Scope Magazine | Summer 2001

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Summer 2001

Scope cover, Spring 2001

Cover photo: Summer brings throngs of shoppers, diners, and partyers to Saratoga’s bustling Broadway. (Photo by Phil Haggerty)

Web cover photo: At Commencement in May, fourteen seniors represented the first crop of Skidmore Honors Forum members to receive their bachelor’s degrees. Along with Honors Forum medals, special regalia accessories also included woven stoles in Hispanic or African colors as well as a number of honorary cords and tassels: purple for departmental honors, red for college honors, green for winners of Rozendaal citizenship awards, gold for student government officers, and white for senior class officers.

F E A T U R E

Saratoga Springs holds its own in the face of malls, recessions,and other threats to a healthy downtown

O B S E R V A T I O N S

Message from the president: Festivities of spring

Letters

Embracing culture shock

Periscope: Privileges of citizenship

D E P A R T M E N T S

On Campus
Commencement 2001; anthropology and sociology students present research to the pros; Charlotte Goodman retires; and more

Sports
Classic horse show draws 600 competitors; top seniors honored; spring sports wrapup

Books
Latest books from alumni and faculty

People
French professor John Anzalone electrifies students; outstanding scholar Robert Ingenito ’01 explores family and heritage—his own; Ginnie Lupi, UWW ’01, puts body and soul into her art

Alumni and development news
Alumni award winners; reunion giving smashes records; four join alumni board; and more

Class Notes
Send a class note; Read the latest class notes

Summer quiz:
Who, what, where?

Make No Small Plans Make No Small Plans, the new Skidmore history book, researched and written by Mary C. Lynn, professor of American studies, is available now. Jammed with facts and photos, personal stories and recollections, Make No Small Plans is a comprehensive, century-long history and features more than 200 photographs. Order it on the web today!

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