|
Chronological Listing
July 16, 2000
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
"Universities take food service to a more palatable level"
asserted the Tribune in an article exploring students' food preferences
and colleges' attempts to cater to them. "Students
now are seen more as customers and consumers, and come with their
own little databases of knowledge," notes KATHY ZIEJA,
Smith's director of residence and dining services. "The
students may come in as music majors or on pre-med tracks but
they're all experts on food." Zieja recounts a number of
Smith student favorites: "Chicken piccata, pasta and salads."
[www.chicagotribune.com]
July 2, 2000
MIAMI HERALD
The Herald reprinted PRESIDENT RUTH SIMMONS' commentary
on civility from the spring 2000 "Smith Alumnae Quarterly"
under the headline "When Ideas Clash, Civility Can Help."
"The care and concern we have for others, and the daily
practice and demonstration of that concern, are important elements
in avoiding irreparable divisions," Simmons asserted. "Nurturing
respect, exhibiting intellectual generosity and heeding mutuality
of concern, when practiced by enough, can help us survive the
most important and even the most divisive debates." [www.miamiherald.com]
June 22, 2000
VOICE OF AMERICA
On the eve of the Green Party's national convention, government
professor HOWARD GOLD, an expert in third-party politics,
commented on the party's prospects for growth in conjunction
with the presidential candidacy of its expected nominee, consumer
advocate Ralph Nader. "Like other third-party movements,"
Gold explained, "a lot of it is leader-generated. They happen
to have a leader who is very well known, who has a high recognition
rating. I am not sure the party's popularity is increasing in
the polls, but they are getting more publicity than they otherwise
would." [www.voa.gov]
June 18, 2000
BOSTON SUNDAY GLOBE
At age 85, ANNE CLARKE MARTINDELL is the oldest student
at Smith a "senior junior" is what her family
calls her. In an extended profile, the Globe recounted Martindell's
first arrival at Smith, in the fall of 1932, and the marriages,
family commitments, career in politics and New Zealand ambassadorship
that subsequently "interrupted" her education. An Ada
Comstock Scholar and a member of the Class of 2002, Martindell
is majoring in American Studies and, concurrently, writing her
memoirs. [www.boston.com/globe]
June 1, 2000
LOS ANGELES TIMES
Professor of English and Sudan activist ERIC REEVES is
quoted in an article about attempts to pressure U.S. firms to
stop doing business with the Sudanese government. Three oil businesses
are particularly targeted. "There can be no neutral shareholders
of Talisman energy or PetroChina or of BP Amoco," said Reeves,
who has taken a year's leave of absence from teaching to advocate
for peace in the region. He is calling specifically for a boycott
of BP Amoco, the only firm linked to Sudan that sells products
to the U.S. public. [www.latimes.com]
|
- ........................
-
- Archive:
- Back
to current month
-
- May,
2000
- April,
2000
- March
/ February, 2000
- January,
2000 / December, 1999
- November,
1999
- October,
1999
- September,
1999
- August,
1999
|
