Posted on Feb 2, 2001

The College's Campus Safety Office is sponsoring a crime prevention workshop on Saturday, Feb. 3, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Kenney Community Center.

The program is geared toward College students and all residents of the College Park neighborhood. It is free and open to the public.

Presenter John Affinito, a training officer with the Schenectady County Sheriff's Department, will cover topics including how to be aware of criminal activity, how to avoid becoming a victim, and home security measures.

Posted on Feb 2, 2001

Harry Marten, Edward E. Hale Jr. Professor of English, recently published “'To Take Active Responsibility:' On Teaching Denise Levertov's Poems” in Denise Levertov: New Perspectives (eds. Anne Little and Susie Paul), and “Grandmother Love” in The Ohio Review. His essay, “The Grandfather Tapes,” appears in the February issue of the on-line journal The Cortland Review. Both “Grandmother Love” and “The Grandfather Tapes” are part of a book he is completing titled Your Memory Goes First, a work of creative nonfiction about the nature of memory, family, old age, and storytelling.

Ronald Bucinell, associate professor of mechanical engineering, and Cherrice Traver, professor of electrical engineering and computer science, are co-authors (with A. Erden, A.M. Erkmen and L. Notash) of “The Multidisciplinary International Virtual Design Studio (MIVDS) in a recent issue of IEEE Transactions in Education (Vol. 43, No. 3, Aug. 2000).

Robert Baker, professor of philosophy, was a panelist for the National Endowment for the Humanities' Collaborative Research Program, which recommends projects for funding to the director of the NEH. Baker also is co-author of The American Medical Ethics Revolution (with Arthur Caplan, Linda Emanuel and Stephen Latham), which was chosen by Choice, the journal of academic libraries, as an “outstanding academic title for 2000.”

Posted on Feb 2, 2001

Gideon Rosen, professor of philosophy at Princeton University, is the next speaker in Philosophical Phridays @ Schaffer Library on Friday at 4:30 p.m. in the Phi Beta Kappa Room of the Library.

He will speak on “Moral Ignorance.”

The Department of Philosophy's five-part series is taking philosophy out of the classroom and bringing it to the public. Each event will feature a noted philosopher on issues ranging from abortion to the ethical complexities of international research.

The series is in honor of the 100th anniversary of the American Philosophical Association.

Remaining events are:

• Feb. 16 – “Market Perfection as a Standard for Business Ethics” – Stephen Latham, Yale University School of Management and Quinnipiac University School of Law;

• Feb. 23 – “Abortion, Mercy Killing and Infanticide: the Singer Revolution” – Richard Taylor, professor emeritus, the University of Rochester and Union College;

• March 2 – “Confronting Ethical Complexities in International Research” – Angela Wasunna, the University of Mombassa, Kenya, and visiting fellow at the Hastings Center;

• For more information, call the Union College Department of Philosophy at ext. 6376.

Posted on Feb 2, 2001

A number of events celebrating Black History Month are planned at the College.

Following is a list of events, all free and open to the public. Listings will be updated in future editions:

• Tuesday, Feb. 6, 6:30 p.m., Bronner House.
  Film and discussion: Rosewood.

• Wednesday, Feb. 7, 7 p.m., Chet's.
  Black Jeopardy, featuring questions on African and African-American history.

• Saturday, Feb. 17, 5 p.m., Old Chapel.
  “Amateur Night at Old Chapel,” a variety talent show modeled after similar shows at the Apollo Theater.

• Tuesday, Feb. 20, 6:30 p.m., Fero House.
  Film and discussion: The Kings of Comedy.

• Saturday, Feb. 24, 5 p.m., Open House (Fox)
  “Taste of the Tropics” exploring cuisine of Africa, the Caribbean and Latin America.

Posted on Feb 2, 2001

John J. McEneny, State assemblyman from the 104th District, will speak on “The Historical Importance of the Hudson River on the Development of the Capital Region” on Wednesday, Feb. 7, at 7 p.m. in the Nott Memorial.

His talk is the second in the six-part seminar series, “The Hudson River: From the Wilderness to the Sea,” sponsored by the Environmental Studies and the Association for the Preservation of the Adirondacks. Hudson River activist Robert Boyle opened the series on Jan. 31.

McEneny this week called on area television stations to offer equal time to proponents of dredging after GE purchased 30-minute slots to air programs denouncing the EPA proposal.

The Democrat is an Albany native, a former member of the Peace Corps, the local director of the 1980 U.S. Census, a former commissioner of human resources, county historian, assistant county executive and the winner of a write-in election for county legislator. His 104th assembly district includes most of Albany and the towns of Berne, Guilderland, Knox and New Scotland.

A frequent speaker at civic and cultural events and former county historian, he wrote and narrated WMHT's tricentennial documentary on Albany. He is author of Albany: Capital City on the Hudson.

The series topic – the Hudson River — was planned to coincide with the dredging issue and the EPA decision, said John Garver, director of environmental studies. “It was clear that the EPA decision would precede the series, but the debate and public comment period would coincide with it,” he said.

“We want to highlight current environmental issues in a broad-based seminar series that address the scientific, political, and cultural aspects of a particular environmental issue,” he said. Previous seminars have focused on lakes and environmental change, global warming and the Adirondacks.

Other lectures in the series, all on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. in the Nott Memorial, are:

• Feb. 14 – “The Real Story of Contaminants in the Hudson from Sewage to PCBs” with Richard Bopp, RPI professor of earth and environmental sciences;

• Feb. 21 – “Adirondack Guides from the Hudson's Headwaters: A Short Season, Hard Work, Low Pay” with Chuck Brumley, author and licensed guide;

• Feb. 28 – “The Hudson River School Painters” with Robert T. McLean, art gallery proprietor; and

• Mar. 7 – “Folk Music Along the Hudson” with George Ward, singer and folk historian.

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