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Lisa Roberts, AB’81,
AM’85, Phd’92
As the Chicago Park District’s director of conservatories
since 1996, Lisa C. Roberts, AB’81, AM’85, PhD’92,
is responsible for its two conservatories. In 2002 the Garfield
Park Conservatory came to the forefront of the city’s
consciousness when it hosted an exhibition by celebrated
glass blower Dale Chihuly. More than 580,000 visitors were
dazzled by Chihuly’s magnificent and whimsical creations,
which were artfully arranged among the exotic plants and
trees.
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1913 An
April article examined the system for placing freshmen into
English classes. Everyone registered for the quarter-long
English I, but to stay in the class students had to prove
their ability during a trial week. Those with major writing
problems, such as the student who wrote, “I have herd
graduates of the University of Chicago say…that the
teachers here where the best money could hire,” were
placed in English 0, where their money hired not University
of Chicago teachers but rather University High School instructors.
If they improved they moved up to English I the next quarter,
while students who performed exceptionally well received
credit for English I at quarter’s end.
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Cultural
Studies
Gotta dance
Footloose? Check out the quads. When the Magazine
asked photographer Lloyd DeGrane to gather winter-quarter
images of Chicago students caught up in the dance, he had
very little legwork to do. Instead the photo opps leapt
out. Students salsa, they tango. Samba, rumba. Merengue,
bachata, cha cha cha. They waltz, swing. Do ballet, modern,
Middle Eastern dance. They step dance, clog. They break
dance, tap. Compose, improvise. Dance for credit, for a
cause. And they dance for fun.
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