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RICK HORN NAMED EVERGREENER OF THE MONTH

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January 22, 1988!

DOG DAY AFTERNOON
Housing Director Jeannie Chandler beams when asked
about Rick Horn. "He's the maintenance renaissance
man," she says, "He knows everything, has high standards and is stubborn as hell!" Horn smiles when he
hears this. That smile is a campus treasure—broad,
warm and honest. According to the Secret Quacker
Society, Evergreen's Housing Maintenance Manager has
been named Greener of the Month for "years of service
miles beyond the call of duty, and a ton of wisdom."
Horn came to Evergreen in 1971 as a Facilities
maintenance technician. He transferred to Housing in
1975. "My job," he says, "is to help retain students
by maintaining the quality of life here." Maintaining that quality includes
everything from fixing a clogged sink at a moment's notice to extensive remodeling
jobs. "Our new housing," says Chandler, "wouldn't have happened without him."
Horn and his wife, Sharon, are looking forward to his retirement in the next
few years. "I'm not worried about being bored," he says, "I'm going to have to
live to 100 to take care of all the projects I've got planned." His passions
include stamp collecting, antique toy refinishing, and his three grandchildren-all age seven. Evergreen is also high on his list of values. "I have always," he
says, placing emphasis on each word, "felt good about coming to work here—every
day." And we're glad you're here. Congratulations, Rick, and thanks!
GREENERS IN THE NEWS cont.
grant from the Western Media Regional Fellowship for a film she's working on
called "Endangered." Her videotape "Snow Job: The Media Hysteria of Aids," is
part of a group show titled "Image and Text" in Los Angeles at the Womens'
Building. Later this month, she's presenting a paper on "The Invisible Screen,"
at a conference at UCLA.
President Joe Olander returned from Atlanta this week with a letter for
Governor Gardner from the president of the United States Olympic Committee
(USOC). The letter encourages the Pacific Northwest Amateur Sports Foundation to
proceed with efforts to secure public and private commitments to contribute
money to a U.S. Olympic Academy, based in Olympia.
Geoduck Winners—The ceaseless activity of Kay Boyd '76, Evergreen trustee
and mayor of Lacey, garnered one of ten "Business Volunteer of the Year" awards,
presented by the Olympia/Thurston County Chamber of Commerce. Businesswoman
Julie Grant '79 also received an award.
Maxine Mimms, director of Evergreen's Tacoma program, was honored with the
Benefit Guild Association's Martin Luther King Award on January 10, for her commitment to education. The Guild raises money to support a variety of community
needs in the Greater Seattle area. Each year, they recognize individuals and
organizations who help keep King's dream alive. The Guild recognized Mimms' help
to students, sometimes using personal resources, to see them through graduation.

To leash or not to leash? That has become a
very serious question on campus. For dogs
to run free through Red Square is an important right according to some members of the
Evergreen community. But during an open
forum on the college's "Pet Policy," held
at noon, January 13, several people also
voiced concern about children's faces being
exposed to the teeth of canines, losing
lunches to bandito mutts, and cruelty to
animals due to lack of supervision. People
have been bitten, chased and threatened by
dogs. In contrast, others bring their dogs
on campus for protection after dark.
The January meeting, held by Chief of
Security Gary Russell, provided a
community-wide forum to discuss dogs on
campus, to talk about policy revisions, and
to raise community awareness of the
problem. The second forum will be held
January 25, at noon in CAB 110. Complaints
about dogs are continual. For years, members of the campus community have protested dog behavior, as have parents and
visitors to campus.
The old policy calls for catching dogs and keeping them in campus kennels
until the end of the day. If owners retrieved their animals, they were informed
of the policy, in hopes they wouldn't violate it again. Many did. Repeat offenders and dangerous dogs would be taken to the Thurston County animal shelter in
a Security vehicle.
"We're unable to conform to the old Pet Policy guidelines in a fair and consistent way," says Russell. Because of changes in staffing, the poor condition
of campus kennels and the lack of a vehicle that can legally transport animals,
the old policy is unenforceable. It takes a lot of time to catch a dog. It's
especially hard to catch four-legged repeat offenders who know better than to
hang around when blue uniforms are nearby. Meanwhile, Russell thinks the number
of dogs on campus is increasing.
Russell has worked on a new policy for two years. "I think the policy that
I've proposed will resolve the problems caused by animals on campus," says
Russell. But he wants to hear options. The current new draft requires all pets
to be on a leash held by an owner at all times. A railing cannot substitute
for a human. The new policy more closely conforms with Thurston County's animal
control laws. Security would continue to catch dogs under the new policy, but
would then turn the dogs over to Thurston County Animal Control. Students, staff
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GREENEERS IN THE NEWS

January 12, 1988

SIXTH ANNUAL TRIBUTE TO JAPAN IS A1MOST HERE

Busy People Department—President
Joe Olander, a board member for the
Olympia/Thurston County Chamber of
Commerce, gave a talk entitled
"Alternative Paths to the Future" as
part of the "Thurston County Futures
2010 Conference." On January 16, he'll
be in Atlanta, when the United States
Olympic Committee should sign a contract
bringing the U.S. Olympic Academy in
Olympia one step closer to reality.
After contract signing, local boosters
of the project need only raise the capital necessary to build the complex,
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which they are confident they can do.
Sunday, January 17 MV
The Evergreen State College
Olander was just appointed Vice Chairman
Free and open to the public
of the Committee on Undergraduate
Education of the American Association of
State Colleges and Universities. Congrats!
Ingram Marshall, faculty musician,
has won a Washington State Arts
Commission fellowship—a $5,000 prize.
He plans to spend part of the fellowship
You can buy a beautiful '88 Tribute
on a digital sampler, which will let him
poster for $4 in the Evergreen Booktake sounds recorded from nature and
store. Buttons are also available.
modify them while maintaining their
The Tribute committee is still looking
purity. That's important to his comfor volunteers. Call ext. 6192.
positions, which often use recorded
sounds of nature. His most famous piece,
"Fog Tropes," which uses recorded fog horn sounds, will be played by the Seattle
Symphony on March 6.
Don Chalmers, director of corporate and foundation giving, is sharing his
expertise through workshops, including one this month at the Council for the
Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) regional conference. Entitled "An
Overview of Foundation/Corporate Giving—Looking Toward the 1990's," Chalmers
will draw on the expertise of panelists from regional corporations and foundations. In February, he'll give pointers to Faculty Member Jean Mandenberg's
class on how artists can win grants. He'll also talk to Washington's emergency
managers during a January 13 -15 conference about "Creative Financing
Strategies." In addition, Chalmers is again offering a grantwriting workshop
through Evergreen's Leisure Education program.

TRIBUTE TO JAPAN

Once again the campus will burst at the seams with festivity during Tribute to
Japan, Sunday, January 17. You can hear thunderous and delicate music, watch
beautiful dances and action-packed Aikido demonstrations, browse through arts
and crafts displays, attend panel discussions and Japanese language lessons,
view exhibits and much, much
more. Tribute is six hours of
free non-stop activity, from
11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Most of the performers,
exhibitors and cooks that have
made Tribute famous will return
this year, plus some exciting
new delights.
For instance, Kenichi Tsuda,
a Japanese student studying
English at the EF Language
school at Evergreen, has been
working since mid-December,
folding paper to form small
frogs, irises and other figuriMary Ohno (center) plays the Shamisen, a tradines, so each child that visits
tional stringed instrument, one of many festive
Tribute will have a special
souvenir to take home. If you're attractions featured at Tribute.
torn between watching the AFC
and NFC football playoff games and attending Tribute, don't fret. You can enjoy
both American and Japanese culture by catching the games on TV in a special room
near the Kotobuki Cafe. A beautifully crafted small model of the one-ton shrine
of Yashiro, Japan, Olympia's sister city, will be presented during the Opening
Ceremony and will be on display all day. It's a gift to Olympia from Yashiro.
Another first will be sketches of alternative designs for the Olympia
Japanese Gardens by architect Robert Murase. It will be the first viewing of the
sketches anywhere.
This year's entertainment kicks off at 12:30 with explosive rhythms that
will shake the Library Lobby, as the Northwest Numukai Taiko Drummers take the
main stage. This follows the Opening Ceremony, with special guests Mrs. Jean
Gardner and Seattle-based Japanese Consul General Nagai. Other entertainment
includes the Seattle Miyagi Kai, who will play the delicate, fluid Koto, a large
traditional Japanese string instrument; and the Tokiwakai Dancers from Tacoma
and Bremerton. During the closing ceremony, you can join the two spirited folk
dances — "Goshu Ondo" (the five islands dance) and "Tanko Bushi" (the Coal
Miners Dance). These festive traditional dances date back to the sixth century.
A mouthwatering array of Japanese delicacies will be prepared by Olympia's
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STUDENTS VISIONS GRACE EVERGREEN'S CAMPUS

Japanese-American Citizens League, and sake and plum wine will be served in the
Kotobuki Cafe. Kids love Kodomo No Kuni, which roughly translates into "Kids
Country," where they can learn to make Origami animals (and take home one made
by Tsuda), build a flying-fish kite, learn simple Japanese songs and hear dramatically told traditional Japanese stories.
For a copy of the Tribute program, or to volunteer your help for the event,
contact Information Services, ext. 6128; or the Community Relations, ext. 6192.
LABOR EDUCATION: FROM VOICES OF HISTORY TO TODAY'S UNIONS

Helen Fox wants to to keep the voice of organized labor history in Washington
alive and strong. As field organizer for Evergreen's Labor Education and Research
Center, one of her many duties is coordinating the "Weekend Oral History
Conference of Washington State Labor," January 15-17 on campus. The conference
opens with a panel of workers whose life struggles shaped union history.
The Labor Center provides education designed specifically for union members.
"We provide forums using the philosophy that workers can teach each other—they
are the best teachers," says Fox.
The Oral History Conference is a good example. It will emphasize interaction
between speakers and the audience. "Just as Evergreen creates a forum for students to interact through seminars, we hope to create a forum for new and old
workers to interact using roundtable discussions," says Fox.
The Labor Center also creates custom-designed educational programs for
unions upon request. These programs may deal with how a county budget works and
affects a particular union, or how local high tech industry is affecting the
lives of union members. One large Seattle-based union received a customized
union steward training program, complete with an in-depth manual. The possibilities are endless, and each program, paid for by the requesting union, generates
demand for the Center's services.
Fox sees the Center as a bridge between the state's working communities and
higher education. It makes higher education accessible, and helps diminish the
intimidation many workers feel toward college. The Center officially opened its
doors September, 1987, with $200,000 provided by the legislature for the 1987-89
biennium. Last summer the Center sponsored its first "residential school," which
dealt with issues affecting women workers. It received rave reviews from participants. The Oral History Conference already is generating excitement.
"Workers often feel like they don't have a voice," says Dan Leahy, Labor
Center director. "Unions are the forum for workers voices, and this conference
will help preserve that voice for history." Men and women who contributed a lifetime of work to improving labor conditions are featured on a panel during the conference's first day. Panelists are Dave Beck, 93, past president of the Teamsters
Union; Mildred Cole, 78, past president of the Washington Association for Social
Welfare and a longtime labor organizer for the Washington Federation of State
Employees; and Ed Carrig, a machinist, former Boeing employee and union organizer.
Other conference panelists and moderators include past and present labor organizers and union representatives, labor historians and faculty from Evergreen and
community colleges. Evergreen's media staff will videotape the conference,
including interviews with individual workers.
Cost for the first panel, 6 p.m., Friday, January 15: $5 general, $2.50
seniors, unemployed workers and students. For the Saturday and Sunday, 9 a.m. to
5 p.m. sessions: $10 and $5 per day. Call the Center at ext. 6525 for details.

Is that some kind of new KAOS antenna hanging between
the CAB and the CRC? Did those white trees grow that
way from acid rain? No, they're part of the "Form and
Function" program's exploration of art in public
space. The outdoor constructions include the large
lashed wood and metalwork structure and spiral of
trees mentioned above; two twelve-foot arches at the
entrances to campus; a huge notebook with chalk on the
grassy area near Red Square; a neon and aluminum foil
"cave" under the overhang in the Rotunda; soft and
hard sculpted vines woven with natural ivy; and fanciful creatures made of chicken wire. The "cave" and
one of the arches were damaged by high winds, but the
rest remain on view through January. For a map of sculp- Tawn; Young, working on
ture locations, see Information Services, ext. 6128.
the "Implied Space"
sculpture, learns that
sometimes art = sweat.
WORK OF NORTHWEST MASTER HANGS IN LIBRARY LOBBY

Another large work of art, by a nationally-known Northwest artist, will grace
the Library lobby for a much longer period of time. "The Hero's Frailties," an
abstract painting by Guy Anderson, was chosen by faculty member Paul Sparks from
among four offered the college. The work is on loan for an indefinite period of
time, as arranged through the artist and the Francine Seders Gallery of Seattle,
where it was until early December. The painting was created with oils on reinforced paper in 1984. Anderson counts the Northwest environment, and Oriental
artistry, among his strongest influnces. His work is exhibited in many major
private collections and museums, including New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art.
BOARD OF TRUSTEE MEETING HIGHLIGHTS

During the January 6, work session, the Board reviewed final plans for the Lab
Annex Addition and the College Recreation Center Phase II buildings. In
February, the Board is scheduled to review and adopt the Facilities staff recommendations for hiring contractors. Building is scheduled to begin in late
February or early March. Several students shared their concerns about the portion of the new draft of the Student Rights and Responsibilities Code that lists
violations to the Social Contract. President Olander suggested the option of
adopting the new policy on an emergency, three-month basis. He would then charge
a DTF to make recommendations concerning the list of violations. The Board heard
reports on recruitment and retention of students of color and on faculty hiring.
DEDICATIONS RECOGNIZE HARD WORK AND NEW ADDITIONS TO CAMPUS

Housing's new Community Center, with its huge glass windows and high ceilings
braced with beautifully finished wood beams, was dedicated during a ceremony
January 6. Board of Trustees Chairman David Tang hung an antique horseshoe—found
when the site was cleared—over a Center doorway. On December 10, the Hillaire
Student Advising Center was dedicated with a ceremony featuring Lummi Indian Joe
Washington. He and several faculty and staff members spoke in memory of Faculty
Member Mary Ellen Hillaire and her great contributions to Evergreen and to Native
Americans. Congratulations to all who put tremendous effort into these additions!