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Chronological Listing
- 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]
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- 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]
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- 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]
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- 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]
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- 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]
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- 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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