On
The Quads
Progressive
government
This October welcomed
the new bicameral Student Government (SG) structure voted in last
March. The Graduate Coordinating Council and the College Council
will convene once a quarter to discuss university-wide issues
but will function as independent units. Dividing SG into two houses
allows representatives to focus on issues directly affecting students
in their respective programs, says former SG president Andy Hong,
'01. The first College Council president is Philip Venticinque,
'01.
Political
pundits
PBS's Washington Week in Review was filmed on campus October 21
and co-hosted by David Broder, AB'47, AM'51, Pulitzer Prize-winning
columnist for the Washington Post. Among the 985 attendants at
the live taping in Mandel Hall were 271 students, including three
from the College who posed questions on the presidential election.
Broadening
horizons
The latest destination
for jet-setting Maroons is Cape Town, South Africa. Beginning
this winter, students may fulfill their civilization requirement
with a new African-studies curriculum in the seaside resort. Enrolled
in classes at the Bo Kaap Museum, 24 students will take courses
on precolonial, colonial, and postcolonial African history. Beginning
in winter 2001, students will take an introductory course in Zulu
while abroad.
Scientific
succession
Simon Swordy, professor
in physics, follows Sidney Nagel, the Louis Block professor in
physics, as master of the Physical Sciences Collegiate Division.
Swordy's goals for his three-year term include connecting College
concentrators to research labs and reaching out to nonmajors to
underscore the value of the hard sciences in an interdisciplinary
education.