The Collegian Grove City College Newspaper November 5, 1999 Vol. 60 No. 8 Since 1891 Brenner receives prestigious award AIM finally arrives on By Sean Lewis sylvania Academy of Science and expressed his disappoint- In addition to the contributions campus Collegian Staff Writer and the National Academies of ment that Saturday classes were Brenner has made through Science and is the regional vice- forcing him to miss opening teaching and in leadership in the Dr. Fred Brenner was recently president of Beta Beta Beta, the day. scientific community, AAAS named a Fellow of the American national science honorary. An The one thing that Brenner By Rachel Leonard recognized him as a Fellow for Association for the Advance- significant activity in scientific Collegian Staff Writer ment of Science (AAAS) in rec- publications. He has co-edited nine textbooks, including one on Much to the delight of most ognition of his significant con- tributions to the advancement of endangered species, another on students on campus (and their wetland ecology, and a third on off-campus friends), AOL Instant science through teaching and publications. AAAS Fellows the environmental consequences Messenger, a person-to-person of energy production. Through- messaging service, is now avail- are recognized experts in their fields, and are often called on to out the years, many of Brenner's able for student use on Grove- Net. review and improve upon indus- articles on ecological, environ- trial and government environ- mental and water-quality issues Although Yahoo and Excite have appeared in numerous sci- have been accessible, gaining mental policies. entific journals. Most recently, access to America On-Line's In- AAAS was founded over 150 Brenner was featured in the stant Messenger has been a goal years ago and is the largest sci- entific organization in the world. "Journal of Environmental of SGA for quite some time, ac- It publishes "Science," the Quality." cording to V.J. Rubenstein, Sena- tor of Academic Affairs for the world's leading scientific jour- Grove City College has reason to be proud of Dr. Brenner, not sophomore class. nal and is committed to using science for the betterment of Matt Swadley only for his prestigious recogni- "AIM is by far the most popu- society. The Association also Brenner assists two of his students, Dan Dougherty and tion by the American Associa- lar chat program," Rubenstein Beth Schafer, during a recent lab. said. seeks to maintain an active dia- tion for the Advancement of logue between science and relig- Science, but also for his 30-year Explaining how AIM became a ion to break down the impeding ecologist by profession, Brenner loves most about teaching at contributions here on campus. It reality for GroveNet users, he notion that religion and science has taught Ecology, Conserva- Grove City College is the oppor- seems that we often overlook said, "There are two ways to get are incompatible. tion and Aquatic Biology, tunity to see the success of his the good things that are sitting things done as far as technology is concerned. One is through Dr. Brenner has been a mem- Aquatic and Fishery Biology, students. He proudly recounts right in front of us, while those ber of the American Association Animal Behavior, and Geology that the works of more than 100 SGA; we have a contact who who are a step removed have a for the Advancement of Science at Grove City College since of his former students have been clearer view. It may be that Dr. meets with Dr. Bright on a regu- since he was in graduate school 1969. He serves as the adviser featured in scientific journals, Brenner is one such person, and lar basis. The other is through a and, for more than 30 years, has of Alpha Phi Omega, the Envi- and there is a GCC graduate in it would be to the advantage of student-initiated formal request." been a leader in his field. He is ronmental Club, Beta Beta Beta, policy-making positions in The student-initiated formal GCC students to take the time to also president of both the Penn- and formerly advised the Outing every major Federal environ- tap his valuable resources. request exists because GCC's Club. Brenner enjoys hunting, mental agency. policy is to support only World Wide Web (HTTP protocol) and e-mail (SMTP protocol). The Grove-Aid ready to rock GCC request procedure provides an avenue through which students may request additional protocols and services, such as AOL In- stant Messenger, which may or may not be approved by the ad- By Lacey Wagers "[There are] anywhere from that are in SMO play at this. things." ministration. Collegian News Co-Editor half-hour to 45-minute sets for This is the big one for the year. Junior Aaron Merrill, acting "[The board and administra- each band, so we've got quite a "We're looking at a few fresh- sound technician for SMO, tion's concern is], 'Is this Are-you willing to take the bit to pack in there." men bands this year-and a lot agrees. [service] truly something the col- Grove-Aid challenge? Four bands who have played of bands that re-formed under "I'm the Crawford sound tech, lege should be supporting?' Of- For well over the past decade, Grove-Aid in previous years different names. One of the and I've been running all the ten, there are implications that Grove-Aid, an annual benefit will help fill the plate. The Sub- things SMO is fond of doing is sound for everything that's gone people don't understand. We concert sponsored by Student clavians, a folk rock band; Blind having the members of bands do on this year," said Merrill. want to make sure we understand Musicians Organization (SMO), Dog and the Silent Seven, blues different projects with each "Everything that OB did, there the complete implications," said has been held in Crawford Audi- rock; Phusis, classic rock; and other to try out different sounds. was a good attendance this year Dr. Myron Bright, chief informa- torium during the fall semester Throne Room Heroes, "the meat There's one band that describes as compared to other years. I tion officer at Grove City Col- to raise money for the Grove of the returning bands," accord- their sound as 'spooky.'" remember my freshman year lege. In accordance with the pro- City Food Pantry. ing to Benoit. Though Grove-Aid has had there were half the freshmen cedure, the student must submit This blitz of music, lasting "There are also a couple of inexplicable decreases in num- going to a lot of events. But I to Bright a written request dis- from 2 p.m. till midnight on Sat- punk bands," he said. "There's bers recently, Benoit is optimis- would say almost every fresh- cussing the academic benefits of urday, November 6, offers a an emo band, which I know tic about this year's crowd size. man goes to just about every- the service, as well as the antici- smorgasbord of sounds for the nothing about. [It is] some sort "Those four bands that I men- thing." pated amount of usage, likely ravenous ear. "There are 15 of offshoot from punk - but tioned by name have somewhat In order to increase awareness costs and implications, security bands playing in that time, so it's a slowed-down, nicer punk. of a following, each of them," of Grove-Aid in future years, an considerations and consistency there's quite a spread of music We have some metal bands; we he said. "People are going to SMO compilation album is in with the GCC mission statement. going on," said Mike Benoit, a have funk bands. Basically, all want to come and see them and the works. "SMO is looking to the bands that are on campus will stick around for other (Continued on page 3) junior and president of SMO. 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