Random starting slide but no active class

First of all, I love this module and use it all the time—you've no idea (or maybe you do) how much time this module has saved me.

Unfortunately, I've come across a bit of a snag...

When I tell the slideshow to start with a random slide (done by showing the "View Transition Advanced Options" and checking the Random box or adding "random = true" in the "jQuery Cycle Custom Options" section), the .active class for the starting slide's pager doesn't get applied. The .active class is always tacked onto the first item in the pager list until another item is clicked. You can see an example of the behavior here: http://thinktank.arizona.edu/testing-page (the front page of this site has a slideshow of sorts, but it's really a pain for users to update).

Is there some way of getting the slideshow options to recognize the starting slide's pager or writing a simple jQuery function that applies the .active class to the starting slide's pager item?

I would soon as suspect the jQuery Cycle code than think the fault lies with this module, but maybe someone can help me pinpoint the exact problem and help me fix it.