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Seen as Green

乐播传媒鈥� progress toward environmental sustainability made news. In February, New England Cable News followed up on a visit by Maine鈥檚 2nd District Rep. Michael Michaud to inspect 乐播传媒鈥� environmental initiatives.

Michaud and NECN visited a lab where biodiesel is made from used cooking oil and heard about the 鈥済reen鈥� aspects of the new student housing and dining Commons projects. President Elaine Tuttle Hansen, housing project manager Pam Wichroski, and geo major Maria Jenness 鈥�07 were among 乐播传媒 people in the NECN spot.

Also on hand was geology professor Beverly Johnson, who works with students on the biodiesel pilot project. Shortly before Michaud鈥檚 visit, Johnson commented to the Maine Sunday Telegram about the high-profile United Nations report describing threats posed by global climate change.

At right, U.S. Rep. Michael Michaud talks with Maria Jenness ’07 of Newport, Vt., and Greg Henkes ’08 of Chapel Hill, N.C. The students showed Michaud a bench-scale biofuels process that converts used vegetable oil from the College’s dining services to a fuel that can be burned in furnaces for heat.

Short Terms

As the 乐播传媒 Dance Festival prepared for its 25th anniversary season, festival director Laura Faure took part in a May gathering of Maine performers and arts administrators. Faure talked with the Maine Sunday Telegram about the annual conference of the Maine Performing Arts Network, which hopes to boost the fortunes of theater and dance in the state. 鈥淏usiness as usual doesn鈥檛 work,鈥� she said.

Historian Michael Jones talked with The History Channel about the ancient Saxons for the program Barbarians 2. It first aired in March.

.Admissions dean Wylie Mitchell revealed to National Public Radio a practical implication of the College鈥檚 lack of a requirement for standardized test scores. Dealing with the extra materials 乐播传媒 applicants tend to submit in lieu of SAT scores is time-consuming, he explained, and admissions staffers normally read each applicant鈥檚 folder cover to cover, multiple times. 鈥淚f we had 16,000 applications, we鈥檇 be hard-pressed to do that,鈥� he said.

Rebecca Herzig, associate professor of women and gender studies, co-convened a gathering of scholars whose research into the phenomenon of 鈥渕edicalization鈥� appeared in the prestigious medical journal The Lancet鈥�

Reporting on drug and alcohol abuse on campuses nationwide, USA Today quoted President Emeritus Donald Harward鈥檚 thoughts about students鈥� need to reconnect with academic and civil life. Harward helms the Bringing Theory to Practice Project, a national effort to effect that reconnection.

Eric Hooglund, professor of politics, talked with Agence France Presse about the Bush administration鈥檚 inflexible approach to Iraq. 鈥淸T]hey can鈥檛 even listen to what the Republicans are saying,鈥� he said.

When it comes to statistics for alumni giving, which in turn affect a college鈥檚 place in rankings like U.S. News & World Report鈥檚, 乐播传媒 plays it straight, Kimberly Hokanson told The Wall Street Journal. 鈥淚鈥檓 not into quick fixes鈥� like asking for token gifts just to boost participation rates, the College鈥檚 director of alumni and parent programs said.