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The Philip and URSINUS Muriel Berman magazine Museum of Art Ursinus Magazine· Vol ume XCV No.2, Spring/Summer 200 I. Third class postage paid at Sourheasrern, Pa. 19399 CALENDAR Ursi nus Magazine is pub li shed three times a year. Copyrigh t 200 1 by Ursinu, College. Firethom by Lee Cohen Editorial co rrespo ndence and sub missions: Waw·color, 31" x 40'; given Ursin us Magazine to U"illl/$ College by the artist. roo Box 1000, Co llegevill e, Pa. 19246- 1000 (6 10) 409-3300, ext. 2329; (6 10) 489-0627 FAX E-ma il: ucmag@u rsi nus.edu. Spiritual Rhythms: Paintings by Nefertiti: Works are intrica te and exotic Editor gouache on pa per painting based on As ian and Indian patterns and imagery, Wendy Greenberg natural forces such as water, and tapestries of color. Nefertiti is rep resented in Contributors th e new Criminal Justice Center in Philadelphia, corporate collections, and in Tisha Call ery 2001 Ell en Cosgrove 1995 one-person exhibiti ons. Upper Gallery, continues to July I. Lisa Tremper Hanover WilliamJ. St iles 1996 (Arh letics) To Paris and Back: Albert Jean Adolphe - An Artist's Journey, is curated by Lori Olexa Thorell 1996 (RetroSpective) Urs inus art histo ri an Pam ela Potter Henn essey and researched by Ursi nus Erin Burke Hovey 1996 (RetroSpective) PholOgraphy students. The installatio n draws fro m more th an 300 painti ngs, drawings and George Widman, Jim Roese, Steve Fa lk arti facts from the permanent collection of the Berman Museum of Art. Main Des ign Gallery, June I-Aug. 31. Norrhlight Advertising Incorporated (Rick Miller 1972) Fran~ise Gilot: 1940-1950. This installation is comprised of drawings, gouaches Tlu mission ofUnillUJ Col/ege is to mabIe lfudmlJ and oils from 194 0-1 950 and includes landscapes, stililifes and portraits of her to become im/epmdmt, respollsible, and thoughtful illdilliduals through a program oflibual eduClltion. children Palo ma and Claude. Elements from her environment in th e so uth of Thm edumtion prepflres them to Ihle CTelllitJe/y France, th e beginning of an iconograph y th at ca rries th rough her wo rk roday, lInd /(l{'fitlly. (lI1d to provide leaden/,ip for ,heir and joyous approach to line characterize these early compositions. Upper Gallery, society illall i11lt'rdepmdmr world. July 10-Sept. 23; opening reception and gallery talk by F. Gilot Archives Chair, Board of Trustees Curator Mel Yoakum, Ph.D., July 10, 4:30 p.m.; Annual Friends of the Dr. Roben A. Reichley 1950 Executive Vice President and Secretary Emerims Museum event Sept. 22 with Fran~oise Gilot. Brown University President Challenge VI: Roots: Insights and Inspirations in Contemporary Turned John Strassbu rger Objects, curated by Christopher Tyler and Michelle Holzapfel, showcases more Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean Judith Levy than 90 wo rks by 50 artists fro m eight co untries. Selected co mpos itions present Vice Pres ident , College Relations myriad sources of inspiration , a variety of turning techniques and unpredictable Hudson B. Scattergood combin ations of mate rials and finishes. The artists were charged to ex plain and Vice Pres ident , Enrollment document images of their source/so urces of inspirati on. Th ese so urces will be Richard DiFelicia ntonio Vice President , Finance and Planning displ ayed in contex t with the obj ects in the exhibition. Main Gallery, Sep. 8- Winfield Gui llme([e Nov. II; Catalogue, World Turning Conference and reception Sept. 8. Director, Alumni Relations Nicole Mina rdi 1991 Places: Paintings by Lee Cohen. Origin ally fro m southeastern Pennsylva nia Director, College Communications and now a Texas resident, Cohen bega n her painting ca reer later in life and Sally Widman st ud ied at the Penn sy lva nia Academy of Fine Arts. While represe ntational Ursi;r~: i~~:~~~~nuBe~in~St9;6tjon in nature, Cohen's co mpositions of the landsca pe are ap proac hed wi th Prcsidem Elect: Keith Kemper 1979 un usual vantage poi nts and a foc us on narural pa tterns. She has docum ented Secretary: Maria Costa Wortek 1992 both the landsca pes surro unding her Penn sy lva ni a home, and her travels thro ugh the Uni ted States and abroad in wa tercolo r and oi l. Upper Gallery, Oct. 2-Dec. 2. Opening reception, October 7, 3-5:00 p.m. Notable alld Quotable: .. (Ursiwtr p,.~idelll Jolm Strassburger) alld his top team [mUlched Upcoming: Judy Chicago's "Resolutions: A Stitch in Time," Main Gallery, several initiatives -jounJais and research conferences, for example, November 200 I-February 2002; organized by the American Craft nm "lr. studetltJ - aimed at teachillgparticipalltJ hoIU to realize Museum, New York. the Students Achieving' 1I0tioll. Wheu an accreditation team visited Ursiwts. two years illlo the campaigll. they flulld all 'inspired' nlld 'inspirillg' illtellectunl commlUlity. " The Bennarl Museum ofArt is located on the campus ofUrsinus College. Hours I1fe ·Mano Mous1Il, principal tvith emurfor App/itd RNarr!J, a miUuzgmlnll 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tilesdny. Wedneldny. TlJ/lY!dny and Fridny; and noon to 4:30p.m. conStillingjiml, IUTiring in Matrix Mflgazine, tht Magazi1/t' for High" £dumlion, publiJlxd by SU Nday. to Saturday and Admission is free; the Museum is accessible visitors with Eduentio1uzl Medif/, Norwalk, CollII. disabilities; grO IlP tOIlY! are available. For fllrther infomtation cnIl610-409-3500. URSlNUS 1""""'«'001 rn aga111le . FEATURES Contents 07 mE SPIRITUAL CAMPUS: A new generation pursues spirituality all campus. Tbe Rev. Cbades Rice is melltor 10 a diverse group ofsludents for wbom a conllectionto religion is important. lOmE VIRTUAL CAMPUS: Find your classmates online and bave tI reuniun in cyberspace - Aguid e to tbeAlumni Office online services. 12 THE VISUAL CAMPUS: Ursb11ls bas bad a long relationsbip witb artist Fra1U;oise Gilol. Berman Museum ofAl'l Director Lisa Tremper Hanover offers a personal perspective. I DEPARTMENTS 03 CAMPUS NEWS: Alle/'1lative spring breaks; core curriculum cbanges; faculty and staff updates; MaucbQ' film 14 SPORTS: Ursin!ls gymnasts fly bigb al Nationals; more news 16 COMMENCEMENT 2001 18 ALUMNI NEWS: Class Notes; profiles; RelroSpective (Youllg Alumni Orgallization) I RETROSPECTIVE 32 IN CLOSING: Paper Cranesfrolll Ursinus, ByJudilb Fry'er, Class of1965 Ollihe Comr: The ReI'. Charles Rice (celller), ollihe Bamberger Hall sleps, ll'ith some ofbis "Chapet aclMsls, .. illeludillg (clockll'ise from loP) Madolllla Greell2ool,jasoll Marakol'its 2003. Bralldell Brooks 2002, Michelle Beadte 2003, leslie Holfmall 2003, Tis/}{/ CalleT)' 2001 alld RehekilbAdells 2001. Pholo ~" George Widmall Summer lOO I To the Editor: To the Editor: I recently read your article: "Ursinus graduates and the Red The announcemem in the Wimer 200 I edition of Ursin us Magazine Cross" in the Young Alumni Newsletter and I wanted to make that Donald Gay Baker had died stirred in me once again crystal a few comments. First, let me introduce myself. My name is clear memories of my Ursinus days in the late sixties and the four Erin Wirth, I graduated in December 1999 (officially class of years I spent as Dr. Baker's Latin srudent. Indeed, whenever I recall 2000). I was a Biology major. I am currently a Research those days, my thoughts inevitably turn to Latin and Dr. Baker. Technologist for the American Red Cross, working in the They were a singular constant of my college life at Ursinus. Jerome H. Holland Laboratory in Rockville, Md. My current projects involve the testing of products that are designed to I arrived in Collegeville in the fall of 1966 having studied Latin stop or minimize blood loss in trauma situations, basically and continuously from the eighth grade. It was my thought to continue officially, "developing life saving technologies." I would like those studies and then perhaps teach Latin after graduation from to add a bit of information to the article: Ursinus. Having just graduated from a large high school where Latin was popular, I was somewhat surprised the first day of classes 1 - It is the American Red Cross (ARC), officially, as opposed to the Red Cross (we have a whole instruction manual on at Ursinus to discover I was one of three students in Latin. However, I quickly learned the value of small classes, because each of us how to refer to them). received considerable individual attention from Dr. Baker. After the 2 - I think that you should have tried to mention the scientific first semester, the classes became even smaller. Eventually, it was aspect of the ARC in the article for two reasons: only Dr. Baker and me. I spent the better part of three years reading classical prose and poetry to Dr. Baker alone. Sometimes we sat in a. Not many people are aware of this part of the ARC. his classroom in Bomberger Hall behind the chapel, but more often Most people only know of the blood donations and the we sat side by side in the chapel reading Virgil, Cicero and Catullus. disaster relief. We (the research part) are responsible for I always wondered how many colleges other than Ursinus would blood screening and safety, developing and manuf.tcruring have held a class for just one student. As you might expect of such antibodies and vaccines, developing new anti-cancer an arrangement, our classes sometimes wandered from Latin to drugs, developing live saving technologies (as previously discussions of many things great and small. When my four years stated), and much, much more. ended, I truly believe Dr. Baker was as sorry as I was. He was nearing b. I think current Ursinus biology students may be interested the end of a long career and, perhaps our classes were as unique an to know about this part of the ARC.