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February 8, 1974

JONES TO DIRECT AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
Rindetta Jones, an adviser to the Educational Opportunities Program and a parttime instructor at Central Washington State College, has been named Evergreen's Affirmative Action Officer. The appointment, effective March 1, was announced at a February
1 meeting of the Board of Turstees by President Charles J. McCann. It carries with it
primary responsibility for developing and implementing programs to insure elimination
of discriminatory conditions with regard to race, sex, creed, age, national origin and
physical disability and programs for any additional affirmative action efforts needed.
Ms. Jones, 38, has a bachelor of arts degree in psychology and sociology from
Central, and has worked for Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone, Battelle Northwest of
Richland and the Computer Science Corporation. She replaces W. Joe White, who resigned
effective January 31.
heavy agenda
BOARD OF TRUSTEES EXAMINES AFFIRMATIVE ACTION, COG II POLICIES: APPROVES RIF PLAN

In what has to be one of the heaviest agendas in recent memory, Evergreen's fivemember Board of Trustees examined the college's proposed Affirmative Action plan, reviewed suggested revision to the governance document, approved a Reduction in Force plan,
and approved the first major force account construction of a $4,000 equipment storage shed.
Conducted before a large crowd of faculty, students and staff, the February 1 meeting also
featured the introduction of Rindetta Jones, named Affirmative Action Officer effective
March 1, and Thomas Ybarra, new executive secretary of the Non-White Coalition.
WHITE PRESENTS AA PLAN
Joe White, who resigned as Affirmative Action Officer January 31, presented his
34-page plan,noting that the document "requires affirmative action on campus according to
equal opportunity principles...and prohibits discrimination." The plan does not, White
said, offer solutions to problems of equal opportunity at Evergreen. It outlines policies
and procedures and pinpoints some areas where problems now exist. The major difference
between the present Affirmative Action policy and the one White proposes is an increase in
the hiring and recruiting goals of non-whites and women, he pointed out.
Discussion arose over the percentages of those goals when Board Chairman Herb
Hadley of Longview noted that Evergreen "already has the highest percent of non-white
enrollment in the state." Tacoma Board Member Tom Dixon felt that comparisons between
what Evergreen IS and what it OUGHT to be were more important than comparisons of Evergreen to other schools. "I think Evergreen is doing a fine job," he said. "But we should
measure ourselves against our own objectives
not the achievements of other institutions.
Dixon urged the Board to approve the policy and seek special ways of achieving its
non-white and female hiring and recruiting goals. "If we're going to bridge the gap
(between how many non-whites we have and how many we want to have), we have to do something
special," he said. "If we ain't, we ain't." The constitutionality of percentage goals
was questioned by Hadley and again responded to by Dixon. "We want to equalize...we have
to be about that," he said. "If we're gonna be afraid because someone might sue us,
then we're not serious."
Revisions to the document were suggested by the Non-White Coalition, represented
by Ybarra, who felt the policy lacked sanctions and urged that the Board indicate a
stronger level of commitment by establishing a means for it to act should a violation of
the policy occur. Dixon noted that the president is responsible to the Board for up-

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holding the policy and that he would have to issue sanctions should they be needed. Then,
if the party with a grievance is still unsatisfied, perhaps the Board could be drawn in/
Computer Director York Wong said the plan "won't work" until the college and the
Board pay more attention to the problems non-whites face at Evergreen. "I believe that
one of the reasons the plan has not worked to date is because Evergreen lacks vehicles to
meet the needs of non-whites and women," Wong said. He added that the affirmative action
goals "were fine," but urged the Board to pay "as much attention to how to KEEP nonwhites and women here" as "how to BRING them here in the first place." "I'm not talking
about numbers games," he said. "I'm concerned not so much with numbers but with substance."
President Charles McCann said the proposed plan would be polished, clarified and
presented to the Board for final approval at its March meeting.
COG II "NOT RATIFIED"
Revisions to the Governance and Decision-Making policies at Evergreen brought much
discussion from the floor, particularly from members of the COG II Disappearing Task Force.
DTF Chairwoman Helen Hannigan introduced and reviewed the document which she said made
the Sounding Board "more responsive and responsible," and clarified much of the language
of the COG document. Student Dave Siemens said the proposal has two basic problems: (1)
"The document has not been ratified by the community...consensus has not been reached;" and
(2) consultation required of administrators who are making key decisions was not adequately
defined. "My differences are not in concerns, but in mechanisms," he said. "We don't
think the mechanisms of COG II will solve the problem." COG II was tabled until the next
meeting and committee members were asked to clarify ratification procedures for the document before that meeting.
RIF POLICY UNIQUE
The Reduction in Force policy, presented by Student DTF Chairman James Tatz,
established the first such policy in the state which does not use seniority as the primary
guideline for reducing faculty in cases of financial exigency. Instead, faculty would ^
be individually evaluated by an elected faculty review panel and selected to remain on 4
basis of their ability to contribute to the academic mission of the college.
The document establishes "the survival of Evergreen's ability to pursue its goals
as a learning community," as its primary objective, and seeks to "provide the maximum
notice to those persons affected." It requires clear communication of all action, maintenance of the legislatively-approved student/faculty ratio, and of the college affirmative
action goals. It also asserts that the college will make every effort to help terminated
employees find employment elsewhere.
The RIF also requires establishment of an advisory group by the president to
recommend a plan for reorganization and reduction. The group, composed of representatives
from all segments of the campus community, is responsible for maintaining liaison with the
rest of the campus. Unique elements of the policy include establishment of buffers which
may prevent the need for future cutbacks. Those buffers include: establishing a "visiting
faculty status" which can be eliminated at the end of any academic year and would allow
visiting professors to comprise as much as ten percent of the faculty, but agree to oneyear-only appointments; allowing faculty members to teach a maximum of three out of every
four quarters; requesting a voluntary list of faculty members willing to accept a year's
leave without pay; and asking faculty to consider various job-sharing options.
President McCann "applauded" the document for its innovation and Faculty Member
Richard Jones noted with relief that he had come to fight any kind of seniority system and
"was glad we don't have to do it."
The final major item for Board consideration was construction of a $4,000 equipment storage shed in the garage and shops area. The "force account" project would be
built by Evergreen employees "as time permitted", according to Facilities Director Jerry
Schillinger. The first such project approved on campus "could not be built any other w£p,"
Schillinger told the Board. "We just don't have the money to bid this one out." With (
vote of three to two, the construction was approved.
The Board's next scheduled meeting is March 14.

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EXECUTIVE SECRETARY TO NON-WHITE COALITION NAMED
Thomas Ybarra, a full-time student and part-time coordinator for the Office
of Cooperative Education, has been named executive secretary to the Non-White Coalition. The appointment, announced by President Charles McCann. was effective
January 29.
Ybarra, a 1968 graduate of Spokane's University High School^is a transfer from
Washington State University, where he served as a tutor for the High School Equivalency Program. Ybarra has also served as a field officer for the United Farm Workers
Union in California. His office is Library 3217, his temporary phone is 866-6025.

FIGHT INFLATION...ATTEND WORKSHOP
Helpful hints on how to manage your personal budget
and how to get the most out of your food dollar will provide topics for discussion at the Personal Money Management
and Nutrition Workshop being sponsored by the Office of
Financial Aid and Placement February 13 from 2:30 to 5 p.m.
in CAB 110.
Offered one time only, the workshop will be directed
by Faculty Member Priscilla Bowerman, an economist, and
volunteer nutrition counselor Mrs. Juliet Parker, a
frequent Evergreen consultant.
No enrollment procedure is necessary. Everyone is
invited. For more information, contact Financial Aid and
Placement Secretary Carol Curts, 866-6205.

EVERGREENER OFFERS SENATE TESTIMONY
She's enrolled in Faculty Member Ron Woodbury's group contract, "Power and
Decision Making in American Society," but this quarter she's been studying that topic
first hand
as a witness before two different State Senate Committees.
Chris Meserve, a 20-year-old Evergreen junior, is, according to Woodbury,"The
state authority" on the laws governing charitable contributions. She spent last
Winter Quarter working for passage of the Charitable Contributions Act while serving
an internship in the Office of the Governor. The act requires charitable organizations to register with the Division of Professional Licensing, Department of Motor
Vehicles, and to report how much of the funds they raise go to charities, to their
own organizations, and to professional fund raisers.
"The act didn't go into effect until January 1," Ms. Merserve reports, "and many
of the organizations affected by it just didn't want to register, so they offered
amendments to the original bill which would weaken its affect."
The Washington Commission on Consumer Interest asked Chris to testify against those
amendments before the Senate Constitutions and Elections Committee and the Senate
Judiciary Committee. Chris reports that so far, the amendments which would weaken the
bill appear to have failed. But, she adds, the amendment she helped author, which
would exempt religious organizations from registering if they were soliciting funds for
religious purposes, has moved from one Senate Committee.
The Bellevue three-year Evergreener, doesn't expect to be called for additional
testimony. But it's likely lawmakers have not seen the last of Chris Meserve. She's
studying political science and hoping to attend law school.

CONSTRUCTIQN BIDS UNDER STUDY
Bids for four Evergreen construction projects are currently under study by Jerry V
Schillinger, director of facilities planning. At bid openings February 1, Schillinger
said the following companies were the apparent low bidders:
Aimer Construction of Seattle, which bid $48,459 for Phase I Seminar Building
site landscaping; Zylstra Construction, Seattle, $45,217 for tennis courts and $19,000
for lighting of those courts; Zylstra Construction, $10,266 for bike shelters in the
modular housing area; and H and C Construction of Tacoma, $12,073 for a storage shed.
SOUTHWESTERN INVITATIONAL EXHIBIT OPENS SUNDAY
Eighteen area artists have been invited to participate in the first Southwestern
Washington Invitational Exhibition, to begin February 10 at Evergreen. The exhibit,
sponsored by the Evergreen Visual Environment Group, will include the works of fifteen
painters, one sculptor, one jeweler and one artist-craftsman, including persons from
Thurston County, and the cities of Aberdeen and Longview.
Opening February 10 at 2 p.m. in the circulation gallery of the Evergreen Library,
the show will continue through March 2 and is open to the public free of charge.
Library hours are from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. weekdays; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturdays, and
from 1 to 8 p.m. Sundays.
Persons invited from the Olympia area include: Penny and James Chapman, and
Eileen Stanton Way,all of Tumwater; Haruko Moniz, Lacey; and Maury Haseltine, Linda
Harris, Mildred Neal, Marilyn Frasca, Susan Christian, Robert Wilson, Gloria Grouse,
Weldon Neuschwanger, Margaret McCarthy, Errol McCarthy and Joel Shapiro, all of Olympia.
Louis Benanto Jr. and Edna Crews of Aberdeen have also been invited, along with
Arthur Miller of Longview.
Slides of the works exhibited will be archived in the Library and form the foundaf
tion for an Evergreen Slide Archives of the works of Southwestern Washington artists.
PUBLIC INFORMATION GROUP CONTRACT PLANNED
Students with advanced skills in photography, writing, narrating, and graphics
design who want practical experience in preparing public information materials are
invited to join a public information group contract and internship cluster Spring
quarter. Sid White and Margaret Gribskov, faculty members for the contract/cluster,
are seeking 20-25 students with one or more of the skills listed above. Students
will have an opportunity to improve their skills and perhaps to gain new ones, in
addition to learning about the field of public information.
Interested students should contact either White, extension 6276, or Gribskov,
extension 6639, as soon as possible.
WHITE OFFERS CONSULTING SERVICES
Faculty Member Sid White is available this quarter to serve as a consultant to
students, faculty and staff who need assistance in preparing graphic and media presentations. White reports he's especially interested in working with people who need
help in publicizing or explaining campus (or community) needs or services. He can
be contacted by calling either 866-6276 or 866-6605...or by stopping by Library 1420.
IRS TO POLL COMMUNITY OPINION
An effort to assess Evergreen community opinion will begin next week when a team /
of student pollsters begins interviewing a selected sample of students, faculty and
staff. The effort, directed by student Piet Dobbins, with support from Dean of Student
Services Larry Stenberg, is the first offical act of the new Input Resource Senter
(IRS) which Dobbins and Stenberg hope will provide a means of improving campus

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communications.
"There never has been a communications system that really worked," Dobbins, IRS
student coordinator, says. "And, we're expecting to experience failure as well as
success. But," he adds, "we're determined to seek ways of gaining input from those
who don't normally participate in Evergreen decisions."
Stenberg and Dobbins both feel that Evergreen "is most responsive to people who
are vocal, persistent, aggressive," but that the opinions of others need to be heard
and weighed. They'll try to discover what those opinions are by polling the community
and offering instant feedback of the information to everyone.
For their first project, Stenberg, Dobbins and (hopefully) a volunteer staff of
15 to 18 students will seek reactions to the description of Evergreen's philosophy
found on pages 14 and 15 of the 1974-75 Catalog. The IRS team members will each
spend one week interviewing 15 persons who are representative of Evergreen's demographic population. The following week, questionnaires on the same topic will be
available to everyone on campus. Then data from the two surveys will be analyzed and
shared with the community through KAOS, the Newsletter, The Cooper Point Journal, and
the Information Center.
Goal of both the first survey and the entire IRS operation is to improve institutional responsiveness and to offer Evergreeners a place to come with suggestions,
opinions or ideas, Stenberg says.
The IRS will be able to provide that place within the next week or so. Dobbins
hopes space will be allocated in the College Activities Building and a phone installed
soon. He's recruiting one to three part-time staff members who'll join IRS by the
middle of the month if funding can be obtained from the Services and Activities Board,
and, he's hopeful he can find 15 to 18 volunteers who are needed immediately to help
poll community opinion. Dobbins suggests that students "will find it fun" to participate
and may also find that the data collection and interviewing skills they
develop could apply to their academic work.
Persons interested in volunteering or in finding out more about IRS can contact
Dobbins through Stenberg's Office (Library room 1217, 866-6296).
MEDIA SPECIALISTS HERE SATURDAY
Media specialists from Thurston, Mason, Lewis, Pierce, Grays Harbor, and Jefferson
Counties will visit the Evergreen campus Saturday, February 9 to participate in a
series of regional workshops sponsored by the Washington Association for Communications and Technology. About 25 visitors are expected to participate, according to
Associate Dean of Library Services Dave Carnahan.
Evergreen media staff and faculty will conduct the workshops, which will include
presentations and evaluations of some of the latest hardware available for communications work—projectors, audio recording devices, photographic equipment, study carrel
media units, etc. Workshop sessions will run from 9 a.m. to noon.
PUB BOARD ISSUES CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
Evergreen's Board of Publications, which governs the Cooper Point Journal, has
issued a call for applications for editor and business manager of the weekly student
newspaper. Faculty adviser Margaret Gribskov reports that applications are due by
5 p.m. March 1 in the office of Bonnie Hilts (Library 1217). Applicants will be
interviewed March 8 by members of the PUB Board and sometime the week of March 1 by
members of the paper staff.
Applications are also sought from students interested in serving a one-year term
on the PUB Board. Ms. Gribskov said student member Greg Rice will retire the end of
Winter Quarter after serving a full year. Persons interested in applying are invited
to sign up with Ms. Hilts.
Final approval of revisions to the PUB Board document will be made at the board's
next meeting, February 22 at 3 p.m. in Library 3121. Copies of the original document
and the suggested revisions are available at the Information Center, the Journal

Office (CAB 105), and at the offices of Secretary Marsha Stead (Library 2155) and
Ms. Hilts.
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PORTLAND POET HERE MONDAY
Anthony Ostroff, poet and professor of English at Portland's Lewis and Clark
College, will read selections of his works in a free public performance Monday,
February 11 at 8 p.m. in the third floor Library lounge.
Ostroff, former Lewis and Clark vice president for academic affairs and dean of
the faculty, has published more than 150 articles, short stories and poems in a wide
variety of journals, including Atlantic Monthly, Harper's and the New Yorker. His
works have been included in 20 books and anthologies, and he has written three books:
Three Self Evaluations, published by Beloit in 1953; Imperatives, published by Harcourt,
Brace and World in 1962; and The Contemporary Poet as Artist and Critic, published by
Little, Brown Company in 1964.
The recipient of numerous awards and fellowships, Ostroff has lectured throughout
the United States and Europe on education affairs and American Literature, and has
taught at the University of California, Berkeley, University of Buffalo, and Vassar.
He obtained his bachelor's degree from Northwest University in 1946 and his master's
from the University of Michigan in 1949.
Sponsored by Eye-5, the Portland poet will spend three days in the South Puget
Sound area working with students at Evergreen, St. Martin's College, Pacific Lutheran
University and Olympia-area high schools.
NEW BUS FOR EVERGREENERS
A new 15-passenger van will soon be traveling the route of the Evergreen bus system,
according to Annette Klapstein, one of the student managers of the system. The bus, /
expected within two weeks, "will make a great improvement in our reliability
not
to mention our comfort," she reports.
In other bus news, money has been allocated to fund one additional bus run. Students are asked to indicate their preference on the sign-up sheets at the bus kiosk
(second floor CAB mall). They can choose from among runs at 10:30 a.m., 4 p.m. or
7:30 p.m. The afternoon route is also being changed, Ms. Klapstein reports. On the
old route, the bus crossed Highway 101 between the Greenwood Inn and Olympia Vocational
Technical Institute. The crossing is a dangerous one and will now be avoided. Instead,
the bus will go to the Colony Inn, then down Deschutes Parkway, and follow the morning
route through Olympia.
Tickets for the Evergreen bus system
and discount tickets for the Olympia InterCity Transit
are available at the bookstore. Ms. Klapstein urges Evergreeners to "buy
them and save us the hassles of having to handle money and worry about theft." "If
you must use money," she adds,"please try to have the correct change," Those who don't
have the right change have sometimes asked for a "go now, pay later" bargain, have been
given a ride
and have neglected to pay for it. "If you forget your money and we
let you ride (which we always do)," she says, "please remember to pay us back."
EVERGREENERS IN THE NEWS
Dean of Student Services Larry Stenberg and Administrative Vice President Dean
Clabaugh attended a three-day Western Dean's Conference in San Francisco January 23-26.
...Faculty Member Leo Daugherty has been invited to present a paper at the annual meeting of the Pacific Northwest College English Association, meeting at Tacoma's Pacific
Lutheran University February 16. Daugherty's paper will describe an interdisciplinary ,
teaching model which relates to the fields of linguistics, psychology and philosophy.
...Three newcomers have joined the Evergreen team:...Michael Colyar, electronics
technician; Jimmie Lagrave, custodian, and Diane Miller, secretary in Affirmative
Action Office...Resignations have been accepted from Faculty Members Chet Royse and
Jose Arguelles. Provost Ed Kormondy says both resignations are effective immediately.
...Tom Hoey, purchasing assistant, has also resigned.