Winter I994

Writing tl1e Book on Education in South Mrica F A COUNTRY'S education system I reflects the intende:d structure of its society, then one need only examine schooling in South Africa over the past four decades to understand apartheid. That is the working College Repeals premise of 24 students·­ cum-authors at its Policy on Haverford who, in early Investments in December, received putb­ South Africa lisher's edits to their first Following a recent meeting ofits draft of a book on the board ofmanagers , Haverford history, politics and College announced that it is future of education in repealing its policy ofbanning South Africa. investment in companies with Their book contains operations in South Africa. historical analysis and However, it will continue to overview, but sticks to its prohibit investments in corpora­ tions who never subscribed to assertion that to under­ Black South African children listen to a lesson outside the tin shack that is their schooL {above) Churches provide an option to some in South the Sullivan Principles until a stand South Africa's Africa: private, integrated schools such as this one in johannesburg. {below) new government there develops evolving education policy a set ofits own principles. is to glimpse the country's future. Students Second-year student Tanya Earls, of The Sullivan Principles Cambridge, Mass., drew on family connec­ utilized a range of primary sources to were a voluntary code ofcon­ write the last section of the book, focusing tions to research her chapter on the con­ duct in South Africa by which on current education reform efforts and temporary crisis in South African educa­ corporations pledged to pay policy debate among leaders of the African tion. Earls' parents have long been involved black and white workers equal National Congress and the ruling white in the anti-apartheid movement and have wages, integrate the workplace National Party. friends in theANC who provided them and work for social change. The book is the students' final project with proposals on education policy. Thecollegejlntbanned for a class on South Africa entitled "Roots The book opens with an overview of investment ofendowment fonds of Conflict - Prospects for black education in South Africa before in companies who were not sig­ Reconciliation," that was offered for the 1954, written in part by sophomore Alex nators ofthe Sullivan Principles first time this past fall at Haverford. The Bauer of Brooksidle, N.J., who explains in r98r. In r985 Haverford set a two-year deadline for its com­ course was team-taught by Steven Roy that in the 19th century, most schools for plete divestment ofall securities black South Africans were run by mission­ Goodman, a Philadelphia human rights ofcompan ies doing business in lawyer who worked on civil rights and aries. In the first half of the 2oth century, South Africa unless substantial education projects at dhe University of the black South Africans established their own progress was made to eliminate Western Cape's commlllnity law center in Langa Township, South Africa, helped schools and colleges, which they operated apartheid. At that time the col­ South Africa; and David Berger, a labor write a chapter on government proposals until the white government passed the lege had investments in approxi­ specialist for the National Labor Relations from 1987 to the present. He believes that Bantu Education Act of 1954 taking con­ mately 27 signatory companies, Board and president of the Education recent proposals to localize control and trol of the schools. representing over $9 million of Fund for Southern Africa, which supports funding of schools in each community "Our chapter sets the foundations for the school's assets. The college South African political exiles studying in would ensure that education in impover­ what was to come," Bauer says. also ceased dealing with any the United States. ished black communities remains inade­ Subsequent chapt,ers examine government banks which were making loans Both visiting lecturers saw "a tremen­ quate at best. education policy and its opposition to the private sector in South Africa by the summer ofr987. dous need for an unbiased perspective on "For me, this research has meant con­ through the 1960s:, '7os and '8os, with the The recommendation to the contemporary crisis in South African fronting apartheid-thinkers in action," final chapters detaLiling the current educa­ continue prohibiting investment education and the events leading up to ir." Mgobozi says. "These policy documents tion crisis and proposed solutions. in non-signatory companies as The student authors wrote 12 chapters are real - I was molded by those policies. Bauer has beeJrl corresponding about part ofthe new policy was made in pairs and just received edits to their first Every day at Haverford, I have to unlearn the book project with close friends John by a student during a recent draft from a university press which is con­ what I was told by an education system Gerhart, head of the Ford Foundation in campus forum on South Africa. sidering the book for publication. Their that trained us for subservient positions. I South Africa, and his wife, Gail, a noted The board ofmanagers ' sources include unpublished party docu­ have a hard time being objective." scholar and author of books on South Committee on Investments and ments, conference reports and proposals One of rwo black South African stu­ Africa. Bauer notes, "What we hear in this Social Responsibility, consisting obtained through the Hon. Lindiwe dents attending Haverford, Mgobozi was country about South Africa is very ofstudents, faculty, administra­ Mabuza, ANC chief representative to the an organizer of the Langa Youth watered-down. We are working on tors and board members, also United States, and the Hon. Joe Stauch, Movement at his school and learned to informing other people. This is a way that recommended continued moni­ toring ofthe situation in that South African Consul General, both of read and write English from his mother, liberal arts students in America can con­ country. whom visited the class .. Goodman and who wo rked as a domestic. Mgobozi tribute to the situation." Berger also he! ped them gain access to speaks of a "lost generation" of young Copies of the book will be sent to the government documents and South African black South Africans who have not South African Consulate General, the newspapers. received schooling because of exile or boy­ African National Congress and the United Third-year student Idris Mgobozi of cotts. States Department of State. Pagel HAVERF O RD NEWSLETTER

z:s past fall, squash became a varsity sport at Haverford Men's tennis coach AI Dillon coaches both the men's and women's squash teams, which are Class D. Their sea­ son is a winter one, Physics professor Lyle Roelofi explains computational science to his audience. (above & below} with individual championships at the end ofFebruary. Lyle Roelofs Named to Computational Science Professorship HIRTY YEARS AGO, STUDENTS IN ing mathematics, biology, psychology, com­ physical laws and the real world of the lab­ The teams have T a Haverford College physics class puter science and chemistry, have been inte­ oratory. The pendulum program, which fired a .22 at a weight suspended from a grating computers into their instruction and smdents learn to write themselves, is one played tough sched­ string, and from the amplitude of the research activities for several years now. example of this, while Roelofs' own ules, mostly against swing induced in this ballistic pendulum Roelofs has been particularly active and suc­ research is another. higher-ranked determined the speed of the bullet. cessful in the field of computational science, Roelofs researches the behavior of creating and atoms at the surface of metals, focusing on squads, including publishing the spontaneous rearrangements that take Williams, the numerous com­ place in the outermost layer. He uses the University of puter programs, graphical capabilities of the computer to aid Pennsylvania and many of which in visualizing the possible ways in which are in use at: the atoms might move and interact. Large Navy. There are IJ other inscim­ scale programs then permit assessment of men and II women oons. how much energy is required for particular squashers. This past fall, atomic movements in order to determine Roelofs was which actually occur on particular surfaces. named the first Having a moving, manipulable exam­ holder of the ple builds intuition for students too, Haverford Roelofs explains. By observing what hap­ College Profes­ pens as they change the variables in a com­ sorship in puter experiment, students begin to think Computational like scientists, gaining insights that help Science. A $2 them formulate and test theories. million gifr by Third, computational science is an anonymous becoming its own mode of scientific inves­ Today, Professor Lyle Roelofs' junior­ donor endowed the professorship and an tigation, especially, Roelofs says, to investi­ level physics class watches a pendulum equipment fund in computational science, gate problems that are intractable by either swinging on one half of a computer in conjunction with the college's ongoing theorizing or experimentation. One such screen as a rotating arrow indicates the $75 million campaign to increase endow­ area is studies of neural networks, which force pushing the pendulum from side to ment and support for its academic pro­ model the capabilities of the human brain side. On the other half of the screen, the grams, scholarships and educational for memory and reasoning. computer graphs the pendulum's motion resources. ''All three are important in computa­ as it swings. The students manipulate the The professorship was conferred in a tional science," Roelofs states, "and all level and frequency of the force and luncheon ceremony on December 4, fol­ three are happening at Haverford." observe its effect on the pendulum, both lowed by Roelofs inaugural lecture in Computer exercises and programs are used visually and mathematically. Sharpless Auditorium. Computational sci­ at all levels of the Haverford physics cur­ The physics department still has the ence, Roelofs explains, serves three pur­ riculum, from introductory courses to .22, but the evolution of sophisticated poses. First, it is a tool for solving mathe­ advanced senior research. computer programming and graphics gives matical problems that otherwise woul~d be "The goal of our program," Roelofs students a much better shot at understand­ nearly impossible to solve. says, "is to have our students start using ing difficult concepts, building scientific Second, computational science bridges the computer on their own to solve prob­ intuition and devising research techniques. theory and experimentation, providing a lems in their courses and to work with us Many departments at Haverford, includ- link between mathematical statements of in research. " Pagt 3

~Quienes son lJstedes? tion with about half of its membership Latino neighborhood. .. comprised of non-Latino students. LASO Both mainland and island Puerto HE ONGOING DEBATES OVER members, on the other hand, are Puerto Rican srude~ts help Turner with admis­ T Puerto Rico and Cuba's relationships Rican and other Latino students from the sion rours and host Latino students during with the United States raise issues of cul­ U.S. who organized primarily to provide their visits ro the college. They phone high tural identity and allegiance among one another support. schoolers in Puerto Rico ro talk with them Latinos on those islands and on the U.S. Students from both organizations have about Haverford, and visit schools in the mainland. At Haverford, Puerto Rican and joined to sponsor events and speakers on Philadelphia area and in Puerto Rico when Latino students likewise are attempting to the statehood issue as well as sponsoring possible. define themselves and rtheir community, widely attended social events. But though Students from La Casa and LASO finding as they do that solidarity with a shared pride in their heritage has been a recently organized a mentor program to those across the seas is of little use without basis for cooperation, it is also at times a reach younger Latino children. Beginning solidarity with those across rown or on source of tension between those from the this spring, Haverford's Latino students their own campus. island and mainland Latinos. will visit schools in Philadelphia and While their numbers are relatively Students like Carlos Rodriguez, who Chester to talk about education and future small here, Puerto Rican students have had came ro Haverford from Rio Piedras, P.R., aspirations with Latino children in ele­ a long-time association with the college. see themselves as Puerto Ricans first, then mentary and junior high school. The first student from the island ro attend as Americans, he explains. "If someone Working with a group at nearby Bryn Haverford was Jose Pad.in, who graduated speaks against us, we think that person is Mawr College, members of La Casa and in 1907 and went on to become ignorant. We're not going ro lower our LASO annually bring Latino students Asof january 8, Commissioner of Education for Puerto heads. We are proud of our culture." from Philadelphia schools ro campus for a Rico. In 1966, a scholarship was estab­ On the other hand, Latino students day of classes and discussions on the I994, Haverford has a lished in his name to support a student who grew up in the U.S. are more likely ro importance of education. They hope ro new area code: 6ro, from the island each year. have encountered racism. They say it can impress on the younger students that col­ replacing the old 2I5 "We were among the first stateside col­ be hard to balance allegiance to their her­ lege is a possibility and that "higher educa­ leges ro recruit on the island," says Delsie itage with assimilation into the mainland tion is the only way to get ahead," says area code. Remember Phillips, Haverford's director of admission. culture. Mercedes Blanco, a senior from Honduras. to update speed dialers Haverford's relations with Puerto Rican Assistant director of admission Pam Blanco also stresses the need to reach stu­ found in some tele- schools remained relatiively unchallenged Turner, who recruits in Puerto Rico, finds dents as early in their school careers as phones and in fax until recently. "In the last 10 years," that while Puerto Ricans coming from the possible and has been a leader in expand­ Phillips says, "everyone discovered Puerto island "know who they are," many main­ ing outreach programs ro the lower grades. machines, as well as Rico." Haverford's Admission Office land Latino students go through what Assistant dean and co-director of multi­ alerting friends and responded ro the competition with Turner calls "an identity process, trying to cultural affairs, Ana Maria Garcia, is a psy­ relatives ofthe renewed efforts, leading ro a 50o/o increase find out who they are and where they chologist and race relations specialist who in the number of Latino students in this belong." emigrated to the U.S. from Cuba with her Haverford community. year's freshman class. H averford's Puerto Rican students' family when she was six years old. "Our Of the 47 Puerro Rkan and Latino growing commitment to the outside Latino community at Haverford," she says, students attending Haverford this year, Latino community has helped them dis­ "like that of U.S. society, reflects great close to 30 belong ro one or both of two cover a collective sense of identity. Last diversity in countries of origin, social class, student organizations, La Casa and spring, students held a "Latino work day," language and dialects, race and immigra­ LASO, the Latin American Student during which they visited elderly Spanish­ tion status. Underlying these differences is Organization. La Casa, which is the older speaking residents of the city and cleaned a common thread of Latino heritage and of the two, is mainly a cultural organiza- up playing fields utilized by children in a identity that binds us together."

Milagros Bague '94 Mercedes Blanco '94 Carlos Rodriguez '96 Cesar Santiago '94

ilagros Bague is a senior and ercedes Blanco is a senior whose arlos Rodriguez is a sophomore esar Santiago is a senior ofPuerto M her class year's Padin Scholar. M family moved from Honduras Cfrom Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, CRican descent who was born and A resident ofSanturce, Puerto Rico, to the South Bronx when she was 10 and a Padin Scholar. He is planning raised in Philadelphia. At St. joe's Bague heard about Haverford from years old. In high school, Blanco was to major in biology, and concentrate in Prep in the city, he participated in two family friends, juan Riestra '83, chosen to participate in the Bridge to Latin American Studies. "Aspira, "a program that promotes and Diana Montes '84, both Padin Medicine program at City College in Rodriguez voluntarily tutors stu­ higher education and cultural aware­ scholars. New York City, where she took dents studying intermediate and ness among Latino youth through trips, A double major in Spanish litera­ advanced classes in chemistry, English advanced Spanish. He makes the lan­ movies, counseling and help with the ture and biology, Bague is a .teaching and calculus. guage come alive by having students college application process. assistant in the biology department Blanco's parents, who graduated enact plays and skits in Spanish, and Santiago entered Haverford in the and a tutor to her peers through the from high schoo~ expected her to go to enjoys helping others progress in the fall of '89, but had trouble adjusting to college's Minorities in Science Scholars college, she says, but didn't know how to language. a small college and took two years off Program. She did research ir.r radia­ proceed. Her older sister, who graduat­ As cultural head ofLa Casa, During those two years, he worked as a tion and oncology last summer at ed from SUNY, was a mentor, as were Rodriguez brought a mariachi band to counselor for Aspira and for Congreso Massachusetts General Hospital and is teachers who encouraged her. Blanco campus and organized this year's high­ de Latinos, a social service organiza­ applying to medical schools for next became one ofthe few students from her ly successful Fiesta, a party featuring tion in Philadelphia that serves the year. high school to attend a four-year college. Latin American food and music that is Latino community. As La Casa 's representative to the At Haverford, Blanco is majoring open to everyone. When he is not shar­ Now back at Haverford and Student Advisory Board, Bague meets in Spanish literature and is fulfilling ing Puerto Rican culture with non­ majoring in economics, Santiago is a weekly with assistant dean Ana Garcia pre-med requirements. She hopes to Latinos, he is sharing Haverford's cul­ founding member ofthe Latin and student representatives from other teach for two years, before applying to ture with Puerto Ricans by working American Students Organization and campus organizations. Bagu• ~ is also on medical school. Blanco is co-president with the Admission Office. plans to attend law school. He is a the planning committee for a new ofthe Latin American Students counselor and tutor in residence at organization meant to focus attention Organization and has bun instrumen­ ABC House in nearby Merion, a home on Cuba's economic plight and the tal in expanding Haverford's outreach for academically gifted inner-city youth problems ofits people. to Latino youth in Philadelphia and from New York City who attend nearby Chester. schools in Lower Merion. Pag~ 4 HAVERF O RD NEWSLETTER

Spelman/Fisk Exchanges Offer Opportunities by Elissa Steglich 94 involved in the recycling program and hour and a half there I was so self-conscious worked at the campus grill. that even though people were very nice to DUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES "Now that I have actually participated me, I felt completely alone," recalls Shipler. Efor Haverford students aren't limited in the program, I'm even more convinced "I felt more comfortable at orientation where to campus or, for that matter, to study of its importance," says Zarembka. "It is a I was among other new students to the cam­ abroad. For the past eight years, Haverford wonderful change to be surrounded by a pus." Shipler made her acting debut at a has sponsored several domestic exchanges, majority of black students. joint college-community theater as well as among them a program with Spelman "Being a black woman on Spelman's working in Spelman's dining center. College, a historically black women's insti­ Shipler says, "Most of my time there I tution in Atlanta, Georgia. felt like a wide-eyed kid, soaking up every The Haverford-Spelman College experience. I learned some things about exchange, which was established in 1985, myself, too: that I had a lot of self-confi­ has been very popular. A former dence and self-reliance." In part because of Haverford dean, Freddye Hill, helped to her experiences at Spelman, Shipler is create the program and she has continued doing her senior thesis on relationships to be involved as program director and berween black and white women. student liaison at Spelman where she Earlier that same academic year in the serves as academic dean. Haverford associ­ fall, current Spelman senior Malaika ate dean Steve Waner oversees the pro­ Dowdell came to Haverford. A political gram here and was involved in establishing science major, Dowdell was involved in a similar exchange with Fisk College, the Black Students League at Haverford which begins next fall. Located in and helped choreograph the fall musical, Nashville, Tennessee, Fisk is a co-educa­ "Pippin." tional predominately black college. While she enjoyed her Haverford classes The main goal of the programs is to and learned that "it's not hard to move from provide the opportunity for students to joy Zarembka '94, spmt the fall 1993 semester at one world to another," Dowdell says she discover and appreciate the uniqueness of Spelman College, a historically black women sc ollege missed the atmosphere of a women's college. other colleges' campuses and cultures. in Atlanta, Ga. In its eight year history, approximately Haverford senior Joy Zarembka spent her campus illowed me to transcend race and ten students from each campus have par­ fall semester at Spelman. Her decision to gender," adds Zarembka. "I didn't feel the ticipated in the Spelman exchange. Due to attend Haverford was partially due to its need to explain myself before delving into the high level of interest of Haverford stu­ program with the black women's college. A other issues. I'm ":ery thankful that I had dents in the program and to allow men to sociology major with a concentration in a chance like that to explore." participate, Haverford decided to initiate Africana studies, Zarembka taught a In the 1993 spring semester, Laura the exchange with Fisk College. Dean Pat course at Haverford dealing with race rela­ Shipler, now a Haverford senior and sociolo­ Darrah and Professor Lou Outlaw, who is tions, which she plans to continue when gy major, was the first white student to par­ a Fisk graduate, are overseeing the imple­ she returns. At Spelman, Zarembka was ticipate in the Spelman exchange. "The first mentation of the new program.

Astronomer Louis Green's Long Career Honored

MERITUS PROFESSOR OF ASTRON­ field by reading a range of scientific jour­ explaining stellar discoveries. At Eomy Louis Green was elected a Fellow nals and attending conferences. Quadrangle, Green arranges rwo to four of the American Association for the Throughout much of his career, Green guest lectures every month, drawing on Advancement of Science this past fall in has helped non-scientists understand alumni and faculty not only from recognition of his long and distinguished astronomy. He has given popular talks on Haverford and Bryn Mawr Colleges, but career. Founded in 1848, AAAS is the quasars, pulsars, white dwarfs, black holes, also from the University of Pennsylvania, world's largest federation of scientists and the "Big Bang" theory and nuclear arms, Villanova, Drexel and Columbia publishes the weekly journal Science. and has written widely-praised articles Universities, and Swarthmore and Professor Green taught astronomy, Rosemont Colleges. mathematics, physics and the history and Much of Green's research at Haverford philosophy of science at Haverford from involved quantum mechanics. He used 1941 to 1977, when he retired. He was mathematical methods to explore the the­ director of the college's Strawbridge ory that double or "binary" stars result Observatory from 1942 to 1975; and at var­ from the fission of rapidly rotating single ious times served as director of the com­ stars. While most scientists research this puting center, chairman of the physics theory by examining the single stars, department, provost of the college, and, in Green concentrated on the binary stars, the summer of 1967, acting president. He working backward to a consideration of is a fellow of the American Physical what happened at an earlier stage. In Society, and has held a Guggenheim research conducted years ago, he also Fellowship. explored the atmospheres of certain stars. Now a resident of Quadrangle, a life­ A member of the.Society of Friends, care community not far from campus, Green is on the Advisory Committee to Green is writing an advanced-level text­ Haverford's Corporation, which is con­ book on the pulsations of the sun and cerned with nurturing Quaker aspects of stars, which, he explains, provide key college life. He also helps bring distin­ information on the interiors of stars. He guished speakers to the college and is still a also keeps abreast of developments in his familiar figure on campus. Emeritus professor ofastronomy Louis Green Pagt5

Haverford Opens New State-of-the-Art Gallery· with Rodin Exhibition from the B. Gerald Cantor Collection

N JANUARY 26 THE COLLEGE 20th century. Since he began collecting in O opened the Cantor Fitzgerald 1947, Mr. Cantor has assembled more than Gallery, a new state-of-the-art exhibition 750 Rodin sculptures. Together with his space which will enhance Haverford's abil­ wife, Iris, the Cantors have donated over ity to present outstanding art to the col­ 430 works to academic and cultural insti­ lege community and. Philadelphia area. tutions including the Los Angeles County Located in the new campus center, the Museum of Art:, the Brooklyn Museum, gallery opened with selected works from the Stanford University Museum of Art the world's foremost collection of Rodin and The Meuopolitan Museum of Art. sculpture. "Rodin: Sculpture From the B. Works from his collection have also Gerald Cantor Collection" will remain at been exhibited throughout the United the new gallery until[ March 20. States, Europe and Japan. In 1973, as a Haverford named its new art facility in tribute to his dedication to Rodin scholar­ recognition of a $r million gift pledged to ship, the directors of the Musee Rodin in the college in 1992. by Mr. B. Gerald Paris presented Mr. Cantor with an origi­ Cantor, chairman and founder of Cantor nal plaster of d1e "Hand of God," the Fitzgerald, an international securities firm same image which first inspired Mr. based in New York. Cantor's interest in and dedication to the Located just off the campus center's artist's work more than 45 years ago. main stairwell, the Cantor Fitzgerald "Rodin: Sculpture From the B. Gerald Gallery was designed to provide the public Cantor Collection" is open to the public and college community with a simple yet Mondays through Fridays from II a.m. to 4 elegant environment: for historical and p.m. and weekends from noon to 4 p.m. contemporary art exhibitions in any medi­ One of these figures, the grand model um. In keeping with. the interior through­ of Jean de Fiennes Vetu, is on display in " CATHEDRAL " out the rest of the center, the 16oo square­ the entrance foyer of the campus center. Auguste Rodin, foot gallery contains slate flooring, an The six-foot bronze is a full scale figure of 1908, bronze (left) exposed concrete ceiling and fabric-cov­ one of the "Burghers of Calais." Executed ered walls with a white oak rail and base. by Rodin in 1885, the "Burghers of Calais" " THE KISS " Small windows located just below the was a monument commissioned by the Auguste Rodin, u-foot ceiling allow the use of natural 1886, bronze city of Calais in France to honor six of irs light for three-dimensional works, while (right) leading citizens who offered to sacrifice block-out panels are available to perceptu­ themselves to end England's siege of their ally eliminate the windows from within city during the Hundred Years War. By the gallery when desired. Security and focusing on human suffering rather than environmental controls are centrally moni­ triumphant glory, Rodin's interpretation of tored for both the gallery's storage and heroism in the "Burghers of Calais" was a exhibition space. radical departure from other public monu­ The gallery's inaugural exhibition of 37 ments of that time. Rodin sculptures and related works high­ Other works inside the gallery are lights the artist's stylistic development grouped chronologically beginning with from his early port.ra~ts and fragmented the artist's early and controversial "Age of figures to derivatives of figures appearing Bronze," images of St. John the Baptist, in his monumental works. "The Walking Man" and works derived from "The Gates of Hell." The exhib- it also includes prints, drawings and photographs pertaining to Rodin's work, as well as a stunning bronze bust of the sculptor by Camille Claude!. Accompanying the exhibition is the award-winning video, "The Gates of Hell," which documents the casting of that well known work. B. Gerald Cantor's com­ miunent to the art of Auguste Rodin has played a major role in fostering an appreciation of the sculptor's works in the second half of the

" FALLEN CARYATID WITH STONE " Auguste Rodin, 1881, bronze Pa ~6 HAVERF O RD NEWSLETTER

fen Maranzano Places Fourth ·· Men's and Women's Cross Country '"feams Make Nationals

OR THE FIRST TIME IN ITS HISTORY, ing made 11 appearances since 1978. The rain such an intense pace, and the ream FHaverford sent both the men's and 1993 squad left their competitors in the finished in 10th place. women's cross-country teams to the dust at the fall regional championships, in Although the team-designated most NCAA Division III National what Coach Tom Donnelly called "proba­ valuable runner, Nate Surer '95, had paced Championships. The men's and women's bly the most outstanding team perfor­ them all season, the men were led by During the first and second place finishes, respectively, mance that I have witnessed in my 19 years senior Aaron Curry (33rd place in 25:44) , at the NCAA Mid-East Regional at Haverford." at the championships. First-year runner Virginia Slims Championships gained them bids to the Entering the nationals, the Fords Karl Paranya rook 39th place in 2n2, Womens Tennis National Championships at Grinnell hoped to best the college's record 7th place while senior Morgan Andreae finished Tournament, held College in Iowa in late November. finish from 1982. The optimistic ream 6oth and sophomore Mark Gyandoh fin­ in Philadelphia in The women had all seven runners post started extremely fast and gained an early ished 75th. Surer, Craig Arnold '94 and best or near-best rimes, culminating in a lead. However, they were unable to main- Pre Gupta '95 also competed. November, one Ford 1Oth place finish, a rare feat for a ream in volunteer in the irs first NCAA Championship. "I have press office proved been so impressed by this team's dedica­ tion and enthusiasm," says Coach Fran particularly invalu-· Rizzo, "our depth and senior leadership able. Senior Elissa were the keys to a nearly perfect season." Steglich was one of The women's varsity team has only existed for five years. In the fall of 1989, two press staffirs the first year for senior co-captains who could speak Danielle Wolfrom and Jen Maranzano, the Spanish, which was college could barely fill out a seven-mem­ lucky since Conchitll ber squad. Today, the co-captains are two of thirty-five talented Ford competitors Martinez ofSpain with solid running backgrounds. won the tourna­ "It is amazing how far Coach Rizzo has ment, resulting in a brought this program during my four years," Wolfrom says. She was the third flood ofcalls from Haverford finisher at nationals and in 85th that country. place overall with a time of 19:n. The men's and women's races each included 147 Earlier in the week, runners from 21 teams. The women were, as always, paced by Steglich fielded calls Maranzano, who led for most of the from Argentine championship race before being our­ reporters when kicked in the final 500 meters. She fin­ ished the five kilometers in IT51, four sec­ Gabriela Sabatini onds behind the leader. The 4th place fin­ was upset in the ish earned Maranzano her third placement quarter-finals. on an All-American ream. First-year runners Zoe Alsop and About IO other Meredith Unger finished second and Haverford students, fourth for the team, 38th and 97th overall. mostly from the Juniors Katie Terry and Christa Kohler, womens tennis along with freshman Emily Dorean round­ ed our the Ford squad. team, helped at the The men's cross-country team feels at Haverford$ fen Maranzano leads the pack at the NCAA Division Ill Cross Country National Championships tournament. home at the NCAA Championships, hav- held at Grinnell College in Iowa. A ( C( Winur 1994 ------·------Nonprofit Org. U.S. Postage Paid Philadelphia, PA HAVERFORD Permi t No. 175 N E w 5 L E T T E R

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