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The Evergreen State College
"WE'RE AHEAD 11 SAID EVERGREEN'S PRESIDENT DAN EVANS,
SETTING AN OPTIMISTIC TONE REGARDING ENROLLMENT FOR
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES meeting last Thursday, Apri'l 14.
"We're not only doing better than last year, but
we're doing significantly better than other institutions," corrrnented Evans on Evergreen's number of overall applicants for admission next fall. Evergreen's
current enrollment for spring quarter tops 2359 with
an ann ua I aver age of 2270. The increase comes from a
higher percentage of new students, returning and parttime students, plus a higher number of Third World
students.
Much of the discussion during the Trustees
meeting evolved around current issues in legislation.
Evans explained a proposal under consideration to
abandon existing budget formulas used to distribute
financing between Washington State educational institutions. The formulas would be replaced with
financing based on an annual average of students and
faculty at each institution, which would create a
problem for all educational facilities. For example,
if enrollment was 50 students above annual average at
an institution during a given quarter, that institution would be obi igated to find additional financing
of $5000 per student.
Currently, The House of Representatives has al located an annual enrollment average of 2209 students
for Evergreen. "We' II be caught in a terrI b I e Catch22 situation if this passes," said Evans.
The Trustees also discussed funding for Evergreen's new gymnasium, which is pending legislative
approval on the col lege's capital budget and the outcome of the Aquatic Lands Bil I and the State Debt
Ce i I i ng B i I I •
Also pending legislative action is funding of
Evergreen's summer school. The House of Representatives opted for a self-sustaining tuition fee instead
of a state-supported surrrner session, while the
Senate's position remains unclear. The Trustees
approved both proposals and will act according to
Iegis I at i ve outcome. If the surrrner sessIon becomes
self-sustaining, ful 1-time tuition for resident undergraduates wi II be $339 and $1070 for non-resident
undergraduates.
Evergreen's housing conditions wi II improve soon
as the Trustees passed a 7 percent increase for rental
rates, which wi II allow necessary carpeting, painting,
replacement of hot water heaters in the Mods, and
coverage of inflationary costs. In the past two
years, fuel rates increased 38 percent, electricity
increased 54 percent, and water and sewage increased
60 percent. In spite of these increases, rental rates
did not rise during the 1982-83 fiscal year. The
increase also will allow Housing to hire two more
full-time staff members. Due to lack of funding,
three of six full-time employees were laid off last
year. The 7 percent increase at Evergreen compares to
an 8 percent increase at Central, 10 percent at
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Next Oeadl ine: May 20
Eastern and 8.4 percent at W.S.U . ..:._which all raiseLI
their rental rates last year.
The Trustees welcomed new Vice President and
Provost Or. Patrick Hi II, who wi II leave his position
at the State Univers~of New York at Stony Brook to
assume his duties at Evergreen on June 1. The Board
also heard a presentation by the Alumni Association's
President Patrick Seaton and first Vice President
Julie Grant. Seaton out! ined three long-range goals
of the-ass-ociation: to promote the value of an Evergreen degree, to become influential in Evergreen's
decision-making process and to identify and meet the
needs of alumni. "We're a unique group," said Seaton.
"We don't have pensions or even tickets on the 50-yard
line. We join through a commitment to the college."
The next Board of Trustees meeting is scheduled
for Thursday, May 12.
IT WAS A TROUBLED OPTIMIST WHO VISITED THE EVERGREEN
CAMPUS RECENTLY, tel I ing several audiences that the
need to challenge old assumptions is the key to the
future. Former Secretary of the Interior Stewart
Udall, at Evergreen as the guest speaker for the third
annual President's Symposium, hammered hard at the
theme of questioning old views, learning from
mistakes, and making conservation the answer for
tomorrow.
In a free pub! ic address entitled "Requiem for
the Atomic Age" on Wednesday, April 13, Udall cited
Washington's current problems with the Washington
Public Power Supply System's construction of new
nuclear plants as evidence for the need to challenge
assumptions. "We can't point our finger at anyone and
say they're to blame," Udall said. He posed the
question, "How did the Northwest, with the best,
cheapest, and most abundant pov.er in the United
States, stumble into an economic and environmental
disaster?"
"What happened here is just a microcosm of what
has happened in the United States," he said. Udall
pointed out that when the Atomic Age burst on the
scene, pub! ic leaders were in awe, ignorant and
unwi II ing to assume responsib i I ity. A number of
predictions were made for the future, touting nuclear
pov.er as the hope and salvation of mankind.
"We believed it, because it was the gospel," he
recalled. "Atomic pov.er would make I ife better for
everyone. What a cruel hoax that has turned out to
be •11 Udall remembered that at one time America was
going to use atomic power to desalinize sea water,
bui I d a new Panama Canal and create cheap, abundant
electricity.
"Our space program reinforced that belief--that
through technology, we could do anything."
In a talk before local and state college and
community leaders, Udall reinforced his theme of
cha I I eng i ng old ide as. "We need to question past
concepts," he said. "If we do that, we'll find that
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conservation is the key to the future."
Udall ended his talks on an optimistic note.
"Our country performs best when it's In trouble," he
said. "We' II find a way out If we learn from the
past.
If we learn from our mistakes, we' II cope."
While on campus, Udall also met with high school
students and teachers, Evergreen environmental seminar
groups, and took a walking tour of the Nisqually Delta
Wildlife Refuge, which was created while he was Secretary of the Interior. Udall was the third speaker
sponsored by the President's Symposium. Previous
guests have been Washington columnist David Broder and
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker.
ADMISSION FOR SPRING QUARTER IS ALMOST RIGHT ON TARGET
ACCORDING to Evergreen's Director of Institutional
Research Steve Hunter. A headcount shows 2,359
students at Evergreen for Spring Quarter with an FTE
of 2,112. Actual enrollment is down 6 percent, but
funding has also declined by 6.5 percent. The annual
average FTE for the year is 2,270. "We finished
almost right on target," Hunter said. "Our enrollment is down, but our funding is down as well."
Evergreen was funded for 2,460 students in 1982 and
2, 300 in 1983.
Hunter said the yield from the applicant pool is
up 2 percent and the yield fran admissions is up 9
percent.
Retention of degree-seeking students from Winter
Quarter to Spring Quarter is also up, 1.5 percent.
"Fall quarter appl !cations are up over last
,..
year," Hunter said. "We're one of the few public
institutions whose appl !cations are better this year
than I ast year."
BUOYED BY BOUNCY FOLK MUSIC AND A BOUNTIFLl.. SUPPLY OF
GREEN BALLOONS STENCILED "GRADUATE," an estimated 1200
enthusiastic Evergreen supporters gathered in a light
drizzle at noon last Friday, April 22, in downtown
Olympia's Sylvester Park to applaud a parade of
speakers as they sang the pral ses of a well-known but
sometimes criticized local resource--The Evergreen
State Coil ege.
Dubbed the Evergreen Unity Rally, the demonstration marked the first time local officials had made
their approval of Evergreen so vocal and visible. The
Rail y was the climax of a groundswell of pro-Evergreen
sentiment that began the previous Monday when word got
out of yet another Legislative move to close the
col lege. Although the abortive proposal, which would
have budgeted Evergreen for only one more year, was
alive just two days--having been born in a budget
meeting of the Senate Democratic Caucus In the waning
hours of the previous Sunday and killed by a Caucus
vote late Tuesday afternoon--the outcry raised by
city, county and state officials and other friends of
the col lege continued, pranptlng the Rally as a forum
tor Evergreen and the community to voice their mutual
appreciatIon.
President Dan Evans Introduced the speakers oneby-one starting-oft with Thurston County Commissioner
George Barner, Evergreen Class of 1 73, and Olympia
Mayor Dave Skramstad who pulled out a deodorizer
shaped like an evergreen tree and suggested everyone
send one to State Senator Brad Owen, sponsor of the
short-lived budget proposalto close Evergreen, to
freshen his dttltude towards Evergreen.
Lacey Counc i I member ~ Boyd, a I so a graduate of
Evergreen, voiced the support of Lacey Mayor Mark
3rown and the entire Lacey City Counc II. 01 ympia-area
businessmen and members of The Evergreen State Col lege
Foundation Board Bob Olson said, "The resources we
have out there (a~vergreenl are to be cherished.
Without them the county would die." Olson also
commented that, "We owe Senator Owen thanks for
bringing us all together."
House Majority Leader Dennis Heck, a 1973
Evergreen graduate, told the Rally that the move
against Evergreen was born out of the ignorance and
misinformation of a smal I group of exhausted,
frustrated legislators. "This may be the last gasp by
those who want to close Evergreen," he said.
Olympia-Thurston County Chamber of Commerce
Pres I dent Russ MeIxner re-em ph as i zed the support of
his chamber and the Lacey Area Chamber of Commerce tor
Evergreen; ·and former Evergreen staff member, and now
Thurston County Commissioner, Les Eldridge read one of
his infamous limericks, penned especially tor the
occasion.
Then three members of the Thomas and Barbara
Gu II foi I tam i I y took the stage on the Bicentennial
Gazebo at Sylvester Park to explain why they had all
chosen Evergreen.
Jim Gui lfoll, Campus Activities Coordinator and a
stude~who graduates this year; and his sisters
Martina and Elena, both 1979 Evergreen graduates,
explained the family's philosophy.
"We're an entire tamil y who chose Evergreen
because we didn't want to think one way and get locked
into it," Martina said. "We wanted to learn to think
creatively to address and solve t e critical problems
that face us in society."
Five Evergreen al urns to I I owed the Gu i I to i I' s:
Dale Favier 1 80, Judy Guykem..J! 1 80, Ann Avery 1 72,
Chris Meserve 1 75, and Joe Deare 1 76.
--Deare, current! y DIrector of research for the
Washington State Labor Counc i I , cIa i med that "Geod uc ks
are second to none;" while Meserve, formerly a clerk
for the Washington State Supreme Court and now a
member of the Olympia law firm of Cullen, Holm and
Foster, said, "Even if Evergreen does cost a I ittle
more, 11 m worth it."
Guykema, who works with refugees, said "Living up
the street (on Capitol Hill) are some people who could
use an Evergreen education, and I'll volunteer to
lobby for that.
I'm going to frame my evaluation this
weekend and put it on my wa I I • The I egis I ature pushed
me to do it."
Among the first to receive both an undergraduate
degree and an MPA, Ann Avery, who teaches in the
Olympia School District and wil I soon head to Washington D.C. to work for the U.S. Department of Commerce,
told of her experiences with local youngsters. "Many
of them turn up their noses at "Greeners" until I tell
them that I graduated from Evergreen," she said.
"Different Is not bad, but success is an MPA fran
Evergreen."
State Senator Dick Hemstead, a professor of law
at the University of Puget Sound who represents most
of Thurston County, expressed his surprise that the
subject of closing Evergreen came up again. "I think
it was the result of misinformation and disinformation," Hemstead said. "This should be a political
call to arms. Salvation wi II not be achieved by good
works alone."
State Representative Jennifer Belcher, also from
the 22nd District, said a smal I minority was responsible. "There is a growing majority in the legislature
who say this is the time for naysayers to stop--there
are more of us then them."
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State Senator Bi II Fuller, who after redistricting now represents a portion of Thurston County
admitted that ten years ago, he would have been on the
side of those who wanted to c I ose Evergreen. "But,
since my son went there and received a good education," he said, "I'm f)Ow a firm supporter of
Evergreen.
Representative Max Vekich, ~ from the 35th
District, the same district represented by Senator
Owen, expressed his surprise that Owen would head a
move to close Evergreen. As Vekich stepped down from
the pI attorm, someone ye I I ed out, "Run tor the
Senate."
The Evergreen faculty was represented by Rita
Pougiales and Dr. Tom Rainey. Pougiales told about
her Evergreen education and how it prepared her to be
a member of the faculty at Evergreen. Rainey issued a
rallying cry tor Evergreen faculty members: ~'It's
been a frustrating week tor the faculty," he said.
"Over the years we've been under attack, but we've met
every fair and reasonable criticism.
This has got to
stop.
The only way it wi I I is tor the Evergreen
faculty to become more politically involved."
Evergreen Trustee Jane Sylvester and Washington
Secretary of State~ Munro added their voices in
support. "We tried to make the college a leader in
higher education and I think we've suceeded,"
Sylvester said.
"I don't know this Rainey fellow, but I agree
with him," Munro said. "We have to be more
litically involved."
President Evans closed the meeting by saying, "At
he beginning of this session I said if we ever get to
the point where the Legislature didn't talk about
closing Evergreen, then maybe we weren't doing our job
of being innovative. This may be the last gasp of
those who don't understand, or don't care."
"This has brought Evergreen and the community
closer together.
I think we're on a roll."
HOT TIPS FOR t£WSLETTER ITEMS WILL RECEIVE A WARM
WELCOME at Col lege Relations, Library 3114, ext. 6128.
Let us know of any news you think might be appropriate
to print about Evergreen students, staff, faculty or
happenings. The next Newsletter--and last unti I next
tall--comes out Friday, May 27, and has a May 20
dead I ine.
THE ANNUAL FACULTY RETREAT, SET THIS YEAR FROM MAY
4-6, WILL DEVELOP A DETAILED CURRICULUM tor the
1984-85 academic year, according to Academic Dean
Barbara Smith.
Smith says the new curriculum represents a
continuation of the commitment to interdisciplinary
specialty areas, but strives to provide a more
coherent curriculum tor part-time students and more
obvious pathways for career-minde students.
"Although the final decisions have not been made,
it's apparent that new areas are emerging in the
health and human development areas and in the area of
political economy and management," Smith said.
"Ccmputer studies will find a more permanent home and
demonstration program in Science and Human Values
s been proposed."
Smith said a new feature of the curriculum may
include the establishment of two academic centers.
A
center tor Language and Culture studies would coordinate language program offerings, study abroad and
academic advising tor students interested in I ang uage
studies.
"We hope to develop cooperative arrangements with
St. Martin's Col lege and Olympia Tech to otter shared
programs in language as well as transfer arrangements
tor students interested in spending a year at the
University of Washington studying in areas not offered
at Evergreen," Smith said.
The second area would be a Center for Community
Studies which would serve as a focus tor service to
communities throughout Southwest Washington.
"The Center would support short- and long-term
projects such as the North Bonneville Project, the
Raymond jobs program and the Environmental Design
program in Yelm," she said.
Students are invited to respond to the proposed
curriculum tor the 1984-85 academic year, which wi II
be posted in prcminent locations in Lab I, the Communications Building, the Library and the GAB from May
12 through May 18.
A RAINBOW IN THE SKY WILL GREET VISITORS WHEN THE
FIFTH ANNUAL SUPER SATURDAY CELEBRATION gets underway at 11 a.m. on June 4. Under the direction of
Evergreen faculty member Earle McNeil and Evergreen
student Richard Johnson, the colorful rainbow of
heliurrr-filled balloons will rise over the campus to
welcome the 20,000 or more participants expected tor
this annual event.
Under the I eadershi p of Super
Saturday Coordinator Larry Stenberg, the best of
previous Super Saturdays was retained and many new
events added. Back this year is entertainment on tour
stages, the popular beer garden, food booths, shrinks
and wizards, arts and crafts, children's events and
all the other activities which make Super Saturday
such a popular col lege and community event.
"The Super Saturday Committee is meeting weekly
to ensure that we have the best eel ebrat ion ever,"
says Stenberg.
The Committee meets on Friday from 3-5
p.m., usual I y in the Board Room.
All interested
peop I e are invited to attend.
Back this year are such popu I ar per formers as the
"Evergreen Jazz Ensemble," the "Don Chan/Red Kelly
All-Stars," the "Johnny Lewis Revue," the "Olympia
Kitchen Band," "Musikids," and "George Barner and the
Trendsetters."
Chi I dren' s events wi I I feature games and art,
face painting, unbirthday parties, animals, and a
special children's entertainment stage.
Special events on tap- so far- include wooden
boats, vintage autos and a computer display.
Sports and Recreation haven't been neglected.
An
Evergreen Fun Run wi II kick ott the day-long celebration.
The Daily Olympian/KGY Radio Softbal I game
returns, and a sports/recreational auction has been
brought back.
Food booths, featuring the largest variety of
foods ever, will be feeding the hungry multitudes
while artists of all types will display and sell their
wares.
Shrinks and Wizards will dispense wisdom and
knowledge; and program displays, demonstrations and
informational exhibits will top ott the day's
activities.
"You just never know what the Super Saturday
Committee will come up with," says Stenberg. "We may
have a few special surprises in store."
"OUR CONSTITUTION WAS r~ADE SOLELY FOR A MORAL AND
RELIGIOUS PEOPLE AND WON'T WffiK WITH ANY OTHER,"
stressed Or. Robert N. Be I I ah who, in ear I y Apr i I
began Evergreen's S&HiLectureship Series which
addresses the relationship of rei igion and public
pol icy in America.
Hle series reached mid-point this week, but at
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7:30p.m. on Tuesday, May 3, in the Recital Hal I, Or.
Helen Redbird will discuss the past and present
struggles of Native Americans. Her topic covers the
Paleo-American Indian's walk through the ice corridors
from Siberia to North America and relates that difficult journey to the hardships of modern American
Indians.
Redbird, a Cherokee, teaches for the Department
of Social Sciences at Western Oregon State C.:>llege in
Monmouth, Oregon. She authored the television program
"Man and the Land--I nd i a1 Perspectives" and coauthored the book "As Long as the River Shall Run."
Redbird also serves as Chair for the National Advisory
Counci I on Indian Education.
A $2500 grant from the S&H Foundation of the
Sperry and Hutchinson Company helps bring these
scholars to Evergreen for the lectureship series.
Last Tuesday, April 26, Or. Alfonso Ortiz from the
University of New Mexico explored the wide range of
religious traditions in America's indigenous cultures
during his lecture entitled "To Carry Forth the Vine."
On Tuesday, May 17, Dr. ~onald ~Numbers from
the University of Wisconsin wi II discuss "Creationism
in America" as the' I ast guest speaker In the S&H
Lectureship Series.
Ali lectures are free and open to the public.
Refreshments follow each discussion.
EVERGREEN FACULTY, STAFF AND STUDENTS HAD A HAND IN
HELPING THE CITY OF SEATTLE celebrate the 2000th
anniversary of the founding of Tashkent, Seattle's
sister-city in Uzbekistan in Southern Russia. Termed
"Tashkent Days," the celebration was held Sunday,
April 24, at the Museum of History and Industry in
Seattle. Michele Boucree, a student in the "Production, Promotion and Performance" program is a
member of the Binaat Shahrazad Folkloric Ensemble
which participated in the day-long celebration.
Evergreeners sing Ied out for "thanks" were staff
member Char Davies, faculty member Dr. Tom Foote and
students Gary Vaughn,~ Jameson, Ralph (Harpel
Sharp, Pauline Oenial 1 Blaine Lawrence and Joe Justad.
Those "greeners," along with the college itself, was
recognized for helping make the celebration
successful.
THE NORTHWEST CHAMBER ORCHESTRA'S APPEARANCE IN THE
OLYMPIA AREA WAS A SUCCESS, according to Evergreen
Grants Coordinator Fran Barkan who also coordinated
the orchestra's appearance:--rrwithout the help of a
number of people, we wouldn't have been able to pull
off this successful performance," Barkan said. She
singled out a number of individuals for specia~
mention, including Evergreen staff members Davtd
Malcolm, as production supervisor; Dee Van Brunt for
coordinating ticket sales; and Brad Clemmons for his
graphic help. Others receiving thanks were Evergreen
students Keenan~· I ighting; Richard Johnson,
staging; ian Walter, house manager; and Geoff Bate,
box office:- Members of the Capital High School
Orchestra sold refreshments at the concert, which was
attended by 156 paying members of the pub! ic. Sponsored by the Seattle Trust Guest Artist Program as a
benefit concert for the Evergreen Expressions performing arts series, all money raised at the concert wi II
go toward the series.
IT SEEMS TO TAKE
AHEAD, BUT AFTER
TEAM is bui I ding
Evergreen's
NEW TEAMS A LITTLE LONGER TO MOVE
ONLY TWO YEARS, THE GEODUCK TENNIS
a respectable record.
men's tennis team holds a 4-3 record
against some tough competition. "I've been extremely
pleased with the men's team," says Assistant Director
of Athletics Sandy Butler. "St. Martin's College has
never been easy and a 9-Q victory is respectable."
Ben Chotzen ranks as Evergreen's number one
singles player with a 4-3 record, followed by the
number two singles player Pete Moser who carries an
outstanding match win of 6~ "The key to the men's
team success is not oni y their strong singles," says
Butta-, "but their really nice combinations in
doubles, which they didn't have last year." On May 6,
7, and 8, the men's team will participate in district
playoffs at Lewis-Clark State Col lege In Lewiston,
Idaho.
Evergreen's women's tennis team is stroking
through a brief season with five match cancellations
due to rain and no-show players from the opposition.
They current! y hold a 1-4 record high! ighted by a 7-2
triumph over Centralia College.
The women's number one singles player, Kim Burt,
has won 4 out of 5 matches so far this season:- "Kim
has a great deal of poise and confidence," says
Butler. "If we had two more players with Kim's background, it wou Id be a who! e different story."
The women's team wi J I pi ay two more home games
against St. Martins and Skagit Valley before going to
district playoffs at Tacoma Community Col lege May
i 3-14.
A SMALL BUT DETERMINED GROUP OF 14 SWIMMERS AND
JOGGERS RAISED $3,100 IN PLEDGES for athletic teams'
travel expenses di.T ing this year's Swim and Run on
Saturday, April 9.
Last year 1 s event drew near I y $3000 from 50
athletes. "We sure didn't have as many participants
as expected," says coordinator Sandy Butler, "but we
raised just as much money."
Assistant Director of Recreation Mike Beug
triumphed over his companions by pulling in $1220 in
pledges and winning a $100 gift from Athletic Directo
Jan Lambertz, who bet participants they could not
exceed her $1000 pledge amount. Lambertz lost the
gamble, but the Athletic Department gained since Beug
donated that $100 to the fund.
"It wI II take another three to four weeks before
we start receiving the money," says Butler. "Last
year we had money drifting in up to six months after
the event." Butler estimates the Athletic Department
will probably net $2500 from the $3100 pledged.
EVERGREEN'S ATHLETIC DIRECTOR JAN LAMBERTZ PROMISES
THIS YEAR'S "RUN FOR YOUR MOM," scheduled for Saturday, May 7, wi I I be the best yet. "We've always tried
to put on a good race," she says, "but this year we
wi I I have all the kinks ironed out and put on a great
race."
"Run for Your M::rn" features two courses for
runners. The 10k race encircles Evergreen's campus on
a fIat paved road with on I y one short, but steep,
hill. The 2.4 mile race loops around a portion of
campus on flat terrain. "Many Olympia Rainrunners
have suggested improvements to the course which we
will make for this year 1 s race," says Lambertz.
Prizes abound this year. Runners will receive
awards, ribbons, colorful t-shirts, and a bouquet of
flowers tor mom. Participants may also enjoy a postrun swim and sauna at the pool while watching a video
playback of the race.
"Run for Your M::rn" serves as a fund raising even
tor the Athletic Department. Lambertz speculates
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RUN FOO Ma-1, continued from page tour.
between 400-500 runners wll I draw nearly $1000 tor
athletic cotters.
To register, bring $5 to the Recreation Center by
Friday, May 6, or pay $6 between 8-9:30 a.m. at the
Pavll ion on race day. Family and friends are welcome.
ARNO ZOSKE, FORMER MEN'S SOCCER COACH AT PACIFIC
LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY, HAS BEEN HIRED to run the soccer
program at Evergreen.
Zoske, who 1 II work part-time at Evergreen unt i I
assuming full-time duties on June 1, wi II oversee the
college's soccer program, coach men's soccer, oversee
recruitment efforts tor both men's and women's teams,
and run soccer camps during the summer. His appointment is tor one yecr.
Born in Germany, Zoske played amateur soccer In
Chicago where one of the teams he played tor won the
national amateur championship. He attended Northern
I II inois University where he was soccer team captain
and most valuable player. He received his graduate
degree from the University of Oregon and then went to
Notre Dame to work in the school's physical education
department where he was soccer coach and assistant
athletic trainer tor the coli ege' s basketball team.
Zoske only intended to stay at Notre Dame tor two
years, but it turned into eight. "I real I y enjoyed my
stay at Notre Dame, but I remembered my time at Oregon
and I wanted to return to this area," he said. "I had
to make a career decision and I opted tor the Northwest."
He went to PLU In 1980 as Men 1 s soccer coach and,
tor one year, as soccer coach tor Tacoma Community
Coli ege.
In 1981 he concentrated solely on PLU' s
sports program where he worked as soccer coach and
trainer, teaching a few physical education programs.
"It was a good part-time situation, but It wasn't
tulltime, so the job wasn't that secure," he said.
Last year he took the PLU men's team to a 12-3-1
record, losing only to the University of :1ort'land and
Seattle University, before dropping a 1-0 game to
Simon-Fraser in the district playoffs. ,,.'lte beat the
University of Puget Sound twice, something PLU had
never done before," he recalled. "That is quite a
<"
rivalry."
As long as three years ago, Zoske took a look at
the Evergreen athletic program and I I ked what he saw.
He kept in touch and, when the opportunity presented
itself, he appl led and was hired.
He feels his athletic philosophy tits In very
well with the Evergreen concept. "Athletics Is only
of value wtlen it's part of the school's offering and
represents another option tor the gifted Individual,"
he said. "Soccer Is a mental as well as a physical
challenge." "I look at athletics, sports and movement as an crt form and a way of expressing yourself."
TWO EVERGREEN STAFF MEMBERS BECAME CITIZENS OF THE
UNITED STATES RECENTLY.
Young In Student Accounts acquired citizenship in November of 1982. Originally from Formosa in the Republic of China, Lily is
an accounting assistant who handles student Inquiries
and prepares student emergency I oan checks and transactions tor student accounts. She is also a student,
involving herself in folk dancing, piano and study
skills. She I ives in 01 ympia with her husband and two
young sons. A new citizen since March, Eletta Tiam
works as an accountant in General Accounting where she
does alI the col lege investments, col lege and state
annual financial reports and other paperwork. Eletta
spends part of her spare time teaching several Individual contracts in Intermediate accounting. She com-
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A DAY IN THE LIFE (F AN EVERGREENER
The first thing Kris Liburdy does in the morning is
get her cats Bert and Ernie, out of bed and outside.
Since Kris I lves In Puyallup and needs an hour to get
to her job as a Program AssIstant I in the Academic
Advising Office, this takes place at 5:30 in the mornning. Her children Kevin, who will be eleven in June,
and Katy, age 8, cre-stTTI asleep when she leaves at
7 p.m. Her husband Frank, an assistant manager at
Penney's takes cere of making them breakfast and send! ng them ott to schoo I •
"I am really blessed with a loving tamil y that
supports me and puts up with the extra hours that it
takes me to get to work," Kris says.
On the road, she looks tor the Olympics to emerge
out of the clouds and tog and listens to tapes of
WIllie Nelson and Dan Fogel berg. Kr is exp I a ins her
long commute as a compromise between the latest of her
husband's many transfers by Penney's and her desire to
remain at Evergreen. The Liburdy 1 s were I iving in
Olympia when Krls lett her job at Olympia Tech to work
here a year ago. Then, when Frank was transferred to
a Seattle position, they decided to relocate in Puyallup, approximately halfway between both workplaces.
"The job is worth it," she says. "I've worked at
three different colleges and this Is the best yet."
What Is especially rewarding to Kris about her
work Is Interaction with people. "On the average,
during crunch time (the first and last two weeks of
each <1Jarterl," Krls reports, "we see 40 to 50
students each day. Of course, some of those visits
are real brief and simple, but many of the people we
see ere dealing with the complex issue of making their
academic pursuits fit the goals of career- and selfactualization," she says.
"The most important work Kris does here," says
Oscar Soule, who shcres duties as academic advisor
with Earle McNeil, "is to inform students and make
them ~at ease." While the advisors provide indepth counseling and direction, Kris is very often
students' first contact with the system and she can
handle many of their problems from her desk.
In addition to her direct work with students,
Krls Is also responsible tor updating the Academic
Advisors, tor supervising work study help and tor general secretarial upkeep of the office. "Her work,"
says Oscar, "is excellent. Kris is as good as they
come."
Five p.m. finds Krls back on the road "fighting
to stay awake." Arr l v l ng home around 6 p.m. is the
beginning of, she says, "the best part of the day"being with her kids tor the first ti11e in that day.
In addition to her busy home I ite Kris is also a
member of the Puyallup Orthopedic Guild, runs about 10
miles a week, enjoys entertaining company, is an avid
tan of the Seahawks, "Hill Street Blues" and "Cheers."
When asked her future plans and fantasies, she
dreamily replies, "I'd love to have another baby." As
tor her future at Evergreen, Kr is says, "I I ove Evergreen and the energy and spirit of the tol ks who work
here. 1-bwever, I wish the staff could be recognized
and remunerated more appropriately tor the amazingly
hard work they do.
I hope I wi II be around here long
enough to see that happen."
All who know and work with Kris hope she wil I be
too.
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