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Chalk vs. mouse
Skylight dim idea
Salvaged
memories
Earl Hamner remembered
Better than Purdue’s
Band tradition evolved
Student handbook sought
Chalk vs. mouse
How many classrooms at UC currently use standard blackboards, chalk and
erasers? How many use electronic-technology-based devices? [Story in April
’04 issue] Has a measure of the effectiveness of each in achieving
teaching goals been determined? Or is that of interest or concern?
David W. Reynolds
Via e-mail
Editor’s note: UC’s ever-growing number of electronic classrooms will probably hit 200 shortly. All of those rooms also have traditional blackboards, chalk and erasers.
Some professors find it unnecessary to use electronic classrooms, yet others find it valuable to have greater variety in information delivery. No one tells the professors that they must use one or the other.
The professors who use electronic classrooms are surveyed several times a year as to what tools proved helpful and effective for their students. The experienced professors who have used both the older and newer teaching aids are considered the experts in these instances.
Skylight dim idea
I am reading, with interest, the September
2004 issue of “Cincinnati Horizons” magazine and am appalled
to read about the huge skylight that has been erected as a roof on TUC.
As the retired (1987) director of Campus Planning and Construction (now
titled university architect), I can imagine Jim Wenner, former director
of physical plant, turning over in his grave. For years, the university
had leakage problems with skylights, and as a result, most, if not all,
were covered with metal.
Although the university’s “Instructions to Architects and
Engineers” clearly stated that skylights were not to be used, I
read that the skylight dome on Van
Wormer (administration building) is being restored. The reason it
was removed was leakage.
Possibly skylight technology has changed in the past 16 years. If it hasn’t,
the university can look forward to removing or covering those skylights
within the next few years. History does repeat itself.
John Reese, DAAP ’47
Cincinnati
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| The salvaged crest from Swift Hall's annex building
rests next to Swift Hall near the Mews. photo/Andrew Higley |
Salvaged memories
If the white door on page 21 [of the September
issue, is on Baldwin Hall, then in 1938, my locker and others were
inside. How’s that for “whimsical salvage”?
Gene Schuessler, Eng ’47
Kingsport, Tenn
Editor’s note: I almost wish it were because that’s such a cute line, but, alas, the door is on Swift Hall. Perhaps someone else knows what used to lie beyond that door, as well.
Earl Hamner remembered
I just received my copy of the September “Cincinnati Horizons,”
and I wanted to congratulate the staff on their
international award.
It is certainly well deserved.
Every time I receive a copy of the magazine, I am impressed by the quality
and effectiveness of all the features. Over the years in which I worked
with the editor, it was obvious that her leadership was developing a very
effective means of UC communication that all profit from.
This magazine’s comprehensive report on the current status of the
Campus Master
Plan took a complex vision and through visuals and words made it understandable
and exciting. I also enjoyed the article
on Earl Hamner, which was another example of the many times you have
produced outstanding features on CCM.
Earl is truly a gentleman. When CCM made its first promotional video several
years ago, he willingly provided all the “voice over” narration
-- pro bono. That immediately gave it a stature we could not have obtained
in any other way.
Keep up the good work as I know you will become the most effective communicator
of UC|21.
Bob Werner, CCM dean emeritus, ’85-00
Irmo, S.C.
Better than Purdue’s
You do a great job with the “Cincinnati Horizons” magazine.
I always read it cover to cover, as the articles are so interesting and
well written. It is much better than the magazine from Purdue (my husband’s
alma mater), and he agrees, as well!
Deanna Tobin Ashing, A&S ’68,
MS (A&S) ’86
via e-mail
I want to congratulate you on a beautiful, professional, and well-written
magazine. If there is anything I retained from my five years at DAAP,
it is a good design sense. And I can tell you that “Cincinnati Horizons”
is one of the most quality-produced periodicals I have seen. Thank you
for making us all proud.
Bill Kavanagh, DAAP ’78
Los Angeles
Band tradition evolved
I just read the article on the traditions of the UC Band [April
’04 magazine].
As a former band member and a current member of the UC Alumni
Band, I wanted to add some information. The tradition of tapping fellow
bandmates on the chest for good luck before a performance was originally
to tap on the Bearcat; since the image of the Bearcat was on the front
of the uniforms, that’s where we tapped. The uniforms have changed
over the years, but the tradition still stands.
Diana Maclin, A&S ’92
Springfield, Ohio
Student handbook sought
My husband, Alan Brody, was in the political sciences graduate studies
program in 1991 and completed his orals and written exams in ’93
for his doctorate. The Graduate Handbook at that time stated that if you
completed your orals and written exams you were to automatically receive
your master’s degree. He didn’t receive his master’s
until this year.
We would love to secure a copy of the Graduate Student Handbook from that
time, but one cannot be located. Do any of your readers have one?
Judith
Brody
