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By and for the students of Hobart and William Smith Colleges FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2008
VOLUME CXXX ISSUE 10
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Fisher Center Speaker Pagan Kennedy Speaks on “Sex, Drugs and Memory” By Rachel Cico Herald Contributor Pagan Kennedy, a featured speaker of the Fisher Center this semester, presented her lecture on “Sex, Drugs and Memory” on January 30th. This lecture addressed gender and memory in our age of pharmaceuticals. “Gender” is a social construction, as she points out, and was rarely used one hundred years ago. Today we use the term gender to refer to our social constructs of how our society operates on sex. Identity and gender, masculinity and femininity, exist on different levels within the mind and the brain and the social role. Kennedy points out the difference in the mental sense and physical sense of your identity. Throughout history we have deemed those who “don’t match-up” to be abnormal. Sex-change operations are fairly new and there is still a lot of ambiguity and controversy surrounding the
Assault on St. Clair Street By Trippe Duke Managinge Editor Coordinator in Residential Education could not comment further on the event but urges all students to follow the safety guidelines outlined in the email by communications, adding that “I have always felt this campus to be very safe.” Despite the great effort the Colleges have expended making the campus a safer place some older students who were on campus three and four years ago, and who remember the multiple incidents of sexual assault which occurred during that time are still nervous, despite the increased safety measures. Any Persons who have additional information regarding the incident are urged to contact Campus Safety at extension 333.
identity and to produce happiness. In relevance to transsexuals, he said, “Where the mind cannot be made to fit the body, the body should be made to fit, approximately at any rate to the mind.” Plastic surgeons, who were almost non-existent at this time, were the first to agree with Dillon. As Kennedy looked into the drugs and other medical treatments relevant to gender, she came across a study of sea slugs where doctors were working on treatment for semantic memory. This gave way to her book, Confessions of a Memory Eater, based off of Thomas De Quincey’s Confessions of an Opium Eater. In this novel, the protagonist, Win Duncan, becomes addicted to a drug, “Mem.” Mem boosts your episodic memory. KENNEDY continued on Page 4
By Timothy Robbins Herald Contributor
Next week something big is happening on campus here at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, but then again it is something big that is happening across the nation. On Wednesday the 30th and Thursday the 31st of this month, Hobart and William Smith Colleges will be participating in an event called “Focus the Nation: 2008”. Across the United States over 1,100 colleges, universities and an assortment of other public and educational institutions will be holding a teach-in which will focus directly on global warming solutions for America. The event will begin on Wednesday night at 8 pm Eastern Standard Time in the Albright Auditorium. At 8 a live webcast will be shown on the big screen. The webcast is called the “Two Percent Solution”. What the “Two Percent Solution” consists of is a panel style discussion amongst experts discussing the issues of global warming and climate change. The
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topic. Some look at changing the body as a way of matching one’s body to his/ her mind. She describes our bodies as “wallpaper we find to match the identity we have formed in our mind.” T h r o u g h advancements in medical treatments in gender identity cases many have fought to address social issues and stigma. Michael Dillon, who was once uncomfortable in his born skin as “Laura,” wrote Ethics and Endocrinology, the first argument for the rights of transgendered people. He argued that medicine had another role which was to fulfill one to their true
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Last Monday, at 1:30 in the afternoon, it was reported that an unidentified man abducted and sexually assaulted a William Smith student while she was walking past the Hubbs Health Center located in the main campus. The perpetrator is said to be a 30 year old Caucasian with brown hair and eyes, and was driving an old model Grey Jeep Cherokee. The incident, which was reported to Campus security at 6:45PM and subsequently to the Geveva Police Department is of upmost importance, which has led many students concerned that the some sort of campus wide email alert was not sent out in a more timely fashion with the first alert being posted by the Colleges at 8:26PM. Michael F. Hoepp ‘05, an Area
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panelist members come from various different scientific fields and political arenas, and are widely regarded as experts by many sources. The second night will begin at 7 PM, also in the Albright Auditorium. The second night will consist of a Panel discussion that is going to occur right here on campus with prominent experts and leaders within the Geneva community and surrounding area. This list of participants includes faculty and students from the colleges, the new Mayor of Geneva, Stuart Einstein and representative of Casella Waste Incorporated, Jerry Leone. The layout of what the event will look like is as follows; Focus the Nation: 2008 Wednesday January 30th 8PM – 9PM EST Live Webcast Thursday January 31st Event Introduction: Welcome to Focus the Nation 7:00 PM
1. Regarding Energy Keynote speaker: Casella Waste Systems Inc. Subject of Discussion: “Trash to treasure” 2. The Cost of food: Our Food Systems - McNally, Susanne Keynote speaker: - Senior Integrative Experience (SIE) ENV Program Subject of discussion: Composting, reusable cups, reusable binders 3. Policy Power: A catalyst for change in Geneva Keynote Speaker: Einstein, Stuart: Mayor of city of Geneva, New York Subject of discussion: Making solutions: Energy and the Environment in Geneva 4. Regarding Environment and Education - Kehle, Paul Keynote speaker: Moskell, Christine Senior Integrative FOCUS continued on Page 4
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