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The University of Maryland Faculty and Staff 'Weekly Newspaper

Volume 13 .Number 31 .June 15, 1999

"Inheriting Shame,"

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Economist Awarded International
Environmental Prize

Sizzling for Summer

University economist Herman Daly, a vocal advocate of sus-
tainable development, was awarded the Sophie Award, an intcr-
national prize that annually recognizes efforts to protect the
global environment.

Daly, a professor in the School of Public Affairs, will receive
die award during a June 15 ceremony at the University of Oslo,
Norway. The $ 100,000 prize, which he shares with Thomas
Kocherry of India, applauds their individual work combating
the adverse effects of economic globalization and depletion of
natural resources.The award committee hailed Daly's develop-
ment of economic theory that respects the limited carrying
capacity of nature.

The Sophie Award was started in 1 998 by Jostein Gaarder,
Norwegian author of the bestseller "Sophie's World." Daly was
one of 35 candidates for this year's award. The committee par-
ticularly praised Daly's books, wiiich include "Beyond Growth"
and "Economics, Ecology, Ethics." Kocherry, who heads the
World Forum, an organization of fish harvesters, was recognized
for his work mobilizing national and international efforts to
fight over-fishing In the world's oceans. The award was split
between Daly and Kocherry because the committee felt it was
a good idea to combine Kocherry "s grassroots efforts to protect
marine resources with Daly's academic approach.

Daly's theories, which advocate development without
growth; challenge prevailing economic policies. "The cost of
growth Is often greater than the benefit," he says. "You can get
bigger or you can get better; growth is Just bigger"

A former World Bank senior economist, Daly's controversial
ideas have received widespread attention in recent years. In
1996, he was awarded the A. H. Heineken prize for environmen-
tal sciences by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and
Sciences. The same year, Daly won the Right livelihood Award,
also known as the Alternative Nobel Prize.

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selection, cones, shakes, sundaes and beverages.

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405-1415.

Around-the-Clock Economy Is Redefining Families;
Social Policies and Research Should Follow Suit

Latest survey figures on U.S.
workers confirm that the
movement toward a 24-hour-a-
day, 7-day-a-week economy is
well under way and is affecting
American families in many
ways, writes university sociolo-
gist Harriet Presser in the
Policy Forum section of the
June 1 1th issue of Science
magazine.

However, she says, research
on the American family and
U.S. social policies for families
aren't keeping pace with the
changing nature of work.

The trend toward a round-
the-clock economy and the
resulting impact on American
families will continue into the
next century, according to
Presser. Data also suggest the
increase in non-standard work
schedules will be experienced
disproportionally by women

and blacks.

"These changes in work
schedules and the resultant
alterations of at-home time,
need to be reflected In our
conception of families and in
social policies that seek to
ease the economic and social
tensions that often result from
the dual demands of work and
family," Presser says.

Using data from the May
1997 Current U.S. Population
Survey, Presser found that as of
1997, less than a third of all
employed Americans aged 18
and over worked a standard
work week - defined as day-
time employment - 35 to 40
hours a week, Monday through
Friday. Only 54 percent, a bare
majority, regularly work a fixed
weekday, daytime schedule of
any number of hours. Among
families with two wage-earners

the prevalence of non-standard
work schedules is especially
high, because either the hus-
band or wife may be working
evenings, nights or weekends.
In a majority of two-earner
couples, one spouse works
either evenings, nights, or
weekends.This also holds true
for two-earner couples with
children, among whom 57 per-
cent have at least one spouse
working evenings, nights, or
weekends.

The physical consequences
of working nonstandard hours,
such as sleep disturbances and
gastrointestinal disorders, have
been well-documented, but the
social consequences of such
employment have garnered
less attention even though
non-standard schedules may be
significantly altering the struc-
ture and stability of family life,

Presser writes.

Split-shift working/parent-
ing schedules may have a posi-
tive effect insofar as they result
in fathers who are more
involved with their children.
However, the long-term cost to
marriages may offset this bene-
fit. New research shows that
when men work nights and
are married less than five
years, the chance of separation
or divorce five years later is six
times that of men who work
days. For women who work
nights and are married less
than five years, the chance of
separation or divorce is three •
times as high.

According to Presser, policy-
makers and researchers must
take a more realistic view of
the increasingly complex
ways work and home time is
structured among American

families. For example, she said,
efforts to move women from
welfare to work must seek to
improve the fit between avail-
able child care and working
mothers' schedules. Expanding
daycare alone will not be
enough.

"Whether the reasons for
working nonstandard sched-
ules are family or job related,
virtually all adults, and the chil-
dren they may have, are expe-
riencing a home life that is
very different from our tradi-
tional conceptions," Presser
says. "This ongoing complexity
in work schedule behavior
could have profound implica-
tions not only for the health of
individuals and the stability of
families, but also for the way
we juggle employment with
the care of children, the elder-
ly and the disabled."

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Mazzocchi Steps Down as Life

Dean

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"What astonished me was that the Seder was a conscious and
careful imitation of the modern Israeli Seder, down to the tunes
sung by the children when asking the Four Questions."

— Bernard Cooperman, associate professor of history, describ-
ing bis reaction when be turned on a TV in Milan, Italy and
saw a program about Catholics performing Seders at borne at
Easter-time before going out for Mass, for the March 30
Jerusalem Post

"When an MBA graduates, he or she needs to understand the
disciplines regarding technology, what commerce is doing to
the marketplace, and how to deal with data. Information strate-
gy has penetrated across every aspect of traditional fields."

— Howard Frank, dean of the Robert H. Smith School of
Business, in a March 23 International Herald Tribune story
about the growing importance of technology training for
business majors.

"If Argentina goes, I see Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia and maybe
Peru. If Mexico goes for it, I can see Costa Rica and the rest of
Central America going for it." — Economics professor
Gttillermo Calvo describing what might happen if Argentina
abandoned its own currency and adopted tbe U.S. dollar, in a
Los Angeles Tunes story, April 2.

"Phantom Menace' is creating the first teen buzz heard literally
around the world. It would have been logistically impossible 10
years ago to create the kind of obsession we are seeing about
this film, Teens are creating it without letters or phone calls but
rather with the unlimited instantaneous messages made possible
by the Web." — Douglas Gomery, professor of journalism, in
an April 13 Christian Science Monitor story about tbe mania
that preceded tbe release of tbe newest "Star Wars " movie.

"We wanted to give a message to kids to stay in school. Many of
the kids have never seen this campus." — Criminology alumnus
Donn Davis explaining why he arranged for a dozen middle-
school-aged first-time offenders from Baltimore to visit the
University of Maryland on National Student-Athlete Day, in
tbe April 77 Baltimore Sun

"I'm convinced that we will be able to replace the nonspecific
methods like pyrolysis and ion mobility spectrometry with the
highly reliable methods of mass spectrometry. That will greatly
reduce our false positive and our false negatives, and make
these instruments more reliable for the monitoring that's need-
ed in public buildings, battlefields, and in food safety issues."
— Catherine Fenselau, cbair of chemistry and biochemistry, in
a March 29 Chemical and Engineering News story about the
importance of developing new technologies to identify bacte-
ria in a wide variety of situations.

"It is more prolific. It's being overdone, particularly given the
scope of the military operation. We talk big, but this is a small
operation." — David Segal, director of the Center for Research
on Military Organizations, in a story about media second-
guessing of mtlitary strategies in the conflict in Yugoslavia, in
an April 22 story in the Chicago Tribune.

"It's really horrifying. Some of it I think is really poisonous. It's
hard for me to think of anything before the last 20 years that
was oriented toward such violence. If you're a kid and you real-
ly want to be different, you have to go farther out these days to
do so." — feffrey Arnett, visiting professor of sociology, In an
April 22 Los Angeles Times story about tbe greater degree of
alienation and violence in youth subcultures, as evidence by
the teenaged killers in Littleton, Colo.

Paul Mazzocchi will step down as dean of the
College of Life Sciences on June 30, 2000.

Mazzocchi has been at the university for 30
years now, and has served as dean of the College
of life Sciences since 1992.

"I'm leaving the position because I've been
doing this for 1 1 years," he says.The college has
plans to enhance its programs and there should
be someone at the helm who can "see the
changes through," he says.

During his career, Mazzocchi has "seen many
changes in the life sciences, including the
increased quality of the faculty, undergraduates
and graduates." Also improvements have been
made to the biological sciences program and to
the enrollment of minority students.

While he does not claim full responsibility for
these changes, Mazzocchi has provided dynamic
leadership and made significant contributions to
the College of Life Sciences and the campus
community.

Undergraduate enrollment has increased by 60
percent and the college currently has 2400
undergraduate and 600 graduate students.
Minority enrollment has risen from 17 in 1 990 to
65 in 1 998. The college leads the nation in gradu-
ating minorities in the life sciences and contin-
ues to attract academically talented undergradu-
ates through initiatives such as the Howard
Hughes Medical Institute Undergraduate
Research Fellowship.

Under Mazzocchi, the college created a num-
ber of preparatory programs for entering college
freshmen. The Pre-freshmen Academic
Enrichment Program is a six-week program
offered in the summer before the start of the
freshman year, to students with poor preparation
in mathematics.

In its first four years (1995-1998), 70 students
completed the program and showed a substantial-
ly better academic achievement than minority
and non-minority comparison groups in every
variable measured, including retention, GPA, cred-

its earned and grades in fundamental science
classes.

The College of Life Sciences has four academ-
ic departments and several research centers,
including the Joint Institute for Food Safety and
Applied Nutrition CJIFSAN), Center for
Bio molecular Structure and Organization, and the
Center for Neuroscience. JIFSAN is a cooperative
venture of the university and the Food and Drug
Administration. It is funded through a coopera-
tive agreement (5 years, $8.2 million) that
includes programs in research, education, and
community outreach. Such centers help catapult
life sciences into more sophisticated research
and greater visibility.

Greater visibility is one of the many goals
Mazzocchi accomplished for the College of Life
Sciences.

"It was an orphan to the physical sciences,
until the campus finally realized that in the com-
ing decades much activity will be in the field of
biological science," he says.

Mazzocchi's colleagues point out that one of
his greatest strengths is the ability to recognize
and utilize the strengths of his staff.

"He knows how to enlist people to do jobs
they like to do and to jobs they can do well. As a
result, we've all done well," says William Walters,
professor of chemistry.

Even after he retires as dean, Mazzocchi will
continue to be part of the growth and changes in
the college's chemistry department as a professor
of organic chemistry. He plans to develop a mas-
ters program for secondary school teachers in
the sciences, biology and chemistry.

Some other changes are also in the pipeline,
including a better facility with superior labs for
the chemistry department, and new offices for
staff members.

In a few years, Mazzocchi says, he would like
to retire to his home in Southern Maryland and
spend more time in his wood shop and less in
the chemistry lab.

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ELM Interface Switches to PINE July 1

Those faculty and staff who telnet to
DEANS know that ELM is the interface that
allows you to read and send e-mail from the
DEANS menu. This notice is a reminder that
ELM will no longer be the interface begin-
ning July 1. Instead, DEANS will adopt
another campus e-mail interface called
PINE. Beginning in July, when "m" is pressed
on the DEANS menu, you will access PINE
instead of ELM.

If you normally use a graphics-based e-
mail reader such as Netscape, Simeon or
Eudora to access DEANS mail, this change
will not affect you at all. However, it is pos-
sible that one day you may need to telnet to
DEANS to access e-mail from a remote loca-
tion that does not support your graphical
interface, such as at a conference or semi-
nar.

Please note that e-mail addresses will
remain the same as before (eg.
jdoc@deans.umd.edu). Those who have

access to ADVISE will continue to access it
from the DEANS menu.

Though you may begin to use PINE in
July, users are encouraged to consider
switching to a graphical-based e-mail system
such as Netscape, Simeon, etc. to do DEANS
e-mail (the term "IMAP" is used in conjunc-
tion with this method). Such interfaces are
much nicer in that they provide full-screen,
copy and paste capabilities, multiple win-
dows, and more. Contact your computer
support person if you need help in switch-
ing to a graphical interface.

PINE training for groups of 10 or more
can be arranged by contacting the DEANS
Help Desk at 405-1778. If there are any
questions or concerns about this change,
please call or e-mail
hotline @d e an s . umd.edu .

Information about how to use PINE is
available at <www.washington.edu/pine/
tutorial. 4/index. html> .

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June 15,1999 Outlook 3

Mote, Glendening Celebrate
UMCAPS Anniversary

Campus officials and Gov. Glendening took part in celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Institute
for Governmental Service. Seated with the governor are, from left, Daniel Kuenneit, chair of the advi-
sory board and director of the Rural Development Center of the University of Maryland, Eastern
Shore, University President Dan Mote, and Joseph Page, former mayor of the city of College Park.

Gov. Parris Glendening joined University
President Dan Mote on May 1 4 to celebrate the
40th anniversary of the institute for
Governmental Service, a unit of the Center for
Applied Policy Studies. A special luncheon was
held at the Old Parish House in College Park to
mark the occasion.

"I congratulate the institute for
Governmental Service on your 40th anniver-
sary," Glendening told the group of about 40
staff, advisory board members and guests. "It is
important to note that 1 am not just here as the
governor to recognize tfiis important mile-
stone," he said. "I am also here as a long-time
public servant who has interacted with this

institute at many stages of my life."

Patricia Florestano, secretary of the Maryland
Higher Education Commission and director of
the Institute from 1979 to 1986, also addressed
the gathering. She recalled the history of the
organization.

Barbara Hawk, director of the institute since
1991, gave the group an overview of current
projects, such as die Water Resources
Leadership Initiative and the Academy for
Excellence in Local Governance. Charles E
Wellford, director of the University of Maryland
Center for Applied Policy Studies, shared his
vision of the future for the institute and
UMCAPS.

Rub His Nose
from Home

At spring commencement, speakers James Carvllle and
Mary Matalln were presented with exact replicas of
Testudo in front of McKeldln Library. The replica, called
"Authentic Testudo" Is among the many Herns that will be
on sale at the Friends of the Libraries virtual gift shop
Web site.

"Authentic Testudo" Is a true-to-scale bronze miniature
priced at $100. Orders can soon be placed on the gift
shop's Web site at :
<www.llb.umd.edu/UMCP/FOL/folweb.html>.

Student-Powered Vehicle Wins National Engineering Contest

A human-powered vehicle designed
and built by Maryland engineering stu-
dents proved to be impossible to beat
at the American Society for Mechanical
Engineering's recently completed 1999
human-powered vehicle competition in
San Francisco.

The Terps' tadpole-shaped vehicle
took top honors in the practical catego-
ry, while also beating out all but two of
the 19 entries in the speed division.

"We designed our vehicle to be a
practical commuter vehicle so we were
extremely pleased to win that catego-
ry," says project leader Aubrey Williams,
a junior in mechanical engineering. "We
also were happy and somewhat
shocked that we placed third in the
speed category because most of the
vehicles entered in that division were
designed strictly for speed."

"Just in Time," the university's bright
red and ye Low one-seater, was
designed and built over a three-semes-
ter period. It has an aluminum tricycle
frame with two wheels in the front and
one in the back. The occupant peddles
from a seated position and is protected
from wind and other elements by a
fiberglass body or fairing that sur-
rounds the aluminum frame.The vehi-

cle is equipped with a safety harness,
roll bar, double wishbone suspension,
hydraulic disc brakes, windows, side-
and rear-view mirrors, headlights, turn
signals, and a break light.

The project was started by Williams
in December 1997 after examining the
plans for a pedal-powered vehicle that
he ordered from a magazine. Dissatisfied
with the elementary and inelegant
design, Williams decided that if he was
going to build a human-powered vehi-
cle, he was going to use his engineering
education to design and build some-
thing better. He quickly enlisted the
enthusiastic participation of students
with whom he shared classes.

The team's initial research and
design work was done as an indepen-
dent project. The team members then
approached Jeffrey Herrmann, an assis-
tant professor in the department of
mechanical engineering and the
Institute for Systems Research, and
asked him to be their faculty advisor.
The project was approved as a two-
semester course (EMNE 489X) that
began in the fall of 1998 and was com-
pleted at the end of the current spring
semester.

"The students have learned a great

deal this year about the product devel-
opment process and teamwork which
are important parts of [the School of
Engineering's] curriculum, and about
societal issues related to human-pow-
ered vehicles," Herrmann says. "They
worked on the project like it was a
small business, addressing issues such
as project management, budgeting, pur-
chasing, public relations, and logistics.
This is certainly one of the best and
most professional student teams to be
found anywhere."

The human-powered vehicle project
received financial support from the
department of mechanical engineering,
the A.James Clark School of
Engineering, and the dean of under-
graduate studies

The Clark school is a leader in
undergraduate engineering education
that combines rigorous classroom stud-
ies with real- world, hands-on applica-
tions of classroom learning. ENES100, a
first-year engineering design course,
sets the tone for four years of progres-
sive engineering education. In this
course, students get their first experi-
ence working in teams and solving real-
life problems with actual budgets and
production schedules. The course

requires students to apply what diey
learn in class to the design and con-
struction of windmills, water pumps
and oUier projects that illustrate basic
engineering concepts.

During the students' four years of
engineering education at the school,
there also is continuing emphasis on
undergraduate research opportunities
in areas that range from robotics to
refrigerants. A cooperative engineering
education program puts third- and
fourth-year students in industries that
will employ them after graduation.
Student participation in projects and
competitions has brought awards and
recognition to every engineering
department. The human-powered vehi-
cle is the latest of many winning pro-
jects.

Other highly successful projects by
student engineering teams have includ-
ed solar-powered cars, hybrid electric
vehicles, walking robots, concrete
canoes and toboggans, a pinball
machine and environmental design pro-
jects.

4 Outlook June 15,1999

Mote Meets California Alumni

Los Angeles Alumni Club leaders Marie Kottis '87 and Ivan Lieber '85

President Mote (left) greets Jason Williams '66 during a
dinner cruise for Los Angeles Alumni.

University President Dan Mote and his
wife Patsy headed to California last month
to meet alumni who live in the Golden
State. The Alumni Association hosted alum-
ni events in three different cities: a dia-
mond exhibit in San Diego, a dinner cruise
in Los Angeles, and a cocktail jazz recep-
tion in San Francisco.

The events gave Mote the opportunity
to tell California alumni about Maryland's
recent successes, including top rankings in

several schools and his mission for the uni-
versity to become a top public research
institution, BiU Destler, vice president of
research and dean of the Graduate School,
and Danita Nias, director of the Maryland
Alumni Association, also attended the
events.

"We must go beyond the state of
Maryland's borders to build the Terrapin
spirit among our alumni ranks,'' Nias said.
"The alumni association's events in

California show that we have a supportive
alumni base across the country that is
eager to reconnect with the university."

Deirdre Bagley, the association's direc-
tor of regional clubs, coordinated the
CaUfornia events.

For more information about upcoming
alumni association events, visit the associa-
tion's Web site at
<www. info rm . umd . edu/Alumni> .

Classes for Library Users

University of Maryland
Libraries hosts three different
classes designed to address the
information needs of those
requiring help using the
libraries print, nonprint and
electronic resources. All classes
are free and open to the cam-
pus community.

Summer 1999 class sched-
ules are listed at: <www.lib.
umd.edu/UMCP/UES/classes.
html>

• VlCTORWeb— A 60-minute
introduction to using
VlCTORWeb, the Libraries'
Web-based catalog, and
Academic Search, an online
periodical database.

• When is Your Paper Due? — A
class for the more advanced
undergraduate researcher. This
60-minutc class is for students
who are getting ready to
research and write a substan-
tial paper, report or proposal.

• Basic: Introduction to GIS
using ArcVicw — A 2-hour work-
shop that teaches the basic
operations of the popular
ArcView GIS (Geographic
Informal ion Systems) software.
Registration required:
<www.lib.unid.edu/UMCP/UES
/gis-fhtml>

For more information, con-
tact Maggie Cunningham at
405-9O7O or e-mail to
mcl98@uniail.umd.edu.

Jerome Segal's "Graceful Simplicity"

Family Leave Policies Could be a Step Toward The Good Life 7 for Everyone

President Clinton's call last month to use unem-
ployment funds to pay for time off for new parents
represents the kind of government action that could
be the foundation for ensuring more people realize
the "good life" of the American Dream, says a universi-
ty public policy expert.

Jerome Segal, a philosopher and professor in
Maryland's School of Public Affairs, says Clinton is on
the right track, but even bolder action is needed to
make a real difference. In his new
book, "Graceful Simplicity," Segal says
the nation would do well to exam-
ine reorienting the fundamental
principles of its entire economic sys-
tem to focus more on facilitating the
kind of financial flexibility that
would enable families to pursue
what's important to them.

"President Clinton really captured
it when he said 'it is imperative that
your country give you the tools to
succeed not only in the workplace
but also at home," Segal notes.

In "Graceful Simplicity" Segal
argues that today's economic and
political system gives little attention
to anything outside the workplace,
effectively pushing the "good life"
out of reach for most people. Wide-
ranging laws and regulations have
created a society where basic human needs can only
be met with relatively high levels of income. People
work 50-to 60-hour weeks to meet very real and legiti-
mate needs like comfortable housing in a safe neigh-
borhood.

But it doesn't have to be that way. As the new mil-
lennium approaches, Segal says the time is right to
take a serious look at changing the system. He points

to growing dissatisfaction with today's harried, hectic
lifestyles that are devoid of almost any element of
graceful existence. The American middle class, which
has experienced two hundred years of economic
growth but has not moved beyond the point of
always needing more money than it has, may now be
ready to accept a new organizing concept; something
Segal calls "a politics of simplicity."

"What we need is a system that allows people to

turn away from the obsession of get-
ting and spending to focus on what
is really important in life," says Segal,
a former staff member of the House
Budget Committee. He notes that as
more people have moved into the
middle class, they are finding what
matters most are the deeper engage-
ments outside the workplace,
whether with family and friends, art
and literature, religious devotion,
civic engagement or the pursuit of
knowledge. "Government policies
can provide the foundation to make
this possible," he says.

Under a new system employ-
ing the "politics of simplicity," Segal
says the economic and political
institutions would be attuned to
policies that create an environment
supportive of individuals' pursuit of
deeper engagements. Legislation and bureaucratic
policies would be reviewed for their effectiveness in
reducing income pressures and making simple living
feasible for most people. Instead of increases in gross
national product, economic progress would be mea-
sured in terms of expanded leisure time and increased
ability to meet core needs with modest income.
"Graceful Simplicity" provides a blue print outlin-

ing the kinds of policy changes that would be need-
ed. Segal calls for things like expanding the number of
three-day weekends, eliminating tuition at all public
colleges and universities, expanding the earned-
income credit as a cushion for families with part-time
jobs, and a new focus on urban revitalization to make
it easier for people to live well with modest incomes
in closer proximity to jobs.

What we have now, he says, is a very inefficient sys-
tem where it takes more money today to have less
than in the past. "How much does it cost today to live
in a neighborhood where it is safe to tell your kids,
'just go out and play.' How many people no longer
expect to live in such a neighborhood?" he asks.

Transportation, another necessity, also consumes
ever-increasing amounts of the family income, now
nearly 20 percent for most. "We have to work two
and a half months just to have the means of getting
around," says Segal.

Work has become the all-consuming activity, yet
most people say what they really want is time to
enjoy life, to play with the kids, to read a good book,
to take a walk in the woods. The American Dream
promises that if you work hard you will be rewarded
with an opportunity to enjoy this "good life." The
American Reality has become plenty of work, but no
reward.

Until now, simple living enthusiasts have preached
total individualism, believing that the problem can be
solved by freeing oneself from overconsumption. The
real problem, Segal argues, is that we are trapped in a
society that is working against us.

"tf we embrace a politics of simplicity, then we can
move — not in ones and twos, but as a nation —
toward a quieter, simpler, more fulfilling way of life,"
he says. "If we don't act together, we will never get
there."

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June 15.1999 Outtook 5

Debunking the Myth of Eugenics

Steven Selden Delves Into the Controversial Subject in "Inheriting Shame

As a graduate student,
Steven Selden, director of the
Center for Curriculum Theory
and Development, discovered
something that made him stop
and take a long, shocked sec-
ond look.

Eugenics, or "scientific
racism," as he calls it, was a
subject that gready interested
Selden because racism was not
an unfamiliar fact to this son of
Russian and Polish immigrants.

In eugenics, "arguments on
racism were couched in scien-
tific grounds... geneticists
developed a series of argu-
ments in tfie '20s and the '30s
that human beings would best
be improved through pro-
grams of human breeding," he
explains. Selden also found
that many prominent leaders
of the early 20th century had
subscribed to this line of
thought.

Selden's deep interest in
and study of the subject has
resulted in a comprehensive
book tided "Inheriting Shame:
The Story of Eugenics and
Racism in America, 7 ' published
by the Teachers College Press,
Columbia University.

"This book tries to debunk
the pseudo-scientific belief
that we are determined pri-
marily by our genes and our
biology "The book, Selden says,
took him more than 10 years
to write, "but is some kind of a
lifetime project."

"Inheriting Shame" is divid-
ed into two parts — "the first is
a historical analysis of eugenics
and its impact on American
education, particularly on biol-
ogy textbooks. The second is
an analysis of a series of con-

temporary studies on criminali-
ty, sexuality, and other quali-
ties... it looks at current
research and asks the question
"what's the evidence that
there are biological markers
for intelligence and sexual ori-
entation?"

The book tells "about peo-
ple who believe that all human
traits, like intelligence, wonder-
ing, honesty, thrift, eye color,
hair texture, predisposition to
prostitution, sexuality, are
determined by our genes.And
that to improve human beings
and get the best out of all
these things, you should breed
people," Selden says.

The science behind this
belief was wrong, he points
out, "but it became associated
with a series of biases in the
American psyche... biases
about race, religion, ethnicity."
He tells diat in the 1920s and
1930s, there were a series of
exhibitions at state fairs that
would popularize the eugeni-
cal belief, including "fitter faml-
lies" contests People would
sign up to take evaluations of
whether they were potential
members of the "fitter families"
groups in America. The con-
tests encouraged those who
were judged to be biologically
superior to have more chil-
dren.

Selden's book also discusses
how, in the early 20th century,
everything from newspapers
to movies to sermons in
churches supported eugenical
arguments. "Ninety percent of
biology textbooks said eugen-
ics was legitimate science,"
Selden says, "They recommend-
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popularized in a lot of ways
and the book tells you about
how this was done and its
impact on education."

Eugenical beliefs had a
strong impact on the political
environment of that time too.
"You see social injustice at the
political level and you believe
in eugenics at the scientific
level and you say, nothing can
be done about these folks,
because they are inferior per-
sons. That was the argument
that was made — if you want-
ed to improve slums, you had
to bring in better people,
because slums were made by
slum people. They were the
cause of their own problems."

The idea, he says, lias some
popularity to this day.

"David Duke, a well-known
racist who tried for a nomina-
tion to Congress from
Louisiana, has just written a
book where he makes all the
old-time eugenical arguments,"
he says "My book aims to
speak to all those racist ideas."

"Inheriting Shame" is the lat-
est in a series in Advances In
Contemporary Educational
Thought published by the
Teachers College Press. Jonas
Soltis, editor of the series,
writes in his introduction to
the book: "As Steven Selden
tells the story of the eugenics
movement in America during
the early decades of the twen-
tieth century prior to the holo-
caust of World War n, every
reader's head will turn left and
right in rhythmic disbelief.
How could prominent
Americans publicly voice such

racist, anti-Semitic, anti-various
ethnic group ideas? As you
read the words of the likes of
Theodore Roosevelt, Edward
Thorndike, Leta Holllngworth,
Franklin Bobbltt, Robert
Yerkes, G. Stanley Hall, WW.
Charters, Karl Pearson, and
others, disbelief escalates. How
could they and others advo-
cate such things as institution-
alization, segregation and even
sterilization of those with infe-
rior blood' while prompting
selective human breeding of
those with superior blood?"

Noted anthropologist Ashley
Montagu, "who started work-
ing on issues of race in 1930s
and debunking the idea that
human beings were divided
into distinct races that had dif-
ferent qualities," has written
the foreword to the book.

Says Selden, "I am pleased
to continue his (Montagu's)
distinct research tradition that
seeks to make sure that per-
sons who are marginalized by
economic forces are also not
marginalized by intellectual
forces."

The university is a great
place to look at ideas about
these issues, he says. "The uni-
versity is a place where we are
given time to pursue and voice
these ideas."

When he started on his
research, says Selden, he found
there wasn't much research on
eugenics, despite its impact on
life in this country. "There
were a couple of academics
working on it. People knew
about it but didn't pay any
attention to it."

He waded through books

for an entire summer at the
National School of Education
Archives "that hadn't been
opened for 50 years" looking
for evidence of eugenics in
them, and also did a great deal
of analysis of biology text-
books as part of his research.

At the university, Selden is
teaching courses on race, class
and social justice. His book is
recommended reading for his
students. "They are incredulous
when they read it— they can-
not believe that all this was
going on. They learn all about
leaders in American education,
but they only find out about
their technical work and not
their political commitments
and beliefs. When they find
that many of the people who
are stellar examples of good
academics are also strong
eugenlcists, they say how is
that possible, and try to under-
stand that.Tlie textbook really
does shake them."

He adds that to date our
culture still hasn't been able to
figure out what to do with the
question of race. His son, he
says, pointed out to him that
when "white kids die in
schools we get very upset
about it. But every day there
are black kids dying in the
inner cities by the same guns
and nothing happens."

Diversity, he points out, Is to
be celebrated. "But people are
different as individuals — not
because of race or gender."

— VAlSHALi HONAWAR

6 Outlook June 15,1999

GRB Faculty Named

The following are the faculty members who were grant-
ed the General Research Board awards for the 1999-2000
school year. The GRB Research Support Award allows recip-
ients to purchase research materials and equipment essen-
tial to research a project. The GRB Distinguished Faculty
Research Fellowship allows recipients to spend an entire
academic year on a research project.

Research Support Award

College of Arts and Humanities

Art History & Archaeology

Sandy Kita, "Japanese Prints and Printed Books in the

Library of Congress"

Communica tion

Jennifer Garst," Narrative-based Persuasion: Understanding

the Cognitive Mechanisms"

English

Neil Fraistat, "The Complete Poetry of Percy Bysshe Shelley,

Volume 1"

David Norbrook, "The Life and Works of Lucy Hutchinson"

William Sherman, "John Dee's Diaries: A New Edition"

School of Music

Linda Mabbs,"The Preparation and Recording of Twentieth-
Century American Classical Songs for Voice and Piano"

College of Computer, Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Physics

Philip Roos, "Detector Fabrication for Measurements of

Parity Violation in the Electro-weak Interaction"

College of Education

Human Development

Brenda Jones Harden, "Environmental and Cultural

Influences on Young Child Development"

College of Agriculture and Natural Resources

Natural Resource Sciences & Landscape Architecture
Theo Solomos, "Isolation of an 02 Sensor Gene in Plant
Tissues"

A. James Clark School of Engineering

Chemical Engineering

Tracey Pulliam Holoman, "Characterization of Intracellular

Proteases in Methanosarcina thermophila"

GRB Distinguished Faculty Research
Fellowship 1999-2000

College of Computer, Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Physics

Edward Redish, "Reaching More Students: New Approaches

to University Teaching"

College of Computer, Mathematical and Physical Sciences
and A James Clark School of Engineering

Physics

Materials & Nuclear Engineering

Ramamoorthy Ramesh, "Self-Assembled Nanoscale Oxide

Field Emitter Arrays for Flat Panel Displays"

Returning Students Scholarships Available

Scholarship funds for adult women are now available through the Returning Students Program
of the Counseling Center. The funds are provided by the Charlotte Newcombe Foundation and 10-
1 2 scholarships ranging from $300 to $600 will be awarded.

To qualify, women must meet the following criteria by the application deadline of July 12:

• women 25 years of age or older

• admitted as full or part-time undergraduates at the University of Maryland, College Park

• completion of at least half the credits necessary for the undergraduate degree (60 credits)

In addition, special consideration will be given to women with verifiable financial need, women
with disabilities (or family members with disabilities) and women pursuing their first undergradu-
ate degree.

Newcombe scholarship funds are for use during the Fall 1999 semester to cover partial tuition
expenses as well as the cost of any off-campus supervised internship, books and fees, child-care or
career-related costs.

For more information, contact either Beverly Greenfeig or Barbara Goldberg at 314-7693-Thc
deadline for applications is Monday, July 12. Applicants will be notified of the decision by mail.

Library of American Broadcasting
Receives Jerry Schatz Collection

The Broadcast Pioneers Library of American
Broadcasting (LAB), located in Horn bake Library,
recently became the home of the Jerry (Tucker)
Schatz Collection. Jerome
Schatz worked as a child
actor in Hollywood and New
York in both film and radio
during the 1930s and early
1940s He took the stage
name "Jerry Tucker" when a
film executive told his par-
ents that Schatz was "too eth-
nic " He appeared in such
films as "Sidewalks of New
York" (1931) with Buster
Keaton,"No Man of Her
Own" (1932) with Carole
Lombard, "Babes in Toyland"
(1934) with Laurel and Hardy,
"Captain January" (1 936) with Shirley Temple,
and "Boys Town" (1938) with Spencer Tracy.

Jerry Tucker's best known role, however, was
as the spoiled rich kid in the "Our Gang" come-
dies. His "Our Gang 'debut was a minor role in
"Shiver My Timbers" (1931). From that small

part, he went on to work in 18 "Our Gang"
comedies including, "Hi-Neighbor" (1934) in
which he played the rich kid with the slick fire
engine. Jerry Tucker also
appeared on several radio
programs, including "Twenty
Grand Salutes Your Birthday
(1941) and a starring role in
King Arthur Jr. ( 1 940-1 94 1 ).
In the collection are scripts
from radio shows (including
one autographed by fellow
performers Babe Ruth,
Jimmy Dorsey and Gene
Ticrney), a scrapbook docu-
menting Jerry's career.pho-
Schatz with Cary Grant, Randolf tographs, and Jerry's
Scott and Roscoe Karris. Paramount Cubs baseball uni-

form from his days as official
team mascot. In 1 942 Jerry Schatz joined the
Navy and served in World War II. After the war
he worked as an engineer for RCA Global
Communications until his retirement in 1985.
Schatz currendy lives with his wife Myra in
New York,

Sewing Up 30 Years of Scholarship

Last month, Gladys Marie Fry, professor In the department of English, was presented with
a handmade quilt constructed by her colleagues. Fry Is retiring from the department after
30 years of service.

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June 15,1999 Outlook ^

Task Force To Study the Effects of Cult Activities

At the request of the
General Assembly last year, the
governor created the Task
Force to Study the Effects of
Cult Activities on Public Senior
Higher Education Institutions.
The task force effort is under
way, having held two meet-
ings, which were open to the
public during May and June.
The task force is charged with
obtaining information from
members of the higher educa-
tion community as well as the
public regarding the extent to
which there is cult activity
within the university system of

Maryland, St. Mary's College,
and Morgan State University
and to submit findings and rec-
ommendations to the
Governor and General
Assembly by Sept. 30.

"I think it is healthy that
institutions of higher educa-
tion can conduct open and fair
self-examinations on topics of
concerns," says Warren Keliey,
executive assistant to the vice
president for student affairs,
and member of the task force.
"Board of Regents member
William Wood, chair of the task
force, has demonstrated extra-

ordinary leadership over a dif-
ficult and controversial sub-
ject," he adds.

Keliey says the task force
will continue to hold meetings
that are open to the public
through the summer. The next
meeting is scheduled for
Friday, June 18, 1 - 4 p.m. at
Bowie State University in the
Thurgood Marshall Library, sec-
ond floor conference room.

Several future meetings
have been tentatively sched-
uled, with locations to be
determined:
•Tuesday.June 29, 1999, 10

a.m.- 4 p.m.

•Wednesday, July 14, 1999, 10

a.m.- 4 p.m.

•Tuesdayjury 27, 1999, 10 a.m.

- 4 p.m.

•Monday, August 9, 1999, 10

a.m. - 4 p.m.

For more information, inter-
ested parties should contact
Maitland Dade, director of leg-
islative affairs, University
System of Maryland, 301-261;
2143.

Journalism Professor
Maurine Beasicy was selected
as the American Association
of University Women
Educational Foundation's
1 999 Founders Distinguished
Senior Scholar, In announcing
the award, AAUW noted that
it recognized her lifetime of
outstanding college and uni-
versity teacliing, an impres-
sive publication record and
the impact Bcasley has had
on women in the journalism
profession.

The AAUW award, with a
$ 1 ,000 prize, marks the sec-
ond major honor for Beasley
in recent weeks. She has also
been approved for a Fulbright
Scholarship that will take her
to Jinan University in
Guangzhou, China during the
spring 2000 semester.

A is ha Cooper, a senior fam-
ily studies major and an
employee of the Community
Service Programs, was named
one of 14 finalists for the
Campus Compact's Howard
R. Swearer Humanitarian
award.

As a finalist, Cooper will
be listed in an award
brochure which will be dis-
tributed at the Education
Commission of the States
Annual Meeting. She will also
be recognized in the summer
edition of Compact Current,
the Campus Compact
newsletter.

Aisha was nominated by
President Dan Mote for the
Swearer award because of her
program, "Guns to Books
2000: A Strategy for the Social
and Educational
Rehabilitation of Liberian

NOTABLE

Youth," which she created in
November 1997 while taking
a service-learning class in
education and human devel-
opment.

"Guns to Books" is a multi-
service development and
intervention program that
provides educational and
social support for Liberian
youth who live in a country
dealing with the aftermath of
a seven-year civil war.

Maryland student Kristin
Marburg was recentiy award-
ed the Morris K. Udall
Scholarship for the 1998-
1999 academic year. Marburg
is a junior in the environmen-
tal science and policy pro-
gram with concentrations in
soil, water and land resources
and in environmental politics
and policy.

The endowed Udall schol-
arship was established in
1992 to honor Congressman
Morris K. Udall of Arizona — a
champion of environmental
issues, including die protec-
tion and the preservation of
natural resources.Tbe scholar-
sliip provides $5,000 for edu-
cational expenses.

Kevin Miller, assistant to
the dean of agriculture for
legislative and corporate
affairs, was appointed to the
interim board of directors of
the Friends of the Potomac.

Friends of the Potomac is a
non-profit corporation com-
prising more than 160 local
governments, businesses, non-
profits and individuals from
throughout the Potomac river
basin. In July 1998, President
Clinton designated the entire

Last month, Students Sarah Anderson and Erin Melsel won
first place In the advanced composition and technical writing
categories respectively of the Professional Writing Contest.

The awards were presented on May 14 In Susquehanna Hall.
Rebecca McCoy and Eric Hartley won the second and third
place In the advanced composition category. In the technical
writing category, the second place went to Mira Shiloach, and
Michelle Marlon and Evrtlkl Voyatzls shared third place.

Potomac river watershed as
one of the nation's 14
American Heritage Rivers. The
heritage rivers are expected
to serve as models for innova-
tive, economically successful
and ecologically sustainable
approaches to river conserva-
tion, restoration and revital-
ization.

Two professors in the
counseling psychology doc-
toral program were recendy
selected fellows by the
American Psychological
Association.

Associate professor Don
Pope- Davis was selected for
APA's Division of Counseling
Psychology, while associate
professor Ruth Fassinger was
named fellow in both the
Division of Counseling
Psychology and the Society

for the Psychological Study of
Lesbian and Gay Issues.
Both Pope-Davis and
Fassinger serve in the depart-
ment of counseling and per-
sonnel services in the College
of Education at the University
of Maryland.

Ruth Zerwitz, physics
department coordinator, was
selected as an Outstanding
Advisor Certificate of Merit
recipient as part of the 1999
National Academic Advising
Association's National Awards
Program. The award is pre-
sented to individuals who
have demonstrated qualities
associated with outstanding
academic advising of stu-
dents. Zerwitz is one of 24
advisors honored with a cer-
tificate of merit this year in
the nationwide competition.

ei-

Symposium

Spotlights HCWs

Newest Technologies

Floods of digital data can
be channeled into streams of
useful information if one has
the right "tools." Many of
these tools are being devel-
oped at the Human-
Computer Interaction
Laboratory (HCfL). HCIL
researchers will share their
latest sanity- saving, produc-
tivity-enhancing technolo-
gies during the laboratory's
16th Annual Symposium and
Open House. The events take
place on Thursday, June 17
and Friday, June 18, and will
feature small group work-
shops, lectures and laborato-
ry demonstrations.

Pre-symposium work-
shops will be held from 10
a.m. to 4 p.m. on June 17. On
June 18, symposium lectures
will be presented from 8:30
a.m. to 2:30 p.m., followed
by the open house demon-
strations from 2:30 to 5:30
p.m.

HCIL researchers come
from many areas of campus
including computer science,
psychology, library and infor-
mation services, and educa-
tion. The laboratory is direct-
ed by Ben Shneiderman, an
internationally recognized
expert in human- computer
interaction. Shneiderman is a
leader among those who
think that computers are
tools that should be
improved by making them
more reliable and easier for
humans to use rather than
by anthropomorphizing
computers with programs
that attempt to "think 7 ' for
their users. Shneiderman
most recently was profiled
in the March issue of
Scientific A merican.

The symposium lectures
will be held in Tyser
Auditorium (Room 1212) in
Van Munching Hall.
Registration is required in
advance. Information on
workshop locations will be
given to attendees when
they register.

For more information or
registration materials visit
their Web site at
<www. cs. umd . edu/hcil/abo
ut/events/open-house-
99/registration.shtml>, call
Cecilia Kullman 405-0304 or
e-mail cecilia@umiacs,
umd.edu.

S Outlook June 15,1999

National Orchestral Institute Molds the Future of Music

The best and the brightest of the country's young
musicians will gather from June 4 through 27 for the
National Orchestral Institute, a three-week intensive
orchestral training program sponsored by the School
of Music.

The event culminates in three
public performances by the vis-
iting musicians who will per-
form one symphony each week
under a world-renowned con-
ductor.

Established in 1987, the NOI
seeks to help young students
make the transition from acade-
mia to professional orchestras
by offering them a chance to
hone their performance skills.
"It's a three-week push to give
students the professional experi-
ence they need for the real
world," says Don Reinhold, direc-
tor of the NOI.

"The performance pieces we
choose are selected both for
their challenging difficulty and
because they are representative
of what these students will
probably play many times as

professional musicians," says Reinhold.

Each week, NOI students will train with one
distinguished conductor in preparation for a
public performance on Saturday night. The 90
NOI students were cho-
sen fiom more than 700
auditions nationwide.
The NOI's concert
schedule is as follows:

June l9:MarUnAslop,
conductor

John Adams: The
Chairman Dances

Prokofiev: Suites from
Romeo and Juliet

Beethoven: Symphony # 3
("The Eroica")

June 26: Maximiano Valdes,

conductor

Revueltas: Sensemaya
Debussy: Gigues and

Iberia from Images for

Orchestra

Sibelius: Symphony * 5

All concerts begin at 8 p.m. in

Tawes Theatre on the College Park campus. Tickets are
$ 1 2 for general admission, $ 10 for senior citizens,
and $ 5 for students. For tickets, call (301) 405-6538.

In addition to these concerts, three chamber music
evenings will be offered as part of NOI. These recitals
will be held at 8. p.m. in Ulrich Recital Hall in the
Tawes Fine Arts Building. Admission is free but seating
is limited. The schedule is as follows:

June 17:The Coolidgc String Quartet

June 22: NOI Chamber Music Ensembles

L&S Seeking Advisor-
Volunteers

Letters and Sciences (L&S) seeks
faculty, research associates, profes-
sional-level staff members and full-
time Ph.D. students to advise up to
five L&S students this fall.The L&S
students would like to explore their
academic options before declaring a
major. Full-time master's students in
the colleges of business, education
and architecture are also encouraged
to participate.A 2.5-hour preparation
session wul be offered several times
this summer, along with a one-day
freshman orientation event.

For more information, e-mail
Wendy Whittemore at
wwhitte@deans.umd.edu. Include a
local/campus mailing address at
which an information and sign-up
packet may be sent.

4th Friday is Now 1st Friday

The free and fun-filled customer-
service refresher sessions, once
known as, "4th Friday for Front-
Liners," have been renamed " 1st
Friday for Front- Liners."

Designed for those who meet and
greet students, visitors and customers
face-to-face and on the phone, the
next two sessions are scheduled for
Sept. 3, 1999 and Feb. 4, 2000, in

room 1 100 of Memorial Chapel from
10:30 a.m. to noon. Staff supervisors
are welcome.

Call Campus Visitor Advocate, Nick
Kovalakides to reserve your spot for
the sessions 314-9866.

Book Center becomes Barnes
& Noble

The University Book Center is
now under the management of
Barnes & Noble.

All products and services will con-
tinue to be offered to the campus
community. However, department
purchases will require a small pro-
curement order, SM, or your depart-
ment's credit card.

If your department uses an SM,
please make it out to:
FEI# 132536119
Vendor: Barnes & Noble
University Book Center
Stamp Student Union
College Park, MD 20742

If there are any questions during
this management transition period,
call Paul Maloni at 314-7837 or e-mail
pmaIoni@union.umd.edu.

Hosts Needed for Humphrey
Fellows

Hosts are needed for the 1999-
2000 Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows,

mid-career journalists and govern-
ment administrators from developing
countries who will arrive on August
14 for an academic year at the uni-
versity.

Hosts are asked to meet fellows at
a local airport, provide meals and
accommodations for at least one
night, and bring fellows to College
Park the next day. Hosts are encour-
aged to continue contact with
Fellows throughout their stay in the
area. This year, the program will wel-
come fellows from Uruguay,
Guatemala, Zambia, Zimbabwe, China
(PRC), Madagascar, Tunisia, Cameroon,
Vietnam, Bosnia, Herzegovina and the
Palestinian National Authority.

For more information or to volun-
teer, contact Meg McCuUy at 405-
2513, mmccully@jmail.umd.edu, or
Bill Eaton at 405-2415,
beaton@jmail.umd.edu.To learn more
about the Humphrey Program,
see <www.inform.umd.edu/
JOUR/Humphrey>

Conference Call

The Center for the Study of
Troubling Behavior, department of
special education, sponsors a confer-
ence on alternative education for
troubled youth, July 15,8:30 a.m. to
4:30 p.m., at University College's Inn
and Conference Center.

The conference features two
nationally prominent keynote speak-
ers and 15 workshops on topics,
including prevention of school dis-
ruption and successful education
programs for adolescents with emo-
tional or behavioral difficulties. The
registration fee of $65 for
faculty/staff and $30 for full-time stu-
dents includes continental breakfast,

lunch, free parking. CEUs available. To
register by e-mail: sml06@umail.
umd.edu or call 405-6483.

Summer Crab Feasts at the
Rossbo rough Inn

Join the Rossborough Inn on the
patio as it hosts several traditional
Summertime Maryland Crab Feasts
featuring all you can eat Maryland
Steamed Crabs. The crab feasts takes
place on the patio at 6 p. m on July 2,
Aug. 27 and September 17.The price
is $45.00 per person.

For more information or reserva-
tions, please call 314-8013.

Society for Conservation
Biology Annual Meeting
The graduate program in
Sustainable Development and
Conservation Biology and the
Smithsonian Institution's Institute of
Conservation Biology will host a five-
day symposium, "Integrating Policy
and Science in Conservation
Biology." The meeting will take place
June 17-21 on campus with some
activities to be scheduled at the
Smithsonian's Museum of Natural
History and the National Zoological
Park. The opening plenary session's
featured speaker .Bruce Babbitt,
Secretary of the U.S. Department of
the Interior, will appear Thursday
evening at 8 p.m. at Tawes Theater.
The five-day meeting will feature
exhibits, workshops, discussions,
paper and poster sessions. More
information is available at
<www.inform.umd.edu/scb>.