Franklin & Marshall College 2012

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Sun Microsystems acquired VPL in Lanier was chief scientist of Advanced Network and Services, a nonprofit that funds the advancement of education through technology, from to and a visiting scholar at Silicon Graphics from to He was scholar at large at Microsoft Research, working on the Kinect device for Xbox from to Currently he holds the position of partner architect at Microsoft Research. Lanier is the author of the international bestseller You Are Not a Gadget , a critique of Web 2. In Time Magazine named Lanier to its annual list of the world's most influential people.

Lanier also composes classical music and collects rare instruments. The firm employs 4, worldwide. She was named Black Engineer of the Year in That same year she served on the White House-commissioned U. Human Space Flight Plans Committee. By , with the majority of young men fighting in World War II, the college population dwindled to just under students and 28 faculty members.

The end of the war brought many new students who decided to pursue their education under the G.

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By , enrollment had swelled to over 1, students including four women permitted to study in the pre-med program , and there was a sudden critical shortage of faculty members. Like other academic institutions in the s, Franklin and Marshall experienced during the decade a series of student protests that were based on important social issues, such as the Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam War.

In April , students rioted in front of the President's house and Hensel Hall, burning effigies and college property in protest of administration policies. Martin Luther King, Jr. In Robert Mezey , a year-old visiting English instructor and poet, spoke on campus against the Vietnam War, and traveled to Washington, DC to march against the conflict.

When someone accused him of urging students to burn their draft cards , he was suspended with pay for a month while the college investigated. The incident caused widespread controversy in the local press, with some residents ordering him to "get the hell out of Lancaster" and "go to Russia. This became known as the "Mezey Affair. In the spring of , black students protested the final examination of the history course "The Black Experience in America.

On May 22, the day of the exam, 40 black students—many of whom were not enrolled in the course—blocked the entrance to the exam room in Old Main. The professors attempted to hand out the exam to the other students in the class, but the protesters confiscated them. Retreating to Goethean Hall next door, the professors and staff met to evaluate the situation.

The protesters followed them to the building, blocked all doors and exits and held them hostage , declaring that they would not release the faculty members until they received an apology and immunity from punishment. The standoff lasted until midnight, when the professors agreed to allow the students to grade themselves.

The students relented and released the hostages. However the college's Professional Standards Committee later overturned the decision, declaring that the professors would, in fact, have to grade the students after all. In , Franklin and Marshall College ended its formal affiliation with the United Church of Christ , becoming a secular school. Although Franklin College had enrolled female students during its first few years in the eighteenth century, Franklin and Marshall College was an all-male institution. The protest, known as the "Lazroe-Mayer incident," culminated in the East Hall sit-in on April 30, where students took over the building for several hours.

The building was designed by Fisher, Nes and Campbell of Baltimore, MD, for the studio art program, but, unfortunately, only half of the original plan was ever constructed due to lack of funds. In , the Steinman College Center was constructed.

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The production was directed by Edward S. After the premiere, a reception was held at Wheatland , Buchanan's Lancaster residence. On March 28, , the Three Mile Island nuclear reactor in nearby Harrisburg, Pennsylvania , experienced a partial meltdown , forcing the college to close for a short time.

The s were a prosperous time for the college. On June 6, , Franklin and Marshall College celebrated its bicentennial. The s brought a major expansion to the north side of campus with the construction of College Square in The multi-use complex houses a new bookstore, laundromat, video store, restaurants and a food court.

Other buildings from the decade include International House , Martin Library of the Sciences which currently houses approximately 61, volumes , and the Alumni Sports and Fitness Center On January 19, , the college celebrated the tricentennial of Benjamin Franklin's birth. Among other activities, noted Franklin scholar Walter Issacson gave a lecture, and a full-page ad praising Franklin and advertising the college was purchased in the New York Times.

On March 10, , it was announced that then current president John Fry would be leaving the college to become the president of Drexel University on August 1, The college began its search for a new president for the fall semester immediately. On November 16, , it was announced that Daniel R. Porterfield would become the new president of the college, effective March 1, He is the 15th president in the college's history. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights under review or investigation for their policies or practices for handling sexual assault reports.

Sports have been an active part of Franklin and Marshall since its inception. The college's sports teams are called the Diplomats.

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Many of the teams compete in the Centennial Conference. Men's intercollegiate competition is in fourteen sports: Women's intercollegiate competition is in fourteen sports: The wrestling program competes for the Rupp Cup against local rival Millersville University. In , the student-run Alpha Club sponsored the college's first baseball game. In , the first football team was organized by Seminary student Miles O. Later that year, the program played a re-match and lost again, this time by score of 6—4.

Distler House, the school's first gymnasium, was constructed in and contained a bowling alley, indoor running track, and gymnastic equipment. It was later renamed "Williamson Field.

In the first basketball game was played. The opposing team was Millersville Normal School. The Diplomat grapplers finished their maiden season with a 4—1 record. Mayser Physical Education Center, the college's second gymnasium, was opened in In , the Alumni Sports and Fitness Center, the school's third gymnasium, opened on the site of the college's former ice rink. It marked the third consecutive year that the women's lacrosse team played in the championship game. The men's basketball team has been nationally ranked on a frequent basis since the late s, including No. Robinson has been listed as one of the top college basketball coaches of all-time.

They all traditionally compete for conference championships and have been ranked high nationally. In , the men's swimming team won the Centennial Conference championships and the women's swimming team placed second. In , the men's lacrosse team finished the season and played all the way until the USILA national semifinals. Ultimate frisbee is also a popular club sport on campus, fielding both a men's and a women's team. Sponaugle—Williamson Field is a stadium for the outdoor athletic teams of the college. It was built in as Williamson Field, named after S. He shares the stadium's dedication with Henry S.

Williamson, who was a trustee of the college from to Shadeck Stadium is used for football and lacrosse. Construction began in the fall of and ended in the fall of The stadium was named after the Shadeck family, a family prominent at the school. In the first football game played in the stadium, the Diplomats defeated Centennial Conference rivals Dickinson College In , through a special lease agreement with the college, the chapter built its house at Race Avenue.

The house was dedicated and opened in , during the chapter's 75th anniversary celebration. During World War II, with school and fraternity attendance down, the house was converted to a temporary infirmary.

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In , due to a series of disagreements with the college, the lease was terminated and the fraternity was evicted. They reoccupied the house the following August. In , the school's first sorority, Sigma Sigma Sigma, was chartered. In , the chapter became inactive. In April , the College's Board of Trustees voted to no longer officially recognize the school's fraternities and sororities. This was known as "derecognition.

In an effort to repair the system, the college administration proposed eight specific reforms to the Greek Council, which were ultimately rejected by all of the organizations. The result was derecognition. This was highly unpopular with the student body, but it served to remove the college from any liability associated with hazing and underage alcohol abuse, issues that were in the national public eye at that time. The Greek system continued, albeit without financial or administrative support from the college.

After several years, a small number of fraternities struggled with health code violations, fires, and one accidental alcohol-related death. Owing to several factors, including dwindling financial support from fraternity and sorority alumni and legitimate concerns about student academics, health and safety, the college announced on May 19, , that it would reinstate a new, revised Greek system beginning on September 1, , after a year absence.

As part of the new agreement between the school's Greek organizations and the administration, fraternity and sorority houses are required to submit to weekly "life safety" inspections by school officials, and inspections by the local fire department, police department, and office of public health conducted once per semester.

An Inter-Fraternity Council consisting of representatives from all fraternities and advised by a member of the faculty, as well as a Greek Council consisting of members of all Greek organizations male and female , similarly advised by a faculty member, were re-established to deal with issues facing the Greek community and advising the administration on Greek issues. As recently as the fall of , relations between the administration and the Greek system were strained. The administration placed a month-long moratorium on all Greek social events.

During this period, the Interfraternity Council revised protocols governing parties, and the revisions were approved by the administration resulting in the lifting of the moratorium, but the administration committed to more sternly enforcing the newly agreed-upon rules. There were also tensions between some members of the Greek system and Lancaster City, arising chiefly from incidents of crime. Concerns over the condition of Greek housing has led the administration and Greek organizations to examine different possibilities for improving the quality of housing options in order for such houses to receive continued support and approval from the college.

In some cases, the result has been the temporary closure of Greek housing until the buildings can be brought up to school and town safety standards. As of the spring of , In , a company based in Verona, Italy began producing items of clothing in a vintage s collegiate-style with the words "Franklin and Marshall" on them.

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