A Monster by Any Other Name Champion Connections Recently, World Features Syndicate informed its readers that the Monster's LETTERS name in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein was "Adam." In your report on my recently published book, The Sexual Politics of TO THE Meat: A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory [Rochester Review, Summer 1990], you told your readers that the Monster's name was "Frankenstein." In this, you side with the current Ghostbuster model of the Monster available in toy stores. But whom shall we believe? Editor In fact, the Monster was given no name by Shelley. When Frankenstein was drama­ tized for the stage, shortly after its publi­ The Review welcomes letters from readers cation, it was the custom to place a blank and will print as many ofthem as space line next to the name of the actor who Your article "Basketball: The Best Divi­ permits. Letters may be edited for brevity played the part of the Monster. Of this tra­ sion III Team in America," Summer 1990, and clarity. Unsigned letters cannot be used, dition, Shelley wrote, "This nameless mode was accompanied by a photograph that but names ofthe writers may be withheld of naming the unnameable is rather good." had also appeared on the front page of the on request. I hope you'll inform your readers that your Democrat & Chronicle the morning after naming of the unnameable was-what shall the team won the national championship. we say?- a monstrous mistake. The enthusiastic young man featured in the Friends in Need Carol J. Adams '72 photo was unidentified in the D & C, which Richardson, Texas was understandable as he was meant to What it was, was a monstrous oversight. epitomize the feeling of the team at that We knew better than to fall into the trap of moment. misnaming "the unnameable, " but we did However, in the Rochester Review I felt it anyhow. Maybe Shelley should have the alumni would appreciate knowing that named him (~dam"-Editor. the basketball player so featured has a mul­ titude of alumni connections. Matthew Parrinello '93 is the son of John '60 and Written with a Smile Diane Davies Parrinello '61; the brother of Ever since I graduated from the Univer­ Gregory '85, '87G and Timothy '91; the sity in 1914, I have had a positive outlook brother-in-law of Monica Stevenson Parri­ on life that has stood me well over the nello '88; and the nephew of [Yellowjacket years. This includes military service in both football coach] Richard '72 and Kathleen world wars and a 60-year marriage that Mulholland Parrinello '75N. produced three sons, four grandsons, and Diane Davies Parrinello '61 12 great-grandchildren. Rochester, New York Over the years there have been many U'e're happy to give appropriate credit to times that communication by letters has a member ofsuch a well-connected alumni been important and I frequently find that family. For a (properly identified) photo of I want to express the idea that a particular another member ofthe clan currently in the Thank you for your excellent story on sentence was written with a feeling of a news - Kathleen Parrinello -see page 44 Compeer, "Friends in Need," in the Fall smile. For this reason, I have invented a -Editor. 1990 issue of Rochester Review. punctuation mark that is like a ")" lying The comments of the featured volunteers down to look like this" __ ". and clients well expressed the true senti­ I have tried many times to get general Nurses, Keep It Coming ments and strong commitment of all our acceptance of this sign because it has been The letter in the Fall issue ("Nurses, Compeer volunteers and their friends. I ap­ so useful to my family and friends, and r Where Are You?") was right on target. It preciate your great sensitivity to the vulner­ think the world would be a little happier takes only a few minutes to share what we able population we serve, and hope that as if this symbol were included on typing key­ are doing. I'm proud to share the attached a result of your article your readers will boards. with you. Thanks for making it so easy. have a better understanding of mental ill­ Now in my 99th year, I am trying again Virginia Pochopin Hens '59N ness and of our Compeer program. in the hope that the Rochester Review might East Aurora, New York Bernice W. Skirboll '79G give this idea a boost. Hens has received the 1990 Anita Dorr Rochester Carleton K. Lewis '14 Awardfrom the New York State Emergen­ Skirboll is executive director ofCom­ Port Charlotte, Florida cy Nurses Association Hfor outstanding peer, a national nonprofit agency that We'd be happy to add one to our key­ contributions to Emergency Nursing. " matches trained volunteers with mentally board. We can think ofmore than one Great! That's what we like to hear. We're and emotional handicapped people who occasion when something that we intended publishing her letter as a way ofreminding need their friendship - Editor. to evoke a H __ " got received on the other the rest ofyou to keep the news coming­ end with a huffy H _ "-Editor. Editor. University of Rochester Winter 1990-91 Review Departments Features From the President 2 •.e..;:.;;c:~. ~ The 'Infernal Machine' and Other Rochester in Review 29 4~ ~.=-- ~ Musical Inventions of Christopher Rouse 3 Rochester Travelers 37 ~~~~~......:~..,~;,..,~~m by Thomas Fitzpatrick Alumni Gazette 38 J-~""1'--='- ~ Since he arrived at the Eastman School in 1981, Alumni Milestones 42 ~~ ~ ~ - ~ Christopher Rouse has bounced enough creations off l~ ~ his garage rafters to merit acclaim as one of the most After/Words 48 promising young composers around. Paul Murdin '71G Deputy Director, Royal Greenwich Observatory The Telling of Dreams 8 by Jan Fitzpatrick Rochester Review Americans, says a Rochester anthropologist, have Editor: Margaret Bond some very strange customs - including the unspoken Assistant editor: Denise Bolger Kovnat Design manager: Stephen Reynolds rules that govern when you may share your dream­ Graphic artist: Gary Di Palma land adventures and when you may not. Staff photographer: James Montanus Copy editor: Joyce Farrell Editorial assistant: Wendy Levin Design: Robert Meyer Design, Inc. Editorial office, 108 Administration Recommended by Mom and Dad 14 Building, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, (716) 275-4117. by the Moms and Dads of '94 Granted the aim of the exercise was to get the kid into Published quarterly for alumni, students, their parents, and other friends of the Uni­ college, not blackballed. Nonetheless the parents of versity, Rochester Review is produced by freshman-class applicants had some telling things to the Office of University Public Relations, say about their sons and daughters. Robert Kraus, director. Opinions expressed are those of the authors, the editors, or their subjects and do not necessarily represent official posi­ Who's the Girl in the Glass Slippers? 18 tions of the University of Rochester. by Denise Bolger Kovnat Postmaster: Send address changes to Rochester Review, Like the pumpkin coach in the Disney cartoon, the 108 Administration Building, University of Cinderella theme materializes unexpectedly in the Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627. most unlikely places, from the Bible to the funny Credits: papers to thoroughly modern movies. Illustrations: cover, Richard Harrington; p. 10, 12, Henry Besanceney III; p. 19, George Cruikshank; p. 22, A. H. Watson; p. 23, Edmund Dulac. Photos: p. 24, Sandy Geis; p. 26 & 27 left, Michael Tighe; p. 27 right, Amy Schecter's Cast of Thousands 24 Robert C. Ragsdale; p. 38, Carol Rosegg; p. 39 right, Warren Gilbert; p. 40 left, by Jeremy Schlosberg ©Gary Mirando; p. 40 center, ©Paul At any given time on the island of Manhattan there English; p. 41 right, D. R. Miller; all others, Rochester Review staff photos. may be more than a hundred officially listed theatrical productions in progress - on Broadway, off-Broadway, and off-off Broadway. Chances are casting director Amy Schecter '75 will have seen them all. From the The Difference of Diversity ics are part of "the diverse," one needs At the same time, however, while to recognize immediately the difference universities rightly may seek diversity I had the privilege of being the chair in Hispanic diversity. Hispanics have in Africa, the African-American is of an accreditation team at Bryn Mawr certainly shared much of the economic likely to be more de facto American College in the fall of 1988. The most and social deprivation of the African­ than African. Few African-Americans vexing issue on the campus by all re­ American population. Most Hispanic speak an African language. Having ports was "diversity." Having read all students come from Caribbean and been divorced from African roots by the studies and spent several days on Central American cultures which have centuries of oppression, for them re­ the campus, it struck me that the been routinely ignored in the curricu­ tention of that heritage is often subtle search for "diversity" was seriously mis­ lum of most universities and colleges. and indirect. A directed and deliber­ leading. For many years, Bryn Mawr Nevertheless, in a university culture ate recovery of an African heritage has had an enviable record of admit­ "Hispanicism" seems to me to present is monumentally more difficult for ting foreign students. I have seldom a significantly different challenge. African-Americans than for Hispanics. seen a more "diverse" student body. Spanish is, after all, a major Euro­ Spain is a moderately small country Students in significant numbers were pean language. In so far as the univer­ and in its period of empire much of there from every continent, race, and sity is a distinctly European invention the assumptions of Peninsular Spain religion.