July 14, 2000

Editor of 'The American Scholar' to Teach at Smith; a Cal State President Under Fire -- Again

By SCOTT HELLER and MARTIN VAN DER WERF

"I'm so didactic by nature," admits Anne Fadiman, the editor of The American Scholar. "As my husband has often told me, I might as well make it official." And so she will, beginning a two-year teaching stint at Smith College that she hopes will become permanent.

"As far as I'm concerned, we're moving up there forever," says Ms. Fadiman, who joins the Smith faculty this fall as a lecturer in English and in American studies. She'll teach personal-essay writing and a course that