■ Four faculty receive NSF CAREER awards, page 4 Inside ■ Parents benefit from ‘Dinner on Us’ program, page 8 The Campus Chronicle Vol. XVIII, No. 21 February 14, 2003 for the Amherst campus of the University of Massachusetts News Briefs ‘We fight for the future of this classic UMass Police to step up child safety efforts American research university’ The UMass Police Depart- ment will conduct additional traffic enforcement, with spe- cial emphasis on safety belt Lombardi invokes call to and child safety seat viola- tions, during Child Passenger action in inaugural address Safety Week, Feb. 10-16. The enforcement initiative Sarah R. Buchholz skills and the hope that he has CHRONICLE STAFF is part of the department’s brought them for the campus. participation in the Gover- Coming from as near as Hill- “He is the most honest, most nor’s Highway Safety side, the Chancellor’s residence, unpretentious, most effective aca- Bureau’s Click It or Ticket and from as far as Venezuela, fam- demic leader I have known,” said Campaign. UMass Amherst ily, friends, colleagues, and admir- John Ryan, former president of In- is the only university police ers traveled through falling snow diana University, where Lombardi department in the state par- Feb. 7 to see John V. Lombardi in- taught history and served as ticipating in the grant-funded augurated as chancellor of the dean of international programs program. Amherst campus. and dean of arts and sciences, “Our extra traffic enforce- Lombardi, who has served as among other things. ment during Child Passenger chancellor since July 1, was in- “You have given the student Safety Week will serve to re- vested by Board of Trustees chair body at UMass something that is mind everyone that Massa- Grace Fey and President William hard to find: hope,” said David chusetts law requires chil- M. Bulger, as other members of Carr, president of the Student dren 12 and under to be prop- the board and alumni, officers of Government Association. He erly restrained in a child the University and state and fed- added that Lombardi is “in the safety seat, booster seat or eral dignitaries looked on. trenches with the students, dig- safety belt,” said Chief Bar- Serenaded by the University ging to a better student life.” bara R. O’Connor. “This is a Wind Ensemble, directed by Mu- Germán Carrera Damas, doctor primary enforcement law, sic and Dance lecturer Steven of history at the Universidad Cen- which means an officer can Dennis Bodner, and the Univer- tral de Venezuela and former Ven- stop a driver for just having a sity Choirs, directed by Music ezuelan ambassador to several child passenger 12 and under and Dance professor E. Wayne nations, lauded Lombardi for his improperly restrained.” Abercrombie, approximately 1,000 “inexhaustible will to work with a members of the campus commu- dedication immune to any kind of State pension fund nity joined 150 representatives disturbance.” from higher education institutions “He maintains a laser-like fo- lost $2.1b last year Stan Sherer photo around the U.S. and more than cus on building and maintaining Chancellor John V. Lombardi delivers his inaugural address dur- The state pension fund 250 additional robed faculty from excellence in teaching and re- posted its worst ever loss ing ceremonies at the Mullins Center on Feb. 7. More photos the University in witnessing the search,” Bulger said. “I had the pages 6-7. last year, losing $2.1 billion event. Walter Chesnut, retired privilege of selecting [him]. It is a or 8.9 percent of its value. professor of Music and Dance, choice that will always be a Since August 2000, the played the University fanfare. source of pride for me.” $26 billion fund has lost $6.5 The audience was welcomed In his inaugural address, Lom- 800 attend gala dinner billion, an average of 5.2 per- by Bulger, and Lombardi was offi- bardi struck notes now familiar to cent annually over the past Daniel J. Fitzgibbons ties, aimed at showcasing the cially greeted by seven well-wish- the campus: teaching and re- CHRONICLE STAFF three years. According to the campus’s teaching and research ers, who spoke of his leadership SEE CHANCELLOR, PAGE 3 Trust Universe Comparison As the floor of the elegantly prowess, demonstrates the Service, the median decline appointed Mullins Center slowly campus’s ability to succeed. for all state pension funds in New campus foundation filled for the gala inaugural dinner “We have engaged every the U.S. was 4.3 percent. on Feb. 6, Chancellor John V. single part of the institution to to focus on fund-raising Lombardi simply seemed to be ev- produce what you see here to- Bush taps Bromery erywhere. At one moment he was day,” he said. “It didn’t matter what role people had — they said, for presidential panel Barbara Pitoniak of volunteers,” Lombardi said. greeting guests, then posing for ‘Yeah, we can help.’ ... This event is Former Chancellor Ran- NEWS OFFICE STAFF “Private donors and volunteers photographs with dignitaries, the model for what we can do.” dolph W. Bromery has been In a bid to boost the involve- tend to be ‘campus-specific’ in electrifying the crowd with an Universities, said Lombardi, selected by President George ment of volunteers in fund-raising offering support. Their enthusi- evangelical address extolling the have an ability to transform W. Bush to fill the remainder efforts, Chancellor John V. Lom- asm is generated by their respect virtues of his new campus and people. of an unexpired three-year bardi this week announced the for faculty and students. The by evening’s end, tearing up the “That transformative power we term on the President’s Com- creation of the University of Mas- foundation is a way for us to cap- dance floor with his wife, Cathryn. have is what gives the University mittee on the National Medal sachusetts Amherst Foundation, ture that enthusiasm and mobilize Running up the ramp leading its strength,” he said. “But what it of Science. His term on the a private, non-profit corporation volunteer leadership in support of to the stage, Lombardi wrestled gives more than anything else is panel will extend through 2004. established to raise private sup- the campus.” the microphone from the podium our future.” Bromery, 77, recently port for the campus. The endowment for the and planted himself at center Then inviting the guests to be stepped down as interim “In its last capital campaign, UMass Amherst Foundation stage. Flanked by two huge part of his crusade for the cam- president of Roxbury Com- UMass Amherst demonstrated its presently totals $56.5 million. screens projecting his image, pus, Lombardi, assured them that munity College in part to un- capacity to raise significant Lombardi said all funds raised by Lombardi declared, “This univer- they “have no idea how much fun dergo experimental prostate funds,” said Lombardi. “The suc- the foundation would be spent at sity is a triumph.” we’ll have as we build this special cancer treatment at Johns cess of that campaign indicates the Amherst campus. The campus Looking across the dozens of institution.” Hopkins University. the campus has the ability to par- foundation will maintain an ac- tables filling the floor of the The message resonated with Currently Commonwealth ticipate at a higher level of private count with the system-wide Uni- arena, the chancellor said he was the crowd, which jumped to its Professor of Geosciences fund-raising, and that we can versity of Massachusetts Foun- attracted to UMass because of its feet, applauding until the chancel- Emeritus, Bromery served as build on that earlier success. The dation, which will in turn act as huge potential. “The people here lor relinquished the stage by say- chancellor from 1971-79. He UMass Amherst Foundation is the campus’s “investment are all waiting to be mobilized. ing, “Now let’s dance.” also served as interim presi- the vehicle to accomplish that banker.” They are all waiting to do some- It was a casual end to a classy dent of Westfield State Col- goal. Lombardi explained that while thing interesting.” affair that attracted a host of fac- lege and interim chancellor of “The foundation is a mecha- the foundation will have a small Lombardi said the organization of the two-day inaugural festivi- Higher Education. nism for harnessing the support SEE DEVELOPMENT, PAGE 3 SEE CELEBRATE, PAGE 3 2 February 14, 2003 The Campus Chronicle Letters Professor echoes praise for Lombardi This letter is to commend Provost [Charlena] Seymour’s letter “On the eve of inaugural, praise for Lombardi,” (Feb. 7) which so eloquently and thoughtfully an- ticipated the very special energy and quali- ties of our new chancellor, which were only reinforced by the inaugural festivities of the past few days. The inaugural events brought so many of the faculty, administra- tors, staff and students as well as alums, dignitaries and guests together in an excep- tional way which was energizing and in- credibly uplifting. The high point was the inauguration itself and the speech of Chan- cellor Lombardi (with a faculty member be- hind me commenting that the chancellor did not even need an oxygen tank afterwards) which was nothing short of truly inspira- tional. To see many of the alums and former faculty singing the “Alma Mater” by memory seconded the specialness of this institution as did many of the speeches. Students afterwards called the inauguration and the dynamism of our chancellor “sim- ply amazing.” I expect that there will be many more oc- Stan Sherer photo casions for standing ovations in the years Customer service ahead for UMass Amherst. Freshman David Aufiero finds the reading chair in the University Store quite comfortable as he browses through an issue of the “Next Generation of UMass,” a publication about the basketball team. ANNA NAGURNEY John F. Smith Memorial Professor, Finance and Operations Management Five College Student Poetryfest debuts Feb. 20 Logo should reflect The first annual Five College Student Students whose works are to be pre- this kind.” teaching mission Poetryfest will be held on Thursday, Feb. sented were selected by their home cam- Watson credits 20 at 7:30 p.m. in the Browsing Room, puses. “We had a lot of interest,” observed Peterson with having I was one of the people who, several years Neilson Library, Smith College. Ellen Dore-Watson, director of the Poetry the germ of an idea for ago, suggested a new logo for the Univer- Sponsors include the Poetry Center at Center, “and a lot of good writing, so “something to cel- sity because the one Smith College, Five Colleges, Inc. and the choosing was not easy.” Each campus had ebrate student writ- in use was merely an writing programs of the five-member insti- its own selection process. Smith, Watson ing.” All the campuses adaptation of the tutions. “It’s our hope that the poetryfest noted, solicited submissions in campus “seem to have a lot of Commonwealth’s will become a cherished tradition, rotating publications and in classes. activity around po- seal, and really did from campus to campus each year,” said The University will be represented by etry,” Watson noted, nothing to signify the Lorna M. Peterson, executive director of junior Kristina Martino and senior Steven Agha Shahid Ali including readings, teaching mission of Five Colleges, Inc., who served on the Zultanski. visiting poets, and even a number of stu- UMass. planning committee. This inaugural poetryfest, Watson dent groups. “So bringing all this together I would have pointed out, is being dedicated to the in a public forum like this is just a great hoped that a “return” memory of Agha Shahid Ali, a poet who idea,” she said. to the old logo could Demonstration of taught creative writing in the MFA Program Students whose works were chosen to have been consider- SpeechEasy device at the University until a year before his be read will receive a gift certificate, compli- ably modified as it death in December 2001. Watson character- ments of area bookstores: The Odyssey still looks like the slated for Feb. 24 ized him as “a brilliant and exuberant Bookshop in South Hadley; Broadside state logo and, again, teacher and writer, a man of enormous gen- Books in Northampton; Jeffery Amherst shows nothing about A new device that dramatically reduces erosity of spirit, dedicated to students –– Bookshop, Atticus Albion Bookshop, and teaching. stuttering will be demonstrated for a Com- the kind of person who brings out the best Food For Thought Books in Amherst. The For inspiration you might check the logos munication Disorders practicum class on in everyone.” Because Ali had such a great poems read at this year’s festival will be of other state universities, many of which do Friday, Feb. 24, 9-11 a.m. in 18 Skinner Hall. presence in the Valley, he is greatly missed bound as a limited edition collection and not simply mimic their state’s logo. The SpeechEasy demonstration also is she noted, “so we are very pleased to be presented to the poets. A limited number of open to the public. able to honor his memory with an event of copies also will be available at the festival. BRIAN SILMAN Graduate student Rachel Kopke said Class of 1966 SpeechEasy is exciting for people in her field because the device reduces stuttering Telephone Fax in more than 80 percent of the stuttering (413) 545-4818 The Campus Chronicle (413) 577-0044 population. Some of her colleagues have Letters policy seen the device demonstrated on “Good Editor: Daniel J. Fitzgibbons (ISSN 0888-0093) Published weekly during Morning America” or “Oprah,” but no one Associate Editor: Sarah R. Buchholz the academic year and biweekly during Janu- The Campus Chronicle welcomes let- in the department, including faculty, has Office Manager: Christine A. Davies ary, June, July and August by Communica- ters from readers and may publish seen the device in person, she said. 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The Campus Chronicle February 14, 2003 3 Campus supporters saluted at gala CELEBRATE Amherst Foundation. chaired the planning of the inau- CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 In his remarks, Bulger singled gural with interim Vice Chancellor ulty, student leaders, staff, alumni out the generosity of some other for University Advancement and various supporters of the alumni, Robert and Kathleen Elizabeth Dale, praised the efforts campus. The guests included two Mahoney of the Class of 1970 during academic symposia held former UMass presidents, Robert and 1955 graduates Richard and earlier in the day. Wood and Joseph Duffey, as well Barbara Mahoney, who used the “Our faculty were fabulous as former chancellors David Scott, inaugural to announce a $2 mil- and our students were superb,” Randolph Bromery and Richard lion gift for the planned inte- she said. “I’m proud of you and O’Brien. grated sciences building. proud of this campus.” A contingent of trustees, led “This family is the University Seymour also cited Cathryn by chairman Grace K. Fey, also of Massachusetts,” said Bulger, Lombardi for her efforts in plan- was there, as were President Will- who also noted the longtime sup- ning the two-day celebration, iam M. Bulger and many of his top port lent by a third Mahoney saying her contributions made Stan Sherer photo staff. Former trustees Gordon brother, William, who also gradu- the inaugural “first class.” Greeting guests at last week’s inauguration of Chancellor John Oakes, Heriberto Flores, Peter ated in 1955. Seymour and dean Lee Lombardi, several dozen union supporters used the event to Lewenberg and John Sweeney Bulger then called Robert Edwards of the College of Hu- protest the state’s failure to fund negotiated contracts. also were in attendance. Mahoney, who serves on the manities and Fine Arts presented Local legislators in the crowd Board of Trustees, to the stage the Lombardis with a calligraphy included Sen. Stan Rosenberg and “so we can express our sincere work by Zhongwei Shen, assis- Lombardi calls for a representatives Ellen Story, John gratitude for what you have done tant professor of Asian Lan- Scibak, Christopher Donnelan, for the University.” guages and Literatures. The Benjamin Swan, Stephen Kulik “Our family has so benefited framed quotation from the Ana- ‘culture of achievement’ and Peter Kocot. Former legislator from this great university,” said lects of Confucius, translates to CHANCELLOR As part of the ceremony, Nancy Flavin also was there. Mahoney. “It was our first choice, “Never tire of learning and never CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Lombardi was presented with a Alumni Association president but really it was our only hope.” grow weary of teaching others,” search as the heart and soul of a medallion, which consists of a Jess Kane, who served as master Referring to the planned $80 said Seymour. university (the academic impera- pewter rendition of the campus of ceremonies, called the event “a million science building, Musical entertainment was tive), the high quality of the fac- seal hung on a chain of hand- celebration of our beloved cam- Mahoney credited Biochemistry provided by the Studio Orchestra ulty on campus, and the impor- hammered silver disks, each in- pus.” and Molecular Biology Depart- and the Jazz Ensemble I. tance of money, performance and scribed with the name of a former Kane announced that private ment head Lila Gierasch with in- time in the building and mainte- chancellor on the back. fund-raising for the inaugural, spiring his family’s involvement. Mahoney back on nance of an outstanding research After the ceremony, Auxiliary spearheaded by a $50,000 gift “We’re so thrilled to help out Board of Trustees Services produced a luncheon of with this project,” said Mahoney, university. from the Alumni Association, also The appointment of Robert Italian food — focaccia-based adding that the building will con- He also noted that faculty and raised $100,000 for a new Chan- Mahoney to the Board of Trust- roasted vegetable sandwiches, vey that “there’s strength and staff numbers on campus cur- cellor’s Merit Scholarship Fund. ees, rescinded last month by Gov. pasta salad, and rainbow tortellini there’s growth” on campus. rently are too low to sustain the He credited the Accenture com- Mitt Romney, has been approved. with pesto — and various des- Fey relayed the greetings of level of performance of which pany with providing a $25,000 Citing a little-known law, Rom- serts on the concourse of the the Board of Trustees, who “rely they are capable. He was not challenge grant that inspired other ney rescinded 27 last-minute ap- Mullins Center while well-wishers on Amherst for leadership be- alone; as guests entered the donors to give to the scholarship pointments by Acting Gov. Jane formed a line to speak with cause so much of the perception Mullins Center for the celebration, fund. Swift. Lombardi. of the University is generated by approximately 120 union members “This marks the first step in Romney administration offi- Lombardi’s inaugural address this campus.” gathered outside wearing red to our next capital campaign,” said cials last week admitted that the is excerpted on page 5. The entire Interim Senior Vice Chancellor symbolize their anger over work- Kane, who this week was named governor could only hold up ap- text is online (www.umass. for Academic Affairs and provost ing without funded contracts. In to the board of director of the new pointments requiring Governor’s edu/inauguration). Charlena Seymour, who co- his address, Lombardi stressed University of Massachusetts Council approval. that “good salaries and a context that rewards achievement” are necessary to hiring and retaining Campus foundation aimed at increased fund-raising the best possible employees. DEVELOPMENT Lombardi said, “the size of the map out a strategy for the next ecutive officer, Nabors Industry, “This place, so central to our CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 foundation and the development campaign. Inc., Houston, Tex.; Martin G. academic lives and so important operation will increase. The Uni- “President Bulger has been Jacobson, president and director, to all who engage it, must acquire staff, the “fund-raising enterprise” versity employee base will grow highly supportive of our efforts, Jayco Associates Inc., Tierra the resources needed to sustain will remain a part of the Univer- as the endowment grows.” and from the beginning signaled Verde, Fla.; James “Jess” Kane, and enhance its performance and sity, though the structure of the Elizabeth Dale, as interim vice his intention to lend his support dentist and orthodontist, Kane, national competitiveness,” he foundation will allow for a con- chancellor for University Ad- in establishing a UMass Amherst Tesnini & Sporowski in Natick; said. “This place has the people nection between the two. The vancement and executive director Foundation. We also have the Gordon N. Oakes Jr., president and the talent necessary for its foundation initially will employ of the foundation, will oversee strong support of Grace Fey and and founder, Oakes Interactive success. The only question is our one major gifts officer, whose re- development and alumni affairs. the entire UMass Board of Trust- Inc., Needham; Andrew Rudd, will to succeed, our commitment sponsibility will be to cultivate She will also be responsible for ees. chairman and founder, BARRA to the process, and our determina- major donors for significant gifts the operations of the foundation, “The membership of the foun- Inc., Berkeley, Calif.; and Earl W. tion to remain nationally competi- to the campus. As fund-raising ef- including establishing the corpo- dation board is a diverse group of Stafford, president and founder, tive. forts become more successful, ration and working with its board individuals who have demon- Unitech Inc., Centreville, Va. “…With enthusiasm, commit- Lombardi said, the number of ma- of directors, managing staff, insti- strated their interest in the Uni- Along with Lombardi and ment and optimism, Cathryn and I jor gifts officers will increase, with tuting policies and procedures, versity and contributed their sup- Dale, ex officio members include choose this campus as our home up to five on board within the next and facilitating the links between port in many ways. I look forward former trustee Ned A. Dubilo, se- and its people as our community. three years. the foundation and the Univer- to working with them on behalf of nior vice president, Salomon …We will borrow money to re- Further, Lombardi said 14 de- sity. She was named interim vice UMass Amherst,” Lombardi said. Smith Barney Inc., Boston; build our physical infrastructure. velopment officers will remain at- chancellor in November and pre- The members of the UMass trustee Robert M. Mahoney, vice We will work endlessly to mobilize tached to each of the University’s viously served as assistant chan- Amherst Foundation Board of Di- chairman, Citizen’s Financial our alumni and friends to invest in 10 schools and colleges, the Ath- cellor for Advancement. rectors are John A. Armstrong of Group Inc., Boston; trustee Diane us. letic Department, University Li- Creation of the foundation, Amherst, retired vice president, Bissonnette Moes, attorney, “…We will do this the only braries, and the Fine Arts Center, said Lombardi, is part of the initia- science and technology, IBM Foley, Hoag & Elliot, Boston; way possible, together. …We will with the potential of an additional tion of the campus’ second capi- Corp.; Doug Berthiaume, chief ex- Charlena Seymour, interim senior identify as many friends and sup- 14 to be hired within the next sev- tal campaign. “Former Chancellor ecutive officer, Waters Corp., vice chancellor of Academic Af- porters outside the campus as eral years. Those individuals re- David Scott launched the campus Milford; Randolph W. Bromery, fairs and provost; Joseph Cofield, possible and persuade them that main employees of the University. on its current path with the suc- former chancellor for UMass executive vice president, Univer- our performance justifies an in- Any additional positions will be cess of Campaign UMass. He cre- Amherst; attorney George “Trig- sity of Massachusetts Founda- vestment. We do good work here, filled using existing funds from ated the belief that the campus ger” Burke of Burke, Cunningham tion; and Joyce M. Hatch, interim but no one owes us an invest- within the development operation. could establish a culture of giv- & Burke, Quincy; former interim vice chancellor of Administration ment. It is our good work that The approximately 30 staff mem- ing. Now we need to build on that Provost Patricia H. Crosson; Beth and Finance. earns us the confidence of our fel- bers who provide support ser- success. As we operate on a Gamel, vice president, Pillar Finan- Lombardi is serving as low citizens, our legislators, our vices for development such as re- higher level, it will take a more cial Advisors, Waltham; Melvin president of the board, while students and parents, our alumni search and gifts processing will professional approach, and more Howard, president and chief ex- Hatch has been named treasurer and friends. also remain employees of the Uni- careful planning to do so. We will ecutive officer, Sector Manage- and Burke has been appointed “We will choose the culture of versity. be working with the foundation ment, Inc., Waltham; Eugene clerk. achievement over the culture of “As fund-raising increases,” board in the coming months to Isenberg, chairman and chief ex- complaint.” 4 February 14, 2003 The Campus Chronicle Grain& Chaff Points Norse Professor James E. Cathey of the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures gave a lecture on Old Icelandic at the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität in Greifswald, Ger- many, on Jan. 20 and participated in two days of consulta- tion there having to do with his 1967 doctoral dissertation on the relative diachronic phonology of Old Icelandic. The talk was in connection with a six-year grant in Greifswald on various aspects of Old Icelandic. Surita Bhatia Bryan Coughlin Todd Emrick Steven Reising Perlmutter honored Rabbi Saul Perlmutter, executive director of the UMass 4 researchers win NSF CAREER awards Amherst Hillel Foundation, was recently honored by the New England Anti-Defamation League for his efforts to Elizabeth Luciano terials is in their potential to be used in many applications, combat anti-Semitism and hate. Perlmutter received the NEWS OFFICE STAFF Emrick notes. Some of the materials are relevant to ADL’s Tischler Confronting Anti-Semitism Award for forg- Four faculty members have received CAREER awards nanotechnology. Other efforts include the synthesis of ing a broad-based coalition of students, faculty and area from the National Science Foundation. The highly com- polymeric biomaterials that have uses in medicine, includ- residents to publicly oppose a rash of anti-Semitic graffiti petitive five-year awards are granted to faculty under the ing such areas as bioadhesion and the use of macromol- that appeared in the area last spring. Perlmutter also per- age of 35. The awards emphasize the importance the foun- ecules in drug-therapy treatments. Emrick earned his suaded then-interim Chancellor Marcellette G. Williams dation places on integrating research and education activi- bachelor’s degree at Juniata College in Huntingdon, Penn., to condemn the graffiti and worked with Hillel student ties in academic careers. The researchers who have been and received a Ph.D. in chemistry at the University of Chi- leaders to organize a rally with other student groups, in- honored are Surita Bhatia of Chemical Engineering, Bryan cago. He is part of a team that recently published details of cluding the Palestinian Action Coalition, Asian Student Coughlin and Todd Emrick, both of Polymer Science and research in nanotechnology in the journal Science. He Association and Black Student Union. Engineering, and Steven Reising, Electrical and Computer joined the faculty in 2000. Engineering. Reising, who is studying the design, fabrication and Looking back deployment of innovative sensors to improve measure- Bhatia studies complex fluids and polymeric materials, Carl Reed, professor emeritus of Art, has published a ment of the three-dimensional distribution of water vapor and has been a member of the faculty since 2001. Her memoir, “My WW II in the atmosphere, will receive $451,200 over the next five award is for $400,000. Complex fluids, also called “soft ma- as I Recall.” Reed years. terials,” have been investigated for a wide variety of appli- served as an American “Knowledge of the distribution of water vapor is funda- cations, including paints, coatings, adhesives, cosmetics, Red Cross field direc- mental for short-range prediction of precipitation and se- skin- and eye-care products, and food additives. More re- tor with the 103rd In- vere weather,” said Reising, who is a member of the Micro- cently, surfactant solutions and polymeric materials have fantry Division during wave Remote Sensing Laboratory. “Currently, meteorolo- been researched for their potential to aid in the delivery of World War II. General gists have very limited information in terms of wind, tem- drugs to particular sites in the body. Bhatia earned her Anthony McAuliffe perature and humidity observations in pre-storm environ- doctorate at Princeton University, and did her undergradu- decorated him for “he- ments. This lack of information limits the improvement of ate work at the University of Delaware. She also was the roic action behind the forecasting ability for extreme weather events.” winner of a 2002 Dupont Young Professor Award. enemy lines, which The project will emphasize the development of a net- Coughlin specializes in synthetic polymer chemistry. saved the lives of sev- work of weather sensors that are smaller, lighter, and con- His grant will total $400,000. Specifically, he is interested in eral men.” His memoir sume less energy than those currently used in weather ob- polymerization catalysts –– that is, working with the mate- recounts “tempestu- servation and research. Chips developed for wireless tech- rials that spur molecules to form the extremely long chains ous battle events,” as nology would enable such a network of sensors to be de- known as polymers. He also studies polymer synthesis well as Hitler’s and the veloped, giving meteorologists and scientists higher-reso- and characterization; the mechanics of polymers; and Nazi Party’s rise to lution information regarding weather conditions before ways of influencing a polymer’s properties based on the power and the development of the Holocaust. The self- storms begin. These miniaturized sensors, about the size catalyst that is used. He is a member of the American published book is available by contacting Reed at 80 of a clock-radio, may also perform needed weather and cli- Chemical Society, and has numerous publications, presen- Gates Road, Eagle Bridge, NY 12057. ... Edwin Gere, pro- mate observations from unpiloted aircraft. tations, and patents. He completed his undergraduate fessor emeritus of Political Science, has penned an ac- The educational portion of this CAREER program will work at Grinnell College in Iowa, and earned his doctoral count of the Berlin Airlift in 1948-49. His book, “The Un- introduce atmospheric science to undergraduate students degree at the California Institute of Technology. Coughlin heralded: Men and Women of the Berlin Blockade and Air- in electrical and computer engineering through novel worked in industry for several years before joining the fac- lift,” focuses on the unsung workers who helped in the in- methods of instruction connecting curriculum content ulty in 1999. ternational relief effort that brought food, fuel and medical with “real-world” applications and promoting peer-to-peer Emrick studies problems in organic chemistry and poly- supplies to the German city after it was blockaded by the learning. In addition, promising undergraduates will be in- mer science. Emrick’s grant is for $475,000. His research Soviet Union. An Army Air Force pilot who participated in volved in hands-on experimental work through design and group concentrates on organic aspects of polymer science the airlift, Gere was inspired to write the book after attend- fabrication of remote sensors in the laboratory. with an emphasis on new materials. The value of new ma- ing 50th anniversary ceremonies in Berlin in 1999. The book is available at the Jeffrey Amherst Bookshop and the Pelham General Store. Classic moments Teresa Ramsby, assistant professor of Classics, delivered a paper entitled “The Spectacle of Barbarian Bodies and the Augustan Economy of Gender Roles” at the annual meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America held Jan. 4-6 in New Orleans. ... Kenneth Kitchell, professor of Classics and president of the American Classical League, the nation’s largest classical organization, was an invited participant in the presidential panel at the annual meeting of the American Philological Association, also held Jan. 4-6 in New Orleans. The panel’s goal was to foster greater cooperation between all classical organizations with spe- cial emphasis on the teaching of classics at the pre-colle- giate level. Kitchell spoke about National Latin Teacher Recruitment Week, a joint ACL/APA venture designed to begin to address the current shortage of Latin teachers at the pre-collegiate level. Eyes on Iraq Political Science professor James Der Derian will join Michael Klare, Five College Professor in Peace and World Security Studies at Hampshire College and Amherst Col- Easy does it Stan Sherer photo lege political science professor Ronald Tiersky will take part in a panel discussion, “Countdown to War: A Status A student treads carefully along an icy path near Boyden Gym. Report on the Situation in Iraq,” on Feb. 19 at 7 p.m. in the Cole Assembly Room, Converse Hall, Amherst College. The Campus Chronicle February 14, 2003 5 Excerpts from Chancellor Lombardi’s inaugural address We who live and build America’s research universities port the extra value that transforms an adequate state col- is simple; we focus on the academic imperative. belong to one of the longest and most stable traditions of lege into a major flagship research university. University life involves a constant sequence of Western civilization. Although the content of research Every research university, public or private, finds itself choices. We are a community of people who have an university life has changed over the centuries, its aca- in an intense competition for the diverse high quality abundance of ideas, proposals, and projects. ... We cannot demic imperative remains focused on students, faculty, people — faculty, students, and staff — whose work de- do them all, we must choose. and the pursuit of understanding. fines the institution’s academic success. Whatever choices we make, however, we never stray The colleges of early America emerged as academic Why do the best people join us? The faculty and staff far from the academic imperative, the fundamental values centers, focused on education within a particular religious come to work in excellent facilities for the opportunity to of the university: teaching and research. tradition but independent of established religion. While accomplish great things. The university must support This place we call UMass Amherst, where we embrace the origins and operation of these colleges provide a rich them with good salaries and a context that rewards the academic imperative, is the founding campus of the history, it is their independence from national control, reli- achievement. The more quality people a university can University of Massachusetts, and the system’s flagship. ... gious or otherwise, that made them so dependent on their get, the better it becomes. The best students come to be We carry a proud tradition of academic achievement and communities, their local private supporters, their alumni with other great students, for the insight and support of enjoy a high national reputation for the quality of our pro- and friends, setting a pattern followed eventually by all exceptional faculty and staff, because the university can grams. This is a classic American research university. American universities. support their financial needs, and for the context of a dy- Yet, we are clearly an institution challenged. Our fac- Another American invention brought us the land-grant ulty, intellectually powerful and committed to superb college, a mid-19th century innovation for translating the teaching and research, stand today in numbers insufficient core values of the academic tradition into engines of eco- to sustain the university’s mission. Our students, eager to nomic and social advancement. succeed, stand today within a university whose excep- The land-grant mission reaffirms the distinctively tional quality is at risk. Our staff, performing at levels be- American combination of student education with the pro- yond the ordinary, stand today depleted in numbers suffi- duction of research and its translation into economic and cient to maintain their commitment to service. Our facili- social progress. ties, ranging from excellent to poor, stand today barely ad- Over the years, the various states organized and reor- equate to contain the quality programs that define our ganized their universities into different configurations and reputation. We, in Amherst, have a significant challenge. structures, each change advertised as a solution to per- This place, so central to our academic lives and so im- ceived problems of coordination and efficiency, each rear- portant to all who engage it, must acquire the resources rangement of the public higher education landscape seek- needed to sustain and enhance its performance and na- ing the optimal bureaucratic and political method for pro- tional competitiveness. This place has the people and the viding educational services to the state. talent necessary for its success. The only question is our The systems that encompass these campus-based in- will to succeed, our commitment to the process, and our stitutions serve critical functions ... , and the quality of determination to remain nationally competitive. system leadership makes a significant difference in the namic campus life. The competition for these people deter- Each of the challenges we face — rebuilding faculty ability of the campuses to succeed. Systems manage the mines the distinction of the university. and staff strength, sustaining and enhancing student life, political environment, protect the institutions, and above The engine of university success is simple to describe, and restoring our physical resources — requires us to all, secure revenue from their state’s budget. Good univer- if difficult to achieve: more money spent well. We must make choices. The most important choice we make, how- sity systems delegate most functions to the campuses and earn the money to gain the chance to spend it well. If we ever, is to choose our campus. Each of us has a micro con- hold each campus accountable for its performance. have money, but spend it poorly, the university may be stituency we could choose to serve, and each of us could Whatever the structure, the work of research universi- richer but not better. define the center of our professional lives within these mi- ties always remains focused on the campus-based faculty, That is why performance counts. Performance is the cro constituencies. Each of us has individual needs, goals, staff, and students. The key indicator of the importance of word that describes our effectiveness; the word that re- aspirations, and requirements. We could seek to improve the campus comes from students and faculty, who always flects our understanding of what we deliver for the invest- our personal or group’s short-term advantage by attacking identify their academic work by campus: Berkeley, UCLA, ment of our revenue. Performance is the measurable reflec- each other, by seeking ways to shift resources from one Davis, not the University of California. They speak of Indi- tion of the quality and productivity that translates our as- part of our campus to another, by looking outside the uni- ana University Bloomington, University of Wisconsin pirations for achievement into reality. versity for the leverage to distort internal allocations of re- Madison, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Performance requires constant improvement measured sources. We could cannibalize each other in a short-term We ... belong to a university system with strong presi- by our own and our national competitors’ achievements. attempt to sustain an individual or group advantage. dential leadership and an effective board. Our system has We are an investment opportunity, not a charity. Or, we can choose to define our lives in terms of our a complicated political history, but we know that today Money matters and performance counts are phrases that campus. We can choose to build on the exceptional base this campus ... belongs to a multi-campus university orga- reflect the essential relationship between resources and of faculty, staff, and student talent that make the Univer- nization that expects us to perform; trustees and a presi- achievement that characterize all first rank American re- sity of Massachusetts Amherst the classic flagship na- dent who expect us to take charge of our future and who search universities. High performing research universities tional research university that it must remain. With enthu- give us the authority and responsibility to make the most deliver a magnificent return on the funds invested in them. siasm, commitment, and optimism, Cathryn and I choose of ourselves. As they do more with the money they have, they attract this campus as our home and its people as our community. Have we resolved all operational issues between cam- others to invest. Each time we speak to a donor about an We all know that to sustain this classic research univer- pus and system? No. Will we on occasion challenge sys- endowed chair, a building project, or a scholarship fund sity we must make choices and take risks. We will borrow tem initiatives and programs? Yes. Even so, we have no we talk about an investment. money to rebuild our physical infrastructure. We will work doubt that UMass Amherst has the authority, the respon- Each investment takes on substance as we measure our endlessly to mobilize our alumni and friends to invest in sibility, and the opportunity to make the choices that will performance. How much new research and teaching and us. We will hire the best faculty and staff in the nation to determine our success. what new programs appear with the professorship? How rebuild our strength. We will enhance our student life to When I first considered engaging with UMass does an investment result in more publications, grants, ensure the continued improvement of our student body. Amherst, my friends wondered why anyone would take on students, dissertations, or other results? We will do this the only way possible, together. We will an institution with complicated state and local politics and An investment in our university is also an act of faith. attack the challenges that face this campus, not each inadequate finances. On closer inspection however, If we perform, we can show the good works that accom- other. We will identify as many friends and supporters out- Amherst turned out to have an outstanding faculty and pany that act of faith by the alumni, donors, legislators, side the campus as possible and persuade them that our staff, and excellent students. and parents who invest in us. Each time we perform well performance justifies an investment. We do good work When I asked faculty colleagues from the various and demonstrate that the university speaks to measurable here, but no one owes us an investment. It is our good guilds about UMass Amherst, each knew little about the and substantial achievement, we increase our ability to at- work that earns us the confidence of our fellow citizens, university but much about our superb faculty. Each col- tract additional revenue. Performance and money repre- our legislators, our students and parents, our alumni and league knew the nationally preeminent work of Amherst sent the binary pair required to improve a great university friends. faculty from their field. and keep it in competition with the best. We will choose the culture of achievement over the cul- Even with a superb faculty, however, every great re- Success in the research university competition, how- ture of complaint. Complaint is easy, it is self indulgent, search university builds its success on the adequacy of its ever, confronts the formidable enemy of time. Time is a and it earns few friends. Achievement is hard, but it at- revenue. Money, as my friends and colleagues know, mat- great obstacle to university improvement. What we need tracts support and earns respect. Life has many disap- ters. Money buys universities the opportunity to create to do, we need to do yesterday, at the latest tomorrow. ... pointments and none of us has a monopoly on expecta- quality, although money by itself does not necessarily Time is the enemy because the university world is so com- tions unfulfilled. Those whose support we must have for produce quality. petitive and each day offers an opportunity we must take, our future will come when we persuade them that our Research university money comes from various a challenge we must meet. achievements are for their benefit, not just our own; that sources. In our case, the Commonwealth’s taxpayers pro- If we qualify for a foundation grant we must apply, or our work is central to their success, not just our own; and vide core support. The students, through tuition and fees, someone else will get the grant. If a student considers our that our respect is for the circumstances of their lives, not add a significant amount. Together, their contribution campus we must reach out to her, or she will go some- just our own. could support a good undergraduate institution with some where else. If a faculty member has an outside offer we We fight for the future of this classic American re- popular graduate programs and a modest portfolio of re- must respond, or we will lose her. If a donor has the capac- search university here in Amherst, recognizing that we search. ity to give we must ask, or his gift will go elsewhere. have the people and the talent, the support of our presi- The distinction of a national research university, how- Time is the enemy. If our buildings decline, their resto- dent and trustees, the power of our alumni and friends, ever, comes from an additional investment made by alumni ration will cost much more; if our faculty and staff salaries and the interests of the Commonwealth at heart. We fight and friends through gifts, by the faculty and staff through fall behind, the recovery will be slow and expensive; if our for the future of UMass Amherst’s academic imperative grants and contracts, by entrepreneurs through the com- student life is unchallenging, first rank applicants will go knowing that our performance will command the resources mercialization of intellectual property, and by external pro- elsewhere and student quality will decline. we need in time for our future. grams that create a surplus for reinvestment. Each of these If money matters, performance counts, and time is the With all your help, your commitment, and your determi- sources of revenue serves to acquire the quality and sup- enemy, how then do we know what to do first? The answer nation, we will succeed. 6 February 14, 2003 The Campus Chronicle Celebration! The inauguration of John V. Lombardi Thursday Counterclockwise from upper left: Communication Disorders graduate student Rebecca Kwasnik administers a hearing screening to Valerie Steinberg, Biology and Chemis- try safety officer at Environmental Health and Safety, as part of the pre-inauguration showcase around the campus; Cathryn and Chancellor John Lombardi dance at the inaugural dinner; Marketing professor Charles Schewe presents one of the Academic Symposia; Art History depart- ment members gather around an arts display (clockwise from upper left: graduate students Rachel Wadsworth and Theresa Biagi- arelli, senior Jennifer Miller, multimedia supervisor in Com- puter Science Mat- thew Mattingly, and graduate student Jessica Casey; guests arrive at the inauguration dinner on the floor of the Mullins Center; Kathleen and Robert Mahoney, both Class of ’70, pose with Chancellor John Lombardi at the dinner, where a $2 million gift to the campus from the couple and Barbara and Richard Mahoney, Class of ’55, was officially announced. Stan Sherer and Teresa Gauthier photos The Campus Chronicle February 14, 2003 7

Friday Clockwise from below: Sophomore Olin guests; Germán Carrera Damas, doctor of history at Johannessen plays the timpani with the Univer- Universidad Central de Venezuela, former ambassa- sity Wind Ensemble on the floor of the Mullins dor of Venezuela to several countries, and longtime Center; Elizabeth Wilda, producer/director at friend and colleague of Lombardi, offers greetings; Academic Media Instructional Services, operates Cathryn Lombardi attends the ceremony; Julie Fifield, a camera; Chancellor John Lombardi accepts assistant to the director for the Fine Arts Center, congratulations from Grounds Services head delivers greetings from the classified and professional James LaRose at the luncheon reception on the staff; chair of the Board of Trustees Grace Fey co- Mullins Center concourse following the inaugura- conducts the ceremony of investiture; interim Senior tion; Lombardi delivers his inaugural address, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Provost “The Academic Imperative,” as a sign language Charlena Seymour emcees the ceremony. interpreter provides the text for hearing-impaired Stan Sherer photos 8 February 14, 2003 The Campus Chronicle

HRTA luncheons have openings The Department of Hotel, Res- leek soup, cloverleaf rolls, green taurant and Travel Administration goddess salad with dressing, tapi- is still accepting reservations for oca cream pudding. luncheons prepared by students April 1-2: Eggplant parmesan, in HRTA 355, “Menu and Food penne with tomato sauce, min- Production Management.” estrone soup, garlic bread, garden Meals are served Tuesdays salad with Italian dressing, jelly and Wednesdays at noon in the roll. Howard Johnson Dining Room, April 8-9: Lemon baked fish, 221 Chenoweth Lab. The cost is potatoes O’Brien, parmesan $7.50 per person. broiled tomatoes, Stilton cheese The menus are as follows: soup, caraway rye bread, creamy Feb. 25-26: Grilled chicken with coleslaw, carrot cake. basil mozzarella, roast potato with April 15-16: Poached chicken garlic and rosemary, cream of cel- florentine, Waldorf salad, brown ery soup, knot rolls, spinach salad rice with pecans and scallions, with hot bacon dressing, derby butter flake rolls, chicken tomato vegetables and warm chocolate bouillon, grilled vegetable pudding. skewers, Boston cream pie. March 11-12: Beef bourguig- April 29-30: Tenderloin steak non, egg noodles, buttered with green peppercorns, chilled steamed broccoli, English garden cherry soup, herb and onion Sarah Buchholz photo soup, dilly bread, orange grape- bread, Caesar salad, stuffed baked fruit salad with honey cream potato, asparagus with Tiffany Sparks (left), a junior Legal Studies student with a 4-year-old son, shares a Dinner on Us dressing and bananas foster. hollandaise sauce, cheesecake. meal with junior Journalism major John Ciampa, 4-year-old Michael Ciampa and Amy Ciampa, ’96. March 25-26: Pork scaloppini For reservations, contact with herb sauce, lemon dill rice, Karen Mann, 219 Chenoweth Lab, green beans with shallots and 5-0877. ‘Dinner on Us’ sharpens parental skills mushrooms, puree of potato and Sarah R. Buchholz dents who staff the Cape Cod “Parking Services gives us CHRONICLE STAFF Lounge where the children play passes for the parents,” Levenson Approximately 25 parents and seemed to be taking care of any said. “[Retail Food Services direc- 36 children gathered for pizza, child within reach. Interim dean of tor] Brenda Ryan-Newton pro- salad and cookies in the Student students Gladys Rodriguez vided the food. It’s one of those Union Feb. 3 as the first install- stopped in during dinner to greet things that does take intra-cam- ment of a semester-long weekly the participants and staff and see pus support to work.” program, Dinner on Us. Run by the children. Speaker Atkinson is herself an Commuter Services, the program “The program is [known by] alumna of the Dinner on Us pro- provides students who are par- word-of-mouth,” Levenson said. gram, which she attended as a ents and some Amherst commu- “Our students act as our recruit- student. She’s returned for the nity parents with a meal for them- ers. In fact, we have to turn past three years as a resource for selves and their children and with people away. We have a long the program, Levenson said. educational programming. waiting list.” During the workshop, partici- Auxiliary Services donated the Kathy Niedzielski, chair of the pants asked questions about the dinner, which began at 5:15. Par- board of the Amherst Family Cen- prudence of using antibiotics and ents and children ranging from in- ter came as a community member. vaccines, breast-feeding, what to Martha Monaghan photo fants to 11-year-olds sat at tables Commuter Services is slated to as- keep in a medicine cabinet, and Continuing Education student Lora Swartz accepts a money- in the Earth Foods dining space, sume oversight of the family cen- which type of thermometers are filled envelope from Worcester Dining Commons manager Edwin eating and talking together. Just ter from Hampshire Community best. They shared experiences of Anderson during Chinese New Year night. after 6 p.m., they split up. Action Coalition sometime this the emotional demands of caring “The kids have supervised spring. A parent herself, Niedziel- for sick children. Most of the par- play activities in the Cape Cod ski said she was interested in the ents in the group are mothers, but Food Services hosts Chinese Lounge and the parents are in a programming for the evening, a four fathers also participated. workshop in the Dukes Room talk by Dr. Kate Atkinson of At the end of the workshop, New Year celebration at DCs from 6 until 7:30,” said Joanne Amherst Family Practice, who dis- participants were given readings In celebrating Chinese New According to Ken Toong, di- Levenson, director of Commuter cussed medical care for children. for the following week. In addition Year, Food Services borrowed one rector of Dining and Retail Food Services. “The programming is very im- to learning tips for parenting, ap- of the traditions of elders of the Services, only a token amount of Most of the parents and chil- pressive,” she said. “It’s very use- proximately half a dozen students Chinese community by giving out $1 was put into each envelope but dren in the room seemed to know ful in covering a lot of areas that get academic credit by arranging red envelopes filled with money to 200 were given out. Each red en- each other and everyone from par- I’ve been trying to study on my the workshops as part of indepen- students to welcome the Year of velope was embossed in gold-col- ents to older children to other stu- own — and it’s all in one place.” dent studies, Levenson said. the Ram. ored Chinese characters repre- senting good luck and good for- tune. Visiting scholar teaching history and German courses The envelopes were distrib- uted to the first 50 students at Kessler hails from Potsdam’s Center and the ‘Jewish Question’ in the and builds upon the work of the each of the dining halls. 20th-Century”; and “The Commu- DEFA Film Library, a campus- “Students were surprised and for Contemporary Historical Research nist International and the Arab based repository of East German caught off guard during the spe- East, 1919-1929.” movies. Through a cooperative agree- In addition to numerous ar- cial theme dinner,” said Toong. Kessler is Barton Byg, associate profes- “In China and to all Chinese, it is ment with Center for Contempo- ticles, essays, reports and book the fourth sor in the Department of Germanic rary Historical Research (Zentrum reviews in German and English, believed that the red envelope will professor Languages and Literatures and di- bring luck to the person who re- für Zeithistorische Forschung) in Kessler’s books (all in German) in- from ZZF rector of the DEFA Film Library, is Potsdam, Germany, historian clude “Exile and Beyond: Twenti- ceives it and to the one who gave to visit the at the ZZF through Feb. 24. He it, in this case, UMass Food Ser- Mario Kessler this semester is eth-Century Refugee Intellectu- campus. has been invited to deliver a lec- teaching courses through the de- als” (2002); “The Exile Experience vices. This was just a little gesture Since Ger- ture with the title “Family of Man? to thank our customers and a tra- partments of History and Ger- in Scholarship and Politics: Re- man reuni- Langzeitdokumentarfilme als manic Languages and Literatures. emigrated Historians in the Early dition we hope to continue.” Mario Kessler fication, Formen ‘öffentlicher Geschichts- Kessler’s courses include an GDR” (2001, American edition in Along with feasting on dim the ZZF schreibung’” and will also intro- sum, wonton soup, longevity undergraduate class on “Modern preparation); “Heroic Illusion and has become the premier center for duce the research project “Kunst Anti-Semitism,” cross-listed with Stalinist Terror: Contributions to noodles, house chicken, diners research into the cultural and so- ist Waffe! Künstlerische Moderne were entertained by Asian stu- Judaic and Near Eastern Studies, Research on Communism”; “The cial history of the former German im Kalten Krieg.” During his visit, and a graduate seminar on “Euro- SED and the Jews –– between Re- dents performing a traditional Democratic Republic and of com- Byg will speak on the reception of dragon dance, said Toong. pean Labor Movements,” cross- pression and Tolerance: Political parative East/West German rela- DEFA films in the U.S., and intro- listed with the Labor Relations Developments to 1967”; “Zionism “Our students were pleasantly tions. The cooperation with the duce a research project on the surprised and some of them told and Research Center. and the International Labor ZZF is intended to complement Wolf family, among whose mem- Later in the semester, Kessler Movement, 1897-1933”; “Anti- us that they will hold onto the red the University’s offerings in his- bers were founders of East Ger- envelope and the lucky money for will present a lecture on his re- Semitism, Zionism, and Socialism: tory and German cultural studies man cinema. search. the International Labor Movement a long time,” said Toong. The Campus Chronicle February 14, 2003 9 Athletic Hall of Fame enshrines 6 new members Five of the campus’s finest student-ath- lete alumni and a former Athletics adminis- trator were inducted in the UMass Athletic Hall of Fame Feb. 1 at halftime during the men’s basketball game against Fordham in the Mullins Center. After being feted with a reception, dinner and ceremony the night before and a pre-game reception, the new Hall of Famers received plaques at the half- time presentation. Selected last May, the group brings the number of Hall of Fame members to 61. Inductee Dick Bresciani was Athletics’ first assistant sports information director. Doug Grutchfield lettered three years in basketball, setting 13 school records during his career from 1959 to ’61. April Kater is a three-time NSCAA All-America (1988-1990) midfielder who earned the 1990 Hermann Trophy, given annually to the nation’s top female collegiate soccer player. Jim McCoy completed his undergraduate basketball ca- reer as the campus’s all-time leading scorer with 2,374 points. One of the most success- ful swimmers in campus history, Brian McIver took 10 New England individual crowns and a pair of Eastern Intercollegiate titles during his tenure on the team. And Allyson Rioux, a two-time All-New England shortstop, was a second team All-American softball player in 1983. Bresciani, ’60, worked in the sports in- formation office and covered the Redmen Thom Kendall photo for the Collegian as an undergraduate be- fore serving as assistant sports information Athletic director Ian McCaw (standing, far right) welcomed this year’s inductees into the Athletic Hall of Fame during cer- director for 11 years. Bresciani is also cred- emonies on Jan. 31 and Feb. 1. The honorees include (front, from left) Richard Bresciani, April Kater and Barbara Rioux, who accepted for her late daughter, Allyson; and (back, from left) Brian McIver, Douglas Grutchfield and Jim McCoy. ited with establishing the weekly Varsity M Club Luncheons, which evolved into School. He began his high school coaching three-time All-District performer. the senior who scores the most points at UMass Sports Luncheons. He initiated the career at Amherst Regional High School, He earned All-Freshman and third team the Eastern Collegiate Swimming Champi- purchasing of travel blazers with a Varsity where he won the first of his 21 career con- All-Conference honors as a rookie in 1988- onships. M patch for the football players to wear on ference championships in 1963-64. All told, 89, then picked up first team honors in his Also a four-year letterman for the water road trips and hung banners from the Curry his teams won 588 games at Amherst and remaining three collegiate seasons. McCoy polo team, McIver earned All-New England Hicks Cage rafters to recognize the post- Fitchburg, 21 league titles and seven dis- was the first Minuteman ever to earn first honors in 1989 and 1990, and still holds the season appearances of the men’s basket- trict championships. As an administrator, team All-Atlantic 10 recognition. He was school single-game steals record of six in a ball team. In 1968, he and former athletic di- Grutchfield was named the 1994 National also named to the A-10 All-Tournament game against Harvard in 1989. He currently rector Warren McGuirk established the High School Athletic Director of the Year. team as a sophomore and senior. lives in Oakland, Calif., where he works in UMass Athletic Hall of Fame. Kater, ’91, a four-year letter winner in McCoy still holds UMass career marks private business. Bresciani was hired in May 1972 by the soccer, was a three-time All-New England for points scored (2,374), field goals made Rioux, ’84, earned All-Atlantic 10 honors Boston Red Sox as the team’s assistant selection who earned 1987 Soccer America (876) and attempted (2,013) and games as a senior in 1984, when the Minutewomen public relations director. He was promoted Freshman of the Year honors, then gar- started (121). He ranks third among UMass won a then-school-record 29 games. As a to publicity director in 1978 and public rela- nered first team All-America awards in each all-time leaders in scoring average with 18.8 senior captain, she hit a team-high .372, tions director in June of 1984 before being of her final three seasons. points per game; second among free while leading the team in doubles (six), selected as vice president in 1987. In No- Kater is tied for first on UMass’ all-time throws made (575) and attempted (810), and home runs (three) and runs batted in (30), vember 1996, Bresciani took on his current list for game-winning goals scored (12), tied sixth in steals (141). while ranking second in walks (15). She hit post as the Red Sox’ vice president of pub- for fourth in goals scored (35), fifth on the The only player in school history to .301 as a junior in 1983 with 10 RBI and six lic affairs and club historian. all-time points list (92), seventh on the record four 500-point scoring seasons, doubles, did not play as a sophomore in He spent the summers from 1967-71 as shots chart (179) and tied for eighth in as- McCoy owns three of the top 10 one-year 1982 due to a broken ankle and hit .282 as a director of public relations and statistics for sists (22). At the time of her graduation, her scoring totals in campus history. He scored freshman in 1981 with six RBI. the Cape Cod summer baseball league. Dur- points, goals and game-winning goals 20 or more points 57 times in his 126-game She ranks 10th among UMass’ all-time ing his time on the Cape, the league re- marks all stood as school records. career, a UMass record, and had the most leaders in slugging percentage (.452), sev- ceived full NCAA accreditation and subse- UMass advanced to the NCAA Tourna- double-figure scoring games (116). He also enth in on-base percentage (.410) and 10th quent financial grants from Major League ment three times during her career, finishing had eight, 30-point scoring outbursts with in walks (51). For her career, she hit .328, Baseball. Bresciani was recognized for his second in 1987 and advancing to the quar- a high of 35 points against Saint Joseph’s with 87 hits, 46 RBI and 59 runs scored, as efforts by being inducted into the first terfinals in 1988 and 1989. Kater captained in 1989. He currently resides in Boston the Minutewomen posted then-school Cape Cod League Hall of Fame in January the team as a junior and senior, and twice where he works for Citizens Bank. record win totals in both her junior (28) and 2001. earned Adidas first team academic All- McIver, ’90, was a member of 10 Massa- senior (29) seasons. Grutchfield, ’61, still ranks eighth among America honors. She also played in the chusetts relay teams to capture New En- Rioux played 10 seasons with the UMass’ all-time leaders in scoring, averag- 1989 and 1990 Olympic Sports Festivals. gland titles and set three individual school Raybestos Brakettes, helping the team to ing 17 points per game and 10.6 rebounds Upon graduating with a Sport Studies records, one of which still stands. He 10 American Softball Association Tourna- per game. His 782 rebounds were enough degree, Kater began her professional career earned four letters as a member of the swim ment appearances and five ASA national for the school record at the time of his as a graduate assistant coach at West Vir- team from 1987-90. He captured New En- championships at second base. She earned graduation. ginia Wesleyan University in 1991. She re- gland individual titles in the 100-yard free six ASA All-America awards (three first He lettered for three years, setting 13 turned to her alma mater as an assistant in 1987, 50-yard free, 100-yard free, 200- team, three second team), and received school records during his career between coach under Jim Rudy in 1993 and 1994, be- yard free in 1988, 50-yard free, 200-yard free both the Most Valuable Player of the 1985 1959-61. He tallied a then-school record fore being named the head women’s soccer and 100-yard free in 1989 and 50-yard free, ASA National Championship and the Erv 1,257 points in just 74 games for the Ma- coach at Syracuse University. Kater started 100-yard free and 200-yard free in 1990. Lind Award as the outstanding defensive roon and White, a figure that still ranks as the Syracuse program from scratch and has McIver also captured 1990 Eastern Intercol- player in the championship game (1.000 the 15th-best mark in school history. guided the Orangewomen to a 79-49-7 legiate crowns in the 50- and 100-yard fielding percentage, having 36 chances and Grutchfield earned second team All-Yankee seven-year record, two NCAA tournament freestyle events. no errors). Conference honors as a sophomore in appearances and six winning seasons. McIver is the only UMass swimmer to A member of U.S. silver-medal team at 1958-59, then earned unanimous first team A cornerstone in the rebirth of the win an Eastern Collegiate title and was a the 1983 Pan American Games, Rioux won recognition in his final two seasons while UMass basketball fortunes under coach four-time team MVP. The 20 New England the Pan American Games batting title with a also being named first team All-ECAC. John Calipari, McCoy, ’97, finished his titles (10 individual and 10 relay) are the .549 average. Grutchfield went on to become one of standout career as the all-time leading most won by an individual in the 70-plus A two-time World Games participant the state’s most successful high school scorer with 2,374 points. A four-year year history of the New England Intercolle- who earned All-Tournament and All-World basketball coaches and recently retired as letterman, the sharp-shooting McCoy was giate Swimming Championships. He also honors in 1986, Rioux died of a brain tumor the athletic director at Fitchburg High a four-time All-Atlantic 10 selection and captured the 1990 Moriarty Award given to at age 27. 10 ATHLETICS February 14, 2003 The Campus Chronicle Softball upsets Arizona State to close Fiesta Bowl tourney Senior Emily Robustelli’s RBI in the top had a bunt single scoring Robustelli. of the eighth inning proved to be the game- In the fourth inning, senior pitcher Kaila Sports wrap-up winner as the 25th-ranked softball team up- Holtz helped out her own cause by driving set 13th-ranked Arizona State, 5-2, in eight a home run over the right field fence. Her innings last Sunday at the Fiesta Bowl solo shot put the Minutewomen up 2-0. Men’s basketball (8-14; 2-7 A-10) Tournament in Phoenix. With the win, the Holtz picked up her first win of the season Minutewomen improved to 2-3 on the sea- (1-2) going the distance, while giving up L vs. Tennessee 71-45 son. two runs, five hits and striking out four. L vs. Temple 61-50 In the top of the eighth inning, Robus- The Minutewomen opened the tourna- Women’s basketball (12-9; 4-6 A-10) telli put the ball in play and scored junior ment with consecutive losses to Stanford, KC Budrewicz giving the Minutewomen a California State-Fullerton and No. 4 Ne- L vs. St. Bonaventure 56-50 3-2 lead. Budrewicz was on second base via braska before nailing down their first win of the international tie-breaker rule. Senior the season, a 5-2 victory over Texas Tech Hockey (14-15-1; 8-13-0 Hockey East) Brandi Cross provided some insurance on Saturday. when she hit an RBI single driving in junior Massachusetts returns to action Feb. L vs. Boston University 2-0 Aisha Franke. Massachusetts added an- 21-23, as they participate in the NFCA L vs. UMass Lowell 3-2 other run when freshman Katie Jo Kelley Lead-Off Classic in Columbus, Ga. Kaila Holtz Softball (2-3)

L vs. Stanford 2-1 Ski teams finish 4th and 3rd at BC Carnival L vs. Cal-State Fullerton 3-1 L vs. Nebraska 4-2 The men’s and women’s ski teams fin- giant slalom and slalom events. College by three points in the MacConnell W. vs. Texas Tech 5-2 ished fourth and third, respectively, at the On the women’s side, Carolyn Lewen- Division standings. The team’s fourth place W. vs. Arizona State 5-2 Boston College Carnival held Feb. 8-9 at berg had the best day for the Minute- finishes in both events, combined with Mount Ascutney in Brownsville, Vt. women, finishing fourth in the giant sla- BC’s first and second place finishes, put Women’s tennis (0-1 spring) Junior Beau Gibson provided the lone lom and ninth in the slalom. Following the men in third, trailing the Eagles by two top five finish for the men, winning the sla- Lewenberg in the slalom were teammates points. L vs. Yale 7-0 lom. The team captain skied well in the first sophomore Nikki Smith and senior captain Despite posting third place finishes in race of the giant slalom also, posting a time Molly Lyon. Smith was 10th, while Lyon both events the Minutewomen are still on Women’s swimming of 46.60, good enough for the lead. How- finished 11th. In the giant slalom, freshman top of the standings in the MacConnell Di- L vs. Boston College 175-123 ever, a fall in the second race pushed him Caitlin Doughty as the only other Minute- vision. The team held an eight-point advan- back to 34th overall. Junior David Pomeroy woman to break the top 15, finished 11th. tage over their closest competitor upon en- Men’s swimming put forth a good effort with another top-10 Coming into the carnival, the men’s tering the event, but its lead has now been finish. He placed seventh and 11th in the squad was in second-place, leading Boston trimmed to five, as Boston College, Colby- W vs. Boston College 183-117 Sawyer and Brown all earned first or sec- ond-place points. Minutemen bow to River Hawks Both squads see their next action this Friday as they head to Newbury, N.H. for Upcoming schedule UMass Lowell defeated the Minutemen who made a career-high 32 saves. the Colby-Sawyer Carnival. They then 3-2 win last Saturday at the Mullins Center. A night earlier, a season-high 6,286 fans move to Henniker, N.H. on Feb. 15 for the The loss was UMass’ fifth in a row and saw UMass outshoot Boston University, Home games in bold St. Anslem Carnival. dropped the Minutemen’s record to 14-15-1 25-19, but lose 2-0. Friday, Feb. 14 overall and 8-13-0 in Hockey East. W. skiing CSC Carnival 9:30 a.m. Greg Mauldin scored his team-leading Swimmers split Newbury, N.H. 16th goal of the season on an assist from M. skiing CSC Carnival 9:30 a.m. freshmen Stephen Werner and Matt Ander- Newbury, N.H. son. UMass grabbed a 2-1 advantage in the meet vs. BC Hockey Connecticut 7 p.m. second period on Josh Hanson’s second In their final home meet of the year, the goal of the season. swimming and diving teams split with Bos- Saturday, Feb. 15 But UMass Lowell answered 10 minutes ton College. The Minutemen topped the Indoor track Valentine Invit. 9 a.m. later as Ed McGrane let a slapshot go from Eagles, 183-117, while the Minutewomen Boston just inside the blue-line that got past a fell, 175-123. W. skiing SAC Carnival 9:30 a.m. screened Gabe Winer to the top right cor- On the men’s side, sophomore Dylan Henniker, N.H. Smith won two individual events and was M. skiing SAC Carnival 9:30 a.m. ner of the net to notch the game at two Henniker, N.H. each. part of the winning 200-yard medley relay. M. basketball St. Bonaventure 7 p.m. The River Hawks then got the game- Smith claimed the 200-yard butterfly to lead winner at the 12:17 mark of the third period a 1-2-3 UMass finish in that event. Later in Sunday, Feb. 16 as Ben Walter found the back of the net for the afternoon, he was victorious in the 100- W. basketball Richmond 2 p.m. his fourth goal of the season. The River yard butterfly, over two seconds ahead of

Hawks outshot UMass, 35-19, but the Min- Courtesy of Media Relations second place. In the 200-yard medley relay, Thursday, Feb. 20 utemen stayed in the game thanks to Winer, Greg Mauldin: 16th goal of season he teamed with Justin Houck, Peter M. swimming Atlantic 10 all day Tawczynski and Chad Arnold to win the Championship event. Houck also was victorious in the Buffalo, N.Y. 100-yard backstroke. Tawczynski claimed W. swimming Atlantic 10 all day Indoor track takes 2nd at Dartmouth the 100-yard breaststroke, and Brandon Championship Buffalo, N.Y. The women’s indoor track and field team Christina Huff tallied two second place Doane won the 200-yard backstroke. The W. basketball St. Joseph’s 7 p.m. finished second in a six-team meet hosted finishes for the Minutewomen, placing sec- 400-yard freestyle relay of Ryan Zaucha, by Dartmouth College last Saturday. ond in both the 60-meter dash and 200- Arnold, Tommy Keane and Ron Bellamy Friday, Feb. 21 UMass, which finished with 134.50 points, meter dash. Sara Johnson finished second won the event, 10 seconds ahead of sec- M. swimming Atlantic 10 all day finished behind Dartmouth, who tallied in the weight throw at 46 feet, 7-1/4 inches ond place. The Minutemen also were victo- Championship 185.50 points. Williams College finished and Kay Callahan finished third in the triple rious in both diving events. Doane claimed Buffalo, N.Y. third with 113 points, UMass-Lowell was jump at 35 feet, 11-1/4 inches. the one-meter title and Logan Alomar won W. swimming Atlantic 10 all day fourth with 71 points, Keene State was fifth The Minutewomen next compete at the the three-meter event. Championship with 28 points and RPI was six with 12 Valentine Invitational in Boston, Mass. on The women’s team claimed six titles, led Buffalo, N.Y. W. skiing NCAA Regional 9 a.m. points. Feb. 14-15. by Kate Allery and Lizzy Boyle, each with Middlebury, Vt. The Minutewomen were led by junior two wins. Allery claimed both diving M. skiing NCAA Regional 9 a.m. Brandy Green, who tied the school record events, winning the one-meter dive by over Middlebury, Vt. at 12 feet in the pole vault. Green set the Tennis loses to Yale 55 points and the three-meter dive by over Softball Oregon State noon school record last season. Green also UMass fell 7-0 to Yale in women’s colle- 40 points. Lizzy Boyle won the 100-yard Columbus, Ga. placed second in the 60-meter hurdles at giate tennis action on Feb. 11 in New Ha- backstroke and the 50-yard freestyle. Chris- Softball Pacific 2:30 p.m. 9.21. She was named the Atlantic 10 ven. The loss dropped UMass to 1-2 over- ten Dexter claimed the 100-yard breast- Columbus, Ga. Women’s Indoor Track and Field Performer all, and 0-1 in the spring schedule. stroke. The other UMass victory came from W. Tennis Army 6 p.m. of the Week for the week ending Feb. 9. Diana Alberti in the 200-yard butterfly. Hockey Maine 7 p.m. The Minutewomen will next compete on Also placing first for Massachusetts Feb. 21 when they host Army at 6 p.m. at Allery and Smith were named the Atlan- was senior Jen Freemas, who won the 500- the Bay Road Tennis Center in South tic 10 Swimming and Diving Performers of meter run. Amherst. the Week for the week ending Feb. 9. The Campus Chronicle February 14, 2003 WEEKLY BULLETIN 11

Theater Department presents Healthy women wanted Exercise Science study Presidents’ Day holiday Career and Internship Forum to participate in nutrition study seeking pregnant women Presidents’ Day will be observed as a Information on summer jobs, internships Researchers in the Nutrition Department The Exercise Science Department is state holiday on Monday, Feb. 17. Most and career opportunities will be discussed are looking for healthy postmenopausal seeking pregnant women in all trimesters to campus offices will be closed. by a panel of alumni and local theater repre- women to participate in a study on the ef- participate in a research study validating a sentatives at the Department of Theater’s fects of dietary flaxseed consumption on physical activity questionnaire. Participa- Blood drives Career and Internship Forum on Friday, hormone levels in blood and urine. tion involves two meetings lasting about 30 The Hampshire County Chapter of the Feb. 14, 4-6 p.m. in the Rand Theater. Participants must have undergone a minutes. Subjects will be paid $50 for their American Red Cross will conduct blood Panelists also will discuss working in natural menopause, and not have taken any participation. drives on Tuesday, Feb. 18 and Wednes- New York, graduate schools, touring com- hormones, including estrogen replacement For information, contact Dawn or day, Feb. 19, 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. in 174 Lin- panies, starting one’s own company, and therapy, for the past six months; be non- Rebecca in the Exercise Physiology Labora- coln Campus Center. other topics. Participating students will be smokers and have no prior medical history tory at 5-1583 or by e-mail (droberts@ able to network with theater professionals of cancer, diabetes or bowel disease. excsci.umass.edu). Monday class schedule and obtain information about helpful re- Qualified individuals need to plan on Due to the Presidents’ Day holiday on sources. participating in the study for four months. MSBDC co-sponsors workshop Feb. 17, a Monday class schedule will be The event is open to Five College stu- Financial compensation will be provided. on technology planning followed on Tuesday, Feb. 18. dents and the public and refreshments will Anyone interested in being part of the Laurie Breitner of Breitner and Associ- be served. study should contact research manager Nominations for 2004 ates will present a workshop entitled “Put honorary degrees The forum is co-sponsored by the Hu- Sara Sabelawski at 7-4298 or by e-mail Technology in Its Place” on Wednesday, The Advisory Committee on Honorary manities and Fine Arts Careers Office. ([email protected]). Feb. 19, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Upper Double Degrees will meet later this semester to Suite, Springfield Enterprise Center, 1 Fed- consider nominations from the campus HomeSharing looking USA accepting nominations eral St., Springfield. The session is co- community for honorary doctoral degrees for participants for officers, delegates sponsored by the Western Massachusetts to be awarded at the 2004 commencements. The HomeSharing program is seeking The University Staff Association is call- Regional Office of the Massachusetts Small Candidates for an honorary degree may participants who are interested in sharing ing for nominations for seats on its execu- Business Development Center Network be nominated by any faculty, staff, stu- space in their home in exchange for ser- tive board and delegates to the Massachu- (MSBDC) and the Springfield Enterprise dents or alumni of the Amherst campus. To vices, as well as people who would like to setts Teachers Association annual meeting Center. ensure full consideration by the committee, provide services in exchange for an afford- and the National Education Association According to a recent study, high levels nominations should include a cover letter able place to live. representative assembly. of automation equate to higher profitability explaining why the candidate should be If your home has extra space and you Nominations are being accepted for and faster growth. This workshop will considered and detailed biographical infor- would like someone to help you with an president, vice president, general secretary, teach the essentials needed before making mation, such as a resume or an article overnight presence, childcare, elder care, treasurer, grievance officer, membership technology decisions –– seven steps to drawn from a standard biographical refer- yard work or housework, or if you would secretary, parliamentarian and four at-large take and three common pitfalls to avoid –– ence publication such as Who’s Who in like to offer such services in someone’s slots on the executive board. and will enable participants to start their America or the Directory of American home, call a HomeSharing contact. Paulie Approximately 19 delegates are needed next technology projects with confidence. Scholars. In general, candidates for an hon- Sicard (773-5555, ext. 297) organizes elder to attend the MTA meeting to be held May Breitner, is an organizational improve- orary degree should be individuals of ex- care, and Ashleigh Sullivan (5-4488) makes 30-31 in Boston. ment consultant with 25 years experience in ceptional distinction. Factors considered in child-care matches. Either can answer gen- About six delegates will be sent to the corporate management and education. She the deliberations of nominations include eral questions about the program. NEA meeting to be held July 1-6 in New Or- helps businesses on the road to success outstanding intellectual, social or creative HomeSharing is funded in part by the leans. through strategic planning, organizational achievements in a specific field of endeavor town of Amherst, Franklin County Home Any USA member in good standing may development, project management, opera- and/or extraordinary contributions to the Care Corp., Highland Valley Elder Services, submit nominations and more than one tional improvement and technical and pro- University or to the Commonwealth. and undergraduate trust funds. candidate may be nominated. Self-nomina- cess documentation. Her industry experi- Address nominations to Ernestine tions are allowed. Candidates may run for ence includes insurance, financial services, Kulon, Chancellor’s Office, 374 Whitmore. TIAA-CREF counseling both the MTA and NEA conventions. pharmaceuticals, shipping, manufacturing, The deadline for nominations for this round TIAA-CREF is offering individual finan- Nominations close at 9 a.m. on Friday, and education. of consideration is Friday, March 28. cial counseling sessions to University em- Feb. 14. The registration fee is $35 and includes Nominations may be made orally, in writ- lunch. Reservations are required. To regis- ployees on Thursday, Feb. 20 and Wednes- Big Friday day and Thursday, March 12-13, 9 a.m. to ing or by e-mail to USA office manager ter, call 737-6712. Paychecks covering the period from 3:45 p.m. in the Treasurer’s Office, 100 Ven- Jane Litwin Taylor at 5-0165 (usa@external. Jan. 26 to Feb. 8 will be issued on Friday, ture Way, 2nd Floor, Small Library. umass.edu) or Elections Board chair David Canella, Lappas to address Feb. 14. TIAA-CREF also will be offering a finan- Litterer at 5-4503 ([email protected]. Weekly Sports Luncheon cial education seminar entitled “Save on edu). Taylor can be reached weekdays Men’s lacrosse coach Greg Canella and Taxes, Invest in SRAs” on Tuesday, March 11:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. or nominations may be men’s basketball coach Steve Lappas will Notify Chronicle 11, noon-1 p.m. in 903 Lincoln Campus Cen- by voice mail. be the guest speakers at the Weekly Sports of circulation changes ter. Voting is scheduled for Friday, Feb. 28 Luncheon on Wednesday, Feb. 19 at noon Campus units should contact the Appointments may be scheduled on the in 163C Lincoln Campus center from 9 a.m.- in 1009 Lincoln Campus Center. Chronicle office (5-4818) to change the TIAA-CREF Web site (www.tiaa-cref.org/ 5 p.m. Absentee ballots may be arranged. The cost for the buffet lunch is $6.50. number of papers received each week or to moc) or by calling Kathleen Maida at (800) Call 5-4289 for reservations. update the location of delivery sites. 842-2004. Space is limited.

Science, Technology, Engineering Chemical Engineering seminar, New courses Seminars and Mathematics Education Institute “Crystals and Clusters of Micron-sized The following new course proposals & colloquium, “Virtual Survival: Strategic Spheres: Optical Materials Assembled have been submitted to the Faculty Colloquia Planning for Distance Learning,” Rose from Colloidal Dispersions,” Vinny Senate office for review and approval, A. Doherty, assistant dean and director, Manoharan, UCal, Santa Barbara; and are listed here for faculty review liberal arts and criminal justice pro- Thursday, Feb. 20, 11:15 a.m., 51 and comment. Graduate Program in Organismic grams and Todd Leach, associate dean, Goessmann. Refreshments at 11 a.m. and Evolutionary Biology seminar, business administration and information NUTR 640, “Public Health Nutrition,” “Tinkering with Ontogeny: The Origin of technology programs, University Col- Exercise Science seminar, “Exercise 3 credits Human Craniofacial Form,” Dan lege, Northeastern University; Tuesday, Regulation of Skeletal Muscle Glucose A practice-based approach to public Lieberman, department of anthropology, Feb. 18, 4 p.m., 138 Hasbrouck Lab. Transport,” Laurie Goodyear, Harvard health nutrition processes through read- Harvard University; Friday, Feb. 14, Refreshments at 3:45 p.m. For informa- Medical School and Joslin Diabetes ings, lectures, and active participation; 4 p.m., 319 Morrill 2. tion call 545-0453 or http://www. Center; Friday, Feb. 21, 12:20-2:15 p.m., assessing community needs, priorities, umassk12.net 162 Lincoln Campus Center. and goals; implementing nutrition inter- Child and Family Studies Fortnightly ventions; designing nutrition plans; Breakfast Lecture Series, “What Con- Chemistry seminar, “Rigid Metallo- Geosciences lecture, “A Geochemical building coalitions; and preparing grant stitutes Effective Teaching? A Study of dendrimers Which Mimic Protein Hierar- Tour of the Galapagos Islands,” Karen applications. Sixth Grade Students’ Memories of their chical Structure and Function: A Harpp, Colgate University; Friday, Feb. Favorite Teacher,” Mary Grassetti, Biomimetic Approach to Mesoscale 21, 3:30 p.m., 136 Morrill. NUTR 741, “Methods in Nutrition Re- School of Education; Tuesday, Feb. 18, Structures and Multi-electron Photoca- search,” 3 credits 8:30 a.m., 225 Furcolo Hall. talysis,” Frederick MacDonnell, depart- Graduate Program in Organismic Overview of laboratory and popula- ment of chemistry and biochemistry, and Evolutionary Biology seminar, tion research methodologies used in nu- Plant and Soil Sciences seminar, University of Texas at Arlington; Thurs- “Travel and Sex on a Tight Budget: Mi- trition. Students will increase familiarity “Teaching and Learning in Depth: An In- day, Feb. 20, 11:15 a.m., 1634 Lederle gration and the Evolution of Reproduc- with nutrition research methods, design troduction to Learning Styles for Re- Graduate Research Tower. Refresh- tive Allocation and Fitness,” Mike a research project, and gain experience search and Education,” John Gerber; ments at 10:45 a.m. Kinnison, department of biology, Univer- in writing a grant proposal. Prerequisite: Tuesday, Feb. 18, 4 p.m., 114 Stock- sity of Maine; Friday, Feb. 21, 4 p.m., BIOEPI 540. bridge Hall. 319 Morrill 2. 12 ARTS & EVENTS February 14, 2003 The Campus Chronicle Events celebrate publication of book on black musicians

In celebration of Black History Month, the Fine Arts Center is publishing “Such Sweet Thunder: Views on Black American Music,” which documents the Black Musi- cians Festivals held on campus from 1989- 1999. The 206-page softcover book, edited by Mark Baszak, associate director of the FAC’s Multicultural Programs, features a collection of essays, panel discussion tran- scripts and photographs by Edward Cohen, a 1976 graduate in Communication. Contrib- uting authors include Horace Clarence Boyer, professor emeritus of Music, and Frederick C. Tillis, director emeritus of the Fine Arts Center. Several events are planned in conjunc- tion with the book’s release, including a gallery exhibition, film-lecture presentation, masterclass, film screening, and a Motown and hip-hop dance party. Cohen’s photographs will be displayed Feb. 18 to March 14 at the Augusta Savage “Such Sweet Thunder” includes this Gallery in New Africa House. At the photo of Doc Cheatham performing in exhibition’s opening reception on Thurs- Bowker Auditorium during the 1994 day, Feb. 18 from 5-7 p.m., Cohen and conference “World Music and Jazz.” Boyer will receive Distinguished Achieve- agement. 137 Isenberg School of Management. A ment Awards from the FAC. The opening A masterclass with Le Loka will be held Motown dance party featuring WMUA DJ Sweet Thunder” is the culmination of a also will feature music by the Charlie Friday, Feb. 21 in the Rand Theater. This Bongohead and soul food reception will three-year research and editing project di- Apicella Trio. session is limited to 35 students, but is follow in the Fine Arts Center Atrium. rected by Baszak and coordinated by staff A special film and lecture presentation open to the public for observation. For in- The W.E.B. Du Bois Department of members of Multicultural Programs. tracing the career of alumna Tsidii Le Loka formation, contact the Theater Department Afro-American Studies first established the The book, which costs $25, will be on will feature “The Meaning of My Song” as at 5-3490. Black Musicians Conference in 1971 to rec- sale at all of the events, the University well as various clips of her live perfor- A film screening of “Standing in the ognize the important contributions and Store, Atticus Books in Amherst and also mances, will be held on Thursday, Feb. 20 Shadows of Motown,” is scheduled for lasting impact on world music African- can be purchased online (www. at 7:30 p.m. in 137 Isenberg School of Man- Wednesday, Feb. 26 at 7:30 p.m. in American musicians have made. “Such suchsweetthunder.com), said Baszak.

Afro-Semitic Experience performs at SUB Thomson Corp. VP discusses The Afro-Semitic Experience, a band blues and hip-hop and classic jazz stan- information technology security dedicated to preserving, promoting and dards. The band recently released its Dennis Devlin, vice president and cor- 54 percent of its total revenue from elec- expanding the rich cultural and musical third album, entitled “This is the Afro- porate security officer at The Thomson tronic products and services. Thomson heritage of the Jewish and African dias- Semitic Experience.” Corporation, will present a talk entitled “Be- provides must-have, value-added informa- poras, will perform on Thursday, Feb. 20 The performance is free and open to yond Firewalls: Today’s Changing Security tion, software applications and tools to at 7:30 p.m. in the Student Union Ball- the public. The concert is co-sponsored Perimeter” on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 3:15- more than 20 million users in the fields of room. by Hillel; African Student Organization; 5:30 p.m. in 112 Isenberg School of Man- law, tax, accounting, financial services, The group, which features Warren Jewish Student Union; Wazobia, Smith agement. higher education, reference information, Byrd and David Chevan, plays music College Hillel; Amherst College Hillel; The growing focus and dependence on corporate training and assessment, scien- ranging from Eastern European klezmer Mount Holyoke Jewish Student Union; critical IT applications has created a press- tific research and healthcare. and South African peace songs to gospel, Delta Xi Phi Multicultural Sorority. ing need to secure digital information, ap- Devlin will describe best practices and plications and technology infrastructures lessons learned implementing a corporate- from attack and disruption. Companies that wide information security program in a Brazz! Dance Theater coming to Bowker do business via the Internet are under con- highly decentralized organization and cul- ture. In addition, he will examine current Residential Arts will present an OFF movement styles with a variety of Brazilian stant threats that target confidentiality, in- trends and issues facing business as the Center series production of “Brazz! Dance composers to create this multicultural tegrity, and availability. This session will lines of defense for security have moved Theater” on Friday, Feb. 21 and Saturday, event. describe some of the ways that one, large, from perimeter firewalls to the software ap- Feb. 22 at 8 p.m. in Bowker Auditorium. Beginning his career in Bahia, Brazil, multinational corporation is dealing with plications themselves. The performance will showcase the cho- Soledade has taught at many universities in these high priority issues. In his current post, Devlin is responsible reography of Augusto Soledade, assistant the U.S. and recently moved his company The Thomson Corporation, with 2001 for leading Thomson’s information security professor of dance at Smith College. Focus- from Rochester, N.Y. to Northampton. revenues of $7.2 billion, is a leading global and privacy program, as well as corporate- ing on the imagery of the Afro-Brazilian Tickets are $12 general admission and $5 provider of integrated information solu- wide initiatives in the areas of networking, goddess known as “lemanja,” Soledade for Five College students. Call the Fine tions to business and professional custom- messaging, and directory services infra- combines video, storytelling, live music Arts Center Box Office at 5-2511. ers. Thomson has 44,000 employees, oper- structure. He has more than 30 years of IT and fuses contemporary and Afro-Brazilian ates in 53 countries worldwide, and derives technical and leadership experience in pri- vate industry and higher education. Prior to ‘Some Asians’ to mark playwright’s residency his current role, Devlin directed strategic IT projects for Thomson, including leading its A production of her play “Some directs the play. Siragusa said the text com- to the public and will take place in 201 Fine Y2K office. Asians” will overlap much of playwright bines humor with serious issues. Arts Center. The presentation is sponsored by the Alice Tuan’s residency on campus, Feb. 17- “I love the combination of opening Tuan has won the Colbert Award for Ex- Strategic Information Technology Center March 1. During her stay, Tuan will take people up with comedy and then nailing cellence as an emerging theater artist and (SITEC) in the Isenberg School. part in rehearsals for the production and them with something,” she said. an NEA/Theatre Communications Group Register by e-mail ([email protected]. visit classes in Theater and students at Immediately following the Feb. 28 per- Playwright Residency Grant at East West edu). Mount Holyoke, Smith and Hampshire col- formance of “Some Asians,” there will be a Players. She was a resident playwright at leges. The play is scheduled to run be- talk-back session, where audience members the Los Angeles Theatre Center in 1999. Annual Midway Shows tween Feb. 27 and March 8. will have an opportunity to share reactions Tuan’s other works include “Last of the The Student Union Art Gallery is pre- An allegory of East-West relations over to the play with Tuan. Suns,” “Ikebana,” Bai Li Wong Liebling,” senting the annual Midway Shows, which time, “Some Asians” looks at Hong Kong’s Tuan’s residency also will include a Feb. “Ajax (por nobody),” and “4 Days in Red display the artwork of students in the sec- history prior to becoming a British colony 27 panel discussion, “Women in the Arts,” Gulch.” ond year of the Master of Fine Arts Pro- and running through the British era to its which will include Jenny Spencer, associate “Some Asians” will be performed in the gram. current role as part of China. Important en- professor of English, and Martha Richards, Curtain Theater Feb. 27-28 and March 1 The works of Dave Rozzi, Christine tities in the story, Hong Kong, opium, and founder and executive director of the and 4-8 at 8 p.m. and at 2 p.m. March 1 and Toubeau and Sean Greene are on display Britain, are represented by characters. Northampton-based Fund for Women Art- 8. Tickets $10; $5 for students and seniors, through Feb. 14. The upcoming show, fea- “It puts history in a personal context,” ists, in which Tuan also participates. The are available at the FAC Box Office turing the work of Carrie Wilson, Shane said graduate student Shiela Siragusa, who 6:30-7:45 p.m. discussion is free and open (5-2511). Sellers and Joomi Chung, runs Feb. 17-21.