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The Evergreen State College Newsletter (March 1, 1973)
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March 1, 1973
McCann Calls Press Conference
NEWS STORY BRINGS PROMPT REACTION FROM THE PRESS, LEGISLATORS
A television news story indicating Evergreen credits were not transferable and
the future of Evergreen was in grave doubt brought prompt reaction from President
Charles J. McCann Tuesday. The news report, presented on KIRO television in Seattle
Monday night quoted Senator Hubert Donohue. vice-chairman of the Senate Ways and Means
Committee, as saying that "...I happen to know some young people who attended Evergreen
and when they tried to transfer credit they suddenly find they don't have any." The
story indicated there were "grave doubts" about the future of the college and that some
legislators were considering "closing the college."
Following a prompt conference with college administrators, President McCann issued
a three-point "White Paper" to all news media, high school and college counselors and
newspaper editors, all student admissions applicants, and members of the Evergreen community. In the paper he sought to "shed some light on those issues" which were brought
to a head by the news story. He said the three key points of misunderstanding were the
transferability of Evergreen credit, the college's accreditation, and the future of
Evergreen graduates. McCann pointed out that 286 students have requested transcripts
be issued to other colleges and universities. All transcripts have been fully accepted.
He said Evergreen is recognized "for all practical purposes" as an accredited institution, and that the track record of Evergreen graduates in securing jobs or admission
to graduate schools is "short but very encouraging."
McCann also met with several hundred Evergreeners Tuesday night to explain his reaction and what was being done to clarify Evergreen's position. In a press conference
in the Governor's Office Wednesday, the president fielded a variety of questions from
newsmen and issued them copies of both the "White Paper" and the testimony he presented
Monday during Evergreen's budget hearing before the Senate Ways and Means Committee.
President McCann indicated concern for the future of Evergreen's budget, but indicated he had "no feeling that any serious consideration of closing Evergreen down" exists
in the legislature.
EVERGREENERS; CONTACT YOUR LEGISLATORS
President Charles J. McCann has issued a call to ALL members of the
Evergreen community
students, faculty and staff
to IMMEDIATELY
contact their state senators and representatives on behalf of the
college. "Our budget is before the Senate now and it is imperative
that Evergreeners show their support in an immediate and unequivocal
fashion if that budget is to be approved," McCann said. "Please call
your legislators immediately and, if possible, follow up your call
with a letter."
McCann also asked that all faculty and staff members urge their friends
to join them in contacting their legislators. He asked students to
urge their parents to make their support of the college clear to their
senators and representatives.
EVANS NAMES TACOMA URBAN LEAGUE DIRECTOR TO BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Governor Daniel J. Evans has announced the appointment of Tacoman Thomas Dixon to
the Evergreen Board of Trustees, replacing Al Saunders, who retired in December. Dixon,
executive director of the Tacoma Urban League, will take office immediately.
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-3EVERGREEN TEAM HELPING DRAFT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR TWO COUNTIES
The 42-year-old Tacoman is a retired Air Force man, who received his bachelor of
science degree in history and government from Sophia University, Tokyo5Japan in 1960.
He completed his master's degree at the University of Puget Sound with a major in urban
studies in 1971. A former counselor for the Tacoma Employment Security/Youth Opportunity Center, Dixon has also served as executive director of the Hilltop Multi-Service
Center, an organization sponsored by the Office of Economic Opportunity. He was an OEO
staff member in Olympia in 1968 and served as the Governor's Minority Employment Consultant that same year.
Dixon has been director of the Tacoma Urban League since 1968. His civic activities include membership chairman of the NAACP Executive Committee, member of Black
Businessmen's Association, chairman of the Model Cities Citizens Advisory Council, chairman of the Concerned Black Citizens Group, an original member of the Minority Concerns
Task Force, board member and vice president of the Management Council for Employment
Opportunity, president of the Neighborhood Development, Inc., member of the State Urban
Affairs Council, and one of the organizers of the Tacoma Advisory Committee on Minority
Employment with the construction industry.
NOMINEES FOR DEANS LISTED:
THEIR QUALIFICATION FOLDERS OPEN TO REVIEW
Eight faculty members have accepted nomination for the positions of dean and associate dean. Faculty Member Betty Estes, who is chairman of the Deans' Disappearing Task
Force, said the eight candidates are Larry Eickstaedt, Cruz Esquivel, Rudy Martin, Carol
Olexa, Mark Papworth, Willie Parson, Lynn Patterson and Sid White.
"Each of the nominees has prepared a folder on her or his qualifications," Ms.
Estes said. "These folders are open to the public at the Information Center. Interested persons are invited to read over the qualifications
and to contribute their
comments to the folders." The folders will remain at the Info Center until Mar. 9,
Ms. Estes added. Then the DTF will examine the folders and submit letters on the candidates to Provost Ed Kormondy by Mar. 16.
Members of the DTF include the four current deans, five faculty members (Nancy
Allen, Jose Arguelles, Esther Barclay, Fred Young, and Ms. Estes), two staff members
(Alice Douglas and Lem Stepherson) and two students (David Shepard and Mary Jo Eloheimo).
FIRST PUB BOARD MEETING SET MONDAY
The first meeting of the Evergreen Board of Publications has been set for Monday
(Mar. 5) at 10 a.m. in the Dean's lobby (northwest corner of the first floor). Members
of the newly-created board, charged with responsibility for governing the student newspaper, are Faculty Member Rudy Martin, staff member Sally Hunter, students Will Rice
and Greg Jones, and Publisher Sid Morrell of the Lacey Leader.
Appointment of a student editor is likely to be one of the key topics of the meeting. Three students have expressed an interest in the editorship so far and other
students interested in applying for the editorship or working on the paper are urged to
attend.
SEARCH ON FOR BUSINESS MANAGER OF THE PAPER
Students interested in working on the student newspaper, The Paper, have signed up
in the Information Center, but an urgent appeal has come for those persons interested
in the editorship for student applicants for the position of business manager. Duties
of the business manager, which is a paid position, would include handling all financial dealings for the paper, directing the sale and publication of advertising, approving all bills incurred and collecting all debts owed. Persons interested in applying
for the position can sign up in the Information Center. Questions about the position
can be raised with staff members of the Office of College Relations 753-3125, Room 3114
of the Library.
BULLETIN
Students in the Image and Idea Coordinated Studies program will make their
television debute on KOMO-TV (Channel 4) Wednesday between 8:30 and
9:30 a.m. on the station's morning news hour. Tune in to see Evergreen
filmmakers being filmed!
A team of students and faculty members has been designated to help draft a comprehensive mental health and retardation plan for Cowlitz and Wahkiakum Counties in Southwest Washington. The project was given formal approval Feb. 27 by the Cowlitz County
Commission. The contractual agreement calls for the Evergreen team to do an exhaustive
community survey, analyze the data, draft a set of planning recommendations and develop
an action model for short and long-range implementation. Students will receive academic
credit for their work.
The project
set up through the auspices of the Cowlitz-Wahkiakum County Coordinating Board for Mental Health, Mental Retardation, Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
is scheduled to be completed by mid-May. It is funded through a small planning grant
from the State Office of Mental Health. Preliminary work began in early February when
the Evergreen study team held a series of meetings with Cowlitz and Wahkiakum County
officials. These discussions led to a formal presentation to the Cowlitz County Commission and ultimate project approval.
Faculty Members Maxine Minims and LeRoi Smith are serving as Senior Co-Project
Officers. Primary student consultants to the project are Mark Machlis and Leif Harris,
both of Seattle. The student staff assistant is Judy Blackard of Mercer Island. Also
involved will be a Portland State University student, Wendell Ellis, who is an intern
with the Community Action Program in the Longview-Kelso area, and four students from
Lower Columbia Community College in Longview.
Additional consultative resources will be made available by Evergreen study groups
dealing with urban planning, architecture and land use, and group and organizational
change. Field work by the students will include developing a questionnaire for polling
some 30 social agencies directly and indirectly involved in the four major problem areas
of mental health, mental retardation, alcoholism, and drug abuse. The idea will be to
find out how these agencies might fit into a comprehensive community program. Other
student activities will include door-to-door surveys of community residents, plus polling
efforts directed at churches and other organizations.
The net result will be the drafting of a final set of recommendations and an action
model which can form the basis for a well-planned, community-wide program to deal with
problems in the four fields of study.
"THE STUDENT AT EVERGREEN" FEATURED IN MAR. 1 SYMPOSIUM
The Evergreen Symposium, the new monthly campus magazine, zeroes in on "The Student
at Evergreen" in its second publication which hits the stands today (Mar. 1). The magazine, which will be available on sale at the Bookstore or through campus mail to subscribers, will include articles from a cross-section of the Evergreen community. Those
contributing articles include Faculty Members Greg Portnoff and Lynn Patterson; students
Rob Stauffer, Judith Crews and Sarah Gunning; staff members John Moss, Pearl Vincent and
Chris Cody, and Provost Ed Kormondy. Numerous letters to the editors are also included
in the second edition, with two in-depth responses to February articles from Executive
Vice President E. J. Shoben, Jr., and Faculty Member Mark Levensky.
Those persons who have subscribed to the magazine should receive their copies
through the mail, according to the associate editors. If their copies don't come, they
can pick them up in room 2114 of the Library.
BEDS SOUGHT FOR VISITING SENIOR CITIZENS
Some 80 senior citizens from Spokane will be in Olympia the last week of March and
need free lodging for one night. Housing Director Gerald Burke said the visitors, all
members of the Sinto Senior Citizen Center, will be dining on campus and visiting the
State Legislature during their overnight stay. "They'll need a place to stay for one
night and we're asking all Evergreeners who can provide beds to contact us by Mar. 10 so
we can make proper arrangements," Burke said. Persons with accommodations can contact
Burke at 753-3129 or in his office, Room 1222 of the Library.
JANUARY INTERNSHIP REPORT
213 ON THE JOB
The Office of Cooperative Education reports 126 students are on full-time internships
this quarter, with an additional 87 students working on part-time programs. Forty-seven
-4facuity members are serving as intern sponsors along with 11 staff members.
monthly income of $17,359 is being earned by 57 paid interns.
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EVERGREENERS IN THE NEWS
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Four new Evergreeners came aboard this past month. New to the campus are Robert
Bottoms, maintenance technician; Kathleen Hulse, janitor; Bert Schiele, janitor, and
Jerrell Wood, maintenance technician.
Also new to the staff is Cathy Rowe, a registered nurse whose addition has enabled
the Health Services Office to expand its hours. New hours for the office are from 9 a.m.
to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, and from 1 to 6 p.m.
Saturday.
Sally Hunter, former admissions counselor, has been appointed administrative assistant
to Provost Ed Kormondy. In her new position, Ms. Hunter will be responsible for designing,
developing and maintaining a system for tracking academic program assignments, program
switches and program withdrawals.
She will also act as a clearinghouse for review of the
academic records before their transmittal to the Registrar and will coordinate information
concerning academic activities to other areas of the Evergreen community. In addition, she
will "perform research functions on specific projects as defined by the Provost."
BABA RAM PASS SCHEDULED HERE MAR. 5
Baba Ram Dass, currently on a nationwide speaking tour which has taken him to numerous
colleges and universities, will present a free public lecture at Evergreen Mar. 5. His
presentation on Eastern Philosophy will start at 7:30 p.m. in the main lobby of the
Library building. The guest lecturer is the former Richard Albert, a one-time psychology
instructor at Harvard University. He is the author of a campus best seller entitled "Be
Here Now," a story of his evolution from a social scientist through the drug culture and
into Yoga and Eastern Mysticism. His visit to Evergreen is being sandwiched between presentations in Oregon and a Mar. 6 presentation at the University of Washington.
WILLI TO APPEAR ON "THE AMERICAN SPORTSMAN" SUNDAY
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ness Group Contract, will appear in a 25-minute segment of ABC television's "The American
Sportsman," Sunday afternoon, Mar. 4. The award-winning program is aired locally on
KOMO-TV (Channel 4), Seattle. Interested viewers should check listings for the precise
air time.
Unsoeld, one of the first Americans to climb Mt. Everest, will be shown guiding
David Ladd, son of the late actor Alan Ladd, in a climb through the Grand Tetons which
was filmed last summer. The special segment has been described by ABC producers as "one
of the best we've done in nine years of the program."
NEW POSTAL RULINGS OUTLINED
Evergreen's post master, Jim Duncan, has announced that, according to new postal
regulations, college postage can no longer be pre-dated and applied to mailings and that
air mail and international mail must be separated and identified with a paper clip or
some similar device.
Quoting the new regulations, Duncan said, "Section 144.534 (of the U.S. Postal
Manual) states that improperly dated metered mail will be returned to the customer with
instructions to enclose it in new envelopes bearing the correct date in the meter stamp.
It is improper to correct the date by using an .00 postage meter impression and such mail
will not be accepted." If mail is returned by the post office for additional postage,
Duncan said it will be returned to the originator for readdressing and new envelopes.
WSU PROFESSOR TO LECTURE ON VIRGINIA WOOLF
John R. Elwood, a professor of English at Washington State University, will discuss
"Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury Group" in a public lecture Mar. 6 at 7:30 p.m. in
Lecture Hall Two. Admission is free to the lecture, which is sponsored by the Group
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Contract in Virginia Woolf. President Charles J. McCann is faculty coordinator of the
academic contract.
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