Volume 30, Issue 8
January 20, 2005
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FEATURES
What should you do
for *Hfake break?”
Tips on where to go and
what to do during the mini
break between semesters
See p. 13
ENTFRTAINMENT
Where can you go to
see William
Shakespear per
form^ live?
Two Gentlemen of Verona
opens today in the Black Box
Theater
See p. 17
SPORTS
^hich road leads to
victory?
Check out men and
'Women’s basketball games.
See p. 22-23
Alisa Petitt
Reporter .
A panel comprised or I'J
Elon professors gathered in
McKinnon Hall last Thursday
to discuss various dimensions
of the tsunami which devastat
ed millions in the Indian Ocean
region.
The panelists included Greg
Lilly, professor of economics,
Mike Kingston, professor of
biology, Katie King, professor
of psychology, Tom Arcaro,
professor of sociology, Cmdy
Fair, professor of human serv
ices! Mike Calhoun, professor
of health education, Toddie
Peters, professor of religious
studies, Yoram Lubling, profes-
of philosophy, Kirsten
geological, social, economic
religious, and political effects
of this disaster.
Moderated by Dr. Cary
Caruso, assistant professor of
physics, the discussion was
opened with a brief back
ground of the geological rea
sons for the tsunami.. Dr.
Caruso explained why such a
tragedy was not as unprece
dented as it may have seemed.
“Sumatra is one of the most
seismically active locations on
Earth,” Dr. Caruso said. He
explained that the earthquake
that caused the tsunami had a
magnitude of 9.0 on the Richter
Scale, with aftershock regis
tering approximately 7.1. To
put this into perspective, Dr.
Caruso said this force was the
sor Caruso saiu uiis
Sorenson, professor ot politi- 23,000 nuclear
cal science, and Brooke as the one dropped
Barnett, professor of communi pn Hiroshima.
“Xhrdiscussion covered .he —
Brittanie Schroyer / photographer
Megan Laird honors a moment of silence for the tsunami viaims. The Truitt Center for
Religious and Spiritual Life held a prayer service and candlelight vigil Monday Jan. 10.
T P9f1ership lectures teach virtues for business
^ i — wide. “Every year we hold a cele- ulated approximately 20,000 jc
KeiSaundraJlen^^
Managing Editor
The best leaders possess the
.‘ability to lead without authority
said the last speaker as ^
T eadership Lecture Series, William
j Pesce, president and CEO of John
Wiley & Sons publishing company.
Fofpesce ifs about “ideas versus
nosition.” His speech took place m
Whitley Auditorium on Tuesday
amongst students, faculty, staff and
fibers of the Elon community.
■"ptce addressed as “Will” by
ev^^Tne, including his emp oyee.
joined Wiley & Son-n M
has held positions as
i„g officer, execu««vjceP h^s
more than 3,000 employees world
wide. “Every year we hold a cele
bration for employees that have
been with us for 25 or more years,”
Pesce said.
In Pesce’s introduction from his
daughter, Katie deemed her father
not only a great parent, but also a
hard-working leader of a very suc
cessful company. Just last week,
Fortune magazine named John
Wiley & Sons one of the “ 100 best
companies to work for.” Will said
later the honor was not simply
receiving the award, but being the
only publishing company on that
list.
One of Katie’s reasons for why
her father was such a great leader
Laura Hals I Photographer
The Leadership Lecture Series _
inrhided soeeches by Matthew was that in 2003 he decided to
TzultishZ here)! move the Wiley New York office
CEO and president of the Ralei^ Newark, ^
Hudson River to
N.J. This move was
ulated approximately 20,000 jobs in
the area and generating six billion
dollars in revenue from public and
private investors.
“Leading with your heart, your
values and you mind,” was the
theme for Pesce’s speech. After
providing the company’s business
background and throwing out num
bers on Wiley’s revenue, Pesce
moved directly into the meat of his
speech with, “Quite a bit of this is
going to sound philosophical
maybe even idealistic.” He contin
ued on to say, “the messages that I
am conveying to y’all are rein
forced each and everyday at our
company, John Wiley & Sons.”
Pesce is proud to say that since
Wiley’s beginning in 1807, the
company has only seen ten presi
dents, while the country has been
{^tu diiu Newark, N.J. This move was dents, while the country has Deen
based software company Red a, business leaders through 43 presidents of the United
and William J. Pesce, president ana country, but has proved States, which “ and by the way, that
CEO of publishing firm John Wi ey ^ decision. It has stim- PESCE p. 9
& Sons.