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UAlbany in the News
by Lisa James Goldsberry (June 4, 2004)
� The April 29 edition of The
New York Times featured a story about how
the University Libraries� search engine helped to
restore a little girl�s best friend. �A Second Life
for a Scruffy Bunny� detailed a mom�s desperate
search for the manufacturer of her 6-year-old daughter�s
stuffed bunny, which had lost an eye. According
to the article, the woman came across the Libraries�
Web site, which �had a nifty chart comparing different
sites� search strategies.� Through that, she was
able to find a site called Ixquick.com, which permits
users to search for partial words, very important
since her daughter had chewed off the part of the
tail with the manufacturer�s name on it. She found
the manufacturer and ordered a replacement on the
spot.
� The May 2 issue of the San
Antonio Express-News featured a profile of
former UAlbany professor Richard Stankiewicz (1923-1983),
who taught in the art department from 1967 to 1982.
�Retrospective Boosts Junk Sculpture Master: Stankiewicz�s
Work is Often Humorous, Self-deprecating� described
him as �the originator of junk sculpture and a master
of assemblage.� It also stated that although he
is not a familiar name, from the mid-1950s to 1960s,
he was considered one of America�s leading artists.
�Miracle in the Scrap Heap: The Sculpture of Richard
Stankiewicz,� a retrospective, will be on view at
the McNay Art Museum through July 11.
� The May 3 edition of Newsweek
magazine featured quotes from Joseph Zimmerman of
the Department of Political Science. �Cradle of
Democracy� focused on Concord, Mass., and its town
meetings. The meetings, about issues such as an
extension of the town�s sewer line, sometimes stretch
for 20 hours over six nights, and attendance has
increased. �Concord is really the first town to
come up with a program to make the town meeting
more comfortable,� Zimmerman was quoted as saying.
According to the article, the town offers free rides
for seniors and broadcasts the auditorium debates
into the cafeteria, where residents often do puzzles
or eat pizza. Zimmerman is the author of The New
England Town Meeting.
� The May 15 issue of the Economist
featured quotes by Liang Zai of the Department of
Sociology. �Villa Envy: China� discussed Chinese
emigration and how it is being driven by relative,
not absolute, poverty. According to the article,
Liang and fellow sociologist Ye Wenzhen wrote an
essay on the topic a few years ago in which they
argued that it was more a sense of �relative deprivation.�
In the article, Liang was quoted as saying potential
emigrants �simply discount the chances of failure
and tragedy.�
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