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1. Jailed Chinese dissident
awarded Nobel Peace Prize
The Norweigan Nobel committee
awarded Liu Xiaobo, a jailed Chinese
dissident, the 2010 Nobel Peace
A release by the committee calls
Liu the "foremost symbol" of the bat
tle for human rights in China.
Liu is serving an 11-year sentence
for "inciting subversion" in the form
of a charter calling for multi-party
democracy and human rights respect
in China.
The Chinese government has
strongly protested the award.
33 Chilean m
HUGO INFANTE / GOVERNMENT OF CHILE
The rescue compartment, a small rocket-like container, lowers a second rescue
worker into the depths. Each leg of the trip took roughly 11 minutes, and a miner was
pulled to the surface roughly every half-hour.
A brief look at what's up on the campuses of Erie's other colleges
Gannon Recieves Nanotechnology Instrument I Students Experience Issues During My Mail Migration
ALEX BIELER
Contributing writcr,
People have a tendency to
forget about the little things
in life.
According to Dr. Carl Hult
man, professor of chemistry
at Gannon University, small
is what it's all about.
Gannon will offer an Intro
duction to Nanotechnology
class in the spring. Hultman
pushed for the course after
Bob Janosky, the president
and chief operating officer of
Nanolnk Inc., donated a
$220,000 NSCRIPTOR to
Gannon through Nanolnk.
According to Hultman,
nanotechnology is defined as
the study of objects in the
size range of one to 100
nanometers, or one to 100
billionths of a meter.
The instrument is one of
just 75 of its kind in the
world. Instead of the stan
dard optical microscope, the
atomic force microscope
uses Dip Pen Nanolithogra
phy to operate. The device
deposits molecules onto var
ious surfaces and then allows
the researcher to go back
and combine it with various
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chemistries controlling size
and spacing effectively alter
ing and controlling structure
interaction.
Cannon Knight
"With this microscope, I
could write your name with
molecules on any surface,"
Hultman said. "The fact that
we have this is an anchor; we
now have a foundation in
nanotechnology."
Janosky, a general science
graduate from Gannon in
1964, said that he saw the
NSCRIPTOR as a good
chance to help his alma
mater.
This is my opportunity to
give something back,"
Janosky said. "I plan to con
tinue that support as long as
I'm in clothes. One thing
Gannon has done for me is
provide me with an environ
ment that gave everybody
the inert ability to be suc
cessful in the outer world."
Along with the micro
scope, Nanolnk will provide
Gannon with supplies and
constant technical support
for the short term. Janosky
said that with the new micro
scope and focus on nan
otechnology, Gannon can
really make a mark for itself
and the rest of the commu-
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2. U.S. Judge: "Don't Ask
Don't Tell" unconstitutional
A federal judge in California or
dered the end of the U.S. Military's
"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy in a
case on Tuesday.
The case was brought by the "Log
Cabin Republicans," a conservative
pro-gay-rights group, against the U.S.
Government, claiming the policy
mandated "irrational discrimination."
The Obama administration earlier
this year said that an injunction
against the policy could harm mili
tary readiness. A decision is expected
as soon on a possible appeal.
ners rescued from collapsed
ur thoughts
Campus Connection
While nanotechnology
seems like a subject that sci
ence majors would focus on,
the Introduction to Nan
otechnology class being of
fered in the spring is
intended for all majors. The
class, which is currently pro
jected to have room for 20
students, will count as a sci
ence credit to any student
who passes the course.
Hultman said that the uni
versity is planning on start
ing a minor down the road,
perhaps eventually leading to
a nanotechnology major. He
also said that students in
non-science specific majors
should also take an active in
terest in the subject.
As the world continues to
develop new technology,
Gannon continues to change
in order to best serve its stu
dents. Now the school will
have to wait to see if a focus
into the small things in life
can yield big results.
3. Iran to Take OPEC Pres
idency in 2011
The Organization of Petroleum
Exporting Countries (OPEC), which
consists of twelve nations, elected
Iran to its 2011 presidency.
Iran has not held this position for
36 years, though it has continually
harvested petroleum from its re
serves at a rate that fits among the
top in the wold.
Opec, which reported producing
nearly 80% of the world's oil in
2009, will be led by Masobd Mir-
Kazemi, Iran's petroleum-minister,
starting Jan. 1 of the new year.
CONNOR SATTELY
editor-in-chief
The world watched as 33 miners,
trapped a half mile underground for
69 days, were rescued one by one by
Chilean rescue teams on Tuesday
and Wednesday.
The miners had been trapped
after the San Jose mine in Chile's
Atacama desert collapsed on Aug. 5.
Seventeen days later, rescue
teams sent probes into the tunnels
to try to find survivors. Attached to
one of the probes was a note saying
"estamos bien en el rufugio los 33,"
or, "all 33 of us are alive and well in
the shelter."
The rescue team had been work
ing since then to drill first a commu
nication shaft, then a wider shaft
through which each man could be
pulled to the surface.
The final part of the operation,
extracting the miners from the
depths, lasted over 22 hours. The
rescue was covered by media from
all over the world. Presidents and
world leaders sent well wishes from
across the globe to the 33 men and
the rescue team.
Most Mercyhurst College students check
their Web Mail daily to stay updated with their
classes as well as events going on around
campus
Recently most students' Web Mail accounts
have made the switch to My Mail, but many
problems have occurred with the transfer.
Since the e-mail migration, many students
have tried changing their passwords and have
still been denied access to their accounts.
Other issues students have experienced in
clude students still getting their e-mail sent to
their Web Mail accounts, and their e-mail not
being moved to their My Mail accounts.
The hangups come at a particularly frus
trating time, given the timing in the current
academic year. With projects, essays and tests
requiring communication between students
and teachers, a problematic e-mail system
switch is unwelcome for most.
The Helpdesk is working to solve these
problems. Even so, the workers are not able
to fix all the issues.
"I work at the IT desk, and I still cannot get
in my account," senior Brandon Harper said.
System Administrator Lorraine Frownfelter
is not sure why all of these issues are occur
ring.
"We do not know why the migration keeps
hanging," Frownfelter said. "We have been
working with Microsoft over the past two
weeks and thought the issues were cor
rected."
4. Venezuala Desires Nu-
clear Power
Venezualan president Hugo
Chavez said, "We are going to de
velop nuclear power and nothing
will stop us."
His words, spoken as he graced
allied Russia, came amidst an arms
deal that will include trades of
Venezualan resources for Russian
technology, among other things.
Chavez, in a recently televized
commentary in Moscow, spoke in
front of students and referenced the
United States as the "damned em
pire," according to the BBC.
Chilean people and we wish them
all the best," German Chancellor,
Angela Merkel said.
President Obama, too, sent his
well-wishes in a statement issued by
the White House on Oct. 12.
"Our thoughts and prayers are
with the brave miners, their fami
lies, and the men and women who
have been working so hard to res
cue them," the statement said.
Now, all men, including 46-year
old Jose Ojeda, who wrote the scrib
bled note and was rescued seventh,
are safe and on the surface.
While there are health concerns -
both physical and psychological -
workers reported that the men were
in "generally good health," accord
ing to the BBC.
Six rescuers rode the rescue cap
sule down to the mine, helping the
men suit up in suits that monitored
their health during the ascent.
The rescuers were the last out of
the mine - "last in, last out," said
Chilean mining minister Laurence
Golborne.
STACY SKIAVO
Contributing writer,
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Currently, Microsoft employees are investi
gating the problem and doing what they can
to take care of all of the issues.
The migration is moving slowly. Students
with last names starting with A through D on
Erie's campus completed the switch with only
a few exceptions. As for students with last
names falling in E through L, their accounts
are migrated, but local access has not been
turned off and is being mirrored from My
Mail.
The goal is for the migration to be com
pleted around early next week. By then all
students should have a working account as
well as have their inbox transferred over.
"At first it was huge inconvenience," soph
omore Paige Bosnyak said. "I had communi
cation with criminal justice and with my
teachers that were not going through, but I
was happy it resolved quickly."
To help the migration, students are encour
aged to start up their My Mail accounts by vis
iting mymail.mercyhurst.edu and logging in
with their username at the domain
lakers.mercyhurst.edu.
As of Monday, Blackboard and other cam
pus e-mail will be guided to the My Mail ad
dress. While issues are occurring and the
migration still continues, the old system will
remain running.
"Change always creates challenges, some
expected, others not," Frownfelter said. "It is
our goal to handle all e-mail issues promptly
and satisfactorily for everyone involved."
Students who continue to experience prob
lems are advised to visit the Helpdesk in the
library for assistance.
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