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Vol. 26 Issue 7 What’s News @ March 6, 2006 Rhode Island College Established in 1980 Circulation over 52,000 New RIC VP enjoys working – and living – in the Ocean State

clinched her decision to come to But it was the Atlantic Ocean sees Information Services, Finance, BY Rob Martin RIC. She was enthusiastic about – and her affinity for Rhode Island, Human Resources, Affirmative Managing Editor the chance to which she had visited while study- Action, Capital Projects, Budget, become the ing at Harvard – that first spurred Security and Safety, and the Physi- chief business an interest in the state. The ad for cal Plant. She refers to these areas or a person who’s been pri- officer for a the position stated that the College as the skeleton and the circulatory marily on the business side “college of was in a state that had “400 miles system supporting the body, which of higher education, Ivy F opportunity” of Atlantic coastal waterways.” is academics. Denise Locke is certainly in touch like RIC. And with the human aspects of the col- “For a water lover to live in the How will she approach her re- she wanted lege experience. Ocean State is a dream come true,” sponsibilities? “The first thing is to work with said Locke, who was raised in the to nurture what we have already,” Warm, friendly and focused, Nazarian, interior city of Atlanta, Ga. said Locke. “Wide, sweeping Locke is the new vice president with whom change” is not appropriate, she for administration and finance at Locke compares her hobby of she quickly framing artwork and photographs said. “I believe in small, incremen- Rhode Island College. She’s been IVY DENISE LOCKE developed a with what she sees as the mis- tal changes.” on the job since January, relieving bond. RIC President John Nazarian, who sion of higher education: “taking Locke plans to take walking “He’s so passionate about this had filled in after longtime vice something and bringing it into its tours of the campus, accompanied place,” she said. “We share a mis- president Lenore DeLucia retired in majesty.” by coworkers from different disci- sion of developing people, both 2004. In her position, Locke deals with students and staff.” Locke said several factors the financial, human and physical Continued on p 12 resources of the College. She over- New RIC-Hope High initiative to benefit students, parents and teachers The Center for High School support for teachers in curricular Renewal, a partnership between and instructional improvement ef- RIC and Hope, was announced forts, and encourage Hope students at a Feb. 15 ceremony that also in their higher education aspira- highlighted the high school’s as- tions. Also, working with RIC’s sociation with several other higher Outreach Programs, two courses education institutions. – English as a Second Language and financial management – have The connection between Rhode been developed specifically for Island College and Hope High parents of Hope students. School – whose three principals are The initiative, called the Center graduates of the College – has been for High School Renewal, will strengthened further now that the involve all three of the learning two have entered into a comprehen- schools within Hope, which has a sive and extensive partnership. total enrollment of approximately The initiative was announced at 1,450. a Feb. 15 event at Hope that also The program was conceived touted the high school’s partner- last year when RIC President ing agreements with several other John Nazarian met with Nicholas higher education institutions. Donohue, the special master at “We don’t want to be just good, Hope appointed to help improve we want to be great,” said Arthur the high school. Nazarian turned Petrosinelli ’87, principal of Hope’s to Julie Wollman-Bonilla, dean of Technology Academy. He was the Feinstein School of Education joined by fellow principals Scott and Human Development, who de- Sutherland ’81 of the Arts Acad- veloped the plan for the RIC-Hope emy, and Wayne Montague MEd collaboration. ’82 of the Leadership Academy in “This is a mutually beneficial praising the partnerships at the cer- partnership wherein we learn and emony. grow with and from each other,” LIVE, FROM RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE…TV pundit and journalist Tucker Carlson broad- The RIC-Hope program will pro- said Wollman-Bonilla. She added cast his MSNBC show The Situation with Tucker Carlson live from the President’s vide professional development and House on the RIC campus Feb. 21. His show followed his appearance at RIC with graduate coursework for teachers, Continued on p 5 Democratic strategist James Carville. See page 2 for the story. Page — WHAT’S NEWS @ Rhode Island College, March 6, 2006

“You can’t simply tell voters about WN Quotes… yourself, you have to explain what “Composing, invention, and you are for and how America will be different if the people vote for “For a water lover to live in the arrangement are the three keys to you.”– Tucker Carlson, conservative writing in the 21st century.” – Kathleen Ocean State is a dream come true.” journalist and TV pundit, speaking to a Yancey, Florida State University professor, – Ivy Denise Locke, recently appointed vice packed Roberts Hall Auditorium during a addressing attendees of RIC’s Annual Faculty president for administration and finance Student Community Government event Workshop in January. [P 12] at RIC. [P 1] that also featured Democratic strategist James Carville. [P 2]

Democrats need to step up their game What's News at Rhode Island College “You can’t simply tell voters on,” said Carville. BY about yourself, you have to explain Both Carlson and Carville spoke Editor: Jane E. Fusco Audra Lavoie what you are for and how America with various student organizations Managing Editor: Rob Martin Contributor to What’s News will be different if the people vote before the debate began and Car- for you,” said Carlson. ville mentioned how knowledge- Information Aide: Carlson also made jokes about able the students were and how he Pauline McCartney The Democrats need to stop be- Bush throughout the debate. He feels comfortable with the future of Photographers: ing cowards! commented on his poor speak- the country. Gordon E. Rowley ’64 That was the message sent from ing skills and compared them to a Carville believes this election Lance Gorton ’09 Rhode Island College on Feb. 21 drunken friend crossing the street year will be a fascinating one be- Design Manager: Cynthia Page M ’93 when a heated yet comedic debate that you just want to help. cause people are ready for changes. took place between conservative Graphic Designer: Paul J. Silva ’03 But he also said that the inar- After each made his case, the de- Tucker Carlson and Democratic ticulateness of Bush makes people Staff Writers: political consultant James Carville. bate was opened up to the audience trust him and understand him. So, for questions. Lauren M. Mesale ’06 The goal of the debate was to in many ways it works to his ad- One student attending the debate Alison Strandberg examine the American political Christopher Farrell ’07 vantage. asked why he should vote when it landscape from both sides, even Carslon said to Carville that the Ericka Atwell ’08 though, by a show of hands there seems that the government does personal attacks on Bush for be- not care about him. What's News at Rhode Island were a significant amount of liber- ing stupid and dishonest has not als who filled the auditorium. Carlson responded by saying College (USPS 681-650) is published worked since day one. by: The night was opened by Brett he feels that people should be in- “Personal attacks do not win volved in the political process not Broesder, vice president of Student you elections! They wind up hurt- Rhode Island College Community Government, who because they are supposed to be, Office of News and Public Relations ing the person making them,” said but to ensure that politicians do introduced “the best morning an- Carlson. 600 Mt. Pleasant Ave. chor” Frank Coletta as the host of care about them. Providence, RI 02908 Meanwhile, on the other side the night. Carville did not respond to that of the stage, Carville, who among question but did comment when It is published monthly from Carlson, best known as a host other things is know for his work of MSNBC’s The Situation with the topic of personalities in politics September to June. Periodicals on Bill Clinton’s 1992 campaign, came up in a statement by an audi- postage paid at Providence, RI. Tucker Carlson and a former co- strayed from his podium many host for CNN’s Crossfire, set the ence member. times throughout the night lectur- He said he was infuriated that stage with jokes about his own ing from the edge of the stage. Printing: TCI Press, Seekonk, Mass. party and tactics the Democrats Democrats are not as respected as Carville agreed with Carlson that need to use or get rid of if they Republicans. the Democrats just cannot seem want to win an election any time “I don’t like that we are looked POSTMASTER: to get their political footing. But Send address changes to: soon. at as not being good Americans or Carville also said that he thinks the moral people,” said Carville. What's News at In his red and yellow bowtie, current administration is “utterly Rhode Island College Carlson described the Republicans incompetent.” Carlson said later that he is com- as the strong paternal parent and fortable with the government se- Office of News and Public However, he does not believe Relations, 600 Mt. Pleasant Ave., the Democrats as the sensitive ma- lected by voters. that the country is on the wrong Providence, RI 02908 ternal parent. track. Later that night, Carlson broad- He reiterated that Democrats cast his hour-long MSNBC show, Deadline: “There are solutions out there, only say how good they are and The Situation with Tucker Carlson, Deadline for submission of copy and there are young people out there photos is noon the Thursday two how bad the opposing party is. live from the President’s House on weeks before publication date. and people who care what goes campus. Telephone: 401-456-8090 Fax: 401-456-8887

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Story ideas are welcome. Call 401-456-8090 or email [email protected]. POLITICAL STRATEGIST James Carville (right) answers a question while conservative commentator Tucker Carlson (left) and mod- erator Frank Coletta listen to the response. WHAT’S NEWS @ Rhode Island College, March 6, 2006 — Page RIC student Alexander Henao receives award at White House

IC freshman Alexander Henao was recognized for Rhis exemplary involve- ment in Brown University’s Art- sLiteracy Project in a White House ceremony in January. The ArtsLiteracy Project was one of 17 youth arts and humanities programs to receive the 2005 Com- ing Up Taller Award, which recog- nizes outstanding community arts and humanities programs that celebrate the creativity of America’s youth. “Having the opportunity to go to the White House was something unimaginable,” said Henao. “I never thought that I would get the chance to participate in something of that magnitude. It was an unfor- gettable experience that has only pushed me even harder to accomplish the personal goals that I have set forth for my future.” The project, which aims to ex- COMING UP TALLER: Eileen Landay (second from left) and RIC student Alexander Henao (third from left) from the ArtsLiteracy plore and create innovative ap- Project at Brown University accept the Coming Up Taller Award from Bruce Cole, chairman of the National Endowment for the proaches to arts and literacy education, was awarded $10,000 for Humanities, and First Lady Laura Bush at the White House on Jan. 25. (Photo by Steven E. Purcell) its achievements during the White Laura Bush. The program focuses on profes- texts. House event. Based in the education dept. at sional and curriculum development More than 250 nominations were Eileen Landay, project founder Brown University, the ArtsLiteracy for teachers and artists and on received for the 2005 Coming Up and clinical professor of English Project has provided opportunities enhancing students’ literacy devel- Taller Awards. Coming Up Taller education at Brown, accepted the for collaboration among teachers, opment through performance and is an initiative of the President’s award, presented by First Lady artists and students since 1998. analytical work around challenging Committee on the Arts and the Hu- manities.

RIC grad receives American Angela E. Oh to speak at Star of Teaching award Dialogue on Diversity event Rick Hopper ’79, a teacher at award,” said Hopper. “It was great Hampden Meadows School in Bar- to be recognized for raising student April 12 rington, was the recent recipient achievement.” of the American Star of Teaching “In our culture we like to give The RIC Dialogue on Di- award. Hopper graduated from RIC awards to individuals, but in my versity’s 11th annual Spring with a BS degree in elementary situation, I was lucky enough Lecture will feature author, at- education, with a concentration in to work with a fantastic team of torney and educator Angela E. special education. teachers over the past 13 years,” Oh on Wednesday, April 12, at The award is given yearly to one Hopper said. 12:30 p.m. in Gaige Hall audi- teacher in each state, and is a result According to Hopper, one of the torium. of the No Child Left Behind Act. best things RIC had to offer its education majors was the opportunity Oh will speak on the topic to gain valuable hands-on teaching “Asian American Issues, Con- experience through collaboration cerns and Political Realities.” with the Henry Barnard School Over the past 19 years, Oh (HBS) on the College’s campus. has been a trial lawyer and The HBS is a laboratory school for founder of a firm that provides teacher preparation, which holds civil and criminal representa- pre-school through fifth grade tion. She is currently working classrooms. Hopper said that be- on a project on gang-violence cause of this, he was very comfort- prevention strategies for the ANGELA E. OH able in the classroom setting by the California attorney general’s of- King Hall, the University of time he graduated from RIC. fice. She also serves as a trainer California, Davis School of Law, He cites James Betres and Rich- on race and gender discrimina- where she received her juris ard Greene of the elementary edu- tion for public, private and non- doctorate, and UCLA, where she cation dept., as well as Anthony profit organizations. earned her bachelor’s and mas- RICK HOPPER ’79 Antosh and the late Paul Sherlock In 1997, Oh was appointed to an advisory board for President ter’s degrees. In 2004, Oh was Hopper was selected for his role of the special education dept. as Clinton that examined race rela- named to the Hall of Fame at the in raising student achievement and professors who influenced his ca- tions in the United States. She UCLA School of Public Health. test scores, as well as keeping stu- reer path and education. has been a frequent contributor She is also an ordained priest, dents interested in learning. This is Hopper recalls frequent discus- to publications such as the Los Zen Buddhist-Rinzai sect. the second year in which the award sions as an undergraduate with his Angeles Times, Los Angeles The lecture is free and open to has been given. peers on how they would have a Sentinel, California Minority the public. A panel of former teachers at the positive impact on their future stu- Attorney Report, and KoreAm For further information, con- Department of Education in Wash- dents. Journal. Her book, Open: One tact Dialogue on Diversity com- ington, D.C., choose each state’s “Many of my classmates and Woman’s Journey, was pub- mittee co-chairs Aaron Bruce winner after carefully reviewing I were attracted to education be- lished in 2002. (401-456-8791), Elizabeth nominations submitted by faculty, cause we wanted to make a differ- Oh was presented with dis- Rowell (401-456-8563), or Tony students and parents. Hopper was ence,” Hopper said. tinguished alumni awards from Teng (401-456-8640). nominated by a student’s parent. And as the winner of the Ameri- “I was very honored to receive can Star of Teaching award, he the American Star of Teaching has. Page — WHAT’S NEWS @ Rhode Island College, March 6, 2006 NEWS FROM THE Foundation and Alumni Offices Annual Fund … every donation makes a difference Year-round, the Alumni Association di- many to accomplish this goal. With participa- • RIC Alumni Children Academic Award rects Annual Fund contributions to support a tion from all alumni and friends, the College • RIC Graduate Award wide range of initiatives. Each and every gift can provide enhanced resources and support to helps provide this critical funding. Over the students, alumni and the Rhode Island College Full descriptions of scholarships are available past five years, the Annual Fund has provided community, remaining true to its tradition of on the Alumni Association web page at http:// $1,204,512 to help fund scholarships, alumni offering an excellent education at an affordable www2.ric.edu/alumni/scholarships.php. programming, faculty development, the E-News cost. For more information please call the Alumni online newsletter, alumni publications, and The Alumni Association offers merit-based Association at 401-456-8086 or email alumni@ other initiatives not covered by state funds or scholarships in the following categories: ric.edu. tuition. • Rhode Island College Freshman Award To make an Annual Fund gift online go to The Annual Fund needs to be fully replen- www.ric.edu/givenow. ished each year and relies on the generosity of • RIC Alumni Scholarship RIC on the Road… Florida

A trip to Florida in late January is always nice but more so when you Class of 1947 won the prize again for best class attendance (six) with the get to spend some time with alumni and friends of the College. Almost Class of 1954, 1955 and 1958 having five class members in attendance. 125 guests attended our two events in Boca Raton and Punta Gorda. RIC on the Road will be back in Florida on March 11 in Orlando, and Wileen Taber Coyne ’55 hosted us at the Broken Sound Club in Boca. in New York City on April 5 (see below). The surprise dessert was an individual serving of chocolate mousse with a piece of white chocolate with the College logo on it. Each plate had For alumni interested in learning more about the alumni board and Rhode Island College 1854 drizzled in chocolate. It was a masterpiece committee work, we are hosting an information session on Thursday, (see photo)! At that event we had classes from 1942-2004 represented. March 30 at 5:30 p.m. in the Alumni Office. Please call Ellie O’Neill at Ennis Bisbano ’55 made the arrangements for us in Punta Gorda. The 401-456-8460 for information.

REUNION in PUNTA GORDA: Classmates of the Class of 1958 (left to right) are Pat REUNION in Boca Raton: Wileen Taber Coyne ’55 and College Presi- Dalton Tullman, Sara Quinn Hill, Robert Berlam, Judith Dodd Giblin, and Phyllis McDole dent John Nazarian ’54 with the surprise dessert. Tracy.

RIC ON THE ROAD! Our visit to Florida coincides with NEW YORK the 2006 Tampa Bay Invitational CITY REUNION Rhode Island College President John Nazarian and The Rhode Island College Baseball and Softball the Alumni Association invite our FLORIDA alumni teams will be participating in games throughout President John Nazarian and the and friends to join us for a reception. the Orlando and Tampa areas beginning Alumni Association invite you to a Friday, March 10 through Thursday, March 16. reception for our New York area Saturday, March 11, 2006 alumni and friends! 5:30-7:30 p.m. Information and schedule of games can be found at http://www.ric.edu/athletics/ or by calling (401) 456-8007. Orlando World Center Marriott Wednesday, April 5, 2006 Resort & Convention Center 6-8 p.m. On Saturday, March 11 we invite you 8701 World Center Drive The Roosevelt Hotel Orlando, Florida to join us for a baseball game. Palm Room Rhode Island College vs. Bentley College, 2 p.m. At the reception, information will be available regarding Disney Wide World of Sports Complex a Florida alumni chapter. Madison Avenue at 45th Street Disney World New York City Please RSVP to the alumni office by Monday, March 6, 2006. For planning purposes, Please RSVP by please call (401) 456-8086 Wednesday, March 29. (401) 456-8086 or alumni @ric.edu or e-mail [email protected] if you are interested For directions, please contact the hotel at (407) 239-4200 in attending the game. Contact us: 401-456-8086, or visit www.marriottworldcenter.com fax: 401-456-8851, email: [email protected], or return response card. WHAT’S NEWS @ Rhode Island College, March 6, 2006 — Page orld at W R This regular feature of What’s News looks at the links between the world and Rhode Island College. The e I story below was written by Dena M. Janson, cataloging librarian and assistant professor in the James P. h C Adams Library at RIC. T

A number of years ago I traded jobs with As time permitted I kept traveling, and there nications with scholars in England, Wales and an English librarian and was working at the were many more Cistercian ruins in Lancashire Hungary. Using these libraries, numerous online University of Central Lancashire in Preston. I and nearby Yorkshire for me to explore. I catalogs, indexes, and websites has improved joined a walking group and one place we visited started looking into the history of these abbeys my research skills and my professional cata- was Tintern Abbey in Wales. After a train ride and what began as an interest grew into an an- loging skills (I specialize in providing access and a long walk in the pouring rain, we went notated bibliography, The Cistercian Order in to music, sound recordings, videos, kits, and down a hill, and there before us was one of the England and Wales from 1128 through the Dis- other non-print materials through the creation of most beautiful set of ruins I had ever seen. The solution, with 3000 entries to date! metadata for the HELIN catalog.) Cistercians, the order to which Tintern Abbey Tracking down items for the bibliography An added bonus has been that I have been belonged, were known as the white monks and has occasioned visits to the British Library, the able to travel around England and Wales visit- were noted for their strict observance of the National Library of Wales, and libraries at the ing the remains of Cistercian sites and indulg- Benedictine rule and for living “far from the University of Cambridge and York Minster, ating in my hobby of landscape photography. concourse of man.” tendance at conferences in Wales and commu-

Brown University, Johnson and The new initia- RIC-Hope Wales University, the Rhode Island tives are important, Continued from p 1 School of Design and Roger Wil- according to Naz- liams University are also collabo- arian, because the rating with Hope on educational current number of that forging partnerships with Prov- improvement programs. RISD and college graduates idence public schools is “a com- Johnson and Wales had already is insufficient to mitment that’s central to our work been working in partnership with sustain and expand as a school of education located in Hope, in the art and technology this century’s in- Providence.” areas respectively. formation-based economy. “What we must do – what Partners in learning: RIC and Hope High School must serve as the The Center for High School Renewal, an initiative between RIC and Hope High, will foundation of the provide a bevy of educational opportunities for the high school’s teachers, students, state’s educational and parents. Program elements for the spring 2006 semester include: program – is what HOPE HIGH AND RIC ALUMNI: A partnership between RIC • Tutoring at Hope by RIC secondary education students, while a faculty member is happening here and Hope High School is good news to the three Hope princi- works with Hope teachers. at Hope High pals, all RIC grads. (Left to right) Wayne Montague MEd ’82, • The School to College and Career mentoring program for Hope students inter- School: the gradu- Scott Sutherland ‘81, and Arthur Petrosinelli ’87. ested in careers in education. ation of college- • Two free graduate courses for teachers, offered at Hope after school hours. One is ready students and Hope High School.” the first course in the ESL endorsement; the Feinstein School plans to offer the en- job-ready students with the skills Providence Mayor David Cicil- tire set of courses for the endorsement and to endorse about half of the more than to succeed in today’s economy,” line stressed the need to create a 190 teachers at Hope. said Nazarian. school culture where learning is • A general education distribution course for Hope juniors and seniors for college Donnie Evans, Providence su- paramount, and said one of his credit. Parents are encouraged to take the course with their children. perintendent of schools, lauded priorities was “continuing to build • A RIC leadership faculty/Hope Leadership Academy collaboration to help define an the higher education institutions bridges between schools and public identity and build a school culture. involved in the partnerships for and private higher education insti- • The inclusion of Hope teachers in the history and social sciences seminar funded by “building a web of support around tutions.” the Rhode Island Teacher Education Renewal grant. Welcome & Information Center debuts A ribbon-cutting ceremony on Feb. 15 launched RIC’s Welcome & Information Center, a new, more extensive version of the former Student Union Information Desk. The center offers students and visitors to the campus a broad range of information and services: a campus map, College catalog, course listings, campus-wide de- partmental materials, access to the RICal- endar, lost and found, student organization mailboxes and key access, photocopy machine, campus phone, tickets and sign- ups for events, directions to campus, and Rhode Island tourism Information. The center will also have staff on hand to answer questions. The creation of a more centralized resource center resulted from an Enrollment Management Task Force recommendation, said Kristen Salemi ’86, interim director of the Campus Center. “Since our facility was already providing limited, but similar services, the President suggested that we extend it to serve as the Welcome & RIBBON CUTTING: An opening ceremony helps introduce the new Welcome & Information Center in the Student Union lobby. (Left Information Center for the College,” she explained. to right) are Gary Penfield, VP for student affairs; Ivy Denise Locke, VP for administration and finance; Dan King, VP for academic The center is open Monday through affairs; Beth O’Day, Welcome & Information Center student employee; Kristen Salemi ’86, interim director of the Campus Center; Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Rachel Desmarais, Welcome & Information Center student employee; John Nazarian, RIC President; and James McCroskery, as- Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. sistant VP for academic affairs. Page — WHAT’S NEWS @ Rhode Island College, March 6, 2006 RIC Athletic News

FROM THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR’S DESK Florida – here come the Anchormen and Anchorwomen!

• Though the winter • The College will be playing host in March to the Little East Con- Donald E. Tencher sports seasons are still ference’s CEO Meeting and the Conference’s Student-Athlete Advisory not over, some of our Committee. President Nazarian will be welcoming all of the chief execu- Director of Athletics thoughts have turned to tive officers on campus. The Student-Athlete Advisory Committee will spring. All of the spring be meeting at the Marriott in Providence. athletic teams have been working out since early February, with the men’s baseball and women’s softball teams heading south during spring break. In conjunction with our southern swing, President Nazarian and the Alumni As- sociation, along with the athletic department, will be hosting a reception for alumni and friends on Saturday, March 11 at the Marriott World Center in Orlando (See page 4 for details). • The men’s basketball team is currently ranked eighth in New England and has received an ECAC playoff berth. • Congratulations to men’s basketball player Kamari Williams who scored his 1,000th point in a game against the University of Southern Maine. • Congratulations to men’s soccer player Kyle Teixeira who was honored by the Rhode Island sports writer’s organization, Word’s Unlimited, as the co-winner of the Cullen Small College Achievement Award for shattering all of RIC’s scoring records, and leading the team to the New England ECAC title. The award is named after Rhode Island College SCORING MILESTONE: Gary Penfield (left), RIC vice president for student affairs, and alumnus Vin Cullen ’55. RIC President John Nazarian (right) present junior guard Kamari Williams of the men’s • The Providence Gridiron Club has just announced that College basketball team with the game ball he used to score his 1,000th career point at a President John Nazarian has been selected to receive the Larry Gallogly ceremony prior to the Feb. 18 game vs. UMass Boston in The Murray Center. Williams Humanitarian Award. The award dinner will be on May 10. More details achieved this milestone vs. Southern Maine on Feb. 11, becoming the 26th member of forthcoming. the RIC Men’s Basketball 1,000 Point Club. SPORTS Events March 8 - April 10

Baseball Women’s Lacrosse Fri. March 10 vs. Saint John Fisher # 2:30 p.m. Mon. March 13 at University of New England 1 p.m. Sat. March 11 vs. Bentley # 2 p.m. Thurs. March 16 at Curry 4 p.m. Sun. March 12 vs. Transylvania # (DH) Noon Sat. March 18 at M.I.T. 1 p.m. Tues. March 14 vs. Mount St. Joseph # 10:30 a.m. Wed. March 22 at Nichols 3:30 p.m. Wed. March 15 vs. Framingham State # (DH) 9:30 a.m. Tues. March 28 Elms 3:30 p.m. Thurs. March 16 vs. St. Joseph’s # (DH) 9:30 a.m. Thurs. March 30 Roger Williams 3:30 p.m. Sun. March 19 Thomas (DH) Noon Sat. April 1 at Bridgewater State Noon Tues. March 21 at Roger Williams 3 p.m. Mon. April 3 at Salve Regina 4 p.m. Thurs. March 23 Salve Regina 3 p.m. Wed. April 5 at UMass Dartmouth * 4 p.m. Sat. March 25 Mass. College Sat. April 8 Keene State College * 1 p.m. of Liberal Arts (DH) Noon Tues. March 28 Coast Guard 3 p.m. Men’s Tennis Thurs. March 30 at Salem State 3 p.m. Thurs. March 23 at Roger Williams 3:30 p.m. Sat. April 1 Southern Maine * (DH) Noon Sat. March 25 Clark Noon Mon. April 3 Bridgewater State 3:30 p.m. Sun. March 26 Becker Noon Thurs. April 6 UMass Dartmouth * 3:30 p.m. Tues. March 28 Coast Guard 3:30 p.m. Sat. April 8 at Keene State * (DH) Noon Thurs. March 30 at Endicott 3:30 p.m. Sat. April 1 at Salem State * 1 p.m. Softball Mon. April 3 Nichols 3:30 p.m. Sun. March 12 vs. Bridgewater State + 8:50 a.m. Wed. April 6 at Curry 3:30 p.m. Sun. March 12 vs. Simpson + 12:30 p.m. Mon. March 13 vs. Wisconsin – River Falls + 4:10 p.m. Men’s & Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Mon. March 13 vs. Benedictine + 6 p.m. Sat. March 25 at Snowflake Classic 10 a.m. Wed. March 15 vs. Denison + 10:40 a.m. Sat. April 1 RIC Invitational 10 a.m. Wed. March 15 vs. Saint Norbert + 12:30 p.m. Sat. April 8 at Bryant College Invit. 10 a.m. Thurs. March 16 vs. Wisconsin - La Crosse + 2:20 p.m. Thurs. March 16 vs. Wisconsin - Platteville + 6 p.m. Men’s Golf Fri. March 17 vs. Anderson + 8:50 a.m. Fri. March 17 vs. Plattsburgh State + 10:40 a.m. Mon. April 10 Worcester State & Becker Noon Thurs. March 23 at Roger Williams (DH) 4 p.m. Tues. March 28 at Wheaton (DH) 2 p.m. * Little East Conference game Sat. April 1 at Southern Maine * (DH) 1 p.m. # Tampa Bay Invitational game Tues. April 4 Bridgewater State (DH) 3:30 p.m. + Rebel Spring Tournament game Thurs. April 6 Curry (DH) 3:30 p.m. Sat. April 8 Keene State * (DH) 1 p.m. Log on to www.ric.edu/athletics for updated schedules and results. WHAT’S NEWS @ Rhode Island College, March 6, 2006 — Page 10th Annual RIC men’s basketball selected Sports and for ECAC Tournament For the second consecutive during the regular season. Memorabilia season, the RIC men’s basketball In the Little East Conference squad was chosen to compete in tournament, the third-seeded An- the upcoming Eastern College Ath- chormen defeated sixth-seeded Auction letic Conference (ECAC) Division Western Connecticut at home, III New England Men’s Basketball 63-58, in the first round. RIC lost Tournament. Last year, RIC lost in the semifinals to second-seeded to Wheaton in the championship UMass Boston, 76-70. The game Thursday, April 27 game. was hosted by top-seeded Keene The team is 17-9 overall and was State, which fell to UMass Boston 9-5 in the Little East Conference in the title contest. 7 p.m. The Radisson at the Airport Hotel TEIXEIRA HONORED: in Warwick Vin Cullen ’55 (left) 2081 Post Road presents RIC senior Kyle Teixeira of the men’s soccer team with the Vin Cullen Small College Achieve- ment Award at the annual Words Unlimited Call 401-456-8007 Banquet, held Feb. 19 at the Radisson Airport for tickets or buy Hotel in Warwick. them at the door.

Nursing honor society holds induction and awards ceremony, local chapter celebtrates 25th anniversary with gala Rhode Island College nursing is essential; completion may never students and nurse leaders were be achieved, but progress is pos- inducted into the Sigma Theta sible; and satisfaction is but a brief Tau International Honor Society respite until the next patient ar- of Nursing in a ceremony held rives.” last December at the Quonset Sigma Theta Tau International ‘O’ Club in North Kingstown. is an organization of nurse lead- The new members were inducted ers, scholars and researchers. The through Delta Upsilon Chapter honor society, founded at Indiana at-Large. University in 1922, currently has Also at the event, RIC students 431 chapters at 515 college and Amanda Wood and Charlene university campuses worldwide. Draleau were award winners. It is committed to improving the Wood earned a Delta Upsilon health of the public by advancing Chapter Scholarship, and Dral- nursing science. eau received the Francine Brem Membership in the society is Award for exemplifying passion awarded to bachelor’s, master’s NURSING INDUCTEES: Among the new members of the Sigma Theta Tau Interna- for pediatric nursing. and doctoral degree candidates In November, Delta Upsilon with high scholastic averages, and tional Honor Society of Nursing are (from left) RIC students Christopher Hannan, Chapter at-Large celebrated its to graduates of nursing programs Cheryl Garvin and Nicole Ferreira, who are joined by Patricia Quigley, RIC faculty 25th anniversary at a gala held at who have made outstanding lead- member and faculty counselor for the society’s Delta Upsilon Chapter at-Large. Kirkbrae Country Club in Lin- ership contributions to nursing. The induction ceremony was held last December at the Quonset ‘O’ Club in North coln. The Delta Upsilon Chapter at- Kingstown. Patricia Quigley, faculty coun- Large has inducted more than selor for the chapter and assistant 2,000 members and has an active Maribeth Angell Amanda F. Lawton professor of nursing at RIC, membership of over 700. The Elizabeth A. Archambeault Lenard R. Lemieux received the Chapter Service chapter was twice awarded the Margaret Okankai Browne Nicole M. Neirinckx Award. Sigma Theta Tau Key Award for Christine A. Carpenter, RN Michelle K. Orcutt Jane Williams, chair of the Chapter Excellence, and received Jill Marie Cribari Nicole T. Orlando Kate Christine Dolan Sharon A. Pietros Dept. of Nursing at RIC, ad- the Sigma Theta Award for Heri- Charlene P. Draleau, RN Lorraine E. Potter-Cooper, RN dressed attendees in support of tage. Tine R. Egan Pamela B. Reid Delta Upsilon, and spoke about For further information on Nicole F. Ferreira Jamie L. Rocha achieving excellence in nursing induction as a student or nurse Sandra L. Fournier, RN Susan R. Ulmschneider, RN care. “The professional goal is leader, visit www.rinursingsociety. Rebecca A. Garofalo, RN Jennifer A. Vaillant to continue to strive for what is org, or contact Patricia Quigley at Cheryl A. Garvin Kerri R. Wolfe Galina Gladkova Amanda L. Wood ultimately beyond reach: perfec- [email protected]. Diane Marie Gomes, RN tion, completion and satisfac- RIC students inducted into Sig- Christopher C. Hannan Nurse leaders inducted: tion,” said Williams. “Perfection ma Theta Tau International Honor Shabnam Hashemi Alice C. Brady, RN is unattainable, but best practice Society of Nursing: Sarah Rose M. Lamport Margaret Neubauer, RN Page — WHAT’S NEWS @ Rhode Island College, March 6, 2006 Daddy’s Roommate author Michael Looking Back... Willhoite at RIC Here at What’s News, we will feature historical photos from the College’s past. Please go to your scrap- Michael Willhoite, author, il- books and send us photos with as much information as possible. All photos will be handled carefully and lustrator, and creator of the highly returned to sender. Send to: Rhode Island College, Office of News and Public Relations, Kauffman Center, controversial book – Daddy’s Providence, RI 02908. Roommate – will speak about his life and work on April 6 at 5 p.m. in Alger Hall, room 110. His presentation, “Daddy, Frank, and Me – and the First Amend- ment: My Adventures in Being Banned,” is co-sponsored by Friends of the James P. Adams Library and funded by a College Lecture Grant. Willhoite, a noted caricaturist who has authored and illustrated books for children and adults, was chosen as a speaker to help celebrate the library’s collection of “gay friendly” children’s books. His 1990 children’s story Dad- dy’s Roommate, a fictional account of a boy whose divorced father lives with his gay partner, was number two on the American Li- USUALLY in this space we look back at students from past years. But for this issue we present a photo of the Campus brary Association’s list of the 100 Center staff from 1993. Thousands of alumni and hundreds of current students will recognize most members of this quin- most challenged books from 1990- tet. From left: Mark Paolucci ’85, assistant director for operations and services of the center; Vincent Flemming, director 2000. of food services; Kristen King ’86, coordinator of student activities; Doug Cureton ’80, director of student activities; and Adams library at RIC has many Brian Allen, director of the Campus Center. To bring you up to date: Doug Cureton left the College in 1994 and now runs of Willhoite’s books on reserve. a consulting business and a gelato shop in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Brian Allen retired from the College last year. And Kristen (now Kristen Salemi, the wife of Alan Salemi, director of aquatics in the Recreation Center) is interim director of the Cam- For more information, pus Center. contact Elizabeth Rowell at (401) 456-8563. — — — — — — — In Memoriam — — —— — — — Peter Harman, RIC educator for 34 years Peter W. Harman, pro- director of the computer center. Harman earned Harman graduated with a bachelor’s degree in fessor emeritus of eco- numerous awards, including the Fulbright-Hays industrial management from Purdue University, nomics and computer in- Scholarship, RIC’s Alumni Association’s staff a master’s in business from Butler University, formation systems, died on award, and was recognized for his exceptional and a PhD from the University of North Caro- Feb. 17, at Brigham and service to the College. He received The Davis lina. Women’s Hospital, after a Harris Teaching Award from his peers as a trib- He is survived by his wife, Becky Home, a long battle with cancer. He ute to his unique teaching style. He was granted daughter and son. A memorial service celebrat- was 67. emeriti status following his retirement in 2005. ing his life was held on campus Feb. 23. Harman joined RIC’s Harman was a founding member of the RIC Donations to establish the Peter W. Harman faculty in 1971 as an assis- faculty/staff golf league and served as a mentor Scholarship Fund at RIC can be made to the PETER HARMAN tant professor of econom- to the men’s golf team. He was also a member of Rhode Island College Foundation, 600 Mt. ics. In 1981, he became RIC’s Circuit League. Pleasant Ave., Providence, RI 02908. John Finger, retired RIC professor, nationally-known desegregation figure

John A. Finger Jr., professor Defense Fund, and as a court ap- off and far healthier if we can bring 1942 and served in the South Pa- emeritus of education, passed away pointed desegregation consultant in about equality.” cific during World War II, earning at his home in Pawtucket on Jan. Charlotte, Detroit, Oklahoma City, In addition to his tenure at RIC, the rank of lieutenant commander 29 after a long illness. He was 85. Denver, Dayton and many other Finger taught and serving as commanding officer Finger was an active member of cities. at Brown of the floating dry dock USS ARD the College faculty from 1965-88, In the early 70s, school deseg- and Colgate 16. serving as director of testing at the regation became a volatile issue, universities. He was a member of the First Center for Evaluation and Research with Finger receiving frequent Prior to that, Unitarian Church, where he was (CERRIC), in addition to his teach- media attention. On Aug. 28, 1970, he was a treasurer for many years. He was ing duties. He was also one of The Charlotte Observer of North seventh- and on the board of the Rhode Island the founders of Upward Bound at Carolina had this front-page head- eighth-grade Affiliate of the American Civil Rhode Island College. line: “Board Votes To Open Most mathematics Liberties Union, and was named In the 1960s and 70s, Finger Schools On Sept. 9 Under the Fin- teacher for ACLU Civil Libertarian of the became a nationally-known expert ger Plan.” schools in Year in 1991. on school desegregation issues and In a March 1970 page one ar- JOHN FINGER Vermont and Finger is survived by his wife, the creator of the so-called “Finger ticle about school integration in Massachu- Mary, five children, seven grand- Plan,” which integrated schools by the Providence Journal’s Evening setts, and spent two years as prin- children and several nieces and reconstituting the mix of students Bulletin, Finger said, “The trouble cipal of Central School in Alton, nephews. in a classroom to reflect racial bal- with some people is that they don’t N.H. Gifts in his memory can be made ance. One way this was achieved see the long-term benefit (of inte- He received a bachelor’s degree to the ACLU Foundation of RI, was through busing, a highly con- gration). They see the immediate from the Massachusetts Institute of 128 Dorrance St., Suite 220, Provi- troversial aspect of the move to consequences: their child is going Technology and a doctorate from dence, RI 02903; or to Home and desegregate. to ride a school bus, and they are Harvard University’s Graduate Hospice Care of RI, 169 George During this period, Finger of- concerned. What they don’t see is School of Education. St., Pawtucket, RI 02860. ten worked with NAACP Legal that our society will be far better Finger enlisted in the Navy in WHAT’S NEWS @ Rhode Island College, March 6, 2006 — Page

FACES of RIC ve Salcedo ’01 earned BA Eventually, never touched By the summer of 2003, he had degrees in sociology and Salcedo entered a stage or page parted ways with The Style Council Ographic design at Rhode his brother’s like this was a and began to work independently Island College. However, his life’s apartment one surprising one as a full-time performance artist. path has taken an unexpected turn last time. There, – a standing Salcedo has been working on a since graduation day – into the he found his ovation. And at film set to arrive in theatres some- world of spoken word. brother’s rhyme that moment the time soon about the spoken word Spoken word is a form of artistic books, or the artist in me was called Sp!t. It is a docu-drama performance in which lyrics are “Ziiinc Bibles” born,” said Sal- about the lives of four young po- spoken rather than sung. Perfor- as his brother cedo. ets: Shihan, Mollie (both of Los mances are often given with a mu- had called them, In the past two Angeles), Salcedo, and Al Be Back sical background, but the emphasis in which he had years, Salcedo (both of New York City). The is always on the speaker, who reads written short has performed film explores the world of spoken either previously-published poems stories, raps, at the Nuyorican word and slam poetry while giving or those specifically written to be and poems. Poets Cafe, the audiences a look at the personal performed aloud. “Once they Apollo Theatre, struggles of these poets. Sp!t cre- His first job after graduating was were in my Poetry in Mo- ated a buzz at the Pan African Film at a design studio in New York City hands I imme- tion (in the UK), Festival, where it recently had its called The Style Council. He had diately felt his and numerous world premiere. been with the studio for three years presence, his colleges and uni- Salcedo hopes that the film will when he received a phone call that power, his spirit versities across inspire young people to find their he says changed his life forever. entering my America. voices through their art. It was 2002 when Salcedo’s body,” Salcedo Ove Salcedo ’01 In 2002, Sal- Salcedo said that RIC provided girlfriend at the time gave him said. His shirt features the image of his late brother, cedo’s website, him with a positive, inspiring envi- the tragic news: his only brother, The follow- Carlos “Ziiinc Blue” Salcedo. (Photo by Antho- Mocaarts.com ronment, and he credits his design Carlos “Ziiinc Blue” Salcedo, had ing month, ny “Thosh” Collins) was launched. professors with adding to this expe- committed suicide. Salcedo found The word rience by being open-minded and For Salcedo, the week of his himself on a train one night, writ- “Moca” in the website’s name encouraging his self-expression. brother’s death was not only devas- ing for the first time. He soon pays homage to the city in the Do- And as Salcedo says, “expression tating, but symbolic. decided to bring this poetic work minican Republic where he lived is key to being free in life.” “When my brother passed, it about his love for The Big Apple to briefly as a child. For more information on Ove rained so heavily that entire week. the Nuyorican Poets Café in New “It’s as if to say that ‘Moca’ is Salcedo and his work, visit Mo- It was as if the earth was crying for York City. the birthplace of my ‘arts,’” said caarts.com and Myspace.com/ us,” said Salcedo. “The result for a person that has Salcedo. Oveous.

Steve Imber recalls 30 years of trust Gewirtz Symposium March 9 to feature with respect to three bases of trust: that is still used and studied around BY reliability, emotionality and hon- the world today. EMILY’s List Christopher Farrell ’07 esty. The scale then correlates the “I hated statistics, but Dr. Rob- Staff Writer results to the grades children earn ert Gable introduced me to the regional director in school. Imber related his own computer and other instruction on A sense of nostalgia recently childhood experience as a way to how to compute my formula. I was The second annual Nancy struck Steve Imber, professor of validate the work. using the tools the college had to Gewirtz Symposium will offer a special education at Rhode Island “I was never a studious student advance my theory,” Imber said. presentation by Kate Coyne-Mc- College, when his internationally in school until I had this history It was a man everyone called Coy MSW ’87, regional director of recognized Imber Child Trust Scale teacher in eighth grade that be- “Pappy” or, A.J. Pappanikou, a the national political organization resurfaced 30 years after its first came my favorite teacher,” he said. professor of special education, EMILY’s List. The event, in honor publication. The work was a foun- “I remember working extra hard who would guide Imber while he of Social Work Month, will be held dation in what would become his for him and receiving an A in the toyed with submitting his work to Thursday, March 9, at 4 p.m. in the future career class. I thought if I could do this in the Journal of Education and So- RIC School of Social Work Atrium. in educa- one class, I can do it in all,” said cial Psychology. Coyne-McCoy’s topic, “New tion, and is a Imber. “(Pappy) was very worried, be- Paths for Political Action and So- testament to In fact the idea for the study cause even doctors from Harvard cial Change,” will focus on politi- what under- originally began as an opportunity and Yale have a tough time getting cal action networks, with emphasis graduates can presented to Imber by a mentor, accepted. Why would they accept on the need for women to take part accomplish and tennis partner, while he attend- a work from a graduate student at in the political process on local and by using the ed the University of Buffalo, N.Y. UConn?” said Imber. national levels. She will address tools provid- “I was taking a class with Dr. They did, and in October 1973, fundraising, recruiting women can- ed to them by Allen Waterman when he advised his first semester teaching at RIC, didates, helping women build and me to see another professor who STEVE IMBER their college. the Imber Child Trust Scale was run effective campaign organiza- The article became my informal advisor, Dr. published. tions, training the next generation appeared in the June 2005 issue James Marcia. He had done some Since then, the Imber Child of activists, and mobilizing women of the British Journal of Develop- beginning work on Eric Erickson Trust Scale has appeared in over a voters to help elect progressive mental Psychology. Ken J. Roten- which, combined with my idea for dozen publications worldwide. candidates across the nation. berg (et. al) of Keele University a trust scale, aided me in evolving What started as an idea for an my theory,” Imber said. The symposium is sponsored by constructed another version of a undergraduate student to explore the School of Social Work and the children’s trust scale using Imber’s Imber would go on to work with became a published study that has Marcia throughout his undergradu- school’s alumni council. It was cre- work as a starting point, as well as stood the test of time. ated in 2005 in memory of Nancy a reoccurring reference throughout ate career. While attending the It proves the words so often University of Connecticut for his Gewirtz, noted social justice ad- the study. heard that if you put your mind to vocate, professor of social work at Both trust scales assess children’s graduate studies, he used a class it, you can accomplish anything. that he dreaded – statistics – to RIC, and co-founder and director of trust in four areas of relationships Steve Imber certainly did. the College’s Poverty Institute. (mother, father, teacher and peer) compute his results into a formula Page 10 — WHAT’S NEWS @ Rhode Island College, March 6, 2006 Exploring the Arctic: revisiting Sir John Franklin’s lost expedition

BY found myself working as a consul- Russell Potter, tant on their documentary, reading over scripts and suggesting ap- Professor of English proaches to the subject. Of course, they would want to film some of the sites associated with Franklin’s In April of 2004, Russell Potter expedition; where would I suggest traveled to the Canadian Arctic they go? I mentioned Beechey Is- for a documentary about the mys- land, the tiny, ice-bound speck of tery surrounding the disappear- land where Franklin’s crews had ance of British explorer Sir John spent their first winter, and where Franklin while on a sailing expe- the graves of three of his sailors dition in 1845. Here is his story. still stand to this day. There was also King William Island, the place or many years, I’ve had a where, after being forced to aban- passionate interest in the don their ships in the ice, Franklin’s Fhistory of Arctic explora- sailors had begun a long march tion. I’d spent countless hours in over land, hoping to find their way research in libraries all over the to some outpost of civilization. Not world, written several articles and one of Franklin’s 128 men ever a book on the subject, and, since made it back, but on King William 1998, taught a Core Four course, Island many of their personal ef- Interior of a large snow-house in Gjoa Haven. “Northern Exposures,” here at fects had been found, along with a Rhode Island College, all about few skeletons scattered in the snow. was inclined to agree. of the airplane was used for cargo, this fascinating era. And yet I had Certainly, that would be an impor- The filming was scheduled for with only a few rows of seats for never been to the Arctic myself. tant place to film, I suggested. April of 2004, right in the midst of passengers at the rear. At least, on The expense – a single round-trip I was a bit embarrassed to admit classes; I had to work to get sub- this leg of the journey, there was flight to the Canadian Arctic costs to the producers that, although I’d stitutes to cover my schedule. For still a bathroom and in-flight food upwards of $10,000 – and the spent years studying these loca- my “Northern Exposures” class, I service. The flight took me to Yel- difficulty of finding accommoda- tions, I’d never been there myself. hit upon the idea of continuing the lowknife, capital of the Northwest tions in remote settlements made And yet once I did, their reaction course from the Arctic. After all, Territories; from there I boarded a such a trip a daunting proposition. was quite unexpected. “We’ll have we had a WebCT site which could, still smaller plane, with still fewer to do something about that!” said in theory at least, be reached from seats, to Cambridge Bay. Yellow- the producer in a phone call from any place in the world with an In- knife sits just on the edge of the London, “would you be willing ternet connection. I could post dai- Northern tree-line; within a few to have us fly you up there for the ly logs of my travels, and perhaps minutes after takeoff, the view out shooting?” I waited until after the even a few pictures; students could my window showed no more trees, phone call to let out a whoop of then respond with posts of their only a seemingly endless expanse excitement; it was hard to believe own. Not knowing quite whether of ice and snow. Not long before that such a thing was possible. But the whole thing would work, I reaching the next stop, we crossed first, there was much to be done; I purchased a digital camera, with a over the parallel of 66º 33’ 39’’ had to make a demo tape, and send cable that I could hook up to my of northern latitude – at last I was it overnight to their London office; trusty Mac laptop. I said goodbye truly in the Arctic. having passed my TV audition, I to my students – several of them, From Cambridge Bay it was on had to take a course in cold-weath- helpfully, had pitched in to buy me to a trusty old Twin Otter – the er safety and sign a sheaf of insur- a pack of chemical foot-warmers to “taxi of the North” – for the fi- ance waivers. If I was to freeze to ward off frostbite – and headed off nal flight to the Inuit settlement death in some remote corner of the into the unknown. of Gjoa Haven on King William Arctic, it wasn’t to be at the ex- My trip began at T.F. Green air- Island. The Twin Otter, built in pense of ITN Factual. port, with a short flight to Ottawa. the 1940s, is the perfect plane for A few weeks later, along with my From there, I had a longer flight to northern travel; it can be fitted with e-tickets, I received email instruc- Edmonton, with an overnight stay wheels, skis, or floats as weather tions about how to prepare for the before my real journey north. From requires, and its durability is the filming. I would be provided with Edmonton, I had my first taste of stuff of legend. Here, the cargo is outerwear, but was advised to bring northern air travel, a jet with a simply lashed to the floor, and as several layers of cold-weather moveable cargo bulkhead. As with many seats as needed are clamped clothing, including head-to-toe most northern flights, two-thirds into the rear of the cabin; over the wool underwear. Sunscreen of the Russell Potter on the ice of Resolute Bay. highest factor was a must – the reflected sunlight My particular interest was in the from the snow could give lost Arctic expedition of Sir John you a sunburn in less Franklin, whose two ships, the than 20 minutes. “Glacier “Erebus” and “Terror” had disap- glasses” – sunglasses with peared in 1845; the sites associ- 100 percent UV protec- ated with his expedition were even tion, dark enough to turn more remote, requiring a chartered the polar day to night helicopter or hours-long snow- – were required. We would mobile ride beyond even the most be accompanied by a distant outposts. It seemed unlikely safety officer at all times, that I would ever have the chance. among whose equip- Then, late in the summer of ment was a high-powered 2003, I received an unexpected rifle for scaring off polar email from a producer working bears. I was advised that for ITN Factual, the documentary- a bear’s reaction to my making wing of Britain’s Channel presence would depend on 4. She had come upon my mate- my “position in the bear’s rials on the Franklin expedition dominance hierarchy” on my RIC web pages, and had a – adding, helpfully, that few questions she hoped I might “unfortunately, it is hard to be able to help her answer. A few know where people fit into emails and phone calls later, I the bear’s social system.” I The hamlet of Gjoa Haven. WHAT’S NEWS @ Rhode Island College, March 6, 2006 — Page 11 Exploring the Arctic: revisiting Sir John Franklin’s lost expedition

heap of luggage, you can only see awaiting the month or two in late handheld video monitor. With all re-tell Inuit traditions on camera. the pilot’s hands (the Twin Otter’s summer when there would be open four of us crowded into the iglu According to James, white folks controls are mounted on the cockpit water. The temperature outdoors and the camera only about four feet who came to town searching for ceiling). Despite the lack of facili- was about 20 degrees below zero from my face, it was an awkward traces of Franklin were a bit of ties – no bathroom, and the in-flight – a lovely spring day! – and even beginning, but I was grateful for it a curiosity in themselves – why snack was a candy bar and bottled in my many layers, topped with the later – Louise no doubt knew that come all this way to search for the water handed out at boarding – the highest-warmth down coat avail- it would take some getting used to, remains of people who had disap- flight was quite comfortable, and able, I shivered a bit until I got and had arranged this brief filming peared a century and a half ago? the landing one of the smooth- walking. Never stand still, I found, to get me accustomed to being on Still, if they came, it might help the est I’ve ever experienced. We got was a sound principle; as long as camera. It’s a remarkable experi- fledgling tourist industry; with only out at the “airport” – a corrugated you kept moving, your body would ence, especially when shooting on one hotel, Gjoa Haven had hopes tin shack about the size of a large generate enough warmth to keep film, where every moment counts; of luring history buffs northward in living room down “South” – and you comfortable. each reel holds only 10 minutes some numbers, and bringing busi- boarded a van, one of only three or At the beach, the elders were just of film, and there’s no experience ness to local guides and suppliers. four on-road vehicles in the settle- emerging from the iglu for a coffee quite like finally nailing your lines The entrepreneurial spirit was al- ment, for the short ride into town. break; the sight of these two old only to discover that they’ve been ready in evidence, as I soon found Gjoa Haven is an Inuit settlement men, talking animatedly to each ruined by a at my hotel; despite a sign on the “run-out,” door to the upstairs declaring “NO when the end SOLICITORS,” I had knocks on of the reel is my door from the first day, with reached, or a local artisans offering whalebone “hair in the carvings, bone necklaces, and gate” (cam- sealskin shoes (all, alas prohibited eraman lingo from export). The most welcome for any for- of these visitors was a local art- eign object or ist, Danny Aaluk, who carried his speck of dust astonishing pen-and-ink drawings drawn into the in an improvised portfolio made of camera mech- two pieces of cardboard taped to- anism). gether. I eventually purchased one We shot of his pictures, though first I had many scenes to track down the town’s only cash in that iglu, machine, just installed that month moving the at the local Hudson’s Bay store. next day to A look through the narrow aisles a small vil- revealed that many things con- lage of snow- sidered staples down south were houses, again luxury items up here: bananas, $10 constructed a bunch; ground beef, $12 a pound, for us by the and even frozen vegetables at $6 a locals, at a box. fishing camp When it came to Internet access about a mile for posting my daily logs, the ho- from town. tel’s only resource was a payphone Inuit actors and crew members on the set of the documentary. This was a at the end of the hall with a built-in camp I’d heard tell of. It belonged modem jack. At $4 a minute via with a population of about 1,000; other in Inuktitut, the ancient Inuit to Louie Kamookak, a local hunter satellite phone, it would be a costly the houses are nearly all the sort of language, while they sipped tea who had directed searchers to a procedure. Fortunately, a local of- single-story prefabricated northern out of Styrofoam cups, made for number of skeletons of members ficial had a satellite internet con- homes built since the Canadian a strange blend of the traditional government started its settlement and modern. Later that evening, program in the 1950s. For a people when filming was done for the day, who hunted from seasonal camps I’d see this mixture again, visiting for thousands of years, the adjust- both the town hockey rink, packed ment to settlement life has had a with Inuit teenagers with bleached high social cost; teenage pregnancy, hair, hip-hop sweatshirts, and sun- drug abuse, and suicide are all sig- glasses, as well as the school gym- nificant issues. Nevertheless, dur- nasium, where their grandparents ing the time I was there, the people were performing traditional drum were invariably friendly and help- dances; such strange juxtapositions ful; news of the documentary had seem characteristic of settlement spread through the town, and quite life, and was something I never a number of local Inuit were work- could have imagined from afar. ing on it in some capacity. Several The drum-dancers, swaying gently of the village elders, dressed in as they bent their knees and pound- complete traditional outfits of cari- ed their enormous skin drums, bou-skin, had been hired to play the were surrounded by the latest gen- roles of Inuit in the film, while oth- eration, as small Inuit children ran ers were working to move equip- about the periphery of the gym, King William Island. ment to and from the shooting sites. ducking under tables and occasion- On my first day, after climbing ally pounding on miniature drums into my snowsuit, I went with one themselves. of the Franklin expedition at a site nection in his home, and was kind of the producers down to the town My own film experience began some miles distant just last year. enough to allow me to use it once “beach,” where the locals had built the next morning in the iglu where, Of course, the Inuit had known a day; by transferring my text and an iglu, or snow-house, for the pro- seated on a snow-bench strewn about the bones for generations photos from my iBook to my flash duction crew. It was a beach unlike with caribou skins, I was con- – but the forgetful Qallunaat (white drive, I was able to load them onto any I’d ever seen before; the water fronted with a large 16mm camera, folks, in Inuktitut) had lost track his computer and thence to the RIC was frozen solid as far as the eye the cinematographer and assistant of the site. Louie, alas, was out on WebCT site. I was delighted the could see, and the few fishing boats cameraman, and the producer, a hunting trip, but I heard plenty tied up near the shore were heaved Louise Osmond, who was watch- of tales from James Qitsualik, a up on ridges of snow and ice, ing the film as it was shot using a friend of his who had been hired to Continued on p 17 Page 12 — WHAT’S NEWS @ Rhode Island College, March 6, 2006 History Symposium to explore Florida State professor Tocqueville’s “disappearance” discusses composition in the Alexis de Tocqueville (1805- tempt to debunk the belief among 1859) has been universally recog- some American historians that Toc- 21st Century at RIC workshop nized as one of the greatest social queville abruptly disappeared from American culture at the time of the beyond paper, there are a number and political thinkers of the past of film versions of Pride and Prej- two centuries. Civil War, and made a miraculous Lauren Mesale ’06 return during World War II. udice, including one version from Now, the way his cultural influ- Staff Writer India called “Bride and Prejudice.” ence has been viewed by historians Mancini will discuss how that notion is based on uncorroborated With the second lens, Yancey will be examined in RIC’s 43rd reminded us not to overlook al- annual History Symposium, Thurs- suppositions and advanced by el- What exactly is composition? Is ementary errors in logic. He will it a perfectly polished research pa- tered books, what Yancey calls day, March 23 from 9-11 a.m. in “the form that works against the the Student Union Ballroom. Mat- demonstrate how bad logic can per, a simple webpage, an artist’s join forces with wishful thinking painted creation, or usual form.” Altered thew Mancini, professor and chair books are those that of the Department of American and lazy scholarship to obscure the something more? It memory process. In reality, argues can be any of these are transformed in Studies at Saint Louis Univer- various ways to cre- sity, will present “‘Too Good to Mancini, Tocqueville was never things and more. forgotten; American intellectuals Composition is ate a new work. The Check’: American Intellectuals and pages of an already Tocqueville’s ‘Disappearance.’” just forgot that he was remem- everywhere and a bered. part of everyone’s bound book are Also, the symposium will in- covered over with clude a discussion of “American Mancini’s most recent book is life, according to this year’s Alexis de Tocqueville Kathleen Yancey, new materials, like Mythos and the Rhode Island paint, paste, other Social Studies Classroom” from and American Intellectuals: From Kellogg W. Hunt His Times to Ours. He is also the professor of English paper, fabric, pencil, 12:30-1:30 p.m. in the History and so on. Lounge on the second floor of author of One Dies, Get Another: at Florida State Uni- Convict Leasing in the American versity. On Jan. 18, In the third lens, Gaige Hall. composition is Mancini’s presentation will at- South, 1866-1928 (1996), and Yancey discussed Alexis de Tocqueville (1994). her “Three Keys to something that can Writing in the 21st be studied and prac- Century” at RIC’s ticed in numerous Mifrando Obach appointed 10th Annual Fac- ways. Because stu- ulty Workshop. The KATHLEEN YANCEY dents today are cre- workshop, “Thinking ating more electronic associate dean of FSEHD About Teaching and compositions, it may Mifrando and School Psychology. He also Learning: What’s New?” was held be in the best interest of educators Obach, associ- served as interim associate dean for in Alger Hall on the RIC campus. to encourage these activities when ate professor of undergraduate studies last year. “The key to doing anything well teaching and assigning work, said school psychol- Obach’s appointment, which fol- is to work with smart people,” Yancey. ogy, has been lowed a national search, will begin Yancey said with a laugh, as she Today, students compose mostly selected as as- on or about July 1. approached the podium. to and from the computer screen, sociate dean “I am especially appreciative of According to Yancey, “Compos- often in the form of electronic port- for graduate the leadership that Dr. Obach has ing, invention, and arrangement folios, internet profiles on websites programs and as- given to the Feinstein School’s as- are the three keys to writing in the like Facebook and Myspace, blogs, st and email. Programs like Microsoft MIFRANDO OBACH sessment for the sessment efforts, for the excellent 21 century,” and there are three Feinstein School administrative support he has pro- “lenses” through which it can be Word and PowerPoint also allow of Education and Human Develop- vided to Dean Julie Wollman-Bo- viewed: students to create digital document. nilla, and for his indefatigable will- •New creations and distributions ments and presentations. This academic year, Obach has ingness to do double-duty during on texts “[We] should ask students what been serving in that position on an this current and most recent past •Composing: places and material they have learned from composing interim basis while continuing his interim appointments,” said Dan practices in these ‘new’ ways,” said Yancey. role as chair of the Dept. of Coun- King, vice president for academic •Composition as an object of study “Composing is both a material seling, Educational Leadership, affairs. and as a set of practices and social practice, and the days of writing many drafts are over,” said Under the first lens, Yancey ref- Yancey. erenced Jane Austen’s novel Pride Whether you think of composi- and Prejudice as an example of the Focus on tion as a written document, an prevalence of composition. There electronic portfolio, or the creation are over 500 versions and editions of an altered book, it is indeed ev- of the book to date, including those Faculty and Staff erywhere, and will be around for a written in languages other than long time. Faculty and staff are encouraged to submit items about their English. As composition expands professional endeavors to What’s News, Office of News and Public Relations, Kauffman Center, or email them to [email protected]. Locke Carol Shelton, professor of serving in the Continued from p 1 nursing, presented a paper entitled Marine Corps “Childbirth Transformation and during World Technology: a Critical Assess- War II. They ad- ment” at the 6th Annual Interdisci- dressed about 80 plines so that she can see the cam- vice president for fiscal affairs at plinary Research Conference spon- junior and senior pus through their eyes and get their Stillman College, and a faculty sored by the Faculty of Health Sci- American history individual perspectives. “I will rely member at Florida State University ences at the University of Dublin, students at the re- very strongly on the expertise of where she was assistant professor Trinity College. The conference, quest of Ned Mc- the people who are here,” she said. of finance. which was held last fall, had as its CHET SMOLSKI Greavy, teacher She also looks forward to expe- She holds a PhD from the Uni- theme “Transforming Healthcare consultant of the riencing New England’s four sea- versity of Florida, an MBA from through Research, Education and Rhode Island Ge- sons. As a result of career moves Washington University, and a BBA Technology.” The paper resulted ography Education Alliance, which that gradually brought her north- from Emory University. She is a from work undertaken during Smolski previously co-headed with ward she now has accumulated the CPA, holds a real estate license Shelton’s sabbatical leave in the retired RIC professor Anne Petry. necessary winter clothing to sur- from the State of Georgia, and has spring of 2004. Smolski provided background on vive the New England winter. private sector experience in finance Chester E. Smolski, professor the Great Depression, early war Locke’s career in higher edu- and accounting. emeritus of geography, and Pat years, and his time on Okinawa cation extends nearly 20 years. Of Rhode Island’s beautiful Femino of North Providence re- before he was wounded, while Most recently she served as vice coastline, Locke, who lives in cently spoke at Middletown High Femino spoke of his experience on president for business and finance Providence, said, “Between now School about their experiences Iwo Jima. at Southeast Missouri State Uni- and retirement I hope to see all 400 versity. Previously, Locke was of those miles.” WHAT’S NEWS @ Rhode Island College, March 6, 2006 — Page 13 RIC alum, author reveals R.I.’s ghostly secrets RIC alumna BY Though D’Agostino has only Christopher Farrell ’07 been a member of R.I.P since writes book 2004, he has been investigating Staff Writer and documenting ghost sightings on surviving since 1992. He said he has been re you ready to experi- wanting to write books like these ence Rhode Island from since he was a child. sexual abuse the other side? Maybe He even lives in a haunted A “It was time to do what I always you already have if you’ve been house. His house on Mowry Road to places like University Hall at in Burriville is documented as thought was the ‘unthinkable’…it Brown University in Providence, being haunted by more than one was time to tell,” wrote Meri R Belcourt Castle in Newport, or ghost. “It makes for some interest- Kennedy ’85 of Cranston, in her Mercy Brown’s Grave in Exeter. ing tenants,” D’Agostino said. new book, My Enemy, Myself. Now These are just a few of the many Some may disagree that the su- a local reporter for the Cranston places in the state that have in- pernatural exists, which leads into Herald, she endured sexual abuse, habitants living their second life, the second purpose of the books. molestation and rape as a child and according to Tom D’Agostino ’90, “They create opportunities for young teen. She had kept her si- who has witnessed and documented people who don’t believe in ghosts lence for nearly four decades. many of them in his newly released to learn the legends or folklores Beginning even before she was book titled Haunted Rhode Island. TOM D’AGOSTINO ’90 about these places, and maybe old enough to enter kindergarten, The book is the first in a series Rhode Island Paranormal group experience something as well,” Kennedy was sexually abused by about haunted places in each New (R.I.P), a nonprofit organization D’Agostino said. “It could make a her oldest brother. She told her England state. that explores supernatural events believer out of them.” mother about the abuse, but the is- “The best part is all the places around the area, investigates His next idea includes a “How are open to the public,” D’Agostino ghostly encounters. Unlike the To” book on investigating ghost said. characters in the Ghostbusters sightings. He said that most people Pick any town in Rhode Is- movies, he does not go into places go to supposedly haunted places land and there will be a record of with guns blazing. not knowing what to do or what to a ghostly experience. Some are “I rule out every rational expla- look for. places that people can drive by ev- nation before I declare that there is Haunted Rhode Island is in all ery day, like Devils’ Foot Rock in or has been a paranormal event,” major bookstores and can also North Kingstown off of Route 1. he said. D’Agostino said that be purchased online at Barnes& Other places, like Aster’s Beach- Rhode Island has the most ghostly Noble.com. wood in Newport, have haunted encounters per capita of any state It looks like the smallest state in tours open to the public. in New England. the union is a little more crowded D’Agostino, a member of the than we first thought.

Mary Keeffe award presented MERI KENNEDY’S BOOK The 2005-06 Mary Keeffe award has been present- exceptional effort in his or her studies. ed to Tauquir Puthawala, an undergraduate biology The award recipient must also hold a 3.5 grade sue was brushed aside and never major. point average in biology, and a 3.0 in physical sci- told to anyone else. The trauma The award is usually given to a student who is half- ence. led Kennedy into a spiral of major way through earning his or her BS in biology. It is not The Mary Keeffe award was named after the first depression, post traumatic stress awarded every year – only when a student makes an chair 1962 of the RIC biology dept. disorder, borderline personality disorder and self-mutilation. As a child, Kennedy cut and burned herself, and crushed her Grammy nominated composer Peter Boyer bones with a hammer. She continued to injure herself into adult- fuses cultures with music hood, as a way to release her pain. The scars are still visible. How- It’s the beginning of new projects “It’s bringing cultures together After the first performance, the ever, over the years, Kennedy has and the celebration of an old work with the medium of music,” Boyer composition was picked up by Na- turned to writing poetry as a way for Peter Boyer ’91, HD ’04. The said. tional Public Radio and broadcast of making her pain subside. internationally celebrated composer Boyer will be taking up resi- over 200 stations throughout the Through a balance of poetry and is embark- dence in Battle Creek, also known country. The independent interna- prose, Kennedy’s My Enemy, My- ing on a new as the headquarters of the Kel- tional label, Naxos, picked it up a self puts the reader into the mind work about logg’s cereal corporation, once few months later, and the record and heart of an abused child, and diversity in a major stop on the underground became popular throughout Eu- into the mindset of a woman in the America. railroad, and abolitionist Sojourner rope. process of recovery and healing. Boyer Truth’s place of rest. The town is When asked if he thought he’d Michael J. Silvia, M ’92, a thera- recently rich in cultural diversity, and Boyer receive worldwide acclaim as a pist who has successfully treated received a is bringing several local ensembles student at RIC, Boyer said, “Yes. I Kennedy for over a decade, also Grammy together for the composition. have always been a very goal ori- wrote the introduction to My Ene- nomination While brainstorming the direc- ented and driven type of person.” for his work, my, Myself. Kennedy credits Silvia tion of this new work, Boyer re- “RIC’s honors program had with saving her life. Ellis Island: ceived a Grammy nomination in many high level and motivating PETER BOYER ’91 Kennedy’s message is that there The Dream of the Best Classical Contemporary classes. Professors such as Ste- is life after abuse. She makes her- America. Composition category. phen Martorella and Spencer Hall self available to the community to Last month, Boyer was commis- “I was very eager to see if I got became mentors as well as friends educate others about symptoms of sioned to orchestrate some of the nominated. I woke up around five that I still keep in contact with to- abuse and self-mutilation and how music for the Mission Impossible in the morning and went online to day,” said Boyer. it affects lives. III movie soundtrack. The movie see the results. I was very pleased Boyer is currently a professor at opens May 5. to see my name,” said Boyer. Claremont Graduate University in My Enemy, Myself, published by His most recent project has him Ellis Island: The Dream of Amer- California teaching composition, PublishAmerica.com, is available traveling to the town of Battle ica intertwines contemporary clas- 20th century music, American film on Amazon.com, Barnes&Noble. Creek, Mich. several times over the sical music with excerpts from the music, and music technology. com, and on many mental health next year, to participate in a project first immigrants to pass through the From Roberts Hall to the Gram- Internet sites. called Continental Harmony, cre- historic checkpoint. mies, Boyer is not only making For more information on My ated by the American Composers “This was an opportunity to cel- music history, but also turning his- Enemy, Myself, contact Michael J. Forum. The project pairs a compos- ebrate the American immigrant,” tory into music. Silvia at 401-447-2888, or Meri R. er with a community to bring high said Boyer. Kennedy at 401-447-0251. quality music to unlikely places. Page 14 — WHAT’S NEWS @ Rhode Island College, March 6, 2006 Mabou Mines DollHouse plays with patriarchy and politics On Wednesday, March 29, the RIC Performing art Series presents Mabou Mines DollHouse, at 8 p.m. in the Auditorium in Roberts Hall. Based on Henrik Ibsen’s 19th Century tragedy A Doll’s House, the play offers a comedic, yet politically- charged performance. Directed by Lee Breuer, a member of the Ma- bou Mines theatre company, this mythic “feminist anthem” is turned on its head by materializing the equation of Power and Scale. The male characters, Torvald, Dr. Rank, and MABOU MINES DOLLHOUSE Nils, are played by actors whose heights are all under 4 feet 2 inches tall. The female characters, tion…the women’s big forms ex- Tickets for Mabou Mines Doll- Nora, Kristine, and Helene, are tall. Nora must ude trapped energy…and remind House are $30, with discounts for crawl on all fours and squeeze into child-size fur- us of the outsize roles women seniors, RIC faculty/staff/students niture to cater to her husband Torvald’s whims. played in the Victorian imagina- and children. For your conve- Ibsen’s patriarchy is presented with the image of tion.” nience, tickets can be purchased small men commanding women who are nearly The production contains adult as follows: in advance via VISA or twice their size. themes. MasterCard by calling 401-456- The play takes place in the children’s room after Mabou Mines is a progressive 8144 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. week- Nora has given them a “playhouse-size” doll- company specializing in creating days; online at www.ric.edu/pfa; or house, complete with Victorian-era furnishings, new theatre pieces based on origi- in person at the Roberts Hall box for Christmas. nal texts, as well as staging plays office until the time of the perfor- According to Margo Jefferson of The New York from texts through a different point mance on the day of the event. Times, “The men embody small-minded conven- of view. Muir String Quartet, guest Gilbert Kalish to perform at RIC April 10 The Muir String Quartet will col- among them cellists Timothy Eddy and Performance at the White House. laborate with celebrated pianist Gilbert Joel Krosnick, soprano Dawn Upshaw, Now in its 22nd year as Quartet-in- Kalish in a President’s Music Series and mezzo-soprano Jan DeGaetani. Residence at Boston University’s School concert on Monday, April 10 at 8 p.m. in Recordings by Kalish include classi- of Music, Muir has “the sound, interpre- Sapinsley Hall in the Nazarian Center. cal repertory, 20th-century masterworks tive depth, and polish to rival the best in Kalish, a performer, educator and and new compositions. The University the world,” according to The New York recording artist with over 100 record- of Chicago presented him with the Paul Times. ings to his credit, will join Muir for Fromm Award for distinguished service Tickets for Muir String Quartet are Shostakovich’s Quintet in G Minor, Op. to the music of our time in 1995. $28, with discounts for seniors, RIC 57. The evening’s program also includes The Muir String Quartet, which is faculty/staff/students and children. For Haydn’s Quartet in D Major, Op. 20, returning to RIC for its third concert of your convenience, tickets can be pur- No. 4 and Dvorak’s Quartet in A-flat the 2005-06 season, is considered one chased as follows: in advance via VISA RIC Major, Op. 105. of the world’s most prominent string or MasterCard by calling 401-456- Kalish, a native New Yorker, is a pro- ensembles. Since 1980, Muir – featur- 8144 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. fessor at Stony Brook University (New ing Lucia Lin, Steven Ansell, Michael weekdays; online at www.ric. York), where he is head of the perfor- Reynolds and Peter Zazofsky – has per- edu/pfa; or in person at the

Arts and Entertainment mance faculty and co-director of Stony formed at major chamber music series Roberts Hall box office until Brook’s Contemporary Chamber Play- throughout North America and Europe, the time of the performance ers. He has performed with many artists, and on the acclaimed PBS broadcast, In on the day of the event. Internationally acclaimed pianist to appear Choral Concert March 10 The 2006 Rhode Island College Spring Choral Concert, with RIC Symphony Orchestra featuring folk music from around the world, will take place Michael Boriskin, one of the most versatile and dynamic American pianists of his generation, on March 10 at 8 p.m. in Sapinsley Hall in the Nazarian will appear as soloist with the Rhode Island College Symphony Orchestra on Monday, March 20 Center. at 8 p.m. in Sapinsley Hall in the Nazarian Center. He will join the symphony for the 11th Annual Samuel and Esther Chester Performance Award The RIC Men’s Chorus, conducted by Tianxu Zhou, ad- Concert, which each year features an up-and-coming or internationally renowned artist. The junct music instructor at the College, will perform a set of event is free due to a grant from Samuel and Esther Chester. The concert will be conducted by Chinese folksongs as well as some traditional pieces. Edward Markward, RIC professor of music. The RIC Chorus and Women’s Chorus, conducted by Boriskin will perform George Gershwin’s enduring masterwork Piano Concerto in F. The Teresa Coffman, associate professor of music, will perform Symphony Orchestra will open the concert with Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade. The spirituals and folk songs from the United States, Australia, tone poem tells the tale of the Sultan Schahriar and the Sultana Schehe- Ireland, Scotland, and Israel. razade who saved herself from death by telling her husband tales through Some of the featured works include arrangements of 1001 nights. Waltzing Matilda, The Salley Gardens, Walk in Jerusalem, Boriskin has performed throughout the U.S. and in over 30 countries She’s like the Swallow, and Streets of Laredo. Past Life including at the Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, BBC in London, Theatre Melodies, by Sarah Hopkins, a work incorporating harmonic des Champs-Elysées in Paris, and Vienna’s Arnold Schoenberg Center. He overtones is also planned. also collaborates with leading international orchestras, symphonies and The RIC Chamber Singers, also conducted by Coffman, chamber music ensembles. His recording credits span Brahms and Tchaikovsky to the present, and will perform selections from their upcoming concert tour of his National Public Radio series, CENTURYVIEW, was heard nationwide Italy, which will include vocal jazz arrangements and sacred for three years. He is artistic and executive director of Copland House, works. a creative center for American music based at Aaron Copland’s restored General admission is $2. For more information, call the MICHAEL BORISKIN home near New York City. box office at 401-456-8144. WHAT’S NEWS @ Rhode Island College, March 6, 2006 — Page 15 Andary Dance takes flight in R.I. Dances Series at RIC March 30 and 31 The Rhode Island Dances Series will feature Andary Dance, a new and refreshing force in contemporary dance, in concert March 30 and 31 at 8 p.m. in Forman Theatre in the Nazarian Center. The event, titled Flight Plan, is sponsored by RIC’s music, theatre, and dance dept. Led by founder and artistic director Nathan Andary, the company premieres two new works – Flight, an exploration of the flight and grouping patterns of seagulls set to the Bach Cello Suites performed by Yo-Yo Ma, and Comfort Endured, ANDARY DANCE (Photo by Eric Hovermale) which mines Andary’s heritage of DiMasi ’04, Casey Harkness ’05), novative, fluid, physical and visu- American Heart Association, and growing up in the Kentucky foot- and two apprentices (Revka Hov- ally exciting. AIDS Project Rhode Island. hills of the Appalachian Mountains. ermale ’05, Abby Saunders ’05). Andary, who received a choreog- The Rhode Island Dances Series A third presentation, Released, Other members are Andary, Rose- raphy fellowship from the Rhode was established in 1990. It has merges the video artistry of Provi- mary Candelario, Ellen Godena Island State Council for the Arts in featured over 40 performances and dence-based Alison Powell with and Kimberly Miller. 2004, has performed for Chicago’s generated over $54,000 in artistic the unique dance styling of Nathan In 2004, the company completed Salt Creek Ballet Company and fees paid to local artists. Andary to illuminate the plight of a highly successful series of per- Rhode Island’s Fusionworks, liberty and privilege. formances in Chicago and has re- among others. In 2002, he was Tickets for Andary Dance’s Andary Dance was created in cently completed a successful run invited to join world-renowned Flight Plan are available at the 2001 as a consortium of dance at the Merce Cunningham Theater Butoh artist Kan Katsura’s Saltim- Nazarian Center Box Office (401- performers dedicated to the cre- in New York City. Andary Dance bangues Troupe performing Curi- 456-8144). General admission is ative and innovative advancement has also performed extensively ous Fish in Boston. $14, with discounts for seniors, of postmodern dance and the arts. throughout Providence, Boston Andary has performed and cho- groups, and students. For more in- The company has significant RIC and New England. reographed for charitable concerts formation, call Dante Del Giudice, connections, with three alumni Nathan Andary’s award-winning raising awareness and monies director of RIC dance, at 401-456- members (Nikki Carrara ’04, Alicia dances have been described as infor the Diabetes Foundation, the 9791. Artist couples display their Sounds of South Africa: —Soweto works at Bannister March 9-30 Gospel Choir sings April 6

A new Bannister Gallery exhi- exhibition. Gospel Awards. bition – “Art of Couples” – will On April 6, the The choir has also examine the relationships that art- In the Gallery Hall Space, Simone Soweto Gospel Spruce, a resident artist at AS220 performed with ists share in making their art, and Choir returns to top national and explore commonalities and differ- who is motivated by authentic- Rhode Island Col- ity, exhibits work from her series international stars ences between artists and their art lege following its of music includ- practice. focusing on religious themes as sold-out 2005 ap- ing Bono and Peter related to her feminist concerns. pearance, to perform Gabriel, and in an The show’s opening, on March traditional South Gallery hours during exhibits are AIDS benefit called 9, will feature an artists’ talk at 6 African gospel the 46664 Concert p.m. followed by a reception. “Art Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday music. The event and Friday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and in Cape Town, of Couples” is presented by the South Africa, with will run Thurs- College’s Perform- days, the support of Nel- through ing Arts Series, and son Mandela. March 30. noon-9 begins at 8 p.m. The choir’s de- p.m. in the Auditorium but album, Voices Repre- Closed Roberts Hall. From Heaven, senting weekends The 26-person SOWETO GOSPEL CHOIR placed number diverse eth- and holi- choir, under the (Photo by Jay Town) one on Billboard’s nic and cul- days. Ex- direction of David World Music chart in the U.S. in tural back- hibits and Mulovhedzi and Beverly Bryer, 2005. The choir has since recorded grounds events made its debut in 2002. Members and released a second album titled and sexual of the choir hail from churches in Blessed. are free and around Soweto (an acronym orienta- and all for South-Western Townships), tion, the are wel- Tickets for this event are $30, South Africa. The choir members with discounts for seniors, RIC exhibiting come to come from different backgrounds, Kimberley-Blue Wade. Sophie. Three-dimensional gener- faculty/staff/students and children. couples are attend. and speak numerous languages For your convenience, tickets can Fo Wilson ated figure. Acces- including Xhosa, Zulu, Sotho and be purchased as follows: in ad- and Kim- sible to English. vance via Visa or MasterCard by berley-Blue Wade, Ida Schmulowitz persons with disabilities. For infor- In addition to touring the world, calling 401-456-8144 from 10 a.m. and John Riedel, and Erik Gould and mation on event dates and exhibit the choir has won a number of to 4 p.m. weekdays; online at www. awards, including Australia’s ric.edu/pfa; or in-person at the Rebecca Siemering. opening receptions, check the web- Roberts Hall box office until the site at www.ric.edu/Bannister/ or Helpmann Award in 2003, and James Montford, director of won in the “best choir of the year” time of the performance on the day call 401-456-9765. of the event. Bannister Gallery, is curator of the category at the 2003 American Page 16 — WHAT’S NEWS @ Rhode Island College, March 6, 2006 Navy Sea Chanters, led by RIC alum, to perform Jazz at RIC April 7 Saxophonist Greg Abate, a RIC at RIC March 8 adjunct faculty member, will be joined by three of his students The Navy Sea Chanters, the of- Under the leadership of RIC neral for Presi- for the RIC Jazz Invitational con- ficial chorus of the United States alumnus Russell J. Rathier ’84, dent Reagan cert on Friday, April 7 at 8 pm. Navy from Washington ,D.C., will senior chief musician, the Sea and the Na- in Sapinsley Hall in the Nazarian appear in concert at Rhode Island Chanters have appeared through- tional World Center. College on Wednesday, March 8, out the United States and perform War II Memo- The students – Mike Recife on at 8 p.m. in Roberts Auditorium. frequently at the White House and rial’s “Service piano, Chris Knott on bass, and for dignitaries at Washington em- of Celebration Ryan Tremblay on drums – are The 20-voice chorus performs also members of the RIC Concert a variety of music ranging from bassies. and Thanks- giving” at Jazz Band. Abate, who teaches jazz patriotic selections – including Their last Rhode Island appear- combinations, jazz theory, and his- the National the sea chantey – to folk songs, ance was in 1998 at the American RUSSELL J. tory of bebop at the College, has Cathedral in sacred hymns, opera, jazz tunes and Choral Directors Association RATHIER ’84 been called the Prince of Bebop, Broadway showstoppers. Convention in Providence. Washington. and is a well-known musician in- As one of five performing units Recently, the Sea Chanters were They have also appeared with ternationally. The concert is free of of the United States Navy Band, the featured in national events such as the Boston Pops Esplanade Or- charge. Sea Chanters promote the Navy’s the 55th Presidential Inauguration chestra, Baltimore Symphony, proud heritage of the sea. Ceremony in 2005; the state fu- Virginia Symphony and Cincinna- ti Pops Orchestra. They performed Former RIC aboard the USS Constitution in Boston, Mass., for the Constitu- professor’s art tion Bicentennial Celebration, and at the Kennedy Center Honors for Bob Hope. on display at Organized in 1956 as an all- male chorus specializing in songs Gallery Z of the sea, the group was named Lawrence Sykes, a former Rhode by Admiral Arleigh Burke, then Island College art professor who chief of naval operations. Female was instrumental in establishing voices were added in 1980, and Bannister Gallery at RIC, will have the chorus’ repertoire expanded. an exhibit of his own beginning this Admission is free but tickets are month. required and can be obtained by “Sykes: After Academe, 1995- calling the RIC box office at 401- 2005. A Petite Retrospective of 7 456-8144. For more information, Suites” will run March 7 through contact Rob Franzblau, associate April 8 at Gallery Z in Providence. professor of music at RIC, at 401- An opening reception will be held 456-9514. March 16 from 5-9 p.m. Sykes will display works he created since retiring from RIC NAVY SEA CHANTERS Edward Markward receives Ballinger Award BY plified the conscience of the Rhode In 1999, Markward conducted Rob Franzblau, Island College Faculty of Arts and the world premiere performance of Sciences. Richard Cumming’s operatic ver- Director of Bands at RIC Arriving at Rhode Island Col- sion of Picnic at Trinity Repertory lege in 1973, Markward became Company in Providence, under On Feb. 15, Edward Markward, the youngest faculty member ever the direction of Oskar Eustis, and professor of music and conductor promoted to the rank of full pro- led performances of Stravinsky’s of the Rhode Island College Sym- fessor. As director of orchestral, L’Histoire du Soldat and Wagner’s phony Orchestra, was presented opera, and choral music, he quick- Siegfried Idyll at the Newport Mu- with the 2006 Ronald and Martha ly established himself as one of the sic Festival. Ballinger Award for Sustained Dis- top conductors in New England. Markward’s best students of tinction in Creative Performance Markward is entering his 33rd sea- voice and conducting have gone and Scholarship during a ceremony son as conductor of the RIC Sym- on to excel regionally, nationally, in Sapinsley phony Orchestra. and internationally, performing in 1995 after 27 years. He was a Hall in the Since 1987, Markward has with well known opera companies teacher of Gallery Z’s owner, Bérge Nazarian Cen- served as music director/conduc- and orchestras in South America, Ara Zobian, and his show will ad- ter. tor of the Rhode Island Civic Central America, the Caribbean, dress the student-teacher bond un- Markward Chorale and Orchestra and, since and Hawaii, in addition to Britain, conventionally: the student will be delivered a 2001, conductor for Festival Ballet and other European countries. He curating the artwork of his mentor. brief lecture Providence. His guest conducting expects musicians with whom he “Ultimately this thing called art titled “Muddle engagements have included the works to have the same high stan- is about making marks and con- or Music: Vermont Symphony Orchestra, dards, dedication, and commitment sciously leaving evidence,” said Stalin, Shosta- the Brooklyn Heights Symphony to their musicianship as he does. Sykes. “It, art, embodies elements kovich, and Orchestra, the Festival Ballet of A responsible, conscientious, and of athleticism – intimidation, com- EDWARD MARKWARD the Fifth Sym- Rhode Island, the Philadelphia ardent professional, he understands pulsiveness and competition in the phony,” which Oratorio Choir, the Perrysburg how to build rapport and to raise most demanding, exhilarating and was followed by a performance of Symphony Orchestra (Ohio), the funds for the ensembles and per- liberating ways.” Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5 by Newport Music Festival, and the forming groups with which he has In his exhibit, Sykes uses a full the Symphony Orchestra. Rhode Island Philharmonic Or- been associated. range of painterly, photographic, The Ballinger Award was cre- chestra. He has also served as the The New York Times has de- and designer techniques to formu- ated in 2005 to honor the memory principal guest conductor of the scribed Markward’s conducting late his poetic imagery. of Martha Ballinger, professor of Brooklyn Heights Symphony, as- as “first rate,” andThe Providence Gallery Z, founded in January English, and Ronald Ballinger, pro- sociate conductor of Providence Journal’s Channing Gray has not- 2001, has exhibited a number of fessor of history, whose love and Opera Theatre, music director for ed Markward’s ability “to infuse local, national and international art- example touched untold numbers of the Bel Canto Opera Company, dance-like lightness” and to “pro- ists. It is located on Federal Hill, students and colleagues, and whose and founding conductor of the Fes- vide sure and spirited leadership and is a member of Gallery Night vigorous and courageous efforts in tival Chamber Orchestra of Rhode from the podium.” Providence, which runs free tours the anti-apartheid movement exem- Island. of local galleries and museums. WHAT’S NEWS @ Rhode Island College, March 6, 2006 — Page 17 RIC biology professor receives R.I. State Award from wild flower society Jerry Melaragno, longtime bergamot (Monarda fistulosa), a professor of biology at Rhode Is- perennial. land College, received the Rhode “I was inspired by so many previ- Island State Award at the annual ous recipients of this award and it meeting of the New England is truly meaningful to me,” Melar- Wild Flower Society in January. agno said. The society, which preserves According to Joan Pilson, award native North American flora, is committee member, Melaragno the country’s oldest plant conser- contributed 31 years to Rhode Is- vation organization. The award land plant conservation. This year, honors an individual or organiza- he is retiring and moving to New tion that has done exceptional Mexico. work in the field of botany or “He is not a person who seeks horticulture that has benefited a our recognition for all that he New England state. does,” said Chris Mattrick, former Melaragno was elected the senior conservation program man- most active Plant Conservation ager of NEWFS. “His knowledge Volunteer in 2002 and 2003, and and skill are held and doled out for his significant botanical find quietly and effectively to those he Jerry Melaragno (center) is joined by wife Dee ’78 (left), and Joan Pilson, Rhode of a previously unknown popu- teaches, volunteers with, and those Island representative for the New Enlgand Wild Flower Society award committee. lation of an historic species na- of us who have the pleasure of tive to Rhode Island called wild knowing him.”

have to leave the assistant cameraman and the the expedition; lead poisoning was one theory. Arctic rest of the crew behind, bringing only Harald They’d found Torrington snug in his coffin, his Pallagard, the cinematographer, John Martin, frozen blue eyes still staring into space, his toes Continued from p 11 the sound engineer, and Louise, the producer. tied together with a strip of linen to fit him into Once we’d loaded all our equipment on board, the narrow enclosure. It was a remarkable ex- the pilot, a weather beaten-looking Norwegian, perience to speak from this very place, though second day to already be able to read student re- looked at us skeptically, and wondered aloud if with Torrington – much to my relief – long sponses to my postings! The phenomenal power we’d ever lift off the ground with all that gear. since reburied in the permafrost. of the computer age was never more impressive “Well, if it goes up, it goes up,” he opined, After the flight back from Beechey, we had to me than it was at that moment. hardly a very encouraging word. Our sound- only two days left; we spent them out on the Four days later, our filming in the Gjoa Haven man, John Martin, was looking a bit queasy, and frozen surface of Resolute Bay, filming a local area finished, we boarded another Twin Otter for understandably so – the last time he’d been in ice geologist and wondering at the crazy shapes the three-hour flight further north to Resolute. a helicopter, working on a documentary in Af- into which wind and currents had forced the The second most northerly town in North Amer- ghanistan, it had crashed. bay-ice before the whole mass froze solid. My ica, Resolute’s motto is “It’s not the end of the Fortunately for us all, we did lift off, and the time on camera was nearly done, and I took the world, but you can see it from here.” Resolute, flight went without a hitch; 30 minutes later we last afternoon off to explore the bay by skidoo. named after one of the ships which searched for were descending on Beechey Island, with the I’d managed to get the general hang of the ma- Franklin, is a more artificial settlement, built three lonesome gravestones of Franklin’s men chines, but was amazed to find myself, only five around an oversize airfield and weather station visible out the window. The pilot had to stay minutes out from the hotel, almost completely as part of Canada’s claim for sovereignty in the lost! In the ultra-dry north, the powdery snow far north. The local Inuit are the descendents of is as shifting as the desert sands, and our tracks a group forcibly relocated generations ago, the of previous days had been completely obliter- “High Arctic Exiles.” In Resolute, there was a ated. Fortunately, by climbing a nearby crag I noticeable tension between Inuit and Qallunaat, was able to spy out the hotel, and by keeping it and instead of staying in the Inuit-owned co-op in sight I managed a safe return to civilization. hotel, we checked into the South Camp Inn, a How much harder it must have been for Frank- hotel which caters to expeditions and ‘extreme lin’s sailors, trudging on foot with only woolen tourists.’ coats and mittens, to find their way through this The proprietor of the South Camp Inn, Aziz trackless wilderness of ice. Kheraj, or “Ozzy” as he’s known, greeted us at Flying back from Resolute, I reflected on my the airport. Of Indian descent, Ozzy grew up first Arctic experience; no place is ever quite in East Africa and immigrated to the Arctic de- as one imagines it – and perhaps this is more cades ago to work as a mechanic. Now, with his so when one has been imagining it for so long. Inuit wife Aleeasuk, the north’s only licensed And yet, with all of its unexpected wonders, female polar bear hunting guide, he presides the Arctic was now even more fascinating to Grave of John Torrington, on Beechey Island. over a 25-room hotel with many of the ameni- me than before. Back in front of my students ties of “southern life,” among them an Ethernet the day after my nine-hour series of flights, I port in every room connected to the hotel’s with his machine, as the cold weather meant looked out over my classroom, wondering that satellite Internet. Uploading to the WebCT site he’d have to fire up the engine every 50 min- it could even be the same place I left. Everyone would now be a breeze! utes or so to keep the gears from freezing up. In was full of questions, and I did my best to an- We had work to do, though, and the next day the absence of our safety officer, the pilot had swer them, knowing all along that the very best it was off by snowmobile (always, in the Arctic, brought his own trusty polar-bear gun, and a questions – the ones that return again and again known as ‘skidoos’) to the hills above town. good thing too, since fresh bear tracks were one to haunt you – are the ones which can never be Louise wanted to get some shots of me on a of the first things we noticed once we got out answered. No description, no photograph, can snowmobile; our safety officer, polar veteran of the helicopter. We never did see any bears, fully capture the spirit of a place, whether the Paul Landry, was to drive me past the camera at though, and that’s certainly a disappointment I place is Rhode Island or a remote Arctic atoll bone-jarring speed. Four takes later, and wish- could live with. – and yet I now had, at the least, a far richer ing I’d brought some Advil with me, I hobbled We spent the morning with Harald filming context into which to place my Arctic course, off the skidoo for a lunch of hot chocolate, can- wide shots of the scenery, shots which would and a sense of the land and its people infinitely dy bars, and nuts. To keep warm in the Arctic, later be used by the computer graphics depart- richer than it was. you have to eat a much more caloric diet; fatty ment to digitally add in replicas of Franklin’s foods and chocolate are at the top of the menu. ships. When that was done, I took a seat on Arctic Passage: Prisoners of the Ice, the After our morning’s shoot, it was off to the a stone a few feet from the grave of one of documentary that was made during these weeks, airport to inspect the helicopter chartered for Franklin’s seamen, John Torrington. Back in aired as an episode of NOVA on Feb. 28, and our ride to Beechey Island the next day. The the 1980s, his body had been exhumed by re- will air again on PBS Channel 36 on March 20 chopper could hold only four of us, so we would searchers looking for the cause of the demise of at 8 p.m. Page 18 — WHAT’S NEWS @ Rhode Island College, March 6, 2006 RIC professor hosts civil liberties TV show 15 years and counting

have dealt with government surveil- BY lance, voting rights, the U.S. Patriot Alison Strandberg Act, rights of gays and lesbians, and Staff Writer racial profiling. Shows on poverty, the right to due process, abortion issues, and the rights of people vs. Dan Weisman, professor of social law enforcement have also been work, has been hosting and produc- tackled. ing a local public access TV program Annually, the show devotes an on civil liberties for the past 15 episode to the local legislature and years. But don’t expect his students to the U.S. Supreme Court. On the to know too much about it. Weis- legislative show, the panel features man, an educator at RIC for 25 years, members of the general assembly says he has a syllabus to follow and who review and discuss trends and doesn’t want to use class time to dis- victories in the state legislature. The cuss the show. Supreme Court program features It’s that straightforward approach lawyers who handle federal cases that has made him a success in his or who follow the Supreme Court. ON THE AIR: Social work Prof. Dan Weisman (left) interviews (from left) Ellen Gal- duties for the American Civil Liber- They discuss the implications of lagher of the International Institute of R.I.and Olivia Geiger and Lazaro Nadvarrete of court decisions for Rhode Islanders ties Union (ACLU) of Rhode Island English for Action, for Weisman’s long-running cable program. cable program Rights of a Free Peo- because, Weisman said, “Public ac- ple. The show has been examining cess should have a local angle.” Weisman believes that Rights of able in a role is always there. If local and national issues since 1987. There have been some comical a Free People provides a service by someone was willing to step in now Weisman came aboard in 1991, tak- – albeit frustrating – moments, ac- getting an important message out and do it, I would not resist.” ing over for the now retired Thomas cording to Weisman. He recalled using the public airways. Though In the world of public access Ramsbey, professor emeritus of soci- one instance where he and his the show’s time slot belongs to the there are no official ratings, but ology. Since then, he has hosted and guests did an entire show before re- ACLU of Rhode Island, he doesn’t Weisman views the show as a suc- produced about 180 installments. alizing that it had not been recorded. represent them, said Weisman. “It’s cess. It is both the longest running Typically, an episode is 27 min- The guests had to reschedule and not a promotional tool; it is a public ACLU program and civil liberties utes in length and features a panel tape the show the following week. access show exploring aspects of show in the country. He humorously discussion on a topic with two guests Weisman also recalled the time a civil liberties.” pointed out, “When I took over and Weisman as emcee. The show viewer called to complain about his Though Weisman doesn’t teach the program, our main time slot of features one guest expert on the topic beard. courses on the media or civil liber- Tuesday at 10 p.m. pitted us against and one guest who has first-hand While there is no official connec- ties at RIC, he finds his experiences L.A. Law. They are gone and we’re experience with the issue. The pro- tion between RIC and Rights of a on the show useful at times in class. still airing.” grams are not scripted or rehearsed. Free People, Weisman has had the “Teaching is a never ending The ACLU of Rhode Island’s Opting for spontaneity, Weisman opportunity to have RIC faculty and struggle to make connections,” Rights of a Free People airs on likes to speak to his guests just a few students as his guests on the show. Weisman said, adding that some- Statewide Interconnect Channel A minutes before taping. The show, He cited an example from two years times examples he brings from the (Channel 13 in most areas) Tues- which is taped monthly, includes ago when representatives from show click with a student. days at 10 p.m. and Fridays at 3:30 12 episodes a year and airs twice a student government came on and Weisman said that even after 15 p.m. In Providence, North Provi- week. discussed student rights and hate years of hosting Rights of a Free dence, and Kent County, the show The show’s topics are not included crimes. In the late 1990s, he had People, he still finds it “a refresh- can also be seen Wednesdays at 9 in television listings, so the aim is to two students produce an episode as ing distraction each month.” But, he p.m. on Channel 18. Check the lo- cover issues that may attract viewers part of a field placement with the added, “Fresh blood is a good thing. cal listings for times and channel as they channel surf. Recent episodes ACLU. The tendency to become comfort- numbers.

Congratulations!

THE WINNER! Danielle Neeman of the SCHOLARSHIPS: RIC graphic students receiving B.K. Brennan Scholarship Awards are joined by Sen. Jack Reed, who Jewish Community Day School reacts to congratulated them for their academic achievement in the field of graphic communications and graphic design. Awards were winning the spelling bee for independent presented at the Graphic Communications Industry of RI Print Week Banquet held in January at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in schools held Jan. 13 in Gaige Hall Audi- Warwick. Left to right are Scott Trainer, Stephen Merriman, Sarah Johnson, Povilas Mecys, Reed, Mark Daniels, Kate Tan- torium. RIC’s own Henry Barnard School crell (winner of the Ed Flanagan Award), Tanya Clark, Meghan Follett, and Lisa Coupe. hosted the event. WHAT’S NEWS @ Rhode Island College, March 6, 2006 — Page 19 Book collecting competition for students announced The Margaret B. Stillwell book colleges and universities. It re- All types of books, including pa- on the Bartlett Society website at collecting competition for Rhode quires the submission of an anno- perbacks, may be included, as long www.bartlettsociety.8m.net/cus- Island undergraduates is now un- tated bibliography and short essay as their place in the collection can tom.html with the revised dates derway. The Stillwell Prize is a describing the creation and devel- be justified. of April 1 for the application and April 25 for the oral presentation monetary award given to students opment of the collection as well as The competition is sponsored by and judging at the John Carter who can present to the prize jury, an oral presentation. the John Russell Bartlett Society, Brown Library of Brown Univer- in accordance with the rules of the A student’s collection may be in which is dedicated to the study and sity. competition, evidence of accom- any field. It may emphasize some appreciation of the book in all its plishment in the development of a particular interest within a field, or aspects. For more information, contact personal book collection. Patricia Brennan in Reference at exemplify certain bibliographical Complete rules and applications [email protected]/401-456-8125, First prize is $750, second prize, features such as edition, issue, and may be obtained from the Refer- or to competition coordinator Rich- $500 and third prize, $250. The other conditions of manufacture ence Desk of the James P. Adams ard Ring at Richard_Ring@brown. competition is open to all under- and sale, illustration, type, calligra- Library. The rules are also posted graduates attending Rhode Island phy, binding, etc. edu/401-863-1263. RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE Open Books-Open Minds: The Common-Book Project — Schedule of Events —

About RIC’s Common-Book Project: The American Democracy Project at Rhode Island College has chosen Lynda Barry’s The Good Times Are Killing Me for its common- book program for 2006. One reviewer has described Barry’s work as “a provocative, cross-disciplinary tour de force” embracing tough social issues in a deft, yet deceptively simple manner. We are hopeful that the story will spark community discussion of a wide-ranging nature. In support of these efforts, we would like to invite members of the Rhode Island community to read the book and to participate in the rich array of programs and events..

March 8 March 30 “The Good Times are Killing Us” Readers Theatre Performance 12:30-2 p.m. – Craig-Lee 152 8 p.m. – Sapinsley Hall in the In support of the “Open Books—Open Minds” Nazarian Center programming, Drs. Tom Lavin and Denise Smith R.I. community members will present a will conduct a workshop in which they will readers theatre performance of The Good look at both the title and themes in Lynda Times Are Killing Me. Barry’s book from a social and psychological perspective. Participants will explore cross- racial friendships and conflicts, issues of April 5 bullying, and family and identity. They will also Lynda Barry’s Writers Workshop discuss how culturally defined “good times” 1-3 p.m. – Alger 110 can lead to risky behaviors and lifestyles Lynda Barry, author of The Good Times Are that can result in physical and psychological Killing Me, will conduct a writing workshop for death. RIC students with an interest in fiction writing.

March 22 April 5 Discussion Series I – Lynda Barry’s World An Evening with Lynda Barry in The Good Times Are Killing Me: The 1960s 7 p.m. – Sapinsley Hall in the Nazarian in Retrospect Center 2 p.m. – Alger 110 Lynda Barry will speak about her books, relevant issues, and the importance of narrative in our culture. Panelists from the RIC faculty and the community will discuss with the audience the social, political, and cultural influences of the 1960s. April 6 Basement Party March 28 7-10 p.m. – Student Union Ballroom Discussion Series II – Race, Class, and Open Books-Open Minds basement wrap-up party, 1960s Violence: The Impact On Our Children style, to celebrate the project and announce next year’s 2 p.m. – Alger 110 book selection. In Barry’s book, the Panelists from the RIC faculty and the community will main character decorates her family’s discuss themes addressed in Barry’s book that continue to basement to take refuge from the influence children. cruelties that she and other children experience. For more information on events, contact Valerie Endress at 401-456-4781; [email protected], or J. Zornado at 401-456-8656; [email protected]. Page 20 — WHAT’S NEWS @ Rhode Island College, March 6, 2006

BlackFebruary History was Black Month History Month across the nation and at Rhode Island College, which celebrated the occasion with at RIC campus events ranging 2006 from movies and music to fashion and jewelry. American historian Carter G. Woodson established Black History Week in 1926, and it was expanded into Black History Month in 1976, as part of the U.S. bicentennial celebration.

Masai jewelry is modeled by Kimberly Fernandes.

ART HISTORY Prof. Mary Ball Howkins discusses a painting with collector Walter Stone at the opening of an exhibit of Stone’s collection on Feb. 9 at Bannister Gallery. The show was entitled “On Collecting Art: One Man’s Vision” and ran Feb. 9 to March 2.

A FASHION SHOW was held on Feb. “MR. DEEP POSITIVITY,” a.k.a., 17 in Gaige Auditorium. James McBride, performs gospel rap.

MEMBERS of the Rhode Island College Praise Ensemble perform at a gospel concert Feb. 20 in Sapinsley Hall in the Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts.