■ Fun and games at the refurbished Union Billiards, page 4 Inside ■ Elaine Sortino notches 800th win as softball coach, page 6 Vol. XVIII, No. 27 April 4, 2003 for the Amherst campus of the University of Massachusetts

News Briefs As cuts loom, Lombardi Romney opts out of meeting chancellors vows to preserve quality Gov. Mitt Romney this Sarah R. Buchholz cessful that effort will be depends C week canceled a Wednesday HRONICLE STAFF a great deal on how difficult the meeting with the five UMass With a potentially significant [budgetary] problem is that the chancellors after they raised decline in state support looming Legislature faces.” objections that President Wil- in the coming fiscal year, Chancel- Describing the Legislature as liam M. Bulger was not in- lor John Lombardi assured the “on the fast track,” Lombardi said vited to attend the discus- Faculty Senate March 27 that his he anticipated at least a general sion of a proposed reorgani- administration is committed to indication of the size of the Uni- zation of public higher educa- maintaining the quality of the core versity’s state appropriation by tion. of the University. Lombardi indi- the end of April. The meeting would have cated that while the current fiscal “Any kinds of adjustments we been the first between the state of the commonwealth would need to make, the more time we chancellors and Romney likely necessitate some “pain,” he have to make them, the more ef- since the governor unveiled believes that the University can fectively and the more expedi- plans to cut the University’s continue to be strong in teaching tiously we can make them with funding and eliminate the and research. the least damage to the institu- President’s Office. Romney “We’re looking at some serious tion,” he said. “In all reality, we has already met with presi- kind of conversation about a bud- have to anticipate that we will dents of the 15 community get reduction we expect sometime share in the kind of pain that is colleges and nine state col- in April,” Lombardi said. “Exactly being talked about and likely to leges. how much that will be we can’t es- be distributed across the com- Citing Bulger’s statutory timate at this point. monwealth.” Stan Sherer photo authority as the leader of the “The President’s Office is Lombardi said he has a “pretty Top drawer University system, Board of tight focus” on maintaining the working very hard to try and get a MFA art student Victor Signore with one of the drawers Trustees Chairman Grace K. fix on this and at the same time to campus’s commitment to its stu- dents, whom, he pointed out, he has coated with liquid rubber to make the cast. The Fey last week sent a letter to make a very strong case for what drawers, which will be made of beeswax, are metaphors have been covering some of the Romney indicating that she, the University and its campuses for a place where he keeps his memories. The drawers Vice Chairman William Giblin require to be able to continue the appropriations shortfall by pay- will then be mounted in a built wooden room-like environ- and the chancellors would kind of high quality performance ing higher fees. ment. While working on the piece, he began to realize not attend the meeting with- that has characterized our service “Now our job is to persuade that he feared losing some of his earlier memories. out the president. to the commonwealth. How suc- SEE CHANCELLOR, PAGE 3 Meanwhile, UMass Lowell Chancellor William Hogan has proposed a reorganiza- 5 candidates for Research vice chancellor named tion plan that would preserve the University system and Daniel J. Fitzgibbons dent for research at the Univer- tering classes from 220 to 350 per motherapeutic treatments, mecha- create single boards of trust- CHRONICLE STAFF sity of South Carolina, are sched- year, improved the quality of en- nisms of heavy metal induced car- ees for the state and com- Open meetings with five candi- uled to visit campus over the next tering students and boosted the cinogenesis, elucidation of struc- munity colleges sectors, ac- dates for the post of vice chancel- 10 days (see page 3 for schedule). number of women faculty from tures and functions of metallo- cording to the Lowell Sun. lor for Research began this week Goldstein has been dean since five to nine. proteins. He has secured more The Hogan plan also empha- with presentations by Joseph I. 1993 and previously served seven Goldstein has been particularly than $2.5 million in research sizes regional linkages Goldstein, dean of the College of years as vice president for gradu- involved in the development of grants from the National Insti- among all three sectors. Engineering, and Rathindra Bose, ate studies and research at Le- the electron probe microanalyzer, tutes of Health, the U.S. Dept. of vice president for research and high University. scanning electron microscope, Education and the Ohio Board of dean of graduate studies at Kent NPR to air special on Under Goldstein, the college and analytical electron micro- Regents. He has published more State University. started a $25 million campaign, scope for application to problems than 130 articles in refereed jour- Michigan affirmative The other candidates, Amar which brought in the first $1 mil- in materials science and engineer- nals, abstracts and proceedings, action challenge Gupta, co-director of the PROFIT lion gift to the school. The col- ing. He has authored more than and presented numerous invited WFCR-FM will air a one- Initiative at Massachusetts Insti- lege also joined with the universi- 200 articles in scholarly journals speeches at academic institutions hour report from National tute of Technology; Rahmat ties of Connecticut and Rhode Is- along with several books and has around the globe. Public Radio on the landmark Shoureshi, associate vice presi- land to secure a two-year, $12.4 served as editor for several presti- Gupta has been co-director of University of Michigan affir- dent for technology transfer at million ARPA Manufacturing gious journals. Goldstein is the the PROFIT (Productivity From mative action case now be- Colorado School of Mines; and Education grant. The college has recipient of a number of national Information Technology) Initia- fore the U.S. Supreme Court. Harris Pastides, interim vice presi- also increased the size of its en- honors and awards. tive at the Massachusetts Insti- The special airs at 7 p.m. After serving as professor and tute of Technology’s Sloan Sunday, April 6, and will in- chair of the department of chemis- School of Management since clude audio recordings of the Faculty to work with OIT try at Kent State, Bose was ap- 1992. proceedings. pointed vice president for re- He joined MIT in 1979 as a re- For only the second time on resolving SPIRE issues search and dean of graduate search assistant and was ap- in its history, the court is re- studies in April 2002. His divi- pointed in 1991 as the first senior Sarah R. Buchholz the system. sion’s responsibilities include as- research scientist at the Sloan leasing audio of oral argu- CHRONICLE STAFF ments on the day they are “The SPIRE SIS user interface sisting faculty researchers in ap- School. He has been involved in heard. The first time was Citing a handful of problems and, especially, the Mobius report plying for external funding; over- information technology research George W. Bush v. Albert faculty and students have had utility are user unfriendly,” the re- seeing all advanced degree pro- projects totaling about $18 million Gore, Jr., et al. The court has with the new student information port from the Committee on Uni- grams; coordinating all initiatives in external funding, including $2.3 indicated that the case is so system in use for registration and versity Computing and Electronic related to the recruitment and re- million for projects in which he compelling and vital for the advising, a Faculty Senate com- Communications said. The report tention of more than 4,500 gradu- was the sole principal investiga- nation that it warrants the im- mittee asked the senate to ap- called access to SIS “unbearably ate students; fostering interdisci- tor. He is the editor or co-editor of mediate release of the tapes. prove the creation of a group to slow at critical times” and said plinary research and facilitating seven books and the author or Frank Stasio will host the address the issues. At its March that information and reports that the commercialization of univer- co-author of more than 100 refer- special and NPR legal affairs 13 meeting, the senate approved previously had been readily avail- sity-related research. eed articles, journal articles, book correspondent Nina Toten- the creation of an academic liaison able are now difficult to obtain. Bose’s primary research inter- chapters, conference proceed- berg will provide analysis of group to work with the Office of “Increased student empower- est and activities include the ings, technical reports and work- the courtroom presentations. Information Technologies to re- ment in registering for courses identification of key genes in re- ing papers. solve issues in academic use of SEE LIAISON, PAGE 3 sponse to effective cancer che- SEE SEARCH, PAGE 3 2 April 4, 2003 The Campus Chronicle Architecture program is topic of forum A community forum designed to engage area professionals and educators in a dis- cussion of how a Five College program in architecture might be linked with local is- sues and working professionals will be held Friday, April 11, 3-7:30 p.m. in the Red Barn at Hampshire College. Organized by the Five College Architec- tural Studies Project, the forum is open to the public as well as community architects, planners, landscape architects, historians, preservationists, writers and educators. Pre-registration is required. The Five College Architectural Studies Project has been developed by faculty from Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke and Smith colleges and UMass Amherst to ex- plore a collaborative undergraduate pro- gram in architectural studies and the built environment. According to Karen Koehler, project coordinator, “Architecture is an area of inquiry and activity that deeply and directly affects the way in which we live in the world. Our Five College effort is geared Stan Sherer photo Thinking about drinking towards promoting the recognition that ar- chitecture is part of a complex exchange be- Junior Erica Scharn (left) and sophomores Henry Smith and Kristen Hagopian review forms they created for collect- tween politics, planning, economics, tech- ing and analyzing data from a telephone survey of UMass students’ attitudes towards drinking and the University’s nology, aesthetics, history, sociology, and alcohol policy. The project is for Sociology 210, “Techniques of Data Collection and Analysis,” taught by professor Gene Fisher. the environment.” A number of factors, Koehler said, argue for the emergence of an undergraduate pro- gram now. All four of the colleges currently have initiatives in the fields of architecture, Haitian Student Conference to be held this weekend landscape studies, architectural preserva- tion, design technology and engineering. Workshops, talks and performances are “Windows Into ,” on view from noon Wyclef Jean will discuss “How to Break In addition, the University has attained among the activities to be presented on to 6 p.m. A Soul Survival Talent Search into the Music Industry” at 2:50 p.m. candidacy status for an accredited master’s campus this weekend during the Sixth An- contest will be held from 7-9:30 in 163C A Haitian Night semi-formal begins in of architecture, which the new Five College nual Haitian Student Conference. Campus Center, followed by a concert with the Student Ballroom at 7 p.m. The program undergraduate project would complement. Originally scheduled for February, the Carimbi at the Clarion Hotel in Northamp- includes dinner, a cultural performance and “The architectural community in the re- event is organized by the Haitian American ton from 10 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Admission is awards ceremony and dancing. Wyclef gion,” Koehler said, “is uniquely poised to Student Association (HASA) as a celebra- free with conference registration or $15 in Jean will emcee part of the evening. bring about rich and meaningful collabora- tion and exploration of Haitian culture, poli- advance and $25 at the door. Rep. St. Fleur is slated to speak on Sun- tions.” tics and society. The theme of this year’s On Saturday, Godefroy will speak on day at 9:45 a.m., followed by a workshop on The aim of the community forum, she meeting is “Blood, Sweat and Tears: The “How To Be Happy In Spite Of All Your the “” at 10:20. Panelists said, is to explore the potential for links be- Spirit of Survival.” Troubles” at 9:20 a.m. in the Student Union will discuss tackling the issue of “black- tween this proposed undergraduate pro- Conference organizers hope to inspire Ballroom. ness” and intercultural communication as it gram and the wider community of local participants to take an active role in the A workshop on the “Roles of Women” relates to Haitian cultural identity among practitioners. Following a brief presentation Haitian community through education, so- will be offered from 10:10-11:40 a.m. Panel- young adults. Sophia Pasquis from MTV’s of the project, members of the community cial awareness, volunteerism and activism. ists will discuss the roles they play in Haiti “Road Rules” is scheduled to participate. will be invited to offer suggestions for how Motivational speaker Rene Godefroy and in America. At 12:15 p.m. Wyclef Jean and film direc- an undergraduate program might be shaped and state Rep. Marie St. Fleur (D-Boston) At noon, members of Carimi and Haitian tor Jonathan Demme will introduce a to avoid some of the pitfalls they experi- are the scheduled keynote speakers for the music producers and artists will discuss screening of “The Agronomist,” a docu- enced in their own education and training. conference. Hip-hop recording artist “What’s Happening to Haitian Music.” The mentary on the life of human rights activist Planners also hope to explore future possi- Wyclef Jean is also slated to speak. session will offer a candid assessment of and radio journalist Jean Dominique, who bilities for shared resources between the The conference opens Friday in the Lin- the effects of American culture on tradi- was murdered on the steps of his radio sta- community and the colleges, as well as in- coln Campus Center with an art exhibit, tional Haitian music. tion, Radio Haiti Inter, in 2000. ternship possibilities. 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The Campus Chronicle April 4, 2003 3 VC candidates named Lombardi: Shield core quality SEARCH in the School of Public Health and CHANCELLOR everybody wanted to do; we lem will be addressed. 1 FROM PAGE Health Sciences from 1980-98, in- FROM PAGE 1 haven’t done the kind of con- “Whatever happens, at this cluding a five-year stint as chair Since 2001, Shoureshi has been our legislators they need to do struction and renovation we’ve University, we are going to main- of the Department of Epidemiol- associate vice president for tech- their part to help match the kind wanted to do. ... We are now tain the core of teaching and re- ogy and Biostatistics. He left nology transfer at the Colorado of support and commitment that faced with a whole series of those search at the highest level,” he UMass in 1998 to become dean of School of Mines (CSM), which he our students have already shown. kinds of things that we must do said. “What we do, we’re gonna the Norman J. Arnold School of joined in 1994 as the G.A. Unless there’s some unimaginable — all of which takes the fat out of do perfectly well; … we’re gonna Public Health at the University of Dobleman Distinguished Chair Pro- catastrophe in the financial realm, the system, if there were any fat. do at nationally competitive lev- South Carolina. Last year, he was fessor of Engineering. Also in 1994, we expect to maintain the quality “There … is … no … fat. Con- els, in part because we owe it to appointed interim vice president he became director of the school’s of the academic programs. We ex- sequently, reductions of scales our faculty and in part because for research at USC. Center for Automation, Robotics pect to maintain the core activity that have been talked about in we owe it to the students who are Pastides’ research interests are and Distributed Systems (CARDI) that we have imagined that we’re various places, will change the paying the bill. So whatever the health disparities, occupational and the Power Systems Engineer- going to do in the area of mainte- campuses ... in fundamental ways. news that’s delivered to us, when and environmental epidemiology, ing Research Center (CSM- nance and construction in order How they will change them de- we then come back to you with international health, and applied PSERC). In 1998, he became the to keep this campus from falling pends a lot on how much it is. the adjustments we have to make research on environmental health founding director of National Sci- apart around us. We expect to “The way we would proceed, and we go through the process of issues in developing countries. ence Foundation Center for Intelli- maintain the commitments that we of course, is to start at the outside consultation that is mandated and gent Biomedical Devices and Mus- have made to stay with our re- of the enterprise because our pri- is appropriate through this coun- culoskeletal Systems, which inte- Vice chancellor search programs in terms of mary priority is to sustain the cil and its various subcommittees, grates programs and expertise from candidate forums matching and the like. teaching and research enterprise we will be speaking to that prior- the Colorado School of Mines, “What a lot of people don’t of the University,” he said. “And ity, those academic imperatives, to Rocky Mountain Musculoskeletal Amar Gupta recognize is that this system and so we would begin looking at coin a phrase, that are at the cen- Research Laboratories, University Monday, April 7 this institution in particular have things where we have subsidies ter of what we do.” of Colorado Health Sciences Cen- 3:15-4:15 p.m. already taken a sequence of sig- and support out in the country- Lombardi reiterated that even ter and the Colorado Veterans Af- 917 Campus Center nificant reductions and shrink- side, out in programs and activi- substantial and severe cuts would fairs Research Center across a ages and activities that actually ties which, while highly valuable, not be the downfall of the campus. range of disciplines including engi- Rahmat Shoureshi extend back far longer than the may not actually be supportive of “Everything’s not gonna fall neering, materials and medicine. Wednesday, April 9 immediate two years of crisis. the core mission of teaching and apart. We have a plan and we From 1981-83, Shoureshi was on 3-4 p.m. research, and then work through have a system, and we have the 174-176 Campus Center That is, we took a big hit for the the faculty of Wayne State Univer- retirement process, the money of that process until we have arrived capacity in this institution to sity. In 1983, he joined the School Harris Pastides which was sucked up in budget at the number that allows us to guarantee that the stuff that we’re of Mechanical Engineering at Monday, April 14 reduction instead of being used continue these core programs that continuing on with here in the Purdue University serving as chair- 3:15-4:15 p.m. to reinvigorate our enterprise. We define the University.” center of our academic mission is man of the Manufacturing and Ma- 917 Campus Center took another hit mid-year last year. Lombardi also noted that, al- gonna be first rate, it’s gonna terials Processing area and from “But in addition, over the though the Legislature is unlikely continue, the students are gonna 1992-94, chairman of the Systems, Candidates’ vitas and feed- past…decade or so, the Univer- to be receptive to addressing un- be supported, the classes will be Measurement and Control area. back forms will be available at sity has been trying to keep body funded employee contracts this there, the seats will be there, they each session. Pastides is no stranger to and soul together by robbing Pe- year, he is committed to continu- will be taught well, the faculty will UMass; he was a faculty member ter to pay Paul, and so we have ing to raise the issue so that, as be supported in their teaching not done the kind of maintenance funds become available, the prob- and their research enterprise.” Faculty push for improvements in student information systems LIAISON “It was well and good that OIT Billings called the administrative “I hope we can trust that they had been difficult. FROM PAGE 1 organized and got the SIS system liaison group already in place won’t wait until this committee is “For those of us who are early has left departments crip- installed and that the bursar and “very effective” and said the aca- formed and makes formal recom- somewhat removed from using pled in being able to distribute the registrar needed an early di- demic group would “be in comple- mendations when we have seen a the Web all the time, it would be students evenly into course sec- rect pipeline to the programming,” mentarity” to it “to address prob- number of problems already and darn useful to have the printed tions,” the report said. said Joseph Kunkel, chair of the lems and concerns that faculty we could move ahead and change course registration guides, and The report also noted that committee making the recommen- and students and others have those problems, rather than wait especially for those of us who are while units such as the Bursar’s dations, “but we’re into a differ- with [SIS].” for the committee,” said Rules advising students about courses and Registrar’s offices have struc- ent phase now where we’re utiliz- “I have heard enough com- Committee chair Roland Chilton. and programs all across campus, tures in place to communicate ing it and we really need the aca- ments from the faculty through “Time is the enemy,” replied it’s very daunting, if not impos- with SIS programmers at OIT, fac- demic people to have a way of or- the Rules Committee to support Chancellor John Lombardi. sible, to continue to do that,” he ulty and Academic Affairs staff ganizing their needs that are not pulling this committee together,” “We’re working on it.” said. “And it discourages any have had to work on problems in- being met at the moment from the Provost Charlena Seymour told Geosciences professor Ruther- kind of interdisciplinary program dividually through the OIT Help SIS system.” the senate. “We’ll keep working ford Platt said advising without a planning.” Desk. Committee member Marilyn on it and get it started real soon.” hard copy of the course schedule Deputy provost John Cun- ningham said he had recently promised the Rules Committee Dunson selected for Ford Foundation fellowship that a PDF version will be avail- able to be downloaded before the Mike Watt easily translates into other areas, counseling period begins. SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE Grant supports dissertation work writing CVs, cover letters, and ab- The committee, as recom- Stephanie Dunson, a doctoral subtle changes in the depiction of cess of applying for a Ford Fel- stracts are skills that translate into mended by the senate, will exist candidate in the Department of blackface minstrels. In the span of lowship was a great way to focus finding a job in both the academic on three levels. A Level I group, English, has been awarded a Dis- two years, the cover art for this her research. Because the fellow- and non-academic world.” which will be responsible to the sertation Fellowship for Minori- sheet music moved from portray- ship application requires brief an- The Ford Foundation offers provost, will address function and ties from the Ford Foundation to ing minstrels in grotesque carica- swers to complex questions, she several fellowships to minority planning issues, discussing pri- support her work in American ture to portraying minstrels in tux- knew she had to have a clear graduate students. Academic dis- orities and future needs identified Studies. She is one of 130 fellows edoes and obvious blackface. sense of what she was doing, ciplines supported by the founda- by the Level II and III groups. selected from 982 applicants. Two years later the cover art where her research was going, tion include those in the behav- The second group will comprise The fellowship allows Dunson evolved yet again, portraying the and what it was connected to. By ioral sciences; literature, lan- some administration and staff to working on her dissertation, minstrel performers both in and the time she had finished with the guages, and humanities; history, members from OIT and academic “De Old Folks at Home: 19th Cen- out of costume. Dunson, who is application, Dunson knew exactly philosophy, and religion; social department end-users, which will tury Sheet Music and the Domes- also a trained musician, is also what the focus and parameters of sciences; life sciences; chemistry; meet regularly to discuss prob- tication of Blackface Minstrelsy.” looking at the complexity of the her writing would be and, for earth sciences; physics and as- lems, share expertise and develop The focus of Dunson’s re- music as it became more accept- someone working on a disserta- tronomy; engineering; mathemat- “practical immediate solutions.” search is the period between 1838 able. The tunes themselves tion, “that was reward enough ... ics; and computer science. The The Level III group will be a and 1852 when blackface minstrel changed from songs for the single but the money was nice too.” application deadline this year is weekly drop-in discussion to pro- shows went from being somewhat voice to songs with four part har- Dunson said applying for fel- Nov. 20. vide help for end-users with rou- bawdy lowbrow affairs to being monies often including parts for lowships is a worthwhile effort for tine problems. It will be staffed by culturally accepted with the music women’s voices. graduate students, even if suc- For more information on fund- members of the Level II group, from these shows being per- “Stephanie is doing some re- cess is not immediate. Dunson ap- ing opportunities visit the who will return to that group with formed in the most polite of par- ally remarkable research,” said her plied for four different fellowships Graduate Student Grant Service any new difficulties identified at lors throughout the Northeast. advisor, English professor Randall last year and received only one. website (www.umass.edu/ the Level III session. In looking at the covers of the Knoper. “Because they ask you to pack- research/gsgs/). sheet music, Dunson noticed According to Dunson, the pro- age yourself in specific ways. ... it 4 April 4, 2003 The Campus Chronicle Grain& Chaff Exporting expertise Two books co-authored by professor Nicholas T. Dines of the Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning and LARP Ph.D. graduate Kyle D. Brown of Cali- fornia State Polytechnic University have recently been translated and published in China by McGraw-Hill Educa- tion (Asia) and China Architecture and Building Press. “Time-Saver Standards, Concise Site Construction Details Manual,” originally published in 1999, is an anthology of 350 key site construction details encountered in medium to large scale development. Details are categorized by mate- rial, level of use (loading), existing soil substrate condi- tion, existing climate, and initial and long-term mainte- nance costs. The book is a print version of an interactive CD-ROM that received an Association of American Pub- lishers award of excellence in electronic media in the cat- egory of Math and Science (1998). The other book now in Chinese is “The Landscape Architect’s Portable Hand- book,” originally published in 2001, contains 443 pages of information useful for professional practice and prepara- tion for the professional registration examination. Remembering Herbert Aptheker While the March 17 death of historian Herbert Aptheker Stan Sherer photos was noted in major newspapers across the country, the obituar- Senior Adam Silun and sophomore Kara Boniface try out the Tornado foosball machine in Union Billiards. ies didn’t mention his relation- ship with UMass and the Uni- versity of Massachusetts Press. Pocket change In 1946, W.E.B. Du Bois chose Aptheker to edit his personal pa- pers and correspondence, which Renovated Union Billiards offers fun and games numbered about 100,000 letters. Delving into the collection, Sam Seaver Aptheker produced “The Corre- CHRONICLE STAFF spondence of W.E.B. Du Bois,” a After a 1½-year hiatus, Union Billiards re-opened under three-volume set published in new management in the Student Union last month across the early 1970s by the UMass Herbert Aptheker from the Hatch, following a renovation estimated at Press. The work was hailed as a “landmark in Afro-Ameri- $10,000. can history” by the New York Times. Aptheker also edited The space was returned to duty after serving as a tem- two other books published by the Press: “The Education porary home of the University Store, which was forced to of Black People” and “Prayers for Dark People.” In 1971-72 relocate in fall 2001 for asbestos removal. Aptheker taught American history at UMass as the Du David Hansen, the new student manager, approached Bois lecturer and in 1996, he was awarded an honorary de- Lincoln Campus Center director Meredith Schmidt about gree during the dedication of the W.E.B. Du Bois Library. re-opening the games room when the University Store Aptheker died in San Jose, Calif. at the age of 88. moved back to its original location. Paul MacGregor, who manages concessions at campus athletic events, led the Right to the source renovation process and room design and worked with Ask Google.com’s FAQ page (google.com/help/faq. Hansen to improve the facilities and create a friendlier at- html#foreign_char) “How can I improve the accuracy or mosphere for patrons. According to Schmidt and number of results when searching for foreign words?” and MacGregor, who is the new head manager of Union Bil- the search engine responds, “Spelling the word correctly liards, David Kuschi of Food Services also assisted in the with the appropriate foreign characters will significantly renovation process and helped to get vendor services. improve the quality of your search results... For instruc- The room now features air hockey, foosball, ping-pong, tions on typing foreign characters with an English or and hoop-shot basketball, in addition to professional qual- any other keyboard, visit the following page for instruc- ity pool tables in the previous games room. They have tions: http://www.umass.edu/langctr/keyboardhelp.html.” also added a juke-box, several wall-mounted TVs, snack The keyboardhelp site, which has as many as 1,500 visi- machines and a lounge area to encourage use of the room tors a day, was written and is continued by Irene Starr, re- between classes as well as at night. tired director of the now-closed Foreign Language Re- In addition to these new facilities, MacGregor designed source Center. a new logo, painted by Californian artist David Steele. Steele also hand-painted chess and checkerboard tables in the lounge area and will soon be adding original artwork to Marta Benevente, a graduate student in Civil and Something to say the room. Environmental Engineering, sizes up a shot. Below, Stella Volpe, associate professor of Nutrition, was a Paul MacGregor of Auxiliary Services and Meredith “We really want to improve the room and use it to its speaker at the Sports, Cardiovascular, and Wellness Nutri- Schmidt, led efforts to refurbish and reopen the tionists Conference on March 15 in Chicago. She dis- full potential. I see what we have done so far as the begin- facility in the Student Union after the University Store ning rather than the end of the process,” said MacGregor. cussed minerals and weight loss in a colloquium with one returned to its original site. MacGregor is now manag- of her former graduate students, Christopher Mohr, who “I want faculty and staff to feel as welcome as the stu- ing Union Billiards. dents to use the room. Union Billiards is available to be is presently working on his doctorate at the University of rented out for conferences, faculty meetings as well as by Pittsburgh. Volpe was also an invited speaker at Smith Col- student groups and is also available to guests of the Cam- lege where she spoke on two occasions on “Fueling the pus Center Hotel. We plan to start holding inter-residence Body for Optimal Performance.” The presentations to stu- hall tournaments, get live bands to play here, have a dent-athletes was part of a special program based on a weekly ladies night and just keep adding to the room to grant Smith received from the NCAA. draw as many people as possible.” Union Billiards will be offering an expediting service, Fool’s gold which allows food to be ordered and served from the Last week’s April Fool’s report on a state plan to locate a nearby Hatch and the Blue Wall. casino on campus apparently snookered a few readers, no- In addition to new art work, MacGregor and Steele are tably in Natural Resources Conservation, Administration currently designing T-shirts that will be for sale to popu- and Finance, the Library, Housing Services and UMass larize the new room. magazine. One reader suggested that the horse track at the Hadley Farm is almost ready for racing and another sug- Union Billiards is open Monday to Wednesday gested the casino be dubbed “Lombardi’s Longshot.” Just 11 a.m.-11 p.m., Thursday and Friday 11 a.m.-midnight, to cover all the bases, another reader asked if Wayne New- Saturday 3 p.m.- midnight, and Sunday 3 p.m.-11 p.m. ton would be coming to entertain at the new resort. The Campus Chronicle April 4, 2003 5

Kraft executive delivers Obituaries annual Endresen Lecture Ernest H. Lambert, John Ruff, senior vice presi- gained his first international expe- janitor supervisor dent of research and development rience as the new venture start-up Ernest H. Lambert, 68, of and quality for Kraft Foods North manager in Ireland. That post was Northampton, a retired supervisor America, presented the 14th followed by assignments in the of janitors in the Physical Plant, Endresen Lecture in the Depart- Netherlands and Belgium, where died March 25 in Cooley Dickin- ment of Food Science on March 5. he was responsible for develop- son Hospital. In his current post at the ing several pan-European prod- He served the University for company’s Northfield, Ill. head- ucts. Ruff came to U.S. in 1983 as nearly 10 and a half years before quarters since 1996, Ruff oversees central research manager for Gen- retiring in 1999. He previously had technology functions for the $34 eral Foods, acquired by the Philip worked as a printer for 30 years. billion food and beverage giant. Morris Companies in 1985. In He was a graduate of His responsibilities include ana- 1986, Ruff became Maxwell Greenfield Technical High School. Stan Sherer photo lytical chemistry, basic research, House Division research manager. Showing results He was a communicant of St. microbiology, nutrition, quality In 1988, the same year Philip John Cantius Church in North- assurance, scientific relations and Morris acquired Kraft, Ruff be- David Pober, a graduate student in Exercise Science, discusses his poster with Lisa Chasan-Taber, assistant ampton. product, package and process de- came vice president of North professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, at the He was member of the Pine Grove velopment. American coffee research. The School of Public Health and Health Sciences’ 6th Annual Golf Club for more than 30 years. In his talk, entitled “Is There a two food companies were com- Student Poster Session on March 27 in the Lincoln He leaves his wife, Patricia Future in Food Science Re- bined the following year. In 1991, Campus Center. Lambert; three sons, Michael C. search,” Ruff said the field will Ruff returned to as vice of Whately, a Housing operations continue to play a key role in in- president of research and devel- assistant, Christopher P. of dustry, but scientists must be able opment for Kraft’s newly acquired Belchertown, and Paul A. of Geor- to integrate their research into Jacobs Suchard business in Swit- gia, Vt.; a brother, Edward P. of corporate strategy and goals. He zerland. Two years later, he was UMass Press titles honored Morrisville, Vt.; and other family. urged Food Science students who appointed vice president of re- Memorial contributions may be Several books published by America’s best-known prize for a join companies to develop knowl- search and development for Kraft made to Western Massachusetts the University of Massachusetts distinguished first book of fiction. edge of the firm and embrace a Foods International. In 1995, he Kidney Center, 2000 Main St., Press have attracted notice in re- The awards presentation will be spirit of cooperation and team- moved to New York as senior vice Springfield 01103 or St. Jude’s cent weeks. held at the John F. Kennedy Li- work. president for technology and Children’s Research Hospital, P.O. Susan L. Klaus’ “A Modern brary in Boston on April 13. Food scientists, Ruff said, worldwide research for Kraft Box 1000, Dept. 300, Memphis, TN Arcadia: Frederick Law Olmsted, As a finalist, Hodgen will re- must be drawn to research and Foods International. 38148. serve as its passionate advocates. Ruff has an M.A. in biochemis- Jr. and the Plan for Forest Hills ceive a Residency Fellowship at Guided by a sense of curiosity try and a B.A. in natural science Gardens” won the New York Soci- the Ucross Foundation, a retreat Albert M. Reh, and a commitment to science and from Cambridge University. ety Library’s 2002 for artists and writers located on a lifelong learning, he said, food He serves on the board of di- Book Award for Landscape His- 22,000-acre ranch on the high retired professor scientists can gain a true sense of rectors of the International Life tory. plains of Ucross, Wyoming. Albert M. Reh, 80, of Neu- satisfaction by supporting the Sciences Institute and is an of- The award, which carries a Kirkus Reviews described the Isenburg, Germany, a professor production of food, the keystone ficer of the National Food proces- $500 prize, will be presented to book as “a hit on all counts.” emeritus of Germanic Languages of society. sors Association. He chairs the Klaus at a reception at the library James M. O’Toole’s “Passing for and Literature, died March 8. Ruff joined General Foods in board of the Institute of Food on May 1. White: Race, Religion, and the He served the University for 19 England in 1972 as a food tech- Technologists Foundation. “A Modern Arcadia” has been Healy Family, 1820-1920” will be years before retiring in 1987. Prior nologist. Four years later, he widely and well reviewed. Follow- an Alternate Selection of the to working at the University, he ing an extensive feature article in Book-of-the-Month Club in April. taught at Wayne State and Prince- Johnson reelected USA president Newsday and a boxed review in The book has received excel- ton Universities and at Smith Col- the New York Times Book Review, lent reviews and was featured in lege. He was a visiting professor Donna Johnson easily won re- Hardnett, parliamentarian; Linda it went into a second printing. the “Nota Bene” column of the at the University of Connecticut. election as Fish, general secretary; Barbara Choice, the journal of the Asso- Chronicle of Higher Education. He also taught in National En- president of McGlynn, treasurer; and Jim ciation of College and Research Writing in St. Anthony’s Messen- dowment for the Humanities’ the Univer- Kierstead, membership secretary. Libraries, commented, “Klaus has ger, Augustine Curley described it summer institutes at Princeton sity Staff Elected as members-at-large produced an exemplary short ar- as “a lucid, riveting work. ... I can- and ran summer programs in Ger- Association, were Jim Plaza, Jacquie Gentl, chitectural monograph: succinct, not begin to indicate the impor- many for the University, Wayne taking 120 of Agnes Ting and Sylvia Snape. eloquent, contextual, and copi- tance of this book for what it tells State and the Goethe Institut. the 131 USA members also approved a ously illustrated.” us about the Catholic Church in A specialist in the writings of votes cast initiative petition to amend the Christie Hodgen’s collection of 19th-century America or about Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist and on Feb. 28. union’s constitution to require stories, “A Jeweler’s Eye for race relations. O’Toole is to be Gotthold Ephraim Lessing and in Also mail balloting for all elections, ex- Flaw,” which won the Associated commended for a fine, well-bal- language pedagogy, he held a Donna Johnson elected in cept contract ratification votes. Writing Programs Award for Short anced work that examines an is- doctoral degree from the Univer- the balloting were Linda Hillen- The measure passed 79-43 with Fiction, has also been named one sue that the church wrestles with sity of Munich and was the au- brand, vice president; Frank 9 abstentions. of three finalists for the Heming- even today.” thor of seven books, as well as Olbris, grievance officer; Pat way Foundation/PEN Award, many articles and reviews. He served as vice president of the Lessing Society in 1979-80. WFCR wins AP awards UMass Press to distribute He directed the Master of Arts Two recent news pieces pro- iled communities struggling not in Teaching and student-teachers duced by WFCR-FM will be hon- only with a traumatic past but Mass Audubon publications programs for a number of years, ored April 25 by the Associated also with the stress of starting The University of Massachu- bution maps showing possible, and for more than a decade, he Press at its annual award dinner in over in a new country. The report setts Press has agreed to serve probable and confirmed breed- supervised student teachers of Newton. also received the inaugural Daniel as distributor for selected publi- ing areas for 198 Massachusetts German in public high schools Producer-reporter Karen Schorr Journalism Prize. cations of the Massachusetts nesting species on a grid of 989 around Western Massachusetts. Brown’s documentary on Cambo- Scott’s news feature on the Audubon Society, the largest 10-square-mile blocks. Opposite In 1977, one of his students dian refugees in the public mental sport of curling aired during the conservation organization in each species map is a summary endowed the “Albert Reh Schol- health care system is being recog- Winter Olympics, when the U.S. New England. account giving historical per- arship” in his honor at Princeton. nized for excellence in enterprise curling team’s respectable show- The first book to be distrib- spective, relative abundance, A veteran of the German Army reporting, Charlene Scott’s feature ing raised the profile of a sport uted by the UMass Press will be habitat, seasonal schedule, nest, during World War II, where he on the sport of curling in Western previously followed only by an the Massachusetts Breeding egg and song descriptions, served on the Eastern front, he Massachusetts is cited in the ardent core of participants. Scott, Bird Atlas, a guide to all of the clutch size, egg dates, number spent 1944-48 as a Soviet prisoner sports programming category. who is WFCR’s arts reporter, was species that breed in the Bay of broods, and other pertinent of war, working in a mine. Brown spent almost a year re- raised in the Minnesota curling State. The volume is edited by details. He leaves his wife, Astrid J. searching and reporting on health heartland. For her feature she vis- Wayne R. Petersen and Roger L. Each species account is illus- Vonhausen-Reh; a daughter, Su- issues among immigrant and refu- ited the Petersham Curling Club Meservey and will be released in trated with a scrupulously accu- san G.; and a son, Hans-Georg L. gee populations in Massachu- and recorded its members’ reflec- September. rate, full-color watercolor por- Memorial contributions may be setts for her documentary. The tions on their pastime. Based on a five-year survey trait by award-winning nature made to the Department of Ger- half-hour piece, which aired in an A RealAudio transcription of that involved the efforts of artists John Sill and Barry Van manic Languages and Literature expanded form on the syndicated Brown’s documentary and Scott’s nearly 600 volunteers, this land- Dusen. for the Ellert-Brauner Scholarship public radio show “The Infinite curling piece are available online mark publication includes distri- Fund. Mind,” surveys the plight of ex- (www..org). 6 ATHLETICS April 4, 2003 The Campus Chronicle Minutewomen give Sortino her 800th victory Bart K. Feller “She treats her players with a lot of re- Sports wrap-up SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE spect and gets that respect back,” Head softball coach Elaine Sortino Henderson said. “The program means the moved into a new spot in the NCAA record world to her; it’s like her family.” Baseball (6-9; 3-3 A-10) books March 28 as the softball team swept Sortino may care about her players, but she expresses no interest in numerical mile- W vs. La Salle 9-6 a doubleheader at La Salle University 4-0 W vs. La Salle 6-3 and 11-2, giving Sortino her 799th and stones, winning streaks and other such L vs. La Salle 9-8 800th career wins. She is the 16th softball statistics. W vs. Hartford 9-2 coach in NCAA history to achieve 800 vic- “Who cares?” she said about her 800th tories. victory. Sortino said she would much rather Men’s lacrosse (7-1; 1-1 ECAC) “It’s a tremendous accomplishment for focus on her team’s short-term goals, like Elaine and the team,” said Ian McCaw, Ath- winning their upcoming games and this L vs. Penn State 11-10 letics director. McCaw said Sortino consis- year’s A-10 tournament, which UMass Women’s lacrosse (5-4) tently performs as “an outstanding coach hosts May 8-10. who attracts high quality student athletes Sortino attributes the team’s sustained L vs. Hofstra 9-8 with great skills and character who play success over the last 24 years to the qual- W vs. La Salle 15-4 with tremendous pride.” ity of the young women in her program. After a double-header victory over “They typify the term ‘student-ath- Softball (17-10; 4-0 A-10) Fordham Monday, Sortino had increased lete,’” she said. “They are blue-collar work- W vs. Fordham 7-0 her total to 802 wins and a winning per- ers. [They] work hard in life, in the class- W vs. Fordham 6-2 centage of .697. Both rank her 10th among room, and on the field.” W vs. La Salle 11-2 active softball coaches. Courtesy of Media Relations Her squad is off to a good start this sea- W vs. La Salle 4-0 Since winning her first game as coach Sortino: Focused on current season. son. As of Tuesday, they had a 17 and 10 on April 1, 1980, Sortino has had a history record overall, 4 and 0 in A-10 games, an Women’s tennis eight-game winning streak, and a 40-game (3-9 spring, 4-10 overall) of success. Last year Sortino was voted ing her freshman year. Henderson said Atlantic 10 Conference coach of the year Sortino’s achievement is due to “all of her home winning streak. The team has played No matches last week for the 7th time, which is the most for any hard work.” nine schools ranked in the top 25, four of coach in any sport in the conference. The “She picks the right kids and gets the which are in the top 10, winning four of team has won the A-10 championship 15 of best out of every single player,” those nine games. Women’s crew the last 17 years, including the last eight. Henderson said. Their next contest at the softball com- Under Sortino’s leadership, the Minute- Henderson said the team’s success un- plex is April 4 against Saint Joseph’s in a BU/Syracuse 3rd Yankee Cup vs. women have been to the NCAA Regional der Sortino begins with her recruiting. double header beginning at 3 p.m. They UNH/UConn/URI 2nd Tournament 12 times and have been to the “She has a nose for talent,” said Hen- play Temple Sunday, April 6, in a double College World Series three times. derson, adding that Sortino doesn’t neces- header that begins at noon. Assistant softball coach Danielle Hen- sarily look for the best athlete, but rather Sortino will be honored for her 800 wins Upcoming schedule derson, who is in her fifth year coaching someone with “raw talent, [who is] hard at a ceremony before the Boston College with Sortino and played for her from 1996 working, a good student and a good per- game on April 16 at 5 p.m. at the softball complex. Home games in bold to 1999, remembers Sortino’s 500th win dur- son.” Friday, April 4 W. lacrosse Temple 3 p.m. Softball St. Joseph’s 3 p.m. Softball St. Joseph’s 5 p.m. Opening Day win Minuteman Jason Twomley steals Saturday, April 5 second as University of Hartford W. crew San Diego Classic 10 a.m. shortstop Matt Denorfia is late San Diego, Calif. with the tag in the home opener at M. track So. Conn. Invit. 11 a.m. Lorden Field on March 27. Paced New Haven W. track So. Conn. Invit. 11 a.m. by senior designated hitter Chris New Haven Morgan’s home run, double and Baseball Xavier noon two runs batted in, the Minutemen Tennis Boston Univ. noon rewarded fans with a 9-2 win. M. lacrosse UMBC 1 p.m. Baseball Xavier 2:30 p.m. Now 6-9 on the season, coach Mike Stones squad was sched- Sunday, April 6 uled to open a four-game Tennis Fordham 10 a.m. homestand this week. W. crew San Diego Classic 10 a.m. San Diego, Calif. Baseball Xavier 11:30 a.m. W. lacrosse G. Washington noon Softball Temple noon Softball Temple 2:30 p.m. Stan Sherer photo Tuesday, April 8 Softball Cent. Conn. 3 p.m. Baseball Holy Cross 3 p.m. Softball Cent. Conn. 5 p.m. Penn State sticks Minutemen with first lacrosse loss Wednesday, April 9 Tennis Boston College 2 p.m. Penn State scored with 3:25 left in the tied the game with just nine seconds left Minutemen answered with a Doyle goal be- fourth quarter to break a 10-10 tie and give before halftime. fore the Nittany Lions recorded the win- Thursday, April 10 the Nittany Lions an 11-10 victory in men’s UMass held 8-7 and 9-8 leads in the ning goal. Softball Harvard 3 p.m. lacrosse action last Saturday at Garber third quarter on netters by Leveille and Zywicki led the Minutemen in scoring Baseball Fairfield 3 p.m. Field. The game featured 10 ties and neither Zywicki, but Penn State knotted it up head- for the sixth straight game with two goals Softball Harvard 3 p.m. team led by more than one goal. ing into the fourth quarter. Penn State took and two assists. Leveille added a hat trick UMass drops to 7-1 overall with the its first lead of the second half, but the and Doyle netted two goals. Friday, April 11 loss and 1-1 in the ECAC. Tennis Temple 2:30 p.m. The two teams put on an offensive ex- Crew takes 2nd at Yankee Cup regatta plosion in the first quarter. After Penn State had taken a 1-0 lead early, Chris Doyle and The crew team finished second in the behind league rival Rhode Island and Con- Kevin Leveille netted goals to give the Yankee Cup regatta held March 30 on the necticut. Minutemen a 2-1 advantage. Penn State ral- Narrow River in North Kingston, R.I. Con- The Minutewomen also claimed gold in lied to take a 3-2 lead, but Jeff Zywicki tied necticut scored 29 points to win the event, the singles competition with sophomore the game at 3-3 and Chris Fiore gave the followed by UMass and New Hampshire, Lea Jakobsen and senior Anna Talucci win- lead back to UMass with another score. tied at 25 points, and host Rhode Island’s ning their respective races. Penn State surged ahead again, but 21 points. A day earlier, UMass competed against Leveille and Kevin Glenz scored in the last UMass’ junior varsity eight boat took Boston University and Syracuse on the three minutes for a 6-5 cushion after one home the gold medal as did the novice four, Charles River. The Minutewomen finished quarter. while the novice eight and second novice third in the varsity eight race. UMass also Penn State scored twice in the second eight boats both rowed to silver medals in finished third in the second varsity eight quarter to take a 7-6 lead, but Gene Tundo their races. The varsity eight finished third race and the novice eight race. The Campus Chronicle April 4, 2003 WEEKLY BULLETIN 7

Faculty Senate meeting Summer session registration Admissions information Additional Faculty Senate The Faculty Senate will meet Thursday, Registration for the summer session be- available at Visitors Center meeting scheduled April 10 at 3:30 p.m. in 227 Herter Hall. gins Monday, April 7. Contact the Division Prospective students visiting campus The Faculty Senate has scheduled an of Continuing Education at 5-2414 for infor- who are looking for admission information additional meeting for Thursday, May 22 at Pregnant women needed for study mation. should be directed to the Robsham 3:30 p.m. in 227 Herter Hall. The Exercise Science Department is Visitor’s Center, according to Ruth Green, seeking pregnant women in all trimesters to MSP general assembly director of Freshman Admissions. Participants needed for participate in a research study validating a A general assembly of the Massachu- “In addition to applications and other Communication study physical activity questionnaire. Participa- setts Society of Professors will be held printed materials, Admissions staff and our Focus group participants are needed for tion involves two meetings lasting about Tuesday, April 8 from 3-5 p.m. in 904-08 student representatives will be available to a study of children’s public television. Par- 30 minutes. Subjects will be paid $50. Lincoln Campus Center. meet with prospective freshman and trans- ticipants must be the parent or caregiver to For information, contact Dawn or Agenda items include nominations for fer students at the Visitor’s Center,” said a child that currently watches PBS Kids TV Rebecca in the Exercise Physiology Labo- election of board members and officers, Green. programs. Focus group sessions will last ratory at 5-1583 or by e-mail (droberts@ Joint Coordinating Committee/MSP bud- Campus tours will continue to leave one hour and participants will earn $15. excsci.umass.edu). gets for fiscal 2004, and new business. from the Lincoln Campus Center informa- Individuals interested in taking part Elections are scheduled for Tuesday, tion desk at 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. daily. should contact Angela Paradise by e-mail League of Women Voters April 15 from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. in the MSP of- ([email protected]) or phone at book donations fice in 121 Hampshire House. All members Pre-registration alert 549-6202. The League of Women Voters of are urged to vote. All faculty and advisors are asked to re- Asian Night Amherst is collecting books for its 56th an- mind undergraduates in their classes and The 20th annual Asian Night will be nual book sale to be held May 2-4 on the Arts Council grant deadline departments that confirmed, online pre-reg- held Friday, April 11 from 7-10:30 p.m. in Amherst town common. The event is the The next deadline to apply for UMass istration for fall 2003 will take place on the Lincoln Campus Center Auditorium. main fund-raiser for the group with pro- Arts Council grants to support arts events SPIRE from April 14 through May 7. Sponsored by the Asian American Stu- ceeds supporting voter education publica- on campus is noon on Wednesday, April 9. Pre-Major Advising Services recom- dents Association, the theme of this year’s tions and projects. Student groups, academic departments mends that students make appointments to event is “Breaking Free.” The event is free. Donations of all kinds of books in good and other campus organizations are eligible meet with their advisors early to avoid the condition can be dropped off in collection to apply for a maximum of $750 to under- counseling week crunch. Biochemistry and Molecular boxes until Saturday, April 26 at the follow- write series or events that feature music, Pharmacology seminar ing locations: the league’s pricing and sort- dance, poetry, theater, visual arts, film or Sports Luncheon to honor Haley Melikian will speak on “Trans- ing center at 7 Pomeroy Lane; the Munson other art forms. Individuals may not apply. academic achievements Library in South Amherst; the North Grant guidelines and applications are porters on the Move: Constitutive and Student-athletes with the highest fall se- Regulated Trafficking of the Cocaine and Amherst library and Stop & Shop in available at the Campus Activities Office in mester grade point averages on their teams Hadley. Sheet music can also be donated, the Student Union, the Arts Council office Amphetamine-Sensitive Dopamine Trans- will be recognized at the Weekly Sports porter” on April 9 at noon in the 8th floor but magazines and journals cannot be ac- in 101-103 Hasbrouck or online (www. Luncheon on Wednesday, April 9 at noon cepted. umass.edu/fac/artscouncil). seminar room, Aaron Lazare Medical Re- in the Lincoln Campus Center Auditorium. search Building at the Worcester campus. For information or to arrange pickup of The buffet lunch is $6.50. Call 5-4289 for large collections, call 549-7443. Melikian is assistant professor of psy- reservations. chiatry at the Brudnick Neuropsychiatric Research Institute.

Tanzania; Wednesday, April 9, 4 p.m., 9th Phosphorylcholine-Based Amphiphilic Empty Image.” Briankle Chang, chr. Seminars floor lounge, Thompson Hall. Polymers,” Francoise Winnik, department of chemistry, University of Montreal; Friday, Sandra Jonker, Ph.D., Wildlife and Fisher- & Neuroscience and Behavior Program April 11, 3:35 p.m., A110-A111 Conte. ies Conservation. Wednesday, April 9, Colloquia seminar, “Thyroid Hormone and the De- 1:30 p.m., 312A Holdsworth. Dissertation: Environmental Engineering seminar, veloping Human Brain: Clinical, Experi- Graduate Program in Organismic and “Values and Attitudes of the Public To- “Environmental Emergency Response and mental, and Electrophysiological Studies Evolutionary Biology seminar, “From wards Beaver Conservation in Massachu- Counter-Terrorism,” Elise Jakabhazy, EPA; of Infants and Children,” Joanne Rovet, Flower Stems to Feather Shafts: Twisting in setts.” Bob Muth, chr. Friday, April 4, 12:10 p.m., 220 Marston pediatrics and psychology, University of the Wind Without Getting Bent Out of Hall. Toronto, ; Wednesday, April 9, 4 Shape,” Steven Vogal, department of biol- Mary Ellen McGuire-Schwartz, Ed.D., p.m., 319 – South. ogy, Duke University; Friday, April 11, Education. Wednesday, April 9, 4 p.m., 21 Geosciences lecture, “Finding Process in 4 p.m., 319 Morrill 2. C Furcolo. Dissertation: “An Exploration of Earth and Environmental Systems,” Tom Renaissance Wednesdays presents the Relationships between Family and So- Torgersen, UConn; Friday, April 4, 136 “Guns and Violence in the Renaissance,” Doctoral exams cial Support and Parent-Child Attachment: Morrill. with Joyce Malcolm, Wednesday, April 9, Graduate faculty are invited to attend Multicultural Perspectives in the United 4 p.m., Reading Room, Renaissance Cen- the final oral examination for the doctoral States and Ireland.” J. Kevin Nugent, chr. Polymer Science and Engineering semi- ter. candidates scheduled as follows. nar, “Polymer Flammability,” Richard Lyon, Wilmore Webley, Ph.D., Microbiology. Federal Aviation Administration; Friday, Chemistry seminar, “Protein Identifica- Jason Field, Ph.D., Chemistry. Friday, April Thursday, April 10, 11:15 a.m., 201 Morrill April 4, 3:35 p.m., A110-111 Conte. tion/Characterization via Benchtop Tan- 4, 10:30 a.m., 703 Lederle GRT. Disserta- IV North. Dissertation: “Chlamydia-Host dem Mass Spectrometry of Whole Protein tion: “The Design and Synthesis of Elec- Cell Interactions: Studies of Lipid Rafts, Graduate Program in Organismic and Ions,” Scott A. McLuckey, department of tronic Materials Based on Arylamines.” D. Caveolin Proteins, the Glycolipid Evolutionary Biology seminar, “Modeling chemistry, Purdue University; Thursday, Venkataraman, chr. Exoantigen (GLXA) and Intermediate Fila- and estimating species richness on geo- April 10, 11:15 a.m., 1634 Lederle Gradu- ment Proteins.” Elizabeth Stuart, chr. graphical scales,” Robert K. Colwell, de- ate Research Tower. Refreshments at Mary Anne Morris, Ed.D., Education. partment of ecology and evolutionary biol- 10:45 a.m. Monday, April 7, 9 a.m., 21C Furcolo. Dis- Deborah Gonzalez, Ph.D., Hispanic Lit- ogy, UConn; Friday, April 4, 4 p.m., 319 sertation: “The Role of Parenting Style and erature. Friday, April 11, 2 p.m., 414 Herter Morrill 2. Chemical Engineering seminar, “Large the Family Characteristics of Levels of Or- Hall. Dissertation: “Las imagnenes Scale Hydrodynamic Simulations of Col- ganization and Control in the Develop- alimentarias en la literatura femenina CPPA Speakers Series, “Competing with loidal Suspensions,” Jonathan Higdon, ment of Self-Regulation Skills in Young hispanoamericana como discursos de the Check Cashers and Money Transmit- University of Illinois; Thursday, April 10, Children.” J. Kevin Nugent, chr. poder y emancipacion.” Nina Scott, chr. ters: How Banks Can Do a Better Job 11:15 a.m., 51 Goessmann. Refreshments Serving Latin American Immigrants,” at 11 a.m. Claudia Sofia Polo-Urrea, Ph.D., Wildlife New course proposals Sheila Bair, CPPA Distinguished Scholar; and Fisheries Conservation. Monday, April The following new course proposals Monday, April 7, noon-1 p.m., 620 Thomp- Plant Biology Graduate Program semi- 7, 9 a.m., 306 Holdsworth NRC. Disserta- have been submitted to the Faculty Senate son. nar, “Analysis of the Plastid Proteome by tion: “Modeling Bird Habitat Relationships office for review and approval, and are Experimentation and Predictions,” Klaas in Pine Plantations in Colombia.” William listed here for faculty review and comment. Entomology Department seminar, “How van Wijk, department of plant biology, C. McComb, chr. Dispersal Capability and Ovarian Dynam- Cornell University; Thursday, April 10, NRC 382, “Human Dimension of Natural ics Affect the Efficacy of Whitefly Parasi- 4 p.m., 319 Morrill Science Center South. Laura O’Sullivan, Ph.D., Psychology. Mon- Resource Management,” 4 credits toids,” David Byrne, University of Arizona; day, April 7, 12 p.m., 521A Tobin Hall. Dis- Introduction to the human dimension of Monday, April 7, 3:30 p.m., Alexander Environmental Engineering seminar, sertation: “Motor, Attentional, and Haptic resource management. Included are social Conference Room, 2nd floor, . “Graphite Electrodes as Novel Anaerobic Development of Full-Term Infants and In- values, demographics, outdoor recreation, Refreshments at 3:15 p.m. Electron Donors and Acceptors for Power fants Born Preterm.” Neil Berthier, chr. agency history and mandates, economic Production and Bioremediation,” Kelvin valuation, resource allocation, stakeholder groups, the commons dilemma, communi- Molecular and Cellular Biology Program Gregory, UMass; Friday, April 11, 12:10 Naga Krothapalli, Ph.D., Industrial Engi- cation, and other relevant topics. seminar, “Endosomal Sorting In Vitro: Mi- p.m., 220 Marston. neering and Operations Research. Mon- crotubules, Motors and Rabs,” Peter Satir, day, April 7, 2 p.m., 215 ELAB, MIE Confer- MATH 441, “Introduction to Mathematics of Einstein College of Medicine; Tuesday, Geosciences lecture, “A Petrologic Tale of ence Room. Dissertation: “Dynamic Task Finance” April 8, 4 p.m., 101 Lederle Graduate Re- Two Flows on the Columbia Plateau: the Allocation in Multi-Agent Systems.” Abhijit Mathematical principles of finance: search Tower. Refreshments at 3:45 p.m. Roza Member vs. the Basalt of Ginkgo,” Deshmukh, chr. Bart Martin, Ohio Wesleyan University; Fri- present value analysis of cash flows; day, April 11, 3:30 p.m., 136 Morrill. bonds, duration and risk; modern portfolio Economic Development and Economic Dora Elia Martinez-Ramos, Ph.D., Com- theory; random walk models for stock History workshop, “Implications of HIV/ munication. Tuesday, April 8, 11 a.m., 313 Polymer Science and Engineering semi- prices; theory of options; Black-Scholes AIDS for Rural Livelihoods in Tanzania,” Machmer. Dissertation: “The Desire to See: formula. Adam Mwakalobo, Sokome University, nar, “Preparation and Properties of Western Iconoclasm and the Return of the 8 ARTS & EVENTS April 4, 2003 The Campus Chronicle

Mingus Big Band preserves musical legacy Galleries The brawling, hard-swinging, bluesy ery Thursday night since 1991 to sold-out Duke Ellington. music of Charles Mingus will come alive at houses at the Time Cafe in Greenwich Vil- Mingus soon found himself at the fore- Augusta Savage Gallery the Fine Arts Center when the 14-piece lage. front of the avant-garde. He recorded more Mingus Big Band performs Saturday, April Mingus was a virtuoso bass player, ac- than 100 albums for many labels, wrote 5-5177 12 at 8 p.m. complished pianist and band leader and more than 300 scores and toured exten- Mon.& Tues., 1-7 p.m. Voted “Best Big Band” for three years composer. His early professional years sively until the end of 1977 when he was Weds.-Fri., 1-5 p.m. running by both JazzTimes and Downbeat found him touring with bands led by Louis diagnosed with ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s Dis- magazines, the group was organized by Armstrong, Kid Ory and Lionel Hampton. ease. He died in 1979. “The Way I See It” Mingus’ widow, Sue, and consists of a ro- Eventually he settled in New York where he Tickets to the concert are $35, $25 and Works by Michael Coblyn tating group of players from a pool of more played and recorded with the leading musi- $15 general public; $10 for youth under 18; through April 18 than 100 of the best musicians on the jazz cians of the 1950s, including Charlie Parker, and $15, $10 and $7 for Five College stu- scene today. The band has performed ev- Miles Davis, Bud Powell, Art Tatum and dents. Call the FAC Box Office (5-2511). Central Gallery Wheeler House 5-0680 David Murray, Gwo-Ka Masters Mon.-Thurs., 3-6 p.m. close out ‘Magic Triangle’ series Sun., 2-5 p.m. The third and final performance in the Konket on vocals, Klod Kiavue on congas, “Tess Rock and Bill Rock: New Work” 14th Annual Magic Triangle Jazz Series drums and vocals, Philippe Makala on ka- Paintings by two Amherst artists features David Murray and the Gwo-Ka drum and vocals, Herve Samb on guitar, through April 27 Masters. The show is scheduled for 8 p.m. Jaribu Shahid on bass, and Hamid Drake on Friday, April 11, in Bezanson Recital Hall. drums. Hampden Gallery Murray, a tenor saxophonist and bass Tickets are $12, $7 for students. Call the Southwest Residential Area clarinetist who has released no fewer than FAC Box Office (5-2511). 5-0680 249 albums, is the founder of the World The Magic Triangle Series is a produc- Mon.-Thurs., noon-6 p.m. Saxophone Quartet and plays in ensembles tion of WMUA-FM and Residential Arts Sun., 2-5 p.m. ranging in size from trios to big bands. His and is funded by the New England Foun- Gwo-Ka Masters project began when he dation for the Arts, the Arts Council, Stu- “Face to Face: Portraits” observed several gwo-ka ceremonies, dent Affairs Cultural Enrichment Fund, paintings by Liora LaPerle which involve outdoor night-long dancing, Alumni Association, Student Government through April 27 singing, and drumming, in Guadelupe. Association, Commuter Area Government Gwo-ka features a choir of drums, originally and the Fine Arts Center. The series re- “Liminal” in a style crafted by slaves using metal ceives additional support from the Campus New abstract works from Tenor saxophonist David Murray will meat drums and animal skins, to create a Center Hotel and 88.5 WFCR, Public Radio New York City perform April 11 at Bezanson Recital melodic, as well as rhythmic presence. for Western New England. Curated by David Gibson Hall. The Gwo-Ka Masters include Guy through May 26

Herter Gallery 5-0976 ‘Common Threads’ interprets Asian designs Mon.-Fri., 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sun., 1-4 p.m. Designer and weaver Leonore Alaniz will present “Common Threads: A Talk and Show About “Julie Heffernan: Paintings 1995-2002" Contemporary Garments Inspired by Traditional A survey of works by Asian Design Sensibilities” on Friday, April 11, the New York-based artist 3:30-5 p.m. on the 10th floor of the Lincoln Cam- through April 9 pus Center. Alaniz will describe her hand-woven interpreta- "Linda Matalon: Open Gates: tion of traditional Asian garment construction, spe- Recent Drawings and Sculpture" cifically the Japanese kimono and the Indian sari. through April 9 In her collection called Diagami, dresses, skirts and jackets spiral diagonally revealing origami as Student Union Gallery a pattern influence. Her exclusive fabrics range 5-0792 from bold and richly colored wovens to gossamer Mon.-Thurs., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. silks that bear imprints of Gingko leaves. Fri., 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Her new collection of garments and costumes, which will be unveiled at this event, are based on “Healing the Wounded Art: Asian and European mythic and dramatic charac- Survivor Art Exhibit” ters and have been created especially for the through April 11 Asian Dance and Music program, which is pre- Opening reception, Tuesday, April 8, senting the show as part of its “Spirit and Soul” 4-6 p.m. series. A reception follows the show. An exhibit and University Gallery sales area will feature scarves and other Fine Arts Center wearables by Alaniz and hats and helmets by arti- 5-3670 san Matt Newman. Tues.-Fri., 11 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Admission, which includes the reception, is $10 Sat. & Sun., 2-5 p.m. general public and $5 for Five College students. Call the Fine Arts Center Box Office (5-2511). “Jim Dow: American and National League Baseball Stadiums,” panoramic photographs through May 16

5th annual High School Jazz Festival slated for April 12 “In the Making: Contemporary Performances, clinics and exhibit booths and Adam Kolker, Jazz Studies. The per- to the Mingus Big Band’s concert at the Drawings from a Private Collection” will be found throughout the music area of formers will include high school ensembles, Fine Arts Center. through May 16 the Fine Arts Center on Saturday, April 12 the UMass Jazz Ensemble I and Chamber The event is free and open to the public. during the 5th Annual High School Jazz Jazz Ensembles. One high school group For information, call 5-6046, 5-2227, or e- Festival. Coordinated by professors Jeffrey will be chosen to perform at 7:15 p.m. prior mail ([email protected]). For more information, visit the Fine Holmes and David Sporny of Music and Arts Center’s website Dance, the event will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. MHC dance thesis students present works (www.umass.edu/fac/calendar/ Clinicians and adjudicators for the day- centerwide) or the Five College long event, in which students will take Mount Holyoke College dance thesis UMass senior dance major Laura Wall calendar of events classes and perform, will include: members students present new works in, “A Young will perform. (http://calendar.fivecolleges.edu of the Mingus Big Band; Holmes and Lady’s Illustrated Primer” at 8 p.m. Thurs- Tickets are $5, $3 students. For re- Sporny; Catherine Jensen-Hole, Vocal Jazz; day, April 10, through Saturday, April 12 at servations call 538-2848 or e-mail (dance- Kendall Studio Theatre. [email protected]).