! [phone] * [phone] * Fax; [phone]
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The Chronicle Summer, 1996 3
Asbestos removal set
Contruction
for Anderson building
on campus
in full swing
BY SCOTT GONZALES ignored because a total system fail¬ Construction on the
Staff Writer ure could result in a loss of building Founders Plaza site,
usage without any advance warning commenced in early
The Purdue University Board of whatsoever. June on the land
Trustees requested funds for The current system is obsolete between the Student
asbestos removal for the Anderson because repair parts cannot be found Faculty Library Center
Building to coincide with future for some system components.The and the Gyte Building,
remodeling projects. This action replacement of steam and chilled (pictured right)
was taken during the regular meet¬ water lines this summer, is expected
Elsewhere on campus,
ing on May 24. to be due by August. The lines will
other projects include
The Anderson building, as many also supply the new
construction at the
buildings constructed in the 1960s, Office/Classroom building to be
Anderson building and
was constructed using asbestos as built between Anderson and the
a new parking lot northeast
an insulator and a fire proofing Donald Powers building.
of the Porter building.
agent. Asbestos covers all the steel An increase in building activi¬
beams in the Anderson building as a ties demands that the building be
fireproofing measure. renovated in the near future. The
The brittle asbestos fibers crum¬ only problem with renovation is Scholarship established in honor of
ble, and become airborne, they have that it would disturb the asbestos.
been determined to be a potential Also, the cost of using certified
health hazard. The Occupational contractors puts the project budget former PUC mathematics professor
Safety and Health Administration beyond reason.
(OSHA) requires that an air sample It is for these reasons that
not exceed the level of 0.1 fiber per Purdue is asking for special fund¬ BY GREGG LEONARD in the field of mathematics educa¬ Building. The area will feature
cubic centimeter of air over an eight ing from the Indiana General Editor-in-Chief tion,” said Purdue Calumet three benches, bordered by burning
hour time weighted average. Assembly during their 1997 ses¬ Chancellor James Yackel, also a bushes and an oak tree for shade.
A February 21 air sample taken sion. The cost of the asbestos A gift from Ourania Forbes, professor of mathematics. “We are
this year at the Anderson building removal and building reconstruc¬ wife of deceased Purdue pleased, and we know our students To contribute
indicated the highest level to be tion will run $8 million. University Calumet Professor Jack are appreciative that Mrs. Forbes
.0021 fiber per cubic centimeter over If approved by the General E. Forbes, has been used to estab¬ has chosen to recognize her late Those interested in
an eight hour time weighted average. Assembly, asbestos removal and lish a scholarship fund and an out¬ husband in such a generous, note¬ contributing to these
Those readings are far below the reconstruction of the Anderson door campus sitting area in his worthy manner.” memorials can do so by
OSHA standards so the asbestos will Building would begin in the Fall of memory at Purdue Calumet. Clint Coleman of Lansing, Ill., contacting Purdue
not endanger anyone in the building. 1998 after the completion of the Professor Forbes, who died in is the 1996-97 recipient of the Calumet's Office of
During the interim of project Office/Classroom Building. The 1995, was affiliated with the scholarship. The award, generated Advancement at
completion more air sampling will staff, classes and laboratories of the Purdue University Calumet for 26 by interest earnings, is valued at (219)-989-2323 or toll
be done periodically to insure that Anderson Building would be relo¬ years. During his career he wrote $2,200. The scholarship is intend¬ free : (800)-228-0799. ext.
proper levels are still maintained. cated to the newly finished four textbooks, 50 scholarly papers ed for Purdue Calumet students 2323 (within the Indiana
One of the building systems in Office/Classroom Building until and articles, and made more than majoring in mathematics who 219 area code) and
need of replacement is the heating, reconstruction and asbestos removal 500 national and international pre¬ demonstrate academic prowess (800)-862-5690, ext. 2323
ventilating and air conditioning sys¬ would be complete. The entire sentations. and financial need. (within the Illinois 708
tem. This project has been delayed Anderson project and relocation “Professor Forbes was a The sitting area is located on the area code).
year after year but now cannot be should be finalized by July of 2000. respected and distinguished leader lawn west of the Anderson
Plaza
Career Corner
Continued from page 1
concrete pavers that represent the UPCOMING EVENTS
Grand Calumet and Little Calumet
Rivers. Dune grasses will encom¬ Indianapolis Career Fair
pass the area between the two walk¬ July 25
ways, with a small waterway repre¬ Holiday Inn Select North '
3850 DePauw Blvd.
senting the wetlands of the region.
Indianapolis, IN
A reflecting pool with a steel sculp¬
9:30- 12:30 and 1:30-4:30
ture of Great Herons taking flight
will be the central feature.
In addition to obvious employment opportunities, participants will be able to
In the mid-1800’s the Calumet attend seminars on a variety of career related topics.
region was almost completely wet¬
land from Lake Michigan to the The 10th Annual Indiana Summer Teacher Recruitment Fair
Kankakee River. By the early July 24
1900s, the area was drained and Ben Davis High School
1200 North Girls School Road
built up, providing both rich farm¬
Indianapolis, IN 46214
land and industrial sites.
9 a.m. - 9:45 am. Registration (No advanced registration)
Steel mills and oil refineries
9:45 a.m. -10 a.m. Candidate Orientation
sprang up on the new land and res¬
10 a.m. -11 a.m. Open visitation with employers and interview scheduling.
idential development soon fol¬ 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Scheduled Interviews
lowed, with all the amenities
including the present-day Purdue This is an opportunity for school employers to fill late staff openings and for
Calumet. candidates to interview for same. Bring a supply of resumes to distribute.
There are still areas along the
Little and Grand Calumet (mostly in Photo courtesy of University Relations JOBS OF THE WEEK
Gary) which remain in the natural Chancellor James Yackel describes to the crowd what the new
#538 MECHANICAL ENGINEER
state. The plaza is an attempt to cap¬ Founders Plaza will look like when it is through. Work on the first
Allied Tube & Conduit Harvey, IL. Full Time Must have Bachelor’s Degree in
ture some of this quiet beauty of an phase of the plaza will be completed by late summer.
Mechanical Engineering and some work experience
area now dominated by highway and
the ever-present high-tension wires students, faculty and organizations first paving brick in memory of #545 SCIENCE/MATH TEACHER
dotting the skyline. are encouraged to be remembered their son Michael, a former Benjamin Franklin Middle School, Valparaiso, IN. Full Time
The plaza will be financed with with the purchase of a paver. mechanical engineering student Grade 7 - Need valid Indiana License/Middle School and Math - BS degree.
donations by alumni, faculty, staff, Donors can also provide for a who died in an auto accident in
#504 COMPUTER TECHNICIAN
area residents and businesses. The bench within the plaza. Purdue 1985. They were on hand to help
Purdue University North Central, WestviUe, IN. Full-Part Time. Associates
project will be completed when all Calumet’s Office of Advancement break ground.
degree in EE, EET, Computer Technology or related field OR college course-
funding has b.een obtained. The can provide information about pur¬ Where once a road divided the
work with six months experience in hardware technical support.
first of three phases will be com¬ chasing pavers or donating to the campus, the plaza will provide a
pleted this summer. plaza fund. Gary W. Edwards, central focal point for the campus. LOOKING FOR A JOB?
Concrete paving bricks with executive assistant to the chancel¬ “Founders Plaza will enrich .
names engraved on them are being lor for advancement, is coordinat¬ further our campus by providing a Come in and view the new and improved PCSlots for Windows, Career
sold for $100 and $175. These ing the fundraising. setting of beauty and comfort Development & Placement’s computerized job listing program. View job
bricks will be set in the walkway Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kucsera, of available for anyone to enjoy,” descriptions and other details provided by employers. Ask for a demonstration!
around the reflecting pool. Alumni, Hammond, purchased the plaza’s Chancellor Yackel said.
VISIT CAREER DEVELOPMENT & PLACEMENTS HOME PAGE ON
THE INTERNET. Discover information about companies as well as job search
links. Our address is: http://205.215.102.23(Vcd&p/cd&pwwwiitm
Any comments or questions about the Horae Page send to
cdp@ nwi.calumeLpurdue.edu
For more information contact the Office of Career Development &
Placement, C-349,989-2419.
The Chronicle
Summer 1996
Vol. 14 No 29
Opinion
The Chronicle At a monitor near you
est. 1983
Commentary by
Gregg A. Leonard, Editor-in-Chief The Chronicle unveils its web-page
Scott Gonzales
Mari be th Mask, Managing Editor
Amanda Tuohy, News Editor To say that computers have taken CNN, Nike, Reebok, United to a student paper
the world by storm would be an Artist, Warner Brothers, Microsoft, in past years.
The Chronic
understatement. Computers rule the NBC, Good Morning America and Now let’s not get big-headed
world and are getting stronger by the Oprah all have Web pages. But is about this now. We’re not going to
minute. We write memos, letters, that any reason to get into the act solve the world’s problems or pub¬
inventories and run giant multi-mil- also? Why not. This is a learning lish the cure to the common cold
http://axp.calumet.purdue.edu/~chronicle lion dollar corporations through com¬ facility and why not learn how to here. We’re just “out there” like
puters. With our government being publish well into the next century? many others squeezing onto the air¬
run by computers - as if that doesn’t So, for the Chronicle to have a Web waves or telephone wires attached to
The Chronicle has recently made a renewed effort in scare you enough - it’s time to page really impresses me. modems over the nation. And this
its on-line presence. Dubbed The Chronicle Online, the inform all of our reading public that Since I see things at this paper must please many of our critics
newly redesigned and expanded web pages are an excel¬ The Chronicle (yes, The Chronicle) which the rest of the reading public which always proclaimed that we
lent resource of information for students, faculty and has debuted a newly designed Web does not, I was astounded by how were in fact “out there.”
cyberspace visitors to our campus. Stories in the low- page located at nice it looked when I first viewed it Much time and effort has gone
tech but highly portable paper version will have a refer¬ httpV/axp.calumetpurdue.edu/~chronide on Netscape. It still surprises me to into the creation of this Web page
ence to The Chronicle Online with the above graphic, on a monitor near you. see the paper come out on time; you throughout the summer and all the
indicating that more information is available on-line. If you are an avid surfer of the should have seen my mouth drop as I credit is due to Gregg Leonard. The
The nature of the Internet is such that publishing Internet you already are aware how clicked my way around the wheels inside of his head seem to
information on-line is a lot quicker than putting it on Web pages have flourished throughout Chronicles’ Web page links. always be turning when all outward
paper. Links to other pertinent information elsewhere the last couple of years. Every compa¬ What does the Chronicle Web signs seem to tell the regular layman
on the web is but a mouse click away. It will be The ny, no matter how little or how big, page contain, you may ask? Well, it that he’s just messing with our com¬
Chronicle Online’s job to organize, edit and present this seems to be publishing Web pages and includes the usual Chronicle items, puters again. Yet this Chronicle Web
information to users in a timely, and useful manner. plastering their own company logos campus news, editorials, movie page is another source to stay
The growth of the Internet has been phenomenal. and propaganda throughout the space reviews (my favorite link), sports and informed and in touch with what’s
From its humble beginnings as a cold war project at of the Internet. The ubiquitous URL the award winning art of our own happening around the Purdue
the Department of Defense’s Advanced Research (Universal Resource Locator) that is Rhede Rhodes. It also has links to Calumet campus.
Project Association, the Internet has gone wild with the i.d. of a Web site is even featured local, national and world news. Remember we’re at
the development of the World Wide Web and its in television commercials. “We’re going to try and keep it http://axp.calunietpurdue.edu/~chroiiide
hyperlink concept. It has become the “multi-media Is this good or bad? Well informa¬ current with subjects interesting to in your Netscape address box - visit
global circus,” hypothesized by author Bruce Sterling. tion is power and the more we know our student body,” said Gregg us. Will our Web page be the rage?
Which brings us to our corner of hyperspace. about companies, organizations and Leonard, Editor-in-Chief. “Hopefully Will our Web page be a model for all
Around campus, Netscape, albeit an older version, is ideals only helps us in our day to day we’ll be able to change things and Web pages? Eh, who knows...but the
available on every PC. We can use these to browse the lives. But then again the publishers put a different spin on items which internet may never be the same.
Web and view such things as The Chronicle Online, of these pages are giving you mostly regularly appear in the paper itself.” (Editors note: We need help! If
information on PUC, and actually do research. But the their views of the world in which I like the idea of anyone in the you wish to be a Web-head, contact
computers are not set up correctly to take advantage of they would like you to surf. As in all nation being able to see Rhedes’ art, us. We are in need of graphic design¬
the capabilities of the Web. Old versions of Netscape, things there is excellence out there to read Ray Liskey’s sports talk, or revel ers, computer artists and Web-heads.
and inadequate video setups on monitors and comput¬ read and view but then again there in one of my glorious movie reviews Experience helpful, but not required.
ers capable of displaying the colors and higher resolu¬ are those pages which only speak to (I don’t have an ego problem). It’s an We have the tools to bring your ideas
tion needed to take advantage of the Web hamper stu¬ the basest pf instincts and intellects. opportunity which was not available forth from your brain!)
dents in their research and learning. Tell CUSS (or
whatever they are calling themselves these days) you Engaging your spouse in marriage counseling
want an 800 x 600 display with at least 256 colors.
Students have the ability to create their own Web
page with the computing resources here at PUC. BY LORNA HECKER, PH.D. already found their own “solution” to why I would like for us to go to mar¬
About 20 have tried, eight have succeeded. This may Clinic Director. Marriage and marital problems by compensations ital therapy.” Say it over and over
be more of a comment on the computing resources Family Therapy Center such as over-involvement with their (like a broken record), rather than get
here at PUC than the student’s abilities, but leave that Probably the most difficult part of children, work, religious activities, pulled into an argument. Also, ask
for a later editorial. Creating a Web page is not simple marital therapy is getting your an affair or other less productive for what you do want from your
to do, but is rapidly becoming easier. There are free spouse to go. In fact, just making the paths to intimacy. spouse, rather than what you don’t
seminars available on campus to help one learn how decision to go to marital counseling In addition, therapists’ offices are want. Remember that an investment
together seems to start many couples filled with individuals who complain in marital counseling is usually less
to cAre actoem Wmeibt tpeaeg hesa.d been established to develop a in a positive direction. Research has of depression, anxiety, distress and costly (emotionally and monetarily)
shown that most couples actually get other maladies. If we examined than an investment in a divorce.
campus homepage. Most of the members of the com¬ better between the time they call for many of these individuals further, we ■ If you have previously asked
mittee have other positions at PUC, and have volun¬ marital counseling and their first ses¬ would find that the cause of the dis¬ your spouse to go to therapy before
teered their time to help advertise the University. sion. But getting into marital coun¬ tress is a distressed relationship. Yet and he/she refused, ask again, but ask
They have done so and are restructuring to help fill in seling can be a challenge, particular¬ these individuals do not ask their differently. Most people have great
the holes. What is lacking is students help and input. ly if your spouse is reluctant to go for partner to join them in therapy, and difficulty asking their partner to
Students are a vast resource of help and knowledge. outside help. Some of this difficulty often therapists fail to ask them to counseling in a non-defensive, caring
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The Chronicle Summer, 1996 Vol. 14, No 29
Sports
Swing the summer Off the bench
Ray’s golf
advice letters to the sports editor
blues away
Hey Ray, Baseball is a sport going down the tubes
□ Listen to the I have a question: is baseball still fast so lets here it for basketball,
Sports talk by - America’s pastime? The reason why I “America’s favorite past-time.”
advice of more
ask is that basketball has become a pop¬
Raymond Liskey
experienced golfers ular sport among weekend warriors. In From:
I’m thinking of something (hee-hee) the winter they flock to gyms like [email protected]
green with scattered white spots, migrating buffalo and during the sum¬ DUE.EDU
□ Don't talk or make
all over it. Although this place mer they live in the parks playing bas¬
has several lakes, rivers and even noise while someone ketball with people they have never met To Ray...
patches of clean sand, you’re not else is hitting or before. You have no credibility in sports and
supposed to go into the water. Swearing is very com¬ Don’t get me wrong. Baseball’s should not claim you do just cause you
mon here among the tree-lined fairways. O.K., one putting O.K., if you have the time to watch it or went to a few sports games as a kid.
more clue: this place also bears flags which mark terri¬ □ Don't step in front play it. I mean nine innings of someone You sure ain’t no Sox fan if you like the
tories in multiples of nine. Give up? It’s a golf of another golfer's saying, “A swing and he misses,” or my Cubs. A die-hard fan only likes one
fav, “Here comes the pitch,” like I can’t baseball team, and hates the Cubs!!!
course.
With the exception of my trip to the province of putting path see that the pitch is coming. Please stop acting like you are an
Ontario, golfing has given me some of the most serene □ Always replace Baseball needs to get a facelift or to authority in sports and get a clue. And
be redone for the 90’s era with a faster cut your damn hair!!!!!!!!!!!!
banedr gthoolfuignhgt ap rfoevwo ksiunmg mmeorms ebnatsc ko fa mcoy ulpiflee. oI fr edmayems ¬a your divots type game with higher scores. If it was¬ Pissed off
□ Never get a lower n’t for the rookie pitcher Nomo last From: VMS::HALUSKKR
week, right after work. I enjoyed walking through the
year, I wouldn’t have even cared for a
course listening to the gentle wind rustling and score than your boss
baseball season. Here is a little joke: Dear Ray,
unwinding after a long day. As I played my leisurely
□ Don't try golfing what did they players throw baseball I am not a baseball fan, but I thought
game, I felt relaxed and often reflected on my life,
for the first time management last year? A strike, get it. that your article was very good. It was
ambitions and how peaceful I felt during those
I thought the N.B.A. had it bad with interesting and it held my attention. It
moments. on the hottest day
Dennis. At least they just have one was almost like I went to the baseball
Some people view golf as hitting a stupid little ball
of the summer rebel, while Major League Baseball has game with you and your family because
with a stick into a hole. While golf is not as fast paced
or even as physical as other sports, it still provides a □ Hitting the ball a whole league of prima donnas. Look you made the story so real. Keep up the
at them when you watch baseball, in the good work.
great challenge to mortal men and women around the accurately is more
outfield with their gargoyle sunglasses Linda A. Gary
world.
Starting out is not as hard as it seems. Before begin¬ important than and their gold chains with their numbers From:
ning the quest for the mighty hole in one, I suggest a hitting the ball hard hanging off of it. IN%”garyla@cal umet.purdue.edu”
So here is a new slogan for baseball:
trip or two to the driving range. At the range, a new (ask Happy Gilmore)
golfer may swing with his own clubs (or clubs provid¬ “Baseball, I’d rather watch golf!”
ed by the golf center) to get a feel for the different
clubs and how far each club can hit the ball. A fistful
of dollars will get you a Do you like to watch sports? Would you like to share your views with
bucket of golf balls to hit at
countless others? Do you breathe in the same oxygen as others on
the various distance mark¬
golf myths
ers, signs and sometimes this campus? If you answered yes to any of the previous questions,
even a ball collector dri¬
□ I'm not good ving a fenced in cart. Just then call 989 -2039 or stop by The Chronicle office in C-344H.
enough to for fun, you can try your
play golf. best Happy Gilmore
impression and hit the ball
□ It's illegal to as hard as you can.
hit birdies and As anyone who has Baseball standings
eagles on a golfed before can tell you,
once a golfer has learned to
golf course.
swing and has a few rounds
behind the proverbial belt,
Standings Through Tuesday, July 16
he can offer advice to other
golfers on the course and
on the range. For a few
dollars more, most golf
AMERICAN LEAGUE NATIONAL LEAGUE
courses offer lessons or
tips from the course’s golf
AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST NATIONAL LEAGUE EAST
pro.
A few weeks ago, I went to a driving range with a
friend of mine who had never golfed before in his life. TEAM WON LOST PCT GB TEAM WON LOST PCT GB
He borrowed a set of clubs, took some advice from ATLANTA 59 34 .634 -
another friend and I and then learned how to swing. Greg NEW YORK 57 34 .626 - MONTREAL 50 43 .538 9
Norman still has plenty of job security, but my friend is BALTIMORE 47 44 .516 10 NEW YORK 45 48 .484 14
looking forward to playing his first round of golf soon. TORONTO 42 51 .452 16 FLORIDA 43 50 .462 16
Once you’re on the course, you’re ready to experi¬ BOSTON 41 50 .451 16 PHILADELPHIA 40 52 .435 18 1/2
ence the joy of the playing the links. The object of golf DETROIT 28 66 .298 30 1/2
is to shoot the fewest amount of strokes as possible. NATIONAL LEAGUE CENTRAL
Par is a pretty good goal and is the number of shots AMERICAN LEAGUE CENTRAL
that an average golfer takes to put the ball in the hole
from the tee. Getting birdies and eagles are even better TEAM WON LOST PCT GB
than par. A birdie is achieving one shot less than par TEAM WON LOST PCT GB
and an eagle is two shots less than par. ST LOUIS 51 42 .548 -
The closest I ever came to a hole in one occurred CLEVELAND 56 37 .602 - HOUSTON 49 46 .516 3
during a golf match in high school. I birdied a par CHICAGO 54 39 .581 2 CINCINNATI 42 46 .477 6 1/2
three hole at Lake Hills by driving my ball over a MILWAUKEE 45 47 .489 10 1/2 CHICAGO 43 50 .462 8
small pond and onto the green about two feet in front MINNESOTA 43 49 .467 12 1/2 PITTSBURGH 41 52 .441 10
of the hole. KANSAS CITY 40 54 .426 16 1/2
Besides the competitive aspect, golfing offers peo¬ NATIONAL LEAGUE WEST
ple several other benefits. Walking (while carrying AMERICAN LEAGUE WEST
your clubs) through the course while playing nine or
18 holes is great exercise. In addition, golf courses TEAM WON LOST PCT GB
offer golfers a beautiful place to relax and just enjoy
TEAM WON LOST PCT GB
the scenery on a warm summer day. Filling up a four¬
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some to play a round offers golfers a chance to bond
with their friends or family. Don’t forget the famed TEXAS 54 39 .581 - COLORADO 48 44 .522 1/2
nineteenth hole which offers food and your choice of SEATTLE 50 41 .549 3 SAN DIEGO 49 46 .516 1
beverage after a great day of golfing. OAKLAND 46 48 .489 8 1/2 SAN FRANCISCO 40 52 .435 8 1/2
Finding the perfect golf shot may take an entire life¬ CALIFORNIA 45 49 .479 9 1/2
time, but just remember this: no matter how bad a golfer
you are, there is always someone worse than you.
The Chronicle
Summer, 1996
Vol. 14, No 29
Entertainment
Hot, Hot, Hot
A look at the summer movie season by scott Gonzales
The Chronicle to the surprise of Broderick who sees Carl Hiasen wrote a thrilling novel a few
Carrey as more of a stalker than a friend. years ago titled “Striptease” which Demi
Already in theaters.
Moore has turned into a comedy. Moore
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Soon following is the next hasn’t had much luck with adapting
The summer movie season seems to’ thick-neck adventure starring books to the silver screen, as in
start earlier and earlier each year. Last year Arnold Schwarzenegger last year’s “ The Scarlet Letter.”
brought the first big hits “Die Hard with a called “Eraser.” Moore was slapped on the wrist
Vengeance” and “Braveheart” (which went Schwarzenegger is a for changing the ending of
on to win the Academy Award for best pic¬ federal agent who protects Nathaniel Hawthorne’s classic
ture just a couple months ago). witnesses by “erasing” novel and hearing that
The trailers for these soon-to-be summer anyone who happens to “Striptease” was a thriller in
smashes are already bombarding the silver get in his way. This time print but a comedy on the big
screens and television screens across the he’s protecting the beauti¬ screen doesn’t bode well Photo courtesy of TriStar pictures
nation. The flying tractor wheel blowing in ful Vanessa Williams with this critic. Already Robert De Niro and Wesley Snipes
the twister winds or Tom Cruise being who also stars in this in theaters. star in 'The Fan.’
exploded right into our laps are hard to big budget slugfest. One of the really
psychotic stalker to the nth degree quite
escape. But will these movies really deliver? Will this feature hyped movies I’m
like he does - and he does it again in “The
Here’s a short list of some films coming be the hit looking forward to
Fan.” This is another adaptation of a book
for your $7.50 this summer. I won’t get Shwarzenegger’s is “Independence
brought to the screen about a baseball play¬
into the films “Twister” and “Mission: “True Lies” was Day.” It’s the old
er and an obsessed fan. Wesley Snipes stars
Impossible” for obvious reasons (just read last year or the story of aliens com¬ as the all-pro baseball star, so guess what
my reviews of these films). dud “The Last ing to invade the
part De Niro plays? This film is directed by
The much anticipated comedy of the Action Hero” world, only this time Tony Scott (“Top Gun”), so it may be
summer “The Cable Guy,” stars the twenty was? Already in they mean business. interesting. Opens August 16.
million dollar funny man Jim Carrey. It’s theaters. It’s been hyped as And last but not least there is “Escape
the story of a lonely cable installer (Carrey) It’s remake “War of the From L.A.” from John Carpenter. Who can
who, after illegally installing Matthew time when “The Worlds” crossed forget ol’ Snake Pliskin (Kurt Russell) from
Broderick’s character with unlimited pay Nutty with “The the cult classic “Escape From New York”
channels, feels Broderick owes him some¬ Professor,” the Towering some thirteen years ago? Well now
thing for the deed. Carrey decides that old Jerry Lewis Inferno,” and California has broken off from the mainland
Broderick will be his new best friend much comedy of the I’ve always of the United States in this movie and has
’60s, comes to the been a sucker been made into a maximum security prison
screen with for a good dis¬ like New York was in the first film. It’s
Murphy at the aster film. The
probably a rehash of the first film but I still
helm. I liked trailer shows
loved the first one so much I’ll probably see
Murphy in only a little of this one also. Opens in August.
the movie. A Well that’s about it. That’s some of the
huge shadow is
big movies which will be heating up the
Boomerang” cast by the alien screens this summer. Though it isn’t quite
but he failed spaceship blackening major summer movie weather yet (100 degrees in
me in last cities of the United States with
the shade and 200 percent humidity) don’t
year’s “Vampire In Brooklyn.” the culminating scene being
despair, it soon will be, and the only island
It’s my hope he does resurrect his the explosion of the White House, which of cool comfort will be your local theater.
failing career as a comedic actor - but “The always brings a cheer from the audience
See you there.
Nutty Professor?” I didn’t like this movie (Sorry Mr. Clinton). Already in theaters.
Photo courtesy of Warner Bros, studios- when Jerry Lewis made the it, so let’s hope John Grisham could publish his grocery
Arnold Schwarzenegger and Vanessa Murphy can bring some new life to this list and it would make the best sellers list.
Williams will light up the screens. tale. Already in theaters. Grisham has a new book out this summer
called “The Runaway Jury” which is the No.
1 best seller in the nation. His first novel “A
Time To Kill” hits the theaters this summer.
This film stars everyone’s Internet sweet¬
heart Sandra Bullock and newcomer
Matthew McConaughey, who is described
by Grisham as a young Paul Newman. This
looks like a sure hit! Opens July 19.
I grew up in the ’60s, and if you grew
up in the ’60s that means you watched
“The Brady Bunch” on television. Last
year’s sleeper hit, “The Brady Bunch
Movie,” brought back that campy family
with hilarious results. This year’s install¬
ment, “A Very Brady Sequel” is scheduled
for release July 26. OK, so it’s not one of
the truly HOT movies of this summer, but
let’s just say it’s a good “no-brainer” movie Photo courtesy of Columbia/Castlerock Entertainment
Photo courtesy of Columbia pictures - and what’s wrong with that? Demi Moore is expected to raise a
Jim Carrey plays stupid again while Mathew Broderick plays the straight man in Robert De Niro is just the best actor on sweat on movie patron’s brows with
the dark comedy, The Cable Guy.’ the planet. Case closed. No one can play a her performance in ’Striptease.’
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War is declared
Humanity unites against alien
invaders for special effects
laden defense of Earth
Now what kind of movie Independence Day
would “Star Wars” be if every
Twentieth Centruy Fox
time Han Solo made the jump
into hyperspace he began to ram¬
ble on about the finer mathemati¬ ★★★★
cal points of light speed and the
Starring:
calculations included thereof?
Bill Pullman
Well, we’d end up with
Will Smith
what’s known as a hardcore sci¬
ence fiction work. “2001” with¬ Randy Quaid
standing, these type of works
rarely translate into good movies Directed by:
if they ever translate into movies Roland Emmerich Photo courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox
Bullets vs. Lasers?
at all. Those laws and theories
only bog the plot down and dis¬ Reviewed by Dan Barlo I’d bet on the lasers, too. But with the patented Lucasian Laws in use, there’s no telling what the
tract the audience from what underdog humans will do to defeat the aliens.
really matters: the alien body
count, laser blasts, explosions,
ers them up with mouth-watering
and one-liners.
special effects that fill the entire
This is why, in the spirit of
screen. Sufficiently awed, one is
the moment, Han Solo merely
now more willing to overlook
yells, “Punch it, Chewie!!,” cues
that occasional breach in reality
special effects, and away we go.
to revel in the grandiose - and
This philosophy is known as
frightening - adventure of an
the Lucasian Laws of
alien attack on earth. Mm
Blockbusters, named after
If you think you’ve seen this
founder George Lucas. When
movie before, you probably
well utilized, these laws help
have. Elements of “Aliens,”
filmmakers cut corners with
“War of the Worlds,” and
style, insuring that you will not
“Return of the Jedi,” are here.
need a physics degree to fully
There’s even a tie-in to Roswell,
enjoy science fiction.
Nevada, the alleged site of an
For example, one such law
actual hush-hush UFO crash.
allows a pitiful band of rebels
But, believe the hype:
and their Neolithic Ewok bud¬
you’ve never seen special
dies to defeat an entire legion of
effects like this, before. The Photos courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox
the Emperor’s elite stormtroop-
work that was put into the
ers. Other laws let Han Solo Alien fighters launch an attack on NORAD, dealing a near-fatal blow to the American Air Force.
effects is probably just as
understand one indeterminate Not to worry, we fight back.
much of a SF story as the
Chewbacca growl from the other
movie itself.
without the help of a protocol
The immense doomsday- hell under the icy-blue death
droid and of course, enable Luke
gray saucers emerge from an ray of the alien ships.
Skywalker to use “the Force”
apocalyptic stew of clouds to All of the cast members
with a total disregard for science
hover over earth’s great cities fulfill their roles as archetypi¬
altogether.
is convincing enough to make cal Nerd and Jock combine
Movies like these are defi¬
the ships of “Star Wars” we forces to fight Alien in the
nitely not meant to raise the sag¬
once gasped at looking like toi¬ ensuing war. Bill Pullman is
ging science scores of our
let-paper rolls taped together. the cool-headed President of
nation’s students, but they will
“I’ve got a bad feeling the United States; Jeff
give them one hell of a joy ride
about this,” (another nod to Goldblum plays the slightly
during this summer vacation.
George Lucas) says one charac¬ eccentric scientist who solves
The latest in the Lucasian
ter as she eyes one of the ships. the problem; Will Smith is the
line of space opera blockbuster
With the exception of some Han Solo-like fighter pilot; and
is Independence Day (or “ID4”).
people atop skyscrapers waiting Randy Quaid is the drunken
Picture taking your F-15 jet into
with welcome signs for the former war hero. Glorified (but
a dogfight against the laser-tot¬
aliens (stupid, stupid ill-fated) cameos by Harry
ing fighters of a supreme inter-
Californians), the general con¬ Connick Jr., Mary O’Donnell,
galactic intelligence. It’s reck¬
sensus is one of utter panic. and Brent Spiner (Data of Star
less, but damn it, it’s exhilarat¬
Tension is thus brought to a Trek fame) round out the char¬
ing. “ID4” gushes with wide-
ferocious head and kept there acters.
eyed thrills keeping you too
for a good 45 minutes. The cast is well-rounded,
busy to see if the vapor trail
Meanwhile, you’re introduced and you are given sufficient
behind you is complying with
to the main characters, letting script to feel their pain, but
the laws of physics or not.
Cutting corners for the sake you relate to them before all of like “Jurassic Park,” the actors Where did he find time for *9.00 an hour?
their petty dreams are dashed to take a back seat to the ground¬
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