The Campus Chronicle
Vol. XVII, Issue 8
for the Amherst campus of the University of Massachusetts
Oct 18, 2001

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As autumn begins to whisk away trees' foliage, the appropriately named Leif Banser, a junior from California, reclines in the limbs of a European beech tree at the Durfee Gardens. "I've never seen trees like these," he says. "I have been to this garden many times, and I can get away from the stress of my courses." (Stan Sherer photo) Junior Dan Gibbons walks through a meditational maze that was set up Oct. 2-3 near the Campus Pond by the United Christian Foundation. According to the Rev. Kent Higgins, campus chaplain, "This is an inter-religious project that speaks to multi-religious and multi-cultural experiences and is used for meditation, stress management, and for fun. We hope to install the maze permanently at the Old Chapel." After completing his walk through the maze, Gibbons said of the experience, "It is hard to describe. Time and space seem to disappear. You focus on where you are at the moment." (Stan Sherer photo)
   
 

Swift considering drastic cuts in state spending, says report
With a $1.1 billion budget shortfall looming, Acting Gov. Jane Swift is considering ordering a series of cost-savings measures, including a hiring freeze and a ban on non-essential out-of-state travels, according to press reports.

National anthrax scares spur review of campus readiness
In the wake of anthrax discoveries in several offices in Florida, New York and Washington and a large number of apparently related hoaxes, University officials revisited campus safety measures this week.

Online courses get high marks
Online graduate programs offered in Public Health and Business Administration are ranked among the top programs in the nation, according to a new survey by U.S.

Campus to reply to EPA charges
Citing several results of a May 2000 inspection visit, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials this week said they are proposing fines up to $262,700 for alleged violations of the federal Clean Air Act.

Fire results in building evacuations
Classrooms and offices in Herter and Bartlett halls were evacuated Tuesday morning after an electrical fire in an underground passageway broke out around 9 a.m.

Education conference honors former dean Dwight Allen
The School of Education is celebrating its alumni and former dean Dwight W. Allen at a conference this weekend in the Lincoln Campus Center.

Marsh-Williams takes on dual role as Pyle shifts efforts to PeopleSoft
With the PeopleSoft Student Information System project moving into the final phases of implementation, two Academic Affairs administrators have assumed new duties, according to an Oct. 10 memo from vice provost Norm Aitken and deputy provost John Cunningham.

Tech-savvy Sondheimer joins Isenberg School
For citizens and businesses alike, navigating through information about government services can be frustrating and bewildering," observes Norman Sondheimer, Dean's Executive Professor at the Isenberg School of Management. During the year ahead, Sond-heimer, who joined the faculty in August, will teach courses in e-commerce and information technology (IT) in the MBA program.

 
 
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