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The Evergreen State College

March 28, 1986

GREENER PAST(YOURS) II
| Since our first Greener Past(Yours) Quiz of February 14,
(we've heard no end of the strange and wonderful doings
j of Geoducks, B.E. (Before Evergreen). Below is our
second installation. How many of the Greeners pictured
at left can you correctly match with their pre-Geoduck
jobs listed below. Answers in the next Newsletter.
A. Bicycle Mechanic
B. "Bucker" (Riveter's Assistant)
C. Midwife
D. Trapeze Artist
E. Deodorant Inspector
F. Accountant, U.S. Civil Service
G. Country Club Bartender
H. Researcher for the Jolly Green Giant
,| EVERGREENERS IN THE NEWS
| Congratulations to Jean MacGregor on her invitation by
jthe W.K. Kellogg Foundation to serve as a faculty member
in its National Fellowship Program. MacGregor, who is
the assistant director of the Washington Center for
alHorf Undergraduate Education, will teach community development and public dispute resolution in the foundation's
| seventh annual seminar in Minneapolis this June.
Staffers Doug Hitch, Steve Bader and Eleanor Dornan
; have been selected as staff representatives to the
I newly-formed President's Advisory Board. Nominating
:i ballots went out to all Evergreen staff members early
1 this month. Seventy-four were returned, yielding 15
Sue Washburn Evalyn Poff nominees who met and chose the three representatives and
Jan Lambertz as an alternate. Also selected for the
board are students James Boden, Bret Lundsford, Patricia Gilbert and Andrew
Tartella, alternate. Faculty representative selection is in process.
"JUST NO RECORD"—that's the title of an article on the sports page of the
February 15th London Times." According to the Times, a Franco-American runner
named Ali Laidun perplexed the French Athletics Board by claiming to have run 800
meters in 1:44:97 in Oregon last October. He also claimed to be studying "at
Evergreen College in Olympia, Washington." The French investigation, wrote the
Times, "failed to find any trace of either the race or the college." Our Registration and Records office also shows no trace of any student in our history named Ali
Laidun. Meanwhile, an Evergreen State College post card is on its way to the T imes
of London. Our thanks go out to the dubious Mr. Laidun for at least spreading the
rumor of our existence across the Atlantic. Thanks to Faculty Member Nancy Taylor
for submitting the Times article.

EVERGREEN ON THE HILL—A SUMMARY
by Stan Marshburn, Assistant to the President
One day short of the mandated deadline, the
1986 legislative session adjourned, leaving
Evergreen $563,000 richer and all employees
looking toward a fall salary increase. The
particulars of the session which affect the
college, however, are much more subtle and
complex than these two most visible actions.
We began the session as the only higher
education institution not asking for supplemental funding and ended up receiving the
largest supplemental appropriation in higher
education. The supplemental budget for
Evergreen contains the following provisions:
—$523,000 for additional enrollment. This
appropriation will allow an enrollment
increase next year from 2506 FTE to 2600 FTE.
Also contained in this measure are funds to
cover expenses associated with enrollment in
excess of 2436 FTE previously funded for this "APPLY YOUR HEART TO INSTRUCTION
academic year.
AND YOUR EARS TO WORDS OF KNOW—$20,000 for a study currently underway
LEDGE" (Proverbs 23:12), was a
at the University of Washington. The study is motto Joanne Jirovec kept on her
desk. An opportunity to remember
funded in part by the Washington State
her heart and thank her for her
Institute for Public Policy.
dedication to knowledge will take
—$20,000 for an additional study to be
conducted by the Institute for Public Policy. place at a memorial today at noon
During the course of the 59-day session
in Library 4300.
the level of additional funding for Evergreen
fluctuated between $0 and $800,000. This is the second year the college received
extraordinary consideration from the Legislature. It was also the single largest
supplemental appropriation received by any of the six institutions.
Particularly pleasing about this action is that it is an indicator of the
Legislature's growing interest in the college's development. This interest does
not come naturally. For the past several years we have shown that the demand for
our service is greater than the level we have been budgeted to serve. While this
is a vital message to deliver, it's important to demonstrate that we're working
hard at managing the resources the Legislature has provided. Our arguments and
statistics on the opportunity for quality growth were considered convincing, and
will continue to give us positive momentum as we enter the 1987-89 budget session.
Cont'd on page 2.

EVERGREEN ON THE HILL, continued from front page
The success story is not, however, without travail. In the original Senate
version of the budget Evergreen was scheduled for a much more significant increase
but in the process became a casualty of political "give and take." No matter how
well we think we are doing our future is in the hands of people who consider us
one very minor issue in the larger scheme of a $10 billion budget.
We asked for full instructional cost and 150 on the dollar for non-instructional support. Only the original Senate version of the budget, which did not
receive the support of the majority caucus, included the support costs. This difficulty in convincing the policymakers to provide even a marginal cost for support
programs indicates we will have to work very hard on this point next year.
One other postscript on the budget: the House version contained $25,000 and a
proviso directing the college to design a business/management program. This was
added by Representative Doug Sayan from Grapeview, who argued for this amendment
in committee. He stated that matching funds could be found in private industry in
the surrounding communities to match a state appropriation to address a communityfelt need. Although his proviso did not remain in the conference version of the
budget, it is an indication of an interest which we need to pay attention to.
Other legislation affecting higher education was limited this session. Those
items which passed are:
—Foreign Student Tuition Waiver, which establishes in statute a program
authorized in the 1985-8? biennial budget,
—Service and Activities Budget, which changes existing statute to ensure students direct access to the Board of Trustees on S&A budgets (Evergreen's current
practice), and
—a change in the statute on tuition, allowing an annual increase in tuition,
rather than a large increase every two years.
Significant pieces of legislation which did not pass are:
—a bill requiring intercollegiate athletics to be funded from a student fee,
rather than the general fund, and
—a bill allowing faculty collective bargaining.
Please feel free to call me at ext. 6116 if you have any questions regarding
this legislative session.
PRESIDENT HELPS KICK OFF CAMPAIGN TO PLEAD THE CASE FOR HIGHER ED
Part of Evergreen's legislative relations plan has been, generally, to impress
upon state lawmakers that higher education needs proper funding to do its job, and
that its member institutions will cooperate to do their jobs more effectively.
As president of the Council of Presidents, a group of the heads of the state's
four-year public institutions, President Joe Olander recently helped to forge an
unprecedented agreement between the Council and the Washington Association of
Community College Presidents. The agreement was in response to preliminary reports
that the Washington Roundtable, an advisory group of more than 30 Washington corporate and business leaders, might recommend that the state take some funding away
from its 27 community college systems and give it to the University of Washington
and Washington State. Aimed at proclaiming higher education's opposition to this,
the agreement was signed by every president of a state's four- or two-year institution, who stated that "quality can be maintained only through adequate funding
for all institutions" and pledged "to work cooperatively and collaboratively to
provide and efficient and effective delivery of services." Duly noted in the
press, the COP-WACCP agreement promises to be the beginning of a unique, statewide
effort to improve the quality of higher education.

CESAR DISCUSSES HOMELAND AT APRIL 2 PIECE OF MY MIND
Those of you who have not had the pleasure of getting
to know Visiting Faculty Member Romeo Cesar will have
the opportunity to do so on Wednesday, April 2, at
12:10 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church in
downtown Olympia. That's when the Fulbright Scholar
will discuss his homeland in a Piece of My Mind lecture entitled "Argentina's Window on the World."
A starting point for Cesar's talk will be his
reaction to a statement in a New York Times Magazine
article written last December: "Argentine people
believe in magic more than they do in reason."
"I want people to understand what we mean by
'magic,'" says Cesar, a faculty member in philosophy
at the Universidad Nacional De La Patagonia in southern Argentina. He will also outline six major traits
of his nation that he feels are either unknown or misunderstood, such as geographical complexity, natural
resources, cultural diversity and values. "It is
important," he adds, "to understand that we value space more than we do time. We
hate to plan, but really pride ourselves on our ability to improvise."
Cesar, who teaches in the "Spanish Forms in Life and Art" and "Human
Development" programs, has studied and written about the significance of festivities and celebration in South American cultures. He hastens to correct an earlier
campus report that his work centered on the rituals of "feasting," although, he
adds with a laugh, "the feast is definitely a part of celebrations."
Ce"sar says that he and his wife, Nora have been "overwhelmed by the warmth
and hospitality" of the Evergreen community. He also enjoys teaching Evergreenstyle. "Our educational system is more rigid in Argentina," he reports, "Our students are often forced to fulfill their obligations. Students don't have as many
alternatives as they do here." Cesar's college, like Evergreen, is small with
about 2,000 students, a size he's very comfortable with. "But not all our schools
are like that," he adds, "the National University of Argentina in Buenos Aires,
where I went to school, has 150,000 students." He pauses, shaking his head and
wincing at the memory, "It was incredible. So unmanageable. Just incredible!"
Wednesday's free lecture takes place at the First United Methodist Church at
1224 East Legion Way in Olympia. The series is cosponsored by the First United
Methodist Church, Saint Martin's College, South Puget Sound Community College and
Evergreen. The lecture begins promptly at 12:10 p.m. and brown bag lunchers are
welcome. Beverages will be provided. Call ext. 6128 for complete details.
GIBBS SAYS GOODBYE AFTER NINE YEARS
Nine years ago today—March 28, 1977—Development Secretary Marguerite Gibbs began
work at Evergreen. Since that time she's processed over 2500 checks a year (about
half a million bucks worth), and handled over 40,000 mailings of the Evergreen
ReView and another 40,000 bulk mailings annually. As she retires today, we thank
her for her years of hard work and service. Plans include "taking a bunch of
trips," she says, "and the christening of her first grandchild." Bon voyage!
EVERGREEN PARENTS! Leisure Ed Coordinator Debbie Waldorf needs your ideas for
exciting summertime classes and activities to keep kids happy and active. Call her
by April 11 with your ideas—ext. 6530. You can teach a class, too!