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RFT's the monster: I was put off by Malcolm Gay's article "Monster Next Door?" and even more put off by the RFT for engaging in this FOX News-like sensationalism. Shame on you, RFT!
First, labels such as "monster," a pretty extreme pejorative, are probably a factor in Devlin's asocial behavior. Devlin obviously has been made fun of, bullied and insulted for most of his life, which likely made him feel alienated by others, which played a role in his loneliness which also factored into him kidnapping two boys. We do not know yet know what went on in Devlin's life these past four years, including his motive for taking Hornbeck, how he treated Hornbeck, or whether he even molested Hornbeck or Ownby, yet Gay is quick to judge and create his own set of facts about the situation. When you call Devlin a monster without knowing the details of his life, you are acting no better than a playground bully. I thought Malcolm Gay was better than this, but obviously he is not. And I thought that RFT had a morsel of journalistic integrity to not stoop to the sensationalist tactics of other local and national media. I thought wrong.
Second, what in God's name was the RFT thinking by putting Devlin's face on the cover with the headline "Monster Next Door?" Doesn't RFT recognize that many of its readers are intelligent enough to form their own conclusions rather than having someone tell us what to think?
Malcolm Gay, maybe you are a monster that we should be wary of. Shame on you and RFT for stooping so low.
Courtney Baker, University City
It was the porn: "Monster Next Door?" raises some interesting questions. The authorities involved in this case reportedly found various sources of pornography, including child pornography, among Devlin's possessions. This discovery is certainly not surprising, since almost without exception a direct link to pornographic materials is par for the course in investigations dealing with crimes of sexual predation.
Pornography, like drugs or alcohol, can become a serious addiction, and similar to any addiction, the addict must progressively consume either a greater quantity or a stronger dose of the "drug" in order to achieve the same level of pleasure and/or satisfaction. For most people the notion of something such as child pornography is revolting and perverse and rightfully so. What most people fail to understand is that no one, not even the most heinous sexual predators, started out receiving pleasure from such perversions.
The typical pattern is that these perversions, like any addiction, increase over time. First, it's just Playboy. Soon, Playboy doesn't "do it" any more, so it's off to Penthouse and Hustler. In time not even these satisfy the addiction, so it's off to something stronger, something more hardcore, something more violent. The pattern continues and the addiction grows. Given enough time, the person finds that their addiction cannot be satiated by even the most deviant pornography. This is when the addict becomes a real threat to society particularly to vulnerable women and children.
Certainly the publisher and editor of the Riverfront Times are concerned about the victims of sexual predation, which raises a particularly difficult dilemma. The RFT prints numerous graphic advertisements for companies that promote and/or sell pornographic materials. In fact, it is one of the main components that distinguishes the RFT from other local newspapers. Does this practice not have the potential to be an enabling factor for pornography addicts and sexual predators in our community? Worse yet, the RFT is widely available in public places such as restaurants and grocery stores. Not only are vulnerable women and children at risk from the predators who are enabled by the ads in the RFT, but the children can easily pick up a copy and be exposed to the graphic advertisements themselves.
Will the RFT discontinue running these types of advertisements in an effort to help protect future victims of sexual predation, or is running these ads too lucrative an endeavor?
Frank Hogrebe, St. Louis
No, it was the Mountain Dew: The fact that Mr. Devlin consumed tons of Mountain Dew (drank it like water, according to the folks who knew him ) is pretty much all we need to know. All of the sugar and caffeine could not have been a positive influence.
If you don't publish this letter, I will understand. I presume that the Pepsi-Cola Company does advertise in your publication.
Earl Sigoloff, Creve Coeur
Keep talking: Malcolm Gay's article on the kidnappings was very enlightening as to who Michael Devlin is. Learning how he behaved in the world outside his apartment showed us that we should be more vigilant about what goes on around us. Will we learn more about Stockholm Syndrome? Will the media take this case and try to educate the public, or will they push it to the wayside when something else erupts? When the media has a chance to educate people about something, they seem to forget about the episode very quickly. Here is a chance to educate people about this syndrome and also help in alerting the public to stay vigilant, so maybe we can help prevent child abductions.
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Table of Contents
Student Culture
The Rhythm and Timing of Alcohol Consumption at Haverford and Bryn Mawr
Structural and Space Issues
Closing Statement
I. Introduction
The Bi-College Alcohol Task Force (hereinafter the ATF) was convened by the presidents and deans of Bryn Mawr and Haverford Colleges to address the alarming increase in cases of alcohol poisoning which the two campuses experienced during Semester I, 1996-97. While charged with looking into the causes of this increase, the ATF was asked to take a comprehensive look at our policies and practices with respect to alcohol and at the role which alcohol plays in the lives and culture of our students.
The members of the ATF are:
Renuka Babu BMC '98 Honor Board
Kristin Brinner, HC '97, JSAAPP (Joint Student-Administration Alcohol Policy Panel)
Sherry Y. Butler, Student Activities Coordinator BMC
Julia Epstein, Barbara Riley Levin Professor of Comparative Literature, HC
Steve Ferzacca, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, BMC
Zachary First HC '97, Customs
Sheenu Jalla BMC '97, Student Government Association
Greg Kannerstein, Associate Dean and Director of Athletics, HC
Chuck Heyduk, Assistant Dean, BMC (Co-Chair)
Ryan Therrell HC '97, Students' Council
Lisa Trefethen BMC '97, Customs
Steve Watter, Associate Dean of the College, HC (Co-Chair)
The ATF first met on February 3, 1997 to review the charge and set the stage for its work. The ATF met regularly throughout the months of February and March. A great deal of time and attention was focused on collecting data and soliciting input from as broad a cross-section of our two academic communities as possible. We wanted to hear from and heard from students, faculty, administration and staff. On a number of occasions, we invited key members of our community (those whose work brings them into direct contact with alcohol issues) to meet with us. These included:
The student members of the ATF met in a variety of formal and informal settings with students. They solicited feedback about student attitudes and practices through student leaders such as student government dorm representatives, members of Honor Council and Customspeople, asking a series of questions developed by the ATF. (see Appendix)
Steve Ferzacca and Julia Epstein obtained input from members of the faculty on both campuses about the role alcohol plays in the classroom and what affect alcohol has on the lives of faculty living on campus.
We also felt it would be instructive to hear from students and
staff from institutions of higher education similar to ours. The
students on the ATF contacted student government leaders and the
faculty and administrators contacted deans or their designees from
the following six institutions:
A common set of questions was asked of the students and deans (see Appendix), designed to get a sense of the role alcohol plays at the institutions above, trends with respect to alcohol, and efforts which have been made to address alcohol issues/problems. We asked the individuals with whom we spoke to send along copies of their alcohol policies and party policies for our review. Alcohol and party policies received will be kept on file, along with the minutes of all ATF proceedings.
Finally, the Task Force made a site visit to Princeton University, an institution which has given considerable attention to the issue of alcohol over the past decade. Four members of our group visited Princeton on March 26. Princeton dean Sandy Silverman generously developed a most useful itinerary for us, wherein we had the opportunity to meet with staff and students leaders actively engaged with alcohol issues there.
The ATF met a final time on Wednesday, March, 26 to summarize findings and make initial recommendations. A number of recurring themes, concerns and issues emerged during the course of our work which suggested the need for a coordinated, multi-faceted approach to addressing alcohol issues on our two campuses. As such, the ATF has reached consensus on a collection of recommendations and calls to action directed to the administration, student government and a wide range of campus groups and professionals in the following areas:
- Student Culture and Norms Around Alcohol
- Patterns/Rhythms of Student Drinking
- Structural/Space Considerations
- Education
- On-going Oversight (The Future)
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II. Student Culture
Haverford and Bryn Mawr Colleges regard the abuse of alcohol as inconsistent with their missions as demanding academic institutions with long traditions of student involvement and self-government.
The Colleges are dedicated to ensuring a healthy and safe campus
environment., to working with students to accomplish this, and to
providing the guidance and resources that sustain an involving
student life on campus. The colleges must safeguard students' right
to learn and grow in an atmosphere free from the kinds of
distractions, threat and coercion that can sometimes result from
abuses related to the consumption of alcohol.
The ATF believes that some of the most powerful forces affecting drinking behavior and responses to it on our campuses stem from peer influence or, if you will, student culture. Students come to our two colleges with already formed attitudes, beliefs and practices with respect to alcohol. These are then challenged and further shaped by the unique cultures on our two campuses.
The alcohol policies at our two schools, in accordance with the Honor Codes, enjoin students to protect and care for one another. Students generally do an excellent job on this score. As part of student self-governance, students have developed their own means of enforcing and administering the alcohol policy. However, a whole set of norms for partying and drinking have grown up simultaneously with the alcohol policy and its use, and these common practices sometimes seem to have more centrality in student life than the alcohol policies and the goals they represent. Sometimes the activitites associated with these accepted patterns of partying and private drinking have resulted in the dangerous situations which gave rise to the call for an Alcohol Task Force.
Many variables contribute to a situation where dangerous practices and behaviors around alcohol have come to be tolerated.
These include:
1. the broadly-held notion of "work hard; play hard,"
2. Drinking with the express purpose of getting drunk,
3. a lack of knowledge/information about what constitutes dangerous drinking and the warning signs of alcohol poisoning or a developing alcohol problem,
4. confusion about both the letter and intent of the alcohol policies, resulting in a seeming inability or unwillingness for some to take the policy seriously. Others do not engage fully with the responsibilities inherent in these policies.
One factor which exacerbates the current situation is that students do not recognize consequences to problematic behavior around alcohol. The current situation must change. Change will occur in the student culture around drinking only if and when students want it to change and have support in creating meaningful change. Peer influence is the critical element here, with student leaders as the key players.
1. Clearer expectations regarding alcohol and its use on campus must be communicated to students as soon after their matriculation as possible and regularly reinforced throughout their time at the Colleges. These clearer messages should, ideally, come from student leaders (HAs, Customspeople, HCOs, UCAs, SGA/Students' Council, Honor Council, Team Captains, JSAAPP, etc.). We cannot stress strongly enough the dangers inherent in and the unacceptability of drinking to the point of unconsciousness, alcohol poisoning or an inability to control one's actions. Steps should be taken prior to the beginning of the 1997-98 for student leaders and other community members (administrators and/or faculty), as deemed appropriate by the presidents and deans, to reach consensus on the precise message we wish to communicate in this regard and on a plan for effectively communicating that message.
2. Students also need to know that there will be consequences for failure to live up to these expectations. Such instances will be addressed by the bodies already empowered to deal with violations of community standards (Honor Council/Board and JSAAPP) and appropriate resolutions, including sanctions when necessary, imposed.
3. The serious consequences that result from alcohol abuse (ranging from loss of self-regard to injury to regretted sexual experiences to tragedy) must be recognized by students individually and collectively. Information about such adverse consequences should be incorporated into our alcohol education efforts (see below).
4. Student role models are important and currently not sufficiently utilized by our communities. Students look to student government, honor board, hall advisers, customspeople, team captians, UCOs and HCOs for indications of the norms of conduct and the consequences for inappropriate behavior. Community consensus on clearer guidelines for what it means to be a role model in general, and with respect to alcohol, in particular, should be reached and, in turn, communicated. At the very least, we should be able to increase the likelihood that such leaders will not be bad examples of the norms our community desires and help the incumbents of these key roles feel empowered to help their peers.
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III. The Rhythm and Timing of Alcohol Consumption at Haverford and Bryn Mawr
The ATF was able to identify a rhythm and timing that shapes the patterns of student "drinking" on the two campuses. The rhythm and timing of alcohol consumption, two separate, but related issues, hold the potential for unhealthy, if not dangerous, patterns of student drinking, and are probably central to the alcohol poisonings over the past academic year. We recommend three principal interventions:
1) the "disruption" of the rhythm of "drinking,"
2) the "disruption" of the timing of "drinking," and
3) the provision of activities for students during times that hold the potential for dangerous alcohol consumption among students.
1. The rhythm of alcohol consumption on the two campuses is ordered by the academic schedule of classes. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights are seen by students as times of the week available for drinking and parties. The Task Force repeatedly were told by all of those faculty, students, and staff of this overall rhythm. Students themselves described "problem drinking" as deviation from this rhythm -- additional drinking on nights other than the Thursday-Saturday pattern. This social fact indexes the "normalcy" of this rhythm of alcohol consumption for our students. By adjusting the academic schedule of classes, labs, and examinations, we might affect the oragninzing principle that shapes dictates the rhythm of student life at the colleges.
Clearly, more classes scheduled on Friday, and scheduled during
morning hours, would probably reduce Thursday night drinking, and
therefore, reducing the rhythm to a Friday-Saturday pattern that
could lead to a harm reduction program that lessens the number of
evening for drinking and parties, and does so with a structural
feature. -- schedule of classes -- that already "makes sense" to
students as an organizing force in their daily lives.
2. Another issue that the Task Force identified during its deliberations is the timing of alcohol consumption .The "times" before and after wet or dry events and parties appear to hold the potential for dangerous and unhealthy alcohol consumption by our students. The scheduling of activities or events during these "before" and "after" times may attract students out of their private spaces where apparently unhealthy drinking takes place. A coffee shop, student run perhaps, with music and other kinds of student performances scheduled during the 5:00 to 11:00 p.m. period may provide an additional element to the context of student life that offers a healthy alternative to drinking in the privacy of suites and rooms. This coffee shop would remain open into the very late night on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights as a healthy alternative to returning to rooms to continue drinking. Other events that "mimic" the parties that students value, but without alcohol (dances., performance art, music, etc.) could be scheduled at these times.
3. Alternative activities and some places to go other than dorm rooms and suites during these pre- and post-event times are recommended. At Haverford, the possibility of expanded lounges in residence halls was often mentioned by students. At Bryn Mawr, the desire for common gathering spaces beyond the Campus Center cafe was cited.
A revitalized and reconfigured social life needs to rise to the level of an institutional commitment.. The work to enhance social life in which the student activities coordinators, students governments, deans and presidents offices and many other ongoingly participate is often effective and is deeply appreciated by the community. Students cannot do this hard and important work on their own. New, creative ideas are important, but, in addition to this, our institutions need ,as one of the ATF members has so aptly stated, to "put our money where our mouth is." For example, substantial sums will be required for the common spaces noted above--which, if they are to be used, need to have an inviting atmosphere replete with good lighting and comfortable furniture, vcrs , stereos and and tvs. Money and carefula attention are needed for more good entertainment, more good food, for bus runs to Philadelphia which will allow for a return home after the last regularly scheduled commuter train or runs to Swarthmore and Penn to make taking advantage of the cultural, entertainment or recreational opportunities these institutions have to offer a more realistic possibility.
Students will continue to "work hard, play hard." However, it is
our conviction that a combined student/institutional effort holds
within it the greatest potential for having a positive impact on
breaking the patterns and rhythms which have put students at
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IV. Structural and Space Issues
The ATF recommends that a party notification system be developed and implemented on each campus by the appropriate student groups with the cooperation of college staff. The Bryn Mawr party policy now in place includes a notification process and the forms which implement it ( see appended materials). At Haverford, a party notification system should be developed that is consistent with JSAAPP and Students Council procedures. Security and Housekeeping are departments of the college that clearly require and deserve advance word of parties.
Information that might be useful in the notification procedures might include the time, place, hosts' names, number of guests expected, plans for set-up and cleanup, and perhaps a list of tips and reminders about tasks that should completed before, during and afetr parties. Guidelines about all sorts of factors, such as relevant laws, policies, liabilities, precedents, noise, alcohol, emergency procedures, expense reimbursement, etc. might be packaged with the
Because of the potential for assessing the scope and quality of the visible party scene, it seems important to monitor the performance of the party notification systems at least at the beginning. We should anticipate the existence of such a a notification system and the group which administers it to have a variety of significant effects on invisible or private parties and direct educational messages to hosts and participants in parties of both styles.
Programs to train party hosts regarding all aspects of their responsibilities should be established, and a means to insist that hosts obtain training instituted. Combination of student leadership, professional staff and past hosts might be best presenters. Videotaped presentations may be a helpful way to overcome time constraints. Written checklists might be distributed. Follow up reports on party and its successfulness are very important.
Campus leadership needs to address charging for cups, entrance or alcohol per se. This is clearly illegal and a practice which creates huge individual liability for hosts. Our communities need to work to find ways to balance the student perception that this is the only way for parties with alcohol to occur (since funding cannot come from the Colleges or student governments) against the very real dangers that this current practice represents.
We should be sure to address overcrowding of party spaces and if need be have space limits pertinent to the safety and social goals of parties. More or at least different spaces may need to established for parties. Seeking healthier party space (larger, more attractive, space for dancing) must be a means for fostering healthier parties and participation in social life that is not abuse focused.
It may also be valuable to reconsider definitions of public vs. private space, wet party vs. dry party spaces since space often shapes drinking behavior.
As mentioned above, leisure space should be created in those areas of the campuses. Areas should be conducive to positive interaction among students,
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V. Education
Presently, both Bryn Mawr and Haverford provide numerous alcohol education programs to inform students about the health risks, responsibilities, and liabilities that alcohol consumption can pose. These programs are presented by professional staff and by peer educators and are usually directed at incoming students. Throughout the school year, peer education and outreach services are available to upper-class students as well. Expanded and ongoing educational measures are necessary as part of a comprehensive effort to improve the campus atmospheres around alcohol use and misuse.
1. Successful education about alcohol should provide students with the information and experiences they need to make responsible decisions on whether to drink and, if so, how to drink responsibly. Information about the effects of alcohol on the body, health concerns, responsibility for one's own behavior, and one's responsibility to others should be addressed. It seems important to try help individuals consider the relevance of family history of addictions to their own decisions.
While students seem to have basic information on how to avoid overindulgence, the college communities should design and promote clear guidelines for students to follow in assisting one another when alcohol misuse necessitates it. Students should know the signs of intoxication and alcohol poisoning and be able to respond effectively to emergencies which may arise
2. Why students drink alcohol. While most students today come to college with significant experience drinking alcohol, students begin or resume drinking and develop drinking patterns under a variety of conditions and circumstances. To better educate our students and community about the effects of alcohol misuse, we should recognize the primary reasons students choose to drink. Among these are:
a. Peer pressure. Students often are introduced to alcohol by friends and acquaintances and are encouraged to drink as an "outlet."
b. Socialization. Drinking is a social vehicle for many students on college campuses. Drinking and smoking are part of the social scene and are an expected part of socializing in American collegiate culture.
c. Stress relief. By their own accounts, Bryn Mawr and Haverford students lead intense and stressful academic lives. Alcohol is used by many students as a stress reducer. Students use alcohol to relax and to buffer themselves from academic and other pressures.
d. Hooking up (sexual relations). Alcohol use is relied upon by many students as a sexual stimulant or facilitator of "hooking up.' While this behavior pattern of "one night stands" and "false courage" to make sexual contact with "no strings attached" is not a new phenomenon, it has resurfaced. In the worst cases, ruined friendships, regretted sex, or even sexual assault, sexually transmitted diseases, or unplanned pregnancy can result.
e. Celebration. A common method to acknowledge an occasion, alcohol plays a central role in the celebration birthdays, major accomplishments, or athletic victory.
f. Availability. Alcohol is readily available to most college students, and Haverford and Bryn Mawr are no different. Underage students are introduced to alcohol at large and small parties and in private residences.
g. Taboo. Some students drink because they have been discouraged or forbidden to do so by parents, family, cultural tradition, or school rules. Students can seem to overindulge sometimes just to prove a point, to feel empowered, to participate in a rite of passage from youth to adulthood.
h. Lack of Alternative Social Outlets. Often, opportunities for social activity are not looked upon as alternatives to alcohol centered events. Sometimes this is because the need for stress relief or distraction are just not addressed by alternative events. Often, alternative activities would be quite successful if their potential for fun and sociability were recognized by students. Careful design, ample advance notice, and adequate resources are essential to the success of events offering good alternatives to alcohol-centered parties. As the activities coordinators and social committees on each campus can attest, alternative events require at least the same amount of planning, hard work, and student enthusiasm as events with alcohol.
3. Responses to problems. Public Saftey/Security, health services , and the drug and alcohol counselors are invaluable components of the colleges support systems. Every effort should be made to provide staff members with the training, supervision and support necessary to be effective. It is imperative that Public Saftey/Security officers remain at the center of the response to emergencies and that students realize that Public Safety/Security personnel are there to assist them in a crisis. It is also imperative that students remain comfortable calling on Public Safety/Security for help, and that fear of disciplinary notice not undermine the generally positive relationship enjoyed by our officers with students and the college communities.
Clear expectations of what is expected of staff and close coordination among public safety/security, the health services staff and the deans is essential. Public Saftey officers have clearly indicated a desire to receive clear statements of the communities expectations for them to folow in the work. Advance training should be provided for those students, faculty and staff likely to participate in mediation, honor proceedings, deans panels, or similar activities in which educational messages or referrals about alcohol issues are likely to occur.
4. Impact of alcohol misuse on individuals and the college community. It is unclear whether there is any great change in the patterns or intensity of alcohol use or misuse at the colleges. It is quite evident, however, that the quality of life on campus, and sometimes for neighbors as well, is negatively affected by alcohol related damage and vandalism, accidents, disturbances, or poor conduct. Every effort must be made to prevent injury, emotional difficulty, and poor academic performance which is avoidable, by proactive education, by responding to those whose behavior is problematic, and by sensitizing the wider campus community to impact of alcohol misuse on families, fellow students, teachers, staff, and neighbors.
5. Curricular Relevance. When possible and appropriate, members of the college communities should consider including material that promotes alcohol education in regular and special academic offerings (e.g., as examples or components in social science, research methods, or gender studies courses), extracurricular opportunities, and community service programs. Administrrative officers, faculty leaders and student government might find it valuable to develop formal means of encouraging and promoting such activity within the broader educational efforts of the colleges.
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VI. Oversight
1. ATF recommends the appointment of an on-going OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE (or advisory board) to monitor trends regarding alcohol use, to provide leadership and coordination to campuswide efforts to improve the climate surrounding alcohol use, and to make recommendations to appropriate existing campus officers and committees.
An oversight group should be established on each campus and coordination between the committees should be built into the structure from the start. Composition should be 5 or 6 members per campus. Students, faculty, administration and staff would be included. A pre-arranged method for choosing replacements should be established. The committee(s) would be appointed for a two (or three) year period. At the end of this time a decision on whether to maintain such a group will be made by the deans and presidents.
The oversight group would make regular reports to presidents, deans, student governments and appropriate student life committees. These reports should include recommendations, as necessary, for enhancing existing policies, procedures and practices related to alcohol use and abuse in the college communities.
It seems important that the oversight work through existing campus structures by consulting with student government leaders, deans and directors, faculty committees, etc. It would be valuable to establish an agenda and timetable both over the two year period and during the year for consideration of issues related to alcohol (with thoughts to plenary, student government changeover, budgeting cycles, etc.).
2. We recommend a formal SURVEY at each college, to be repeated
regularly over the next several years, including items from the Core
Institute Survey or some similar instrument, so that the results are
readily comparable to findings on national trends and on patterns of
use at various types of institutions.
a. To gather information on student behavior and viewpoints which can inform policy, educational efforts and clinical practice
b. To provide a basis for assessing trends in patterns of use and abuse, student attitudes, etc. over time
c. To heighten awareness of the individuals surveyed to the range of issues related to alcohol use and abuse in the college communities and to help them reflect on and to assess their own behavior, that of the groups to which they belong, and that of others on campus
d. To provide the basis for comparison of campus norms, views and
policies to that at a range of other schools
The oversight group or its designees should work with campus services and appropriate student and faculty groups to regularly collect and assess data
1. on incidents of abuse on the campuses and their resolution,
2. on attempts to enhance the social life ( and coping with stress activities designed to help students cope with stress), and
3. on educational efforts related to alcohol use and abuse and their effectiveness.
Pehaps the colleges might consider assigning responsibility for monitoring patterns of drug use to same committee (or, if not to suggest close cooperation with groups responsible for doing so).
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VII. Closing Statement - Alcohol: A Community Concern
This report highlights areas where an increased emphasis on self- respect, tresponsibility for oneself, and the safety of the community must be sought. However, the special strengths these colleges bring to addressing concerns about alcohol use are probably more significant. The current alcohol policies, procedures, and community practices (with all their benefits and shortcomings) are firmly rooted in the student life philosophy of the two colleges. Student self-governance is the central organizing principle of student life on the campuses. Given the nature and traditions of our institutions, the well being and development of students will continue to be our most important concern. Self-governance is both a means and end. The processes we employ to better address alcohol use and abuse in the communities, and the goals we seek in so doing, must have self-governance as their focus.
As students, as their teachers, and as the staff of each college, we must individually and collectively commit ourselves to meeting our responsibilities to govern ourselves with respect to alcohol and to help others to do so. Every individual must be, in the words of the alcohol policies "responsible for their own well being, as well as the well being of others."
As self-governing student communities under the honor codes, with the leadership of SGA and SC, students must fully participate in the development, revision, explanation, inculcation, and enforcement of college policies and procedures related to alcohol use and abuse. Students must demand of one another that each and every student take responsibility for upholding the goals and methods that we as self-governing communities have adopted. At minimum "behavior that puts lives at risk, in terms of mental and physical health and legal liability cannot be condoned." (Alcohol policy) We must avoid the tendency to defer to those on JSAAPP, Honor Board or Honor Council, or to rely only on those most deeply concerned about alcohol use, or on those with family histories of alcoholism, or on those who have almost lost a friend to alcohol poisoning or an impaired driver. We must each govern our own behavior and be willing to confront together any problems that occur even though it can be challenging and anxiety producing to do so.
As faculty and professional staff we must be willing to take seriously alcohol use and abuse not only in our own lives, but also in the lives of the student community. We must energetically and determinedly educate students about alcohol use and abuse and we must support the student community in its efforts to make self-governance successful in this area. Those whose situation permits should promote curricular and extracurricular educational opportunities which address alcohol use and the related concerns of stress. Faculty and staff should be willing to serve as role models, advisers, resource people and, if necessary, as critics.
As a two-College community (in relationship to our neighbors and to Swarthmore and the University of Pennsylvania as well) we must commit ourselves to cooperation and careful ongoing dialogue with respect to the social life of students. Our social events (with and without alcohol) and the policies that shape them should be responsive to the needs of our neighbors and demonstrate respect for their rights.
As an institution, each College must rededicate itself to demonstrating that its care for students and efforts to promote their development extends far beyond setting rules or seeking to avoid liability.
We must provide safeguards that students can learn and grow in an atmosphere free from the kinds of distractions, threat and coercion that can sometimes result from abuses related to the consumption of alcohol. Each institution must ensure that individually or cooperatively we provide the services, facilities, educational programs and staff training that promote an environment where students can flourish as they engage the challenges of their academic work and as they experiment with the rigors of self-governance.
Every effort should be made to transform concerns about alcohol
use and abuse into opportunities to better educate, encourage and
support our students. We should retreat neither from our
traditional belief in the value of student self-governance nor from
our responsibility to shape a healthy and safe campus
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This is the The Clone Bandits mod for Unreal Tournament 2004 in an UMOD installer package
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Fileplanet has already lost one.
The "The Three Amigos Community Map Pack" is no longer available.
"Clone Bandits Beta Mappack" and "Clone Bandits Mappack 2" are still available.
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[CLJ-701] Compiler loses 'loop's return type in some cases Created: 03/Jan/11 Updated: 06/Oct/14
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Clojure commit 9052ca1854b7b6202dba21fe2a45183a4534c501, version 1.3.0-master-SNAPSHOT
|hoistedmethod-pass-1.diff hoistedmethod-pass-2.diff hoistedmethod-pass-3.diff hoistedmethod-pass-4.diff hoistedmethod-pass-5.diff
(set! *warn-on-reflection* true)
(fn [] (loop [b 0] (recur (loop [a 1] a))))
Generates the following warnings:
recur arg for primitive local: b is not matching primitive, had: Object, needed: long Auto-boxing loop arg: b
This is interesting for several reasons. For one, if the arg to recur is a let form, there is no warning:
(fn [] (loop [b 0] (recur (let [a 1] a))))
Also, the compiler appears to understand the return type of loop forms just fine:
(use '[clojure.contrib.repl-utils :only [expression-info]]) (expression-info '(loop [a 1] a)) ;=> {:class long, :primitive? true}
The problem can of course be worked around using an explicit cast on the loop form:
(fn [] (loop [b 0] (recur (long (loop [a 1] a)))))
Reported by leafw in IRC: http://clojure-log.n01se.net/date/2011-01-03.html#10:31
|Comment by a_strange_guy [ 03/Jan/11 4:36 PM ]
The problem is that a 'loop form gets converted into an anonymous fn that gets called immediately, when the loop is in a expression context (eg. its return value is needed, but not as the return value of a method/fn).
(fn [] (loop [b 0] (recur (loop [a 1] a))))
gets converted into
(fn [] (loop [b 0] (recur ((fn [] (loop [a 1] a))))))
see the code in the compiler:
this conversion already bites you if you have mutable fields in a deftype and want to 'set! them in a loop
|Comment by Christophe Grand [ 23/Nov/12 2:28 AM ]
loops in expression context are lifted into fns because else Hotspot doesn't optimize them.
Adressing all those problems isn't easy.
[1] beware of
|Comment by Alex Miller [ 21/Oct/13 10:28 PM ]
I don't think this is going to make it into 1.6, so removing the 1.6 tag.
|Comment by Kevin Downey [ 21/Jul/14 7:14 PM ]
an immediate solution to this might be to hoist loops out in to distinct non-ifn types generated by the compiler with an invoke method that is typed to return the getJavaClass() type of the expression, that would give us the simplifying benefits of hoisting the code out and free use from the Object semantics of ifn
|Comment by Kevin Downey [ 22/Jul/14 8:39 PM ]
I have attached a 3 part patch as hoistedmethod-pass-1.diff
3ed6fed8 adds a new ObjMethod type to represent expressions hoisted out in to their own methods on the enclosing class
9c39cac1 uses HoistedMethod to compile loops not in the return context
901e4505 hoists out try expressions and makes it possible for try to return a primitive expression (this might belong on http://dev.clojure.org/jira/browse/CLJ-1422)
|Comment by Kevin Downey [ 22/Jul/14 8:54 PM ]
with hoistedmethod-pass-1.diff the example code generates bytecode like this
user=> (println (no.disassemble/disassemble (fn [] (loop [b 0] (recur (loop [a 1] a)))))) // Compiled from form-init1272682692522767658.clj (version 1.5 : 49.0, super bit) public final class user$eval1675$fn__1676 extends clojure.lang.AFunction { // Field descriptor #7 Ljava/lang/Object; public static final java.lang.Object const__0; // Field descriptor #7 Ljava/lang/Object; public static final java.lang.Object const__1; // Method descriptor #10 ()V // Stack: 2, Locals: 0 public static {}; 0 lconst_0 1 invokestatic java.lang.Long.valueOf(long) : java.lang.Long [16] 4 putstatic user$eval1675$fn__1676.const__0 : java.lang.Object [18] 7 lconst_1 8 invokestatic java.lang.Long.valueOf(long) : java.lang.Long [16] 11 putstatic user$eval1675$fn__1676.const__1 : java.lang.Object [20] 14 return Line numbers: [pc: 0, line: 1] // Method descriptor #10 ()V // Stack: 1, Locals: 1 public user$eval1675$fn__1676(); 0 aload_0 [this] 1 invokespecial clojure.lang.AFunction() [23] 4 return Line numbers: [pc: 0, line: 1] // Method descriptor #25 ()Ljava/lang/Object; // Stack: 3, Locals: 3 public java.lang.Object invoke(); 0 lconst_0 1 lstore_1 [b] 2 aload_0 [this] 3 lload_1 [b] 4 invokevirtual user$eval1675$fn__1676.__hoisted1677(long) : long [29] 7 lstore_1 [b] 8 goto 2 11 areturn Line numbers: [pc: 0, line: 1] Local variable table: [pc: 2, pc: 11] local: b index: 1 type: long [pc: 0, pc: 11] local: this index: 0 type: java.lang.Object // Method descriptor #27 (J)J // Stack: 2, Locals: 5 public long __hoisted1677(long b); 0 lconst_1 1 lstore_3 [a] 2 lload_3 3 lreturn Line numbers: [pc: 0, line: 1] Local variable table: [pc: 2, pc: 3] local: a index: 3 type: long [pc: 0, pc: 3] local: this index: 0 type: java.lang.Object [pc: 0, pc: 3] local: b index: 1 type: java.lang.Object } nil user=>
the body of the method __hoisted1677 is the inner loop
for reference the part of the bytecode from the same function compiled with 1.6.0 is pasted here https://gist.github.com/hiredman/f178a690718bde773ba0 the inner loop body is missing because it is implemented as its own IFn class that is instantiated and immediately executed. it closes over a boxed version of the numbers and returns an boxed version
|Comment by Kevin Downey [ 23/Jul/14 12:43 AM ]
hoistedmethod-pass-2.diff replaces 901e4505 with f0a405e3 which fixes the implementation of MaybePrimitiveExpr for TryExpr
with hoistedmethod-pass-2.diff the largest clojure project I have quick access to (53kloc) compiles and all the tests pass
|Comment by Alex Miller [ 23/Jul/14 12:03 PM ]
Thanks for the work on this!
|Comment by Kevin Downey [ 23/Jul/14 2:05 PM ]
I have been working through running the tests for all the contribs projects with hoistedmethod-pass-2.diff, there are some bytecode verification errors compiling data.json and other errors elsewhere, so there is still work to do
|Comment by Kevin Downey [ 25/Jul/14 7:08 PM ]
49782161 * add HoistedMethod to the compiler for hoisting expresssions out well typed methods
all contribs whose tests pass with master pass with this patch.
the change from hoistedmethod-pass-2.diff in this patch is the addition of some bookkeeping for arguments that take up more than one slot
|Comment by Nicola Mometto [ 26/Jul/14 1:37 AM ]
Kevin there's still a bug regarding long/doubles handling:
Test case:
user=> (fn [] (try 1 (finally)) 2) VerifyError (class: user$eval1$fn__2, method: invoke signature: ()Ljava/lang/Object;) Attempt to split long or double on the stack user/eval1 (NO_SOURCE_FILE:1)
|Comment by Kevin Downey [ 26/Jul/14 1:46 AM ]
bah, all that work to figure out the thing I couldn't get right and of course I overlooked the thing I knew at the beginning. I want to get rid of some of the code duplication between emit and emitUnboxed for TryExpr, so when I get that done I'll fix the pop too
|Comment by Kevin Downey [ 26/Jul/14 12:52 PM ]
hoistedmethod-pass-4.diff logically has the same three commits, but fixes the pop vs pop2 issue and rewrites emit and emitUnboxed for TryExpr to share most of their code
|Comment by Kevin Downey [ 26/Jul/14 12:58 PM ]
hoistedmethod-pass-5.diff fixes a stupid mistake in the tests in hoistedmethod-pass-4.diff


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From there, you'll either need to install a fresh copy of your operating system (well worth doing if you haven't done it for a couple of years to clear out the garbage) or copy your disk clone back using the software you used to create it (companies such as Acronis offers software that does this). In any event, copy important files to an external device first as a backup. Crucial has lots of instructional videos in its YouTube Channel.
2. Install more memory
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Best Practices in Copyright and Fair Use for User-Generated Content Released
STANFORD, Calif. (July 7, 2008)—The Fair Use Project of Stanford Law School's Center for Internet and Society today announced the release of a new code of best practices in fair use for creators in the burgeoning online video environment (centerforsocialmedia.org/remix). The code, grounded in the practices of online video makers and in the law, was collaboratively created by a cross-institutional team of scholars and lawyers coordinated by American University's Center for Social Media and led by American University professors Pat Aufderheide and Peter Jaszi.
The first of their kind, these best practices will allow users to make remixes, mashups, and other common online genres with the knowledge that they are staying within copyright law. The code identifies, among other things, six kinds of unlicensed uses of copyrighted material that may be considered fair, under certain limitations. They are:
- Commenting or critiquing of copyrighted material
- Use for illustration or example
- Incidental or accidental capture of copyrighted material
- Memorializing or rescuing of an experience or event
- Use to launch a discussion
- Recombining to make a new work, such as a mashup or a remix, whose elements depend on relationships between existing works
For instance, a blogger's critique of mainstream news is commentary. The toddler dancing to the song "Let's Go Crazy" is an example of incidental capture of copyrighted material. Many variations on the popular online video "Dramatic Chipmunk" may be considered fair use, because they recombine existing work to create new meaning.
"There is a lot of confusion out there about what is in bounds or out of bounds in the online video environment," said Fair Use Project Executive Director Anthony Falzone, who served as a member of the Code of Best Practices Committee. "These best practices will go a long way in helping people understand what they're allowed to do creatively. I'm proud to be part of this and elated that the Center for Social Media brought this all together"
Until now, anyone uploading a video has run the risk of becoming inadvertently entangled in an industry skirmish, as media companies struggle to keep their programs from circulating on the Internet. As online providers have begun to negotiate with media companies, everyone has agreed that fair use should be protected. Before the code's release, there was no clear statement about what constitutes fair use in online video.
"This code of best practices will protect an emerging creative zone–online video–from de–facto censorship," said Aufderheide. "Creators, online video providers and copyright holders will be able to know when copying is stealing and when it's legal."
"The fair use doctrine is every bit as relevant in the digital domain as it has been for almost two centuries in the print environment," said Jaszi. "Here we see again the strong connection between the fair use principle in copyright and the guarantee of freedom of speech in the Constitution."
Other code committee members include individuals affiliated with Harvard University; Georgetown University; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Stanford Law School; University of California, Berkeley; University of Pittsburgh School of Law; and University of Southern California. A complete list of committee members is available at the end of the release.
The code is part of a larger participatory media project (centerforsocialmedia.org/fairuse), funded by the Ford Foundation as part of the Center for Social Media's Future of Public Media Project. The project has already generated a convening and a study on common copyright practices in remix culture, Recut, Reframe, Recycle: Quoting Copyrighted Material in User-Generated Video (centerforsocialmedia.org/recut).
Code of Best Practices Committee Members
- Peter Jaszi, professor of law, faculty director of the Glushko-Samuelson Intellectual Property Clinic, Washington College of Law, American University
- Patricia Aufderheide, professor, director of the Center for Social Media, School of Communication, American University
- Michael C. Donaldson, Esq., Los Angeles
- Anthony Falzone, lecturer, executive director, Fair Use Project, Stanford Law School
- Lewis Hyde, Richard L. Thomas Professor of Creative Writing, Kenyon College; fellow, Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University
- Mizuko Ito, research scientist, School of Cinematic Arts, University of Southern California
- Henry Jenkins, professor, program head, comparative media studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Michael Madison, associate dean for research, associate professor of law, University of Pittsburgh School of Law
- Pamela Samuelson, Richard M. Sherman Distinguished Professor of Law and Information, University of California, Berkeley
- Rebecca Tushnet, professor, Georgetown University Law Center, Georgetown University
- Jennifer Urban, clinical associate professor of law; director of Intellectual Property and Technology Law Clinic, University of Southern California
About the Fair Use Project
The Stanford Center for Internet and Society's Fair Use Project ("the FUP") was founded in 2006. Its purpose is to provide legal support to a range of projects designed to clarify, and extend, the boundaries of "fair use" in order to enhance creative freedom. The FUP represents filmmakers, musicians, artists, writers, scholars, and other content creators in a range of disputes that raise important questions concerning fair use and the limits of intellectual property rights. In doing so, it relies on a network of talented lawyers within the Center for Internet and Society, as well as attorneys in law firms and public interest organizations that are dedicated to advancing the mission of the FUP.
About Anthony Falzone
Anthony Falzone is executive director of Stanford Law School's Fair Use Project. He is an intellectual property litigator who has represented technology and media clients in a wide array of intellectual property disputes including copyright, trademark, rights of publicity, and patent matters. He is also a lecturer in law at Stanford Law School, teaching Fair Use in Film. Prior to joining Stanford Law School, he was a partner in the San Francisco office of Bingham McCutchen LLP.
About the Center for Internet and Society
Founded by Stanford Law Professor Lawrence Lessig in 2001, the Center for Internet and Society is a public interest technology law and policy program at Stanford Law School which engages students, academics, technologists and policy makers in exploring the interactions between technology, law, and society.
About Stanford Law School
Stanford Law School is one of the nation's leading institutions for legal scholarship and education. Its alumni are among the most influential decision makers in law, politics, business, and high technology. Faculty members argue before the Supreme Court, testify before Congress, and write books and articles for academic audiences, as well as the popular press. Along with offering traditional law school classes, the school has embraced new subjects and new ways of teaching.
About American University's Center for Social Media
The Center for Social Media at American University showcases ways to use media as creative tools for public knowledge and action. It focuses on social documentary films and on the public media environment that supports civil society and democracy. In addition to hosting film festivals, conferences and working groups, it maintains a Web site that serves as a clearinghouse of resources for filmmakers, activists and scholars.
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Man killed in apparent accidental shooting while hunting
Victim communicated with witnesses before death
HOWARD COUNTY, Ind. - A man was killed Saturday evening in an apparent accidental shooting while he was hunting, police said.
Howard County sheriff's deputies were called to the 11300 block of West 100 South, west of Kokomo, just before 6:30 p.m. after dispatchers received a 911 call about the shooting.
Witnesses told police the victim, Joseph Steele, 28, had been hunting with family members in a wooded area just south of his home.
"Witnesses stated they had split up and at some point had lost sight of the victim. One of the hunters fired at a distance at what he perceived to be a squirrel. Moments later, the victim yelled out that he'd been shot," Howard County sheriff's Capt. Greg Hargrove said in a news release.
Steele was shot in the chest, but he was able to talk with witnesses before he lost consciousness. Witnesses treated him at the scene and waited for paramedics to arrive.
"Family members and witnesses are cooperating with investigators as they piece together the events leading up to this tragic shooting," Hargrove said.


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If it has wheels, you can race it. Mike Haag keeps you up to speed on the racing scene in and around South Texas in his Motorsports blog.
Monthly Archive for April, 2008
Texas Pro Sedans results
Official results of the Texas Pro Sedans race held Saturday night at Thunderhill Raceway in Kyle, Texas Finish, Car No, Driver, Hometown, Car Type, Engine/CC, Laps Completed 1. 27 Bill Labarge/Bryan, TX, BMW/2313, 20 laps. 2. 20 Sergio Hexsel/Live Oak, TX, VW Rabbit/2042, 20 laps. 3. 26 Lalo Leal/Corpus Christi, TX, Ford Cobra/2338-svo, 20 laps. […] [Read More]
Thunderhill Raceway results
Official results from Saturday's races at Thunder Hill Raceway in Kyle, Texas Grand Stock Feature Race 1. 79 Carolyn Aramendia, 35 laps. 2. 53 Cody Smith, 35 laps. 3. 07 Richard Fitch, 35 laps. 4. 65 Bryon Reed, 35 laps. 5. 79 Homer Pittner, 35 laps. 6. 97 James Aramendia, 35 laps. 7. 47 Bradley […] [Read More]
Texas Super Racing Series results
Official results from Saturday's Texas Super Racing Series race at Thunderhill Raceway in Kyle, Texas. Finish, Driver, Hometown, Laps Completed 1. Brian Moczygemba, San Antonio, 75 Laps 2. Heath Stewart, Del Valle, 75 3. Robert Barker, Boerne, 75 4. Joe Aramendia, San Antonio, 75 5. Bobby Teer Jr., Comfort, 75 6. Chris Schild, Leander, 75 […] [Read More]
Thunderhill Raceway Super Stock drivers to compete in ASA national championship
When the Super Stock class drivers fire up their engines tonight at Thunderhill Raceway, they will assume a new name for the 2008 racing season. They will now be called the ASA A-Line Super Stocks. Since Thunderhill Raceway is an American Speed Association (ASA) sanctioned track, the Super Stock class has been chose to participate […] [Read More]
Dillon Spreen scores top 10 finish in first TSRS start
Boerne Middle School student Dillon Spreen registered a top 10 finish in his first start while racing with the Texas Super Racing Series last Saturday night at Thunderhill Raceway in Kyle. Dillon Spreen recored a top 10 finish in his first race while competing with the Texas Super Racing Series. (Courtesy photo) "It was great […] [Read More]
South Texas area motorsports point standings
Area Motor Sports Point Standings Area Touring Series Texas Pro Sedans 1. Mike Merrell 29 2. Leal Leal 28 3. Jesse Sandoval 25 4. Ja Lane 20 5. Harry Osburn Jr. 19 6. Josh Cournoyer 19 Texas Super Racing Series 1. Heath Stewart 185 2. Cody Smith 170 3. Chris Schild 165 4. Bobby Teer […] [Read More]
Muscle cars and classic rock
Below is a press release that I received today from Sports Branded Media and I've placed it below for my readers to see. If you are a fan of the PINKS show on SPEED TV, then you are going to love this new show. It debuts this summer and the Texas Motorplex in Ennis will […] [Read More]
La Vernia's Cody Smith ready to duel at ORP
Cody Smith and his Slinger Wisconsin 5K Motorsports Team will compete this weekend in the ASA Late Model Series North Division season opening event at the O'Reilly Raceway Park in West Bend Wisconsin. Two weeks ago his team was ready to get started racing, but rain at the race in Toledo, Ohio prevented him from […] [Read More]
IHRA Spring Nationals results from Rockingham
Mike Perry of the IHRA sent me the following drag racing results from the IHRA Spring Nationals held this weekend from Rockingham, N.C. ROCKINGHAM, N.C. — Sunday's final results from the Spring Nationals presented by Advance Auto Parts and Castrol at Rockingham Dragway. The race is the second of 11 in the 2008 Knoll-Gas Nitro […] [Read More]
South Texas Speedway results
Official results from Saturday's races at South Texas Speedway in Corpus Christi, Texas Modified Feature Race 1. 87 Lawrence Mikulencak 2. 35 Eddy Ross 3. 25R Brian Rye 4. 55 Danny Brown 5. 15 Chuck Perry 6. 17 Joe Whitehead 7. 37 Bill Pittaway 8. 26 Darin Leonard 9. 86 Dale Myers 10. 77 DNS […] [Read More]
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Completion of the four courses listed below with a minimum GPA of 3.00 with no more than one grade with C (C- or below in any class is considered not passing). Each course will be given over an 8-week period. The courses can be taken in any order. This allows students 1) to begin the certificate in either the Fall or Spring Semester and it allows students 2) to complete the certificate in less than one calendar year.
BUS 235A: Introduction to Business Analytics
Many successful companies derive their competitive edge from the innovative use of
business analytics. In this course you will master several fundamental skills for
business analytics: data manipulation,data visualization, and statistical modeling.
We will make extensive use of the R statistical environment, a cutting-edge business
analytics tool.
BUS 235B: Business Research
This course introduces participants to 21 st Century business research methodology. The emphasis here is not on issues related
to ongoing data sources but rather to unique, one-time problems that are best solved
with custom research projects. Quantitative methods are emphasized but the advantages
of the qualitative perspective are not overlooked. Other topics include questionnaire
design, data collection, analysis, and presentation, highlighting appropriate new
technology. The aim is to prepare managers to conduct research as well as to enable
them to engage collaboratively with their research consultants.
BUS 235C: Data Mining
This course surveys a range of state-of-the-art data mining techniques. Topics include
data exploration and visualization, classification trees, support vector machines,
clustering, association rules, and anomaly detection. The focus of the course is on
developing the intuition behind the algorithms and hands-on learning with actual data
sets. Students will learn and use industrial strength data mining software.
BUS 235D: Business Analytics Simulation
This is an engaging and complex simulation in which participants attempt to transform data, ultimately, into sound tactical and strategic decisions. The setting in which the decisions are made involves five distinct segments of personal computer users. Participants make tactical and strategic decisions based on consumer, competitor, aggregate market, financial, and production function data. Decision are also made and success is gauged by monitoring a dashboard that includes measures such as manufacturing productivity, return on investment, asset productivity, investment in the future, market share, product and advertising design quality, financial risk, and financial performance. The interlocking measures challenge participants in a contest of optimization.
Total number of units
12 units
GPA needed to receive the certificate
Number of units applicable to a degree and/or Major depending upon matriculation status
(with the caveat that the units may not be uniformly applied but require advisor consent)
Up to 12 units only after student has been admitted to a graduate program meeting requirements including meeting minimum GMAT score, TOEFL score, etc.
$2,550* per 3-unit course (*Tuition fee is subject to change.)


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Goodluck to our graduates and new Alumni (Paul, Brian C., Britne, Kevin, Christy M., Brian N., Jeannine, Jessica, Abi, Pat, Mike Z.). We'll miss you guys!!!
One of the biggest perks to be being a Penn State Cheerleader is the opportunity to meet alumni at games and other events. Particulary, it is exciting to meet alums who were also a part of the cheerleading program or to talk to newly graduated team members. We encourage all of our alumni to keep in touch and welcome them to cheer each year's homecoming game and tailgate with the existing cheerleaders.
To visit the Penn State Alumni Page, click here.
Two of our newest alumni, April and Saner during their senior year.
Marty (left) and Jason (right) stop by at Dance Marathon
to give Jeannine a little break from standing. Jason danced in Thon when
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Grampa's Restaurant
We specialize in Fish, Steaks, Pastas and Grampa's own special Pizza, as well as Sandwiches & Melts for your dining pleasure!
Taqueria El Molcajete
Authentic Mexican restaurant serving breakfast too. Daily specials, seafood, salads, tacos, burritos, and more.
Ambrogio's Pizzeria
Restaurant serving Italian foods. Dine-in, delivery, or carry-out available. Pasta, steaks, chicken, sandwiches, fish, pizza and more.
Steam Plant Family Restaurant
Family restaurant located in an old steamplant building. Boone County memorabilia throughout. Banquet room available.
Pizza and Italian restaurant. Dine in, Carry out, and Delivery. Everything from pizza to sandwiches, Friday fish fry to pasta.
When in Belvidere, stop by, walk-up and enjoy a refreshing desert or a quick meal. Many choices to choose from and quality is always the best.
Northern Illinois Wine Trail
The Northern Illinois Wine Trail is a unique collection of 40 wineries and vineyards, each distinctive and picturesque in its own way. Follow the Northern Illinois Wine Trail from downtown Chicago's urban splendor to the unmatched scenic beauty of Galena and Northwest Illinois. You can choose to visit one winery, experience several wineries within one of our three geographic loops, or go all out and experience everything the Northern Illinois Wine Trail has to offer from East to West. Regardless of how you choose to experience the Northern Illinois Wine Trail; the staff of our family-owned wineries and vineyards are there to welcome you with incomparable Midwest hospitality and service - not to mention numerous award-winning Illinois wines.
Italian murals, fireplace, candlelit tables, white linen tablecloths. A touch of "Old Italy".
Hailey's Winery
Hailey's Winery specializes in handcrafted wines from grape varieties native to Illinois, as well as other varietals, and seasonal fruits. We are a fully functioning winery, with all wines produced and bottled on the premises. Wine tastings are available in our tasting room any time during our business hours, and we also have weekend music events. In addition to wine, we have homemade bread, cheeses, chocolates, and gift items.
Wind Ridge Herb Farm
Wind Ridge Herb Farm in Caledonia, IL grows over 400 varieties of culinary and medicinal herbs without the use of chemical fertilizers. The herbs produced by Wind Ridge Herb Farm are Certified Naturally Grown. They carry only natural products with no artificial dyes, preservatives, or additives; personally harvesting, inspecting, drying, and packaging the herbs in order to guarantee quality and freshness. The garden is available for meetings, tours, groups and catered lunches. Lunches are provided for groups of 8 or more, and include a garden tour.
McEachran Homestead
The McEachran Homestead is offically recognized by the State of Illinois as a sesquicentennial farm. In addition to preserves and fresh produce, the farm sells its own line of grape and fruit wines.
Kinnikinnick Farm
At Kinnikinnick Farm, you'll sleep in tents and feed off the land as you experience life in a more relaxed environment. This is a 30-acre organic market farm that sells organic produce to some of Chicago's best chefs and restaurants and direct to the public at the Evanston and the Chicago Green City Farmers Markets. In addition to organic vegetables, the farm produces eggs, raises chickens, and is the home for a small herd of sheep, hogs, 6 dogs, a rabbit named Bandit, and Shelly, the family's Nubian milk goat.
Italian restaurant in Capron serving pizza, sandwiches and dinners.
The Buss Stop
Daily specials, Friday fish fry, Saturday pizza specials and ice cream specialities in a friendly atmosphere. Cheese available for purchase. Carryout, smoke-free. No credit cards.
Beef-A-Roo - Cafe Style
Not a chain, but a Rockford Original cooking it just for you. Sandwiches are made to order and the sides, including baked potatoes, are delicious. Each area location has its own, distinct personality.
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Beef-A-Roo - Northwoods Lodge
Not a chain, but a Rockford Original cooking it just for you. Sandwiches are made to order and the sides, including baked potatoes, are delicious. Each area location has its own, distinct personality.
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Pig Minds Brewing Co.
Pig Minds Brewing Company specializes in handcrafted ales in a variety of styles, using the finest barley, wheat, malts and hops to produce their tasty beers. Try as many as seven of their beers including American Irish Red, Blue Collar American Wheat, Hopcore American Pale Ale or anything else they may be brewing at the time. The food menu has everything from appetizers to desserts.
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Ridott Corners
Stop in for one of our famous burgers, or join us on Tuesdays for Taco Tuesday. Full bar, carryouts, and outdoor dining. Open: Su: Noon - 10 pm; M -W: 10 am - 12 am; Th - F: 7 am - 1 am; S: 10 am - 1 am. Banquet facilities for 50. Lunch and dinner under $10.00
Cliffbreakers Restaurant and Bar/Lounge
Overlooking the Rock River, furnished with antiques and architectural artifacts. Enjoy Cliffbreakers' Fauerbach beerstube lounge, martini lounge, eclectic menu, Carvery Buffet Thursdays, Seafood Buffet Fridays and Champagne Brunch Sundays.
Giovanni's Restaurant & Big Al's Bar
A local favorite, Giovanni's Restaurant is known for its good food, service and competitive prices. Extensive banquet facilities. Big Al's Bar, an upscale entertainment and jazz bar, has a bar menu that includes pasta dishes, sandwiches appetizers & much more.
Olympic Tavern
Friendly neighborhood place for drinks, pizza, homemade soup or full dinners. Steaks, chops, chicken, seafood, ribs, barbeque, pizza, pasta and salads. Patio dining in summer. Full bar.
Stockholm Inn
Popular with both locals and visitors, this restaurant's menu and decor echoes Rockford's Swedish heritage. In addition to American food, the Stockholm Inn cooks up Swedish pancakes with imported lingonberries, Swedish meatballs and other Swedish favorites. And great coffee, of course! Banquet rooms are available. Home of the Lingonberry Gift Shop with "the best Scandinavian gifts in the world."
Carlyle Brewing Company
Enjoy the taste of quality, handcrafted beer in the atmosphere of a true European-style ale house in the Rockford Region's premiere microbrewery. Ten to twelve styles of ales and lagers are on tap at any time, chosen from more than 30 styles of beer brewed on-site throughout the year. For a real treat for the beer lover, try the sampler tray of current beers. Delicious homemade root beer is a great treat for the whole family, available in a tall glass or as a root beer float. Sandwiches, bratwurst, and hot pretzels are also available.
Abreo Restaurant, Wine Bar & Patio
In the heart of the up-and-coming 500 block, Abreo has become known as downtown's premiere restaurant and nightspot. Housed in vintage 1888 architecture, the atmosphere is uniquely its own. From its cozy wine bar with a beautiful stone fireplace, its whimsical dining room, its peaceful garden patio, to its intimate wine cellar, Abreo is an experience for all of the senses.


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Sweet Treats Game
Victory is so sweet in the Sweet Treats Game from Beleduc! This colorful, wooden game is a tasty delight for youngsters, as they see who can collect the most pieces of candy. To play, the 41 wooden candy pieces that each feature 3 different colors and designs are spread out over the blue game board. Then, each player takes a turn rolling 3 dice, and whoever can first correctly match the 3 colors that appear on the dice to a piece of candy with those same 3 colors, should grab the piece of candy in order to get the piece of candy! Whoever has the most candy once all of the pieces are taken is the winner! For an added challenge, the instruction guide shows 2 additional ways to play and win the game. How many pieces of candy can you collect?
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