A sampling of media clippings about Lawrence University, its faculty, students, and alumni from Spring 1998 and Summer 1998. For more clippings, check out the Lawrence in the News index page.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee
August 30, 1998
Lure of the far north. Adventurer finds beauty, tragedy on Canada's Hudson
Bay
Byline: Dennis McCann
Excerpt: "I ate raw caribou brains straight out of the skull," said Matt
Magolan, who in his year in an Inuit village was game enough for almost any
game. He was especially fascinated by the Arctic, cold and primitive but
alluring enough that when he graduated from Lawrence University in 1997
with an $18,000 fellowship he could use to travel anywhere in the world outside
the United States, Magolan chose the Arctic. His flight of fancy was to kayak
up Hudson Bay to the small Inuit village of Inukjuak in Quebec to live among
people whose language and customs were beyond foreign to someone from New
London, Wis., and to come to know their lives. Magolan is now headed for Utah
State University to pursue a master's degree in fine arts, principally
photography, but the mental pictures of his last year are still vivid, still as
exotic as anything he saw as a child in National Geographic.
Dallas Morning News, Dallas
August 16, 1998
Headline: Bombings in Africa may reflect new type of threat
Byline: Victoria Loe Hicks, Staff Writer
Excerpt: Whoever bombed the American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania probably resembles Timothy McVeigh as much as Nairobi does Oklahoma City. And yet, for all that distinguishes them, each attack bears the hallmarks of an evolving brand of terrorism that promises even deadlier attacks spread more randomly throughout the world, according to some analysts. The good news is that freelancers have taken center stage precisely because most governments have pulled back from terrorism, said G. Jonathan Greenwald, a former head of the State Department's counter-terrorism section. "That's progress," he said, "We have been successful in persuading most countries that terrorism is not acceptable behavior." As America grieves for those lost to the bombings, he said, it is important neither to leap to conclusions about the culprits nor to give the tragedy too much weight." If we overstate what it means, we give a victory to terrorists," said Mr. Greenwald, a visiting professor at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wis. "This is part of the price we pay for being out in the world, and we shouldn't let it deflect us from our proper business."
Chronicle of Higher Education, Washington, D.C.
July 31, 1998
Headline: Academic warns Americans against taking positions at Australian
universities
Byline: Geoffrey Maslen
Excerpt: Erika Esau is an American academic who traded her career in the
United States for a tenure-track job in Australia. Eight years later,
she has come to believe that "tenure in this country is apparently not
worth the paper it is written on." She is conducting a self-styled
campaign to warn U.S. scholars to be wary of accepting tenured positions
in Australia. A lecturer in art history at the Australian National
University, Ms. Esau believes that although she and her colleagues in
the Faculty of Arts all have tenure, many still face the prospect of
imminent dismissal. Ms. Esau accepted a lectureship at the university in
1990, after teaching at Lawrence University, in Appleton, Wis.
She was given tenure in 1992 with a contract that guaranteed continuing
employment until 2014. "It does not say anything about being dismissed,"
she says, "only that I was hired to perform the duties specified in the
contract. "Americans," says Ms. Esau, "should know that 'tenure' means
something else here."
Star Tribune, Minneapolis
July 30, 1998
Metro Edition
Headline: Minneapolis health volunteer killed in Uganda. While working to help
others overseas, Cecilia Goetz, 35, was attacked and robbed in her hotel
room
Byline: Allie Shah, Staff Writer
Excerpt: An international health volunteer from Minneapolis was robbed and
slain Tuesday night in Uganda, where she was working to improve the nutrition
of mothers and their children. Cecie Goetz first went to Africa in 1990 as a student in a six-month international program in Kenya. A lover of learning,
Goetz received her bachelor's degree in political science from Lawrence
University in Appleton, Wis., and two master's degrees from the University
of Minnesota, where she studied international development and public health.
She was working on her Ph.D. from the university. Last year the Minnesota
Advocates for Human Rights honored her with its human rights award.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee
July 22, 1998
All Edition
Headline: Gallery wins grant
Excerpt: Lawrence University's Wriston Art Galleries, in Appleton, have
been awarded a 1998 Conservation Assessment Program grant by the Institute of
Museum and Library Sciences and Heritage Preservation. The grant will let the
university-owned and operated galleries evaluate their collections care
policies, procedures and environmental conditions through on-site consultation
with a professional conservator. The galleries, at 613 E. College Ave., feature
five exhibits each academic year.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee
June 30, 1998
All Edition
Headline: Barbershop college
Byline: Tom Strini
Excerpt: Last year, Freefall, a hastily assembled barbershop quartet from
Lawrence University, Appleton, took first place and $4,000 in the
collegiate division of the international convention of the Society for the
Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America.
Freefall will sing at this year's conference, to be held in Atlanta over the
Fourth of July holiday weekend, but is prohibited from entering the
competition. Still, Lawrence students have a shot at making it two in a row for
the old alma mater. Elysium, another last-minute foursome, qualified for this
year's international finals by taking first place in the
Land O' Lakes district, which includes Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota,
Manitoba, Saskatchewan and parts of Ontario.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee
June 24, 1998
Final Edition
Headline: The lake effect
Byline: Kathy Flanigan
Excerpt: Actor Campbell Scott ("The Spanish Prisoner") was recognized as a
distinguished alumnus during Lawrence University's annual reunion
celebration last weekend. Scott, the son of actor George C. Scott and the late
Colleen Dewhurst, graduated from Lawrence in 1983.
Chicago Daily Herald, Chicago
June 16, 1998
Neighborhood Edition
Headline: Briefs
Excerpt: Jennie McConaghy of Naperville recently received the Judith Anne
Gustafson Memorial Award from Lawrence University in Appleton, Wis. The
award is given to a sophomore female who best exemplifies qualities of
scholarship, integrity and loyalty to school and friends. Sarah Bohn, a 1995
graduate of Palatine High School, has been elected to Lawrence University's
chapter of Mortar Board. The board is a national honor society that recognizes
outstanding leadership, scholarship and service to the academic community.
Bohn, is a junior at Lawrence. Since its founding in 1847, Lawrence has
produced seven Rhodes Scholars, the most of any college or university in
Wisconsin. It is ranked among the country's top 40 "best national and liberal
arts colleges" and is cited as one of the country's 13 "best values" in "U.S.
News and World Report's" 1998 guide to American Colleges.
Chicago Daily Herald, Chicago
May 9, 1998
Headline: University honors senior with highest scholarship
Byline: Kelly Caccamo Daily Herald Staff Writer
Excerpt: Rob Westerholm was working at getting a scholarship before he even
picked a college. The 18-year-old's hard work paid off, and this fall he will
attend Lawrence University in Appleton, Wis., on a $ 10,000 scholarship.
The combined Kimberly-Clark Honor and Lawrence University Trustee Scholarship
award, renewable yearly, is the highest honor given by the school to incoming
students. He must maintain a "B" average to keep the award, but with his
impressive high school track record, it doesn't seem like it will be a problem.
The Lombard resident is an Illinois state scholar and a member of Mu Alpha
Theta math honor society. "I think I want to study neuroscience, which is a
combination of biology and psychology," he said. "Lawrence is rated high in
those two subjects and they have nice facilities for it." Westerholm also found
Lawrence appealing because "it just seemed to fit," and everyone was friendly.
At Glenbard East, Westerholm was a member of the gymnastics, cross county and
track teams. He hopes to continue with sports at Lawrence.
Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles
May 8, 1998
Orange County Edition
Headline: Lawrence beats top-seeded Chapman in playoffs
Byline: Michael Itagaki, Times Staff Writer
Excerpt: Top-seeded Chapman ran into a team with nothing to lose, and
Lawrence upset the Panthers, 2-0, in the NCAA Division III West Regional
softball playoffs Thursday at Hart Park.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee
April 27, 1998
All Edition
Headline: Great Scott. Actor's 'aw-shucks' style in `Spanish Prisoner' draws
comparisons to a film giant
Byline: Renee Graham, Boston Globe
Excerpt: On a recent morning, Campbell Scott awoke to find himself hailed as "a
latter-day Jimmy Stewart" in the august New York Times. The kudos came courtesy
of an enthusiastic review for Scott's latest film, "The Spanish Prisoner," a
twisty, elegant drama by David Mamet. Scott's 15-year career has spanned such
films as the eloquent AIDS drama "Longtime Companion," the hokey "Dying Young,"
and the poignant yet unsentimental "Big Night." Scott's passion for acting came
when he was attending Lawrence University in Appleton, and leaning
toward a career as a teacher. He said he had not given much thought earlier to
becoming an actor, although he is the son of Academy Award-winning actor George
C. Scott and the late Colleen Dewhurst [Milwaukee-Downer College], recognized
as one of the great theater actresses.
South Bend Tribune, South Bend, Indiana
April 27, 1998
Headline: Academic honor
Excerpt: Peter Strickland, a senior at Mishawaka High School, was among 32
students nationwide selected to participate in a history workshop at Lawrence
University in Appleton, Wis. The workshop was led by the Lawrence
faculty.
Washington Times, Washington, D.C.
April 26, 1998
Headline: Campbell Scott a prisoner to acting
Byline: Gary Arnold
Excerpt: It was Shakespeare rather than his parentage that set Campbell Scott on the road to an acting career. His alma mater, secluded Lawrence University in Appleton, Wis., became a performing inspiration one day when he agreed to read the part of Macbeth in a classroom English exercise. "I was going to be a teacher," Mr. Scott says, "I was a history-slash-English major. There was a great little drama department at Lawrence: They did a lot and made you feel very safe. I started to do plays as a junior and then decided to be an actor."
Madison Capital Times, Madison
April 23, 1998
All Edition
Headline: McFarland native makes Broadway
Byline: Doug Moe
Excerpt: Dominick Fumusa's parents still live in McFarland. He moved to New
York, where I reached him by phone Wednesday. "I went to Lawrence
University in Appleton," he said, "and did my first serious acting at the
Wisconsin Shakespeare Festival in Platteville." He worked for a time with the
Milwaukee Rep, spent a year in Chicago and then made the New York move. Fumusa
appeared in an "All My Children" episode last summer and auditioned for the
Broadway production of Frederick Knott's "Wait Until Dark" with Academy
Award-winning actress Marisa Tomei, in which he is now appearing.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee
April 20, 1998
All Edition
Headline: Business in Wisconsin
Excerpt: Lawrence University, Appleton, will begin construction this
fall of a 72,000-square-foot natural sciences building dedicated to programs in
molecular studies.
The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore
April 19, 1998
Headline: Delightfully deviant
Byline: Michael Ollove
Excerpt: Wholesome little Appleton, Wis., slips past the passenger window without arousing any visible interest in tonight's guest lecturer. The speaker fidgets in his seat for a few minutes and then abruptly turns to his student hosts. "So," he says, a conspiratorial smile spreading like a fissure across his face, "is there an underside to Appleton?" The kids dart complicit glances at one another, as if they have studied for this very question. There's a strip bar in the area, they boast, and a healthy rate of juvenile delinquency. They tell him about the college professor who regularly dances on the grave of Sen. Joe McCarthy, one of Appleton's native sons. Their guest is delighted, John Waters settles back in his seat. He likes Appleton. What may be more surprising is that Appleton, or a portion of it, likes him, too. A darkly clothed, stork-like figure with a Little Richard mustache, he strides onto the stage that night at Lawrence University looking as if he had stepped from a Charles Addams cartoon. In the next hour, Waters entertains his audience with the sort of aberrant musings none of them has heard from this stage before. For two generations of filmgoers, John Waters has been the ultimate cinematic terrorist, a gut punch to refined sensibility and reverence for order and authority. While his comedies may never be blockbusters, they do consistently turn a profit. "Hairspray" and "Serial Mom" were even modest hits. When "Pink Flamingos" was reissued last year on its 25th anniversary, it momentarily became the second best-selling video in the country behind "Jerry McGuire." Waters may never get an Academy Award nomination, but his comedies are favorites at the Cannes Film Festival, and many independent filmmakers consider him both pioneer and role model.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee
April 14, 1998
State Edition
Headline: Dale taught English at Lawrence
Byline: Cynthia M. Hodnett
Excerpt: Thomas Dale, a professor of English at Lawrence University for
more than 30 years, was remembered Sunday by his family and colleagues for
being a true Renaissance man. In 1955, Dale began teaching English at Milwaukee
Downer College, a school for women on what is now the campus of the University
of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Because of a decline in enrollment, Downer merged with
Lawrence University in Appleton in 1964. Dale taught English at Lawrence
University before retiring in 1981. As an English professor, Dale taught
Shakespeare, women's fiction and 19th century British literature. He also
helped create the university's writing lab, which helps students improve their
writing skills. Dale's son, Ian, of Ottawa, Ontario, said the writing lab was
one of his father's greatest accomplishments. Lawrence President Richard Warch described Dale as "a gracious man and generous colleague, a parodist of extraordinary wit and accomplishment who regaled his friends and associates with these creations frequently."
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee
April 14, 1998
Final Edition
Headline: Dietrich loved to paint the countryside
Byline: Eldon Knoche; Journal Sentinel art critic James Auer contributed to
this report
Excerpt: Thomas Dietrich, widely known Appleton painter and retired
artist-in-residence at Lawrence University, died of natural causes
Saturday at his home. Painting for seven decades, he gained fame in Wisconsin
and beyond for his watercolors of Fox Valley landscapes, bridges, factories and
people. More than 1,000 of his paintings are in public and private collections
throughout the United States, including many schools and businesses in
Wisconsin and the Milwaukee area. Dietrich was among the last of the American
regionalists, though he disputed the term. He worked in the tradition pioneered
by Grant Wood, John Steuart Curry and Thomas Hart Benton, who sought to create
an American-scene art. He became an artist-in-residence at Lawrence in 1944 and
retired 30 years later, though he continued to paint until this month.
Boston Globe, Boston
April 9, 1998
Third Edition
Headline: Scott free. Unburdened by the legacy of his parents and Hollywood
expectations, unassuming Campbell Scott pursues his own path
Byline: Renee Graham, Globe Staff
Excerpt: On a recent morning, Campbell Scott awoke in his Four Seasons
hotel room to find himself hailed as "a latter-day Jimmy Stewart" in the
august New York Times. The kudos came courtesy of an enthusiastic review
for Scott's latest film, "The Spanish Prisoner," a twisty, elegant drama
by David Mamet. Scott's 15-year career has spanned such films as the
eloquent AIDS drama "Longtime Companion," the hokey "Dying Young," and
the poignant, yet unsentimental "Big Night." Given his druthers, Scott
would spend his career acting in plays, and directing films. Scott's
passion for acting came when he was attending Lawrence University
in Wisconsin, and leaning toward a career as a teacher. He said he had
not given much thought earlier to becoming an actor, even though he is
the son of Academy Award-winning actor George C. Scott, and the late Colleen
Dewhurst, recognized as one of the great theater actresses.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee
March 16, 1998
Final Edition
Byline: The Associated Press
Headline: Lawrence University to get new science hall
Byline: Journal Sentinel correspondents and The Associated Press
Excerpt: Construction of a $16 million natural sciences building is expected to
begin this fall at Lawrence University. The building will provide
classroom and laboratory space for Lawrence's chemistry, biology and physics
departments. It will be connected to Youngchild Hall, Lawrence's other natural
science facility, by a three-story glass atrium.
New York Times, New York
March 11, 1998
Headline: High schools fear telling colleges all about Johnny
Byline: Ethan Bronner
Excerpt: The reports are coming in piecemeal: parents threatening high school
counselors with lawsuits if their children fail to gain college acceptance;
counselors taking out liability insurance; admissions officers complaining that
a student's disciplinary or criminal past is not being reported to them. With
college acceptances a month away, high school guidance counselors say fear of
litigation by parents has made them more cautious in letters of recommendation
and informal conversations with college admissions officials, threatening the
longstanding system by which high school students are selected for cherished
freshman class spots. "This problem of what we can ask and what counselors can
report is now a topic at every workshop and conference I attend," Steven
Syverson, dean of admissions at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wis.
said. "Counselors are worried about how not to get nailed. We worry about past
criminal or disciplinary activity that could reappear on campus and that the
college could have liability for. Everyone is getting squeezed on both sides.
Over the years we had developed a candid relationship, and that is
disappearing now. We are getting recommendations that clearly have to pass the
test of parents having read them, meaning they are watered down and not very
useful."
[The article was picked up nationally, appearing in the Houston Chronicle, Sacramento Bee, Greensboro News & Record, Lexington Herald-Leader, Commercial Appeal (Memphis), and other newspapers.]