Le Moyne College

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Le Moyne College
Established: 1946
Type: Private
President: Dr. Fred P. Pestello
Faculty: 230
Students: 2,290
Location: Syracuse, NY, USA
Campus: Urban and Suburban
Sports Team: Dolphins
Website: www.lemoyne.edu

Le Moyne College is a private, four-year Jesuit college of approximately 2,300 undergraduate students that balances a comprehensive liberal arts education with preparation for specific career paths or graduate study. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1946, Le Moyne is the second-youngest of the twenty-eight Jesuit colleges and universities in the United States.

Le Moyne's 150-acre (0.61 km²) campus is located in a residential setting of the Syracuse, New York suburb of DeWitt, New York. A small portion of the Le Moyne campus stretches into the Meadowbrook Neighborhood of Syracuse, New York, which allows the school to employ a legal Syracuse, New York, address. Syracuse has a population of 147,306 (2000).

The college motto is "Totus in Domino Jesu" which is Latin for "Everything in the Lord Jesus".

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[edit] Academics

Le Moyne offers undergraduate academic programs in Accounting, Biology, Business Administration, Chemistry & Physics, Communication, Criminology and Crime & Justice Studies, Economics, Education (Dual Certification with Special Ed), English, Foreign Languages & Literature, Industrial Relations & Human Resource Management, Information Systems, Mathematics & Computer Science, Nursing, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Religious Studies, Sociology & Anthropology, Theatre Arts, and Visual & Performing Arts.

Interdisiplinary Programs are offered in Biochemistry, Catholic Studies, Cultural Foundations of Medicine, Gender and Women's Studies, Integral Honors, Multiple Science, Peace & Global Studies, and Urban Studies.

In addition, Le Moyne offers the following special programs: affiliated 3-4 programs in dentistry, optometry, and podiatry; early assurance dental and medical programs; pre-engineering, pre-environmental science and forestry; pre-health related professions; pre-law; pre-medicine, pre-physician assistant; and study abroad. Le Moyne students may enroll in Army and Air Force ROTC programs at Syracuse University.

While each major department has its own sequence requirements for the minimum 120 credit hours needed for the Le Moyne degree, the core curriculum includes studies of English language and literature, philosophy, history, religious studies, science, mathematics, and social sciences.

Le Moyne College's Graduate Programs include Graduate Education, Masters in Business Administration, Physician Assistant Studies, and Nursing.

[edit] Degree Honors and Dean's List

Students who achieve a cumulative G.P.A of 3.5-3.69 in all subjects by the end of their program duration are awarded the bachelor's degree cum laude. Those who achieve a cumulative G.P.A 3.7-3.84 are awarded a bachelor’s degree magna cum laude. And those who achieve a cumulative G.P.A 3.85-4.0 are awarded a bachelor’s summa cum laude.

Students who achieve a G.P.A (non-cumulative) of 3.5 make Dean's list for the concerned semester.

[edit] Campus facilities and resources

The Noreen Reale Falcone Library has over 185,000 volumes and seating for 700 and is connected to the World Wide Web.

With a recently installed fiber-optic network, students can access the campus network, the Library's system, and the Internet from several computer labs around campus or from their rooms if they have computers of their own. All classrooms are being converted to "smart" classrooms, with multimedia capabilities. The Coyne Science Center has over 60 labs, classrooms, prep rooms and faculty/office suites, with two electron microscopes and a nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer.

The Recreation Center is designed primarily for intramural, personal fitness and recreational activities. The building houses a fitness room with Nautilus and Universal equipment, an Olympic-size indoor pool built for competition, a whirlpool, an elevated jogging track, racket ball courts, and a large multipurpose gymnasium that can be divided into three courts for tennis, volleyball, basketball and other activities.

Residence halls range from the traditional dormitories to townhouse-style living, featuring three floors of living with three two-person bedrooms, a common area, kitchen, dining cove, and three bathrooms.

[edit] School library

The Noreen Reale Falcone Library, Le Moyne's only on-campus library, currently houses almost 900,000 materials and maintains a website with its own OPAC Reference System, which is available from both on- and off-campus computers.

At last count, the following materials were available from the library:

  • 256,565 books, serial backfiles, and government documents (titles)
  • 13,589 current serials (titles), including periodicals, newspapers, and government documents
  • 577,468 microforms (titles)
  • 10,935 video and audio titles

[edit] Student life

A wide range of student-directed activities, athletics, clubs, and service organizations are available to the student body. Students are represented by a Student Senate and have formal representation through the senate on most College-wide committees involved in decision making and policy formation.

Approximately 80 percent of students live in residence halls and townhouses on campus. The Residence Hall Councils and the Le Moyne Student Programming Board organize many campus activities, including concerts, dances, a weekly film series, student talent programs, and special lectures as well as off-campus trips and skiing excursions. Le Moyne's theater program puts on two productions a year.

Le Moyne is home to The Dolphin, a weekly student newspaper. The paper's staff discontinued production of the newspaper from November 2005 until September 2006, in protest, due to the administration's removal of its adviser. For its actions, Le Moyne has been criticized and subsequently censured for violations of freedom of speech, by two well-known national organizations, FIRE, and College Media Advisers. The nearly eleven-month protest formally came to an end on Tuesday, September 26, when Le Moyne's administration dissolved The Dolphin as an organization on campus. The students later decided to put out a new newspaper with a revamped staff and a new adviser.

Le Moyne's radio station, WLMU, redesigned by Oraine Godfrey, features The Fetal Position; a talk show with various music accompaniments. The program is now entering its second year with Andy Johncox, Bill Rutan, and other guest hosts.

Le Moyne also hosts a new student hang out spot known as The Cove. The Cove offers a variety of entertainment on weekends including concerts and movie screenings, and is a popular spot for students.

[edit] Dolphy Day

Dolphy Day is an annual tradition, begun in 1971, in which most students skip classes to spend the day in the sun outside, playing light sports and games, tanning, and participating in a barbecue. Unfortunately, the tradition has also become greatly associated with drinking. On Dolphy Day Le Moyne students, especially underage students, publicly consume alcoholic beverages on campus. Many people see the drinking side of Dolphy Day as completely unacceptable and blame the school for allowing it to continue. It is not clear why the school does such continuation though it is logical to assume that because of the overwhelming number of students who participate in Dolohy Day (over 2000) the situation is impossible to control, in which case the school chooses to help keep the students safe by arranging things for them rather than attempting to discipline all of them. It could also be because the day--with its good and bad aspects-- has become too much of a tradition to change. In all cases Le Moyne has a strict alcohol policy and by no means approves of or encourages underage drinking.

While there is no specific date for Dolphy Day, it has consistently been set in mid-April (the spring semester). The day is a secret until it actually occurs, a tradition which separates Dolphy Day from other school's unsanctioned "drinking holidays." Despite this though, the word usually leaks out a few days before. In 2008, many individuals had an idea about the date ahead of time. This was mainly a result of the weather forecast and the fact that no athletic teams had games on this day. The administration had also set an alternative date for the housing lottery -- however, this alternative date had been schedules a few weeks in advance due to the uncertainty surrounding the date that Dolphy Day would fall.

The actual date of the event is determined by a senior student known as "The Wizard," whose identity is only revealed on Dolphy Day. Through recent history, Wizards have been affiliated with Le Moyne's rugby and lacrosse teams, although it should be noted that the Wizard position has no official historical affiliation with either sports team, and in fact, the Wizard has often been someone who has not participated in any athletics. The position is no longer exclusive to males, as a female Wizard has been selected. When The Wizard calls the day, students are woken up as early as four a.m. and most start drinking then. The previous year's Wizard chooses his successor for the next year, which is kept secret. Prior to Dolphy Day, the Wizard gives a list of three possible dates to administration, so the campus can be prepared for it. Another criterion for the date to be set is for the school not to be hosting any sports games on the decided date. This generally allows this holiday to fall on the first nice day of spring, as the tradition has been since its inception. In 1999, poor planning led to Dolphy Day occurring on a cold, rainy midweek day - the following year, to prevent a similar boondoggle, Le Moyne administration allowed Dolphy Day to occur on a Friday.

Students gather in Quad as the day is officially declared
Students gather in Quad as the day is officially declared

In the weeks leading up to Dolphy Day upperclassmen perform "Dolphy Day Scares". In these, seniors go around campus, banging on doors, honking car horns, and shouting "It's Dolphy Day!". Scares are usually targeted at underclassmen who are sometimes confused enough to believe the prank and go out and start drinking. Traditionally, one sign of the genuine Dolphy Day has been fireworks. The 2008 scares have included some fireworks, but in very small quantities; there were also some doors damaged. In previous years, scares have also included toilet-papering of campus trees and students driving in unconventional places (ie. lawns, sports fields) to gain the attention of underclassmen.

The school has stopped short of official recognition for Dolphy Day. Most professors acknowledge the tradition, and will often address the issue in their course syllabus for spring semester classes, either canceling classes or insisting they be held. Although professors are not allowed to officially cancel class, many adopt the policy of "If no one comes, how can I give a class?"

In preparation for the day, the school rents portable toilets, tents, band equipment and inflatable attractions among other things. A preset breakfast meal is served to everyone on campus, and a barbecue is held outside for lunch. The school also sometimes hires a band and food stalls.

In recent years, in anticipation of Dolphy Day, members of the school administration have taken to setting up meetings with students to explain regulations and policies. For example, each student can only go into his or her dorm building, and can bring one guest at a time. To ensure this, colored bracelets are distributed according to one's building which students must wear starting when the receive them and until Dolphy Day is over. Other policies include the prohibition of carrying around transparent containers if they contain alcohol, and the obligation to empty all containers before going into buildings.

The 2008 Dolphy Day occurred on April 17th. Traditionally, Dolphy day begins around 4:00 a.m. A handful of individuals began the gathering in the "Quad" around 2:30 a.m. The seniors made their official march to the "Quad" around 3:15 a.m. Fireworks were set off at 3:30.

The tradition's name is often erroneously attributed to Le Moyne's mascot, the dolphin; oral history states that the celebration started when students would spontaneously party and enjoy the music of the famous jazz musician Eric Dolphy.

[edit] Athletics

Le Moyne sponsors 16 NCAA varsity teams. Le Moyne's varsity athletic program allows new students to make an immediate impact on a team--an opportunity that is not available at many larger institutions. Le Moyne sponsors Division I (MAAC) baseball and women's lacrosse as well as Division II (Northeast 10) varsity teams in men's/women's basketball, cross-country, lacrosse, soccer, swimming, tennis; men's golf; and women's softball and volleyball.

The College participates in four sports on the club level: men's ice hockey, rugby, and volleyball, in addition to cheerleading, with both men and women on the squad.

The College conducts an extensive intramural program with sports and competitors that vary each year. The program usually includes: basketball (men's and women's leagues); flag football (men); indoor soccer (men's, women's and coed leagues); walleyball (coed); racquetball tournaments (coed, men's and women's divisions); volleyball (coed); softball (men's and women's leagues); and inner tube water polo (coed).

[edit] Sports at-a-glance

[edit] Varsity

  • Baseball
  • Men's & Women's Basketball
  • Men's & Women's Cross Country
  • Golf
  • Men's & Women's Lacrosse
  • Men's & Women's Soccer
  • Softball
  • Men's & Women's Swimming and Diving
  • Men's & Women's Tennis
  • Volleyball

[edit] Intramural activities

  • Basketball
  • Flag Football
  • Indoor Soccer
  • Inner Tube Water Polo
  • Racquetball
  • Softball
  • Volleyball
  • Wallyball

[edit] Club sports

  • Men's Ice Hockey
  • Rugby
  • Volleyball
  • Cheerleading

[edit] National championships

  • 2004 - Men's Lacrosse [Division II]
  • 2006 - Men's Lacrosse [Division II]
  • 2007 - Men's Lacrosse [Division II]

[edit] Athletic centers

  • Anthony A. Henninger Athletic Center

[edit] Recreation center

The college's recreation center is a 47,000-square-foot (4,400 m²) facility connected to the Anthony A. Henninger Athletic Center. Designed primarily for intramural, recreational use and personal fitness activities, the center is one of the most modern small-college recreation centers in the Northeast. The college community can use the 25-yard (23 m) competition-size swimming pool, whirlpool, large fitness center and weight room, a three-court size multi-purpose gym area, an elevated jogging track, and four racquetball courts.

[edit] Alma mater

Against the sky you stand, Le Moyne.
A beacon to us all,
And on the Heights our forces join,
We rally to your call.
From loyal hearts our challenge roars
That here we stand allied,
You're ours, Le Moyne, and we are yours
While Heights and Hearts abide.
May your ideals be our command
Your praises ever sung;
So long as on the Heights you stand
Your name be on our tongue.
From loyal hearts our challenge roars
That here we stand allied,
You're ours, Le Moyne, and we are yours
While Heights and Hearts abide.

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