The Evergreen State College Review Vol. 7, Issue 3

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Part of The Evergreen State College Review Volume 7, Issue 3 (April 1986)

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Alums
business

by Elizabeth M. Fletcher,
student intern

From graphic artists to
photographers to film producers, Evergreen alums
are hard at work in the
visual arts. Over 40 people
responded to our call for
visually-inclined alumni. The
following is a sampling of
Greeners making good in
the world of visual media.

David Current '76
Audio-visual producer
Seattle, WA

Claudia Chotzen '77
Independent television producer
Honolulu, HI

Matt Groening, '77
Cartoonist
Los Angeles, CA

Current is the founder of David Current Associates, a Seattle-based audiovisual production company. Most of the
work they do is of the slide/tape and
multi-image variety. Current and his
four-plus associates produce shows to
market and promote higher education
as well as social and health services
programs. They also do some work in
the corporate sector. Unlike many standard shows that use formal narration,
Current's productions generally feature
a documentary-style script comprised
entirely of interviews with people most
intimately involved in the subject being
covered. Some of his recent projects include a show combining Fred Astaire
and computer technology for Reed College and an educational and promotional piece for Harborview Medical
Center. He is currently "working on a
production showing how advertising attempts to convince children and young
adults that alcohol and tobacco products make you slim, healthy and attractive." Current believes that without
Evergreen he would not have been
able to finish his college degree, and
has shown his appreciation by donating
his photographic services for college
publicationa

Chotzen passed the bar in 1980 and
moved to the islands to serve as clerk
in Hawaii's Supreme Court. A few
years later, she volunteered to help
with a community video program and
found she "enjoyed video production
more than law." Her first two efforts,
both documentaries, won several
awards in Hawaii and national competition. Chotzen produced and directed
"The Honolulu Wheelchair Marathon"
and "It's Up to Me: Teen Pregnancy In
Hawaii" for the Human Services
Television Network in Hawaii. Her
latest effort, "Gift To My Children: A
Molokai Family," examines the lives of
one woman and her children who
moved to an isolated area of the island
of Molokai to renew a sense of their
Hawaiian heritage. The program,
which was aired twice in prime time in
Hawaii, examines the family's attempt
to balance old traditions with the
realities of the modern world. Chotzen
cites her legal background as a great
help in her video work, and plans to
move into film projects within the next
year. She is married to Hap Freund, a
former Evergreen faculty member who
is marketing her programs.

Groening has been writing and drawing cartoons in Los Angeles since leaving Evergreen in 1977. His cartoons
appear regularly in The Rocket, Seattle's entertainment magazine, and the
Los Angeles Weekly. His upcoming
book, Love is Hell, is scheduled to be
published soon. Groening is also collaborating with Evergreen alum Lynda
Barry, '79, on a calendar for 1987.
Groening considers himself "an obscure
Lynda Barry." The title of the work
will be "Lynda Barry 'N' Matt
Groening—Funky World Calendar."
Groening, who was the editor of the
Cooper Point Journal while at
Evergreen, is an ardent proponent of
the school and "talks it up at every
opportunity." What he liked about
Evergreen was that "Evergreen
allowed you to go as far as you wanted
to in any interest you had. Evergreen
was a school that knew when to leave
you alone."

Francisco's largest studios in 1983 to edit a long
form music video for Joni Mitchell. He then
began work on another long project for Neil
Young, and recently finished work on the Starship's MTV video, "We Built This City." Levy
does freelance editing through a small company
he established, and has done projects for IBM,
Levi Strauss and Pacific Telephone.

Margaret Stratton, TESC Staff Photographer,
Olympia, WA. Stratton returned to Evergreen in
October, 1985, following the receipt of her MFA in
photography and art history from the University
of New Mexico in Albuquerque. She has also
worked for Photography Northwest and Yuen Lui
Studio in Seattle, for Kim Jew Studio in Albuquerque and as a teaching assistant at UNM.

Class of 1976

Sid Brown, community television producer, Vancouver, WA. Brown is the founder and president
of Umbrella Media Productions, a "total media
communications" company that specializes in
social service and educational productions. Brown
produces cable programming for senior citizens
and the hearing impaired on an independent basis
for Rogers Cablesystems of Portland. In 1984,
two of his programs were nominated for "ACE's,"
the National Cable Television Association's Award
for Cable Excellence.

Ellen Brucker Cain, Stillmore Graphics, South
Royalton, VT. Ellen and her husband Brian run
Stillmore Graphics out of their home. They have a
multilith press and light table set up in the back
room, computer and office space spread between
the balcony and the bedroom, and two sheds
which house various printers, paper and "junk."
Ellen works as a driver for UPS, but hopes to get
the business up and running so she can work full
time on advertising. Stillmore Graphics does
photography, printing, promotion, letterheads,
postcards and more.

Current's photo of an adult student at
Evergreen

Binky" by Matt Groening 77

Class of 1972
Bruce Vecchito recently left his job as head of
the effects department at Alpha Cine Labs in
Seattle to work for Lucasfilm, in California.

Class of 1973
Boyd Marts, audio-visual producer/freelance still
photograher, Seattle, WA. Marts has produced
over 25 audio-visual pieces, with duties ranging
from producer to director, writer and photographer. His work has been internationally
distributed by Pyramid Film and Video, and has
won several awards. His latest accomplishment
was the selection of some of his stock photography for inclusion in the Washington State
exhibition at EXPO '86 in Vancouver, B.C.

Josh lousier, photographer, Santa Monica, CA.
Josh's current photo exhibition, titled "Peace
Walk," documents a seven-day, 90 mile walk for
peace conducted to mark the 40th anniversary of
the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It
opened in February at the Wbodbury University
Gallery in Los Angeles.

Class of 1974

Class of 1977

Johanna Nitzke, art gallery director, Seattle,
WA. Nitzke has been the director of the
Foster/White Gallery for five years. She selects
work for exhibition, plans monthly shows, reviews
portfolios and conducts studio visits. She also
works with major collectors and museums
throughout the nation. Nitzke credits her experience and training at Evergreen with helping
her juggle the schedules and demands of being
both an artist and an administrator.
Karen Handelman works for Lucasfilm in
California.

Frank Foster, Vice President of Hybrid Arts,
Inc., Santa Monica, CA. Hybrid Arts was founded
two years ago by Foster and President Bob
Moore '77. The company combines art and
technology by designing computer software for
musicians. Their software allows a musician to
compose directly on the computer, much the same
as a word processor, only with music. Before
forming Hybrid Arts, Foster was the director of
Lazer Media, a special effects company that did
work for the 1984 Olympics. Foster calls what
Hybrid Arts is doing "a dramatic revolution in
music," and cites use of their software by such
composers as Prince, Hall & Gates and Chicago.
Hybrid Arts is donating some of their software to
Evergreen, for use by the college's music
students.

Class of 1975
Norm Levy, video editor, San Francisco, CA.
Levy left his job as Senior Editor at one of San

Class of 1979
Bill Ferris, Studio Manager, Jerry Friedman
Studios/Paradise Films, Ltd., NY. Bill enrolled at
the Art Center College of Design in 1980 to study
photography. Four years later, he moved to New
York, and began working for Jerry Friedman's
advertising photography and film studio. He is involved in all phases of production, prepares the
execution of the photograph for the photographer
and supervises this two million dollar business. In
September, at the end of Bill's two year tenure
with Mr. Friedman, he will start up his own
studio in New York.

Chris Nelson, Sound Media Productions, Olympia, WA. Nelson began Sound Media Productions
in 1981, offering 24-hour slide processing, promotional photography, custom black and white and
color film processing and consultation and production of slide programs. Nelson attributes his
motivation for starting a photo/media business
directly to his experiences with TESC Photo
Services.
Lynda Barry, cartoonist, Seattle, WA. Barry has
published two books of comics, "Boys and Girls"
and "Big Ideas" and a third, "Everything in the
World" will be published soon by Harper and
Row. "Her drawing style is wired, as if there's an
electric current going through it," writes the
Cooper Point Journal. Barry visited the campus
in February to speak to the program "Hard
Country." Her work is syndicated in over 25
newspapers, and she recently signed a contract
with Esquire magazine.

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Louise Williams '79
Artist
Lacey, Washington
Since leaving Evergreen, Louise
Williams has worked at the University
of California at Davis, and with the
Olympia Indo-Chinese Refugee Program. She received her Master of Fine
Arts from Central Washington University last spring, and is currently
teaching painting and drawing at
Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma.
She is also entering her work in art
shows, trying to get some exposure.
"My recent work has focused on figuration as a vehicle for presenting 'big
themes,'" says Williams. "Death, birth,
love, jealousy and despair are woven into a narrative or metaphor of sensation." She has won several awards for
her work, including the Purchase
Award in the Works on Paper competition at San Marcos University and the
Centennial Award at the Yakima
Centennial Art Exhibit last fall.
Williams has appeared as guest artist
at Columbia Basin Community College
in Pasco, Washington. She has shown
her work in Oklahoma, Georgia and
Delaware, as well as locally. Williams
uses the approaches to the teaching of
art that she learned through courses at
Evergreen, and tries to pass on
something else she acquired here: the
positive role model of women as artists.

The Father," a painting by Louise
Williams

Craig Bartlett '81
Film animator
Portland, OR
After what he considers a long (six
months) job search following graduation, Bartlett was hired by Will Vinton
Productions in January, 1982, to work
on special effects for "The Adventures
of Mark Twain," a film in Claymation.
Vinton is the inventor of Claymation,
the process of animating clay frame-byframe to achieve character transformations and movements that imitate live
action; and "Mark Twain" is the first
full-length feature film in Claymation.
Three and a half years later, Bartlett
finished "Twain" and began work on
special effects for "Return to Oz,"
which was nominated for a 1986
Academy Award for Best Special
Effects. Bartlett says Evergreen is
"where I learned what I needed to
know about animation to get started in
the business." He also has a monthly
comic strip, "Organ Trail," published
by the Portland Permanent Press.

Jim Gibson '81
Art director/project manager
Tacoma, Washington
After graduation, Gibson began working for Vlahovich Design, a small
graphic design/marketing firm in
downtown Tacoma. As art director and
project manager he oversees a wide
range of projects for the company, including: advertising, collateral print,
posters, brochures, logos, small corporation I.D.'s, hospital signage, exhibit
design and package design. Gibson's
internship with Evergreen's Graphics
department "was very valuable,
because I had an opportunity to do the
same thing I now do at my job." He
meets with the clients, establishes the
market and budget, and determines
what the design or printed piece is
supposed to do, etc. Then he does the
design and supervises the printing.
With all that, it's no wonder Gibson
recently took a three-week vacation to
Europe!

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Class of 1980
John Beauchamp, photographer, Laurel, MD.
Beauchamp is currently working part-time as a
systems analyst for Arbitron Television Ratings
to help fund his two-year old company, J&B
Studios. Beauchamp shoots, prints, frames and
sells his photographs through J&B, calling the
finished product "Phosphenes." He spent most of
his time at Evergreen in Computer Services, and
was one of only four or five people doing computer animation at the college. He was an assistant to Frankie Foster '77 and Rick Speer '76 at
the First International Computerized Film
Festival at Evergreen, and continues to work
with both of them.
Sherry Buckner, artist/designer, Olympia, WA.
Buckner began working for herself as an artist/
designer in 1984. She chooses her own projects
and clients by networking in circles where she is
interested in involving herself. Her first selfelected project was to create a poster for the first
Women's Olympic Marathon Trials in Olympia.
The success of that project continues to set the
mood and focus of her work, blending creative art
with purposeful design.

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Mark Souder, creative consultant/publisher, Seattle, WA. Souder oversees the publication of two
trade magazines, Florist and Grower, a monthly
publication, and Sign of the Times, twice yearly.
He is responsible for gathering text, editing,
photo and art selection and other duties related
to publication. Souder studied business administration and graphic arts while at Evergreen,
and lists photography and air brush as two of his
special skills.
Doug Plummer, freelance photographer's assistant, Seattle, WA. Plummer has been assisting
commercial photographers in Seattle for the past
eighteen months, and is preparing to launch a
commercial career for himself. He has recently
started a stock photography business which
specializes in outdoor and wildlife imagery. The
first showing of his slide show of Alaska took
place at the Seattle Audubon general meeting at
the Museum of History and Industry in February.

Class of 1981
David Mazor, film producer, Pelham, MA. Mazor
has recently been named president of ASA Communications, Inc., a Springfield-based motion picture production and distribution company. ASA
has two films in production and has acquired
three more for world-wide distribution.

Dana Fram, visual media coordinator,
Washington State School for the Deaf, Vancouver,
WA. Fram studied television production at Evergreen, and worked at three different television
stations before she began work at the School for
the Deaf. The school runs a television station on
cable for the hearing impaired in Vancouver, and
Fram produces, directs, writes, captions and collects programming for it. One of her hobbies is
video production, and her current project is
DANA-TV.
Randy Hunting, Olympia, WA, is an independent
graphic artist.
Peter Epperson, Eugene, OR, works at the
Oregon Performance Center in Eugene.

Class of 1982
Bob Maxey, graphic designer, Olympia, WA, has
his own freelance graphics firm, which he started
three and a half years ago. He works mostly in
print, doing trademarks, promotional brochures
and identities. Maxey has also done some threedimensional work for a mini storage chain in
Alaska, the Olympia Symphony Orchestra's
season subscription brochure and a bi-monthly
newspaper insert for Meredith's Stationary chain.

Micheal Zwerin, freelance photographer, Venice,
CA. Zwerin is in the process of forming Legacy,
Inc., a public benefit, non-profit media management and marketing corporation. In the interim,
he is freelancing as a photographer. He and an
associate want to produce quality documentary
films, video tapes and benefit concerts when they
begin Legacy. They plan to include a level of
political and/or cultural relevance in all their
work, thus "making a difference to somebody."
LeeAnn McGarity, graphic designer, Olympia,
WA. McGarity has been working for Senate
Graphics at the Capitol since July, 1985, and was
recently promoted to supervisor. She designs and
prints various publications and "other printed
matter," generally of a political nature. McGarity
considers her work a "natural progression" of her
studies at the Evergreen graphics studio.
Lisa Jamieson, Anchorage, AK. Jamieson is
working as media director at the University of
Anchorage, and is also an independent film/video
artist.
Kathryn Ford, Seattle, WA. Ford, formerly the
coordinator of Lecture Hall Projection Services at
Evergreen, is now the director of media at Lake
Washington High School. She is also an independent film/video producer.
Steve Brewer, Anchorage, AK. Brewer works as
a television news cameraperson.
Karen Berryman, Missoula, MT. Berryman is a
writer and producer at a television station in
Missoula.

Placement Down for '84 Grads,
but Grad School More Accessible

Abbo Peterson '83
Photographer's assistant
Seattle, WA
Peterson began assisting commercial
photographers during a spring internship in 1983. He interned with a professional photographer in Seattle and also
worked with the Washington Division
of Tourism as a staff photographer.
After graduation, he landed an assistant's position in Seattle, and has been
working nearly full time since. Peterson's duties include working with a
wide range of camera and lighting
gear, preparing products and sets for
studio shots, custom black and white
lab work, location scouting and
organizing the studio and office. He is
involved in almost every phase of producing commercial photographs for
magazines, brochures, ads and other
promotions. He has assisted with shots
of computers, gold ingots, a log truck
on location (shot from a helicopter),
pouring molten silver, and two cruises
to Mexico from San Francisco and Los
Angeles. Peterson believes that "by
pursuing my natural talents through
programs, individual contracts and internships at Evergreen, I am in a better position now to develop my potential and do the work I enjoy."

A selection o« photos by Abbo
Peterson

"I'm disappointed, but not surprised,"
says Director of Career Development
Joyce Weston, referring to the most recent report on Evergreen graduates.
Completed earlier this year, the report
shows that the placement rate for
1983-84 graduates is 74%, a drop from
88% for the class of 1982-83.
Weston, a 1976 graduate of Evergreen, names several factors for the
one-year decline. "Evergreen's
graduate placement rate is beginning
to match placement rates nationwide,"
she says, pointing to an increasingly
depressed employment market.
"One strong reason for this year's
decrease in employment is that the majority of our graduates have chosen to
work in public sector fields—namely
social services and the environmental
sciences—where funding cutbacks are
at an all-time high."
Increased accuracy is another factor
behind the statistics. Weston and her
staff put extra effort into gathering
information this year. In addition to
the annual survey her office always
sends out to alumni in the spring,
Weston also sought out more than 50
alums who did not respond to the
survey. The result was a significant increase in the number of alums who
responded, from 44% of the 1982-83
class to 68% of the 1983-84 class.
"Historically," says Weston, "people
tend to respond to surveys when they
have positive placement to report. We
called a number of folks we hadn't
heard from and found most of them to
be between jobs or unemployed."
When asked how unemployed and
underemployed alums feel about
Evergreen, Weston replies that,
though many are disappointed and
worried about the job market, the majority are positive about their education. "Most realize the realities of the
economic situation, especially in the
human services and environmental
sciences, and are creatively using and
building on the skills they learned in
college. Almost all of the unemployed
persons I spoke to are involved in
volunteer activities in their area of
expertise"

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Class of 1983
J. Scott Campbell, Centralia, WA. Campbell
spent the last two years at the American Film Institute in Washington, D.C. as the assistant art
director of American Film magazine Before coming to Evergreen, he studied at the Parsons
School of Design in New York, specializing in illustration. While at Evergreen, Campbell worked
as a graphics intern, and for Olympia Magazine.
He is now "back in Western Washington seeking
gainful employment," and thinks Evergreen
"looks yuppie compared to two years ago."
Peter Moulton, Olympia, WA. Moulton is the
coordinator of the Olympia Media Exchange, a
media arts center he helped establish at
Evergreen just prior to graduating. In addition to
serving as a resource center on distribution, fundraising, graduate schools and media arts
research, OME has produced over three dozen
events in the past three years, and joined with
the Olympia Film Society to sponsor the now annual Olympia Film Festival. Moulton is also the
president of Thurston Community Television,
which will come on-line by July '86. "Of particular
note, we finally succeeded in getting Evergreen
wired for cable by July of '87."

Eric Barrett, independent film producer,
Hollywood, CA. Barrett is now working on his
fourth feature film, "Night Fighters," starring
Linda Blair. His credits include associate producer of "du-BEAT-eo," his first feature film; producer of "Trackers," a sci/fi action film that he
was hired to "fix" after the first crew went way
over budget; associate producer of "Love Kills," a
film about Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols and his
girlfriend; and production manager for his latest
venture, "Night Fighters." Evergreen taught
Barrett "how to produce" by allowing him to
learn his craft by doing; he "did" seven films at
the college.
W. Peter Miller, film editor, Hollywood, CA.
Miller moved to Los Angeles in 1984, and has
recently finished editing a feature film,
"Trackers." "Trackers," (formerly "The Last Frontier") is a sci-fi/action film that stars Richard
Farnsworth and Michael Pare Miller has now
begun work on editing another action feature
film, "Deadly Pursuit." He spent his three years
at Evergreen making films, and credits the school
for allowing him to polish his skills as an editor.

Other good news in the report includes a 5% increase in professionallevel placement of employed graduates,
from 74% of the 1982-83 class to 79% of
the 1983-84 class (a 13% increase from
the 66% level of the 1981-82 class).
Graduate school acceptance has also increased by 5% from 1982-83.
"The actual number of graduates accepted into master's and doctoral programs is higher this year than it ever
has been," says Weston. In the past,
our graduates have tended to postpone
further schooling for one to three years
after leaving Evergreen. This year's
survey shows that more graduates are
opting to attend graduate school immediately. It's also noteworthy that our
graduate school acceptance rate is increasing at a time when financial
resources for graduate study are
decreasing."
As for the future, Weston says that
she and her staff will continue to work
closely with Evergreen freshmen and
sophomores, encouraging them to think
about long-range goals and options.
Despite economic conditions and a
tight job market, she adds that
"Evergreeners continue to compete
successfully with other graduates
throughout the country."
"Overall, the type of education we offer here superbly prepares our
students for the 'real world,'" says
Weston. As an illustration, she tells of
a workshop she planned for Evergreen
alumni to present their experiences
working in the computer field to current students. "The alums told the
students that the most valuable career
tool they received from the college
wasn't any specific technical skill, but
the ability to read, write, speak and
think clearly in many disciplines."
"As long as Evergreen continues to
teach our students to do these things,"
concludes Weston, "the prognosis is
good."

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Class of 1984
Karen Denman, photojournalist, Olympia, WA.
Denman went to work for Olympia's News 52
newspaper in June of 1984 as a sports and feature
photojournalist. She did most of the photo processing, as well as writing and photographing on
assignment. She left News 52 in January, 1985,
and concentrated on freelance work and teaching.
Denman has had work published by Washington
Wildlife, Northwest Edition and Sunset magazine
Until February, 1986, she was also the head
photojournalist and photography processor for
the now defunct Advocate, an Olympia-based
alternative newspaper.
Guy Guillet, Cambridge, MA. Guillet is doing
graduate work in film at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Dean Hayasaka, Washington, D.C. Hayasaka is
doing graduate work in film at the American
Film Institute in Washington.
Jim Wark, video producer, Olympia, WA. Wark is
the owner of United Video Productions, which he
started almost a year ago. He produces, writes
and directs videos for businesses, government
agencies and private customers. He is in the process of developing a television series about
fishing, to be shown locally. Wark spent his time
at Evergreen working in film and video, and landed a job with an independent motion picture producer after graduation. When that fell through,
he started putting together his own business.

Joan Barker, photographer/graphic design, Seattle, WA. Barker is in the process of starting her
own resume business. She designs resumes which
look like publication advertisements for professionals. The emphasis is on the visuals, creating
resumes that stand out in a stack.

Class of
Rick Howard, Seattle, WA. Howard is an
animator working with Rob Roy Productions. He
is currently working on a production of "The
Wizard of Oz."
Bill Livingston, Wenatchee, WA, is currently
employed as a television cameraperson in
Wenatchee
Lois Jones, graphic designer/photographer,
Tacoma, WA. Jones started her own company,
Visual Communications, last November. Visual
Communications does "anything dealing with
communications from a visual aspect," says Jones.
One of her first projects was the layout and
design for the 1985 Evergreen-Tacoma yearbook.
Jones is also sponsoring two art students at the
Evergreen-Tacoma campus, and hopes to move
her business "into the mainstream" very soon.

NEWS
Greeners
Gather Again
by Mike Hall, '76
Alumni Board Member
Every college has their homecoming celebration,
usually scheduled around a football game.
Because Geoducks have no football, the Alumni
Association folks last year had a homecomingesque series of events scheduled around the event
that draws the most alumni back to campus:
Super Saturday.
Think about it. There are 20,000-25,000 people
on Red Square every year on Super Saturday, at
least umpteen percent of that crowd attended
Evergreen for a time during the past decade and
a hah". That adds up to scores of Greeners gathering back at campus on an annual basis.
So let's have a dance, we decided last year.
And dance we did, into the wee hours of the
morning to the rocking sound of The Ducks. A
number of alumni declared it was the best function the Alumni ..Yssociation had ever sponsored.
And let's have a lounge up by the Beer
Garden, we exclaimed. That idea led to last year's
first-ever Super Saturday Geoduck Alumni
Lounge on the fourth floor of the Library. Hundreds of alumni wandered through over the
course of the day, meeting old classmates and
watching TV monitors that displayed student
video projects. Even the Governor stopped by
and signed the guest book.
Now, get ready for the new and, yes, improved Greener Gathering II (The Sequel) on
Super Saturday, June 7. Again, you are invited to
dance to The Ducks at the Greater Evergreen
Student Cooperative Community Organization
(GESCCO) Building behind the Safeway Store in
downtown Olympia. Music starts at 9 p.m. and admission will be a mere $5. Beer, wine and soft
drinks will be available to purchase and snacks
are free.
The Geoduck Alumni Lounge will be open
again, and this year we are extending a special invitation to Evergreen faculty and staff members,
so it'll be a good chance for you to run into your
favorite Evergreen instructor/mentor as well as
old seminar soulmates. This year the Geoduck
Lounge will be located out on the roof (weather
willing), so look for it in the sunshine next to the
Beer Garden.
This year's Greener Gathering includes a new
feature for alumni who want to have a voice in
reshaping the Alumni Association while enjoying
the company of other alumni. The First Gala
Breakfast and Annual Meeting will be held at
9:30 a.m. on Super Saturday morning in room 110
of the CAB. All the buckwheat pancakes you can
eat with ham, fruit salad and coffee or tea—one
heck of a deal at $2.99 per person. Spouses or
partners of alumni are welcome and childcare will
be provided.
While you enjoy breakfast, you will be
serenaded by Malcolm Stilson's Eye Opener
Review.. .a trip down memory lane from
Evergreen musicals of days gone by. Then sit
back for a cavalcade of stars, including Joe
Olander, Larry Stenberg and outgoing president
of the Alumni Association, Scott Baker. As all of
Evergreen's founding faculty have been invited to
this happening, too, there might even be a surprise or two from the past.
The business portion of the breakfast agenda
will concern the election of new members to the
Board of Directors. Use the ballot on this page to
nominate yourself or another graduate of the college for the Board. The Gala Breakfast and Annual Meeting will wrap up by 11:30, just in time
for the upswing of Super Saturday activities.
For more information, please give me a call at
(206) 866-6000, ext. 6220. See you Saturday the
seventh!

AlumNotes
Alumni
Association
Welcomes 7,000
Greeners
by Gary Hirsch '84
Alumni Board Member
The Evergreen Alumni Association has adopted
rule changes resulting in the addition of 7,000
new Association members.
For many years, despite strong leadership,
the Association struggled to fulfill its mission.
Firmly directed by President Scott Baker, the
1985-86 Board turned inward to diagnose and
cure its ills. At an historic meeting on January 7,
1986, the Board accepted a proposal by Larry
Stenberg, director of Alumni Relations, to poll the
150 dues-paying members regarding a major
restructuring of the Association.
An ad hoc committee prepared a ballot that
proposed by-laws changes to grant Association
membership to all students upon graduation.
Forty-four percent of the membership almost
unanimously approved the proposed changes. Article II of the By-laws now begins:
I I.I Eligibility for Regular Membership: All
graduated and former students of the Evergreen
State College are eligible to become regular
members of the Alumni Association upon graduation. All other former students will be granted
membership upon request.
II.2 Criteria for Regular Membership: Any
person who meets the requirements of II.I above
shall be a regular voting member of the Association and shall be entitled to all rights, benefits,
and privileges associated with membership.
This change eliminates the arbitrary barrier
between dues-paying alumni and thousands of
other graduates who have supported and been
loyal to Evergreen. To paraphrase comments of
the Board members, "In one form or another, we
have all paid our dues."
This move is a precursor to a major renovation of our Association structure. The work it
took to assess and collect dues will be better invested in the growth and business of the Association. The Board now turns its energies to
recognizing its new members and to providing a
structure that can represent all alumni. The
issues of regionalization and inviting representation from Greener strongholds beyond our current borders are top agenda items for the Board.
New membership will be called on to help us
grow, to direct their future, and to participate in a
representative decision-making process.
We also invite new members to respond to
our invitation to accept the responsibilities of
membership. Our reorganization can result in increased activities, better communication, and a
stronger, more focused Alumni Association. The
only way that these goals can be achieved is with
your help.
Tb those of you who may have felt isolated
and detached from your Alumni Association and
your alma mater, welcome home!

Want a By Line?
One major motivation for eliminating Alumni
Association dues and expanding the organization
to include all graduates was to increase alumni
involvement. The ReView is looking for articles
and editorials written by alumni to include in
future issues. If you have an idea, adventure,
opinion or any other written material you wish to
submit, please forward a brief outline to Mark
Clemens, Director of Information Services,
Library 3122, The Evergreen State College,
Olympia, WA 98505.
We would definitely like to hear from you!

Greener 6atlierlng "8'
What
First Gala
Breakfast and
Annual Meeting

Saturday, June 7
When
Where
9:30-11:30 a.m. CAB, room 110

Super Saturday

11 a.m.-7 p.m.

Red Square and environs

Geoduck Lounge

Noon-6 p.m.

Roof Garden, Fourth Floor, Library Building

Dance to the
Ducks

9 p.m.

Greater Evergreen Student Cooperative
Community Organization (GESCCO) 5th &
Cherry, downtown Olympia

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1.1 would like to nominate (name):
to serve on the Alumni Association Board for a two-year term (terms begin on
June 7, 1986.)
2.1 am willing to be considered for board membership and offer my name in
nomination.
name:

phone:

3. Special Note: The current board intends to strengthen alumni organizations in
select regions which may lead to regional representation on the board. If you live
outside of the Olympia area, would you be interested in the possibility of helping
organize alumni in your area?
name:

phone:

Please return ballot by May 23 to Larry Stenberg, Director of Community and
Alumni Relations, CAB 214, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA 98505.

Evergreen Trio
Lark Dalton '75, Tbm Anderson '76, and
Catherine Thompson '76, were three of five
featured and very talented artists included in a
recent show entitled "Glass Variations" at the
downtown Olympia Marianne Partlow Gallery.

Nancy Stevens, Seattle, WA, is an assistant professor in family medicine at the University of
Washington Medical School, with an adjunct appointment in the School of Public Health.

Sally Johee, Leavenworth, WA, is currently
enrolled in a two-year RN program and working
part time in a Wenatchee hospital.
Merry Kogut, Tacoma, WA, invites everyone to
her graduation from the University of Puget
Sound Law School in May, 1986. After the bar exam, Merry plans to wallow in the mud and look at
trees for" at least two months!

Greg Booth, Alexandria, VA, is working for the
Bureau of Land Management as a Natural
Resource Specialist and is undertaking a job
search in Washington, D.C. for a position in international natural resource management.
Ross G. Carey, Seattle, WA, graduated from
Case Western University Medical School in 1984
and is now in a family practice residency at Providence Hospital in Seattle. In 1985, he returned
to Seattle, and was "very sad" to learn he had
just missed a reunion of the Class of '75 by a few
weeks
Bob Denison, Beckely, WV, a plant physiologist
at the Appalachian Soil and Water Conservation
Research Lab, sends the following original:
Let me tell you a tale
about a man named Bob,
He had a Ph.D.
But he couldn't get a job.
He couldn't get a job
But he had a Ph.D.,
So he said good-bye to Hollywood
And moved to Beckely! (West Virginia, that is.)
Dean Katz, Honolulu, HI, has been employed by
the Seattle Times since 1976. He is currently on a
Gannett Fellowship in Asian Studies for journalists at the University of Hawaii.
Shelley Morse, Alexandria, VA, has earned an
M.A. degree from the University of Maryland
and is employed there as an instructional
designer.
Carol Pinegar, Portland, OR, has completed the
teacher education program at Lewis and Clark
College and is on the hunt for a high school
teaching position.
Sharon Ryals, San Rafael, CA, is in the process
of incorporating a church of several hundred
members, completing prerequisites for nursing
school, and studying homeopathy and midwifery.

Edward Alkire, Seattle, WA, is currently
employed in the real estate investment industry
as a syndicator and broker.
Carolyn Gilmore-Judd, Olympia, WA, is working
as a real estate appraiser in the office of John
Sodergren. Carolyn is married to David Judd,
'77, who works as an accountant for Evergreen.
They are expecting their second child in June.
Brian Globerman, Sidney, B.C., Canada, completed his Ph.D. thesis at the University of
California at Santa Cruz in December, 1985, and
is currently a post-doctoral research assistant
with the Geological Survey of Canada on Vancouver Island.
Robert Hanna, Westminster, CA, is teaching
English at Pacifiea High School in Garden Grove,
CA, and completing his second year of law school
at Western State University in Fullerton.
Bill Hirshman, Aachen, West Germany, recently
married Krystyna Zimon of Poland. He is concentrating on learning German in order to teach or
write.
Kris Lenke, Gig Harbor, WA, is working as a
behavior specialist in the Peninsula School
District.
Sarah Madsen, Okanogan, WA, is a wildlife
biologist for the U.S. Forest Service, Okanogan
National Forest. She completed her M.S. degree
at the University of Washington, College of
Forest Resources, in 1985.
Dan Mahoney, Spokane, WA, is finishing work on
his master's degree and working toward his
elementary principal's credentials.
Merrily Manthey, Kent, WA, is in private practice as a psychotherapist/teacher and teaches
part-time at Green River Community College.
She is completing her M.S. with Eastern
Washington University, is a member of the Kent
Arts Commission, and is listed in Who's Who of
American Women as an entrepreneur.

Vicki Phelps and Greg Irwin, Tucson, AZ,
recently purchased a farm in Colorado where
they will begin asparagus production this summer. Vicki has been promoted to landscape supervisor for the internationally-acclaimed ArizonaSonora Desert Museum. Greg is a carpenter
whose home construction has been featured in the
local press.
Roger Price, Spokane, WA, recently changed
positions with Alaska Airlines where he is currently working as a customer service agent.
Mark D. Vestrich, Denver, CO, moved to Denver
a year ago to manage of group of engineers in
western states for Intel Corporation. For his old
friends, Miles the cat is still alive and well at age
15!

Douglas E. Buck, Bellingham, WA, has been the
business manager for Whatcom Community College since 1981.
Scott Cubberly, Olympia, WA is a live-in
counselor at the O.K. Boys Ranch. He plans to
pursue a master's in social work at the University
of Washington this fall.
Bruce Honig, Emeryville, CA, who has been
teaching and consulting in the San Francisco
area, recently invented and produced a new board
game called Create which has enjoyed immediate
success in the California market. If you would like
to find out more about this new innovation, write
Bruce at P.O. Box 3325, Oakland, CA, 94609.
Karen Berkey Huntsberger, Olympia, WA,
recently began work as a conference coordinator
in Evergreen's office of Conference Services and
Community and Alumni Relations. Karen married
alum Michael Huntsberger '78 in June of 1983.
Ester Lev, Portland, OR, is working as a biologist
for the city of Portland and in her spare time
makes woodcut prints and cards.
John McLaughlin and Kelly Wright '85,
Enumclaw, WA, are working as a night custodial
team at the Crystal Mountain Ski Resort. Kelly is
continuing his involvement in state politics, and
John's first priority is his art work, although
other adventures have included a 900-mile ski
tour in Norway, being foreman of a horse corral in
the Cascades, and attending graduate school at
St. John's College in Santa Fe, NM, during the
summer.
James Meiklejohn, Grand Junction, CO, is no
longer with the International Rescue Committee
on the Cambodia border. He has a new position
with the county health department in Grand
Junction, CO.
Carol Pedersen Moorehead, Bend, OR, has a
new position as regional director (central and
eastern regions) of the American Lung Association of Oregon.

Anita deGive, Seattle^ WA, received her teaching
certificate in 1981 from the Little School/Pacific
Oaks and is presently an M.B.A. candidate at
Seattle University. She drove a delivery truck for
the Seattle Times from 1980-85 and is now the
transportation manager for the Times, supervising distribution of the paper throughout
Washington.
Kate Harris, Seattle, WA, is a budget analyst on
capital projects for King County.
Dale E. Hough, Olympia, WA, is the associate
director of Thurston Youth Services Society,
which was his Evergreen internship worksite
"long ago."
Michael Huntsberger, Olympia, WA, is the
general manager of radio station, KAOS, 89.3 FM
at Evergreen. Alums who remember KAOS as
our own ten-watt, on-campus station might be interested to know the station now serves three
counties, has over 150 volunteer staff, and raises
over $12,000 a year from over 400 listener/
members. Michael is married to Karen Berkey
Huntsberger '77.
Jeff Jacoby, Westport, CT, owns and operates
Living Sand Productions and is involved in record
production, radio theater and film directing.
Deborah Janison, Olympia, WA., was presented
with an outstanding Employee Award by Governor Booth Gardner and Commissioner Isiah
Turner in December 1985. Debbie is a program
manager with the Washington State Department
of Employment Security.
Steve Layton, Seattle, WA, received his master's
of music in composition from the University of
Idaho. He has had recent commissions for works
from the Idaho Council of the Arts and Redlands
University.
Andrew Lindsay and Janet Heintzman, Ipswich,
MA, have been married for seven years and share
their time with Rasta, their faithful dog, while
Andrew works as a newspaper reporter and Janet
serves as associate director of admissions and
coach at a local private school.
Robyn Lipner, Washington, D.C., received a Congressional Fellowship on Women and Public
Policy, one of ten offered in the country. At present, she is working in the office of Pat Schroeder,
Congresswoman from Colorado.
Kate Tate, Seattle, WA, is currently serving as
manager of marketing for Lewis and Zimmerman
Associates, Inc., a multi-discipline firm specializing in value engineering.
Richard Warner and Julia Warner (Pickering),
Petaluma, CA, have one daughter, Nellie. Julia
continues to be a successful potter and Richard is
building "a growing business" as a wine
merchant.

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Class off 1979
Doug Albertson, Santa Rosa, CA, returned to
college in 1983 to earn teacher certification in
music and English. He is now a substitute
teacher in Sonoma County.
W. A. Curtice, Tacoma, WA, works for ELDEC,
an electronics firm designing custom electronic
test equipment. In his spare time, he is producing
a photo competition for this spring and rebuilding
a house in Tacoma.
Thomas Ghormley, Seattle, WA, is the assistant
general manager of Dick's Drive-In Restaurants
in Seattle.
Jessica Jastad, Cheney, WA, served in the Peace
Corps in Chile from 1980-82 as a health/nutrition
educator. She is presently attending graduate
school at Eastern Washington University and studying how to teach English as a second language.
Tim Jordan, Bellingham, WA, works as a family
psychotherapist at Whatcom Counseling and
Psychiatric Clinic.
Philip Landale, San Diego, CA, is attending the
Design Institute of San Diego and studying interior design.
Marcia Meyers, Medford, MA, is working on her
master's in public administration at Harvard.
Monica Alexander Moore, St. Thomas, Virgin
Islands, has been teaching and working at parttime jobs. She and her husband are preparing to
leave for Madrid, where she will learn Spanish as
a second language, then on to Kenya to teach for
a year as part of her graduate program in education through Mankato State University in Minnesota. Dr. Jasper Hunt, a former Greener, is one
of her instructors.
Kathleen Theoe, Puyallup, WA, is the vice president for marketing and customer service at the
McChord Air Force Base Credit Union.
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Jane Carton, Vancouver, WA, is employed as a
vocational rehabilitation counselor at Ann Larson
and Associates.
Peter Goldstone, Chong Qing, China, is a foreign
language instructor (English) at the Southwest
Institute of Political Science and Law.
Scott Kauffman, San Francisco, CA. Scott is
practicing law in San Francisco and his wife,
Rebecca, a former Evergreen student, works for
San Mateo County.
Leo Rogers, LaConner, WA, is up to his neck in
water. If you're in his area, look him up at Adventure Charters, A.C. Boat Sales or Rogers Marine
Maintenance.

Tom Buell, Charleston, WV, is the business/labor
editor of the Charleston Gazette. He has also contributed stories on coal and chemical industries
for The New 'York Times, USA Today, and National Public Radio's "All Things Considered."
Sylvia Fuerstenberg, Brooklyn, NY, is finishing
her masters in social work at Hunter College
Graduate School of Social Work. She is also involved in research at Hunter College on the uses
of creative arts programs in social service
agencies.
David Gallagher, Stamford, CT, is working on a
Ph.D. in political economics at Columbia
University.
Holly Hill, Seattle, WA, is working toward her
master's degree in English at the University of
Washington.
April Rieck, Tacoma, WA, is the technical support manager for the Seattle branch of Computer
Task Group, Inc., the nation's largest supplier of
professional services to private corporations.
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Kurt Danison, Okanogan, WA, is currently
writing user manuals for Okanogan County's computer system. Kurt is on the board of directors
for the Okanogan Valley Nordic Ski Association
and spends his free time skiing and enjoying the
Okanogan Valley.
Steven Dentali, Tucson, AZ, received an
American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education Fellowship in 1985 and is pursuing a Ph.D. in
pharmaceutical chemistry at the University of
Arizona.
Jean Gruye, Tacoma, WA, is working toward a
master's degree in science in counseling services
and teaching at the Ft. Lewis extension of the
University of Texas.
Stefanie Hare, Denver, CO, was recently appointed assistant national program manager,
Community Relations Department, of the Adolph
Coors Brewing Company.
William W. Harris, Alexandria, VA, will
graduate from the Washington College of Law at
American University this spring.
Barbara Levy, Jamaica Plain, MA, was an
editorial assistant at the New England Journal
of Medicine and a freelance calligrapher. She
would enjoy contact with other Greeners in the
area. Barbara's address is: 94 Forbes St., Jamaica
Plain, MA 02130.
Gretchen Christopher Matzen, Olympia, WA,
recently returned from New York where she contributed her solo part on the album and video
"Our Message to the People (For the Children)"
by Roots of Rock 'n' Roll Against Famine.

Mel Moon, Forks, WA, is the fisheries director
for the Quileute Indian Tribe. He has served as a
technical representative on the Salmon and
Steelhead Advisory Committee and the
U.S./Canada Pacific Salmon Treaty. Mel and his
wife have an 11-month-old daughter named after
faculty member Mary Ellen Hillaire, who passed
away in 1982.
Jamie Moore, Alexandria, VA, will graduate from
the Washington College of Law at American
University this spring.
Mara Morgen, Medford, OR, is currently a
reporter and the five o'clock anchor for KTVL,
the CBS affiliate for southern Oregon. In 1984
she received the Oregon Associated Press awards
for Best Treatment of a Single Story, and Best
Investigative Report.
Douglas Nebert, Portland, OR, is a hydrologist
and is studying the water of the northwest with
the U.S. Geological Survey in Portland. He has
been using his interdisciplinary skills to implement a computerized geographic information
system for water resources analysis in Oregon
and Washington.
Oscar Spidahl, Steamboat Springs, CO, teaches
music at The Whiteman School and is also the college counselor. Oscar teaches tennis with another
Greener, Doug Cohen, during the summer in
Seattle.
Diana Stobart, Charlestown, MA, is a
mechanical drafter at a Charlestown company
and is studying towards a degree in mechanical
engineering.
Jeanne (Shappell) Tribe, Olympia, WA, co-owns
a small business with husband, Tony, called
Safeguard Business Systems.

Susan Bell, Boston, MA, is pursuing a master's
degree in exercise science at Northeastern
University.
Lilli Crites, Brattleboro, VT, is working full-time
as a potter with Brattleboro Claywork, Inc.
Karin De Dona, Vancouver, WA, is attending
Lewis and Clark Law School. She is presently
serving a judicial externship as a clerk for a
federal district judge.
James L. Gonzales, Seattle, WA, has been
elected graduate school counselor for Seattle
University's Chapter of The American
Psychological Association's National Honor
Society.
Jeff Stewart, Seattle, WA, is a public affairs officer for the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration at Sand Point.
Evetree Taliman. Tucson, AZ, is a librarian at
Amphitheater High School who frequently advises students to explore Evergreen as an option
for their college education. She is also attending
graduate school at the University of Arizona.
Thomas Ziel, Ocean Shores, WA, has been appointed director of the Inpatient Treatment Program, Thunderbird Lodge, Seattle Indian Health
Board.
Mary Gust, Reno, NV, Following a year of travel
throughout the U.S.A. Mary has joined the staff
at the University of Nevada, Reno, as a financial
aid counselor.
Christopher Malarkey, Seattle, WA, has been
promoted to director of public relations for the
Empty Space Theater and is in charge of all
media relations and non-paid promotion for the
theater.
Pablo Schugurensky, Los Angeles, CA, is currently attending Otis/Parsons School of Art and
working toward an M.F.A. degree. He has a oneman show at the Lynn McAllister Gallery in Seattle through May.
Robert Stevens, Tacoma, WA, is working for Congressman Norm Dicks in his Pierce County
District Office.
Andy Vengrove, Somerville, MA, will finish his
M.A. in counseling psychology at Tufts University this spring. He plans to fit in doctoral studies
in the same field while spending time with wife,
Julie, and new son, Jesse.
David Williams, Alexandria, VA, is now regularly
visiting President Reagan as a photographer with
the Washington, D.C. bureau of KING-TV of
Seattle.
Riede Wyatt, Gardner, CO, is working as a
gardener/teacher at Malachite Small Farm School
and says it is "hopeful and peaceful work."

Daniel A. Hunt, Amanda Park, WA, has published a book entitled The Rood of the Sun: Travels
of the Zodiac King in Near Eastern and European Myth, has completed a book on Christian
Fundamentalism, and has begun another called
The Urge to Return: Musings on the Motif of
Metamorphosis.
Galen A. Hunt, Amanda Park, WA, a national
park ranger, is writing a book on environmental
and personal philosophy.
B. Susan (Curtis) McCoy, Olympia, WA, married
Gil McCoy last June and presently works with
the Washington Association of Fire Chiefs.
Deborah A. McLellan, Olympia, WA, is currently
working with Faculty Member Ken Dolbeare as a
research analyst on the Local Governance Study
Commission.
Jean Westerlund, somewhere in southern California, is working toward a master's in public health
in nutrition at Loma Linda University where she
misses the clean Evergreen air.

Campus News

Mandeberg Sculptures
to Grace Seattle
Faculty Member Jean Mandeberg has received a
$23,000 commission to create two companion
sculptures that will be on permanent display at
Seattle's newly-built W.R. Giedt Public Health
Laboratories, the central health labs for the
Department of Social and Health Services.
Awarded by the Art in Public Places program of
the Washington State Arts Commission, the
money enables Mandeberg to carry out the construction of the free-standing, abstract pieces for
installation outside the Giedt Labs by early
summer.
Mandeberg has been working in her home
studio in Olympia and doing research during her
sabbatical this year. When she returns to Evergreen this fall, she'll rotate into the Library
through Winter Quarter, trading her place on the
faculty to Bob Haft, Library slide curator and
photographer. This September, you can see the
best of what Mandeberg has accomplished during
her leave when she exhibits her work at the
Marianne Partlow Gallery in downtown Olympia.
Except, of course, her two sculptures for the
Giedt Labs—those you can see at 150th and 15th
in Seattle.

Phone-A-Thon Shatters Record
During 13 nights of telephoning in February, over
130 students, alumni and friends powered PhoneA-Thon '86 to new highs in every category. The
effort smashed last year's record by recording
$31,240 pledged, an increase of over $5,000 from
1985. Callers reached more alumni, parents, and
friends and received larger average pledges—than
ever before. For the first time in the seven-year
history of Evergreen's Phone-A-Thon, alumni
made more than half of the pledges. Parents of
current students and parents of alumni continued
to provide very strong support. When the calling
was finished, 968 people had made pledges, 11%
more than last year.
Proceeds from Phone-A-Thon '86 will help
Evergreen students by providing scholarships,
support for the library and special grants for projects and activities.
The fund year closes June 30. Remember to
send your pledge so that it will be received by
that date.

Time and Money
Come to Evergreen
If it's true that all we need is time and money,
then Evergreen has been doubly rich as both
Time and Money magazines have selected the college as a subject for feature articles this spring.
The Money magazine article, which was due
to hit national newsstands at the end of April,
takes a look at "public ivys," public colleges that
offer the quality of a private-school education.
Evergreen was one of ten colleges selected by
Money as "the best bargains in higher education." Other schools are California State Polytechnic University at Pomona, North Arizona
University, the University of Minnesota at
Morris, Northeast Mississippi State, Appalachian
State, James Madison College at the University
of Virginia, the University of Massachusetts, the
State University of New York at Geneseo and
Trenton State College.
The editors of Time also selected Evergreen
as one of nine small colleges that are "making an
impact on the world." The Time article, which
was scheduled to hit Northwest newsstands as
the ReView went to press, lists Evergreen as the
only west coast school selected.

Summer Workshop Series
There is a new entree on the menu of summer
offerings being served up by Evergreen's Conference Services. The college's ideal summer setting, in-depth programs and skilled professionals
have been combined into a non-credit, resident
summer workshop series. Tuition will cover lodging, meals, special events, Recreation Center
privileges and workshop materials. Workshops
and their Evergreen facilitators:
A Week Away for Superwoman
July 20-25
Barbara Gibson, mental health counselor
Fundraising for Nonprofit Organizations
July 20-25
John Gallagher, director of development
Intensive Journal Writing
July 18-20
Marilyn Frasca, faculty member
Tennis and Fitness Camp
June 22-27 (adults) and July 20-25 (juniors)
Bob Reed, tennis coach
Stress, Grief and Loss (for educators)
July 20-25
Bill Aldridge, faculty member
Performing Arts Workshop
July 20-25
Ed Trujillo, performing arts coordinator
The deadline for registration is June 15. If you
want to include one of these workshops among
your summer delights, contact Larry Stenberg,
Director of Alumni and Community Relations, at
Conference Services, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA 98505, or call (206) 866-6000,
ext. 6192

May Marriage
Congratulations to Evergreen President Joe
Olander on his engagement to Olympia attorney
Sheryl Hayashida. They will be wed on Saturday,
May 31.

Unsoeld Fellow
Faces Busy Pace
Evergreen's first Unsoeld
Seminar Fellow, Roger Fisher
of the Harvard University
School of Law, will keep a hectic pace when he visits campus
on May 12, 13 and 14. But
Fisher is no stranger to an
active schedule. His visit to
Evergreen is sandwiched in between a trip to
Seoul, South Korea and a stay in Los Angeles.
Both trips are also in conjunction with his work
as director of the Harvard Negotiation Project.
The author of the highly-acclaimed Getting to
Yes will share his perceptions on effective communication in a free lecture entitled "Negotiating
with the Russians and A Spouse: Is There a Difference?" The public lecture takes place on Monday, May 12, at 7:30 p.m. in the lobby of the
Evans Library.
While in Olympia, Fisher will work with
students in four large academic programs, address a meeting of the Olympia/Thurston County
Chambers of Commerce, meet informally with
members of the faculty and staff and have dinner
with the Unsoeld Seminar Fund Committee.

Giddyup, Geoducks
The Evergreen's Recreation and Athletics staff
will once again host the Great Geoduck Gallop on
Saturday, May 17, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Capitol
Lake in downtown Olympia. Objectives are to
raise money for intercollegiate athletics travel expenses and to continue accumulating mileage to
add to the almost 1,300 miles covered last year.
Refreshments, entertainment and random prizes,
including a 10-speed bicycle, will be available to
all participants who gather pledges or contribute
to the mileage total.
The Athletics staff is also searching for alum
athletea We're planning a spectacular fall
homecoming and want to invite everyone to attend. Send a note to CRC 302, care of Geoduck
Jocks. Call 866-6000, ext. 6530, if you would like
more information.

Evergreen Favorites
Wonder about what current students are reading
compared to your college days? In the true
Greener spirit, students continue to devour books
at a torrid pace. Here's the latest from the
Bookstore:
Best Selling Books
1. The Far Side Series (6 books) by Gary Larsen,
$5.95-$9.95
2. Intimate Strangers by Lillian B. Rubin, $6.95
3. Pornography and Silence by Susan Griffin,
$6.95
4. Out ofAfricaby Isak Dinesen, $5.95
5. Isak Dinesen: Life of a Storyteller by Judith
Thurman, $5.95
6. Sex and the Brain by Jo Durden-Smith, $4.95
7. The Color Purple by Alice Walker, $3.95
8. / Rigobertha Menchu by Elizabeth BurgosDebray, $8.95
9. Hit or Myth by Robert Asprin, $3.95
10. Mountain in a Cloud by Bruce Brown, $6.95
Evergreen Authors
1. The YearLeftby Mike Davis, $8.95
2. Neopolitics by Ken Dolbeare, $8.00
3. Against the Current by Richard Jones &
Barbara Smith, $11.95
If you are interested in any of the above titles you
can purchase them by sending a check to the
Evergreen Bookstore, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA 98505. As a service to alums,
the bookstore will cover shipping fees. Not bad!

College Honors
Memory of Joanne Jirovec
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: Evergreen reacted with grief
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1 employee and alumna Joanne
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| Five about 35 miles south of
1 Olympia Sunday, March 23.
Lewis County authorities are continuing the investigation, but as of yet have announced no
suspects.
During the week following Jirovec's death, coworkers, students and alumni supported each
other as they remembered Jirovec's compassion,
humor and dedication to the college and community. Jirovec was an administrative assistant to
the academic deans for the past eight years and
had worked at the college since 1970. More than
500 people gathered to honor her memory at an
on-campus service. The ceremony was filled with
tears and laughter as relatives, co-workers and
friends recalled her wit and caring.
A memorial garden to honor Jirovec has been
established, and those wishing to contribute to
the fund should send checks to: Joanne Jirovec
Fund, Development Office, The Evergreen State
College, Olympia, WA 98505. Friends are also invited to contribute to Safeplace, a rape relief and
women's shelter, in Jirovec's nama Checks can be
sent to: Safeplace, P.O. Box 1605, Olympia,
WA 98507
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Greener Roots: The last in a series.

"Squirt on, geoducks!"

The Lessons of Diversity

Greeners Respond to

by Elizabeth Diffendal, faculty member in anthropology

by Keith Eisner, Information Specialist

When I began work on my doctoral
thesis two years ago, I chose to do a
study of the impact women and people
of color on the faculty had made on the
development of Evergreen. As part of
my research, I surveyed members of
the college's first five graduating
classes, promising them anonymity in
return for an open, honest appraisal of
their experiences during the early
years of Evergreen.
From the outset, Evergreen has
recognized that faculty have a tremendous influence on the values, images,
theories and interpretations that are
perpetuated in society. The college
capitalized on a golden opportunity
when it included among its first faculty
hires gifted people of color who have
since contributed immeasurably to the
cultural diversity of Evergreen and its
graduates.
Not surprisingly, several graduates
credit the people of color on
Evergreen's faculty for giving them a
new, intercultural perspective. One
alum remembers former Faculty
Member Jose Arguelles and his book,
Mandala, "caused great excitement
among us and for me, personally, set
the stage for a major change in direction. In the fall (I enrolled in)
Arguelles' program, "Impact of
Buddhism on the West" and "I Ching
Studies" the following spring... I
became fascinated with the relationship between Buddhism, Taoism, Asian
art and the Chinese linguistic system.
Arguelles encouraged me to look at
other linguistic-oracular systems like
the Hebrew Qabbalah..."

Tabulating the responses to Part Five
of the Geoduck Questionnaire that appeared in the last issue of the ReView
was as good as sitting in on an Evergreen seminar. Out of 137 respondents,
48 took the time to write answers to
the six questions that were raised in
the "Tough Questions, Tough Answers"
article that examined issues discussed
in a November 13, Seattle Weekly
editorial entitled "Asking the Tougher
Questions About Evergreen."
Responses range from the wordy and
convoluted to the short and sweet
("Please leave the trees!"); from unbridled enthusiasm ("Evergreen is doing/was doing/will always do an excellent job!!") to deadpan sarcasm
("Campus life wasn't dull if you didn't
mind hearing 'Old Coast Highway' at
every dance. If you got tired of
bluegrass back then, tough, son"). For
every question raised there are strong
negative and positive answers, and, in
the true Evergreen spirit, responses
that thoughtfully balance both sides
and refuse to say "yes" or "no."

One of the most important products
of education—personal growthreceives prominent mention from many
of the early Greeners. "I'll never forget
my friend and mentor, Mary Ellen
Hillaire," says one. "Mary recognized
the problem I had. Her people had the
same experience trying to integrate
two cultures and make it sensible.. .1
always had a bad image of myself
because I had a terrible time in my
elementary grades. Even though I was
born here in the United States, I was
brought up completely Asian. In Montana, prejudice and discrimination
were rampant. Mary.. .was able to
understand my background and cultural conflicts.. .Today, for the first
time, I feel whole and Mary Ellen
Hillaire had a lot to do with my personal growth."
Just as an Asian alum made the
preceding tribute to a Native
American faculty member (Hillaire was
a Lummi Indian), many white alums
revealed that they learned a great deal
about themselves from faculty of different color and cultures. Crediting
now-retired Faculty Emeritus
Winifred Ingram for inspiring selfconfidence, this alum points out that "I
grew up in rural Iowa which is very
white. My only contact with people of
color was at summer YMCA camps,
Saturday ballet classes and through an
activist minister in a church where my
mother was choir director... Ingram
served as a counselor/therapist for
me.... She was probably the most 'normal' person around me at that time.
She had a great belief in herself and I
felt she believed in me."

Arg miles

Another graduate recalls 1973-74,
"my second year at Evergreen, (when)
I took a contracted study in psychology
with Ed Reynolds, a Black professor.
He added an awareness of how race/
culture affects 'mental health.'"
Faculty Member Darrell Phare gave
a third alum a new perspective on
politics and personal conviction: "Darrell's political activism, his fearlessness, was infectious," the alum saya "I
had learned at Berkeley that if you
throw rocks at armed police, you get
shot. Darrell went to Wounded Knee,
South Dakota. They didn't throw rocks
at Wounded Knee. It takes a great deal
more guts to put your dreams on the
line when guns are involved."

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Phare

Hillaire

Photos from the early 1970's
Courtesy of TESC Photo Services

Ingram

Daunt

Another alum recalls Ida Daum, who
was part of the six-person teaching
team for the "Human Ecology" program. "Ida's personal impact on me
was multi-faceted," says an alum. "She
was the first Black instructor I ever
had. She was small in person and large
in opinion and convictions. And she was
very young, only 26 years old, much
closer to my 19 years than I was accustomed to.. .Her comfort in what
she was, and her confidence, somehow
made it okay for me too. She helped me
get by several blocks that could have
obstructed my education, all in one
lesson."
The impact of faculty of color on
white students often went beyond personal growth, creating a powerful
dialogue and exchange of cultural
perspectives. One of several alums who
described experiences with Black faculty members recalls the 1972 program,
"Politics, Values and Social Change":
"Rudy (Martin) was just the right
seminar leader for the time. We were
studying modern America, his specialty. He was able to present the race
question like no one I'd known before
His skin was black, but he didn't fit
any of the stereotypes I had of Black
people. I'd never discussed race relations with a non-white person before
He opened a new realm of human
understanding to me."

Martin

Mimms

"In the summer of 1975," remembers
another alum who attended Evergreen
while working here, "Maxine Mimms
started a coordinated studies program
for staff at Evergreen entitled 'Educational Opportunities.'.. .The program
was exciting and challenging. This was
my first experience with a Black
teacher... I appreciate Maxine's initiative in starting this program...
Maxine possesses a great skill in
motivating people... I wholeheartedly
feel I have learned much culturally
from my experience as a staff and a
student of Evergreen."

1. What's your feeling about
Evergreen's "front-loaded" curriculum as an educational strategy?
An overwhelming majority (33
respondents of the 48) are not only in
favor of "frontloading" (concentrating
resources and faculty expertise on
first- and second-year student programs), but feel it was the single most
important factor in their education.
"One of the reasons I transferred to
Evergreen..." says Marya NowaParson
kowski '74, "was that all the inFaculty Member Willie Parson
teresting courses (at a brand-X universtands out for several reasons in the
sity) were upper level, and to get to
survey response of another alum: "My
them I had to wade through lower level
outstanding memory of Parson is of his intro classes. The only ecology course
gentleness and gentlemanliness and his available there.. .was a senior/gradscholarly attitude. He was a superb
students only class. At Evergreen, I
teacher. I remember being really awed signed up for 'Political Ecology' and
by him, as I considered a Black man
was able to study ecology at what I
with a real live Ph.D. in biology as
considered an 'advanced level' as a
some sort of genius. It is important to
sophomore."
point out here that as far as race was
"... At Evergreen I learned the exconcerned, my memory of Willie is
citing stuff first—concepts and
mainly that he was first and foremost a research applications and connections.
scholar, secondarily that he was Black. I then had to do the hard work of
You must remember that I am a real,
learning fundamentals and gaining suflive Southerner. Both of my grandficient depth in certain areas to be able
fathers were in General Lee's army. At to do advanced work with compe19 years of age, with that background,
tence. .." writes Drew Carey '76. "I
Willie was anomalous for me"
have subsequently.. .taught in a
Just as significant as the impression
British university and in a traditional,
made by faculty of color on white
elite, American university. In both setstudents was the impression they made tings I encountered structure that
on students of color. This Black alum
stressed delayed gratification: the good
identifies why it is so crucial to have
stuff comes after you learn the funintrocultural faculty members:
damentals. . .this style is inefficient in
"Maxine Mimms is an outstanding
terms of motivation and imagination."
role model... She was one of the first
While most appreciate "frontBlack women I knew to earn a
loading," there's concern about the
Ph.D.... Rudy Martin is the first Black availability of advanced study, that
academic dean I ever met...
"the back end of the curriculum doesn't
Sometimes people do not know how in- run out of gas." "Frontloading is
spiring it is to see people of color,
great," says Debbie Leon '76, "if
especially when you are a person of col- you're a freshman or sophomore. In the
or, in posts of importance... Seeing
last two years, though, it can be tough
Maxine and Rudy was the only reason
to find the advanced/specialized experI knew I could be a college graduate.
tise. I always felt like I was scrambling
My thanks to all the alumni without
to catch the faculty member with the
whose help I could not have underexpertise I need as a sponsor. Often
taken, or even begun, this project. The the person(s) was tied up in an
views of the alumni which you have
unrelated coordinated study program."
read above are representative of the
An '82 alum, who wishes to remain
majority of survey respondents, who
anonymous, relates a different exare Evergreen's witness to the lessons
perience: "I had the feeling when I
of diversity.
was at TESC that there was considerable strength in the upperdivision courses as well as the lower
division. Was I wrong?" "I don't see a
right or wrong answer," says an '83
alum, adding that the most important
goal is to insure a balance of frontloaded and advanced study.

"Tough Questions, Tough Answers"
2. Did/does Evergreen rely on letting
"Sure, faculty members can add a
students teach themselves? If so, too new dimension to a program. Overall,
though, in this situation, their expermuch or not enough? What was/is
the effect?
tise is largely wasted." Debbie Leon.
While the majority of respondents (29)
4. Did/does Evergreen need a gym?
feel Evergreen's reliance on students
Was/is the CAB dreary? Did/does the
"teaching themselves" was an "excollege need more dorms? Was/is
cellent strategy," a sizable number (17)
campus life dull?
express doubt about its success. Some
While 20 Greeners feel that
comments:
Evergreen doesn't need a gym
"The greater part of intellectual pursuits are solitary by definition (reading, ("What's the matter with running in
the rain like we did?" was a popular
writing, research), yet I have never
theme), 24 Geoducks are in favor of a
seen an environment which provided
campus gym. ("Even flower children
more support and assistance to
need
a quality place to exercisestudents by the faculty than Evershooting baskets over steam pipes does
green," observes Nanci Watson '74.
not qualify,") writes Ed Alkire '76.
"I prefer receiving information
As for the CAB being dreary, Nanci
rather than re-discovering it. I was
Watson
'74, counters that "The CAB
chagrined to have to go through 'learnwas
cheery.
I have never seen such ining hoops' when instructors could have
timate social networking"; while David
provided answers," counters a '78 alum.
Williams '84, says he was proud to
"Students teaching themselves is a
show off the CAB. On the other hand,
great idea; cooperating with others to
seven
alums called Evergreen's social
teach yourself is 'real world.' Seminars
hub
such
things as "a concrete canyon"
are for breadth, learning a process of
and
"horribly
dreary and uncomfortable."
integration, rather than for primary
While only 13 people responded to
learning of a subject matter." Richard
the question of more dorms, (seven
Staehli '82.
against building more dorms, three for,
"A teaching plan ought to not just
describe what the faculty is going to do and three with no opinion) sentiments
about campus housing were strong and
at each point... but should explicitly
largely positive. "When I lived in the
detail—in observable behavior—what
dorms I enjoyed campus life immensethe student will do for herself.. .Withly," recalls an '82 alum. Housing also
out some hard evidence one way or
drew the most fascinating of all Quesanother, self-teaching will continue to
tionnaire
responses:
be sometimes worthwhile and some"Turn off a few of those big lights
times (worth)less," Grady Ward '79.
over there in the Dorms. Did you know
3. "What's good or bad about faculty pumpkins turn female when exposed to
members teaching out of their
fluorescent lights? Mice grow jagged
fields?"
tails and behave irritably. What do all
The most prevalent answer to this
those lights do to the dorm students?"
question was neither positive (17) or
Laura Yoong-Carlson '79.
negative (6), but the response of
"I was too busy to notice if campus
"sometimes good, but on the other
life was dull," was a prevalent response
hand..." by 25 alums. Some comments: of 18 Geoducks to the charge of a ho"Good—keeps 'em on their toes.
hum social and cultural scene here. "On
Underscores idiocy of most disciplinary the contrary," writes Paul Mendenhall
boundaries. Bad—burnout. Too much
'79, "at no other time have I been so
reading/digesting, translating of new
continously, happily occupied." On the
materials. Makes publishing very difother hand, several Greeners replied
ficult (impossible?)," Susan Feiner '75. that "campus life shut down after
"This is obviously a question of con5 p.m," and "Olympia isn't New York."
text," says an '84 alum. "A dynamic
grouping of instructors negates the
implications involved with this whole
issue."

5. Will Washington benefit from
Evergreen even if it can't fund the
college well enough?
"Of course!" replies Susan Feiner,
"The question reveals the questioner's
need for seminar 'immersion.' Most
Greeners (28) agree with Feiner but
many add an important conditionadequate funding. "The state," says an
'83 alum, "will continue to benefit from
Evergreen if it insures the continuance
of Evergreen's educational philosophy
and alternative methods. The benefits
will sharply decrease as it becomes
more traditonal and thus a trumped-up
community college."
6. Was/is Evergreen doing a good
enough job?
Twenty-one respondents gave an overwhelming yes, three a resounding no,
and 20 said "yes, but we can do better!" Some comments:
"Depends on your definition of
Evergreen's job. Did it benefit me? Absolutely! I would never have acheived a
Ph.D. in economy without going to
Evergreen," Susan Feiner.
"With the givens, the miracle is that
Evergreen has done so well. The
nature of people attracted to the
philosophy of Evergreen is such that
they will always be looking for ways to
improve, given the resources needed to
make those changes," Former Faculty
Member Esther Barclay.
"Evergreen is going a good job.
There are problems. Faculty and
students need to be better included in
decision-making. There should also be
more of an effort to achieve the aims of
Affirmative Action," Shawn M.
Blaisdel, current student.
"Was (doing a good enough job), Yes!
Decreasing, though, every year. Losing
its vitality!," an '83 alum.
"Evergreen does an okay job. People
learn to question our institutions, our
society and to learn to think imaginatively. The bad: Administrators. . .use 'budget cuts' whenever they
don't have an answer. The place seems
to be too wrapped up in paper work. It
seems impersonal. Many of the older
faculty have blurry-looking eyes. Why?
Where's the spark?" Laura YoongCarlson '79.

"I feel blessed by having had the experience of an Evergreen education.
Had I not seen the mountain top, I
would never have slogged through the
drudgery of graduate school," Paul
Marshall. As W.A. Curtice '79, exhorted, "Squirt on, Geoducks!"
Toward a Greener Tomorrow
Responses to Part Two of the Questionnaire indicate Evergreen should consider "keeping" and "fixing" a number
of features as it moves toward the completion of its first Strategic Plan this
summer (See "Two Plus Two = Sweet
Sixteen," Winter ReView).
Far and away the most popular
academic feature is the Evergreen concept of seminars, which received 52
"votes" as the main thing the college
should keep. Also high on the list is
Evergreen's interdisciplinary approach
to education (31 votes), individual contracts (22), the evaluation system (18),
small student-to-faculty ratio (14), internships (12) and coordinated study
programs (11). If you combine group
contracts, which had 11 votes, with five
votes for small classes and group projects, it's apparent that small, intensive
academic endeavors are also a clear
priority.
Also frequently touted are the college's commitment to liberal arts
education; a variety of learning modes;
student-centered learning and responsibility; open, alternative structure;
life-long learning and frontloading the
curriculum. Evergreen's excellent faculty and keeping them accessible are
high academic priorities, too.
Other areas of the college that
survey respondents think should be
kept are the accessibility of equipment
and facilities, particularly Media Loan,
and maintaining the quality of Library
services.
Responses are spread over a wider
range of possibilities as far as things
Evergreen should fix. Heading the list
academically (in contrast to the
frontloading school of thought) are the
quality and lack of advanced programs
(16); the need for more computers and
accessibility to them (13); the lack of
support for the expressive arts (8); and
the need for more offerings at the
graduate level (7). Around campus, the
lack of space and privacy in Housing is
of concern, as are the quality of
academic advising and career planning,
accessibility to equipment and facilities
such as Media Loan, and communication throughout the campus
community.
Copies of the complete results of this
portion of the Questionnaire were
made available to Evergreen's Planning
Council, and are now also available to
readers of the ReView who write to
"Keep/Fix Answers," Library 3122,
The Evergreen State College, Olympia,
WA 98505.

Thanks
Evergreen and the ReView extend
their gratitude to all the Greeners for
their heartfelt and thoughtful
responses to the Geoduck
Questionnaire.

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Welcomes 7,000 |l
Greener Gathering |
Roots of Diversity

The Second Annual
Greener Gathering
Evergreen alumni had such a good time
last year that we're going to do it all over
again at Super Saturday on June 7. See
schedule on page 4.

Already headed for the Gathering are (I. to r.) Doug Scrlma 78, Bob Shirley '83,
Kate Crowe '80, Steve Bader '82 and Corey Meador '82.

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