The Campus Chronicle Dec. 6, 2002

■ Alumnus, professor emeritus Maxwell H. Goldberg dies, page 5 Inside ■ Minuteman Adrian Zullo wins Jerry Nason Award, page 6 The Campus Chronicle Vol.XVIII, No. 14 December 6, 2002 for the Amherst campus of the University of Massachusetts

News Briefs Lombardi, State revenues rose Bulger give during November Boosted by a tax amnesty joint talk program, state revenues increased by $16 million in No- Sarah R. Buchholz CHRONICLE STAFF vember, but are still lagging 1.6 percent below last year’s Chancellor John Lombardi and level, according to Secretary President William Bulger spoke of Administration and Fi- about the Univeristy’s role as the nance Kevin Sullivan. The unexpected infusion economic engine in the common- of funds will allow Acting wealth at a gathering hosted by Gov. Jane Swift to reduce the Technology Enterprise Coun- the amount of cuts she will cil in Springfield Dec. 3. The make before leaving office in event was co-hosted by the Re- January. However, Swift is gional Technology Alliance. still expected to announce a The pair answered questions $99 million cut in state from the audience and expounded spending this week. on the impact better resources for Sullivan said the Swift ad- the Amherst campus might have ministration wants to have on its ability to contribute to balanced budget in place when Governor-elect Mitt technology-based businesses in Romney takes office on the region. “How much money do we Jan. 2. Stan Sherer photo As part of that effort, Gearing up for the holidays need?” Lombardi said, repeating Swift is still pushing several A wreath decorates a bicycle parked outside Herter Hall. one of the written questions. measures, including a new “Well, just tons of it. early retirement incentive “The thing that distinguishes program, reducing payouts great research institutions from on state lottery winnings and other universities is they’ve got introducing a tiered system Heating plant site work set to begin more money.” for state employee contribu- Lombardi said “talent drives tions to their health insur- Daniel J. Fitzgibbons dation, he said. project as it is essential to pro- ance plans. The three initia- the University” and that while the CHRONICLE STAFF Engineers expect the site to vide reliable steam to service the tives would save the state campus has outstanding faculty, about $42 million, according Weather permitting, site prepa- settle two feet before construc- existing campus buildings and fu- it doesn’t have enough of them. to Sullivan. All three mea- ration for a planned $85 million tion of the heating plant’s foun- ture campus development.” Getting more talent on the Am- sures require legislative ap- central heating plant is scheduled dation begins in 2004, added The proximity of the wastewa- herst campus requires funds not proval. to begin this week, according to Mathews. The new plant, which ter treatment plant also offers only for salaries but also for infra- Originally projected to John Mathews, assistant director will provide steam and electricity some potential environmental structure, he said. If the Amherst bring in about $43 million, the for Campus Infrastructure to the campus, is expected to be- benefits, said Cahill, who noted campus lacks appropriate lab tax amnesty program gener- Projects at Facilities Planning. gin full operation in 2006. Con- that the existing 60-year-old heat- equipment, he explained, prospec- ated at least $55 million by After the installation of a six- struction of the facility is being ing plant uses approximately tive faculty will go elsewhere. To the Dec. 2 deadline. Depart- foot fence at the site, workers will funded through the University of 250,000 gallons of water from the have a great university requires ment of Revenue officials begin removing the Llewellyn Massachusetts Building Author- Amherst public water supply sys- say the program may raise competing for top quality people, Derby Track, which hasn’t been ity. tem and its wells on a typical win- as much as $70 million. he said. Budget analysts still used for competition for several The location was selected by ter day. “The University hopes to “We play from strength,” project that the state could years, said Jim Patulak, associate campus and building authority of- reuse the effluent discharge, or Lombardi said of areas in which fall $2 billion short in the athletic director for Facilities. The ficials after an extensive site gray water, from the Amherst the campus might enhance tech- next year. Revenues are not track is located north of the evaluation process conducted wastewater treatment facility to nology in the region. “We play to expected to increase sub- Amherst wastewater treatment with the assistance of Vanderweil make steam in the new plant, and where the market’s growing.” The stantially until the April in- plant on Mullins Way. Engineers Inc., of Boston. conserve the town’s natural water National Institutes of Health bud- come tax filing deadline, Once the track facility is dis- When the site was announced supply,” says Cahill. get has been increasing, and when a $1.2 billion tax in- mantled, said Mathews, gravel fill in early July, Facilities Planning In addition, the new plant, Lombardi said he hopes that the crease will go into effect. will be placed on the site to com- director James Cahill said, “We which will burn both fuel oil and University can provide basic sci- press underlying clay and silt de- have carefully considered the en- natural gas, is expected to reduce ence and Bay State Hospital can No issues during posits that are remnants of glacial vironmental, economic, technical, greenhouse gas and ozone-pro- provide a clinical environment holiday period Lake Hitchcock. Using gravel to and community concerns affected ducing emissions. Coal is the pri- that in collaboration will carve out pack down the soil was chosen by the siting of such an important mary fuel at the current steam Due to the observance of a niche that makes an attractive over the more costly method of energy facility. We’re pleased to plant. the Christmas and New recipient for NIH funds. driving piles to support the foun- be moving forward with this Along with producing steam Year’s holidays, the Chron- “The University has been win- to heat campus buildings and icle will not be published on ning its fair share,” Bulger said of running chillers for air condition- Dec. 27 and Jan. 3. grant money. He noted that the ing systems, the new plant’s gas The Dec. 20 issue will in- University stands third, behind turbine generators also will pro- clude listings and notices Harvard and MIT, in the acquisi- duce electricity to meet the base for the period through Jan. tion of such funds. campus electric load of 10 mega- 10. The deadline to submit Bulger also said he believed he watts, or about 10 million watts those items is Friday, Dec. and Lombardi made a good fund- per hour. 13. raising team. The new plant is being de- During Intersession, the “You do the serious work, and signed by Vanderweil Engineers Chronicle will be published I’ll entertain,” he quipped to Inc., and Cambridge Seven Asso- on Jan. 10, 24 and 31. Lombardi. ciates Inc. There will be no issue on Of his own attitude toward ac- According to Mathews, the ar- Jan. 17. quiring the resources the Univer- chitects are taking great care to For deadlines and related sity needs to partner effectively ensure that the heating plant will with local industry, Lombardi information, visit the Chron- Stan Sherer photo blend with the campus, particu- icle’s Web site (www. said, “If there’s a nickel on the Llewellyn Derby Track, whose poor condition has limited its use larly the nearby Mullins Center, umass.edu/chronicle) or to practice in recent years, will be removed to make way for a table, and you haven’t asked for SEE PAGE 3 call 5-4818. new central heating plant for the campus. PLANT, it, you’re not doing your job.” 2 December 6, 2002 The Campus Chronicle

Enghagen to lead SITEC workshop Associate professor of Hotel and Tour- ism Management Linda K. Enghagen will discuss pressing legal and ethical issues important to all chief information officers at the Strategic Information Technology Cen- ter (SITEC) workshop on Thursday, Dec. 12, 3:30-5:30 p.m. in 201 Isenberg School of Management. In her presentation, titled “Law and the Information Age,” Enghagen will explore a range of legal concerns germane to information technologies with emphasis upon intellectual property issues. Enghagen holds a J.D. from the Suffolk University Law School. As Deborah Radcliff reported in Com- puterworld recently, “Chances are, bits and pieces of your company’s intellectual property are floating around cyberspace. A cor- porate web site is a virtual gold mine for competitive intelligence gatherers...Before your company puts anything on the Web, ask yourself, ‘Is this something that our company would want for public viewing?’” Register for the session by e-mail ([email protected]).

Library adds hours Coming attractions Stan Sherer photo With support from the campus adminis- First-year student Alison Despres (left), sophomore Jen Sterling, and senior Nicholas Hernon review spring semes- tration, the Du Bois Library has extended ter courses posted in the hallway of the Theater Department. Pre-registration for spring courses ended Dec. 3. its hours of operation for the end of the semester. The additional funding has allowed the Library to restore some hours which had been reduced for budgetary reasons. Based 51-week payroll may affect 403(b) and 457 planning on use statistics and user complaints and Employees enrolled in deferred compen- their annual withholdings may be slightly to Paula Masse, Treasurer’s Office, 587- concerns, priority hours were identified in sation plans may wish to adjust their less than they anticipated at the beginning 2067 no later than Dec. 13. the development of the expanded schedule. withholdings to address an anomaly in this of the year. Employees can adjust their Employees enrolled in 457 plans should The Library is continuing to look at the year’s payroll schedule, according to the withholdings to meet their targeted de- call Lisa Scaglirani, representative for the full restoration of hours at the Du Bois and Division of Human Resources. ferred compensation goals before the final plan, at 548-3988 ext. 213, before Dec. 13. branch libraries, according to a press re- When converting from a weekly to a bi- paycheck for tax year 2002 is issued on Fri- Any changes made to the amount de- lease issued before the Thanksgiving weekly pay system in March, the Univer- day, Dec. 20. ducted for a 403(b) or 457 by Dec. 13 will re- break. sity was required to synchronize its pay Anyone wishing to increase these main in effect until the employee submits a The revised hours are as follows: schedule with the Commonwealth’s. Due to withholdings for that pay date may do so new withholding request. Employees may Friday, Dec. 6, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. the timing of the conversion, there are 51 as follows: want to assess their contribution goal Saturday, Dec. 7, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. weeks of payroll activity in tax year 2002. Participants in 403(b) plans should ob- amounts for the next tax year and contact Sunday, Dec. 8, 1 p.m.-2 a.m. As a result, employees who have payroll tain a salary reduction agreement from the the Treasurer’s Office, 587-2050, for infor- From Monday, Dec. 9 through Thurs- deductions for a 403(b) annuity or a 457 de- Treasurer’s Office Web site (www.umassp. mation about the new 2003 contribution day, Dec. 19, the Library will be open 7 a.m.- ferred compensation plan should note that edu/treasurer/) and fax the completed form limits. 2 a.m. Friday, Dec. 20, 7 a.m.-midnight Saturday, Dec. 21, 7 a.m.-noon. Academic Computing offering faculty training in January Final exams end Dec. 21. The Academic Computing component of and expand it. setting up a custom introduction to the Office of Information Technologies is Register by calling 7-0072 or via e-mail WebCT. WebCT makes it easy to create a Basketball season offering several opportunities in January ([email protected]) by Dec. 30. De- site with online discussions, quizzes, stu- for faculty to develop their professional tails, including daily agendas and prerequi- dent project areas and other features. tickets still on sale skills in the use of Web sites to support sites are available online (www.umass.edu/ Informal WebCT training sessions for Men’s basketball season tickets are still learning and teaching. acco/workshops/faculty.html). individuals and groups are being arranged available through the Dec. 7 Common- Faculty who are interested in learning Faculty who already have a course Web during January. Individual faculty or de- wealth Classic home opener against Boston how to post a simple Web site for their site, but are interested in providing stu- partments can contact Doris Peterson at College. Season tickets for 14 homes games classes should sign up for “Building a dents with more interactive elements, 5-3957 ([email protected]) to sched- are $252 for faculty and staff and $266 gen- Course Web Site (Why and How.),” sched- should contact Academic Computing about ule a consultation. eral public. uled for Jan. 14-16 from 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Single-game ticket orders are being taken The session includes lunch and open after- by the Athletic Ticket Office and will be noon work sessions. The three-morning workshop consists of two parts. The first Telephone Fax filled once season ticket sales are complete. (413) 545-4818 The Campus Chronicle (413) 577-0044 Holiday Packs, which cost $40 each, in- part, on Jan. 14, uses demonstrations and clude one ticket for games against Rider discussions with faculty who currently use Web sites to help them explore the specific Editor: Daniel J. Fitzgibbons (ISSN 0888-0093) Published weekly during (Dec. 23), Marshall (Dec. 28) and North the academic year and biweekly during Janu- ways a Web site can address the pedagogi- Associate Editor: Sarah R. Buchholz Carolina State (Jan. 2). ary, June, July and cal or practical challenges faced in their Office Manager: Christine A. Davies The highly popular Family Day promo- Photographer: Stan Sherer August by Communi- tion will also return for games against courses. The second part (Jan. 15-16) is a cations and Marketing. Marshall (Dec. 28), Fordham (Feb.1) and hands-on site-building workshop based on 205 Munson Hall Second class postage Duquesne (Feb. 23). For $50 per game on the plans developed in the first session. University of Massachusetts paid at Amherst MA Family Days, fans will receive four tickets, Combining demonstrations of Dream- 101 Hicks Way 01002. POSTMAS- four hot dogs and four sodas. weaver with ample work time, the goal is to Amherst MA 01003-9268 TER: Send address The game against Lafayette, which will have participants complete the workshop changes to The Campus Chronicle, 205 E-mail address: Munson Hall, University of Massachusetts, be held at the Springfield Civic Center on with a posted site and the skills to maintain [email protected] 101 Hicks Way, Amherst MA 01003-9268. Dec. 21 will also feature the opportunity for Mailed to off-campus subscribers for $25 fans to purchase four tickets for $50. In ad- Snow day alerts Online edition: per year. dition, fans who purchase the Lafayette Campus employees are advised that www.umass.edu/chronicle family package will receive four admissions emergency closing information will be No permission is required to reprint articles into the Basketball Hall of Fame’s party to broadcast on 12 area radio stations. The list Deadline for all submissions is Friday from the The Campus Chronicle if appropri- celebrate the game of basketball’s birthday. is available online (www.umass.edu/af/ of the week preceding publication. ate credit is given. To purchase tickets, call 5-0851. snoclo.htm) The Campus Chronicle December 6, 2002 3 Microorganisms cleaning Boston Harbor, says study Elizabeth Luciano sank into the silt at the bottom of fuel spills, industrial waste, ship- their other food sources with sul- NEWS OFFICE STAFF the harbor, they could not be oxi- ping activities, runoff, soot, and fate. In this way they can remain Microorganisms are cleaning dized or degraded — a theory that creosote-treated pilings, Lovley active in the mud at the bottom of up contaminants in the mud be- the new study challenges. said. Although some chemical the harbor where there is no oxy- neath Boston Harbor, and if hu- “This is important because it portions of these contaminants gen. mans prevent future fuel spills demonstrates that the self-purifi- readily degrade, PAHs tend to ac- In addition to Boston Harbor, and leaks, the harbor could poten- cation capacity of the harbor is cumulate in the sediment. the team also studied marine con- tially cleanse itself within the next much greater than previously rec- “They’re not very soluble in taminants in San Diego, Calif., and 10 to 20 years, according to cam- ognized,” said Microbiology pro- water, and they don’t react chemi- in Latvia. For the local portion of pus researchers whose findings fessor Derek Lovley, a co-author cally with many other com- the project, Boston Harbor sedi- were detailed in the Nov. 15 issue of the paper. “Furthermore, if fu- pounds,” said Lovley, “so they ments were pulled from the harbor of the journal Environmental Sci- ture spills of contaminants can be collect in the mud at the bottom of near a former coal-tar plant in an eliminated, the harbor may get the harbor.” Previous research has area of Everett known as Island ence and Technology. Grace Fey: ‘Complete and The work was funded by the cleaned up in large part due to shown that PAHs accumulate in End. Coal-tar works had been in unwavering’ support for Bulger. Office of Naval Research. natural activity without the re- fish and other aquatic animals, production in the area from the Scientists had previously de- quirement for expensive remedia- and are often associated with can- late 1800s to about 1960, accord- Bulger called termined that these contaminants, tion strategies. It does give us cers in some fish. Some PAHs are ing to Lovley. The sediments used called polycyclic aromatic hydro- hope for the longer term, if prac- highly toxic, and are suspected in the study overlaid the site of a to testify in carbons, or PAHs, could biode- tices change.” carcinogens in humans. leaking underground storage tank grade if suspended in water. But it Marine harbors are frequently The research team was promp- that had been removed in the probe of FBI was also believed that once PAHs polluted with contaminants from ted to study the issue after earlier 1980s, he said. research by Lovley found that Scientists monitored the sedi- Daniel J. Fitzgibbons benzene degrades in the absence ment samples in the lab, replenish- CHRONICLE STAFF of oxygen, in certain conditions. ing the samples with fresh harbor A congressional committee PAHs are essentially groups of water roughly once a month. They investigating FBI misconduct has two to five benzene rings, Lovley found that the PAHs in the col- subpoenaed President William M. noted. His collaborators on the lected sediments broke down 20- Bulger to testify about his older Boston Harbor project were Mary 25 percent over 338 days –– a brother, fugitive crime boss and Rothermich, a former postdoctoral little less than a year. “In a way, it FBI informant James “Whitey” researcher at UMass who is now seems slow, but if you’re thinking Bulger. at Harvard University, and Lory about the alternatives, it’s not bad Appearing at a Regional Hayes, a former graduate student to have some patience,” Lovley Technology Alliance event on who now works in industry. said. Tuesday in Springfield, Bulger The key component in the mi- He noted that other alterna- told reporters that he was crobial action appears to be the tives for removing the contami- awaiting advice from his lawyer existence of sulfate in the water, nants, including dredging, are ex- about appearing before the House said Lovley. “As long as there is pensive and disruptive to the ma- Government Reform Committee sulfate in the water, the PAHs can rine environment. Dredging also hearing in Boston on Dec. 6. degrade slowly.” Sulfate is a salt creates the additional problem of Earlier this week, The Boston of sulfuric acid, and is naturally how to dispose of the contami- Globe reported federal grand jury abundant in seawater, according nated mud. “Of course, you don’t testimony that Bulger allegedly to Lovley. These microorganisms want to say, ‘Oh, it’s okay to keep gave about his brother last year. use sulfate the same way that hu- dumping this stuff.’ The fact that According to the Globe, Bulger mans use oxygen. Whereas we it’s even there shows that the said he last talked to his brother in use oxygen to oxidize the food spillage rate is too fast for nature January 1995, the same month the A new study raises hopes that Boston Harbor could cleanse that we consume, these microor- to keep up with. You have to ac- mobster was indicted. Bulger was itself over the next two decades. ganisms can oxidize PAHs and tively protect the environment.” state Senate president at the time. The leaked testimony from the secret grand jury prompted an Faculty Senate puzzles over Athletics Department budget angry response from Board of $1m cut was ‘real,’ “The total revenues and expen- to the scholarship aids to those When senators expressed con- Trustees Chair Grace K. Fey, who ditures from last year to this is ap- athletes. And so, I would say that cerns that students are paying a defended Bulger as a “man of says council chair proximately the same,” said senate I view those as inflationary costs higher Athletic Fee and that the honor, decency and integrity.” secretary Ernest May. “In my de- that are going to increase every “cut” was invisible to them, in- “William Bulger is a man of Sarah R. Buchholz partment, which was hard-hit by year as long as we have athletic terim Vice Chancellor for Adminis- great loyalty,” said Fey. “Over the CHRONICLE STAFF early retirements, the actual total programs here. They’re never go- tration and Finance Joyce Hatch course of his life, he has been The annual presentation of the bottom line like that went down ing to all go away. And I think if said that the dire budget situation loyal to family, his constituents, Athletics Council to the Faculty by about 20 percent. you total that all up, it gets to last year had prompted trustees to the Legislature, the University Senate turned into an accounting “And yet we did lose seven about the million dollars.” raise several fees, including the and to the Commonwealth as a discussion Nov. 14 as senators sports in this. So I think for the Lacey added that the budget Athletics one, to make up for the whole. I regard his loyalty as a struggled to make sense of the public information, I would ask for FY03 includes some “forecast- unexpected shortfall in state sup- badge of honor.” Athletic Department’s budget. At the question of what is the expla- ing” of the expense of sending port. Expressing “complete and issue was the substance of a $1.1 nation for this?” athletes to NCAA tournaments. Lacey added that because fees unwavering” support for Bulger, million cut to the Athletics budget “There was a $1 million cut in Because the campus can’t know went up for all students, scholar- Fey called the leaked testimony an announced by the administration the budget,” said Nelson Lacey, in advance how far any of its ship monies for student athletes “unconscionable violation of the last year. co-chair of the Athletics Council. teams will advance in post-season had increased by several hundred grand jury process.” In a vote Feb. 14, the senate “It was a real cut.” Lacey said that play, the budget for supporting thousand dollars this year to Chancellor John Lombardi recommended that the campus about $500,000 was returned to post-season travel and play is un- cover the difference. If Athletics indicated this week that he is in contribution to the Athletics bud- Athletics on a one-year basis to certain. funding had continued in the vein full agreement with Fey’s stance. get be reduced by $2 million over cover severance pay for the Faculty representative to the it was in, he said, the budget the following four years. On coaching staffs of the eliminated Board of Trustees Brian O’Connor would have increased by nearly Site work set March 11, the administration said sports, to honor the scholarships asked whether the Athletic Trust half a million dollars in order to PLANT it would cut seven intercollegiate of athletes from those sports, who Fund Revenues came from stu- cover Title IX compliance correc- CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 sports in order to save $1.1 mil- had been expecting their funding dents in the form of a fee. tions (an additional $50,000) and lion. to last until graduation, and to Interim Deputy Chancellor the increase in scholarship monies which also was designed by Senators questioned the reality pay a “special health-insurance John Dubach said the increase in needed to support student ath- Cambridge Seven Associates. A of the budget cut when they fee.” trust fund revenue came from an letes. final design is expected next noted that the total revenues of Most of the other half of the increase in student fees, which al- Lacey concluded that, by cut- month, he said. the department were projected to cut was, in effect, erased by in- lowed the University to decrease ting seven sports, the University “It’s going to be a nice looking increase between FY02 and FY03. creases in fees, room and board to its contribution to the Athletics saved nearly $500,000 this year, building,” said Mathews. While the Athletic Council’s re- scholarship students, Lacey said. budget. and barring fee increases, would After the new heating plant port showed that budget lines “I think we all know that fees, “The portion of the student fee see an additional savings next goes online, plans call for the “Total University Allocations” room and board went up last to go to Athletics went up at the year of the other $500,000 in one- demolition of the existing facility. and “Additional University and year,” he said. “If we’re going to same time an approximately equal time fees. But he warned that fee Plans also call for the construc- Trustee Allocations” were re- run an athletic program and we’re amount of money from the operat- increases are likely to continue tion of a new track near the new duced by a total of $1.04 million, gonna give scholarships, every ing funds of the University that and that this would preclude see- soccer and softball fields at the Athletic Trust Fund revenues time fees, room and board are went to Athletics went down,” he ing a $500,000 drop in the Athlet- north end of Stadium Drive. The rose by more than $1.1 million. raised, so will be the commitment said. ics budget next year. track is scheduled to open in 2004. 4 December 6, 2002 The Campus Chronicle Grain& Chaff Conference call Stella Volpe, associate professor of Nutrition and current president of the New England Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine (NEACSM), was the program chair for the organization’s fall conference held Nov. 7-8 in Providence. Under the theme “Exercise: The Fountain of Youth,” the conference included presentations by interna- tionally known speakers as well as undergraduate and graduate students from the region. One of the undergraduate presenters was Laura Hutchinson, a junior honors student working with Volpe. She presented her research on bone mineral density in collegiate rowers. More than 600 participants from New England, New York and Canada at- tended the meeting. Learning support Technical archivist Melissa Watterworth of Special Col- lections and Archives received the Richard W. Hale, Jr. Professional Development Award from the New England Archivists on Oct. 28. The award is given to promote the professional development of archivists in the region. Watterworth plans to use the award to broaden her knowl- edge and understanding of the techniques, preservation methods, cataloging requirements and access tools and tends in video, film and arts archives. Strictly speaking ‘When the moon hits you Dotty Meyer, director of the Early Childhood Laboratory School in the Department of Teacher Education and Cur- eye like a big pizza pie’ riculum Studies, gave a talk entitled “Teacher as Learner: Reflections in Practice” at the annual conference of the National Association for the Education of Young Chil- Trehub’s ‘moon illusion’ theory draws new notice dren” held Nov. 20-23 in New York City. Inspired by the schools in Reggio Emilia, Italy, Meyer is a longtime propo- Daniel J. Fitzgibbons humans to recognize the same object at different distances nent of applying a negotiated learning approach in her CHRONICLE STAFF even though the image on the retina is substantially differ- practice with preschoolers and preservice teachers. She Nearly everyone’s experienced the “moon illusion,” ent, said Trehub. has coordinated Reggio Emilia approach conferences on that brief time when the celestial orb looms huge on the Some psychologists who studied the process said if campus for the past three years and is planning another horizon and then seems to shrink away as it rises into the the moon appears the same size on the retina at the hori- for April. night sky. zon, then size constancy must make it appear bigger even More than a decade ago in his book, “The Cognitive though the moon is perceived as farther away. Research honors Brain,” adjunct professor of Psychology Arnold Trehub But Trehub rejects that explanation, noting that “most English professor and department chair Anne Herrington offered a neurological explanation for the illusion that has people will say it looks closer on the horizon.” and Marcia Curtis, acting director of the Writing Program, tantalized skywatchers for centuries. Now a new book is Struck by the contradictions offered by perception re- received the David H. Russell giving new credence to his theory about the moon illusion. searchers, Trehub searched for a neurological answer. His Award for Distinguished Re- In their newly published work, “The Mystery of the theory employs an evolutionary explanation for how the search from the National Coun- Moon Illusion,” Helen E. Ross of the University of Stirling human brain processes visual in- cil of Teachers of English and Cornelis Plug of the University of South Africa credit formation. (NCTE) during it annual con- Trehub with developing a “wide-ranging” model that of- Trehub suggests that neuronal vention in Atlanta last month. fers “levels of explanation at the purposive level and at the structure in the brain, the retinoid, Herrington and Curtis were neurological level.” determines how visual informa- honored for their book, “Per- For nearly 30 years, Trehub worked at the Veterans Ad- tion is interpreted. The retinoid, sons in Process: Four Stories ministration Medical Center in Leeds, where he directed a he theorized, is key to the human of Writing and Personal Devel- research laboratory focusing on psychology and neuro- brain’s ability to construct a opment in College,” published physiology studies. Though he retired from the VA in three-dimensional world from in 2000 by NCTE. The award 1982, Trehub sustained a keen interest in the workings of two-dimensional information cap- recognizes an outstanding the human brain, which led to the writing of his book, tured on the retina. work of scholarship or research Marcia Curtis which was published by the MIT Press. As humans evolved, he said, Arnold Trehub in language, literature, rhetoric, “I wasn’t trying to solve the moon illusion. I was trying their focus was literally on things or pedagogy and learning, to figure out how the brain does important cognitive work that were most important for survival. That area around published during the previous having to do with imagery,” he said. “We attribute func- them, which Trehub refers to as “egocentric space,” was five years. In “Persons in Pro- tions to the brain that are taken for explanations for what key to finding shelter and food and detecting danger. Ob- cess,” the authors followed people do. That wasn’t satisfactory for me.” jects well above or below that relatively horizontal terres- four students during their Trehub’s explanation of the moon illusion places him in trial environment were generally less important to day-to- years at a large, public univer- the company of scores of philosophers, astronomers and day living. sity. The case studies are psychologists who have tried to unravel the riddle for As a result, he said, the human brain gradually evolved based on extensive interviews more than 2,000 years. The mystery even attracted the at- so more neural resources were devoted to egocentric space, with each student, analyses of tention of Aristotle, who suggested that atmospheric va- he said. “There were fewer resources for things high in the their writing for composition pors magnified objects near the horizon. Up until the 16th sky because they didn’t need to deal with them.” and other courses, classroom and 17th centuries, the moon illusion was attributed to re- When “The Cognitive Brain” was published, said observations, and interviews fraction, the same effect that make objects appear larger Trehub, some researchers dismissed his ideas as prema- with their teachers. Based on Anne Herrington under water. As science progressed, more complicated ture because science hadn’t yet advanced far enough to their findings, the authors provide insight into the ways theories of human perception were posited. test his theory. “Others said this is the kind of theorizing that students’ academic and personal uses of writing re- As Trehub notes, “All the explanations were found that needs to be done.” flect each other, as well as ways that, in responding to stu- wanting.” For Trehub, an adjunct faculty member since 1972, the dents’ writing, teachers can help as well as hinder these Moreover, as human perception was studied more and new recognition of his model raises the possibility that his interrelated developmental processes. more, some curious contradictions arose, he said. For ex- theory “will be taken as valid down the road.” ample, people generally perceive the sky overhead to be At the very least, Trehub hopes his ideas will stimulate Author, author closer than the horizon. That perceptual “flattening” of the more discussion and research. In the spirit of deeper in- St. Martin’s Press this month is releasing “Tea at the Blue vault-shaped sky should mean the moon on the horizon vestigation, he said, “I would like to see opposing theories Lantern Inn: A Social History of the Tea Room Craze in would be seen as farther away, but instead it’s generally put forth.” America” by former Archaeological Services staffer Jan visualized as closer. “The reasoning is kind of flaky,” said Gratified that his theory may be guiding future re- Whitaker. Whitaker will discuss the book on Sunday, Trehub. search, he added, “It’s my impression that the field is mov- Dec. 8 at 2 p.m. at the Forbes Library in Northampton. Another visual phenomenon, known as size constancy, ing in this direction. ... “I’ll wait and see what happens. I Copies will be available for purchase and signing from also added to the debate. Size constancy is the ability of feel optimistic that it will be recognized.” 2-4 p.m. The Campus Chronicle December 6, 2002 5 Champion of humanities, Maxwell H. Goldberg, ’28, dies at 95 Sarah R. Buchholz William Brickman into supportive requests for the text, which lauded CHRONICLE STAFF and Stanley Lehrer, the groups (including the very nature and beauty of authors of “Automa- the establishment of Amherst, caused him to expand The University lost a lifelong tion, Education, and Hillel in the mid- his ideas further into a book of the son Nov. 14 when Maxwell H. Human Values,” for 1930s) and promoted same title, which included Goldberg, ’28, of Spartanburg, which he wrote the strong relationships passages from poetic works by S.C., a retired professor of introduction and between Jewish and people in Amherst. English, died Nov. 14. He was 95. conclusion, called him gentile students; He was a founder of the His service to the institution “a literary fireball served on the College English Association began as an active student at whose sparks as a Faculty Religious Journal, for which he served as an Massachusetts Agricultural classical scholar light Advisory Committee editor for many years. College (MAC), where he gradu- up the corners of men’s and tens of other His master’s and doctoral ated first in his class; participated minds and keep alive committees; sup- degrees were from Yale University. the humanistic spirit of ported student He also did graduate work at in student government and PHOTOS COURTESY OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS AND ARCHIVES, DU BOIS LIBRARY dramatic productions; was on the years gone by.” dramatic produc- Amherst College and MAC. Maxwell Goldberg, at left in the 1928 Index, at right varsity debate squad; won several He joined the tions, and judged In 1945, he was awarded the in later years. oratorical contests; served as English faculty in 1933 numerous debate, Nehemiah Gitelson Memorial president of his fraternity; and and served Massachusetts State sor Emeritus of Humanities and poetry and essay competitions, Medallion for excelling in “non- gave the campus oration at his College and, later, the University Literature. not only at the University but professional” service. graduation ceremony. for a total of 29 years before Long after his departure from also at other colleges and at He leaves his wife of 42 years, The 1928 Index praised his retiring in 1962. He was head of Amherst, he continued to be area high schools. He was a Ethel Zeidman Goldberg; three “dreamy eyes” and described him the English Department between remembered in the area. In 1988, much sought-after speaker daughters, Naomi and Rachel of as “an all-around good fellow, and 1955 and 1962. Upon his retire- he received an honorary doctorate around the Pioneer Valley for civic Massachusetts and Deborah Bliss a loyal supporter of the class of ment, the Board of Trustees made of humane letters from the and religious groups, speaking of Italy; two stepdaughters, 1928.” him Emeritus Commonwealth University, and in 1998, Hillel about the nature of a liberal Barbara Colby of Arizona and An Agricultural Education Professor of Humanities. House named its living center education, relationships between Freya Bosky of Maryland. major, his initial interests and Following 10 years of teaching after him. Jews and non-Jews, and poetry, Memorial contributions may be skills in botany and chemistry there, Pennsylvania State Univer- A tireless promoter of student among other things. made to Temple B’Nai Israel, 146 began to give way during his sity named him Professor Emeritus welfare, including extracurricular Following up on a Rotary Club Heywood Ave., Spartanburg, S.C. undergraduate years to a fascina- of Humanities and English at his activities and campus life issues talk he gave in 1934, he wrote an 29302; The Shepherd’s Center, 393 tion with words. After graduation, retirement there in 1972. He taught as well as academic challenges in essay, entitled “Amherst as E. Main St., Spartanburg; or to he continued to study at the for the next five years at Converse his vision, he advised the Campus Poetry,” which he presented as a Converse College, 580 Main, college but shifted his focus to College in South Carolina, retiring Collegian for approximately 15 talk at Amherst College. An Spartanburg. English. as Helmus Distinguished Profes- years; organized Jewish students enthusiastic outpouring of Rails-to-Trails Conservancy supports active living in communities

Kimberly Bova emphasizing the importance of home office in Florence, his participate in all other outdoor “I travel extensively around the SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE this rail trail to the community. Worcester office at Union Station, activities. Former railroad regula- region teaching groups to speak The Norwottuck Rail Trail in or cycling the trails themselves, tions have created trails that have compellingly about their rail trail The whirring sound of cyclists Hadley faced great opposition Della Penna promotes the mission little if any incline and are made project,” he said. Currently, there pedaling past resonates on the when it was first proposed, Della statement of the RTC. He works to with hard substances making are 65 rail trail projects underway bicycle path that connects UMass Penna said. Then many commu- create new rail trail projects while them ideal for people with in Massachusetts. to the Norwottuck Rail Trail in nity businesses started to gain helping residents understand the physical disabilities to use. University employees may Amherst. The League of American customers from locals who were benefits to having a rail trail in Della Penna support Rails- bicyclists, the country’s oldest spending more time outside of their neighborhood. Della Penna has been to-Trails bicycle organization, recognized their homes and tourists who tirelessly works to gain state fervently Conservancy the importance of UMass’ facili- travel here to visit the trail. The legislative support, lobbying to working to build through ties and their connection to the Norwottuck Rail Trail has become get help with trail construction the momentum COMECC rail trail, when they decided to a common stop for visitors to the and funding. within communi- contributions, hold their annual convention here area; it is even featured as an RTC’s mission “is to enrich ties to support using code this past August. attraction on The Northampton American’s communities and new trails and 758488. For The Norwottuck Rail Trail runs Chamber of Commerce Web site. countryside by creating a maintain more informa- between Amherst and North- Della Penna said the trail has nationwide network of public existing ones. tion, contact ampton. Craig Della Penna, the about 300,000 visitors every year. trails and former rail lines and He seeks to create an awareness of Gloria Fox at 5-4203 or by e-mail New England representative for This exceeded the original estima- connecting corridors.” RTC wants the benefits and the opportunities ([email protected]). the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy tion of visitors for the trail by to help create a safe and clean that the trails provide, not only to (RTC), gave the league’s cyclists a three times. environment for people who individuals, but to the community Kimberly Bova is a senior tour of the Norwottuck trail, Whether he is working from his bicycle, inline skate, walk, jog and as a whole. majoring in Journalism.

Ballet to benefit Alumnus with Red Sox speaks Mass. children to Sport Management classes The campus will house a performance of the Great Russian Sport Management alumnus degree in Sport Management in Nutcracker by the Moscow Ballet Charles H. (Chuck) Steedman, 1984 and went on to earn an Dec. 16 to benefit the Providence now special assistant to the MBA from Queens College in Behavioral Health Children’s president and chief executive Charlotte, N.C. Mental Health Services in officer of the Boston Red Sox, Prior to joining the Red Sox, he Holyoke. The performance is returned to campus Nov. 21 to was the founder and principal of scheduled to take place at 7:30 in share his expertise with under- Steedman & Partners and had the Fine Arts Center. The show has graduate and graduate students. worked extensively on the been sold out for several weeks. Steedman focuses primarily on acquisition of the Red Sox and More than 75 area children will the maximization of existing and NESN by New England Sports be included in the production, the creation of new revenue oppor- Ventures. which benefits the 24-bed tunities for the Red Sox. He also Steedman has a long back- inpatient psychiatric and 18-bed handles all broadcast rights admini- ground in media and sports acute residential treatment facility. stration for the organization. business that includes service at Stan Sherer photo Brenda McCormick, vice During his visit to campus, the University of Connecticut as president of fund development at [Left to right] Chuck Steedman, ’84, special assistant to the Steedman spoke to students in director of athletic marketing, vice Sisters of Providence Health president and CEO of the Boston Red Sox, professor of Sport assistant professor Tim Deschriv- president of programming at System, said she had hopes the Studies Glenn Wong, and Isenberg School of Management dean er’s “Sport Business and Finance” Raycom Sports, senior vice Thomas O’Brien, discuss Steedman’s presentation before he performance will raise more than class, which was opened to other president for sales and marketing addresses Tim DeSchriver’s “Sport Business and Finance” class. $20,000. Sport Management and Isenberg at the American Skiing Company The talk was opened to other ISOM students, as well. He was School of Management students. and managing director of the The hospital serves approxi- the fourth guest speaker in the class this semester. mately 1,500 children per year. Steedman graduated with a Resorts Sports Network. 6 ATHLETICS December 6, 2002 The Campus Chronicle Hockey team readies for BU series The Minuteman hockey team takes a The victories over Dartmouth and three-game winning streak into this Princeton were keyed by sophomore for- weekend’s series against 13th-ranked Bos- ward Greg Mauldin, who netted his first ca- ton University. During the past week, reer hat trick in the 7-2 win over the Big coach Don Cahoon’s squad beat Vermont, Green and then added another goal and Sports wrap-up Dartmouth and Princeton to boost its two assists versus the Tigers. Mauldin, record to 8-5-0. who is fourth of the team in scoring with 12 On Friday, the Minutemen host BU in points and first in goals with eight, was Men’s basketball (1-3) the Mullins Center before traveling to Bos- named Hockey East Player of the Week. ton to take on the Terriers on Saturday. During November, the Minutemen went L vs. Indiana 84-71 Both games are at 7 p.m. BU’s record is 6-3-0, the best in school history for the L vs. Utah 69-53 7-5-2. month. W vs. Chaminade 69-55 L vs. Central Connecticut 46-45 Swimming teams lose to St. John’s Women’s basketball (3-1) The men’s and women’s swim teams fell Rowell also placed first in the 100-yard W vs. Scared Heart 74-48 to St. John’s last Saturday in Jamaica, N.Y. backstroke. Another first-place finisher for W vs. St. Peter’s 52-49 The Red Storm beat the Minutemen, 156- UMass was freshman Aimee Bourassa, L vs. Michigan 91-65 101, while the St. John’s women’s team who won the 200-yard freestyle (1:57.91). W vs. Toledo 73-61 edged past UMass, 137-123. The men’s Leading the way for the men’s team were Football (8-4; 6-3 A-10) team is now 2-1 on the season while the seniors Chad Arnold and Ryan Zaucha and Minutewomen fall to 1-2. junior Sean Collins. Arnold tallied second- W vs. Rhode Island 48-21 In a closely contested battle, the place finishes in the 50- and 100-yard Minutewomen were led by juniors Diana freestyle. Collins earned second-place hon- Hockey (8-5-0; 3-4-0 Hockey East) Alberti and Christen Dexter. Alberti fin- ors in the 100-yard breast and was a mem- W vs. Iona 5-3 ished first in the 100- and 200-yard butter- ber of the second-place 200-yard medley re- L vs. Hew Hampshire 4-0 fly. Dexter placed first in two events for the lay team with seniors Darren Johnson and W vs. Vermont 6-2 Minutewomen, winning both the 100-yard Zaucha and sophomore Owen Scollan. W vs. Dartmouth 7-2 breaststroke and the 200-yard breaststroke. Collins also finished third in the 200-yard W vs. Princeton 5-3 Dexter and Alberti were also members of breast, finishing right behind Zaucha. the first-place 200-yard medley relay team. Both teams will return to action in two Men’s swimming (2-1) which includes junior Lauren Rowell and weeks when they compete at the Yale Invi- L vs. St. John’s 156-101 senior Lizzy Boyle. tational on Dec. 6-8. Chronicle file photo Women’s swimming (1-2) Senior Jennifer Butler racked up 19 Zullo wins Jerry Nason award points against Toledo last Sunday. L vs. St. John’s 137-123 Senior wide receiver Adrian Zullo, who and vigorous rehabilitation, Zullo returned missed a season and a half while recover- to the gridiron this fall and had an out- Minutewomen win ing from a knee injury, is being recognized standing season for the Minutemen as a Upcoming schedule this week with the Jerry Nason Award, pre- fifth-year senior. He led the team with 52 re- 3 of first 4 games sented by the ceptions on the year for 762 yards and nine The Minutewomen are off to a solid Home games in bold New England touchdowns. With that performance, Zullo start this season, winning three of their first Football Writ- placed third on the UMass single season Friday, Dec. 6 four games, including a 73-61 win over the ers. The award list for touchdown catches, seventh for re- M. swimming Yale all day University of Toledo last Sunday. Invitational is presented to ceptions and eight for receiving yards. Senior Jennifer Butler and sophomore W. swimming Yale all day the senior foot- Over the course of his career, Zullo Katie Nelson each had 19 points for the Invitational ball player in caught 187 passes for 2,862 yards and 32 game, including 12 in the first half. Nelson W. indoor BU, CCSU 5 p.m. New England touchdowns, to set new UMass career dished out five assists and played in all 40 track & Maine who has perse- records in all three categories. He helped minutes, while Butler grabbed 16 rebounds. at Boston vered against all lead the Minutemen to the 1998 NCAA Di- Butler also had four assists and a steal. Se- Hockey BU 7 p.m. odds to succeed vision I-AA national championship, in ad- nior Nekole Smith scored 18 points includ- in football. dition to the 1999 Atlantic 10 Conference Saturday, Dec. 7 ing just her second career three-pointer. Zullo was crown. Over the last five seasons, UMass M. swimming Yale all day She also pulled down six rebounds. scheduled to re- had a 31-13 record in games which Zullo Invitational Courtesy of Media Relations UMass started the game on a 14-1 run ceive the award played, while going only 8-10 in games he W. swimming Yale all day Adrian Zullo and never trailed in this game. Coach Invitational at the New England missed due to injury. Marnie Dacko’s squad finished the game M. basketball BC noon Football Writers Annual Captains and Zullo becomes the third player in shooting .583 (28-48) from the field, while W. basketball UNH 1 p.m. Awards Banquet on Dec. 5 in Randolph. UMass history to receive the Jerry Nason Toledo shot .317 (19-60). Hockey BU 7 p.m. Zullo injured his knee against North- Award. Mike Fallon received the award in On the season, UMass also beat Sacred eastern in 2000. Following two surgeries 1977, while Bob Ross was honored in 1982. Heart and St. Peter’s and lost to Michigan. Sunday, Dec. 8 M. swimming Yale all day Invitational W. swimming Yale all day Cobbs’ 5 TDs lead UMass to win, 3rd place in A-10 Invitational Freshman tailback R. J. Cobbs saved the Minutemen named to Monday, Dec. 9 best for last Nov. 23 as he rushed for 187 W. basketball URI 5:30 p.m. yards and five touchdowns in the season A-10, regional teams finale versus Rhode Island. Tuesday, Dec. 10 The 48-21 victory cinched a third place Eight members of the football team were M. basketball UConn 7 p.m. finish in the Atlantic 10 Conference. Coach named last week to the 2002 All-Atlantic 10 at Hartford Mark Whipple’s squad finished the year Conference teams and freshman tailback with an 8-4 overall record and 6-3 in confer- R. J. Cobbs was named the A-10 Rookie of Wednesday, Dec. 11 ence play. the Year. W. basketball Villanova 7 p.m. Cobbs tied the school-record for touch- Three Minutemen were selected to the downs in a game and also became just the first team: senior center Maikel Miret, se- Thursday, Dec. 12 third freshman in A-10 history to reach nior punter David Sanger and senior wide Hockey Princeton 7 p.m. 1,000 yards rushing in a single season. The receiver Adrian Zullo. Cobbs was selected stellar performance earned Cobbs A-10 to the second team, along with junior de- Rookie of the Week honors and the Coca- fensive tackle Valdamar Brower and junior Athletics Cola Gold Helmet Award from the New En- linebacker Jeremy Cain, while senior strong safety Anton McKenzie and senior www.umassathletics.com gland Football Writers Association. Cobbs ended the year with 1,067 rush- placekicker Doug White were third team se- lections. Athletic Ticket Office ing yards and 14 touchdowns. The URI game also marked the return of Brower, Miret, Sanger and Zullo this Mullins Center, 5-0851 quarterback Jeff Krohn, who missed two week were named to the 2002 All-New games due to injury. He was 19-39 for 243 England team, as selected by the New Courtesy of Media Relations England Football Writers. yards. R. J. Cobbs The Campus Chronicle December 6, 2002 WEEKLY BULLETIN 7

Classes end, exams begin Expiration of personal leave time Note card sets benefit Blood drive The last days of classes is Friday, Dec. Personal leave time awarded to eligible Friends of the Library The Hampshire County Chapter of the 13 and the Reading Period is scheduled for employees on or after July 6, 2001 will ex- Boxed sets of note cards featuring Leslie American Red Cross will conduct a blood Dec. 14-15. Final examinations start Mon- pire on Saturday, Dec. 28, according to Schaler’s photos of the Library Courtyard drive on Wednesday, Dec. 11 from 10:30 day, Dec. 16 and continue until Saturday, Juan A. Jarrett, assistant vice chancellor for Garden are on sale through the Library Of- a.m.-4:30 p.m. in 174 Lincoln Campus Cen- Dec. 21. Monday, Dec. 23 is the snow day Human Resources. Any balance remaining fice. The 12-card sets are $10 with proceeds ter. for any exams that may be cancelled be- after that date will be forfeited. going to the Friends of the Library. cause of weather. Personal leave awards for calendar year Send checks payable to Friends of the Alumni Club hosts breakfast 2003 will appear on check statements is- Library to Susan McBride in the Library Of- with Boston Celtics GM Campus tours end Dec. 20 sued on Friday, Jan. 3. Eligible employees fice. Boston Celtics general manager Chris The last campus tour of the fall semester may begin using their new personal leave Wallace will be the featured speaker at a will be on Friday, Dec. 20 at 1:30 p.m., ac- time starting on Sunday, Dec. 29. Baden-Württemberg directorship Sports Breakfast Program hosted by the cording to Lisa Hargis of the New Students Questions concerning the awarding or The opportunity to serve as resident di- UMass Amherst Alumni Club of Greater program. use of personal leave time should be director of the University’s Baden-Württem- Boston on Tuesday, Dec. 10 from 7:30-9:30 No tours will be offered from Dec. 21 rected to Dotty Lesko in the Time & Labor berg Exchange Program for 2003-04 is now a.m. at the Four’s Sports Bar & Restaurant, through Jan. 1. Daily tours at 11 a.m. and Section of Human Resources, (dlesko@ open. Candidates should be tenured mem- 166 Canal St. in Boston. 1:30 p.m. will resume on Thursday, Jan. 2 admin.umass.edu) or by phone at 5-6121. bers of the UMass faculty, with doctorate, Regarded as one of the foremost evalua- and continue through Intersession, includ- fluent in German, and experienced in gradu- tors of basketball talent, Wallace is in his ing the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day holiday Holiday craft fair ate and undergraduate advising. Some ac- fifth season as general manager of the on Jan. 20. The Student Union Craft Center is spon- quaintance with the German university sys- Celtics. He has been instrumental in the for- For information, call 5-4237. soring a holiday craft fair on Friday, Dec. 6 tem is desirable. mation of the young and talented Celtics from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on the Lincoln Campus Candidates are invited to submit their roster with a number of trades, free-agent Holiday bazaar Center concourse. Professional artists from curriculum vitae to the Baden-Württemberg signings, and solid draft choices. The annual holiday bazaar presented by New England will exhibit handcrafted pot- Program, International Programs Office, The event will conclude with a business students from the Stockbridge School of tery, jewelry, clothing, candles and other William S. Clark International Center. Addi- card raffle for tickets to an upcoming Agriculture and the Plant and Soil Sciences items. tional information concerning duties and Celtics game. Department will be held Friday, Dec. 6, 11 qualifications is available from Regine John The cost for the breakfast is $7.50 for a.m.-3 p.m. in 105 French Hall. Molecular Genetics and ([email protected]) or Frank Alumni Association members and their Traditional and Winter Rose poinsettias, Microbiology seminar Hugus ([email protected]); both can guests and $10 for others. Seating is limited holiday cactus, wreaths, silk arrangements Richard Myers of the department of bio- be reached at 5-2710). Applications must be to 70 people and reservations are required. and other decorative items will be on sale. chemistry and molecular biology at the Uni- received by Dec. 20. To reserve seats, call the Office of Alumni The Student Chapter of the American versity of Miami School of Medicine will Relations at (800) 456-8627. Institute of Floral Designers will be spon- discuss “Unsafe Sex: The Rec(k)less Lappas, Bolduc on tap soring a silent auction for holiday items. Mechanisms of Genetic Exchange” on Fri- for Sports Luncheon Lappas show airs on Channel 40 For information, e-mail Tom Beauchesne day, Dec. 13 at 12:15 p.m. in the MGM Semi- Interim women’s lacrosse coach Carrie “The UMass Basketball Show with ([email protected]). nar Room, S5-310 at the Medical School in Bolduc and men’s basketball coach Steve Steve Lappas presented by Coca-Cola” is Worcester. Lappas will be the featured speakers at the currently airing on WGGB-TV, Channel 40 Alumni Association Weekly Sports Luncheon on Wednesday, in Springfield and WLVI-TV, Channel 56 in sponsors study breaks Physiology seminar Dec. 11 at noon in 1009 Lincoln Campus Boston. As final exams approach, free study Joey P. Granger of the University of Center. Hosted by Channel 40 sports director break goodies will be distributed next week, Mississippi School of Medicine will speak The buffet lunch is $6.50. Call 5-4289 for Scott Coen, the 30-minute program features courtesy of the Alumni Association. on “Pathophysiology of Hypertension dur- reservations. game highlights, interviews with the Min- The candy and water will be given to ing Preeclampsia: Linking Placental Is- utemen and previews of upcoming con- chemia with Endothelial Dysfunction” on students at the Du Bois Library on Thurs- Big Friday tests. Monday, Dec. 9 at noon in the Physiology day, Dec. 12 from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. and on Biweekly paychecks for the period The program airs Sundays at 12:30 p.m. Seminar Room, S4-308 of the Medical Friday, Dec. 13, 2-4 p.m. covering Nov. 17-30 will be issued Friday, and 11:30 p.m. on Channel 40 and 11:30 p.m. School in Worcester. Dec. 6. on Channel 56.

Exercise Science seminar, “Balance Doctoral exams sertation: “Cultural Production and Zionist Seminars Tr aining in Terrestrial and Altered G-Envi- Graduate faculty are invited to attend Ideology: The Case Study of Gesher The- ronments,” Lars Oddson, neuromuscular the final oral examination for the doctoral atre in Israel.” Anne Ciecko, chr. & research center, Boston University; Thurs- candidates scheduled as follows. Colloquia day, Dec. 9, 12:20 p.m., 153 Totman. Re- Richard Maldanis, Ph.D., Chemistry, Fri- freshments at noon. Christopher Knight, Ph.D., Exercise Sci- day, Dec.6, 2:30 p.m., 703 Lederle Gradu- Chemical Engineering seminar, “Cellular ence, Thursday, Dec. 12, 9 a.m., 911-15 ate Research Tower. Dissertation: “The Response to Mechanical Signals: Implica- Economic Theory workshop, “Super- Lincoln Campus Center. Dissertation: Synthesis and Polymerization Study of tions for Novel Biomaterials,” David states in an Uncertain World: The Dynam- “Analysis of Human Motor Unit Discharge Novel Transition Metal Catalysts.” Marvin D. Mooney, University of Michigan; Friday, ics of Arms Control,” Alex Coram, Univer- Variability: Changes with Aging and Motor Rausch, chr. Dec. 6, 11:15 a.m., 1634 Lederle Graduate sity of Western Australia; Monday, Dec. 9, Learning.” Gary Kamen, chr. Research Tower. 4 p.m., 9th floor conference room, Thomp- Mary Pitoniak, Ph.D., Psychology, son Hall. Ignacio F. Rodeno, Ph.D., Hispanic Litera- Wednesday, Dec. 11, 3 p.m., 151 Hills Environmental Engineering seminar, “Fu- ture, Friday, Dec. 6, 2 p.m., 601 Herter. Dis- South. Dissertation: “Standard Setting ture Directions in Wastewater Treatment,” Neuroscience and Behavior Program sertation: “Un puente entre las literaturas Methods for Complex Licensure Examina- William J. Jewell, Cornell University; Friday, seminar, “Distinct Genomic Responses hispanoamericana y U.S. Latina: Mitifica- tions.” Ronald Hambleton and James α β Dec. 6, 12:20 p.m., 220 Marston Hall. Mediated by Estrogen Receptors and ,” cion y resistencia en cinco relatos del yo.” Michael Royer, co-chrs. Julie M. Hall, receptor biology section, Nina Scott, chr. Linguistics colloquium, “Rhymes, semi- NIEHA, Research Triangle Park, North Jennifer Foster, Ph.D., Anthropology, rhymes and the structure of the correspon- Carolina; Wednesday, Dec. 11, 4 p.m., 319 Melissa Bagg, Ph.D., English, Tuesday, Monday, Dec. 9, 10:15 a.m., E-14 dence system,” Donca Steriade, MIT; Fri- Morrill Science Center-South. Dec 10, 4 p.m., Renaissance Center. Dis- Machmer. Dissertation: “Masculinity and day, Dec. 6, 3:30 p.m., W-24 Machmer. sertation: “Shakespeare Smooth: Post- Fatherhood: Stratified Reproduction Plant Biology Graduate Program semi- modern and Popular Performances.” Among the Puerto Rican Partners of Ado- Resource Economics seminar, “Firm nar, “The intricate puzzle of gene regula- Normand Berlin, chr. lescent Mothers.” Lynn Morgan, chr. Compliance with Environmental Regula- tion by photoreceptors in Arabidopsis: tions,” Jay Shimshack, Tufts University; Fri- where the HFR1 piece fits,” Craig Fairchild, Richard Goulet, Ph.D., History, Friday, Dec. Shrikumar Hariharasubrahmanian, day, Dec. 6, 3:30-4:30 p.m., 217 Stock- Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Thursday, 13, 1 p.m., 601 Herter. Dissertation: “The Ph.D., Computer Science, Monday, Dec. 9, bridge Hall. Dec. 12, 4 p.m., 319 Morrill South. Refresh- Eighteenth-Century Franciscan Missions of 9:30 a.m., 303 Computer Science Building. ments at 3:45 p.m. the Caqueta and Putumayo: Indians, Mis- Dissertation: “Dynamic Composability –– Polymer Science and Engineering semi- sionaries and the Cultural Frontier of the Building Flexible Complex Real-Time Sys- nar, “Reactions of Single-Site Olefin Poly- Chemical Engineering seminar, “Self-As- Late Colonial Spanish Empire.” Jane tems.” Krithivasa Ramaritham and John A. merization Catalysts with Polar Mono- sembly of Phospholipids on Thermotropic Rausch, chr. Stankovic, co-chrs. mers,” Richard Jordan, chemistry, Univer- Liquid Crystalline Substrates,” Nicholas sity of Chicago; Friday, Dec. 6, 3:35 p.m., Abbott, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Michelle Lizotte-Waniewski, Ph.D., Mo- Suzette Stephens, Ph.D., Wildlife and A110-111 Conte Polymer Research Cen- Friday, Dec. 13, 11:15 a.m., Math Lounge, lecular and Cellular Biology, Monday, Dec. Fisheries Conservation, Tuesday, Dec. 10, ter. 1634 Lederle Graduate Research Tower. 9, 4:30 p.m., B05 McConnell, Smith Col- 9:30 a.m., 312A Holdsworth NRC. Disser- lege. Dissertation: “Investigation of the tation: “The Ecology of the Painted Ringtail Valley Geometry seminar, “A smooth fine Environmental Engineering seminar, “title Cuticlin Genes of Onchocera volvulus.” (Pseudochirulus forbesi larvatus) at Mt. moduli space of curves with level struc- to be announced,” Samar El-Khoury, Steven A. Williams, chr. Stolle, Papua New Guinea and contribu- ture,” Dan Abramovich, Boston University; UMass; Friday, Dec. 13, 12:20 p.m., 220 tions to the conservation of New Guinean Friday, Dec. 6, 4-5 p.m., 1634 Lederle Marston Hall. Hang Shi, Ph.D., Physics, Tuesday, Dec. mammals.” Todd K. Fuller, chr. Graduate Research Tower. 10, 2 p.m., 419 Lederle Graduate Re- Polymer Science and Engineering semi- search Tower. Dissertation: “Structure Stud- Osman Sabri Unsal, Ph.D., Electrical and Center for Public Policy and Administra- nar, “Influence of Temperature and Strain ies on RNA Processing.” Monroe Rabin Computer Engineering, Wednesday, Dec. tion colloquium, “The Politics of History in Rate on the Constitutive Behavior of Poly- and Rui-Ming Xu, co-chrs. 11, 9 a.m., 309D Knowles Engineering the National Park Service,” David mers,” George Gray, Los Alamos National Building. Dissertation: “System-Level Glassberg, History Department; Monday, Labs; Friday, Dec. 13, 3:35 p.m., A110-111 Olga Gershenson, Ph.D., Communication, Power-Aware Computing in Complex Dec. 9, noon-1 p.m., 620 Thompson. Conte Polymer Research Center. Friday, Dec. 6, 1 p.m., 313 Machmer. Dis- Real-Time and Multimedia Systems.” C. Mani Krishna, chr. 8 ARTS & EVENTS December 6, 2002 The Campus Chronicle

Galleries Young talent showcased in Augusta Savage Gallery New Africa House 5-5177 performance Mon.-Thurs., 1-5 p.m. The Youth Wind Ensemble and Percussion Ensemble will perform “Memory Slips,” in the Fine Arts Center Concert BFA thesis exhibition of paint- ings and works on paper by Hall on Friday, Dec. 13 at 8 p.m. Francie Riddle Ensemble members Andrew through Dec. 6 Stetson, a senior from Enfield, Connecticut’s Enrico Fermi High BFA thesis exhibition of School, and Elizabeth Johnson, a prints and works on paper by senior from Barre’s Quabbin Re- Elizabeth Rankin and Leith gional High School, will play trum- MacDonald pet solos. Dec. 9-12 Orchestra director LanFranco Marcelletti, Jr., will be the piano Central Gallery soloist with the Percussion En- Wheeler House semble and its conductor, Eduar- 5-0680 do Leandro. Monday-Thursday, 3-6 p.m. Sun., 2-5 p.m. Led by Steven D. Bodner, the Youth Wind Ensemble will take “Julia Ferrari: New Work” The Wind Ensemble and Symphony Band will perform Dec. 10. the stage for the first half of the through Dec. 8 concert. Featured pieces will include Vincent Persichetti’s “A Photographic Essay,” Concert highlights people with impact “Divertimento for Band, Op. 42” a BDIC project exhibition by and Edvard Grieg’s “Funeral Brian Cullinen Steven D. Bodner, director of lege Concert Band in memory of death.” March.” Dec. 11-15 the Wind Ensemble and Sym- Dennis Rathjen, a clarinetist who “Red Cape Tango,” the fifth Also featured will be two mid- phony Band, and his first con- died from Hodgkin’s disease. The and final movement of Michael 20th century works by Armenian Hampden Gallery ducting teacher, visiting artist work’s title refers to the symbolic Daugherety’s “Metropolis Sym- composers: “Prayer for St. Gre- Southwest Residential Area Gary Speck, have created an un- use of bells in reference to death, phony,” was inspired by the myth gory” by Alan Hovhannes, and 5-0680 usual program around people who and specifically to John Donne’s of Superman. Composed after Mon.-Thurs., noon-6 p.m. “Armenian Dances” by Aram have made an impact on society in words: “Any man’s death dimin- Superman’s fight to death with Sun., 2-5 p.m. Khachaturian. The two works different ways. “Monuments,” the ishes me, because I am involved Doomsday, the “Red Cape Tango” were written one year apart. “David Henderson: New Work” first half of the concert to be per- in mankind; and therefore never is really a musical bullfight. Tickets for the concert are $10 through Dec. 8 formed by the Symphony Band, send to know for whom the bell Under the direction of Gary general public and $5 for stu- features works by or inspired by tolls; it tolls for thee.” The main Speck, professor of conducting dents, children under 18 and se- INCUBATOR PROJECT: three great western composers, body of the work presents two and director of concert bands at nior citizens, and are available at “Claimed Baggage,” J.S. Bach, Haydn and Brahms. hymn tunes: “Jesu Meine Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, the FAC Box Office (5-2511). sculpture by Works in the second half, “Memo- Zuversicht,” from the Lutheran the Miami University Wind En- Amy Margaret Corey rials,” to be played by the Wind burial service and “Merthyr semble has won praise from five Ensemble, will include a lament for Tydvil,” a Welsh hymn of faith. Pultizer Prize-winning composers: “Hair Trigger,” the hero Superman, and one for a “Although both hymns are Michael Colgrass, John Harbison, sculpture by deceased clarinetist. The concert used mostly intact,” says Bodner, Gunther Schuller, Karel Husa and Sally Curcio will take place in the Fine Arts Benson also distorts their appear- Leslie Bassett. The ensemble has “The Journey,” Center Concert Hall on Tuesday, ance, often with powerful disso- performed for the College Band by Nora Valdez Dec. 10 at 8 p.m. nance, or by creating the impres- Directors National Association, through Dec. 8 “Monuments” will feature sion that each tune is being pre- the Ohio Music Educationi Asso- Norman Dello Joio’s “Fantasies sented simultaneously at different ciation, and at the inaugural At- Herter Gallery on a Theme by Haydn,” Brahms’ speeds. The effect is that of an lanta International Band and Or- 5-0976 “O God, Thou Faithful God” and outcry against the horror of need- chestra Conference. Mon.-Fri., 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Ron Nelson’s “Passacaglia (Hom- less death. The work concludes Tickets are $10 general public Sun. 1-4 p.m. age on B-A-C-H).” “Memorials” powerfully on a chord that does and $5 for students, children un- showcases Warren Benson’s not quite resolve; perhaps com- der 18 and senior citizens, and can Student Union Gallery “Passing Bell,” a work that was municating the hope that we will be purchased at the FAC Box Of- 5-0792 The Graduate String Quartet Mon.-Thurs., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. commissioned by the Luther Col- all, ultimately, triumph over fice (5-2511). members are (clockwise from Fri., 9 a.m.-3 p.m. top left) Stanislus Renard, Peter Sulski, Ingrid Rohen and “Internal Equinox” Amanda Burr. BFA thesis exhibit with Orchestras share program at FAC ceramic sculpture by The Department of Music Geoff Vidal, tenor saxo- String quartet Danielle LeReux Doucette and Dance will present tradi- phonist Bryan through Dec. 6 tional orchestral music side by McNamara, guitarist plays in Hamp side with jazz on Monday, Dec. 9 Patrick Hlavenka and pia- University Gallery The Graduate String Quartet Fine Arts Center when the University Orchestra nist Beata Hlavenkova. will perform a free concert at St. 5-3670 and Jazz Studio Orchestra per- Lanfranco Marcelletti, Tues.-Fri., 11 a.m.-4:30 p.m. form in the Fine Arts Center Jr., director of the Univer- John’s Church, 48 Elm St. in Sat. & Sun., 2-5 p.m. Concert Hall at 8 p.m. sity Orchestra, will con- Northampton, on Friday, Dec. 13 The Studio Orchestra’s direc- duct Hector Belioz’s at 7:30 p.m. Helmut Newton/Garry tor, Jeffrey Holmes, has selected “Symphonie fantas- The program will include Winogrand: Two Portfolios music in preparation for the tique.” “The Orchestra Beethoven’s “String Quartet in through Dec. 13 orchestra’s appearance in Janu- has been asking me for Bb-Major, Op. 18, #6,” Ravel’s ary at the 30th Annual Interna- the past two years to “Quartet in F Major” and Shosta- “Private Eyes: Image and tional Association of Jazz Edu- play this exciting piece,” kovich’s “String Quartet #2, Op. Identity,” cators Conference in Toronto. said Marcelletti. “They 68.” with photos by Barbara Ess The members of the Graduate and Ann Hamilton, The repertoire will include love the music. This year String Quartet are something of a video of Derek Jarman’s film Holmes’ “Zeeko Czacko” and we have a very strong or- “Blue,” “Frontiers,” a commissioned chestra that can handle musical melting pot. Violinist computer-generated portrait work that was re-orchestrated such a challenging Stanislus Renard is from France sculpture by Karin Sander, for legendary saxophonist Ernie work.” and cellist Ingrid Rohen is a na- video installation Watts, who will be a guest with Tickets are $10 general tive of Australia. Peter Sulski, The University Orchestra performs at by Israeli artist Miri Segal the Studio Orchestra in Toronto. public; $5 for children un- viola, originally hails from the the Fine Arts Center on Dec. 9. through Dec. 13 Other pieces will include student der 18, senior citizens and Worcester area, but has played in Geoff Cunningham’s “Translu- “There’s a Yearnin’,” by Oliver students; and $3 for UMass stu- the London Symphony and For more information, visit the cence,” retired professor Yusef Nelson. Featured student perform- dents. Call the FAC Box Office throughout Cyprus for several Fine Arts Center’s Web site Lateef’s “Masara #2” and ers will be soprano saxophonist (5-2511). years. Violinist Amanda Burr is a (www.umass.edu/fac/ Boston native. calendar/centerwide).