Ohio Today, Winter 2001

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Winter 2001
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LegendsoftheNile:ExploreCairo,Egypt;thethreegreatpyramidsofCheops,Chepren
andMycerinus;andtheGreatSphinx,
Feb. 23-March 7
NewZealand'sNorthandSouthIslandsandSydney,Australia:VisitQueenstown,
MilfordSound,FiordlandNationalPark,Dunedin.Lyttelton,QueenCharlotteSound,Napier,
Taurango,AucklandandSydney
March 13-20
LondonEscapade:ViewOxfordStreet,PiccadillyCircus.WestminsterAbbey,BuckinghamPalace,
WilliamShakespeare'shometown,Stonehenge,BathandCharlesDickens'house.
March 16-24
AmongtheGreatWhales:EnjoytheSeaofCortez;Baja,California:andCaboSanLucas,
May 20-26
IntheWakeofLewisandClark:RetracetheirepicjourneytothePacificOcean,
TraveltheSnakeRiverthroughHell'sCanyontoMountHoodviashipandtraip.
June ii-ig
AlumniCollegeinSpain:Immerseyourselfinthehistory,cultureandarchitecture
ofUbeda;theGrandMosqueofCordoba;andtheAlhambraofGranada.
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townsofNorthernWales,SnowdoniaNationalParkandTattonPark,
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pleaseconiactthe
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JOa'ODAY
FEATURES
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FacesofourFuture
BicentennialCampaigncreatesopportunitiescampuswide
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Takin*ittotheStreets
Loyalalumnisportschoolspiritontheirlicenseplates
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TheRightPlaceattheRightTime
RenownedscientistheightensUniversity'sresearchprofile
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AFewGoodMen
SixWWIIveteranssharetheirmemoriesduringcampusvisit
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EverydayMiracles
SouthernCampus'equineprogramharnessingstudents'dreams
DEPARTMENTS
2 ThePresident'sPerspective 32 InGreenANDWhite
AmessagefromRobertGlidden NewsfromOhioAthletics
3 FromTHEInBox 34 WithYourSupport
C(MiinicnisIromourreaders CharitablegivingtoOhioUniversity
5 AcrosstheCollegeGreen 38 OnTHEWall
Alooi(atwhat'shappeningoncampus Somenotableachievements
26 ThroughtheGate 40 BobcatTracks
ifrircerT/itsffour—(rlock- Profilesofdistinctivealumni Updatesfromalumniaroundtheworld
frommp)CurlerScholar
onNorm'ood,socialwork 29 FromYourAlumniAssociation 48 TheLastWord
TKeih'litamura.Classics Asummaryofactiviticsandevents Thoughtsfromthealumnidirector
•ssorThomasCarpenterand
alli'urniniiComm—unilysin-
AnnanaMilhry represent
topic'ii'howillbenefitfrom
'icenfennialCampaign. FindusontheWeb
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THE PRESIDENT'S PERSPECTIVE
A quest for excellence
ByRobertGlidden WilliamB(iKan
I)c\(itcd ;ilunini, talented students, out—standingfaculty, CorinneColbert,BS]'X7,MA'«
inn()\ati\c prof^rams, a beautiful campus these and KAantdireeFaitGzigbesroalnd,,BBSSJJ''9O4.?
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detailsofa newendeavor, one thatwill make ours an SallyJeffery
e\en more distinctive institution. NanetteKalis.B.SJandBS'Vf)
InthisissueofO/7/0Today,youwillreadaboutthe CieorgeMau/y
BicentennialCampaign,anambitiousfund-raisingeffort MuhaclMurpliy,BSJandHA'1)2
seekingmorethan$200millionandculminatingon the JasonPapp,BSS'(H
University'sZOOthanniversaryin2004. Morethananyother StaeeyRileyPiikIi,BIA''is
singleventure,thiscjuestwilldetermineour Melody.Sands,MSJ'')K
courseanddefineourrole in highereducation JennifEerrinKiSraknsteeye,SmBi.tShJ.'(IBI.SJ''«
foryearstocome. ChiffonStaebler,B.SJ'W
Greatpublicuniversitiesarebuiltnotonly
with statesupport,whichcanbequiteunpre- TheWatkinsPrintingCo.
dictable,butwiththe resourcespro\idedby
alumniandfriends.Thesecommitted indi\idu- Ohio University
alsalwayshavemadeadifferenceatOhio
L'niversity,helpingtobringamarginofexcel- Asignlanguagepresentationisgiven Robert(;iidLlc
lencetoacademic,scholarship,cultural,athletic onttieZanesvilleCampus.
andrecreationalprograms.Asyouwillread, the —
prioritiesofthiscampaignwillcenter,toalargeextent,onpeople indisidu-
alslikeCutlerScholarAllisonNorwood,ProfessorofClassicsThomas
Carpenter,socialworkmajorKei Futamuraand(ilobal
LearningCommimitymemberArmanaMiibry. These
four,whosefacesgracethecoverand whosead\cnttires
iHifoldon thecomingpages,arewonderfulexamplesof
thepeoplewhosestudiesandworkwillbeenhanced
bythe BicentennialCampaign'ssuccess. R.ll[lh \llins
Morethan halfofthe moneyraised between now
and 2004will be used todrawthemostrenowned MarceKnM Ktopp
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donorshavehelped usmake strides in recruiting
Abusinessmajorstud- such indi\idualsthroughtheestablishmentof PatriciaA.Ackerman,chair
iesinCopelandHall. endowedchairs, named professorships,scholarships M.LeeOng,vicechair
and fellowships, "^et, in theseareas,we remain R.GregoryBrowning
woefullybehind institutionswith which we GordonKBrunncr
aspire tocompete. The Bicentennial Campaign CN..DVainciteolrDGcolo.dLimwadncr
willchangethat. BrandonT.Grovcr
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education leaderwith such additionstocam- RobertD.Walter
pusascutting-edge library technologyand a DelandD.Basora,studenttrustee
"smart" classroom buildingfeaturingthe lat- AmyVargas-Tonsi.studenttrustee
estelectroniccapabilities. Itwill strengthen
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international piusuits and those that reach out toser\coursouth- oftheeditorsorUniversitypolicies.Copyright2001byOhio
eastern Ohio neighbors.
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A helping hand Athletes sparked spirit Golfers have predecessors ^@
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casualtyofWorldWarIItoreturntoOhioU.I the 1940s. (as reported inthefall 2000 Ohio Today).
wasstartingmysophomoreyear.Igotacall Frankie Baumholtzdidgoonto play ThereactuallywasateamattheUniversity
fromtheMcBeeCo.askingmetocometo proball. Buthewill be rememberedby whenIcamehereformymaster'sworkin
talktoemployeesaboutmywarexperiences. manyastheverymodestheartandsoul 1964.In1966,asafacultymember,Iwas
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anyplans.WemetshortlyafterthatandI Tournament. Frankiewasan smallthe student-ath-
joinedthecompany.Itwastrulyawonderful Ail-American—and MVPatthe letes hadtopaymost
startformycareerInbusiness.Iwaswith tournament andcould have oftheirownexpens-
McBeeaboutthreeyears.Istartedmyown beenelectedpresidenton es, andweusually
companyIntheearly'50sandretiredin'88. campus! weregivenastation
IcongratulatePatConnorStudyonher Pete Lalichwasthegreat wagontotransport
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JackBennett, BSC '45 officials will attest. Heexudedenjoy- withthewomen's intercollegiatesports
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2000issuecaughtmyattention. Myhus- bilitytobedrafted. I,at5feet6inchestall ciationtournamentplayedattheUniversity
bandand I bothgraduatedfromOhioU. andamighty130pounds,passed. Luckily, ofMinnesotaagainstsuchteamsasOhio
Wemetthere, andcelebratedour30th myClevelanddraftboardallowedmea State, IndianaandMinnesota. Iwasproud
anniversaryIn December. Helived in defermenttocompletemysenioryear. tobeapartofthelivesofthosestudentsat
Lincolnand I lived inJefferson. I methim Pete, at6feetplusandatleast50or thattime.Theycompetedatahighlevelof
intheloungeofLincoln Hallwhenmy 60poundsheavier,flunked(something skillandneverhadalosingseason.One
group,Angel Flight,wasIntroducingour abouthisears). SoftballteamIcoachedwonall13games
Homecomingcandidate. Ourfirstdatefol- Webothlaughed.Then Petewentonto thatyear, playingbothslowandfastpitch.
lowedon Halloween(nobigdealthen)and serve inmanyothervaluableways. I hopethisillustratesthatOhio
afterdatingforquitesometime, hepro- HaroldStieglitz,BSJ'42 Universityhasa rich historyofmanywon-
posedtomeonabenchonthegolf Roslyn,N.Y. derful alumniwhocompetedwithoutall
course.Wemarriedon Dec. 20, 1970, theluxuriesthatareavailabletoday. Ifany
andmadeAthensourhomeuntil 1975. ofyouwould liketo "reconnect," writeto
OurdaughterenteredOhioU. Inthefall Another Miss Brown fan meat6669LeMasterRoad, Athens, Ohio
asafreshman. Andsheis livingin Lin- Whatgreatmemorieswerebroughtto 45701, [email protected]
coln,justdownthehallfromwhere her mindbythetwolettersfromformerstu- yourgreatefforts.
dad lived. I hopeshehas aswonderful an dentsconcerningthepassingofLurene JoyceKing,PHD'66
experience atOU aswedid. Brown, professoremeritaofEnglish! Assistantprofessoremerita,
SallyMiner,BSED'71 PerhapsIwasevenmoreblessedto healthandsportssciences
BernieMiner,BSC'75 havebeenastudentofMissBrownat Athens
Massillon,Ohio LancasterHigh School intheearly'40s.
—Shetoruegahl,lybwuatsfatirh,eacnodndsiudmwmeatleeatrenaccohre-r Success apparent
Write to us rectgrammar! Iwas atOhio Universityfrom 1966to
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story?Orshareamemoryaboutyour herasafelloweducator. ful.Throughthem, itiseasytoseethe
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andstyle. Dunedin,Fla.
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LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENING ON CAMPUS
Education students dig into coal debate
Thescene isthe fallconference(if lM7()s, reopened inMay
the InstituteforDemocracy in aftermuchdebateinthe
Kdiication,andOhioUniversity's Ciloustercommunity.
McCracken Hall ispacked withedu- Studentsweighed inon the
catorsfromacrossthecountry. Before issuebypresentingtheir
acrowdstandsagroupof20ninth- researchtolocalresidents.
gradersfromAthensCounty's Fed- Students' interviews
eral Hockingschool district.Thestu- offered apoignantviewof
dentsarenervous.Theyshuffle; they coal mininginsoutheast-
giggle. Buttheeducatorsare riveted ernOhio,asthiscomment
nonetheless. Forinthisroom,atthis fromaformercoalcamp
moment,the rolesarereversed:The resident illustrates:
seasonedprofessionalsare learning "Sometimes,before
fromtheteensaboutacutting-edge school, I hadtogotothe
conceptineducation. companystore.Wedidn't
Called expeditionarylearning, this usemoneyWeusedascript CAREseniorsEvaConrad(left)andDeniseBunseyposewitha
educational theoryputsresponsibility cardthatkeptarimning backdroptheyhelpedcreateforacoalprojectpresentation,
forlearninginthe handsofstudents. bill.WhateverI hadtobuywastaken andcitizensintheirdemocraticcom-
In thiscase, F'ederal HockingMiddle outofmyfather'spay.Sometimeson munities," saysRosalie Romano,
School studentsworkedwithCollege payday,myfatherwouldn'thaveany CAREcoordinatorandanassistantpro-
ofEducation studentsand facultylast moneylefttobepaid." fessorofeducation.
schoolyearon aprojectexamining Thecoalprojectwaspartofan OhioUniversityseniorEvaConrad
whetherthe nearby(jloustcrcoal ongoingCollegeofEducation program wasimpressedbythemiddle-school-
mineshould be reopened.And true calledC.reatingActiveand ReHecti\e ers'take-chargeattitudeinorganizing
tothe missionofthe project, the stu- I^ducatorsforDemocratic Education, Heldtripsto(ilouster.
dentstookcontrol,conducting or(;ARE,inwhichfacultyandstu- "Theysurprised usinhow motivat-
researchand interviewingenviron- dentsworkwith I-ederal Hocking edtheywere,"saysConrad,whoalong
mental activists,merchants,coal min- teachersoneverythingfromdevelop- withseniorDeniseBunseyputtogeth-
ersand politicians. Studentsthen ingcurriculumandcomputersoftware erthecoalprojectproposalforthecon-
organizedtheirresults intoareaders tolarge-scaleprojectssuchasthe ference. "Theexperiencetheyhadwas
forum forthe nationalconference. Gloustermineissue. somuchbetterthanjustreadingabout
Theirresearchwastimelybecause "ThegoalofCARE! istoprepare theseissuesinabook." —
themine,whichclosedinthemid- yoimgpeopletobeactiveparticipants Nanetti-K/ilis
Hank: hairstylist or handyman?
Guys named Hank may want to rator. Men with mo—re Although employ-
thinktwice about thatcareer masculine names ers weigh several
move to hairstylist. Floward, Bo—ris, Hank factorswhenjudging
AnewOhio University study on and Bruno were candidates forjob
names and occupations suggests expected to besuc- openings, the gen-
that people subconsciously predict cessful in traditional der match between
careersuccess forthosewith malecareers, say as an applicant's name
names that moreclosely match the plumbers, truck dri- and the occupation
genderstereotypeassociated with vers, electricians and coLild have a subcon-
aprofession. construction workers. scious impact,
Study participants forecasted The study, conduct Brimingsays.
thatwomen with such names as ed byTrustee Pro- "I wouldn'tover-
Emma, Marta, Irma andWinifred fessorofPsychologyJames estimate the impact ofnames, but
would be more likely to have suc- Bruning, is based on theanswers at the same time, namesare an
cessfid careers iftheypursued tra- of20youngadultswhowereasked important partoffirst impres-
ditional female occupationssuch as topredictthe successofindixidu- sions," he says.
nurse, hairstylistand interiordeco- als enteringnewcareers. —AnHfraCi/'soti
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ACROSS THE COLLEGE GREEN
Airport expansion project takes off
Two recent elcxclopmciits put students, parents,alimini
Ohio University'sairporton the andareabusinessesand
vergeofa neweraofexpanded theirclients."
and impro\ed ser\iee. Oiiio Uni\er- Snyder'sgift makes
sitv Trustee Da\id Sn\der, HBA "74, possible a 7,()0()-sciuare-
hasdonated$75(),{)(K)ofthe$1.5 foot terminal, about two
million needed toeon- and a halftimes larger
struetanewairportter- than the existingstruc-
gmriannatl,isasnudppaofretdienrgala rim- tt\u.reThatettheermAilnbaalnywilflacili- Anartist'srenderingoftheC.DavidSnyderTerminai.
wayextension. house airportstaff, counters for ingthe runway from4,200feetto
Ihe eumidative effeet commuterairline and rental carser- .S,60() feet. Theextension will allow
DavidSnyder will bean airportthat \icesand baggage and passenger largerplanes to land and improve
can handle largerplanes, such as waitingareas. access forOhio Universityaviation
corporatejets and smallcommuter "Tohaveagreatuniversity,you majors and Avionics Engineering
and cargo planes, and accommodate needtohaveeconomicbalance. One Centerresearchers.
more passengers. waytoachieve thatbalance isto '["he terminal will be named the
"Thisshouldopenupeconomicand haveaccesstothe region," says C. David SnyderTerminal and the
otheropportunitiesfortheentire Snyder, a businessman from rimwaySnyder Field. The name of
region," saysOhioI'niversityPres- Lakewood,Ohio. the airportwill remain the Ohio
ident Robert(jlidden. "Thisentire A$480,000grant from the University Gordon K. Bush Re-
projectpromisestomaketheregion FederalAviation Administration gional Airport.
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