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University Outreach and Student Affairs
Orientation | Clarkson Housing | Extracurricular Activities | Student Development Services | Career Center | Varsity Sports | Alumni | Parents
The Office of the Vice President for University Outreach and Student Affairs oversees the areas of the University that have a significant impact on student life. The staff is committed to assisting students with the many adjustments they face during their college years. The Vice President works closely with student leaders, student groups, and individual students to assess student needs and develop programs and services to meet those needs. The Student Affairs professionals view university life as a total educational experience, encompassing the ongoing activities and programs offered in residence halls, clubs and organizations, special campus events, and experiential programs both on and off the campus. Our students are always expected to behave in ways that are mindful of safety and civility, respecting and celebrating the many differences they find among one another. The University Outreach and Student Affairs staff members at Clarkson are educators in their own right and work to build bridges between the faculty and students and the outside world in new and creative ways. Clarkson students become part of a dynamic and diverse community of scholars and will grow and develop as individuals within that community as they prepare for their futures.
- University Outreach and Student Affairs is a catalyst for bridging diverse academic, cultural, professional and social experiences, empowering students to achieve their full potential.
- We promote intellectual, personal and professional growth through the creation and delivery of developmental opportunities in a collaborative and respectful campus community.
- We enhance faculty/staff interaction and facilitate cocurricular educational activities as well as provide global, pre-professional and leadership experiences.
- CORE Values
Vision — Integrity — Diversity — Pride — Empowerment — Collaboration
Clarkson is a residential university, with the majority of students residing on campus. Other students live in fraternity or sorority houses or apartments in the Village of Potsdam. Being a student at Clarkson means entering into "community" at several different levels. Broadly speaking, there is the learning community that encompasses the full experience of living and studying on the Clarkson campus, accompanied by the pleasures and responsibilities of being an integral part of a relatively small college town. However, small and sometimes powerful communities often develop within the floor of a residence hall; or among a group of laboratory partners; or among the members of a campus club. A Clarkson education encompasses far more than classroom and laboratory activities, studying, and grades. It is a total experience that includes building new relationships, finding out more about oneself, clarifying career and personal goals for the future, and learning how to be a participating member of a society that constantly strives to be better.
Clarkson students work hard. The University's standards are high, the courses challenging, and the time full. Sometimes it can be quite demanding. But we also know from thousands of our alumni — as well as current students — that they take great pride in having worked hard for a quality education that pays off for them in many different ways. In addition to providing each student with a strong academic program, Clarkson is committed to helping its students develop personally and professionally. Your learning experience will reach well beyond the traditional classroom and laboratory setting. An essential part of your educational experience will emerge through the programs and activities in which you participate. Another characteristic that we see in our students is a strong desire to make the world a better place, and we try in many different ways to encourage involvement in and service to the surrounding community. To be able to find ways of giving back to our communities is truly the mark of a responsible and independent adult.
Students approaching their first year at Clarkson know that they have been accepted to an academically selective institution, yet the atmosphere at the University is friendly and supportive, one in which students go out of their way to help each other succeed. Our students learn the importance of an individual's contribution to successful teamwork in the completion of any project. This gives the Clarkson graduate experience and insight into the significance of developing intellectual and interpersonal skills simultaneously.
The first year at Clarkson is structured to help students in their academic, personal, and social adjustment to college and to their future. Clarkson's concern for new students begins even before they arrive on campus. Over the summer, the University sends first-year students an array of information about life and traditions at Clarkson, from materials concerning housing assignments and roommates, to information about arrival times and the Orientation Program.
Orientation is a formal introduction to life at Clarkson. During this period, newcomers meet housemates, classmates, advisors, and other members of the campus community. Students may choose to become involved in a pre-Orientation trip as a way of being introduced to Clarkson life before the comprehensive Orientation Program begins. Orientation provides numerous opportunities to find out all about life at Clarkson from a personal, social, and academic standpoint. It is a time for learning about Clarkson traditions, appreciating the value of the University's celebrative community, and learning about ways to serve in the larger community. To assist new students, every first-year residence hall floor is assigned a resident advisor. The resident advisors (or RAs) are upperclass students trained to ease the transition from high school and home to college. If they are not able to answer a question, they know who can.
Once classes begin, campus life takes on an identity of its own. Students begin to adjust to a new and different schedule, to new academic performance expectations, and to an entirely new way of life. Some adjust more easily than others. For those who need assistance with academic, personal, or social concerns, there are any number of possible routes available. Counseling Services represent one possibility. The people there are trained to assist students in every aspect of their daily lives: stress management, interpersonal communication, personal issues, etc. The Counseling staff can help find a solution to a problem, or can find someone else to help.
The Student Success Center is designed to support all students in a proactive and supportive environment by providing structured and effective services as they persist towards their undergraduate degree. The SSC incorporates three offices: First-Year Advising and University Studies, Accommodative Services and Trio's-Student Support Services. Using a collaborative approach within and across the campus community, the SSC offers all students access to academic counseling and advisement, as well as tutoring and disability services.
Student Support Services (SSS)
The Student Support Services is a federally funded Trio program designed to maximize the academic performance of Clarkson University students who are first generation, from low income background or who have a disability. SSS provides opportunities for academic development assists students with basic college requirements, and serves to motivate students toward the successful completion of their post-secondary education. The SSS program may also provide grant aid to current students. Student services include study skills development, tutoring, financial literacy, mentoring and financial assistance.
First-Year Advising
It is not unusual for students to experience many changes in their first year on campus, and we provide resources to help them. Academic advising is an important function of Clarkson's faculty and staff. Although all students have a faculty or professional administrative advisor within their academic programs of study, an added service offered by Clarkson is First-Year Advising for students who want extra guidance. Many students want to tailor their education to pursue multiple interests, or they are still deciding on a major or career direction.
Office of Accommodative Services
This is the initial point of contact for students with documented disabilities seeking accommodations or services. The office is responsible for maintaining disability-related documentation, certifying eligibility for receipt of services, determining reasonable accommodation, and ensuring the provision of those services. Students are asked to make contact with the Office of Accommodative Services prior to the beginning of each semester at Clarkson, in order to help ensure that accommodations will be available in a timely fashion.
The student will meet with the Director of Accommodative Services to review documentation and determine appropriate accommodations. The Office of Accommodative Services will assist the student with faculty notification requesting appropriate accommodations. Appropriate accommodations will be provided to students who have followed the procedures as developed by the Office of Accommodative Services. Services may include short-term arrangements for students who have become temporarily disabled.
First-Year Seminar
The University understands that there are common areas where concerns arise and has developed a series of programs specifically for first-year students. The most comprehensive program required of freshmen is the First-Year Seminar. The course introduces students to the broad educational mission of the University. It also covers such topics as alcohol and drugs, fitness, stress management, sexuality, leadership skills, academic adjustment, and communication. The course allows for discussion and presentation with faculty and upperclass peer assistants, as well as with outside experts. It builds skills for group interaction.
First-Year Transition
The Clarkson Union Board, Residence Life staff, and Residence Hall Association take over where the First-Year Seminar ends. Each group plans and coordinates a number of activities and co-curricular programs open to all students. Activities such as a trip to Toronto to see Miss Saigon and Phantom of the Opera or opportunities to attend professional sporting events in Ottawa, Montreal, or Buffalo might be offered by one of these groups. Whatever one's taste, there is probably a program to satisfy it. If not, each of these groups is either student run or has student representatives to help plan and implement desired programs.
In any major, the first-year curriculum at Clarkson is challenging. All first-year students take the Clarkson seminar, which addresses important questions around a central theme. In each school, common coursework in the first year makes it easy to change majors if the academic interests change.
To assist in the transition to Clarkson's academic program, first-year students are encouraged to live with others around a common theme interest, whether it is academic or recreational. Peer mentors help students living in theme housing with their academic and social transitions to Clarkson. They do this by helping to indentify tutoring needs and resources, helping to organize social and leadership events and just generally being available to assist students. Students living in themed housing are encouraged to study and learn together and to develop mentoring relationships with faculty.
Students may seek help with their academic work through the Student Support Services area, their instructors, or the department in which a course is offered. Group tutoring sessions are organized for many first-year courses.
It is part of the challenge of the first year to learn to strike a healthy balance between an academic program and a social life. Clarkson is ready to help, and the University staff is experienced at supporting students in their efforts to succeed. The help is there for the asking — and is all part of the supportive environment that is the experience of being a first-year student at Clarkson.
The Wellness staff is dedicated to helping discover the maximum potential they possess and are capable of maintaining through Experiential Learning Theories by using a positive approach to enhance learning by helping to reduce health-related barriers to academic success. The Wellness staff conducts activities that encourage thinking and stepping out of the box and relating these emotional states to the tasks and environment the individuals interact with. The overall outcome is to use active participation in these activities to help individuals develop a sense of awareness during decision making to encourage a happier, healthier existence. For more information, go to: http://www.clarkson.edu/wellness/
Clarkson Housing
Clarkson is a residential university. Single undergraduate students are required to live in University housing and dine in campus facilities unless they are granted an exemption to the residency requirement listed in the policies. Junior and senior fraternity and sorority members who meet academic requirements may live and dine in University-recognized fraternity and sorority housing. Upperclass fraternity and sorority members living in residence halls may be permitted to take their meals at their respective fraternity or sorority houses.
University housing provides accommodations ranging from traditional rooms to suites to apartments. Most first-year students reside together in the Cubley-Reynolds and Hamlin-Powers complex. Special attention is given to the assigning of roommates to first-year students. Some of our housing units feature suite-type accommodations; these rooms are fully carpeted with interconnecting baths. Lounges and recreational areas, laundry rooms, and vending machines are located in or near each residence facility. Campus housing is staffed by live-in University employees known as Area Coordinators, who supervise and train students as resident advisors and directors to assist the students with personal issues and a variety of educational, social and recreational programs. Substance-free housing is available to our students. Smoking is not permitted in any buildings on campus including the residence halls.
Students living in campus housing are required to contract for food service, eating their meals in a University dining venue of their choice (exceptions are campus apartment residents).
In addition, the University operates three on-campus apartment complexes. All units are furnished with kitchen facilities and include utilities. Students in a campus apartment are not required to contract for food service, however, they may do so. Students residing off campus have the option of contracting for University food service.
Telephone service, TV cable, and data lines are available for students in each room or apartment. A separate charge may be associated with telephone service and/or TV cable.
Students are responsible for knowing and adhering to the Residence Regulations enumerated in the University housing contract and on the University's web site.
Theme Housing
Consistent with the Residential Experience initiative of the University Outreach and Student Affairs Strategic Plan, Clarkson is striving to bring all aspects of Clarkson's learning community together by developing innovative theme housing opportunities to complement and build on current theme housing created around projects or entrepreneurial ventures in which students from various majors live and work together. In addition, students will continue to be encouraged to develop meaningful proposals for living together in theme-related housing, thereby increasing options for people with similar interests to live together while expanding the collaborative learning atmosphere to our residences in a very intentional way.
Cheel Campus Center
The Cheel Campus Center is the focal point of activities on the Hill campus. The facility combines the programs offered by a comprehensive student center and a 3,000-seat multipurpose arena. Students use the Center on a daily basis to pick up their mail, grab a meal at the Main Street Cafe, shoot a game of pool, attend a meeting or a movie, listen to a comedy performance, visit an art show, or simply to hang out in one of the lounges. Club '99 is a coffeehouse/pub located on the first floor of the Cheel Center. The Center contains the office of the student newspaper, The Integrator, and the Student Senate office. In addition, the Office of the Dean of Students, Residence Life Office, Office of Student Organizations, and Campus Safety & Security are located in the Cheel Center.
The Cheel Arena within the Center, home of men's and women's Golden Knights Hockey, is also the place to attend an orientation picnic, an opening convocation, a concert, or to take part in an intramural broomball or hockey game. The spacious, versatile facility offers many opportunities for large-scale gatherings, no matter what time of year.
Academic Advising
By tradition and practice all members of the Clarkson faculty and administration are available to consult with students. In addition, every student is assigned a faculty advisor. This advisor provides a direct student-faculty contact for advising on academic matters and professional planning. There is also an advising center available that provides a professional advisor who can help sort out and resolve particular academic concerns and problems.
The First-Year Advising is another place for students to get assistance. It is not unusual for students to experience many changes in their first year on campus, and we provide resources to help them. Advising is an important function of Clarkson's faculty and staff. Although all students have a faculty advisor, an added service offered by Clarkson is a First-Year Advising Center for students who want extra guidance. Many students want to tailor their education to pursue multiple interests, or they are still deciding on their career direction.
Clarkson's First-Year Advising helps students identify campus resources so they can take advantage of the opportunities available at the University. For example, they can help you connect with people to answer your questions about counseling, special learning needs, tutoring, majors and academic options, residence life, and more.
Many times the first person contacted about academic problems is the instructor of the course. Faculty members are readily accessible before and after class and maintain posted office hours for conferences. Each year special recognition is given to those faculty members judged by the students to be the most effective advisors.
Student Administrative Services (SAS)
Student Administrative Services (SAS) provides Clarkson undergraduates and graduate students with a single location for information regarding transcripts, course scheduling, and academic procedures, costs and billing, and financial assistance through scholarships, grants, and loans.
To make these critical administrative services more accessible and convenient, Clarkson has combined the traditional functions of the offices of the Registrar, Bursar, and Financial Aid into its SAS. To further streamline the flow of information, SAS is staffed by service representatives who are able to provide and explain data in both the academic and financial areas. For more information, call 315-268-6451.
Campus Safety & Security
The Office of Campus Safety & Security consists of a team of people working with the campus community to meet the specialized safety and security needs of the University. Responsibilities include the maintenance of public order, vehicle registration, emergency first aid treatment, issuing I.D. cards, room key distribution, educational programs (including crime prevention and fire safety), and other related programs.
Campus Safety & Security officers are responsible for the enforcement of the rules and regulations of the University. The Dean of Students staff is responsible for overseeing the judicial process. Officers do not have police jurisdiction over public streets, public property, or private property. Arrests and apprehension are referred to the Village Police. Statistics concerning campus safety and campus crime are available upon request from the Office of Campus Safety & Security or can be accessed at www.clarkson.edu/campusafety.
The department's ability to function as an independent agency enables it to preserve the tradition of Clarkson in which security, safety, and adherence to the Code of Student Conduct are both an individual responsibility and a collective behavior. In emergencies, Village Police are called as first-line, back-up support, along with appropriate University officials and the University Emergency Response Team.
Clarkson Regulations
By the time students enter the University they are considered to be adults and are expected to act accordingly. Each student is responsible for knowing the contents of Clarkson Regulations, found at www.clarkson.edu/studentaffairs/regulations. The regulations contain information on registration, class absences, the grading system, scholastic requirements, the method for removing course deficiencies, special examinations, the code of conduct, campus policies, and other information regarding University operations. Printed copies of Clarkson Regulations can also be obtained from the Office of the Vice President for University Outreach & Student Affairs.
There are many opportunities to enhance the educational experience through participation in a range of extracurricular activities. The University recognizes the importance of these activities in developing qualities of leadership and personal growth. To find out when student groups are meeting and what activities are happening on campus go to www.clarkson.edu/activitiescalendar and check your e-mail every Thursday to see what is happening that weekend and the following week. Your college experience will be richer if you are an active participant in it.
Clarkson Union Board
The Clarkson Union Board (CUB) is one of the programming organizations for the students, faculty, alumni and guests of the University. Through its operating committees and staff, CUB provides a cultural, social and recreational program that complements academic life of the campus. The CUB executive committee consists of a president, vice president, secretary and treasurer. Committee chairpersons join with the executive committee to complete the Board. The Clarkson Union Board sponsors movies, cultural films, special dances, forums, concerts and comedians.
Clarkson University Student Association (CUSA)
CUSA Senate is the governing body of all clubs and organizations on campus. They are responsible for allocating the activity fee each semester to sponsored clubs and organizations. Composed of a president, vice president, comptroller, public affairs director, treasurer and secretary (the Executive Board), six Senators from each class, and a Clarkson School representative, the CUSA Senate serves as the formal representatives of the student body. The CUSA Senate is responsible for working together with the Clarkson Administration on all decisions that affect the student body. Senate meetings are held on Monday at 7 p.m. in the Petersen Boardroom, Bertrand H. Snell Hall. Committee meetings are held at various times throughout the week. Meetings are open to all students.
Community Involvement and Service
Potsdam has a number of service institutions, agencies and organizations that welcome volunteer assistance. Some members of the Clarkson faculty are building opportunities for service learning into the structure of their courses. This enables students to receive partial academic credit for working on community needs and problems relevant to their academic fields. One of Clarkson's fundamental values is to develop the kinds of skills in students that will enable them to make contributions toward the betterment of the local and global community. For information about monthly volunteer opportunities on campus and information about local organizations that are seeking volunteers in Potsdam, see www.clarkson.edu/activities/volunteer.html.
Service Organizations
There are special organizations dedicated specifically to community service. They are open to all undergraduate students. Alpha Phi Omega national service fraternity, consisting of over 615 chapters across the United States, is one of the largest fraternities in the country. Founded in 1925, Alpha Phi Omega was established to promote leadership by providing services to benefit the campus and the community. Alpha Phi Omega is open to all students. Clarkson also recognizes active chapters of Circle K and Rotary, whose members become involved in numerous community service projects.
Cultural and Recreational Opportunities
The Clarkson community has easy access to many cultural and recreational facilities in upper New York state, New England, and Canada, as well as on the campus.
Among New York State attractions are the Adirondack Museum at Blue Mountain Lake, the Remington Museum at Ogdensburg, the Thousand Islands resorts near Alexandria Bay, and the St. Lawrence Seaway area near Massena.
Skiing is available at slopes around Lake Placid, Tupper Lake, Vermont, and New Hampshire, which are easily reached by automobile, as are excellent locations and facilities for fishing, boating, hiking, tennis, and golf.
Splendid concentrations of cultural activities abound in nearby areas of Canada. Within 96 miles is the Canadian capital of Ottawa, with its National Arts Centre, National Gallery of Canada, Museum of Civilization, Museum of Science and Technology, Museum of Nature, Ottawa Senators hockey team, and the Parliament complex. Within 150 miles are Montreal's Museum of Fine Arts, Place des Arts, several educational institutions, and a professional hockey team, the Canadiens. Just across the border near Cornwall is Upper Canada Village, a reconstruction of the living style of United Empire Loyalists who sought refuge in Canada following the American Revolution.
In Potsdam itself, music lovers have excellent opportunities to hear orchestral, choral, and solo performances by teachers, students, and visiting artists at the noted Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam.
Fraternity-Sorority Life
About 15 percent of Clarkson's students join fraternities and sororities. The locals, in order of their founding, are:
Omicron Pi Omicron (1904)
Zeta Nu (1956)
Lambda Phi Epsilon (1968)
Tau Delta Kappa (1970)
National fraternities, with the date of their origination at Clarkson, include:
Alpha Chi Rho (1956)
Delta Sigma Phi (1967)
Phi Kappa Sigma (1981)
Sigma Chi (1987)
Sigma Phi Epsilon (2000)
The three national sororities at Clarkson are:
Phi Sigma Sigma (1979)
Delta Zeta (1986)
Theta Phi Alpha (2006)
Students are eligible to join fraternities and sororities according to the guidelines established by the Recognition Policy for Fraternities and Sororities. Recruitment activities typically take place during the first two weeks of each semester, however chapters may elect to hold recruitment activities throughout the year.
Clarkson University's Recognition Policy for Fraternities and Sororities holds that the futures of these organizations are determined by their demonstrated ability to contribute positively to high academic standards, good social behavior, and constructive extracurricular activities. Hazing and discrimination are prohibited.
Many fraternities and sororities maintain chapter houses and serve meals. Initiatives are underway to integrate fraternities and sororities more completely into the educational and social fabric of the University through the ongoing development of on-campus housing options. Housing exemption requests to live at chapter houses are considered by the Office of Student Organizations in conjunction with the Housing Office and are made according to housing policies. Costs of joining social fraternities and sororities vary. Questions may be directed to the Associate Dean of Students for Student Center & Organizations at 315-268-2345.
Honor Societies
Upperclass students who demonstrate high scholastic achievement in a given field and possess exemplary qualities of character and leadership are eligible for membership in a number of national and local honor societies. National honor societies include Beta Gamma Sigma (business administration), Chi Epsilon (civil engineering), Eta Kappa Nu (electrical and computer engineering), Omega Chi Epsilon (chemical engineering), Phi Theta Kappa (transfer students), Pi Mu Epsilon (mathematics), Pi Tau Sigma (mechanical engineering), and Tau Beta Pi (engineering). Sigma Tau Iota is a local honor society available to Engineering and Management students.
IFC/Panhellenic Activities
The councils' activities include several annual events such as Greek Week and the Annual Spring Survival Challenge. The fraternity and sorority community also sponsors its own intramural programs as well as numerous community-service events.
Interfraternity Council
The Interfraternity Council (IFC) is a body of representatives from each of the member chapters. From this body, the IFC Executive Officers are elected on an annual basis. In addition to the president, there are vice presidents who serve in various capacities, such as risk management, membership recruitment, educational programming, public relations, community involvement, etc. These students work with their Panhellenic counterparts to offer programming for the Greek system and campus, and to maintain a Judicial Board that hears cases related to misconduct on the part of fraternities or sororities.
International Student Organization (ISO)
The ISO is an organization for both U.S. and International students. Students meet on a regular basis to celebrate holidays, take trips, socialize, and learn more about each other's cultures. For more information, contact the International Student Advisor by mail at Clarkson University, PO Box 5645, Potsdam, NY 13699-5645, USA. Visit the ISO Web site at www.clarkson.edu/~iso/.
Journalism, Radio, TV
Students interested in journalism can work on one of the University publications. The student newspaper, The Integrator, is published weekly. The Clarksonian is the University yearbook. Each is edited and managed by students.
A radio station is operated out of one facility that is located in the basement of the Hamlin-Powers Residence Hall complex. WTSC-FM operates as a broadcast station and is governed and operated by Clarkson students, as is the amateur (ham) radio club, K2CC.
Clarkson students also operate the cable television station WCKN-TV. This station provides news shows and hockey coverage, as well as syndicated broadcasting.
Music and Dramatics
Those interested in music may participate in the Pep Band or orchestra. The Pep Band plays at sports events and the orchestra at various University functions such as Recognition Day. Students with an interest in acting may join Clarkson Theatre, which presents two or three productions a year. Past performances include "Harvey," "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat," "Arsenic and Old Lace," "Once Upon a Mattress," "Our Town," and "Dracula."
A wide range of concerts, plays, lectures and other cultural events are available through the Clarkson Union Board and the Residence Hall Association. Events are also sponsored by the Associated Colleges of the St. Lawrence Valley. Movies, both foreign and domestic, are presented throughout each term at Clarkson and other nearby colleges.
Panhellenic Council
The Panhellenic Council (Panhel) is composed of delegates from each of the member sorority chapters. The council positions are divided among the delegates. The President and Vice President for Recruitment rotate between chapters; other positions are determined by appointment. Recruitment activities are typically conducted during the first two weeks of each semester, however individual chapter also hold recruitment events throughout the year.
Professional Societies
Numerous national professional societies maintain student chapters at Clarkson. These include Alpha Kappa Psi (national professional business fraternity-coed); American Indian Science and Engineering Society; American Institute of Astronautics and Aeronautics; American Institute of Chemical Engineers; American Product and Inventory Control Society; American Society of Civil Engineers; American Society of Mechanical Engineers; Arnold Air Society; Association of General Contractors; Association for Computing Machinery; Engineering and Management Society; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; National Society of Black Engineers; New York Water Environment Association (NYWEA); Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers; Society for Technical Communication; and Society of Women Engineers.
Recognition Societies
One of the highest honors a Clarkson student can receive is to be tapped for membership in Phalanx, the senior leadership society. Students are recognized for their exceptional leadership ability, scholastic attainment, and extracurricular involvement.
The Arnold Air Society is a professional honorary service organization within the Corps of Air Force ROTC Cadets. Arnold Air provides a stimulating, service-oriented program that gives selected cadets enhanced leadership skill development opportunities while they provide service to the campus and the community.
Religious and Spiritual Life
Although it is not a church-affiliated university, Clarkson is interested in the moral and spiritual development of its students. Some students pursue their spiritual development in personalized ways, while others attend services of organized religious groups. Potsdam churches include Baptist, Christian Science, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Episcopal, Jehovah's Witnesses, Koinonia (unaffiliated), Methodist, Nazarene, Presbyterian, and Roman Catholic. Potsdam's synagogue is the Congregation Beth-El. There is also a mosque in Potsdam and an active Muslim Student Association. There are Seventh Day Adventist and Unitarian Universalist churches in nearby Canton, a Congregational church in Norwood, and a Lutheran church in Massena.
The Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship (IVCF) is a nondenominational organization of Christian students who host Bible studies, weekly fellowship meetings, and other activities. Many students participate in religious life by singing in the choirs or teaching Sunday school. There are occasional meditation, yoga, and Buddhist groups that are open to students. For more information please see http://www.clarkson.edu/activities/spiritualresources.html.
Special Interest Clubs
Among the campus organizations for students with special interests are: Amateur Radio Club, Archery Club, Bowling, Broomball, Chess, Clarkson Rangers (Army ROTC), Clarkson Theatre, Clarksonian, Common Ground, Cycling/Mt. Biking Club, Environmental Club, Flying Club, Gaming Club, International Students, Jazz Band, Legal Aid Clinic, Men's Rugby Club, Mini-Baja, Formula SAE, Outing Club, Pep Band, Photo Club, Physics Club, Racquetball Club, Ski Club, SPECTRUM, Sports Car Club, Student Orientation Services, Sunrayce, Ultimate Frisbee, Volleyball Club, WCKN-TV, WTSC radio, and Women's Rugby Club.
Counseling Services
Counseling Services play an active role in helping Clarkson students adjust to college life and set immediate and long-range goals. The years spent in college are years of personal growth, changing relationships, exploration of values and feelings, and of learning how to be an independent adult. Development in these areas is as crucial to education as what is learned in classrooms and laboratories. Throughout the year counselors provide workshops that teach skills and provide insights important to this development process. They also teach several sections of the First-Year Seminar that is required of all first-year students. The counselors approach students with a sense of caring and a sincere desire to help them find personal fulfillment and satisfaction in their University careers.
Personal counseling is also provided by full-time professional counselors who are prepared to deal with a variety of concerns including stress, alcohol abuse, eating disorders, depression and sexual issues. However, students not only seek help for specific problems, but make use of counseling to explore feelings, values and life directions. Counselors also offer a variety of personality and vocational interest tests that can help increase self-awareness and clarify goals. In addition to counseling, the staff is prepared to make appropriate medical referrals.
Alcohol and Drug Education
Clarkson's alcohol and drug educational efforts are focused on two important messages. The first emphasizes the legal obligations of students with regard to the use of alcohol or any other substance. The University's alcohol and drug policies are stated clearly in the Clarkson Regulations and are guided by law. A civil community is built on respect for others and respect for the law. A second major emphasis is the complicated concept of responsible and moderate use of alcohol. The use of alcohol is interwoven in many everyday settings and activities in our culture. Education and policy at Clarkson are designed to insist on legal and moderate usage among those choosing to drink, and to discourage dangerous or harmful practices involving alcohol or other substances.
Campus programming is designed to convey the messages highlighted above. Students who are interested in participating in prevention efforts can contact the counseling center on the second floor of Price Hall. Students with special concerns or problems with alcohol or drug abuse should also contact the Counseling Center at the same location.
Health Center
The University has forged a partnership with Canton-Potsdam Hospital, CPH, in which CPH provides professional staffing and services at the University's Student Health Center. Through this partnership, students enjoy a comprehensive health care program and the broad professional capacities provided by the hospital and its highly trained staff. At the Student Health Center (located in the Hamlin-Powers residence hall complex) CPH provides clinical services to include basic medical care, preventative care, general physicals for student-related activities and limited urgent care. Students also have access to CPH's state-of-the-art lab services. With the exception of physicals, most visits to the Health Center are free of charge. Lab work, x-rays and prescription meds are billed to the student's insurance carrier. The Health Center is open weekdays from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. during the academic year. After hours emergencies are handled at CPH itself which is located approximately one mile from campus.
CPH provides comprehensive acute medical-surgical care and emergency care, and has widely recognized programs in chemical dependency treatment, cardiac care, obstetrics, and physical rehabilitation services. The Hospital operates the Warner Cancer Treatment Center. In addition, CPH is an affiliate of renowned Fletcher Allen Health Care, headquartered in Burlington, Vt.
The Career Center is designed to assist all Clarkson students in career preparation, with a particular focus on external experiential learning opportunities to include cooperative education, internships, and international study programs. Assistance with pursuing post-college employment and graduate study is also central to the mission of the Center. It is also a primary focus of the Center to develop relationships with business and industry who recruit or could potentially recruit our graduates, assuring that these organizations include Clarkson among their primary college relations and recruiting universities.
Career and Job Search Services
Individual career coaching appointments are available through the Career Center to discuss concerns such as career direction and choice, skills identification, employment opportunities, and job search techniques. Staff members are available to help students discern solutions and develop strategies to address career-related concerns.
The Center facilitates a wide number of career-oriented workshops for first-year students through graduate-level students, including career exploration groups, resume preparation, interviewing techniques, and job-search techniques including networking and utilization of the Internet. The mock interview program is noted for its success in preparing students for their job interviews. Among the many benefits of a Clarkson education is the alumni network. Alumni serve as a critical link to the Center. The Center also reaches out to the community by planning programs with any campus organization or academic program.
The Career Center provides access to internship, co-op, and permanent job opportunities through the following means: an on-campus recruiting program with business, industry and government; Career Fairs; a Web-based resume database system that enables the Center to provide students' resumes to employers; a job-listing service on the Internet called EmployOn; and a network of thousands of Clarkson alumni who can be tapped at any time in the students' years at the University.
Clarkson's reputation with hundreds of companies across the country, combined with a comprehensive Career Center, has resulted in positive outcomes for the graduates consistently over the years. Clarkson's annual study reveals that in 2006 over 98 percent of respondents, all recent graduates, find professional employment in their field or enter full-time graduate study or military service within six to 12 months of graduation. Employment statistics for recent classes are available upon request from the Center.
Cooperative Education (Co-op) Program
The Cooperative Education office works closely with representatives of business, industry and government to place students in meaningful real-life work environments during the academic year. A Co-op experience provides students the opportunity to apply their academic knowledge and gain valuable experience while positioning themselves to obtain full-time professional employment upon graduation.
Typically, students participate in the Co-op Program for an academic semester and a summer. Students may choose to co-op from January through August or from May through December. However, the co-op work block timeframe is very flexible and the University makes every effort to match a student's academic plans with a company's work schedule. To help prepare students for the co-op experience, the Career Center provides skill-based seminars and workshops. The focus of these programs are on writing resumes, cover letters, practicing job interviews, and teaching students how to conduct a successful job search. A key decision for the student is how to make up coursework missed while in the workplace. Students can choose to attend summer school, use AP credit they have earned, overload coursework during the semester or push back their planned graduation date. Co-op students work closely with their academic advisor, Student Administrative Services representative and the Career Center staff to plan out a successful co-op experience. While away during the semester(s), a co-op student is considered a full-time student.
All University students are encouraged to consider co-op as a way to enrich their Clarkson education. Co-op positions are located across the country, though most are concentrated in the northeast. While on co-op, students are assigned a direct supervisor, paid a professional salary and are evaluated during their job assignment. Students are also encouraged to communicate with the Career Center while on co-op so that staff may monitor their progress. For more information, visit the Clarkson University Cooperative Education Web site at www.clarkson.edu/career/coop_program or call 315-268-6477.
Internship Program
As part of the external experiential learning component, the Career Center offers an internship program. Students from all academic majors can pursue internships during any summer of their undergraduate or graduate program, as well as some unique study/internship programs that are offered during the semesters. Similar to the co-op program, special workshops are designed to prepare students for their job search and are offered throughout the year, along with individual advising. Most internships are paid; in some cases, students receive a stipend and may receive academic credit, and some internships are for credit only.
Internships are available with business and industry across the country; with local, state, and federal government agencies; and with other agencies, non-profits, and educational institutions. Students work closely with the Center and their academic advisors to select an internship that best suits their needs.
For more information, visit Clarkson's Web site or call 315-268-6477.
Study Abroad/Exchange Program
Study Abroad provides an excellent opportunity for students to enhance their academic background and prepare for the global marketplace through exposure to another educational system and culture. The primary program open to all students offered by the Career Center is the Student Exchange Program. The program is designed for students to spend a semester or a year abroad usually during their junior year. Students go through a competitive application process during the sophomore year to be considered for the program. Clarkson University has articulated exchange agreements with the following universities:
Flinders University, Adelaide
Griffith University, Gold Coast
Monash University, Melbourne
University of Newcastle, Newcastle
University of Technology, Sydney
Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences, Steyr
Dalian University of Technology,
Dalian †
Yangzhou University, Jiangsu †
University of Zagreb, Zagreb †
Northumbria University, Newcastle
Queen's University, International Study Centre
(ISC) at Herstmonceux Castle, East Sussex
University of Brighton, Brighton
University of Leicester, Leicester
Bordeaux Management School,
Grenoble School of Management, Grenoble
Reims School of Management, Reims
Université Catholique de Lyon, Lyon
Universite de technologie de Troyes, Troyes
Universität Potsdam, Potsdam*
City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon
Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai
National University of Ireland, Galway
Waterford Institute of Technology, Waterford
Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul
University Kebangsaan, Selangor †
Universidad de Monterrey, Monterrey*
Auckland University of Technology, Auckland
Massey University, Palmerstown North
National University of Singapore
University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana †
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona*
Jönköping University, Jönköping
Luleä University, Luleä
Makerere University, Kampala
* language fluency required
† research exchange only
In addition to the semester or year-long exchange opportunities, Clarkson offers students the option to participate in short-term summer programs or faculty led trips. The short term summer programs are 3-4 weeks in duration and are ideal for those students who do not wish to be gone for a full semester or year. Faculty led trips usually occur immediately following the spring semester and are 3-4 weeks in duration. For more details about all the options available through the Study Exchange Program, visit www.clarkson.edu/career or call the Career Center at 315-268-6477.
The Clarkson School of Business has a requirement for students to study abroad and has created the Global Business Program that along with the Student Exchange opportunities offers students more options to meet this requirement. For more information about the Global Business Program in the School of Business visit www.clarkson.edu/business/gbp.
Financial Policies
Exchange Programs: Students who participate in the Study Abroad/Exchange Program through Clarkson must attend one of our exchange partner universities in order to receive financial aid. During the exchange semester(s) students pay their tuition to Clarkson; there is no tuition paid to the exchange university. Room, board, and other fees are paid directly to the exchange university by the student. The financial assistance package is applied to the participant's account as if that student were attending Clarkson University. Any credit balance may be requested through the Director of Financial Aid in SAS after tuition is applied and all required financial aid documentation (i.e. loan promissory notes, signed summary, etc.) are processed. This credit can be used toward the room, board, and other fees at the exchange partner university. It is an important step in the application process for the student to consult with the Director of Financial Aid in order to understand how their financial assistance package will be applied to the study abroad/exchange experience.
Non-exchange Programs: Should a student decide to attend a non-exchange university, he or she must take a leave of absence from Clarkson for the semester involved. No tuition is paid to Clarkson and financial assistance may not be utilized.
Academic Policies
Exchange Programs: All courses must be pre-approved through completion of Off-Campus Coursework Permission Forms prior to leaving campus. All credit is transferred back to Clarkson for those courses that students complete satisfactorily. Course credit will be transferred as transfer credit on a pass/fail system. It should be noted that credit hour and grading systems differ from country to country and school to school. Participants should request to have their grades sent to the Study Abroad/Exchange Office at Clarkson prior to leaving their exchange program. It may take several weeks after a student returns to receive these grades.
Non-exchange Programs: The student is responsible for assuring that the courses to be taken through the non-exchange program have been pre-approved by the faculty at Clarkson using the Off-Campus Coursework Permission Forms. The Study Abroad/Exchange Office will assist these students with any questions regarding passports, visas, and travel, but non-exchange students will not be included in the official study abroad rosters. Course credit will be transferred as transfer credit on a pass/fail system.
The office of Institutional Diversity Initiatives is focused upon the creation of an academic experience that prepares all students to excel in the increasingly diverse work environments of the 21st century.
Today's successful graduate will be required to navigate the issues of gender, race, sexual orientation, disability, socio-economic status, and nationality with aplomb during the course of his or her professional career. Through grants, corporate investment, and agreements with partnering institutions, the Institutional Diversity Initiatives office has a commitment to the recruitment of a diverse campus community and the provision of academic support for all students on campus.
The core goals of the Institutional Diversity Initiatives office are the recruitment and retention of a community of learners that are diverse and inclusive in their approaches to problem solving. The following programs and initiatives facilitate the development of the Clarkson student.
The Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program (CSTEP) is funded by a grant from New York State to increase the number of historically underrepresented students who enroll in and complete undergraduate or graduate programs leading to professional licensure or to careers in mathematics, science, technology, and health-related fields. Participants must be New York residents; must be Black, Hispanic or Native American, or demonstrate economic disadvantage; and be enrolled in an eligible program. CSTEP students receive academic and career support, graduate school preparation, standardized test preparation, tutoring, career-related travel, and access to research experiences for undergraduates.
The Arthur O. Eve Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP) provides a broad range of services to New York state residents who, because of academic and economic circumstances, would otherwise be unable to attend a post-secondary educational institution. Students who are selected attend an intensive five-week Summer PRE-freshman Experience (SPREE) where they enroll in transitional courses to help prepare them for college-level courses. In addition, students receive supportive services such as tutoring, advising and counseling during the academic year.
The International Students & Scholars Office (ISSO) informs and educates the international population as well as the University community of immigration regulations that govern international students, scholars and the University. The ISSO also coordinates services and benefits available to the international population and facilitates international cultural events within the Clarkson community. More information can be found on the International Students & Scholars website at www.clarkson.edu/isso.
The Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program prepares participants for graduate study through access to research and other scholarly activity. Funded by a federal TRIO grant, the ultimate goal of the program is to assist underrepresented students in the attainment of doctoral degrees. McNair participants must be economically challenged, first generation college students, or a member of a group underrepresented in graduate education. As a McNair scholar, enrollees receive paid research opportunities, advising, support in the graduate admissions search, tutoring, mentoring, conference travel, and access to seminars designed to prepare students for graduate school.
There are a variety of optional physical education courses offered. Physical education at Clarkson concentrates on individual sports and recreational pursuits. The Alumni Gymnasium, Walker Center, and Snell Field, adjacent to the residence halls, are available for team and intramural sports. The Andrew M. Schuler Recreation Building, containing a field house and swimming pool, was completed in 1981 and offers opportunities for such individual recreational activities as racquetball, tennis, swimming, and jogging, as well as team sports. The Deneka Family Fitness Center is utilized for weight training and individual development. Outdoor recreation enthusiasts may wish to make use of our Adirondack Lodge located on campus adjacent to our outdoor trails for skiing and walking.
Recreation and Intramural Athletics
All students are encouraged to participate in intramural and recreational activities. Clarkson's location provides students with a wide array of outdoor sporting opportunities including individual and team challenges. Intramural contests include both regular leagues and weekend tournaments. Recreational activities included both outdoor and indoor activities.
The Intramural Athletic league program includes the following:
Basketball (3 on 3, 5 on 5) Broomball Ice Hockey Indoor Soccer Soccer Softball Touch Football Volleyball
Intramural Athletic weekend tournaments include the following:
Racquetball Volleyball Basketball Dodgeball
The Recreational Athletics program includes the following:
Canoeing Hiking Overnight Camping Kayaking Mountain Biking Cross Country Skiing Down Hill Skiing Rock Climbing Ice Climbing White Water Rafting Aerobic Exercise Yoga Strength & Toning Kick Boxing Swimming
In cooperation with the University medical staff, the Physical Education Department will assist those students who are physically disabled to design a program best suited for their capabilities.
The Henry R. Hodge Sports and Recreation Complex is located adjacent to the residence halls and easily accessible to all students. Facilities include The Deneka Family Fitness Center, Alumni Gymnasium, Schuler Recreation Building (which houses the Stephenson Field House and the Fuller Pool), the Denny Brown Adirondack Lodge, and the Snell Athletic Fields.
Additional facilities include Walker Center, Hantz and Bagdad Fields, and the Cheel Campus Center and Arena. All facilities are within walking distance of the various dormitory buildings.
The Clarkson Golden Knights compete in 19 intercollegiate varsity sports at the NCAA Division III level and at the NCAA Division I level in men's and women's hockey.
Women's Division III varsity teams include: alpine and nordic skiing, basketball, cross country, lacrosse, soccer, swimming, and volleyball. The men's teams include: alpine and nordic skiing, baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, lacrosse, soccer, and swimming.
Athletes in all our sports have been consistently honored with academic recognition such as:
Verizon All-American, Smith-Corona Academic Team, University Presidential Scholars, and Liberty League All-Academic. We have also had some NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship recipients.
During 2007-08, our women's volleyball program returned to dominance in New York state with a 23-17 record and hosted the Liberty League Tournament. The men's and women's Nordic and alpine ski teams returned to the national stage where they earned top-10 finishes. Our men's and women's hockey teams were not only successful within ECAC Hockey but they were one of only two schools that had both teams ranked in the top 10 in the nation for a majority of the year. The men's lacrosse team and the baseball team are looking to return to postseason play for the fifth time in as many years.
Clarkson is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC), the Liberty League, and the New York State Women's Collegiate Athletic Association (NYSWCAA).
The Clarkson Alumni Association was organized on Founder's Day, November 30, 1904, and has existed since that time to benefit both the University and its alumni. The administration of the Association is vested in the Clarkson Alumni Council in partnership with the Alumni Office. The mission of the Clarkson Alumni Association is to engage and empower alumni as partners in the Clarkson community, nurturing their pride in their alma mater and promoting the interests of Clarkson University and its alumni. Alumni are actively involved identifying and recruiting quality high school students, and assisting the Career Center in providing career opportunities for our graduates. Alumni are also involved in supporting fund-raising efforts, mentoring undergraduates, serving as speakers on campus, serving on advisory councils, and providing opportunities to undergraduates to learn the value of being an engaged alum. There is an extensive regional Clarkson alumni chapter program for alumni once they leave the University. Regional volunteers in numerous cities throughout the United States host alumni activities. Clarkson alumni stay in contact with friends and the University through various social networks including CU Online, the community for staying connected!
The Parent Relations area of the University is housed in the office of the Vice President for University Outreach and Student Affairs. Clarkson is committed to a parent relations program that partners with parents and educates them to the many services and programs available to their students.
The Parents Association was founded in 1977 to foster a closer relationship and to involve a greater number of parents in the affairs of the University. All parents become members of the Association upon the acceptance and enrollment of their children into the University and can remain members indefinitely.
The administration of the Association is vested in the Parents Committee, which consists of parent representatives from all four class years of students at Clarkson. The Parents Committee works closely with the office of the Vice President for University Outreach and Student Affairs and the staff of the division in planning programs and events that support parent involvement and interaction. The Committee specifically helps with Family Weekend planning and activities, with the Admission Office recruitment of prospective students, and with the Career Center's employer relations programs.
The Parents Association through the leadership of the Parents Committee supports a campus enhancement project through contributions to the Parents Fund. These projects provide direct benefits to their students and to future students of the University.
The relationship between students, parents and the University is an important one. Through the Parent Relations area, communication is encouraged in order to foster a better understanding among parents, students and University staff.


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(PCS) MetroPCS Communications Finalizes Merger Plan
MetroPCS Communications, Inc. (PCS) and Deutsche Telekom AG (DTEGY), parent company of T-Mobile USA have finally settled for a merger deal. The two companies have signed a definitive agreement on a proposed merger of T-Mobile USA and MetroPCS.
The proposed agreement has been approved by the Board of Directors of both MetroPCS and Deutsche Telekom, but is still subject to MetroPCS' shareholders approval as well as regulatory approvals along with other conditions. The deal is expected to close in the first half of 2013.
According to the deal terms, MetroPCS would be entitled to a 24% stake in the combined company and Deutsche Telekom would own the remaining76% of stakes. The transaction process of the deal could be viewed as recapitalization of MetroPCS. MetroPCS will declare a 1-for-2 reverse stock split and pay $1.5 billion in cash to shareholders. This comes to approximately $4.09 per share prior to the reverse stock split. In addition, MetroPCS will acquire total T-Mobile shares in exchange of 74% of stakes of its own transferred to Deutsche Telekom.
Under the deal terms, Deutsche Telekom will convert its existing inter-company debt into new $15 billion senior unsecured notes of the combined company and provide an unsecured revolving credit facility of $500 million to the combined company. Further, Deutsche Telekom will also facilitate the merged company's operations with $5.5 billion backstop commitment for certain MetroPCS third-party financial dealings. If the deal materializes, MetrPCS will continue to trade in the U.S. market with the name changed to T-Mobile.
Based on market estimates, the combined company is expected to have 2012 pro forma revenues of approximately $24.8 billion and cost synergies of $6-$7 billion. Further, in FY12 the combined operations are estimated to garner $6.3 billion in adjusted EBITDA and $2.1 billion in free cash flows alongside incurring estimated capital expenditures of $4.2 billion. Beyond this, the deal is expected to result in accelerated financial growth with estimated five-year CAGR for revenues, EBITDA and free cash flow in the range of 3%-5%, 7%-10% and 15%-20%, respectively.
Apart from financial benefits, the merger between MetroPCS and T-Mobile would boost their operation capabilities in the U.S. Currently, MetroPCS and T-Mobile have over 9 million and 33 million subscribers, which combined together would form a subscriber base of more than 40 million for the combined company. Further, the deal would add to spectrum capacity and result in higher penetration of LTE networks that support speed of upto 20×20 MHz of 4G LTE in several regions. T-Mobile would be able to benefit from MetroPCS' superior market position in no contract wireless services, while MetroPCS will gain from T-Mobile's advance B2B services and Mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) platform.
Given all the transactional details and expected synergies, the deal looks lucrative for both MetroPCS and T-Mobile. However, there still remains a big unanswered question, which is regarding their effort to scale up the competitive ladder. The core reason behind this most awaited liaison is to safeguard their market share against rivals – like AT&T (T) and Verizon Communications (VZ) and Sprint Nextel Corp. (S). How far the deal will be able to uplift the combined company's struggling position and withstand the ever rising competition is something to watch out for.
We currently have our long-term Outperfrom recommendation on MetroPCS. For the short-term (1-3 months) the company retains a Zacks #3 Rank (a short-term Hold rating).
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Posted on August 27, 2010
I should like, if possible, to keep this column down to one obituary per decade, but people are going to have to cooperate.
Many years ago, the Book Fair had a volunteer who flew from South Carolina every year to work here. She was a scrappy one, famous for glaring at book dealers who dared approach the Collectibles. She'd been a book dealer herself, and didn't trust 'em. She was large and imposing, and her glare was a serious thing. She could not, however, face a diagnosis of lung cancer, and gave up the fight early on, on the eve, in fact, of one of the Newberry Library volunteer luncheons.
At that luncheon, Karen Skubish, the Newberry's Events Director, Mistress of Ceremonies, and Volunteer Coordinator, announced the death of our veteran with the words, "A little bird has flown away from us." I was touched, if a bit boggled at the tought of this particular volunteer as a little bird.
Well, a little bird has flown from us, friends, because Karen Skubish, after an unbelievable 43 years at the Newberry Library, lost her own struggle with cancer this week. She came to the Newberry fresh from grad school and did a bit of everything, from supervising security to playing the harp at Newberry weddings. Her current position, as Major General of the Events Department, started when Tennessee Williams was coming for a visit and the President of the Newberry asked her to "put something together". She did it so well that she was asked to do it again, and then another time, and then deal with someone who wanted to get married at the Newberry. And eventually an entire Events Department came into existence.
The department was her passion, and is her monument. She used to regret that she couldn't spend more time practicing the harp (she played professionally all over northern Illinois and did a brief tour of southern France as well) but there was always something interesting to take care of at the Newberry. Even as the cancer worsened, she would fight her way to the library to put up tulle or provide harp music. (Did I mention the bride who asked whether Karen could play Metallica on the harp for the reception? She could. She did.) It was work she needed, and wanted, to do. The best of weddings can be hectic, the worst could be epic. But they were seldom dull.
Action energized Karen. Once, when she moved, she complained about all the realtors who insisted on showing her apartments that had lovely lake views. She wanted a view of the city, where people were doing things. "The lake does the same things over and over," she said. "That's dull."
So wherever she's flown off to, I hope they have something for her to do. (I understand they have harps aplenty.) And a balcony overlooking Earth


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Bulletproof products a hot commodity for Center Conway companyBy DAVE SOLOMON
New Hampshire Union Leader
December 21. 2012 12:10AM
CENTER CONWAY �- Bill Barbin spent years working with his partner, Joe Curran, to build bulletblocker.com. So when Barbin split with Curran in mid-November to start his own company selling bulletproof products, he got off to a running start with orders totaling about $1,000 a week.
He could not have known that one month later, in the wake of the murders in Newtown, Conn., he would be selling $10,000 worth of bulletproof products in less than a week through his new site, bulletproofvestshopusa.com.
"At one point in the past week, my website crashed because of the volume of traffic," he said.
Barbin is no stranger to Internet commerce. He and Curran were deputies in the Essex County, Mass., sheriff's department in 2007, when they came up with the idea of putting body armor into backpacks.
"We started a company, put together the trade name bulletblocker, built the website and began selling bulletproof backpacks, brief cases and clothing online," Barbin said.
Curran manufactured the products from his home in Billerica, Mass., while Barbin managed the website from Center Conway. "I ran the online store and customer management, and Joe produced the actual product," Barbin said. "As the company grew, we needed someone to tie it all together and oversee the marketing as well."
Elmar Uy was brought in as vice president of business operations in August. "I left shortly after we brought in Mr. Uy to run my own operation," Barbin said.
Since the Newtown murders, bulletblocker, with a mailing address out of Nutting Lake, Mass., has gotten a lot of media attention, with Uy shown displaying the bulletproof backpack. He said the company would sell 10 backpacks a week in a good week, but since the shooting has sold 50 to 60 a day, or more.
The bulletproof backpack was always the biggest attention-grabber when it came to media coverage, with features in the Boston Herald and on ABC, CNN, CNBC, Fox News and The New York Times even before the Newtown shootings. The backpacks have garnered more attention since then. Uy had to cut off a Union Leader interview on Thursday because the Wall Street Journal was on the line.
Yet Barbin decided not to offer backpacks when he set out on his own.
"We had a philosophical conflict and I stepped down. I didn't want to steal the idea of bulletproof backpacks, so I sell bulletproof vests, brief cases and the life-shield door guard," he said. "Many of the products are made by me, and some are imported from Israel. It's a mix."
Barbin said he was selling about $1,000 a week in merchandise from the day he started, mostly through Facebook promotions and Google searches. Since Dec. 14, however, he's had a hard time keeping up. He also provides some items on a wholesale basis to his former partner.
His most popular items have been the briefcases and jackets, because of their ability to provide what he called "discreet protection."
"People can hang a jacket on the inside of their door, or have a briefcase sitting down next to their desk," he said, "and if something happens, they have something they can turn to rather than just hide behind a wood door, hoping someone doesn't find them."
A volunteer firefighter and EMT in Conway, Barbin has seen firsthand the consequences of escalating violence in society that makes people turn to sites like his.
"That's why I got out of law enforcement in Massachusetts," he said. "It's unfortunate, but something Joe and I have dealt with for more than a decade."
Barbin said his connections in law enforcement enable him to get good pricing on bulletproof materials, and he tries to pass the savings along to his customers.
"I'm a regular person living here in New Hampshire trying to bring low-cost, quality protection to law-abiding citizens," he said. "I think that regular people should be able to buy the same type of protection that police and military can get their hands on."
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Semiconductor New Equipment Market $32.0 Billion for 2013; Forecast Growth in 2014 and 2015
By Lara Chamness, SEMI Industry Research and Statistics
Orders for new equipment slowly improved early on in 2013, with bookings reaching a peak by the second quarter before receding in the third quarter. Over this time, equipment billings, while increasing, were trending below 2012 levels. In October, book-to-bill data from both SEMI and the SEAJ show bookings are increasing once again, and this indicates a stronger fourth quarter for the semiconductor equipment market compared to the third quarter. Given these trends, the recently published SEMI Year-end Forecast predicts that the new equipment market will contract 13.3 percent for this year (to $32.0 billion) and increase 23.2 percent for 2014, with another market gain of 2.4 percent expected for 2015.
The SEMI Year-end Forecast predicts that new wafer processing equipment, the largest product segment by dollar value, is anticipated to decrease 10.7 percent in 2013 to total $25.1 billion, on par with 2004 spending levels. The forecast predicts that the market for assembly and packaging equipment will decline by 22.1 percent to $2.4 billion in 2013. The market for semiconductor test equipment is forecasted to decline by 20.7 percent, reaching $2.8 billion this year. The "Other Front End" category (fab facilities, mask/reticle, and wafer manufacturing equipment) is expected in decrease 25.2 percent in 2013.
Korea, Taiwan, and North America remain the largest spending regions, though of the three only Taiwan is expected to show an increase in spending for 2013. According to SEMI, in 2013, Taiwan will reach equipment sales of $10.2 billion, with North American sales totaling $5.7 billion and Korea sales registering $5.5 billion. Regions experiencing the steepest declines in spending in 2013 include: Korea, North America, and Europe. The equipment market in Rest of World, primarily Southeast Asia, is expected to increase 3.2 percent due to investments by GLOBALFOUNDRIES and Micron. Sizable investments by Samsung, SK Hynix and SMIC are projected to spur growth in the China equipment market this year and the next.
Projects driving the Taiwan equipment market this year and the next include but are not limited to TSMC's Fab 12, Fab 14, and Fab 15. Inotera is also upgrading its Fab 1 and Fab 2, while Macronic, Micron, Nanya, and UMC are investing in the region.
In 2014, all regions except Rest of World are expected to have strong positive growth, resulting in a global increase of 23.2 percent in sales. 2015 sales are expected to continue to grow — increasing 2.4 percent with Europe, Japan, Korea, China, and Rest of World regions registering positive growth.
The following results are given in terms of market size in billions of U.S. dollars.
The SEMI Industry Research and Statistics group provides timely market and trend information for market research, competitive analysis, and sales forecasting. We focus on the global semiconductor capital equipment, selected materials markets and fab forecasting data. Please visit www.semi.org/marketinfo for additional information.
SEMI has a long tradition of generating forecasts for new semiconductor equipment. These forecasts are published two times a year in conjunction with SEMICON West in July and SEMICON Japan in December. SEMI bases this forecast on monthly "bookings and billings" data that it collects directly from semiconductor equipment suppliers, data from the SEMI World Fab database, and feedback from equipment suppliers. This forecast covers both "Front-end" equipment (typically associated with wafer fabrication) and "Back-end" equipment (equipment used to package and test individual devices). The new equipment forecast contrasts to the "bottoms-up" forecast generated by the World Fab database, which bases its projections on CapEx announcements by device manufacturers and only covers fab equipment, including used and equipment manufactured directly by fabs.
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Dave D'Onofrio's Patriots Notebook: Tweaks needed, but still great expectationsBY DAVE D'ONOFRIO
Special to The New Hampshire Union Leader
January 21. 2013 9:52PM
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- TWELVE HOURS LATER, not much had changed for Bill Belichick. By Monday morning he'd taken the time to view the video of Sunday night's AFC Championship game, but it merely confirmed what he'd seen from the sideline.
Same missed opportunities for his Patriots. Same regrettable execution. And, of course, same result: a 28-13 win for the Ravens.
But in those 12 hours there was one thing that changed for the Patriots' coach. His perspective.
"On balance, I still thought that certainly there were a lot of positives from this football team," Belichick said. "It's a team that I enjoyed coaching. I thought that the players worked hard behind the scenes; everybody doesn't see that, but on a day-to-day basis they worked hard, they competed well, they didn't make excuses. They got better over the course of the season, both individually and collectively.
"We wouldn't have gotten to where we were without a lot of good, consistent performances from a lot of people in a number of games and countless practices and meetings and all the things that lead up to that. That part of it, I thought there were, again, a lot of positives that we accomplished."
Belichick wasn't interested in positives or accomplishments on Sunday night, when after missing a chance to get back to the Super Bowl, especially after letting it happen on home turf in a game his team was favored to win, he seemed expectedly sour. His refusal to do a post-game interview with CBS was instantly criticized as petulant, and cast as further proof that he's a sore loser.
But by the time he got back in front of the microphones Monday morning, Belichick said he was "on to next year." And with that turning of the page seemingly came a more pragmatic view, and with it a reminder that his Patriots are still in excellent shape moving forward - particularly if they can find a way to plug the few persistent holes that have doomed them in the playoffs the past few postseasons.
Following an eliminating loss the instinct is always to panic, especially in football, where the one-and-done nature magnifies everything. But as ugly as Sunday might have been, it's important that New England's fans and front office alike realize that this team is as close to championship-caliber as it has been since 2007, and now is no time to leap from the bandwagon or to start making sweeping changes.
Even though last year's club led Super Bowl XLVI into the final minutes, this edition was better, and the foundation is now stronger. In Chandler Jones, Dont'a Hightower and Alfonzo Dennard, they've added three impactful rookies on defense. Rob Ninkovich and Brandon Spikes have emerged as forceful players in the front seven. Vince Wilfork and Jerod Mayo deserved their Pro Bowl distinctions.
The youngest defense of Belichick's 13 seasons in Foxborough showed significant growth as the season progressed - specifically on third down, and general stability - and the offense scored 76 more points than any other team despite having its full complement of talent available for only the season opener. If Rob Gronkowski and Aaron Hernandez return to full health, if Stevan Ridley is as good as 1,263 rushing yards and 12 touchdowns suggests, and if an offensive line that got younger this year can continue to gel, there's no reason to think Tom Brady's production will dip at age 36.
And so after 13 wins - and incurring three of their five losses against the Super Bowl combatants - there's no reason expectations should slide at all next season.
"Can't wait for the season to start," Wilfork said less than an hour after the last one ended. "I think we have what it takes to be a championship team. . I feel good about this team, so I'm looking forward to next year and getting this thing rolling again and starting from ground zero and moving forward and trying to get it done the right way."
Before then, however, the Patriots do have some questions to answer in terms of personnel. That process begins with their own players, as several key contributors - including Wes Welker, Aqib Talib, Julian Edelman, Sebastian Vollmer, Patrick Chung and Kyle Arrington - could test free agency.
Welker could play under the franchise tag again, if he doesn't sign a long-term deal, so look for him to return. After him, Talib should be the next-highest priority, given the way he stabilized the secondary, though he could chase a payday elsewhere. Vollmer and Edelman fit well, and make sense, if the price is right for a player who is perpetually banged up. And while they'd take Arrington to cover the slot and kicks for short money, Chung is all but gone.
What has to factor in to all of New England's personnel choices, however, is the end game. Over the past six seasons the Patriots have won 76 regular-season games - but only five playoff contests and no titles. Furthermore, they've repeatedly been eliminated in the same type of tilt, one in which the opponent is physical and full of swagger, the offense uncharacteristically struggles, the defense can't force turnovers, and the team can't close.
Maybe they need a deep-threat receiver to diversify the attack. Maybe they need more cornerbacks. Maybe they need one more nasty type in the trenches. Maybe they need better leaders. Or maybe they need more Bruschi-, Harrison-, Vrabel-types who get mentally tougher as the moment gets bigger.
"Certainly every individual is important, but collectively it has to be looked at in context of the entire team, and that process takes a little thought," Belichick said - and reasonably so. If the answers were easily identifiable, his team would be readying for New Orleans. Sunday night those opportunities, that execution, the result would've all been different.
And, come Monday morning, so would've been perspectives all across New England.
Dave D'Onofrio covers the Patriots for the New Hampshire Union Leader and Sunday News. His e-mail address is email@example.com.


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Why It's Endangered: The clubshell was once found from Michigan to Alabama, and from Illinois to West Virginia. Extirpated from Alabama, Illinois and Tennessee, it occurs today in portions of only 12 streams. Reasons for its decline in the upper Ohio and Wabasha watersheds have been principally due to pollution from agricultural run-off and industrial wastes, and extensive impoundments for navigation. These are thought to be also responsible for its decline elsewhere as well.
An added threat now is the zebra mussel, a fast spreading exotic species accidentally introduced in ballast water from the Caspian Sea area. These tiny mussels reproduce in enormous numbers which tend to cover and suffocate native mussels.
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Housing construction in New Jersey "is poised to accelerate and, in doing so, provide further impetus to the state's economy," according to Pat O'Keefe, director of economic research at the accounting and consulting firm CohnReznick.
O'Keefe said state government data shows New Jersey homebuilders obtained 2,261 building permits in July, the third-highest monthly total in five years.
He said year-to-date, residential approvals are running almost one-third ahead of the comparable period in 2012.
"Despite month-to-month fluctuations, the state's housing recovery appears to be gathering momentum," O'Keefe said.
Rutgers economist Jim Hughes concurred with O'Keefe's assessment of the housing picture in New Jersey.
The resurgence of multifamily housing construction over the past two or three years has been a major factor, driven by demand from both baby boomers and their grown children.
Baby boomers, "in many cases, are getting rid of their single-family homes, and are trading down" to rental units because they are empty nesters who don't need the space, or they don't want to be tied down geographically.
And, he said, "We have a huge number of 20-somethings and young 30-somethings, and they are primarily a rental housing generation. Some of them may want to buy homes, but with the new stricter (mortgage) requirements they can't — but in other cases, they are delaying household formation. They want to be mobile and they want to be near activity centers."
O'Keefe noted that permit data tend to be volatile month-to-month and also reflect season variations.
"Taking account of those factors — by using a three-month moving average of seasonally adjusted data — residential construction in New Jersey is the strongest it has been since August 2007," he said.
O'Keefe said residential construction permits are almost triple the mid-2009 bottom of the housing contraction, but despite this year's gains, they are more than a third below the peak of 2005 peak prior to the 2008 financial crisis.
Hughes said the housing resurgence will help the economic recovery. Since 2010, "each year has been successively better than the preceding in private sector job growth, and we did that while the housing market was still moribund," he said. "Now, I think housing will be a positive addition to the economic momentum."


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Cloud computing is the technology innovation du jour . Yet, this much-hyped storage and application delivery solution remains cloaked in mystery for many executives, particularly those on the business side of their organizations. Likewise, as CIO you likely understand the technology of cloud computing, but are you fully aware of the business process transformation that cloud technology can drive? Author Peter Fingar demystifies the cloud in his book, "Dot.Cloud: The 21st Century Business Platform" (Meghan-Kiffer/Available now). In the book, Fingar traces the origins of cloud computing and explains in practical fashion how it can be applied to day-to-day business operations. The cloud has democratized the process of computing for the masses, Fingar writes, and these masses are now gaining great influence in how technology is delivered. CIOs who grasp these and other key cloud concepts will have a great advantage over those who do not. Fingar is a business-strategy expert and former CIO. Here are 10 fundamental truths about the cloud from Fingar's book.
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The Pittsburgh Steelers have released CB Terrence Frederick, CB Josh Victorian, LB Brandon Hicks, LB Marshall McFadden, DE Corbin Bryant, DE Ikponmwosa Igbinosun, DE Jake Stoller, RB DuJuan Harris, WR Tyler Beiler, OL Ryan Lee, OG John Malecki and OT Chris Scott. The team has also placed LB Sean Spence (knee) on Injured Reserve, ending his 2012 season.
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The Buffalo Bills have released LS Danny Aiken, WR Kamar Aiken, QB Levi Brown, FB Jehuu Caulcrick, TE Mike Caussin, LB Antonio Coleman, CB Reggie Corner, WR Craig Davis, DE Lionel Dotson, DB Sidney Glover, C Geoff Hangartner, LB Brandon Hicks, OG Cordaro Howard, DT Michael Jasper, DE T.J. Langley, CB Doyle Miller, TE Shawn Nelson, DB Joshua Nesbitt, WR Naaman Roosevelt, C Michael Switzer, T Jason Watkins and OL Mansfield Wrotto. The team waived injured SS Jon Corto (undisclosed), WR Felton Huggins (concussion), LB Jammie Kirlew (undisclosed) and OT Ed Wang (shoulder). The team also placed RB Bruce Hall (undisclosed) on Injured Reserve, ending his 2011 season.
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Tips for Live-With Moms
About 15 years ago, my friend Bill Klatte (a marvelous psychologist and dad) helped me put together a popular document called 10 Tips for Live-Away Dads. Over the ensuing years, women often asked: "what should I do about my ex and his parenting?"
The result is "Live-With Mom's Tips for Supporting a Daughter's Bond with Her Live-Away Dad." Let me know your thoughts n the comment below.Read more
Fatherhood.Gov: Dads & Daughters
What is the power and potential of father-daughter relationships?
The National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse asked me, and I'm pleased to note that they posted my thoughts this week:
Please share your own thoughts below. And, I invite you to hear many other dad and stepdad perspectives in my book Dads & Daughters: How to Inspire, Support, and Understand Your Daughter.
Imperfect; Day In, Day Out
Parenting/Stepparenting, Fathering/Stepfathering means (IMHO) doing our best as a way of life, not as an excuse.Read more
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Dads and Stepdads have enormous power and potential in their daughters' lives. One often overlooked area where we use this influence? When a daughter struggles to recover from a mental illness.
In this Recovery Warriors podcast, host Jessica Raymond explores this topic with me.
83 Years of Dad-Daughter Inspiration
The world is filled with inspirational stories of dads and daughters. We heard another one today during the swearing in of the new United States Attorney General, Loretta Lynch. She spoke with well-earned love and respect for Rev. Lorenzo Lynch, Sr., a pastor who, in the 1960s opened his church's basement to civil rights leaders and students who organized lunch counter sit-ins in North Carolina.
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VENICE, Italy (AP) - Japanese director Sion Sono wants to set the records straight: It was Bruce Lee and not Quentin Tarantino who transformed the yellow jumpsuit into a piece of film iconography.
Sono has been fielding questions all day about Tarantino's influence on his film "Why Don't You Play in Hell?" which premiered to an enthusiastic reception out of the main competition at the Venice Film Festival on Thursday.
The raucous gangster drama telling the story of a young filmmaker aiming at cinematic greatness is full of over-the-top graphic violence, and a would-be action star wears a yellow jumpsuit, as sported by Uma Thurman in Tarantino's "Kill Bill."
"I speak as head of the `Bruce Lee Fan Club,'" Sono said in an interview. "Everyone is talking about the yellow tracksuit as something from Tarantino, but that is very sad for me. The original idea was Bruce Lee's, and now everyone thinks it came from Tarantino."
Sono drafted Jun Kunimura, a veteran of John Woo films who also appeared as Boss Tanaka in both "Kill Bill" movies, to star as a clan boss whose wife single-handedly massacres a rival gang. The movie also stars Fumi Nikaido, recipient of Venice's young actress award in 2011 for her role in Sono's film "Himizu," as the clan boss's daughter who longs for stardom after her career as a toothpaste TV commercial star is quashed by her mother's murderous tirade.
Kunimura said he enjoyed the chance to play a character that didn't have to be controlled.
"For my whole career, my expression has been the opposite of exaggerated. I would try to be as straight as possible," Kunimura said, adding that Sono "is crazy, in a good way."
Against the backdrop of spiraling gang violence, a young filmmaker inspired by Sono himself and played by Hiroki Hasegawa assembles a film troupe determined to make one great film. The gang/filmmaker plot lines weave together and climax with gangsters and filmmakers both shooting guns and cameras, respectively, in one small space.
Sono wrote the script 20 years ago – before the "Kill Bill" movies, he points out – as a portrait of his own struggles to become a filmmaker.
"I wanted to create something purely interesting," he said.
"The film is about the problems I faced" as an aspiring filmmaker, Sono said, and he included episodes from his own life, including a scene when a bunch of kids makes fun of, then tries to beat up a Bruce Lee-style actor as the troupe films in a park.
The movie brims with good-natured absurdity and pokes fun at the movie industry, ruefully commenting on the decline of modern cinema. The young filmmaker, full of ambition, bemoans the decline of 35mm even as he shoots on video, and wears a Cannes T-shirt with an Oscar statuette.
"Perhaps it was a miscalculation, because I didn't think this movie would come to either Cannes or Venice," Sono said.
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