From: Bruce Gerson Subject: June 29 Newsletter Organization: Public Relations, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Message-ID: 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.