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November 2, 2000

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Viewer Discretion Advised

By ryan | November 2, 2000

Released this week on DVD are Born on the 4th of July and Frequency. Though these two films are depressing in their own right, I’m stuck wondering what they were released from. Why are movies “released?” Assuming movies are “leased” in the theaters and released on video, how can a movie be released directly on to video? Was it previously leased in secret by the government months before its release?

University to Respond Today to Bias Incidents

By ryan November 3, 2000

Susan H. Murphy ’73, vice president for student and academic services, is scheduled to release a statement this afternoon in response to the recent string of bias-related incidents involving Asian students at Cornell. Murphy’s response comes after more than 40 student organizations came together to present President Hunter R. Rawlings III and other administrators with a proposal that aims to “transform the cultural, intellectual and environmental climate” at Cornell. Four bias-related incidents have occurred on campus this semester. In the first case, an Asian female student was sexually assaulted and intimidated in mid-September. In the second and third cases, an Asian female student and four Asian alumnae, respectively, were verbally harassed within a week of the assault. In a fourth case which occurred last weekend, an Asian male student was also verbally harassed on Tower Road. Murphy said yesterday evening that she had met with Provost Biddy (Carolyn A.) Martin and planned to discuss her response with Henrik N. Dullea ’61, vice president for University relations, this morning. Lisa Wang ’02, co-president of Asian Pacific Americans for Action (APAA), said her organization had already begun working with the University to set up a committee to discuss possible solutions and ideas. “We would like a more explicit statement that Cornell will not tolerate these types of crimes,” Wang said. Wang also said the APAA hopes to receive a response regarding its proposal for classes dealing with tolerance or other academic measures to educate Cornell students. Student organizers gathered Tuesday afternoon expecting a response but received an e-mail from Murphy explaining that she would not be able to attend the meeting. Murphy did say that the administration is continuing to research the situation and that “we do have work underway vis a vis lighting and blue light phones. Also, several initiatives are occurring within the student life area.” Murphy added that she “plans to meet with students at some point” but that no specific date has been set. Malik Dixon ’02, who has also been a part of the discussions with University officials, said he is “expecting to see the University take action and make changes” in response to the bias-related incidents. “[Cornell] is an institution, so the process is always slow,” Dixon said. He added that students who bring attention to problems on campus have often graduated by the time any real action is taken so that many important issues are forgotten. “I don’t believe that any of these [racially-motivated] incidents were isolated,” Dixon said. “In fact, I don’t believe that any incidents [like these] in this country can be called isolated.”Archived article by Katherine Davis
Randel Takes Reins at University of Chicago

By ryan November 3, 2000

Former Cornell Provost Don M. Randel was inaugurated yesterday as the 12th president of the University of Chicago. Randel joined Chicago on July 1, succeeding Hugo F. Sonnenschein, who retired after seven years at the helm. Randel was officially installed during a convocation in the university’s Rockefeller Memorial Chapel. In the words of William Rainey Harper, Chicago’s first president, Randel urged the Chicago community to proceed with him as “one in spirit [but] not necessarily one in opinion.” “The making of a university is a collective spirit,” he said. “It places the responsibility of the university squarely on the university itself.” Edgar Jannotta, chair of Chicago’s Board of Trustees, presided over the induction ceremony. “I can testify that he is fully engaged as president of the university,” Jannotta said. “Don Randel appreciates and understands the unique character of this university. He will be an outstanding leader.” Randel’s resum