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New general education proposal under
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Health Center to Offer Free HIV Testing
By Nick Ironside
Reforming Currys CLAC
requirement has been more complicated
than Kris Humphries and Kim
Kardashians marriage. Then again, the
process to rewrite the general education
curriculum has lasted far longer.
The administration created the frst
General Education Taskforce three
years ago. Its mission was to set the
criteria for reforming the current liberal
arts requirements for undergraduates.
The second Gen Ed Taskforce, which
began its work one year ago, recently
completed its proposed revisions and
has brought the plan to the full faculty
for a vote.
Since that time, however, a number
of professors have voiced strong
opposition to the proposal, arguing that
it allows students to forego too many
traditional liberal arts disciplines.
The proposal under consideration
gives students a variety of options to
Iulfll certain core requirements, but
it also eliminates some of the current
necessities. For example, students
would have the option of taking just
two coursessix credits total from
a category called Humanities,
which includes courses in philosophy,
literature, religion, history and politics,
among others. Students are currently
required to take one literature course,
one politics or history course, and one
philosophy or religion course.
Unlike the current voluntary frst-
year seminar course, all freshmen under
the proposal would be required to take
a First Year Inquiry course. FYI is
described in the proposal as a Iour-
credit course that requires students to
create and maintain a digital portfolio
of their work, in part for learning
assessment purposes.
In addition, the proposal creates a
new Iour-credit 'Junior Inquiry and
Integration course, which requires of
students a more nuanced understanding
of the interdisciplinary and connected
nature of the liberal arts. Students
would also be required to take six
credits under an Inclusion, or
diversity, category. Students could
Iulfll the requirement through two
courses, at the 2000 level or higher, that
examine cultures, religions, genders
and/or value systems.
No current Curry student would
be directly affected by changes to the
existing CLAC system.
Professor Patty Kean of the PAL
department and chairwoman of the
Undergraduate Curriculum Committee
(UCC) said she is excited by the
proposed changes. UCC reviews all
proposed substantial changes to the
undergraduate curriculum, including
new course and degree offerings. If
the committee approves changesthe
committee passed the Gen Ed proposal
9-0it brings the proposal to the Iull
faculty for approval.
It makes the Gen Ed curriculum
By Mike Weiss
Have you ever stopped and
thought about all the people youve
had sex with? How about all the
people theyve had sex with? Its a
dirty world out there, and knowledge
is power.
The Curry Health Center is
offering free HIV testing for
students, faculty and staff. Tests
are available this Friday, March 2,
Wednesday, April 4 and Friday, May
4 between noon and 3:30 p.m.
Representatives from Harbor
Health Services, located in Milton,
will conduct the tests using a
Iast-acting oral swab, said Ellen
Kawadler, director of health
services at Curry. Results will be
made available in less than 20
minutes, and all tests and results
are private. Kawadler recommends
that people make appointments
although walk-ins won`t be turned
away, she saidand tests will
be conducted on the half hour,
meaning only seven appointments
per day will be available.
According to the Center for
Disease Control and Prevention,
people ages 13 to 29 accounted for
39 percent of all new HIV cases
in the United States in 2009, the
most recent year for which there
are statistics. Seventy-fve percent
of these cases were found in people
ages 20 to 24.
Curry`s Iree HIV-testing program
began in the fall of 2010 as a service
for students because some of their
health insurance policies may not
have covered the test. Kawadler said
the Center for Disease Control and
Prevention recommends that yearly
CECC Turns 30
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By Alexandra McGinnis
Nestled in a far corner of campus,
removed from the hustle and bustle that
comprises the typical life of a Curry
student, lays a world oI construction-
paper butterfies, colorIul building
blocks and daily naptime.
Welcome to the Curry Early
Childhood Center.
This past Valentines Day marked
the Centers 30
th
anniversary, which it
will celebrate May 24 with a birthday
party for its students. To be sure, the
CECC has come a long way since
its days buried within the basement
of the Kennedy Academic Building.
Originally founded by faculty members
who needed childcare, it is now an
integral part of the college community,
providing educational experiences
to both young children and college
students, says Erica Pierce, director of
the Center.
The Center, which moved to its
current locationdown the road from
the PAL oIfcesin December 2004,
provides daylong childcare for infants,
Early Childhood Center provides care
for kids, opportunities for Curry students
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By Andrew Blom
The Currier Times has joined the
Internet.
Launched at the start of the spring
semester, the new Web site will feature
student-produced journalism and
information pertaining to life on and
around campus. The site, curriertimes.net,
was produced out of the colleges News/
Multimedia Journalism practicum
course, taught by Professor Jeff Lemberg.
The site features original student-
written blogs on subjects ranging from
travel tips and Curry sports, to music,
media, politics and fashion. In addition,
the site publishes student-produced news
stories, photo slideshows and video. The
Currier Times also has its own Twitter
account, @CurrierTimes.
The communication program is
over 130 years old, says Jerry Gibbs,
co-chairman of the Communication
Department. Curriertimes.net is one
more milestone.
Students who produce content for the
site are registered in the practicum course,
although Lemberg says hes willing to
work with any student who has an interest
in journalism and new media. Students in
the course also produce the print edition
of The Currier Times. Future content
from the print publication, which comes
out three times per semester, will be
republished online.
Sebastian Humbert, a senior
communication major who has been
involved with The Currier Times for three
years, is the student editor of the online
edition. Among other responsibilities with
the site, he oversees the Times Twitter
account.
Online is the future, he says.
Journalism is moving away from print,
and having a Web presence is important.
Adds Gibbs, An online presence
mirrors what we see in the newspaper
world. It has to be interactive, and if
students have the ability to do that, it
should become a must-see destination for
students.
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more relevant for students, said Kean. I
also think it will inspire selI-discovery among
students because it gives students more choices
and causes them to refect more on their
learning.
The full faculty began discussing and debating
the proposal in early February. The groups next
meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 29.
According to the chairman of the second Gen
Ed TaskIorce, ProIessor John Hill oI the Politics
and History Department, the debate is far from
over.
Its very hard to judge where the faculty as a
whole are on this at this point, said Hill. Well
know later in the semester.
Hill did say there have been many positive
comments, but many questions have been raised
as well. Ive heard a lot of positive things, and
Ive also heard a lot of concerns, he said.
Andrew Horn, a professor in the English
department, is one of the concerned faculty
members, particularly in no longer requiring all
students to take a literature course. Our mission
as tertiary educators is not just to produce
nurses and police oIfcers and broadcasters and
corporate managers....It is to produce citizens,
he said via email.
Horn then commented on the facultys own
college degrees. It would be interesting to know
if there are any members of the current Curry
faculty or administration who were allowed to do
no literature studies at all in their undergraduate
degree. If not, should we be offering our own
students a more impoverished degree than we
ourselves benefted so richly Irom?
Numerous faculty members said there was
a lot of pressure, stress and tension at the last
Iaculty meeting. ChieI Academic OIfcer David
Potash said he wasnt surprised.
When you have discussions that are really
important and in a group oI 130-140 people,
people get really intense, he said. Its
appropriate to be intense. Id be shocked if there
wasnt passion and intensity.
When you have those intense discussions,
some folks think it can be uncomfortable, but I
think its really, really healthy.
Natalie Petit, a senior criminal justice major
and president of the Student Government
Association, was among a group of students
who received a presentation about the proposal
from the Gen Ed Taskforce. (Although all
faculty and staff can access the proposal
through Blackboard, Hill said students cannot.)
Even though the proposed changes wont effect
her, Petit is in favor of the move.
I think the Gen Ed [proposal] is good
because with our Iorever-changing society,
we as an institution need to change our way of
teaching and learning, said Petit, adding that
she would vote to pass the proposal if she was a
Curry professor.
Kean said she understands some professors
unhappiness with the proposal. It forces
faculty members to redesign their courses, said
Kean. I do think that some of the professors
may feel threatened because this is shifting
things radically.
But she has a clear view on what should
happen with faculty members who are unwilling
to change their courses.
I think they should stop teaching, said
Kean. I think they should retire or get some
professional development.
For my colleagues that dont want to do
technology or change their syllabi and are
standing on years being here, maybe its time to
retire and do something different.
By Vanessa Kelly
Clear skies arent always needed to see a moon at Curry College.
Walk past Lombard Hall at the right time some weekend evening and
it`s possible you`ll witness someone`s butt hanging out oI a frst-foor
window.
Some freshmen at Curry are having a hard time keeping themselves
entertained, particularly on the weekends, since they are without a car on
campus. Because theyre underage and not allowed to bring alcohol into
their residence halls, a number of students have discovered ways around
the rules. One of the busier smuggling routesfor both party favors and
peopleis through basement and frst-foor windows.
All oI the main Ireshmen dormsLombard, State, Mayfower and
Scholarsare involved. Window diving, as some students call it, also
happens at the North Campus Residence Hall, but not as often as other
dorms because NCRH is in a more open area, students say. Woods and
bushes surround the other three buildings.
Since the basement windows are at the same level as the ground, and
frst-foor windows are only about six Ieet oII the ground, smuggling is
relatively easy, students say.
Sometimes, the hassle of going upstairs to sign them in is a pain in the
butt, said Alex Galvan, a freshman biology major who lives in Lombard.
Since I live in the basement, I just tell them to come through the window.
The girls fnd it a Iun game to play.
On weekends, students who want to host someone who doesnt live
in their building must fnd the RA on duty to sign in the guest. That`s
to ensure that the proper student takes responsibility for their guest,
according to the college. If the guest isnt a student at Curry, one has to go
to Public Safety to sign them in. Once thats complete, the student must
still sign in his or her guest through the RA on duty.
Colin Eason, a resident assistant in State, said RAs are somewhat
aware that freshmen sneak alcohol and other things into their dorm
rooms. It only becomes a problem when students get loud in their rooms,
if they cant control their alcohol intake, or if Public Safety gets involved.
At Curry, the initial punishment Ior underage drinking is a write-up
by an RA. The frst write-up involves a letter sent home to the student`s
parents. Those who are written up a second or more times have to go
through an online alcohol education course and have a long conversation
with one of the resident directors, Eason said.
Jenny GeIIrard, a junior health major and an RA in NCRH, said she has
seen it all. Last year, for example, she witnessed a student run and jump
into a sky dive position in an attempt to go through a window. However,
the intoxicated student didnt realize the window screen was still in.
First, I asked, Are you OK? said Geffrard. Then I said, You dont
live here, do you?
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