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The three-day conference,
coordinated by MPA political
scientist Dr. Kenneth Dolbeare, sought to "focus
public attention on economic
issues facing this state and
to start the process of developing creative and effective
means for desirable, longterm economic development."
More than 200 persons
attended lectures, panel dis-
ideological underpinnings of
contemporary American
society, and discuss the
impact of an individual's
values on his or her behavior.
They also require students to
examine the legal and moral
responsibilities of those in
public service.
Students are also encouraged to participate in
off-campus internships, like
Karen Tvedt
Dr. Ken Dolbeare, MPA faculty
member and conference
coordinator.
Suzanne Shaw
"We've created a rigorous, professional
program that reflects Evergreen 's commitment
to interdisciplinary studies and to public
services."
cussions and workshops
aimed at exploring potential
economic innovations and
examining ways to finance
economic growth, means to
coordinate state and local
planning needs, and methods
to identify educational and
training requirements necessary to achieve a revitalized
state economy.
The conference represents a small portion of the
efforts being extended by the
college's first graduate program to not only help solve
today's critical problems, but
to better prepare students
and citizens to undertake the
challenges that lie ahead.
As Program Director Dr.
Russ Lidman explains it,
Evergreen's graduate study
began three years ago to help
the college meet one of its
three major goals: service to
the state government.
"We've created a rigorous, professional education
for students engaged in or
intending to pursue careers
in government or in organizations involved with public
issues.
Chief goal of the MPA
program, Lidman continues,
"is to equip students with
the background and skills
required to assume responsibilities in the public sector."
More than 70 men and
women are currently enrolled,
including 10 from the "first
40" who launched the program in September 1980.
Ranging in age from 25 to
54, 70 percent of those enrolled are currently working
in state or local government
and nearly all are attending
classes part-time, seeking to
complete their required 60
hours of academic credit in
six to eight quarters.
Uniting the 70 with their
faculty team is a commitment
to achieve very specific
academic goals.
"We insist that our students learn such practical
skills as the ability to write
analytical essays, advance
persuasive arguments, write
clear, concise memos, and
explain complicated fiscal or
economic data," he says.
"We also require them to
learn how to deliver effective
oral presentations, to clearly
communicate statistical
information and to accurately
interpret positions of contending parties."
MPA faculty are also
devoted to helping students
understand the historic
development of governmental
and public service. They
encourage students to explore the limits and strengths
of government, study the
the one Linda Merriman completed last spring in the
office of U.S. Senator Slade
Gorton in Washington, D.C.
And, they're able to take
advantage of two other programs now sponsored by
MPA: "short courses" and
the Career Executive Training
Program.
Launched this fall, short
courses are designed for
public managers and offered
during evenings and on
Saturdays. Two are usually
offered each quarter to "convey practical information in a
compact form," says Lidman.
This quarter, for example,
MPA will offer courses on
regional economic development and on the social
security system and other
policy issues affecting senior
citizens.
Simultaneously, MPA
faculty and others from Evergreen will continue hosting a
Career Executive Training
Program, which by year's end
will involve more than 175 of
the state's top managers. The
program, funded by the
Employee Development and
Training Division with the
State Department of Personnel, is part of a legislativelyapproved state-wide effort to
provide opportunities for
persons who have been
designated by their agencies
as career executives.
The benefits of both the
short courses and the Career
program go beyond those
gained by enrolled participants, explains Lidman.
"They enable our faculty
to work directly with the
state's top managers and
develop a better understanding of the real problems they
encounter daily," he says.
"The end result is that for
us, the line between theory
and practice evaporates
altogether."
The MPA program has
also led to Evergreen's involvement in a variety of
local projects, ranging from a
study of services for local
Indochinese refugees to a
survey of citizens attitudes
toward city government in
Olympia.
All these activities further
strengthen Evergreen's ties
to state government and
better enable the college to
achieve MPA's primary goal:
better preparing students to
seek solutions to challenges
facing this state and region—
not only during the troubleburdened Forty-eighth legislative session, but in the
decades to come.
photos by student Abbo Peterson
Suzanne Shaw photo by Woody Hirzel
Graduate Four Find MPA
"Tough, Stimulating Challenge"
They seem, at first glance an
unlikely quartet: a single
mother of three who commutes twice a week from
Aberdeen, an Olympia scientist/research analyst, a
former Fisheries patrol
officer, and an exchange
student from Japan.
But Karen Tvedt, Ken
Conte, Suzanne Shaw and
Ginn Kitaoka have, during
the past several months,
shared one strong common
bond: enrollment in Evergreen's masters degree program in public administration.
Karen, who lives in Aberdeen and works for Children's
Services there, arrives on
campus two evenings a week.
Ken has just completed his
degree and begun a new job
with the State House of Representatives. Suzanne, an
Evergreen graduate, was laid
off her state job last December and spent most of 1982
studying and looking for
another job. And Ginn has
been sent to Washington by
his home government in
Japan to study organization
and management.
Like most of their colleagues, the four are all in
their 20s or 30s, three are
enrolled part-time, and all
have chosen Evergreen's
graduate program as the best
route to pursue a career in
public management. But,
each chose MPA for different
reasons.
For Karen, the decision
to return to school was
prompted by stagnation more
than anything else.
"My life began to seem
so limited," the former Highline Community College
teacher explains. "I was
devoting all my time to working and taking care of the
family—nothing much else. I
wanted personal growth—a
chance to learn some new
things."
Ken wanted to explore a
different career path. The
1972 graduate of North
Thurston High School had
been working in the sciences
his undergraduate days at
the University of Washington.
"I decided I didn't want to
spend the rest of my life as a
scientist," he says. "I've
always had an interest in
politics and public administration and wanted to pursue
that a bit."
For Suzanne the decision
came in part from the uneasy
premonition that her job
might disappear. "I also
wanted to advance my career
in state government and felt
that the graduate program
would help me achieve that—
and perhaps protect me from
future cuts."
Ken Conte
As she expected, her job
as a hearings officer for the
Department of Fisheries was
cut in December of 1981 —
but by then she was already
enrolled and on her way.
Ginn had completed his
bachelor's degree in economics at Kobe University in
Japan before he arrived on
Evergreen's campus in the
fall of 1981. A government
employee of the Hyogo
Prefecture, he came to study
comparisons and contrasts
between Japanese and American styles of management,
particularly at the state and
prefecture levels.
For each of the MPA
quartet, the new path has
proved both demanding and
surprising.
Karen, a seasoned veteran at juggling the demands
of career, family and education, commutes four hours a
week at night alone to attend
her MPA classes. She "al-
By Judy McNickle
ways needs" more time and
energy" and she's not sure
what the end results will be.
"I do know I've never
worked harder in school than
I'm doing now," she laughs.
What surprised the determined student was the
change in direction prompted
by her classes and her
exposure to what she calls
"the finest faculty I've ever
run into.
"I came here thinking I
knew what I wanted—a
career in management with
the department where I work.
Now I'm far less certain,"
she says. "I've become very
interested in political organizations and think I'd like to
become involved in some
grass roots efforts to affect
change."
Ken never had been "that
pleased with traditional education," so he came to Evergreen seeking an alternative.
"I found a real gem," he
says. "I've been very pleased
with the faculty, the size of
our classes, and the quality
of education I got."
That despite the fact that
the program "covered lots of
materials and was very rigorous and time consuming"—
so much so that on several
occasions he had to take
leave without pay to complete his studies on time.
One result of all his
effort: a 200-page report on
the history of state-owned
tidelands and shorelands.
"I've researched why the
state began selling these
lands, why it stopped selling
them in 1971, and why it's
reconsidering the sales
again," he reports. "I think
the study will be a valuable
resource to the Department
(of Natural Resources) as
well as for others in state
land management."
Suzanne's biggest surprise when she enrolled in
her alma mater to resume her
education was what it did to
her social life.
"I had to completely
clear my calendars of all
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ments—and put my television
in the closet," she says "At
first I spent nearly all my
time trying to readjust and
get back in the academic
groove." Now, she adds,
she's found "a way to
balance my time a bit better."
Interfering with those
activities are the demand of
her new job—as a paralegal
staff member in the State
Attorney General's Office.
Suzanne's three-year assignment deals with a 30-milliondollar lawsuit over construction of six new ferries.
Because her job has been so
demanding, Suzanne did not
reenroll Winter Quarter, but
intends to complete her
degree in the spring.
Along with it, she'll
finish her MPA project: a
study of the socialization of
Glnn Kitaoka
women hto nontraditional
jobs—particularly in law enforcement, a field in which
Suzanne can apply her experience as a former fisheries
patrol officer for the state.
For Ginn, the MPA program and his two-year visit
to Washington "has been
surprising in the lack of
surprises."
But, he notes, "everything here is fun": the
classes, his studies and his
involvement in the college's
first Tribute to Japan, held
January 16 (see page 4).
But for Ginn, the most
valuable experience has been
his internship with the Department of Commerce and
Economic Development.
"It's very useful," he
comments. "It's given me a
sense of the atmosphere and
system of organization here
that is very different from
what is found in Japanese
governmental agencies."
Internships are not common in Japan where, he
says, everyone "has to start
at the bottom of the ladder"
after they complete their college degree.
"Each person has to
work his way up," he adds.
"Even the president of Honda
began as a blue collar worker
and slowly progressed
through the company."
Ginn thinks the internship idea may become popular in Japan in the future
since it is "a very important
and practical learning
experience."
All the benefits shared
by these four MPA students
are not directly tied to their
formal education as Suzanne
points out.
"Without the MPA program, I'd have been in a
much worse situation personally when I lost my job,"
Suzanne says. "MPA helped
me develop self confidence,
broaden my horizon and provided me with a built-in
support group and a much
better job network," she
adds.
"Our students really do
watch out for each other."
Childbirth, Insecticide, and Cleaning Up History—
Evergreen Authors Reshape the World
Unlike many universities and
colleges, Evergreen does not
have a "publish or perish"
rule. Faculty members are
free to put their writing into
print as often as they can, or
not at all.
Despite this, there are a
surprising number of faculty,
and staff, who have written
books on a wide range of
subjects. Three authors who
have written the most recent
books of note are faculty
sociologist William Ray
Arney, Academic Dean John
Perkins, and faculty historian
Susan Strasser.
Hottest off the press is
Arney's Power and the Profession of Obstetrics (University of Chicago, 1982) which
seeks to "lay bare the nature
of obstetrical power, how it
was acquired, and how it
changed." To do so, Arney,
who was director of evaluation for the Regional Perinatal
Program in Vermont and New
Hampshire for three years,
traces a path between two
histories of the profession—
one written by obstetricians
and the other by feminist
scholars.
"The profession argues
that knowledge and technology benefit women,
babies, and society generally," Arney writes, "critics
argue that increased technology and an expanded
knowledge base medicalize
pregnancy and birth to the
detriment of women's experiences and families' freedoms
during a period of life that
need not be treated as a
medical problem."
Arney offers a new, third
view: that the introduction of
social alternatives and technical monitoring schemes
since World War II has
changed the relationship
between obstetricians and
women.
John Perkins is also concerned with the impact of
technology since World War
II in his book, Insects,
Experts, and the Insecticide
Crisis (Plenum, 1982), an
analysis of how economic
entomologists have dealt
with the overuse of chemicals
in insect control.
Perkins's interest in the
subject began in the early
1970's when public controversy over the use of insecticides was raging, as were
two factions in the entomological profession over which
alternatives to chemical
control should be used.
"I couldn't figure out for
the life of me why the two
parties were arguing," says
Perkins, who at the time
worked with the National
Academy of Scientists, which
provided a forum for the
debate.
By analyzing the situation
in a total cultural context,
Perkins reveals that the
internal disagreement was, in
fact, heavily influenced by
outside factors.
"I wanted to show," he
says, "how social, economic,
political, and intellectual
forces shaped the expert
knowledge of entomologists
and farmers."
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Susan Strasser uses a
similar total approach in her
authoritative work, Never
Done: A History of American
.Housework (Pantheon, 1982).
"I was interested in the
role of the individual in the
capitalist system, and the
way industrialism has affected
daily life," she says. "Housework was one angle on that,
and I tried to write a book
that would be interesting to a
lot of people."
The first complete history
of housework and the American housewife, Never Done
has since been critically
acclaimed in newspaper
reviews from coast-to-coast,
including The Nation, The
New Yorker, Ms. Magazine,
and the Los Angeles Times
Book Review. All this praise
is well deserved because
Strasser's book is the culmination of 14 years of work,
beginning when she was an
undergraduate at Reed College in Portland.
"Originally, I was interested in the literature of
advice to American women
during the mid-nineteenth
century," says Strasser, who
teaches American history and
labor studies, "but in studying cookbooks, etiquette
books, women's magazines,
and household manuals, I
discovered I wanted to know
what women did, not merely
what they were told to do."
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None of these authors
has any easy answers to the
questions they raise. Arney
offers no vision for the future
of relationships between
obstetricians and women,
only his view that the structure of power that surrounds
childbirth has changed.
Perkins concludes that "if
resolution of the insecticide
crisis is to come, it will occur
primarily in the fields of
values and politics." Strasser's shows how many of the
tasks of housework have
become market commodities,
of big corporations, launching the housewife into the
work force and changing
women's daily roles forever,
but her final perspective is
that families will retain control of their lives only with
the "recognition that private
life and public decisionmaking are and always have
been linked."
Footnote
A comprehensive bibliography
of authors at Evergreen, from
Guy Adams to Ron Woodbury
and others, is being compiled
presently and will be made
available to alumni and any
other interested parties upon
completion. If you would like
to have a copy, send your
name and address to the
Office of College Relations,
Library 3114, The Evergreen
State College, Olympia,
Washington 98505.
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Sports Update:
Tall man to
Nationals;
Sailors Finish
Second in
Windjammer
The Geoduck winter sports
seasons are underway and
there is already cause for
celebration.
Evetree Tailman, swimming for the women's intercollegiate team, has qualified
for the NAIA nationals in the
50, 100, 200, 500, and 1,000
yard freestyle events. Swimming for the men, Austin St.
John, who qualified for the
nationals last year is just
two-tenths of a second from
gaining a berth at this year's
national competition in
Arkansas. Another member
of the women's team, MaryBeth Berney, is within
seconds of qualifying in the
100 and 200 yard intermediate, plus the 50 freestyle.
"Along with Evetree,
MaryBeth, and Austin, Evergreen has some other hopefuls," says Swim Coach
Robbie Johnson. "I am
pleased with the team's per-
formance, but we have a
number of important meets
coming up in February."
Evergreen swim buffs
have an additional reason to
be excited: the Evergreen
pool will have an electronic
timing system installed at
the end of January. Jan
Lambertz, Director of Recreation and Athletics, comments
that, "This new addition to
the pool will make an already
beautiful facility extremely
efficient and accurate for the
timing of high school and
college meets."
Another success story is
the Evergreen sailing team,
coached by Lou Powers. "We
took first place in our own
Evergreen Regatta in November and came in second to
the University of Washington
in the Windjammer Eliminations Regatta, here in
Olympia, January 15 and 16,"
remarks Lou.
4The Geoduck's A Fleet
was' manned by Eric Noyd
and Gordon Smith, for the
Windjammer (although there
was precious little wind to
jam), and the B Fleet by Rick
Baldwin and Jamie Stewart.
A crowd of nearly 70, including competitors, Evergreeners, and members of
the community, gathered at
the Organic Farmhouse on
Saturday evening of the
Regatta weekend to watch
sailing films and videotapes.
The 1983 tennis season
begins in February and both
the men's and women's
teams are practicing now at
Tumwater Valley Racquet
Club under the direction of
Coach Alice Parsons.
There have been some
encouraging developments in
club sports at Evergreen this
year. Twenty men, enough to
form two recreation basketball teams, have been com-
peting in Olympia city
leagues on Tuesdays and
Thursdays since midDecember. Competition is
fierce and, despite some
close games, both teams are
winless. The women's basketball team began its league
competition in January, and
dropped its first two games,
one of those a four-point
loss in the opener. There are
two coed volleyball teams
this winter, a new addition to
the activities offered through
club sports.
"The sports program at
Evergreen has really grown
this year in the number of
interested people participating," says Sandy Butler,
Assistant Director of Athletics, "and the Geoduck
sports teams are respected
within the community for
their level of competition."
From
Fiddlehead to
Storage Yard:
Geoduck Fleet
Afloat and
Growing
As befits a college that
borders an arm of the Pacific,
Evergreen possesses more
than 30 Geoduck vessels to
transport students, faculty
and staff on academic, athletic and recreational voyages.
This fleet has grown through
hard work, careful budgeting
and the generous donations
of private citizens, and
promises to continue its
growth in the future.
A third of the fleet can
be seen anytime Evergreen
hosts a regatta, as was
recently the case at the
Windjammer Eliminations
(see "Sports Update") in
Olympia in mid-January.
Crisscrossing Budd Inlet
at the command of the racing
teams were Evergreen's sleek
Alphas. The school purchased six of the 14-foot
sailing dinghies in 1981,
added another last year, and
hopes to continue making
additions as needed.
Three other boats were
involved in the Regatta; a
committee boat, a chase boat
and the flagship of Evergreen's fleet, the Seawulff,
which served as an observation boat. Commissioned in
1981 after six years of work
by Eyergreeners and community members, the 38-foot
Seawulff is a shining example
of what contributions of time,
materials and money can do.
A 14-foot aluminum Lund
skiff, one of three Evergreen
uses for academic trips,
served as the chase boat,
darting between Fiddlehead
Marina, the Seawulff and the
committee boat, "Mr. Ed."
So-dubbed for its
former owner, Ed Hag well of
Olympia, Mr. Ed is an 18-foot
wooden inboard motorboat
that was built in 1947.
Hagwell donated the craft to
Evergreen, then helped renovate it and tune the engine,
an eight-cylinder Dodge flathead that tops 30 knots. With
a fresh coat of red paint, Mr.
Ed now provides extra safety
and transportation for
regattas as well as serving as
the official committee boat.
Another contributor to
the college is Hank Heinrich,
also of Olympia and member
of Evergreen's athletic
booster club, the Clambackers. Heinrich gave the
college a 14-foot C-lark sailing dinghy which is used
mainly as a rental, and
presently getting a mast
repaired and new paint job
from Coach Lou Powers.
Rivaling the Seawulff for
beauty in its own small way
is a pilot gig which was built
by students several years
ago. A sailing rowboat with
beautiful, lapstrake shipping,
the pilot gig is used only for
special occasions such as
Olympia's annual Wooden
Boat Show in May.
An inventory of the rest
of Evergreen's fleet reveals
two inflatable boats, two
rafts, four Whitewater kayaks
and eight canoes, including
four new 17-foot Easyriders.
There are also the 44's, two
boats tucked away in Facilities' storage yard that could
have more potential than
anything Evergreen currently
puts in the water.
Acquired by Evergreen
from federal surplus in 1979,
The Resolute and The Flirt
are 44-foot wooden sailing
yawls which were built in
1939 for the U.S. Naval
Academy to train midshipmen in racing and teamwork.
An estimated $95,000 is
needed to repair the yawls—
$44,000 for The Resolute
alone—but plans to seek gift
funds for the 44's Project are
underway. Thanks to an
initial $2500 grant from
Tacoma BoatBuilding, Don
Fassett, a retired engineer
who worked long and hard
on the Seawulff, is already
beginning to restore the
mahogany hull and th=) deck
of The Resolute.
College officials hope
both yawls can be repaired
enough to be taken out of
dry dock and refloated where
final restoration can take
place. Once that's accomplished, the Resolute and
The Flirt will accompany the
Seawulff on academic
voyages, serve as charters tc
bring in revenue and defray
operating costs, and race in
regattas around Puget Sound,
making Evergreen's fleet one
of the most impressive in the
Northwest.
Individuals who are interested in making donations of
cash, labor, or materials to
the 44's Project, or any other
part of Evergreen's fleet,
should contact the Development Office at Evergreen at
866-6000, ext. 6565.
scholars to the attention of
their students, and also help
establish closer ties with
their local communities.
"Religious revival," says
Academic Dean John H.
Perkins, who will coordinate
the lectures, "has been a
recurring event in American
history. Currently the nation
is in such a period. This
revival may fade over time,
but its effects on American
life will linger for years."
Perkins notes that public
policy always reflects values
in a society. "It is important,"
he says, "for the colleges
and universities of the country to examine the changes
currently underway."
The lecture series will
feature three speakers during
Spring Quarter, 1983. Each
evening at 8 p.m. in the
Recital Hall of the Communications Building, and all
alumni are cordially invited
to attend.
In the first talk, April 5,
Professor Robert N. Bellah of
the University of California,
Berkeley, will speak on
"Religion and Politics in
America."
Bellah is a distinguished
scholar with scores of wellreceived publications who
has taught at Harvard and
Princeton Universities and
served as a research fellow at
Stanford University and in
Japan. He is currently Ford
Professor of Sociology and
Comparative Studies, and
Chairman of the Department
of Sociology at Berkeley.
Bellah's talk will set the
general stage for the lectureship series. "Although the
United States constitution
prohibits the establishment
of religion," he says, "religious convictions have had an
influence on our political life
throughout our history.
Abolitionism, the social
gospel, opposition to the
teaching of evolution, and
the civil rights movement are
examples. At present, we see
groups such as the Moral
Majority attempting to influence social legislation. We
also see a number of religious
bodies deeply involved in the
movement for a nuclear
freeze."
Professor Bellah will give
an overview of the role of
religion in our political life.
He will also comment on
where religious influence is
appropriate and where it is
not.
Religion and contemporary science provide the
subject for a second lecture
on May 17 when Professor
Ronald L. Numbers of the
University of Wisconsin
speaks on "Creationism in
20th Century America."
Professor Numbers
serves in the Departments of
the History of Medicine and
the History of Science on the
Madison campus in Wisconsin. Among his many honors,
he is on the editorial advisory
board of the journal ISIS,
published by the History of
Science Society.
Professor Numbers will
explore how the American
people have reacted to the
teaching of evolution during
the past 80 years. Even today
in an America that is a
wonder of advanced science
and technology, it is not
clear whether the majority of
citizens believe Darwin's 1859
explanation of the origin of
species is the best one available. The biblical story of
creation in Genesis has
powerful appeal for many,
even among the scientifically
educated.
Professor Numbers will
explore this apparent contradiction and show how the
arguments against teaching
evolution in the public
schools have changed
through the years.
Religion and the rights
of Native American people
will be the subject of the
final lecture in the series.
Dean Perkins has been working closely with faculty
members David Whitener,
Gail Tremblay, Lloyd Colfax,
and Betty Kutter to identify a
speaker.
"We have identified four
or five exciting possibilities
for an Indian lecturer on this
subject," says Perkins. "In
many ways, this lecture will
be the most important of the
series. Spiritual beliefs were
highly important to Indian
peoples, and European
settlement of North America
severely hindered the abilities
of Indians to practice their
traditional beliefs. The
speaker brought in for this
talk will be a vital contribution to the efforts of Indians
in western Washington to
preserve and celebrate their
ancient rites. It will also be
an important opportunity for
non-Indians to learn about
the subject."
For more information
and a descriptive brochure,
contact the Office of College
Relations (866-6000, ext. 6128)
or John Perkins' office
(866-6000, ext. 6870).
Remodeling plan for
Evergreen 44's
S&H Lecture
Series to
Focus on
Religion and
Public Policy
The relationship between
religion and public policy will
be examined by visiting
scnolars in a series of lectures at The Evergreen State
College this spring.
To fund the series,
"Religion and Public Policy
in American Culture," Evergreen was selected as one of
29 colleges to receive a
$2500 grant from the S&H
Foundation, which is sponsored by the Sperry and
Hutchinson Company. The
Foundation started the
lectureship program in
1960 to enable colleges and
universities to bring eminent
tribute to
pan
Celebrating Japanese Connections
More than a thousand visitors
flocked to Evergreen January 16 to help the college
host its first "Tribute to
.
Japan," a half-day celebration
jam-packed with performances by Japanese dancers,
demonstrations of Japanese
crafts, films, exhibits, slide/
talks, lectures and traditional
Japanese delicacies.
Cosponsored by the
Consulate General of Japan
based in Seattle, the Tribute
highlighted both the special
ties Evergreen has long enjoyed with her sister institution, the Kobe University of
Commerce, and the relations
between Olympia and its
sister city, Yashiro.
The college's academic
connections with Japan were Visiting faculty Mitsuharu Mitsui and long-time faculty
Richard Alexander discussing creativity.
spotlighted when three
exchange professors offered
a joint discussion on the
"creativity of modern Japan."
Evergreen faculty members
Richard Alexander and Tom
Rainey both of whom have
taught in Kobe, shared the
speaker's podium along with
visiting professor Mitsuharu
Mitsui, who has been teaching at Evergreen from Kobe
during Fall and Winter
Quarters.
Faculty art historian
Kazuhiro Kawasaki offered a
slide/talk on contemporary
masters in Japanese crafts,
complemented by an exhibit
of Japanese prints, and
demonstrations of origami,
calligraphy, and flower
arranging by local Japanese
artists.
Throughout the day, as
hungry guests devoured trays
Ways and Means Committee
Evergreen graduate Stan
full of sushi and other Japaof the Washington State
nese treats, dancers from the Marshburn has been named
Legislature, where his renew assistant to President
Puget Sound area offered
sponsibilities included
Dan Evans. He assumes
lively and authentic performanalysis of social service
responsibilities for Everances, films loaned by the
budget issues and agencies,
green's legislative relations
Consulate General were
and frequent oral and written
and on-campus governance,
shown, and traditional tea
presentations before the
duties formerly held by Les
ceremonies were conducted
Eldridge, who moved into his House. He also worked as a
before standing-room-only
program analyst for the
new job as Thurston County
audiences.
budget division of the Office
Commissioner in early
Reactions to the Tribute
of Financial Management
January.
were unanimously enthusiafter completing a degree in
A 30-year-old alum,
astic; Save a space in your
economics and political
Marshburn returns to EverJanuary 1984 calendar; an
green after five years as a
science at Evergreen in 1975.
encore may well be in the
fiscal analyst for the House
offing.
Alum To Replace Eldridge
Phone-A-Thon '83
We're revved up! See back
page.
Japan photos by Gary Oberbillig
The Evergreen State College
Newsletter of the Alumni Association
Volume 5, Number 2
February, 1983
Alums Help Evergreen With
Ready Answers and a Banjo
Current student and programmer Tim Merk labors away
in KAOS control booth.
KAOS Celebrates Ten Years
of Community Broadcasting
recording artists (musicians
who rarely get time on most
stations). Preference is given
to local live events, especially
public affairs, spoken word,
and educational proLooking back fondly, I recall
gramming.
how adamant my darkroom
Decision making at
buddies and I were when we
KAOS is still by consensus,
wanted to listen to a commercial-free radio station and and provides everyone with
KAOS was the only signal
some control over the station's affairs. When consenthat could make it into the
sus proves difficult, the
cavernous concrete darkdecision is made by the
rooms of the Photo Lab in
Departmental Coordinator or
the Library Building.
General Manager, a recently
KApS was it by default.
Our main concern was never
created paid half-time staff
quite knowing what kind of
position, is responsible for
the day-to-day operation of
music would be on the air at
KAOS-fm, and promoting the
whatever point-in-time, it
continuity so important for
was an obvious hit-and-miss
such a large volunteer organsituation. But rather than
ization. Michael Huntsberger
darkroom-it in silence, we
listened to KAOS-fm, and
is Mr. Continuity himself, a
came to be pleasantly surlong-time supporter (TESC
Alum, KAOS Engineer, volunprised at some of the
programming.
teer, etc.) and all around
good guy who helped keep
KAOS (89.3 FM) began
KAOS going during some of
as a 10-watt, studentoperated facility with a hand- the tougher times.
ful of dedicated people.
KAOS volunteers are
Today, KAOS is a 1500-watt
trained formally and inforcommunity radio station, and mally. People who want to
in the midst of celebrating
get on the air quickly are
ten years of operation.
trained individually with
The hard working staff is hands-on experience in the
still quite small, with only
production studio, then the
four paid half time emair studio. KAOS has recently
ployees but there are over
developed a two-part leisure
150 volunteers. The program- education workshop "Radio
ming format is more predictfor Everyone." The beginning
able now with variety and
workshop permits people to
American traditional in the
become familiar with audio
mornings, public affairs at
equipment, on-the-air pronoon, world folk and classical gramming, station policies
music in the afternoons,
and procedures, legal requirenews from 6:30 to 7 p.m.,
ments, and the like. The
jazz in the early evenings,
advanced workshop permits
rock n roll in the late evening, people to learn the finer
and variety music thereafter.
points of production, from
voice and diction, interviewHowever, KAOS-fm coning and promotion, to radio
tinues to broadcast a variety
of educational, informational, theater, live broadcasting,
and feature production.
cultural, and entertaining
Internships are encourforums not typically heard
aged! A student can learn
elsewhere. The station prothe specifics of commercialvides an alternative to its
free public radio while worklisteners and is dedicated to
jng, and KAOS gets another
meeting the needs and
interests of its listening
interested, able-bodied
person to teach, train, nurcommunity.
An exciting example of
ture, and appreciate.
this is our "Alive in Olympia"
The General Manager
series, running on Sunday
supervises all internships and
nights at 7 p.m. through
conducts seminar discusMarch 13. KAOS will be
sions, training sessions,
featuring the best of Olymconferences, and other
pia's musical talents, live
activities throughout the
from Evergreen's Communiquarter. Most KAOS jobs are
cations building. Don't miss it! available for academic credit.
One must be an Evergreen ;
Air play policy has remained steadfast: programstudent and be committed
for ten hours per week for
mers are required to play at
the quarter for every fourleast 80 percent independent
by Petrina L. Walker, 78,
Alumni Board of Directors
and Wednesday a.m. Variety
programmer at KAOS.
credit hours.
Fundraising is a quintessential feature of any commercial-free public radio
station like KAOS-fm. Part of
KAOS's funding comes from
the Student and Activities
Fee Review Board, but the
rest of the monies must be
raised through on-the-air
marathons, auctions, rummage sales, letter-writing
campaigns, movie/dance/
concert benefits, and the
monthly KAOS-89.3 FM
"Program Guide" want ads.
KAOS has received a
$27,000 grant from the
National Telecommunications
and Information Administration to extend its signal into
Grays Harbor County, west
of Olympia—the first local
public radio in that area. The
potential for KAOS is tremendous. Its new listenership could swell by as much
as 70,000, creating a broader
base for fundraising efforts,
as well as increasing community volunteer support.
The educational, informational, cultural, and entertaining possibilities for
regional service combine into
an exciting outreach effort
for both KAOS and The Evergreen State College.
The remodeling project is
another long awaited change.
The air studio is now a selfcontained unit—no more
interruptions from people
walking through to get to the
record Ijbrary. The air studio,
production, and multipurpose studios are all
centralized and electronically
interconnected neighbors.
Now the record library is just
outside the air and production studios—convenience
plus!
During the month of
January, KAOS took the opportunity to say "Thank You"
to the many thousands of
listeners and subscribers
who made it possible for
commercial-free community
radio to prosper and grow in
the Olympia area during the
past ten years.
I urge you to show your
support for KAOS-89.3 by
calling (206) 866-6000,
ext. 5267 or drop KAOS a
postcard of support at KAOS
(89.3 FM), c/o The Evergreen
State College, Olympia,
Washington 98505.
Send us your rants, your
raves, and above all, your
support for public radio!
Evergreen alumni throughout
tne country are helping to
recruit prospective students
for their alma mater as part
of the new Alumni Admissions Assistance Program.
The alumni volunteers
came forth in response to an
appeal published in last summer's AlumNews. In addition,
alumni attending receptions
in their honor (given in
various cities by touring
Evergreen staff members)
said they'd like to help.
Doug Scrima, class of 78
and now Evergreen Admissions counselor, hosted a
reception for alumni while
visiting his family in Pasadena, California, this Christmas. Two Long Beach alums,
Mike Malloy, 78, and Cynthia
Mazza, 77, currently a graduate student at the USC
School of Architecture, volunteered to help with
admissions efforts in their
community.
Walker Allen, TESC
Registrar, hosted an alumni
reception recently while on
college business in San
Francisco. Alumni caught up
on the latest news from
campus, and in turn briefed
Allen about life after Evergreen in the Bay area. Following the get-together, the
alumni attended a college
information night and talked
to Bay area high school
students.
After the reception, five
alums volunteered for future
recruiting efforts: Pam
Johnston, 75, and Rick
Speer, 76, who have agreed
to coordinate; and Peter
Pratt, 75, John Irwin, 82,
and Geoff Rothwell, who are
willing to help. The team will
work on future college
nights, and serve as local
resource people for students
with questions about
Evergreen.
College fairs provided an
opportunity for recruiting by
alumni in several states last
fall. Diane Halpern, '81,
represented Evergreen in
New Mexico at the Albuquerque College Fair in November.
Halpern reports she "really
enjoyed the day, and felt
positive about the response I
received."
Despite meeting many
students who "didn't know
how to approach Evergreen's
'unique approach' to education," Halpern says, "there
were quite a few people I
talked to that I wouldn't be
surprised to see in Olympia
in a year or two."
Claudia Chotzen, 77,
currently a practicing attorney
in Honolulu, acted as
spokesperson for Evergreen
at the Hawaii College Fair on
Oahu in late November. All
public high school students
on the island are bused to
one location for the one-day
Fair, where they can alk to
college representatives from
all over the country. Chotzen
says most college-bound students from Hawaii choose a
college on the west coast,
and believes she interested
severa1 in Evergreen.
Evergreen made the television evening news in
Anchorage, Alaska, when
Alan Levy, '81, represented
his alma mater during the
Alaska Career and College
Fair in October. Although
other Washington colleges
and universities were represented, Levy drew attention
to Evergreen's booth by playing his banjo. An accomplished musician whom
many alums will remember,
Levy took two days vacation
from his job to man the
booth at the Anchorage
Community College campus
center. He was assisted by
Neil Bennet, 75, who currently works as Vocational /
Education Coordinator for
the Salvation Army in
Anchorage.
More alumni are welcome
to assist in similar efforts in
their home communities. If
you'd like to join in, contact
Ellie Dornan at the Alumni
Office, Library 3103, The
Evergreen State College,
Olympia, WA 98505, or call
her at (206) 866-6000, ext.
ext. 6569.
Mysterious relic, this snapshot shows the direction
things were taking in 1974.
A free tour of Michael Hunts-
berger's favorite stack o' wax
to any alum who can provide
the identity of these former
programmers.
Alum Chickens
Deposited at
Food Bank
More than 300 pounds of
chicken were donated to the
Thurston County Food Bank
over the holidays by the
Alumni Association.
The Association's Board
members, who have been
serving their by-now-famous
barbecued chicken at numerous fundraisers, decided by
unanimous vote to donate
the remainder of the fowls to
the Food Bank because, as
Alumni Coordinator Ellie
Dornan explained, "We
wanted to do something to
help our neighbors and we
thought all those chickens
might be appropriate especially this Christmas when so
many have been suffering
from food shortages."
AlumNotes
Jim Adams 78, Rapid River, Ml, is
currently teaching in an alternative high
school in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan after serving an internship in
curriculum development and teaching
environmental studies at Ball State
University in Indiana. Jim expects to
receive his masters in education from
Indiana University in the spring of '83.
Julia Baker '81, Olympia, is a playschool teacher for the Olympia Parks
Department. She is applying to TESC
to obtain her M.P.A. degree. Julie is a
P.T.A. chairwoman, a facilitator for
Educational Alternatives.
Joseph E. Blum 78, Seattle, has returned after having worked aboard
Japanese and Russian fishing boats
for the National Marine Fisheries
Service in the Bering sea.
Mary Bond '82, Cambridge, MA, is
enjoying a six-month visit to the east
coast. She is happy to be employed as
a secretary at an apartment building
for the elderly.
Due It in 1983!
Phone-A-Thon '83
Our seventh annual! See
back page.
Evergreen's Alumni Association was formed in the fall of
1977 when about 120 graduates and former students
convened on campus to
discuss the potentials and
purposes of forming such an
organization. It hardly seems
possible, but we are well into
our sixth year of operation.
For the first couple of
years, the Association operated on a shoestring budget
gleaned primarily from small
fundraising activities. It soon
became clear, though, that
the Association needed
a more stable source of funding to effectively develop and
implement activities and
services for the benefit of
Evergreen and its alumni.
Accordingly, alumni at the
1979 annual meeting approved a program and
established $7.50 as the
annual membership payment.
In a few years, our membership has grown to nearly
300, and dues have helped
significantly to provide a
. sound, growing financial
base for the Association.
Some of the activities and
projects partially or totally
supported by dues are book
seminars, memorials, a
winery tour, the prospective
student lunch program, the
annual Reunion and business
meeting, the Alumni Directory, chicken barbeque
equipment, legislative relations activities, receptions,
graduation support, regional
events, a member newsletter
(the Geoduck Gazette), some
general expenses such as
postage and printing.
The membership year is
January 1-December 31, so
the time is now to send in
your dues for 1983. Please
help the Association in its
efforts to serve you and your
alma mater. Just complete
the coupon below, clip and
mail it along with your $7.50
to:
TESC Alumni Association
The Evergreen State College
Olympia, WA 98505
Fay C. Breed '81, Woodbridge, CT, is
"learning the ropes" as an assistant
photographer for Tom Hopkins, a commercial photographer beginning his
own business.
Leonard Brennan '81, Arcata, CA, is a
research assistant on a grant from the
California Department of Forestry,
researching habitat ecology of mountain quail. He is attending Humboldt
State University, working toward his
M.S. degree in Wildlife Management.
Jean Pierre Bressieux 79, Olympia, is
self-employed as a designer/builder,
designing and constructing solar
greenhouses and consulting on space
heating and organic gardening. He is
applying to graduate school to obtain
his masters degree in architecture.
Carol Camerer '80, Ukiah, CA, is a
teacher/administrator teaching in a 2/3
classroom with a team teacher. This
school is run by concensus with other
staff members. Carol continues to be
involved with Anti-Nuclear Affinity,
Abalone Alliance and the Planetary
Initiative for the World We Choose.
Homer L. Campbell '80, Lacey, WA, is
a general partner with Alpine Insulation.
Ross G. Carey 75, Cleveland Heights,
OH, reports his brother, Drew Carey
76, has just received his PhD in marine
biology from St. Andrews University in
Scotland. He is an assistant professor
at Wesleyan University in Middletown,
Connecticut.
Walter Carpenter '80, New London, nh,
writes to tell us he has had two small
articles published, has won two racquetball tournaments and has worked
a ream of jobs from ski lift attendant
to parking valet and almost had an
article published in New Hampshire
Profiles Magazine.
Donald Case 76, Palo Alto, CA, has
been studying at Stanford University
for the past three years. He expects to
receive his PhD in communication
research in the fall of this year.
Bruce H. Clifton '80, Olympia, is the
owner of a small retail/wholesale
business.
Rick Cohen 76, Chicago, IL, graduated
from medical school in Chicago and
completed his internship in family
practice at Cook County Hospital this
past June. After marriage to Kim
Wilson, they spent two months backpacking in the Canadian Rockies. They
hope to relocate in a more rural area
eventually.
Pat R. Cole '80, Olympia, is director of
the Southern Puget Sound Solar Energy
Association. Pat is in charge of financial management, fund raising, program coordination, and class instruction, and is also co-founder and pastpresident of this group. He is also on
the Board of Directors for the Crisis
Clinic.
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Patricia Lavello Brecha 78, and Joseph
Brecha 76, Tacoma. Patsy is a certified
occupational therapist assistant while
Joseph has a pottery business in Fife.
They are both involved in the Sunshine
Community Club, La Leche League,
the Western Washington State Fair in
Puyallup, and Joe is a member of the
Advisory Board of the Pierce County
Parks and Recreation-Sprinker Recreation Center.
-Work phone.
Name at Evergreen
if different from above
D I'm willing to be a contact for an alumni chapter in my area.
D I'm willing to help organize alumni activities in my area.
Elizabeth Ann Colwill '80, Watertown,
MA, is employed at Boston University
as an administrative secretary to the
assistant dean for student relations.
She is also attending the University of
New York at Binghamton, seeking a
PhD. in history, and has attended a
summer graduate program at Oxford,
England.
Scott Englander '81, Pavilion, NY, is a
carpenter/farmhand for Gratwick Farm
and a designer/engineer for Martha
Gates. In these half-time positions, he
is involved with remodeling, horticulture and animal husbandry, plus solar
design/engineering of residential
projects. He is actively participating in
the Livingston County Energy Task
Force, the Solar Energy Association of
Western New York, and solar utilization
in northern New York.
Jon Epstein '81, Olympia, is currently
employed by the Grand Canyon
National Park as a park technician. He
says, "I am a 'grunt' on a 19-man
National Park Service fire fighting
crew, based at Grand Canyon for 6
months." He is continuing to work on
a career as a professional musician.
Marion Ericksen '81, makes her home
in Arvada, CO, where she is exhibiting
in a juried exhibit sponsored by the
Arvada Fine Arts Guild and was one of
30 artists whose paintings were
selected to be shown at United Bank
of Denver. Marion is currently working
toward a one-woman show, a cloud
rock image series in oil, scheduled for
fall of 1983.
Paul Fink '81, Ayreshire, Scotland, has
been touring western Europe doing
nuclear disarmament work. He has
made extensive contacts with European
peace organizations and has founded a
new organization which helps people
to deal with their feelings of despair,
anger and numbness about the possibility of nuclear war.
Alyson E. Garland 77, Seattle, is currently a programmer trainee at Washington Mutual Savings Bank.
Joel Butchart Gilman 77, Seattle,
received his Juris Doctor degree from
the University of Puget Sound in
December, 1982.
Cynthia C. Goodwin 80, Tempe, AZ, is
employed as a youth care worker with
juvenile delinquents. She plans to go
to the School of Social Work at Arizona
State University.
Dennis X. Goss 79, Renton, WA, is a
June graduate of the University of
Puget Sound School of Law in Tacoma
where he was a member of Phi Delta
Phi legal fraternity.
Jerry Luke Graser '81, Republic, WA, is
employed by the Bonneville Power
Administration as an energy auditor for
the City of Cheney. He is an instructor
for a solar water heater workshop, and
has conducted workshops in Spokane,
Ellensburg, Okanogan, and Cheney. He
is an active member of the NEW ACT
Energy Information Center in Republic.
Jerry is also establishing a regionally
self-sufficient homestead there.
Mark T. Handley, Ft. Wainwright, AK,
has been employed by the U.S. Bureau
of Land Managemtn. He supervises
eight firefighters on one of Alaska's
two Hot Shot Wildland Fire Suppression crews. Mark is attending the
University of Puget Sound School of
Law this fall.
Vertice Leo Hankins, "Hank" '80, Yelm,
WA, passed away. "Hank" was one of
our oldest graduates. He died August
3, 1982, in Yelm.
Carmen Hanna '81, Olympia, has
entered graduate school at Pacific
Lutheran University for a masters
degree in social science. Carmen is
also involved in Mothers Against Drunk
Driving (MADD), and is a volunteer
tutor for a Cambodian girl at South
Bay Elementary School.
Brian Richard P. Johnson '81, Seattle,
is a half-time reporter for the school
newspaper at North Seattle Community
College, and a half-time draftsman for
Marcraft, where he prepares layout/
floor plan drawings for commercial
interior designers. Brian is taking computer courses at North Seattle Community College. He expects to go to
graduate school specializing in architecture in the future.
Janet Johnson '80, Seattle, works for
her sister doing yardwork, gardening,
house cleaning, house painting and
other odds and ends.
Pamela J. Johnston 75, San Carlos,
CA, is employed as a coordinator of
Special Education at the Jefferson
High School District in Daly City, CA.
She received her M.A. in clinical
psychology from Antioch College in
1978 and is at present working toward
a PhD. at the Palo Alto School of
Psychology.
Crystal Jones '81, Tacoma, is a second
and third grade teacher at the Montessori School for the Spring Valley
School District. She is attending the
University of Puget Sound for her fifth
year certificate in education. She
received her Montessori Elementary
Certificate June, 1982. In her spare
time, Crystal is renovating an old home
in North Tacoma.
Preston Keogh 72, San Francisco, CA,
is the first Evergreen Alumnus to graduate from Harvard Business School in
June of 1982. He is now working for
Pacific Telephone in San Francisco,
responsible for developing pricing
policy on $2.5 billion of basic network
services to 15 million customers in
California and Nevada,
Marty Kinney 71, Bellevue, WA, is
self-employed as a private piano/theory
teacher. He hopes to return to school
shortly at the University of Oregon for
an M.A. in educational psychology.
Leisure time activities include the
Sierra Club and work toward completion of a book on teaching and learning
strategies and attitudes.
Zachary T. Kittell 78, Olympia, writes
to tell us that both he and James
Moore 77, are training clerk and training coordinator respectively for Peter
Kiewit Sons' contractor at Satsop.
Both alums have recently completed a
Safety Indoctrination Videotape for
new hires. He reports the site has
completed 5 million work hours without a disabling injury.
Jennifer E. Knauth '82, Marlboro, VT,
is looking forward to going back to
school for either a BFA or MFA in
graphic design. She will be taking art
history classes at Marlboro College
this spring. So far, she's disappointed
to report, she's been unable to find
employment. Although she says she's
happy the snow is finally falling.
Lori Koler 81, Lacey, WA, is employed
part time as a real estate agent for
Strout Realty.
Stephen M. Kopp '80, Seattle, is employed by the Puget Sound Blood
Center as a pheresis technician, collecting and processing blood components from volunteer donors for use
by bone marrow transplant patients.
lyda Kuth '80, Cambridge, MA, is a
book production assistant for G.K. Hall
& Co., where she proofreads, determines type specifications, and does
paste-up. In addition, she is a freelance copy editor.
Paul Kenneth Lambert '81, Tumwater,
WA, is a Book Binder III for the Washington State Department of Printing.
Outside activities include being a board
member of "The Artist Co-op Gallery"
in downtown Olympia.
Jon Henry Hansen '81, Olympia, is a
drummer for the Jackson Prairie Band.
He sings and plays drums in a fivepiece country/rock band. Jon is active
in the Musicians Local 124, Dixieland
Band, and is a member of the Olympia
Food Co-op. He plays the vibraphone
and snare drum, studies with Don
Adams, and has had a two-month tour
of Northern British Columbia with the
Jackson Prairie Band.
Wendy Lebow '80, Portland, OR, is an
organizer for Oregon's National Abortion Rights League (NARAL), where
she coordinates and speaks at house
meetings and coordinates and/or
participates in major fund raising.
Michael C. Hansen '81, Clinton, WA, is
manager of Warm Wind Books, where
he supervises personnel, orders books,
cards, crafts, and does the bookkeeping, etc. Mike is also a member of
Clinton Learning Community and the
Clinton Business Association.
Theresa (Ti) Locke 76, Seattle, has
spent the past several years sailing in
the tropics and elsewhere as a graphic
artist. Ti now owns her own boat and
is a free-lance graphic artist/photographer. She'd welcome hearing from
any interested folk at (206) 328-1803.
Steve Harris '80, Okanogan, WA, is an
orchard manager for Sunshine Orchard.
He is an active participant in the New
Zealand and Washington State Horticultural Association Orchard Exchange.
Eric W. Longdon '81, Seattle, tutors
junior and senior high school students
in mathematics and physical science.
He is also attending technical school,
studying electronics for an A.S.
Dorothy M. Jackson 78, Olympia, is a
health program specialist for the
Department of Social and Health
Services.
Christopher Martin '80, Vancouver, WA,
is employed by Clark County Public
Utility District as an insulation installer
with the B.P.A. weatherization program.
Board Meeting
Get Yours
The Alumni Association
Board of Directors will meet
next on Saturday, April 16,
at time and location to be
determined. The meeting will
probably be outside of
Olympia, and all alumni or
former students are welcome
to attend. For more information, call Ellie, Alumni
Coordinator, 866-6000,
ext. 6569.
All 1983 members who have
paid their dues should have
received their Alumni Directories. If you have not, please
contact Ellie in the Alumni
office.
Balsley Aboard
Doyle Ann Hall Marvin '80, Portland,
OR, is a homemaker/ gardener. She is
applying to graduate school to obtain
her teaching certificate. This fall, she
is employed by The Delphian Foundation, teaching at a private high school
in Sheridan, OR.
Edward F. McQuarrie 76, Cincinnati,
OH, is an assistant professor of
marketing at Northern Kentucky
University and ABD (all but dissertation) in a PhD program in social psychology at the University of Cincinnati.
Rennle K. Mead 76, Olympia, is working for Ft. Steilacoom Community
College in the Displaced Homemaker
Program. She is an instructor/counselor for Career Planning and Placement. Rennie also teaches Coping with
Divorce, a Community Service class.
Hadrian Micciche '80, Seattle, works
for Highline West Seattle Mental Health
as a mental health therapist. The center
provides individual and group therapy
to severely psychiatrically disabled
adults. Hadrian is attending Whitworth
College for a Masters degree in behavioral science. Hadrian should be a
proud new parent by now.
Timothy Nogler '81, Seattle, is selfemployed as a carpenter/painter, doing
interior and exterior remodelling and
painting. Tim is currently seeking employment in the field of energy conservation and continues his interest in
Democratic Socialists of America and
is a member of the Puget Consumer's
Co-op.
After ten years out in the
"real world," Kenneth D.
Balsley, 73, is conning back
to Evergreen. Since working
on the original Cooper Point
Journal, then known as The
Paper, Balsley has served as
counselor for delinquent
youngsters, editor of the
Lacey Leader, news director
of KITN Radio in Lacey, and,
most recently, media relations specialist for the Public
Affairs Office of the Washington State Department of
Transportation, as well as
teaching journalism courses
at Olympia Technical Community College and Evergreen. Also active in a
number of community organizations, Balsley joins the
Office of College Relations
to work the news bureau
while Director of Information
Services Judy McNickle takes
a temporary leave to report
on the 1983 Legislature for
the Washington State Democratic Caucus.
Alumni Art
Exhibit
AlumNotes
Attention all you fine artist
alums, there is going to be
an exhibition of visual art by
Evergreen grads at your alma
mater during Fall 1983 in
Gallery Four of the Evans
Library. However, to participate you must be a current,
paid-in-full member of the
Alumni Association.
Look for more details in
the spring Review/Alum
News, or get your name,
address, telephone number,
and art medium on a mailing
list to be certain you'll receive
the latest updates about this
exhibit. Send to:
Attention: Petrina L. Walker
Alumni Art Exhibition
Information
c/o Ellie Dornan, Alumni
Coordinator
The Evergreen State College
OlympiaWA 98505
206/866-6000, ext. 6744
or 6565
Michael F. Nolan '81, Huntington
Beach, CA, is a teacher aide for the
YWCA. He is the recreational coordinator, supervising elementary school
children in sports activities at afterschool, day care programs. He is
applying to the University of California
at Irvine for his teaching credentials in
education (English). Through the
'81-'82 academic year, he took Russian
and Spanish at U.C.C. while working
part-time. During this summer and for
the next five academic quarters, he will
be taking undergraduate English and
American literature courses in addition
to continuing with Russian and Spanish
to meet the California State teaching
requirements for prospective high
school English instructors. These
courses will be taken as a "limited
status" graduate student in the Department of Teacher Education.
A. Clifford Olin '81, Olympia, is employed by the Timberland Regional
Library. He is a weekly worker at the
Olympia Food Co-op and is a member
of Amnesty International's Urgent
Action Network.
David A. Olson '81, Salina, KS, is a
gift store manager for his parents
business.
Christine S. Ottman '81, Shelton, WA,
works at Shelton Veterinary Hospital
as a Kennelman Veterinary Assistant
where she helps care for the animals,
acts as hospital orderly, and assists
the veterinarian. She is applying to
graduate school for a D.V.M. Christine
also finds time to do volunteer work at
Centralia Public Library.
Richard J. Ordos '81, Olympia, is a
client services representative for Allied
Data.
Mary Ossinger '80, Port Angeles, WA,
is employed by Western Washington
University as a graduate teaching
assistant in biology. She is studying
for her masters degree in plant ecology
at the university.
W.J. "Jake" Otten '81, Vancouver, WA,
is employed by the Vancouver Medical
Center as a lead communications
specialist. He is responsible for teletype and keypunch communications
and providing rapid, reliable and
efficient communications service for
the consolidated Portland/Vancouver
area. "Jake" is involved in the area
YMCA and is an eagle scout counselor.
Nani M. Paape 76, Wallingford, PA, is
attending Pendle Hill, a Quaker
school/retreat/study center. She will
maintain her interest in biking, quilting
and sewing.
Margo L. Otto '80, Shelton, WA, is a
fourth grade teacher for the Shelton
School District. She is active in the
Orthopedic Guild, Women's Service
and Social Club, youth sports, and
Softball.
Dorothy Mae Palmer '81, Tenino, WA,
i is a phototypesetter for Laframboise
Newspaper where she operates numerous computerized typesetters and
photo equipment. Dorothy is applying
to the University of Puget Sound to
pursue her J.D. degree. She is the
captain of the Volunteer Fire Department and a member of the International
Arabian Horse Association.
Melissa B. Parker '81, Seattle, is a
graphic production artist for Peanut
Butter Publishing, where she is doing
design and paste up of a national
cookbook and menu guide series.
Melissa is an active member of the
National Organization for Women and
owns her own Amway business.
Greg Parkinson 74, is now owner/
operator of Oregon Audio News in
Salem, OR. "It's sort of a logical step
for me," said Greg. "After five years of
news broadcasting in Oregon and three
years at the state legislature in
Olympia, this job is a marriage of my
tjvo main interests—politics and
media." The network involves eight
radio stations and two television
stations, from Portland to Medford.
Scott Parris 77, is now general
manager of Continental Tropicals', Inc.
and is entering the UCLA Graduate
School of Management this fall. He is
planning to graduate in spring of 1984.
Randy Phillip Partridge 78, Evanston,
IL, is attending Northwestern University
where he is seeking a PhD degree in
the area of learning disabilities —
neuropsychology and psycholinguistics. Randy obtained an M.A. degree in
August, 1982.
Bonita A. Pattison 79, Lacey, WA, is
employed by Morningside Inc. in the
Quality Control Department.
Patrick Paul '80, Seattle, is a private
consultant on alcohol and drugs. He
trains Indian alcohol/drug counselors
and consults/evaluates Indian alcohol/
drug programs. Patrick is applying to
graduate school, working toward his
Ph.D. in philosophy. He serves on the
Northwest Indian Alcohol/Drug Specialist Certification Board and on the
Seattle Central Community College
Advisory Board.
Nam Chu Pearl 79, Olympia, is a fiscal
management analyst for Washington
State Employment Security.
Sandra J. Peichocki 79, Belfast, ME,
presently employed as a librarian, has
been traveling to France and Ireland
this summer. This September, her
marriage to Francis Lehman probably
overshadowed other activities, which
include a Nuclear Issues Study Group
and a twice-a-week children's story
hour, as well as other library duties.
Heather McRae Perkins 79, Eugene,
OR, is a restaurant worker at the
Homefried Truckstop where she cooks,
waits table, washes dishes and helps
run the business collectively. In her
spare time, Heather is a member of the
Oregon Falconers Association.
John Petrich 79, La Conner, WA, is
employed by the Swinomish Indian
Housing Authority and is executive
director in charge of overall management of federally assisted housing for
the Swinomish Tribe. John is also vice
chairman of the Association of Western
Washington Indian Housing Authorities.
Nancy Truitt Pierce 79, Seattle, is
director of Women's Programs for
South Seattle Community College.
Duties include program planning and
management, counseling of women
students and some teaching. She is
fixing up an older home she and her
husband recently bought. She is raising her three-month-old daughter
Teresa. Nancy is active on her church's
Christian education committee, a
member of NARAL and W.W.U. (lobby
group), member of Displaced Homemakers National Network, and treasurer
of Washington Association of Community College Women's programs.
Bill Pilling '81, Lafayette, CA, has been
a ranch hand during 1981 and '82. He
is applying to graduate school to
obtain his Ph.D. in social theory.
Lee Piper 79, Edmonds, WA, is the
director of the Multicultural Student
Service at Highline Community College.
Lee received her Ph.D. in 1982 from
Union Graduate School, San Francisco,
CA. Her varied community activities
and organizations keep her very busy.
Included are United Indians of All
Tribes, Indian Health Board, Indian Vocational Education Task Force, Indian
Education National Consultant, Indian
Education Program Evaluator, Indian
Religious Ceremonies, Ohoyo Indian
Women's Organization, Washington
Vocational Education, National Indian
Education Association, Tacoma Indian
Center, and Adult Education Programs.
Nancy L. Pollard '80, Port Angeles,
WA, has been accepted to graduate
school at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, where she will
obtain her masters degree in music,
vocal performance. She made her
operatic debut in the Seattle Opera
Association in January, 1980, performing in Verdi's Rigoletto.
Laura Linda Negri Pool 79, Portland,
OR, is a headstart teacher for the Mt.
Hood Community College Headstart
program.
Victoria H. Poyser'81, Flushing, NY, is
self-employed as an illustrator. She is
illustrating covers and interiors for
paperbacks and hardcover books for
Pocketbooks, Doubleday, Tor, etc. She
won her second Hugo Award for
science fiction illustration this fall.
Daniel Preston 79, Mt. Rainier, MD, is
employed as a research assistant to
research and prepare a documentary
publication from the papers of William
Thornton. Daniel is presently attending
the University of Maryland seeking a
Ph.D. degree. He obtained a Masters
degree in 1981. Daniel is also employed
as a teaching assistant at the University of Maryland.
'<leil A. Pritz 78, Chicago, IL, is
issistant director of the Annual Fund
it the University of Chicago, and is in
he Business School there.
Jladeleine Pullman '80, Salt Lake City
JT, is attending the University of Utah
or her Masters degree in mechanical
engineering. Madeleine is a member oi
ne Utah Solar Advisory Committee
;ind the League of Women Voters
Jean Putnam '81, Olympia, is a homemaker. In her spare time, she teaches
English to refugees, teaches a Chinese
friend to read and write English, volunteers in church and cub scouts and is
actively raising two chilcren while
studying a real estate course.
Geff Ratcheson 79. Bellevue. WA. is a
record store manager. He is current!;/
playing guitar with the Roosevelt
House Band and with "Willy."
David J. Rauh 79, Olympia. is employed by the Lost Music Network. He
is the national sales director for OP
magazine and president of Three Cities
FM Inc., and applicant for a com•nercial FM radio license. Outside
activities include the Crisis Chn.c
3oard of Directors and the The Everjreen State College Alumni Association
Board of Directors.
Deanna Ray '80, Concrete, WA, is a
jark aide for the Washington State
3arks Department. She is a volunteer
it Concrete Elementary School, working on a committee for community
celebrations. She has had a child since
graduation.
Larry T. Russell 73, Dhahran, Saudi
Arabia, is presently employed by C.F.
Braun Division of Santa Fe International Corporation — Construction
Division as a construction engineer.
Wendy A. Sayan '81, Seattle, is a vocational counselor for the Seattle Hearing
and Speech Center, where she assists
the disabled in finding employment.
She is a member of the Southwest
Seattle Christian Center.
Charles T. Schick '81, Olympia, is
applying to graduate school to obtain
his M.S. degree in zoology. Outside
activities involve regular classes at
Johansen School of Ballet. Charles is
finishing up laboratory work as an
extension of his National Service
Foundation Student Originated Studies
grant on shorebirds and falcons. He
has several papers he will try to have
published.
Gayle I. Seat-Locke 79, Lacey, WA,
is office and business manager for
G & G Production. This is a selfemployed business and her husband is
the salesman.
Neil A. Shamberg '80, Olympia, is coowner of the Western Washington
Alcohol Information Center, an organization that provides diagnostic evaluation, counseling and treatment of
alcoholism.
John Louis Umlauf, Jr. 74Barrytown,
NY, was recently married to Melinda
James of Buffalo, NY, in the 2,075
couple wedding in New York City.
John is finishing his Master of Divinity
studies at Unification Theological
Seminary this coming June. Both John
and Melinda hope to settle in Boston.
Currently Melinda is director of a
neighborhood ministry program there
and John hopes to specialize in
campus ministry.
Willene Williams '81, Rochester, WA,
has remarried since graduation to Jim
Smith. She is teaching pre-school
three mornings a week and is substitute teaching on Tuesdays and
Thursdays.
Elizabeth Winter '82, New York, NY,
works for a think tank of bankers near
the top of the World Trade Center. She
also attends NYU in a new masters
program in photography.
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Music, Humanism, Poetry, Dance, Jousting, Nonviolence, and
Spiderwoman—February and March Have It All!
February
15
"Lysistrata Numbah!" presented by Spiderwoman
Theater of New York, an allfemale troupe which explores
the power of men over
women, 8 p.m., Experimental
Theatre, Communications
Building. Tickets: $4.50
general, $3.50 students and
senior citizens. Reservations,
866-6000, ext. 6070 weekdays.
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Evergreen faculty member
Dr. Rudy Martin offers "A
Defense of Secular Humanism," noon, 1224 East Legion
Way in the continuing Piece
of My Mind community forum
cosponsored by Evergreen
and First United Methodist
Church in Olympia... Free...
"The Situation in Azania
(South Africa)," will be discussed by Nozipo Glenn, a
representative of the Pan
African Congress of Azania,
noon, Lecture Hall One...
Free...
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Folk singers and recording
artists Linda Waterfall and
Scott Nygaard perform with
Olympia's "We Three"
women's trio, 8 p.m., Evans
Library lobby. Tickets:
$3 students, $4 others.
March
19
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"Kuumba-Gospel," an evening Dr. Frank Brouillet, state
of "creativity through the
superintendent of public
words of God, set to music," instruction, discusses the
performed by choirs from the question: "Private School
Seattle-Tacoma area,
Growth: A Threat to Public
4:30 p.m., Recital Hall,
Education?," noon, 1224 East
Communication Building.
Legion Way in the continuing
Tickets: $5 general, $4 stuPiece of My Mind community
dents and senior citizens.
forum cosponsored by Ever22
green and First United
Tannahill Weavers stage a
Methodist Church in Olymtoe-tappin' evening of Celtic
pia. . .Free...
music, 8 p.m., Evans LibraryC 16
lobby. Tickets: $5 general,
Dr. Don Foran, adjunct
$4 students and senior
faculty member at Evergreen
citizens.
and chairman of religious
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studies at Saint Martin's
Black poet, Mona Lisa Saloy, College, discusses: "Nonoffers a lecture on "Ira—The
violent Struggle in America,"
Time of Personal Awareness," noon, 1224 East Legion Way
8 p.m., Recital Hall, Comin the continuing Piece of
munications Building...
My Mind community forum.
$2...
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June
The Paul Robeson Community Dance Theater performs a variety of dance,
SUPER SATURDAY celebra7:30 p.m., Evans Library
tion, 11 a.m.-7 p.m., central
lobby.. .Ticket price to be
campus plaza... Entertainannounced.
ments, arts and crafts,
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children's events, recreational
Medieval Tournament featurcompetition, and more...
ing fighting demonstrations,
Free..
entertainment, food and craft
sales, and more, all day,
behind Evans Library Building. . .Free...
Tribute to Japan
and more!!
Phone-A-Thon '83
Masters in
Public Administration
Right now all systems
are revved up and ready to go
for the seventh annual PhoneA-Thon. Our goal this year is
to raise $25,000 for Evergreen
scholarships, student and
faculty research, and educational programs and special
projects.
Beginning February 14,
over 100 students, faculty,
staff, alumni, Trustees,
Foundation Board Members
and other friends of the college will descend on the
Board Room to take over the
phones for three weeks of
calling alumni and parents all
over the country.
So this year when your
alma mater calls, please
consider saying "Yes!" and
make a pledge to Evergreen.
Thank you!
Economic Development Confererence
Evergreen's Link to Leadership
Dr. Russell Lidman,
Director, Graduate Program
in Public Administration
The forty-eighth session of the Washington State Legislature had
barely convened before students and faculty from Evergreen's
masters of public administration began to seek solutions to what
Speaker of the House Wayne Ehlers calls "one of the toughest
periods in the history of the state."
With unemployment at the highest level since the Great
Depression and state revenues falling millions of dollars below
projections, legislators and citizens convened on campus to
confer with economists, historians and business leaders from
throughout the Western states to "ask hard questions about
economic development and jobs."
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sailing photo by student Gary Oberbillig
