New student economics journal: Taking their cues from growing student enthusiasm for economics, undergraduate students in the Cornell Economics Society (CES) recently announced the launch of a new journal called Face Value, due out in fall 2004. The announcement came during a release party for the spring 2004 edition of The Visible Hand, which enjoyed a limited run as a student economics journal this academic year and will return to its formal role as the CES newsletter in the fall. About 15 students and faculty gathered in Willard Straight Hall's International Room April 29 to mark the release of the latest issue of The Visible Hand, which is published once a semester. Many in attendance were student contributors and members of the editorial staff of The Visible Hand. Anna Nesterova '05, economics, departing editor-in-chief of The Visible Hand was largely responsible for pushing the editorial envelope of the journal while she was in charge. She and four other members of the journal's editorial staff will work together on the first issue of Face Value. Nesterova said Face Value will publish submissions from undergraduate students across the disciplines while also seeking to attract readers and contributors from other colleges and universities. The idea is to promote "economics awareness on campuses nationwide," Nesterova said, and to capitalize on the field's growing popularity among majors and non-majors alike. Joining Nesterova are Annie Cha '05, English; Michael Tang '06, economics and information science; Natasa Lekic '05, English and economics; and, Linda Pedersen '06, economics. Michael Rogers '05, economics, will become the new editor-in-chief of The Visible Hand.
Summer parking permits, hours:A limited number of Cornell summer parking permits (C, D, G, H, K, P and X) will be available on a first-come, first-served basis, beginning Monday, May 24. No permits will be available for the J, L, N or Y parking areas due to various construction projects. Summer permits are valid from June 1 through Aug. 20. The person who is purchasing the permit must go to the Transportation Office, 116 Maple Ave., to pick it up. Transportation Services summer office hours are 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., beginning the day after Memorial Day, June 1, and ending Monday, Aug. 23. Questions or more information:255-PARK or transportation@cornell.edu.
Shoemobile: The Department of Environmental Health and Safety has announced that Iron Age Safety Shoes will be on campus with its shoemobile Friday, May 14. The shoemobile, which provides a large selection of safety shoes, will be at the Environmental Health and Safety Building, 201 Palm Road (east of the orchards off Route 366), from 7:30 to 11 a.m. and from noon to 3 p.m. Employees eligible to receive department reimbursement for safety shoes should use their procurement card when purchasing shoes. Purchase prices above departmental allowances can be paid by the employee with cash, personal credit card or check. Questions should be referred to Environmental Health and Safety at 255-8200 or by contacting the Environmental Health and Safety personnel on duty at the shoemobile.
Life Quality meeting: Cornell's Office of Workforce Diversity, Equity and Life Quality will have its Fifth Annual Life Quality Meeting and Luncheon:Continuing the Road to Success, Wednesday, June 9, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in G01 and G10 Biotechnology Building. This year, the annual Life Quality Meeting will highlight successes and challenges related to life quality. The keynote speaker will be Sandy Sarvis of Fannie Mae. This year's meeting will involve a choice of plenary sessions designed to delve into three prime issues in the life quality arena:
Each of these sessions will offer a panel discussion with representatives from across the campus, as well as from external organizations. A showroom with representatives from numerous campus organizations will host information booths with information on how they administer life quality related programming in their areas. To register, reply to Sonja Baylor at 255-3224 or ssb8@cornell.edu before June 4.
Community fireworks donations: The date for the 2004 Community Fireworks Show in Ithaca is July 1, atop the Ithaca College campus. The community show always has been scheduled in advance of the actual holiday, said Fran Benedict, chair of the volunteer committee that organizes the show. Benedict said that contributions continue to be the mainstay of the fireworks shows, which began in 1947. Donations to support the 2004 show can be made by sending checks to the Community Fireworks Committee, in care of Tompkins Trust Co., Ithaca Commons, P.O. Box 460, Ithaca, N.Y. 14850
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