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SEPTEMBER I OCTOBER 2003
VOLUME 106 NUMBER 2
AlumniMagazine
4 letterfromIthaca
Countingondiversity
44 Reunion 2003
6 CorTespondence
STAFF
Chewingthefat
Theycame.theysaw:theyparked
onthegrass.Aglimpseofthe W fromtheHill
weekendthatwas:seventy-two Lehmantakesthereins.Plus:
hoursofreceptions.activities, downtowngroundbreaking.a
pairofblasl-offs.newhomefor
andgeneralcampus-wide
oldbones.andCAMblowsits
merrymakingthatspannedthe ownhom.
generations.Experienceitall
again,thistimewithouttherain. 22 Authors
Anovelist'sweightydebut
24 Sports
52 The Wrong Man
Netloss
DAVIDDUDLEY
!6 Currents
Astronomyprofessoremeritus
Musicpiratesattack.Plus:wee
ThomasGoldhasspenthislife seaturtles.compostingcows.
questioningthescientificortho madmice,gnarledroots.and
AnnCouller.
doxyabouteverythingfromthe
clockworkoftheuniversetothe
originsoflifeonEarth.Tryingto
provetheexpertswrong.howev
er:hascomeataprice.
60 YoungGuns
SHARQNTREGASKIS
In1892,ateenageboynamed
CharleyMillerwashangedin
Wyomingforadoublemurder.In 42 WinesofthefingerlJlkes
hisstory;historianJoanJacobs Featured:2002AnthonyRoad
Bnunbergfindsacasestudyin FingerLakesPinolGris
violence,adolescence.andthe
IiII Classifleds&Comelliansin
mediainanearlierAmerica.-For
Business
methiswastheflipsideofthe
HoratioAlgerstory;~shesays. n AlmaMatters
-There'sthisenonnousmythology
74 ReunionNotes
aboutsuccessinAmerica.
CharleyMillerwasadismal IiII ClassNotes
failureonallcounts: 124 AlumniDeaths
128 Comelliana
Glassmenagerie
CoverillustrationbyStefanieGreen
CornellAlumniMaguine(lSSN101O.2TBjispublished,Ixtimesayear.inJanuar,tM.>rch,May.July.Seplember.andNovember.by!heCornellAlumniF<'d\'rndon.55Brown
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SEPTEMBER I OCTOBER 2003

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Twenty-Five Years and Counting
THE FUTURE OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
t
HE RECENT u.s. SUPREME COURT DECISION IN AtCornell,wecan'twaitanothertwenty-fiveyears-wemust
Grurterv. Bollillgerwasavictoryin more ways than we begin theworknow.Thatwork involvesourcontinueduseofa
know.Themajorityendorsed JusticeLewis Powell'sview holisticadmissionsprocessthatacknowledgesandvaluesmany
in the 1978 Bakkecasethatdiversity isacompellingedu attributesinthedeterminationof"merit."Thatworkinvolvesthe
cationalandsocietal interestandthat racecanbeusedasaplus, strengtheningofourtown-gownrelations.landgrant mission,
but notapiyolal factor, inadmissions.Thecourtalsogavedef employment and hiringpractices.andsupportofreligious,cul
erencetoeducationaljudgmentand encouragedabroad meas tural,and politicaldifferences. It involvesourcommitment,as
urement of merit. Cornellians,toelimi
This decision allows nate bias and
institutionslikeCor racism-of all sorts
nell to continue to -fromourcommu
manage their admis nitiesandworkplaces.
sions processes in a We must also
waythat isconsistent work to dispel the
with what we have myththatstudentsof
done for more than colorareadmitted to
threedecades. Italso selective institutions
allowsustocontinue solely based on race
to offerstudents, fac or ethnidty. Some
ulty,and staffacom individuals have
munity enriched by argued that race
thesumofourparts. based preferences
Leadinguptothe adversely affect the
recentdecision,much academic perform
was said about the ance of students of
prosandconsofaffir color, because these
mative action. And students (and pre
yet, voices on both sumably everyone
sidesoftheargument else) knowthattheir
have been relatively admissionwasbased
quietsincethecourt rendereditsdecision.Therehavebeennews onlyon raceand was,therefore.undeserved.Asan admissions
storieshereandthere,butnothingliketheavalancheofattention professional for morethan twentyyears,Iknowthat~affirma­
the issuereceivedbeforethedecision.What thismaysayabout tiveaction"benefitsareextended to all kindsofstudents.It is
ourattentionspan isonething,but what it maysayabout how also truethat noapplicant isentitled to beadmitted,and that
much wewill accomplish in thenexttwenty-fiveyearsisanother. more than 80percentoftheapplicantswho present the mini
Writingfor themajority,JusticeSandra DayO'Connorgave mumqualificationsfor admissioncould,indeed,beadmittedif
usadeadline ofsortswith regardto addressing(and possibly spaceallowed.
resolving) thissocietal issuewithinthenext twenty-fiveyears. It In making ouradmissionsdecisions, weacknowledgeour
hasbeen thatlongsinceBakke,andwhilemuchprogresshasbeen allegianceandresponsibilitytothestudentandtotheinstitution.
madeil isclearthatoursocietyhasnotyet rid itselfoftheissues TherecentSupremeCourtdecisionallowsustoeffectivelyhonor
(andproblems) thatbringthesecasestotheSupremeCourt.Can thisallegianceand to faithfully fulfill this responsibility. Icele
we do better in the next twenty-five years so we don't have bratethisdecision for, amongotherthings,thepromiseitholds
anothercaselikethisgoingtothenation'shighestcourt?Orwill for thenext twenty-fiveyears.
we,onceagain,waituntilfiveyearsbeforethe~deadline"tobegin - DorisDavis
I
testingthelegalityorusefulnessofaffirmativeaction? AssociateProvost,AdmissionsmIdEnrollmellt
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obese, then measure fat. Whygo out of garish contrast to the more traditional
yourway to measure twothingsthat you "campusgothic"architecture.
havenodirectinterestinknowing,namely One building that stands out is the
height and weight? There are many SchwartzCenter for IhePerformingArts
machinesavailablethat will tellyou your in Collegetown. Frankly,it lookslike it's
bodyfal percentage,andthisiscertainlya madeout ofcardboard.Then there'sthe
moreaccurateindicatorofhealth. subterranean campusstoreand thecin
Simeoll Ross, DVM'50 derblockartmuseum. Eachofthesestruc
, Creel/laWII, NewYork tures haspossibilities,but theylookas if
,
theywere90percentcompletedandthen
I
ArchilJlclurai Gaffes someoneyelled"Stop!"1don'tthinkitwas
.9Tearty Fare
;li; I AM ASTOUNDED THAT YOU PUB becauseoflackofmoney,hut ratherlack
I lishedanarticleextollingthedesignofthe of imagination. The Performing Arts
new Imogene PowersJohnson Centerfor building,forexample,couldbeimproved
1!"
~
Birds and Biodiversity at the Lab of byputtingtrim (maybecopper)around
~. Ornithology without
~; mentioningthe nallleof
0legant Lodging
the Cornell-educated
~J architectwhodesignedit
("Bird's-EyeView,»Mayl
1911, Century June 2003). This fabu
lous new building was
ZanJ.mark
designed by Alan Chi·
macoff'63, BArch '64,a
member ofthe Cornell
architecture faculty
1969-73and nowprin
cipal and director of
design at Hillier, the
nation's fourth-largest
architecture firm. Chi
macoff was also the
architect for the much
praised NorthCampus.
~te Your news item
someone who about theWest Campus ~Gtaringexceptions";
Residential Initiative One alumnus laments
Itnows that a does not identify that recentdesigns,Including
architect either. After theJohnsonMuseum,
Limited Partnership
the recent controversy above,andthe Centerfor
over the proposed dis PerformingArts,right. ,
is not a
solution ofthe College
Stifled Romance ofArchitecture.Art,and Planning, Cor all thosesharpedges. Perhapsfriezes or
Ilell A/umlli Magazine should make a other typesofcreativeborderscould be
pointofnamingthearchitectsforall new installed on the exterior of the art
buildingsand identifyingthosewithCor museum. I like the "high tech" style of
Datefellowgraduatesandfacultyof neJlconnections. Rhodes Hall.MaybesomethinglikethaI
TheIvies,Stanford,UofChicago,MIT ElsieDinsmorePopkin '58 couldbedonewith Olin Library?Wedo
andafewothefs. Wimto/l-Salem, NorthCam/ilia haveaschoolofarchitecture-maybethey
should becontactedforideas.
Gra/lamGlllldArc/litectsdcsigllcdthe/lew RoyTroxel '66
WestCampusresidellces;Glmdreceivedhis Alexalldria,Virgillia
nrchitectllretmhlillgatHarvard.
The LastWordon Legacies
OurNEWandIMPROVEDwebsite: I RETURNED FROM ITHACA A FEW THE LETTER FROM MARCIA MCPEAK
~.rightsllltrdating.com hoursago,andtheCornellcampuswasas '86,MPS'93,in responseto Lauren Eade
beautifulasever,withafewglaringexcep '01 regardingaffirmativeactionatCornell
Morethan5000Membersl tions:thebuildingsthathavebeenerected isinsultingtoMs. Eadeand,simply,stu
overthepast few decades,which stand in pid (Correspondence, May/June 2003).
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