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Rediscovering Riis--History professor Daniel Czitrom is corecipient of a $90,000 collaborative research grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for a project titled "Jacob Riis Rediscovered: An Interdisciplinary Study of His Photographs and Writings." His collaborator is Bonnie Yochelson, a historian of photography and the former curator of prints and photographs at the Museum of the City of New York.

Riis was a leading social reformer and journalist whose publications and lectures on the urban poor helped lay the foundation for American Progressivism. His revolutionary photographs of the squalid conditions in New York's turn-of-the-century slums were a landmark in documentary photography. Among Riis's works was How the Other Half Lives (1890), which helped to attract wide-ranging support for social reforms and improvements in urban living conditions.

Directed by Yochelson, the curator who oversaw the recent preservation and access of the Riis collection at the Museum of the City of New York, this project seeks to examine Riis anew. It will result in a book that will provide the first in-depth study of Riis's photography, as well as a critical evaluation of Riis's accomplishments as a social reformer in the context of turn-of-the-century New York.

Good seats, cheaper--Members of the MHC community can get reduced price tickets for three upcoming concerts that the College is cosponsoring with local public radio station WFCR. The first performer in the series will be Sonny Rollins (pictured here), a saxophone player who has been one of the most important forces in jazz music for the past forty years. Rollins will play Chapin Auditorium at 8 pm on October 9. At 7 pm on October 26, Cape Verdean singer Cesaria Evora will perform. And at 7 pm on November 23, the Bulgarian women's chorus Angelite will join Huun Huur Tu, "the throat singers of Tuva," and others in an intercultural evening of music.

Tickets are $22.50 each. A limited number of $15 tickets are available to those with Mount Holyoke IDs. Sale of these tickets--two per concert per customer--will start September 22 at the Blanchard information desk, and continue there Monday through Friday from 10 am to 4 pm. Tickets also can be purchased by calling 1-800-the-tick. Those who want to get great seats and increase their contribution to WFCR can opt for "producer's circle" seats ($50 each) by calling 1-800-639-8850.

Been there, seen that--Sharon Crow (above), professor of physical education and athletics, was recognized for a quarter-century of service to Mount Holyoke at a recent athletics cookout. Athletics director Laurie Priest was among those who recapped the highlights of Crow's first twenty-five years here. Crow was the College's first athletic director from 1973 to 1981 and served again from 1984 to 1986, developing the proposal for the first athletics budget and overseeing MHC's first athletic teams. "In 1973, we started with five varsity sports and approximately seventy-five student athletes. Today we have fifteen varsity sports and over 325 student athletes," Priest said. "Her initial work to convince the powers that be that athletics were important was the first step in providing increased opportunities for women ... and she has been integrally involved ever since in the development of an athletic program striving to achieve excellence." Crow was department liaison during construction of Kendall Hall, which she termed "one of the most exciting, educational, and fulfilling experiences of my professional career." She also served as tennis coach from 1972 to 1986, and has coached the MHC squash team since 1987.

Don't feel blue, wear blue--College athletes and athletics fans will start the new season on a high note with a pep rally at noon on September 19 at Blanchard. Coaches of fall sports will give a brief summary of their hopes, dreams, and aspirations for their teams. And the crew team, which won the NEW 8 Conference Championship last spring, will receive the Sears Cup (an honor bestowed on all conference champions) from Dave Yaeger, the general manager of Sears in Holyoke. The whole campus community is invited to participate by wearing MHC blue and cheering on their favorite teams.

Last HR slot filled--Jill Petty will start work September 22 as Ham Hall's new head resident. A graduate of Grinnell College, she is completing graduate studies at the University of Chicago, and serves as administrative director of Capacidad, an after-school summer arts program in Amherst. Petty was also an associate editor and research director at Ms. magazine, and continues to write for both Ms. and The Nation.

Forty years later--Psychology professor Beverly Daniel Tatum has been invited to participate in the first program to be conducted as part of President Clinton's initiative on race. Tatum will be among a host of national authorities on education and racial issues participating in the National Leadership Summit on Race Relations and America's Public Education System to be held September 26 and 27 in Little Rock, Arkansas. The summit, which will be convened by The National Conference (formerly known as the National Conference of Christians and Jews), will also commemorate the fortieth anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock's Central High School. Tatum will participate in a special roundtable discussion about the responsibilities of public education in a multicultural America.

Student Government Association hall senators--These women attend all senate meetings and hall senator meetings, bring information back to the residence hall community, and seek student input on issues before the senate. They also conduct elections, referenda, surveys, and other senate projects, and make regular announcements during dinner, at hall meetings, and at floor meetings. For more information about the hall senator position, contact Leah Kane, SGA chair of hall senators, at x2662. Here are this year's hall senators: Abbey Hall, position not filled; Buckland Hall, Amy Robison; Brigham Hall, Catherine Haggett; 1837 Hall, Anika Patterson and Regis Ahern; Ham Hall, Sarah Taylor and Jennifer Martin; MacGregor Hall, position not filled; North Mandelle Hall, Nicole Maffia and Emily Stork; South Mandelle Hall, position not filled; Mead Hall, Taryn Eckstein and Annemarie Farrell; Pearsons Hall, Christina Miranda and Alison Quan; Porter Hall, Karissa Keleher and Farleigh Wolfe; Prospect Hall, position not filled; North Rockefeller Hall, Sara Lawrence; South Rockefeller Hall, position not filled; Safford Hall, Brooke Thomson; Torrey Hall, Jennifer McGonagle and Joanna Minott; Wilder Hall, Courtney Masland and Amy Clark.