Spring 2000

VV S L E T T Haverford Students Take Action

T HE CONDITIONS WERE DEPLORABLE. Council in December. By unanimously ing groups, pressur'e from college students Young women, probably just 14-years­ approving the resolution, members of has led some factories to cut back on child old, toiled in the factories, earning less City Council agreed to send letters to all labor and require fewer employees to than one dollar for about 15 hours of local college and university administrators, work 80-hour weeks. work each day. There were even rumors urging them to actively oppose sweatshop Although Roeper led the way, many of migrant workers being locked in a labor by joining the Worker Rights other Haverford students played impor­ shelter, kept from their families so they Consortium (WRC). tant roles in anti-sweatshop activities. would continue to work in the factories. The Work r Rights Consortium is a First-year student Adam B rg participated Fourth-year student: Maria Roeper non-profit organization that has created a in the protest of the World Trade wimessed all of this during a trip to "sweatshop-free" code of conduct that Organization in Seattle, while fourth-year '· Jakarta, Indonesia, and she returned to includes provisions for increased wages, student Ben Stokes took part in various Haverford determined to make changes disclosure of factory locations and inde­ sit-ins. "Our courses often emphasize to the working conditions in the clothing pendent monitoring of factory conditions. national and global. perspectives, so our manufacturing industry·. Roeper became Colleges and universities that join the students are more aware of issues that a national leader in the anti-sweatshop Worker Rights Consortium pledge to affect others," says Stokes. Christine movement, joining organizations like purchase apparel only from companies Farrenkopf'02 and Wolf '03 attended a United Students Against Sweatshops­ that meet the WRC's anti-sweatshop labor rally outside of Philadelphia's City Hall, comprised of numerous students at more standards. The influence of Roeper and and Berg traveled to New York City for than 150 colleges and universities in Haverford Students Against Sweatshops the Worker Rights Consortium's founding North America, attending protests and led Haverford College to become one of conference in April. rallies throughout the country and the first institutions to join the Worker "Haverford has always been an institu­ encouraging other college students to Rights Consortium. tion that educates t:he whole person," says join the fight against sv,reatshop labor. Over the past few months anti-sweat­ Wolf "Our actions: show that students are With her guidance, a number of shop protests and rallies occurred at many interested in issues that exist outside of Haverford students have rallied against colleges and universities, including their academic sphere." the abuses of the clothiing manufacturing Michigan, Wisconsin, Tulane, Oregon, Recent activism on the part of industry, forming a group known as Georgetown and Pennsylvania. As a Haverford students hasn't been confined Haverford Students Against Sweatshops. result, the Worker Rights Consortium to the anti-sweatshop movement. The The group has become a local force and now consists of 48 members. women's tennis team canceled its spring national presence in the anti-sweatshop The anti-sweatshop protests appear to break matches on Hilton Head Island to movement. "We have a responsibility as be working. The New York Times reports individuals and as part of the Haverford that, according to continued on page 2 community, to educate others," says some monitor- Sara Wolf, an anti-sweatshop sup- porter. ''As students, we have the time, resources and power to do that." Haverford Studc~nts Against Sweatshops has formed alliances with stu- dents from other local colleges and universities and drafted a resolution that was present- ed to Philadelphia's City

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uncomfortable and unsafe situation," Charleston; professional women's tennis says Koger of the decision. star Serena Williams backed our of a Haverford's director of athletics, tournament on Hilton Head; and a few Greg Kannerstein, supported Koger's collegiate athletic conferences decided to desire to change the team's plans, saying move their post-season tournaments out that "uaining in South Carolina would of South Carolina. be a violation of Haverford's long tracli­ "I hope that others followed our lead tion of respect for all individuals. The for the right reasons, based on their val­ college does not want to contribute to ues and principles," says Koger. "This the tourist economy of a state which issue affects all people because it shows disrespect to a large segment of its involves our national conscience." C!Uzens. " The women's tennis players Instead of playing matches on embraced their coach's decision, register­ Hilton Head, as the women's tennis ing their opposition to the Confederate team had done since 1988, Koger took flag issue. "It's a credit to the students' her players to Grenelefe, Florida for upbringing and independence of spring break competitions as well as a thought," says Koger of her players' sup­ training session at the world-famous port and other activism on campus. Bollettieri Sports Academy in "We wanted our coach to know that we Bradenton. were behind her," says Kaley Klanica, a fourth-year player. "The boycott was a (left to right) Swapna Deshpande'03, Sarah Hanck'OO, Kaley "Going to Florida instead of Hilton Klanica '00, j oanna Gmyer'02 and women :S tennis bead coach Head wasn't so much a sacrifice as it was perfect way for all of us to show how Ann Koger a way of alerting other people to the Hag powerful a peaceful protest can be." situation and forcing them to think The tennis team's boycott was reported support the NAACP's tourism boycott about their actions," explains second­ by a number of newspapers throughout against South Carolina, an attempt to year player Alyssa Kennedy, who won the country as well as by ESPN. As a force the state to remove the Confederate the Centennial Conference singles tide result, the actions of a few "Fords" flag from its capitol in Columbia. this spring. became known by many. After watching Martin Luther King, In fact, some local colleges, includ­ Reflecting on the small, liberal arts Jr. Day protests of the Confederate flag ing Bryn Mawr, Dickinson, Franklin college's presence in national issues, on television, women's tennis head coach and Marshall, Swarthmore and Temple, Koger says, "Haverford was known in Ann Koger decided to call off the uip to subsequently joined the boycott as well. the 1960s as a very loud voice of social South Carolina. According to news reports, the New consciousness, and it's nice to know that "I didn't want to take the students York Knicks also canceled plans to con­ the uadition still exists." and their parents into a potentially duct its playoff training camp in

Students Present Research on Capitol Hill

Two HAVERFORD STUDENTS appeared on Capitol Hill in April to explain the research they've been conducting on a particular form of cancer rrearment. Their work was one of 60 projects selected by the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) to be on dis­ play for the organization's fourth annual "Undergraduate Research Posters on the Hill," a lobbying and educational effort to promote increased funding for undergraduate scientific research. "Federal funding gives us the opportunity to immerse the students completely into research activities," says Julio de Paula, chair of Haverford's chemistry deparrment and a mem­ ber of the CUR. "It's very important in prepar­ ing them to be independent thinkers and schol­ ars in their fields. " Shelli Frey'Ol and Mike Ranen'OO exhibited their findings on photodynamic therapy, a laser­ based cancer treatment that lacks the serious side effects of traditional chemotherapy. Their research in de Paula's laboratory was parr of a six-year project at Haverford that has received more than $1 million of funding from govern­ ment sources and private foundations, accord­ Shelli Frey'Ol and Mike Ranen '00 ing to de Paula. De Paula says that federal funding benefits the students in the form of stipends for summer York and Massachusetts, and they met with. of their research primarily from the National research, trips to various conferences and access delegates from the National Science Science Foundation, as well as the National to curting-edge resources. He also notes that Foundation and the American Chemical Institutes of Health, NASA and private research federal funding allows students and scientists at Society. grants. different undergraduate institutions to collabo­ "We've benefited greatly from federal fund­ Following last year's presentation on the rate on specific research projects. ing for undergraduate research," says Frey, who physics of granular materials by David During their Washington trip, Frey and notes that such financial support allows stu­ Cooper'99, Frey and Ranen's appearance on Ranen also discussed future research funding dents to use stare-of-the-art equipment. Capitol Hill marks the second-srraighr year that with representatives and senators from the col­ Over the last five years, Haverford scientists Haverford students were chosen to participate in lege's disrrict and their own home stares of New have received more than $6 million in support the CUR event. Check Om Our News & Evmts 'Web site: http://www.haverford.edu/publicrelations/news/news.html Page3 An Inter-American Dialogue

w HAT COULD THEY POSSIBLY as language barriers remain," the stu­ HAVE IN COMMON? dents outlined a plan to create and fund Alex Castro is 20 years old and in his a network of schools with bilingual teach­ third year of studies at Haverford. R_udy ers. Other students argued that providing Tun who is several years older, has JUSt financial support and structure wasn't an be~ his college education havin~ . adequate solution. Pointing to the l.ack o.f served 18 years in his country's military. qualified bilingual educators, they Identi­ While Alex was growing up in the modest fied the need to train teachers and pro­ but safe neighborhoods of uptown vide a series of incentives to motivate Manhattan and enjoying the camaraderie them. of high school football, Rudy was living ''Trying to suggest policies that accu­ through the turmoil of a civil war in rately addressed the needs of the Guatemalans was more difficult to do than we thought," says Castro, ''but I think we came up with some strong rec­ (left to right) Cynthia Chavez'02, ]o e ommendations." Pablo Baquiax, Anita Menchu and A number of activities in the "Inter­ Horaldo Lacon American Dialogue" course prepared the Haverford students for the end-of-semes­ International Peace Academy-an inde­ ter conference. Haverford's Stinnes pendent organization that runs semi~ars Professor of Global Studies, Anita Isaacs, on peace-keeping and conflict resolution; who created the course, and Andrew Gert Rosenthal, one of Latin America's Russell the United Nations Development leading economists and Permanent Progr~e's Senior Advisor for Policy Representative of Guatemala to the and Management for Latin America ~d United Nations; Margaret Sarles, the the Caribbean, utilized their contacts m Director for Democratic Promotion of the Guatemala to establish a partnership U.S. Agency for International with a class from the Universidad Rafael Development; and George Vickers, the Landivar. Alex Castro '0 1 and Rudy Tun Guatemala City and coping with the Executive Director of the Washington Isaacs and Russell made it possible poverty, violence and chaos of a nation Office on Latin America-an organiza­ for the Haverford students to correspond torn apart. tion that promotes human rights, democ­ via the Internet over several months with Having little in common, however, racy and social and economic justice in the Guatemalan students. The students was one of the reasons why Alex and Latin America and the Caribbean. exchanged e-mail summaries of class dis­ Rudy agreed to meet this spring on Each of these delegates was on hand cussions about Guatemalan politics as "ft was a terrific Haverford's campus. They, along with to evaluate the students' proposals about well as questions about the country and other Haverford students and undergrad­ ways to most effectively implement the its current social issues. exchange between stu­ uates from the Universidad Rafael terms of the peace accords. In their policy Earlier in the semester, Isaacs and Landivar in Guatemala City, came recommendations, the students discussed Russell arranged for some of the key par­ dents from ve1y different the inherent difficulties of effecting together for a two-day conference to ticipants in the Guatemalan p~ace . change within the multi-ethnic, m~~­ cultures, " says George share information and ideas about the accords to meet at Haverford, mcluding: ongoing political and social struggles in cultural and multi-lingual commumtles General Julio Balconi, Guatemala's for- Vickers. '1t was a real Guatemala. in Guatemala. They addressed the role of The conference was the culmination of civic education, the eye-opener for the a semester-long course at Haverford enti­ importance of non-gov­ ernmental organizations Haverford students to tled, "Inter-American Dialogue," in which Haverford students examined the dynam­ and the need to overhaul Guatemala's tax struc­ hear the Guatemalan ics and current status of a Guatemalan peace process begun in 1996. ture. Among other perspective on the peace The Guatemalan students came to things, the students pro­ Haverford in search of an impartial per­ posed extremely high pro ess and the truth spective, an outsider's view of their strug­ t es on unus d land in order to foster land gles. The Haverford students, ~~Y of about their reality. " whom want to pursue careers m mterna­ redistribution and tional politics, hoped to learn about increased revenue. peace-building directly from the people "It was a terrific who are actually living through the early exchange between stu­ stages of a peace process. dents from very different In what amounted to Latin America's cultures," says George longest civil war, decades of fighting Vickers. "It was a real George Vickers critiques the students' proposals between the Guatemalan military and eye-opener for the indigenous Mayan Indians caused more Haverford students to mer Minister of Defense and member of than 150,000 deaths and forced about one hear the Guatemalan perspective on the the government's peace commission; million residents to leave their homes. peace process and the truth about their Rosario Pu, a Mayan and peasant leader While blatant human rights violations by re ality." and delegate to the Assembly of Civil the military have decreased since the "It's obvious that the Haverford stu­ Society; Humberto Preti, former Director signing of the peace accords in December dents read the peace accords and brought of the Chambers of Agriculture, 1996, Guatemala continues to struggle a lot of knowledge into the discussion," Commerce, Industry and Finance; with high crime rates, deficient health says Margaret Sarles. Eduardo Stein, former Minister of services, ineffective tax laws and a chang­ Before presenting their recommenda­ Foreign Affairs; Rosalina Tuyuc, a Mayan ing political structure. As a result, tions, the students split into four groups leader delegate to the Assembly of Civil Guatemala remains one of the poorest to focus on some of the key issues affect­ Society' and member of Guatem al as' ing Guatemala and to identify specific nations in Latin America. Congress; Adrian Zapata, a f~~er gue~­ Also participating in the Haverford problems and propose solutions. rilla leader; Denise Cook, Political Affarrs conference were representatives who One problem they addressed was the Officer for the United Nations' have been closely involved with the language barrier in Guatemala. When Department of Political Affairs; and Guatemalan peace process: Marlye Horaldo Locon, a political scientist at the Mauricio Valdes, Coordinator for Central Gelin-Adams, Program Officer for the Universidad Rafael Landivar, noted that "social integration is impossible as long Continued on next page Page4

America for the United Nations "They all let their guard down," she Isaacs says imply a strong sense of Development Programme. says. ''They exchanged views and shared friendship, trust and mutual respect. During their meetings with the anecdotes in a collegial and very friendly Rudy Tun described the conference as Haverford students, the visitors atmosphere." "a bridge between people," and said that explained their roles in the peace accords As they left, several of the partici­ he appreciated meeting others who are and identified some challenges that con­ pants stressed how comfortable they felt genuinely concerned about his nation's tinue to affect the peace process in at Haverford and asked when they could future. Guatemala. come again. "Overall, the course was a unique According to Isaacs, it was a "truly At one point during the conference, for experience for the Haverford students, unique opportunity for a frank discussion example, one of the Guatemalan students too," says Isaacs. which would never have occurred in addressed his Haverford peers as com­ ''The students didn't just talk Guatemala. paneros and companeras, terms that about the issues," says Isaacs. "They made some good friends."

Rabin Memorialized in Musical Tribute

S oMBER. TONES FLLLED soloist expressed the disillusionment of Rabin's Marshall Auditorium as the Haverford-Bryn followers after the assassination and wondered if an individual life has any value at all. Subsequent Mawr College Chorale and Chamber Orchestra segments of the piece evoked a wide range of performed the Philadelphia premiere of Lament emotions, from the joy of celebrarin Rabin's to Yitzhak-Requiem fora Leatler. The work by ideals and values to the concern for respecting Israeli composer Dov Seltzer was a memorial to life and finding peaceful ways to resolve con­ Yirzhak Rabin and reflected the composer's fliers. thoughts and feelings following the 1995 "Overall ir creates a palpable sense of the per­ assassmauon. sonal and collective loss of moral bearings in the The hour-long concert was conducted by face of violence," says Lloyd. assistant professor of music and director of The performance included members of the Haverford's choral activities Thomas Lloyd, who local community as well as the college. The chil­ Th omas Lloyd conducts Lament to Yitzhak-­ was attracted to Seltzer's work after attending the dren's choirs from the Main Line Reform Temple Requiem f or a Leader dress rehearsal for the U.S. premiere of Lament ofWynnewood and Temple Sholom in Broomall at the Lincoln Center. Following the rehearsal, assisted the chorale while musicians from the the audience and responded to Haverford stu­ he met the composer and asked for permission Curtis Institute and Temple University in dents' questions about the current stare of Israeli to perform the composition at Haverford. Philadelphia played with the orchestra. politics and Middle East diplomacy. "Seltzer's work is an intensely personal state­ "The role of the children's choir in this work Rabin-Pelosoff also spoke about the music, ment," says Lloyd. "Each of the composition's was important and very appealing," says Lloyd. saying that Lament accurately conveyed the emo­ five movements are meant to elicit different "Including them also provided us an opportuni­ tions that she felt after the killing. emotions, and their tides are a blend of terms ty to reach our to the surrounding communi ty A native of Romania, Dov Seltzer immigrated and prayers from the Jewish burial service and in a very personal way. " to Israel at age 15. Although his music is not well the traditional Roman Catholic Requiem Mass. Following the performance, Dalia Rabin­ known in this country, his operas and orchestral In the opening movement entitled, "El Pelossof, Yitzhak Rabin's daughter and current works have been performed by major ensembles Maleh Rachamim (Kyrie and Requiem) ," a tenor deputy speaker of the Israeli Knesser, addressed throughout Europe and Israel.

Haverford Holds On-line Campus Elections

Election results also were easier and faster to tabu­ line presidential primaries and polls in various late. What rook six or seven students five hours to stares are any indication, it appears that national complete in past years was calculated and distrib­ election trends may nor differ much from uted by e-mail to the entire student body within Haverford's campus figures. In Ariwna's five minures. Democratic primary, deemed the nation's ftrst-ever One of the organizers of the on-line election, binding on-line election, voter turnout surged to former Students' Council co-president Jesse more than 85,000, including nearly 40,000 on­ Ehrenfeld'OO says that there were many reasons line voters, according to a Wttshington Post report. for irs success: preparation for the election and the In the same primary four years earlier, only 12,800 casting of ballots required much less time and total voters participated in the election. The effort than past years; student support for the idea Columbus Dispatch reported that the results of an was extremely high; and for the first rime, on-line mock presidential primary in Thurston Haverford students abroad could vote in County, Washington, were available 14 minutes a campus election. Ehrenfeld noted that votes after the polls closed. were recorded by students as far away as England Despite some positive results, the future of and Chile. national on-line elections remains unclear. "The j esse Ehrenfeld'OO "The Internet has become central to so many Internet is still very fragile so I'm not sure when aspects of student life at Haverford," says Lucy the federal government would be willing to W ILE THE MERJTS OF INTERNET Lyon, newly elected Honor Council co-chair. embrace this form of voting," says Nocifore, not­ voting were being debated in presidential pri­ "This was just the next logical way for us to ing that security and confidentiality remain con­ maries and polls in Arizona, Alaska and utilize its capabilities." cerns for large-scale elections. Washington, Haverford students were electing In fact, Matt Nocifore, the college's assistant Nocifore, however, developed a system to their campus representatives on line. director for networking and systems, created the ensure voter privacy and accurate results in Haverford College held its first-ever on-line election sofrware to serve a variety of functions, Haverford's elections. All students received a pass­ campus elections in early February, and the results including campus-wide surveys and polls. ewly word that documented their vote on the Students' were startling. Sixty-six percent of the student elected Students' Council co-president Wheaton Council Web sire and pre\lented them from voting body voted in the Students' Council executive Little plans to use the sofrware to assess students' more than once. committee election-a 21 % to 26% increase over feelings about various student life issues. For students without direct access to a comput­ past Haverford campus elections and co nsiderably "Who knows what on-line voting will do for er or the Internet, the Students' Council set up a higher than the national average of 10% for cam­ the fumre of national elections and national poli­ computer terminal in the campus dining center. pus elections cited by the Center for Leadership cies?" wonders Ehrenfeld. "The on-line campus elections were a huge Development, an organization that holds a Of course, the voting trends at a small liberal success," says Ehrenfeld. "I think this is just the national conference of student government leaders arts college don't predict the results of national beginning of these kinds of elections at in St. Louis each year. elections. Bur, if the preliminary reports of on- Haverford." Page 5

The college's Educational Students Find Careers on the Web Policy Committee has approved the introduction of minor degrees in .. .Aru. THE DAYS OF FACE-TO-FACE Many students report logging on to the Web career development counselors remain a vital part job interviews and firm handshakes almost over? site at least once or twice each week, in order to of the process. "Once you take advantage of their German, French, Spanish, Many Haverford students claim that it's quicker keep up with constancly changing informacion expertise and think of creacive ways to pursue classics, comparative lit­ and easier to find and procure jobs by using the about job liscings, various corporacions and the your goals, then you can use the Web site's erature, sociology, college's career development Web site. career development office's list of about 1,600 resources to find firms that match your needs," Students now have 24-hour access to the internships. says Danaher. mathematics, physics, career development office, more contact with Alumni and students abroad have access to the Peifer says that resumes are most effeccive psychology, anthropology, international and West coast employers and con­ career development resources via the Internet as when sent to someone with whom a student has chemistry, economics, stancly updated job listings. well. Feifer says that the career development office had personal contact. She warns against only However, the Web site isn't just designed to is assisting more alumni in job searches each year. using the Internet, a praccice that she calls "a pas­ feminist and gender give students more information. It's intended to She believes that with the Web site's ever-improv­ sive way oflooking for a job." "It's scill extremely studies, linguistics, phi­ "organize and simplify the overwhelming maze of ing resources, such as an on-line newsletter of jobs important for students to personalize the job losophy and education. informacion that's out there," says associate direc­ for alumni, this trend probably will continue. search and build face-to-face relationships," she tor of career development Amy Peifer. On-line resources have become inaeasingly says. "The Internet is part of the search, not the Paul Smith, a professor The Web site helps focus the students' atten­ popular among employers as well as career devel­ search itself" of history and chair of cion on different phases of a job search. It includes opment offices at colleges and universities. More Internships, externships, alumni contacts, the Committee on services like "Experience.com," a comprehensive employers now collect resumes on line. They also mock interviews and job fairs remain significant index of various career descriptions, that educate recruit candidates via e-mail and create intricate parts of the job search and depend on human Minors, says that the students about the realities of different jobs Web pages to keep potential employees apprised interaccion, according to Feifer. "Employers who "minors are excellent and provide direction to the rest of the job search. of news and events. have had formal relacionships for years with uri u t " Lists of externships and internships give more Pei er sa s that the career development office Haverford scill devote rime to maintaining the derailed accounts of career fields. will survey employers at the end of the year to see human interaccions with the students," she says. enable students to take For those ready to actively interview with how the Internet has affected their recruiting. Fourth-year student Lauren Smith ucilized the individual approaches to employers, the Web site provides schedules of job The myriad of available on-line services leaves Web site's resources to acquire a job as a manage­ interdisciplinary learning. fairs, workshops, on- and off-campus interviews students pondering, "Can the Internet address all ment consultant with Andersen Consul ring in and application deadlines. And to contact poten­ of our career development needs?" Philadelphia. Speaking from her own job search Credit requirements for cial employers, students no longer need to hassle "I don't think there's any substitute for person­ experience, Smith, a mathemacics major, says, minors were made with the time and expenses of producing resumes. al connections and advice from people you know "The on-line technology certainly helps, but there retroactive, allowing "There's no longer a need to buy resume supplies and respect," says Majka Ordman, a fourth-year are so many other personal aspects of our career and spend time princing out resumes and letters," student who started her job search on line. development that we can't do without." three members of the says fourth-year student Brett Danaher. "I simply Brett Danaher, who parlayed his on-line search class of 2000 to gradu­ upload resumes to the companies that I want to into a job with the Vanguard Group's business ate with minor degrees. receive them." leadership development program, believes that

Sculptures by Haver/ore/line arts professor, Chris Cairns, were on display in Paris this

spring as part of a two-man exhibition with Haver/ore/ alumnus, Bruce Colburn '86.

In the gallery ol the Maison cle L'Oiive, Cairns clisplayecl 20 small, bronze cast Epee fencer Asa Hopkins was one of just three sculptures in a retrospective ol his work, ancl Colburn, who lives in Paris, showed juniors in the country named to the 1999- some of his oil paintings. 2000 GTEC ollege Division Academic All­ Reflecting his serious, almost solemn view of the human condition, Cairns' America® Fall/Winter At-Large First Team. bronze works included reflective beads and figures from different periods of his Hopkins is the first Haverford junior ever career since joining Haverford's faculty in 1970. honored on the national ballot. Following last year's inclusion of cross-country captain Sam Floyd '99, Hopkins has become the college's JOURNAUSTS FROM SOME OF THE NATION'S LEADING NEWS ORGANIZATIONS second-straight selec­ discussed the media's coverage of tragic events at the Andrew Silk Journalism Panel in April. tion to the 1S-man Fall/Winter first team. Philadelphia Inquirer reporter George Anastasia, who covered the Thomas Capano murder case in A physics major, Wilmington, Del., said that tragic events interest the public because they raise quescions about mortality and Hopkins earned a sec­ human mocivacions that leave people searching for answers. ond-place finish in epee Recalling her experiences covering many tragic events, including the Columbine and Jonesboro school shootings and the Oklahoma City bombing, CNN's at the Middle Atlantic Collegiate Fencing Beth Nappe reminded the audience that the public ulcimately controls how much coverage an event receives. Matthew Wald of The New York Times said that Association champi­ reporters must balance a professional duty to uncover the facts with a moral responsibility to respect the gravity of unfortunate siruacions, which often include the onships in March. loss of lives. Page6 Returning Student Anchors All-American Relay

~ EN MEN'S TRACKAND FIELD coach Tom Donnelly assembled the first All­ American relay of his illustrious 25-year career at Haverford, he didn't merely link four similar run­ ners with a baron. Donnelly built a fast, all-sopho­ more Distance Medley Relay that traveled with a spare. The stylish and classy DMR engine, however, was a recall from Korea named J.B. Haglund. In March, Haglund'02, Chris Johnsrone'02, Matt Duques'02 and Chris Ward'02 became the college's first-ever All-American relay (indoors or out) at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships in Bloomington, Ill. The all­ soph lineup virtually matched its seventh-best seed ••••••••••••••••• rime (10:10.0 hand rime), but placed fifrh among The 1904 John A. Lester the strong field and fust among entries from Eastern Cricket Pavilion has colleges. The top six teams were named All-America in the DMR, an event new to the Division III been raised from its indoors this year. foundation and trans­ The distance medley relay was more than just a track and field event to Haglund. It marked the ported to the south side completion of a personal journey covering two of Cope Field along hemispheres. College Circle. The move Haglund had entered college in 1996 with the Class of2000, but departed Haverford afrer his allowed the beginning of freshman year on a two-year mission with the site preparations for the Church of Jesus Christ, Latter Day Saints. When he returned to campus last fall , he renewed acquain­ construction of the tances with his old classmates-current seniors­ Marian E. Koshland and for the first rime met his future and fellow All­ Integrated Natural Americans, all of whom were high school juniors when he made the decision to go to Korea. Sciences Center, a live­ Although excited about resuming his running career story, 140,000 square­ at Haverford, Haglund knew that he had to work foot science complex that tirelessly to get himself back into shape for compeci­ cion. He returned to top form for the indoor track will enable the depart­ season, and his efforts, and those of his teammates, ments of chemistry, paid off in the championship meet. Johnstone led off the relay with the 1,200-meter physics, astronomy, leg while Fords soccer stars Duques and Ward ran mathematics, computer the shoner 400- and 800-meter legs, respectively. science, biology and psy­ Alternate Peter Rook'02, who had subbed for Duques to help gain gold DMR medals and the chology to pursue Centennial team cicle two weeks earlier, was avail­ increasingly interdiscipli­ able if needed. Ulcirnately it was Haglund who ].B. Haglund'02 teamed up with three other sophomores to eam All-American honors. nary approaches in one fended off a touch of influenza and several competi­ tors over the final 1,600 meters to earn All-America Coach Donnelly and his faith and confidence in think we all came together in just the right way, facility. recognition. all of us. " and it is a really good indication that we can really "It was frustrating for me to be so sick and weak Looking ahead to the future, Haglund knows do great things next year." And if Haverford gets that I was forced to run more conservatively, and his fellow '02's are serious about returning to its first-ever NCAA champion relay next year, it not make a run at the guys in front of us," says nationals either individually or together. "The relay will probably come with more than just a touch of Haglund, nocing the team had hoped for a better was really a great demonstration of what makes class - the junior class, that is! finish. "We expect more from ourselves because of this team so good. We all wanted the same thing. I

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