June 29, 1995							Vol. 5, No. 44



The "8 1/2 x 11 News" is published each week by the Department of Public
Relations.  News of campus interest should be sent to Ed Delaney, x8-1609
(ed47@andrew), or Bruce Gerson, x8-1613 (bg02@andrew).

CARNEGIE MELLON STUDY FEATURED IN TIME MAGAZINE AND ON "NIGHTLINE"


"Marketing Pornography on the Information Superhighway," an 18-month research
study at Carnegie Mellon headed by 1995 graduate Marty Rimm, is featured in
this week's cover story of Time Magazine.  The study, which will be published
in the Georgetown Law Journal, was also featured on ABC-TV's "Nightline" last
Tuesday.  Rimm and Vice Provost Erwin Steinberg, who chaired a university-wide
committee on sexually explicit b-boards and graphics, were interviewed on
"Nightline."  A front-page story on the study also appeared in Tuesday's
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 


-- The original objective of the Carnegie Mellon study was to track what was
being done in the area of transactions or commercial interactions on the
Internet. After an initial survey, it became clear to the research team that
the pornography industry was among the first to successfully market their
products over the Usenet. At this point, the study began to focus on the
practices of this industry.


-- The study revealed that a high number of extremely explicit materials were
available over commercial "adult" b-board systems. Trading in this sexually
explicit imagery is now "one of the largest, if not the largest, recreational
applications of users of computer networks," according to the study.
Nonetheless, this pornographic material represents only about 3% of all the
messages on the Usenet newsgroups, and the Usenet groups represent only 11.5%
of the traffic on the Internet. The study cites examples of hard-core
pornographic material being advertised over the Usenet and World Wide Web.  


PETER FRISCH NAMED HEAD OF DRAMA DEPARTMENT 


Peter Frisch, a member of the drama faculty at the University of California,
Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Theatre Academy, has been named head of the
Drama Department, effective Aug. 1. Frisch, who earned his master's degree from
Carnegie Mellon in stage direction in 1969, replaces Elisabeth Orion who will
continue her teaching and acting career after nearly 10 years as department
head. 


-- Frisch has directed more than 150 productions in New York and regional
theatre including a full range of classical and contemporary plays, cabaret and
opera.   Most recently, Frisch was creative producer for the Fox Network's
"Tribes."   Co-founder of the Professional Directors' Lab, Frisch has directed
television sitcoms and dramatic specials. He has taught and coached actors and
directors in New York and Los Angeles over the last 20 years and has held
faculty positions at the Juilliard School and Harvard, Boston and Georgetown
universities.  


PITTSBURGH COMPANY TO DEVELOP AND MARKET LYCOS TECHNOLOGY


Carnegie Mellon has entered an exclusive licensing agreement with a strategic
investment and development company, Wilmington, Mass.-based CMG@Ventures, which
has purchased exclusive rights to the Lycos Spider Technology, source of the
largest known catalog of sites on the Internet.  Under the deal, CMG@Ventures
will pay Carnegie Mellon an up-front fee and equity stake in a new company,
Lycos, Inc. Lycos, Inc. has been formed to develop and market the technology
and will have the capital and other resources necessary to ensure Lycos'
position as the preeminent Internet search and retrieval service.  As part of
the deal, Carnegie Mellon required the company be located in the Pittsburgh
area.


-- Lycos, Inc. will continue to provide free access to the Lycos service, a
free, easy to use and comprehensive catalog and search tool Carnegie Mellon has
provided to the Internet community since October 1994.  Developed at Carnegie
Mellon by Michael L. Mauldin, a research scientist in the School of Computer
Science, Lycos has more than three million hits from over 400,000 users per
week and is one of the most popular sites on the Internet.  Lycos, Inc. will
offer advertising space on its site and will license the catalog as well as key
technology components. 


NOMINATIONS DUE FOR "THE ANDY AWARDS" 


Nominations for "The Andy Awards," Carnegie Mellon's university-wide staff
award program, are due July 1. The program, which recognizes performance above
and beyond normal job requirements, will reward staff in three categories:
Excellence in Satisfying Customers, Excellence in Increasing Productivity and
Excellence in University Citizenship. Nomination forms were distributed to all
faculty and staff by campus mail.  Additional forms can be obtained from the
University Relations Office in the Bramer House, the President's Office and
from Human Resources in Whitfield Hall.  Forms can also be obtained on line
from the official.cmu-news bboard and the Human Resources Home Page on the
World Wide Web at http://www.cmu.edu.  (Scroll down the Carnegie Mellon Home
Page to "Services" to get to the Human Resources Home Page.)


-- Completed nomination materials should be mailed to Staff Recognition Awards
Program, c/o Human Resources, Whitfield Hall.  Nominations will also be
received by e-mail at bs2c@andrew.  Information: x8-8709.


FACULTY WORKSHOPS TO HELP DEVELOP MULTIMEDIA IN THE CLASSROOM 


In support of the university's Technology Enhanced Learning Plan, workshops
will be offered this summer to help faculty develop multimedia. The workshops
are sponsored by the University Teaching Center, Computing Services and
Educational Technology. There are two formats, a series of focused discussions
on topics which faculty have identified as having high levels of interest and
informal hands-on working sessions which are lightheartedly referred to as
"Summer Camp."  The following is the schedule for this summer:


Wed., July 5 - Summer Camp (Web/Netscape HTML), 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., College of Fine
               Arts (CFA) 321 


Thur., July 6 - Comparative Authoring Tools, 10 a.m. - noon, Mellon Auditorium,
               Mellon Institute (MI)


Tue., July 11 - Good Graphic Design, 10 a.m. - noon, Mellon Auditorium, MI


Wed., July 12 - Summer Camp (Tuesday's presenters available), 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.,    
                CFA 321


Tue., July 18 - Educational Uses of the World Wide Web, 10 - 11:30 a.m., Mellon
                Auditorium, MI


Wed., July 19 - Summer Camp (Tuesday's presenters available), 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., 
                CFA 321


Tue., July 25 - Copyright,Publishing and Royalties, 10 a.m. - noon, Mellon
                Auditorium, MI


Wed., July 26 - Summer Camp (not programmed yet), 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., CFA 321


Tue., Aug. 1 - Faculty Teaching Projects, 10 a.m. - noon, Graduate School of 
               Industrial Administration 152

 

Information: Gregg Mathis, gm1x+@andrew, Diana Bajzek at db33@andrew, or
Instructional Technology, x8-2430. 


BRIEFLY NOTED


- The Fifth Annual Tartan Basketball Camp, for boys and girls ages 8-14, will
be held July 10-14.  The day camp, directed by Carnegie Mellon basketball coach
Tony Wingen, will begin each day at 9 a.m. and conclude at 3:30 p.m. The $125
fee includes lunch in the campus dining hall, player awards and a camp t-shirt.
Application deadline is July 1.  Information: x8-2218 or 343-7650 after 5 p.m.

 

- The "I Have A Dream" Foundation of Pittsburgh, Pa., Inc., founded in 1993 by
students in the Graduate School of Industrial Administration and members of the
Garfield community, is recruiting staff, faculty members and students to act as
mentors for fifth graders at Fort Pitt Elementary School.  The goal of the
program is to provide "at-risk" children with a positive role model.
Information: Anne Campbell, x8-5204 or ac3g+@andrew.


- Computer Repair has moved to room A75 in Cyert Hall.Summer hours are 9:30
a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday-Friday. The office will be closed for year-end
inventory Thursday and Friday, June 29-30. 


- Following an asbestos abatement project, the fourth floor of Hunt Library is
now open. Summer hours for the following services are:  Arts Reference, 9 a.m.
- 5 p.m., Monday-Friday, and 1 - 5 p.m., Saturday; Fine and Rare Book Rooms,
1:30 - 4:30 p.m., Monday-Friday; Music Listening, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.,
Monday-Friday, and 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Saturday.  Some construction on the floor
continues.  The library staff apologizes for any inconveniences.


 

PERSONAL MENTION


- Cheryl Collins Valyo will be leaving the university June 30 to establish her
own writing and communications consulting business and devote more time to her
family.  Valyo, director of public relations for development the last five
years, came to the university in 1988 to manage public relations for the
College of Fine Arts.  


CALENDAR HIGHLIGHTS


- Friday, June 30:  Department of Statistics.  Symposium and reception to honor
John Lehoczky for 11 years of distinguished service as department head.
Symposium, 3:30 - 5 p.m., Hearth Room, Whitfield Hall.  Reception, 

5 - 7 p.m., Club Room.  The symposium will feature three brief survey lectures
on topics relevant to Lehoczky's research interests in stochastic modeling,
real-time computing and mathematical finance.  The lectures will be given by
Donald Gaver, Lui Sha and Jay Strosnider and Steven Shreve.