Mia Balistaff writer

Business and science ma-jors can expect better learn-ing spaces as early as next semester, due to two new building projects on campus.

Hudson Hall will be un-dergoing renovations start-ing next semester and a new hall, designed specifically for computer science, business and economics classes will be created in 2012-13.

“We are designing a build-ing that is for here, forward,” Linda Sichel, SUNY Platts-burgh’s capital program manager said.

Ed Miller, associate dean of arts and science, said the renovations will allow for the science department to “basically have all new labs.” In addition, Miller said the Lake Champlain Research Institute (an organization that studies Lake Champ-lain and the surrounding area) will have new labs as well.

But it does not stop there.

“We (the Science Depart-ment) will have research facilities for faculty,” Miller said.

Hudson is not the only building to go under reno-vation, as a portion of Ward Hall is in the process of ob-taining all new lab equip-ment, Miller said.

This includes a new ar-chaeology room and map-making rooms for the Geol-

ogy Department, which will be able to start moving into its new space in Ward over this semester. It will remain in Ward until Hudson Hall is finished in 2012.

Due to the renovations, however, Sichel said there will be some changes in the schedules of science majors, as classes currently held in Hudson Hall will be moved to other buildings by the

start of next semester. For example, classes within the geology and environmental science programs that are currently held in the first floor of Hudson will meet in the first floor of Ward next semester.

The Business Depart-ment is also benefitting from all the construction. The building that will be completed in 2012-13 on the corner of Draper Av-enue and Cornelia Street will include case study and accounting training rooms that Redcay Hall, originally built as a library, lacks, Si-chel said.

“We are looking forward to putting them (computer science, business and eco-nomics students) in a facil-ity that meets their needs,” Sichel said.

Sichel also said these ren-ovations will have “no direct impact” on student tuition, as the cost for these renova-tions, which totals around $35 million, is coming di-rectly from the state.

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PSUC News

Buffalo — State University of New York Chancellor Nan-cy L. Zimpher reported to the SUNY Board of Trustees on the search for a new president for the University at Buffalo.

Zimpher plans to appoint a representative from the SUNY system administration to the search committee. She hopes to ensure the selected president is efficient, compli-ant and effective.

Zimpher noted that she will discuss with the UB Coun-cil possible candidates to serve as interim president. At a special meeting Zimpher will present her nomination to the Board of Trustees for approval before their November meeting.

This same process for selecting interim presidents at SUNY campuses was recently followed at New Paltz result-ing in the appointment of Don Christian and also at Bing-hamton resulting in the appointment of C. Peter Magrath. In addition, Western New York not long ago experienced the selection of a permanent president at Buffalo State Col-lege, resulting in the appointment of Aaron Podolefsky.

Greeks discuss hazing at ACCMonday afternoon

Graduate fair being held TuesdayA graduate and Professional School fair will be held on

Tuesday, Sept. 21, in the Angell College Center from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Admission is free and more than 50 plus colleges and university representatives will present their graduate programs. For more information call 518-564-4723.

SUNY NewsUB begins search for new president with Chancellor’s help

Fraternity and sorority New Member Education Show-case to be held Monday Sept. 20th from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Alumni Conference Room, in the Angell College Center, in conjunction PSUC’s Hazing Prevention Week.

Victims of violence to be honored

Tunnel of oppression comes to PSUCThe Tunnel of Oppression will explore various forms of

oppression including racism, homophobia, and domes-tic abuse, and will then followed by a debriefing session. From noon to 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday Sept. 23 in the Meeting rooms in Angell College Center.

A candlelight vigil will convene for the victims of violence outside Hood hall on Tuesday Sept. 21 at 8 p.m. The event is open to the public and is in memory of the victims of all types of violence including hazing, domestic abuse, sexual assault and hate crimes, among other types of violent crimes. The event is part of PSUC’S Hazing Prevention Week.

Beaumont to hold reading in CV Hall Poet Jeanne Marie Beaumont will read “Burning of the

Three Fires” at 8 p.m. In addition to the book reading Beau-mont will read a selection of other poems in the Commons of Champlain Valley Hall on Wednesday, Sept. 22. A recep-tion will follow the reading. More information about Beau-mont is available at jeannemariebeaumont.com. For more information about the reading call 518-564-2428.

Screening of “The Lois Wilson Story: When Love is not Enough” will take place in Yokum 208, on Thursday Sept. 23, at 7 p.m. Admission is free and discussions are held after the movie. The film’s plot revolves around the wife of Alcoholics Anonymous’ co-founder Bill Wilson.

CHARGES: College stands by decisionFrom Page One

assault, while Gregg, who is being rep-resented by attorney Aaron Mindoro, is charged with first-degree gang assault and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon.

Neither Bruno nor Mindoro returned calls for a comment.

The original charges all stem from a fight that occurred last April at the Beta Fraternity house. Originally, Platts-burgh City Police charged the five men with assaulting Ryan McKinstry, who suffered a broken jaw from the fight.

Due to the charges, Dean of Students Stephen Matthews said the PSUC stu-dents involved in the fight would no longer be recognized as students of the college. At the time, Matthews said PSUC President John Ettling could place inter-im suspensions on students as the case goes through the criminal proceedings.

And while three of the five men have seen their charges reduced, and pos-sible erased with good behavior, Mat-thews said PSUC currently has the same stance as they had last spring and are still not recognizing the three men

to be students at the college.Matthews said criminal charges dif-

fer from college judicial charges, and that PSUC is unable to make definite de-cisions until after the criminal proceed-ings have played out. Thus, he said the college is still waiting on paperwork from attorneys.

“Whenever there are criminal charg-es, the college will examine the charges to see if there is a violation of college policy,” Matthews said. “Something could violate a college policy and not be against the law.”

The president of the Beta Fraternity Brian Harrington, however, believes that the students should again be al-lowed to attend the college since city court has decided to reduce, if not elim-inate, all charges.

“Even when the city court decided to eventually drop the charges, the school is still sticking to their original plan and not recognizing them as students– and that’s a shame,” Harrington said.

Harrington said the former students should not have been kicked out of PSUC in the first place, as the men were removed from PSUC without due pro-

cess in the college’s judicial system. As a result of the student dismissals,

Harrington said Stackpole was unable to graduate last May.

But while the former students are yet to be recognized by the college, Di-rector of Fraternity and Sorority Life and Organization Development Alli-son Swick-Duttine, said Beta’s charter is still recognized by Greek life, which Beta has taken advantage of.

Harrington said the incident has brought the Fraternity closer together, while it has encouraged them to im-prove their image around campus.

The Fraternity has recently volun-teered at the Pine Harbor Assistant Liv-ing Center and also raised money for the American Society for the Preven-tion of Animal Cruelty (ASPCA).

Nevertheless, Harrington said the Fraternity wants to see the men get ad-mitted back into the college.

“It’s ridiculous that one person’s statement can affect the lives of so many people,” he said. “Just because you hear something bad it doesn’t mean it’s true, there’s always two sides to every story.”

Rob Mason/Cardinal PointsBegining next semester, renovation projects will bring new equipment and technologies to numerous campus buildings in order to move the college into the future.

Building overhaul starts

BUDGET: Revenue still not stableFrom Page One

Classes have been cut, but no academic departments have been eliminated.

“We have been able to avoid major program closures and layoffs because we have had reserves- funds we have been able to draw on to help us pay the bills,” Ettling said.

Ettling has gone on record saying PSUC will not break contracts to reduce staff on campus, instead an early retire-ment incentive was offered to employ-ees last year.

“One of the benefits of having a se-nior person retire and hiring someone new is that there is usually a salary differential, so you can have that kind of savings going on as well,” said Hom-burger.

Foster said that as of this week, 25

classified employees have submitted their resignations for this year. Other employees may still submit their resig-nation by the end of September. Faculty and staff must file for retirement by the end of December.

A four percent tuition in-crease for non-residential students this semester, did help revenues, but it wasn’t a significantly revenue source, Foster said. Additional en-rollment for the fall semester has contributed more rev-enue.

“The problem is that al-though we made all the right things, so to speak, and made the right decisions we are still living on what I call a sav-ings account. One time money or tem-porary funds,” Homburger said.

PSUC cash reserves were used to try to keep everything as normal for stu-dents as possible during the year Fos-ter said.

But students may see noticeable changes at the college, Foster said.

“Our tenured faculty may be teaching an extra course, stu-dents will see them in an addi-tional class over last year, why we did that is because then we can reduce the number of ad-junct lecturers that we need to hire and students may see an in-crease in class sizes,” Foster said,

“Students may also see a reduction of areas outside of the academic areas where we can cost, for example instead of washing the floors every day we may wash them every other day.”

NCTRC: Various resources now lost From Page One

Saranac Elementary school, and adjunct lecturer at PSUC she is sad to see it go. “The big thing is generally when you lose funding for such a thing, you don’t get it back,” Richardson said. “They provide professional development to most teach-ers in the area. With that teacher center gone, there is nowhere to provide us with that. Teachers have a difficult time here in the North Coun-try. If we need something, we have to travel far to get it.”

Other than the resources at the center, it also offered professional development

opportunities online, as well as courses taught at PSUC.

“The other opportunities available to teachers are al-ways helpful, but it may not always be a topic that directly relates to them,” Richard-son said. “The classes at the teacher center are always related to the direct needs of the teacher.

The resource center also provided curriculum guides on subjects, so the center was utilized by several edu-cation students as well as educators. In addition, the center allowed teachers and students to keep up the lat-est classroom technologies.

“I just feel badly that since

we’re in such a state of eco-nomic downfall that such a great resource can no longer be available,” Richardson said. “It makes it harder for teachers to do a good job when we don’t have all of those resources available.”

Karin Larkin, a health and science educator at PSUC, works across from the cen-ter and used it often.

“It wasn’t just the tech-nology that was so read-ily available, but it was also the training. Kathy Fessette and the other people that worked there were so giving with their time,” Larkin said. “They taught all the smart technology. They brought all

of the service workshops to the area. They also provided grants to teachers working on special projects.”

Due to the centers closing, teachers in the area will now have to find an educating tool that will help fill the void left by the empty space in Sibley.

“The NCTRC gave teach-ers the incentive to become highly effective educators,” Larkin said, “there was nothing that they did in the resource center, that you couldn’t take right back into the classroom. All teachers wonder ‘how can I make my classroom an exciting place to be?’ That’s what the teach-er center did.”

Homburger

Attorney to speak on constitution

More than 40 on and off-campus Cardinal Cash program members will meet in the Warren Ballrooms of the Angell College Center on Wednesday, Sept. 22 between 5 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Free sample food provided as well as a chance to win prizes. For more information, call 518-564-2035.

Yokum Hall hosting movie screening

Retired attorney, Louis Cohen, will discuss constitutional principles in modern law and practice on Wednesday, Sept. 22, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Cardinal Lounge of the Angell College Center. Admission is free. For more information, call 518-564-4007.

Cardinal cash program members meet in Angell College Center