- Chronological Listing
January 30, 2001
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
In an extended interview, staff writer Stacey Teicher '93
discussed Smith's new feminist journal, Meridians, with its editor,
Kum-Kum Bhavnani. Bhavnani highlighted the interdisciplinary
journal's unique mission: "Meridians fills a need because
really there isn't anywhere that allows women mostly women
of color, not exclusively, of course to talk about our
analyses and our lives in the way we want to talk." [www.csmonitor.com]
January 24, 2001
USA TODAY
Recognizing that competent alumni are among their best "advertisements,"
colleges and universities are moving to incorporate into the
junior and senior years life-skills that don't get covered in
academic courses. The article highlighted Smith's "Going
To Work in Strange Places" workshop, designed to help students
gain cultural awareness before heading out into the global economy.
The college also offers nuts-and-bolts advice, along the lines
of which fork to use at a formal dinner but, noted Career Development
Director Barbara Reinhold, "it's even more important
to help our graduates be aware of their own personas and how
they respond to others in their environments." [www.usatoday.com]
January 23, 2001
INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE
In an op-ed, professor of English Eric Reeves A January 12
bombing of a Red Cross humanitarian aid site in war-torn Sudan,
by militia forces allied with the radical National Islamic Front
regime, led professor of English Eric Reeves to call for
"the sternest international condemnation," including
repudiation of corporations that, in pursuit of oil, engage in
business with the National Islamic Front. "Will oil development
be allowed to proceed in the midst of civil war defined by attacks
on the International Committee of the Red Cross, and on innocent
civilians? Day by day, a terrible answer is being fashioned out
of the silence of those with the power to speak out and halt
this ghastly complicity, this monstrous human destruction."
Reeves is on leave from the college and is preparing a book on
Sudan. [www.iht.com]
January 22, 2001
HOUSTON CHRONICLE
For high-school juniors, a key ritual of spring break is
often making visits to colleges. Such visits, parents and students
say, are often the deciding factor in choosing one campus over
another. Houston native Erica Sandberg '04 liked the Smith
campus when she visited initially but settled on Smith after
a third visit to campus, during which she stayed in one of the
houses, met students and got to see the campus in action. What
clinched her decision? "It was more a feeling than anything
else," she recalled. [www.chron.com]
January 16, 2001
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
Under the headline "January a time when offbeat
courses shine," higher education writer Mark Clayton surveyed
the variety of offerings, ranging from frivolous to enlightening,
that constitute what is known as Smith as Interterm. Clayton
highlighted the college's ever-popular "Basic Auto Mechanics,"
taught by Smith vehicle-fleet mechanics David Cleveland
and Dave Motyka. Noted Alexandra Chitty '00: "The
best thing was learning how to change oil because it's really
simple that, and just learning the names of parts. We got
a snazzy new vocabulary spark plugs, rotors, that kind
of thing." [www.csmonitor.com]
January 11, 2001
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
Peter Rose, Sophia Smith Professor of Sociology and Anthropology,
reviewed "Sharing America's Neighborhoods: The Prospects
for Stable Racial Integration" by Ingrid Gould Ellen. In
the book, Ellen posits that "white avoidance," rather
than "white flight," may be the more relevant factor
in the persistently low rate of neighborhood integration. Ultimately,
Rose argued, Ellen "provides specialists with a new take
on an old debate and the public with a fine example of what it
means to do one's homework and field work, too." [www.csmonitor.com]
January 8, 2001
NEWSWEEK
Three young Smith alumnae museum curator Thelma
Golden '87, cancer surgeon Carolyn Scerbo Kaelin '83
and policy consultant Shirley Sagawa '83 were profiled
among the magazine's 15 women to watch in the new century. "These
strong-voiced women are authors, researchers, mentors and activists,"
the magazine proclaimed, "the kind of women who will shape
America's new century." [www.newsweek.com]
January 6, 2001
NPR, "WEEKEND EDITION"
Outgoing presidents have a history of exercising significant
powers at the end of their terms, in large part to establish
their legacies. Government professor Don Robinson pointed
out that another good reason they exercise their powers in the
waning days of their administrations is that they don't have
to pay a political price. "If it were in the middle of the
term and many other things were pending, such as judicial appointments,
there would be a lot of ways for Congress to get revenge."
[www.npr.org]
January 3, 2001
JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE
An article about the impact of media reports on cancer-risk
perceptions cited the book "Environmental Cancer A
Political Disease," co-authored by Stanley Rothman,
director of the Center for the Study of Social and Political
Change at Smith. In it, the authors argue that coverage of environmental
risks including those possibly related to cancer
are often sensationalized by the media because journalists have
many traits in common with activists they tend to be well-educated,
hold liberal political views and have "a desire to improve
the world." [http://jnci.oupjournals.org]
January 2, 2001
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
Reviewing significant developments in higher education over
the last year, reporter Mark Clayton noted the appointment of
Smith President Ruth Simmons to the presidency of Brown
University, describing it as "perhaps the most reassuring
event of 2000 , an event that seemed to prove higher education
is still open to all, despite race and financial obstacles."
[www.csmonitor.com]
January 2001
BLACK ENTERPRISE
Smith College is listed among the Top 50 Colleges for African
Americans. [www.blackenterprise.com]
January 1, 2000 (issue date)
TIME
In the 2000 TIME Current Events Quiz, readers are invited
to match each numbered description to the photo of the newsmaker
who fits it best. Description #1: First black president of an
Ivy League institution. Answer: Ruth Simmons. [www.timemagazine.com]
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