Inside ■ Looking Back at 18 Years of the Chronicle and Stan Sherer Photos, Pages 6-9 the Campus Chronicle Vol

■ Alice Nash and Leonce Ndikumana awarded Fulbright grants, page 4 Inside ■ Looking back at 18 years of the Chronicle and Stan Sherer photos, pages 6-9 The Campus Chronicle Vol. XVIII, No. 37 June 27, 2003 for the Amherst campus of the University of Massachusetts

A farewell message Legislature cuts UMass by $80.5m Daniel J. Fitzgibbons to our readers CHRONICLE STAFF An already grim budget situa- Lombardi to seek fee hike, For the past week I’ve tried attracted a legion of fans with tion took a turn for the worse to write dispassionately about his amazing ability to capture June 13 as legislators approved a the terrible budget cuts that are striking images of life on cam- conference committee proposal makes deeper reductions forcing the closure of the pus. Chris is the backbone of that cuts funding for the Univer- Sarah R. Buchholz dollars to $1.25 million. Chronicle, but after 17 years the Chronicle operation. She sity system by 18.5 percent or CHRONICLE STAFF Athletics was cut $50,000 in with the paper, I feel as if kept the books, put the finish- $80.5 million. addition to $2.5 million already there’s been a death in the fam- ing touches on layout, ordered The $22.3 billion fiscal 2004 Chancellor John V. Lombardi on the table. Director Ian ily. supplies, managed a succes- state budget package passed eas- announced an additional $5.66 McCaw said Athletics has de- In the three weeks since the sion of computer systems, ily, with the House voting 118-37 million in budget reductions in a veloped five possible “wide- Chronicle topped the chancel- learned mind-numbing People- in favor of the measure and the June 24 memo to the campus. ranging” models/strategies for lor’s initial list of budget cuts, Soft protocols, submitted travel Senate approving the plan by a The reductions, paired with cutting its budget. my staff and I have come to re- vouchers, maintained our mail- vote of 32-6. The budget is now the $15.8 million in cuts “They involve both changes alize that the sense of overing and distribution lists and before Gov. Mitt Romney, who Lombardi previously an- in intercollegiate programs and whelming loss we feel is shared produced the Weekly Bulletin has 10 days to sign the budget, nounced for a total of $21.5 mil- personnel reduction,” McCaw by many people on and off and Campus Calendar pages issue vetoes or suggest changes. lion, put the campus just over said. campus. Faculty, retirees, clas- each week. I also am deeply If Romney leaves the UMass half-way toward covering a $41 Both the Campus Chronicle sified and professional staff, grateful for the invaluable as- funding intact, the maintenance million gap in funding for fiscal and a category labeled “Design legislators, and alumni have sistance and backup provided appropriation for the five-campus year 2004. and Production” were cut an ad- called or written to express by associate editor Sarah system will drop from The reductions came in the ditional $40,000. The cut to the their appreciation for our work Buchholz and former assistant $436,276,144 to $355,764,464, form of staff, programming, Chronicle is a salary line. Steve and to share our sadness that, editors Beth Goldstein, Chris- which includes an estimated $28 and non-tenure track faculty. Robbins, director of Creative with this issue, it is coming to tina Lillios, Rob Galvin and Mal million in tuition paid by out-of- Lombardi has said he will avoid Services, said the nature of the an end. Provost. Without them, I would state students that the Amherst cuts to tenured and tenure-track design and production cut has During its early years, the never have had a vacation. campus will be allowed to retain faculty if at all possible. yet to be determined. Chronicle was a weekly experi- Our heartfelt thanks also to as part of a two-year pilot pro- Advancement and Alumni Marie Hess, retiring deputy ment in institutional communi- the “Friends of the Chronicle,” gram. Under the experimental pro- Affairs saw their budget cut director of the Fine Arts Center, cation. There was, quite rightly, who are listed on page 6. This gram, the state will bear the fringe more than double from $180,600 said the additional cuts to the a great deal of suspicion about group supported us in a variety benefit costs for employees paid to $380,600. Research Affairs FAC were “such a shock.” the “administration paper” and of ways, including earlier this from the funds during fiscal 2004. took a $200,000 hit raising its “It’s almost 50 percent of our its reporting. As time passed month when many of them The legislative budget level budget reduction half a million. campus support,” she said. “It’s and administrations changed, bombarded the chancellor with funds Commonwealth College at The capital plan reduction was all state money, so that’s all the Chronicle developed into eloquent pleas to preserve their $1.715 million, but contains no doubled to total $1.6 million, salaries.” something different than most community newspaper. funding for the endowed chair academic affairs will lose an ad- Hess said the FAC would try in-house organs. We were al- As our readers reminded us, matching fund incentive program ditional $50,000 to bring its to mitigate the personnel cuts lowed a level of autonomy to information is a commodity or library acquisitions. losses to date to $1.56 million, by spreading the reductions to report the news in a straight- within large organizations. In a Funding for the state scholar- and the estimated reduction to programming and maintenance, forward, fair and even-handed place as balkanized and Byzan- ship program was reduced $9.2 central university assessment , PAGE 3 manner. With our credibility es- tine as UMass Amherst can be, million to $82.4 million and the was increased by half a million SEE CUTS tablished, the Chronicle be- the Chronicle has been the earmark for the UMass system for came an important counter- “town green,” a central point needs-based financial aid reduced point to the student paper and for discussion and debate or by $1 million to $8.6 million. vice to qualify for higher pension July 15 to Sept. 1 with a Dec. 31 provided readers with a cam- simply staying informed about Lawmakers also approved an benefits. The program will include retirement date for higher educa- pus perspective on issues of- what’s happening on the other early retirement incentive allow- employees paid from federal, trust tion employees. The measure al- ten ignored in the local press. side of campus. ing state employees to add five and capital funds. lows the University president or In recent years, I have One of our friends, profes- years to their age or years of ser- The application window is SEE BUDGET, PAGE 3 sometimes described the sor emeritus of Classics Eliza- Chronicle as published by the beth Will, recently summed up administration, but “owned” her feelings about the by its readers, who suggested Chronicle: stories, wrote letters, criticized “I think I’ve never been as- or praised our work, and em- sociated with a university that braced the idea of a community is less unified in spirit. I was in newspaper that served all cam- the Faculty Senate and on the pus employees. As our 1997 Graduate Council and several readership survey showed, 90 university committees, but I percent of the readers — and honestly never felt I was in the 100 percent of administrators same institution as the scien- — said they were better in- tists, engineers, etc., whom I formed about campus news sometimes met. At Penn State, and information by reading the a comparable institution, Texas, paper. And 90 percent of those and Iowa, however, there was surveyed rated the Chronicle much more solidarity. For once excellent or good. each week, you made UMass, That success is the product too, seem like a single institu- of a talented staff, including tion.” founding editor Michael E.C. I cannot think of higher Gery, whose vision guided the praise for what the Chronicle paper through its early years, staff and I have done for the and our two veterans, photog- last 717 issues. It was an honor Stan Sherer photo rapher Stan Sherer and office to serve you. Preserving the past manager Chris Davies. Along Graduate student Kalyani Nunnahas has scanned over 6,000 photographs from the Ar- with being the Chronicle’s Daniel J. Fitzgibbons, editor chives collection this year. The digital Images Catalog of Special Collections and Ar- goodwill ambassador, Stan has chives was launched just last week. As of June 20, there are 11,477 images on the site (www.library.umass.edu/cgi-bin/aka/imagefinder.cgi). 2 June 27, 2003 The Campus Chronicle Letters to the Chronicle Loss of Chronicle is a ‘tragic consequence’ The last word from Rob Brooks I am writing with a heavy heart to ex- would have missed a number of events, in- Dear Campus Chronicle old friend, more of greater service — for, for what- press my gratitude –– and I am certain that cluding on occasion defenses of disserta- Good-bye, and thank you for your ever reasons, I wanted to stay connected of a great number of faculty and staff as tions, and I would have had far less oppor- many years of good and faithful service to the University in some ways, and you well as those who work here at the Renais- tunity to be proud of the campus’s record. to the campus community. were the primary source by which I was sance Center –– for the superb achieve- Your newspaper has been as crucial as it When I first came to UMass in 1964, able to do so. ment you and your staff have accom- has been invaluable –– and since it was we were both young. (You aged more So I will miss you, and your dedicated plished for our campus with limited fund- also read regularly by our President’s Of- gracefully than I.) As the Weekly Bulle- staff of editors and office support. You ing and support. As someone who once fice, our trustees, and the state Legisla- tin, you were mimeographed and coming can be assured in retirement that your wrote for the Providence Journal and The ture, it was our very best record of what of age, and so was I (except for the “be- job was well done — and although you New York Times, I have admired, from the we do, and at times, why we do it. ing mimeographed” part.) You helped to in no way deserved to be “liquidated” — very first, your evenhandedness, your The loss of the Campus Chronicle is a orient me and to inform me what was go- be assured that your passing will not go comprehensiveness, and your fairness in tragic consequence for our campus. ing on, when, and where. An invaluable unnoticed. And, as is so often the case, I reporting on our campus, and the imagina- service to a neophyte administrator can also most guarantee that your pass- tion and wit that you have also shown to ARTHUR F. KINNEY whose job description, in part, required ing will be all the more grieved as time lift our spirits even when you inform us. I professor of English and knowing what was going on. goes on. would have known far less about my fel- director, Renaissance Center In my middle and later years, we both Your epitaph may have been best ex- low workers without the Chronicle; I became more sophisticated (at least you pressed by Bill Moyers: “The printed did) when you metamorphosed into The page conveys information and commit- Chronicle and Sherer’s photos will be missed Campus Chronicle. As the campus grew, ment, and requires active involvement. sources of information and communica- Television conveys emotion and experi- I regret that The Campus Chronicle will in the most prosaic of situations. It was a tion were harder to come by, and to rely ence, and it’s very limited in what it can cease to be. You have played a crucial role joy and a privilege to see the work of a on — and thus, you became all the more do logically. It’s an existential experience in making this large university feel more skilled and caring photographer issue after invaluable — if only to confirm what it is — there — and then gone.” like a community. I learned much about the issue. I thought I already knew, or had heard, or Thank you Fitz, Sarah, Stan and Chris. work of many others on campus, people The Campus Chronicle kept us all — thought I had heard (especially). It cer- whom I would not have known of other- faculty and staff — in touch with each tainly beat having to check with multiple ROBERT N. BROOKS wise. other’s thoughts and doings. We will not sources via the electronic world. retired director, I appreciated the clarity of the writing. I be the same without the service you pro- In retirement (2001) you were even Visitor Relations especially enjoyed Stan Sherer’s photo- vided the campus. graphs. He found the humanity and poetry JULIUS LESTER professor, Judaic and Near Eastern Studies ‘A mighty sad day’ ‘Deep and profound sadness’ There are no words to express the deep 15 years. I especially have valued the vast Best wishes and It is a mighty sad day to see the and profound sadness I feel for the demise institutional memory of Fitz, and the col- Chronicle, our only in-house paper for of the Campus Chronicle. This excellent laborative and creative spirit of the appreciation news and PR, done in by budget cuts. It, I source of information illuminated the POSI- Chronicle staff as a whole. The Campus Chronicle has fostered a predict, will be sorely missed. TIVE aspects of the campus, yet was tem- Perhaps the next iteration of the Cam- sense of community through good times Thank you for all your years of service pered with a no-nonsense dose of “the pus Chronicle will be the flagship campus’ and bad. Daniel Fitzgibbons and his staff to the campus community and for a paper real deal.” phoenix rising from the ashes of budget have served us well, and they are entitled that did a great job at UMass. This commitment to telling the Amherst cuts. I hope sooner rather than later. to our unstinting appreciation and best campus’ story without whitewash is val- wishes for the future. JAKE BISHOP ued by the University’s advocates as a vi- CHERYL L. DUKES JOHN MOORE director, tal component of the Ambassadors Net- coordinator, professor, Massachusetts Higher Education work/Advocacy Programs and has aided in Advocacy Programs Psychology Department Consortium its growth and development over the past

‘Multi-lingual-schisms’ staged at Amherst New WORLD Theater will present outcome from the dual facts of growing Project 2050’s “Multi-lingual-schisms,” linguistic diversity in the U.S. and the new theater works by area youth from looming extinction of bilingual education varying ethnic, racial, cultural and reli- and affirmative action programs. gious backgrounds, on Saturday, July 12 The group will explore the ‘whys’ of re- at 3 and 8 p.m. and Sunday, July 13 at 3 sistance movements and pursue the ques- p.m at Holden Theater in Amherst College. tion of ‘what next’ for future activism. The performance is the culmination of Tickets are $12 general public, $8 for summer workshops with scholars and art- low-income patrons and seniors, and $5 ists in which they created the pieces prior for students with ID, and can be reserved to the performance. by calling the Fine Arts Center Box Office The performance explores the possible (5-2511).

Club Jazz in July performances will be presented in the Lincoln Campus Center. Telephone Fax (413) 545-4818 The Campus Chronicle (413) 577-0044

Jazz in July performances listed Editor: Daniel J. Fitzgibbons Deadline for all submissions is Friday Associate Editor: of the week preceding publication. The annual Jazz in July series returns On July 10 at 7:30 p.m. at Amherst Sarah R. Buchholz Office Manager: July 7-18 with several public performances. Books there will be a book signing, perfor- Christine A. Davies Photographer: Stan Sherer (ISSN 0888-0093) Published weekly during A faculty lecture/performance and dem- mance and readings from “Such a Sweet the academic year and biweekly during Janu- Reporter: Khadija Diakite onstration series will be held July 7-10 and Thunder: Views on Black American Mu- ary, June, July and August by Communica- 14-17 from 10:45 a.m-noon, in Bezanson sic.” The store is located at 8 Main St. tions and Marketing. Second class postage Recital Hall, for $5 per lecture, or $25 for all Jazz in July Jamsations, featuring Jazz in 205 Munson Hall paid at Amherst MA 01002. POSTMAS- University of Massachusetts eight lectures. July participants, take place on July 11 and TER: Send address changes to The Campus 101 Hicks Way Chronicle, 205 Munson Hall, University of Club Jazz in July, featuring an instru- 18 from 9 a.m.- 4 p.m. in Bezanson Recital Amherst MA 01003-9268 mental and vocal jazz by program partici- Hall. All students performances are free. Massachusetts, 101 Hicks Way, Amherst MA 01003-9268. Mailed to off-campus sub- pants as well as a summer grill menu and Finally on Thursday, July 17 at 7:30 p.m. E-mail address: scribers for $25 per year. cash bar, will debut on July 9, 7-10 p.m. in there will be a Jazz in July All Stars Con- [email protected] the Top of the Campus on the 11th floor of cert in Bowker Auditorium. Tickets are $12 No permission is required to reprint articles the Lincoln Campus Center. On July 16, general public, $6 for students and senior Online edition: from the The Campus Chronicle if appropriate Club Jazz moves to 1009 Campus Center citizens and are available through the Fine www.umass.edu/chronicle credit is given. from 7-10 p.m. There is no cover charge. Arts Center Box Office (5-2511). The Campus Chronicle June 27, 2003 3 17 faculty Additional reductions given tenure Sarah R. Buchholz detailed by chancellor CHRONICLE STAFF CUTS be some layoffs of very valuable FROM PAGE 1 people.” The Board of Trustees Several departments said they awarded tenure to 17 faculty on as well. The FAC will try to raise would ask for bridge funding to the Amherst campus at its May 7 more money she said, and in- help them adjust to the new bud- meeting and approved an offer creasing ticket prices may be one get. with tenure to two incoming fac- method. With a nearly $20 million gap ulty members. Also in the cuts, the Marching in the University budget remain- The newly tenured group com- Band lost more than 19 percent of ing, Lombardi said “[R]eductions prises the following associate its revenue. beyond… a total of $21.5 million professors: Paul Barten and The largest line item in would likely render the campus Kevin McGarigal of Natural Re- Tuesday’s report was the $1 mil- unable to function, support its sources Conservation; Jeffrey lion additional cut to UMass Ex- Stan Sherer photo students and faculty, or sustain Ebdon of Plant and Soil Sciences; tension, for a total loss of $1.253 Getting down to business its research and service mis- Deborah Good of Veterinary and million. Steve Demski, associate New student Chris Lindsey is advised by sophomore sions.” The memo indicated that Animal Sciences; Steven Sandler vice chancellor for Outreach, said Stephanie Smirlock, School of Management Residential Lombardi expects to see a stu- of Microbiology; Elizabeth the cut will cause Extension “to Academic Programs. dent fee increase considered at a Harvey of Psychology; Laura accelerate some processes that meeting of the President’s Coun- Jensen of Political Science; Lisa we are already doing. cil and the Management Council Chasan-Taber of Biostatistics and “We’re going to try to increase scheduled to be convened by the Epidemiology; Blair Perot of Me- the amount of grant funding, con- PVTA goes to ‘proof of President’s Office June 30. chanical and Industrial Engineer- tract funding, fee-based revenue “If we have not succeeded in ing; Debbie Felton-Miller of Clas- and philanthropic giving to make meeting the legislature’s require- sics; Tayeb El-Hibri, director of payment’ system on buses up for this reduction.” ments, either through budget re- Near Eastern Studies; Max Page Demski said the long-term The Pioneer Valley Transit Au- possible to serve our customers ductions or increased revenue by of Art and Art History; James strategy is to “support commu- thority (PVTA) will initiate a without more revenue.” He said that time, I will then turn to the Gladden of Sport Management; nity-based faculty and staff on proof-of-payment “honor sys- that in an attempt to maximize its extremely destructive consider- Kathleen Davis of Teacher Edu- these types of entrepreneurial tem” on its Amherst-based, fixed limited resources, the PVTA will ation of [Category] IIIb issues,” cation and Curriculum Studies; dollars. bus routes beginning July 1. The rely on using the proof-of-pay- he said. Narayanan Menon of Physics; policy will require passengers to ment system rather than purchas- “In the short-term, there will Joseph Berger of Educational have proof of fare payment in ing fare boxes and collecting Policy, Research and Administra- hand from the time they board a fares on each trip. School of Education hosts tion; and Brian Ogilvie, History. PVTA bus until they leave the He said transit supervisors will The board also approved ten- bus stop at their final destination. make random fare inspections school counselors conference ure for new Biology associate Routes affected by the new and passengers must be prepared The School of Education’s The new vision for school professor Tobias Baskin, who will proof-of-payment policy are: 30 to show proof of payment. Failure School Counseling Program, the counselors says that counselors join the department this summer. North Amherst/Belchertown to do so may result in loss of Education Trust, and the Division play a leadership role in defining Baskin studies the role of the cy- Road, 31 Sunderland/South riding privileges, he noted. of Continuing Education are col- and carrying out the counseling toskeleton and the cell wall in Amherst; 32 West Street/Bay Under the policy, students laborating to present “Using Data function and in mobilizing re- plant morphogenesis and worked Road, 33 Pine Street/34/35 Cam- who attend one of the Five Col- to Help all Children Succeed,” a sources to serve all children’s in the Interdisciplinary Plant pus Shuttle, 36 Gatehouse Road, leges must be prepared to show week-long institute for school learning needs. Group at the University of Mis- 37 Amity Shuttle, 38 Mount current and valid school ID cards, counselors from July 14-18. Partakers are able to carry out souri, where he also was an asso- Holyoke/Hampshire/Amherst/ while faculty and staff must be The program is connected to a this goal for several reasons. As ciate professor. UMass, 39 Smith/Hampshire/ prepared to show employee ID national reform agenda in school stated by the brochure, the pro- Noted epistomologist and phi- Mount Holyoke, 45 Belchertown cards. Transit supervisors will counseling in which the Univers- gram allows school counselors to losopher of mind Hilary Kornblith Center, 46 South Deerfield, and 43 consider these IDs valid proof of ity’s program is an active partici- build problem-solving teams to from the University of Vermont Northampton/Hadley/Amherst. payment, Shepard said. pant. support students learning and also received an offer of tenure “We regret having to discon- Other passengers may pur- More than 100 school counse- development. from the board. Kornblith will be tinue our tradition of free trans- chase one-ride tickets for $1 each, lors and school counselor educa- They are also able to provide joining the Philosophy Depart- portation on our Amherst-based, or daily, weekly or monthly tors from around the country are focused counseling services and ment in the fall. fixed bus routes,” said PVTA ad- passes for $3, $10 and $36, re- expected to participate. coordinate with teachers, parents, ministrator Gary A. Shepard. spectively. People over age 60 According to the brochure for administrators, and community “However, significant cuts in and people with disabilities pay the program, the main goal of the leaders to make sure all students Legislature state funding to regional transit half the cost if they can show a institute is to present new ways have access to resources and authorities, including the PVTA, PVTA ID card –– available at the to focus and organize school support for academic, career, and sends budget combined with sharply increased PVTA Information Center and the counseling programs to maximize social and emotional develop- operating costs, have made it im- Northampton Council on Aging. to Romney student outcomes. ment. BUDGET FROM PAGE 1 Conferences of all sizes expected on campus this summer chancellor of the Board of Higher Khadija Diakite ringing through education, com- crosse School, Girls Advanced include the Summer Program for Education to identify job titles CHRONICLE STAFF munity, and communication. Soccer Program, Mass Soccer Undergraduate Research (SPUR), which could elect to retire as Dozens of sports camps, spe- About 800 of the guild’s 9,100 Elite Program, Academic Studies Connecticut Valley Oral Survey early as Aug. 29. cial interest organizations and members are expected to attend. Associates, Massachusetts Association Lecture, Federal Fa- The measure calls for a refill professional groups will meet on Youth groups have been com- Youth Summer League, Shoot & cilities Clean-Up Workshop 2003, cap of 20 percent for state-funded campus this summer under the ing to the campus during the Save White Mt. Sport, Percus- 9th Annual Chefs’ Culinary Con- positions and the cap does not auspices of Conference Services. summer since the start of the pro- sion School, Drum Major School ference, Arts Extension Summer apply to positions funded from The groups come to UMass gram. “…Kids love to come here. and Cheerleaders all spanning Institute, Massachusetts Tourna- federal, trust or capital accounts. for various reasons, according to For many its their first exposure from June-August. These youth ment of Champions Referees, Jazz Payments for accrued sick leave Mary Terry, director of Confer- to a university setting,” said groups could span anywhere in July, Union Leadership Admin- and vacation time would be made ence Services. “We offer a quality Terry. from 30 to 300 people. istration Conference, Eastern in four equal payments during the service in an accommodating set- Some of these summer youth A number of special interest Conference Workplace Democ- next four years. ting. It’s quiet. We have a lot of groups include Skills Basketball organizations also are slated to racy, School Counseling Leader- Finally, the Legislature ap- space. Each of the four dining School, College Connection Field visit campus, according to Terry. ship Institute, and Assessing Of- proved a tiered system of health services can fit 1,000 people at a Hockey, Easton Softball Develop- The New England Camera Club ficers Annual School. Atten- insurance premiums for state em- time, which is an attraction for ment School, Mass Soccer Mini Council, an organization of ama- dance for these groups ranges ployees, with workers earning many groups.” Program, Teen Conference, North teur photographers and a peren- from 10 to 1,300 participants. less than $35,000 continuing to One of the larger and more un- Shore Upward Bound Program nial conference for many years, Conference Services also was pay 15 percent. Employees earn- usual conferences, the American 2003, Team Camp Basketball arrives next month. involved with the annual alumni ing $35,000 and up will now pay Guild of English Handbell Ring- School, Overnight Basketball About 350 guests are sched- reunion, which was held June 6-8, 20 percent and new employees ers, is scheduled to arrive this School, Championship Swim uled to attend the state Collectors and is working on the Special hired after July 1 will pay 25 per- week. School, Holyoke Upward Bound and Treasurers Association meet- Olympics Massachusetts August cent. New retirees will pay 15 per- Founded in 1954, AGEHR is Program, Easton Pitcher-Catcher ing in mid-August. Tournament, which is expected to cent. dedicated to advancing the musi- School, Mass Soccer Boys Ad- Other scheduled conferences draw 1,000 to 12,000 people. cal art of handbell/handchime vanced Program, All Star La- 4 June 27, 2003 The Campus Chronicle Fulbrights send faculty to Quebec, S. Africa

Patrick J. Callahan tions of Canada. Grain& Chaff NEWS OFFICE STAFF Nash also will teach an undergraduate seminar in the Teaching fellow Two faculty –– Leonce Ndikumana, associate profes- spring 2004 term. The seminar is a modified version of her Mary Deane Sorcinelli, associate provost and director of sor of Economics, and Alice Nash, assistant professor of course, “Deerfield 1704,” developed and taught in fall the Center For Teaching, has been awarded a Whiting History –– have received Fulbright teaching and research 2002. In “Deerfield 1704,” students studied the 1704 Foundation Fellowship for 2003-04. It will allow her to grants for the 2003-04 academic year. Nash has been se- attack on Deerfield by a mixed war party of French, travel for research on trends in college teaching and lected as the Fulbright-Université de Montréal Visiting Mohawk, Abenaki and Huron raiders from multiple per- learning at universities in Ireland and England. She will be Chair for 2003-2004. Ndiku- spectives, drawing mostly on English sources. Class trips hosted by the Center for Excellence in Learning and mana will be at the University included visits to Deerfield as well as a four-day trip to Teaching (CELT) at the National University of Ireland of Cape Town’s School of Quebec to visit three native reserves as well as Montreal Galway, which was recently named Irish University of the Economics in South Africa, and Quebec City. At the University of Montreal, Nash will Year. from July 2003 to June 2004. teach “Deerfield 1704: Problèmes en l’histoire coloniale de The purpose of the l’Amérique du Nord,” drawing on both French and En- glish sources. Students will have an opportunity to visit Conference calls Fulbright Scholar Program, Lecturer Ulrike Brisson of the Department of Germanic founded in 1946, is to build Deerfield and participate in some of the activities scheduled to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the 1704 Languages and Literatures last month gave talks at two mutual understanding be- conferences. She discussed “Space-Time-Authority: Ida tween the people of the U.S. attack. From July to December 2003, Ndikumana will teach a von Hahn-Hahn’s Orientalische Briefe” at the conference and other countries. Recipi- “Time-Space-Gender: German Women Writers of the 18th ents of Fulbright awards are macroeconomics theory course in the new “Collaborative Economics Ph.D. Program,” which was inaugurated in and 19th Centuries” held May 9-11 at Georgetown Univer- Alice Nash selected on the basis of aca- 2002 and is supported by the African Economic Research sity in Washington D.C. Brisson also spoke on “The Ap- demic or professional achieve- palachian Trail –– An American Fantasy” at the 14th An- ment and because they have Consortium, headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya. The program is offered in collaboration with eight other universi- nual American Literature Association Conference held demonstrated extraordinary May 22-25 in Cambridge. leadership potential in their ties in sub-Saharan Africa. The emphasis of the program field. is to build a strong combination of sound economic Nash will conduct research theory and African empirical applications, he says. Bluesman report on a new project, “Council From January to June 2004, Ndikumana will conduct re- Steve Tracy, associate professor of Afro-American Stud- Fires and Cooking Fires: A search on the role of financial markets (banks and stock ies and resident blues player, reports that his band, Steve Comparative Study of Gender markets) in mobilizing savings and promoting business Tracy and the Crawling Kingsnakes, has played recently and Colonization at investment in developing countries in general and with a in Deerfield, Easthampton Kahnawake and Odanak, 1700- case study on South Africa. Ndikumana will be accompa- and Bondsville. Tracy 1850.” This study will look at nied by his family and says the grant is an opportunity to was also recently inter- Leonce Ndikumana how gender was expressed in promote ties between the economics departments at viewed for a one-hour ra- everyday life as well as in intertribal political contexts UMass and the University of Cape Town, and for his chil- dio documentary on the such as the Wabanaki Confederacy and the Seven Na- dren to experience the South African culture. life and legend of Hank Williams, produced by David Barnett for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. On a more academic note, Tracy’s essay “Black Twice” was just published in the Cam- bridge University Press Steve Tracy Companion to Blues and Gospel Music and his book, “A Historical Guide to Langston Hughes,” a collection of essays he edited is due out from Oxford University Press in November. Tracy also penned two essays and a chronol- ogy for the book. Also due out in November is the “Cam- bridge University Press Companion to the African Ameri- can Novel,” which contains an essay by Tracy. Tracy also is serving on the National Blues Education Advisory Board for the “Year of the Blues” project. This board recommends material for and oversees lesson plans that are generated for middle and high school programs in history, literature, and music in conjunction with the upcoming “Year of the Blues” programs to be featured on PBS beginning in the fall. Fun with food Dianne Z. Sutherland, registered and licensed dietitian at Food Services, received third place nationally for the “Most Creative Nutrition Promotion” from National Asso- ciation of College and University Food Services for developing and implementing “Do You Want to be a MEAL- Stan Sherer photos LIONAIRE?” for students for National Nutrition Month in March. The promotion was a spin-off of Regis Philbin’s Clean water act “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?” but instead of general Jane Szelewicki, control systems specialist trivia, she substituted nutrition and dining commons for the Physical Plant Utilities Office, collects trivia. Minute Maid, Tyson and Cains sponsored the event by providing the prizes. Students signed up to be water samples from the Isenberg School of contestants, had the fast finger question (in this case, Management’s new air conditioning system. fast hand-raising question) and then the student who She bioscans the cooling system water of made it to the hot seat had the three life lines: 50:50, every building on campus for bacteria each Phone (or Ask) a Friend and Ask the Audience. A grand week. prize of a DVD player was awarded at each dining commons. Right, Szelewicki uses an ultrameter to test pH and conductivity levels in the School of Starr power Management’s new water cooling tower. Irene Starr, former director of the Foreign Language Re- source Center, received a Lifetime Achievement Award on Szelewicki invites anyone who would like to June 19 at the biennial meeting of the International Asso- take a tour of the water treatment program to ciation for Language Learning Technology in Ann Arbor, call her at 5-3454. Mich. The award recognizes major contributions to IALLT and the profession. IALLT members were among the first to recognize the benefits of using technology and multimedia in education. The Campus Chronicle June 27, 2003 5 Goodwin receives USDA Secretary’s Honor Award U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, for the award in the category of Ann Veneman presented Steve “Promoting Health by Providing Goodwin, associate dean of the Access to Safe, Affordable, and College of Natural Resources and Nutritious Food.” the Environment with the 2003 Goodwin is the administrative USDA Secretary’s Honor Award advisor of this research project on June 13 at the Ronald Reagan which involves 26 participants International Trade Center in from 13 states. Washington, D.C. “The Honor Awards highlight Goodwin received the award the dedication and talents of on behalf of the members of USDA employees who contribute Multistate Research project NE- in so many ways to improving the 179 — Technology and Principles world around us,” said Veneman. for Assessing and Retaining Each of these honorees is to be Postharvest Quality of Fruits and commended for their accomplish- Vegetables. NE-179 was selected ments in public service.” Kielson given Pillar Award Gail Kielson, coordinator of lar Award, given to an individual Self-starter Stan Sherer photo the Rural Domestic Violence and who exemplifies advocacy in Child Victimization Project at working with survivors of domes- Three-year-old Songsten Norbu decided to push his own stroller as he and his babysitter Everywoman’s Center, recently tic violence. walked past Curry Hicks Cage last week. His mother, Tashi Zangmo, is a graduate student in Education. received a Peace Award from the Kielson has been engaged in Massachusetts Rural Domestic violence prevention work and Violence and Child Victimization providing advocacy and support Project of the Department of Pub- for victims/survivors of domestic lic Health. violence for more than 20 years, Physical Science and Engineering Library The awards are given to indi- and has coordinated this project viduals, groups or agencies that since its inception in 1998. In this to close during August for renovations are working to promote peace and capacity, she provides commu- break the cycle of domestic vio- nity education, professional train- Emily Silverman process at least 2,500 volumes a seeks one of the relocated items, lence in the rural communities of ing, and conferences on domestic SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE day, and send them up to the Five a new location (FC Depository) Berkshire, Franklin and Hamp- violence and child witness to vio- The Physical Sciences and En- College Library Depository in will appear. A link to an online shire counties. The goals of the lence issues for community gineering Library in the Lederle South Amherst. The move will al- form will enable users to request project are to educate the public groups, faith communities, health Graduate Research Center will low for the merging of the Bio- delivery of materials from the de- on domestic violence, and to and human service providers, law close for renovations during the logical Sciences Library into the pository. The usual turnaround serve children who have been ex- enforcement, and school person- month of August. Improvements Physical Sciences and Engineer- time on requests is 24 hours dur- posed to violence in their house- nel, and support and advocacy slated for the library include a ing Library next January. ing weekdays. holds and their non-offending for victims survivors throughout new lobby, fresh paint, new car- There are several critical steps Items moving to the deposi- parents. the hilltowns of west Hampshire peting and furnishings, and alter- involved in such a move. First, tory are lesser-used materials. Kielson was presented the Pil- County. ations to allow public access to materials in the depository are ar- Lists of the specific titles sched- the elevator. ranged by size, not by subject or uled for transfer to the Deposi- Prior to the renovation, Library call number. The books must be tory are available online (www. Mass. Flower Growers fund staff, student workers and faculty packed into size-appropriate library.umass.edu/whatsnew/ volunteers are working every day boxes, as books are not shelved transfers.html). Materials at the Extension research projects from 8:30 a.m. to noon to move individually. Each item’s record in depository may also be consulted 100,000 volumes out of the build- the library catalog must be upon site by appointment. Contact The Massachusetts Flower agents used instead of conven- ing. Their goal is to pull, box and dated, so when a researcher the depository by e-mail (bunker Growers Association recently tional pesticides. @fivecolleges.edu) phone at 542- awarded $10,000 to the Floricul- Cox, who is an associate pro- 8231. ture Extension Team to support fessor of Plant and Soil Sci- Last March, the Faculty Sen- two ongoing research projects. ences, is working with Exten- ate voted to support the Re- Professor Roy Van Driesche sion educators Paul Lopes and search Library Council’s recom- and research assistant Suzanne Tina Smith on various issues of mendation to consolidate and re- Lyon of the Entomology Depart- water quality. The team is as- organize the Biological Sciences ment have been working to in- sisting greenhouse growers Library in Morrill and the Physi- troduce the use of biological with water problems associated cal Sciences and Engineering Li- controls to manage the whitefly with alkalinity, pH, contami- brary into a single Integrated Sci- problems faced by many Mas- nated supplies and conserva- ences and Engineering Library. sachusetts ornamental plant tion. The 2002 drought and the The report stated that the best growers. The current phase of demands of the expanding orna- site for the integrated library is the project is aimed at reducing mental plant industry have the space currently occupied by the cost of biological control made water resources a priority. Shelves are slowly empyting in the Physical Sciences and Engineering Library in preparation for renovations. the Physical Sciences and Engi- neering Library in Lederle. Clouston organizes conference on use of wood in large-scale design Wood is becoming recognized New England states, eastern in wood processing technology transportation, installation, in- as a highly attractive structural Canada and the Carolinas who and use of computer-controlled service maintenance and use, and material for large-scale building discussed the most recent ad- machinery, leading to highly so- recycling — wood typically re- projects throughout the world, vances in structural and architec- phisticated structural detailing, quires less energy and has lower according to architects, engi- tural wood design, said Clouston. were partly credited for this new levels of pollutants when com- neers, construction technologists Contemporary architecture in design ingenuity, according to pared with steel or concrete. and academics who attended a wood was highlighted through- Clouston. Clouston said she believes May 9 conference organized by out the day and examples of com- The environmental benefits of that in time, more structures in Peggi Clouston, assistant profes- mercial, governmental and institu- using wood also were empha- the Northeast will demonstrate sor in the Building Materials and tional structures employing novel sized during the conference. Ac- this creativity with wood. “Tim- Wood Technology Program in the uses of timber and engineered cording to Clouston, recent re- ber engineering is a relatively Department of Natural Resources wood composites were pre- search has shown that based on new field to many. The first step Conservation. sented. In addition to emphasiz- life-cycle analysis — quantifying towards seeing more innovative The conference, which took ing wood’s natural beauty, many energy and environmental costs wood structures is to inspire the place at the Foxwoods Resort and projects featured non-traditional of all life stages of products in- design community. The next step Casino in Ledyard, Conn., at- building profiles including oval cluding: material extraction, pro- is to teach them how it can be Peggi Clouston tracted about 110 experts from the and parabolic shapes. Advances cessing and manufacturing, done.” 6 June 27, 2003 The Campus Chronicle June 27, 2003 7 Friends of the Chronicle Pressing matters: A look back at 18 years of the Chronicle Chronicle history Daniel J. Fitzgibbons O’Brien, who said the Chronicle was created as firestorm of criticism from faculty and Scott called by the numbers Since 1985, many people on and off CHRONICLE STAFF part of a wide-ranging effort to transform the cam- a campuswide meeting to discuss the issue. campus helped the Chronicle in many In the beginning pus into the ‘best public university in the North- Along with covering the heated meeting in ways. Some consistently used the paper east” within five years. Bowker Auditorium, the Chronicle also published In the summer of 1985, preparations were un- to communicate news, while others pro- “Such a view of our future will prevail only if it comments from an interview with the chancellor derway for the debut of a new campus newspaper First year of publication vided us with material, administrative or commands the support of the whole campus,” he immediately after the session. The resulting sto- for UMass Amherst faculty and staff. Founding 1985 moral support. Others came to our defense wrote. “This newspaper is a crucial part of our at- ries established the credibility of the Chronicle editor Michael E.C. Gery, assistant editor Bill Par- when the Chronicle was criticized or tar- tempt to talk with the whole community, faculty, among many faculty and staff. ent, office manager Laura Kehoe — all alumni — Years published geted for elimination. Thank you, one and staff and students, in order to provoke discussion Later, Scott apologized for not confirming the worked with staff from Photo Services and the all. and build consensus.” dismissals to the Chronicle, but admitted that the 18 Publications Office to design the new tabloid, inquiry prompted him to move more quickly on which replaced the 72-year-old Weekly Bulletin, Jack Ahern, M.J. Alhabeeb, Bob Allen, *** the matter. Total issues Sandy Anderson, Sky Arndt-Briggs, Tim an 8½ by 11-inch compendium of notices and offi- One of the stories in the first edition of the 717 Ashwell, Chas Baker, Judith Barker, Elaine cial announcements. Barkin, Ellsworth Barnard, Ben Barnhart, Lee Chronicle noted that English professor James *** Leheny was appointed associate chancellor by If you’re talking credibility, we knew we were Pages published Ann Bartow, Sigrid Bauschinger, Steve Beeber, The fledgling publication was a team effort — Willy Bemis, Anne Benz, Jake Bishop, Robert Chancellor Joseph Duffey. Four chancellors later, finally an accepted part of the campus when the 6,556 start-up expenses came from a pan-campus publi- and Myrtle Blanchard, Fanny J. Blankenship, he’s still there ... University telephone operators started referring cations fund, while several staff from other offices Jeff Blaustein, Fred Bloom, Betty Brace, Liane all those odd calls to our office. What’s Joe expanded their duties to include the Chronicle. Most pages in a single year Brandon, Gerald Braunthal, Mike Brennan, Phil To the editor Duffey’s middle name? Wait, we’ll find out. When Bob Kirk of Design and Production Services con- 452 (1997-98) Bricker, John Brigham, Julie Brigham-Grette, Letters to the Chronicle have always been one is a lecture in wood technology? Here it is. This Rob Brooks, Ira Bryck, Jason Burbank, Jim ceived the original look of the paper and assisted of the paper’s most popular features. One off-cam- year, the operators called us to get a copy of the Burke, Paula Burton, Barton Byg, Edward in the final paste-up of each issue. In those pre- Fewest pages in a single year pus respondent to a 1997 readership survey said, campus snow closing policy. Bruce Bynum, Jim Cahill, Linda Cahillane, desktop publishing days, all of the copy was 276 (1986-87) “Letters are the most entertaining part of the pa- Patrick Callahan, Elisa Campbell, Rita typeset in galleys, proofed and corrected, and per –– the ‘PC’ version of ‘Beavis and Butt- Striking gold Campbell, Jim Carlin, Ann Carr, Julie Caswell, pasted in by hand. Design and Production type- Jim Cathey, Danny Chun, Javier Cevallos, Ri- head.’” In 1999, the Chronicle was awarded the gold This photo from an alumni event was recycled for the “Virtual Commencement” April Top circulation setters Carol Demaradzki and Lee Ann Bartow chard Clarity, Lisa Clark, Stan Clark, Stephen medal for tabloids/newspapers by Council for Ad- Fool’s story that ran in 1998. 9,800 spent countless hours on the Chronicle and of- Clingman, Ferg Clydesdale, Pauline Collins, In the early days of the Chronicle, the policy vancement and Support of Education (CASE) Re- fered invaluable advice and suggestions. Bruce Colton, Dick Conner, Joe Connolly, Jim was to summarize letters and respond to their gion I, which includes New England and eastern obscure office in Physical Plant that maintained a the state and surfaced on campus in April 2001. Smallest issue Coopee, Wayne Cournoyer, Margo Crist, Jean comments. The first signed letter to run appeared Canada. The award followed a bronze medal in fleet of automated animals that were put into place 4 pages Cross, Santina Curran, Cheryl Daggett, Sharon One of the most challenging tasks that face in the May 30, 1986 issue. The missive from Gerry 1998. In 2000, the category was eliminated but the for budgetary reasons. The story received a few Big issues Davenport, Paul Davies, Robert Day, Fran Gery and Parent was developing a campuswide Scoppettuolo, staff assistant at the Student Cen- Chronicle took a silver in the newsletter category. comments, so we tried again the next year. At the risk of triggering post-traumatic stress Deats, Michael DeCheke, Carol Demaradzki, delivery system. Eventually, they mapped out a Largest issue ter for Educational Research and Advocacy What we learned is that no story was too ab- reactions across campus, we have to mention Barbara DeVico, Judith Dietel, John Dittfach, large figure-eight route that covered the core of 40 pages (SCERA) reflected on the professional staff’s re- surd for UMass: office compost piles, Whitmore David Scott’s strategic planning odyssey. Paul Drummond, Cheryl L. Dukes, Bert the campus. Using a van supplied by Physical Aliases Durand, Lee Edwards, Sybil Eshbach, Fred jection of unionization. being put up for sale or a missing faculty member At the end of April 1995, Scott prepared to lay Plant, the editors trained a student crew to count, Did we mention that some readers were some- Editors Feldman, Bart Feller, Sig Feller, John In later years, letters became a staple of the located in Morrill Science Center after he lost his out his draft strategic plan to the campus commu- label and deliver thousands of papers each week. what skeptical when the Chronicle first appeared? 2 Fitzgerald, Fran Fortino, Marc Fournier, Thomas Chronicle. Like all newspapers, we had our regular way back to his office several years earlier. nity. Calling the Chronicle editor at home on Sun- But that’s not to say it always went smoothly. Pa- Some faculty wags in Psychology dubbed the pa- Fox, Darlene Freedman, Robert Gage, Ashoke correspondents (you know who you are) who Our 1994 story concerned endowed faculty day afternoon, he inquired whether it was pos- pers often went astray and once the crew ne- per “Pravda” because they thought it pushed the Ganguli, Bob Garstka, Terri Gauthier, Bart vented their frustrations, railed against injustices party line of the administration. posts, including the La-z-Boy Chair, going unfilled sible to publish the executive area unit plans and Assistant/associate editors Germond Sr., Anna-Maria Goossens, Glen Gor- glected to close the van’s side door and spread or simply tried to spark debate on some issue. Un- Richard O’Brien certainly exerted a great mea- because of their embarassing names. Several fac- the draft report, “Towards a Commonwealth of 7 don, Joyce Gorman, Amy Glynn, Pat Graves, virtually an entire edition across the intersection der pressure from the administration, the letters ulty jokingly volunteered to be the La-Z-Boy pro- Learning,” over the next two issues. David Grose, Cindy Hamel, Dennis Hanno, of Massachusetts Avenue and Commonwealth sure of control over the Chronicle in his time as policy was amended to require the paper to solicit fessor. On 18 hours noticed, we produced a 32-page Interns Jarice Hanson, Cindy Hardy, Fred Harris, Jack Avenue as they took the turn. executive vice chancellor and provost and later as Harrison, Betty Hersant, Maeve Hickok, Ernest a response to letters that criticized individuals or interim chancellor. His frequent use of the paper When we announced in 1991 that departments supplement that ran in the May 5 issue. The fol- 25 Hofer, Elizabeth Holtzman, Robert Hoopes, policies. Though it was sometimes cumbersome, to trumpet his views earned the Chronicle the al- would have to begin purchasing and affixing lowing week, we ran the 28-page report. Elaine Hopkins, Jeanne Horrigan, Mary Lou the change actually gave readers a way to get an- ternate moniker of “O’Brien’s Bugle.” voice mail stamps, the TelCom office was barraged Between those two issues, the Chronicle re- Interns we wanted to shoot Hubbell, Frank Hugus, Elizabeth Keitel, Diane swers to their questions. Even President Michael Apparently, Chronicle was also a spelling chal- with calls asking if the stamps could be received word from its publisher, interim Vice Chan- 3 Kelton, Thom Kendall, Sharon Kennaugh, Ed- Hooker and UMass Worcester Chancellor Aaron lenge for many. We regularly received mail ad- charged.Unaware of the story, the TelCom staff cellor for University Advancement Ron Story, that ward Kingsbury, Arthur F. Kinney, Rosemary Lazare responded to readers’ inquiries. dressed to Chronic, Chronical, Cronical or the bu- was first puzzled, but then amused. the paper’s budget was being cut and the assis- Klaes, Jonathan Kliman, Jan Kozloski, Lori Presidents and interim presidents reaucratic favorite: Campus Newspaper, our offi- The year before, a story on the campus’s deed tant editor’s post eliminated. Kondratowicz, Barbara Krawczyk, Steve Kulik, 6 Marilyn Kushick, Laura Jensen, Nick Joos, Tom *** cial designation for a number of years. being invalidated prompted a call from Boston Scott was astonished to learn of the proposed But then there are the letters readers never saw Globe education reporter Anthony Flint, who cut as he perused the first strategic planning edi- Juravich, Bill Lane, Joe Larson, Henry Lea, Chancellors and interim chancellors John W. Lederle, Deane Lee, David Lenson, –– anonymous screeds against administrators Foolish ways wondered if it was true. tion. Julius Lester, Ruth Levens, Thomas Lindeman, and faculty, chain letters, appeals from all sorts of Our first April Fool’s story ran in the spring of Not to be outdone, Channel 40 wanted to send Determined not to go down without a fight, the 5 Karen List, Annabelle Lucas, Liz Luciano, Jack organizations with no connection to the Univer- 1987, starting a tradition that continued until this a camera crew to interview a pair of Big Dig work- Chronicle published its one and only editorial, Luippold, Lewis Mainzer, William Mahoney, sity. One of our personal favorites was a 39-page year. That first story related the workings of an ers who reportedly burrowed all the way across “Measuring the value of a ‘community newspa- Vice chancellors and interims John Maki, Arthur Mange, Barbara Mantovani, letter from an obviously disturbed man in Atlanta per,” calling on the campus to publicly oppose the 22 Lars Marshall, Steven Marvell, Mass Web who offered to share 25 percent of his $50 billion cutback. Printing, Gary Matthews, Ernie May, Selma lawsuit against the federal government if we True to form, faculty, staff and even Alumni May, Gerry McFarland, Frank McInerney, Campus news directors Martha McLean, Dan Melley, Marjorie Mer- helped publicize his persecution by a range of Association Michael Morris raised hell about the 5 chant, Mike Milewski, Marla Miller, Ted Mone, federal agencies because of a bad used car deal plan to scale back the newspaper. Story backed John Moore, Mike Morris, Anna Nagurney, with a friend of Jimmy Carter. If only we’d taken down and the paper was preserved. CASE awards John Nelson, Gordon Oakes, Tom O’Brien, him up on it. 5 Brian O’Connor, William G. O’Donnell, Julian New ideas Olf, Don Orciuch, Matt Ouellett, Linda Overing, And speaking of Jimmy Carter Michael Gery is remembered for many things at Delivery van accidents Paul Page, Nancy Palmieri, Tony Papirio, Keith When 150 demonstrators opposed to CIA re- the Chronicle, but his legacy is the decision to Paul, John Pepi, Kathy Peiss, Fran Phelps, move to desktop publishing when the technology 1 Marie Phillips, Barbara Pitoniak, Kay Politella, cruitment on campus occupied Munson Hall on Nov. 24, 1986, the group led by Abbie Hoffman was in its infancy. In July 1988, the Chronicle Liz Pols, Cathy Portuges, Al Potter, Thomas Issues missed Radlo, Carol Radzik, Leo Richards, Frank Rife, and Amy Carter did not seize the Chronicle office, weaned itself from the typesetters and introduced Steve Robbins, Don Robinson, Mary Carney where staff locked the door as the horde charged an AT&T local area network that allowed pages to 0 Rockwell, H.D. Rollason Jr., Bob Rothstein, Photographer Stan Sherer joined the into the building. Fortunately, there was no paper be composed on personal computers and printed Chronicle staff about a month after the paper Dennis Roy, Brenda Ryan-Newton, Edgar that week because of Thanksgiving so production out in two sections. That technological leap made Issues delayed was up and running. His first photo, a shot of Sabogal, Randy Sailer, Stanley Salwak, Leo was unaffected. State troopers and UMass Police it possible to produce more pages in less time. 1 (ice storm) St. Denis, George St. Onge, Kay Scanlan, Eva Fine Arts Center technical director Fritz Far- rington rigging lights over the Concert Hall arrested 51 protesters and hauled them away. In 1997-98, Stan Sherer pioneered the use of Schiffer, Meredith Schmidt, Harry Schumer, digital photos in the Chronicle. By submitting John Scibak, David K. Scott, Dennis Scott, Nina stage, appeared in the Oct. 18, 1985 issue. digital images, we drastically reduced our printing Scott, Taryn Scott, Emily Sears, Charlena Since then Sherer has taken thousands of im- Turning point Seymour, Emily Silverman, Norm Sims, John ages across campus. By April 1994, Chancellor David Scott was into expenses. Stan’s complete integration of digital Sippel, Karen Skolfield, Marty Smith, Mary his second semester in office when rumors began photography eventually eliminated all expenses Deane Sorcinelli, Whitey Sovinski, John W. swirling around campus that he was planning to related to traditional photo processing and print- Stacey, Irene Starr, George Sulzner, Bruce On Sept. 4, 1985 the premiere issue of The fire Provost Glen Gordon, Vice Chancellor for Uni- ing. Thomas, Fred Tillis, Zina Tillona, Ken Toong, Campus Chronicle was delivered to campus of- versity Advancement Dan Melley and Sam Conti, Two years ago, we made the final jump and be- John Tristan, Clara Turner, Danielle Ullrich, fices. The front page carried news of planned im- the vice chancellor for Research, Graduate educa- gan direct electronic transmission of our pages to Tricia Vinchesi, Stella Volpe, George Wade, provements in the Tower Library and a $5 million tion and Economic Development. In an effort to our printing contactor in Auburn. Denise Wagner, Carol Wallace, Rex Wallace, National Science Foundation grant to the Com- find out what was going on, the Chronicle found In the mid-1990s, in collaboration with Web Jack Walsh, Doug Warka, Patricia Warner, puter and Information Science (COINS) Depart- itself in the position of informing both Gordon We don’t know much about art, but we know what we like ... Development, we also introduced e-mail and Jacqui Watrous, Sam Welson, Phil ment. The rest of the first edition was a cobbled- Westmoreland, Susan Whitbourne, Howard and Melley about their impending dismissals. A online editions. A PDF version was added last together collection of short news items, a two- On Oct. 30, 1987, the Chronicle ran the photo on the left with a short announcement on Wiarda, Lou Wigdor, Bruce Wilcox, Elizabeth call to Scott evoked a careful response but no year. upcoming exhibits at the University Gallery. Only later did we discover the picture of Scott Munson Hall, home of the Chronicle Lyding Will, Cleve Willis, Helen Wise, R.B. page look back at the 1984-85 academic year and confirmation of the planned firings, which were Through it all, the Chronicle staff have been Richter’s sculpture was upside down. The weird part was that no one complained.... since 1985. Woodbury, Ruth Yanka, Felice Yeskel, Stanley announcements. On page 2 was a message from announced the following day. true professionals and they deserve the credit for Young, Tom Zimnowski Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Richard The ouster of the three popular VCs ignited a the past 18 years. 8 June 27, 2003 The Campus Chronicle

A sampling of photographs by Stan Sherer

Since the Chronicle’s seventh issue, Oct. 18, 1985, Stan Sherer’s photographs of the campus and those who inhabit it have delighted readers.

Across the top: Whether capturing the interaction of light, shadow and water (as in the 1991 photo of a puddle taken outside Thompson Hall), documenting the animal world (as in the 1987 image of two pigs or the adjacent picture of Nick Forntiera holding George, a two-week-old goat, at a Stockbridge School of Agriculture conference), covering the arts (as in a 1986 photo of traditional Cambodian ballet in Bowker Auditiorium), bringing to life the news (as in the 1986 illustration of the Great American Smokeout) or following the creation and maintenance of buildings and fixtures around campus (as in the 1996 photo of roofers working on Marcus Hall), Sherer found beauty at UMass in places both obvious and unexpected.

The remainder of this page, clockwise from above: Paul Utgoff, now associate professor of Computer Science, crosses a rope bridge during an ROTC Easter Seals promotion in 1988; a door latch in Stockbridge Hall; trash cans outside Washington tower during the 1991 summer residence hall clean-up; and Donna D’Andrea working in the University Gallery.

The remainder of the opposite page, clockwise from bottom right: An undated still life from Stockbridge Hall; also undated, a 24-hour karate training; students bellying up to the dessert bar at the Big Lunch, part of Homecoming Weekend 2000; Morrill Greenhouse gloves in 1995; a grounds worker in 1988 after completing a project; Phyllis Gedeon and Claude Seide pose in front of the Whitmore Administration Building with the help of a friend in 1997. The Campus Chronicle June 27, 2003 9 10 June 27, 2003 The Campus Chronicle

Obituaries Films from former East Patricia Silver, Education Bloc to be shown in July The second biannual East Ger- professor and LD expert man Film Institute, sponsored by Film schedule the DEFA Film Library July Sarah R. Buchholz Monday, July 7 students to come to the Univer- 7-13, will host more than 30 schol- CHRONICLE STAFF sity and have a good chance to 7 p.m. ars representing eight countries The Cranes are Flying/Letyat Patricia Silver, 60, of Ashfield, get a degree.” and as many academic disci- zhuravli, USSR, 1957, Mik- professor of Student Develop- Freeman said faculty began to plines. hail Kalatozov, 97 min., Wright ment and Pupil Personnel Services come around once they, with The public is invited to free Hall Auditorium and graduate and undergraduate Silver’s help, discovered that screenings at Smith College and program director for the School of many students with learning dis- Northampton’s Academy of Mu- 8:50 p.m. abilities also were exceptionally Sun Seekers/Sonnensucher, Education, died June 20. sic, featuring 15 films from seven GDR, 1958/1972, Konrad bright and with the right support She served the University for countries of the former East Bloc Wolf, 110 min., Wright Hall 21 years and had planned to retire could be outstanding students. (all with English subtitles). Auditorium June 20. “She believed in [the stu- The week-long series of work- Sally Freeman, retired director dents], and she was right,” Free- shops on the topic “DEFA and Tuesday, July 8 2 p.m. of Counseling and Assessment man said. 1990 photo Eastern European Cinemas” will Patricia Silver Passenger/Pasazerka, Po- Services, said Silver created Silver was a founding member be led by Barton Byg of Germanic of the Berkshire Assessment land, 1963, Andrzej Munk & Learning Disabilities Support Ser- In the community, she was a Languages and Literatures, Eric Witold Lesiewicz, 62 min, vices, which she directed for 14 Team — a volunteer group of Girl Scout leader, president of the Rentschler of Harvard University, Academy of Music years, from scratch. campus psychologists, Communi- Ashfield Historical Society, a par- and Katie Trumpener of Yale Uni- When the disabilities act was cation Disorders faculty and spe- ent advocate and a supporter of versity. In addition to local and 3:40 p.m. passed in the mid-’80s, nearly the cial education specialists. and participant in oral history international scholars specializing Transport from Paradise/ Transport Z Raje, Czech, only disabilities services the cam- “It was designed for a whole projects. She was dedicated to ex- in the Institute’s topic, two film- lot of students who were show- 1963, Zbynek Brynych, 93 pus had were for physically ploring her own path as a daugh- makers will be on hand to discuss min., Wright Hall Auditorium handicapped students, Freeman ing academic struggles, to refer ter of a coal miner to a career at a works marked by political turning said. them somewhere,” Freeman said. university. A book in press, “Out points and international themes. 7:30 p.m. “At the time the legislation “She helped set up a thorough di- of the Dark: Stories and Reflec- Treating issues of film culture Stars/Sterne, GDR & Bulgaria, passed, there were many, many agnostic process.” The team, tions of the Journey from the in the so-called “new Europe,” 1959, Konrad Wolf, 92 min., Wright Hall Auditorium students already [diagnosed with with the help of faculty and staff Coalfields to Academia,” reflects the workshops will study the dia- learning disabilities] on campus,” referrals, “found kids with serious her long-standing interest in that logues that took place — and still problems that were undiagnosed. Wednesday, July 9 she said. experience. take place — between national 1:45 p.m. “She stepped forward to do it “She was considered an expert She held a B.S. in elementary film cultures in Eastern and Cen- Structure of Crystals/Struk- — built it from nothing to a major in this area internationally. education from Concord College tral Europe and between present tura krysztalu, Poland, 1969, program that has helped hun- “She made a major contribu- in Athens, W.Va., and an M.A. in and past. Krzystof Zanussi, 74 min., dreds and hundreds of kids. It tion to this campus and to college elementary education and an Principal themes of discussion Academy of Music was amazing the work and energy students, really, throughout the Ed.D. in reading from West Vir- are “Memory of Violence,” nation because it was a model 3:10 p.m. she put into it. It was ‘part time’ ginia University. “Youth and De-Stalinization,” Father/Apa, Hungary, 1966, program for other schools. and she had a reduced teaching She leaves her husband, “The Return of History as Film,” István Szabó, 98 min., Acad- load, but she would end up with “It was her heart and soul that David Silver, and a daughter, Jes- and “Degrees of Dissent.” emy of Music this program about 100 percent of was in this. She was a remarkable sica, of Ashfield. Directors Dietmar Hochmuth the time. She’d work at it all day human being with incredible en- A memorial service is sched- and Vojtech Jasny will be present 7:30 p.m. Born in ’45/Jahrgang 45, and then teach her classes at ergy, incredible determination, uled for 1 p.m. Saturday, June 28, to discuss their films. Jasny’s GDR, 1966/90, Jürgen Boet- night. and incredible will to make this at the First Congregational critical satire “Cassandra Cat” happen.” tcher, 94 min., Wright Hall Au- “She created all of the policies Church in Ashfield. (1963) will be screened July 11, ditorium and procedures and worked really Silver presented and pub- Memorial gift may be made to and juxtaposed with the East Ger- hard building an advocacy [net- lished dozens of papers, many in the Patricia Silver Memorial man film it inspired, which was Thursday, July 10 work]. There was a lot of faculty collaboration with other scholars; Scholarship Fund, c/o Connie banned — along with many other 2 p.m. resistance at first. [But] she was a evaluated programs; gave work- Bunker, Business Office, School works — in 1965. Location Hunting/Motivsuche, GDR, 1990, Dietmar Hoch- consummate professional; she shops; sat on panels; and served of Education, 126 Furcolo Hall. Jasny left Czechoslovakia after as a consultant for many pro- muth, 112 min., color, 35mm, shouldered a lot of grief and re- Make checks payable to “Univer- the “Prague Spring” was sup- Academy of Music ally created the space for these grams. sity of Massachusetts.” pressed by Warsaw Pact troops in 1968, and now lives in New 4:30 p.m. York. Innocence Unprotected/Nevi- Elizabeth I. Kramer He directed the Waltham Bo- Frank Skroski Hochmuth, director of “Loca- nost bez zastite, Yugoslavia/ tanical Field Station between 1955 Serbo-Croatia, 1968, Dusan Elizabeth I. Kramer, 86, of Frank Skroski, 80, of Whately, tion Hunting” (1990) to be -62 and taught from 1949-51 at Makavejev, 75 min., Wright Northampton, a retired senior a retired custodial supervisor, screened July 10, represents a Virginia Technological University Hall Auditorium typist in Plant and Soil Sciences, died June 17 after a brief illness. younger East German generation and from 1952-55 at the Inter- died May 26 in Northampton He served the University for frustrated both by the political re- 7:30 p.m. American Institute for Agricul- Nursing Home. nearly 25 years before retiring in pression under socialism and the Man of Marble/Czlowiek z tural Sciences in Costa Rica. She served the University for 1988. conditions for artists since Ger- Marmuru, Poland, 1961, A lifetime member of the Mas- Andrej Wajda, 160 min., more than 13 and a half years be- He lettered in football, base- man reunification. Like many col- sachusetts Nurserymen’s Asso- Wright Hall Auditorium fore retiring in 1977. She also had ball and basketball at Deerfield leagues, Hochmuth “looks East” ciation and a member of science been a department manager at the High School before leaving in for a sense of film history and research society Sigma Xi, his Friday, July 11 former McCallums Department 1943 to be a tail gunner in a B-24 cultural context. 1:45 p.m. area of expertise was nursery Store in Northampton. as an Army Air Force Technical Sponsors of the event include Daisies/Sedmikrasky, Czech, crop management. Her husband, Edward Kramer, Sergeant. He flew 48 combat mis- the Max Kade Foundation, the 1966, Vera Chytilová, 74 min., A U.S. Navy veteran, he was a died in 1989. sions in 93 days and brought German Academic Exchange Ser- Wright Hall Auditorium lieutenant on an aircraft carrier, She leaves two sons, Gerald F. home the Overseas Service Bar, vice (DAAD), the DEFA Founda- the USS Saratoga. 3:20 p.m. of Boston and Thomas H. of Tal- the American Theater Ribbon, the tion (Berlin), film and video dis- He held a bachelor’s degree Report on the Party and the lahassee, Fla.; a daughter, Eleanor European-African-Middle Eastern tributors PROGRESS Film-Verleih from Texas Tech University and a Guests/O slavnosti a hos- Bergeron of Dallas; and other Campaign Ribbon with four and ICESTORM International, tech, Czech, 1966, Jan master’s degree and doctorate family. Bronze Stars, the Air Medal with and departments in film, German Nemec, 71 min., Wright Hall from Cornell University. Memorial gifts may be made to three Oak Leaf Clusters and the and (Eastern) European Studies Auditorium He was an elder at College the Recreation Fund, Geriatrics at Distinguished Unit Badge with throughout the Five College con- Church in Northampton. 4:45 p.m. Northampton Nursing Home, 737 one Leaf Cluster. sortium. He leaves his wife of 49 years, When You Grow Up, Dear Bridge Road, Northampton 01060. His wife, Helen, predeceased Major support also has been Lois Havis; two daughters, Char- Adam/Wenn du gross bist, him. received from Smith College, the lieber Adam, GDR, 1965, lotte Rathke of Greeley, Colo., and John Ralph Havis He leaves his sons, Donald of Academy of Music and the Office Egon Günther, 72 min., Wright Holly of Amherst; a son, Robert John Ralph Havis, 82, of Fort Whately and Frank of Lovetts- of the Vice Chancellor for Re- Hall Auditorium of Fort Collins; and other family. Collins, Colo., a professor emeri- ville, Va.; a sister, Wanda Dufault search. Memorial gifts may be made to 8 p.m. tus of Plant and Soil Sciences, of Whately; and other family. For information, film schedules Larimer County Hospice at Col- Cassandra Cat/Az prijde died June 16. Memorial gifts may be made to and notes, check the DEFA web- umbine Care Center West, 940 kocour, Czech, 1963, Vojtech He served the University for Holy Name of Jesus Church, site (www.umass.edu/defa) or call Worthington Circle, Fort Collins Jasny, 91 min., Sweeney Con- more than 33 years before retiring Thayer Street, S. Deerfield 01373. 5-6681. cert Hall in Sage Hall CO 80526. in 1985. The Campus Chronicle June 27, 2003 WEEKLY BULLETIN 11

On-campus applications Independence Day TIAA-CREF counseling sessions WFCR hosts nine-day trip for classified posts Independence Day will be observed as TIAA-CREF is offering one-on-one to Berlin in October Any campus employee who wishes to a holiday on Friday, July 4. Most Univer- counseling appointments at the Public radio station WFCR-FM, in part- apply for a classified position during the sity offices will be closed. Treasurer’s Office, Presidents Building, nership with Cross-Culture of Amherst, is period from June 29 to Dec. 31, 2003 must 2nd floor, 100 Venture Way in Hadley on hosting a nine-day trip to Berlin, Germany submit a new Employee Application for a Big Thursday the following dates: from Oct. 11-19. Classified Job Vacancy. Due to the observance of the Indepen- July 23, 24; Aug. 13, 14; Sept. 10, 11; In the company of an expert guide and Applications will remain in effect for a dence Day holiday on Friday, July 4, pay- Oct. 8, 9; Nov. 5, 6; or Dec. 10 and 11. WFCR music director John Montanari, par- six-month period. checks will be issued on Thursday, July 3. This is an opportunity for employees ticipants will visit Berlin’s great concert The checks are for the pay period of June to meet with a TIAA-CREF individual con- halls, and the city’s famed museums that University Club 15-28. sultant who can assist in planning their fi- house the treasures of centuries. closes for summer nancial future. The consultant will answer Highlights of the trip will include The University Club’s last day of ser- Subjects wanted for any questions about TIAA-CREF ac- guided bus and walking tours of Berlin, in- vice for the academic year will be June 27. driving simulation counts, including investment allocation, cluding an afternoon on Museum Island, The club will reopen Sept. 2. The Human Performance Lab is carrying distribution options, projected retirement with its famous Pergamon Museum; a day out an experiment on its driving simulator benefits and loans. in Potsdam with a guided tour of Sans Winter School for Turf Managers and a number of subjects are to help in the In addition, employees can discuss ad- Souci Palace, the historic center of Old The Winter School for Turf Managers is study. ditional investment opportunities with Potsdam, and the Cecilienhof Palace, site now accepting applications for the 2004 The experiment takes about 1 hour, 25 TIAA-CREF, such as tuition savings proof the 1945 Potsdam Conference; interna- session, scheduled for Jan. 5 to Feb. 20. minutes and participants will be paid $15 in grams, mutual funds, and IRAs. tionally renowned, exciting contemporary The seven-week course provides students cash. Subjects must be at least 18 who To schedule a counseling appointment, architecture such as Frank Gehry’s DG with the concepts essential to professional have held a valid U.S. driver’s license for visit the TIAA-CREF website (www.tiaa- Bank Building, British architect Sir Norman maintenance of high quality turf. at least one year. cref.org/moc/index.shtml) or call Marian Foster’s glass dome of the Reichstag, The deadline for application is Sept. 15. The lab is located in a white trailer at Morgante at TIAA-CREF’s New England Daniel Liebeskind’s Jewish Museum and The Winter School for Turf Managers is the west end of Marston Hall. Regional Office at (800) 842-2004. Renzo Piano’s work in the Sony Center. intended especially for professionals who To schedule a time, call 5-3393 or 6-3053 Appointments are scheduled on a first- Participants also will enjoy three con- want to expand their skills and advance in and leave a message or send an e-mail come, first-served basis. certs in Berlin’s finest concert halls, in- their career, but cannot schedule a two- or ([email protected]). cluding the opera “Elektra,” by Richard four-year program. Winter School is most Electronics, batteries, toner Strauss and the ballet “La Bayadère,” with appropriate for men and women associated Volunteers needed for cartridges can be recycled music by Ludwig Minkus, both at the Ber- with the management of golf courses, ath- therapeutic riding program The Office of Waste Management’s In- lin Staatsoper unter den Linden, and the letic fields, parks, industrial grounds, mu- The Pioneer Valley Therapeutic Riding termediate Processing Facility can recycle Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under nicipal and private grounds, fine lawns, Association is looking for volunteers to a number of unusual items from campus of- André Previn, performing at the Phil- and other fine quality turf situations. Win- assist with its summer program for riders fices. harmonie in a program that includes the ter School classes are taught by Univer- with disabilities. Batteries, which contain heavy metals Beethoven Violin Concerto with Anne- sity faculty and staff as well as renowned Help is needed Tuesday and Thursday and toxins, should be packaged and sent Sophie Mutter and Richard Strauss’s turf industry professionals. mornings at the Hadley Farm, starting July via Campus Mail to “Recycling –– IPF.” “Symphonia Domestica.” Space is limited, and a high school di- 8. Volunteers also are needed Monday For electronic equipment, such as com- Information is available online (www. ploma is required. Twenty-one Continuing through Thursday in Belchertown. The puters, televisions and lab instruments, of- wfcr.org) or by calling Katie Wright at Education Units (CEUs) are available upon times vary. fices should complete an Equipment Inven- 5- 4213. successful completion of the course. The Volunteer orientation will be held the tory Change Form available from Karen Roy CEUs can be applied towards GCSAA re- week of June 30. (7-1597). OWM will arrange a pickup. Summer tour schedule newal of certification. In addition, this For information, call Pat Barry at 283- Toner cartridges should be placed in Campus tours leave from the Robsham course has been approved for pesticide 9912. the original box or an envelope and sent to Visitors Center at 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., applicator contact hours in the New En- the IPF. Monday through Friday. gland states. Most other states accept this Library hours to change Information sessions also are being approval towards their own applicator li- for second summer session Town water line improvements held weekdays at 12:30 p.m. during June, July and August. The sessions are usually censing and certification programs. Library hours for the second Summer affect traffic north of campus held in the Lincoln Campus Center, but For a brochure and applications, con- Session, which begins July 14, are ex- The Amherst Department of Public guests should call the Visitors Center tact Winter School for Turf Managers, Di- pected to change. Patrons should check Works is cleaning and cement-lining 9,600 (5-0306) for the daily room location. vision of Continuing Education, at 5-2484 the Library website (www.library.umass. feet of water mains along three roads north The Visitors Center is open weekdays or by e-mail ([email protected]. edu) or call 5-0414 for updates. of campus. edu). Information also is available online Commuters are advised that the work is from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. (www.umassturf.org). HomeSharing participants wanted scheduled for North Pleasant Street from Campus mail use policy If you are a friendly, upbeat person Eastman Lane north to Pine Street, Sunder- Campus mail service is provided to stu- Limited licenses for Adobe looking for affordable housing or if you land Road from Pine Street to Cowls Road dents, faculty and staff of the Five College Acrobat 6.0 Pro available live in a home with extra space and would and all of Cowls Road. community for correspondence and Uni- The Office of Information Technologies like to accommodate someone to help with The project will be done in 500-foot sec- versity-related business. has purchased a limited number of Adobe overnight presence, childcare, elder care, tions and traffic will be disrupted in the Outside groups, businesses, charities Acrobat 6.0 Pro licenses for redistribution yard work, housework, etc., you might construction zone, according to DPW offi- and other unrelated agencies may not use to faculty, staff and graduate students. benefit from the HomeSharing Program. cials. the campus mail. Acrobat is used to produce PDF files The program helps people match needs The work, which is intended to improve Contract vendors may be granted cer- for National Science Foundation and other with assets and abilities. Anyone inter- water quality, may cause temporary inter- tain mailing privileges if proper approval is grant proposal submissions. The full prod- ested in elder care matches should call ruptions in service or discoloration of wa- acquired from the Procurement office. uct price for this new version is $400, up- Paulie Sicard (773-5555, x297); those ter. Flushing a faucet for several minutes Chain letters of any kind are expressly grade price $135. OIT has 100 licenses seeking a child care match should call should clear the water up. prohibited. available at the one-time price of $25 per Ashleigh Sullivan (5-4466). Either person People living in the affected area license. can answer general questions about the should monitor channel 17 ACTV where Call 5-9730 for details on acquiring a program. the DPW will post and update the con- Parking Services copy. Product details are available at the HomeSharing is funded by the Town of struction schedule. summer office hours Adobe website (www.adobe.com/prod- Amherst, Franklin County Home Care For more information, call or e-mail Bob Parking Services is open Monday to ucts/acrobatpro/main.html). Corporation, Highland Valley Elder Pariseau at 256-4050, ext. 13, (pariseau@ Friday, 8 a.m.-3:45 p.m, through Aug. 29. Services and undergraduate trust funds. town.amherst.ma.us)

Doctoral exams Arthur Kinney, chr. Greater Understanding of Virtual Team Le Xu, Ph.D., School of Management. Graduate faculty are invited to at- Effectiveness.” Ronald Karren, chr. Thursday, July 10, 10 a.m., 306 School tend the final oral examination for the Alisa Izumi, Ed.D., Education. of Management. Dissertation: “Predict- doctoral candidates scheduled as fol- Wednesday, July 2, 10 a.m., 20 Thanh Thi Le, Ph.D., English. Wed- able Errors in Financial Analysts’ An- lows. Furcolo. Dissertation: “Measuring Mea- nesday, July 9, 10 a.m., 316 Bartlett. nual Earnings Forecasts and the surements of Scientific Thinking: Do Dissertation: “Gone With the Wind and Evaluation of Earnings Forecast-Based Shulan Liu, Ph.D., Physics. Monday, Multiple Forms of Assessment Exhibit Its Vietnamese Women Readers.” Securities Returns Anomalies.” Pieter June 30, 3 p.m., A-111 Conte. Disser- Similar Evidence of Student Under- Randall Knoper, chr. Elgers, chr. tation: “Counterion Distribution and standing on Complex Scientific Rea- Conformational Properties of Polyelec- soning Problems?” John Clement, chr. Ravi Gupta, Ph.D., Chemical Engi- Francisco Lopez-Dekker, Ph.D., Elec- trolytes.” Murugappan Muthukumar, chr. neering. Wednesday, July 9, 1:30 p.m., trical and Computer Engineering. Fri- Linda Peters, Ph.D., School of Man- Math Lounge, 1634 LGRT. Dissertation: day, July 11, 10 a.m., 109 Knowles. Sharon Desmond Paradiso, Ph.D., agement. Wednesday, July 2, 1 p.m., “Effect of Compressible Fluids on Poly- Dissertation: “Spatial and Temporal English. Tuesday, July 1, 10 a.m., 316 205 Conference Room, School of Man- mer Chain and Small Molecule Diffu- Statistics of Clear-Air Radar Signals.” Bartlett. Dissertation: “Whiteness in agement. Dissertation: “Now You See sion in Polymers.” James J. Watkins, Stephen J. Frasier, chr. Faulkner’s Yoknapatawhpa County.” Them…Now You Don’t: Toward a chr. 12 ATHLETICS June 27, 2003 The Campus Chronicle

Frimpong-Boateng named Academic Werner and Jarman picked in NHL draft Sophomore Stephen The Capitals’ manage- All-American Werner was selected in the ment also was thrilled to Senior and sprinter Kwesi Frimpong- third round (83rd overall) by get Werner. “It’s a very nice Boateng was named to the 2002-03 Verizon the Washington Capitals in story,” Capitals’ general Academic All-America University Division the National Hockey manager George McPhee men’s cross country and track team on League’s Entry Draft held said, “but we drafted him June 17. last Saturday in Nashville because he was the best He earned second team honors, and in and incoming freshman player available at that pick. the process, became the fourth UMass Kevin Jarman was selected When we got there [to pick student-athlete to earn Academic All- with the second pick of the 83] we had two players who America honors in 2002-03, and the 23rd in day in Sunday’s second day were really close who we school history. of action. He was taken by really liked, and he was one One of the the Columbus Blue Jackets of them. It was easy to pick University’s top in the fourth round with the him. Our scouts really liked sprinters ever, 103rd overall pick. him. He’s earned this selec- Frimpong-Boateng Werner, who was just tion.” was the 2003 At- named to the United States Jarman, who joins the lantic 10 Outdoor Junior Evaluation Camp ear- Minuteman team in the fall, Men’s Track and lier in the week, led Hockey will join teammate Greg Field Student-Ath- East freshmen and was sixth Mauldin as players who lete of the Year nationally with 38 points (16 were drafted by the Blue and Massachu- goals, 22 assists) on the sea- Jackets. Mauldin was taken setts’ Male son. He was selected as a in the seventh round of last Scholar-Athlete of unanimous All-Hockey East year’s draft. Frimpong-Boateng Courtesy of Media Relations the Year for the Rookie Team selection and Stephen Werner: ‘A dream come true.’ Jarman, who was named spring sports season. was the only freshman to be team MVP of the Stouffville The 3.553 student in Microbiology re- named to the Hockey East All-Tourna- Blackhawks. Spirit of the Ontario Provincial Junior A ceived his degree on May 25, and was ment team. Werner hoped to be drafted by the Hockey League, led the Spirit with 79 named to three academic All-Conference Werner is UMass’ first-ever U.S. Capitals all along. He has skated with the points (43 g, 36 a) while playing in only honor squads during his career in addition National Team Development Program team’s top prospects at a rookie camp each 46 games last season. He scored at least to be tabbed as the 2002 A-10 Indoor player, as he played with the U.S. Junior of the last three summers, played for the three points 14 times with the Spirit last Men’s Track and Field Student-Athlete of National squad prior to coming to Little Capitals youth team for two years year, while compiling two hat tricks. the Year. Amherst. He is believed to be the high- and is a lifelong Washington fan. He finished the 36-team league ranked Frimpong-Boateng was also a two-time est draft pick in UMass’ history. He was “When I heard my name called, I 12th in scoring and fifth in goals. Jarman member of the A-10 Commissioner’s Honor drafted by his hometown team, the couldn’t believe it,” Werner said. “I grew also finished fourth in scoring and third Roll and was named to the Athletic Direc- Washington Capitals, after acquiring the up playing for the Little Caps, idolizing the in goals scored. tor’s Honor Roll every semester during his pick through a trade with the Chicago Capitals players. It is a dream come true.” standout career. The Most Outstanding Track Performer at the 2003 A-10 Championships, Frim- pong-Boateng won eight consecutive 100- Cross and Holtz win A-10 postgraduate scholarships meter races from April 4 until that streak ended in the prelims of the 2003 NCAA Atlantic 10 commissioner Linda Bruno In addition, she garnered a spot on the Eastern Regional. Included in that streak announced June 16 that softball seniors Atlantic 10 All-Championship team for were gold medal efforts in the 100m at the Brandi Cross and Kaila Holtz are two of helping lead the Minutewomen to their A-10, New England and IC4A meets. the league’s four annual recipients of post- ninth straight Atlantic 10 title. Off the field, At the 2003 A-10 Outdoor Championships graduate scholarships. the Atlantic 10 Softball Student-Athlete of last month in Richmond, Va., Frimpong- The Atlantic 10 annually awards four the Year had a 3.92 grade point average as Boateng won both the 100- and 200-meter postgraduate scholarships to student-ath- a Psychology major. dashes in UMass and school record times letes who express an interest in continuing Cross is a 2003 first-team Academic All- of 10.30 and 20.90, respectively. He is a their education. This is the seventh sea- America and a three-time Verizon Aca- five-time Atlantic 10 gold medallist and son that a total of four recipients have demic All-District first-team selection. She holds three school records. been selected. is a three-time Atlantic 10 Academic All- “The Atlantic 10 is proud to be able to Conference team member and has been a provide opportunities for its student-ath- member of the Atlantic 10 Commissioner’s Morgan named to letes to continue their educations,” said and Athletic Director honor roll each se- Bruno. “These young women and men are mester. She will enroll at Boston College to all-Northeast team perfect examples of what college athletics pursue a master’s in education this fall. Senior designated hitter Chris Morgan is all about — attaining excellence aca- Her teammate Holtz earned first-team was named last week to the American demically and athletically. We wish them Academic All-America honors after being Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings all the best in their future endeavors.” named the Atlantic 10 Pitcher of the Year All-Northeast Region team. Cross, who was named the Verizon Aca- for the second season in a row. She kept a Morgan was the lone Minutemen se- demic All-American of the Year for soft- 3.82 GPA as an Exercise Science major. Kaila Holtz lected to the squad, which was voted on ball, batted .318 and set a record with 11 In 2003, Holtz was 23-9 with a conference- and five home runs. Two of her four-bag- by the head coaches from all the schools home runs. She also had seven doubles, low 1.09 ERA. She recorded 27 complete gers were grand slams. Holtz drove in 30 in the region. drove in 37 runs, scored 30 runs, and games, 10 solo shutouts, two combined runs and scored 10 times. She also walked Morgan, who was previously named posted a .583 slugging percentage in earn- shutouts, and two no-hitters that included on 15 occasions and maintained a .447 second team All-New England, batted .336 ing All-Conference honors at first base. a perfect game. Holtz allowed 134 hits and slugging percentage. this season with seven home runs and 32 walked just 33 while fanning 200 batters in Holtz is a member of the Golden Key runs batted in. He led the team in homers, 205.2 innings. She yielded 32 earned runs Honor Society and will pursue her post- runs batted in, doubles (14) and slugging and held opponents to a mere .180 batting graduate studies in the Exercise Science percentage (.570). average. At the plate, Holtz hit .284. She Department this fall. Over the course of his four-year career, collected 40 hits, including eight doubles Morgan posted a .317 batting average, while totaling 23 home runs, 35 doubles 2 Minutemen playing in Cape League and 115 runs batted in. He ranks seventh all-time at the University in career home Senior shortstop Mike Athas and junior in the league in batting average (.368) and runs, while standing 10th in both runs bat- outfielder Jason Twomley are spending the home runs (2) and third in runs batted in ted in and doubles. summer playing in the Cape Cod Baseball (5). Twomley is playing both center field The team concluded the 2003 season League. and left field. with an overall record of 26-19, and won The premier amateur baseball league in Athas, who is playing shortstop for the the Atlantic 10 East Division title with a the nation since 1885, the Cape League Orleans Cardinals, has gone 5-25 (.200) 14-7 mark in conference games. features top college players from around through the season’s first eight games, The Minutemen finished as the runner- the country. with a double, a run batted in, a stolen up to Richmond in the 2003 Atlantic 10 The season began June 13 and base, two walks and two runs scored. Tournament, posting a 2-2 mark in post- Twomley has been on fire for the Brewster For more statistics, visit the league season action. Brandi Cross Whitecaps. As of Tuesday, he was second website (www.capecodbaseball.org).