October 2003
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All the right moves
A sold-out performance in Weber Theatre crowned an exciting week-long residency by Ailey II, the vibrant young dance company of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. On campus through the Evelyn Danzig Haas '39 Visiting Artists Program, the artists led master classes in the dance studio and choreographed a piece for the Wheaton Dance Company, to be premiered at Homecoming on October 25. Sample the week's artistry via our online photo album.
Wheaton newsmakers
Support for the home front
The U.S. should provide more support for the families of deployed military personnel, according to a Chicago Tribune op-ed piece by Wheaton professor and military historian Anni P. Baker. The strain that active-duty life places on family members, she writes, is the number-one reason service members leave the military. Read more about the professor's views on the Wheaton Web, and read the full article here.
Academics first
In a recent Chronicle of Higher Education article, President Dale Rogers Marshall and other liberal arts college presidents called for greater vigilance against pressures to elevate athletics above academics. At Wheaton, she noted, "we manage to keep athletics in better balance, viewing it as an opportunity to reinforce the important values of teamwork, discipline, ethical competition and respect for others."
Leaving critical thinking behind?
Assistant Professor of Education Mary Lee Griffin, in an op-ed piece in the Providence Journal, says the Bush administration's No Child Left Behind Act "is not particularly caring toward children, and actually leaves many more behind than have previous education initiatives." As schools turn increasingly to skill-and-drill methods for teaching reading, says Griffin, "thoughtful engagement in real literature is left in the dust." Read the article online.
Wheaton abroad
Austrian adventure
Karin Seeber '05 may miss her Skippy peanut butter, but she's finding a world of compensatory charms in Vienna, Austria, where she is studying German during the fall 2003 semester. Read her story.
Venice, anyone?
The art and architecture of Italy's enchanting lagoon city will be the focus of a Wheaton Friends of Art tour next April 23 through May 2. Teaming up with FOA to lead the tour are Nancy Hirschland Ramage '63 and her brother, Edward C. Hirschland. "Nothing is so magical, to my mind, as walking in Venice's streets, along its waterways, or riding in its boats, so as to see its great architectural monuments, churches and museums," says Ramage, a professor of arts and humanities at Ithaca College. For details, contact Ed Hirschland at hirschland@aol.com.
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