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Spring 2000 // Volume 14, Number 3 // Northampton, Massachusetts
Studying the Trend in Youth Violence "And This Year's Awards Go To..." Simmons is Smith's Own "Alpha Woman" Smithellanea: Remembering a Theatrical Trailblazer |
In addition to The Dinner Party, other
projects by Chicago include the needlework-crafted Birth Project
and the multimedia Holocaust Project: From Darkness into Light.
Chicago is the first living artist whose papers have been included
in the archive of the Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library
on the History of Women in America at Harvard's Radcliffe Institute.
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Made
with Macintosh
Christopher
Loring, the new director of libraries at Smith College,
assumed his post in February. He comes from the University of
Minnesota library system, where he was formerly the team leader
of reference and consultation. As head of access services he
oversaw the automation of circulation; he also was instrumental
in the creation of several research software programs and in
the organization of the U of M public Web site. Loring describes
the Smith libraries as an extraordinarily rich resource for faculty
and students. He says he is "grateful to be given the opportunity
to work with a gifted and talented staff." Since his arrival,
Loring has held discussions of library issues with Smith administration
and staff to better understand what issues people think the library
needs to address. Loring, who was trained as a classicist at
Boston University and grew up in Massachusetts, is also interested
in improving Smith libraries' technology and students' usage
of it. 
Dharma's Mom:
Actress Mimi Kennedy '70 spent four days at Smith in February
as an alumna-in-residence, attending acting classes and meeting
informally with students (above). Kennedy portrays Abby O'Neil
on the sitcom Dharma & Greg. She is also appearing in the
film Erin Brockovich, starring Julia Roberts.
Rowing
solo: Tori Murden '85 returned to her alma mater and spoke
at an All-College Meeting in January. Murden is the first woman
and first American to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean, completing
her 81-day, 3,000-mile voyage from the Canary Islands to Guadeloupe
on December 3, 1999. Murden, who learned to row in her first
year at Smith, is a member of the "Sector No Limits Team"
of elite athletes committed to high-endurance endeavors.