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VOLUHE XXIX, NUMBER 16 A Newspaper for Faculty, Staff and Students THURSDAY, APRIL 27,2000 Appraising a Rare Jewel Biology staffer Jewel Thomas wins Duke Award

1 here's more to work than work," according to fulfilling life while leaving the world a better place." senior biology laboratory assistant Jewel Tho¬ "Jewel Thomas is a genuinely special person," said Tmas. "You have to bond with people, create op¬ Lawrence Wiseman, chair of the biology department portunities for interaction and make people feel good and Thomas' supervisor. "I think it is not only an honor about themselves. When you go out of your way to help for her to be chosen for the Duke Award, but also an others, they do the same for indication to the entire you. That builds a cycle of campus community that helping. It makes life and good and loyal work is ap¬ work better." preciated and rewarded." Thomas' "cycle of help¬ A native of Gloucester, ing" at the College dates back Va., Thomas worked at the more than 31 years, and itwill Virginia Institute of Marine be recognized at 3:30 p.m. on Science for four years be¬ May 1 in Millington Hall, fore joining the Depart¬ Dean Taylor Reveley congratulates (left to right) when she will receive the 2000 ment of Biology. In her Jeff Chamberlain, Elliott Buckner, Jason Rylander Charles and Virginia Duke present position, she main¬ and Dave Shewchuk on their triumph at the Award for outstanding service tains the electron micros¬ ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition. to William and Mary. Thomas copy lab, prepares research will also be recognized during specimens and teaches stu¬ the College's commence¬ dents how to use the ment ceremony, on May 14. department's equipment. Law School The Duke Award recog¬ Described as "the glue nizes exceptional devotion to that holds our department Opponents Plead William and Mary by a non- together," Thomas was instructional faculty em¬ cited by nominators for her No Contest ployee and includes a $5,000 "warmth, kindness andjoy" prize. A committee of College and "her careful, creative National victories abound staff members, faculty and ad¬ work," whether helping stu¬ ministrators chose Thomas dents use the scanning elec¬ from a pool of candidates tron and transmission elec¬ e showed up, slipped in the side door, and nominated by members of tron microscopes or assist¬ won," is how Jeff Chamberlain describes the the College community. ing professors with their in¬ "w;Law School's first-place victory in the Ameri¬ "Jewel is a treasure," one nominator insisted. "What dependent work. One nominator noted that she greatly can Bar Association's National Appellate Advocacy does the College gain from Jewel? We gain a depart¬ enhanced "the educational experiences of a large num¬ Competition on April 8. Chamberlain and fellow third- ment that runs far more smoothly and accomplishes ber of students as well as the teaching and research year law students Elliott Buckner and Jason Rylander much more than it would without her, as well as an programs of every faculty member in our department." defeated more than 100 other teams to become the outstanding example of College-wide commitment to And Thomas' interests extend beyond courses and first Virginia law school to win the competition, which service. We gain the very best kind of role model for has been held since 1977. our students and ourselves for how to live a complete, Continued on Page 3. "The competition," Rylander explains, "tests stu¬ dents' abilities to argue cases as if they were in front of the Supreme Court." Scores are based on the quality of the competitors' written briefs and their ability to an¬ swer questions which are "fired at them" by competi¬ tion judges. ''Monuments Upon their return from Chicago, the trio presented their trophy to Dean Taylor Reveley. "This has been of the Black one of the bestyears we've ever had," Reveley said. "The , blood, sweat and tears that each of the competitors put AtIantic/ into this effort have been worth it. When gifted ama¬ teurs from Mr. Jefferson's first law school win, it is a May 24-28 major moment, a significant accomplishment." Reveley's reference to "amateurs" is also significant. Many law schools that have won the competition, ac¬ cording to Chamberlain, have professional coaches for their teams. But fellow students coach at William and Mary. This year, second-year law student Dave Shewchuk did the coaching honors, and his contributions to the team were, in Buckner's opinion, "invaluable." Two other law teams also excelled in national com¬ petitions. Third-year students Heather Conoboy, Joe Grogan and Bill Ruhling won the St. John's University Bankruptcy Tournament. Third-year students Laura Rugless, Terry Driskill and Cameron Cobden were octofinalists among 143 teams in the final round of the National Moot Court Tournament, sponsored by the Bar Association of the City of New York. A William and Mary team also made it into the quarterfinals of the Duke Medical Ethics Moot Court Professor Joanne Braxton took this photograph of the Atlantic Ocean from Cape Coast Castle, a Tournament, while another team was among the top former Ghanaian slave factory. Braxton will host an international conference on the African Diaspora, 10 at the University of North Carolina Constitutional "Monuments of the Black Atlantic: History, Memory, and Politics," May 24-28. See story on Pages 4-5. Law Tournament. ■ 2/BNgWS April 27. 2000

mvs.makers CWA Celebrates A Decade "Architects of Lifelong Learning" going strong after 10 years

As baby boomers have begun to achievement: "As the chief architects of the founders of the group—retired pro¬ burg began to attract more retirees. make retirement plans, many the Christopher Wren Association, you fessors Wayne and Ruth Kernodle—say "It all came at about the time the re¬ national universities have discov¬ have much to be proud of. In 10 years, that they had no idea how large it would tirement community started to explode," ered the virtues of life¬ become when they launched the pro¬ said Ruth. long learning. Newspa¬ gram in 1990. Now, however, it seems that the situa¬ & f ^&^^? pers and television pro¬ "After a year of planning, we offered tion has reversed. The Chicago Tribune re¬ grams are filled with sto¬ our first programs. We expected 35 ported last year that, "One of the reasons ries about new intellec¬ people and got 109," said Ruth Kemodle, Williamsburg has become a favorite re¬ tual programs for retir¬ who served as executive director of the tirement place is the tantalizing roster of ees, retirement villages association during its first eight years. college courses offered to retirees at the built on or near cam¬ The primary reasons for the explo¬ College of William and Mary." puses, and learning va¬ sive growth are the range of offerings Wayne Kernodle said that this trend cations for those who fi¬ and the high quality of instruction. This is in line with the changing concept of nally have the time and year, the association has offered more retirement, which once centered on the economic freedom to than 120 courses, on such diverse topics availability of health care. pursue their interests. as "Using the Internet and E-mail," "Now, as people come into retirement That's old news to "Three Classic Operas," "Behind the healthier and more vigorous, many of retirees in Williamsburg, Scenes of Colonial Williamsburg," "Can¬ them want to retire near a college or uni¬ who, with the College of cer: Myths and Realities" and "The CIA versity, where they can benefit from con¬ William and Mary, 10 in the 21st Century." tact with the surrounding community, in¬ years ago initiated an in¬ Because the courses are taught by cluding the cultural and educational op¬ novative program that is professionals in their fields—many of portunities that colleges offer." gaining recognition as whom are retirees themselves—the level Additional benefits enjoyed by associa¬ one of the earliest—as of instruction is outstanding. For ex¬ tion members include opportunities to be¬ well as one of the larg¬ ample, the recent CIA course was taught come involved in the community and meet est—lifelong learning by an individual who was an agency of¬ new friends—both at an accelerated pace. Christopher Wren Association President Fred Czufin programs in the nation. ficer for 34 years, and a retired member "The association breeds social oppor¬ presented President Timothy Sullivan a check for Named for the English of the Yale University medical faculty of¬ tunity, and people who move to $ 10,000 to celebrate the association's 10th anniversary. architect who designed fered the cancer course. Each year, cur¬ Williamsburg see it as an entree to the "The College has given us space free of charge," Czufin William and Mary's first rent William and Mary faculty members community," observed Wayne. said,"and $1,000 a year is a pretty good deal." building and champi¬ teach the three-to-six-week courses as The College sponsors the association, oned lifelong learning, well. Like the group's officers and vol¬ but the group is self-supporting. William the Christopher Wren Association is cel¬ you have built the nation's second-larg¬ unteers, all of the CWA faculty donate and Mary provides meeting rooms for ebrating a decade of service, and doing est lifelong learning association—an as¬ their time and effort to the association. many of the programs, but classes are also it in style. sociation few other universities can rival." In addition to pointing to the high held throughout the community at sites At a dinner at Kingsmill Resort, Presi¬ In fact, with more than 1,000 senior level of instruction as a reason for the including Colonial Williamsburg, dent Timothy Sullivan congratulated the citizens enrolled in the fall of 1999, the gratifying growth of the association, the churches and area retirement villages. ■ group's leaders—including current Wren Association is now larger than Kernodles also note that the organization fry Bill Walker president Fred Czufin—on a decade of many of the nation's small colleges. But was foundedjust at the time that Williams¬

French Ambassador Brings EU to UC Bujon de LEstang visits with students, lectures on European defense

Francois Bujon de L'Estang, After the discussion with students, can deal with this issue maturely," said should take the other for granted." French ambassador to the United Bujon de L'Estang took the podium in Bujon de L'Estang. "Neither side can A graduate of Harvard Business States since 1995, visited the Col¬ the Commonwealth Auditorium to School and a knight of the Order of lege Thursday, April 20 to lecture about address students, faculty and mem¬ the Legion of Honor, Bujon de the intricacies of European defense and bers of the Williamsburg community. L'Estang entered French politics in U.S.-European relations and to participate The ambassador emphasized the im¬ 1966. After his first post as a special in a roundtable discussion with students. portance of a common European for¬ adviser to President Charles de "The ambassador was far more inter¬ eign policy to the EU's success. Gaulle, Bujon de L'Estang served at ested in students' lives than I imagined," "A common foreign policy in¬ the French embassies in Washington said senior William Gomaa, one of 10 creases weight in the international and London, specializing in interna¬ students chosen to meet the ambassador. scene," he said. "European defense tional security and energy issues. Bujon de L'Estang greeted students is an integral part of this picture— When the ambassador con¬ in the Reves Center with smiles and diplomacy needs to be backed by the cluded his speech, President Timo¬ bonjours. He was eager to hear about the threat of force." thy Sullivan presented him with a students' interests in the French lan¬ The ambassador emphasized reproduction of a detailed map of guage and culture, and was obviously France's commitment to enhanced Williamsburg known as the pleased by the students who greeted him European naval and air capabilities, "Frenchman's Map," drawn by a in French. The discussion soon turned political bodies for military manage¬ French soldier during the American to foreign affairs, particularly the Euro¬ ment and cooperation with NATO. Revolution. Integral in the 1930s pean Union. In addition, Bujon de L'Estang restoration of Williamsburg, the Senior Patricia Ripley asked what is¬ mentioned the special role the 18th-century map demonstrates the sues France might want the European United States must play in greater long tradition of Franco-American Union to address while the nation has European defense. The United cooperation. ■ the presidency of the organization. States has remained ambivalent, and Ambassador Bujon de L'Estang enjoyed a tour by Neela Rathinasamy Bujon de L'Estang replied, "Three according to the ambassador some¬ of Colonial Williamsburg with the Marquis University Relations Intern things: enlargement of the EU, institu¬ times hostile, toward a common Eu¬ de Lafayette before discussing the European tional reform and European defense." ropean military force. "I hope we Union with his University Center audience. April 27. 2000 HNgWS/3

community making h^aolines Fossils and Rocks and Faults, Oh My! Geology majors reach out to area kids

4 i I M GOING TO STAND ON THIS TABLE UNTIL scribe a volcanic rock to their class, but not hand it to I YOU LOOK AT THIS ROCK" them. That's where we come in." M.Ed. Students Master Their Peers I And just like that, junior Carrie Snyder had the Once a year, the geology department welcomes lo¬ attention of every fifth-grader in the Newsome Park El¬ cal children into its laboratories for "Geology Day," a Two of the School of Education's master's ementary classroom. Make no mistake—Snyder's stu¬ more comprehensive introduction to the science than candidates, Nikki Allen and Elisa Wilk, took dents sure didn't—the geology department is getting their classroom visits allow. For three hours children home the first-place trophy from the National the attention of area schoolchildren. They usually Association of Student Personnel Administra¬ do it without climbing the furniture, but some tors annual Master's Case Challenge Competi¬ classes are more reluctant to learn than others. But tion at its recent conference in Indianapolis. not for long. "The case study competition was an excel¬ Snyder is the volunteer coordinator for "Geol¬ lent opportunity for us to represent the Col¬ ogy on Wheels," an innovative outreach program lege at the national level," Wilk said. "It was a begun eight years ago by department chair difficult competition, but the higher education Heather Macdonald and Professor Jerre Johnson. program at William and Mary well prepared us Each year, geology faculty and majors visit 60 to 70 to come up with solutions for our case." area classrooms—this year, the demand was such The competition pitted Allen and Wilk that they stopped taking reservations several weeks against teams from 16 other graduate schools. ago. Armed with a little red wagon—the "wheels"— Tom Goodale, their faculty adviser, said, "I was full of rocks, minerals and tools of the geologic very impressed with their demeanor, the orga¬ trade, the teachers educate, entertain and some¬ nization of their case and the delivery. It was times exhort audiences all over the Peninsula. thoughtful, visionary and creative." "We usually don't have a problem coming up with presenters," says Linda Morse, program di¬ Hoffman rector and geology department lecturer. "There Freshman Care friends learned to identify are a lot of rewards for the students who go into minerals—and photographers- -at Geology Day, March 25. To Lecture the schools: they get away from their studies for a On Carrolls while, interact with younger kids, sharpen their own circulate through the mineral and paleontology labs geology skills and have a lot of fun. Our majors come and what's simply called the "hands-on" room, the Ronald Hoff¬ back pumped up and proud of what they have done." hands-down favorite of the three. Here children simu¬ man, director of Senior Nate Shotwell, whom Snyder succeeded as vol¬ late volcanic eruptions by putting an antacid and water the Omohundro unteer coordinator, was proud enough of his work in the in a plastic film canister, form fossils with clay and plas¬ Institute of Early classroom to make a career of it. Next fall, Shotwell will ter of Paris, and enjoy the sweetest experiment of all— American History move to Henrico County to teach Hermitage High ninth- cupcake coring. and Culture, will graders Earth science. "This has been On the night before this year's sign copies of his a passion of mine for a long time," says event, held March 25, Morse baked new book, Princes Shotwell, "and I'll definitely integrate close to a hundred cupcakes with care¬ of Ireland, Planters some of our Geology on Wheels mate¬ fully dyed layers of "sediment." Using of Maryland: A rial into my class." a straw to take a "core sample," the Carroll Saga, 1500- The majors know that when they students are able to understand the Ron Hoffman collaborated 1782, and lecture hit the classroom they have to know earth's sedimentary layers by the with Sally Mason (standing), about the Carroll their stuff and know how to have a cupcake's different colors. Then, associate editor of the Carroll family at a public good time. "A lot of times the kids are naturally, the experiment gets eaten. That made the event for six-year-old Papers, on his new book event Friday, May smarter than you," says Snyder, recall¬ ing the class in which a student que¬ Troy Adkins, who deserved a cupcake Princes of Ireland, Planters of 5, from 4 to 6 p.m. ried her about the mineral quartz's after the quarter-sized film canister's Maryland. FredrikaTeute.also in the Botetourt propensity to scratch glass. "'If quartz cap bounced off his noggin. of the Omohundro Institute Gallery of Swem is made of sand, and sand is used to Sophomore Armistead Booker was of Early American History and Library. Hoffman make glass,' he said, 'how can quartz also up late the night before Geology Culture, edited the book. completed the book with collabo¬ scratch itself?' The students keep us Day, preparing the halls of McGlothlin- Street to demonstrate the passing of rator Sally Mason, associate editor of the on our toes. If I'm going to teach about the rock cycle, I have to know Armistead Booker swims through geologic time. After laying footsteps on Charles Carroll of Carrollton Papers, after it, and know it well enough to de¬ 3.5 billion years of geologic time the floor and taping drawings of life more than 20 years of research. Hoffman's scribe it in simple terms," Snyder says. with local children at Geology Day. forms from early in Earth's history (3.5 colleagues celebrated his achievement March Often, the presenters find it's best to keep the class billion years ago) to the present on the walls, Booker 29 at a Reves Center reception. on its toes by making their lessons interactive and hands- led the children through the ages. And it was a must Published this month by the University of on. "We usually have fun identifying halite, which is that they act out the life forms for each period—after North Carolina Press for the Institute, the book essentially salt, because the last test is to lick it for taste," all, what could be better for a second-grader than emu¬ is an epic tale about a family dynasty made, Snyder says. "We can count on a collective 'Ooh, gross' lating primordial ooze? unmade and remade over three centuries. during that exercise." Morse says that the geology department's outreach Charles Carroll, the sole Roman Catholic signer The geology majors' efforts are as much a boon to is so successful because "the mix of 19- and 20-year-old of the Declaration of Independence, is the sub¬ teachers as their students, since the lessons now satisfy kids with 8- and 9-year-old kids is a great one." For ject of particular focus in the book. Standards of Learning requirements for third, fourth and Snyder, however, it's even more plain. "We're just big fifth grades. As Morse says, "Elementary teachers simply kids ourselves." ■ don't have access to the resources we have. They can de¬ by Jackson Sasser

Jewel Thomas honored with 2000 Duke Award

Continued from Page 1. the things we buy?" Thomas said. "I learned from my it—I'm overwhelmed. It is the highlight of my career." parents not to waste the earth's resources, and I try to Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Duke of Webster, N.Y., es¬ research. "Back when Earth Day began," as she says, pass that on to others." She plans to become more in¬ tablished the employee service award to honor Charles' Thomas began a recycling program for the department. volved in recycling efforts after she retires. parents, who served the College for many years in sev¬ Since then, she has extended the program from the Thomas is also involved in the Williamsburg com¬ eral capacities. Charles J. Duke Jr. graduated from Wil¬ usual paper and glass to alkaline batteries—now sent munity. She and her husband George are active mem¬ liam and Mary in 1923, was appointed to the Board of with the regular hazardous waste pick-up—and steel bers in St. Stephen Lutheran Church, just across Visitors in 1926 and in 1934 was named bursar of the cans and plastic jugs, which are flattened and taken by Jamestown Road from Millington Hall. "The church is College and assistant to the president. His wife, Virginia the College's disposal company to the James City County a very big part of our lives," she says. Their son, Jesse, Welton Duke, also played an important role in the ad¬ Recycling Center. will attend Christopher Newport University this fall. ministration, often hosting events for the College. ■ "Why waste when we can be more responsible for Of her Duke Award, Thomas said, "I never expected by Ann Gaudreaux Joanne Braxton has found that organizing an international confer¬ the sum¬ ence on the African Diaspora is as mer of i 998, invitations for Braxton to pull together because we are drained. inuch a personal journey as a profes¬ lecture internationally, and now "Monu¬ Walking away from the character leaves and universities. sional one. At journey's end, the schol¬ ments of the Black Atlantic." wind," said Braxton. "I wrote this play me empty, and I need about an hour to To further the educational outreach ars attending "Monuments of the Black Featured conference speakers include to promote the reconciliation of Africans re-orient myself. Yet, having the support goals of the Middle Passage Project, the quarter Pinson and Braxton. Atlantic: History, Memory, and Politics," University of Paris historian Genevteve on the continent with persons of African of the cast and the professors makes the conference features workshops for teach¬ with an accompanying lec¬ "The class was organized with the in¬ May 24 to 28, hope to arrive at a greater Fabre; Madeleine Burnside, curator of the Lying side by side, with barely wiggle descent in the Diaspora." transition easier." ers, museum educators and others who ture by John Vlach of George Washing¬ tent of each student contributing to the understanding of the museum exhibition "A Slave Ship room between them, cast members Between the early 1500s and the For junior Theresa Marier, who plays work with young ton University. William and Mary students production of the play," said Gutwein. Diaspora and its far- of Deep River, a play written by mid-19th century, at least 12 million Af¬ an African child imprisoned in a slave people. In the session will perform Braxton's original three-act "Some students reaching and enduring Cummings Professor of English Joanne rican men, wo-men castle dungeon, the play humanizes an "Africans in Virginia," play, Deep River, the evening of May 25 joined the cast as cultural, political, per¬ Braxton, crowded into the belly of a rep¬ and children were academic subject. area museum educa¬ (see story on facing page), which will be actors and one is sonal and economic lica 17th-century ship to recreate the hor¬ kidnapped and sold "I feel much more involved in some¬ tors will discuss their followed by a roundtable discussion with the assistant direc¬ consequences. rors of the African slave trade. into slavery in the thing that I've only understood on a his¬ research findings the principle collaborators. tor. Involvement "Everywhere I turn "They packed us in and closed the Americas, Europe, torical level," she said. "The experience about 1 7th-century "Monuments of the Black Atlantic: for other students I am confronted with hatch, and it was dark, silent and cold," the Caribbean and has taught me a lot about what the slaves Africans in the Old History, Memory, and Politics" is cospon- depends on their something—a phrase, an said junior John Bond. "We began to other parts of the went through." Dominion, directing sored by the Middle Passage Project and talents, including image, an experience- moan and then scream as slaves would world. The Middle The students' experiences mirror workshop participants CAAR with assistance from the Virginia drumming, draw¬ that beckons me to ex¬ have, it was haunting." Passage refers to the Braxton's goals for the cast. "We are build¬ to source material and Foundation for the Humanities and Pub¬ ing, dancing and plore the problem of Deep River—the story of Amma and middle part of the ing a spirit of community as well as the innovative instruc¬ lic Policy, Hampton University Museum, writing. This gives memory and what it Quobna, a young African man and journey, when slave embodiment of an artistic vision," die said. tional methods, and the Reves Center for International Stud¬ all students in the means to an African woman forced to emigrate to the Ameri¬ ships crossed the At¬ In preparing the musical score for Feelings will discuss ies, the Omohundro Institute of Early class the opportu¬ American. Some of the cas—is being workshopped this semester lantic Ocean. Often such a haunting story, Gutwein recorded the role of art in American History and Culture and the nity to participate." answers to my questions in "Black Expressive Culture," a course shackled to one an¬ sound effects and arranged them on his Diasporic teachings in Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Gen¬ Braxton wrote I could never have an¬ about the influence and impact of black other, Africans were computer to create the noises associated "Drawing From Life, eral registration for the conference is Deep River while ticipated," Braxton says. expressive arts. Taught by Associate forced to lie close to¬ with a slave ship—ocean waves, the wind Teaching From Art." $110 and $75 for William and Mary onaW.E.B. DuBois "I'm very interested in Professor of Music Dan Gutwein, Deep River's ethnically diverse cast gether on over¬ blowing, the clank of chains. The score ]ames Spady and graduate students, or $50 per day for Fellowship at those things you can't Professor Joanne Braxton met several young men on the beach the course included guest lectures shares a special bond from their work crowded ships. also includes the sounds of suffering- Ywone Edwards, Wil¬ faculty or staff of the College or mem¬ Harvard Univer¬ quantify or measure- in Kokrobiety, Ghana, during a research trip in 1998. The letters by Deep River's director, Assis¬ together six nights a week. "We're Many died during women moaning and wailing—and Afri¬ liam and Mary Ameri¬ bers of the local community. For more sity, where the first material culture and re¬ Braxton has exchanged with these youths have become an integral tant Professor of Theatre and building a spirit of community," Middle Passage voy¬ can singing. This electronic score, which can studies graduate information, e-mail [email protected] or act of the play was ligion, for example." part of her three-act play about the Middle Passage, Deep River. Speech Jasmin Lambert, As¬ Braxton says. ages, which lasted Gutwein describes as "sound reinforce¬ students, will add to call 221-1316. Information and a regis¬ performed as a Like the Diaspora it¬ sociate Professor of English from one to three ment," is accompanied by live drumming. the educational com¬ tration form are also available online at work in progress. In researching Deep self, the roster of "Monuments of the Speaks"; and Tom Feelings, illustrator and Hermine months. "It's been interesting having different ponent of the conference with their ses¬ www.wm.edu/mid-pass. ■ River, Braxton drew on 1 8th-century Black Atlantic" presenters is global, rep¬ professor emeritus at the University of Much of the action of Deep River professors to work with," said junior sion, "Teaching the African-American by Amy Ruth slave narratives and the written accounts resenting a dozen countries and 25 states. South Carolina. Feelings, whose haunt¬ unfolds in an African slave castle and Patrice McKoy. "The interaction allows Past to Undergraduates." of Europeans involved in the trade, con¬ Participants—-professot^ ai tists, authors, ing illustrations in his 1995 book The aboard a slave ship, which transports the us to view our parts from various aspects Other Mghlights include a reception ducting her research in American and archivists, musfciam and filtniTiakers—wlil Middle Passage have been consistently main characters to Barbados. The cast of of the Diaspora. Professor Braxton shares at the Hampton University Museum; British archives. reach across continents, cuitures and com¬ praised by reviewers, will deliver a key¬ about 25 students portrays Africans and rich experiences with the cast that have readings by Wintergreen Women Writ¬ "So many lives were lost, munities in an interdisciplinary examina¬ note address on May 25. Nine William their captors, and scenes—such as when brought a lot to the play." ers, including Toi Derricotte and Sonia people whose names and tion of Afro-Atlantic literature, art, mu¬ and Mary professors and four graduate European captors force the Africans to Deep River will be performed for the Sanchez; gourmet meals; a book signing origins have been for¬ sic and spirituality. They will consider students will participate in the dance on deck—are emotionally charged. first time in its entirety on May 25. The by Feelings; and a tour of Carter's gotten like dust black identity, memory and iconography conference's 2 5-plus sessions, represent¬ "Acting in this play has been difficult performance coincides with the confer¬ Grove plantation and its in the and discuss racial politics. While the ex¬ ing the College's English, music, Ameri¬ for members of the cast," said Bond, who ence "Monuments of the Black Atlantic," restored slave changes will expand current knowledge can studies, black studies and history plays Quobna. "When we step out of our May 24-28, organized by Braxton. (See and understanding of Africans in the departments. roles as cap¬ story on facing page.) Diaspora, the conference is just as much The presenters include pro¬ tors and "This play is a readers' performance, about finding lost voices, telling untold fessors from universities in slaves, in which the cast will be dressed alike and stories and connecting the present and Holland, Denmark, Ger¬ we will have their scripts in hand," said Lam¬ the future with an African past. many, France and the bert. "This is a common practice with a Co-sponsored by the Collegium of United Kingdom. Partici¬ play in progress, which allows the play¬ African American Research (CAAR), an pants also hail from the is¬ wright to see over multiple runs where organization of European scholars based lands of Curacao and changes should be made to the script. in Germany, "Monuments of the Black Sardinia. Among the many We feel certain that the audience will re¬ Atlantic" is part of the College's Middle distinguished American spond well to the performance." ■ Passage Project, which Braxton initiated presenters, several are by Tara Fraley in 1996 to assist Eastern Virginia schools, from historically museums and the like in teaching the black col- Tara Fraley is a student in Dan African slave trade and Afro-Atlantic cul¬ e ge s Gutwein's workshop in "Black Ex¬ ture. Since its inception four years ago, pressive Culture." the project has spawned a lecture series at Yorktown Victory Cen¬ ter, an exhibition of photo¬ graphs taken by Braxton during a research trip to West Africa in

An adapted from Tom Feelings' 1995 book The Middle Passage. Used by permission of the authoi'. 6/BN?WS April 27. 2000

Bone Marrow Drive Raises Record Funds, Registers 801 notes More than 300 volunteers from the Will¬ A federal grant covered the testing of minor¬ iam and Mary community and 801 do¬ ity donors, as minorities are significantly under- nors from around the Peninsula took represented in the national registry. This year, 36 part in the Ninth Annual Alan Bukzin Memorial African-American, 48 Asian, 24 Hispanic and Bone Marrow Drive on April 12, thanks to a seven American Indian donors participated. record-setting $52,000 raised by students for the While the drive attracts donors from across the Student Volunteers Recognized event. Funds raised to pay for the tests almost region, drive organizers noted a significant in¬ doubled from last year's $28,000. crease this year of donors from Virginia Beach, The Office of Student Services recognized a score of "We had so much support from the College Chesapeake and Hampton. campus service organizations and at least as many individual Students fund the tests, which doubled students at its annual Celebration of Service April 13. Four¬ in cost this year, with events and projects teen student leaders were recognized with 2000 Summer throughout the year, including a 5K Run/ Service Grants, which will allow them to travel around the Walk, a "Taste of the Town" gourmet event globe to participate in a variety of service projects. Jennifer and a golf tournament. Each test costs $80. Bremmer, Kristan Cilente, Katie Hodgdon, Maxim Kogan, Since the William and Mary program be¬ Andrew Muccio, Travis Simone and Kary Torres received gan, 27 donors have been successfully Parents' Association Service Grants, and Nora Czuchlewski, matched with patients in need—a success rate Cheriene Floyd, Sabrina Grossman, Joseph Hooper, Shan¬ unsurpassed by any individual drive effort. non Leonard, Nina Strickland and Angela Vanderhoof re¬ In the past nine years, the drive has en¬ ceived Pulley Family Service Grants. tered almost 7,000 people into the national Also, Kristan Cilente and Dan Ehlke were presented registry and has become the largest student- the Spirit of Service Award, which recognizes two non- run drive in the country. In 1996, the Ameri¬ graduating students who demonstrate a sense of caring, can Red Cross awarded William and Mary the concern and willingness to address community issues Zumwalt Community Award for its efforts in through individual or organizational initiatives. Cilente vol¬ finding donors. unteers with Project Phoenix, Green and Gold Christmas To help fund next year's drive, send tax- and the Alan Bukzin Memorial Bone Marrow Drive, while deductible contributions to the Alan Bukzin the Rita Welsh Adult Skills Program and the Dominion Vil¬ Memorial Bone Marrow Drive, College of and the students, as well as the Williamsburg William and Mary, Campus Center, RO. Box 8795, lage Retirement Center benefit from Ehlke's attention. community, it was overwhelming," said senior Mary Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795. More information Simonson, chair of this year's drive. "The drive is available online at http://www.wm.edu/SO/ In Memoriam: Historian Bruce Lincoln '60 seems to have evolved into a campus-wide philan¬ BMD/index.html. ■ Bruce Lincoln, a William and Mary alumnus renowned thropy—we find a way to get everyone involved." by Amy Ruth for his gripping books about Russians and their history, died April 16. Lincoln wrote for a broad audience to help his readers understand the former Soviet Union. The New York Times Book Review named his Red Victory: A History of An Action-Packed Auction the Russian Civil War a notable book of the year for 1990, and his The Conquest of a Continent was named one of the Students put the fun in the Alumni Society's fund-raiser best books of 1994 by Publishers Weekly. He taught at North¬ ern Illinois University for 31 years. Lincoln is survived by his wife, two daughters, a brother and two grandchildren. Once every two years, the College's most ac¬ A Weekend to Remember: March 24-26 Art and Marine Sciences tive alumni gather in A NewYbrkAuct/'on Student Vo/unteer's Itinerary New York for the Society of the The Virginia Institute of Marine Science Art Commis¬ Alumni's New York Auction, sion is sponsoring a competition for a site-specific artwork where their energy and enthu¬ Midnight Thursday 8 a.m. Saturday for installation in Watermen's Hall, the administrative cen¬ siasm go a long way in support load the bus and depart recover with some ter of the Gloucester Point campus. An anonymous donor of their alma mater. This year's for New York City much-needed sleep has offered a $ 10,000 prize for the artwork competition in 8 a.m. Friday 4 p.m. Saturday gathering, held March 24-26, any medium. Interested artists should submit slides and a arrive in N.Y.C., unload do a little sightseeing raised more than $100,000 for bus and set everything up at NBC studios curriculum vitae by May 26. The site commission will be an out-of-state student scholar¬ 4 p.m. Friday Midnight Saturday awarded on June 16. ship endowment and the change into evening finery reload the bus and Society's Chapter Program¬ for the 8 p.m. auction depart for Williamsburg May Day: Stadium Lot Reserved May I ming Endowment. Midnight Friday 8 a.m. Sunday The Zable Stadium parking lot will be unavailable for A While more than 300 of the break down and clean up unload the bus—for the parking on Monday, May I, due to Olde Guarde Day activi¬ College's alumni and friends after the auction; hit the final time—exchange hugs, enjoyed themselves at the auc¬ ties. Please plan to park elsewhere from 7 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. tion, the real action was with the 13 William and Mary students who stewarded the auction lots When the last bid was made, the from Williamsburg to New students loaded up the com¬ York. Despite an all-night bus puter and audiovisual equip¬ ride, these volunteers from the ment—"everything we needed, Student Alumni Liaison Coun¬ they brought," said Hayes—for cil and Student Advancement the return ride home. Association worked diligently to "It was definitely a more ar¬ make the event a success. duous trip than I anticipated," "From the moment they said senior and SALC Secretary stepped off the bus Friday Ashley Fiske, "but it was a lot of morning, our students worked fun. Everyone should experi¬ with a wonderful and tireless ence it once, but I can see why energy," said Jennifer Hayes, they only hold it every two years." the auction coordinator and as¬ Pictured at right, the stu¬ sistant director of programs at dents included (back row, left to the Alumni Society. "The auc¬ right) Jon Young, Marc Sterne, tion would not have happened Jeff Palmore and Lisa without their hard work." Butenhoff; (middle row) Lori After seeing that the 120 Becker, Tiffany Coe, Meredith auction lots—including every¬ McBride and Anne Marie thing from a bottle of 1820 vin¬ Martinez; (front row) Andrew tage Bual Madeira to a Willie Norman, Valerie Schiavo, Mays-autographed baseball— Ashley Fiske, Rebecca Danchise arrived safely, the students and Shannon Sims. ■ worked as greeters and "spot¬ by Jackson Sasser ters" during the live auction. April 27. 2000 BfiNgW5/7

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A Scholar, an Athlete and a Gentleman Mike Beverly shares his talents with Tribe sports and the sociology department

Last Saturday the William & Mary ferences," says Kreps. "I'll remember Slevin—"it caught my interest immedi¬ and they come to my track meets. Three men's track and field team ran, Michael both for his academic and ath¬ ately"—and points out the department's or four of my players are going away to jumped and threw to a second- letic successes—that kind of combina¬ appeal to a wide range of people. "There's college in the fall, and I'm really proud place showing at the 2000 Colonial Ath¬ tion is not what I'd call regular." something in it for everyone," he says. of them." letic Association Championships. The Kreps is not alone in his approbation Just as surely, Beverly is someone into Beverly's Tribe teammates are Tribe's top sprinter, however, was not of Beverly's scholarship. In fact, the so- almost everything. Take his spring and equally proud of him. "I've spoken to a running—he was reading. A paper. few guys since the meet," he said To a national gathering of sociolo¬ after returning from New Orleans, gists. In New Orleans. "and the first question they asked Meet Mike Beverly, polymath. me was 'How did it go?' They fin¬ A three-year starter at defensive ished in second place over the back for the Tribe football squad, weekend, but they wanted to hear Beverly came out for track for the about my paper." first time this spring—as the fast¬ The team's respect for Beverly's ; est man on the team. Then, for the Mike Beverly is m6 iafehtei for fust 6H¥ sacrifice starts at the top, with Dan second time in his career at the fast track. His athletic and academic Stimson, the director of William College, he passed on an impor¬ successes at the College have prepared and Mary track and field. "When tant athletic competition to him to choose among careers in Mike found out about the confer¬ present his research to a national professional football, the social sciences ence, he came and told me he had conference of scholars. So much or perhaps the odds-on favorite, law. some good news and some bad talent, so little time. news," Stimson remembers. "But an As impressed as Associate Pro¬ honor like that is nothing but good vost Gary Kreps was with Beverly's news. He could have placed at the performance on the football GAAs, and I wish his conference was field—the Kreps family rarely any other weekend, but the entire misses a home contest—he found team respects his decision." him an even more accomplished Stimson then pauses a moment, researcher. After his junior year, weighing two considerable accom¬ Beverly participated in the Sum¬ plishments. "He's a fine athlete—he mer Research Experience for Un¬ ran exceptionally well this season— dergraduates, a National Science but he may be a better student." Foundation-funded project that What does a fellow with the Kreps (who taught in the sociology de¬ ciology faculty honored him last week summer Friday nights over the past three myriad talents of Mike Beverly do follow¬ partment for 23 years before assuming with its Jeanne A. Ito Memorial Award, years—they've taken him to Williams¬ ing his graduation next month? For start¬ his present duties) and Assessment Co¬ presented annually to the department's burg's recreation centers as the coach of ers, he publishes that sociological re¬ ordinator Susan Bosworth have run for outstanding graduate. the "Rolling Meadows" team in a teen bas¬ search (it's currently under review) and 18 years. Beverly fashioned his summer Chair Kate Slevin, who taught ketball league. "We give the kids some¬ coaches Rolling Meadows through the research into a thesis which earned high Beverly's first sociology course when he thing to do on Friday nights," Beverly says, summer season (he likes their chances). honors; a paper he presented at the Mid¬ was a freshman, reports that he is "highly "to keep them off the streets and give Professional football is still a possibility, western Sociological Association confer¬ regarded by all his teachers for excellent them a litde supervision." pending a call from the four or five ence last spring (during the spring foot¬ work in the classroom and in his own Coach Beverly makes the most of the teams he has tried out for. And gradu¬ ball game); and ultimately, his recent research. He's a very special young man." time with his team, some of whom he's ate school in the social sciences sounds presentation to the Southern Sociologi¬ Special enough to represent the de¬ helped mature from high-school fresh¬ good, but it will probably have to wait cal Association. partment by explaining "Why Major in men to soon-to-be college freshmen. until after law school. "Only a small proportion of our un¬ Sociology?" on its Web page. Beverly's "We've developed some great friend¬ So much talent, so little time. 8 dergraduates have the opportunity to narrative, aimed at potential concentra¬ ships over the years," he says. "I go to by Jackson Sasser represent the College at national con¬ tors, recalls his first class with Professor see them play their games at Jamestown,

sports New United States citizen John Daly got a head sta on American patriotism from his women's socce team, who decorated his office in red white and blue April 12

Citizen John Daly On Wednesday, April 12, women's soccer coach John Daly could hardly negotiate his way into his William and Mary Hall office. It wasn't the trophies that blocked his path—though his collection is considerable after 13 years at the College with a .718 winning percentage. Daly's difficulty was with red, white and blue bunting, balloons and streamers that festooned his office; his team had covertly decorated in honor of Daly's new U.S. citizenship, which he confirmed with the Oath of Allegiance in Norfolk on Wednesday afternoon. "Long ago I began to think of Williamsburg more as home than a place I was working," said Daly, a London native. He first came to America in 1977, and joined the women's soccer program full-time a decade later. "When I began to think about staying in the States after my career was over," Daly said, "it seemed like a good idea to become a citizen." Daly's road to citizenship was paved with some constitutional queries, which he answered flaw¬ lessly. Including the one about which country the United States fought for its independence. "I should know that one," he says in his charming English lilt. The three-time Colonial Athletic Association Coach of the Year is pleased to be a citizen, for sure, but not entirely ready to forsake his linguistic leanings. "I'm still going to spell 'favour' with a 'u,' as it should be," Daly says. "We may be in America, but we're still speaking English. "The only difference now," he jokes, "is that I'm one of y'all." -H

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