VCAM Unveiled At Work in Nature Inclusive Learning Evangelist A look at the new facility for Dan Barringer ’90 on Luis Perez ’94 wants to give all visual culture, arts, and media managing a 600-acre preserve students the chance to succeed The Magazine of Haverford College FALL 2017 Podcasting on the Rise Podcasts—a digital alternative to radio—have become a hugely popular way to tell stories and share information. We spotlight Haverford alums who have plunged into the field. 4 12 Editor Contributing Writers Eils Lotozo Karen Brooks DEPARTMENTS Charles Curtis ’04 Class News Editor Brian Glaser 2 Inbox Mara Miller ’10 Hannah M. Hepfer Main Lines Cat Lazaroff ’89 4 Giving Back Editor Mara Miller ’10 12 Ford Games Pat Laws Natalie Pompilio Photography Editor Keith Schneider ’78 15 Academix Katrina Schwartz ’08 Patrick Montero Anne E. Stein 23 Mixed Media Graphic Design Contributing Photographers 29 In Season Tracey Diehl, Matts Bäcker Roads Taken and Not Taken Eye D Communications Nancy Belluscio 46 Holden Blanco ’17 Director of News 47 Giving Back/Notes From Justin Brendel’18 and Social Media the Alumni Association Monique Byars ’19 Rebecca Raber Lynton Crabb 51 Class News/Obituaries Assistant Vice President for Bob Croslin College Communications Describe the Fauna 73 Then and Now Chris Mills ’82 Caleb Eckert ’17 Alexandra Iglesia ‘21 Vice President for Sarah Jennings ’20 Institutional Advancement Greg Kahn Ann West Figueredo ’84 Victoria Merino ’20 Cole Sansom ’19 Justin Turkus ’08 Claire Chenyu Wang ’20 Wanyi Yang ’20 Rae Yuan ’19 On the cover: Gina Delvac ’08, producer of the podcast Call Your Girlfriend. Photo by Describe the Fauna. Back cover photo: In an annual tradition, seniors celebrate the last day of exams by ringing and—signing—the bell in the cupola of Founders Hall. Photo by Caleb Eckert ’17. Haverford magazine is printed on recycled paper that contains 30% post-consumer waste fiber. fall 2017 32 40 FEATURES 30 Tell Us More 34 COVER STORY: Podcasting on the Rise Dan Barringer ’90: At Home (and Work) in Nature Podcasts—digital downloadable alternatives to radio— By Karen Brooks have become one of the world’s most popular ways to tell stories, share information, and tackle challenging issues. We spotlight some Haverford alums who have INNOVATORS: 32 Inclusive Learning plunged into the field. Evangelist By Natalie Pompilio Luis Perez ’94, who is legally blind, has a passion for photography—and for getting the right supports into classrooms so that all students have the chance 39 HOW TO: Take Care of Yourself to succeed. When You’re the Caregiver By Katrina Schwartz ’08 Tips from Claire Zilber ’84, co-author of Living in Limbo: Creating Structure and Peace When Someone You Love Is Ill. By Eils Lotozo 40 VCAM Unveiled The new facility for visual culture, arts, and media opened in September, taking over the Old Gym after a dramatic renovation. Here’s a look inside. Haverford magazine is also available in a digital edition. CHECK IT OUT AT Haverford magazine is published three times a year haverford.edu/magazine by College Communications, Haverford College, 370 Lancaster Avenue, Haverford, PA 19041, 610-896-1333, [email protected] ©2017 Haverford College inbox THE VIEW FROM FOUNDERS “The Red Wave,” which you suggest to the world of Cartier-Bresson and pho- Thank you for publishing President won the day over “Black Squirrels.” My tography’s “critical moment”—an edu- Benston’s address to the graduating class favorite was “The Big Happy Sandwich,” cation I had used as a documentary film- of 2017. Benston does us an invaluable proposed by someone in an effort to maker for ABC. Students produced their service by renewing the meaning of com- encompass the wide diversity, but happy “final exam” prints after studying the munity in this age of discriminatory trav- melding, they found at the Ford. I could work of some of the masters. el bans, arbitrary deportation, and mass imagine the T-shirts. —Glenn McCurdy ’60 incarceration. His words bear repeating: —Beth Salerno ’91 “The safe belonging that has been ours MUSIC APPRECIATION here, we wish for others.” In keeping HC THROUGH THE LENS I was intrigued by the description of the with the school’s Quaker traditions, After reading the feature story “Haverford band Daisy House, featuring Tatiana President Benston affirms the kind of Through the Lens” in the [spring/sum- Hammond ’15 [and her father, Doug moral leadership that makes Haverford mer] edition, I was moved to send you a Hammond], in the latest Haverford alum- a light in dark times. brief note about my experience with pho- ni mag [spring/summer], so I checked —Daniel Block ’02 tography at Haverford. Over one summer out their website, and ultimately their in the 1980s I was asked to offer some music through a streaming service. I’m HAPPY TRAILS photography and filmmaking cours- not sure what I was expecting—my band- Nice job on the spring/summer mag- es at the campus. This resulted in the width for new music these days is sadly azine! Where was the photo taken on installation of darkroom facilities and narrow—but I figured it would probably page 68? film-viewing rooms on the second floor sound either amateurish or derivative. Congratulations to [newly appointed of Sharpless. Students were introduced Wrong. The production values, to my Arboretum Director] Claudia Kent [“How To”]. Good luck. I was a cross-country runner and spent four years running on the beautiful Arboretum trail. Keep up the good work! —Henry A. “Sandy” Phillips ’59 The editors respond: The photo on p. 68 is of the Haverford College Apartments (HCA), the apartment complex adjoining a corner of campus (in Ardmore) that the College bought in 1974. The HCA’s stu- dent housing choices include group living options such as Quaker House and the environmentally minded E-Haus. TEAM NAMES REDUX I just read your editorial note [“Inbox,” spring/summer] that “team names and mascots came up in a Plenary discussion in the late 1980s.” I remember well an extremely long Plenary (1987, I believe) that involved at least two pizza deliveries Check out the digital edition of Haverford magazine at to keep people from leaving and taking haverford.edu/magazine. quorum with them. I don’t remember 2 Haverford Magazine ear anyway, sounded full and pol- to be brought up-to-date on the ished, completely ready for prime wonderful things that have been time. There’s a self-consciously happening on campus. Most seren- retro aspect to the songs, but for me dipitous, however, was the appear- that augments rather than dimin- ance on the inside back cover of ishes their impact. There’s no old the map of the campus in 1940, band I’d say they sound so much the year I first arrived at the college. like as to suffer from the compar- I went up and down the lists [of ison. And if you have a soft spot profs’ office locations], recalling for lush, layered harmonies, smart one after another, and paused at lyrics, and jangling guitars, they’re Prof. Kelly, number 103, recalling worth a listen. the afternoon I called there for If I ever wonder what inter- some help in German—and stood esting alternative bands do for a transfixed as he finished playing, I living, I now know they do things think, a Beethoven sonata. It was like teaching math in England. I only later that he linked up with hope that doesn’t bespeak the end another professor who played of the [Daisy House] father-daugh- viola, I think, for a series of recitals ter collaboration, because their in Roberts Hall. efforts deserve a wider audience. Thank you for giving me a Meanwhile, I guess I can start in- glimpse into the past and into the cluding the alumni magazine on future! —Henry H. Gray ’44 my list of places to find new music. —Bill Belt ’80 The Yard (campus). As I prepare for my 45th reunion this October, I am also look- TALK TO US TRADITIONAL ing forward to our Class of 1972 con- If something you read in this issue CONNECTION necting with the Class of 2022 next June. inspires a question, a comment, a I was intrigued by the article in [the My connection to Haverford, and why polite rebuke, or a paean, send it Main Lines section of] your spring/ I see your magazine, is my wife, Susan along. What would you like to see summer issue, “Continuing a Century- Swan Smith. Her father was Dana W. more of in the magazine? What would Old Tradition.” The program described Swan, former head coach and athletic you like to see less of? Let us know. echoes of what we alums of the United director, to whom Haverford’s Swan Field Have you got a great idea for a story? States Naval Academy call “Another Link is dedicated. Susan grew up in a house Tell us about it. Do you have a ques- in the Chain.” In our version, members only a block or so from the Haverford tion you want to ask about Haverford of a class begin interfacing with their campus, and a sister and her family still history or Haverford now? Ask away. 50-years-later brethren on the younger live in the area. We visit there often, usu- class’s Induction Day. What begins as a ally walking the campus at least once Send us an email at: social mixer progresses through many each time. It’s a beautiful place, and it [email protected] milestones and events over the next four was gratifying to become acquainted with years … [and] formally culminates with one more of your honored traditions, one Or send a letter to: the older alumni presenting diplomas to which we just happen to share.