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EDITORIAL GUEST EDITORIAL EDUCATION UPDATE O AN S N SLAND N M I A I Schools Surrounding Tragedy Mailing Address: It was a beautiful, spring-like day in New 276 5th Avenue, Suite 10005 York City. My husband and I voted in the may- By JERRY CAMMARATA Bergtraum HS. With all the devastation, to my New York, NY 10001 oral primary and then walked to Park Avenue. The morning walk to school. A time for par- knowledge, all our children, parents, teachers email: [email protected] Incredulously, I looked at the billows of black ents and children to enjoy the fresh air and and staff, left safely. www.educationupdate.com smoke filling the sky 80 blocks away. Shortly carry on conversation about the day, school Today, it gives us pause. Should we be doing Tel: 212-481-5519 thereafter, our office building at 30th and Fifth work, or even random chit chat. a risk assessment about where are schools are Fax: 212-481-3919 Avenue was evacuated. Thousands of people, as On September 11th at PS 234, two blocks and what potential dangers could take place? if on a death march, serious and silent, streamed from the World Trade Center (WTC), dozens Clearly, the Chancellor has indicated he will be PUBLISHER AND EDITOR: north up Third and Lexington Avenues for of parents and children were approaching the reviewing the security of our schools. Pola Rosen, Ed.D. hours, many not arriving home that evening. school at 8:48 AM. Suddenly, they witnessed a With the Board of Education intact, however ASSOCIATE EDITORS: Some would never return home. plane crash directly into the Twin Towers! The and soot-covered school buildings around the Heather Rosen, Adam Sugerman, I think about our office at Education Update, a rest of their lives will never be the same! WTC remaining, the bigger challenge for us Rob Wertheimer diverse group of people coming from Brazil, Ire- Within five minutes of the first crash, I was now is to engage in those conversations that land, Greece, Argentina and China, practicing vari- on the scene and rushed to PS 234, only to find address the what, where, why and how of it all. ASSISTANT EDITOR: ous religions–Catholicism, Judaism, Protestantism, chaos. Young and old, teachers and cafeteria The grief counselors in our schools have been Marylena Mantas Hinduism, Buddhism–and speaking various lan- workers tried to keep order in an event which consuming volumes of time each and every PRODUCTION MANAGER: guages. How well we get along! How we enjoy an had no disaster plan. Parents wanted to get out day since the tragedy to provide help to those Rosalyn Bacani intellectual comraderie as well as sharing the goal of the building and go home with their chil- who cannot cope and even to those who think of strengthening and improving education in our dren; a sound idea to walk north, away from they are coping, yet still need the shoulder of a GUEST COLUMNISTS: nation. We respect each other’s religious beliefs, we the twin towers. professional. Commissioner Jerry Cammarata, learn from each other, we celebrate each other, we As many of the parents and children were At a time like this, the New York City Board Matilda Raffa Cuomo, enjoy sharing knowledge about each other’s cus- leaving the building and looking up at the tow- of Education will serve a very important role in Brandt Gassman, Dr. Carole G. Hankin, toms without seeking to convert anyone. ers, they again saw a plan crash into the WTC. preserving the human dignity and psychologi- Deborah E. Lans, Jill Levy, We must infuse our children in their early Beyond belief! What to do? Where can you go cal welfare of its students. President Bush has Roy Manstan, Dr. Lorraine McCune years with a love and of different for safety? praised our system for staying open and said STAFF WRITERS: cultures. To learn is to understand. To under- This story for the most part, played out in all Chancellor Levy proved that America’s, “most Jacob Appel, Joan Baum, Ph.D., stand is to accept. To accept is a step in elimi- the schools surrounding the WTC: PS/IS 89, important domestic priority”–education–could Sarah Elzas, Tom Kertes, nating aggression based on differences. PS 150, PS 234, PS 721M, Stuyvesant HS, HS not be halted. We live in a global society, what happens in of Economics and Finance, and the Murry The WTC tragedy reached beyond the Sybil Maimin, Chris Rowan one part of the world affects another. John schools of NYC. As reported by the New York EDITORIAL INTERNS: Donne recognized that in his poetry in the 17th State School Board Association, Education Marie Holmes, Jessica Shi century. Indeed, “No man is an island entire of To the Editor: Commissioner Richard P. Mills issued an advi- itself; every man is a piece of the Continent, a Prior to 1973 the NYC Board of Education sory indicating he thought it was unwise to BOOK REVIEWERS: part of the main...” provided students with several types of high send children home to empty homes; many Harris Healy, III, Merri Rosenberg, What kept echoing in my mind as the death toll school diplomas to choose from. There were firefighters, police officers and commuters Lillian Shapiro, Selene Vasquez numbers rose had also been said by Donne centuries four types of diplomas: 1) an academic diplo- working in NYC live in Orange County and on COMICS: ago: “Any man’s death diminishes me because I am ma 2) a commercial diploma 3) a general Long Island. And, in the Locust School District Bruce Wotring involved in Mankind; and therefore never send to diploma and 4) an evening diploma. The Board of Nassau County, a teacher was assigned to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.” Each eliminated all these diplomas on June 1973 each school bus to assure adult supervision was MEDICAL EDITOR: and every global citizen has been diminished by when it passed a single diploma policy which available in the homes. Herman Rosen, MD those who died on September 11, 2001. # prohibits distinguishing on diplomas. What took place on September 11th is a part MODERN LANGUAGE EDITOR: The Board continues to discriminate against of our lives in real time. Next year it will be a Adam Sugerman LETTERS night high school students by issuing them a part of our textbooks and a chapter in Ameri- diploma with the word “evening” on it. The can history. # MOVIE & THEATER REVIEWS: To the Editor: day high school students are not issued diplo- Jerry Cammarata is the Commissioner of Jan Aaron We were appalled by the dreadful atrocity mas with the word “day” on them so why issue Youth Services and a member of the NYC MUSIC EDITOR: perpetrated by the terrorists at the World Trade diplomas with the word “evening” on them to Board of Education. Irving M. Spitz Center. It is a terrible time not only for New night high school students? York City, but for the whole of America and This is a violation of the June 1973 single PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR: any humanitarian on the face of the earth. We diploma policy. The Board must stop this prac- IN THIS ISSUE Christopher McGuire feel very much for you, your city, your people, tice and issue an equal diploma to both day as Editorials & Letters ...... 2 POLITICAL COMMENTARY: and your country. –Rodney Croft well as night high school students. 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EDUCATORS ARE UNSUNG Let This Tragedy Open A New Door By JILL LEVY power went out. They told us how so many students By MATILDA RAFFA CUOMO important part of the training for urban youth bore witness to the events through windows directly AND DEBORAH E. LANS workers, including volunteers. In October, we Two days out and the fires facing the Twin Towers. They expressed the horror will host a workshop at our offices on “The still burned. Steel and con- of the scene but, with deliberate calm, they told sto- As the horrible events Hard Questions: How to Listen and What to crete smoldered, leaving a ries of how every child was safely evacuated. of September 11 and its Say to Children,” facilitated by a family psy- layer of smoke over our One Principal told us that she was in her school aftermath have shown us, choanalyst. Follow-up workshops will continue heads in spite of the heavy everyday and well into the night since the tragedy when most deeply chal- at mentoring sites this Fall and Winter, in addi- downpour and the chill of with only a cell phone to keep her in contact with lenged, New Yorkers put tion to our regular monthly Speaker Series and the wet wind. The skies it the world. Another, a new principal, had so care- aside their politics, agen- Supportive Mentor Meetings. seemed, were crying for fully orchestrated the events of the day, with the das and divisiveness to Finally, because tragic losses spawn anger as NYC as Council of Supervisors and Administrators help of his assistant principals, that one could not come together and at great well as fear and grief, Mentoring USA will be (CSA) First Vice President Peter McNally and I tell that there had been any sort of emergency out- sacrifice to help others with extraordinary heightening our work in the areas of tolerance trudged through the heavy rain, making our way to side. One principal expressed concern for his courage, selflessness, generosity, skill and and non-violent conflict resolution. Last Fall, as many of the schools in lower as pos- roughly 100 Yemenite school children. His worry inventiveness. In the same unity of spirit, we we introduced our BRAVE (Bias-Related Anti- sible. Our mission was to lend support to the public was not about what might happen in the school, now have an opportunity to find ways to com- Violence Education) program, offering non- school supervisors and administrators re-opening where everyone had been trained in conflict reso- promise the divisions and grievances that have violent ways to resolve disputes. We will rein- their schools after the World Trade Center disaster. lution, but outside in the community. impeded progress in the most important institu- force and enlarge those programs this year. In stunned silence, we went from school to In one school, a Parent Association member tion in the City–its public school system. HELP USA, Mentoring’s affiliate, organized school. Many of them seemed lifeless, with broke down crying while speaking to us as she Education reform and the financial needs of its resources toward the many New Yorkers who flags at half-mast and the wonderful sounds of escorted a student whose parent was missing. At our system have been at the top of the list of are feeling traumatized and shaken. “New York- children muted. Principals had instituted emer- another, a Red Cross social worker, having not slept our priorities for some time. Our immediate ers Share,” a drop-in support center for New gency plans–not only for that day, but also for for days, was still anxious to help set up a crisis cen- need to rebuild the downtown area and affected Yorkers to share their stories and concerns, was the long haul. I was struck by the aura of calm ter. A security officer, whose arms were bandaged New York industries is critical, but so is the the result. The Center, located in the intimate and the well-planned activities that belied the from wrist to elbow as a result of rescue activities, need to educate our youth. The drastic funding community space of HELP’s RFK underlying stress of the principals, assistant greeted us calmly at a different school. Everywhere cuts implemented earlier this year must be apartment building, served approximately 200 principals and staff. Space in each school had we saw how the lives of our students, faculties and reexamined, and spending for building repair, “walk-ins” in its first week alone. In addition, been set aside for counseling services for stu- communities had been affected by this tragic event educational improvement, after-school enrich- Genesis RFK vacated apartments have provided dents as well as faculty. Personally, I was con- and how they had risen to the occasion. ment and academic supplements must be made shelter for rescue and emergency workers. cerned that when things calmed down, the prin- The world has heard about the brave fire- a current priority. A child whose education is We cannot turn the clock back to undo the cipals and other administrators might begin to fighters and police. They have heard about the shortchanged this year may never catch up. events that have irreparably changed our City feel the stress and the grief as well. So I rescued and the rescuers. But let’s not forget Mentoring USA will make changes to and which we will never forget. Americans can reminded them that their union was there for the invisible heroes and heroines–our public accommodate recent events. Our essential and must use their energy, skill and heart to them, offering personal and/or group services. school educators, who put themselves in dan- focus will remain to provide trained and indi- repair not only the physical damage done but At several schools we encountered Ninfa Segarra, ger to make certain that every single student vidual adult support to youth living in high-risk also the emotional harm. For the sake of our President of the Board of Education as she too visit- got home safely. A teacher we met stated it environments. We are accelerating programs to children’s futures, we must reaffirm our most ed schools. Together, we privately talked with the best, “We were waiting for someone to tell us teach non-violent techniques for conflict reso- precious values and goals and work to bring administrators and supervisors about the long hours what to do. And Anna [the principal] told us lution and ways to address the experiences of peace to our world.# they spent in their schools offering shelter and solace what to do. Then it was all right.” # grief, loss, death and uncertainty. While these Matilda Cuomo is the Founder and Chair- to their community. We talked about some of the Jill Levy is the President of the Council of workshops will be more widely presented than person of Mentoring USA and Deborah Lans is hardships they faced when telephone service or the Supervisors & Administrators. originally planned, they will always be an the Executive Director. ■ ■ 4 SCHOOL SPOTLIGHT ON SCHOOLS EDUCATION UPDATE OCTOBER 2001

HALL OF FAME TEACHER HELPS STUDENTS DEAL WITH TRAGEDY

By TOM KERTES “The overall vision behind our U.S. Corporations will On September 11, through his dealing with the tragedy has to be to spend $850 million this year to repair cavernous classroom windows in talk, to communicate, to get things the Bronx, Monroe Campus School out,” added the 32-year veteran of and replace damaged notebooks. teacher Tom Porton was watching teaching. “It’s very much like ther- the World Trade Center Towers col- apy. There were no teacher-work- A smart way to protect lapse with his senior English class. shops on how to specifically do Tom Porton. “Words can not describe the stu- A member of the this. We just brainstormed with our your investment… dents’ reaction–or mine for that mat- Teachers’ Hall of Fame. colleagues and did the best we ter,” he said, still shuddering from could.” Buy a protective case! the awful memory. “Disbelief, anger, horror, Porton spent the next few days in his classes sadness, fear. And, most of all, a feeling of total playing music. “Mostly Sixties stuff,” he said. DOUBLECASE is engineered as a case helplessness about what to do in order to stop “Those songs of love and brotherhood acquired within a case with three layers of such an atrocity.” a brand new meaning on that horrible day.” protection for your valuable equipment. Porton, a member of the Teacher’s Hall of He had his leadership class wear tee-shirts–the Two walls of tough, high impact Fame, knew exactly what to do. His back- words “white,” “black,” “red,” “yellow,” and polyethylene absorb damaging bangs and knocks ground–a 10-year history of working with stu- “brown” crossed out in the front and replaced by dents and families suffering from HIV and ‘human.’ “Some of the kids have been wearing while the “Perfect-Fit Protection AIDS–made him knowledgeable about dealing those since the Diallo shooting,” he said. “But, Foam Interior System” cradles your with the bereaved. particularly in view of all the strong anti-Arab valuable equipment in a soft bed of safety. “The next day, while the students were out, I sentiment extant, I felt this was an extra-impor- decided to take a wall in the school for use as a tant message to express right now.” Hard outside, soft inside— memorial,” he said. “This would be a place the Porton is currently working with a Chicago for maximum equipment protection. students could write messages of grief, hope, or cancer survivor and fellow Hall of Famer, Dr. whatever else they wanted to write about. In an Larry Barron, on the creation of 50,000 red- overwhelmingly tragic situation like this, it’s white-and-blue boutonnieres that students will all-important for children to be able to express hand out all over the city as part of Project their feelings openly and without fear.” HEART (Healing Empowers America to Recov- Next, Porton had one of the art classes build a er from Tragedy). Another major event– aday of tree of remembrance in the school lobby. Stu- healing and remembrance especially for young dents put the names of people they once knew people–is in the works in cooperation with the but lost on individual leaves. “It could be a loss Board of Education. Porton hopes it will be held NB-3600 from this tragedy or any other loss in the child’s within the month in a large Broadway theater. Brochure available upon request. life,” Porton said. “The important thing was to “Young people deserve a special event that’s Includes shoulder strap. deal with the concept of loss and achieve some just for them. After all, they are our future, our Laptop and equipment not included. 800.475.0707 • www.doublecase.com kind of catharsis.” ambassadors of hope.” # OCTOBER 2001 ■ EDUCATION UPDATE ■ SPOTLIGHT ON SCHOOLS SCHOOL 5

WTC Attack: A View From Stuyvesant HS By KATARZYNA KOZANECKA Others volunteered for the Red Cross. Andy On Tuesday, September 11, classes at Chang, Evelyn Chan, and Betty Luan decided to Stuyvesant High School were interrupted by a set up a memorial website for those who were in terrorist attack on the WTC. The view differed any way affected by Tuesday’s tragic events. The from room to room but the reactions were the site will contain news, eyewitness accounts, and same: shock, horror, anger, and fear. In a gov- prayers, poems, and photographs. An email was ernment class on the third floor, students circulated asking each student to contribute an watched the attack live on television. On the item. On Sunday, almost 100 Stuyvesant students sixth floor, they stood at the huge library win- gathered in Washington Square Village to paint dows and saw people falling from the towers. two huge 12 by 80 foot banners, each depicting a Some teachers, remembering the 1993 attack tree of life rising from the destroyed World Trade on the WTC, pulled down blinds to prevent Center. Says Amreeta Mathai, “As students, we panic. Others attributed the booming noise needed to do something to show our confidence heard during second period to a car accident in peace and in rebuilding the city. The school, and continued their lessons. which is only four blocks away from what used The attack could not be ignored for long. to be the WTC, is structurally sound, reported “Shortly after the second plane hit, Stuyvesant Donovan Moore, Parents’ Association Treasurer, began to be an emergency center for police, who visited the school on Saturday, September secret service, and others,” said Eugene Blau- 15. He posted his observations and photos of the farb, Assistant Principal of Pupil Personnel building on Stuyvesant websites to ease students’ Services. “After the collapse of the first tower, worries. “Right now, our high school is being we were ordered to evacuate the building used as a Medical and Supply depot,” said Jukay immediately.” The second tower collapsed as Hsu, president of the Stuyvesant Student Union. students were leaving through the north doors, “There is no gas or electricity.” Since on Sep- but the school shielded everyone from the tember 20, students attend Brooklyn Technical approaching cloud of smoke. High School, one of the other two specialized “Come on, Stuy[vesant], pretend you’re on the math and science schools in New York City. track team,” urged Renee Levine, a Stuyvesant Though Brooklyn Tech students attend a morn- teacher, as students and staff marched north ing session and Stuyvesant students an afternoon along the Hudson River, distancing themselves session, each day four periods overlap during from the school and trying to contact their par- which there are roughly 7,500 students in a build- ents. Many phone lines were busy or out-of- ing designed for 6,000. action The rare, working cell phone was passed “I worked in WTC 2 on the 47th floor all around from friend to friend, costs forgotten. summer and now I just keep remembering all Relatives overseas were even more frantic than the little details about the building and people parents. “My grandma refused to eat until she in it, like a really nice security guard who knew that we were okay,” said Fang Yuan. always waved to me and asked me how my day Stuyvesant students were among thousands went. Now I don‘t even know if he is alive,” of New Yorkers fleeing towards home. Some said Kate Chertova. took ferries to relatives’ homes in New Jersey, But hope mingles with the regrets. “I’m sure while others walked across the Queensborough that everyone in New York City will work and Brooklyn Bridges. Manhattan residents together to clean up and return lower Manhat- invited classmates from other boroughs to tan to its splendor. That’s what humanity does! spend the night with them. I only wish I was there to help,” said Brad Bad- After overcoming their initial fear and grief, gley, a Stuyvesant history teacher who is teach- Is your child Dyslexic Stuyvesant students joined the rescue and recov- ing in China this year. or experiencing school failure? ery effort in their own ways. Members of the Perhaps a tree of life will indeed rise up from school football teams along with coach Dave the mountain of rubble that distinguishes the If so, we may be the solution. Velkas helped move supplies at Chelsea Piers. Stuyvesant neighborhood from other places. # We strive to help children not only have the skills needed to learn, but to want to learn. Reassessing Your Career, Your Life In the aftermath of the September 11 disaster, many people are re-examining where they work, how they work, and deciding whether to continue in their careers or to make meaningful changes. Amidst the horror, the heroism and the altruism are thoughts about working closer to home, leaving the financial industry, returning to school, valuing quality of life over earning big salaries, finding balance between work and leisure. What choices do we have? What are the intelligent choices? How can we sort this all out? The best place to start is with yourself, knowing well who you really are. Getting in touch with your value system, your outstanding skills and capabilities, your true interests, and determining which careers they point to will help you make informed decisions. If you need assistance in self assessment and targeting a new career (or deciding to stay put), con- sider using the services of a qualified career counselor to walk you through the process. The support and information that will be available will help make career decisions more attainable. It’s your future–make the most of it. Mila M. 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By MARYLENA MANTAS Since the attack on the World Trade Center on Sep- Discover th tember 11 Joanna Frank, the principal of Norman Thomas The High School enters the school building around 6:00 a.m. She Harvey School usually leaves 12 hours later. Her schedule, perhaps an atyp- Where students find success with ical one, resembles the atypi- teachers who work with students as cal conditions under which the entire school now functions. individuals, both in and out of the Norman Thomas High School classroom, in a warm and supportive has become the home of 700 new students, faculty and staff environment. from the High School of Eco- nomics and Finance, one of six New York City public Parents & students are invited to learn schools that have been tem- more about the School’s programs porarily relocated to other schools because of their prox- Saturday imity to ground zero. After Sept. 11th, students from the H.S. of Economics and Finance October 27, 2001 To accommodate the new report to Norman Thomas H.S. students, Norman Thomas starting at 9:00 am High School now operates under a new sched- school effort organized by the Common Cents ule. The school’s 2,160 students, its teachers of New York and the Board of Education to Call 914¥232¥3161 and its staff report to Norman Thomas at 7:30 raise money for relief efforts. The students today to get an insider’s view of Harvey a.m. and leave at 12:30 p.m. From 1:00 p.m. to efforts epitomize Chancellor Levy’s remarks 6:00 p.m. the building serves as the new center that “students are troubled and want to do Harvey is a coeducational college preparatory school enrolling boys for the High School of Economics and Finance. something concrete to help the city heal.” and girls of varying abilities in grades 6-12, either as day Under ordinary circumstances, the revised “I hope our faculties will also learn from each students or as five-day boarding students. schedule and sharing of space might have been other,” Frank added, lauding the “wonderful part- disheartening for Frank. Today, her staff and ner” she had found in Dr. Patrick Burke, the princi- students have embraced the new students and pal of the High School of Economics and Finance. THE staff and made them feel unconditionally wel- As of October 4th, the Board of Education come in their midst. Frank even ordered a new (BOE) had not determined how long the High HARVEY SCHOOL sign to grace the entrance of her school build- School of Economics and Finance will remain 260 Jay Street ▲ Katonah, NY 10536 ▲ 914-232-3161 ing bearing the name of Norman Thomas’ new at Norman Thomas. An update on other schools www.harveyschool.org partner: “High School of Economics and around the city includes the High School for e-mail: [email protected] Finance. Leadership and Public Service, which has been “We are a family and a community and these reporting to Fashion Industries High School. kids are our kids regardless of what school they No date has been set for return. The target date go to,” she said. “These kids are our children and of return for Stuyvesant HS, which has been they are our future and the future of our city.” reporting to Brooklyn Tech, was set for Octo- According to Frank, the new students will remain ber 9th. PS 150 will not return to its building in at Norman Thomas for “quite some time.” the near future due to conditions unrelated to “It’s very important for them to feel a part of the events of September 11 th. PS 234 will report the fabric of our school,” she said. Toward that to St. Bernard’s school on October 9th. Finally, An Internet Connected goal, Frank has integrated both groups of stu- PS/IS 89 will not return to its building for at Solution To Improve Regents Performance dents into the college fair and a presentation on least four weeks. The BOE is currently explor- And Exceed AIS Requirements conflict-mediation. In addition, the two student ing potential alternatives to relocate the school. governments plan to co-organize a Red, White The BOE and the UFT have been & Blue Dance and will participate in the Twin air quality testing, as have the schools’ Parents IMAGINE An entire suite of HIGH SCHOOL Regents Courses Towers Penny Harvest program, a city wide Associations, who have hired consultants. # Mathematics Series Science Series Social Studies Series Integrated Algebra Biology / Living Global History & Integrated Geometry Environment Geography Geometry Chemistry U.S. History & Earth Science Government Integrated Economics Trigonometry Physics AP European History Math A & Math B* AP U.S. History *(planned release fall/ 2001)

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Young Inventors Awards Program In the Aftermath of Tragedy: The Craftsman/NSTA Young Inventors Awards Pro- alized certificate of appreciation and a small gift. For more gram challenges students to use creativity and imagination information regarding this program, please visit Helping Children Cope along with science, technology, and mechanical ability to www.nsta.org/programs/craftsman or email younginven- invent or modify a tool. The program is open to all students [email protected] in grades 2-8 in the and the U.S. Territories. By MARIE HOLMES to talk about what has happened, giving students Students must work independently to conceive and design Parents and educators all over New York City the opportunity to reflect and formulate questions. their tool inventions. The student, with guidance from a PHONICS! and across the nation struggled to comprehend Colleges can help students by providing teacher-advisor, parent, or significant adult, will design and the events of September 11 while facing an forums for group discussion in residence halls build a tool. The tool must perform a practical function, DOLCH SIGHT WORDS! equally difficult dilemma: what to tell children. and other gathering places on campus, although including but not limited to tools that mend, make life eas- New books! Education Update recently had the opportunity such discussions should by no means be ier or safer in some way, entertain, or solve an everyday problem. Students must send in the completed form, to talk with child psychologist Dr. Rex Fore- mandatory. Young adults will make their own Inventor’s Log, diagram of the tool, and a photograph of hand, of the University of Georgia, about ways decisions about how to handle what has hap- the student demonstrating the tool. All entries must be Phonics Rules! Everything you need to parents and educators can help children cope pened and they need the freedom to do so. received by March 14, 2002. The two national winners will know and understand about phonics rules! during these difficult times. Every child needs to know that he or she is each receive a $10,000 United States Series EE Savings Worksheets too! Dr. Forehand recommends that parents limit the safe, but how can we offer reassurance to those Bond. The 10 national finalists will each receive a $5,000 amount of exposure that their children have to the children who were most affected by the attacks, savings bond. The winning teachers and schools will No Glamour Reading: Sight Words receive prizes from Sears, Roebuck and Co. retail stores. media, and that parents watch television with losing parents or other caring adults in their Includes workbooks for each level of The 12 second-place regional winners will receive a $500 Dolch their children so as to keep communication open. lives? Dr. Forehand says that caregivers for these savings bond. The 12 third-place regional winners will While screening television programs may not children should acknowledge that a terrible thing receive a $250 savings bond. Every student who enters the Dolch Sight Word List. be a viable option with older children who has happened and try to give the child a sense of competition with a completed entry will receive a person- Visit: www.reading-now.com spend more time unsupervised, it is equally security by telling him or her, “I’m here now and important that parents let their children know I’m going to take care of you.” Losing a parent that they are there to talk with them about what is, of course, a long-term process and children has happened. Parents and educators can act as who have had a parent die will need the support sounding boards for the thoughts and concerns of mental health professionals. of adolescents, engaging in respectful, produc- Children who were directly affected by the tive dialogue. tragedy may need to work out a structure that Since informal conversations will surely be allows them some time before they return to going on among students, by incorporating those school. However, the continuation of a normal conversations into the classroom, teachers have routine can provide reassurance and a necessary the opportunity to guide discussion, to help stu- sense of structure. Dr. Forehand recommends dents think through complex issues and to use the that other children continue to go to school. situation as a learning opportunity. Students can All children should be reassured that caring use recent events not only as a starting point for adults are looking after their safety and are there academic projects on topics such as international to talk to them about what has happened. But, relations, but also as a chance to explore appropri- parents’ reactions do not need to be universal. ate ways of handling difficult situations and to “In reality,” says Dr. Forehand, “there are no strengthen problem-solving abilities. Teachers two kids who are alike. 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An Interview with Imam Omar Abu Namous, The the Islamic Center of NY 49th Annual Northeast By POLA ROSEN, Ed.D. leader. There are about 100 mosques in the Conference on and MARYLENA MANTAS greater NYC area, according to the Imam. the Teaching Rising high above the rounded dome with its “Muslims have been presented in an unfavorable of Foreign shining gold crescent is the minaret calling light by the media. This has created a readiness Languages Muslims to prayer five times daily, in the midst on behalf of the population to accuse Islam,” of bustling New York City. The largest mosque according to the Imam. The previous Imam just in the region, with its granite fence and large departed for Egypt because his children were verdant grounds, encompasses threatened in front of their own almost a square block, from home. Imam Omar Abu Namous 96th Street to 97th Street along continued, “We worship the Third Avenue. same God as Christians and have Inside the carpeted interior, the same values.” one leaves shoes in a cubicle, In referring to the men who and enters a brilliantly tiled inte- committed the heinous crimes TEACHING IN rior where men are silently in New York, the Imam said it CHANGING TIMES — praying on knees and prostrat- was not proven that they were ing themselves toward the east. Imam Omar Abu Namous Muslims. Actually, “people who THE COURAGE TO LEAD The eastern wall contains a in the Al Mihrab commit crimes have no reli- niche, Al Mihrab, with an gion,” he said. “These people inscription from the Koran reading So turn don’t represent any faith. They did this on their April 18–21, 2002 your face in the direction of the sacred mosque own. They are deeply frustrated and have lost of Mecca. Each mosque has a different inscrip- all hope in justice.” Hilton New York tion in its Al Mihrab. The Imam has lectured to Muslim school In discussing the recent tragedy at the World groups on tolerance and good relations with Trade Center, Imam Omar Abu Namous, head Christians. “Our interests are interwoven Donald Reutershan, Chair of the 4,000 member mosque, underscored the because many Muslims and Christians have Maine Department of Education importance of “peace, security and mutual love intermarried. In emphasizing the family unit, among people. We have to work on that.” The Sundays at the mosque are social gathering days. Imam feels we all have to launch a campaign to Invited speakers have discussed Muslims in the Northeast Conference at Dickinson College increase understanding and love. He reminded United States and Islam and America, among P.O. Box 1773 us that the prophet Mohammed used to receive other topics. The Imam indicated that he would Carlisle, PA 17013-2896 Christian delegations in his own mosque even be willing to speak to American school groups to 717-245-1977 if they came to argue. “We should do the same further understanding of the Muslim religion. [email protected] in our contemporary times and should take the When asked whether El Siglo de Oro, the Gold- www.nectfl.org initiative in building bridges,” the Imam stated. en Age of Spain when Muslims, Christians and “Imam” linguistically means a leader of any Jews lived in harmony, could ever happen again, kind. The current meaning is limited to spiritual the Imam answered yes, through education. #

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continued from prior page the British fleet in the New York Harbor on mine to float among the enemy fleet in the har- ment the construction and testing results that schools,” said David Allen, director of educa- September 6, 1776. bor. The subsequent explosion rocked New they obtain throughout the year. The project tion at NMHS. “We are using this as a kick- “It’s difficult to imagine that 225 years ago York and caused the Royal Navy admirals to will engage students from England and off to get students involved in, hands-on tonight the largest British fleet showed up at rearrange their fleet in order to guard against France, who will arrive in the United States in activities, allow them to use their ingenuity, NY harbor,” said the President of NMHS, this ‘infernal machine.’” October of 2002 to participate in a “battle” and enable them to understand the minds of Patrick J. Garvey. “The arrival of this fleet, a “I don’t think one child out of 100 in the New replicating the one that took place in the New those who kept New York independent. The landmark strategic event in the Revolutionary York City school system can give you this over- York harbor during the Revolutionary War. kick-off event for the year-long project was War, [made NYC] the ‘center of gravity’–the simplified story of the revolutionary war,” said Ships will be anchored near the US Military an exhibition of the eight feet tall and five center of the war.” NMHS President Emeritus, Peter Stanford. Academy at West Point, New York, where a feet wide working replica of the original Tur- The Turtle, invented by David Bushnell “We are working to change that in New York professional diver will use the submarine and tle (courtesy of the Connecticut River Muse- (whose descendents are current students at Old City schools.” “attack” the ships. um), which took place recently at Clinton Saybrook High School), planned to attach an Professional boat builders will guide stu- “One year from now we should have a newer, Castle located at New York’s Battery Park. underwater mine to the British command war- dents through the building process, with tech- more authentic Turtle combining old and new The NMHS organized the exhibition exactly ship. According to NHMS, the submarine’s nical knowledge provided by the US Navy technologies,” said Allen. “The students will 225 years after the Turtle set out to destroy pilot “abandoned the attack but released the Undersea Warfare Center. Students will docu- bring history into the future.” # Kaplan is K12 results.

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Workshops, Conferences and Events OPEN HOUSES Berlitz Language Center (White Plains) One North Broadway Although it is not specifically requested by every school, readers are strongly White Plains, NY 10601 advised to call schools to confirm dates and times and verify if appointments are Phone: 914-946-8389 needed. Oct. 30 at 4:30 pm. Bank Street Graduate School 610 West 112 Street, Main Floor CONFERENCE Monday, October 15; from 5 pm to 7:30 pm. Reading Reform Foundation of New York Conference on Reading, (212) 307-7320 Brooklyn Friends School, (718) 852-1029 ; Sunday, October 28, 2001 - 7:45 am - 4:30 pm 375 Pearl Street, Brooklyn, NYC. Preschool: Mon., Oct.15 and Thurs., Oct. 25 at New York Hilton & Towers, Sixth Ave., Between 53 & 54 Streets 9:15 am; Lower School: Thurs., Oct. 11 and Tues., Oct. 23 at 9:15 am; Middle Registration: $45 Standard, $30 Members of Reading Reform Fndtn. School: Wed., Oct. 10 and Mons. Oct. 15 and 29 at 9:00 am; Upper School: Mon., Fee includes networking luncheon. Oct. 22 and Wed., Oct. 31 at 9:00 am. Reading Reform Foundation of New York Community School District 3: Gifted & Talented Program, (212) 678-2897, 333 West 57 Street, Suite 1L, New York, NY 10019 Marilyn Carella email: [email protected] or www.readingreformny.org 300 West 96th St., NY 10025. The Northeast Conference on Program is available at 8 different schools in Manhattan. Teaching of Foreign Languages Dwight School, (212) 724-2146 ext. 213; April 18–21, 2002; Hilton New York 291 Central Park West, NYC. Grades K-4: Oct. 9, 16, 23, 30, Nov. 6, 13, Dec. 4 Call (717) 245-1977 or email: [email protected] and 11; Grades 5-8: Oct. 4, 11, 18, 25, Nov. 1, 8, 15, 29, and Dec. 6; Grades 9- For exciting and useful professional development opportunities, 12: Oct. 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, Nov. 7, 14, 28, and Dec. 5. All open houses begin at 9 language teachers in the five boroughs should attend this nationally- am and end at approximately 10:15 am. recognized conference held right on their doorstep. Harlem School of The Arts, (212) 926-4100 ext 304 WORKSHOPS 645 St. Nicholas Ave.., NYC. Wed., Oct. 24 from 10 am to 12 noon; Fri., Oct. 26 CEO&I, Teachers College, Columbia University from 6 pm to 9 pm; Thurs., Nov. 1 from 10 am to 12 noon. Call 212-678-3987 for more information, or e-mail: [email protected] Loyola School , (212) 288-3522 ext.293 Classroom Computing in Language Study: 980 Park Ave., NYC. Thursday, October 18 and Monday, October 22 from 6:00 December 8 and 9 pm to 8:00 pm. Please call for an appointment. Instructors: Mari Haas and Judith Cramer Manhattan Country School, (212) 348-0952, Classroom Computing in Social Studies The Dwight School 7 East 96th Street (between 5th & Madison Ave.), November 30 and December 1 NYC. Thurs., Nov. 1, 6:30 pm Instructors: Margaret Crocco, Steve Thornton and Judith Cramer Marymount School, (212) 744-4486, Cognitive Therapy of Depression and Anxiety Disorders: 1026 Fifth Avenue (at 83rd), NYC. October 12 Wed., Oct. 24 from 6 pm to 8 pm. Call for an Appointment Instructor: Robert Leahy The Dwight School is a coeducational, college preparatory school Earth 2 Class: Poly Prep Country Day School Middle & Upper, (718) 836-9800; Fall: Oct. 20, Nov. 17, Dec. 8 providing a traditional, individualized, and challenging course of study. 9216 Seventh Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11228., Middle and Upper School (Grades 5- Spring: Jan. 26, Feb. 9, March 9, April 13, May 11 12): Homecoming Saturday, Oct. 6, 10 am to Noon; Grades 5 & 6: Tues., Oct 16 Instructors: Michael Passow & Christiana Assumpcao Dwight offers the highly-regarded International Baccalaureate Programs and Fri., Nov. 9 from 9 am to 11 am; Grades 7 & 8: Mon., Oct 15 and Wed., Nov. Fundamental Concepts in Peace Education: in Grades K through Twelve. 14 from 9 am to 11 am; Grades 9-12: Thurs., Oct. 18 and Tues., Nov. 6 from 9 October 13 and 14; November 17 and 18 am to 11 am. Instructor: Betty Reardon and TC Peace Education Team The Dwight School is comprised of families from the Greater New York Poly Prep Country Day School The Lower School, (718) 768-1103; Playwriting Workshop: Trauma/Drama: Writing the Drama Narrative and international communities, and we enjoy an excellent record of col- 50 Prospect Pk. West, Brooklyn, NY. Lower School: Weds., Oct. 15, Dec. 5, and September 10- December 17 Feb. 6 from 9 am to 10:30 am. Instructor: Cecilia Petit-Hall lege placement. Pricing Strategies and Tactics in Education and Business St. Thomas Choir School: (212) 247-3311, October 13 and 20 FALL 2001 OPEN HOUSES 202 West 58th, NY 10019. Auditions by appointment: Saturday, Dec. 1st, 2001 for Instructor: Frances Petit Grade 3 boys entering Grade 4 in the Fall of 2002. School Violence Training This is an opportunity to tour The Dwight School and to meet Sterling School: (718) 625-3502, Sessions Available: November 9 or December 7 Chancellor Stephen H. Spahn and the Admissions Committee. 299 Pacific St., Brooklyn, NY 11201. Wed., Oct. 24 from 10 am to 12 noon; Fri., Oct. Instructor: Erwin Flaxman 26 from 6 pm to 9 pm; Thurs., Nov. 1 from 10 am to 12 noon. Seeing the World Afresh: The Deep Ecology of Perception October 20 and 21 Smith School: (212) 879-6354 Instructor: Douglas Sloan, Michael Lipson and George Kuhlwind Grades K - 4 Grades 5 - 8 Grades 9 - 12 7 East 96th Street (between 5th & Madison Ave.), Special Topics in Music: Dalcroze Studies October 2, 2001 October 4, 2001 October 3, 2001 NYC. Call for appointment. October 20, November 3, 10, and 17 October 9, 2001 October 11, 2001 October 10, 2001 Xavier High School, (212) 924-7900 Instructor: Thomas Parente October 16, 2001 October 18, 2001 October 17, 2001 30 West 16th Street Education for Global Security: an Environmental Perspective October 23, 2001 October 25, 2001* October 24, 2001* New York, NY 10011 October 27; December 1 October 20, 2001 at 1PM-4PM October 30, 2001 November 1, 2001 October 31, 2001 Instructor: Patricia Mische , (914) 232-3161 School Admissions Workshops. Smart City Kids presents November 6, 2001 November 8, 2001 November 7, 2001 Saturday October 27, 2001 “GETTING IN” – workshops on getting your child admitted to NYC’s most selec- November 13, 2001* November 15, 2001* November 14, 2001* Starting at 9:00 am. tive schools. “The Ultimate Insider’s Guide to Getting Your Child Into Private School” November 20, 2001 November 29, 2001 November 28, 2001 Berlitz Language Center (Rockefeller Center) – (Choose One Date) Saturday, October 6, 13, 20 or 27. “You Don’t Have to be a November 27, 2001 December 6, 2001 December 5, 2001 40 West 51st Street Genius to Get Your Child Into NYC’s Public Gifted and Talented Elementary New York City, NY 10020 Schools” – Thursday evenings, October 4, 11, 18, or 25. “The Parent’s Survival December 4, 2001 Phone: 212-765-1001 Guide to Nursery School Admissions” – Wednesday evening, October 3, 10, 17 or December 11, 2001 Oct. 30 at 4:30 pm. 24. For more information, call (212) 979-1829 or visit www.smartkids.com * Quest Berlitz Language Center (Mineola) Seminar Center 47 Mineola Boulevard Topic: How To Get Thousands For Your Child’s College Education October 3; 6:30 Mineola, NY 11501 - 8:00 pm, November 1; 6:30 - 8:00 pm All open houses begin at 9:00 a.m. and end at approximately 10:15 a.m. Phone: 516-741-9220 Location: attendees need to call The Seminar Center M-F, 8:30 am – 7:30 pm and Oct. 30 at 4:30 pm. reference seminar MM146. $10.00 cost of attendance. Call (212) 655-0077 to They are held at 291 Central Park West and are for prospective parents. Berlitz Language Center (Wall Street) reserve seating. 2 Rector Street The ADD Resource Center. Practical help for living with attention and related dis- New York City, NY 10006 A reservation is required. Please contact the Admissions Office at orders, seminars, courses, workshops and services for children, parents, adults, Phone: 212-766-2388 employers and educators. 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DEAN ROBERT GLICKMAN: NYU SCHOOL OF MEDICINE CONTINUING A FAMILY TRADITION tion, he is also rethinking the con- school, he won honorable mention in the West- tent of the material being taught. inghouse scholarship competition for a project By JACOB M. APPEL Glickman admits that bringing “We’ve always stressed the impor- that involved radiating bacteria and making “Medicine is under attack these days,” says innovation to such a celebrated tance of a combination of knowl- them change color; he urges today’s young sci- Dr. Robert Glickman, the Dean of the New York and often unwieldy institution edge of the basic sciences and com- entists to take similar risks. “Show a degree of University School of Medicine. “Doctors are takes both determination and a passionate care. What we’re looking commitment and passion,” he exhorts. “Try to finding themselves in the middle of the debates willingness to proceed slowly. at now is taking courses away from develop a deep interest in something.” about the U. S. health care system and they are “We’ve been working on individual departments. Students Glickman is a graduate of the Harvard Med- no longer at the top of the economic ladder. Of improving teaching,” he explains, used to learn how kidneys worked ical School and an expert in the field of course, the great advantage of medicine is its “but in this environment we need one month and how hearts worked lipoproteins and fat absorption. He cites among flexibility. There are so many things one can do to go about it in sequential steps. the next. Now we’re trying to his influences endocrinologist Daniel Fetter- with a medical degree–in the sciences, in public Most of our senior faculty do a Robert Glickman, M.D. emphasize the importance of know- man, William Castle who cured pernicious health, genomics, consulting, venture capital. wonderful job, but we can always ing how whole systems function.” anemia, and the noted gastroenterologist Kurt And the science is wonderful with many new do better. At the outset we defined teaching as the Other items are also on the agenda for a curricu- Isselbacher. “They were all distinguished therapies and new drugs.” The dean, an affable responsibility of a faculty member. That was new to lum that relies heavily on medical student soci- teachers,” he recalled. “I was very lucky.” gastroenterologist who cuts a very polished fig- some people. But we need to start off by raising the eties, student-run groups that function as part What lured Dean Glickman into the medical ure, leans back in his chair and adds: “It can be level of expectation.” What next? “That’s the more club, part social fraternity and part professional field in the first place? “My father was a physi- extremely interesting and challenging work.” difficult part,” Glickman says. “We know who the organization. For example, many students are cian. He was a general practitioner in Flatbush Glickman’s own current position is unquestion- strong teachers are and who the weak teachers are. I electing to do work in the burgeoning field of and in Williamsburg [Brooklyn]. I went to ably more interesting and more challenging that assure you we get feedback.” Then he leans forward bioethics. On another front, Pfizer recently medical school based primarily on what I’d most. As the fourteenth director of a 160 year-old and adds in his convincing let-me-tell-you-a-story offered the school a grant to implement a seen at my dad’s office.” Whatever he saw medical school with more than 1300 full-time voice: “My wife used to ask me to wash the dishes. “humanities in medicine” program. must either be genetic or contagious, because faculty and nearly 700 medical students, he’s run- One day I finally agreed and I washed them in cold “Medical school shouldn’t be a default he quickly points out that he has two sons and ning a school that trains the faculties for other water. She never asked me again.” He shakes his choice,” Glickman admonishes prospective two daughters-in-law who are also physicians. medical schools. Almost 80 percent of his stu- head and notes that there will always be a few facul- applicants. “You should try to figure out if sci- “It’s a great career,” he explains. “It’s one of dents engage in research while at NYU; half of all ty members who teach the way he cleans dishes. ence and medicine is something that truly the few things you can do where you don’t get NYU graduates pursue careers in academics. If Glickman is examining the quality of instruc- interests you.” When Glickman was in high pigeon-holed at the beginning.” # A.D.D. Children Show Undiagnosed Vision Problems

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Are You Getting Enough Sleep? Most people need eight hours of sleep each could contribute to development of a pre-dia- night, say the experts. Until you get enough betic condition. sleep, you won’t function as efficiently, your But while three out of five Americans told the health will be at risk and even your job may be NSF they have trouble sleeping several nights in jeopardy. each week, fewer than half were asked about As a culture, we have been getting less and the quality of their sleep by a physician, and less sleep over the years. Over the last 100 less than 20 percent initiated such a discussion. years, our average nightly sleep has dropped For millions more, the body’s need to sleep is from 9 to 7.5 hours, with a third of adults now treated as a bothersome time-waster. getting an hour less than that. And, says the Here are some tips for better sleep: National Sleep Foundation (NSF), almost half 1. Go to bed at the same time every night, of adults admit they sleep less so they can work even on weekends. It keeps your biological or play more. clock synchronized. Sleep is not simply a passive activity, say 2. Establish a pre-bedtime routine–brushing medical experts in the growing field of sleep your teeth or reading–that lets your body know medicine. It’s one of the most important ele- it’s time for sleep. ments in a healthy lifestyle–as important, they 3. Avoid caffeine six hours before bedtime say, as good nutrition and exercise. and alcohol and tobacco two hours before bed- Researchers know that a lack of deep time. sleep–as opposed to irregular or fragmented 4. Get up at the same time every day, no mat- sleep–undermines the body’s ability to fight ter when you went to sleep. off disease. Sleepiness also reduces the quali- 5. Unwind from daily activities early so your ty and quantity of people’s work by a third, mind is clear at bedtime. says Pat Britz, program director at the NSF. 6. Exercise regularly. Those who do sleep Nearly one in four of those under 30 say better. they’re sometimes late to work because 7. Sleep in a dark, cool, quiet room on a com- they’re sleepy. fortable mattress. In recent research at the University of Excerpted from GHI. For more information, Chicago, a group of sleep-deprived men was visit the National Sleep Foundation at found to have higher concentrations of sugar www.sleepfoundation.org or the Better Sleep in their blood than those fully rested. That Council at www.bettersleep.org.

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By GINA VERONE RESPONSES TO TRAGEDY As we are all aware, on September 11, 2001, New York City was targeted once By MARIE HOLMES our faculty.” Most classes did use their time more–an attack so ferocious, so unforgiving On the morning of September 11, Colum- together on Wednesday to hold discussions. leaving Americans in a state of shock and bia University students were in class. They Julia Gavrilov, a senior at Barnard College, says despair. As the morning progressed at my were on campus. They were on their way to that all of her professors, even those in disci- school, parents came in, family members work. They were in their dorm rooms, plines seemingly unrelated to the events, opened called, teachers and students were solemn asleep. Then two airplanes hit the World up discussion. “More people joined in [class dis- and quiet as they awaited word of the status Trade Center in what has been the gravest cussions] than usual,” says Gavrilov, “Obvious- of the attack and their family members terrorist attack in U.S. history. Televisions ly, this is something that hit everybody.” Steve whereabouts. The school community unit- and radios were turned on and telephones Theberge, a sophomore in the School of Gener- ed on that morning in a quiet, calm manner. rang all across campus as the news spread al Studies, described his classes that day as It wasn’t necessarily their words of fear but and students frantically attempted to contact “especially poignant and meaningful.” rather their faces that will forever remain friends and relatives. In the wake of the disaster, students, staff, etched in my mind as a sorrowful Within forty-five minutes of the attacks, and administrators showed an outpouring of reminder of the loss of innocence that was New Yorkers at a Candlelight March in Brooklyn University President George Rupp had called support. Barnard College students began mak- stripped from their very hands on this hor- an emergency meeting to discuss the Univer- ing and selling red, white and blue ribbons to rific day. As the days have passed, so many stu- reminded us of how courage brought us all closer sity’s response. “By 10:30AM,” says Univer- raise funds for the Red Cross. The University dents across this great nation are questioning these on this day. “The stories of past courage can sity Chaplain Jewelnel Davis, “we were all launched an emergency fund-raising drive, acts of cowardice brought about by hatred and define that ingredient–they can teach, they can gathered talking about how we could respond converting the box office at the student center ignorance. Deep within their souls, they are search- offer hope, they can provide inspiration. But they to the needs of our students, our faculty and into a donation site. ing for the return of some sense of normalcy in cannot supply courage itself. For this, each man our staff.” The first priority was finding ways Members of the University community have their lives. During a recent discussion with a group must look into his own soul.” It was indeed the to get important information out to the reached out to each other . Student groups, of AP Government students at my high school, I acts of courage by thousands of Americans that Columbia community. By the end of the day, professors and administrators have all asked them to put into words how they felt about expressed so clearly what our country is made of. a kiosk had been set up in the center of cam- addressed concerns about backlash against the current state of the nation. Amongst this group Our history will also define this tragic event as a pus where students could read President certain ethnic and religious groups. President there was a quiet resolve and a loss of words. These day that will live in infamy as well. It will be a Rupp’s statement and receive information Rupp issued a statement expressing the Uni- seventeen and eighteen year old young men and reminder that as one united front the United States about the events being organized on campus, versity’s condolences to those directly affect- women were unable to capture how this truly has will stand firmer and stronger in the wake of support services, how to give to the Red ed by the tragedy and affirming Columbia’s affected and impacted their lives. It is the sudden tragedy and triumph in the name of glory. How Cross and where to donate blood. In only sev- commitment to diversity, tolerance and pro- loss of words amongst our youth that expresses so we handled the events of September 11, 2001 as a eral hours, the Chaplain’s Office had orga- ductive dialogue: “we must work against eth- perfectly the deep loss the United States of Ameri- school and community, is not much different than nized an interfaith prayer service that brought nic or religious stereotyping and intolerance... ca has faced. While we all go about our normal how schools in other parts of the United States hundreds of community members together in we must take special measures to counter routines, we somehow know things are no longer dealt with the morning on this tragic day, coming the chapel that evening. At midnight, stu- hateful speculation or harassment directed the same. The date will forever be etched in our together and uniting in a way that has made dents gathered to hold a candlelight vigil in against Arabs and Muslims... It is unaccept- minds and while the names of people may escape America and Americans stronger and closer than honor of the victims of the day’s tragic able at Columbia to stigmatize entire peoples us, the faces and sense of loss will not. ever before! # events. and traditions.” Chaplain Davis and many Our students remind us most clearly what is Gina Verone is an assistant principal at University officials made the difficult deci- others feel that this was an important message important in life and what is important to them Pequannock Township High School in northern sion of resuming classes on Wednesday, Sep- to send to the community, as now, perhaps during their teenage years–a sense of safety, secu- New Jersey. tember 12. Classes seemed a natural place for more than ever, “It is important that we all rity, and freedom. It has often been said that if we They recently held a “Walk to Freedom” to students to come together to discuss the feel safe together.” fail to learn about our history, we are doomed to raise money for the American Red Cross World tragedies. “It was clear,” says Chaplain Davis, The University President concluded his repeat it. While history has taught us this, it is the Trade Center Relief Fund. Their efforts result- “that classes would not be normal, but that it statement in saying, “To reach out and to words of John F. Kennedy that has delicately ed in a $20,000 donation. would be one opportunity to enlist the support of work together to build communities that bridge divisions in our pluralistic world is a challenge worthy of the core values that Columbians over the generations share.” DIARY OF A STUYVESANT TEACHER: Looking at the efforts of the past weeks, it seems clear that the Columbia community A MUSLIM POINT OF VIEW will continue working to effect positive change, even in the face of seemingly impos- By ANTHONY VALENTIN traditional Muslim attire. I asked if they were actually falling like flakes of snow. My throat sible circumstances. As one professor said at 11 Sept 01 okay and the most-composed student said was feeling the effect of this. the beginning of her class on Wednesday, These accounts are the most emotionally “yes’, but told me that students were making I worked my way to Chinatown and the Man- September 12, “The best way to combat igno- drenching images I have ever tried to recount. I accusatory comments insinuating that the WTC hattan Bridge. The Manhattan bridge archway rance and hatred is education, and we need to work at Stuyvesant High School “in the shad- disaster was a terrorist attack by Muslims. I now welcomed a stream of people rather than keep doing what we’re doing.” # ow of” the Twin Towers of the World Trade told the student that was crying that I too was a cars. The Brooklyn bound lanes were filled Marie Holmes is a senior at Columbia Uni- Center–about 3 blocks away. This date and its Muslim and that Allah will be with us all. I with people escaping Manhattan, while the versity and an intern at Education Update. images will accompany me to my grave. attempted to remind her that the Lord would Manhattan bound lanes were for the use of At the end of the second period I raised the not abandon her or any one of us. He knows all emergency vehicles coming from Brooklyn. shade to one of the windows in the class- and knows best. I told her to seek me out As I reached the center of the span I looked room and saw the top of the north tower of should she be fearful again. She said she would toward the area once dominated by the sight the WTC engulfed in smoke and flames. The and we parted. of the towers and all that remained was an students in my incoming class told me that Suddenly, an announcement was made: enormous plume of dust, ash, and smoke. I from the windows of the classrooms they “Please stop what you are doing. Teachers was frozen in place for a moment, then I was saw people jumping from the upper floors of should escort their classes to the exits on the forced to move by the stream of people. the WTC towers, as well as cascading north side of the building.” Upon reaching Brooklyn, I encountered debris. From the window, I saw Chambers I began to walk north and heard a car radio many people distributing cups of cold water Street full of people running with the announce that Manhattan was completely iso- to passer-bys. I was so grateful for that water urgency I’ve only seen in disaster movies. At lated from the rest of the nation. No one was and kindness. the end of the period, it was announced that entering the city. I had no money, I didn’t know As the Brooklyn sunlight took the shade of students should report to homeroom and if the ATM machines were functioning, the ash the ash-laden air, I reached my parent’s home at wait for instructions. and smoke was creeping further north every 2:30 pm to the hugs of friends and family. A student from my third period class asked second and my family didn’t know if my school If you never thought you could control thou- me if he could go back to the classroom to and I were engulfed by the calamity. I decided sands of students in time of crisis, let me now retrieve a textbook he had left there. I told him to keep walking. I found a phone hoping that it tell you it is possible. These kids were incredi- that I would go with him. As I walked up the would connect me to my parent’s home. I had ble. They were orderly. They were following New Yorkers gathered in front of PS 321 stairs, I came across two female students who to end my call quickly because the smoke and instructions. They were fully aware of the grav- to attend a Candlelight March were crying. One of these students was wearing ash was getting closer and some of the ash was ity of the situation. # ¥21 RESPONDS TO TERRORISM

ONLINE RESOURCES FOR AMPUS NDER IEGE DEALING WITH TRAGEDY C U S : NYU AT CHANNEL 13 By BRANDT GASSMAN bomb,” Water Street resident Kelly Hoover said. As we struggle to come to terms with the Between student evacuations, asbestos-cont- “I looked out my window and saw the top 20 sto- tragic events of September 11th and their after- aminated dormitories and alumni and staff that ries [of the north tower] burning.” math, we at Thirteen/WNET New York would are injured or missing, New York University Brian Foster, another Water Street resident, like to offer you resources that help you deal was one of the local schools hardest hit by the said he woke up after the shock waves from the with trauma both at home and in the classroom. terrorist attack that leveled the World Trade second plane crash shook the dormitory violent- Web-Based Resources Center on September 11. ly. He threw on his clothes and ran towards the Go to http://www.thirteen.org to find tips and The collapse displaced more than 2,000 NYU twin towers for a firsthand glimpse. “I saw a per- web-based resources that help parents, educators students who live in dormitories located below son jump out of the south tower” he said. Messages of peace and love transformed and children cope with trauma. Explore a wealth Houston Street. On the morning of the attack, New “Everybody was standing around went into hys- the statue of George Washington of informative material, including an insightful York Police Department officers told dormitory terics.” As Foster attempted to turn around and in Union Square Park. article by Robert Evans, Ed. D: Helping Chil- officials in the Broome Street, Lafayette Street, head east, he only made it a few feet from the dren Cope with Tragic Loss, http://www.thir- Water Street, John Street, Cliff Street, Exchange intersection when the south tower caved in. “It free replacement NYU ID. NYU Vice Presi- teen.org/teach/coping. These resources will be and The Ocean residence halls to evacuate stu- made a loud crackling noise and then a loud dent of Student Affairs Lynne P. Brown said updated in the days and weeks to come. dents around 10:45 am, shortly after the collapse roar,” he said. “The worst sound I’ve ever heard. the plan would likely cost the University “mil- Lesson Plans of the north tower, a resident assistant said. At that point everybody was running,” he said. lions of dollars.” Check our site on October 1 for two new “It was pandemonium outside,” said Water “I was watching out my window for an hour, By Monday, displaced students were assigned lessons about the month’s theme: Dealing with Street Residence Advisor (RA) Mike Grudzinski. then there was smoke in the hallways and I got a roommate and a room in either the Sheraton Tragedy. Or visit our current Web page “It was announced on TV that southern Man- really nervous,” resident Laura Garrett said. New York or Park Central Hotel, and some stu- http://www.thirteen.org/teach for an expanded list hattan was being evacuated, but RAs were “When the second tower collapsed a guy came dents were also assigned to vacant spaces in of lesson plans that deal with relevant topics such telling students to wait because people were to our room yelling, ‘Get the hell out.’” University residence halls, which required as conflict resolution, wartime actions, and more. running down the street screaming. There was University administrators cancelled classes on administrators to purchase additional bedding. Come to http://www.thirteen.org/watch/index.html dust and soot everywhere,” he said. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, “consistent” Before students were allowed to return home, to keep abreast of any additional supportive The evacuated dorms were all within 20 blocks with New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani’s administrators arranged for environmental test- programming. # of the disaster site. Many students living near the closure of the city below 14th Street, although ing to be done in all rooms that had any sort of WTC were still asleep when the first Boeing 767 the University itself remained open in order to exposure to dust from the WTC collapse. Sub- slammed into the north tower at 8:45 am “It was “provide essential services to students,” accord- sequent to professional cleanings, the buildings The Tragedy about nine am and I heard a loud sound, like a ing to updates on the NYU website. underwent structural examinations by city and About 1,800 stu- University inspectors to ensure their structural By ISAAC KAPLAN, age 11 Union Square Park became dents, all from dor- integrity, and fire safety systems were tested. In the graveyard, a memorial mitories in the Although University administrators said on The gravestones are silent ground for financial district, Sept. 11 that no members of the NYU commu- The people are even more silent; those remained without a nity were injured or killed in the collapse, by This tragedy will leave many of us missing place to sleep or the following week it became clear that the With unhealable wounds loved ones. access to personal community had not gone unharmed by the That only an angel can heal. possessions, despite attack. NYU Protection Services officer James That, my friend, is the angel of hope, the fact that administrators announced Leahy was on duty with the NYPD on Sept. 11 An angel of light, classes would resume on Friday, Sept. and arrived at the WTC moments after the first An angel named phoenix. 14. As a result, Office of Housing and plane crashed into the north tower of the com- That angel will find you; Residence Life officials and Universi- plex. Patricia Phalean, a Protection Services Together, we will rise up ty administrators assembled a package officer and friend of Leahy’s, said he called his Out of the dust, for displaced students that included sister moments before the collapse of the tower Out of the ashes lodging at one of two uptown hotels and told her he thought he was trapped. Leahy And out of the dark. for the duration of the closures, $200 remains unaccounted for. in cash to buy clothes and other neces- “That was the type of guy he was,” Phalean Isaac Kaplan, 11, is a 6th grade student at The sities, free replacement course books, said. “He would help anybody, he wanted to Brooklyn School for Collaborative Studies. a free meal plan, a phone card and a help the people inside that building and he never came out.” Leahy worked as both a Protection Services raised voices in song and joined hands, making an officer and an NYPD officer in the sixth precinct Message to Hunter College Students unbroken chain. We are aware that more will be to support his three sons, Phalean said. David asked of us in the coming months. In this place of Handschuh, an adjunct professor in the Journal- By JENNIFER RAAB, President efforts. Our nursing students volunteered their learning and study, we should—and will—move to a ism department at NYU and a photographer for The devastating events of September 11 affect services in hastily organized shelters in lower deeper analysis and discussion of the September the New York Daily News, was taking photos 100 every one of us at Hunter College, as New York- Manhattan. Indeed, the ultimate sacrifice was 11th attack and its ramifications. This presents yards away when the south tower began to col- ers and human beings. On that first day, as we made by one heroic Hunter-Brookdale nursing both an opportunity and a challenge: an opportu- lapse. “I brought my camera to my eye but then began to comprehend the magnitude of the student, Michael Mullan, who tragically per- nity to build a community such as Hunter has something in the back of my head said ‘run, run, tragedy, we took immediate steps to ensure that ished with fellow firefighters that Tuesday. never seen before, and a challenge to make our run,’” Handshuh said. Handschuh was thrown Hunter would be a place of safety. We made As we turned to planning a college-wide response Hunter community a place of openness and under a truck on West Street before two fire- every effort to gather accurate information and to the 9/11 tragedy, we tapped the resources of our respect for the diversity that defines us. Let a spirit fighters from Engine Companies 217 and 131 disseminate it as quickly as possible. In addition School of Social Work and Department of Psy- of acceptance and respect be the powerful legacy and a paramedic pulled him into a deli, as debris to our on-line advisories, we asked staff to chology to suggest activities that would help us as a we leave from these terrible days.# landed in the spot he was lying only moments spread the word throughout our corridors and community to express sorrow and begin the healing Jennifer Raab is the President of Hunter Col- before. He suffered a broken leg in the incident gathering places that Hunter would remain open process. When classes resumed on Thursday,—our lege in New York City and is currently recuperating at home. for those in need of a place to stay. I am enor- “Healing Wall—lined the third-floor crosswalk. At a groundbreaking for a new law school mously gratified by the instantaneous, selfless You quickly filled up page after page, an outpour- building on Sept. 28, incoming NYU President response, as so many sprang into action, work- ing that has touched me deeply. We will bind these John Sexton said the law school alone lost five of ing together for the common good: the staff who pages from our Healing Wall, a permanent record its alumni in the rubble of the twin towers, includ- kept the cafeteria open late for stranded stu- of our individual and collective search for meaning ing Chris Quackenbush, who Sexton ate dinner dents; Security and Facilities personnel who amid the madness of these days. September 14 and with on the evening of the 10th, and John Perry, quickly distributed our frequently updated bul- 20 were special days of remembrance at Hunter. a former research assistant of Sexton’s. “We can- letins and ensured a safe exit for hundreds leav- “Gathering spaces” on main campus sites were not ignore the context in which this celebration of ing our buildings at once; and representatives open throughout each day as havens for the our institution occurs,” Sexton said, adding that from Student Government and other student exchange of feelings and thoughts in small groups. the groundbreaking was “the first constructive act groups that made their offices and telephones At the end of these special days, several hundred of building since Sept. 11 in this city.” # available to those who needed help. students, faculty and staff members came together Michelle Blackley, Bill Lucia and Lindsay I’m also very proud of the students and others for a more public expression of mourning and New Yorkers at a Candlelight March Noonan contributed to this article. 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For more information, contact Mar- garet Harmon at (800) 336-6794. OCTOBER 2001 ■ FOR PARENTS, EDUCATORS & STUDENTS ■ EDUCATION UPDATE Award 27 Winner IN BRIEF MARYMOUNT OPENS FIRST DORM $1.3M Technology Grant for Buffalo Over 1,000 friends, faculty, staff and neigh- The US Department of Education (DOE) has the grant will fund professional development bors joined together recently for the ribbon cut- awarded a $1.3 million three-year grant to a con- efforts for members of the UB teacher-education ting ceremony of Manhattan Marymount Col- sortium composed of the University at Buffalo’s faculty, so that faculty members possess the lege’s (MMC) first residence facility, located at Graduate School of Education (GSE), the UB same instructional-technology skills that are 231 East 55th Street. Governor Pataki and Center for Applied Technologies in Education being developed in the school’s teacher-educa- Mayor Giuliani were both present at the cele- (CATE), the Buffalo Public Schools and tion graduates. The project’s principal investiga- bration. Senators Schumer and Clinton as well WNED-TV, Channel 17. The new implementa- tors are Donald Jacobs, Ph.D., associate dean for as Manhattan Borough President Virginia tion grant will fund in-service education in the research and technology in the Graduate School Fields all sent their congratulations. Newly use of educational technology for teachers and of Education, and Suzanne Miller, Ph.D., associ- appointed College President, Judson Shaver, pre-service teachers at 15 Buffalo schools over ate professor of English education in the thanked the Dormitory Authority of the State of the course of the three-year grant. In addition, Department of Learning and Instruction.# New York for its willingness to collaborate, “for the first time in history, with the private Marymount dorm ribbon cutting ceremony. sector on a residence project for an independent THE EVERETT CHILDREN’S ADVENTURE GARDEN college.” Thanks were also extended to real the Dormitory Authority of the State of New estate developer Arun Bhatia and architect York, spoke of the milestone MMC had AT THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN Costas Kondylis. Gail Gordon, Esq., Chair of reached in opening its first dormitory.# Explore this 12-acre, indoor/outdoor interactive Holiday Garden: November to January museum where kids can have hands-on fun and Weekdays 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Weekends and Queens Grad Receives Coca-Cola Scholarship learn about plants, science, and the natural world. Monday holidays, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Gabriela Correa, a recent graduate of Queensboro Community College (QCC), was awarded a schol- Gingerbread Adventures — Friday, arship from the 2001-2002 Coca-Cola Foundation/Hispanic Scholarship Fund Community College Budding Botanist Early Learner Activities November 23 - Sunday, January 6 Transfer Program. The $2000 award was issued in recognition of Correa’s academic achievement, Tuesday- Friday: 1:30 p.m.-3 p.m. Come explore gingerbread holiday fun and including a 3.77 GPA, membership in Phi Theta Kappa and in Alpha Beta Gamma. Correa, 21, migrat- Saturday, Sunday, and Monday holidays: see larger-than-life animals in various stages of ed to the US in 1998 from Ecuador. She majored in Business Administration at QCC and is currently 11 a.m.-1 p.m. baking batches of gingerbread add a new twist enrolled in Baruch College, where she plans to major in Finance or Computer Information Systems. Bring the toddlers for nature discovery, crafts, to this time-honored tradition. Families dis- “Ms. Correa is an example not only of the high-achieving students who attend QCC, but also of mini nature walks, storytime, music making and cover the ingredients that make up a classic the caliber of education provided by this institution,” said Dr. Eduardo Marti, President of QCC. introduce 2–5 year olds to school-based activities. gingerbread recipe and investigate the tropical plants that make gingerbread possible. LIU Offers Training to Brooklyn was chosen by the Institute for Fall Foliage Festivities - Saturday, October Also visit the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory for Health Information Management in Pune, India 6 - Sunday, November 21 The Holiday Train Show to see large gauge model Students in India to establish an affiliate relationship. Weekdays, 10 a.m.- 6 p.m.; Weekends and trains traverse magical scenes with mountains, Due to a great need for trained personnel to The School of Continuing Studies will moni- Monday holidays, 10 a.m.- 6 p.m. waterfalls, and models of New York landmarks. process medical transcripts and billing docu- tor the instruction taking place in India through Bring the kids to experience the changing For more information please call (718) 817- ments in India, where many US hospitals have teleconferencing and frequent staff visits. The reds, yellows, and oranges. Kids discover how 8700 or visit www.nybg.org. The Everett Children’s such documents processed, Long Island Uni- school will then certify students in Medical and why leaves change color and how animals Adventure Garden has been made possible by the versity’s School of Continuing Studies in Transcription and Physician’s Billing. help spread seeds from place to place. leadership generosity of Edith and Henry Everett.

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Corporations Establish College OCTOBER IN HISTORY COMPILED By CHRIS ROWAN On October. 1, 1946, eleven top Nazis were Firsts sentenced to death by an international military Scholarship Funds for WTC Students In 1879 (on Oct. 19) Thomas Edison gave his tribunal in Nuremberg. By JESSICA SHI the future as we remember the victims of the first successful demonstration of electric light. On October. 1, 1949, Communist leaders As the horror and disbelief gradually sub- attack on America. The ‘Families of Freedom In 1908 (on Oct. 1) the first Ford Model T announced establishment of the People’s sides for those of us who were not directly Scholarship Fund’ honors their memories by rolled off an assembly line. Republic of China. affected by the tragedy of September 11th, we providing educational assistance for their chil- In 1957 (on Oct. 4) the Soviet Union American History begin to find ways to cope and deal with the dren and spouses,” said CSFA President launched Sputnik - the first man made satellite. In 1636 (on Oct. 28) Harvard College was emotional trauma. What about the spouses and William C. Nelsen. In 1958 (on Oct 26) on the first day of daily founded. the children of those who lost their lives during Lumina Foundation for Education pledged jet service, a Pan Am plane with 111 passen- In 1781 (on Oct 19) British troops surrendered this surreal calamity? Government agencies are $3 million, $2 million directly to the fund and gers flew from New York to Paris. at Yorktown, ending the Revolutionary War. estimating that at least 10 to 12 thousand fami- $1 million in matching dollar for dollar contri- World History In 1929 (on Oct. 29) the stock market lies have lost parents and spouses because of butions from individuals. In addition, many In 1492 (on Oct.12) Christopher Columbus crashed, marking the beginning of the Great this tragedy. companies and individuals have committed to landed in San Salvador in the Bahamas. Depression. Citigroup and the Citizen’s Scholarship help increase funding, including NEC Founda- In 1517 (on Oct. 31), Martin Luther openly In 1962 (on Oct. 28) the Soviet Union agreed Foundation of America (CSFA) are among tion of America, which has pledged $300,000. assailed Catholic Chuch leadership and prac- to U.S. demands to remove balistic missiles several other organizations providing schol- Brocade Communications Systems and ONI tices, inagurating the Protestant Reformation. from Cuba, ending the Cuban Missile Crisis. arships for the families of the victims. With Systems of Silicon Valley have contributed $1 $15 million provided by Citigroup and more million each in stocks. The two companies are contributions coming from its employees and also spearheading the ‘Technology Partners for PACE SCHOLARSHIP FUND FOR WTC VICTIMS outside sources, Citigroup is hoping to make Families of Freedom’ initiative in which they the fund available by the spring of 2002. are trying to raise $50 million by getting other will honor survivors of the from alumni and friends will be designated in “Although the coordinators of the scholar- technology companies involved. WTC and Pentagon attacks through the cre- support of the endowed scholarship fund. ship fund are still working on collecting Former President Bill Clinton has teamed up ation of a fund that will supplement tuition sup- A fund for current Pace University students more money and determining each family’s with former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole port that will be provided by Governor George affected by the attacks has been created to grant amount, Citigroup is hoping to be send- to chair a scholarship fund campaign to help Pataki’s proposed World Trade Center Memor- help meet specific needs of those students ing out information packages in the coming CSFA build the ‘Families of Freedom Scholar- ial Scholarship Fund. who were displaced, suffered a loss in months to all the families that have been ship Fund.’ “The tragedy of September 11th left “Whatever the level of the prevailing CUNY employment or lost a family member. Grants affected,” said Citigroup’s Press Representa- many young people without parents. Young and SUNY tuition support is, Pace will make up to $1,000 are available. Pace has provided tive Marybeth Corazzini. people who with a helping hand and the chance up the difference and provide a four-year full an initial contribution to the fund. Contribu- The eligible recipients of the scholarship for a higher education will go on to great tuition supplement for up to 75 individuals. tions may be sent to: Office of University money include all offspring, both in and out- things.” said Clinton in one of his statements. The scholarship is available to spouses and Advancement; Pace University, One Pace side of the US, whose family members were Since its inception about two weeks ago, the children of the September 11th terrorist attacks. Plaza; New York, NY 10038; Telephone, killed or permanently disabled by the attacks. ‘Families of Freedom Scholarship Fund’ has Pace has also established an endowment for 212-346-1276. Checks should be made to The scholarships will go toward all children received responses from hundreds of organi- additional scholarship support and has made an Pace University. who are planning to, or are currently enrolled in zations including Harvard University and initial contribution to the fund. All proceeds A permanent memorial site will also be any accredited two- or four-year colleges and TMP Worldwide. CSFA is hopeful that the will provide financial aid and assistance for any established at One Pace Plaza, in recognition of or universities based on financial need. The scholarships will be available as early as Jan- spouse or child of a victim of the attacks. In members of the Pace community who lost their education assistance will be renewable for up uary 2002. The foundation aims to raise over addition, a percentage of the gifts received by lives in the attacks. The memorial will be com- to three years of undergraduate study, depend- $125 million. the University to the Annual Giving Program pleted within the next year. # ing on the total funds available. For more information about these scholar- Citizen’s Scholarship Foundation of America ship funds or make donations, visit the orga- (CSFA) has partnered with the Lumina Foun- nizations’ websites at http://relieffund.citi- dation for Education to create the ‘Families of group.com, www.familiesofffreedom.org, and Freedom Scholarship Fund’. www.nec.co.jp/english/today/newrel/0109/21 “United we stand, today, tomorrow, and into 02.html.

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THE WASHINGTON OPERA Dance By IRVING SPITZ Although in its current season the Washington Opera will be giving 80 performances of eight EACHERS operas, the beginnings of this impressive com- pany were humble. In fact, the first formal per- Open the Door to the World of formance of the company in 1957 took place in an auditorium in one of Washington’s universi- T ties, and rehearsals had to be held in New York. French Culture During the recent season, I attended perfor- mances of Don Carlos and The Marriage of Figaro. Broaden Your Students’ Horizons! Don Carlos is one of Verdi’s richest operas, which confronts issues of religious, political and personal conflicts, all played out in the court of Philip II of Free Spain. The opera premiered in Paris, but Verdi sub- sequently produced an Italian version in which he Theater Cultural Programs For omitted the first act. The Washington production opted for the abridged, four-act Italian version with Jorge Lagunes as Count Almaviva the addition of the Veil Song. and Anna Netrebko as Susanna The production, directed by Sonja Frisell, was Public High rather foreboding, dark and gloomy. The central and expression. character in the opera is the Marquis of Posa. In Mozart’s quintessential opera, The Marriage of this performance, Posa was sung by Dyane Croft Figaro, has everything—superb music, witty School who gave a masterful, incisive, vocally imposing comedy, intrigues and political overtones exem- and deeply moving performance. Philip, sung by plified by tension between the social classes. The Paata Burchuladze, brought the required pathos opera is so great because of Mozart’s genius, as Students at and regal bearing to the role. Ella giammai m’amo, continued on page 31 and in his subsequent duet with the grand inquisi- tor, ably sung by Daniel Sumegi. Ramon Vargas, the Mexican tenor, was the hapless Don Carlos. He Film sang effectively with fluidity and assurance. Sopra- Fall 2001 no Veronica Villarroel, as Elizabeth, possesses a rather small voice and was often drowned out. The Music Veil Song and O don Fatale, were well delivered. The orchestra under Sir Edward Downes brought To inquire call to life all the subtle nuances of this complex score, allowing the singers ample freedom for phrasing (212) 355 6100 ext. 256 French Institute Alliance Française Thanks to the support of: 22 East 60th St, NYC 10022 Saint Thomas Choir School

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continued from page 30 he linked up with Mozart. Their collaboration with Figaro, Don Giovanni and Cose Fan Tutte “BAROQUE BY THE EXPERTS” well as the librettist, Lorenzo da Ponte, who sup- represent the greatest operatic partnership in — plied Mozart with a brilliant plot which he adapt- musical history. In this production, the part of the ed from the second part of the trilogy by the maid Susanna was sung by the Russian lyric French playwright, Beaumarchais. soprano, Anna Netrebko, from the Kirov Opera in “DISCOVER IT FOR YOURSELF!” Da Ponte is a fascinating character. Because of St. Petersburg. Possessing an extraordinary voice, his numerous romantic escapades he was com- she is also a superb actress with a wonderful stage pelled to flee from city to city. Landing in Vienna, presence. Although the rest of the cast was also he became a librettist at the Imperial Court where effective, she absolutely stole the show.#

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From the Superintendent’s Seat Give Them a Chance to Shine

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If a fellow performer drops a line, or it the faces of the parents in awe of their own fails to give the right cue, students have to be able children, mouthing each word lest there be a to figure out what to say to keep the performance lapse in memory on the actor’s part? going and the audience unaware of any errors. As the school year progresses, I encourage Teamwork: Putting on a play is the ultimate classroom teachers to consider including a play lesson in teamwork. Everyone needs to work for the class to perform as part of their students’ together, on stage, backstage, and off stage to curriculum. In contrast to the larger, school-wide ensure a show’s success. Along with a lesson in productions put on by the drama club, the class teamwork, students learn first hand the impor- play should give every member of the class an tance of following directions. opportunity to have a moment in the spotlight. Communication: Playing a role gives chil- The teacher/director need not choose the most dren the opportunity to stretch their imagina- outgoing students for the featured roles. The class tions and to improve their ability to express play provides a perfect opportunity to let some of themselves. As they perform their lines, they the quieter children take the leads and display can be taught the impact of the tone in which heretofore hidden talents. I’ve seen some real they speak and the message sent by the move- transformations in children who are given the ments they make. As they learn how to portray chance to shine by intuitive teachers. Playing a character, they will also learn how others “Zeus” gives even the smallest boy a feeling of interpret their own actions and words. power as he wields a lightning rod; and being Art and math: Designing scenery and cos- “Dorothy Gale” gives even the shyest girl the tumes are great creative projects. 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THERE IS HELP FOR ADD/ADHD Navy Teaches Deaf Students By ROY MANSTAN was field engineering as it happens, unedited. Skills Training for Parents, Children & Adults Final adjustments are made; the safety har- The NUWC and CRREL team worked for three ness and tending line are secured; the diver days on the salt water test facility, and with lit- lowers himself into a hole cut through the ice. tle additional effort were able to provide a brief Advanced Parenting Skills - Learn the tested techniques that work The water is 28 degrees F, one degree above the hour-long snapshot of research underway to a with your child’s special wiring. Minimize non-compliant behaviors, temperature at which salt water freezes. Anoth- group of college bound science students. Had power struggles and family discord as you help your child increase his er diver is already under the ice, video camera we not taken the time, this unique educational or her ability to self-regulate. in hand. On the ice, researchers prepare to experience would have been lost. 6-session evening seminars for parents & caregivers of 2-11 year olds with begin the experiment; one holds a cell phone, It may be extremely difficult to bring a group Attention Deficit Disorders or related behavioral issues. Limited group size. his back to the wind. Class is in session. of students to a remote location not typically Building Social Skills - Children learn to make and improve friend- Research divers from the Naval Undersea suited to a field trip environment, as was the ships using appropriate social and communication skills. Warfare Center (NUWC), Newport, RI are case at CRREL this past February. Yet, the Very small weekly classes for 7-12 year olds, grouped by age and ability. working with the Army’s Cold Regions ASD kids were provided with the next best Special on-site classes can be sponsored by schools or organizations. 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While the strategies, self-management techniques, motivation, accountability, interprets his descriptions to her students as under- equipment we currently use is not readily suit- structure and support. Clarify and accomplish personal and career goals. water video images arrive real time via the Inter- ed for use in the field, we are assembling a For high-functioning adults with attention deficit disorders or similar issues. net. For over an hour, the students view the com- more reliable, portable system that will mini- Individual Coaching by appointment. Telephone Coaching & Groups available. puter projector screen in their classroom as the mize the operational logistics. We hope that the Organization & Time Management Skills - Take control of your time divers install and make adjustments to equipment, simplicity of the final system will encourage and environment. Manage your day more efficiently, accomplish projects and while scientific data is collected. 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In a progressive program where individuality is renowned for excellence in the field of auditory/oral educa- encouraged, young hearing and hearing-impaired chil- tion, remains constant in its mission – to teach deaf chil- dren are learning together through play, theme-based dren how to listen, speak and understand others. Clarke The A.D.D. Resource Center, Inc. lessons, hands-on activities and field trips. NYC Program Director Dan Salvucci, says, “Children with New York City: 212-721-0049 or 212-724-9699 At the Clarke NYC Auditory/Oral Center, hearing and hear- hearing loss who develop listening and spoken language ing-impaired children learn together in a preschool program skills at an early age have infinite possibilities.”Most hear- • Westchester/Connecticut: 914-763-5648 Email: [email protected] that was created by professionals with years of experience in ing-impaired children at Clarke NYC have cochlear implants, Hal Meyer, DIrector • Programs since 1993 early-childhood education. Because of the trained staff and which are surgically implanted electronic devices that stim- small teacher-to-student ratio, all children receive a strong ulate the cochlea of the ear to help process sounds of language-enriched program. Hearing-impaired children are speech. 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To Play Or Not To Play, That Was The Question Campaign to Restore Murphy Center By TOM KERTES this weekend are to pause, grieve, and reflect,” said head TV monitor. In the 1970’s, community members united to save a landmark After the terrorist attacks on September 11th, all Tagliabue. Players from all sports have been participating asphalt plant and to build Asphalt Green. The City’s plan was to convert what is now the Murphy Center into a high-density, high- three active sports leagues took swift action, cancel- Football resumed the following weekend heavily in the nation’s recovery efforts. MLB and its rise residential complex. Instead, the community wanted an ath- ing their games. Their actions, at first glance, were (Sept.23), with the league keeping its regular season Players Association have created a $ 10 million Dis- letic and community center with open space for all to use. clearly the only thing to do. schedule intact. The Super Bowl is also going to go aster Relief Fund to aid victims of the tragedy. The After a long struggle, the old asphalt plant today houses arts and sports classes for children. The land around it has also been At second glance, however, the leagues’ decisions on at its previously appointed time and place, on New York Giants went to Ground Zero over the transformed and now includes a running track and parks. The were anything but easy since they had no historic February 3rd in New Orleans. weekend following the tragedy to visit with and AquaCenter houses a duplex fitness center and the only precedent: NFL Games, always played on Sundays, The baseball schedule, resumed on Monday, encourage rescue workers. Other professional foot- Olympic-size swimming pool open to the public in New York City. Unfortunately, leaks have plagued the Murphy Center for were already in progress on Pearl Harbor Sunday in Sept.17 without the actual loss of any games. ball players by the busloads went into their local years because it was never properly waterproofed when it was 1941 and were not stopped. FDR himself encour- “While I realize the suffering continues, I believe communities, holding memorial services, meeting built in 1942. Plans to revive the center also include modern- aged Major League Baseball to go on as scheduled that in the spirit of national recovery and the return with fans, raking leaves, and planting trees in mem- izing mechanical systems and increasing usable space in order to provide more opportunities for children. To help, contact three months later, in order to “lift the national spirit to normalcy baseball, as a social institution, can best ory of the victims. Asphalt Green, 555 East 90th Street, New York, NY 10128. in these troubled times.” And the then-Commission- be helpful by resuming play at the most appropriate “It is just something our players wanted to do,” er, Pete Rozelle, is still reviled in some circles for his time. I believe that time is Monday,” said Selig. said Steelers President Dan Rooney. “They just controversial decision to go on with the regular NFL MLS Soccer cancelled 10 late-season games that wanted to do something, anything. We all feel so Private schedule just two days after President Kennedy’s were never rescheduled. “As we all mourn, I believe helpless.” MLS, along with the Women’s Major assassination. it’s appropriate to take some time to acknowledge Soccer League, arranged for a quartet of Benefit Spanish / French This time, however, following an intense consul- the nation’s loss and honor the victims and the Games with all proceeds going to the victims.# Tutoring tation between NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue heroes,” said Commissioner Don Garber. and Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig – which Sports fans have “voted “ for a pause as well: at ¥ Children K2-12 included some NHL, MLS, and college sports lead- Madison Square Garden, the cascading sound of DIRECTORY OF TUTORS ¥ Outstanding References ers as well on a nationwide conference call – all boos stopped the beginning of the third period of a ¥ Columbia Teachers College Master’s sports came to an abrupt halt. preseason NHL game so the fans could watch Pres- “We in the NFL have decided that our priorities for ident Bush’s speech on the crisis on the huge over- S.A.T. 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Logos Bookstore’s Recommendations Psychoanalyst Reveals Human By H. HARRIS HEALY, III, PRESIDENT, LOGOS BOOKSTORE, 1575 YORK AVENUE (BETWEEN 83RD AND 84TH STS.) NEW YORK, NY 10028 Destructiveness (212) 517-7292, FAX (212) 517-7197 By JOAN BAUM, PH.D. WWW.NYCLOGOS.CITYSEARCH.COM only primate who feels intense pleasure in Not every intense fear, anger or sense of killing and torturing, but not all men, not all During this time of great sorrow and upheaval in including Salman Rushdie’s Satanic Verses, injury results in hate-filled aggression that cultures, not all times prove that man is New York City caused by the destruction of the Jude The Obscure by Thomas Hardy, A Heart- makes itself felt in suicide bombings. “Malig- instinctively, pathologically aggressive. Early World Trade Center, we at Logos mourn with the breaking Work Of Staggering Genius by Dave nant destructiveness” Erich Fromm calls it. primates lived in manageable, relatively war- rest of the city, the United States and the world the Eggers, The Golden Bowl by Henry James, On That was over 30 years ago in The Anatomy of free matriarchal societies, but the more civi- tragic loss of life that has occurred. May those The Road by Jack Kerouac, Dreaming In Cuban Human Destructiveness (Holt Rinehart Win- lized man became, the more aggression went who have lost loved ones, family members and by Cristina Garcia and A Thousand Acres by ston), but in the wake of the horrors of Sep- from “benign” (natural) to “malignant” friends be comforted in their grief. May we all be Jane Smiley among others. tember 11th Fromm’s remarkable book takes (vengeful). Man is an existential animal, gift- allowed to heal, and may the world be at peace. If For children there are puppet shows on on new significance, both for what it says ed with reason and imagination that make we at Logos can be of any help with recommen- Thursday October 11th and Saturday October about the human propensity for “evil” and for him aware of his environment and self-aware dations for reading materials in the areas of grief, 27th at 3:30 P.M. And the ever popular chil- what it implies about malignancy rooted in of his freakish separation from it, the only counseling, healing or any other topic, let us know. dren’s story hour will now be on Mondays at an apocalyptic theology that sanc- animal in the animal kingdom that In the spirit of getting back to normal that 3:30 P.M. Come see us. Peace. tions such killings. Anatomy of Human knows that birth is an accident and Mayor Giuliani has suggested to all New York- Transit: #4, #5 or #6 Lexington Avenue Sub- Fromm, who died in 1980, was more Destructiveness death inevitable. ers, we at Logos would like to invite New York- way to 86th St., M15 Bus (First & By Eric Fromm than a psychoanalyst indebted to First edition 1973: Man longs for lasting oneness, ers to step out and enjoy life in the city again. Second Aves.), M86 Bus (86th St.), M79 Bus Freud. “Social philosopher” would be 521 pp unable to achieve. Most work out At Logos, in particular, through October 30th at (79th St.), M31 Bus (York Ave,) more apt. Deeply concerned about the their passions, but those who don’t 7 P.M. is the Siren Project featuring upcoming Upcoming Events At Logos increasing violence he saw in the world, partic- revert to instinctive ways and become the women writers and performers presenting read- Tuesdays October 2-30 at 7 P.M.: The ularly manifest in the psychic cripples, Stalin, very unifying gods or idols created to save ings of plays and screenplays. At all Siren Pro- Siren Project featuring the works of Samantha Himmler and Hitler (Fromm’s chapters on them from themselves. Such men are not ject evenings enjoy 20% off any book or music Patterson (‘Blonde’ & ‘Mafia Story’), Maria them are particularly fascinating), Fromm set mad but narcissistic, necrophiliac, deliver- cd or cassette sale. Free admission to the read- Cabrera (‘Children Of An Idle Brain’ & ‘Creat- out to analyze theories about man’s persistent ing “justice,” seeking revenge, clever ings. Call Logos for further details. If you like ing Joan’) and together (‘Welcome Home’) as inhumanity to man: is man evil by nature or by enough to exploit and manipulate masses to read books and discuss them, come join the well as Tessa Martin (‘alieNation’ & ‘CaribBe- nurture? Does evidence lie primarily with the living under intolerable conditions. For such Kill Your TV Reading Group now celebrating ing), Tyche Nettingham (‘Contention’) and Konrad Lorenz instinctivists or with the Skin- destructive messiahs and those whom they its third year and about to start its fourth year. Mayra Cabrera (‘Paradox’) ner behaviorists? With a fairness not often convince to follow them, the malignant is Kill Your TV Reading Group meets the first Wednesday, October 3 at 7 P.M.: KYTV found in passionate research, Fromm, who seen as benign and natural, and the natural is Wednesday of every month at 7 P.M. The next Reading Group will discuss Lucky Jim by admirably concedes what he does not or cannot seen as desirable and necessary. For him, two meetings and books are: Wednesday, Octo- Kingsley Amis know, tips toward those who argue that malig- Fromm says, with his social uprootedness, ber 3, Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis and Tuesday, October 9 at 6:30 P.M. Logos Fall nant aggression is not innate. thirst for revenge, worship of hate, especial- Wednesday, November 7th, The Hours by Party & Siren Bash A substantive part of this scholarly but read- ly for his country’s abandonment of its feu- Michael Cunningham. From its start in 1998, Thursday, October 11 & Saturday, Octo- able inquiry into the causes and sadistic, ego- dal ways for corrupt capitalism, the world KYTV has discussed a wide range of books ber 27 at 3:30 P.M. Children’s puppet show maniacal manifestations of aggression is his- would pay. Bin Laden? No,the assassin of from Barbara Tuchman’s The Guns Of August Wednesday, November 7 at 7 P.M.: KYTV torical, overlaid with psychoanalytic theory the liberal German foreign minister in 1922. to Harry Potter And The Sorcerer’s Stone and Reading Group will discuss The Hours by that could easily be called revisionist Freudian The more the world changes . . . . Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets Michael Cunningham. were it not for the fact that, as Fromm shows, Still, despite the grim and overwhelming his- Freud revised himself, most notably in Civi- tory of civilization, there is reason to hope. The lization and Its Discontents, coming to believe future of an illusion? Well, man is a dreaming NOBELIST ON AGGRESSION IN MAN that the death instinct was more primary than animal. Were hope not possible, however, it the Oedipal. might be said that Erich Fromm would not, By MERRI ROSENBERG Like Merlin instructing the future King Arthur It is impossible and dishonorable to reduce could not, have written this book. Or that we Originally published nearly 40 years ago, this in the ways of the world by example and metaphor Fromm’s deeply complex and extensive the- would not read it and not be moved to think compelling work by Nobelist Konrad Lorenz drawn from the animal kingdom, so too does sis to a few hundred words, but pressed to do about what we might do to bring light and strikes an eerily prescient tone in the immedi- Lorenz use these analogies . Whether it’s the so this is it: Man, alone of mammals, is the warmth to this darkening planet.# ate aftermath of the September 11th horrific attacking behavior of brightly colored fish on a events. A study of the biological and evolution- Florida coral reef, the hostilities rats exhibit ary underpinnings of aggressive instincts in towards other rats who come from outside the par- other species and in man, this volume echoes ticular group, or the pecking that ducks display with peculiarly prophetic cautionary notes. towards one another, Lorenz explains that there is Although Lorenz, writing in the 1960s, was a reasonable scientific explanation for such responding to other issues, his insights apply to actions. As he sees it, there are distinctive benefits the newly uncertain world that came into being to aggressive behaviors towards members of one’s on September 11. His scientific and aca- On Aggression own kind. “Darwin’s “struggle for exis- demic concerns, which resonate with by Konrad Lorenz tence” really refers to the conflict added meaning today, focus on why Harcourt Brace & between near relations,” Lorenz writes. members of a species direct aggression Company: San Diego, For humans, reluctant though they against each other. New York, London, may be to identify with the rest of the 1966: 306 pp Take, for example, this insight, which animal kingdom, there is an equally could be part of any current Op-Ed piece: “Without deep-rooted force causing aggression towards the tolerance born of this realization, it is all too other people. According to Lorenz, “what we must easy for one man to see the personification of all guard against with all the power of rational evil in the god of his neighbor, and the very invio- responsibility, is our natural inclination to regard lability of rites and social norms which constitutes the social rites and norms of other cultures as infe- their most important property can lead to the most rior...[that] makes us consider the members of terrible of all wars, to religious war–which is exact- pseudo-species other than our own as not human.” ly what is threatening us today .” There is something poignant about his repeat- Consider this one chilling passage: “None of ed assertion that man’s inability to perceive the them can ever have such devastating effects as stranger, that fearsome ‘other’, as something like unbridled militant enthusiasm when it infects great himself, is what ultimately leads to harmful masses and overrides all other considerations by aggression. As Lorenz says, “No one is able to its single-mindedness and its specious nobility.” hate, whole-heartedly, a nation among whose Then think about this one: what “contributes enor- numbers he has several friends.” mously to the releasing of intense militant enthu- Although Lorenz ultimately concludes, with siasm is the presence of a hated enemy from a touching mix of naivete, optimism, and faith, whom the threat to the ‘above’ values emanates.” that art, music, science and education will be Such an accumulation of cogent analysis could able to transcend man’s aggressive impulses make the current world situation even more fright- towards one another, it is perhaps less easy for ening than it already is, especially if political and us who read this today to share his outlook. military behaviors would appear to be predeter- Merri Rosenberg is a freelance writer who mined by biological and evolutionary compulsions. specializes in educational issues and topics. OCTOBER 2001 ■ EDUCATION UPDATE ■ MUSEUMS AS EDUCATORS Museums As 37 Educators The New Zoo: An Educational Experience By TOM KERTES fearsome, dry abstract.” Direct connection by PATH to Hudson-Bergen FALL AT Today’s zoo is not what your father’s zoo The programs are three-pronged, but Light Rail—Liberty State Park Station used to be. In fact, over the past 20 years or so, Berkovits sees the Teachers’ Professional LIBERTY zoos have gradually morphed from a place that Development aspect as the most important. simply displayed animals in cages, into an The Bronx Zoo’s nationally accredited cur- SCIENCE environment aiming to inspire visitors to think ricula are available for teachers of grades K-12 Minutes away from New York City, about what’s happening in nature. in the form of 35-70 hour workshops. ENTER “The philosophy behind this is that, with “Research data has clearly shown that partici- adjacent to the Statue of Liberty and C more knowledge and greater inspiration, peo- pating teachers have dramatically increased Ellis Island National Monuments NYC teachers, we know you ple will hopefully do a lot more for the preser- their knowledge in the sciences — and that this need to reserve field trip buses in vation of animals and nature,” said Annette has begun to transcend to their students,” September, so here’s what's com- Berkovits, Sr. Vice President of Education at Berkovits said. Discover three themed floors: ing up this school year! the Wildlife Conservation Society. In addition, the Society has diverse pro- Invention, Health and Environment The Society, which oversees all five major grams for children at all levels. “Pablo New Exhibits: zoos in New York City, has not only created a Python Looks at Animals” has been identified Raise the Roof (9/28/01-1/6/02) plethora of progressively hands-on educational by the U.S. Dept. of Education as an exem- programs, but has even attempted to make the plary life science program for kids in grades Your students will learn about very act of visiting the zoo educational. K-3. The “Habitat Ecology Learning Pro- buildings from around the world. “We are now presenting each species in its gram” covers the ecology of rain forests and Construct a small Mongolian yurt own natural habitat in large breeding groups,” deserts, by cohesively linking the study of of timber-frame home, learn said Berkovits. “This allows the visitors to science to social studies, geography, math, about carbon monoxide poison- learn about the animals’ lives in a realistic man- and language arts. For grades 7 and up, “Voy- ing, design a virtual dog house ner. But, beyond that, we’ve also embarked on age From the Sun” is a classroom module Experience 250 hands-on exhibits that can survive a blizzard or a specific national and international education- designed to introduce students to the major heavy rainfall, and much more! al effort. We’ve had 2.2 million people going ways energy is important to wildlife and nat- through our educational programs just in the ural habitats. And the Wild Science high Biodiversity 911 (9/22/01-1/13/02) last fiscal year.” school curriculum allows students to use the Explore biodiversity through a The zoo’s effort of making science more Internet for an intensive case study of the series of interactive exhibits. hands-on and enjoyable for students has been a research done by each of the 300 field scien- Crawl through device that allows much-needed development. Last year, when tists the Society currently has active in 53 turtles and dolphins to escape students of the 13 major industrial nations were countries around the globe. from fishing nets, play Toxic tested, the U.S. came in last in the sciences. “We believe that by immersing children, as Pinball to see the effects of toxic “That’s unacceptable,” said Berkovits. “We well as their parents and teachers, in real life chemicals, explore the major aim to change that by bringing science to as situations and issues we enable them to gain a causes and cures of global warm- many people as possible, and do it as a living, greater love for and interest in science,” con- ing, and scores of other activities. breathing experience instead of some kind of a cluded Berkovits. # A short, free film created by the producers of Chicken Run explores issues such as habitat loss, pollution, and climate change.

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