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SMITH IN THE NEWS
April 15, 2003 edition

 

ANTICIPATION BUILDS FOR MUSEUM REOPENING

"We wanted to include some examples of functional art. There's nothing more functional than a bathroom."
-- Smith College Museum of Art Curator and Associate Director Linda Muehlig, "Taking Art Sitting Down," Chronicle of Higher Education, April 18, 2003 (issue date)

"With the help of a dedicated alumnae base, which provides both financial support and gifts of art, the Smith collection has grown exponentially. It currently numbers close to 25,000 objects and is particularly strong in 19th-century European painting and sculpture."
-- "Art Among Ivied Walls: Five Massachusetts colleges boast an enviable art cache," Art & Antiques, April 2003

"It feels like we've exponentially expanded rather than incrementally expanded."
-- Smith College Museum of Art Curator and Associate Director Linda Muehlig, "Stories behind the art: how Smith College refurbished its art collection while contractors renovated its museum," Daily Hampshire Gazette, March 15-16, 2003

 

SMITH COMMUNITY RESPONDS TO WAR

"We all want peace. We do not blame the soldiers for the decisions of government and we grieve for all affected by the war."
-- President Carol T. Christ, "Smith president addresses war issue," Daily Hampshire Gazette, April 11, 2003

"I steer clear of political demonstrations, not just for my safety but because hearing people insult my country, rather than make intelligent arguments against the war, makes me extremely uncomfortable."
-- Shannon Hunt '04, "Smith College students write in from foreign posts," Greenfield Recorder, April 11, 2003

"It's not like we're just a few hundred people in one part of the nation protesting. This is happening all over the world. Bush has to listen to us, and so does the rest of the world."
-- Mika Cade '05, "Students protest Bush administration's march toward war with Iraq," Associated Press, March 5, 2003

"We are taking a very close look at the Patriot Act and what we would do if a request for records came in. Our basic policy is that all circulation records are confidential."
-- Neilson Library Head of Reference Christine Hannon, "Libraries, booksellers defend privacy rights," Daily Hampshire Gazette, February 21, 2003

 

BOTANIC GARDEN MAKING NEWS

"The systematics garden is a very important garden for teaching, because biology students who are taking courses like evolution and taxonomy can actually look at the floral morphology of plants within each family and see the relationship those plants have with each other. While the garden is pretty, its main function is to show the development of each specific plant family."
-- Botanic Garden Director Michael Marcotrigiano, "Great American Gardens," HGTV, March 15, 2003

"One would think it would be possible to have random arrangements of leaves on a stem. But we don't see that. We systematically see the beautiful spirals forming, and we can even predict where the next leaf will appear."
-- Botanic Garden Director Michael Marcotrigiano, "Plant Patterns," Discovery Channel, March 14, 2003

"We've had bulb shows in the snow, but I don't know if we've had bulb shows at zero degrees."
-- Botanic Garden Director Michael Marcotrigiano, "Bulb show offers sights and scents of spring; renovated conservatory also on display at Smith," Daily Hampshire Gazette, March 14, 2003

"Through trial and error over the years, we know how many days plants need to flower, so we count backwards from the date of the bulb show and bring them out on a staggered schedule. We usually start them at 45 to 50 degrees."
-- Botanic Garden Greenhouse Foreman Rob Nicholson, "Spring Fever at Smith: Flowers bloom again at college bulb show," Union-News, March 9, 2003

"It's winter. It's all white and gray and dark and brown. You can come in here and things are green. It's nice to know things are still living."
-- Jennifer Morgan '03, "Bulb show easy on the eyes," Daily Hampshire Gazette, March 3, 2003

 

A LEADING VOICE IN THE BUSINESS OF SPORTS

"'May the Best Team Win' should be required reading for all politicians and business boosters supporting the Washington and Virginia bids for a Major League Baseball franchise. Smith College economist Andrew Zimbalist lays out how and why its effective monopoly status has rendered the national pastime so economically dysfunctional."
-- "Readings," Washington Post, April 6, 2003

" ... the book should be required reading for close followers of [baseball]."
--"Major leagues skewered again by latest Zimbalist book" [review of "May the Best Team Win" by Robert A. Woods Professor of Economics Andrew Zimbalist, Washington Times, March 9, 2003

"Fundamentally, what's happening is a transfer of income from taxpayers to wealthy owners and wealthy ballplayers."
-- Robert A. Woods Professor of Economics Andrew Zimbalist, "The Fleecing of America: Building New Stadiums," NBC Nightly News, February 18, 2003

"Baseball is going to be on the hot seat if they turn down a financially viable African American. Other things being equal, baseball would, I believe, feel pressured to give the nod to an African-American owner."
-- Robert A. Woods Professor of Economics Andrew Zimbalist, "A new game for Johnson: BET founder looking to acquire baseball franchise," Black Enterprise, February 2003

 

KUDOS FOR ADA COMSTOCK PROGRAM

"There are days when I ask myself what the heck I'm doing here. And times when I couldn't imagine where I'd be if I didn't come."
-- Ada Comstock Scholar Nathalie Vaughn, "Making the Leap: With support, community-college graduates succeed at competitive private colleges," Chronicle of Higher Education, February 28, 2003

 

COLLEGES CONFRONT A TIGHT ECONOMY

"To put it in the starkest terms: Do you do layoffs to preserve financial aid? It's a trade-off."
-- President Carol T. Christ, "Downturn Forces Students to Seek More Financial Aid," New York Times, March 10, 2003

"For most institutions, this year is just the beginning. '04, '05 and '06 will be worse."
-- Vice President for Advancement Karin George, "Struggling Against the Tide: Ambitious find-raising campaigns press on despite the economic downturn and world events," Chronicle of Higher Education, February 28, 2003

 

STUDY QUESTIONS DRIVE FOR DIVERSITY

"Diversity is like free speech - almost everyone approves in the abstract, but its application in concrete situations can produce great controversy."
-- Mary H. Gamble Professor Emeritus of Government Stanley Rothman, "New Study Questions Educational Benefits of Diversity," Chronicle of Higher Education, March 28, 2003

"Surveys are always questionable, including ours. But it shows that those who argue diversity will improve the education of everybody haven't made their case. The data does not support them."
-- Mary H. Gamble Professor Emeritus of Government Stanley Rothman, "Study Challenges Case for Diversity at Colleges," New York Times, March 20, 2003

"We do not say diversity failed. All we say is we haven't proved that it succeeds."
-- Mary H. Gamble Professor Emeritus of Government Stanley Rothman, "Study questions educational benefits of campus diversity," USA Today, March 18, 2003

 

SMITH ENGINEERS GO WEIGHTLESS WITH NASA

"This is what I want to do with the rest of my life. I have the schematic for a new deep space propulsion engine plastered to my ceiling where most people would put a poster of their favorite celebrity."
-- Jessica McCartney '05, "NASA program has Smith students walking on air," Mass High Tech, March 24, 2003

"We never thought we'd get to do something cool like this."
-- Kerri Rossmeier '04, "NASA ride a new high for students," Union-News, March 11, 2003

 

ENGINEERING STUDENTS LAUD PROGRAM

"The idea of technology for the sake of technology that I see flaunted in many areas of society is foreign to our program. We understand that the goal of engineering and technology is to help people."
-- Cara Stepp '04, "A New Era," ASEE Prism, April 26, 2003

"I've completed projects about pollution in a local stream, created a solar-powered laptop battery charger, developed an entertaining game to teach children about engineering and designed a bridge - among other assignments."
-- Meghan Taugher '04, "Engineer: She will be among first from Smith," Union-News, March 18, 2003

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