October 5 - Youngstown State University

page 2 October 5 - October 18, 2005 YSUpdateBylineThe Jambar:Adviser advises,doesn’t dictateBy Tim FranciscoAssistant professor, EnglishThe Jambar, adviserThe masthead of YSUʼs The Jambarreads “The student voice of YSU,” a tagthat serves as both a mission statementand a reminder for the student staff— and for the adviser as well.One of the “perks” of serving as adviserto The Jambar is regular feedbackand comments from students, faculty and staff on specificstories and layouts that appear in the paper. These commentsare usually insightful, often laudatory, as often critical, andalways welcome. The YSU community draws much of itsstrength from a rich diversity of opinions on many matters,and the role of the student newspaper is no exception.Ultimately, however, decisions on the content and directionof the newspaper are solely in the hands of the studentstaff. An adviser to a college newspaper is just that — anadviser, a guide who offers advice when solicited by the editorialstaff. It is not the role of the college newspaper adviserto dictate what stories journalists will report, nor is it theadviserʼs charge to edit or even read copy prior to publicationunless the editors ask he/she do so.Student media operating within a public universityserve as resources for both education and information. Byproviding the campus community with objective coverageof important events and decisions, the student press helpsits readers to understand the university and the communityat large, and as importantly, to make informed decisions.Editorials, commentaries and reviews provide insights andanalyses on events, trends and everyday life from unique,albeit sometimes controversial, individual perspectives. Andby practicing the reporting, writing, editing and design skillsthey learn in class, students gain valuable first-hand experiencein journalism.A critical element of this experience is the exercise ofjudgment on issues of ethics, fairness and even legality.While most student editors will surely seek the counsel of theadviser with a question of libel, or even taste, for an adviserto require review of the student-edited content is not onlydistasteful but a breach of the First Amendment.At public universities such as YSU, student media areconsidered public forums, a status that accords them thesame rights and freedoms from censorship guaranteed allother news outlets by the First Amendment. Unfortunately,recent trends suggest that many colleges and universities areincreasingly seeking to assert control over student media.In June of this year, seven appellate judges sided againststudent editors at Governorʼs State University in Illinoiswhen the students sued school officials for suspending publicationof the student newspaper for refusing to submit toprior review and approval of future issues. The case potentiallyopens the door for officials to decide that public forumstatus is not guaranteed to student presses, a move that coulddeal the death of the free student press and a devastatingblow to journalism education on campuses across thecountry.As you read The Jambar, itʼs important to keep the principlesof a free press in mind, as well as the values of highereducation. The paper may not always provide the views, oreven the coverage that some (myself included at times) mightprefer, but it is essential to understand that the paper reflectsthe efforts of students engaged in the craft of journalism andthe process of learning. ■Campus NewsRoundupProfessors Mir, Brown take CISP postsMustansir Mir Steve BrownYSU ProvostRobert K.Herbert hasannouncedadministrativechanges at theCenter for InternationalStudiesand Programs.The office isnow under thetemporary stewardshipof Mustansir Mir, University Professor of Islamic Studiesand the head of the Center for Islamic Studies at YSU, and SteveWYSU-FM Director Gary Sexton runs through the ManisteeNational Forest in Michigan as part of a fund-raising effortfor the station.Brown, professor of English. Mir has agreed to serve as temporaryspecial assistant to the provost for international initiatives,and Brown has agreed to serve as temporary special assistant tothe provost for international students.“Dr. Mirʼs expertise and skills will be useful to us as wecontinue to strengthen institutional partnerships with overseasuniversities and with international faculty members,” Herbertsaid. “Dr. Brownʼs portfolio will include advising internationalstudents on our campus and recruiting international students.”Herbert said a search committee for a permanent director forCISP has been formed, chaired by Peter Kasvinsky, dean of theSchool of Graduate Studies and Research. The committeeʼs firstcharge will be to determine a set of priorities for the center andthen to conduct a national search for a director. ■WYSU head finishesfund-raising raceAfter six months of training, Gary Sexton, director ofWYSU-FM 88.5, successfully completed a 50-mile ultra marathonin Michigan to raise thousands of dollars to help finance anew transmitter for the station.“The first 25 miles was pretty easy, and the hills werenʼt toobad, but the second loop around was a different story,” said Sexton,who completed the last leg of the race with the help of hiswife, Sue, running beside him. The race was on Sept. 17.Sexton finished the grueling course in the Manistee NationalForest in Northern Michigan in 8 hours, 44 minutes and 36 seconds,placing ninth in the race.“Even though running is one of my favorite things to do,training at this level was a sacrifice,” he said. “Itʼs my hope thatour station supporters will recognize this and will themselves bewilling to make a sacrifice to help WYSU.”The fund-raising campaign has collected nearly $35,000 sofar, but donations are still coming in. The station had previouslyreceived $20,000 from the Wean Foundation toward the newtransmitter, which will cost $70,000. The current transmitter wasinstalled in 1989.For more information or to make a donation, visit www.wysupower.org or call 330-941-3363. In addition to the campaignfor the transmitter, WYSU is launching its annual FallFund Drive on Friday, Oct. 14. The station has a goal of $88,500to raise during the weeklong the campaign, which runs throughFriday Oct. 21. ■Constitution DayPaul Kobulnicky, executive director of the Maag Library,talks with Robert Bennett, noted constitutional scholar andformer president of the American Bar Association, in theChestnut Room of Kilcawley Center on Sept. 19. Bennettspoke as part of YSUʼs Constitution Day celebration.The YSUpdate is published every other weekduring the academic year and once a month in thesummer by the Office of Marketing and Com-munications.Executive Director:Walt UlbrichtAssistant Director:Jean EngleUpdate Editor:Ron ColeAssociate Editor:Wendy WolfgangStudent Writer:Kelly NoyesGraphic Designer:Renée CannonPhotography:Jim Evans, Tony Mancinoand John VogelPrinting:YSU Printing ServicesMarketing and Communications133 Tod Hall, Youngstown, Ohio 44555-3519racole.01@ysu.edu 330-941-3519Percussion guest artist visits campusJohnny Lee Lane, a world renowned percussionist and clinician,will share his professional insight during a guest artist visitto the YSU campus Oct. 12 to 14.“It is my hope that Mr. Lane can assist us through establishinga unique collaborative relationship between YSU and RemoInc., the worldʼs largest percussion company, to develop a nationallyrecognized world percussion, drum circle, facilitation anddance accompaniment studies program at YSU,” said YSU Directorof Percussion Studies Glenn Schaft, who will serve as host toLane during his visit and studied under him as a graduate studentat Eastern Illinois University.Lane is one of the nationʼs foremost college percussioneducators. He was director of percussion studies at Eastern IllinoisUniversity for 28 years and has spent the last three yearsat Indiana University School of Music at Indianapolis. He also isdirector of education for Remo Inc., the worldʼs largest percussioncompany.The public is welcome to attend the following events:• Wednesday, Oct.12, 7 to 8 p.m. – SMARTS CommunityDrum Circle, Thursday, Oct. 13, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Lecture/discussionon world percussion/drum circle facilitation, SMARTSCenter, 258 Federal Plaza West, Powers Auditorium.• Friday, Oct. 14, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. World Percussion Clinicfor YSU Percussion Studio, Bliss Hall, Room 2326. ■

YSUpdate October 5 - October 18, 2005 page 3Faculty/StaffGrantsMargaret Briley, assistant professor, TeacherEducation, received a $1,500 University ResearchCouncil Grant for “AccommodatingVisual Motor Problems in General and SpecialEducation.”Michael Crescimanno, professor, Physicsand Astronomy, received a $4,600 UniversityResearch Council Grant for “Theoretical andExperimental Opportunities for New Clockand Stopped Light.”Professional ActivitiesJohn Russo and Sherry Linkon, co-directors,Center for Working-Class Studies, hosteda seminar for 23 historians from aroundthe United States who were part of an NEHseminar on Historic Landmarks of the SteelIndustry, sponsored by Western Reserve HistoricalSociety. Russo and Linkon also made apresentation on issues relating to de industrializationto 15 Chinese scholars visiting YSU,who were part of a delegation sponsored by theEast/West Center.Six YSU faculty win NOCHEoutstanding teaching awardMaria Delost Jacek Fabrykowski William Rick FryRandy HooverNancy Landgraff, assistant professor, PhysicalTherapy, received two University ResearchCouncil Grants: $5,000 for “FunctionalOutcomes in Patients with Carotid ArteryOcclusion” and $500 for “Application of GymnasticLoading Principles To An Adult FemaleDiagnosed with Osteopenia.”Scott Martin, professor and chair, Civil/Environmentaland Chemical Engineering, GaryWalker, associate professor, and LaurenSchroeder, professor emeritus, both of BiologicalSciences, received a $3,900 UniversityResearch Council Grant for “Factors Limitingthe Odor Causing Algae, synura petersenii.”Greg Moring, associate professor, Art, receiveda $5,000 University Research CouncilGrant for “Public Constructions.”PresentationsGreg Claypool, professor, Accounting and Finance,presented “Fraud and the Accountant”at the 2nd annual Youngstown CPE Day.Gunapala Edirisooriya, professor, EducationalAdministration, Research, and Foundations,presented “A Process Based Approach toAttitude Measurement: A Mixed Method Approach”at the American Educational ResearchAssociationʼs 2005 meeting in Montreal.Rangamohan Eunni, assistant professor,Management, co-presented “Strategic Adaptation:An Integrated View” at the EasternAcademy of Management 2005 Conference inSpringfield, Mass.YSUpdate welcomes the following newprofessional/administrative and classifiedstaff employees to YSU:Full-Time Professional/AdministrativeJocelyn Bezeredi, instructional aide, RichCenter for Autism.Laurie Brinsko, intervention aide, RichCenter for Autism.Joseph Bonner, head coach, Volleyball,Intercollegiate Athletics.Julie Chandler, research technician, BiologicalSciences.Jillian Coleman, assistant coach, WomenʼsSwimming and Diving, Intercollegiate Athletics.Jade Clayton, intervention aide, RichCenter for Autism.Kellie Denmeade, academic advisor, WilliamsonCollege of Business Administration.Brian DePaoli, assistant coach, MenʼsBasketball, Intercollegiate Athletics.Jill Holod-Dunbar, intervention aide, RichCenter for Autism.Katie Ensley, assistant coordinator, ComprehensiveTesting Center.Maria Grothaus, housing coordinator,Housing and Residence Life.Linda Hallock, intervention aide, RichCenter for Autism.Jamie Johnson, intervention aide, RichCenter for Autism.Patricia Lumpkin, intervention aide, RichCenter for Autism.Daniel Kuzma, manager of recycling programs,Support Services.Harry Meyer, coordinator of technology,Facilities and Conferences, Housing and ResidenceLife.Kellie Mills, coordinator for retentionservices, Center for Student Progress.Maria Delost, professor and director of clinicallaboratory programs, Health Professions,completed the requirements for her doctoraldegree at Virginia Commonwealth Universityin July. Her dissertation topic was, “QualityLaboratory Service – Is it related to PersonnelCredentials?” Andy Chang, professor, Mathematicsand Statistics, was a member of herdissertation committee.PublicationsPatrick Durrell, assistant professor, Physicsand Astronomy, served as co-author of theposter “Searching for the Missing PG HotSubdwarfs in SDSS and GALEX Data” at theJune 2005 “Hot Subdwarf Stars and RelatedObjects” meeting.Gabriel Palmer-Fernandez, director, Dr.James Dale Ethics Center, professor, Philosophyand Religious Studies, published“Terrorism, Innocence, and Justice,” in Philosophyand Public Policy Quarterly. It is alsoreprinted in Bruce Wallerʼs book “You Decide!Current Debates in Contemporary MoralProblems.” He also published “The Iraq War of2003” in Teaching Ethics.Paul Rohrbaugh, librarian, Wilcox CurriculumResource Center, had his article and game“Operation Kadesh: the Suez Crisis, 1956”published in Command and Strategy, a newmilitary history magazine.Peter Woodlock, professor and chair, Accountingand Finance, had the paper “SevenSteps To Effective Communication”publishedin Catalyst: The Leading Edge of OhioBusiness. ■New employees join YSU staffAlaina Mitchell, intervention aide, RichCenter for Autism.Byron Thorne, assistant coach, MenʼsBasketball, Intercollegiate Athletics.Elizabeth Reel, intervention aide, RichCenter for Autism.Cynthia Rogers, parent support group,Rich Center for Autism.Robin Sakonyi, coordinator, Center forStudent Progress.Sarah Simon, assistant athletic trainer,Intercollegiate Athletics.Taliah Watkins, intervention aide, RichCenter for Autism.Leigh Ann Waring, coordinator, Careerand Counseling Services.Michael Wernicki, assistant coach, MenʼsBasketball, Intercollegiate Athletics.Ruth Wilkes, resource development coordinator,Rich Center for Autism.Erin Yiannaki, academic administrator forpre-professional programs, College of Arts andSciences.Part-time Professional/AdministrativeAngela Cameron, Youngstown afterschoolalliance coordinator, Center for HumanServices.Sherod Holmes, Jr., assistant coach, Football,Intercollegiate Athletics.Casey Vogt, assistant coach, Football,Intercollegiate Athletics.Full-time ClassifiedMatthew Romeo, maintenance repairworker 2, Facilities.Frank Oddo, maintenance repair worker 2,Facilities.Sandra Olmi, account clerk 2, Student Accounts& University Receivables. ■Richard McEwingVictor Wan-TatahSix YSU faculty members receive 2005teaching awards from the Northeast OhioCouncil on Higher Education at a luncheon onOct. 7 at the University of Akron.The YSU recipients are:• Maria DeLost, professor and directorof clinical laboratory programs.• Jacek Fabrykowski, associate professorof mathematics and statistics.• William Rick Fry, professor ofpsychology.• Randy L. Hoover, professor of teachereducation.• Richard A. McEwing, professor, educationaladministration, research &foundations.• Victor F. Wan-Tatah, professor ofphilosophy & religious studies.A record number of YSU faculty and staffgave to the universityʼs Annual Fund in 2004-05.Four hundred faculty and staff madecontributions totaling $67,000. Itʼs the highestlevel of faculty/staff participation in theAnnual Fundʼs history, said Jacquelyn Daniel,Annual Fund coordinator. In 2003-04, 313faculty and staff made contributions.“We are overwhelmed by the confidencethat the faculty and staff continue to place inthe growth of YSU,” Daniel said. “Leadership“These YSU faculty members representthe best of the best classroom teachers in thestate, and in the nation for that matter,” saidRobert K. Herbert, YSU provost and vicepresident for academic affairs.“Their dedication to teaching, to theuniversity and most especially to their studentsis commendable and well worth thisrecognition.”The YSU faculty members are among56 faculty from 20 colleges and universityʼsthroughout Northeast Ohio to receive theawards. The recipients were drawn from themore than 9,000 full and part-time facultymembers in the region.“The list of 2005 honorees makes clearthat great teaching is delivered in multipleforms,” says Charles Hickman, NOCHE executivedirector.“Charismatic lectures, introduction ofsimulations and field study programs that givestudents ʻhands-onʼ learning opportunities,creative use of new learning technologies, andproviding extraordinary access to studentsoutside the classroom for academic advice andcounseling are among the ways that these facultymembers enhance learning at our memberinstitutions.” ■Record 400 employeesgive to YSU Annual Fundis key to any successful venture, and the strongshow of leadership that the faculty and staffhave exhibited could not have come at a bettertime for YSU.”The Annual Fund is YSUʼs largest annualfund-raising vehicle. The money is usedto fund various scholarships, educationalprograms and other projects on campus. In2004-05, the Annual Fund raised more than$600,000, nearly 12 percent more than theprevious year. ■Flute ensembleDanielle Frabutt of Austintown, a music education major, performs with the Dana Schoolof Musicʼs Flute Ensemble in the Butler Institute of American Art. The performance waspart of Danaʼs Music at Noon Concert Series, which runs Wednesdays through Nov. 23 atthe Butler.

Youngstown State UniversityOffice of Marketing and CommunicationsYoungstown State UniversityOne University PlazaYoungstown, Ohio 44555Non-Profit Org.U.S. PostageP A I DPermit 264Youngstown, Ohio“Homework Express” TV show produced in Bliss HallWhat is the smallest positive numberthat is divisible by all of the numbers from 1through 10?If area middle school students have troubleanswering that and other math and sciencequestions, help is just a phone call away.“Homework Express” is a live homeworkhelp television show where students call inwith math and science questions and teachersprovide answers. The program, which beganSept. 20, is broadcast from the Bliss Hall televisionstudio on campus.The show, the first of its kind in NortheastOhio, is aired on Time-Warner, Armstrong andAdelphia cable from 4:30 to 5 p.m. Tuesdaysand Thursdays throughout the school year.Kelly Stevens of WHOT-FM and Hot 101ʼsWake Up Crew hosts the show.New faculty (Continued from page 1)in the faculty ranks, which number about 400.The 36 new faculty this year, including 23permanent, tenure-track positions, is the mostin any single year in that five-year period.“The infusion of new blood creates anexcitement thatʼs contagious,” Herbert said.Among that new blood is Dolores Sisco, anative of Philadelphia who grew up in Detroitand spent 17 years in the banking industrybefore earning a“Weʼre buildingfor the future.”-Provost Robert K. Herbertdoctorate in Englishliterature and enteringthe world of academe.“Itʼs a toughtown,” Sisco, assistantprofessor of English,said about her impressions of Youngstown.“Itʼs trying to come back. I like the blue collarattitude.”Peter Reday, who grew up in a small townin Virginia, comes to YSU as an assistantprofessor of marketing after a 20-year career inbusiness, including 13 years in Hong Kong andSingapore.“I wanted to come back to the UnitedStates and try to impart to students here thatthereʼs a global environment out there thatReady to rumble…A pool of five teachers from Warren G.Harding High School, Girard Junior HighSchool, Girard High School, Volney Rogers JuniorHigh School and East Middle School willrotate appearances on the show.“We know students struggle with mathand science and that a helping hand can makea difference,” said Fred Owens, a professor inYSUʼs communication and theater departmentand the showʼs project director.A production of YSUʼs telecommunicationstudies program, the show represents apartnership among the university, the Dioceseof Youngstown, the Public Library ofYoungstown and Mahoning County, Warren-Trumbull County Public Library, MahoningCounty Educational Service Center, TrumbullCounty Educational Service Center, Time-canʼt be ignored,” said Reday, who spent twoyears on the faculty at Ashland Universitybefore coming to YSU.“(YSU) has a pretty wide reputation as abig state school, so there are a lot more opportunitiesfor personal growth for someonelike me.”Patricia Wagner, a lawyer and a new instructorof criminal justice at YSU, used towork on the 27th floor of adowntown Chicago officebuilding as in-house counselfor Ameritech.“I loved the urbanlife,” said Wagner, a nativeof College Station, Texas,whose father was a professor at Texas A&MUniversity. “I thought I would stay there therest of my life.”But, when her husband, Tim, moved toYoungstown in 1992 to join YSUʼs chemistryfaculty, Wagner left her law work behind.Between raising two children, she hastaught part-time at YSU since coming to theMahoning Valley.“Teaching is fun,” she said. “Itʼs more funthan practicing law. You can talk for an hourWarner, Armstrong andAdelphia cable.A studio crew of 14 YSUtelecommunication studentsworks on the production ofall of the shows. The studiocrew was selected by AmyGraban-Crawford, an assistantprofessor in communicationand theater, and the showʼs associate producer.“Working on the show will serve as a capstoneto their academic careers,” she said. “Itʼsa good addition to what we do in the T-commdepartment.”Telecommunications part-time facultymember Jim Stipetich is the showʼs executiveproducer. “There are layers of value to theshow – the kids being directly helped and allwithout anyone raising any objections.”Islam worked as an engineer on the constructionof the Jamuna Bridge in Bangladesh,the 11th longest bridge in the world, beforecoming to the United States in 1999. He wasoffered the job at YSU two weeks before earninga doctorate in structural engineering fromFlorida State University.“(YSU) has a lot of resources for researchand teaching that is very good for someone juststarting like me,” said Islam, whose doctoraldissertation focused on securing bridges fromterrorist attacks.“Itʼs not too big, and not too small. Itʼs agood fit.”The influx of new faculty is the result, inpart, of a spate of retirements and growingenrollment. Fifty-eight permanent, tenuredfaculty have retired since 2001, 22 alone at theend of last academic year.Herbert said replacing experienced, retiredfaculty is not easy, but hiring new faculty canhelp bring new ideas and approaches tocampus.“Thereʼs a real dynamic at work here,”he said. “Weʼre focused on the future. Weʼrebuilding for the future.” ■The YSU football squad prepares to run onto the turf at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh for the start of its contest with the Pitt Panthers on Sept. 24.YSU, an NCAA Division I-AA team, was defeated by Pittʼs Division I-A squad. The game drew about 43,000 fans, including thousands from theYoungstown region.the kids that are watching. It will also bringeducation more to the top of the mind – if itʼson television, it seems to become more legitimate.”Similar shows have aired with success inMaryland, New York and West Virginia.For more information, visit www.homeworkexpress.orgor call 330-941-1855.(Editorʼs note: The answer to the question?2,520.) ■Rec center(Continued from page 1)major, said she has already climbed to the topmany times. “I am really excited about therec center being here at YSU – itʼs going to begreat for everybody,” she said.Full-time students pay a mandatory $48per semester fee to fund operations of thecenter. Faculty and staff who want to use thecenter will be charged a $100 annual fee. Thecenter is not open to the general public. ■Enrollment(Continued from page 1)increased by 540 students or nearly 55 percent,from 988.Hispanic student enrollment is up 9.6percent this fall to 252 students and up by 62students or nearly 33 percent since 2000.Also on the positive side, enrollment ofstudents outside Mahoning, Trumbull andColumbiana counties increased 13 percent toa seven-year high of 412, up from 363 last fall,Maraffa said.While overall enrollment is down, theBitonte College of Health andHuman Services continuedexperiencing an enrollmentsurge, posting a 6.5 percentincrease to 3,339 students.Since 2000, HHS enrollmenthas jumped by 1,249 studentsor nearly 60 percent from2,090.In terms of overall enrollment,Maraffa noted thatgraduate student enrollmentdropped nearly 15 percent,from 1,298 last fall to 1,110this fall.Maraffa also noted thathigher than usual numbers ofstudents are leaving the universitythrough graduation.The graduating class of 2004-05, for instance, numbered2,025, the largest in a decade.He also said that theuniversity did not experiencea surge of enrollment as itusually does during the twoweeks leading up to the startof the fall semester on Aug.29. He said some of that maybe related to strikes by facultyand classified staff the weekbefore classes started. ■