A GUIDE to the May 9, 1997, Chronicle

INTERNATIONAL

• Costa Rica is attracting many American students who seek study-abroad programs in an inexpensive, salubrious, Spanish-speaking country: A49

• IN BANGLADESH, President Shahabuddin Ahmed urged political parties to stop using students to fight their violent battles: A47

• IN AZERBAIJAN, a new center intended to foster ties with the United States opened with seminar on conflict resolution: A47

• IN ALBANIA, the nation's two main universities reopened following a two-month shutdown due to widespread unrest. Armed guards are providing security on both campuses: A50

• IN HONG KONG, social-work students protested the proposed curbs on civil liberties to be imposed after the colony reverts to Chinese rule: A50

• IN SWITZERLAND, students at the University of Lausanne ended a two-week strike to protest cuts in government support for higher education: A50

RESEARCH & PUBLISHING

A BAFFLING DISCOVERY
A team of scientists has found a mysterious cloud of antimatter near the center of the Milky Way galaxy: A14

CREATING A NEW RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Queens College of the City University of New York has recruited Luc Montagnier, the French scientist who is a co-discoverer of the AIDS virus: A15

THE NEW MILLENNIUM
Mark G. Kingwell, a philosopher at the University of Toronto, examines the anxieties that tend to arise at the end of a century, particularly this one: A8

ANTIPODAL RESEARCH
Scientists whose work in Antarctica takes them beyond the relative comfort of the polar research stations face an unusual set of perils: B2

• SCIENTISTS AT JOHNS HOPKINS University's medical school have genetically engineered "mighty mice," which have two to three times the rodents' normal muscle mass: A15

• MIKHAIL GORBACHEV, the former leader of the Soviet Union, will establish an international research center on politics and economics at Northeastern University: A15

• A FORMER EDITOR IN CHIEF of the Marquette Law Review has admitted that she plagiarized portions of an article she wrote for last spring's issue: A8

• HOT TYPE: A18
  • The spring issue of The Journal of American History, which focuses on the history of lynching, has elicited mixed responses.

• 73 NEW SCHOLARLY BOOKS, briefly described: A16-18
  • Nota Bene: Indians and Anthropologists: Vine Deloria, Jr., and the Critique of Anthropology, edited by Thomas Biolsi and Larry J. Zimmerman, anthropologists at Portland State University and the University of Iowa, respectively. The book is published by the University of Arizona Press.

• 79 SCHOLARS have been honored with awards; all of them are listed in this issue of The Chronicle: A52-53
  • The University of Louisville has announced the four winners of the 1997 Grawemeyer Awards.

  • The National Academy of Sciences has elected 60 new members and 15 foreign associates.

THE FACULTY

DISPUTE OVER TEACHING DUTIES
David Bradley, an award-winning novelist, has quit a post at Temple University but has sued the institution, saying it libeled and slandered him in an effort to get rid of him: A12

CREATING A NEW RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Queens College of the City University of New York has recruited Luc Montagnier, the French scientist who is a co-discoverer of the AIDS virus: A15

INSTILLING "LITERARY LITERACY"
The public is fed up with "contentless" English curricula. Changing them could go a ways toward resolving the job crisis for Ph.D.'s, says Marjorie Perloff, a professor of humanities at Stanford University: B4

• MICHAEL BERUBE WILL HEAD a new program in the humanities at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: A10

• NEW YORK UNIVERSITY will be the site of the "Counter-Clio" awards, a roast of the annual "Clio" prizes in the world of advertising: A10

• VERA KING FARRIS, president of Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, has sued a professor of mathematics there for libel and slander: A12

• THE UNIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT of Columbia has settled a dispute with its faculty union over whether union members may run for University Senate seats. They may: A12

• A GROUP OF WRITING INSTRUCTORS and professors says that on-line scholarly work is not always recognized or rewarded by deans and department heads: A27

• GRADUATE STUDENTS at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University have balked at a new program that requires their dissertations to be filed electronically: A28

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

ACCURACY QUESTIONED
College officials say much of the information used by Yahoo! Internet Life magazine to rank the "most wired" campuses was flawed or incomplete: A29

• A GROUP OF WRITING INSTRUCTORS and professors says that on-line scholarly work is not always recognized or rewarded by deans and department heads: A27

• A TEAM OF COMPUTER SCIENTISTS at Princeton University has found a security flaw in some software that enables computers to run Java applets, small programs that may be embedded in World-Wide Web pages: A27

• GRADUATE STUDENTS at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University have balked at a new program that requires their dissertations to be filed electronically: A28

• AFTER A BITTER CONTEST, a new executive director has been elected at H-Net, the mailing-list network for scholars in the humanities and social sciences: A28

• IOWA'S GOVERNOR HAS VETOED a bill that would have prohibited colleges and schools from using the state's communications network for dial-in access to the Internet: A28

• 7 SOFTWARE PROGRAMS, and 11 other Internet resources: A30-31

FEDERAL & STATE GOVERNMENTS (U.S.A.)

TOUGH SCRUTINY FOR CUNY
Republican politicians and members of the City University of New York's Board of Trustees are questioning the system's budget priorities and its policies on remedial education: A33

AN EXODUS FROM ONE DUPONT CIRCLE
Many of the groups that lobby on behalf of colleges and that share this office building in Washington, D.C., are leaving it, or are planning to do so: A36

VICTORY FOR GAY STUDENTS
A federal appeals court has found that an Alabama law restricting the organizations that public colleges could support violated the U.S. Constitution: A36

• IN A COST-SAVING EFFORT, Maryland is trying out a private company to teach remedial classes at two colleges: A32

• A SENATE PANEL has approved a bill designed to avoid a shutdown of the federal government in the event of a budget impasse. The measure would cut education funds: A32

• A BLACK STUDENT has charged in a lawsuit that a court-ordered scholarship program for white students at Alabama State University violates the U.S. Constitution: A34

• STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY of California at Berkeley took over the administration building to protest the planned enforcement of Proposition 209, which would ban affirmative action in all state agencies: A34

• A STUDY HAS FOUND that recipients of Georgia's HOPE scholarships are likely to earn higher grades than non-recipients: A35

• THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY has abruptly terminated its contract with a consortium of universities to manage the Brookhaven National Laboratory, citing safety issues: A37

• A PROPOSAL BY PRESIDENT CLINTON would allow students who performed community service to defer interest payments on their loans: A37

• THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Committee on Education and the Workforce has approved a bill to merge federal job-training programs into a single block grant to states: A37

• THE INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE has urged Congress to revise the payment system for training doctors: A37

• THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE'S Office of Research Integrity has found three researchers guilty of scientific misconduct: A37

MONEY & MANAGEMENT

COLGATE PROTECTS ITS NAME
The university is angry that an unregistered distance-learning institution that has not yet enrolled any students is calling itself Colgate: A40

COLUMBIA LOSES TRADEMARK SUIT
A federal judge has ruled that Columbia/HCA Corporation, a chain of hospitals, is not infringing on the trademark of Columbia University: A40

FIGHT FOR CONTROL
Nine members of a fund-raising board at Winston-Salem State University quit after a clash with the institution's chancellor: A41

• IN A COST-SAVING EFFORT, Maryland is trying out a private company to teach remedial classes at two colleges: A32

• THE NATIONAL NETWORK on Women as Philanthropists has left the University of Wisconsin at Madison and undergone a name change: A39

• A COFFEE SHOP at the University of Chicago has raised scholarship money for divinity students there: A39

• DUKE UNIVERSITY HAS PUNISHED two white campus-police officers for unnecessarily frisking, handcuffing, and arresting a black male student: A6

• THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA has received a substantial collection of memorabilia of Giuseppe Garibaldi, the Italian patriot and revolutionary: A6

STUDENTS

QUESTIONABLE EFFECTIVENESS
Colleges' programs to prevent and treat eating disorders may do more harm than good, a new study suggests: A44

• CHELSEA CLINTON HAS ACCEPTED an offer of admission from Stanford University: A43

• THE UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING has canceled its spring graduation ceremony, citing years of declining attendance: A43

• A FLORIDA A&M UNIVERSITY student is in critical condition after being shot in the head at a fraternity party: A6

• A STUDENT CAMPAIGN at Humboldt State University to replace its lumberjack mascot with an endangered bird has failed: A6

• A HARVARD UNIVERSITY STUDENT is battling for custody of her 10-month-old daughter so she can return to the campus: A6

• STUDENTS AND PROFESSORS at the University of Denver helped local middle-school students finish a mural honoring Aztec and Mexican culture: A6

• A 450-FOOT-LONG STRING of brassieres was draped across a busy bridge by students at Beloit College to call attention to breast cancer: A8

ATHLETICS

WHEN ATHLETES COMMIT CRIMES
If players on scholarships run afoul of the law, colleges should act decisively by withdrawing or not renewing the grants of aid, writes Jeffrey R. Benedict, a researcher on sports in society: B6

• A SURVEY by the National Collegiate Athletic Association has found an increase in the number of female athletes since 1991 but a continuing imbalance in spending on them: A46

• THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION of Intercollegiate Athletics has named Steve Baker, a former marketing executive for Major League Baseball, as its new president: A46

OPINION & LETTERS

INSTILLING "LITERARY LITERACY"
The public is fed up with "contentless" English curricula. Changing them could go a ways toward resolving the job crisis for Ph.D.'s, says Marjorie Perloff, a professor of humanities at Stanford University: B4

WHEN ATHLETES COMMIT CRIMES
If players on scholarships run afoul of the law, colleges should act decisively by withdrawing or not renewing the grants of aid, writes Jeffrey R. Benedict, a researcher on sports in society: B6

THE "FOLIO FLEA"
An extensive inanographic analysis reveals that Shakespeare did not write "A Funerall Elegie," conclude Lawrence Douglas, an assistant professor of law, jurisprudence, and social thought, and Alexander George, a professor of philosophy. Both are at Amherst College: B8

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