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April 30, 2000
PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
As officials in Philadelphia try to decide where a new sports stadium should be built -- downtown or in an outlying area -- economists provide differing views on the potential economic boom generated by stadiums. Economist ANDY ZIMBALIST is of the view that the economic gains are few, if any. "The bottom line is that the main reason for doing a stadium should not be an economic one," he told the Inquirer. "It should be a cultural and social one." [www.phillynews.com]
 
April 28, 2000
INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE
Hector Berlioz, known to most music lovers as the composer of a lovesick "Symphonie Fantastique" and a colossal "Requiem," is widely acknowledged as the greatest French musical artist of his time. An article in the International Herald Tribune notes the membership of PETER BLOOM, professor of music, on an international scholarly committee overseeing commemorations of the 200th anniversary of the composer's birth. Bloom is the author of a biography of Berlioz and organizer of "Berlioz: Past, Present, Future," a recent conference at Smith featuring a number of distinguished Berlioz scholars and critics. [www.iht.com]
 
April 23, 2000
LOS ANGELES TIMES
In an op-ed headlined "Mixing '60s Activism and Anti-Globalization," Robert Borosage, founder of the Campaign for America's Future, argues against the stereotype of college students as apathetic, money-driven or unsophisticated in their activism. Rather, Borosage finds, students are successfully challenging the "conservative free-trade agenda" by making astute connections between policy, politics, business and human rights. ERICA HIEGGELKE, a first-year student from Chicago who traveled to Washington to march against the IMF and World Bank, illustrates Borosage's point. Those institutions' "structural adjustment programs," Hieggelke explains, "press governments to attract Western investment by denying workers fundamental, internationally recognized rights." [www.latimes.com]
 
April 23, 2000
NEW YORK TIMES
Fueled by the popularity of movies such as "Bull Durham" and "Field of Dreams," as well as by newly constructed fan-friendly stadiums, minor league baseball teams are springing up at unprecedented rates. As teams proliferate, cities counting on baseball to lift their economic woes are beginning to wonder whether enough interest exists to sustain the growth. "There certainly is going to be a saturation point," noted economics professor Andy Zimbalist in an article headlined "Suddenly This Summer." "I think they may be pushing up against it now. But the jury's still out." [www.nytimes.com]
 
April 5, 2000
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
A powerful force shaping the social work profession -- and social work education -- is managed care. HMOs press therapists for outcomes and accountability and often place strict limits on length of treatment. In its "Best Graduate Schools" issue, USN&WR credits Smith's SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL WORK for quickly adapting its curriculum to the new realities of service delivery. SSW students are frequently trained in community settings, such as schools, preparing them for an important alternative to the once-typical career in private practice. [www.usnwr.com]
 
April 3, 2000
"LIFETIME LIVE," LIFETIME TELEVISION
One of seven children, STEPHANIE KEEP was accepted to college directly out of high school. However, the boys in her family went on to college; the girls did not. Married and pregnant at age 19, Keep struggled to find a way to hold a job and get a college education despite the lack of family support. When she was accepted to Smith's Ada Comstock Scholars program, she recalls, "It didn't feel quite real. I had to sit with myself for awhile and think what it might mean to stop the work that I was doing and change my life." Now in her second year at Smith, Keep lives in an off-campus apartment with her ten-year-old daughter, Alexandra. She plans to continue her education in order to study social work. "Not to have an education, you don't have a choice," she reflects. "You take the work you can get. These things are not choices anymore." [www.lifetimetv.com]
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