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MAY 3, 1974
CONGRESSMAN MCCORMACK TO PRESENT MAJOR ADDRESS AT EVERGREEN MAY 11
United States Congressman Mike McCormack will deliver a major address at Evergreen
May 11 at 7:30 p.m. in Lecture Hall One. Topic of the evening speech is "Toward a
National Energy Policy." McCormack, the first Democrat elected from the fourth
district in thirty years, defeated long-term Republican Congresswoman Katherine May
in 1970 and is now serving his second term in the House.
A former research scientist for the Atomic Energy Commission at Hanford, McCormack
served in the Washington State Senate from 1958 to 1970, where he joined in sponsoring
and authoring all of Washington's nuclear legislation and sponsored the 1970 Washington
State Thermal Power Plant Siting Law, which is now serving as a model for the nation.
McCormack also served on the Committee on Higher Education and co-authored legislation
creating the State Community College system.
Since his election to Congress in 1970, McCormack has served as chairman of the
House Subcommittee on Energy and also has been a member of the House Public Works
and Science and Astronautics Committees, as well as the Joint Committee on Atomic
Energy. One of two scientists in Congress, McCormack chaired the House Task Force on
Energy as a freshman congressman and also served as chairman of the freshman Democratic
caucus.
The Richland Democrat earned both his bachelor and master's degrees in chemistry
from Washington State University and taught at the University of Puget Sound before
joining the Hanford research staff in 1950, where he worked until his election in 1970.
His address is free and open to the public.
REGISTRATION UNDERWAY; MAY 17 DEADLINE FOR FALL DECISIONS
Registration for the 1974-75 academic year got underway Wednesday with an
all-day Academic Fair in the first floor lobby of the Library. The Advising
Fair is being repeated today and tomorrow (May 3 and 4) in the second floor
Library lobby with a reduced staff to accommodate new and transfer students.
Deadline for registration is May 17 and Registrar Walker Allen urges students
to decide what programs they want to enroll in or if they want to withdraw or
request a leave of absence by that date. "If they don't make some decision by
then," he says, "they're in danger of being disenrolled." Allen also reminds
students that provisions can be made for those who haven't made a definite
decision if they submit a registration card to his office by May 17.
ACCREDITATION DECISION DUE IN JUNE
A decision on Evergreen's application for full accreditation will be announced in
June, according to the Reverend Paul E. Waldschmidt, President of the University of
Portland and head of an eleven-person evaluating team which visited the campus this
week.
Rev. Waldschmidt, speaking at a Wednesday afternoon public gathering which concluded the three-day accreditation visit, said the committee will compile a detailed
report of its findings for presentation to President Charles J. McCann. After review
at Evergreen for purposes of "comment, explanation or correction of factual errors,"
the report (with college comments) will be forwarded to the Commission on Higher
Schools of the Northwest Association of Secondary and Higher Schools for consideration
during a June 18-20 meeting in Seattle. A Commission vote on accreditation
based
on recommendations by the visitation team —
will occur at that raeeting, Rev Wald
schmidt explained. He added that any one of three actions could be taken: (1) granting
full accreditation, with another visitation and evaluation scheduled at the end of
ive years; (2) continuing the college's current "Candidacy for Accreditation" status
pending further study within a specified time period; or (3) not granting accreditation.
Rev. Waldschmidt also outlined some of the visitation team's reactions to Evergreen
and listed several general recommendations. Further, more specific recommendations
slating to various phases of the college operation
will be included in the forthcoming report. The team chairman said the committee found Evergreen to be "a definite
asset to higher education in Washington" and "an extraordinarily fine operation." He
committee also was impressed with the campus "spirit and morale," found
students busy and involved in their own learning and generally enthusiastic about
uu.0?1^86' 'and WaS imPressed with the "open student and faculty relationships,
the high intellectual caliber and commitment to teaching on the part of the faculty
serious work on evaluation...and the physical condition of the campus."
General recommendations touched on the need for an organized system of institutional
research; setting up of procedures that allow plenty of lead time for curriculum
planning and provide ways for deans to explain program selections; more involvement
ot library, media and computing staff in academic planning (particularly in
Coordinated Studies); further work on translating Evergreen academic credits to more
institutions; becoming more positive in public relations efforts and
involving off-campus persons more in academic and cultural activities; and taking steps
to assure balance in assigning faculty to various study modes.
MAY 13 CONFERENCE TO EXAMINE "CHANGING FAMILY STRUCTURE
An all-day conference aimed at examining the "Changing Family Structure" in
modern America will be held at Evergreen May 13. The conference, which is free and
open to the public, will feature an examination of the reasons for forming permanent
relationships and the reasons those relationships are changing, according to Beth
Harris, an Indianapolis senior who is coordinator of the event and a para-professional
counselor at Evergreen.
"The topic will cross generational lines and allow everyone
guests, faculty
members and students
to share their perspectives of the changing family structure
and other long-term relationships," Ms. Harris said.
Featured speakers for the all-day event are Eli Zaretsky, author of Capitalism
and Personal Life and former instructor at Wells College and the University of Maryland,
and Philip Slater, lecturer and author of The Pursuit^ of_ Loneliness. Zaretsky, an
American historian who now edits a San Francisco magazine, will discuss "Changing
Families" in a 9 a.m. address in the main lobby of the library. His talk will be
followed by a panel discussion on the same topic examining cultural, historical,
political and societal perspectives. Panel members include Zaretsky, Evergreen Faculty
Members Nancy Allen, Eric Larson, Maxine Mimms,and Evergreen students Mary-Lou Reslock
and Don Martin.
The panel members will also direct 11 a.m. workshops, affording participants an
opportunity to discuss at greater length the perspectives of each individual panelist.
Afternoon activities include a panel discussion at 1:30 p.m. and workshops at
3:30 p.m. on "American Relationships Today," aimed at examining alternative relationships, marriage, divorce, legal technicalities, the women's movement and religion.
Afternoon panelists include Carol Fuller, a lawyer and district court judge for MasonThurston counties; Larry Stenberg, Evergreen Dean of Student Services, Carol Olexa and
Bill Aldridge, Evergreen faculty members; Ann Rockway, coordinator for the Day Treatment Program for the Thurston-Mason County Mental Health Center; Lynn Kratz, a private
therapist for Behavior Consultants of Olympia, and Craig Conner, an Evergreen student.
Philip Slater, also author of The Glory of Hera, a study of Greek mythology and
the Greek family, and Micorocosm, will moderate a summary panel beginning at 7 p.m.
in CAB room 108. The final evening presentation will also include a panel discussion
of "Relationships in the Evergreen Community" by Earle McNeil,Evergreen faculty
member; LeRoi Smith, Director of Counseling Services; Janet Stein, Director of the
Women's Clinic, Elena Perez, a student aide in the Counseling Center, and Sandra Nisbet,
an Olympia actress and member of the Co-Respondents Readers Theater.
-3SENATOR SANDISON TO SPEAK AT MAY 11 DEDICATION OF LABORATORY BUILDING
Washington State Senator Gordon Sandison of Port Angeles will be the featured
speaker at a May 11 formal dedication of Evergreen's new Laboratory Building. The
ceremony, scheduled to begin at 11 a.m.,will be part of a campus-wide Spring Quarter
open house, running from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The dedication program will also include introductory remarks by Evergreen
President Charles J. McCann and Herbert D. Hadley, chairman of the Board of Trustees,
as well as a brief description of the purpose and function of the new facility by
faculty member and former academic dean Donald G. Humphrey. The ceremony will be
held in an outdoor plaza adjacent to the building.
Senator Sandison is Chairman of the Senate Higher Education Committee and was
Chairman of the Temporary Advisory Council on Public Higher Education, which in the
1960's studied a proposal to authorize a new state four-year college. The committee
ultimately recommended the new institution be located in the Olympia area. He also
is a member and past chairman of the Western Interstate Committee on Higher Education
(WICHE).
73,600 FEET OF FLEXIBLE SPACE
The Laboratory Building contains more than 73,600 square feet of flexible space
designed to provide the widest range of uses in both the sciences and the arts. It
houses 36 general laboratory areas, 58 faculty offices, 40 conference rooms, five
seminar/classrooms, a terrarium, auto-tutorial areas, workshops, an animal room complex, and photographic facilities. An adjacent annex contains additional facilities
for work in the arts, as well as rooftop greenhouses. The six-hour open house will
focus on the Laboratory facilities, but will also afford visitors an, opportunity to
view such other campus areas as the Library, Lecture Halls, Recreation and Activities
Building.
Following the dedication ceremony, visitors will tour the Laboratory Building to
view a number of activities demonstrating the uses of the facility. Featured in the
tour will be presentations of student projects in physics, chemistry, molecular biology,
and the arts. Demonstrations of advanced science equipment
including a Scanning
Electron Microscope
are also planned by students and faculty. Student art works
will be displayed in the Laboratory Annex, as well as demonstrations of lithography,
painting, etching, weaving, and photography.
DEMONSTRATIONS PLANNED
Elsewhere on campus, visitors may view or participate in demonstrations of Slavic
Folk Dancing and exercises in the martial arts. Library facilities will be open, including a special exhibit in the second floor art gallery. The exhibit will feature
works by Evergreen artist-faculty member Marilyn Frasca, a painter
and three special
summer faculty members: Ben Sams, a Seattle Ceramist sculptor; Larry Gray, a California landscape artist; and Tim Girvin, a Spokane calligrapher.
A five-person panel discussion of "Life at Evergreen" will be presented by the
Office of Student Services, starting at 1 p.m. in room 108 of the College Activities
Building. The panel
composed of students, faculty, and staff
will examine the
total learning and living environment of the college.
A question-and-answer session
will follow the hour-long program.
The Activities Building will also be open along with the adjacent Recreation
Building. All recreation facilities
including the swimming pool, handball courts,
weight training rooms, and saunas
will be available for public use during the
open house.
EVERGREENER INVITED TO ECUADOR
Glenn Whitmire. an Evergreen senior, has been invited by the Chicago Field Museum
to participate in a summer expedition to Ecuador to study and collect fishes of the
region. The 23-year-old Des Moines, Washington student said the invitation came as
a result of an eight-month internship, arranged by the Office of Cooperative Education,
which he completed last summer.
"I went to the Field Museum as an Evergreen student interning in the study of
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mammals," Whitmire said. "But they had no room for me in the mammals department,
so I ended up studying fish." Studying fish isn't all the Mt. Rainier High School
graduate did in his paid academic internship in Chicago.
"I worked with more than 1300 jars of fish
each containing up to 100 specimens gathered from the South Pacific between 1894 and 1915," he said. "The specimens
had been backlogged, stored in alcohol and unidentified for more than 60 years. My
job was to identify, catalog, and shelve as many of the specimens as I could."
Whitmire said he "didn't get it all done," but found the work "fascinating."
"I learned how to identify fish by the number of scales they had, the kind of fin rays,
gill rackers and other physical characteristics they possessed," he said. "I gained
skills in taxonomy, biology, research and scientific organization. I even found two
eels that we couldn't identify, so I brought them back to Evergreen for further study.
They may be samples of an as yet unclassified species."
Excited about his work, Whitmire caught the eye of Gary Glodek, collection manager
for the Field Museum. Glodek invited Whitmire to accompany him to Ecuador. There,
the two hope to join efforts with Dr. Robert K. Johnson, assistant curator of fishes
at the museum, who will be working in Ecuador this summer. The three of them will
spend up to two weeks at the Rio Palenque jungle station in western Ecuador, which
lies northwest of Quito, the capitol city of Ecuador. They may also cross into the
Amazon Valley if time permits.
Not bothered by thoughts of tropical diseases, river leeches, poisonous snakes
and other jundle inhabitants, Whitmire can hardly wait to head south. In the meantime,
he's busy studying a huge folder of fish classifications and descriptions sent to him
by the museum. "I'll have to work awfully hard between now and then to get ready,"
he smiles. "But I'll be well prepared when we leave."
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Upon returning, he and Glodek hope to compile and publish a scientific paper on
their study, detailing their collection of fish, and their analyses of Ecuadorian
water and soil chemistry. He says the work will take several months to complete and
once it's done, he hopes to find a museum job where he can continue his work with
fishes and his study of taxonomy. Whitmire, who will graduate in June, is the son
of Mrs. Rosemarie McDonald of Des Moines, Washington.
SENIORS NEED TO FILE GRADUATION
APPLICATIONS
Seniors planning to graduate Spring or Summer
Quarters need to file an application for graduation
with the Registrar's Office by May 17. Forms are
available in the Registrar's of f ice. File as soon
as possible.
campus spotlight
ADMISSIONS TASK:
TO INTERPRET THE EVERGREEN STORY
Director of Admissions Ken Mayer has issued a call for an "all out" effort by
students and faculty to help the Admissions Office interpret Evergreen to prospective
students and counteract the notion that admissions for Fall Quarter 1974 have been
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closed.
"Many students who heard we had a waiting list this year or who have heard we have
a waiting list for non-residents for next fall have been seared away from applying,"
Mayer said in an interview Tuesday. "We need to make clear the message that we still
have openings for Fall Quarter and we're ready and able to help prospective students
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Mayer, who joined the Evergreen team last fall after four years at Pacific
University in Forest Grove, Oregon, says he's optimistic about the enrollment picture
for the future, but certain "it will take a lot of work to get the messages out."
COMMUNICATIONS A PROBLEM
The problem, as Mayer defines it, is one of communications. "The State of Washington has invested more than $50 million into this college...and spends millions more
each year to operate it," he says. "Yet the students for whom it was built to serve
are not hearing about it."
Part of the problem stems from some high school personnel who refuse to refer
students to the college or who don't understand Evergreen and don't want to take the
time to find out about it. Parents, too, seem unwilling to risk Evergreen's newness.
"I've had several students tell me they wanted to come here but their parents flat
out refused to permit it," he says'.
"We've got to explain more clearly and positively
what we're doing out here."
Mayer says the college "doesn't have a positive image within the state
or it
has no image at all, depending on who you're talking to." The non-image explains, in
part, why only 172 students came directly to Evergreen from Washington high schools
last year. "We're aware that we have a negative stereotype," he admits, "and we're
trying to present a positive image."
"Many people think our students are studying only at a theoretical level. That
they're sitting under trees reading Thoreau and Emerson and meditating
not really
getting into anything practical," he explains. "They don't know about our Cooperative
Education programs, about our internships, or our graduates who've landed good jobs
in the real world. They don't understand what our programs are like, either,"
"So," he continues, " we try to tell them what we ARE, rather than what we are
NOT."
MESSAGE DELIVERED MANY WAYS
The message is delivered in a variety of ways. First of all, the college participates in the Washington High School College Relations Tour which covers most of the
high schools in the state. Evergreen counselors join those from other colleges in
joint visits to the high schools. Then they make individual trips back to many of
the schools, talking primarily to students and secondarily to counselors. Each spring
the Admissions staff travels with faculty members and Student Services personnel to
all the state community colleges, talking to prospective students. To top it off,
they present The Evergreen State College Preview in five major cities, offering a
public program to parents, students, counselors, teachers and administrators
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which will give them an opportunity to discuss Evergreen first hand with currently
enrolled students and faculty.
At the same time, Admissions personnel and students telephone each student who
has applied, inviting him/her to visit the campus and offering to answer any questions
he/she may have. They provide student applicants with a schedule of events and activities they may want to visit and keep their doors open to them throughout the year.
In addition, this year the staff has initiated a program to bring faculty members from
15 community colleges to campus for tours and visits with faculty and students. High
school counselors are also being invited throughout Spring Quarter to visit the campus,
talk with their former students, and find out what Evergreen's all about.
"The counselors are generally reluctant to come here," Mayer says. "But of those
who've visited, nearly all have written or called to tell us how pleased they were
with Evergreen and how willing they now are to promote it."
NEW PROGRAMS TO BE EXPANDED
Both the visitation programs will be continued and expanded next year, as will
publication of the Admissions Newsletter, published by the Office of College Relations
and mailed quarterly to all high school counselors. Mayer also hopes to have ready
two new admissions "tools"
a viewbook written especially for parents and counselors
as a guide to Evergreen, and a video tape presentation which can be used in Eastern
Washington for counselors and college faculty members who may not be able to visit
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the campus in person.
Too, Mayer hopes to work with Evergreen's Non-White Coalition to encourage more
non-whites to attend Evergreen. "We want to work with currently enrolled non-white
students and visit high schools, community colleges, talent search agencies and community organizations in areas with heavy non-white concentrations," he says. These
activities are in part directed toward the realization of the college's Affirmative
Action goals.
One problem Mayer doesn't have is too few out-of-state students. "We've already
got a waiting list for non-residents for next fall," he says. "If we interpret the
legislators correctly, they don't want us to have more than a 25 per cent non-resident
enrollment. We're at that figure now and they don't like it."
Mayer says he things the college will have an average enrollment figure of 2200
next year. "But," he points out, "you can't really be sure until the first of October."
"I think we'll make it, but it will require the efforts of our best public relations
persons --- current students and faculty members --- to really get the message across."
He's written all of them this week, asking their aid.....and he's hoping they'll
come through.
STUDENTS OFFERED CHANCE TO WORK ON NSF SUMMER PROJECT
Evergreen students who might be interested in working in a National Science Foundation sponsored project to introduce new science teaching materials into the Olympia
schools should contact Faculty Member Don Humphrey, Lab 3006 or 866-6672 as soon as
possible.
Twelve Evergreen students will be selected to participate in an interaction workshop on Science Curriculum Improvement Study materials to be held at Evergreen June 1728. The workshop will carry one unit of Evergreen credit, and successful applicants
will have most workshop expenses and full tuition paid by the grant from NSF. Students (
who participate in the workshop will then work in the Olympia schools next year
with teachers in the fourth, fifth and sixth grades to implement the new approach to
elementary school science teaching. This academic year activity should be readily
integrated into a number of contracts or even into some Coordinated Studies programs.
Humphrey says, "If you are interested in working with children and teachers
in an interesting program of science teaching as a prelude to a possible career in
education, or simply as an exciting learning experience, please contact me, (project
director) for full particulars and application forms." He hopes students can be
selected for the project by May 15.
CURRICULUM DTF SETS MAY 9 HEARING
Academic Dean Rudy Martin reports that a Curriculum Planning Review Disappearing
Task Force will conduct a public hearing at 9 a.m. May 8 in CAB room 110 to hear campuswide comments about the processes leading to selection of Evergreen's 1974-75 academic
programs. The DTF, which hopes to complete at least the first phase of its work by
the end of Spring Quarter, plans to meet at 9 a.m. on Wednesday mornings in the Dean's
Conference Room (first floor of the Lab Building) in the weeks following the impending
public hearing.
Martin said the DTF has divided its considerations into three major phases:
(1) The Process and Content of the 1974-75 Curriculum; (2) Recommendations for Planning;
and (3) Long-Range Planning. "The May 8 public hearing will address itself only to
the first phase," Martin said. "Other advertised public hearings will be held as the
group moves into the second and third stages of its work."
The DTF on May 8 will present a visual model of the processes actually used to
generate the 1974-75 curriculum so that everyone attending the hearing will know what
was done. Discussions then will focus on what happened and how the process might have
been and in the future might be — more systematic, visible, and easily locatable. All
interested Evergreeners are invited to attend the hearing.
-7CENTRAL STORES MOVES TO BASEMENT
The Central Stores self-service operation, currently located on the first floor
of the Library, will move to the Library basement sometime next week, according to
Evergreen Purchasing Agent Arnie Doerkson. The new operation, which will be open from
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily (except for the noon hour ), will provide "better service
for everyone," Doerkson said.
"We'll be able to keep a bigger stock of office supplies on hand than before and
persons won't have to wait a day to get things we run out of like they have in the
past," he said. "Everything will be on hand instead of clear across campus."
Storekeeper Percy Berry will staff the expanded operation.
ROMERO'S STUDENTS HARNESSING SOLAR ENERGY
by Dana Campbell
College Relations Intern
Harnessing the sun to run a dishwasher may seem a little far-fetched to many
families in Western Washington, but to a group of Evergreen students the idea has
presented a challenging experiment in solar energy power.
Under the guidance of Evergreen Faculty Member Jacob Romero—an applied scientist—
four students have been devoting their own energies during Spring Quarter to the design
and construction of a pilot solar energy unit through which they hope to study the
possibilities of converting solar power to household use. The project is the end
result of a year-long study entitled Basic Skills in Science and Technology.
The four students—Paul Burnet of Washougal, Wn., Jim Newport of Portland, Oregon,
Ross Fuller of Seattle, and John Gordon of Mercer Island—began their work on the project with a detailed study of what would be involved in designing a central solar
energy plant, one large enough to provide energy for a population comparable to that
of New York City. Study factors included considerations of climate, ecological and
political impact of the plant site selection, cost, economic options available, and
the impact of existing pollution conditions. Concurrently, the students began designing their pilot solar energy model using the information they gathered from the central
solar plant study.
SOLAR REFLECTOR CONSTRUCTED
They began construction of a solar reflector unit with a 32-square-foot sheet of
aluminum, shaped to form a parabolic curve which would collect and reflect the maximum
amount of sunshine. The system involves transferring heat from the reflected sunshine (solar energy) onto a copper pipe carrying a stream of water. The solar heat
on the water creates the steam necessary to turn a small turbine-powered generator
attached to one end of the pipe. The students estimate that with the turbine generator
the unit can provide power equal to about one quarter horsepower.
And says Romero, "The whole thing cost about $130. It could have cost as little
as $75, if we had used steel pipe. We chose copper because it could be soldered; steel
has to be welded. None of us were expert enough to do the welding ourselves."
Throughout the design and construction of the model unit, the students collected
data and information on the feasibility of designing individual home units or a central
energy plant. They also encountered first-hand the practical problems of adapting
the project from the drawing board to construction. For instance, the group discovered
that the pollution and haze levels affect the amount of energy produced by this particular design. They now worry that, since there are few places where the atmospheric
conditions remain clear and stable, this form of energy plant may not be practical
with today's technology.
STUDENTS HAD NO SCIENTIFIC BACKGROUND
According to Romero, the group began work last fall with the assumption that most
of the students had little or no background in the sciences. Thus, the program
attempted to incorporate in-depth studies of the basic sciences (mathematics, algebra,
calculus, physics, biochemistry, chemistry, computer programming, and technical writing)
with work in the applied sciences and a technically directed project to form a totally
integrated science program.
During Winter Quarter, the students studied applications of the skills they had
acquired. They also discussed how the basic theories they had learned Fall Quarter (
related to the practical problems of everyday life. After the basic and applied
sciences had been studied and the theories and skills learned, the students began
the design of the solar energy project. They hoped to incorporate their work in the
sciences with a practical application of the technical knowledge they had acquired.
Says Romero, "I had planned that during Spring Quarter we would get into a project that would involve both an analytical study and a design or experimental study."
Romero believes that the solar energy project has filled this requirement. Romero is
very pleased with the success of the group study. He saysj "There have been no real
problems with the structure of the program. Most of the students have succeeded in
building the basic science foundation that was outlined." He attributed much of the
year's success to the Spring Quarter project, which he feels offered the students a
realistic goal.
The students are now completing construction and preparing for the preliminary
testing of the model unit. They are preparing a technical report of their findings
and hope to present it during an energy symposium at Evergreen later this spring.
FACULTY EXHIBIT OPENS SUNDAY
A special faculty art exhibit will open Sunday(May 5) in the Evergreen Gallery.
The exhibit will feature the works of Faculty Member Marilyn Frasca, a painter, and
of three special summer faculty; Ben Sams, a Seattle Ceramic sculptor; Larry Gray, a
California landscape painter; and Tim Girvin, a Spokane calligrapher.
The one-week show will be hung in the main circulation area gallery on the second
floor of the Library. Exhibit hours are from: 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. weekdaysjfrom 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Saturdays, and from 1 to 8 p.m. Sundays. Admission is free and the public t
is invited.
HIGH SCHOOLER TO VISIT MAY 6-10
North Thurston High School senior Bruce Ikenberry will be a campus visitor May 6-10
as part of a Career Development Week in his school district. Ikenberry, who is interested in a career in accounting, will be hosted at Evergreen by Chief Accountant Alan
Spence. The visiting student will spend his time getting an overview of the operation
of the college Business Office, will watch the flow of work, and get first-hand information about the complex accounting system here.
SOUNDING BOARD SETS ASIDE MAY AS "DISCUSSION" MONTH
Hoping to become a more effective part of Evergreen's communications system, the
College Sounding Board has set aside the month of May for discussion of a number of proposals aimed at increasing the visibility of campus decision making. Spurred by suggestions from student member Gary Marcus, the Sounding Board has set its May 8 meeting
as a date for developing concrete proposals, May 15 as the time for finalization of
proposals and discussion about implementation, and May 22 as the date for looking ahead
to 1974-75 activities.
Some of the ideas being discussed: (1) Requiring that, except perhaps in limited
emergency cases, the charges to new DTFs first be aired at a SB meeting. This proposal
also calls for DTF progress and final reports to be aired before the SB. (2) That, to
the extent practical, Wednesday be set aside as a governance, committee, and meeting
day at Evergreen. (3) That SB, Trustee, S & A Board meetings, etc., be regularly video
and audio taped for airing on closed circuit TV and possibly, KAOS. (4) That a special
SB area be set aside in the Information Center (this one is already in progress, along
with an overhaul of graphics in the Center). (5) That mechanisms be established to
assure airing and follow through on DTF recommendations to those who are"locatable and
accountable" for decisions. (6) That faculty representation on the SB be changed to
provide for one person from each Dean's Group—a total of four. (7) That steps be taken
to make sure random procedures are utilized in selecting persons to serve on DTFs.
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