You don't have to wait for the hard copy to arrive in
the mail.
The Chronicle is available on
the Web each Thursday during academic terms, usually by late morning.
(Most offices receive the paper version on Friday.)
You can visit at www.union.edu/chronicle.
Also, fill out the form to subscribe to the Chronicle
on e-mail.
The faculty recently voted 90 to 41 in favor of adopting
to the faculty manual a document that outlines procedures for promotion to
full professor, according to Therese McCarty, chair of the Faculty
Executive Committee.
The faculty earlier voted to return the proposal to the
Faculty Review Board for revisions.
The faculty was to have heard a presentation on the
2000-01 college budget and a report on admissions at its meeting on
Thursday, March 2 (12:30 p.m. in the Reamer Auditorium).
Musicians Dave Kiphuth, John Kirk and Trish Miller will
present “Adirondack Folk, Bluegrass and Clog Dancing” on
Thursday, March 9, at 7 p.m. in the Nott Memorial.
This is the last in the five-part Winter 2000 seminar
series on the Adirondacks sponsored by the College's Environmental
Studies program and the Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks.
As of press time Wednesday afternoon, a proposed rally
at Union by Arizona Sen. John McCain had been called off, according to
campaign officials.
The Republican presidential candidate had been
considering a swing through upstate New York with a stop at Union on
Saturday.
Officials say they are considering an alternative rally
with McCain supporters but without the candidate himself.
If you haven't seen the memos, voicemails, stickers,
flyers, even helium balloons … it's “Dial 3 on 3-3.”
That is, effective Friday, March 3, you'll need to
dial “3” instead of “9” to get an outside line from
campus phones.
So, we had to ask, “How come?”
Turns out our fingers are fat.
The act of inadvertently dialing 911 is known as
“fat finger” in the parlance of 911 dispatchers.
It seems that callers who were trying to dial long
distance would hit “9” to get an outside line, then
“1” for long distance. Then, by mistake, they would hit
“1” again. Regardless of what they dialed next, the call would
come in as a 911 emergency.
Diane Winkler, director of telecommunications, explains
that Campus Safety officers have had to respond to something like a couple
hundred 911 “misdials” each year. Each misdial, of course,
requires a visit from an officer to ensure that there is indeed no
emergency.
The problem has been most common among students, says
Winkler, leading to speculation that their phones pads are smaller, or
their fingers “fatter.”
Winkler emphasizes that 911 will continue to be used for
all emergencies.