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MOSS NAMED TO DUAL DIRECTORSHIP --- AUXILIARY SERVICES /PERSONNEL
John Moss , director of Evergreen Auxiliary Services, has been named to assume the duties
of Personnel Director Diann Youngquist as of Dec. 1. Moss, who first came to Evergreen in
1970 to serve as Student Accounts Superviser, also will retain most of his responsibilities
as director of Auxiliary Services when he assumes the post which Youngquist has resigned
effective Nov. 30.
Administrative Vice President Dean Clabaugh assigned Moss his new duties and, in a
related action, announced that Director of Recreation and Student Activities Pete Steilberg --who has reported to Moss since the March 1973 staff reorganization --- will report, instead,
directly to Clabaugh.
Clabaugh also indicated that no replacement for recently resigned Development Director
Marianne Nelson will be named in the near future. "We have placed our search for a replacement Director of Development in a holding pattern," Clabaugh said, "pending definition of the
organizational structure into which development activities ought to fit." "In the meantime,"
he added, "we can depend on (secretary) Charlotte Wi throw and (program assistant) Don. Voii
'olkenburg to sustain the development momentum we've achieved."
CAUTIOUS REACTION
i Moss, who still carries administrative responsibilities for the Bookstore, Food Services,
Housing and conferences, has reacted cautiously to his new appointment. In an interview Nov.
13 the 30-year-old Washington State University graduate said he accepted the new assignment
in part "because it gave me a chance to further develop my own career."
"In the past eight years my career has encompassed many things on the administrative
side of Diann 's job," he said, "but not the details of personnel." Moss added that he is
"fairly well grounded in the general principles of personnel administration."
"I've studied it in college and worked in places where I dealt with great numbers of
classified persons, "he said. "I've dealt with employee negotiations, job audits and
reclassif ications , and, at Evergreen, have served on the salary DTF.
Moss said he feels the "training required for specific operations at Evergreen won't
be much different for me than for any new person in that position. Every operation is different," he said, "and any new director would have to learn all the details of our unique
operation. "
ENTHUSIASM OUTSTRIPS KNOWLEDGE
Moving to the new job, Moss said his knowledge will "be more where to find the answers,
than what the answers actually are." "My enthusiasm," he admits with a grin, "outstrips
my knowledge at this point.
The dual assignment, which Moss concedes will be a tough one, was made, he feels,
"partly in anticipation of legislative impact mandated by the current economic situation."
"We know the state budget is badly out of balance," he said. "It is realistic to assume the
need for cost savings now, rather than later. And, combining these two jobs reflects that
reality."
To fulfill the duties of both positions, Moss said he "will have to do some restructuring
within my area," but hasn't had time to figure out precisely what steps he will take. He
also indicated that there will "have to be a weighing of personnel services --- what we have
to do, what we should do, and what is 'just nice' to do." "Some of the 'just nice' things
will have to go," he says. An example he gave was the involvement Youngquist has had with
systems-wide tasks for the Higher Education Personnel Board. "Diann 's very good at that and

has performed such services for HEPB on a voluntary basis while at Evergreen," Moss said. "I
just won't be able to do it."
Moss said there may also be some tasks now performed by the Personnel staff which "may
well be better performed in other units - - such as location of leave and overtime accounting "
At most colleges, that accounting is handled by Payroll staff members, not personnel, he
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said. "There may be a potential for reassigning that task."
CONTINUE OPEN DOOR POLICY
Moss promised to continue the "open door" policy of Youngquist's office and offered to
"help people with any problem I possibly can, personal or professional." He said he "likes
to think I am and will continue to be trusted."
One critical factor in naming Moss to the post, he feels, is "my familiarity with
Evergreen. At this time, familiarity with Evergreen is of critical importance in dealing
with any element of the college. And, I think I can quickly pick up personnel
technicalities I don't have
more quickly, perhaps, than an outsider could pick up on
Evergreen."
He also indicated he will continue working with Youngquist, who has accepted an appointment as a personnel specialist for the HEP Board. He will also continue what he perceives
as her philosophy. "We both feel that Evergreen's primary objective is to operate an
educational institution,not to employ people," he said. "Like Diann, I will hire those
people who can and will help us achieve that goal.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT PROCEDURES RECOMMENDED
Procedural steps for environmental review of Evergreen projects have been recommended
to Vice Presidents Dean Clabaugh and Ed Kormondy by the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)/
Master Plan Disappearing Task Force, chaired by Faculty Member Richard Cellarius.
The 12-member board recommended adoption of a two-page seven-step procedural process
to be reviewed and publicly discussed at its next meeting slated for Nov. 20 at 3 p.m. in
the conference room of Building 201.
The DTF also recommended "the most effective means of reviewing guidelines for content
of environmental impact statements is to do it in conjunction with the preparation of an EIS\f Ar
projects in the current capital budget request. The DTF has asked the two vice presidents
to designate it as "an environmental advisQry committee...on an interim basis."
Copies of their recommendations are available for review at the Information Center. If
you have any questions, ask them at the Nov. 20 meeting.
CONSTRUCTION WORK PROGRESSES DESPITE RAINY DAYS
Rainy weather may be dampening your spirits a little these days, but not those of
Facilities Director Jerry Schillinger, who has been observing construction of the new 5.8
million dollar Communications Building.
"The good weather helped us get out of the ground," he reports. "We've got some of our
major footings poured and the weather shouldn't affect us adversly from now on."
Schillinger
says all excavation is finished for the new building, scheduled for completion in the fall of
1976. Concrete for its tunnel connection and electrical room has also been poured.
Concrete work on Phase II of the Laboratory Building should be finished sometime in
January, Schillinger adds.
He hopes the 83,000-square foot facility will be operational by
next fall, but notes that the building schedule suffered a severe setback this summer when a
construction lockout closed work down for 60 days.
The 3.525 million dollar structure
which is a near replica of Phase I of the Laboratory Building
will house faculty and staff offices, including new headquarters for
Schillinger and his staff, now located in Building 201.
Both Phase II of the Laboratory Building and the Communications Building are being
built by Jones and Roberts Construction of Tacoma.
Other campus improvements are continuing as well. Schillinger says permanent traffic (
signs will be installed along the Evergreen Parkway in the next few weeks. He also notes
that 80 percent of the Parkway landscaping is completed and that no more landscaping around
the Recreation Center or the College Activities Building will be done until Spring.
"We've
got about 15 percent of that landscaping finished now," he says. "But, we'll have to wait
for better weather in the Spring to complete it."

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NEW NIGHT SPOT TO OPEN NOV. 23; LIVE ENTERTAINMENT, BEER AND FOOD ON TAP
Next time you've got a Saturday night free and can't think of a good place to go, you
might journey to the fourth floor of the Library, order a beer, and enjoy the sounds of the
latest local jazz or rock group. That's right
as of Nov. 23 Evergreen will have its own
night club
complete with live music, beer and wine, a menu of varied ethnic dishes, a
small cover charge and the pleasure of other Evergreeners' company.
Organized by United Entertainment, a group of students from the Minority Economic Development program, the new night spot, christened Headrest, will offer an alternative kind of
entertainment for mature (over 21) Evergreeners.
Alan Karganilla, an Evergreen senior from Olalla, WA., is directing the project which,
he says, "is a business venture designed to give students first -hand business experience."
He's contacted The Secret Life of Sound, a Seattle jazz group, to headline opening night next
Saturday. The five-member group includes pianist Mike Ephron, who has performed with guitarist
Jimmy Hendricks, and Gary Peacock, a bass guitarist, who has played with trumpeter Miles Davis.
Karganilla says future groups will be booked according to the musical tastes of Headrest
clientele. "We're going to offer jazz at first, but we plan to keep ourselves flexible
enough to respond to other musical tastes as well," he explains.
The new night spot will be open from 8 p.m. to midnight but only for two Saturdays this
quarter, Nov. 23 and Dec. 7. By the first of Winter Quarter Karganilla hopes the club can
be open every Friday and Saturday night. The only foreseeable problems he anticipates for
the infant club are "money and a liquor license."
"We're trying now to raise additional funds for Headrest," he says. "We're approaching
deans, program sponsors, and administrators for support." The second problem
which Karganilla has been assured will not really be a problem
is the liquor license. "We've
been told we'll get a banquet permit from the State Liquor Control Board by Nov. 20, which
is three days before we open and the minimum deadline, " he adds. "I'm sure we'll get it, but
I'll feel better when it's in our hands."
The only other problem could be drawing enough people to support the new venture. But,
according to Karganilla, the fourth floor cafeteria holds nearly 400 persons and he's confident the place will be filled up.
CIVILIZATION PROGRAM OFFERS TWO PUBLIC LECTURES
An art historian and an Asian literary scholar will be presented in two free public
lectures at Evergreen next week,sponsored by the Chinese Civilization Coordinated Studies
program.
Glenn Webb, a member of the University of Washington's Art History Department, will
discuss "Bronzes and Buddhas
changing motifs in Chinese arts of the ancient and medieval
periods," in a public talk Nov. 21 from noon to 1:30 p.m. in Lecture Hall One.
Larry Foster, a member of the East Asian Studies Program at Western Washington State
College, will discuss "Chinese Romantic Literature at the End of An Era»" an examination of
literary trends in the third and fourth centuries in his talk scheduled for Nov. 22 from
9:30 to 11 a.m. in Lecture Hall Four.
WAR AND CHRISTIANITY PROGRAM ORGANIZED BY EVERGREENER
Chuck Shelton, a third-year Evergreen student from Mercer Island, has organized a
community forum entitled, "War and Christianity," held Monday evenings at the First United
Methodist Church, 1224 Legion Way, Olympia. Shelton, an intern for the World Without War
Council, says the Nov. 18 public program will examine "what the Bible has to say about war."
The 8 p.m. presentation will include a panel discussion by five Olympia clergymen and, he
says, "the discussion promises to be stimulating." All interested persons are welcome.
CAMPUS HEARING BOARD CONVENED
The Campus Hearing Board has been convened to review a credit dispute between Faculty
Member Medardo Delgado and student Robert Wood. The seven-member board will meet Nov. 21
at 1:30 p.m. in Library 3112. Permanent members of the panel include staff member Candi
Spencer, faculty member Russell Lidman and student K. Burnell Hill.

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JIM SYMONS TO DIRECT COOPERATIVE MINISTRY; DOORS OPEN Nov. 18

will be made in coming weeks by the newly created Cooperative Ministry, which will be coordi(
ated by Jim Symons, a local clergyman known to many for his involvement in the Community for
Christian Celebration.
Organized by a group of concerned students and faculty in cooperation with the Thurston
County Ministries in Higher Education, the new group will open its office doors Nov. 18 in
Library room 3223, according to Jasper Hunt, a student intern for the center.
The Evergreen Cooperative Ministry, as defined by Hunt, "is essentially an interfaith
group, not necessarily Christian, which hopes to identify student and faculty needs and
respond to them."
"Our concerns will not be limited to spiritual issues," Hunt says. "But will encompass
questions of ethics, theology and counseling as the need arises." And, he adds, the center
will also seek opportunities for theological input into curriculum planning. "There are many
academic programs which could easily and quite logically accommodate questions of ethics or
spirituality," he says. "We hope to encourage the additions of these kinds of emphases into
program planning."
The new center, which will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays and 2 to 5 p.m. Wednesdays, is "still very much in the planning stages," Hunt says. "We're seeking input from all
interested persons next Wednesday (Nov. 20) at an all-campus meeting (at 2 p.m. in Library
3223) concerning what kinds of goals we ought to work toward and what kinds of needs we can
pinpoint."
Hunt says the group was formed after a number of faculty members, especially those whose
backgrounds include theological emphases, indicated that many students seemed to be very concerned about spiritual and ethical questions. "We've since been working with Buddhist students
and members of the Men's and Women's Centers, the Christian Fellowship and Christian Science
groups," he says. "We're still making contact with other groups or individuals who may want
to be involved."
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Sponsors of the Cooperative Ministry include the Thurston County Ministries in Higher \n (
the Associated Ministries of Olympia, Puget Power, and State Senator Harry Lewis. Its primary
faculty sponsors include Willi Unsoeld, Jack Webb,Lirinea Pearson, Ron Woodbury, and Cruz
Esquival. Registrar Walker Allen has also participated in planning sessions for the center.
Hunt hopes even more faculty will become involved, along
with students and staff,
and that as many interested persons as possible will attend the Nov. 20 meeting.
WOODBURY NAMED TO THURSTON PLANNING COUNCIL
Faculty Member Ron Woodbury has been named by the Tumwater School District to the Thurston Regional Planning Council. Woodbury, a Tumwater School Board member, said the district
recently decided to "exercise its option to join the regional council," and asked him to serve
on the body indefinitely.
The county-wide board is responsible for coordinating planning among various agencies
in the county, but has no enforcement powers. Its membership includes representatives from
county and city governments, school districts, soil districts, and other key local agencies,
including TESC, which is represented by Les Eldridge, special assistant to the president.
TUITION AND FEES DTF CALLED
Vice Presidents Dean Clabaugh and Ed Kormondy have created a nine-member Disappearing
Task Force to "set a new schedule for the payment of tuition and fees." The new DTF will
convene Nov. 20 at 3 p.m. In Library 3112 and has been asked to submit its recommendations
by Jan. 29, "with a plan for implementation effective Winter Quarter."
Chaired by Chief Accountant Al Spence, the DTF is charged with "finding a more satis- ^
factory solution than our present (tuition and fees) schedule provides." According to the
memo which created the DTF, the effort to coordinate payment of fees in time to meet administrative deadlines and to provide "effective communication of such deadlines to students
has been a persistent problem since the college opened in 1971.