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The Evergreen State College Review Volume 9, Issue 2 (January 1988)
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Celebrating Diversity
Roberta Floyd is on the telephone
with a woman from Boston who is very
interested in teaching at Evergreen.
It's a lively conversation. Floyd, administrative secretary for the academic
deans, doesn't just give information
about the hiring process, but exudes
hospitality and excitement about Evergreen's philosophy and quality of life.
When she hangs up, she makes a
mark on her "tote sheet." It will be one
of 20 such marks she'll make today,
totalling over 1000 marks recorded
since late November. That's when announcements of Evergreen faculty
positions for 1988-89 appeared in major
newspapers and educational journals
across the country.
The key to the massive response is
the following sentence that appears
repeatedly in descriptions of the 14
open positions: "Substantive experience or expertise in a minority or
Third World culture useful to a
multicultural college education is required for this position."
"The response is terrific," says Floyd,
"Applicants tell me that they're delighted that we've stated such a strong
emphasis on multicultural experience."
Floyd's activities are part of an extensive Evergreen effort to recruit
people of color and the physically
challenged to faculty positions. "What
we want," says Faculty Member Rudy
Martin, "is a college community that
accurately reflects the world. The
world isn't white and the world isn't
Faculty Member Rudy Martin and Provost Patrick Hill speak with Interested applicants during last month's phone-a-thon
Western. We want Evergreen to get
which reached out to over 200 faculty candidates nationwide.
closer to reality."
Martin, who also directs the National
Faculty, is a member of an outreach
and recruiting team that includes
Academic Deans Matt Smith and
Barbara Smith; Margarita Mendoza
de Sugiyama, special assistant to the
president for Affirmative Action, and
Rita Cooper, on leave from her posion as Employee Relations director.
give preference," says Mendoza de
is also contacting potential faculty
Announcements of faculty positions
Sugiyama. She adds that filling faculty while they're still in graduate school.
were not only revised to reflect Everpositions with people of color or canMartin is also writing and calling
green's emphasis on a multicultural
didates who have strong multicultural
prospective applicants, as well as makbackground, but were more widely
experience is a crucial condition for im- ing personal visits up and down the
distributed than ever before. In addiproving the college's recruitment and
West Coast. "Everywhere I've been,"
tion to the usual spots in the Chronicle
retention of students of color.
he says, "I've met people with strong
of Higher Education and The New
"If our fondest dreams are realized,"
multicultural backgrounds who would
York Times, announcements appeared
says Matt Smith, "we'll have at least
like to teach here. Evergreen is getting
in black publications such as The
seven, and hopefully many more, qualreally serious in locating these people
Amsterdam News (out of New York).
ified people of color as applicants in
and bringing them here."
They were also sent to educational
each position and we'll be able to hire
An indication of "getting really
journals, to over 2,000 college placeone of these people for each opening."
serious" is the additional resources
ment offices, department chairs and
While the recruitment drive is being
devoted to the project. In past years,
former applicants across the country.
led by several Evergreeners, the effort one academic dean was assigned to the
But the recruiting effort doesn't stop
is spreading across campua In early
faculty hiring process. Now there are
with printed information. Cooper and
This year, three candidates for each of
January, 18 faculty and staff volunteers travels to conferences and meetings to
Martin are making as many personal
the positions requiring multicultural
called over 200 applicants nationwide
visit nearby campuses to encourage
contacts as possible. Agencies such as
experience may be interviewed.
to answer questions and share their
potential applicants.
the National Science Foundation and
Matt Smith points out that "multienthusiasm about Evergreen. Faculty
Readers who know of appropriately
the Ford Foundation have large pools
cultural experience can be shown in a
members are also taking time on their
qualified people or want to check out
two. In addition to more extensive
variety of ways and doesn't only mean
of minority candidates and keep directhe announcements are encouraged to
advertising, more money is committed
a person is a member of a Third World tories of women, blacks, Hispanics,,
contact Floyd at (206) 866-6000, ext.
to the interviewing process. In the
or minority culture."
Asians and other under-represented
6870. Your call, as she'll be quick to tell
past, two candidates have been
"It's illegal to say we will hire only
groups. Cooper is calling and writing
you, will make her day.
brought to campus for each position.
people of color, but it's not illegal to
to each person in those directories. She
Evergreen Steps Up Multicultural Recruitment.
. : • : ••.
The ivorld
isn't white and the world
isn't Western. We want
Evergreen to get closer
to reality.
. . .While Greeners Prepare 100-Year Gift of Culture
Evergreen is creating a special 100th
birthday present for the state of
Washington—a gift of cultures and of
many untold stories.
It's a traveling exhibit called
"Peoples of Washington," being
developed with help from people across
the state. Faculty Member Sid White
is directing the project, while Faculty
Librarian Pat Matheny-White is coordinating research.
"Peoples of Washington" will take
viewers on a cross-cultural journey
that will follow diverse communities
through history with old and new photographs, verbal commentary, demographic charts and migration maps.
White and Matheny-White hope the
exhibit will help correct many myths of
Washington history. For instance,
although many people envision early
settlers as white, bearded folk from
Western Europe who fought Indians,
many of Washington's early peoples
were Hawaiians, Blacks, Chinese,
Scandinavians and Italians. Skirmishes
with Native Americans were rare. The
cultures of these people, as well as
those of Native Americans and others,
all have a story. "Peoples of
Washington," according to White, will
capture those stories and portray their
continuity.
"Last year I became concerned about
how the state was planning to celebrate the Centennial," says White.
"There were a lot of spectacular events
being planned, and many plans relating
to commerce and the Pacific Rim. But
there wasn't as much about the culture
of the people of our state."
In October, the Centennial Commission gave "Peoples of Washington" its
largest grant, $70,000, for a project of
statewide significance. In November,
the Washington Commission for the
Humanities contributed $10,000. The
show will visit galleries in 12 cities
from November, 1988, through 1989. To
reach the most people possible, a
special version will be created for
exhibit in shopping malls.
White and Matheny-White have been
meeting with a multicultural network
of scholars, curators and community
leaders across Washington to select
photographs, develop commentary and
prepare other aspects of the exhibit.
Evergreen is sponsoring the project
in cooperation with the Ethnic
Heritage Council of the Pacific Northwest, the Washington State Folklife
Council and the Washington Museum
Association. For more information, contact White at (206) 866-6000, ext. 6062.
'It's an act of God, Rob. Let's go
home!'"
"Hey," says Snyder, "I wasn't going
to give up. I had put too much into the
thing to even think about leaving."
The piece creates another kind of
electricity about seven hours later
when Evergreeners head out to the
parking lots. It's already dark by
5 p.m., and the cave seen across Red
Square does not look so "high-tech" as
it did in the daylight. Now, it is warm
and light and speaks of home.
Julie Alterman greets "Chimeras," created by classmates Shawn Ferris and Matt Deschner. In addition to the sculptures
pictured on these two pages, photographs of "Wrches" and "Hannah's Notebook" appear on the front and back covers.
Seven Sculptures—A Dance of Form and Function
by Keith Eisner '79
Acting Director of Information
Services and Publications
Imagine doing your term paper out in
the rain. Imagine spending not 30, 40
or 70 hours on it, but 700 hours. Then
imagine turning the assignment in not
just to your faculty member or a
critique group, but to everyone on campus. That's what the students in the
Form and Function program did on
the morning of Tuesday, December 8.
While students, staff and faculty
arrive on campus to find the Evergreen environment transformed by
seven thought-provoking sculptures, 17
fatigued, but exhilarated artists meet
in their seminar room in LAB II.
A bouquet of balloons is tied to a
chair, someone has baked brownies and
there's a bottle of sparkling cider on
the table. Students filter in and out of
the room restlessly, waiting for
everyone to arrive. Today, right now at
9 a.m., is the deadline for project completion. That's when the program is
scheduled to critique each piece. (The
sculptures remained on display through
January.) It's a chilly, rainy day and
Faculty Member Jean Mandeberg asks
whether the session should be held at
the sculpture sites or whether the
group should look at each piece and
come back for a critique indoors.
Rick Nelson and Aaron BauschGreen's project was completed 20
minutes earlier. They've been up most
of the night. But coffee cup in hand,
Bausch-Green is sparking with energy.
"Today, of all days," he says, "I can't sit
in this room—no matter how much it
pours. Let's get out there!"
The class cheers and heavy coats,
sneakers, mittens, raincoats, boots and
all are out the door in an instant. They
spend three hours out in the cold,
walking from piece to piece, carefully
critiquing each one.
There's much to sea The projects
that were carved, sewn, painted, and
conceptualized inside are different
realities outside. Nor is the campus the
same as it was the day before. There is
a feeling that the space we inhabit and
pass through every day has been
unified and celebrated.
The celebration begins at two of the
main campus "entrances." At the head
of the steps by the Recreation Center,
and at the Library Loop, people are
Bill Schuver and Adrian Van Egmond
weld their "Unfitted" work together.
A lot of
sculpture intimidates.
This one empowers.
greeted by a 12-foot high gothic arch.
Each side of the wooden arch is a
"pure" red, yellow or blue Sculptors
Ian Merrill and Tanja Olson have
taken care to place them in such a way
that walkers are invited, but not coerced into passing through the arches.
Whether people walk through or
around the arches (a few do both, and
some go out of their way to enter
them), it's obvious that the pieces cannot be ignored. They evoke a wide
range of associations from the classic
image of Notre Dame to "Fantasyland"
from the Disney studios. Framing the
Library and the Clocktower, the arches
balance between such concepts as
"boundary" and "community," and
"traditional" and "experimental," using
an unmistakable Evergreen tone that
is lighthearted but serious.
Almost in the center of Red Square
is "Hannah's Notebook," an eight-foot
high structure complete with hot-dog
size pieces of chalk. The "covers," one
black, one white, are held together
with steel cable looped through the
top, creating the image of a spiral
notebook standing open on the ground.
When Nelson and Bausch-Green left
their newly-erected, blank "Notebook,"
they were concerned. Maybe people
wouldn't understand that "there aren't
any rules," that whatever they choose
to write or draw on the boards is the
"right" thing to do.
When the critique group arrives an
hour later, the artists are delighted.
Pink and green scrawls, a peace symbol, red and blue animals, the words
"God knows," curlicues, rainbows and
other messages practically cover the
boards. Words and drawings are also
found on the inside covers. While the
group critiques the work ("This piece
really needed to be here!") two more
students walk up, circle the Notebook
and, after a few tentative marks, begin
elaborate drawings.
The piece is inspired by Hannah
Arendt's writings on freedom, responsibility and democracy. "A lot of
sculpture," explains Bausch-Green,
"intimidates. This one empowers."
"This is about electricity," says a
member of the critique group. Indeed,
"Alumaneonofus" crackles with energy.
Artists Rob Snyder and Gregory van
Derostyne have transformed one of the
recesses in the external wall of the
Lecture Hall Rotunda into a neon and
aluminum-foil cave. A step-shaped band
of red and blue neon runs down the
center of the cave. The wind blows and
the rippling, vibrating foil creates a
hundred, ever-changing reflections of
the light. When the wind dies down
the cave still "breathes," echoing and
magnifying the group's voices.
".. .an interesting emotional experience," deadpans a tired but happy van
Derostyne, "The wind really picked up
about 3 this morning. Foil was blowing
and tearing all over the place. I said,
"I don't know what they are, but
they're magic," says Motor Pool Coordinator Jodi Woodall about the seven
"Chimeras" outside her window. The
chicken-wire constructions with coppery
"manes" are human-size structures
resembling dragon tails or wizard hats
whose tops have curled in the rain.
Their not-quite-white shades complement and soften the concrete grays of
the entryway to LAB II. Someone
points out that a dark, serpent color
would have made a totally different,
political statement. Instead, they're
friendly creatures who seem just about
to wake up or curl into sleep. Artists
Shawn Ferris and Matt Deschner had
originally planned to cover the forms
with plaster. "But" says Ferris, "we
realized the pieces would lose their
lightness and motion. We began to like
our 'little buddies' and couldn't cover
them up."
It's fitting that one of the works
stands so close to the Facilities Office.
Time and again, the students give
credit to Facilities Director Ken Jacob
and staffers Darreil Six and George
Leago for making placement of the
structures possible. Mandeberg says
that when the students submitted proposals to Jacob, they felt it "would be
like going to the dentist." Safety, environmental concerns, and Qtherjssvies
had to be considered. The students
were surprised when Facilities not only
approved their plans with minor
adjustments, but offered their help and
seemed as excited about the sculptures
as the artists were.
"Learning to communicate with administrators and people who maintain
buildings," she adds, "is an invaluable
lesson for public artists. Gallery artists
don't have to worry about safety codes
or sprinkler systems."
Bill Schuver, Adrian Van Egmond
and Julie Alterman chose the most
glorious patch of ivy on campus for
their untitled sculpture. The ivy at the
juncture between LAB I and II is two
feet thick in places. A rich and lustrous
green, it moves like a gravity-defying
river two stories up the wall, practically filling the deep window recesses.
Located off the beaten campus paths,
the site has been easily bypassed.
But not anymore Six long, brightlycolored fabric "vines" snake into, out of
and around the ivy in all directions.
Supported by a 20-foot rebar structure
(also covered in fabric), the effect is
stunning, but subtle The yellow, red
and purple shades are bright, but not
loud. The group discusses how the
work evokes contrasts between "ivycovered tradition" and "experimentation" and between the "natural and the
technical." These perennial campus
polarities, however, are gently integrated. "It looks," says a critiquer,
"like the sculpture was here first and
the ivy grew through it."
A similar comment is made at Mare
Nemeth's and Karen Kiefer's "Just a
Reminder." It's the most "minimalist"
work of the program: 15 thin, leafless
trees, painted a grayish white, stand in
a spiral on the knoll outside the first
floor of the CAB. Unnoticed by many
who bustle pass, they can either be
shrugged off as "generic trees" or
"hmm, interesting." But when one
spends time walking through the grove
of dead and living trees, meanings peel
off the surface like the skins of an onion.
The "trees" are by turns ghostly, sacramental, dancing and even humorous.
One of the most striking effects is how
the living trees appear sharper, more
vivid and valuable ("just a reminder?"),
as if the "art trees" are photographic
negatives of the "real" ones.
"Just a Reminder" could be a case
study on the effort that goes into a
seemingly "effortless" piece. It wasn't
simply a matter of digging holes and
popping sticks into them. To secure the
trees, Nemeth and Kiefer drilled a footlong hole up the shaft of each tree to
accommodate a two-foot rebar rod that
was placed in the ground. They also
had to learn the configuration of the
sprinkler system underneath the knoll.
It took most of a weekend to erect
the piece. "Not only was it hard,
physical labor," says Nemeth, "but we
had to make tough aesthetic decisions
about every tree." An added challenge
It was a
big socialization process.
We had to learn each
other's differences, what
was worth arguing for
and how to do it.
'» lot of love went into this piece."
Mare Nemeth and Karen Kiefer In the
center of "Just a Reminder."
The four artists—Ted Claussen, Jan
Harris, T&wny Young and Josh
Palmer—nod their heads at the comments. All these interpretations and
more are valid, and yet, at the same
time, not the whole story. The piece is
not containable. After awhile, people
are quiet, staring at "Implied Space"
and the larger campus around it. The
wind blows through the trees and the
strange mast sways with them.
"Rub your belly with linseed oil, wrap your head In aluminum foil..." Greg Van
Derostyne (I.) listens to a jubilant Rob Snyder recite Steve Allen's "One Mad World"
to celebrate the completion of "Alumaneonofus." The artists are standing Inside
their work.
the end/beginning of the mast, 10 feet
above the bridge, there is another
diamond made of red wire mesh and
decorated with strange and playful abstractions made of yellow sheet steel.
It's a challenging piece to relate to.
Apart from the diamonds, there are no
easy reference points—no trees, arches
or notebooks. The crude, unfinished
The most complex piece on campus is
logs contrast jarringly with the metal
located beneath, above and "through" pieces. Standing on the bridge, it's hard
the concrete bridge between the
to get a sense of the whole piece.
Recreation Center and the CAB. "Im- Someone suggests that the critique
plied Space," begins or ends (depending group looks at the work out of the
third floor CAB windows.
on your point of view) with a "diaFrom above, it's a different work. All
mond" of rough logs placed on the
the parts are visible and a spiral evolubricks below the bridge Another diation from the crude diamond on the
mond hovers about 10 feet above the
bottom to the exact diamond on top
pavement. This one, made of tubular
steel, is welded to a 20-foot metal mast can be seen. A student sees how the
contrasting metal and logs "work in
that extends through the large recthe context of the campus—high-tech in
tangular well in the center of the
the middle of the woods." Another sees
bridge. The mast is secured at the
center of the well by four large, lashed a sort of spiritual antennae built by a
half-primitive, half-sophisticated race in
timbers and a gimbal, a round metal
device which enables the structure to order to reach the stars.
move like a pendulum in the wind. At
was the weather: the usual December
drizzle became a downpour as almost a
half-foot of rain fell during the first
week of the month. "A lot of love went
into this piece," Keifer tells her fellow
students as they stand in the middle of
the grove. Their eyes follow the lines of
the trees up to the sky.
Claussen, Palmer, Young and Harris
are not only the largest team in the
program, but, by their own admission,
the most diverse. While Claussen has
worked in the arts during most of his
three years at Evergreen, Palmer, a
junior, studied philosophy during his
freshman year. Young, who was drawn
to art in high school, studied political
ecology at Evergreen before working
with ceramics for a year. "I took an
academic left turn this year," says
Harris, a senior who's concentrated on
physics. "I've never 'done art' before.
But it's not so different," he says, looking out at the sculpture, "Art is physics
and vice versa."
None of them had ever worked collaboratively before. Young says that it
"took a lot of talking, a lot of time
hanging out together" for the team to
jell. In addition to making proposals,
hauling, painting, cutting and constructing together, the four "went to junkyards together, shopped, made and ate
dinners together. We were the last people we each talked to at night and the
first people we saw in the morning."
"It was a big socialization process,"
adds Claussen, "we had to learn each
other's differences, what was worth
arguing for and how to do it."
That process, says Mandeberg, was a
key objective for the program. "Collaborating with other artists, and with
administrators, architects, legislators,
the press and others is crucial to the
success of a piece of public art. Collaboration also teaches an individual more
about him or herself. They learn what
skills they can contribute and what
they need to learn."
Mandeberg prepared students for their
projects through assignments such as
building a birdhouse ("They thought I
was crazy until they saw the questions
it posed"), making a vessel, a chair and
a piece of "wearable art." Students
broadened their skills through technical demonstrations. Each student
researched a technique and presented
a "tech demo" to the program. Papermaking, welding, enameling and other
skills were shared. Mandeberg and
Instructional Technician Doug Hitch
also presented demonstrations.
Mandeberg feels that students invested so much time, energy and
money (the cost of materials—an
average of $150 per piece—was paid by
the artists) because so much was at
stake. "This was their first large project, their first piece of public art and it
would be judged by the entire campus."
Much of the quarter's seminars
focused on the nationwide controversy
over public art. Students read about
law suits, vandalism and critical
outrage over pieces of public art.
Mandeberg, who has created several
public sculptures, posed such questions
as: who owns public space; who should
select public art; what is the "function"
of that space; what "forms" of art are
most easily accepted, and what's an
artist's role in preparing the public for
his or her works?
"As you construct your sculptures,"
Mandeberg told students, "you'll hear
a lot of questions. Some of them will be
irritating. But you have to realize that
people, even if they don't know it, feel
an ownership of the public places they
work or study in. Even when they ask
'dumb' questions, they're really trying
to find out about art."
To Evergreen's credit, the "dumb"
questions are few. Instead, says
Mandeberg a week after the sculptures
have been erected, students report an
overwhelming positive response from
the campus community. "People talk
about their favorite piece. They want
to know how long they'll stay up, and
comment on how wonderful it would be
to have more art on campus. The community isn't just supportive of the
sculptures, but is engaging with the
works and their surroundings. That's
really the artist's dream—to encourage
people not to take their environment
for granted, but to see again and again."
Josh Palmer at work on "Implied
Space."
geonews
Academic Advising, Evergreen Style
by Dennis Held, information specialist
Winter: the rain has .begun and
darkness comes early. Students bustle
across Red Square. The foreheads of
many are furrowed by wrinkles born of
long, hard questioning: what will I do
next quarter, next year, the rest of my
life?
Follow one of those faces out of the
rain, into the library, down the stairs
and across the lower lobby. The student pauses at a doorway, draws a deep
breath, and approaches the desk.
"Hi, can I help you?" asks senior
Dan Barclay, a peer advisor and the
first stop in the brow-smoothing process. After a half hour with an
academic advisor, some time with a
career counselor, and an hour checking
through internship applications, the
student leaves.
There are still problems to overcome,
decisions to be made, but she has had
many questions answered, and has
given herself a direction. She's moving
on. And she's just one of 300 students
who have visited the new Hillaire Student Advising Center that day.
We see
about 200 students a
day, over 300 during
crunch times.. .That's
an increase of between
20 and 50 percent over
previous years.
The Center is the physical embodiment of Evergreen's continuing effort
to improve student services. Last year,
an Academic Advising Advisory Board
met to take a hard look at advising at
Evergreen. Among the board's findings
were some disquieting facts. Many
students were not doing long-term
academic and career planning. As a
result, some were finding it hard to
integrate their classroom experiences
with the kind of work they wanted to
do. Some students had trouble getting
into graduate schools because of a lack
of prerequisites.
This summer, with all the planning
completed, dust began to fly. The Cwing of the library was converted into
the Hillaire Student Advising Center,
named in memory of Faculty Member
Mary Ellen Hillaire, a seminal force
in the creation of the Native American
Studies program.
Has it worked? It's still too early for
a final appraisal, but the overwhelming
evidence indicates that the Center is
doing a superb job of ironing out
wrinkled brows.
There are five offices under the
Student Advising roof: KEY Special
Services, Career Development and the
First People's Coalition (administered
by Dean of Student Development
Stone Thomas) and Cooperative
Education and Academic Advising.
Joyce Weston '76, former director of
Career Development, directs the
Hillaire Center.
When the drizzle season arrives, the
stream of students pouring into the
Center becomes a torrent. "We see
about 200 students a day, over 300 a
day during crunch times at the beginning and end of the quarter," Weston
says. "That's an increase of between 20
and 50 percent over previous years."
The kinds of issues students raise
have changed over the years. "Ten
years ago," Weston says, "students
weren't as concerned about the need
for a broad-based education. I've seen
a lot of students recently who want to
augment their arts coursework with
some science, for example."
The growing population of returning
adult students brings new areas of concern. "I think we do a good job in our
full-time offerings, but we could and
should do more for evening and parttime students," Weston says. "We get a
lot of requests for evening Coordinated
Studies programs, and I think that
would be dynamite"
The Center, which has 15 full-time
employees and 20 student paraprofessionals, has another major clientele. "I
see quite a few faculty members, now
that they know this is a sort of Mecca
for advising," Weston says. "We talk
about the ways they advise students,
the kinds of academic planning
students are doing, how they can help."
Evergreen's flexible curriculum requires close contact with the faculty.
"The curriculum changes like the tide.
Just about every day there's a change
in prospective programs," says Weston.
"Advisors used to go crazy trying to
get that information out. But now that
we're all in one place, we're serving
students better. You may still have to
talk to six different people, but we're
all within 200 feet. It's sort of a minimall—one-stop shopping."
The logistics make for better communication between advising offices,
Weston says. "For instance, Coop Ed
can tell the rest of us, 'Hey, we have
this great internship opportunity,' and
we can let people know in a hurry."
One good measure of the Center's
success is the number of students being served. Dean Duncan '86 is the
director of the new Career Development Resource Center, a library of
material about graduate programs,
work and study abroad, and job search
information. He says the heavy use of
the Center is both rewarding and
frustrating. "We're stretched, but
everybody's getting served."
Weston agrees that the biggest problem is serving the increased demand,
with a limited amount of resources. "At
peak time, we aren't able to do all we
could, not because we aren't good at
our jobs, but simply because demand
exceeds the supply," she says. "But
eventually everyone gets help, because
the people who work here are dedicated to what they're doing."
That level of commitment marks the
return to an era of cooperation that's
been missing recently, Weston says.
"When I first came here as a student
in 1972, there was a great sense of
community between faculty and staff
that came from talking to each other.
"With the specialization of roles,
some of that feeling was lost," she says.
"But now I think that sense of mutual
support, is coming back. I can't tell you
how great that makes me feel."
A student watches her Ideas take shape on one of Evergreen's all-night
computer screens.
Due Tomorrow—Do Tonight
All Night Computer Center
Meg Gallic's eyes blur, or is it the computer screen?
The 60 computers in Evergreen's
Computer Center are busiest between
the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. But
now, while much of the Evergreen community sleeps, 24 students work
diligently. More will filter in later.
"It's due in seven hours," says Gallic,
who is writing a paper on "unilateral
thinking" for the "Management in the
Public Interest" program. She often
works late, and has a practical view of
midnight in the Center. "It's like
grocery shopping at night—no long
lines."
To get a feel for the Computer
Center, imagine the lower deck of the
Starship Enterprise. There are seven
round tables holding clean, white computer units facing in every direction,
and rows of PC's in the back. A quiet
intensity fills the area as students look
solemnly into their computer screens,
or stand inspecting long, white printout sheets. The clicking of keyboards is
barely audible. Tanks with tropical fish
add color.
Computer time is at a premium on
Evergreen's campus, so this year Computer Services decided to try all-night
hours. "There are at least 14 programs
which make use of the facilities. Seven
hundred to 750 students have reserved
time," says Jim Johnson, director of
Computer Services.
The Evergreen ReVww
Editing: Keith Eisner
Writing: Keith Eisner, Dennis Held, Karen
Huntsberger, Chris Shaw, Larry Stenberg, Mike
Wark, Forrest Wilcox
Graphic Design: Mary Geraci, Marianne
Kawaguchi, Paul Pope
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Pete Pietras, manager of academic
computing, estimates at least 200^
students move through the center each
day. They come in for word processing,
programming, desktop publishing—a
wide variety of computer uses.
Some students use the center at
night because they hold daytime jobs.
Some prefer night study. Others work
steadily to complete their master's
degree thesis or a computer pr
But there is one, almost univj
reason for late night compjj
due tomorrow."
William Jones, cor
sultant, is a studer
midnight to 4 a.m. shif
little less," he say&, "Te 4 to 8 a.i
shift is really hard on you physical:
but since I don't have class in the
morning I go home and crash. And '.
mean crash" he says. ^
Jones staffed the center alone one
Wednesday night when it got almost s
busy as peak daytime use. Now, student Larry Norman helps out Wednes
day nights. They both like the work,
and Jones says students are thankful
for their help.
"Sometimes students might space
out," says Jones, "but I've never seen
anyone actually fall asleep at the
screen.. .yet."
"We've had to add some student
staff, and it does create some issues as
far as keeping the center clean," says
Johnson, "but it's a rather inexpensive
way to expand the availability of
resources. It's been very positive."
Typesetting: Shirley Greene
Photography: Steve Davis, TESC Photo Services,
unless otherwise noted.
Other help: Patricia Barte, John Gallagher,
Sue Washburn
geonews
Berry Selected as Thlrdj _
Unsoeld Fellow
Thomas Berry, one of the seminal forces in the
development of bioregionalism, will visit campus
May 3-5 as an Unsoeld Seminar Fellow.
Berry, who describes himself as a futurist and
"geologian" is the author of Management The
Managerial Ethos and the Future of Planet
Earth and The New Story. His works have served
as a major interface between bioregionalism and
the humanities.
The Unsoeld Seminar honors the memory ot
Founding Faculty Member Willi Unsoeld by sponsoring distinguished campus speakers Previous
Unsoeld Fellows have been Roger Fisher, author
of Getting To Yes: Negotiating Without Giving In,
and Joanna Macy, author of Despair and Emvowerment in the Nuclear Age. Complete details
on Berry's visit, which will include a free public
lecture, will be available in February by calling
Information Services at (206) 866-6000, ext. 6128.
Volunteers Contribute Over
Nowm to
"It's happening!" says Judy McKenzie
Evergreen's volunteer coordinator. She's referring
to the goal of placing 20-25 community volunteers
on campus during this academic year.
McKenzie, who began the Volunteer Services
program last spring, reports that 24 volunteers
have donated over 2,000 hours of time, at an
estimated value to the college of $6,600.
Volunteers have enriched the college in such
areas as the Library, the Affirmative Action office
and the Career Counseling office.
Dean of Library Services Sarah Pedersen
reports that volunteers have helped the Library
staff complete special projects that wouldnt have
been possible without their help. The end result:
better services to students.
McKenzie urges anyone interested in an exciting volunteer opportunity to contact her at
(206) 866-6000, ext. 6428.
Ring...Ring...Phone-a-Thon
Tops $30,000
By Forrest Wilcox
Director of the Evergreen Fund
Siphon High, Squirt It Out:
Thirty-Five Geoducks Take the Plunge
The team's schedule runs from OcThe commitment has paid off. Last
tober through February, and include
year, Senior Max Gilpin placed in the
competition at all levels. "We face the
Evergreen four years ago to coach
400 meter individual relay at the naswimming, he found he had some adnational champions, some community
justments to make "I was an assistant tional championships, making him an
colleges and everything in between,"
NAIA Ail-American. "This year,
coach at Central Washington Universays Fletcher. The biggest meet of the
Senior Pieter Drummond has been
sity, which was the national champion
year is the district championship, held
at the time, and I found out right away working very hard, and has a chance to on February 18-20 at Evergreen. "Our
place in the relays," Fletcher says.
I would have to change my coaching
facilities are the best in the league, and
philosophy," he says. "The athletes here "There's a chance that Senior Rachel
among the best in the state, so everyWexler could get to that level, too."
are generally more interested in imbody likes to hold the district meet
A swimmer's week includes weightproving their health and becoming bethere."
lifting for endurance at least three
ter swimmers, rather than trying to
Aside from the superior pool, there
times a week, and hours and hours of
become superstars."
are other benefits to coaching here, intime in the water. "It's physically and
The first order of business was
cluding the attitude of the athletic
mentally demanding, and it puts a lot
building the program. The year before
department's management. "There's no
of pressure on a student's time. But in
Fletcher came to Evergreen, there
pressure
from above to crank out 'winmy four years here, only one person
were seven swimmers on the team.
ners,'" says Fletcher. "We judge the
has
become
ineligible
because
of
"Now we're at about 35 men and
success of the program by how many
women. Every year we get a little big- academic problems," he says. "I'm
people participate, and how much they
ger, a little better, and every year I see proud of that record."
get out of the program."
more dedication in the swimmers.
Wten Bruce ¥\etcV\er came to
The Evergreen family is growing at such a rate
that we can't reach everybody in one month
anymore. So this year we had a campus Phone-aThon in October and an alumni P-A-T from New
York City. A traditional February Phone-a-Thon is
planned to reach many of those we couldn t get to
this fall. Also in the works is an alumni f-A-l in
Seattle.
Our callers made over 7,200 phone calls to
alumni, parents and friends of Evergreen in 300
cities, towns, and villages in all 50 states.
Of the 2,200 folks we talked to, 500 were unable
to give this year; 700 said they would consider
riving when they received a pledge card and over
1 000 said they would most definitely participate
this year, pledging $30,520 to the Evergreen
Fund.
,
In addition to raising much-needed cash lor
Evergreen's scholarships and other campus
activities which receive no state funds, the Phonea-Thon is a great way to connect with people. We
must have taken 300 messages from the Evergreen family: from alumni who have begun
families, or who have found that perfect job; from
alumni who have finished graduate school or
wished they had, and from those who are just
hungry to hear an Evergreen voice talk about a
faculty member or a seminar. We heard from
many parents who are proud of what the college
has done for their daughter or son. We also heard
from a few parents who are getting ready to send
a second (even a third) student to Evergreen.
Thank you all so much.
Student Poets—Take Heed!
Letter Raises
Hopes for
Olympic
Academy
Evergreen President Joe Olander
returned from Atlanta last month with
a letter from the president of the
United States Olympic Committee
(U.S.O.C.) addressed to Governor Booth
Gardner. The letter encouraged the
Pacific Northwest Amateur Sports
Foundation (PNASF) to secure public
and private commitments to contribute
money to a U.S. Olympic Academy
based in Olympia. PNASF is waiting
to sign a contract that guarantees the
facility will be built if the necessary
funds are raised.
The U.S.O.C. gave the project its nod
of approval during its October meeting.
Both Olander and Jan Lambertz,
director of Recreation and Athletics at
Evergreen, have been active in lobbying the U.S.O.C., and developing a
detailed proposal for bringing the
Olympic facility to Olympia. If the
academy is built, Evergreen will
oversee the academic component of the
national institute
The Olympic Academy will be the
educational arm of the U.S.O.C., serving all levels of amateur athletics and
the American public in general. Currently the academy is a two-week summer conference for anyone interested
in the Olympic ideal. A permanent
academy, with full-time staffing, would
improve the U.S.O.C.'s ability to
educate and provide nationwide services to amateur athletics.
Student poets from southwestern Washington
high schools and colleges are invited to submit
works to the Judge Carol and Herbert Fuller
Poetry Awards contest.
The contest, which is held in conjunction with
Evergreen, is open to high school and college
students in Thurston, Mason, Lewis, Grays
Harbor, Cowlitz, Wahkiakum, Pacific and
Skamania counties.
The top three poems in the college division will
win prizes of $300, $150 and $75, while three
honorable mention prizes of $25 will be awarded
Prizes of $100, $75 and $50 will be awarded to the
top three high school entries, while three
honorable mentions carrying a prize of $15 each
will be awarded. All poems must be received at
the office of Information Services, LIB 3122, The
Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA 98505 by
5 p.m. on Wednesday, March 16.
Herbert Fuller, who serves as the chairman ol
the Evergreen Foundation Board of Governors,
says that the goal of the annual contest is to "encourage all eontestants-those who win as well as
those who do not-to be inspired to continue
Complete details are available by calling Information Services at (206) 866-6000, ext. 6128.
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Communications Tidbits
Jacquelyn Goudeau 76 at the East Bay Negro Historical Society. The collection
contains thousands of photos, family albums, clippings and other materials
documenting black history in California. Goudeau, who curates the continually
growing collection, encourages alumni to visit the museum at 5606 San Pablo
Avenue, Oakland, (415) 658-3158.
It's been over a decade since I've been
in touch and there's a lot to tell...
After graduating in 1976,1 seemed
to be going backward or standing still,
while life kept pushing me forward. I
left Tacoma and my work with the
Urban League and the Panel for
Family Living a month after graduation. My next stop was San Francisco/Oakland for a year-long master's
program in public health education.
Then I planned to go to Nigeria to
work on housing and health projects.
What I seriously needed first, however,
was my graduate degree and a chance
to "cool out" from several personal and
family tragedies,
But life did not have the same plana
To quote Chinua Achebe, the noted
Nigerian writer: "When you're 29
years old and committed to real and
pressing issues in your communities,
you may often find yourself going in
too many directions at once. You may
produce quantity or even speed, but
rarely quality and long-lasting products. Those take.. .time."
/ seemed
to be standing still, while
life kept pushing me
forward.
Evergeen had been good to me.
Previously, I had attended a number of
schools in the Northwest. None of
those schools understood or accepted
the possiblity that a Third World student might have needs that they hadn't
even considered.
Willie Parson, then a dean, the
Tacoma Urban League and several
West African friends gave me invaluable support. They encouraged me
to set up an individual contract in
Urban Community Planning/Resource
Development that dealt with local and
international Third World communities.
Unfortunately, the graduate program
I entered did not have the same vision
as Evergreen. I completed the program but left without my degree.
Since then, I've had to regroup
drastically. Every skill I have has been
tested and re-tested. I had to re-learn
the flexibility Evergreen afforded me.
California has not been easy. There
have been many times when I was
hungry, or without a roof of my own, or
the security of knowing where I was
headed. As rough as those years have
been, something kept telling me to
"hold on a little longer, stick it out...."
Where you'll find me now is my new
"Evergreen".. .the East Bay Negro
Historical Society in Oakland. I am the
curator/education director of an African
American historical collection begun 58
years ago by the Larsartemays, a local
couple. Although it's a small operation,
the collection is local, national and
international in its scope
I'm also involved with a United
Nations project for human settlements
called HABITATS, which conducts
research on Third World housing and
economic development. I'm also participating in several other projects on
multicultural education and the import/export of low-tech goods and services with Third World nations.
My most surprising discovery has
been that the "world communities" I
was trying so hard to get to are here
and more are emerging! What my
friends and I are doing is working with
those communities to develop viable
self-help programs.
That something deep inside is saying,
"Now the real work begins."
Thank you sincerely, Evergreen.
The Alumni Association is still interested in hearing about your international experiences and
information you would be willing to offer students
and alums about living, working and studying
abroad. Send your ideas to Alumni Office, CAB
214, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA
98505.
The Communications Committee is looking for
alums in medicine or law to share their thoughts
on what it means to be part of those professions,
how Evergreen helped them achieve their goals,
and any interesting anecdotes. We will combine
these thoughts into a story for the Spring
ReView, so that interested alums or students can
get a better grasp on what it means to be a
Greener in medicine or law. Please submit your
ideas to Chris Shaw, 14515 26th Ave NE, Seattle,
WA 98155, or give him a call at (206) 386-8382,
days; or 365-6113, evenings. Thanks.
As always, the Alumni Association is interested
in hearing about what you're up to. Drop a note
to the Alumni Office at Evergreen, letting us
know what's new in your life, where you are,
where you are going, and anything else you want
to share. The Alumni Association needs to hear
from you. So write today!
March 1 Seattle Reception
Planned
You are invited to the second annual Seattle
reception on Tuesday, March 1, from 6-8 p.m. at
the Northwest School of Arts on First Hill. Last
year's gathering brought together over 150 alums.
This year promises to bring even more alumni
and guests out for a great evening. Charlie
Heffernan '75 who is sponsoring the event again
this year, invites all alums in the area to attend,
have some refreshments, and take the opportunity to talk with other alums and special guests.
Evergreen President Joseph Olander is slated to
attend as well as several faculty and staff
members. So come on out, and meet some longlost classmates, catch up on what's happening at
Evergreen and have a GeoBlast! The date to
remember is Tuesday, March 1, at 6 p.m. in the
Northwest School of the Arts, 1415 Summit
Avenue, Seattla See you there!
First Thursday Breakfasts
Begin Anew
The First Thursday Breakfast crew has met twice
in 1988. Seattle organizers Chris Shaw '84 and
Ray Fowler '83, and others gathered at the
Elliott Bay Cafe in Pioneer Square. The folks that
gather at the rosy hour of 7 a.m. on the first
Thursday of every month are a mixture of bleary
eyed caffeine addicts, early risers and runners,
and your run-of-the-mill Greener in Seattle.
Take advantage of this opportunity to meet new
folks in the Seattle area, reacquaint yourself with
the pervasiveness of "Greener-ness" and to get
your day off to a great start. So come on out on—
that's right, you guessed it—the first Thursday at
7 a.m. every month at the Elliott Bay Cafe in
Pioneer Square. Mark it on your calendar today!
Ten
^ears,
Fifty
Winners,
One
Big Hat!
Geoduck Celebrations Span
the Nation
by Larry Stenberg
Director of Community and Alumni Relations
Last quarter's calendar was packed with regional
receptions for Evergreens graduates. Following
an enthusiastic gathering in Anchorage in
October, the Washington, D.C. reception in early
November drew over 40 Greeners. Special guests
were Senator Dan Evans and his wife, Nancy,
who were surprised by a birthday cake, decorated
a la Geoduck.
Several days later, Manhattan's plush Yale Club
was the scene for the swapping of Evergreen
stories by a dozen Geoduck New Yorkers. Two
nights later, 30 Greeners had a rousing party at
the Unique Physique Fitness Center in Boston.
Three thousand miles later, 12 Los Angeles
grads braved the world's fiercest freeway traffic
to reminisce about Greener days at the Commerce Hyatt House.
Perhaps the most memorable fall function took
place at the Hotel Californian in downtown San
Francisco. The evening began quietly, but soon
the room was overflowing with 60 exuberant Bay
Area Greeners. One by one, grads hopped up on a
chair in the corner to shout out introductions.
Following the function which lasted well past
the scheduled closing time, over 25 of us made a
classic Geoduck "attack" on the Starlight Room,
San Francisco's answer to the Ritz. After several
hundred Evergreen tales and toasts, our entourage bid adieu to our formal surroundings
with a spirited chorus line dance across the floor.
Goodbyes were said in Union Square Park,
where those of us with any remaining wisdom
headed for sleep, while the rest, still about 15
strong, forged ahead to finish what had become
Saturday with a party at a Greener's apartment.
When word gets out to those who missed this
year's event, we will definitely need a bigger
space for the '88 reception (and possibly a police
escort when we hit the streets).
"Grand Poohbah of Chicken"
Sought
«-—^™_
The operation of a chicken tooth i
day and Lakefair is the primary source of funding
for alumni activities. The Alumni Association invites an alum or an interested party to become
part of the glorious tradition of Alumni Chicken.
We need a resourceful person (and we all know
Greeners are resourceful), to undertake the coordination of our Chicken Booth activities for the
coming year. The Association will provide technical, volunteer, and logistical support to the
person or persons willing and able to become the
1988 Grand Poohbah of Chicken.
This position is one that will be compensated,
and appreciated wholeheartedly by the entire
Alumni Association. If you have food sales,
volunteer coordination, or Alumni Chicken experience, let us know. This position needs to be
filled as soon as possible. Please contact the
Alumni Office at (206) 866-6000, ext. 6192; or
Chris Shaw (206) 386-8382, days; or (206)
365-6113, eveninga
lime zips when you're
having fun! Gad zooks, it's
darn near been 10 years
since the first smashing
SUPER SATURDAY.
Using any excuse to expand the 10th SUPER
SATURDAY into the biggest and best event, let's
have a contest. So.. .to the person who submits
the most zaticle (zany and practical) idea or joytive
(joyous and creative) decoration, or thing, or the
biggest financial donation goes the BIG PRIZE.
"Whazzat?" you ask. The official SUPER
SATURDAY TOP HAT ($100 value) unwillingly
contributed from the head of Larry Stenberg.
The first 49 entries will receive marvelous
Super Saturday doodads and gimcracks.
So mark JUNE 4 on your calendars and
send entries to:
SUPER SATURDAY 10
CAB 214
The Evergreen State College
Olympia, Washington 98505
Class of 1973
Nancy Stevens and Charlie Davis '74 are the
proud parents of Carl Daniel, born January 25,
1987. Charlie received his masters of architecture
degree from the University of Washington in
June, 1987.
Class of 1974
Peter May, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is a project
officer at the Ford Foundation. His address is:
Rua Baronesa de Pocono 141/904, B1.B,22.471,
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Susan Snyder, Yakima, WA, is the programs
manager for the Southeast Washington Area
Agency on Aging and a regional representative
for Senior Services of Washington.
David Boggs, Orangevale, CA, is general
manager of Sacramento Regional Transit District
with responsibility for completing an 18.3 mile
light rail system. He is happily married and has
three children.
Class of 1975
Mark and Barbara Starr Kendziorek, Seattle,
WA. Barbara is the director of the Seattle Police
Department's Victim Assistance Program and has
become nationally known in her field. Mark has
started Island Wine Company in Friday Harbor,
WA, and has his own wine label, San Juan
Cellars.
Bill Tbmlinson, Portland, OR, is in his fourth
year as a pediatric nurse at Bess Kaiser Hospital.
Special note: Drew Carey, I miss you! Please
write to 13757 Charlton Rd., Portland, OR 97231.
Diane Royal, Seattle, WA , is the mother of two
and continues to keep her hand in weaving by
teaching at the Northwest Senior Center in
Ballard.
Eleanor Joseph, Tallahassee, FL, has joined the
law firm of Holland and Knight as a legislative
associate. She graduated from the Florida State
University College of Law in 1985
Wendy Mellor, San Francisco, CA, received her
teaching credentials in 1986 and teaches first
grade in Laguna Salada School District in
Pacifica, CA. She is also active in her church
where she plays guitar and sings in the choir.
Class of 1976
Jasper Hunt, Bellingham, WA, has been hired by
Western Washington University as a professor of
philosophy of education.
Edward McQuarrie, Sunnyvale, CA, continues to
be an assistant professor of marketing at Santa
Clara University. He recently received a grant
from the Exxon Education Foundation to conduct
a survey of California voters' attitudes toward
computer technology.
Wendy Squires, Portland, OR, is practicing law in
a partnership with her husband, Angel Lopez.
They specialize in criminal defense, family law
and personal injury. They are the parents of Alexander, who is now three years old.
Karen Goldman, San Jose, CA, received her
masters of science degree in technical communication from Drexel University in
Philadelphia in 1986 and currently works as a
technical writer for IBM.
Lawton Case, Enumclaw, WA, has been retired
from the Enumclaw Police Department due to an
on-duty patrol car accident (hit by a DWI) in
November, 1986. He is recovering from bone graft
surgery on his right arm.
Ross Carey, Seattle, WA, has recently graduated
from family practice residency at Providence
Medical Center in Seattle. He has joined a small
group of family physicians and sees patients of all
ages and delivers babies. Ross is active in Amnesty International and is interested in talking to
Class of 1977
students interested in medicine. He reports that
he is "thoroughly alarmed to realize that current Theresa Wright, Portland, OR, is an adjunct law
first-year TESC students were only one or two
professor at Willamette University Law School.
years old when I started at TESC in 1971!"
Bob Crawford and Sally Stockwell '78. Rob
Patricia La Grandeur, Valencia, CA, works as a worked last year as a law clerk for the Minnesota
district school nurse for the Los Angeles County Chapter of the Sierra Club, Friends of the BounOffice of Education. She is organizing American
dary Waters, Wilderness Society and Defenders of
Association of University Women volunteers to
Wildlife. He passed the bar and canoed in the
tutor English as a second language for Hispanic
Northwest Territories with Sally, and now is a
parents.
"litigation low life" in Minneapolis, learning the
tort trail. Sally is finishing her doctorate in
wildlife.
fit
Class of 1978.
Class of 1983
Katharine Rutherford, Stockton, CA, graduated
from Georgetown University School of Medicine
in 1985 and is in her last year of Family Practice
Residency in Stockton. She plans to travel to
Nepal and Asia in 1988 with Moira Kyle
(Belcher) '80 and hopefully find work in medicine
there.
Marian Osborne and Peter Speer, Kirkland, WA,
are the proud parents of Anna Osborne Speer,
born January 29, 1987.
Martine Vanpee, Cambridge, MA, is caring for
her new daughter, Arielle-Claire Vanpee Linsky,
born June 16, 1987.
Steve Batch, Keene, NH, is working toward his
master's degree in psychology at Antioch College.
Deborah Nagusky, Seattle, WA, earned a
master's in public health from the University of
Michigan in 1985. She currently works as a health
educator for the Washington State Diabetes Control Program and is active in Seattle's country
music and dance scena
Jim Guilfoil, Seattle, WA, has been named director of market development for Enchanted Parks,
Inc., operators of Enchanted Village and Wild
Waves Water Park in Federal Way, WA.
Pat (Martha Barret) Garber, Supai, AZ, is in her
third year of teaching kindergarten and first
grade at the Havasupai Indian Reservation in the
Grand Canyon. She is also an advisor for the
Headstart Program, director of the Havasupai
Chorus, works with the museum, and is involved
with opposing uranium mines that she feels are
threatening the area. She is also enrolled parttime in the northern Arizona University Applied
Anthropology graduate program.
Betsy Hall's current address is an enviable one:
Aboard the "Talina," English Harbour, Antigua,
West Indies. A«. a hired crew member on "the
Rolls Royce" of sailboats, she reports that "there's
live music everywhere you go" and that the
"beaches are just like the ones in the travel
brochures." Come spring, she'll sail the Talina up
to Nova Scotia (the owners' home) and then on to
Scotland and the Mediterranean.
Class of 1979
Elisabeth Koch-Greene, Cincinnati, OH, is a
CPA and principal in Industrial Training Aids,
Inc., an audio-visual and video company providing
sales, service, equipment rental, meeting management and presentation support services.
Bjorn Loftfield, Watervliet, NY. Bjorn and his
wife, Cheryl, own and manage Uncle Sam's
Natural Food Store in Troy, NY. They are the
parents of three boys.
Class of 1980
David Mazor, Amherst, MA, is currently producing his latest feature, Exquisite Corpses, a
sophisticated comedy, which is being filmed in
New York City. This is David's third film in the
last four years.
Sheri Wertheimer and Bob lyall '76 are the proud parents of Emily Teresa lyall born September
23, 1987.
Scott Kauffman, San Francisco, CA, is in private
law practice specializing in criminal law.
Bruce Kittrick, Springfield, MA, is a second year
medical resident at Bay State Medical Center.
Doug Plummer, Seattle, WA, is a professional
free-lance photographer and the secretary of the
Northwest chapter of the American Society of
Magazine Photographers. Doug has recently sold
wildlife photos to Sierra, Defenders, and Living
Bird quarterly and shot the album cover for the
latest release of We Three (Greeners Kim
Scanlon '81, Sara Favret '80, and Judy Johnson
'77.
Class of 1981
Kathy Scovel-Rodrigue, Seattle, WA, is working
toward a master's in psychology at Antioch
University.
Class of 1982
Jerome Chicvara, Portland, OR, has made his
dream come true with a little help from his
friends. Jerome and five friends set up the Hood
River Brewing Company and their first product,
Full Sail Golden Ale, is already on the market.
FROM US TO YOU: The Board of Directors of the Alumni Association and friends
celebrate a year's worth of new plans and exciting activities at their Fall
Meeting.
Alumni Board Harvests Bushel
of Plans for 1988
Funding Level
Activity
• Regional Representatives Activity Fund $ 600
700
The Board of Directors of the Alumni Association • Regional Receptions
• Communications Committee
met during the weekend of October 31 and
(ReView support and event publicity)
2200
planned Association activities for the coming
year. Presented with proposals that amounted to • Seattle Area Events (Reception and
Response to the Higher Education
over $90,000, the board remained within budget
Coordinating Board's Master Plan
1000
by selecting activities that total almost $7,000.
(see related story on this page)
250
"It was a tough job," says Second Vice President •• Breakfasts
Hispanic Cultural Event (Spring, 1988)
200
Chris Shaw '84, "there were so many excellent
• Thurston County Events
250
proposals submitted."
• New Graduate Reception (Spring, 1988)
200
A theme that emerged from the sessions was
• Chicken Volunteer Phone-a-thon
70
one of "regionalization of activities." Given that
125
the Alumni Association has established regional • New Student Ice Cream Social (Fall, 1988)
• New Faculty Picnic (Fall, 1988)
50
representative areas in Los Angeles, New York
and San Francisco, the board discussed how best • Reserves (fundraising supports and other
contingencies)
1000
to serve other regional areas such as Seattle,
Total
$6645
Tacoma and Thurston County.
Other topics of discussion included Alumni
Association support of college activities, alumni
directories, fundraising ideas, and better ways to
Study groups were initiated for the following
offer support for our growing alumni population.
projects: an alumni directory, scholarship fund,
At the conclusion of the retreat the board came
alternative education outreach possibilities,
up with the following list of planned activities:
response to the Higher Education Coordinating
Board Master Plan, and outdoor lighting for the
Organic Farm.
Board members left the meeting exhausted, yet
energized about the plans for this year. The board
welcomes your feedback on this plan and invites
you to become active in alumni events.
Class of 1984
Alyx Fier, Berkeley, CA, is on a bicycle trip
through Europe and Africa which he began on
October 10 in London. He'll travel through
France to Italy where he will take a ferry to
Greece. From Greece he'll go on to Egypt where
a boat will take him up the Nile. From the headwaters of the Nile he'll cross to the headwaters of
the Congo, then take a boat down the Congo to
the Atlantic. The whole trip may take as long as a
year.
Shaina Masters, T&coma, WA, puts on horse
jumping events in Olympia at The Trails arena
and showplace.
Matthew Mero, Seattle, WA, has entered the
master's of arts in communications program at
the University of Washington. Matthew reports,
"I feel my Evergreen education was better
preparation for grad school than almost any other
college could have provided—no, I think Evergreen is the best preparation for grad school, an
life in general. Keep up the ancient and venerable
liberal arts tradition, please."
Class of 1985
Annette Standifur, North Highlands, CA, works
as a loan assumption processor for Central Pacific
Mortgage.
Michael Solinger, Topanga Canyon, CA, works
with a top film producer at New World Pictures.
Class of 1986
Caterine Balogh, Carmel, CA, is attending the
Monterey Institute of International Studies
where she will graduate in May, 1988, with a
master's in business administration.
Jon Koeze, Grand Rapids, MI, is the cable television administrator for the city of Grand Rapids.
Class of 1987
Isiah "Hirner, commissioner of Washington's
Employment Security Department, has been
selected president of the Interstate Conference of
Employment Security Agencies (ICESA). It's the
first time a Washingtonian has held this
prestigious post. ICESA members, representing
all 50 states and U.S. territories, facilitate communication between state and federal employment agencies.
Coming: A Night at The Symphony
The Alumni Association has made arrangements with the Seattle Symphony for discount tickets to
the Monday, March 28, Masterpiece Concert in The Opera House at 8 p.m. There will be a preconcert reception beginning at 7 p.m. in the Opera Room at the Loge Level.
The concert consists of a wonderful mixture of musical styles led by exciting guest conductor Sergiu
Comissiona, director of the New York City Opera. Comissiona has conducted virtually every major
orchestra in the world. Nathaniel Rosen, cellist, has won major competitions throughout the world,
including the prestigious Tchaikovsky International Competition's gold medal.
The Program: Rossini: Overturn from Semiramide
Nathaniel Rosen, Cello
Saint-Saens: Cello Concerto Number One
Hoist: The Planets
The total price for the evening, including ticket and reception is $16. Please fill out the coupon below.
Deadline for payment is March 11, but please express your interest soon to Val Thorson by calling 622-9840,
days or 329-8850, evenings. We wish to reserve an adequate supply of Main Floor Center tickets.
Please reserve.
. seat(s) for me in the Seattle Opera House at 8 p.m., March 28, for the Alumni
Association Night at the Symphony. My payment which covers the pre-concert reception, a small
donation to the TESC Alumni Association and a 20% discount off the ticket price, is enclosed.
. ticket(s) at $16 each = .
. total payment
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Please enclose this coupon with your order and return to:
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Olympia, Washington 98505.
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