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economist predicts outcome of olympic games Even
before the Olympic torch has been lit in Salt Lake City,
a Wellesley faculty-student research team has predicted
the number of gold, silver and bronze medals that will be
won by each participating nation. Their analysis reveals
that a country's per-capita income, location and
political structure all affect the ability to send
athletes and to win medals. Daniel
Johnson, economics, and a visiting fellow at Harvard's
Center for International Development, teamed up with
Ayfer Ali, a Harvard senior who transferred from
Wellesley, to explain Olympic performance using economic
and political variables. Their paper, "A Tale of Two
Seasons: Participation and Medal Counts at the Summer and
Winter Olympic Games," is online at
http://www.wellesley.edu/Economics/wkpapers/wellwp_0202.pdf. This
is Johnson and Ali's second Olympic collaboration. In
2000, they used the same method to predict participation
and medal counts for the Sydney Summer Games. Their
predictions were remarkably accurate with a correlation
of 0.96 with actual participation, 0.95 with medal counts
and 0.96 for gold medals alone. Their
new paper compares the effects of income per capita and
population on Summer vs. Winter Games, finding that
population matters more for summer and income matters
more for winter results. Colder climates lead to more
participation and more medals in both seasons. Nations
with single-party or Communist political structures win a
surprisingly large number of medals in both seasons,
considering the number of athletes they send. Johnson
and Ali predict that, although the United States will
have the largest athletic contingent, Germany will win
the most medals (31 total, 11 gold), and second place
will go to Russia (21 total, 10 gold) as they edge out
the U.S. (20 total, 7 gold) and Norway (20 total, 6
gold). No significant differences were found among events. Income is slightly more important for winning medals in equipment-intensive sports and population is slightly more important for stamina-intensive sports and team events. For major nations, sending an extra athlete requires a $260 rise in income per capita, and the "cost" of winning an extra medal is $1,700 per capita--or $4,750 for an additional gold medal. trustees act on a range of issues At
its Feb. 1 meeting, Wellesley's board of trustees voted
to approve several recommendations from the president.
The trustees approved a comprehensive fee for the '02-'03
year of $34,944, a 4.6 % (or $1,550) increase from the
current year. This decision follows an established
guideline to hold tuition increases to 2% above general
inflation and was recommended to the president by the
budget advisory committee. The trustees also set next
year's endowment spending rate at 4.5% of the endowment's
three-year average. With these two revenue streams
finalized, the administration will complete next year's
budget and bring it to the trustees for approval at their
April meeting. The
trustees approved the recommendations for tenure
presented by the Committee on Faculty Appointments. Newly
tenured faculty are Elena Creef, women's studies;
Margaret Keane, psychology; Peggy Levitt, sociology;
James Noggle, English; and Franklyn Turbak, computer
science. After a presentation by consulting architects, including preliminary schematic models, the board approved an overall budget of $60.9 million for the campus center, underground car storage facility and extensive restoration of Alumnae Valley. The projects now move to the design development phase, which will include widespread campus consultation. The Office for Administration and Planning will hold open meetings on the campus center and Alumnae Valley projects later in the semester. Be sure to check upcoming issues for details. WellesleyWire,
an occasional e-mail digest of noteworthy news and
announcements, recently has been launched, offering
glimpses of life at the college and information about
faculty, students and alumnae. It will be posted in
faculty, staff and student public e-mail conferences, but
to subscribe, send an e-mail to majordomo@wellesley.edu
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your e-mail message. As
a subscriber, you can feel free to forward issues to
anyone who may be interested in Wellesley news. If you have questions or comments about WellesleyWire, contact Mary Ann Hill, public information, at mhill@wellesley.edu. national child advocate to offer MLK lecture Marian
Wright Edelman, founder and president of the Children's
Defense Fund (CDF), will present the 2002 Quintessence
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Lecture Sunday, Feb. 17,
at 6 pm in Alumnae Hall. Doors open at 5 pm, and a
reception will follow. The event is sponsored by
Ethos. Edelman
has been an advocate for disadvantaged Americans her
entire professional life. Under her leadership, the CDF
has become the nation's strongest voice for children and
families. The CDF vows to "leave no child behind" by
ensuring a successful passage to adulthood with the help
of caring families and communities. A
graduate of Spelman College and Yale Law School, she
began her career in the mid-1960s when, as the first
black woman admitted to the Mississippi Bar, she directed
the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund office in
Jackson, Miss. In 1968, she moved to Washington, D.C., as
counsel for the Poor People's Campaign begun by Martin
Luther King, Jr. She founded the Washington Research
Project, a public interest law firm and parent body of
the CDF. For two years she served as director of the
Center for Law and Education at Harvard University and in
1973 began the CDF. She has received the Albert Schweitzer Humanitarian Prize, the Heinz Award and a MacArthur Foundation Prize Fellowship. In 2000, she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award, and the Robert F. Kennedy Lifetime Achievement Award for her writings, which include five books: Families in Peril: An Agenda for Social Change; The Measure of Our Success: A Letter to My Children and Yours; Guide My Feet: Meditations and Prayers on Loving and Working for Children; Stand for Children; and Lanterns: A Memoir of Mentors. lecturer
asks: who speaks for islam now? "Who Speaks for Islam After 9/11?" will be the subject of a lecture by Bruce Lawrence, professor of religion at Duke University, Thursday, Feb. 14, at 7:30 pm in Science Center 277. The event, which is free and open to the public, is part of this year's Wilson Lecture series. Both an Islamicist and a comparativist, Lawrence has focused much of his scholarly work on the study of Muslim culture, history and religious practices in West and South Asia. Since the mid-'80s, he has been especially concerned with the interplay between religion and ideology. He is the author of the award-winning Defenders of God: The Fundamentalist Revolt Against the Modern Age (1989/1995) and Shattering the Myth: Islam beyond Violence (1998/2000). The second part of the Wilson Lecture series is "Responses to Sept. 11," a symposium on Feb. 22 and 23 with panels and a lunchtime discussion on Saturday. For more information, call x2138. tom cushman, sociology, and his work have been featured in the monthly publication of the American Sociological Association. The story, "Tackling Issues of Human Rights and Globalization," can be read at http://www.asanet.org/footnotes/fn6.html. The piece discussed Cushman's new publication, The Journal of Human Rights, which he describes as "a forum committed to the interdisciplinary understanding of all aspects of human rights." Cushman has just received a Mellon Foundation grant to study the relationship between theory and practice in the field of human rights. sumru erkut, Center for Research on Women, was featured in a Chicago Tribune story, "Pushing Past Gender Labels in Workplace," which focused on a study on women's leadership. Study co-author Erkut noted that "Women's comfort in leadership roles can be seen in the female language they bring to describe their leadership practices."Based on interviews with 60 U.S. women leaders, the key to success is not to emulate men's behavior, but to be oneself, the study found. james oles, art, served as guest curator of an exhibition, Casa Manana: The Morrow Collection of Mexican Popular Arts, for Amherst College's Mead Art Museum. The exhibition is on display through April 21. "The show brings to public attention for the first time the Mead's important collection of 18th, 19th and 20th century Mexican ceramics, textiles and lacquer ware, which was assembled by U.S. ambassador to Mexico Dwight Morrow and his wife Elizabeth in the late 1920s," Oles explained. "I used the collection to explore four principal places in which folk arts are seen and understood: the market, the tourist shop, the home and the museum." workshop.
"Job Search Skills."Pre-registration required. 12:30-1:20
pm, Green Hall 330. Sponsor: CWS. Info: x2352. english
tutoring.
ESL tutor available for individual help. Sign up inside
PLTC for consultations. 5:30-8:00 pm, PLTC. Info:
x2480. art
lecture.
Speaker: Mary McCarthy. 7 pm, Harambee House. Sponsor:
Dean's Office, Harambee. Info: mcotto@wellesley.edu. buddhist
community gathering and
discussion.
8-9 pm, Meditation Room beneath Houghton Memorial Chapel.
Info: x2793. japan
table.
12:30-1:30 pm, Tower Court small dining room. Sponsor:
Japanese. Info: x3226. bible
study.
Protestant Christian Chaplaincy. 4:15-5:15 pm, Little
Chapel. Info: x2655. film.
"Songs Of Freedom." 7 pm, Collins Cinema. Sponsor: Art
History. Info: mcotto@wellesley.edu. winter carnival. Students encouraged to sign up for volunteer opportunities as tour guides, lunch hostesses, overnight hostesses, etc. for Admissions Office, 8-10 pm, Schneider. Sponsor: Student Admissions. Info: x2275. ash
wednesday.
Lent begins. Christian tradition. blood
drive.
10 am-3 pm, Alumnae Hall. Please schedule appointment at
x3790. Sponsor: CWS. Info: x3790. sustaining
prayer.
Protestant Christian Chaplaincy. 12:30-1 pm, Little
Chapel. Info: x2655. information
meeting.
"Study Abroad." 1:15-2:15 pm, Slater International.
Sponsor: International Studies. Info: x2320. general
meeting.
Biology Club. 6 pm, Science Center 155. Sponsor: Biology.
Info: x7446. lecture.
"The Price of Motherhood." Speaker: Author Ann
Crittenden. 7 pm, Pendleton West 212. (See story, page
4.) Info: x7247. praise
and worship.
Protestant Christian Chaplaincy. 7:15-8:15 pm, Little
Chapel. Info: x2655. japanese films. "Sisters of Gion," 7-9 pm, Founders 307 and "Evangelion," 4:50 and 7:30 pm, Founders 207. Sponsor: Japanese. Info: x3226. Happy
Valentine's Day! french
table.
12-1 pm, Tower Court small dining room. Sponsor: French.
Info: x1004. midday
muse.
"CPE Bach-Mozart-Beethoven: Kindred Spirits?" Lois
Shapiro, fortepiano, and Nancy Cirillo, violin.
12:30-1:30 pm, Jewett Auditorium. Sponsor: Music. Info:
x2028. lecture.
"Green Land, Brown Land, Black Land: New Views of
Africa's Historical Landscapes." Speaker: James McCann,
director of African Studies, Boston University. 4:30 pm,
Founders 120. Sponsor: History. Info: x2605. catholic
mass.
4:45 pm, Newman Common Room, Houghton Memorial Chapel.
Info: x2480. english
tutoring.
(See 2/11 listing.) unitarian
universalist community gathering.
6:15 pm, Little Chapel. Info: x3484. lecture.
"Who Speaks for Islam after Sept. 11?" Bruce Lawrence,
Department of Religion, Duke University. 7:30 pm, SCI
277. (See story, page 2.) Sponsor: Anthropology. Info:
x2146. theatre.
The Vagina Monologues. 8 pm, Jewett Auditorium. Tickets
on sale Feb. 10-15. 12-2 and 4-6 pm, Schneider Box
Office. Info: deadline.
Exchange program applications for Fall 2003 in Ewha, San
Andres, Manchester or Lancaster due in Study Abroad
Office. Sponsor: International Studies. Info: x2320. theatre. The Vagina Monologues. 8 pm, Jewett Auditorium. Tickets on sale Feb. 10-15, 12-2 and 4-6 pm, Schneider Box Office. Info: v-day@wellesley.edu. conference.
Boston Area Students Involved in the Community (BASIC)
lecture on poverty and homelessness, followed by day of
community service. 10 am-4 pm, Greater Boston Food Bank.
Info: lwood1@wellesley.edu. basketball vs. Smith. 2 pm, Keohane Sports Center. Sponsor: Athletics. Info: x2900. worship
service.
Protestant Christian Chaplaincy. 11:15 am-12:15 pm,
Houghton Memorial Chapel. Info: x2655. catholic
mass.
4 pm, Houghton Memorial Chapel. Info: x2688. student
winter games.
Register teams of six and participate in innertube water
and field house relays, floor hockey. Sponsor: Athletics.
Info, registration: mdietrick@wellesley.edu. lecture. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Lecture. Speaker: Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president of Children's Defense Fund. 6 pm, Alumnae Hall Auditorium. Open to the public. (See story, page 2.) Sponsor: Quintessence. Info: x4598.
english
tutoring.
(See 2/11 listing.) buddhist community gathering and discussion. (See 2/11 listing.) exhibit.
Reflecting on the Body: Creating and Losing Power.
Through March 6 in Jewett Sculpture Court. Sponsor: Art,
Health Services. Info: x3331. applied arts workshop. Covers installation art as a mixed media project. Feb 16-24. Info, registration: tnguyen@wellesley.edu. don't miss...award-winning writer to discuss costs of motherhood What is the economic cost of being a mom? In her book, The Price of Motherhood, award-winning journalist and author Ann Crittenden discusses the economics of being a mother and how those attendant costs effect individuals and society. On Wednesday, Feb. 13 at 7 pm, she will speak about these issues in Pendleton West 212. "Her work is particularly relevant to Wellesley women because we are always taught that we can accomplish anything," said Christina Curry, member of the sponsoring organization, the Phi Sigma Lecture Society. "In order to do that, we need to be fully informed about the ramification of certain life decisions. Her research concerning the economics of motherhood suggests that the common Wellesley dream of having both a satisfying career and family life, while possible, requires careful thought." The Price of Motherhood (Metropolitan Books, 2001) focuses on the last frontier in the fight for women's equality: the lack of acknowledgment of the immense economic value of women's unpaid work in the home. Crittenden says this disregard exacts an enormous price of its own. Author of a number of other books and articles that have appeared in national publications, Crittenden was a reporter for The New York Times for eight years, where her work on a broad range of economic issues was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. She also has been a reporter for Fortune, a financial writer and foreign correspondent for Newsweek, a visiting lecturer at MIT and Yale, an economics commentator for CBS News and executive director of the Fund for Investigative Journalism in Washington, D.C. For more information on the lecture, call x7247.
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