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EVOICETHE COLVolume XIV, Number 26 May 7, 1991Ad Fontes

Recession hitsadmissions

constraints.According to Matthews, It IS

likely that Connecticut College will ~.~

be able to draw more students from ;:jthe waiting list; however, other]private institutions, such as '; riki.Amherst College and Brown Uni- .9versity, will also be appealing to ~ •• ,their listed candidates. ~In addition, the college does not .il

'"guarantee a need-blind admissions :;:policy for wait-listed students. The ~

institution, therefore, is not obli- 61 ~~~~~~~~~;;;;;~~~~~~~~;;;~~~~~~~~ __ ~~~ __ ....."~~gated to accept students with high Last week's Assembly meeting sparked new debate about Cro renovations.need in the second round.Nonetheless, "All students, in-

cluding students accepted from thewaiting list, will have [their] dem-onstrated need met," saidMatthews.She credited both demographic

shifts and the recession as factorsbehind the low enrollment rates,saying, "There are fewer bodiesand fewer bodies able to pay."The largest decline in enroll-

ment, according to Matthews, isfrom the area most heavily hurt bythe recession, New England.ElaineSolmga. director of finan-

cial aid, said that 70 upperclassmenwho have not formally been on aid

See Admissions p.7

by Sarah HuntleyEditor In Chid

While the federal administrationmay hesitate to acknowledge it, pri-vate colleges know the country is ina recession. And ConnecticutCollege, for one, is feeling the ef-fects.A lower than usual enrollment

rate and increased requests for fi-nancial aid indicate that the reces-sion is spiraling towards thecollege's community.Claire Matthews, dean of ad-

missions and planning, said onThursday .the day after the deadlinefor accepted students to indicateenrollment, "Our response is poor.Weare going to have to go into ourwaiting list very heavily ...·A total of 328 students have cho-

sen to attend Connecticut College.The freshmen class on average has450 members."I feel we should have on May I

480 students ... because we'll havemelt over the summer. We'venever been in a situation like this,"said Matthews.If the college does not meet the

450 mark, the loss in tuition dollarscould precipitate serious budgetary

Administration tempersCro phasing assertionOfficials pledge "open, collegial" review

tion to anew Acting Vice Presidentfor Finance," the letter stated.

"In lhecoming monlhs we will beconducting a comprehensive re-view of the strategies {OT imp\e-menting the-renovation of CIo," itcontinued.Brooks said that the next step will

be to examine and price the strate-gies for constructing the new stu-dent center. "Over the summer I'llbe working with the constructionpeople sowe can define options andcost them,"Brooks said. "When theoptions have been laid out, we'llmake the decision in an open, col-legial way."Phasing, the letter said, will be a

"fully evaluated" option. However,the letter stressed, there is dis-agreement over whether phasing orclosing Cro would be the best wayto complete the project."There is a delicate balance be-

tween these positions that can onlybe resolved when all the facts arebefore us," Hampton and Brookssaid in the letter.A primary student concern, the

relocation of all functions now inCro, was addressed in the letter."We will maintain essential pro-grams and services either in em or

See Cre Pro jed p. 11

two administrators stated that"phasing is not a closed matter."Lynn Brooks, acting vice presi-

dent for finance, said that he spokeprematurely at me sa A. contactsession. Brooks stated then that theCro renovation would nor be con-ducted in phases, but would betaken "off-line" .during the project."After meeting with SGA, I

talked with a lot of people, and itappears that phasing is still an op-tion," Brooks said.The letter, co-signed by Brooks

and Robert Hampton, dean of thecollege, began by saying mat "lastweek's discussion of the CollegeCenter project was originally de-signed to provide you with first-hand information and allay some ofyour fears. We regret that our dis-cussion created confusion, distrustand additional anxiety:"The letter stated that the confu-

sion occurred because the admin-istrators have been concentratingon the construction of BeckerHouse and contract negotiationsfor tile new natatorium and athleticcenter."The misunderstanding between

the two of us over the phasing issuefor Cro resulted, in part, from thispreoccupation as well as the transi- .

by Michelle MoonThe College Voice

Students and faculty membersleft last week's em contact sessionwith tbe impression that tl\e Cro-zier-Williams Student Centerwould not be renovated in phases.But in a letter sent this week to theStudent Government Assembly,

Explosionshortspower

by Rebecca FlynnAssociate News Editor

A power surge marked byflames, a loud explosion, and a _flipped-over manhole cover ~plunged a good portion of the cam- 2pus into darkness on Wednesday. ~According to Victor Spinnato, a ~

lieutenant of the New London Fire .~Department, the power surge likely .:!blew a wire and caused the coating ~on the power wires to catch on fire, '\ireleasing a gas that built up below ~the manhole cover until it finally o;c.~~".;;;;~;;;~==~~~~~~~~=;;;;~~~~

ped he ew n on e epartment raced to campus ednesday.pop .Kim Harding, '92, witnessed the Because all the wires are high- . ments, such as temperature or envi-

explosion. Harding said that she voltage, an electrical company was ronment controlled experiments,and some friends were near the called to assess the damage, which that depend on electricity as aregu-manhole when the cover blew. arrived at 6:45 p.m. Eric lative device. According to Ed-"The manhole popped up five feet Farnsworth, an employee of Con- ward Hoffman, director of opera-off the ground. We saw flames, necticut Cable, said that the trans- tions, people whose experimentssmoke ... We all screamed," she former did not blow, but that did not were endangered would becalled ifsaid. One of Harding's friends then mean the danger had passed, possible.ran to call Campus Safety. "There's still some hot wires down The loss of power in the dormsThe fire department received a there," said Farnsworth. also exposed a potentially serious

call at6:07 p.m., and arrived within Power was out in Hale Labora- problem in that many emergencyten minutes. At the scene, Spinnato tory, Blackstone, Plant, Branford, lights in the dorms did not work. Insaid although the fire was soon put Palmer, Cummings, Fanning, and addition, the lights themselves areout, "We're still not going to go . the Campus Safety gatehouse until battery operated.down there and check." Ground 8:25 p.m. A production of one-act playsseepage had collected below the The loss of power in Hale was also was postponed because of thewires into a pool of water. recognized as a problem for experi- loss of power.

CTView p. 5Features p. 4

INDEX

Prison programfosters awareness

Judge Wald speaksat Dilley Lecture

Sports pp. 14-16A & E pp. 12-13Men's, Women's Laxboth head to playoffs

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Interview withBlanche Boyd,wrlter-in-residence

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VIEWPOINTOpen Letter to SGA

As 1M semester .... es to a dose, a _ stuckDI goverDID ... 1wiDCGIIveae witIl a flII s1a~ (J/ issues 011 1ft table. TIle rorlbcomblgOpeD LdtertoIMCoIIqeCommuailyRrvaasagoodoulliaeforstudeDt govenuaeat COIItffIII iD 1M DJICOIIIiDa year. TIle DeW

StudeDI GoverameDI Ascodatioa ExecDtive Board's platrorms, as_II, provide valaable Issue pides. ID additiOll, we would like 10stress four poiats tbal_ believe are primary issues for next year'sAsRmbly.TIle Dumber ODe Issue (J/ importaoc:e is stocleat represenlatioa OD

lhe Academic: aDd AdmiDislrative Cabiaets. Those two bodies are!be oDly two remainiDg wbere stud ... t iDput is denled, A plan 10iDclude stucleats oa a case-by-<:ase basis bas faUed miserably.AcbieviDg represeulatioD wiD also belp avoid problems withmiscommuok:atiOD betweeD the admiDislralioD aad students.Comple~ _ to stadent orpDizatioa budgetary records is

aaoIber imperative for the 1991·92 year. OpeD fiDance commi~bearings, iD addilioD 10 complele availabilily of studenlorganilJItiODs' records, will allow for both be~ review or clubs'respoDsibility aDd superior examinatioD of the FinanceCommi~'s aDdit process. .' .The relatioDsbip between the CoostUutioD and FinaDce

Comml_mustbethorougblyre-evaJualed.FortOOlong,sffidentorpDizatious aad studeDt goverumeDt have beeD confused as towb/ch committee's role It is todetermlDe a c1ub's'vahlii ti)thecampus. This issue directly arrects everyshldei!t@volvedi~lmYstudeDt Ol'gauizatiOD and could explOde duriDg nett year's budget'

lIearings. .' . . ,., 'c' '.' .....•••• •...•.•.••••... .•..•

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Gaudiani misses Takaki's meaningleiter to the Voice: . 'Regarding last week's article entitled "Gaudi~

touts student action in college issues and diversity,(The College Voice. April 30, 1991) the Conn~ticutCollege Asian! Asian American Students Assoclall?n(CCASA) feels that Dr. Ron Takaki's ideas were mrs-represented and his words were used out of context,Prior to his visit, Dr. Takaki was sent mfonnallonregarding issues of diversity at Connecticut College. Inaddition, he regularly speaks at small liberal arts in-stitutions like Connecticut College. He was not in anyway asking the students to rise and takeover. Dr.Takaki, nationally recognized historian and a Pulitzerprize-nominated author, was trying to encourage thestudents to become active because they have the powerand ability to promote rapid changes. He stressed thatstudents have only four years in an institution andchanges must be implemented rapidly. Throughout hislecture, Dr. Takaki mentioned that he was only convey-ing to the students what is happening on campusesacross the country. He stressed Ibe importance ofstudents being at the forefront of issues concerningdiversity in order to keep the administiation movingforward on these issues.n is also important for us to understand that if it

. wasn't for the 1986 May I Fanning Takeover, thestudents' demands for grealer diversity might neverhave been met. As some of the direct results of theTakeover, there are more students of color, an Affmna-tive Action Officer, a Minority Admissions Intern.sensitivity awareness workshops, and Unity House onthe main campus. As for diversifying the curriculum,Conneeticut College has a long way to go.A major issue which was never addressed in this

article or the previous article on Dr. Takaki ("Takakicalls upon students' to challenge curriculum," TheCollege Voice,Apri123, 1991) issue) was his defmition

ofan Ethnic Studies program. Such a program WOuldbedesigned to educate all students about the Culturehistory of the people that make up the United S~This program would not only addiess the dive .among people of color but also include the cUltur~l:the immigrants of European descent. It is necessary touse programs as M.1.M.1.C. torevise existing coursesstart new ones in order to move in the direction Of

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multicultural curriculum in which we would have aAmerican Studies program at Conn~ticut COlleg~The Minority Students Steenng Commltlee is Currentlyworking on creaung an Amencan Studies programM.1.M.1.C. is just one example of what we can do ~diversify the present curriculum; however, it should 1lOlbe the last step that this college takes as there is mucbmore that needs to be done.Finally, CCASA feels that if President Gaudiani had

been at Dr. Takaki's lecture, she would have had adifferent perspective on his method of developing andimplementing a multicultural curriculum. All thllfeect.back that CCASA has gotten from students, faculty, andadministrators has been extremely positive. We feelthat President Gaudiani, who was in California andcmild not attend Dr. Takaki's lecture, should have beenmore careful in· her summarization of the renownedhistorian's remades. Therefore, CCASA has troubleunderstanding from what resources Prcsident Gaudianihas received her infonnation. We feel that it is veryimportant to have open communication between stu.dent groups and the President. Because Dr. Takaki'slecture was viewed as "one of the most powerful evc-nings of the year" on multiculturalism, we would like 10encourage the President to view the videotape of Dr.Takaki's lecture.

Sincerely,Saveena Dhall, '94

political chair of CCASA

Questioning multicultural educationTHE COLLEGE VOICE Leller to Ihe Voice:

I am a senior plan~ing to graduate less Iban a month from the time that this is published. From my time atConnecttcut College I can recall several campus incidents that were naively and simplistically explained in tennsof therr racIal and .ethmc overtones. I can also remember many personal run-ins with people who have wronglythought thatmy actIOns were m some way motivated by anti-minority or anti- TDG (Traditionally DisadvantagedGroup) fechngs .. On a whole, these incidents have negatively affecled my opinion of Connecticut College andIts push for multt-cultural education. .My personal cultural heritage is mixed. Though I was adopled and raised in a Greek-American family. I have

recently discovered thatmy bloodline is Mexican. At the same time. I know tltatl am usually described by peopleas caucasIan.All Ibis ~nfusion has. impressed upon. me tltat a cultural backlI:ound has any intrinsic value only to the extent

that one decIdes to Identify With It That IS-: Ibat whetlter one is Irish, African. Portuguese or Alaskan in descen~IllS notnecessanly gomg to be tltecase tltatthatculture.is going to be an important part of one's person; we chooseour personal affihattons -Ibey are not forced upori us. In addition, the ethnicities and cultures that a person canreasonably Identtfy With are in a way lim'ted d th ' ... .I an ere,ore somewhat superficl3l m descnbmg a person.. For these reasons I'd resist any p~sh to';ard making multi-cultural studies a core part of the curriculum. WhatIS tlte pomt of emphaslZmg the disungmshmg of people based on their cultural heritage when it is largelySUperfiCial cnlena wllb ,:hlch they ~y or may not identify? It is my belief (and many others') that people aretruly tefined by Ibe pnnclples to which they aspire. not by their cultural origins. Any push toward pigeon-holingpeop e on cultural grounds IS Ill-founded and divisive, not to mention easily transparent .

h Ildunlbd~ethtand!hatlbewhole point of mulli-cultural education is to increase sensitivity toward those people whoo err mc backgrounds dear to them I tha f' be 'or.f . agree t or tltose people mcluding myself life could be twI ev~ry~:: would ~ccePtcultural differences. But the fact that not everyo~e will accept tho';' differences makesm~cdi0 . IS type 0 leachmg oppressive and bitler. In the end. people are encouraged to wallow in defensivenessatltn vlslvWeness

l.ratltederthan act wilb unifying principles of understanding I can name three examples from just

ISyear. e Islen to Ron Takaki subtly enco d' nameof cultural awareness h . . urage stu ents to take over Ibe President's office in theob' Ii to ' - ardly a pnnclpled call for peaceful understanding We read about a student taking

speaks!JCC~~t" ;':~~ts s~emeAnt that they don't want to study their culture ci exist· an Asian-American womana egevOlce, pnl23 1991) lamnot~ ed d . uldlbeforced

to study anotlter's? _ acquired unders '. '. o~ ._to stu y my own culture. why sho ..understand and accept olb Lastl /andjng of VlrllWUSprinCIples leaves everyone equipped with Ibe ablhty W

otlter words referring to;~ we~' w::.:.aeamthat SOAR has recognized a new acronym to take the placeo~about labels? People whoare happ :~th th Inonally called ':minorities." Do we really need to be so conceare from Ibe color of their skin or ~e birthe~selves worry httleaboutlabels because they can separale who m:~convince me that muIli-cuIturalism ed p. ce of Iberr mother. While Just a samphng, these examples do atConnecticut ucanon serves any constructive purpose as it would exist here

So Ibank you, but no tltank you, SOAR Be 0 . . . hislher principles not on the chance' . y u well-mtennoned. I have learned to evaluale a person on .

, crrcumslances of hislher birth U I I' lturallslDFounded 1976 simultaneously believe !hat ~longing to· . ness tltose who advocale mu tt-CU h' h

o.vU1 s.....,. (r"""",,) some people do and it amounts to bigotry) albcertamculture means automatically having certain principles (w ICeWilliomFe W""" (Ed;la;" 0,;" Em<ri,~) crileria. As a result tltey are simultaneo 'I : are emphaslZl~g an evaluation of people on irrelevant and dlvlS

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F_ J~ Eopu-:::~~;:"'..;:=~~.'"_d"". Fund) sharing the same. unifying principle of ::::Jo.,;~nng a .soclety, and a campus, in w~ich different ethnIC groJeof societal advantage Ibereby rene' tit usttce WIll Instead call on their bitterness and attack for Ibe

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Cro debate sheds light onlarger problem with SGA

On April 4 I attended a StudentGovernmentAssembly meeting totry and voice my concerns about aresolution which in the strongestwords possible endorsed thecompletion of theCro Renovation.Rather than listen to what I had tosay, SGA decided to do anythingthey could to discredit me, embar-rass me and make me look like afool.

Before I had been given a chanceto speak they had begun to attackthe letter I had distributed earlier inthe day as false. When I tried tospeak, they attempted to interruptme every other sentence, inform-ing me in the most sarcastic oftones, that I had "misunderstood"my conversation with DeanHampton. Jackie Soteropoulos,our vice president-elect, gave animpassioned speech. about howsilly my assertions were, callingthe suggestion of the closing of Croa "doomsday scenario." RegEdmonds, our president-elect(who was conspicuously absentfrom the April 25 meeting aboutCro), said nothing, instead allow-ing his good friend John Maggioreto be the hatchet man and humil iatethis dark horse candidate, threaten-ing the handing down of the presi-dential throne from one member ofthe SGA family to another. Thenbefore I had an opportunity to de-fend myself, they closed discus-sion, called for a roll call vote andvoted to approve the resolution.

The meeting ended in one of themost gutless and inappropriate actsI have heard of atthis school. AfterI had left the meeting, JohnMaggiore held up my letter andcalled it an "April Fools Joke." Iwould like to say the "Joke" endedup being on Maggiore, but insteadit has ended up being on us, thestudents, and it is not a very funny

one.As I left the meeting I was upset

thatmy concerns were not going tobe addressed. I was and still amconvinced these issues pose a majorthreat to student life at this college.What I found perhaps even moredisturbing was that the SGA As-sembly and particularly the SGApresident could be so insensitiveand rude to one of its constituents,who had come to them with a con-

, cern. As a student at this college Ideserve and expect more from thepeople who have been elected torepresent me. Whether my concernwas validor not is not theissue. Theevents of April 4 can only point toone thing- a failure in our studentgoverning system. No studentshould be afraid of speaking at hisown student government's alleg-edly "open" 'meetings. Unfortu-nately my concerns were valid andwe will now have to suffer the con-sequences.

I find it ridiculous that a full threeweeks after I voiced my concerns,Maggiore and the rest of the Assem-b~y could sit in shock as DeanHampton, Dean Tolliver, and LynnBrooks told them how closing Croduring its renovation had been theplan for over five months. Duringtheensuing conversation, one of thesenators turned to me and told me itwas amazing that after spendingfifteen minutes in Dean Hamptons'office I could become more in-formed on the project than the entireAssembly. I wish I could take creditfor being a great investigative. re-porter, but all I did was ask.

I suppose that perhaps there is alesson to be learned from this wholemess. Our Student Government hasthe responsibility to question theadministration and we as studentsshould and must question both SGAand the administration alike. SGA

must accept the fact that it is not anall-knowing body. The studentswho it represents is its greatest re-source; they should be reached outto.

The resolution on the em reno-vation which was passed by SGA,concluded by saying, "Any at-tempts to impede this completionwill only elevate the project back tothe forefront of the student issues,The result will only be the same ... strong student support for the Col-lege Center Project," Now that thestudents have all the information infront of them, I question whetherthis "strong student support" hasnot weakened. I urge you to look atthe plans, look at the alternativesthat are offered to you, and I hopewe will not settle for another ad-ministrative initiative, rubber-stamped by SGA, which we willlater consider a blunder. Theproblems of the Cro renovation arenot going to disappear over thesummer. Neither should your con-cerns for the renovation or thebigger question of whether you arebeing truly represented by SGA.

Matt CoenClass of 1992

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pecially when the added costs ofliving are taken into account

What can be done, you may ask?Well, there are plenty of volunteerprograms and organizations thatare looking for assistance in deal ingwith the homeless. This is just astart, however, for there is a lot thatstill has to be done to correct thisproblem. One of the first ways ofdealing with this problem is to getrid of the myth that homelesspeople are lazy, worthless andunintelligent. There are only SO

many jobs that are offered in soci-ety and due to discrimination,health problems, unwanted preg-nancy, and other factors, the doorsof opportunity are bolted shut forthese people. After years of tryingto obtain sufficient employment,with failure as the only result, thesepeople wind up on the streets, with'little or no alternatives than to dowhat they can to survive.

I am not saying that I know theanswer to this enormous problem, Itruly wish that I did. I am onlyasking that when you encounter ahomeless person, do not walkaway. Do not look down on thisperson as an unmotivatedwaste tosociety. Smile upon this person andgive him/her whatever you mayhave'" ofrer. A. hook, a blanket,some change, whatever - it doesn'tmatter. JUst let them know that they

aren't some disease of society,leftto rot in the slums. After all, theyare human beings just like us, anddon't they deserve to be treated thatway?

Give whateveryou have to offerWhat is the matter with society

today? A convicted murderer likeCharles Manson lives a better lifethan a homeless person does. Byspending more money on the wel-fare of criminals than that of home-less people doesn't the governmentseem to be saying that crime is moreacceptable than homelessness?That is one major reason that drugs,theft and murder are more prevalentamong people in the lower incomebrackets. For homeless people,crime can definitel y be a reasonablealternative. They can steal thefood,clothing, money and other essen-tials that they need to live on, and ifthey get caught, they still win in theend, By going to prison they prob-ably lead a better life than theywould have led if they remained onthe streets. Problems such as hun-ger, disease, theft, mugging andshelter are not problems faced by aconvict.

By being a capitalist nation wenot only have very affluent people,we also have many poverty strickenpeople. Yet why do we allowpeople who resort to crime in orderto obtain wealth a better life thanthose who abide by the laws of oursociety? The reason for this is thatit is much easier for people to dealwith the ugliness of crime than it is[or them \0 deal with homelessness.While" the average American citi-zen can understand that people arestarving in Third World countries, itis hard for him/lier to see that thereare people starving in the cities thatthey work in. The minimum wagestandard has been raised over thelast few years, but the average in-come of the blue-collar worker hasessentially remained the same, es-

Iby Joel KressCI_. or 1994

Hands off our postersDid you know that it isaJ-Board

offense to prematurely rip an orga-nizations poster down? I just dis-covered that today, but I didn't ncedtheJ-Board to help me realize whatis ethical. Last week I put up ap-proximately forty flyers announc-ing a film called "Project Cen-sored" to be shown last Thursday.Two hours later, several of theposters were tom down. It just SO

happens that Students for Peace issponsoring the event - a groupwhich gained a great deal of nega-

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tive publicity during the height ofthe Gulf War. As baffling as it is tome, 1 have come to realize thatmany people have a violent aver-sion to anything that has the word"peace" attached to it. I've beencalled everything from an "igno-rant, hippie-liberal communist" to a"sand-nigger lover," and also beentold to "go back to the '60's." But,since I was only alive for 56 days inthe '60's, I doubt I'd feel at homethere. Tbe point is that we are herenow, working together towardspeace, and that is why Students forPeace exists. You may have dif-fering opinions. We welcome you.That is precisely the reason why weoffer controversial events and pre-sentations with open discussionsafterward. We want to hear youropinions, but not at the expense ofour being silenced. Censorship isnot The American Way. It alsoviolates the Connecticut CollegeHonor Code, and it certainly hurtsthose of us who put the time andenergy into making these eventsavailable to you.

Susan KingClass or 1993

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In 1948, only six women gradu-ated from Connecticut College asgovernment majors. On Wednes·day, five of these six returned to theCollege to honor a source of en-couragementand inspiration and tocelebrate the achievements of oneof their classmates.Wednesday night was the first

MaJjorie R. Dilley lecture. Dilley,who died in 1989, was a professorof government at the college from1935 until her retirement in 1969.The lecture will he held annually,bringing prominent speakers tocampus to discusstopics thatreflectDilley's academic interests: West-em political theory, constitutionallaw and African politics. The tee-tureship also provides for t~espeaker to devote time to workingin classrooms and with studentsduring her stay.Claire Gaudiani, '66, president

of the college, welcomed thosepresent voicing praises for Dilleyand Patricia Wald, '48, federal cir-cuit judge and the guest speaker.Gaudiani cited Wald's distin-guished legal career, her de<licatedpublic service, and her worlr:.on the{e<laa\ bench as teaSQ\\S {O<Wald' sselection. The most importantdistinction, however. was Wald'spersonal relationship wilh Dilley,her former professor.Jean Handley, '48, chair of Ihe

Board of Trustees, detailed Wald'saccomplishments in her introduc-tion. Wald was awarded a lifetimeappointment to the federal bench in1979. She presently serves on theUnited States Court of Appeals forIhe District of Columbia, havingpreviously served as chief judge ofIhe court from 1986 to 1991.Among Wald's other accom-

plishments,she is a former memberof Ihe college's Board of Trustees.She served on Ih~Board ofTrusleesof the Ford Foundation and IheMeyer Foundation, and theCamegieCouncilonChildren. Shehas been awarded bonorary degreesfrom eleven institutions and washonored with the distinguishedalumni award from ConnecticutCollege in 1972.Wald's lecwre was titled "The

Role of Judges in American Soci-ety: Is it Exponable to New De-mocracies?" Having recently re-turned from Eastern Europe, Waldexperienced first hand lhat region's

struggle to establish new democra-cies.

Wald noted that the UnitedStates and Great Britain are bothre-examining their systems. ''Nocountry can afford to be smug abouttheir judicial system," she stated.In her lecture, Wald stressed the "

importance of an indepcndentjudi-cial system. ''The courts are a lastresort where a citizen can go tochallenge her government when _she has been treated unfairly," sheremarked. She noted Ihatour courts

::;ii:~~:i~~'::~~~:~~n~;President Bush honors ovesin our pluralistic society. Wald es-tablished that the power of the U.S. B hcourts to declare laws unconstitu- Adegbile dines with First Lady, Barbara ustional is unique and very important.Wald expressed that one of the tucky founded the Friends of paint standing volunteers. President

best ways to choose judges is nomi- by Debo Adegblle Lick. Paint Lick is a small farming George Bush and Barbara Blishpre-nation by the president with confir- T_b_e_C_o_lIeg_eV_oI_c_e__ ~ community surrounding a village sented the silver medal awards tomation by the Senate. She men- The Office of Volunteers for in Kentucky's Fifth Congressional the nineteen winners. I had thetioned, however, that forty-three of Community Service is the home of District which has the lowest level honor of accepting the award fromIhe fifty states choose state judges a very simple philosophy - Con- of educational achievement in the the President on behalf of the Con-by popular election. The appoint- necticut College exists in order to nation. Herorganization,locatedin necticut College volunteers.ments of judges and the lengths of prepare students tomatch their tal- a storefront, is a community re- The celebration culminated withjudicial terms can be barriers to the ents to the demands of the real source center which offers educa- aWhite House luncheon in the Slatetrueindependenceofajudge. Waid world. OVCS has shared this phi- tional and enrichment services as Dining Room. I was surprised to

. also said the procedure for remov- losophy with hundreds of Conn well as assistance with fuel, cloth- fmd that I was seated right next toing a judge from service may pro- students by challenging them to ing and food. Comet became the the First Lady. .mote biased judicial systems. She. reach beyond the analytical isola- matriarch of the group and her an- Mrs. Bush was fnendly and downwarned lhat it is in times of emer- tion of the classroom and into the ecdotes about Paint Lick were . to earth. She made light of thegeney when anexecutive takes bold local community. Qver six hundred wann and uplifting. dining formality, spoke candidly,of the judicial system lhat some- avcs students are involved with Jawanza Whitfield, from Little and shared her views on the im-limes people's_rights are most in more Ihan one hundred agencies in Rock, Arkansas, was the youngest portance of literacy. It was evidedanger. the New London area. winner. He is now a freshman at that literacy was not simply anIn the United States judges rna} Last week this commitment was Fisk University. Since junior high, ephemeral concern for Mrs. Bush.

have no partisan or political affili- recognized by President George Whitfield has been involved in a She has been involved in variousation. "What controls our judges," Bush when Anais Troadec, director variety of drug abuse prevention literacy programs since the earlyWald noted, "are such intangibles ofOVCS, and Itravelled to Wash- activities. He hopes to initiate new 1960's and literacy has clearly be-as tradition, peer pressure, and ington, D.C. to accept the 1991 volunteer efforts at Fisk next year. come her passion. The First Ladyprecedent." Presidential Volunteer Action While the winners represented a was particularly interested in our"Our experience shows that new Award at the White House. broad spectrum of interests and re- prison literacy program. I asked

democracies have to he extremely The awards are presented toindi- gions, they all shared the same Mrs. Bush how she came to be in-cautious about emergency situa- viduals,corporationsandorganiza- commitment and determination to volvedinliteracy,andsherspondedtions. Only a powerful court secure tions in recognition of outstanding improve Iheir world. I learned Ihat with a quote from Helen Keller,in its independence can protect the volunteer achievement. Connecti· volunteerism transcends barriers of who said that learning to readinterests of Ihepeople," said Wald. cut College, the only college to rOo age, background and race. braille kept her from being "dison'She also remarked, "The measure ceive Ihe honor in the award's his- The Points of Light celebration franchised from life," Mrs. Bushofacountry'sjuruciaryistherepute tory, was selected from a pool of of service took place on the White asked me to think about Ihe quote.in which lheir judges are held." 3,500 nominees. The celebration House south lawn on April 26. "Isn'i that remarkable?" she said.Wald stated that Ihe greatest hegan with a breakfast on April 25. Tony Danza and Palli LuPone While all memhers ofthecoJlege

challenge to new democracies is All of the nineteen winners re- hosted the ceremony, which com- community should acknowledgefmding enough men and women fleeted Ihe diversity of American bined songs by Andrae Crouch, OVCS's hard work, this recogll1uonwilh the qualities it takes to bea fair, volunteerism. Dean Cornel, a se- Randy Travis and LuPone with tes- is simply a new challenge to intell-independent, good judge. "Itcan he nior citizen from Paint Lick, Ken- timonials from several of the out- sify Ihe efforts.done," she voiced. 1 --...: --Wald expressed in answer to

questions Ihat if there were onlytwo phrases that could hekept in IheU.S. Constitution, Ihey should heequal protection under Ihe law anddue process.

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CONNECTICUT VIEWBending the bars

fosters understandingby Randall LucasThe College Voice

"Students are terrific sponsors, they haveguts and enthusiasm and that comes throughto the prisoners," said Anne Koletsky of theConnecticut Prison Association. Koletskyruns the Volunteer Sponsor Programs at theConnecticut Correctional Institute inNiantic, the Montville Prison, and the JBGates Correctional Unit.

The program hrings together volunteersand prisoners on a one-to-one basis toprovide a "supportive, positive relationshipfor the prisoner on the inside," statedKoletsky during an interview on Thursdaymorning. People are drawn to volunteer forthis program because they realize that theprisoners are an isolated and rejectedpopulation that few care about.

The program is supported by word ofmouth inside the prisons by prisoners whohave had good experiences with the program.This attracts new prisoners to participate inthe program as well as keeping old prisonersactive program members.

Volunteers can begin at eighteen, and mustattend a three hour training program wherethey learn about the criminal justice system,prisons. and an average inmate profile.Students volunteer for the academic year, butare asked to maintain a relationship with aspecific .inrnate for as long as they areincarcerated. j

. The relationship is a positive impacton the

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life of somebody who is incarcerated, butoften it takes a large number of thoroughsessions before any positive effects are seen.Ohviously, the prisoner's relationship withthe student alone is not enough to deter him/her from future incarceration. In many cases,prisoners are substance abusers, and theymust face their addiction in order to avoidfuture crime and imprisonment.

The definition of success for Koletsky iJ 0

determined by how well the relationship is ]•progressing. She tries to match students and ':;prisoners who are similar in termsofageand ~ethnicity. Aside from that. "I stick my finger (lin .the wind and hope for the best," she 0

laughed. Fourteen years of experience have ~taughtKoletskya greatdeal aboutthe pairing 3process. ~

Students visit the prisoners around every ~ '=-,----=--::-...,--:~-:-::-----:--,------:---,------:~---------~two weeks in the visting room which . Claire Gaudianl, '66, president of the college, signed the agreement.Koletsky calls, "a safe environment ... Itgives the students an opportunity to mectsomeone from a different background, tolearn who they are, and where they grew up;it helps them grow in terms of knowing awhole other population of people." However,Koletsky also pointed out that the programworks both ways.

"I don't run the program just so the inmatecan see that there is a different way to live. Ialso do it for the student. They learn aboutcriminal justice; they learn. to break throughtbe stereotypes and come to understand theprisoner as a whole human being;'she said.

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Connecticut College. Since then, it hasgrown to include 437 acres of predominantlywild and wooded land, and incorporate anadditional. 95 acres under easement. Thepreserve is located in \he southeast comer oiEast Haddam, to the south of Devil'sHopyard State Padc.

Goodwin. who retired from theConnecticut College faculty in 1976, and hiswife Esther have played a major role indeveloping and expanding the preserve. Inaddition to the initial gift, the couple hasdonated several tracts to the preserve. Theirhome and 50-acre farm, now situated near thecenter of the preserve, is expected to bewilled to the conservancy as additionalpreserve acreage.

During the nineteenth century, much of thepreserve was cleared for agricultural use, butnow almost all of the land has returned toforest. Some of the preserves main featuresare portions of two unpolluted brooks, redmaple swamps, large glacial erratics,permanent springs, and ledgy outcrops. Theforest terrain is comprised of chestnut oak,red cedar, oak hickory, beech, yellow birch,sugar maple, and hemlock:.

A number of research projects havealready been conducted by ConnecticutCollege faculty and students, including astudy about interior forest hirds and anexamination of the microclimacticdifferences between north and south facingslopes.

Additional research by scientists fromother institutions has also been performed .Examples of this include studies of theepidemiology of the gypsy moth and thepollination of the sweet pepperbush.

The Burnham Brook Preserve provides aunique and important research opportunitybecause it contains both upland and wetlandhabitats. Also, there are large sections ofproperty away from visitors trails, whichpermits the study of plants to continueundisturbed,

Woodland preserve enhancesscience and teaching

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by Cristina WymanConnecticut View Editor

A landmark agreement between The NatureConservancy and Connecticut College hasdesignated a preserve of more thad 400 acresof protected wild woodland as an area devotedto scientific study and leaching.

On April 27, 1991, officials from thecollege and The Nature Conservancy met atthe Burnham BrookPreserve in East Haddam,Connecticut, to sign the agreement, which isthe first-of-its-kind to be authorized by theConnecticut Chapter of the Conservancy.

The contract permits the college faculty,students, and research associates primaryaccess to the woodland preserve for thepurposes of scientific study and teaching trips.In exchange, the college has agreed to set upan advisory committee which will consult onresearch and scientific matters relevant to thepreserve, provide a summary of the use of theproperty, establish an archives on propertyresearch, and to maintain the property plantcollection.

The Burnham Brook Preserve wasestablished in 1960 with an initial gift of 46acres from John M. Ide and Richard H.Goodwin, professor emeritus of botany at

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NEWSOpen Lettersets agendafor new SGA

by Lee BerendseaThe College Voice

by Sarah HunneyEditor in Chid'

Students will voice their concerns onceagain to the administration and trusteesthrough the annual Open Letterto the CollegeCommunity. The letter was drafted by theExecutive Board of the Student GovernmentAssociation, and approved by the Assembly .~at Thursday's meeting. ill. .

The Open Letter focuses attention on the ]top eight priorities of the student body, as ";;seen by the Assembly. After discussion, the .-aAssembly prioritized the "planks" of the ~letter in the following order: 'il

• A vote of 23- I -0 approved the plank of ~academics, which centered around the issues ~of review of the general education require- -1'ments, the examination and renumbering of 6c_ourses, and a continued commitment to the ·~T~r=Ous"t'cee=s:::w=e:::re~on==c.::m::p::u::s:::;t;::h;:ls:::w::e::e;:ke::n::di=.=A:;:::d:=e::;d;:Ic=.;tlo=n==ce:::r-cem=o~ny~w=as-co':ne=o:::;r:=t:;'he:;l::r=ac::tl;::v"'lt"Ie"s.---.J

Humanities and Arts. chairs, who teach on a 2:2 schedule. • College governance structure ranked• The college'spolicyofneed-blind adrnis- • The college budget plank passed 24-0-0. number seven on the Open Letter, passing

sions allows students of all economic back- Itconfronts several budget questions and the 25-0-0. This stresses the need for student-grounds to gain access and aims not to dis- need for funding to be under a policy of trustee-faculty-staff participatory govern-courage applicants who may have funding prudence. ment, largely in the fonn of student repre-problems. The Assembly agreed that this • The diversity plank stresses the support of sentation on the Academic and Administra-policy needs to remain, even at the expense of diversity on campus and the "continued sup- tive cabinets.other programs. This plank passed 27 -0-0. port and evaluation" of the Mellon Initiative • The Assembly supports student imple-

< The plank of class size, passed by SGA of Multiculturalism in the Curriculum. It mentation of the Honor Code, along withwith a vote of 25-0-0, communicates the passed 22- I -1. regular evaluation and discussion. The SGAperception that class size is becoming too • The College Center Project's plank ad- appreciates with college supporton the issue,large because of plans such as 3:2. It states dresses the need for continued student input and passed it 25-0-1.that re-allocating resources should be ex- on decisions involving the project as wen as JohnMaggiore, '9\, president of SGA..isplored, as well as the pursuit of'. larger the maintenance of vital Cro funclionsduring pleased with the Open Letter and the discus-faculty to fill the spaces left by endowed renovation. sion on the issues in SGA. "I think that the

Executive Board did a very good job on theOpen Letter," he said.He stresses that these are the eight highest

priorities issues for students. "I think this [theOpen Letter] is one of the most influentialopportunities ... to communicate studentfeelings, and I think the administration andthe trustees will wake up and read this," saidMaggiore.Claire Gaudiani, '66, president of the col-

lege, said that sbe was pleased with the letter,saying she is "looking forward to workingwith students on these issues."Gaudiani addressed one aspect of the let-

ter, stressing that ''None of the programs,such as the Center for International Studiesand the Center for Arts and Technology, havecaused any weakening of academic pro-grams," because all funding for these projectscomes from outside sources aimed directly atthe new programs.

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Poor economy hits admissionsC~n1inlUdfTomp. J While Matthews believes tuition rises

. have applied for financial assistance in 1991- must be minimized as possible, she said,1992. "Higher education in America is really upOverall, applications for financial aid against some very serious challenges. It is

show more parents who have lost jobs or been not Connecticut College's exclusive problemrelocated, said Solinga. . .. Real solutions are going to come at aMatthews believes that people's percep- societal level."

tions of their situations also account for the The college is currently conducting a re-growth in requests. view of itsneed-blind financial aid policy."People perceive themselves to need At the Trustees' meeting this weekend, the

money wben the detennination of need says committee asked the board to re-approve thethey don 't," she said. policy through the next yearat least, while theThis is not a problem unique to Connecti- study is continued .

cut College by any means. While public "We didn't feel we had enough informa-colleges' enrollment skyrockets, private tion to recommend a new course of action,"colleges across the nation are being forced to said Matthews.lower tuition rates and offer more aid. The committee's plans for next year in-Connecticut College's 6.9 percent tuition clude the determination of the policy's intent

hike this year is one of the lowest in the and the development of effective ways toschool's history. meet the goals .

Despite administrative denials earlier thisyear that Richard Eaton, vice president offinance, was fired, it was announced thisweek that Eaton will not return to the collegein the fall semester.Claire Gaudiani, '66, president of the col-

lege, announced Eaton's resignation to theBoard of Trustees this weekend. Eaton hasaccepted the position of business managerand controller at Miss Porter School inFarmington.Gaudiani said on Sunday that Eaton "had

been offered a sabbatical," and the job op-portunity arose during his leave. The presi-dent confirmed that Eaton will remain on thecollege's payroll until June 30. _Eaton did not return numerous phone calls

made by The Col/ege Voice.Lynn Brooks, acting vice president of fi-

nance. will remain in that capacity while asearch to fill the vacany is conducted.Gaudiani said that the search will be lim-

ited in that no $30,()()()..S4(),OOO search firmwill be hired, but the president guaranteedthat students will have a voice on the. com-mittee.The president believes that enough stu-

dents will be on campus over lIIe summer toform asearca committee during break.

~ press release bigh\ighting \he trostee' smeeting this weekend also announced thaIthree new members have been appointed tothe board: Duncan Dayton, '81, HarveySadow and WilJiam Ziegler.Jean Handley, '48, was reappointed as

chair of the board. Richard Schneller andJohn Evans were elected as vice-chairs.Joanne Toor Cummings, '50, Paul Hyde,'88, Briua Schein McNemar, '67, HarveyRussell, Edith Gabennan Sudarsky, '43, andHeIeoe Zimmer -Loew, '57, retired.The hoard deferred decision on the budget

until closer to 'the end of the fiscal year.The trustees approved the tenure of Philip

Barnes, professor of zoology, Roger Brooks,Elie Wiesel chair of Judaic Studies, CharlesHartman, professor of English, JuliaKushigan, professor of Hispanic Studies,Fred Paxton, professor of history, PeterSiver, professor of botany, Katherine Spen-cer, professor of French, and VincentThompson, professor of history.The board voted to admit two endowed

professorships to the Pooled Income Fund.

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-NEWSSymposium yieldsstudent-faculty

interactionby Heatlter D'Aurf.neCoae,eVoke

MulticulwraJism at ConnecticutCollege, one of the hottest topics oncampus, was addressed during astudent-faculty symposium titled"Tradition vs. Innovation" on i

Tuesday.Connecticut College is not alone

in its efforts 10 include more mi-norities and non-western per-spectives. Many collegesthroughout the nation are attempt-ing 10 do the same. However, someare wary of too muchmulticulturism. With the reassess-ment of Connecticut College'sGeneral Education requirementsnext year and the implementationof the Mellon initiative, the collegeappears ready to make changes inits curriculum. The question is howthese changes should be made.

The event, co-sponsored by thePhilosophy Club and thePresident's Office, featuredMarijan Despalatovic, lecturer inRussian Studies, and Jeff Lesser:assisumt rrofessor of IUslOry.

Ue~M<wk t\n\ tC8d his \he-ses, which covered objectives andbasic rudiments of a college educa-tion based on the liberal arts. Hemade the point that "education isnot a matter of learning only whatone wants to know. It is a matter ofwhat one must know before be/shecan form a reasonably sensible n0-tion of 'prlorities' and "interests. '"

Lesser. said that both he andDespa\alOvicagreed, "We bothbelieve that multiculwraJism hassome sense to it. So there's no needfor debate; rather, there's a need forundemanding."

Lesser emphasized the point thatmulticulturalism helps one under-stand oneself, which is why it isintegrated into a good curriculum.

However, a faculty member said,''The school doesn't have the abil-ity to fit everything. Who does thechoosing? How should the choicesbe made?"

Despalatovic replied, "There isclearly a physical limit to what wecan choose," for the implementa-tion of a multicultural curriculum.

Another argument was the threatof the depletion of western civiliza-tion course offerings if great em-phasis is placed· onmulticulturalism. Lesserexpressedthe theory that, "A multiculturalcurriculum does not suggest thatwestern civilization should be ig-nored ... but we cannot understandthe spread of ideas across the U.S.,unless we understand how theseideas gOI there.' Multiculturalismsuggests that the things that we dostudy, we study in a different way."

A student argued to the contrary,saying, "If we are going to ignorethis arena that we are given, what isthe point of studying other culturesignorantly?"

Audience members raised theproblem of limited resources in\erms of: a varied multiculturalcurriculum at a small liberal !'r!Scollege. Lesser commented, "Per-haps we have to take the coursesthat exist and mold them a littledifferently:' _

Another student student ques-tioned this, asking, "Is it possiblefor a college to spread itself toothin?"

Finally, Despalatovic said, "Theidea of educalion is that we at leastbe given some idea of what elsethere is, but we [the school] can'tdomuch more than that in four years."The majority agreed, knowing

that important decisions wouldhave to be made if multiculwraJismis to be effectively integrated atConnecticut College.

Three professors fall short inappeaJsdespite student support

The decision not to 'grant tenureto a fourth professor, JuliaKushigian, assistant professor ofHispanic Studies, was reversed thisweek. The reversal was approvedby the Board of Trusteesthis weekend.

The professors whowere denied tenure willremain at the college foranother year.

Genster said that herappeal was denied forreasons of scholarship.

"I'm very disap-pointed," she said. ''Thisis not the outcome I hadhoped for."

Wilson said that to get tenure,his case would have had to be madean exception. Wilson's teachingslot in the physics department is notonatenuretrack, However, Wilsonsaid that when he accepted the posi-tion, he was given "strong indica-tions that ,my case as an exceptionwas going to be strongly made."

Wilson added that the decision

may have been an economic one."In physics, we just don't haveasmany students," he said. "We hadthree senior majors, no juniors, andtwo sophomores."

by Michelle MoonThe College Voice

Three Connecticut College pro-fessors who were appealing deci-sions of denied tenure receivedword this week that the decisionswould not be reversed.

Julia Genster, assistant professorof English, Robert lreland, assistantprofessor of zoology, and ThomasWilson, assistant professor of phys-ics, were all denied tenured posi-tions on the faculty after appealingtoClaireGaudiani, '66. president ofthe coUege.

. 'But I think it's the college'sloss, and I'm going to dofine.'

- Thomas Wilson,assistantprofessor of physics -

Gaudiani handled his appealfairly, Wilson said. ,

"But I think it's the college sloss," he added, "and I'm going W

do fine."Ireland declined to comment be'

, peal wasyond saying that his apdenied. ' , d

Gaudiani has consisten~y deOlecomment on tenure issues.

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'The students don't have to take over Fanning.I have office hours,"- Claire Gaudiani, '66, president of the college

"So we have o~e asshale on SGA , , . That's not such a big deal~~nt- Too Preston, 91, house senator of Burdick, regardmg the argu ythat an off-campus representative would not maintain consutuenccontact .

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urged the audience at Wednesday's com-memoration \0 8\l'Plaud the evem,

'vrhe Fanning iakeo'Vet served as \hegreatest impetus for change here on thiscampus ... Since then, we've had a greatvoice as students," she said.Robert Hampton, current dean of the col-

lege and faculty negotiator at the time, re-called the feeling of "being on the outsidelooking in," on May I, 1986. .Hampton said he became involved .after

reading the demand list and realizing "this isnot so bad. There is nothing here that IaIksabout revolutions."When allowed to enter the building as a

mediator, Hampton discovered thal "Manyof the students in that building were saying'we always feel as if we are on the outside. '"Praising the successful results of the

Takeover, Hampton said "I'm very proudthat after getting our [the college' sl attention,this institution handled it well, allowing us tono longer be a community of outsiders."Claire Gaudiani, '66, president of the col-

lege, also addressed the crowd, emphasizingthe necessity of clear communication be-tween students and administrators."Change occurs when people reach out to

each other and make clear what their needsare," said the president."Iwant to congratulate the students ... who

were part of a courageous action, and I wantto celebrate all of you who have made thatcourageous act bear real fruit at this institu-tion," she said.Unity club leaders stressed the need to

further the efforts begun in 1986, as well aspraise the accomplishments which have beenmade ."We might get stuck in just celebrating

what happened in the past. We need to lookabead," said Carl Newman, '92, president ofUiUnidad.At the end of the commemorntion, Frank

Tuin, '87, an organizer of the 1986 Takeover,arrived and described the circumstancesleading to the protest. Tuin also urged con-tinued student input in emerging diversityissues at the college.

NEWSDecision to divest still• •piques campus Interest

by Rebecca FlynnAssociate News Editor

Red and black balloons around campusbore the sentiment "End Apartheid;" stu-dents wore red arm bands, and still othersdressed in black in protest of apartheid. May4 was the one-year anniversary of divest-.menl, and since then, more committees havebeen formed and opinions expressed dealingwith the issue of South Africa. But whereexactly is the college as a community sincethe rallies and the furor?Two years ago, Unity and the Minority

Student Steering Committee (MSSC) firstapproached the administration requestingthat the college divest. They were told thatthe administration did not view divestment asan effective way to reform South Africa, andthat student arguments were more emotionalthan rational.The college divested a year later, after

Unity clubs organized a vigil and a rally andpersuaded the trustees with "intellectuai ar-guments."Lynn Brooks, acting vice president of fi-

nance, explained that losses incurred by di-vestment are "impossible to track" and thedifference financially would be "almostnegligible," less than one percent on thosestocks originally invested in South AfricaAccording to Brooks, the college changed

investment managers and then invested inSouth African free stocks that looked andacted like those previously held, basicallyrecreating the original S & P Index Fund.When Connecticut College divested from

South Africa, students promised not to let theissue die. Judy Kirmmse, affirmative actionofficer, says students have kept active.Kirmmse cited The South African Schol-

arship Commiuee's fund-raised money tosupport a black South African university stu-dent through three years at the University ofNepal at $3,000 a year.In addition, a South Africa Support Com-

mittee formed this fall out of MSSC. Thecommittee met with Sheila Zisulu, whosefather was imprisoned with Nelson Mandela.Zisulu told the committee to focus on sec-

ondary education, saying that high schoolyouths were closing down high schools to bepolitical activists and education was in a

College commemorates1986 Fanning Takeover

by Sarah HuntleyEdItor 11\Ch\ef

Students, faculty and-administrators gath-ered in front of the library Wednesday tocelebrate the fifth anniversary of the 1986Fanning Takeover and mark the importanceof student involvement at the coUege.Students took over Fanning, the main ad-

ministrative building on campus, five yearsago to protest the lack of administrati ve re-sponse to student input in diversity issues.After negotiation, the college agreed to

many of the demands of the students. Ex-amples include the creation of an affumativeaction policy,the development of sensitivityworkshops,the esl8blishmentofthe MinorityStudent Steering Committee (MSSC) and acommitment to the hiring of an African-American professor.Sabrina Durand, '92, chair of MSSC,

"crisis situation," said Kirmmse,The South Africa Support cornmiuee grew

to include the assistant superintendent ofNew London Public Schools and the dean ofstudents at New London Junior High.With the help of the Educational Develop-

ment Trust in Johannesburg, the committeeintends to locate a rural community and sendConnecticut College students there, prima-rily to teach secondary education. A futuregoal is direct exchange between high schoolor junior high school students with theirSouth African peers.Masako Tamura,'92, president of

CCASA, sees the committee's program a, away to do more than send money and to "get }linto grass-roots programs." . tilXOlJ!!li,Zungu, '93, who is from South ]

. Africa, added that the issue also will benefit ~the college community and the New London -community. "It's not just a one way issue," ~stated Zungu, stressing that South Africa hasmuch to offer.

Kinnmse said, "Our divestment was pri-marily a symbolic act, an important gesture." Ventrke Shillingford, '93, Grl&wl Hodge, director of Unlly, and Claire Gaudlanl, '66, prnldent

of the college, applaud·the Commemoration speakers.Kinnmse also said that the issue is veryimportant for African-American students be-cause "America has its own apartheid."Zungu strongly supports sanctions. "The

students should press the issue of sanctions... They are reall y working," aid Zungu.Andrew Robb, '92, argued a different

view. He stated that Far Eastern, European,and Russian businesses take accounts leftopen by American businesses, so South Af-rica is not hurt economically to me extentmost people believe.

But Zungu believes sanctions are the onlyway to get the Afrikaner government to re-spond. He said, "People in South Africaunderstand the damages sanctions will do tothem."He added, "People are not employed at all"

and the attempt should be made for change atall costs.Robb contended that President DeKlerk is

making changes President Botha would nothave considered, and "We should supporthim."Tamura disagreed with lifting sanctions as

a form of support, saying, "As an academicinstitution, it is important for us to take astand against it [apartheid]."

"lll",t... OnWednbi!ay, the Stud~~t Governmen; Assembly will hold the inauguration of the newly elected officers.•U OK'" , On ThUrsday. at 5:45 p.m., ihere will be elections for the Finance, Constitution, and Priorities, Planning and Budget

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., Et···.y~:~~:;~;ri~~~u~:~~~'::~~~en to an outstanding Executive Board member, will be presented at Inauguration;.c to Michael Sandner, '91, vice president of SGA....~. . ,.............."The publications anti-trust pfoposalsponsored by Jackie Soteropoulos, '92, house senator of Blackstone and SGA vice::. .presidentelect, which was tabled at last week's meeting, was voted down 4-19-3.tI.l . The ASsembly passed the Open Letter to the College Community with four amendments. Of the eight planks in the letter,tI.l only two werearnended. The diversity plank was amended three times, with two of the amendments passing easily and one~;" "being revised before the Assembly accepted it. The plank concerning the college center was completely revised by Amy Mass,r~ ·'92, chair Of SAC, because of the information gained at last week's meeting. This amendment also passed.'-' ... The constitution for a new campus publication, ALANA, a proposed journal of articles and literary arts "regarding penplerIl... bf color" failed because of concerns over inconsistencies.

. ". TOIll Neff; '91, chair of Judiciary Board, proposed.an Honor Code Vote of Confidence in the form ?f an all-campus. == referendum first semesternext year to see what kind of support there is on this campus forthe HonorCode. This proposal wh~ch~ originally c:onsi§tedhf three questions was amended by Soteropoulos to include a fourth question dealmg With confidentiahty.

The amendmenfpaSsed but the proposal was voted down 4-14-4. . .~. .. Sean Spicer '93, hOuse senator of Wright, sponsored a proposal that the grade pomt average necessary f~r a person to hold

.t;>:.,........ a position on SGA be lowered from a 2.5 to a 2.0. This would bring it to the same level as academic proballon. The proposal~ failed 2-18'0. .. .... , AdimiOreen"93 house senator of Smith and public relations director-elect, reminded the Assembly that rooms will be

.:!3ij'chosenf'1trieX;yea; andelectio~s for dorm governor, senator, and SAC representatives will be Monday ... ,i.c:'."'. The wInners Of the Swdent Government Association Excellence in Teaching Awards went to Grace Yun, V1S111ngprofessor18/j.j5rhiSfCitj, 8Il~A,IlnDevliJi, as5ociale~fessor of psycbology.

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At2a.·graphic try Rubin Acoca

Future of club sports hingeson creative initiatives

by JOIIAlegTanUThe College Voice

Queslioos \lave been raised aboUllhe fu-\Ure o{ club and intramural spons at. Con-necticul College. This week's article exam-ines some plausible answers, and the mannerin which they are determined.The Athletic Advisory Board [AABJ, a

remain on Ibe schedules of varsity opposi-tion, Ciotti said ''The softball team is a suc-cessful program with 8 of their lO gamesagainst varsity teams and they are starting 10have \earnS not want to play \hem becausetheyaren'l varsity. The AAB recommendedthem for varsity recognition but the athleticdepartment had 'to tum them down due lOtheexpected fmancial constraints this would in-

cur:'"'I",--;-"'''C •..•c ..c. c,c••••-.,-.,- ...•.,-.,-...·C••0(C,.~...c...c,.C\C,c ••~••.C",,0.,.~.,,-,,-c-".. "Finding the money to support a

'"l~a:;~~~~r;:.:hJr:;~~e~i:~:s~:::;:l:~~~e~~ t:'g~ ~0::g~~Connecticut College lOfind yourself spread thin" explained

Adegbile.When asked lO comment on the

baseball learn 's desire for a field as well asvarsity recognition, Ciotti said, "If they'reserious about it they should submit an appli-cation lOus. Wilb the currentsituation, we'renot saying we'll definitely give Ibis to them,but we're not about lOcome after them."To Ibis end, Bryan Koslow, '93, member

of the baseball learn, stated that North Lotwas supposed to be another field back in the1960s. Koslow has measured the lot andfound that it could accommodate a baseballand softball field in opposite comers. Asoccer field could also be run across theoutfields, relieving some pressure from thegreatly over-used Harkness fieldKoslow also mentioned that Darrell Wil-

liams Sr., father of baseball coach DarrellWilliams, offered 10 build the field (the costof which would cost some $25,000 in mostcases) for only $3,000, which is the esti-mated cost of the materials.One drawback lOthis option, however, is

the possible clogging of parking access oncampus beyond its current troubles.Another possibility was put forth by ath-

letic director, Charles Luce. "We could dowhat some schools such as Trinity have doneand create a category called "club-varsity.""In this system, these learns would still befunded by SGA. Luce mentioned other ad-vantages lO this, adding, "[They would begiven] E.CAC. status which would allowthese teams to play some learns that won'tplay them now because of their non-varsitystatus. It would also make them eligible forpost-season play."

committee of up lO sixteen students, is thecoordinating body through which club sportsteams must go to obtain funds at the begin-ning of the school year.The process was explained by Jen Ciotti,

'92, who will serve next year as one of theboard's two senior co-chairs. ''The sportsclubs have a president and treasurer wbo fUIouta budget request form and submit itlO theAAB. We then take the budget requests toSGA and act as an advocate for the clubs,"she said."SGA gives a lump sum lO AAB, who

allocates the money to the clubs," continuedCiotti.When asked what the criteria for allocation

are, Ciotti stressed the non-arbitrary narure ofthe process and said, ''The board looks favor-ably upon things such as high student in-volvement and fiscal responsibility."Added 1990-91 co-chair, Debo Adegbile,

'91, "One of the Solutions is fundraising ...They should take some initiative. This helpsin two ways. It gives the clubs immediatecash to be used at their discretion and it is apositive factor in our consideration of theirbudget application the following year."Said Ciotti, "It shows !hey recognize the

problems ... and we'll try to meet them halfway."When asked what sort of costs the AAB

aims lO cover, Ciotti answered, "We try tocover league fees and equipment, We do notpay for hotels and such because a lot of clubsdon't require that,"As to the dilemma of granting reams, such

as softball, varsity status so that they could

Assembly rejects voteof confidence for Code

Dispute centers on confidentiality

confidentiality would probably overshadowthe three other important issues. Neff rea-soned that because of the great amount of

A proposal calling for an all-campus refer- debate that has revolved around this aspect ofendum lO assess student support for the the Honor Code throughout the year, theHonor Code at Connecticut College, spon- issue would be paid an inordinate amount ofsored by Tom Neff, '91, Judiciary Board attention by The College Voice and otherchair, failed in Assembly this week, mainly students.because of an amendment that addressed The Assembly passed Soteropoulos'confidentiality. amendment at which paint Neff attempted toThe proposal would have asked students withdraw his proposal.

to answer three questions which would be Neff said that the discussion of confidenti-used lOdetermine the degree of support for ality within the Assembly earlier this year hasthe Honor Code on campus. Tbe questions already reaffmned the issue. Soteropoulosasked students lOaffirm or disaffirm a stu- argued that an accurate referendum coulddent-run board with administrative appeal reinforce the Assembly's decision. "Let's getchannels, unproctored and self-scheduled the numbers to prove that whatSGA has doneexams, and student self-governance. is right," she said.Jackie Soteropoulos, '92, house senator of Neff expressed strong belief that his pro- .

Blackstone, expressed concern that the ref- posal was an "all or nothing" idea and heerendum did not address. confidentiality, urged the Assembly members lOvote it downslating her belief that the referendum 'lues- with the addition of the amendment.tions could not accurately calculate student Discussion moved then to the possibility ofsupport while leaving out Ibis aspect of the having two all-campusreferenda,one to dealHonor Code. with the aspect of confidentiality and theAfter the denial of a friendly amendment,' other 10 include the questions ofNeff s origi-

Soteropoulos made a formal amendment lO nal proposal.include a fourth question dealing with the' Neff urged the future Assembly to con-issue of Honor Code confidentiality. duct separate referenda for evaluation of stu-Neff argued that confidentiality was left 'dent support for the Honor Code and confi-

out intentionally, saying that discussion of .dentiality.

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pointed once, I don't want to havethat happen again without at leasthaving solicited their [the students 'Jparticipation in deciding how todistribute the space," said Tolliver.The only problems Tolliver can

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"bumped," expressed disappoint-ment that they were not able tomove with their friends.Although nobody is guaranteed

spaces in a group, very few studentsusually have trouble with the pro-cess.Said Lennard van Dijkum, '94,

"It's very disappointing to not re-ceive housing with your friendswhen that is what they promise us."Fifty percent of the students re-

ceived their first choice for housing,and seventy percent got their firstthrough fifth choice.Despite the problems with

unhoused students. Tolliver said,"In the overall big picture, it meansthe lottery system is working betterthan ever:'Tolliver also addressed ."'dentdissatisfaction wiIDbeing housed inthe Plex.Of the appro ximately I250rooms

on campus, more than 500 are in thePlex, which means more than onethird of the student body must livethere during the year.He said that the perception that

rooms in the Plex are "substandard"is not founded, and getting housedthere does not equate to "gettingscrewed in the lottery."

by Jon FlIInlmoreNews EcUtor

Thirty-seven students becamevictims of bad luck this week as thehousing lottery "bumped" themfrom reserving rooms next year.The students, who moved in

groups of three and four, are guar-anteed housing on campus but mayhave to wait until mid-July to findout what dormitory they are in, ac-cording to Joseph Tolliver, dean ofstudent life.Tolliver said that 856 students

turned in lottery cards for819 avail-able single rooms.He cited several reasons for the

rise in applicants, including stu-dents who went through the hous-ing process although they are goingabroad next year or transferring,and the war in the gulf, whichcaused a rise in the number ofpeople on campus this semester.Housing for all these students is

guaranteed, he assured, because of"summer melt," when students de-cide they are not returning to thecollege in the fall for a variety orreasons, including financial andpersonal reasons.Also, because the deadline for

study-away decisions is June 1.some rooms will open \hen.Because of unpaid bil\s, some

students who went through the lot-tery and received rooms will losetheir reservations until the debts arepaid, and will have to wait for the37 current students without hous-ing to receive theirs before they areassigned a roorn.Already, there are 30 available

singles. According to Tolliver,'these rooms will probably be di-vided among the 37 students onTuesday, before the room selection

Adedication ceremony of the Unity multipurpose room was held onFiiday.The room has been named in honor of Harvey Russell, aretiring trustee, and has been funded by an $86,000 grant fromPepsiCo.

"Anti-trust" proposal failsare presently producing at theirhighest level of quality and perfor-mance since the organizations wereformed. He added that VoiceMagazine grew out of the newspa-per originally as an outlet for pho-tography, an, and creative writing.

Berman further argued that thetwo publications can assist one an-other in ways not possible for sepa-rate publications. The publicationsare linked financially and shareoffice costs that could not easily bedivided, said Berman.Soteropolous stated that specific

questions about how the budget andfacilities of the two would be sepa-rated should the proposal passcould be settled along tbe way.

nancial and editorial control.Soteropoulos, who is also Publica-tions Board chair, told the Assem-bly that the board had voted downher proposal 4-1.Paul Mazzarulli, '91, house sena-

tor of Lambdin, began discussionby supporting the proposal and of-fered the point thai the proposalmay create more diversity amongpublications on campus.Mazzarulli expressed concern

over the potential power a publishercould assert.Jeffrey Berman, '93, publisher of

The College Voice, spoke againstSoteropolous' proposal. He arguedthat serious problems would be cre-ated in the editorial and financialareas of The College Voice Pub-lishing Group if the magazine andpaper were to be separated.According to Berman, both

Voice Magazine and the newspaper

by Melissa Anne CaswellThe College Voice

Although sponsor JackieSoteropoulos, '92, house senatorofBlackstone, revised her "anti-trust"proposal, it was voteddown4-19-3.The proposal had been tabled at·lastweek's meeting.The revised proposal stated that

in order to receive funding, all pub-lications must have separate con-stitutions, conduct independentfundraising and could not share apublisher, editor in chief or man-aging editor. Also, any publicationsaffected at passage of this proposalwould maintain big budget status.The only publications that would

currently be affected are The Co/-lege Voice and Voice Magazine.Soteropoulos argued that her

proposal would strengthen publi-cations on campus by splitting fi-

Maggiore links Cro confusion tolack of student cabinet positions

ning for the metamorphosis of our co-curricular life.This matter has reinforced the need for all of us tocommunicate more effectively with each other."John Maggiore, '91, president of SGA, said he

regretted the confusion and the spread of rumorsabout the Cro renovation."I think what happened [at the contact

sessionl was almost ridiculous,"Maggiore said. 'The meeting was in-tended to clear up questions about Cro,not to confuse things," he added.Maggiore attributed partof the confu-

sion among the administrators to thehigh turnover rate in the senior adminis-tration. "The channels of communica-tion were weakest not between studentsand administrators, but among adminis-trators. Until there is a more stable senioradministration, problems of communi-cation can occur in the future."

The letter also assured that students will be involved Maggiore said that he believed placing studentin all decisions pertaining to the Cro renovation. "SGA members on the college president's academic andand representatives of other programs affected by the administrative cabinets would help guard againstrenovations will be full participants in the process," it poor communication in the future.stated. "A student organization needs to be a watchdogFinally, Hampton and Brooks said in the letter, "II is over administration," Maggiore said, "not to uncover

unfortunate ... that the discussion of phasing has insidious plots, but to discover misunderstandings,clouded the good work we have done together in plan- confusions."

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"spark of personality" and some"honest approach to language," butmore importantly, she trusts herintuition. She would classify herteaching style as unorthodox.

"I don 'tdo a syllabus; for instance.Basically I say that there are somebasic rules here. Don't cut Ibisclass. Don't be late; the professorcan, though because she can startthe class without you and not viceversa. You need to be in classbecause a lot of what I teach is inclass. You do a lot of writing. Youfeel like you gave blood out of botharms. You have a wonderful time,"she said.

Manypeoplehavedrawnparallelsbetween Ellen Burns, theprotagonist of The Revolution ofLittle Girls, and Boyd. ''There arepoints of contact betweeen Ellenand me. I have a brother and asister. I grew up in South Carolinaand went to Duke. I'm a recoveringalcoholic ... These are superficialpoints of contact" However, shestated that the actual events andcharacters of the book arecompletely fictitious. ''The brotherin the book kills someone, becomesa novelist. marries a Vietnamesewoman, all of which does not bareanyresemblancetomy brcther. Thesister in the novel dies. but my sisteris very much alive," said Boyd.

Boyd appreciates theenvironment provided by thecollege. "In theEnglish departmenteveryone's really different fromeach other, but there's a kind ofsolidarity. I've always feltsupported in a very quiet way ...taken seriously, respected. Thishas been a very good place to do mywork."

"When I came here, I didn't knowwhat to expect," she continued."When Italk to other writers aboutmy departmentand my students theyare surprised."

On Tuesday, May 7, at7:30p.m.in Oliva Hall, Boyd will be readingfrom her novel, The Revolution ofUttle Girls.

The galleys that have been readby various other writers, includingher "hero," Robert Frost, literarycritic, have received good reviews.On the night of the reading, therewill also be a "Southern dinner" forwriters, college administrators, andthe English Department.

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Boyd started writing in her junioryear at Duke University, althoughshe was not very interested inEnglish at the time. After she quitschool she felt that her life was verytwisted, mainly because of adrinkingprohlem. Boydconsideredherself to be "pretty wild." Boyd

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According to the new musicalThe: Secret Garden. it is almostimpossible \0 escape the past, but asecluded family is able 10 do justthat wben a young niece's arrivalbegins to put [0 rest the tragediesthat haunt them.

The parents of Mary Lennox(Daisy Eagan) become the victimsof a cholera epidemic in colonialIndia, and the only place that thisgirl with a severe disposition can gois the dark Yorkshire Manor of herhunchbacked Uncle Archibald(Mandy Patinkin). With afrighteningly keen perception thatis as mach the character's as it isyoung Eagan's, Mary is able torevitalize the house and theassortment of distanced relationsthat live there. In an overt symbolicparallel she also brings herdeceased Aunt Lily's equallysecluded garden back to life withthe help of hined hands and spectralallies.

Based on the novel by FrancesHodgson Burnell, The SecretGarden has a startlingly simpleplot, yet it still gets into troublewhen it encompasses too much.Marsha Norman's book of themusical touches on even the most

understanding the complexopening, when the deceasedmembers of the Lennox entouragein India and Mary's new family inEng\and are introduced at the sametime.llisalsounc\earwhythemaid(Alison Fraser), who bears. anunfortunate resemblance to PippiLongstoeking, is given so muchmore consideration than the farmore interesting and pivotalcharacter of Archibald's brother(Robert Westernberg), who lovedhis brother's wife.If the narration jumps along

instead of easing forward, DirectorSusan Schulman makes more thanthe most of this over-analyzedtelling of the novel with inspireddirection. She employs the ghostsof Mary's parents, servants andfriends to haunt the present,waltzing on and off the stage. AsArchibald explains to Mary aboutthese spirits that no one can see,"They're not gone, just dead."When the dead reach out, it is withan unresolved yearning, and thetwo worlds of the past and presentalways threaten to meet There arebrief moments of glorious fissionwhen they connect, as whenArchibald is momentarily reunitedwith his deceased wife Lily(Rebecca Luker). It is easy to

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forgive Schulman's inclination tosculpt unnaturally forced pictureposes for group scenes.

Schulman's staging works bestwhen she has characters weavethrough Heidi Landesman'spicruresque sets, which themselvesare trapped in their own past. Theaction of the novel takes place inturn-of-the-century England, yetthe stage is dominated by intricateVictorian drawings of the 19thcentury. Pictures of ominous faces,colorful butterflies, andblossoming flowers cover themany two-dimensional columnsthat surround the stage. Itis a sea ofcolorful visions and dark memoriesthat haunt the scene as much as theghosts do.

What makes The Secret Gardenwork so well is that it combinesLucy Simon's soaring score, aspectacular set that does not rely onspectacle, and a cohesive ensemblecast. Luker particularly makes acomforting maternal apparition,employing her haunting soprano toinvite loved ones to her garden.Despite some needed weeding hereand there, The Secret Gardenappropriately delights in itssuccessful effort to allow the livingto blossom, even in the face oflife' sephemerality.

said, "[I] think that what I was beingtold about the world was not thetruth. Writing became my way ofmaking sense of the world."

While The Revolution of LittleGirls is not the first book that Boydhas written, it is the first one that shefeels good about. "So that's a great,deep satisfaction to me," she said.

"I wrote this whole novel while Iwas teaching at Conn College. I'mvery proud of that - that I do boththings. I bring my work to myclasses, the same as my students do.They criticize it - if they dare. Ibring unfinished work and getfeedback on it. The same as I givethem. It's very helpful to me."

Boyd cited the example of writingan essay for The Village Voice. "Ibrought the first draft of it to myfreshman class and read it to them.And I saw what was wrong with itand fixed it. I can ask themquestions. 'Did this work? Did thatmake sense? How did you feelwhen I read that part?' ... Thesamethings that I ask when I've readsomeone else's work."

Boyd teaches a freshman writingseminar, a class titled ''The SbortStory," and the advanced seminarin the writing of fiction. She seesherself as a coach when it comes toteaching others how to write. "I tellmy students if 'God didn't makeyou to run a four minute mile, Ican't make you so you can run afour minute mile. But I can promiseyou when you get out of here, youcan run a lot faster," sbe said.

Boyd feels that the point of takinga writing course is not necessarilyto become a writer, hut to "identifyyour point-of-view. It helps you totake yourself seriously about whatyou think, And it often sharpensyour writing in other courses and itcertainly deepens your appreciationof literature and what's involved init"

"Literature is not written by deadpeople ... Books aren't born in thelibrary . . . They were born insomeone's heart, mind, andimagination. And between that timeof a conception of a book and of anexecution of a story ... you learn tolook at literature in adifferent way,"Boyd asserted.

When she chooses the fifteenstudents for her fiction class, shesays that she looks for some kind of

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Minot relays thesubtle art of fiction

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by Rand JonesThe College Voice

could have begun as far back as lastfall. The variety ofworks on displayencompass a wide range of mediaand influences.Tom Gately,'9l, works in pastel

and watercolor to experiment with"dreamlike subjects in a crediblecontext," evoking qualites of surrealartists such as Salvador Dali andEscher.Returning student Madan

Bingham Hubbell, working withprintmaking, lithography andetching, has created terra cotta 'andbronze sculptures of the humanhead. Hubbell said, "My primaryfocus has been with mirrors.reflection, cubism and the elementof seeing oneself in one's artwork."

Matt Haggett, '91, has produceda series of short videos that appearon a television screen. He said hiswork "is an attempt at combiningpainting with the elements of noiseand time. My bizarre and surrealvideo art is very muchalive." Otherartists represented in the art showinclude senior art majors HeatherArcovitch, Nancy Kenyon Brush,Alice Mayer Coleman, ElissaFarrow, JanetForcier, JoeFutsehik,Teddi Goldblatt, Christina Redd-Johnson, Nancy Mitzner, DianeEly Stratton, Jeannie Thomma,Elizabeth Fairchild Winton, andMark Wynne.

Seventeen art majors now havetheir best works on display inCummings Art Center at the 36annual Senior Art Majors'Exhibition. The show culminatesfouryears of traditional and abstractartwork training, and oftenrepresents' the first exhibition ofsome artists, and sometimes thebeginning of what proves to be along and impressive series ofgalleryopenings around the country. Moreimportantly. however. the showprovides a concise sampling of thedirections and styles each student'sart work has evolved towards in the'course of their four years atConnecticut College."Most of these students have a

good understandingof what's goingon in the art world today and areexcited about the potential theirwork has for being important to theart community at large," said PeterLeibert, art department chair. ''Theperspective of our department is alot broader than at most collegesand very relevantloward where theart scene of the 90's is alreadygoing," Leibert added.

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senior art majors includes a varietyof artists who have achievedsubstantial success in the art world.such as Kent Matricardi, whoseworks are on display in in ChicagoGalleries, and Bush Fellowshiprecipient Shana Kaplow. AlumniJoshua Stem, Elizabeth McCrum,and Jim Peters have all showntheir artwork in galleriesthroughout New York City, andalumna Marcia Tucker is now thedirector of the New Museum inNew York City.The Exhibition was only marred

by the theft 'Of Alice Coleman'sgraphic design projecton Saturday.

by Sean Bien and Dan SeligsonThe College Voice

of the children's mother, Minotread, ''Then came a weird grimaceand her skin cracked like rice paper

Susan Minot writes with "that and she burst into tears:"kind of subtlety and precision in In addition to her lyricalfiction that I get the biggest thrill out descriptions, Minot has an accurateof," said Blanche Boyd, writer-in- ear for dialogue and theresidence at Connecticut College. colloquialisms of both children andMinot, the anthor of a novel and a adults. This was evident in bothcollection of short stories, and the selections, especially in the scenerecipient of numerous prizes and in "Allowance" where Gus, theawards for the writing of fiction, oldest son, is choking in a hotelread from her work at the college restaurant Here, Minot conveyedMonday night as part of the New the tension of the scene whileLondon Day Writer's Series. maintaining the humor of herMinot first read the short story outside perspective.

"Blow" from her collection Lust and Minot'S obvious closeness to herOther Stories. "Blow" is told from work prompts many questionsthe perspective of a woman who about its autobiographical nature,receives a visit from an old friend to which she responds, "1 don'tattempting to cope with a breakup write about things that I don't havewhile on a cocaine-induced some acquaintance with, but all theparanoiac binge. Minot's tightly- stories that I write are all fiction.?"wriuen prose and deadpan delivery However, she added that althoughcomplemented each other, - she fictionalizes experiences in theaccentuating the humor and imagery writing process, "The material ... isin her work. all close to my life whether it wasMinot's world of vivid images experienced by meornearby me."

was especially apparent in All fiction, she concluded, is a"Allowance;' the chapter she read "re-creation."from her novel Monkeys. "Though During the creation of a story,it's a chapter in the book, it's really a Minot said,"1 get some sort of astory that stands on its own," she lumpy group of scenes together,explained. Monkeys is anovel about take some out. Iout new ones in,the coming-or-age of six brothers (and) go over it and over it." Sheand sisters, an~ "Allowance" is \he hasovetsevenl'jiournalsgeneratedtale of their family vacanon in through her writing process.Bermuda. When asked to list herAlthough the subject of the story is experience, Minot responded,

childhood, it comes from theoutside "I've been alive for thirty-fourperspective of an adult reflecting years." She attended graduateupon the past This is evident in school to study writing, which, sheMinot's striking metaphoric said, "I'm not happy to say I did. language. She describes the [although] it was helpful to me ...atmosphere of the island with these as a forum for my own writing."words: ''The air had a thickness that She also worked for a literarymade your bones feel loose." She magazine in New York.went on to describe the "green Minot is currently at work on herlizards like elongated stars" and"a second novel, the story of a youngcloudy smudge that was the ocean." woman in Boston in the 1920s andIn one tense and moving description 19305.

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Baseball

For those of you wonderingwhether there's a God on Earth,stop wondering. Our sources inTexas tell us that he has appeared asan ageless righthander simplynamed Nolan ... It's not news toany of you that Rickey Hendersonbroke Lou Brock's all-time stolenbase record last week. Hendersonshowed a lot of class by dedicatingthe feat to the late Billy Martin. Therest of Henderson's remarks afterthe steal, most specifically thosereferring to himself as "the greatestof all time," showed us all why hishead has been of len confused withthe Goodyear Blimp.

Tennis

Hats off to the ConnYellowballers as they finished fifthout of eleven at NESCACs lastweek. Unfortunately, the boys inblue were playing without big hitterBradFreer. '91, who'srecenliniuryis S\\\\ a ID)'S\eT)' beTe \0 us a\Schmoozing. Won! on the seeer isthat Freer's shoulder separation hadsomething to do with a late-nightrun in with WWF slat Sven theSwilling Swede. The mostembarassing moment for theCamels came last Friday, whenSteve Reilly, '92, showed up for hismatch against Amherst carrying aSlazenger T -1000 squash racquetand wearing nothing but his boxershorts following his biggestThursday night of the year. Reillyretired to Larrabee for a couple cupsof Folger's and a few minutes witha cold washcloth, then camestorming back to the courts to finishoff the year in style. The samecannot be said for Joe Schaeffer,'91, however. The night before theAmherst match was the SeniorParty, and by about4 am. Schaefferhad partook enough in thefestivities to firmly believe he wasJesus Christ. Needless to say,Schaeffer didn't perform too wellon the courts the next day, smashing4 Wilson Pro Staffs and howlingobscenities that would make evenJohn McEnroe blush.

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Whaler defenseman UlfSamuelsson smashed a hole in thegrillwork of the Maple Leaf GardenZamboni last week and was billed$300 by the Maple Leafs. Dob andPops know very little aboutSamuelsson, but when an NHLplayer named Ulf is caught

attacking a zamboni, there's agood chance he doesn't do a lot ofoutside reading. (11/6/90) . . .Edmonton goal lender Grant Fuhrcame back in style this past weekafter his suspension for admittedcocaine use posting a 4-{) shutoutagainst the Devils. After the game,a wide-eyed Fuhr told aSchmoozing correspondant,"Wow, Ifeel so invigorated. Thosepink elephants really moved thepuck around well. Iwas so relievedin the second ,period when I sawmost of the Devil's players facesmelting - that was the real turningpoint in the game." (2/26/91)

Football

In last year's NFLmerchandising race, the ChicagoBears led all teams with a 14percent chunk of the marketfollowed closely by the 4gers andRaiders. In case you werewondering, the Tampa BayBuccaneers nabbed a .00012percent share of the market as a guynamed Maurice purchased a Bucsair freshener for his '73 Camarafrom a convenience store in BocaRaum. (9/18/9Q)

Basketball

Only in the U.S. can a guy named"Hot Rod" make twenty timesmore money than the President.John "Hot Rod" Williams justinkeda fiveyear26.5 million dollardeal with the Cavs making him theNBA's highest paid player despitethe fact that he doesn't stan. Eloband Pops refuse to speculate on theorigin of his nickname. (9/18/90)

Miscellaneous '

A disgruntled Mark Fallon, '92,commenting on his basketball

career said, "You can keep my statswith a compass." If "The GoodDoctor" were to make the squadthis year, he would see about asmuch playing time as the back -upshortstop forthe Baltimore Orioles.(9(25/90) . . . In the StrongestPerson at Conn Contest duringSports Night at the A.C., JackGenther, '93, delighted ascreaming throng of women as hebenched two AMF five poundHeavyhands in the first round ofcompetition. Steroid rumors havebegun to float around ever since thelift. (10/30/90)

Closing Remarks

That's it for this year, kids. Asusual, the pleasure was all yours.Have a good summer - keep yourfeet on the ground, and keepreaching for the sky.

Camel tracksters race inchampionships; finish 14, 17

by Todd MaguJreThe College Voice

The Connecticut College men's and women's trackteams were on the road this past weekend, as both teamscompeted in the New England Division IIIchampionships.The men's team, competing at Colby College in

Waterville, Maine, placed seventeenth out of 21schools. The team's points were earned by only tworunners: Todd Barringer, '91, and Xolani Zungu, '93.Barringer competed in the 800m, in which he placedthird with a timeofI.58.37. Zungu ran in the 100m and200m races, in which he placed fifth and sixth,respectively. His 100m time was II.l2s, and his 200mtime was 22.43s. The winner of the 800m was KevinWirth, of the Coast Guard Academy, who posted a time

of 1.55.2).The women's team competed at Tufts University. in

Medford, MA., where they placed fourteenth out of a25 school field. The top three schools were WilliamsCollege, Colby, and Tufts. Alice Maggin, '91, placed. third in the hammer throw, witha distance of 128 feetand one inch. Eileen Parrish, '94, placed fourth in the100m hurdles, with a time of 15.9Os. JenichelleDevine, '94, placed fourth in the 1500m, running apersonal best time of 4.54.45. .Some members of the team will compele at the

ECAC Championships on Saturday, at Ithaca Collegein New York.

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Sparkling 10-1 record leadsWomen's Lax to playoffs

by John FischerThe College Voice

The Connecticut Collegewomen's lacrosse team ended itsseason on a winning note with avictory over Wesleyan Universityon Wednesday. The team's recordnow stands at 10-1, and its nextchallenge will be the E.C.A.C.playoffs on Friday and Saturday.The Camels played their

sloppiest game of the season atWesleyan, but still managed toescape with a 16-13 victory. Connfell back to a 2-0 deficit at the startof the contest, but reeled off a stringof seven straight goals to pull out toa 9-5 halftime lead,Conn continued to display its

scoring prowess in the second halfand pulled out to a 16-10 lead with1:30 remaining. Wesleyan scored

I three times in the fina11:30 to makethe game close, but time ran out onthe Cardinals, and Conn earned itstenth win of the season.Senior Lorraine White fired in

five goals and also added threeassists to give her 16 for the season, .shattering ber own team mark of 13set in 1987. Abbey Tyson, '92, andEva Cahalan, '91, had strong gamesalso combining for eight goals andsix assists. Cahalan -reached the

2QO.point plaleau for her career;becoming the first player ever toreach that level at ConnecticutCollege. Sarah Ball, '93, EstyWood, '92, and Beth Homer, '94,also tallied for Conn.This game was not one to be

admired, however. Coach AnneParmenter said that the Camelsnever quite got comfortable andmay have also let down a little bit inthis game.''This was a strange, choppy

game, and we were out of sync theentire time; Parmenter said. "Wehave traditionally had problemswith Wesleyan, even though wehave a strongerteam. We started offa little slow and were also a littlecasual at the end of the game," sheadded.Amy Norris, '92, expressed

similar concerns. Sbe said, "I thinkwe expected an easier game thanthis and we weren't psyched forthem. We turned the ball over a lotand weren't catching or passingwell. We also might have been alittle rusty since we hadn'tplayed insix days and did not play at all theday before because of rain."·The women' s lacrosse team IS

regular season has now come to anend. but the fun is just beginning.The Camels are now headed to the

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ECAC Division III tournament,though the site and reams will notbe announced until Monday.Conn hopes to host the

tournament, although that privilegecould also go to highly-toutedMiddlebury or even Smith.Middlebury's record now stands

at 11-2, but its only losses cameagainst nationally ranked SI.Lawrence and Division IUniversity of Vermont.Smith was the only team to defeat .~

the Camels this season and have ~been hot of late. . ~Many factors go into choosing ~

the host ream and other tournament ~teams, and no one will know for ~sure until the choices are ~

announced on Monday. Cl~~~~~~~~~~::::~~~~=========Women's Lacrosse Action

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From the Intramural Department:

Warthogs rout out opponentsIt was the last week of regular

season intramural action, as both B-league basketball and indoor soccerprepare for the upcoming playoffs.In the B-Ieague hoops playoffpicture. the Jim Shields Divisionwill berepresented by flTst seed GetSome Mo, which will play fourthseedBigThursday. Also, the secondseed Dana Plato Defense Fund willbe pitted against the third seedMoney Shots. Get Some Mo closedout the regular season this weekwith victories over the ReboundingRabbis (56-22) and the ScreamingDeath Camels (44-29). Get SomeMois led by A-leaguehoopsdropoutMarcWaldeck,'9l, whohasbecomethe B-league's leading scoreraveraging 23.3 points per game.Waldeck is believed to be a shoe-infor the B-league MVP honors bymany league insiders. Big Thursday

was blown out early in the week byPower Play (52-38), but reboundedlater in the week to squeak out.anarrow victory over B.A. Baracus(34-31) to assure a playoff birth.Big Thursday offers a balancedscoring attack Jed by BruceBrancfuni, Joe Silvestri, -JoeSimmons, and Paul Horton. WhenBig Thursday is not scoring on thecourt they are doing it in theclassroom as distinguishedmembers of the Connecticut facultyand staff. The Dana Plato DefenseFund easily won both of its gamesthis week with victories over Iron(62-27) and the Money Shots (59-39). The DPDFis led by Matt Coen,'92, who had 38 points against Ironand 26 points against the MoneyShots.In the Eric Wagner Division, the

Warthogs (first seed) will play the

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winner of the Blitz Krieg versusShultzie matchup, while the Iimmys(second seed) will play the Killer B-Minuses(thitdseed).TheWarthogsfmished \he regular season wi\h anarrow victory ovet Snu\\z.ie (.~-33) and a win over Blitz Krieg (38-36). The Warthogs are Jed by thescoring tandem of Dan Kessler, '92,and Jim Moran, '92, who have beenthe keys to the Warthogs 7-1 regularseason record. The Jirnmys glidedthrough the week with an easyvictory over the Freak Show (31-22) and a forfeit win over theMoondenhoops, who found theaction at the 1NE somewhat moreappea1ing. The Killer B-Min,useslost their first game of the week in alow scoring battle to Blitz Krieg(16-14), butrebounded later tocrushthe Freak Show (43-30).The indoor soccer field has been

narrowed down from ten reams tofour. Number one seed X-Conns,the league's only undefeated team

at 6-0, will play fourth seedHanibal's Cannibals (3·2-0), while'second seed Fahrvagnugen (5-0-1)will play third seed Power Boot (4-1-0). The X-Conns made a cleansweep this week defeating Hanibal'sCannibals (2-i) and Team Late (6-0). The X-Conns boast a top notchsquad (many of its members havingonce played for Connecticut'svarsity), and should prove to be atough opponent in the playoffs.Hanibal's Cannibals only match ofthe week was a 2-1 loss to the X-Conns. Fahrvagnugen also swep;this week with a forfeit win over theLlamas and a 5- I victory over Plantand Friends. Power Boot won boththeir games easily this week withvictories over Moondenboot (6-2)and Team Late (5-3).TheSoftball League is in full

swing. This week, the 4 Horsemancrushed Bovine Attitude 25-7,Penalty Killers crushed LateSwingers 25-0, and KnowltonKnockers squeaked by S & B.

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SPORTSRecord 9-2 markshoots Men's Laxinto playoffs

'91, only had 10 malee five saves~renm~. •

This win extends Conn's recordforwins-in-a-row toeight, me mostever for any Camel sports team.Wim a 9-2 record, they are in aperfect position to get a home gamein me NESCAC tournament nextweek.

While being ranked fourth in <:iNew England, they have also gotten ~..notice on me national level. For me '::second week in a row •they have just ~missed making me Top 20, which i1places them among me top 25 ~Division III lacrosse teams in me '§. Qu.s. ''..-~---,---;-----;----;--c~~~-----;---;:-;----;--;-;-c---;-;c:-;----~ ---

Beatty has moved up to second The Men's Lacrosse has catapulled to a 9-2 record with eight straight wins e

place on me save percentage charts, Crew returns Withwith a .673 mark, while offensive defense mat has let in only 53 goalsstar Tom Gately, '91, is ranked and atransition offense mat has 'fourth in goals scored (38) and produced 125 scores. two silvers two goldsfourteenth in goals per game (3.46). The laSt time me Men's Lacrosse ,In addition, Gately has broken his 'team played a team with a winningown record for goals in a season and record was seven games and threewill likely break his record of 58 weeks ago, when they came frompoints in a season in his next game. behind to defeat Colby 11-8. ThisHe currently has 55 points from 38 game will not be involved in megoals and 17 assists. decisions of the NESCACDespite the fact thal the seedings toumamem officials, but it will be

for the NESCAC tournament will importantin!hemindsandheartsofcome out a few hours before me me Camel players.Camels match at Williams on If they beat Williams in thisMonday, the-importance of playing playoff preview match, not onlythe number one team in New willthey avenge afirst-game loss toEngland has not diminished. Middlebury, who Williams beat

Conn, while on their eight-game last week, but they will have provedwin streak, has overwhelmed their once again mat are part of me Newopponents with a solid man-to-man England lacrosse inner circle.

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Wim me sun flashing off mespanking new scoreboard and alight breezecomingoffLong IslandSound. Wednesdayaftemoon was aperfect day for a lacrosse game onHarlmessGroon. What me fans got,however, was a demolition.

The UniversityofNew Haven, inwhat will surely be their last year onConnecticut College's schedule,scored their first goal with fiveminutes gone in me first quarter andmeir second one with one minuteleft in me third. In between, Conntossed in fifteen goals 10 lead 17-2after three quarters. They went on10 win 23-3 behind me scoring ofsenior co-captain Rick Mack, whohad five scores and one assist, andJohn Jessop, '93,who tallied fourgoals of his own to go along withtwo assists.

"Mack was really getting his shoton target," said head coach FranShields. "UNH really couldn'tcompete with us in terms of totalnumber of a\h\e\.es." Conn fIeldsalmost twice as many players asUNH's 16, and also has me luxury

of strong backing from me athleticdepartment and an experiencedcoach, two things that UNH islacking. Tbe Camels took a season-high 75 shots, which is 25 over theiraverage, while goaltenders LukeBeatty, '93, and Andy Bonanno,

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me halfway mark, me announcer'svoice broke out over the crowd matConn was making a powerful moveto lead by an entire boat length. Asthe crews approached me finish, theUNH boat raised their stroke rating(strokes per minute) drastically 10overtake Conn. Fortunately, theConn Frosh stubbornly denied theUNH crew the gold, choosing 10take it for themselves.

The Second Varsity Eight, facinga single finals event with noqualifying heats, broke out of thestart with a slight lead over thepack. By me ISOO meters-to-gopole, they cracked open their lead,and finished the race with an openwater margin for the gold medal.

The Varsity Eight race, me lastrace, proved to be one of the mostcompetitive of the day. With anincredibly fast start, all me crews bythe 1000 meter pole had a chance 10win. Conn men battled to keep theirpoise. The stroke, Keith Walter,'91, struggled to keep the boat'sstroke rating high enough to holdme pace, while me whole boat inturn struggled to hold their positionfor me sprint, with 500 meters to goand in fourth place. Ten strokesinto it though proved that it was lessthan a best performance; the boat'sspeed wavered. The line came andannounced Conn's disappointingfifth place finish, one secondbehind Coast Guard, three secondsbehind UNH, who got me bronze,and five seconds behind Wesleyan,who finished with the silver.UMASS got me gold.

by John CareyThe College Voice

Last weekend, the Mens' Crewgarnered a victory on a blustery dayat Lake Quinsigamond. A full dayof races, both heats and finals,displayed me overall strength ofConn'screws. After it was all over,every crew except one of theMens'Rowing Team got a medal. Thefinal count was two silvers, twogolds, and one fifth place finish.

"I mink we all performed like thisbecause we expected to performlike this," said Mens' coach RicRicci.

The Novice Four, having onlyrowed together for less than twoweeks, pushed themselves intosecond place for me silver.

Following was the VarsityLightweight Four, with DrewMiddleton, '92, at stroke, BobHeintz, '91, Michael Lynch, '93,Travis Conners, '93, and MaggieRuvoldt, '92, as coxswain. Havinghad the fastest time by over IOseconds in me qualifying heats, allfive rowed for me gold. Yet, at1250 meters down in me 2000meter race, an older, experiencedURI crew moved ahead by a boatlength. Driving hard in me last SOOmeters, Conn manged to take backsome of the distance but couldn'tbreak through me URI four. Backat me medal dock they met with thesilver.

The Freshmen Eight began theirrace one half of a boat length downto UNH, who got me gold medal inthis event last year. Yet, just before'

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Jete of the WeekThis week's award goes to the Freshmen Eight and the IV Eight Crews who bothwon gold medals at the New England Championships this past weekend.

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