Title
The Pioneer Log: Lewis & Clark College's Student-Run Newspaper
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Volume 50, Number 18 [In Focus]
Subject
Lewis & Clark College Student Newspaper
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Pioneer Log Staff
Date
1986-03-01
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Lewis and Clark College Vol. 50 No. 18 March 6, 1986 •
Future romises char.t lifelon learn in
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porta 1 set o• ISSues ar c (i thoughllu
'"'""\ ontl:lepart 'tll.,loo mp:eac:ed
1 en! So net m,s •1hen am meehng I'; lh LC
a c. ubsarou d tile counl!y as How
man~ ol vou had anv aea wl'lBt you d end up
aomq Ttle al"sw-e· s usual v ttte same
aug~te Belote you ret e r the yeaf 2030
or so )'OU\\'lllveryl ke~havechanoedca•eers
and parts of tne countrv 01 world on sever a
octaSIOOS You Wlllacerssueand technol09 es
that you and I cannot beg n to mag ne today
And you w1ll encounter some constants It e
une>;pected theneeotomaked ectsrons•na
worta of diVerse •Cieas and conll•cung 1ntor
mahan the need to work w•tn omers the
need to keep lea1ntng and O!OWinO. and
aOO\e all me constancy of change
W1lh n lhiS context wnal Should you carry
awa •from LC and what snould you ex.peet?
At a most basrc level I hOoe you carry an
awareness that linowiedae ts not stauc but
alive and changing and learn1ng 1S not a
process ol absofbtng but engagmg and
C1e8tln9 Bv extensJOO. •liS not"know edge
per se you snould carry away though the
more you ha'le teamed the better Such
knowledge rs helplul bUt not adequate
rnaeed at vanous umes rn your life you are
I kelytoWIShyouhadtak.enacX:M iooalcourses
m one or anothe area and tnleresl!ngly
tnese areasafe lll<e ry tocnange over lime as
youcnange
IN FOCUS
Editor In Chief: Robe" Franzen
Coordinating Editor J•OJan
Ootweo•e
Managing Editor. Meghan
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Copy Editor ~n Rosenceum
Wrtt•ra: $om Bennett. Fnthjol
Bergman.J1 .an Detweiler Lane
Ftchtenau. Meghan Acn.!enau
MIChael Foro. Glen Fout Aobm
Franzen JamesGardnet Bob
G\a:tJII~J Dana HaVfle$ MIChael
l.uN:J lorn Lyaen.Sheila McLaren
Je "' "' Co e ~ an Raab
Photography Editor ~ av10 Batts
Photog,..phers: .Jc,..,.. Blans
-P q.:r Megnan FIChte·
I nau DaO\l Mcl<ay Chns M<xb'/
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Production St.aft. rat1 Barber . .) .
Pub lick O<:currences · Bob
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Compo&! lion: <;he Ia ScoU
Adviser P. · tl' (0, "'nson
Spiritual Guidance: J u.an
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<1 y n1c a v r e lorm( 01 c <1l ve
prt: n Or v u rna lind you n ect a
grt Jter lam a t~ w th cornp~.oters as the
.,oact your le and proleSSlOn Pel 11aps
v \., v.'anl t ~<now more abOUt Amer can
po t :a n ttu1 os Ch•n sa hiSIOf) or me
.mpa" e economy oc; you attempt 1
uno~rstand Amer ca govemance •nterna
t na atfa rs o rterna\Jonat trade
Youma~·wanttocomebacktOident tyano
cogn t Vf! theory as tou attempt to come to
g• ps w lh now groups and nr:1 v duals thmk
anc commun1cate Or you may wiSh you had
aovancedyourSpan sh FrenctlorJapanesc
toan1gher evelolprol.crency andsoonand
on Know edge w•l atways be chang ng and
growtng then alongwtthyour own need
to learn ThiS neeo not be sa !.lSI ted bUt re1nl0toed
by lour years at LC (or 1ndeed by any nurnber
olyearst"lere) hlll'liSSense youshoulacarrv
away not onlY knowledg~ but an awareness
ol the actrve and chang1ng character of
knowledge and a comm•tmen t tolearn•ngas
a ltlelongprocess S1mplystated your "edu·
catron does not end w•lh LC (no matter how
glad you may be to graduate)' Rather ,11 con·
llnues and takes on d•llenng lorm
You Will presumably leave Deh1nd many
memor~es experrences and luends As I
encounter LC alumm. overseas tnps stand
out m vMd rehel. as do areas wnere students
have rnvested part olthemsetves wnether •n
thetr department and theSIS 01 athlehcs. 01
an and theater campus governance and
pohiiCS. or personal relatronsh1ps You Will
carry memonesolfaculty . frrends. and elCpe·
nences w.tn"PJ. then, but m htghlydlfferenuated
torms.olcourse Manyt1es elCpertencesand
rns1ghtsw•llladeaway. while others w1llthr1Ve
and grow lnth•ssense, youshOuldlreatyour
edutaJIOO as an •nvestmen t -somethmg
that 1S not "behtnd" you but "wtlh" you. a
phenomenon that prof1ts from contrnu1ng
nounshment and attenlton
As suggested by the very request lrom the
P•oneetLog , you may also carry away I rom
LC.andencounter 1n theworld, considerable
uncertainty tnmanycasesthere1Suncerta1nty
abOU!one'sown tuture andaooutour economy
and soc:•eiY-not only JObs. but the prospects
for tam1ly. commu n~~y, and democracy . the
prospects lor •nterna1tonalundersland1ngand
peace Vou w1llatsoencounte r cons•derable
uncertainty and wornsome ethnocentncuy .
as thiS country engages an mcreaslflgly
rnterdependenl world
Ows •s an era ol wh•ch Teoav Wh,te has
wnnen hiS book. Ameflca m Search ot Itself.
llh1nk ttte t•tle oHers an appropnate tabeiiOl •
Jamos Gardner, president of Lewis and Clark College
the decade ol wh1Ch we are a part So don t
be sur pr •sed or feet alone •I you're search1ng
In our era others are search1ng,too
Moreover .I beheve the current decade tS
healthter lor th•s spu11 ol openness.
1nq01ry, and explorauoo-es pectally when
11 s combined Wllh some comm1tment to clanty
ol analysiS and depth of understanding . and
a w1lhngness to make dec1S1ons and take
rtSkS
Th1S may no I sound overly r eassu11ng after
all of your expense and effort If reassurance
•s 1n order .I would offer real conhdence that
yourLCeducahon1samong the hnestava11able
The certatn route to obsolescence •n th1s era
of change 1snarrow pl'e -profess1onalor purely
technacal tratnmg whereas the diVerse expe
nencesand rns•ghtsof a creatrve approach to
hberal arts and sc1ences. and an actiVe
apprec1a11on ol the Interplay of 1deas., soctal
change, human cho1ce should serve you
well1n the long run
Moreover.•! recent expenence 1sanyguide ,
your LCeducauon should alsoserveyouwell
1n the short run I suspect others w11t w11te on
lhesemattersatgreater length lwoulds•mply
note that recent LC graduates have done
remarkably well •n entenng graduate and
proless•onal schools. and 10 the marketplace
of employment
Last year. some 20 percent ol our graduabng
senaors went to graduate and prolesstonal
school1mmed•ately , and w1lh1n three years
tully 40 percent of your classmates are likely
to beg•n graduate oc profeSSional study. already
Briefs havtng some work expenence under the11
bellS
About 70 percent ot th1s year's qraduattng
sen1ors will beg1n work 1mmed1ately and of
th1s amount more than 80 percent w1ll hnd
work 1n the career areas of then cho•ce
ApprolC•malely 3 or 4 percent w1lltak&J•me off
to pursue personal travel or fam1ly Interests.
and a very few. 3to 4 percent .may be unem·
ployed and actively seek1ng work
I I' sa tough economy "out there.'' espec1ally
tn Oregon Bulthe search for employment
w1ll requue -and respond-to the same
ttme. energy, and ded•catton needed for your
educatron . and graduation For many th1s
same ume and effort w1ll be rewarded by
leadershtP roles 1n our socrety and economy
1n the long run
Through the Placement Off1ce of LC. and
the efforts of the alumni networks throughout
the country and Indeed the ellorts of this
commumly to strengthen the quality and
reputallonotyoureducahonanddegree- we
have every possible shared 1nterest 1n your
success w1lhtn th•s context In th1s sense we
share your concerns about JObs and career
and about a world 1n trans1hon
And we share your w1lhngness to take
rrsks, to make dec•s1ons.tocare. to contrrbule
and create ,to grow and en tOY and to keep
explorrng It's a good her1tageand an ex.c1tJng
prospect I warmly w1sh you well 1n your
conunutmg educatron
James Gardn&r has been the pres•denl of
Lew1s and Ctarl< College smce 1981
Th1s tall students tnterested 10
med1ca1careersbegan to gather .n
order to d1scuss problems and
methods of genmg 1nto med1cal
schools. hOwtodec•de on a spec1f1c
held and other pert1nent
cons•deratJons at Oregon Health Sc1ences Unrver
s1ty Spate talked about the medrcal
school adm1ss1on process
In the future Hedgepeth sa1d the
group plans to bnng ptlys•c•ans from
vanous sub· fields ot med1c1ne and
from dtfterent k1nds of JOb sett1ngs
hke pnvate prac11cesano hosp1tals WICI has been around Lew1s and
Clark tor many years Its current
prestdent, Debra Fhck1nger sa1d
the group currently has appro)(!·
malely 20 active members
The group has a three fold pur·
pose. the hrst. •s to promote the
1nterests ol women 1n the commun·
1cauons field There IS a lot sa1d rn
the professional groups about
v.oomen· s rlQhts. but we are not blazmg
radicals. Fhcktnger sa1d
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10 00 a m 1•1 b.OCI p m
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228-BOOK Thegroupwas ocganJZed tJ.J JUntOJ
transfer student Mark Bernard and
D11ector of career Plannmg and
PlacementJeH Hedgepelt'l "There
are about 20 students who have
come to at least one meehng,"
Hedgepeth sa1d
Presently the group ss engaged
1n brtng•ng speakers to campus
mosl recently DO. Spate the regiSlTa!
Summer
Camp Jobs!
for men and women
Hidden Valley Camp
ts lntervtewtng
March 10, 1986
Make appo.ntment tn F1nanctal
AidOfhce I For additional mformauon or to
be placed on the group s ma1hng
hsl contact Bernard at box 437 or
Hedgepeth at eJCt 6721
• Women 1n Commumcattons ,lnc
(WICI)Isagroupofmenandwomen
Interested 1n careers 1n the com
munications held
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GRE PSYCH • GRE 810
MAT • GMAT • OAT
OCAT • PCAT • VAT
SSAT • PSAT • ACHIEVEMENTS
SAT • ACT • TOEFL • MSlP
MAfliiED 80S • ECFMG
course begins May 5
~-+t.MPUIN
EOUC4TIONAl CENUIII
The Galleria
4th Floor
222-5556 The second charge •s to brtng
quahhed speakers and programs to
campus At tne end of JanuaryWIO
sponsored a career Day where' the
locus was on communtcauons bUt
there were th1ngs everyone could
learn from the drlferent speakers
and workshops ," Flrck1nger s1d
The th1td m1ss1on 1$ to help people
tnvotYe themsetves1n the ocganrzat.oo
and to build a network w1th the pro·
fess1onal members WICI sponsors
a mentor program where members
are put1ncontact w1th a profess•onal
1nlhtwcareercho03,1heptofessional
prov1des mlormatton and serves as
a contact "The program1s 1nvaluabte
It's hard to get JObs now unless you
know someone," Fllck1nger sa•d
The group meets f!Very second
and fourth Wednesdayeven1ng I rom
7 30·8 30 1n Templeton College
Centerandanyone1s wetcome.The
next meet1ng w111 be March 12 For
further 1nfamatl0f'\ contact AJCkinger
at bOlC 7 7 5 or V1ce ·Pres•dent Diana
Larsen at bolC t496
In Focua, March 6, 1986 1 I' you wanted to
Lew1s and Clar~
planmng your de~
AJtnough Jell H
Career Planmnoa
ihe most oprunc
career) rs when a
that the sophomc
beg1n formulat1n~
graduauon
II plann1ng doe
Ideal ttme, thai at
related tnlernshl~
f~elels and "realtl)
year Plann.ng a!
year for wnllng a g
lhe actual Job sea
A lol of LC gra
s!Uifalloftherr hvtl
In Focus I •
er lheu
duaung
and of
wtll find
ChOIC6
ijtmeoH
nerests.
!unem·
;pee ~ally
,loyment
:'le same
tforyour ~areer Plannin'-JW and Placement builds success
any thts
rded by
conomy
LC. and
oughout
rts of this
ality and
ree we
st tn your
;ensewe
dcareer,
s to take
;Ontnbule
dtokeep
nexctttng
I tn your
:!Srdent of
81
Lewtsand
Its current
nger. satd
~ approxr
~rs s fold pur·
omote the
,commun·
lot satd '"
Jps abOut
~not blaZing
•
IS tO bnng
togramsto
1nuaryWIO
where''the
~cattons bul
~one could
t speakers
ger Sid.
elppeople
gamzatiOO
~1lh the pro
Cisponsors
remembers
orofess1onal
I professtQnal
~dservesas
ISirrvaluable
~unless you
nger sa1d
-1ery second
~n1nglrom
on College
elcome The
arch 12 For
Aicktnger
staent Diana I I you wanted to the day alter enrolling at
Lewts nnd Clark College, you could begtn
planmng your departure
Almough Jell Hedgepeth d~rector ol LC's
1 Ca!etJr Planmng and Placement Center satd,
The most opttmaltrme (lo begtn plannmg a
career)ls when a person tS ready ·He satd
lhattM sophomore year rs the tdeal lime to
beg'n lormulatmg what you want to do alter
gaduallon
If planntng does, tn fact beg1n dunng th1s
ldealltme, that allows lor the pursUit of JOb·
related tnternshtps summer JObs tn related
Eelds and 'reahty 1est1ng" dur1nQ the JUntor
year Planning ahead opens up the sentor
year for wrrltnga good resume and begtnntng
lllC actual1ob search
A lot of LC graduates have been handed
stulf aU otthetr hves lheylhtnk that when they
6, 1986 In Focus, March 6, 1986 graduate they wtl 1mmed1ately become the
ed1tor ol Wrllamette Week. or somethtng
Whallheyneedlsareat tycheck rounder
stand what tl actually takes to get a JOb. ·
Hedgepeth satd
TheCareerPianntngandPiacementCenter
oilers a number of seMces to help students
as they plan therr future For thOSe Just begtnntng
10 lhtnk tn terms of the futufe there 1s a ltbrary
wtthapprol(tmately 1 OOOvolumesconlamtng
tnlormatton on dtflerem careers There are
pamphlets and arucles on mternattonat JObS.
employer dtreclortes and corporatton fries
for students to look through The center also
has extenstve tnlormat•on on graduate pro·
grams lor those wiShtng to conltnue lhetr
educatton
The ot1rce can also help students who are
tullher tntoltlecareer planntng process wtlh one-on-one aovts1ng etther wttn a counselor
or an alumnus In the held wnttng a resume
and ccwer reuer and suggesting aflernattVe
rundtngandmlormarton resources Stuc:Jents
can also vtoeotape a mock JOb tntervtew to
get a sense of how theym•ghr come across to
a ptospectrve employer
··some studellts get a look at the tape and
see tnattt:ey are real!ybetng a 1er Hedgepeth
satd The goalts that they learn 10 perfect the r
tnteMew.ng sktlls be lore they actually go out
10 lind BjOb
In add1llon to tne servtces ottered directly
by Career Planmng and Placement there rs
the afumm adVtstng netv.'Ork About 1200
alumns currently partiCipate tn the network
'The~ peop!e are there lor adVIce and to
help you he sa1d However the purpose IS
not to ask ror a JOb but to let them help you
learn to lind one. he satd
Is tt 9\.~r too tare to come back atter gadua!Jon
and gel advice trom Cafeer Planmng and
Placement?
'I don tlhtnk tl's ever too late ·Hedgepeth
satd 'We wrll help anyone at any potnt as
long as they are connecteo wtlh LC tn some
way"
1 985 LC graduate Em11y Nelson now
asststant dean of admtsston at LC. found she
was able to gel ass1stance wtlh her resume
duung her sen tor year and found tltnvaluable
··n helped me (to get a 1obj 'she concluded
'I went•n lhtnkmg that my resume was pretty
good but after Jell went over nl realaed thalli
was 100 percent better." she sa1d
Hedgepeth lorsees ( 'and 1t comes as no
surprase") that the most popular Jobs tn the
JeH Hedgepeth , director of LC's Career Planning
and Placement Center • '' luture wtll t>e techntcal and seMce-re ated
JObs Hesatdhedoesnothketh strenc:J•nthat
there are few h1gh pay1ng or profess ona
10bs The h·ghest paYJng JobsWtll be tn eng
neeung techntcalftelosandfmance Asma I
but not necessartly extenstve tra1mng rn
computersc~encecanadd lothemarketab11 ty
of the graduate A 'rteZ<tidoSe csnet necessary
you JUSt have to be comfortable behtnd the
pteoe of equtpment." he sate
The adVIce Hedgepeth woulo grve all stu
dents IS not to get so !angled up n the
stallstlCS but to go after tobs that are gomg to
be •nterestlng to you he sa d
"Students should go after somethtng that
means somelhmg to them someth•ng that
they have an atftn1ry wrth What they need to
dolssetalong-rangegoalandSIICk.Wilh he
sad 'lt satoughwortdoullhere bu1stuoents
shoulo decide what they Nantto do and do
whattt takes to getthe;e he contmued
Heogeper.n satd that mos: students If tney
really try to ltnd a JOb ano oo more tnan look
through Lhe want ads "should have a real
good shot at gerung a JOb (See story on 10b
prospects lor ltberal-arts graduates on
paga 9 )
Whtle the Career Planntng and Placement
Center 1s 'verv busy, • Hedgepeth finds that
most studentsao not take full advantage of •ts
seMces Whtle 90 percen1 of last year s gra
duartngclass report eo USII'lQ Career Planntng
and Placement at reast once Heogepeth
said ltlal the ftgure rru:ght be unreallS11C because
lor some that one VlSil mrght mean d!opptng
by top ck up a test apphcatton
Robm Fmnzen s an mtemat on. I altars
1 a!"'d ccmmunrcatrons double rna{O at Le
and Clark CoJieoe -Bob GlanVIlle Is a communrcaltons ma or
BILC
"It's a tough world out there,
but students should decide
what they want to do and do
what it takes to get there."
Page3 I ..
GmduattOf\{lOOS notalwavsm••an br akmg
ttes h1 tact pnrson"el at tho Alumnt Othco Collegial bond formed upon graduation
1 ho atumm host prournm we~s uevetopt!<l
last yum and was mot wrth m1xod saltsiJCiton
l)y the pn!ltC1f')31ll& Wll1l~~ f ord commr.nted
that 1 ho~o NIIO wero hosted were pleAse< I
and !ell 11 worked out vr ry well recent
tollow·up questtonnues 11\drcato dlsap
palntmont on 11\P part ot some parltCIJ>ar11S
due to tack all allow lllrough t>y those sen tors
plann ng to par11Cip<IIC howovor thai g1v1ng on tile par I of aiU!llS ha&
1umpad 1n the lost It w yuurs
Alurnnl eM contrtbute to tM coiiPge 10
YafiOUS ways through di!CCI hnnnctal Qtll$
to tho cottoyo by voluntPenng to parttctnate
'"the alumn• ho51 prO{tram or to partiCipate
1no vartotyof stunrl1119 canllnlttecsor 1 0 new
alumni clubs (seo story by Mtchael Ford 101 a
nr ul dascrrptton of these actMt•as) would suggest JUSt tho oppostle thai nrn
ctu3h ntsonopportuntrytostrengthOnhh.: long
!IBS to L wts and Cltuk 10 a new way
- .... ~--Ttlts process ot collegial bOnCl ng has
becomelher spom;tbtl tyoiAtumntDifector
M chao I Ford Stnce he stepped tnla olhce IP
September ot 1 98i1 vanous atumnt groups
and actiVIIIOS tmve been m•llated ead•ng to
more ac1.w pl: ri!Cipatlon 10 the college by
those who haiiC gan belorc Faro sad t1n
alumnus •sanyporsonwho has spent at least
one year at LC Fords 10t> tncluoos traveltng to var•ous Ford sa1d that alooo w1th then cr rttque ol
the hrst ear s etlort atumru ollered valuable
suggest ons as to how to 1mpravc the program
neXl year Accordrng to Ford 1 00 sen1ors
paruc patod tast year and over 200 alumni
volunteered to host
U S tocat•ons mctuc'hng Washtngton D C
New York and Denver tn order to hast alumn1
f/11 gathe11ngs and pubhclle the colle{la TM
abJeCt here IS clear. • Ford sat a 'We are
Atm1ng to butld lasttng fnendshtps and 10
p!'OVIde seMces to atumn• " Ford stressed that the alumm host program
IS not a JOb placement servrce, but rather
helps students dur1ng a trans11ton per1od 1n
tlle1r ltte
A lew olthl' sarv1ces altered by 111eAtumn1
Othco tnctudo th "atumn1 host program wlltCh
match~s recent graduates w1th atumm and
m~lps them retocatetn the ar eaol tne11 chotco
the lite memberShiP program whtch gtves
discounts at LC events and the t>ookstoro
and access to college r eaeauonat cqwlfnont
and theAubrevWatzek l•brary,and IM mar
Keung ot LC memorat>1ha Along w1th the soMces ollered atumnr IS
the oppor tunttytor oraduates tocontnbute to
the future of LC Although Ford satd lhat th~o
Atumn1 Olhcu has a partpheral role 1n lund
ratstnQ and docs not \le 1tnanc1al str1ngs to 11s
serv1cus. people nre generallyw1lhng to gtvP ''we do our part ' he satd The Alumn1 Off tee
1n bettertng seMcesand programs lor atumn1
1s worktng to d•spetltne cr11tctsm that some
alums have that they only hear I rom the
college wnen 11 needs money Ford sard
Alumni Association creates new
H aVJng 'NOt ed for close to a decade as
dtrector at stuaent actMttes and campus
programs I spent most of my waktng hours
Wlthl.eWISandCiar Callegeundergradua•es
• ltfe attar LC was ootth9 focus ol my work
and most at my contact wttn alumn came •n
the tormollenersand pnanecaltsfrom IOfm r
students telltng me ol thetr ~nderlultravels
graduate scnoal new JOb lost love or
request•ng a letter of recommendat1on
Asduector ol aluntm relaltons I now work
tn the mosllnterestnlg and challengtr"lg dQmarn
al hteafterLC' andlmustsay theretsnever
a dull moment Wtth an alumnt assoc.a11on ot
approx!TT'IateiV t2._000~a.33-member board
or a umn• frve stand1ng comm•uees 10 new
a:umn ofubs anaavanetvofa'umn1sponsor:ed
actMites the oHtce ol atumn1 relat1ons 1s a
busyptacemdeed And·Nhyarewehere?Let
me~e ltleehargeo! theAiummAssoCiatiOn
The Alumn1 Assooat•on IS organtzed to
accamphsn several maJor goa\s
•to strengthen ues between the alumn ana
thecot'ege
era st1mutate a1umn11nterest 1n and concern
wtth the arms and purposes olthe college
L C gets its first
alumni directory
•
LeNISaOCJCiar nas ttsfustAJumn1
01rectory
ThebaOkv~asputtogetherdurlng
the summer o11985 and Lncludes
the names and home addresses of
approximately l2.000 LC alumnt
The next drrectory Wl1llnclude phone
numbers and bUsiness addresses
as well Alumnt D1rector Michael
FardsaiO
The book tS arganrzed tn thu:e
secoonsso that alumni can be located
by name class and geograph1cal
tocatJon AlummtromtheCottegeot
AnsandSctencesandtheGraduate
School o! ProiCSSOionat Stud•es are
hsted GracJU«ites hom me Noflh·
.vestern School al Law are not listed
m tn1s putlhcalton
Thealumnlraster 1nctudesat1 LC
graduales or any person wno
anended tar at !east one academiC
year
The drrector y can be purchaseo
throogn me Alumnt Qtllce tor $15
and arwone who donates $25 or
more l?thecollege NIH recerve one
!Jeo All graduahng seniors wtll
recerve an Alumn1 Otrectory •taspansor support andardsoc~al cultural
eaucatronat andcareerdevelapmentactMt es
1nvalvtnQ atumn1
•toprOVIdeftnanootaSStStancetotheco•lwe
Whtle lund raiSif'9tSclearlyaneolltle object~
of tne Alumn1 Assoc1at1on '' 1s lrl'pQrtant to
po111t out that the ma1or purposes of the
oroamzallon are related to programs and
~rv1ces lor alumnt
W OfklrlQCioselyw,lhco egt!adm•niStraiM3
olhce and the Olltce of Atumm Relations
stall the ooard has m1t1ated a numbm ol
p1ograms Itt htghltgtll them here
Alumnr Coordmators tor Enrollment The
Adm1SS1ons Commrttee ol the board works
ctost!IVW&Ih !he co•rege AdmrSSions Ofhce to
support the program whrch was started thiS
year Twenty·l1ve atumm located tn Keygeo
glaphtealareascoodtnatevolunleer admiSSIOfl
acuvrty•nthe r respecttVeareas The program
haSprOVIdedmuchneededasstStancetotne
Admtss1ons Oll1ce stall and volunteers are
conltdent that the 1ncrease tn prospects and
apphcallons th1S year IS related tn part to
thetr ettorts Alumm Host Ptogram Begun 1n 1985 by
the Career Development Comm111ee of the
board thtSprogrammatcheSatumntvolunteers
w1tn graduattng sen1ors movmg to the1r geo·
graphcreg.on Over tOOsenoswerematched
1n June t985
A/umn1 Career Nerworh ThtS network
cons1sts ol over 2.000 alumn1 who are w1111ng
to meet wrlh LC studentsandatumnrtadiSCUSS
career opportumttes In aadrhon. the Alumm
Assoc1allon sponsors an c1nnua1 "Ga1eer
Sampler • on campus
Alumnr Phonothon Each sprtng alumnt
.....ak WlththeOtfceoiAnnuaiGMng to generate
g11ts to tne college Alumm g1vtng has shown
a dramatic 1ncrease 1n the past three years
1rom$62.59lln i982to$96,403m1985.an
tncrease a! 54 percent Each year appraxr·
mat ely 1 OOalumnt parucrpale 1n tne twow~ek
phonothon rn April
Alumm Class Agent Program Eact\ gra·
duatrngclass•srepresentedoyactassagent
wno works wtth other atumntto so hen contr ,.
but1ansfrom classmates toward the college's
annual tund Over l 00 alumn• volunteers
have been enlisted lor th1S program and tney
are actrvelyengaged 1n the fund ralstngeflort
Alumn1 Merchandtsrng Vartous college
memorab1ha (sweatshirts mugs. stationery,
t·Sn1rts etc )are otteredtoatumntlhrough the
quarterly pubhcalton, The Journal of Lewts
nnd Clark
Atumm T 18vel Througn the lntormaltonand
Programmtng CommrUee 9l ll"le board per IOdrc
tr•ps are planned throughout the worlo and
offered 10 atumn1 at group rates In 1 985·86.
alumn1 mayttavelto Chtna the Soviet Unron
or to &po '86 •na Alaska and the lns1de
Passage Currently atnree·tear travel plan IS
oomg developed und rway to e)(oano that course •n the fall
end sprrng 1987
Homecommg ReumonsJSpecraiE~tents A
weekend proQram each fall features class
reun1ons atltve·year tntervals and generally
tncludes an all-campus p1cn•c sponsoreo
1orntly by the Assoc,ated Students ot Lew1s
and Clark (ASLC)and theAiumntAsSOCISt•on,
cttmpus tours, racully lectures an awards
banquet a reunton d1nner a lootbalt game.
dance nnd recepttons Reunton and class
newsletters are also published each tall
A number or awards are also presented
durtng Homecom1ng weekend The Ptoneer
Athtetrc Club mducts new members 1n1o the
Hall ot Fame and the Alumni Assoctat1on
presents an award tar dtsttngus1hedalumnus
or alumna young atumnt ol the year and
atumo1 crta\IOns lor servrce Homecom•ng
'86 w111 be held Oct 3·5 and w11t feature
reunions ot me follow1ng classes 1941 46
51 56,61 66 71,76and1981 Add11tonally
"I am continually impressed
with the quality of LC alumni
and the enthusiasm they show
for the college."
cta~es from Albanv College w111 gather that
weekend Thts year s theme tS "St1ll Crazy
Alter All Thew Years "wtlh apologies 10 S1man
and Gartunkel
Wh1le Homecomtng looms large 1n the fall
the ALumnt Assoctallon, 1n coaperat1on w1th
the Portland Alumni Club. also sponsors an
annual holiday party tn early December
T ample ton Center IS translormed 1ntaa lestrve
settrng !()(four bands whiCh perform throughout
thebu•ld1ng Between 1,500and2 ,000atumnt
and lrrends bung 1n the hOlidays at lh1S gala
event
Q~GOING
• I I ....
H "A6 1 tltlAiumntOihcoalsoactsosaco·sponsa
ott he samar party wh1chw11l be held lh1svea
atttlaMasontclemplo llatsobegan•n 1985
publiShing an nlumn1 handbQOk mctud•IYJ
tho namos and addresses ot LC alumni The
boOk IS 81 r nngcd bOth nlptlnbellcally and D(
geographicalareaandwhlle•tdOOSno(lnc:hnJ
phone numbers or busmessaddresses oot
year's Will, Ford sa•d
The Atumot Olhce works 1n tandom WI
vanous other campus alltces, 1nctudtng 1J1e
Admtssrons Oil teo, tho Oll1ce of Annua1Gfllll'9
and Career Planntng and Placement All a
thOse athces t)elp Qr aduates to both keepr
touch the college and to tntegrate 11'110
the world outs1dP of LC
''Most people want to keep thetr tres \o
Lewrs and Clark," Ford concluded
Robtn F mnzen IS a semor mternat1onalaflai!S..
commumcat10ns double ma1or at Lew1sano
Clark Colleae
Whtte usually a qUiet ttme for events the
wtnter season dtd b1111g out 25·30 alum."¥
basketball players lex the ltrstalumnl basket tal
tournament All proceeds !rom I he tournamen
were donated to the Muscular Oystroptlf
Assoclatron
A new add1t1on to the annual event spon
sored by II e Assac18110n lsachlldren"s theatre
In February, over 1 00 children of faculty, staff
and atumnt aud11toned for "Snow Wh1te aoo
the Seven Dwarfs Under the gu1dance Gl
the Mtssouta Chtldron's Theatre. 50 Children
performed the productton to standrng room
only audrencas 10 Evans. waHanhng a return 1
u!lgagemen t next year Be watch1ng for t~
''W1zard of Oz • 1n Apnl, 1987
In addttlon to board sponsored actMites
alumm are organtztng 1n th1s country arc
a or oad to support bOth I he college and othei
alumm Chartered atumnt clubs are located
1n Southern Gahlornta, the Bay area. Puget
Sound Japan. Alaska. and Portland OlllEI
clubs are be•ng organtzcd 1n New England
New York, Washtngton, DC M1nneapo hs/S
Paul, Colorado, Hawau. and EugeneJCarva IS
tn addrtron to local respons1b11tttes. clubpres
tdents and key organ1zers compflse tne
fnternattanaiAdVJsoryCouncll,agroupwnich
meets annually wrth the Board of Alumn1ID
adv1se the board of programs and poltcy
As I stated at the begtnnmg ollhts art•cle
'life alter LC,'' from the vantage po1nt oltl'l>:
office ol a1umn1 rolat1ons,ts full ol challenges
excttement. and opportun•ty 1 am cont1nua ,
tmpressed w1th the quality of LC alumn1 a,_,
to the enthusiasm they show lor the college
And I'm pleased to tell you that I am no Ionge!
the only one w1th gray hau
Mtchael Ford has oeen the Dlfectorof Alurm
Relatrons at Lewts and Clark smce 1984
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COMPllfl8
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Fi tteen hundred at lho 4 000
Alumnt D1rec1oues have been d1s·
tubuted so far Ford satd ConttnwngEducat1on;Worklngctoselyw•tn
tneOihce ot Cantrnu1ng Education numerous
snmroars are PfOVIded and bolh cred11 and
non·credrl courses are offered to alumnt An
Investment sem1nar ptlol program wtll M
presented to atumn1 on March 15, w1th plans Aplumnl OJflee personnel from left to right. Assocltte Director Carolyn Bouden Secretary
otter, Dlrec:tcu MlchMI Ford and Student Aulatant Charlotte Smith '
Page4 In Focus, March 6, 1 Is tMre ltfe n has bee<
g1adua11ng s
Wtlatal>Olll
What Wtlllhe
P1oneer L~
tore1gn caul
future
Patrtcta t-J
naltonal alia
wrthherstudi
She nas ap
Econom1csl
1nterna11onat
and tnternab<
to any at thE
have an tniE
Parts wtth a
Aller ftve
States, Nata
ThiS braade
focus on tnU
would bene
Natali her
she was 16,
student1n td
of Idaho, th
ago, attract
Yves Heller,
Ho~
Whentl
H1ll to
much as 11
experrence
Now IOlJrSt
gllpS Wtth I
a gam
There 1s
go througl'l
Lew1s and 1
least drastl
wno stay u
Student Co
Klees, w
cope w1th 1
ualtonday 1
been or m1
andwhethe
ones edu
g11ev1ng to
wnomwe r
''We usu
•nllmate lrt
through a lc
loss· she~
Klees ac:
awareotal
aHgothrau
comes de
w•llseeau
angertak
t~allng as
dUr1ngvan
ol the .,'C • .Ii;
GradutaU on
otatumshas
e college 1r1
nanctat 9111s
paf\tCtf)altl
parhctpa!c
esor 10new
ael Ford lor a
lOS)
a co·sponscr
heldlhtsyear
cgantn 1985
iQk tnCIU<IIng
:; alumn• 'TlwJ
hcaltyanab1
;esnotl~
dresses ne.11
tandom With
tncludmg 1~
AnnuaiGMrg
cement All ci
obolhkeep
integrate 1010
•p theu t•es ~a
Jded
Jaltonal affarrs.
)rat Lewrsa'Ki
lor events the
25·30 aturM
Jmnl baSketoo
lhetournarnM
1lar Dystrophy
1al event spon·
Udren' s theatre
, at laculty,sta!l
now Wh•te and
1e gUidance ol
tre, 50 ch1ldren
standtng rooo
ran ling a return
atch1ng for the
•ored actMhes.
tS country and
liege and olhel
:.~bs are locateo
say area, PuQEJ
Portland Otl"lef
., New England
M1nneapohsJSl
~gene/Cocva Is
'htces,clubpres
1 comp11se 1M '
tl,agroupwhdl
ard at Alumn• tc
tsand pohcv
19 of thtS arhcle
:age po1nt of 1~
Jlt ot challenges,
1 am contmuaJ,
)I LC alumnt aro
v lor the colleg.;
at I am nc I on~
111ec tor of Atumn
smce 1984
•
•
~en . Secretery
~arch 6, 1 • ore1 n students have international lans
Is there ltle alter Lewts and Clark?
11 nas become a cltcne' to asK and yet for
ura(lUallng sen tors illS a 1eo•t11nate question
Wllal at>out students from other countnes?
What will they b do•ng alterleav•ng LC? Tho
Proneer Log asked several students from
loretgn coun tt~es about thetr plans ror the
futuro
Patr~c1a Natali of Monte Carlo. ts an •nter
oauonalallatrsma1or She would hke togo on
Wlthhers tud,eseodrece~Wamaster'sdegree
Sho has applted to the London School of
Econom1csaM Pohllcal Sc•ence.•n areas of
•nternallonat relations. ecooomJcdevelopment
and anternahooal buSt ness II she IS not accepted
ro any of these programs. she would like to
have nn mternsh1p tn e1ther Monte Carlo or
Parts w•th a U S company
Alter hve years of study•ng •n the Untied
Stares. Natali sa1d, "I have a broader vtew '
ThiS broader vtew has tncluded tntenstve
rocus on tnternatlonat afla•rs. whtch she satd
would be nearly unheard oltn France
Natali has been tn the Umted States smce
showas 16, whenshewasaforelgnexchange
student1n IdahO She a It ended the Unaverstty
of Idaho, then transferred to LC two years
ago, a"racted by the International afla•rs "I ve spontthe most 1mporrant part ot my
hlo •n the U S stte sa•d not1no 1t1e cruc•al
11rno between the Ciges ol16<:~nd 22 'I m1ss
Monte Carlo ·Natali satd 'bull couldn t slay
there all rny ltfe 11 s roo small
Nata It hopes lor work that Wtll allow her to
travnf freely between the Unued Stares and
Monre Carlo Herve LeJeune IS a stlldent from Tah·tt
ltn•shtng hts semor year 1n bus1ness
aomtniStrauonatterseveralyearsrnthewofktng
world Leteune SOtd "I want a degrP.e,l'm not
here to party "
Leteune 1s presenlly w8111no to recewe a
work VJsa "I m a tounst' he sa•d 1n regard to
• hts current status
The aovantage or studytng bustness tn
Amer~ca tor Lereune IS that a more pract1cal
approach to bus1ness 1s tal<en "Here, you're
one step closer roactuallywork1ng 1nacompeny
than tn France, where you only study wtth
books," he satd
A disadvantage lor Leteune tS the soc1al
Sttuauon he hnds tnAmenca He feelsculturat
d11ferences between AmeriCans and foretgners.
ec;pectally 1n terms or fnendshtps aM rela·
11onsh1ps "ll's easter to maet people here,"
hesa•d "bullltendstorematnonasuperftCial
level" '"''''""ent here ~~ rn:-o.-----;;::;:.-- ·, Margt~l Btorgulfsdotllr. rellecttng on her
future, sa1d, ''Oh,l have great plans•'
Ong•naly from Iceland, BtorguiiSdottll has
traveled extenstvely, and has worked as an
a1rhne hostess lor several years "t like adven·
lures. gett1ng to know new people and new
places." she satd
"Wherever I am I tend to make the best out
of 11," she sa•d "I've never been homesick I
~ JUSt don t lhtnk to be It's no lack of patnottsm
or apprectat•onof home." Btorgullsdott•r satd
''When lthtnk of my future, tt's pretty travel·
onented," sa1d thts tnlernattonal affatrs mat or
.1..-.._....__, B1orgulfsdolltr hasapphedtotwograduate
Yves Heller, Switzerland schools Fletcher School of Dtplomacy and
How to cope with leaving L C
When the class of '86 leaves Patan11ne
Hill tor the world out there," 11 wtll be
much as 11 was when they lust arrtved and
expertenced the loss of a tam1ly structure
Now lour short years later,theymust come to
g11ps wtlh leavtng lnends and fovea ones
agatn
There 1S no avo1dmg the tact that you w•ll
go through drastiC change when you leave
Lewts and Clark Those who go through the
IP.ast drashc change w111 probably be those
who stay •n Portland." Bonn•e Klees of the
Student Counseling Center sa•d nressure on a relattonsh•p when usually the
Sttuahons and dects•ons drctate wnat hap
pens,''Kiees fldded
Parents usually have puvate agendas for
thetr grad~Jahng sentors "A lot of people are
wtlllng to tell you what you should do Rarents
are great ones for thiS They tell you lnat you
should get a JOb at home or that you should
look tor a 'real' 10b" Klees satd Georgetown Unrvers11y Fletc~mr ~1s a pro·
gram lllat ftt., exactly whal I wanl h satd
tforao,.&ateSC'.hootplansdon tcomettt.rough
BJorgulfsdotttr plans to return 10 Iceland She
would h!<e an 1n1ernsh1p w1th the European
Counctl ana would then reapty to graduate
schools I may have tostepdomns btl 1 ve
applied to two of the bost schoo'sl she sa d
'Wh•chever works out I d be happy
L u s Perez-Marrero a bus•nessma,or from
Venezuela hasbeenatLCfort h!eeyears
Alter graouat•on he would like to get a JOb a
tnternshtp lor the bus1nessexpenence He •s
also lhtnktng of pursu1ng a master s degree
"It mil depend on where I have the better
opportunity , Perez-Marrero sa1d
For Perez-Marrero educaiiOnln 'the Untted
States has grven h•m the treedom to choose
h•s own hfestyfe w1thou1 too much pressure
at trad•t•on or culture," he sa•d
A dtfhculty for Perez· Marrero. as well as lor
other lore1gn students. 1s that or havmg two
dttferent worlds "Venezuela tS so mucn 01
what•s 1n me," he sa•d "and now there's so
much from Portland "
For fore1gn students, there 1S the dtfltcully
of chang1ng cultures and languages when
traveling back and forth Natali noted the
dtlhculty of speaktng French w•th her fam1ly
a her speakmg EngliSh fOt so long "Sometimes
when I'm home I wake up and start speaktng
Enghsh w•thout reata.mg nl' she sa•d
Although not yet a semor, Yves Heller has
giVen thought toh1s hie plans Born In Swttzer
land Heller has hved abroad all h1S file, m
Gefmany,GreatBIItlan.Oh;o,NewYak.France
and lndra 01 h1s 21 years he has spent only
one year tn Sw•tzerland
An Enghshand tnternahonat alla,rsdouble
mar or, Heller th1nks he would hke to stuoy
tnternahonal relahons •n Geneva, or perhaps
teach Enghsh '" Asta "I dehmtely want a JOb
where I can travel " he sa•d "I don 1 Hant to Margril B)orgulfadoltlr Iceland
hveanywher~l<. '"-)thanlouryears I ve
QOtten used to the globe-trotter ltte• The SWISS government reQutres all male
Clt•zens to enhsl for lour montns as well
as three weeks of military serv1ce every year
until the age of 50 Heller hopes to avotd th1s
reqwement tor se teral reasons
"As long as you're abroad you don t have
to do m1htary seMce. but once you go beck
rneygrabyou'"hesaid DuetoHellef shlestyle
"I really don't feel any naftonalldentlty w1th
Switzerland
"lamveryantl·mi!ttary "hesaJO noting that
there tS no place for consc•ent1ous ObJectOfS
•n the SwiSS system The dectdtng factor
however may be a knee InJury on wh1ch
Heller has had extenstve surgery
Do tore1gn-b0m students have a more
dlffaA deC'.lS0'1lO make thanAmencan students
once graduahon becomes a reahty? Said
Heller 'I have cruClal dectStOnS to malt.e
because the Un•ted States IS not my country
and I have to dec1de where to go However
hesa!d,oftxxhAmencanandlore~gnstudents
"We all have Important dec•s•ons to make '
D1ane Raab IS a 1umor Engt,sn maJOr
Klees, who sees a lot of sentors tryrng to
cope w1th leav1ng, explarns that when grad
uahon day arrives enormous dec1S1ons have
been or must be made about where to hve "'
and whether to enter the work force or continue
one • educatton S•muttaneously we are
grtevtng the loss ot college acquatntances
\'mom we may not see aga1n For those 1 nvolved 1n a roman11c relatooSh•P
WtthagraduahngseniOfwhoarenocthemse~
gradualmg Klees recommends that they
"change the pace olth1ngs and do the thtngs
that they have always wanted to like parltetpate
1n an athlehc event or a theater productton,"
shesa1d
Sentor Ctndy Young, anternauonal aHatrs.
1s tnvolved 1n a long diStance romance w1th
her bOyfnend Pat MahaNey who graduated
last year 'We don't really know what1t s like
to be together for a long hme. tt's like a
vacation when we see each other ... she satd Sen to~ should be aware ot a five-stage grieving process we all go through when eq,erienci
aloaa. ng
"We usually have a c•rcle of at least three
•nttmate lnends Wtth your frtends you go
through a lot and that support structure IS at a
loss ' she satd
Klees' adv1ce tograduatmgsentors IS to be
aware of a hve stagegr~evtng process that we
all go through when expertenc•ng a loss F1rst
cernes dental wnen we toll our selves that we
wtll see our college lrtends a lithe 11me Then
angertakesover. wh1ch 1s replaced by nego·
ttattng as when we say we II see our In ends
durtng vacat•ons. hnally there •s acceptance
oil he separate course our hves w1lltake
Graduates w1ll need to replicate the support
structure that they had a\ LCandlor th1s there
ts no 'grana plan" Klees recommends that
S£Hl•ors be awnre ot all t11e op11ons avatlable
to them und notteel obligated to those who
toll them what they "should' do
'Be aware that whatever vou do '' 1s a
chotce that you alone are ln<lktng Be aware
Of your CllOlcesanddo asmuchdatagatneung
as you posstblycan wtth respecttooccupatoos
or cho1oeS that you have'" your relaltonsn•ps
Klees sa•d
Olhcrs ltkOSOntOI MaryS1mk1n SOCIOlogy •
have opted out ofthe process tempomrt!y
Alter I graduate I am gotng on the Kenya tup
WhiCh w•ll be hke a hmbO stage Ill have 11me
to th1nk about my future w1thout havtng to be
hnanc•ally responstble lor mysell," she sa•d
' These 'shoulds' place a great deal ol
In Focus, March 6, 1986 Young and Mat ~alley have a ''dehntle plan
lor the future,'' and an unders1and1ng that
netther at them wants polygamy
Some k1nd 01 agreement Is a good rdea.
Klees says ''You need to dec•de what you
want-whether 11 IS monogamy, oi •I you
want to wrtte tellers, or at least call It •s a
b•·lateratoec•s•onofhowthetwoofyouwant
to ma•nta1n the realuonsh•p -perhaps a
phys•cal momemo · she sa10
'I need less of an excuse not to do work.
w11n fnends comtng tn and out even 1f
they're not good lrtends I want to stop ano
take some t1me w1th them 'Sen1or Ala1n M1llar
hiStory, satd
Mtllar hns avo•ded a romantic retattonsh1p n' hts hnat yt1ar beCause he sa•d tl complicates
the matttlr and you are not hkely to ~ee them
alter school ·
'I um getltng all rny ttme 1n wuh my In ends
rtgnt nbw, bull know alter I graduate there wtll
be about ten lrtends that I keep tn contact
w•th · sen1or BobGIMVJIIe commun1cattons
S81d
• I haven't taced the tact tttatl'm gotng to
graduate 1 don't th1nk ab0Ut1t Young sa1d
"You look atrnends and say you'll keep tn
touch, and say to yourseii'No I wont·"
Tom Lyden rs a 1unror rnternatronal aflarrs
mBJOf at Lewrs and Clark College Summer or Fall1988
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Students on 1~ 1982 Indonesia trip (top right). Glenn Fout, 1 1984 LC graduate
(abO<te). I ,.~
The prospects o1 rerum ng to noooessa
a er a f -montn stay there n 1982
haumeo my dreams eve: smce r retUTned to
me Un ·ed States
The reaJZat:oo ttta11 had re1 ned dldn l
str e unt I set foot oH me plane n Jakana
alter a 2:5-l'lCM r • f!om -tlS Pnge es
Descnbed b;· one A.'nenc;an i'.'ffi9 Ltee
as me las1 •oru;er fOf :.me! can C3P:la sm
tnOOnesJa rs a ·-aleitiosoope o! cu •u a and
soaa dNtm;;~ ·v P-ro ~e ee OO.'OJS
changes the ~e troo 1 mree )'ears
ago foundmuttao!tnesooa n•eract10nto
be qu :e me same
fl. :IS rear reunat • lndonesan enos
came mysealtld"Nee~ b:a wnen eo
Dandang Su ~iO GJ'lO hts ta tn a Ia _
atnr. so I'J!Ome'el's Southeast m Jal.dfta
nao be!r!PJ'ldi?d Danda:ng 10 9a2 atter ne
r·.eo nse .. ;:e!Stomembe.-s 001 Lew
ana oar!' c:J~~ErSeaS grout> we we'e
..: ,;ng the OOtan,""Cga.rdens 111 ~ Our •ng
my or nal stry-I ~ Dandang severa
1 !fT'IeS and na-..a ~Pt touch t.n h!m .,.. e
bad tne States
Oandang s fe has changed tt!e He S\1
:subs'S!s oyse:: ngtrlfl;.;etsatlhe garden and
he ano hs fam st o:cupy a very Ia"
status he !]age Therefore, my VIS:.1 was a
mpona ·ocounence lor Dandangas
5e'\OO among~· thingS. to rase h!sstatus
a*T'OOQ O!S ne;g.>tbO!s
Oancang aoo stayed up tale o the
atxl!.t' now harOtrmgS had been
ana n:;:s ~ f1J He wamec:s 10 ma,.
w a 'Oersnn ~~en as myse would wa t to
m when COtJXI be f'.Of.J'Q 81 tne hOme
rJ. ana<!Sl'OC'al ano~01acm~b!e
bed rare lha! C()flt:rete
llouQh! a 1m about that Q'UeS!:OO a so
Page& txih before and after I maoe my rerum jOUffie'J
Wtlat ·.ras that was ca r ng me back?
That questiOn st I dogs me as much as
old many more questtOnS from my 1 Sl tnp
ool Uley are ans ... .-ered at vanous levels 10
oue hme There .-.-ere t ~ when two years
a!ter I had returned from noones~a I would
be struc by rrrt perspect.nte on somelh ng
-a perspectiVe that was un!Que to my
ndoo:esan eXPe.rence
MOSl moooam. btJ• ClifflCU 1 to exo:a n to
the non-mr..eer IS ttle l'lOl.Ol glf1Q ~
I.D learn aboUt roo own cu ure and he llat)e
TMre IS a ~rc Northwest lnden s:ay.ng
'The tast to Oscc::M!r the ocsn a e the fiSh
Neve ha'..-e "a ned more abou11Tl';sell or
my country tnan cf:o by g:mg ~seas
n tnal rea :zauon t.es the mos1 11T!portan1
reason orretwn:ng togetout.oimycurreni
e.xpenence ana kJok at t from a d 1ferent
ob;ectM~ To feel the suffer ng 0: one such
as Oandang and doina wha! one mUSI
What was It that was ca!Ung one badl?
S moe t:MIS:ness at th€ bolarnc gardens
had oeen rather sk>w Dandang hao OOl
been abte tota:Ke h!Sklu#·year.-oldoaug er
to tne OoctO! lor trea•ment of a cnest cold
(wn::e trea!mental the hea lhcare cen!e1s tS
nearly free presa PJ.:on med!Clle IS anen
mes lOO EY~ !or the many peop!e 111
Dandang s J)061' on)
Danoang s daugtt!.er. wno had been SICk
lor over two weett.s got ner ~:Olle When I
Bfl :Jed and began to rnpr011e w.m:n 24 t'IOUffi.
le gooo abootl:lelOQ ab!e to hetp my old fr end but fru& .. aled by me numbef oft mes
pop eat en 1 helped
In all. 1 spent etgtll wee!-ts •n Indonesia
re'\'ISIInlg old fuends and places If one m1ng
wasdllferenttrommyhrstU•p•t .... aslhallwas
no longer lascmated w th the poverty me
malnutnuon and the poor frnng C0001liOOS AI
1 :rsr. I am ashameo to aamn. tne lrv-!llQ cono ...
d•tons al a Th rd World country somehoN
fascmated me Bulasl retumedtolhecoun:ry
and my lr enos as my e7..l)er ence .vas much
more persona !a eo I becamewerydepressed
atthea dlOtomybetv.'eenfustandth dwortd
lr. no cond:toos -Backhomepeop!ema~!edrumy~
fOf havmg g!)OO to such a plate a!ooe Those
people Who nave been to lnd~ or to
Th d Wcxld countrtes e •L know hov.-ever
lhalbfaveryiSt\ arequ red TheretSanecess·v
to retum - 8 necessny to feel aga;n .'/hat u IS
e lo live the otner £•fe.
TheLCprogramseNearnewe!J.ICXlrlClJded
as Ill aveled between ISiancls for l'NO months 1
had a most dlStmct advantage OieJ otner
travelers acu turalsens tMtylaci<lngtnmost
VlSltors ThiS d lference was quickh' not•ced
by tne lndonestans and my e.l!oer ence .,~ds
tfl'.-a uab!e beCause of It
Myf1rsttnp to Indonesia rema ni the most
I!Tlp011ant pan of my co lege experience and
ttlerefore my suongesz fee ng IS thai one
miSSeS 8 greal deal by going to LC Witnoo1
gomg over OYerseas
Glenn Foutrs a 1984 LC graduate who
ma}Oted n htStory ana partJcJpaced tn Ihe
1982 overseas ptogranun lf'Kionesa F outts
o.Jrrentiy a liblaTian and counse101 ar me OFU
Va ey School tn O,ca CaM Graduate
S ome of thiS year s graduat;ng
may never want to go back to ~ ....
understand But lOt you academe acb:
\-.,th tnsallable desue to learn one d
post-graduate prog ams snould aca~.
date graduate school orcontrnumg t:UIJI;
In New York Ctty conunutng (or ad~ fO..
cauontsprobabtyaspopularas
One pramnent •nstl1ullon the School "'1"-·
Nts.rnv esprospect.vestudents by ad
•n •ts catalog, ''When the Job you ~
enough andthe1obyou NanllsOU1ol""rea:r .....
ThiS suggests a cJear propos• bon
W1th many 01 New York s adult
programs the prOduct for sale IS na
knowledge out maf1\etao t: sy,u~ I'W'~~
the term "Real sksls offered by 1ns11~
such as the Sclloo ol VJSUal Arts m~_f.o:t~
SchOolarNeNYorkUrwersty
be mJSS~ng '" a graduate school
ult rna•etyboth post-g
the same end to equrp students f~
ma,• et
practiCal apphcat ons of the COUJse ma!:; c;
From tne beg1nn ng the •nstructor ... ~,
"Adult education does
such courses as The Art of
Tasting, just for the fun ofit
States the courses pragmattefocus
not? A maJorrtt of stuoen:.s who attend
ntghl school also hold part· or
Uke thetr prctesso:s. stuoents may om"
afract ono!the rtrmetostud.es Th!SrYirM
students Wltl'l the acvantage of ho!:I•IIYf'H.
hand reahstfC accounts oi a professa
experence
I haVe ta en two contJnu1ng
courses tn New Yort. C rr tn both
lessors had been actiVe n theJT I 2ldS
called upon studems to rea!:h
prof101enqbyterm send Conseq
rooghly1 osessonsstudentsmusa,.rvwi:r'
In Focus, March 6, 1986 critiq
~rral bU1fd
.-::norJenewskrll a~
gett ngaretur
roognly 5220 per
DJi{!on costs can
:~<1n•v 1 0 ses
must cond
material, bu
to experimen
, and then
In Focus ' does
Art of
• fun ofiL
1986 • I
critiqued
~terral bU1Id conhoence to
::.!~thenewsktll andthentake rt
.~~~~ slt..tllsonthecommerc~a
educa!Dlstuderustands
,~dOE~tt•n return on her mrt.al
roughly S220 per rourse With
b)d!On costs can be returned
ly 10 sessions stu
must condense the
materaal, build confi
to experiment with the
and then take it to
oYe And for students employed
company partial Of lull
~-nlto\'oard turttOn costs IS anen
Tn.s-ncteaseslhestudentsva!OO
·~-wh e also rncrea51ng h s
~·y
::.....~~uc1en1 ontheotherhand may
Jrmediale and tang o e oa1ns
rA:E!S..A mos1 futlydevo!ed loaca
,..._,.enl Wl spend at east one
1\'o or three -•n purSUJt of a
Q?g!~ most graduate schools a
memorogramBSSISts~rr&ch ng
prospectrve emp O'ters
;:rogmms the rewards may be
~lapp:-ng Adult eoucatJOndoes
·•m.,~c:j::lc::TheAn of W1ne l astmg
fun ot t And many graduate
~!1 sa r984 graduate of L ew,s
toTS{Ofed nmcematJona/affa rs.
!mlrnNew YO!~ C1ryandworldng
:r:ta1 aSSJsmnt for Stereo Re...,ew
In Focus, March 6, 1986 ensus reveals L alumni attitu
The slat us and allliudes of LewiS
ana Oark alumnt v.ere recently
revealed •n ltle Alumn1 Census
AnalysiSand Marketing Rev;ew The
ceOSlswascanpleted f~ tneAJunn
Associat•on ol Lewts and Cfar~ tJy
David TayiOf of the Yale School or
Organllat onandManagementlast
Aug 16 One-quarter of 11\e respondents
e theystJU had a strong ldenticatlon
'l.rlh the college One-half said they
felt moderate tres Mth the co ege
wh•le lhe remarn ng 25 percent
cia med Neak or no tdenttfteatJOn
WllhLC 01 all tne academrc ma,ors busl·
ness and educat oo ma;o:s iere
shOwn lO have COilSIStenUy strong
presences n tne LC commu y where they woud anend school
tney had to do OO.'ef
The reasons gJVen for se ect ng
anotn~r schoOl rno'uaed tne Idea
1.11a1 LC es 100 expeOSNe a drssai.IS·
factJon w th the value of the school
and e~posure tootner pos51bd ~:es
When aslo'.ed tog .-a genera com
ments about lh.e coilege a ma:or
portion at the samp:e be eved the
cd ege had become too eY..pensr.-e
toanena The results were ta~enlrom471
a1umm random y selected from
among the LC g1aauates .,.mo
responded ldenblteaUon Nllh the cor ege IS
reflected n many ways •ncfud ng
ViSUiflQlhecampus The mostpop.Aar
reasonsa1umn1 had for returruno to -The attitude of a'umnltut13!d the
lC educal.lon IS genera y one of
sat:stacton Thlfty·fl\le percem o1
the samp!e felt they reoerved an
~.eel en1 educat on that eflecuve 'I
prepared them for the current
career Forty-seven oercent fe they
receiVed a good educat1on Onty
twoperoentfelltheeffectlve~..ssof
the11 educatron was poot campus we;e to atteno cu tural
Not surp ISingly mos1 a!umn• from
lhe samp'e are employed •n wh te
collar OCC\Jpauons mean1ng pro
fessional techn cal or manager tal
po$lltonS
Some 49 percent olthe samp e
haO completed graduate suo res events. classes and semrnars.a!ur'nnl
actMiles athletteevenrs the holiday
party ano to use lhe IJ.D1ary and
recreauonal lac•hi~eS It NaS also
ellldenced 11'\at lhe longer a graduate
had been away from the COllege
thelesshkelyheOJShewastocome
back to VJStt Nearly na ! of the respondents
reooned tney would attend LC f
the~ weretose•ectacollegeagarn
Only one rn fNe 100:cated r.neywou'.d
anend another SChOof I grven the
chOICe Theremaooer~...-eren tsure Tnree-fourtns o' the a umm
samp eo sa :d they would recom
menotneco: ege wnerertfUWtlha
SHldenl s frnancta and academiC
prof le FoUr perceru szateo they
v;ooki not recommel'l(lthe co ege
and the rema.:noer weJe not sure
Alum details small school benefits
I se ected Le'I'JlS arid Oar!\ tor the wrong
reasons Alter World Wa ~h_n I was n:_ne
or ·omyta I blond beaut' coustncameup
from ISSfSS!PP to spena a year at LC The
g rls d ·m v.-as tne ko\anor House she lo!d
me exCI111'1Q stonesabouttnesecre! passages
and I was hoo ed Besfdes me campus lS so
beautrfu even mough Classes o'\'9!e neld n
we rd places e stab!es and grePnhouses.
·ney haa character
Other schools ~mply d d not measure up
tomyear1yi1Tlpre.ssK)Il.Sorlan1ase;ofcollege
llla\'e never regretted my chO oe
One of lhe 1deas bought at LC IS that yot • .u
collegeexper enceJSwna!youput nto 1 not
what IS put oto you Onty you ca do Lhe
lear rung and you candolhatany.-there f you
wrl Bu'llh nk. sma' schoo s "'.;e LC pr0'41de
grea!er opportun:!leSior \-'OUJ'lQ unde!grao li3"SS
to de-.~elop lhemsewes than large schools
do In small classes of a dozen students u IS
tmpclSSittetopretendtoyourse orlhefacu
tna! you know more man you really do t 1Sa1
tnesamelmeposs~b!etoexp:orethoseldeas
so fen '!generated by young m nos
Them!e !ectualstmulatooatlC'"'asle!r IC
n lhe late 50s Y/tlether t.n dass at n the
SnacY. Shack whe!e I spent an equal amount
o'llme ltwasthebeg M flgOitheCMIRtghts
rrtO'Jement With the megratlon oflhe Lmle
~ Arl SCilOOtsand Hunga!y'Sboefa.rtemD:
at freedom from the SeMel Un on AanyoHne
men were Kotean conf lCt \'eterans v th rwo
to lour years of real .,.,'Ofld expenence. ana
theyconlllbuted SJgmhcant co d:'SCUSSJOOS
Also tn small s:c:hoOG there are more
opponurut•es tor mtormalmteract1on wun the
racu y 1 remember st1ll the tme my ma,iOt
prc!essorto!dme ""(outeallywrrteau tewell
who>.Jl you know what yoo re laUUng abOll't •
1958 .... -aspanof theE.Jsenhawef Aeoesslon
andaftergradoauontcouldn lge aJ()brn
Oon.Jandto eam money(and restano pla J fo:
a rearOf'sobeforearutQtoaJaduateschool
.. Acoess to power" depends on
what you are willing to pursue
dilllgently.
Fofthemlae.JObtUvgfl1958. rawanen.
waspmnan.ly unpeded bylf'l!eJ'~t!zeda:Mudes
so cleasly desa bed severs yeafS tater by
Betty Fnedan •n 'The Femilline MystiQUe
~'omen Old 1'\01 ha\'e careers unless they
were w ng to sta1 s:ngle Women went to
col egetogetaM~ degree solheysa!d and
the statistiCS on female d opouts seemed to
prOJe tne po:nt But even then there were
enough women at LC wnose motners had
hadto~dunngsomepe IOd nthe radu I
•e thai 'Ne weie ptepar ng ourselves 10t tne
emergency Sltuat on pumar n teach ng
ana other women s prolessons
But, my LC record got me a tu ·IJme JOb
andtreetu ooattheU~rs«yotWashtngton
and the next year a teactung assiStaocesh!p
Of the three c ose women trrends Sl
keep up tn two a !so went on ro g adua1e
schoOl. one at the UnNersty o1 Ca torrua at Lane LC gl"'llduate.
Bed;~Ultusttwyar(l . . .;~
of Mlch;gan n sooa vor The th:rd got
marned and played ou: a son of rrad t..:ona
e:xpec&avon un• her ch kiren were QiO'-"'"
OtherwamenfromLC ~on!llUmonlh-~
log:cal to ge· masters degrees tn Olr!Slen
education
AAertheUo1W Willlmymaster soegreean
tn.'1811Sttpl had mydoce a JObsany.-.'here
Though tmes ho-..e changed ra.o:ca m my
teki I have always worto:ed When and ~t.'here
wanted to m Seanle Wash Tallahassee
Aa Poroac. Mxh and ncr.-. Detr and 1 ve ~ more days tnan not
On a receru Sunday the DelJOft Free Press
o:d an art :de on the hlgh pressure of
college ad..mJssrons to prestg~us schoo!s
by wn:cta lhey mean1 Harvard the Massa
chusetts fns!:•ute ol T edmo:ogy ana the Urv
vef'Slty of M!Cil!Qan • nc uded the f WlnQ
quote rom a college gu!dance Olrector m a
pnvare prep school ~m:ssKlO tll scnoots
:nat are oercel\'eO to be presl :oos rea
does m~ access o power and prest>ge
and secur ty and our kids know
I re;ea thai e tsm absokr.e • That old
schoolt;e and 'SWhoyouknow S.l'esna...,. ..
ou: oJ tne European class suuau e tha1
depended on what amu 0.1 were oorn to
w01ry about 'a year o!ds y.flo ttus
Make a list of the 10 powerlu people 1'00
aam.-re most m the Un reo Sates100a and
tnen fmd OU1 v.'hefe they went to coLege
Access to power sw aeper.ason Wflalyou
are nang to oursue dill.gerut) nbl wtle:e you pursue·
seru my daugn!e to LC b'lCPint'XI tho:
'n 1A:tw-r. I
shecooldd:scover wnoshersandwha cha
~esOU!otCe • roonesends~~1'1
an M"''lae s.ne doesn t :va o un:.ess -has to ao w:th gen.ng ou a newspaper 1~
refused o speno money on a ta•ge ~ · At LC ~She waOO encn."1'\:cr the
cnoces rtSKS and Dena ts and be ab!e
10 decJde L"te next step wanled hetto sar
ou her pefSOn3J va:'ues rn an • rOrTrne
outsde r.ne ~a:w~pew:.e a:n liC:ISUhee
of the autanot·..e rndustry "'ree one-up
mansn:p :s (l) .. S!l more I.1TlDOrta • that l!le
producl
wanted het lo spend Lme on the esr
Coast Which I treedsrr oe lldeoenoen::e
and self -reliance tnan there 111 the MJ:iwe!
and East Hope•u ;v aftef he IOU yecl(S she
haS t~"eo ner bra!n he-r w :ngness o 'NO
her tnterest n arrong k>r ts own sake
sp:te ot or because olrhe proaessors sne has
nad HQPe uJ she has ieamedabou team
i1lf ontne PlOtleerLogano abou the rea
e or most peoo~e trus wo-t CI.J9h
her oven;easexper ence What be!l~ Pfeoa
rat ;an IS the e WI tacsna me tun..re?
~
Page7 Financial aid d • 1n for
1 s a fact that 1M amount o'
molleyav-a labletosubstd.rzegrad
uat~stud es ss Q!lll canuyresstnan
that ol underg aduate stlldents /J.s
a resu L araouate stUdents are hav· andresearchasststantsiHps Aga•n
most of these are awarded upon students are pnrna11ly borrowing
money lor tna\ second and tll'ld
dearee 'lsukamak1 St1td mer 1
Because the amount of ard IS
scarce compared to that ot under
~ tng a very hard 11me ftnanc1ng tnetr graduate resources graduate
educatton
So whmecangraduatestudents
t nd ass.stance to he'p pay tor thetr
eaucshon? 01ane Tsu!<ama 1
d rector OfflnanCICIIatdat Lewtsand
oar satd thai leoeral funds are
ava1lable to those Siudents who
qual~ for them
Federal fundS help I naooeco! ege
\vo*study prograrns,sSSS students
by paytng IOf lhe tnteresl on bank
loans and prOV1de Guaranteed
Stuoent Loans lGSL) Tsukamak1
sardtheGSLprogramtSthebtggest
source ol1tnanc1al a1d tor graduate
students All federal lunds are
a\\ardeo based upon need
Anothei soorceotatdforaraduate
students IS through pr!VClie schO·
tarshrps These areava•lable through
pmrate orgamz.auons and are
awarded aocordtng to the prereq·
u1s tes ol the tnslttutron
The graauate sct'loolltsell tS also
agoodsol!fceo!ftnanoala•d Many
prOVloe !ellowsn•ps and 1eachtng
Default rate low for LC, Oregon
while GSL loan amounts skyrocket
In nearly lWO decaaes. tne slate o1 Oregon
has loaned m1lhons ol dollars to COllege
students to nelp ottset the costs of higher
educauon
While the slate runs the nsk ot never see1og
that money aga1n, Max Coley ol the Stale
Scnotarsh1p Con1m•ss1on sa1d Oregon has a
default rate of only 7 1 percent
Coley default dtreCIOf of cta1ms and cor·
rect1ons. sasd $257 2 m1t1ton m matured
paper nascomedue .ethecommtSSton
began dtSOUrsmg money through the Gua·
ranteedStudemLoan(GSL) programm 1967
Matured paper· referstomoneyowedtotne
state 1rom lendees no longer tn school Of
Wllhtnthegracepenodfollowlnggraduatton
01 me S257 2 m I ton Co•ey sad $18 3
mt' 10n tJaS noi repa d However 34 percent
o1 tne outstand1ng loans ($6 2 mtllton) was
eventua ly recovered by the CommiSSion
Oregon has the second htghest 'eOOJery
rate n tne nauon Coley sa1d
Recently mucn has been vmtten and sa d
rega'a ngthetnaeastng octdencesofdefault
on co lege toaos However Co ey attnbutes
thiS 10 1he r~eases n money loaned
lne comm1ss on dlstnbuted onty $8 mllhon
n GSL lunds to students 10 1976· 77 By last
year mat number haorocxetedloS71 m1IIIOfl
Otane lsukamak• d1reC1o' ot Lew1s and
Cta~~· s hnanc1ala1d Olfloe, sa1d GSL stat1Sl1CS
are nol kept lor mdl'lldual schools However
swderusatsorecerve moneyhomtne 1 a11ona
O•rect Student Loan lNDSLl program and
thoSe stallSUCSare 818\able
LC s repayment rate fOI NDSL lunds 1s
95 2 percent T sukamakl sa1d Former LC
students o~e $354 460 on $7 4 mtlhon
cumulal!vely second loweSt tndefauliS behtnd theUntverSlty
ol Portia no
Oregon s povatecolleges and untVerSittes
(tnclud1ng LC Reed College and Wtllamette
UntVersttvl have the best repayment rates
followed by state system schools tsucl'l as th~
UniVersity ol Oregon and Portland State Un1·
vers•IY) and the t 3 communtty college~
Each college has the pnmarvrespons1b1hty
ol collec.ttng on defaults T suk.amal<t expla1ned
In the GSL program the tender has the
pumary responstbllity of collect•on In most
cases lenders are bankS or saVIngs and
loans aSSOCiallOOS
II. alter due d1hgence, "a lender has been
unable to retrieve money from a lendee,the
State Scholarship Comm1ss•on assumes the
responstbl 1tty ol collect1ng the outstandtng
debt The commtSston may w1thhold state
mcome tar. refunds I rom a debtor 1n order to
recoup 1ts losses Tsulc,amalo said
Tsukamak•sald the h1gh level or repayment
by LC students may stem lrom the same
causesastheco'lege shtghstudentretenuon
Our students w111 generally graduate, (and)
therefore w11l benelltlrom tne1r educatton
Tsult.amalol sa1a and thus w11l be able to pay
bacl< loans
Statesystemschoo sandcommuMvcol
leges trad1L10na1ty havehtgher rates ot student
8\lrltiOil
The n1gher cOSI.S nt erent 1n auendtng a
prwate college play a 1ole 1n payment and
nonrepaymentolloans Accofdtngtoanarucle
that rantast Augujittn the New York Times.
a recent educat•onalteSIIOQ survey showed
that hrst year PhD studentswhohadattended
priVate colleges had an average debt ol
$1 A OOOwh lethosewhohadanendedpubhc
tnststuuons had a debt ol $4,000" raduate students
Because the amount ol a1d 1s
scare~ compared 10 that otunCJer
graduate resources oraduate
students are pnmanly borrowtng
money lor lhat second and third
degree TsukamaKtsald TheNew
Y01k11mes!Aug 18 l985)reported
\hat there nas been a 25 percent
dechne 1n lederal support durmg
the l1rst trve years ol the Reagan
Adm1n1Stral10n
In adct11l0n the Times reported
that the number ol research asstsl·
antsh1PS prov1ded by the federal
government dechned I rom 60 000
to30.000between 1974and 1984 lsukamalq SSld that LC prov1des
$3 58 mtlhon u' ftnanclal atd to law
and grnouate students (T hts does
notlncludeoncamP\.Isemployment)
The law school provides a small
numberol morn·basedSC:tlOiarsh ps
asmallamountotneed 1>ased1ns~
tuttonal ass1stanoe and money
through tederal fund,ng also 11ed to
need The graduate program cons1sts
pr~maulyol need· based lunds.and
docs not oller anygrantasststance
She1la McLaren 1s a freshman bus
mess admlntsrrat1ve studies
fflaJOf at Lew1s and Clark College
What do you want to be
when (if) you grow up?
I suppose I've know stnce abOut
age s1x or seven that my school
days were numbered That was the
hrst ume some clever adult asked
me. 'What do you want to be when
you grow up"
AI age s1x or seven my answer
was garbled by a scarc1ty olfront
.teeth. but I managed to sptt out, "I
wanna be a teenager •·
Needless to say. my parents were
bOwled-over by my amb11t0usness
And you can 1mag1ne thelf toy when
I obta1ned my goal by the tender
age of 13
For the past two and a hall years
I've been plagued by another pre·
coc1ous quesllon. ''What's your
mator?" 'My mator what?" 1
responded . thefirsttlmethequeshon
was posed tome I've gotten smarter
s1nce lhen
The first half ot my freshman year
I was an extracumcutar actiVIties
major With an emphasiS on the SOCtO
geo pohucal-econom1c • condt·
tronat ettects and at1ectat1ons of
recrea11onaldrugs lgotburnedout
on that so I decrded to change my
ma1or to someth1ng entirely new
I became a sell-des1gned law
enforcement mator Spnng term ol
my lresman year I planned Lew1s
and Clark's hrst LE sympos1um The
keynote speaker wasBar1ThiCkneck. Mtam1's 1975 Cop ol the Year No
one came I gave up the ma1or
Recently twas thrown a real cuM
"'What are you gotng to do when
you get out ot college?" someone
asked Behave 11 or not.l was dumb·
founded I've been trytng to come
up w1th an answer and 1t's really
been keep1ng me awake at ntght
I've had to g1ve up calle.ne JUSt to
relax enough to take a cat nap
I've been th1nk1ng I m1ghtlil<e to
be pres1dent of General Motors or
else a masseuse tn some n1ce
m1dwestern town
I've also toyed with the tdea o1
volunteenng my sk11ls 1n some thtrc:l
world country I ftgure I could teach
La lin Amer1cna chtldren to tell ume
-wtthoul the atd of a dtQltal watch
Last n1ght, as I was 1oss1ng ancl
turnmg 10 my bed, smothellnq
beneath the wetghl ol my Cabbage
Patch K1ds comforter. 11 came to
me "I wannabe a Dead Head I Yes'
I'll become one ot Jerry's 1<1ds'"l
excla1med , waktng my slumbertng
housemates as I tore the house
apart looking lor my bOOtleg tape o1
theDeadatGrtswoldStadrum ,June
1981
Anybody want to trade thetr VW
van lor my Dooge Aspen wagon?
J1ll Derwerler 1s a JUnior at LeWIS
and Clark w1th a penchant for tme
wme and Matx~sm
Tsukamal-1• said the NDSL default average
for Oregonoollegests6 83percent LC s
detaur.rateiS4 79percentranktng lhtssctlool J Dana Haynes 1S a sentor pol1t1cal sc1ence
fnaJOf ar Lew1s and Clatk College Diane Taukemekl , Lewis end Clerk director of
flnencleleld , Pld atudente here have e better National Direct Student Loan rate than .... -va-
PageS In Focus, March 6, 1986 Pe•
Celebraltr
thePeaceC•
provtdtngU
JObS
Mark KeE
graduate, JU
years in Ne
(Hendnck)KJ
asPeaceC<i
that as man)
class have 11
KeenerSl
unem~
a volunteer
Corps &Smut
staymg herE
t: •• '
•
u...,~~
l~~:
~~~.. \lc.\. 0$
or~
~
While the 1
gruduatea ,
occasion ta
find work.
In Focu~ HO'IIeles
to law
tsdoes
pymenij
f.a s.mau
,larshtps
sed1nst1·
money
ottedto
conststs
mds.ano
,ststance
pwnbus·
1 ~tud•es
College
Year No
'la)Or
~I curve
co when
;omeone
as dumb·
to come
tt's really
tat ntglll
ne JUSt to
ttnap
ghtltke to
Motors or
:>me ntce
'e tdea of \
;omethtrd
:>uld teach
to tell lime
Jttalwatch
tSStng and
~othennq
,cabbage
tt came to
Head•Yes1
y·s ktds'" I
;tumbertng
the house
lteg tape ol
dtum.June
'e thetr VW
tnwagon?
or at LewiS
t!lnt for fme
~ch 6, 1986 Peace
Celabr atrng 25 years ol extslence thiS year I
the Peace Corps has developed a lrad1hon of
provtdltlg U S Cthzensw1lh veryuntradtltonal
jObS
Mark Keener. a 1981 Lew•s and Clark
graduate, JUSt returned lrom lwo and a half
years 1n Nepal where he and his w1fe Ann
(Hendrrck) Keener, also an LCgraduate , served
as Peace Corpsvolunteers Keener estimates
that as many and 1 0 people tn htsgraduatrng
cft~ss have JOined the corps
Keener sa1d lhat although he 1S currently
unemplOyed he has noregretsaboutbecom1ng
a volunteer ''What I got out or the Peace
Cofps tsmuch more than I would havega1ned
staytng here. ' he explatned
--£' a s
•
/ / /
I' nations • 1n s aids evelo
Keener worked a sa commun1tyforester tn
a ruralvtllage, pu111ng hts Bachelor of Sctence
degreP tn btologytowork tn ;marea stncken
wtlh de foresltng problems due to slash and
bllrnc3grtcullure practtces Keener explatned
that the Nepalese neople he worked Wtlh
understood the needtorestorethetr country s forests, but that lhey needed the lechntcal
acMcehecouldprCMderotmplementelfecllve
methOds ollorestry conserva11on
When Keener descrtbes hts asstgnment
as be1ng tn a rural VIllage, he's not JOking "We
wereanall·ntghl bus r1deandatwo-daywalk
from Katmandu • he satd In all senousness Second. Keener satd "II was o gOOd way to
applystutflhadlearned I addrngthat "It was
seen tor bOth or our proresstonsasa stepp1ng
stone Keener alsosatd thai the Peace Corps
offeredaunlqueopportunttyloWOf OJerseas
What does II take to become a ~uccesstul
Peace Corps volunteer? Accor01ng to l<.een:er
''Mostly a gOOd sense or numor and betng
adaptable -not necessartly tn that order
(oualsohavetobesomewnatadventurous
Keener sa1d a liberal arts ba'"kground 11elps
to develop these tratiS He also noted that h•s
partiCipatron '" an LC program rn Portugal
helped to prepare htm lor the corps
' • e ou es o
ou' ever ove Peace Corps recunter Katny Gtlchnst said
lhat attllough approxtmately 35 000 people
apply lor thecorpseachyear onlyone.quaner
of that number are accepted It rscompetrtrve
Wecb'l tsend~ anyonewhotSnol qualified
Gtlchnst sa•d
OPE
ALL
N\GH1 offers student an
-alternative after
graduation. Gtlchnst sa1d b101ogy maJOISare usually m
hrgh demand oecause 1t prOVIdes a gOOd
background lor a.~.gnments 1n IOfestry f IShrng
andagnculture.allofwhtenareoftenneeded
tn developtng count11es
Along W1lh the more eso1enc benehlS hke a
sensee~accomplishmer.tandtheiCJ!OI shanng
the Peace Cor~ also otters some matenal
benehrs The corps pays tor au lravel costs
and volunteers are patd a monlhly stipend
lhat adequately coo.ers the costs of tooo.
housmg ano personal expenses such as
c!othtng Medtcalanddentalcoverage1sa1so
prOVIded WhentnetrseMCersOJer \'Oiunteers
are patd S 175 for eaCh month served to he'p
get resettled Keener underwent a three-month tra1rMg
course at the Peace Corps' Katmandu head·
quarters before headtng out to rural Nepal
Oescrtbtng rnetratmng Keener satd "During
thehrSipartwehadmtens.velanguagetratntng
-maybe etght hours a day tor about one
month The last two months were language
class tn the morntng ana then the alter noons
were geared towaro techntcal tratntng
Keener satd he based hts deciston to JOin
the Peace Corps on several thtngs First as
he and hts wtfe had only been out of school
for a year when they)Otned they nad not yet
taken on a lot of trrevocable respons1bth11es For more tnfarmauon about the toughest
JOb you lle"er love call tne Peace Corps toll
free number. 800-424-8580 ext 93
J,tl~an Detwe1Jer 1s a }untor polll!cal SCience
ma1or at L ewrs and Ctark College
Employers want liberal-art graduates
As sentors at Lew1s and Clark
near I he end of lhe school year, the
ques1oool employment looms closer
and closer
A recent arucle tn the New York
T1mes Spec1al Educatton Supple
ment, "For Liberal-Arts Grads, An
tmprOVlng Forecast. '(Jan 5. I 986)
reports that thtngs appear to be
looktng up for hberal-ans graduates
entenng the JOb market th•s year
The art1cle c1tes stahst1cs from
Northwestern Un•vers1ty's 1 986
End1con Report .. T ratnees from the
ltberal-arts and bustness admtnts·
tratton diSCtphnes Will be up 1 2
percent and the average starling
sata11es wtlltncrease stgn1hcantly.
up 6 5 percent over last year from
$19,764 to $21,060 Ftrst. students should take
<>pectl•c·sKtlls courses such as
acr.oun11ng, compuhng. or eco
nom•cs and hnance 1n addthon to
tl'lelr regular sludtes Secondly,
students should use any extracur
ucular means avatlable, such as
tnternshtps and spec•hc JOb
emplovment,tnoroer togatnexpe
rrence and supplement learn1ng
The arttcle reported that several
hberat-arts col!eges. such as Alma
College tn M1cn1gan and Vassar
CoHege 1n Vermont have aoopted
a three-day tntensJVe workshop lor
sentors that meets before the fall
term and covers such top•cs as
prepartng a resume and prob'ems
worksnop hetps students dt:Nelop
aogresstve strateg•es tor f1nd1ng a
10bandthenputt1ngthosestrateg'es
1nto pracltce when meettng w1th
recru1ters and employers comprom•se your sell. and 11 s
somewllatdtSIIIUSIOOinQ It SJUStnot
the •ntellectuat world we're all lead
to belteve"
GraduateJetfWilson. 111temattona
aHa1rs agrees "You really bel eve
your are go1ng to get a JOb when
you ltrst start loo tng and then you
oon't It gets d1SC0Urag1ng Semors
really need to get a set tdea abOut
wnat lheythtn!< theyarego.ngtodo
betoretheygetoutsotheydon I get
caught '" a trap ..
Jel1 Hedgepetn, dtrector of LC s
Career Ptann1ng ana Placement
Center voteed the same concern
that tnesa graduates dtd when he
stated that 75 percent of tne unae
remployment problems are wtth
students who aectde to stay 1n the
state However healsosatdthatBO
percent ol last years graduattng
sen•ors who looked for jObs are
nowworktnQ•nthetr flelootchotc -We have a very sk1lled group or
While the Job market appears to have Improved generally tor liberal arts
graduate• recent aruma who have decided to remain In Oregon have on
oceaalon f~und thot they "really have to comprom ise themselves " In order to
find work. lhe areas of employment whtch
seem to be the most encourngtng
lor hberat-arts Qraduates are wtthtn
prolesstonal "'rea!:. or bustness and
med1c1ne The art1cle states ''For
the hrst trme stnce the early 1 970s,
employers are professtng a return
to htrtng those wtth the liberal-arts
expertence tratned '" analyt1ca1
th1nk1ng and communtcahons as
opposed to a technrcal educalton •
Although the article prOVides a
mOte posttrve oullool< 101 M>eral-arts
graouares.rt rec::ortVnendsnecessarv
steps for students to take tn oroer
thai they mtghl be more adapled to
the jOb-market upon graduatton Oesptte the encoutagtng news
olthtS arhcle many graduates I rom
LC who have rema•ned tn Oregon
do not speak lavorablv about
employmentopponunrt~SS Oregon s
December. 1985 unemplovment
rate was 7 4 percent as compared
to a national rate ot 6 9 percent
8CCOWtng tOihe Oregon Department
or Econonuc Development people graduattng from LC •
Hedgepeth satd Out ollast ~ ;)ar s
graduat1ng class only 9 percent
are unemployved 6 percent b
tholceand3 percentwhoareaar.oely
lookrng lor WOl
In Focus, March 6, 1986 Shetla Gac:Joo .... er an LC graduate
wno mc'l1ored tn English sa a
"Employmen t tn Oregon iS realty
dtscouragtng You really have to Jenna O'Connell rs a 1umor
communiC8CJOnSI7lajor at L ewrs ana
Clarli College
Page9 • • UrYIVIn
Dr FflthJOf Bergmann gradiJlJted from Le~ws
nnd Clarfi. ro 1951 He ""'" be me keynote
speak~r tor the "Future of Wor#." sympostum
tobeheldarLCApnl7-1 r, 1986 Bergmann
1s a phtlosophy professor ar me UnwerSitYOI
MICiuaan. Ann Arbol and direCtOr of ti'IB Center
~ tor NeVt Work tn Flm~ MIChtgan The followrng
amcte tS an excerpt from the OcL 7983
rssue ot Praxts lntemauonal
C OOSlder ,srnplyasanopen ng proposltiOf\
the dea that hall of the sum-tol8 of the
now ex•st•ng tobs could be soon ehm narea
and do not take thiS pnmanty as a pred ctron
hutth.nk ol tl mstead as the summation or a
techno og ca capactt <lh1ch we already
possess now Our f1rst react•on IS apt to be
parl c II thiS were the case then the k1nd ol
employment we have had so tar mtoht only
oe a h1ntat the seveo\~ol what ISSt•lltocomc
Nonetheless 1 Should be poss•ble to see
thiS also from aver • 01flerent perspectM3 11
wewouldreallycut•nMIItheclock punch1ng
anosplftt oreak•nggr~no ·workttl8tmanymust
st•ll do does thts not also represent a QUite
astontsh1ng achtevement? Why oo we nol
exper enoe the tact that we can proouce as
much as or more that ..-.e dtd 10 the past bot
nO\'.' Wlth only half the elton as a hbemtton?
Why can ~e not celebfate thiS tnumph w th
montrl oog pub c fest.va!s as they would
have Athens?
Certa n\ywecannots mplysa)•tr'lal nough
obS ~ of course be tound rust beCause lh1S
hasatwaysbeenthecase ,andwhyshou d t
badlllerentnow'Theb3s!CpurposeoltP.Ch
no ogylrom ts1 rstbeg1nn ngswastneehmt·
nat an of human labor Th s JS the common
as nom nat or that e_xtenosa me way back to
the f st whee and I rom tMrPio~ward to the
Crucial to these contracts
would be that reliable provi
sions would be made for job·
free ttmes. -In the present contaxt we shall set the -
moe at supenor 'lY ot lh1S approachdehberately
to the s•de That 11 would be faller and more
eqwtable and more humane •s so blatantly
eVIdent that embethsh1ng th1s With many words
would only weaken that categoracal cons1d·
erat on That 11 would be more !USits hov~ever
far trom the only cta•m that 11 could make It
maylnaddl1100haveverypractiC31andmater~al
benetus and some of these 1I1S 1mportantto
rehearse
For one there probably would be very
muctlless of the res.starlce to technology
and one could a roue 1hatth1s by II sell ts very
maJor thatthJScountrycannotposstblyregatn
11s pre-em nence untessac:tvanced iechnology
can bcmoveo 1n mo1equ1cl<lythan has so far
ooen the case and that thts reduc11on 1s
thereloretheontyhOpewehavetoregalnour
Iarmer place
Work Half As Much
A notMr cons,oeralton IS not entuely
econom1cal bul•t atsotSnOI matnlymoro
A continUing and escalat1ng struggle a-ver the
shrtnkmgquantttyoltobSwould nottust soon
pass the po1nt ol d1ml!l1Sh1ng returns ll
~ould be worse mo:e ltke the cl1che ol the
e 1ttoa theater truough whtch all could safety
pass tl1hcy wme only calm whdl however
nstead IS b ~ed shut by a mad on-rush m
Which peop e 01e
To work only hall as much would not hurt
us I would not even mean that we would
ha to lrve a much more !ruga lie It would
soon maKe room tor a more elfectl\<e and
elf!Ci ntt'"'chno ooymal na l1kel hood would
more than compensate us lor the toss and
there wou d be no unemployed But 11 we
cannotmovemrelltgentlyandqu etlythrough
the trans1Uon pertod then we may gradually
vorkourwayup 1ntoa 1renz•edand yet wholly
po1ntless struggle
loom ano 1he ~eam-eng1ne and now to the
computer II there 'IIlii not be enougn 10bs tn
the tuture tl wtll only mean ttlal we at tong last
have succeeded) Oesp11e these advantages there ts one
respecttn whtch thiS second course would
sllll be senseless and clumsyanaoeb1htat1ng
and tnougl\ th•s one respect at ftrst seems
m1nor 11 IS actually dec•s•ve Th1s cruc1al dll·
erenceconcemstrntng Toworkona scheaule
where on would have three and one-hall
days dark and then three and one· hall oays
ott would be flagrantlywastelul and demoral·
tZ1ng for those who do the work Dr Frithjo1 Bergmann discusses his philosophy with Jllllan Detweiler , junior. Bergmann
was on campus fall term to receive the Distinguished Alumni Award In recognition for
his Intellectual achievement since graduating In 1951. n >t •
Our mos1 cenrral prot>lem1SambMJientlo
adegreethaltSdownughtcomtcourgreatest
shortage seems to be a shortage of stow.
mecnamca! hard labOr t IS easy to tmagme
ha'.·. muchsympatnyooolesandwater-camers
a1ldpeasaru v.omeofrom pre-.nousgeneratJOnS
m ght have le 1 for us But that IllS laughable
tram one Stde 10 no •:ay detracts trom the
terror that•t presents from the other StOe
The fact IS that our soc.al order and our
tndMdual hvesarequrteobvlouslyorganlled
around the sp1ne ol worv. 8ut1t seems that
technOiogycanu ndercutanodec•mateand
crush out ol excstence large quanbttes olthiS
onecommod1tyonwhlchweuner~;depend
The confhct therefore 1S as baSIC as that
between our ne"!d for work -ana thiS need
ts econom1cal and soetal and psycholugrca
ana me whole a•senal ottoroes wnose
baSIC purpose •s the ehm1na1100 of tne need
10! hiJ n a I" v.o k
An Alternative Approach
T he Ot:pln ol tl .S prOtJIE:IT! rP -JUn t:S a thO·
rougngocngandmayberad.calreth tmung
and lust on the agenoa must perhaps be the
revtSion of what for many tS a l<lnd of hrst and
a>:1oma11c prem1se the not10othat .. less work
mevnablymeanslessmoney Majorshona~
of tabOJ tnvoke rn our m1ndsat once &mages of
peop\e wa1t1ng for soup or bread at 10bs
even1heldeaolshorterhoursevokes 1nmos1
people at once a correspond1ng mwa1d ca •
culat on that ct.JtS tne paycheck 1n the same
proporttonastnehours Th1sassoctat1ontsso
false and so paralyi~ng that we cannot hope
to "dvanoe any lunner unless that crude
rell 1 IS somehOV'. tnterrupted
One pass be procedU!e through wh1ch
we could aOJUSt to the sudden drop tn the
n edandthedemaqotollabor rsslmPiylolet
th1ngs ta~ e tne1r course 1h1StS lhe method o1
lhu Reagan Aam1ntStrat1on and 1n mv v.ew
lh s tne worse course botn lor the 30 or 40
percen1 wno might manage to defend me 1
JObs and lor the 60 to 70 percent whO m1gttt
eventua y be unemployed
An a terr.attve apptoach would bas~lly
I'Tl(}lle 11 the dnect•on of cuntng the work•ng
hours ol every present 10b roughly m ha f
¥It ctlmlghtmeantnatonewouldgothrough
a prog•r-ss on I rom the lour daywork·wee~
totllreedaysandperhapslromtheredownto
two What would be some o1 tne advantages
ottt dtlferent course?
Page 10 One would be perpetually .n a state of
trans1IIOn tustt.ndtng or e s stnde when one
aga1n would be mterrupted andagatn barely
adJUSLtng to ones work-tree ume when one
woulrt aga1n be gomg back ro work But tne
worst abSurd tty •nvol\led rn gMng ones hie
to th1S structure 1s that 11 makes •I wtually
rmpos.<:lb'e tounderta l<eanvthtng either pur--To work only half as much
would not hurt us. It would not
even mean that we would have
to live a much more frugal life.
poselul or productrve 1n these short b1ts ol
work-free ttme
We should turn away sharply Jrom the
parcelling out ol bOih worK and lree-ume 1n
small crouton-siZed b1ts Instead we shoula
compressandpulllogelher thech1psofeach
unt1l hie would be structured 1nto larger and
more sat1~fymg otocks One could work
Intensely ana concentratedly lor stx months
for example and tnen have s1x months ol
work-free t1me ana tor many rt m1gttt be
better to dtvrde them by years or even mto
stretchPs of two or tnree or sull mOfe years
But tlonepiCturesa ltfe 1nwhtc:h tnesum-tO!al
ol1ob t1me •s rAauced lrom 40 or 45 to 20
years and ..merethese20vearscomeperhaps
m two or thme or lour concentrated b'ocks.
thenoneasforcecl toask andv:hatwlll~pple
oomthe•f work-free1 1me? Howw1l 1tbel11led
and used wnot mea rung WIIINegrve to 11 <tnd
what ends w11111 bA rrujde to ser .. e?
Bringing About Change
II the quest IV , ,, vv .. at~.-41 nlll do tn lhll
largestretehesof work free lime. one could
as pan of a prehm1nary short-hand a1 swor
say
1 llllatllls of course true that many people
now spend the1r te1sure lime m sad ana s1lly
ways butlhat th1s may •n cons1derable pari
be the result of the k1nd ot work they do (or
rather. of what thetr Nork ooes to them) a
and cructal may be lh~> elfect olthe 11m1ng
andschaduhngthat NCar range Manypeople
would probably do much better-tllhey had
"Nhole year 1nstead ol mai"'Y three-day week· end . ard n portantly ai!,O •t they had stretches members and that a trans1t1on w•ll be made
oltob·free l•me earlier tn hie and not only alter to rotahng work-schedules Cruc1al to these
they are 65 contracts would be that reliable prOVISions
2)11onesertously wantedtocreat eaculture would be made lor the 10b·free limes Most
thattostered tndMduahty one would have to obVIously these could be used for re-tra1n1ng
dev~se a gamut of 1nst1tubons whrchenc:ourage but as one would grow more accustomed to
and Sllpport people 1n the enterpnses ana rotating WOrk schedules one COUIO InClude
endea\/Ors that they would pursue tn thetr commun1ty serv•ce protects
JOb-free 11mes These lnslltultons m1ght gwe In aod111on one could make provtstons that
mtormallon.anocounsel.andhelporganlze. would encourage and allow the workers to
and much more More broadly and more be econom1cally proouchve 1n the1r tob-free
bas1cally one cerlamly would need a wholly limes Included tn th1s would be a van ely of
d1llerent system or educauon (One of the pcOJectsthatwouldmakel •lemOfeeconormca l
grossest absurd.ltes o! our present course 15 one could undertake to reduce the cost of
that we tailor educallon more and more to heat Hl ontl's one house. or the cost of one's
JObs JUSt at the po1nta1 wh1ch 10bsoccupy an housmg or or one's food and the hke
even smaller por110n ot our lives)
3)lhereshould be noconlus1on weare rn
the beg1nmng of a great scarcttyOIIobs -but
not ol work II people had rolattng robs they
perhapsat last would have lime to rebUild the
ClUes and the roads. hme to care tor the old
and to raase Children and 11me to make a
saner world
If the question 1s what achons we can take
to bnng abOUt the trans11t0n to rotattng work
schedules.tnen one could perhaps suggest
1) The nohon of rotaltng work schedules IS
not new and not untued In the last 10 years
manycompantes 1nmanyd1fferem couniT es
have elCpeflmented w1th allernattves to the
rote ctght·hOU! day and 40 hour week. Many
have poanted out that some at the vartous
rotat1ng work schedules have tn addtllon to
largesocletatadvantages.a good number ot
drverse,or hna-ora•ned operational benef•lS
These mclude ulcreased produCIIVIIY better
morata tnecapac tytoauractamOfequahlted
work rorce reduced absenteeiSm fewer
born OUts greater tt~x1b1hly 1rHelallon Ia one's
personnel our tng htgt\and low work-seasons .
and more olthe hke
We should turn away sharply
from the parcelling out of both
work and free-time In small
crouton-sized bits.
21 Untons might conduct new kinds or
nego11a11ons for new and dtllerenl conuacts
These contracts could prov1de thai there are
no further lay-olfs,that the 10b-ttme from here
on tn w1ll be diVIded equ1tably among unton Sources of Income
An tndtvtdual worke• would der•ve h1s or
her mcomedurtngatob-lree penod I rom
at least hve d1lferent sources a) The prohls of
the company m1ght be hagher, s1nce h•gher
technology could be Introduced w11h less
res•stance Some of these prohts m1ght be
shared b) The compamcs mtght contnbute
-astheydonowtoheallhtnsuranceandthe
hke c)Workersm1ght paycontubut1ons as
they do now to Social Secunty d) Va11ous
levels ot government should pay smce funds
otherw~se needed to support the unemployed
and to cover the costs whach they create
would be treed e) Oulteslgnllicanlly 1nd1rect
1ncome mtght ue derwed from the ac\MIIes
engaged 1n durtng JOb tree umes
3) II 11 were poss1ble to tamthartZe people
w1th tM tusllhcauon tor and the reason'nll
behtnd thiS 1nnova11on then pohhcal candidates
coura mctude rotatmo work schedules mto
measuros wtuch they advocate All candidates
w111 be asked w1th tncreas1ng ms1stenct:J lor
lhelr answer to unemployment. and rolahn<l
work schedules rn1gllt be pari ot thoanswet
that some candidates could gave
4) There could ana should be a maJor ell art
to or~an•ze the unemployod The d1lhcultres
thai stand In the way of th1s are eVIdent but as
tha number of unemployed lflcroases the
nee(1 10 gtve them political vo1ce and force
Will of course grow commensurately and
w1th that also the posstb1h1tes of achtevtnQ
thiS An OJganiZShon of the unemployed could
demand and exere~sepcessure lor the 1m\1tutl()(l
of rotating work-schedules
In Focus, March 6, 1986 I 'THE WORD IS
Coone ( •n'
1 msnows26gayrr
hardships Presenl
Olal'l RIQt\1
I Lew sand Ctarl\ I
f'h()IJehalmOntx WI
n ater 221 SE 91
~ but celreshm
ol age Come party
• IWfNTER JAZZ Nl
Tts leWIS 1r 1 ( a
cnotr dJrectedbyDI
!rcwlllt1611DrilttP.SOI 0
Lettt
Spicesc
• are m•s~
lotne Ed•tor
Oclthe morn1ng
SDITieof'le broke ~~
SI)ICe rack along w
These were bougt
pol oullronun the c
~111 olltle stude1
Foul • k1tes" tha
lhe roor of Temple
These k•tes were 1
1.8\'.lS and Clark
recovered, butiWo
olttoese looks llkei
sa mulll -colored l
AJioltheabOvea
VIewed by allot us
v.on I goon to moral
on Dehall of myse
spiCe 'acl< sp•ces
returned
Please erther let
mahon Desk 1n "f
dfop them by m~
Ha""-ard No que1
Encouragement 11
by lllOSe of you •
lhem .s appreciatE
Ect.rot's Note. H~
has been 1etvrn~
N/es we sllll mrss1
' Seniors
To the Edt lOt
In support of ou
' eiepartment, sever ~
ma1orswouldhket
percepl•ons •n Mo
sexiSm .n the IAdej
cate 11er concer'l
gender balanctng ~
Howe-.<er .some t
fl het analysis FarstJ
speakers lor the 1 S
based oo quahl~
Un!ortunatety we
~blied speaker
Bur
Ch
w~
2¢pe
1 OO;o d
8
In Focus ' gmann
lion for
~
emade
othese
)VISIOnS
IS Most
lratnrng
::>med to
•nclude
onsthat
kers to
lOb· free
ar1ety ol
~1cal
COSI Ol
of one's
9
ve htsor
r1odlrom
profits ol
ie htgher
w1th tess
rmghl be
ontobute
eandthe
ons-as
) Varrous
,celunds
mpiOyed
~Y create
andtrect
8CII'IIIIeS
e people
asonrnfl
landidates
outes rnto
r,ndtdates
tence 101
ld rotatrnQ
'leanswer
'lBIOr ellort
dtlhcullteS
ent butas
eases the
and Ioree
ely and
achtevtnO
~edcould
e tnstrtution
6,1986 ,
\.. ~ .J
1 'THE WORD IS OUT" Nrll oe shOWing ,, the
Cou •I • 11 ' 7 p m TtltSCJocumontary
1 m nows26gaymenandlcsbtans the rlivesand
t~aro hrP5 Presented bV Students ICK Goy ana
blu!l R10hl"
IUlWSnnCSCimksown WALKONFIRE mdtlm
POobCharrnonr. wr be appcarrng me Sl
li earer 221 SE 9m at 9 ton.ght Its an all ages
S1'hN out refreshments w111 beavarlab'e lor those
rJ oge Come party thos paper blues away Publick ccurrences
Lew Ore <' tr B.uddt R h B Ba a and P 1
Peter on Jall Co ct Oren 1111 T c c ncert
<I I 11 II 8 p m n Evan!>Aud !Oftum
•HERECOMESEVERYBOOY:Port md 1101t I
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• 8
•LEASEBURNINGPARTV ,S 30pm PmeStreet
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general publtc T1cke:s are ova1rab oat Gl Joe s.
Jean M.clt"lllnfl Mus c M1ll nn m ana KSOO 20
SE au 32 pea nt oup w lh I ttl d ma~ r
Coppe 'u w11 r ar 1 mak a 001
w lh sou Set to tt u ol L 0 w.lh
bca l lu t .. no co un Ill IS a c: r It
whOle lam ; PQrtdllOC v!ll\ud 101 um SS r.o tO
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• Tamarac- Loung AI ud rn il'e
rlVIIea tor nte1e ling conversat on
•sNEAK PREVIEW : Ch na tooageolmatu ty
a h tory of Ch oalrom 907 AD to 1279 AD tln<J
Ctuna the enaurmg her tag a h:story of en na
ana rls ach evem~> ts to 191 t w be shown at
noon t8 Sm m Ce11t ~ Ire ---
• 7
IWINTERJAZZNfGHT ATLEWISANDCLARK .
The leWIS and Clark Jazz r rnb ., 'V.Z
ChOir C1 rectcd bvOaVIdBecker WlilperlormwOfks
I:MllhelrDrarresoiCountBaSie,the Thad Jones· Mel •"COPPELIA '' WITH PACIFIC BALLET
THEATRE '-"<~reil8 Sa1Urday2 30and 730pm
Evo J "-iges ol those Ia ry tales thai begm
Long long ago and far lar awav thiS colorful
French bAI ol combines the romance ol a young • • HELPSUPPORTTHERUSTYNAIL 'SBa oney
., ~· "' , .J•!lg down thOSe use'css penn;es Pen ~usecJIOIOYfChaSeSw god rectly
to our neecy trend$ at Ba oney Joe Th 'I hope
you I he o suppotl IJleJr ef!ort There are a lot
needy peop e '" the area who would deeply
apPf'ectate 1
Letters-----
Spices and kites
• • are mass1ng
To the E'dtiOf
On the mOtn•ng of Saturday, Feb 22.
SDmeone broke rnto Saga and tOOk a
JP!Cu rack along w1lh the 1ars Of sp,ces
These were bought by Saga Dan to be
pul outlront •n thecond,ment bar fOtthe
oenetrl of the students usang Ftelds Olntng
Hall
Four krtes" that used to hang lrom
1t1e root ol Templeton were also taken
These kstes were {I tits to the people at
Lew1s and Clark Two of these were
recoYered. buttwoare shU m'-'SmQ One
of these looks like a carp and the other
tSa mulh colOted sock shape
AJtortheabolleare ttemstobe used
VIewed by all of us here allhe college 1
wonlgoonlomomh ze butamrequesr.ng
on behalf of myself end others thatlhe
spce rack, sp•ces. and the two kites be
returned
Please etther leave I hem at the tnlor
maltOn Desk rn Templeton Center 01
dlop tnem by my apartment at Plan·
Howard No Queshons wtll be asked
Encouragem ent to return these Hems
Oy those ol you who know who tool(
them IS aPpl8C18Ied
Mtlle Riley
Resi(Jent Duecc01
Plall·Ho.vard
Ea:ot s Note Hooray! The spiCe rack
has been tetumed However, the two
kites Ste sill/ mrssrng
Seniors respond
lo the Edrtor
In support of our prole~ ;or~ and our
llepartment sever at mternat•onal allarrs
ma,ors would hke to clear uP some mrs
perceptions rn Molly Sturges· leiter on
5e•tSm tn the IAdepartment We appre
Ciate her concern ana recognrze that
gender batanang rs lmponant tnall helds
~r, some ba<;JC lacls are miSSing
rthera'lalysls First.oura tenalorii'MIIng
speakers lor the 1986 Sympostum was
lla$ed on quahflcahon, not gender
Unfortunately. we round the ava1lable.
tJ~abi.OO peakors predoi'n1naotty maie
Chevron Montka G~tethanspoko on behall otlne
peace moYement not because she 1s a
woman but because sne IS an ellpert
and leader •n that !tela Of course sho
spoke adtlferentlanguage She, as well
asOr GeneSharp representsad,fferent
Jd13ology
Second,lhe Ioree behlndthesympo.
s.um was 10 fact gender balanced The
steertngcomm•neeole~gnt~odents as
wenasll'legroupof hOsts had completely
equal representatl()(l The three remarc
student panehsts muCh to our regret.
wereatthelastmrnuleunabletopartter·
pate lOt personal reasons. In light of
these facts. Sturges· artiCle does us an
InJUstiCe
The sweeprnggenerahzalton I hat our
depal1ment IS sex1st does not hold true
The mBJOflly Of the lA SludeniS IS female,
noa male TheSiatementtheiQfpro'essors ·
classroom procedure s are sex•st ~s not
fa1r Perhaps as a •·treshperson" Sturges
hasJompedt oalewtoomartt~
almost to !he pornt olrnsulttng het own
peers
IllS sad that people feellhatd,ffen:lnces
rmptymequahty Our generahonhasthe
oppcxtumty to break away hom these
stereotypes It IS tmPOftMt to el!CJm,ne
all facts beiOie CflhCIZlng
We are eager to d1scuss tttts •ssue
any lime
Smc ert:}/y,
Ma~grrr 8J01gulfsdottu
Dan CBPOZzola
Cindy Young
Sen/Of lA m8JOIS
Coach says
thank you
To the EdiiOt
WP would like to thank those who
•ncluded us •n the Fellowsh,pol Chr~S~Jan
Allnetes·Cempus Crusado for ChriSt
Dessert FelloWShip last Thursoay Feb
27 ,thatleatureo a talk by N F L lootball
ptayer, NetllOIT'IaJ(
The eHort put lorth by our stuoents
hoshng thts and the manner •n wh1eh
Nerl shared his message was an lflSPI·
ratron to all of us
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In Focus, March 6, 1986 A replyto sexism
r o the Eo1t01
t detect a cnallenge 101 argumen ''
not oumght tgnorance .n "frest\person·
Molly Sturges· lener regard1ng selUSITI
1n the tnternatronal at1a1rs oepartment
I too attended some o1 the lA Sympo
srum and a !so no.uced 1na1 there were
no female student panehsts l1nqwed
w•lh one of the rna~ panelists as to Ntly
thtSwas,ano Meta :mea tl'lalthe remales
whoweroaskedOechnedtneoHer Ttus
cta•m was upheld tJ'( other mternalional
aHa~rsseniO!s, womenltlCIUde<J H~nc.e,
thiS does not const•tute seliJSm oothe
Patl oltM lA department
Aslothe typtcallymale .aggreSSNe
bureaucratiC languageu of tnternatlonal
alfallS. ~lllbegtoddfetonthisa.sserllOfl
1 sertoOSiy OOUbllhat male students ol
drplomacy emerged I rom tllC!r mol her's
wombs. tully eloquent on sucn concept
as hegemony, rnterdependeoce. 1nte·
gtalton, and ot course power politiCS
These are hea"'(dutysubjects•n whiCh,
I m sure, both ..exes hnd drfl~tulty 1n
a1ta1nrng complete mastery
lastty,M!ssStwges. excoseme .Mrwz
Sturges. makes lhesweepngat:.rmatiOO
that "lA professors are sexis1 rn thell
classroom PfOCedures .. t found no 8YI
denc.e tn her tener that supponed thiS
statement Her t>etng a •fre~person
!e<tds me 10 wonder 1ust how much
~eshetashadiOtrleiAoepanment
andl..cWISandOarlc Slncelamatranster
stuoent, I have not had a great deal ol
oxposu1e to the oepartment myself However srnce I have had Dr Roben
Mnnoel as both Instructor ana ac:t>IISOf 1
rt.now for certa•n that n1s approach to
tcactung 1S very enltghtenrng open
minded and the extrem•) oppos1te o1
sex1sm Indeed Professor Mandel IS
protJabltonn of the~ open-m1ncled
teachers lve had ThereiOte, 1 cannot
heipOUtleelperturoedatMrzzzSturges
cooclusrons
II Mtzzz Sturges has any respect tor
d plemac-1 I think She would be Wlsetn
re!Ta'1\!tl0 lrom her espousal o1 rmpetuous
mtSpercel)lrons ana snap jUdgm nts
FOfetgn relations are oest teh NTtllout
these
AllltP 1 Crolr. et,
JUniOI
Submit today!
To the Ed1t0f
Thrs lener may be perooM!d as too
l1ttle, too late IllS ne•ther
lrnusl urge all students to consider
subm:tt mg to tne 1r JOUrnal o! rnletf\Cjl tonal
relatiOnS anoacss-cunural perspectM3S,
The Meridian Our oeaalrne t:s March
20. tne last day of Wrnler term. to campus
bo_l( 152
What Nln we publiSh? We see to
pubrJSll research artiCles/papers (up to
15pagcsL "lhoughl-papers oncurren1
nternatJOnaliSSues (3-7 pages) rnter-nat ona Sluctents perspecrrvcs 01 me
Untied Sla:es(5-1 0 pages] and011erseas
tournai extractS (3-6 pages)
Consider the opportunity to tMJblrsh
as an undergraduate Th s year The
Melldo<mwdlalsobedistnbUtedtoottt r
€0ucatt0na ltiStltUtJOnSacross ttte natJOn
your submJSSJon w. have a potentia
audtenc.e larger than ltlat Of m LewiS
ana Clark communrty
Wrtlef Sgutdesand turther lt\!O'IIIa110fl
can be oota nea at our ottce an the
basement of Templeton through boX
152 or bv ca!l•ng me as246-6590
11 IS not too late 10 subm t lor the
p()SS!bd ryofpubhcal!orunar neJOU1nal
Sutlmrltooay
8tenden Hyde
Edi~ The Met !dian
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Lewis and Clark College Vol. 50 No. 18 March 6, 1986 •
Future romises char.t lifelon learn in
Tp 09 haS d!; €ld n 10 \'>f lt." 1
n Fo us s'ateme t f l
A' · t: v. ~ nd a! bse' Q u~t
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t !;S S Ol 1'\0eCI tO QEH SIUO nts
1 no abOut wnat IS o store I \hem 1
porta 1 set o• ISSues ar c (i thoughllu
'"'""\ ontl:lepart 'tll.,loo mp:eac:ed
1 en! So net m,s •1hen am meehng I'; lh LC
a c. ubsarou d tile counl!y as How
man~ ol vou had anv aea wl'lBt you d end up
aomq Ttle al"sw-e· s usual v ttte same
aug~te Belote you ret e r the yeaf 2030
or so )'OU\\'lllveryl ke~havechanoedca•eers
and parts of tne countrv 01 world on sever a
octaSIOOS You Wlllacerssueand technol09 es
that you and I cannot beg n to mag ne today
And you w1ll encounter some constants It e
une>;pected theneeotomaked ectsrons•na
worta of diVerse •Cieas and conll•cung 1ntor
mahan the need to work w•tn omers the
need to keep lea1ntng and O!OWinO. and
aOO\e all me constancy of change
W1lh n lhiS context wnal Should you carry
awa •from LC and what snould you ex.peet?
At a most basrc level I hOoe you carry an
awareness that linowiedae ts not stauc but
alive and changing and learn1ng 1S not a
process ol absofbtng but engagmg and
C1e8tln9 Bv extensJOO. •liS not"know edge
per se you snould carry away though the
more you ha'le teamed the better Such
knowledge rs helplul bUt not adequate
rnaeed at vanous umes rn your life you are
I kelytoWIShyouhadtak.enacX:M iooalcourses
m one or anothe area and tnleresl!ngly
tnese areasafe lll<e ry tocnange over lime as
youcnange
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<1 y n1c a v r e lorm( 01 c <1l ve
prt: n Or v u rna lind you n ect a
grt Jter lam a t~ w th cornp~.oters as the
.,oact your le and proleSSlOn Pel 11aps
v \., v.'anl t ~<now more abOUt Amer can
po t :a n ttu1 os Ch•n sa hiSIOf) or me
.mpa" e economy oc; you attempt 1
uno~rstand Amer ca govemance •nterna
t na atfa rs o rterna\Jonat trade
Youma~·wanttocomebacktOident tyano
cogn t Vf! theory as tou attempt to come to
g• ps w lh now groups and nr:1 v duals thmk
anc commun1cate Or you may wiSh you had
aovancedyourSpan sh FrenctlorJapanesc
toan1gher evelolprol.crency andsoonand
on Know edge w•l atways be chang ng and
growtng then alongwtthyour own need
to learn ThiS neeo not be sa !.lSI ted bUt re1nl0toed
by lour years at LC (or 1ndeed by any nurnber
olyearst"lere) hlll'liSSense youshoulacarrv
away not onlY knowledg~ but an awareness
ol the actrve and chang1ng character of
knowledge and a comm•tmen t tolearn•ngas
a ltlelongprocess S1mplystated your "edu·
catron does not end w•lh LC (no matter how
glad you may be to graduate)' Rather ,11 con·
llnues and takes on d•llenng lorm
You Will presumably leave Deh1nd many
memor~es experrences and luends As I
encounter LC alumm. overseas tnps stand
out m vMd rehel. as do areas wnere students
have rnvested part olthemsetves wnether •n
thetr department and theSIS 01 athlehcs. 01
an and theater campus governance and
pohiiCS. or personal relatronsh1ps You Will
carry memonesolfaculty . frrends. and elCpe·
nences w.tn"PJ. then, but m htghlydlfferenuated
torms.olcourse Manyt1es elCpertencesand
rns1ghtsw•llladeaway. while others w1llthr1Ve
and grow lnth•ssense, youshOuldlreatyour
edutaJIOO as an •nvestmen t -somethmg
that 1S not "behtnd" you but "wtlh" you. a
phenomenon that prof1ts from contrnu1ng
nounshment and attenlton
As suggested by the very request lrom the
P•oneetLog , you may also carry away I rom
LC.andencounter 1n theworld, considerable
uncertainty tnmanycasesthere1Suncerta1nty
abOU!one'sown tuture andaooutour economy
and soc:•eiY-not only JObs. but the prospects
for tam1ly. commu n~~y, and democracy . the
prospects lor •nterna1tonalundersland1ngand
peace Vou w1llatsoencounte r cons•derable
uncertainty and wornsome ethnocentncuy .
as thiS country engages an mcreaslflgly
rnterdependenl world
Ows •s an era ol wh•ch Teoav Wh,te has
wnnen hiS book. Ameflca m Search ot Itself.
llh1nk ttte t•tle oHers an appropnate tabeiiOl •
Jamos Gardner, president of Lewis and Clark College
the decade ol wh1Ch we are a part So don t
be sur pr •sed or feet alone •I you're search1ng
In our era others are search1ng,too
Moreover .I beheve the current decade tS
healthter lor th•s spu11 ol openness.
1nq01ry, and explorauoo-es pectally when
11 s combined Wllh some comm1tment to clanty
ol analysiS and depth of understanding . and
a w1lhngness to make dec1S1ons and take
rtSkS
Th1S may no I sound overly r eassu11ng after
all of your expense and effort If reassurance
•s 1n order .I would offer real conhdence that
yourLCeducahon1samong the hnestava11able
The certatn route to obsolescence •n th1s era
of change 1snarrow pl'e -profess1onalor purely
technacal tratnmg whereas the diVerse expe
nencesand rns•ghtsof a creatrve approach to
hberal arts and sc1ences. and an actiVe
apprec1a11on ol the Interplay of 1deas., soctal
change, human cho1ce should serve you
well1n the long run
Moreover.•! recent expenence 1sanyguide ,
your LCeducauon should alsoserveyouwell
1n the short run I suspect others w11t w11te on
lhesemattersatgreater length lwoulds•mply
note that recent LC graduates have done
remarkably well •n entenng graduate and
proless•onal schools. and 10 the marketplace
of employment
Last year. some 20 percent ol our graduabng
senaors went to graduate and prolesstonal
school1mmed•ately , and w1lh1n three years
tully 40 percent of your classmates are likely
to beg•n graduate oc profeSSional study. already
Briefs havtng some work expenence under the11
bellS
About 70 percent ot th1s year's qraduattng
sen1ors will beg1n work 1mmed1ately and of
th1s amount more than 80 percent w1ll hnd
work 1n the career areas of then cho•ce
ApprolC•malely 3 or 4 percent w1lltak&J•me off
to pursue personal travel or fam1ly Interests.
and a very few. 3to 4 percent .may be unem·
ployed and actively seek1ng work
I I' sa tough economy "out there.'' espec1ally
tn Oregon Bulthe search for employment
w1ll requue -and respond-to the same
ttme. energy, and ded•catton needed for your
educatron . and graduation For many th1s
same ume and effort w1ll be rewarded by
leadershtP roles 1n our socrety and economy
1n the long run
Through the Placement Off1ce of LC. and
the efforts of the alumni networks throughout
the country and Indeed the ellorts of this
commumly to strengthen the quality and
reputallonotyoureducahonanddegree- we
have every possible shared 1nterest 1n your
success w1lhtn th•s context In th1s sense we
share your concerns about JObs and career
and about a world 1n trans1hon
And we share your w1lhngness to take
rrsks, to make dec•s1ons.tocare. to contrrbule
and create ,to grow and en tOY and to keep
explorrng It's a good her1tageand an ex.c1tJng
prospect I warmly w1sh you well 1n your
conunutmg educatron
James Gardn&r has been the pres•denl of
Lew1s and Ctarl< College smce 1981
Th1s tall students tnterested 10
med1ca1careersbegan to gather .n
order to d1scuss problems and
methods of genmg 1nto med1cal
schools. hOwtodec•de on a spec1f1c
held and other pert1nent
cons•deratJons at Oregon Health Sc1ences Unrver
s1ty Spate talked about the medrcal
school adm1ss1on process
In the future Hedgepeth sa1d the
group plans to bnng ptlys•c•ans from
vanous sub· fields ot med1c1ne and
from dtfterent k1nds of JOb sett1ngs
hke pnvate prac11cesano hosp1tals WICI has been around Lew1s and
Clark tor many years Its current
prestdent, Debra Fhck1nger sa1d
the group currently has appro)(!·
malely 20 active members
The group has a three fold pur·
pose. the hrst. •s to promote the
1nterests ol women 1n the commun·
1cauons field There IS a lot sa1d rn
the professional groups about
v.oomen· s rlQhts. but we are not blazmg
radicals. Fhcktnger sa1d
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transfer student Mark Bernard and
D11ector of career Plannmg and
PlacementJeH Hedgepelt'l "There
are about 20 students who have
come to at least one meehng,"
Hedgepeth sa1d
Presently the group ss engaged
1n brtng•ng speakers to campus
mosl recently DO. Spate the regiSlTa!
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Hidden Valley Camp
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March 10, 1986
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EOUC4TIONAl CENUIII
The Galleria
4th Floor
222-5556 The second charge •s to brtng
quahhed speakers and programs to
campus At tne end of JanuaryWIO
sponsored a career Day where' the
locus was on communtcauons bUt
there were th1ngs everyone could
learn from the drlferent speakers
and workshops ," Flrck1nger s1d
The th1td m1ss1on 1$ to help people
tnvotYe themsetves1n the ocganrzat.oo
and to build a network w1th the pro·
fess1onal members WICI sponsors
a mentor program where members
are put1ncontact w1th a profess•onal
1nlhtwcareercho03,1heptofessional
prov1des mlormatton and serves as
a contact "The program1s 1nvaluabte
It's hard to get JObs now unless you
know someone," Fllck1nger sa•d
The group meets f!Very second
and fourth Wednesdayeven1ng I rom
7 30·8 30 1n Templeton College
Centerandanyone1s wetcome.The
next meet1ng w111 be March 12 For
further 1nfamatl0f'\ contact AJCkinger
at bOlC 7 7 5 or V1ce ·Pres•dent Diana
Larsen at bolC t496
In Focua, March 6, 1986 1 I' you wanted to
Lew1s and Clar~
planmng your de~
AJtnough Jell H
Career Planmnoa
ihe most oprunc
career) rs when a
that the sophomc
beg1n formulat1n~
graduauon
II plann1ng doe
Ideal ttme, thai at
related tnlernshl~
f~elels and "realtl)
year Plann.ng a!
year for wnllng a g
lhe actual Job sea
A lol of LC gra
s!Uifalloftherr hvtl
In Focus I •
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duaung
and of
wtll find
ChOIC6
ijtmeoH
nerests.
!unem·
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,loyment
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tforyour ~areer Plannin'-JW and Placement builds success
any thts
rded by
conomy
LC. and
oughout
rts of this
ality and
ree we
st tn your
;ensewe
dcareer,
s to take
;Ontnbule
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nexctttng
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Lewtsand
Its current
nger. satd
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~rs s fold pur·
omote the
,commun·
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~not blaZing
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where''the
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elppeople
gamzatiOO
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remembers
orofess1onal
I professtQnal
~dservesas
ISirrvaluable
~unless you
nger sa1d
-1ery second
~n1nglrom
on College
elcome The
arch 12 For
Aicktnger
staent Diana I I you wanted to the day alter enrolling at
Lewts nnd Clark College, you could begtn
planmng your departure
Almough Jell Hedgepeth d~rector ol LC's
1 Ca!etJr Planmng and Placement Center satd,
The most opttmaltrme (lo begtn plannmg a
career)ls when a person tS ready ·He satd
lhattM sophomore year rs the tdeal lime to
beg'n lormulatmg what you want to do alter
gaduallon
If planntng does, tn fact beg1n dunng th1s
ldealltme, that allows lor the pursUit of JOb·
related tnternshtps summer JObs tn related
Eelds and 'reahty 1est1ng" dur1nQ the JUntor
year Planning ahead opens up the sentor
year for wrrltnga good resume and begtnntng
lllC actual1ob search
A lot of LC graduates have been handed
stulf aU otthetr hves lheylhtnk that when they
6, 1986 In Focus, March 6, 1986 graduate they wtl 1mmed1ately become the
ed1tor ol Wrllamette Week. or somethtng
Whallheyneedlsareat tycheck rounder
stand what tl actually takes to get a JOb. ·
Hedgepeth satd
TheCareerPianntngandPiacementCenter
oilers a number of seMces to help students
as they plan therr future For thOSe Just begtnntng
10 lhtnk tn terms of the futufe there 1s a ltbrary
wtthapprol(tmately 1 OOOvolumesconlamtng
tnlormatton on dtflerem careers There are
pamphlets and arucles on mternattonat JObS.
employer dtreclortes and corporatton fries
for students to look through The center also
has extenstve tnlormat•on on graduate pro·
grams lor those wiShtng to conltnue lhetr
educatton
The ot1rce can also help students who are
tullher tntoltlecareer planntng process wtlh one-on-one aovts1ng etther wttn a counselor
or an alumnus In the held wnttng a resume
and ccwer reuer and suggesting aflernattVe
rundtngandmlormarton resources Stuc:Jents
can also vtoeotape a mock JOb tntervtew to
get a sense of how theym•ghr come across to
a ptospectrve employer
··some studellts get a look at the tape and
see tnattt:ey are real!ybetng a 1er Hedgepeth
satd The goalts that they learn 10 perfect the r
tnteMew.ng sktlls be lore they actually go out
10 lind BjOb
In add1llon to tne servtces ottered directly
by Career Planmng and Placement there rs
the afumm adVtstng netv.'Ork About 1200
alumns currently partiCipate tn the network
'The~ peop!e are there lor adVIce and to
help you he sa1d However the purpose IS
not to ask ror a JOb but to let them help you
learn to lind one. he satd
Is tt 9\.~r too tare to come back atter gadua!Jon
and gel advice trom Cafeer Planmng and
Placement?
'I don tlhtnk tl's ever too late ·Hedgepeth
satd 'We wrll help anyone at any potnt as
long as they are connecteo wtlh LC tn some
way"
1 985 LC graduate Em11y Nelson now
asststant dean of admtsston at LC. found she
was able to gel ass1stance wtlh her resume
duung her sen tor year and found tltnvaluable
··n helped me (to get a 1obj 'she concluded
'I went•n lhtnkmg that my resume was pretty
good but after Jell went over nl realaed thalli
was 100 percent better." she sa1d
Hedgepeth lorsees ( 'and 1t comes as no
surprase") that the most popular Jobs tn the
JeH Hedgepeth , director of LC's Career Planning
and Placement Center • '' luture wtll t>e techntcal and seMce-re ated
JObs Hesatdhedoesnothketh strenc:J•nthat
there are few h1gh pay1ng or profess ona
10bs The h·ghest paYJng JobsWtll be tn eng
neeung techntcalftelosandfmance Asma I
but not necessartly extenstve tra1mng rn
computersc~encecanadd lothemarketab11 ty
of the graduate A 'rteZ<tidoSe csnet necessary
you JUSt have to be comfortable behtnd the
pteoe of equtpment." he sate
The adVIce Hedgepeth woulo grve all stu
dents IS not to get so !angled up n the
stallstlCS but to go after tobs that are gomg to
be •nterestlng to you he sa d
"Students should go after somethtng that
means somelhmg to them someth•ng that
they have an atftn1ry wrth What they need to
dolssetalong-rangegoalandSIICk.Wilh he
sad 'lt satoughwortdoullhere bu1stuoents
shoulo decide what they Nantto do and do
whattt takes to getthe;e he contmued
Heogeper.n satd that mos: students If tney
really try to ltnd a JOb ano oo more tnan look
through Lhe want ads "should have a real
good shot at gerung a JOb (See story on 10b
prospects lor ltberal-arts graduates on
paga 9 )
Whtle the Career Planntng and Placement
Center 1s 'verv busy, • Hedgepeth finds that
most studentsao not take full advantage of •ts
seMces Whtle 90 percen1 of last year s gra
duartngclass report eo USII'lQ Career Planntng
and Placement at reast once Heogepeth
said ltlal the ftgure rru:ght be unreallS11C because
lor some that one VlSil mrght mean d!opptng
by top ck up a test apphcatton
Robm Fmnzen s an mtemat on. I altars
1 a!"'d ccmmunrcatrons double rna{O at Le
and Clark CoJieoe -Bob GlanVIlle Is a communrcaltons ma or
BILC
"It's a tough world out there,
but students should decide
what they want to do and do
what it takes to get there."
Page3 I ..
GmduattOf\{lOOS notalwavsm••an br akmg
ttes h1 tact pnrson"el at tho Alumnt Othco Collegial bond formed upon graduation
1 ho atumm host prournm we~s uevetopt!<l
last yum and was mot wrth m1xod saltsiJCiton
l)y the pn!ltC1f')31ll& Wll1l~~ f ord commr.nted
that 1 ho~o NIIO wero hosted were pleAse< I
and !ell 11 worked out vr ry well recent
tollow·up questtonnues 11\drcato dlsap
palntmont on 11\P part ot some parltCIJ>ar11S
due to tack all allow lllrough t>y those sen tors
plann ng to par11Cip<IIC howovor thai g1v1ng on tile par I of aiU!llS ha&
1umpad 1n the lost It w yuurs
Alurnnl eM contrtbute to tM coiiPge 10
YafiOUS ways through di!CCI hnnnctal Qtll$
to tho cottoyo by voluntPenng to parttctnate
'"the alumn• ho51 prO{tram or to partiCipate
1no vartotyof stunrl1119 canllnlttecsor 1 0 new
alumni clubs (seo story by Mtchael Ford 101 a
nr ul dascrrptton of these actMt•as) would suggest JUSt tho oppostle thai nrn
ctu3h ntsonopportuntrytostrengthOnhh.: long
!IBS to L wts and Cltuk 10 a new way
- .... ~--Ttlts process ot collegial bOnCl ng has
becomelher spom;tbtl tyoiAtumntDifector
M chao I Ford Stnce he stepped tnla olhce IP
September ot 1 98i1 vanous atumnt groups
and actiVIIIOS tmve been m•llated ead•ng to
more ac1.w pl: ri!Cipatlon 10 the college by
those who haiiC gan belorc Faro sad t1n
alumnus •sanyporsonwho has spent at least
one year at LC Fords 10t> tncluoos traveltng to var•ous Ford sa1d that alooo w1th then cr rttque ol
the hrst ear s etlort atumru ollered valuable
suggest ons as to how to 1mpravc the program
neXl year Accordrng to Ford 1 00 sen1ors
paruc patod tast year and over 200 alumni
volunteered to host
U S tocat•ons mctuc'hng Washtngton D C
New York and Denver tn order to hast alumn1
f/11 gathe11ngs and pubhclle the colle{la TM
abJeCt here IS clear. • Ford sat a 'We are
Atm1ng to butld lasttng fnendshtps and 10
p!'OVIde seMces to atumn• " Ford stressed that the alumm host program
IS not a JOb placement servrce, but rather
helps students dur1ng a trans11ton per1od 1n
tlle1r ltte
A lew olthl' sarv1ces altered by 111eAtumn1
Othco tnctudo th "atumn1 host program wlltCh
match~s recent graduates w1th atumm and
m~lps them retocatetn the ar eaol tne11 chotco
the lite memberShiP program whtch gtves
discounts at LC events and the t>ookstoro
and access to college r eaeauonat cqwlfnont
and theAubrevWatzek l•brary,and IM mar
Keung ot LC memorat>1ha Along w1th the soMces ollered atumnr IS
the oppor tunttytor oraduates tocontnbute to
the future of LC Although Ford satd lhat th~o
Atumn1 Olhcu has a partpheral role 1n lund
ratstnQ and docs not \le 1tnanc1al str1ngs to 11s
serv1cus. people nre generallyw1lhng to gtvP ''we do our part ' he satd The Alumn1 Off tee
1n bettertng seMcesand programs lor atumn1
1s worktng to d•spetltne cr11tctsm that some
alums have that they only hear I rom the
college wnen 11 needs money Ford sard
Alumni Association creates new
H aVJng 'NOt ed for close to a decade as
dtrector at stuaent actMttes and campus
programs I spent most of my waktng hours
Wlthl.eWISandCiar Callegeundergradua•es
• ltfe attar LC was ootth9 focus ol my work
and most at my contact wttn alumn came •n
the tormollenersand pnanecaltsfrom IOfm r
students telltng me ol thetr ~nderlultravels
graduate scnoal new JOb lost love or
request•ng a letter of recommendat1on
Asduector ol aluntm relaltons I now work
tn the mosllnterestnlg and challengtr"lg dQmarn
al hteafterLC' andlmustsay theretsnever
a dull moment Wtth an alumnt assoc.a11on ot
approx!TT'IateiV t2._000~a.33-member board
or a umn• frve stand1ng comm•uees 10 new
a:umn ofubs anaavanetvofa'umn1sponsor:ed
actMites the oHtce ol atumn1 relat1ons 1s a
busyptacemdeed And·Nhyarewehere?Let
me~e ltleehargeo! theAiummAssoCiatiOn
The Alumn1 Assooat•on IS organtzed to
accamphsn several maJor goa\s
•to strengthen ues between the alumn ana
thecot'ege
era st1mutate a1umn11nterest 1n and concern
wtth the arms and purposes olthe college
L C gets its first
alumni directory
•
LeNISaOCJCiar nas ttsfustAJumn1
01rectory
ThebaOkv~asputtogetherdurlng
the summer o11985 and Lncludes
the names and home addresses of
approximately l2.000 LC alumnt
The next drrectory Wl1llnclude phone
numbers and bUsiness addresses
as well Alumnt D1rector Michael
FardsaiO
The book tS arganrzed tn thu:e
secoonsso that alumni can be located
by name class and geograph1cal
tocatJon AlummtromtheCottegeot
AnsandSctencesandtheGraduate
School o! ProiCSSOionat Stud•es are
hsted GracJU«ites hom me Noflh·
.vestern School al Law are not listed
m tn1s putlhcalton
Thealumnlraster 1nctudesat1 LC
graduales or any person wno
anended tar at !east one academiC
year
The drrector y can be purchaseo
throogn me Alumnt Qtllce tor $15
and arwone who donates $25 or
more l?thecollege NIH recerve one
!Jeo All graduahng seniors wtll
recerve an Alumn1 Otrectory •taspansor support andardsoc~al cultural
eaucatronat andcareerdevelapmentactMt es
1nvalvtnQ atumn1
•toprOVIdeftnanootaSStStancetotheco•lwe
Whtle lund raiSif'9tSclearlyaneolltle object~
of tne Alumn1 Assoc1at1on '' 1s lrl'pQrtant to
po111t out that the ma1or purposes of the
oroamzallon are related to programs and
~rv1ces lor alumnt
W OfklrlQCioselyw,lhco egt!adm•niStraiM3
olhce and the Olltce of Atumm Relations
stall the ooard has m1t1ated a numbm ol
p1ograms Itt htghltgtll them here
Alumnr Coordmators tor Enrollment The
Adm1SS1ons Commrttee ol the board works
ctost!IVW&Ih !he co•rege AdmrSSions Ofhce to
support the program whrch was started thiS
year Twenty·l1ve atumm located tn Keygeo
glaphtealareascoodtnatevolunleer admiSSIOfl
acuvrty•nthe r respecttVeareas The program
haSprOVIdedmuchneededasstStancetotne
Admtss1ons Oll1ce stall and volunteers are
conltdent that the 1ncrease tn prospects and
apphcallons th1S year IS related tn part to
thetr ettorts Alumm Host Ptogram Begun 1n 1985 by
the Career Development Comm111ee of the
board thtSprogrammatcheSatumntvolunteers
w1tn graduattng sen1ors movmg to the1r geo·
graphcreg.on Over tOOsenoswerematched
1n June t985
A/umn1 Career Nerworh ThtS network
cons1sts ol over 2.000 alumn1 who are w1111ng
to meet wrlh LC studentsandatumnrtadiSCUSS
career opportumttes In aadrhon. the Alumm
Assoc1allon sponsors an c1nnua1 "Ga1eer
Sampler • on campus
Alumnr Phonothon Each sprtng alumnt
.....ak WlththeOtfceoiAnnuaiGMng to generate
g11ts to tne college Alumm g1vtng has shown
a dramatic 1ncrease 1n the past three years
1rom$62.59lln i982to$96,403m1985.an
tncrease a! 54 percent Each year appraxr·
mat ely 1 OOalumnt parucrpale 1n tne twow~ek
phonothon rn April
Alumm Class Agent Program Eact\ gra·
duatrngclass•srepresentedoyactassagent
wno works wtth other atumntto so hen contr ,.
but1ansfrom classmates toward the college's
annual tund Over l 00 alumn• volunteers
have been enlisted lor th1S program and tney
are actrvelyengaged 1n the fund ralstngeflort
Alumn1 Merchandtsrng Vartous college
memorab1ha (sweatshirts mugs. stationery,
t·Sn1rts etc )are otteredtoatumntlhrough the
quarterly pubhcalton, The Journal of Lewts
nnd Clark
Atumm T 18vel Througn the lntormaltonand
Programmtng CommrUee 9l ll"le board per IOdrc
tr•ps are planned throughout the worlo and
offered 10 atumn1 at group rates In 1 985·86.
alumn1 mayttavelto Chtna the Soviet Unron
or to &po '86 •na Alaska and the lns1de
Passage Currently atnree·tear travel plan IS
oomg developed und rway to e)(oano that course •n the fall
end sprrng 1987
Homecommg ReumonsJSpecraiE~tents A
weekend proQram each fall features class
reun1ons atltve·year tntervals and generally
tncludes an all-campus p1cn•c sponsoreo
1orntly by the Assoc,ated Students ot Lew1s
and Clark (ASLC)and theAiumntAsSOCISt•on,
cttmpus tours, racully lectures an awards
banquet a reunton d1nner a lootbalt game.
dance nnd recepttons Reunton and class
newsletters are also published each tall
A number or awards are also presented
durtng Homecom1ng weekend The Ptoneer
Athtetrc Club mducts new members 1n1o the
Hall ot Fame and the Alumni Assoctat1on
presents an award tar dtsttngus1hedalumnus
or alumna young atumnt ol the year and
atumo1 crta\IOns lor servrce Homecom•ng
'86 w111 be held Oct 3·5 and w11t feature
reunions ot me follow1ng classes 1941 46
51 56,61 66 71,76and1981 Add11tonally
"I am continually impressed
with the quality of LC alumni
and the enthusiasm they show
for the college."
cta~es from Albanv College w111 gather that
weekend Thts year s theme tS "St1ll Crazy
Alter All Thew Years "wtlh apologies 10 S1man
and Gartunkel
Wh1le Homecomtng looms large 1n the fall
the ALumnt Assoctallon, 1n coaperat1on w1th
the Portland Alumni Club. also sponsors an
annual holiday party tn early December
T ample ton Center IS translormed 1ntaa lestrve
settrng !()(four bands whiCh perform throughout
thebu•ld1ng Between 1,500and2 ,000atumnt
and lrrends bung 1n the hOlidays at lh1S gala
event
Q~GOING
• I I ....
H "A6 1 tltlAiumntOihcoalsoactsosaco·sponsa
ott he samar party wh1chw11l be held lh1svea
atttlaMasontclemplo llatsobegan•n 1985
publiShing an nlumn1 handbQOk mctud•IYJ
tho namos and addresses ot LC alumni The
boOk IS 81 r nngcd bOth nlptlnbellcally and D(
geographicalareaandwhlle•tdOOSno(lnc:hnJ
phone numbers or busmessaddresses oot
year's Will, Ford sa•d
The Atumot Olhce works 1n tandom WI
vanous other campus alltces, 1nctudtng 1J1e
Admtssrons Oil teo, tho Oll1ce of Annua1Gfllll'9
and Career Planntng and Placement All a
thOse athces t)elp Qr aduates to both keepr
touch the college and to tntegrate 11'110
the world outs1dP of LC
''Most people want to keep thetr tres \o
Lewrs and Clark," Ford concluded
Robtn F mnzen IS a semor mternat1onalaflai!S..
commumcat10ns double ma1or at Lew1sano
Clark Colleae
Whtte usually a qUiet ttme for events the
wtnter season dtd b1111g out 25·30 alum."¥
basketball players lex the ltrstalumnl basket tal
tournament All proceeds !rom I he tournamen
were donated to the Muscular Oystroptlf
Assoclatron
A new add1t1on to the annual event spon
sored by II e Assac18110n lsachlldren"s theatre
In February, over 1 00 children of faculty, staff
and atumnt aud11toned for "Snow Wh1te aoo
the Seven Dwarfs Under the gu1dance Gl
the Mtssouta Chtldron's Theatre. 50 Children
performed the productton to standrng room
only audrencas 10 Evans. waHanhng a return 1
u!lgagemen t next year Be watch1ng for t~
''W1zard of Oz • 1n Apnl, 1987
In addttlon to board sponsored actMites
alumm are organtztng 1n th1s country arc
a or oad to support bOth I he college and othei
alumm Chartered atumnt clubs are located
1n Southern Gahlornta, the Bay area. Puget
Sound Japan. Alaska. and Portland OlllEI
clubs are be•ng organtzcd 1n New England
New York, Washtngton, DC M1nneapo hs/S
Paul, Colorado, Hawau. and EugeneJCarva IS
tn addrtron to local respons1b11tttes. clubpres
tdents and key organ1zers compflse tne
fnternattanaiAdVJsoryCouncll,agroupwnich
meets annually wrth the Board of Alumn1ID
adv1se the board of programs and poltcy
As I stated at the begtnnmg ollhts art•cle
'life alter LC,'' from the vantage po1nt oltl'l>:
office ol a1umn1 rolat1ons,ts full ol challenges
excttement. and opportun•ty 1 am cont1nua ,
tmpressed w1th the quality of LC alumn1 a,_,
to the enthusiasm they show lor the college
And I'm pleased to tell you that I am no Ionge!
the only one w1th gray hau
Mtchael Ford has oeen the Dlfectorof Alurm
Relatrons at Lewts and Clark smce 1984
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COMPllfl8
•
Fi tteen hundred at lho 4 000
Alumnt D1rec1oues have been d1s·
tubuted so far Ford satd ConttnwngEducat1on;Worklngctoselyw•tn
tneOihce ot Cantrnu1ng Education numerous
snmroars are PfOVIded and bolh cred11 and
non·credrl courses are offered to alumnt An
Investment sem1nar ptlol program wtll M
presented to atumn1 on March 15, w1th plans Aplumnl OJflee personnel from left to right. Assocltte Director Carolyn Bouden Secretary
otter, Dlrec:tcu MlchMI Ford and Student Aulatant Charlotte Smith '
Page4 In Focus, March 6, 1 Is tMre ltfe n has bee<
g1adua11ng s
Wtlatal>Olll
What Wtlllhe
P1oneer L~
tore1gn caul
future
Patrtcta t-J
naltonal alia
wrthherstudi
She nas ap
Econom1csl
1nterna11onat
and tnternab<
to any at thE
have an tniE
Parts wtth a
Aller ftve
States, Nata
ThiS braade
focus on tnU
would bene
Natali her
she was 16,
student1n td
of Idaho, th
ago, attract
Yves Heller,
Ho~
Whentl
H1ll to
much as 11
experrence
Now IOlJrSt
gllpS Wtth I
a gam
There 1s
go througl'l
Lew1s and 1
least drastl
wno stay u
Student Co
Klees, w
cope w1th 1
ualtonday 1
been or m1
andwhethe
ones edu
g11ev1ng to
wnomwe r
''We usu
•nllmate lrt
through a lc
loss· she~
Klees ac:
awareotal
aHgothrau
comes de
w•llseeau
angertak
t~allng as
dUr1ngvan
ol the .,'C • .Ii;
GradutaU on
otatumshas
e college 1r1
nanctat 9111s
paf\tCtf)altl
parhctpa!c
esor 10new
ael Ford lor a
lOS)
a co·sponscr
heldlhtsyear
cgantn 1985
iQk tnCIU<IIng
:; alumn• 'TlwJ
hcaltyanab1
;esnotl~
dresses ne.11
tandom With
tncludmg 1~
AnnuaiGMrg
cement All ci
obolhkeep
integrate 1010
•p theu t•es ~a
Jded
Jaltonal affarrs.
)rat Lewrsa'Ki
lor events the
25·30 aturM
Jmnl baSketoo
lhetournarnM
1lar Dystrophy
1al event spon·
Udren' s theatre
, at laculty,sta!l
now Wh•te and
1e gUidance ol
tre, 50 ch1ldren
standtng rooo
ran ling a return
atch1ng for the
•ored actMhes.
tS country and
liege and olhel
:.~bs are locateo
say area, PuQEJ
Portland Otl"lef
., New England
M1nneapohsJSl
~gene/Cocva Is
'htces,clubpres
1 comp11se 1M '
tl,agroupwhdl
ard at Alumn• tc
tsand pohcv
19 of thtS arhcle
:age po1nt of 1~
Jlt ot challenges,
1 am contmuaJ,
)I LC alumnt aro
v lor the colleg.;
at I am nc I on~
111ec tor of Atumn
smce 1984
•
•
~en . Secretery
~arch 6, 1 • ore1 n students have international lans
Is there ltle alter Lewts and Clark?
11 nas become a cltcne' to asK and yet for
ura(lUallng sen tors illS a 1eo•t11nate question
Wllal at>out students from other countnes?
What will they b do•ng alterleav•ng LC? Tho
Proneer Log asked several students from
loretgn coun tt~es about thetr plans ror the
futuro
Patr~c1a Natali of Monte Carlo. ts an •nter
oauonalallatrsma1or She would hke togo on
Wlthhers tud,eseodrece~Wamaster'sdegree
Sho has applted to the London School of
Econom1csaM Pohllcal Sc•ence.•n areas of
•nternallonat relations. ecooomJcdevelopment
and anternahooal buSt ness II she IS not accepted
ro any of these programs. she would like to
have nn mternsh1p tn e1ther Monte Carlo or
Parts w•th a U S company
Alter hve years of study•ng •n the Untied
Stares. Natali sa1d, "I have a broader vtew '
ThiS broader vtew has tncluded tntenstve
rocus on tnternatlonat afla•rs. whtch she satd
would be nearly unheard oltn France
Natali has been tn the Umted States smce
showas 16, whenshewasaforelgnexchange
student1n IdahO She a It ended the Unaverstty
of Idaho, then transferred to LC two years
ago, a"racted by the International afla•rs "I ve spontthe most 1mporrant part ot my
hlo •n the U S stte sa•d not1no 1t1e cruc•al
11rno between the Ciges ol16<:~nd 22 'I m1ss
Monte Carlo ·Natali satd 'bull couldn t slay
there all rny ltfe 11 s roo small
Nata It hopes lor work that Wtll allow her to
travnf freely between the Unued Stares and
Monre Carlo Herve LeJeune IS a stlldent from Tah·tt
ltn•shtng hts semor year 1n bus1ness
aomtniStrauonatterseveralyearsrnthewofktng
world Leteune SOtd "I want a degrP.e,l'm not
here to party "
Leteune 1s presenlly w8111no to recewe a
work VJsa "I m a tounst' he sa•d 1n regard to
• hts current status
The aovantage or studytng bustness tn
Amer~ca tor Lereune IS that a more pract1cal
approach to bus1ness 1s tal<en "Here, you're
one step closer roactuallywork1ng 1nacompeny
than tn France, where you only study wtth
books," he satd
A disadvantage lor Leteune tS the soc1al
Sttuauon he hnds tnAmenca He feelsculturat
d11ferences between AmeriCans and foretgners.
ec;pectally 1n terms or fnendshtps aM rela·
11onsh1ps "ll's easter to maet people here,"
hesa•d "bullltendstorematnonasuperftCial
level" '"''''""ent here ~~ rn:-o.-----;;::;:.-- ·, Margt~l Btorgulfsdotllr. rellecttng on her
future, sa1d, ''Oh,l have great plans•'
Ong•naly from Iceland, BtorguiiSdottll has
traveled extenstvely, and has worked as an
a1rhne hostess lor several years "t like adven·
lures. gett1ng to know new people and new
places." she satd
"Wherever I am I tend to make the best out
of 11," she sa•d "I've never been homesick I
~ JUSt don t lhtnk to be It's no lack of patnottsm
or apprectat•onof home." Btorgullsdott•r satd
''When lthtnk of my future, tt's pretty travel·
onented," sa1d thts tnlernattonal affatrs mat or
.1..-.._....__, B1orgulfsdolltr hasapphedtotwograduate
Yves Heller, Switzerland schools Fletcher School of Dtplomacy and
How to cope with leaving L C
When the class of '86 leaves Patan11ne
Hill tor the world out there," 11 wtll be
much as 11 was when they lust arrtved and
expertenced the loss of a tam1ly structure
Now lour short years later,theymust come to
g11ps wtlh leavtng lnends and fovea ones
agatn
There 1S no avo1dmg the tact that you w•ll
go through drastiC change when you leave
Lewts and Clark Those who go through the
IP.ast drashc change w111 probably be those
who stay •n Portland." Bonn•e Klees of the
Student Counseling Center sa•d nressure on a relattonsh•p when usually the
Sttuahons and dects•ons drctate wnat hap
pens,''Kiees fldded
Parents usually have puvate agendas for
thetr grad~Jahng sentors "A lot of people are
wtlllng to tell you what you should do Rarents
are great ones for thiS They tell you lnat you
should get a JOb at home or that you should
look tor a 'real' 10b" Klees satd Georgetown Unrvers11y Fletc~mr ~1s a pro·
gram lllat ftt., exactly whal I wanl h satd
tforao,.&ateSC'.hootplansdon tcomettt.rough
BJorgulfsdotttr plans to return 10 Iceland She
would h!<e an 1n1ernsh1p w1th the European
Counctl ana would then reapty to graduate
schools I may have tostepdomns btl 1 ve
applied to two of the bost schoo'sl she sa d
'Wh•chever works out I d be happy
L u s Perez-Marrero a bus•nessma,or from
Venezuela hasbeenatLCfort h!eeyears
Alter graouat•on he would like to get a JOb a
tnternshtp lor the bus1nessexpenence He •s
also lhtnktng of pursu1ng a master s degree
"It mil depend on where I have the better
opportunity , Perez-Marrero sa1d
For Perez-Marrero educaiiOnln 'the Untted
States has grven h•m the treedom to choose
h•s own hfestyfe w1thou1 too much pressure
at trad•t•on or culture," he sa•d
A dtfhculty for Perez· Marrero. as well as lor
other lore1gn students. 1s that or havmg two
dttferent worlds "Venezuela tS so mucn 01
what•s 1n me," he sa•d "and now there's so
much from Portland "
For fore1gn students, there 1S the dtfltcully
of chang1ng cultures and languages when
traveling back and forth Natali noted the
dtlhculty of speaktng French w•th her fam1ly
a her speakmg EngliSh fOt so long "Sometimes
when I'm home I wake up and start speaktng
Enghsh w•thout reata.mg nl' she sa•d
Although not yet a semor, Yves Heller has
giVen thought toh1s hie plans Born In Swttzer
land Heller has hved abroad all h1S file, m
Gefmany,GreatBIItlan.Oh;o,NewYak.France
and lndra 01 h1s 21 years he has spent only
one year tn Sw•tzerland
An Enghshand tnternahonat alla,rsdouble
mar or, Heller th1nks he would hke to stuoy
tnternahonal relahons •n Geneva, or perhaps
teach Enghsh '" Asta "I dehmtely want a JOb
where I can travel " he sa•d "I don 1 Hant to Margril B)orgulfadoltlr Iceland
hveanywher~l<. '"-)thanlouryears I ve
QOtten used to the globe-trotter ltte• The SWISS government reQutres all male
Clt•zens to enhsl for lour montns as well
as three weeks of military serv1ce every year
until the age of 50 Heller hopes to avotd th1s
reqwement tor se teral reasons
"As long as you're abroad you don t have
to do m1htary seMce. but once you go beck
rneygrabyou'"hesaid DuetoHellef shlestyle
"I really don't feel any naftonalldentlty w1th
Switzerland
"lamveryantl·mi!ttary "hesaJO noting that
there tS no place for consc•ent1ous ObJectOfS
•n the SwiSS system The dectdtng factor
however may be a knee InJury on wh1ch
Heller has had extenstve surgery
Do tore1gn-b0m students have a more
dlffaA deC'.lS0'1lO make thanAmencan students
once graduahon becomes a reahty? Said
Heller 'I have cruClal dectStOnS to malt.e
because the Un•ted States IS not my country
and I have to dec1de where to go However
hesa!d,oftxxhAmencanandlore~gnstudents
"We all have Important dec•s•ons to make '
D1ane Raab IS a 1umor Engt,sn maJOr
Klees, who sees a lot of sentors tryrng to
cope w1th leav1ng, explarns that when grad
uahon day arrives enormous dec1S1ons have
been or must be made about where to hve "'
and whether to enter the work force or continue
one • educatton S•muttaneously we are
grtevtng the loss ot college acquatntances
\'mom we may not see aga1n For those 1 nvolved 1n a roman11c relatooSh•P
WtthagraduahngseniOfwhoarenocthemse~
gradualmg Klees recommends that they
"change the pace olth1ngs and do the thtngs
that they have always wanted to like parltetpate
1n an athlehc event or a theater productton,"
shesa1d
Sentor Ctndy Young, anternauonal aHatrs.
1s tnvolved 1n a long diStance romance w1th
her bOyfnend Pat MahaNey who graduated
last year 'We don't really know what1t s like
to be together for a long hme. tt's like a
vacation when we see each other ... she satd Sen to~ should be aware ot a five-stage grieving process we all go through when eq,erienci
aloaa. ng
"We usually have a c•rcle of at least three
•nttmate lnends Wtth your frtends you go
through a lot and that support structure IS at a
loss ' she satd
Klees' adv1ce tograduatmgsentors IS to be
aware of a hve stagegr~evtng process that we
all go through when expertenc•ng a loss F1rst
cernes dental wnen we toll our selves that we
wtll see our college lrtends a lithe 11me Then
angertakesover. wh1ch 1s replaced by nego·
ttattng as when we say we II see our In ends
durtng vacat•ons. hnally there •s acceptance
oil he separate course our hves w1lltake
Graduates w1ll need to replicate the support
structure that they had a\ LCandlor th1s there
ts no 'grana plan" Klees recommends that
S£Hl•ors be awnre ot all t11e op11ons avatlable
to them und notteel obligated to those who
toll them what they "should' do
'Be aware that whatever vou do '' 1s a
chotce that you alone are ln<lktng Be aware
Of your CllOlcesanddo asmuchdatagatneung
as you posstblycan wtth respecttooccupatoos
or cho1oeS that you have'" your relaltonsn•ps
Klees sa•d
Olhcrs ltkOSOntOI MaryS1mk1n SOCIOlogy •
have opted out ofthe process tempomrt!y
Alter I graduate I am gotng on the Kenya tup
WhiCh w•ll be hke a hmbO stage Ill have 11me
to th1nk about my future w1thout havtng to be
hnanc•ally responstble lor mysell," she sa•d
' These 'shoulds' place a great deal ol
In Focus, March 6, 1986 Young and Mat ~alley have a ''dehntle plan
lor the future,'' and an unders1and1ng that
netther at them wants polygamy
Some k1nd 01 agreement Is a good rdea.
Klees says ''You need to dec•de what you
want-whether 11 IS monogamy, oi •I you
want to wrtte tellers, or at least call It •s a
b•·lateratoec•s•onofhowthetwoofyouwant
to ma•nta1n the realuonsh•p -perhaps a
phys•cal momemo · she sa10
'I need less of an excuse not to do work.
w11n fnends comtng tn and out even 1f
they're not good lrtends I want to stop ano
take some t1me w1th them 'Sen1or Ala1n M1llar
hiStory, satd
Mtllar hns avo•ded a romantic retattonsh1p n' hts hnat yt1ar beCause he sa•d tl complicates
the matttlr and you are not hkely to ~ee them
alter school ·
'I um getltng all rny ttme 1n wuh my In ends
rtgnt nbw, bull know alter I graduate there wtll
be about ten lrtends that I keep tn contact
w•th · sen1or BobGIMVJIIe commun1cattons
S81d
• I haven't taced the tact tttatl'm gotng to
graduate 1 don't th1nk ab0Ut1t Young sa1d
"You look atrnends and say you'll keep tn
touch, and say to yourseii'No I wont·"
Tom Lyden rs a 1unror rnternatronal aflarrs
mBJOf at Lewrs and Clark College Summer or Fall1988
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Students on 1~ 1982 Indonesia trip (top right). Glenn Fout, 1 1984 LC graduate
(abO<te). I ,.~
The prospects o1 rerum ng to noooessa
a er a f -montn stay there n 1982
haumeo my dreams eve: smce r retUTned to
me Un ·ed States
The reaJZat:oo ttta11 had re1 ned dldn l
str e unt I set foot oH me plane n Jakana
alter a 2:5-l'lCM r • f!om -tlS Pnge es
Descnbed b;· one A.'nenc;an i'.'ffi9 Ltee
as me las1 •oru;er fOf :.me! can C3P:la sm
tnOOnesJa rs a ·-aleitiosoope o! cu •u a and
soaa dNtm;;~ ·v P-ro ~e ee OO.'OJS
changes the ~e troo 1 mree )'ears
ago foundmuttao!tnesooa n•eract10nto
be qu :e me same
fl. :IS rear reunat • lndonesan enos
came mysealtld"Nee~ b:a wnen eo
Dandang Su ~iO GJ'lO hts ta tn a Ia _
atnr. so I'J!Ome'el's Southeast m Jal.dfta
nao be!r!PJ'ldi?d Danda:ng 10 9a2 atter ne
r·.eo nse .. ;:e!Stomembe.-s 001 Lew
ana oar!' c:J~~ErSeaS grout> we we'e
..: ,;ng the OOtan,""Cga.rdens 111 ~ Our •ng
my or nal stry-I ~ Dandang severa
1 !fT'IeS and na-..a ~Pt touch t.n h!m .,.. e
bad tne States
Oandang s fe has changed tt!e He S\1
:subs'S!s oyse:: ngtrlfl;.;etsatlhe garden and
he ano hs fam st o:cupy a very Ia"
status he !]age Therefore, my VIS:.1 was a
mpona ·ocounence lor Dandangas
5e'\OO among~· thingS. to rase h!sstatus
a*T'OOQ O!S ne;g.>tbO!s
Oancang aoo stayed up tale o the
atxl!.t' now harOtrmgS had been
ana n:;:s ~ f1J He wamec:s 10 ma,.
w a 'Oersnn ~~en as myse would wa t to
m when COtJXI be f'.Of.J'Q 81 tne hOme
rJ. ana<!Sl'OC'al ano~01acm~b!e
bed rare lha! C()flt:rete
llouQh! a 1m about that Q'UeS!:OO a so
Page& txih before and after I maoe my rerum jOUffie'J
Wtlat ·.ras that was ca r ng me back?
That questiOn st I dogs me as much as
old many more questtOnS from my 1 Sl tnp
ool Uley are ans ... .-ered at vanous levels 10
oue hme There .-.-ere t ~ when two years
a!ter I had returned from noones~a I would
be struc by rrrt perspect.nte on somelh ng
-a perspectiVe that was un!Que to my
ndoo:esan eXPe.rence
MOSl moooam. btJ• ClifflCU 1 to exo:a n to
the non-mr..eer IS ttle l'lOl.Ol glf1Q ~
I.D learn aboUt roo own cu ure and he llat)e
TMre IS a ~rc Northwest lnden s:ay.ng
'The tast to Oscc::M!r the ocsn a e the fiSh
Neve ha'..-e "a ned more abou11Tl';sell or
my country tnan cf:o by g:mg ~seas
n tnal rea :zauon t.es the mos1 11T!portan1
reason orretwn:ng togetout.oimycurreni
e.xpenence ana kJok at t from a d 1ferent
ob;ectM~ To feel the suffer ng 0: one such
as Oandang and doina wha! one mUSI
What was It that was ca!Ung one badl?
S moe t:MIS:ness at th€ bolarnc gardens
had oeen rather sk>w Dandang hao OOl
been abte tota:Ke h!Sklu#·year.-oldoaug er
to tne OoctO! lor trea•ment of a cnest cold
(wn::e trea!mental the hea lhcare cen!e1s tS
nearly free presa PJ.:on med!Clle IS anen
mes lOO EY~ !or the many peop!e 111
Dandang s J)061' on)
Danoang s daugtt!.er. wno had been SICk
lor over two weett.s got ner ~:Olle When I
Bfl :Jed and began to rnpr011e w.m:n 24 t'IOUffi.
le gooo abootl:lelOQ ab!e to hetp my old fr end but fru& .. aled by me numbef oft mes
pop eat en 1 helped
In all. 1 spent etgtll wee!-ts •n Indonesia
re'\'ISIInlg old fuends and places If one m1ng
wasdllferenttrommyhrstU•p•t .... aslhallwas
no longer lascmated w th the poverty me
malnutnuon and the poor frnng C0001liOOS AI
1 :rsr. I am ashameo to aamn. tne lrv-!llQ cono ...
d•tons al a Th rd World country somehoN
fascmated me Bulasl retumedtolhecoun:ry
and my lr enos as my e7..l)er ence .vas much
more persona !a eo I becamewerydepressed
atthea dlOtomybetv.'eenfustandth dwortd
lr. no cond:toos -Backhomepeop!ema~!edrumy~
fOf havmg g!)OO to such a plate a!ooe Those
people Who nave been to lnd~ or to
Th d Wcxld countrtes e •L know hov.-ever
lhalbfaveryiSt\ arequ red TheretSanecess·v
to retum - 8 necessny to feel aga;n .'/hat u IS
e lo live the otner £•fe.
TheLCprogramseNearnewe!J.ICXlrlClJded
as Ill aveled between ISiancls for l'NO months 1
had a most dlStmct advantage OieJ otner
travelers acu turalsens tMtylaci<lngtnmost
VlSltors ThiS d lference was quickh' not•ced
by tne lndonestans and my e.l!oer ence .,~ds
tfl'.-a uab!e beCause of It
Myf1rsttnp to Indonesia rema ni the most
I!Tlp011ant pan of my co lege experience and
ttlerefore my suongesz fee ng IS thai one
miSSeS 8 greal deal by going to LC Witnoo1
gomg over OYerseas
Glenn Foutrs a 1984 LC graduate who
ma}Oted n htStory ana partJcJpaced tn Ihe
1982 overseas ptogranun lf'Kionesa F outts
o.Jrrentiy a liblaTian and counse101 ar me OFU
Va ey School tn O,ca CaM Graduate
S ome of thiS year s graduat;ng
may never want to go back to ~ ....
understand But lOt you academe acb:
\-.,th tnsallable desue to learn one d
post-graduate prog ams snould aca~.
date graduate school orcontrnumg t:UIJI;
In New York Ctty conunutng (or ad~ fO..
cauontsprobabtyaspopularas
One pramnent •nstl1ullon the School "'1"-·
Nts.rnv esprospect.vestudents by ad
•n •ts catalog, ''When the Job you ~
enough andthe1obyou NanllsOU1ol""rea:r .....
ThiS suggests a cJear propos• bon
W1th many 01 New York s adult
programs the prOduct for sale IS na
knowledge out maf1\etao t: sy,u~ I'W'~~
the term "Real sksls offered by 1ns11~
such as the Sclloo ol VJSUal Arts m~_f.o:t~
SchOolarNeNYorkUrwersty
be mJSS~ng '" a graduate school
ult rna•etyboth post-g
the same end to equrp students f~
ma,• et
practiCal apphcat ons of the COUJse ma!:; c;
From tne beg1nn ng the •nstructor ... ~,
"Adult education does
such courses as The Art of
Tasting, just for the fun ofit
States the courses pragmattefocus
not? A maJorrtt of stuoen:.s who attend
ntghl school also hold part· or
Uke thetr prctesso:s. stuoents may om"
afract ono!the rtrmetostud.es Th!SrYirM
students Wltl'l the acvantage of ho!:I•IIYf'H.
hand reahstfC accounts oi a professa
experence
I haVe ta en two contJnu1ng
courses tn New Yort. C rr tn both
lessors had been actiVe n theJT I 2ldS
called upon studems to rea!:h
prof101enqbyterm send Conseq
rooghly1 osessonsstudentsmusa,.rvwi:r'
In Focus, March 6, 1986 critiq
~rral bU1fd
.-::norJenewskrll a~
gett ngaretur
roognly 5220 per
DJi{!on costs can
:~<1n•v 1 0 ses
must cond
material, bu
to experimen
, and then
In Focus ' does
Art of
• fun ofiL
1986 • I
critiqued
~terral bU1Id conhoence to
::.!~thenewsktll andthentake rt
.~~~~ slt..tllsonthecommerc~a
educa!Dlstuderustands
,~dOE~tt•n return on her mrt.al
roughly S220 per rourse With
b)d!On costs can be returned
ly 10 sessions stu
must condense the
materaal, build confi
to experiment with the
and then take it to
oYe And for students employed
company partial Of lull
~-nlto\'oard turttOn costs IS anen
Tn.s-ncteaseslhestudentsva!OO
·~-wh e also rncrea51ng h s
~·y
::.....~~uc1en1 ontheotherhand may
Jrmediale and tang o e oa1ns
rA:E!S..A mos1 futlydevo!ed loaca
,..._,.enl Wl spend at east one
1\'o or three -•n purSUJt of a
Q?g!~ most graduate schools a
memorogramBSSISts~rr&ch ng
prospectrve emp O'ters
;:rogmms the rewards may be
~lapp:-ng Adult eoucatJOndoes
·•m.,~c:j::lc::TheAn of W1ne l astmg
fun ot t And many graduate
~!1 sa r984 graduate of L ew,s
toTS{Ofed nmcematJona/affa rs.
!mlrnNew YO!~ C1ryandworldng
:r:ta1 aSSJsmnt for Stereo Re...,ew
In Focus, March 6, 1986 ensus reveals L alumni attitu
The slat us and allliudes of LewiS
ana Oark alumnt v.ere recently
revealed •n ltle Alumn1 Census
AnalysiSand Marketing Rev;ew The
ceOSlswascanpleted f~ tneAJunn
Associat•on ol Lewts and Cfar~ tJy
David TayiOf of the Yale School or
Organllat onandManagementlast
Aug 16 One-quarter of 11\e respondents
e theystJU had a strong ldenticatlon
'l.rlh the college One-half said they
felt moderate tres Mth the co ege
wh•le lhe remarn ng 25 percent
cia med Neak or no tdenttfteatJOn
WllhLC 01 all tne academrc ma,ors busl·
ness and educat oo ma;o:s iere
shOwn lO have COilSIStenUy strong
presences n tne LC commu y where they woud anend school
tney had to do OO.'ef
The reasons gJVen for se ect ng
anotn~r schoOl rno'uaed tne Idea
1.11a1 LC es 100 expeOSNe a drssai.IS·
factJon w th the value of the school
and e~posure tootner pos51bd ~:es
When aslo'.ed tog .-a genera com
ments about lh.e coilege a ma:or
portion at the samp:e be eved the
cd ege had become too eY..pensr.-e
toanena The results were ta~enlrom471
a1umm random y selected from
among the LC g1aauates .,.mo
responded ldenblteaUon Nllh the cor ege IS
reflected n many ways •ncfud ng
ViSUiflQlhecampus The mostpop.Aar
reasonsa1umn1 had for returruno to -The attitude of a'umnltut13!d the
lC educal.lon IS genera y one of
sat:stacton Thlfty·fl\le percem o1
the samp!e felt they reoerved an
~.eel en1 educat on that eflecuve 'I
prepared them for the current
career Forty-seven oercent fe they
receiVed a good educat1on Onty
twoperoentfelltheeffectlve~..ssof
the11 educatron was poot campus we;e to atteno cu tural
Not surp ISingly mos1 a!umn• from
lhe samp'e are employed •n wh te
collar OCC\Jpauons mean1ng pro
fessional techn cal or manager tal
po$lltonS
Some 49 percent olthe samp e
haO completed graduate suo res events. classes and semrnars.a!ur'nnl
actMiles athletteevenrs the holiday
party ano to use lhe IJ.D1ary and
recreauonal lac•hi~eS It NaS also
ellldenced 11'\at lhe longer a graduate
had been away from the COllege
thelesshkelyheOJShewastocome
back to VJStt Nearly na ! of the respondents
reooned tney would attend LC f
the~ weretose•ectacollegeagarn
Only one rn fNe 100:cated r.neywou'.d
anend another SChOof I grven the
chOICe Theremaooer~...-eren tsure Tnree-fourtns o' the a umm
samp eo sa :d they would recom
menotneco: ege wnerertfUWtlha
SHldenl s frnancta and academiC
prof le FoUr perceru szateo they
v;ooki not recommel'l(lthe co ege
and the rema.:noer weJe not sure
Alum details small school benefits
I se ected Le'I'JlS arid Oar!\ tor the wrong
reasons Alter World Wa ~h_n I was n:_ne
or ·omyta I blond beaut' coustncameup
from ISSfSS!PP to spena a year at LC The
g rls d ·m v.-as tne ko\anor House she lo!d
me exCI111'1Q stonesabouttnesecre! passages
and I was hoo ed Besfdes me campus lS so
beautrfu even mough Classes o'\'9!e neld n
we rd places e stab!es and grePnhouses.
·ney haa character
Other schools ~mply d d not measure up
tomyear1yi1Tlpre.ssK)Il.Sorlan1ase;ofcollege
llla\'e never regretted my chO oe
One of lhe 1deas bought at LC IS that yot • .u
collegeexper enceJSwna!youput nto 1 not
what IS put oto you Onty you ca do Lhe
lear rung and you candolhatany.-there f you
wrl Bu'llh nk. sma' schoo s "'.;e LC pr0'41de
grea!er opportun:!leSior \-'OUJ'lQ unde!grao li3"SS
to de-.~elop lhemsewes than large schools
do In small classes of a dozen students u IS
tmpclSSittetopretendtoyourse orlhefacu
tna! you know more man you really do t 1Sa1
tnesamelmeposs~b!etoexp:orethoseldeas
so fen '!generated by young m nos
Them!e !ectualstmulatooatlC'"'asle!r IC
n lhe late 50s Y/tlether t.n dass at n the
SnacY. Shack whe!e I spent an equal amount
o'llme ltwasthebeg M flgOitheCMIRtghts
rrtO'Jement With the megratlon oflhe Lmle
~ Arl SCilOOtsand Hunga!y'Sboefa.rtemD:
at freedom from the SeMel Un on AanyoHne
men were Kotean conf lCt \'eterans v th rwo
to lour years of real .,.,'Ofld expenence. ana
theyconlllbuted SJgmhcant co d:'SCUSSJOOS
Also tn small s:c:hoOG there are more
opponurut•es tor mtormalmteract1on wun the
racu y 1 remember st1ll the tme my ma,iOt
prc!essorto!dme ""(outeallywrrteau tewell
who>.Jl you know what yoo re laUUng abOll't •
1958 .... -aspanof theE.Jsenhawef Aeoesslon
andaftergradoauontcouldn lge aJ()brn
Oon.Jandto eam money(and restano pla J fo:
a rearOf'sobeforearutQtoaJaduateschool
.. Acoess to power" depends on
what you are willing to pursue
dilllgently.
Fofthemlae.JObtUvgfl1958. rawanen.
waspmnan.ly unpeded bylf'l!eJ'~t!zeda:Mudes
so cleasly desa bed severs yeafS tater by
Betty Fnedan •n 'The Femilline MystiQUe
~'omen Old 1'\01 ha\'e careers unless they
were w ng to sta1 s:ngle Women went to
col egetogetaM~ degree solheysa!d and
the statistiCS on female d opouts seemed to
prOJe tne po:nt But even then there were
enough women at LC wnose motners had
hadto~dunngsomepe IOd nthe radu I
•e thai 'Ne weie ptepar ng ourselves 10t tne
emergency Sltuat on pumar n teach ng
ana other women s prolessons
But, my LC record got me a tu ·IJme JOb
andtreetu ooattheU~rs«yotWashtngton
and the next year a teactung assiStaocesh!p
Of the three c ose women trrends Sl
keep up tn two a !so went on ro g adua1e
schoOl. one at the UnNersty o1 Ca torrua at Lane LC gl"'llduate.
Bed;~Ultusttwyar(l . . .;~
of Mlch;gan n sooa vor The th:rd got
marned and played ou: a son of rrad t..:ona
e:xpec&avon un• her ch kiren were QiO'-"'"
OtherwamenfromLC ~on!llUmonlh-~
log:cal to ge· masters degrees tn Olr!Slen
education
AAertheUo1W Willlmymaster soegreean
tn.'1811Sttpl had mydoce a JObsany.-.'here
Though tmes ho-..e changed ra.o:ca m my
teki I have always worto:ed When and ~t.'here
wanted to m Seanle Wash Tallahassee
Aa Poroac. Mxh and ncr.-. Detr and 1 ve ~ more days tnan not
On a receru Sunday the DelJOft Free Press
o:d an art :de on the hlgh pressure of
college ad..mJssrons to prestg~us schoo!s
by wn:cta lhey mean1 Harvard the Massa
chusetts fns!:•ute ol T edmo:ogy ana the Urv
vef'Slty of M!Cil!Qan • nc uded the f WlnQ
quote rom a college gu!dance Olrector m a
pnvare prep school ~m:ssKlO tll scnoots
:nat are oercel\'eO to be presl :oos rea
does m~ access o power and prest>ge
and secur ty and our kids know
I re;ea thai e tsm absokr.e • That old
schoolt;e and 'SWhoyouknow S.l'esna...,. ..
ou: oJ tne European class suuau e tha1
depended on what amu 0.1 were oorn to
w01ry about 'a year o!ds y.flo ttus
Make a list of the 10 powerlu people 1'00
aam.-re most m the Un reo Sates100a and
tnen fmd OU1 v.'hefe they went to coLege
Access to power sw aeper.ason Wflalyou
are nang to oursue dill.gerut) nbl wtle:e you pursue·
seru my daugn!e to LC b'lCPint'XI tho:
'n 1A:tw-r. I
shecooldd:scover wnoshersandwha cha
~esOU!otCe • roonesends~~1'1
an M"''lae s.ne doesn t :va o un:.ess -has to ao w:th gen.ng ou a newspaper 1~
refused o speno money on a ta•ge ~ · At LC ~She waOO encn."1'\:cr the
cnoces rtSKS and Dena ts and be ab!e
10 decJde L"te next step wanled hetto sar
ou her pefSOn3J va:'ues rn an • rOrTrne
outsde r.ne ~a:w~pew:.e a:n liC:ISUhee
of the autanot·..e rndustry "'ree one-up
mansn:p :s (l) .. S!l more I.1TlDOrta • that l!le
producl
wanted het lo spend Lme on the esr
Coast Which I treedsrr oe lldeoenoen::e
and self -reliance tnan there 111 the MJ:iwe!
and East Hope•u ;v aftef he IOU yecl(S she
haS t~"eo ner bra!n he-r w :ngness o 'NO
her tnterest n arrong k>r ts own sake
sp:te ot or because olrhe proaessors sne has
nad HQPe uJ she has ieamedabou team
i1lf ontne PlOtleerLogano abou the rea
e or most peoo~e trus wo-t CI.J9h
her oven;easexper ence What be!l~ Pfeoa
rat ;an IS the e WI tacsna me tun..re?
~
Page7 Financial aid d • 1n for
1 s a fact that 1M amount o'
molleyav-a labletosubstd.rzegrad
uat~stud es ss Q!lll canuyresstnan
that ol underg aduate stlldents /J.s
a resu L araouate stUdents are hav· andresearchasststantsiHps Aga•n
most of these are awarded upon students are pnrna11ly borrowing
money lor tna\ second and tll'ld
dearee 'lsukamak1 St1td mer 1
Because the amount of ard IS
scarce compared to that ot under
~ tng a very hard 11me ftnanc1ng tnetr graduate resources graduate
educatton
So whmecangraduatestudents
t nd ass.stance to he'p pay tor thetr
eaucshon? 01ane Tsu!<ama 1
d rector OfflnanCICIIatdat Lewtsand
oar satd thai leoeral funds are
ava1lable to those Siudents who
qual~ for them
Federal fundS help I naooeco! ege
\vo*study prograrns,sSSS students
by paytng IOf lhe tnteresl on bank
loans and prOV1de Guaranteed
Stuoent Loans lGSL) Tsukamak1
sardtheGSLprogramtSthebtggest
source ol1tnanc1al a1d tor graduate
students All federal lunds are
a\\ardeo based upon need
Anothei soorceotatdforaraduate
students IS through pr!VClie schO·
tarshrps These areava•lable through
pmrate orgamz.auons and are
awarded aocordtng to the prereq·
u1s tes ol the tnslttutron
The graauate sct'loolltsell tS also
agoodsol!fceo!ftnanoala•d Many
prOVloe !ellowsn•ps and 1eachtng
Default rate low for LC, Oregon
while GSL loan amounts skyrocket
In nearly lWO decaaes. tne slate o1 Oregon
has loaned m1lhons ol dollars to COllege
students to nelp ottset the costs of higher
educauon
While the slate runs the nsk ot never see1og
that money aga1n, Max Coley ol the Stale
Scnotarsh1p Con1m•ss1on sa1d Oregon has a
default rate of only 7 1 percent
Coley default dtreCIOf of cta1ms and cor·
rect1ons. sasd $257 2 m1t1ton m matured
paper nascomedue .ethecommtSSton
began dtSOUrsmg money through the Gua·
ranteedStudemLoan(GSL) programm 1967
Matured paper· referstomoneyowedtotne
state 1rom lendees no longer tn school Of
Wllhtnthegracepenodfollowlnggraduatton
01 me S257 2 m I ton Co•ey sad $18 3
mt' 10n tJaS noi repa d However 34 percent
o1 tne outstand1ng loans ($6 2 mtllton) was
eventua ly recovered by the CommiSSion
Oregon has the second htghest 'eOOJery
rate n tne nauon Coley sa1d
Recently mucn has been vmtten and sa d
rega'a ngthetnaeastng octdencesofdefault
on co lege toaos However Co ey attnbutes
thiS 10 1he r~eases n money loaned
lne comm1ss on dlstnbuted onty $8 mllhon
n GSL lunds to students 10 1976· 77 By last
year mat number haorocxetedloS71 m1IIIOfl
Otane lsukamak• d1reC1o' ot Lew1s and
Cta~~· s hnanc1ala1d Olfloe, sa1d GSL stat1Sl1CS
are nol kept lor mdl'lldual schools However
swderusatsorecerve moneyhomtne 1 a11ona
O•rect Student Loan lNDSLl program and
thoSe stallSUCSare 818\able
LC s repayment rate fOI NDSL lunds 1s
95 2 percent T sukamakl sa1d Former LC
students o~e $354 460 on $7 4 mtlhon
cumulal!vely second loweSt tndefauliS behtnd theUntverSlty
ol Portia no
Oregon s povatecolleges and untVerSittes
(tnclud1ng LC Reed College and Wtllamette
UntVersttvl have the best repayment rates
followed by state system schools tsucl'l as th~
UniVersity ol Oregon and Portland State Un1·
vers•IY) and the t 3 communtty college~
Each college has the pnmarvrespons1b1hty
ol collec.ttng on defaults T suk.amal<t expla1ned
In the GSL program the tender has the
pumary responstbllity of collect•on In most
cases lenders are bankS or saVIngs and
loans aSSOCiallOOS
II. alter due d1hgence, "a lender has been
unable to retrieve money from a lendee,the
State Scholarship Comm1ss•on assumes the
responstbl 1tty ol collect1ng the outstandtng
debt The commtSston may w1thhold state
mcome tar. refunds I rom a debtor 1n order to
recoup 1ts losses Tsulc,amalo said
Tsukamak•sald the h1gh level or repayment
by LC students may stem lrom the same
causesastheco'lege shtghstudentretenuon
Our students w111 generally graduate, (and)
therefore w11l benelltlrom tne1r educatton
Tsult.amalol sa1a and thus w11l be able to pay
bacl< loans
Statesystemschoo sandcommuMvcol
leges trad1L10na1ty havehtgher rates ot student
8\lrltiOil
The n1gher cOSI.S nt erent 1n auendtng a
prwate college play a 1ole 1n payment and
nonrepaymentolloans Accofdtngtoanarucle
that rantast Augujittn the New York Times.
a recent educat•onalteSIIOQ survey showed
that hrst year PhD studentswhohadattended
priVate colleges had an average debt ol
$1 A OOOwh lethosewhohadanendedpubhc
tnststuuons had a debt ol $4,000" raduate students
Because the amount ol a1d 1s
scare~ compared 10 that otunCJer
graduate resources oraduate
students are pnmanly borrowtng
money lor lhat second and third
degree TsukamaKtsald TheNew
Y01k11mes!Aug 18 l985)reported
\hat there nas been a 25 percent
dechne 1n lederal support durmg
the l1rst trve years ol the Reagan
Adm1n1Stral10n
In adct11l0n the Times reported
that the number ol research asstsl·
antsh1PS prov1ded by the federal
government dechned I rom 60 000
to30.000between 1974and 1984 lsukamalq SSld that LC prov1des
$3 58 mtlhon u' ftnanclal atd to law
and grnouate students (T hts does
notlncludeoncamP\.Isemployment)
The law school provides a small
numberol morn·basedSC:tlOiarsh ps
asmallamountotneed 1>ased1ns~
tuttonal ass1stanoe and money
through tederal fund,ng also 11ed to
need The graduate program cons1sts
pr~maulyol need· based lunds.and
docs not oller anygrantasststance
She1la McLaren 1s a freshman bus
mess admlntsrrat1ve studies
fflaJOf at Lew1s and Clark College
What do you want to be
when (if) you grow up?
I suppose I've know stnce abOut
age s1x or seven that my school
days were numbered That was the
hrst ume some clever adult asked
me. 'What do you want to be when
you grow up"
AI age s1x or seven my answer
was garbled by a scarc1ty olfront
.teeth. but I managed to sptt out, "I
wanna be a teenager •·
Needless to say. my parents were
bOwled-over by my amb11t0usness
And you can 1mag1ne thelf toy when
I obta1ned my goal by the tender
age of 13
For the past two and a hall years
I've been plagued by another pre·
coc1ous quesllon. ''What's your
mator?" 'My mator what?" 1
responded . thefirsttlmethequeshon
was posed tome I've gotten smarter
s1nce lhen
The first half ot my freshman year
I was an extracumcutar actiVIties
major With an emphasiS on the SOCtO
geo pohucal-econom1c • condt·
tronat ettects and at1ectat1ons of
recrea11onaldrugs lgotburnedout
on that so I decrded to change my
ma1or to someth1ng entirely new
I became a sell-des1gned law
enforcement mator Spnng term ol
my lresman year I planned Lew1s
and Clark's hrst LE sympos1um The
keynote speaker wasBar1ThiCkneck. Mtam1's 1975 Cop ol the Year No
one came I gave up the ma1or
Recently twas thrown a real cuM
"'What are you gotng to do when
you get out ot college?" someone
asked Behave 11 or not.l was dumb·
founded I've been trytng to come
up w1th an answer and 1t's really
been keep1ng me awake at ntght
I've had to g1ve up calle.ne JUSt to
relax enough to take a cat nap
I've been th1nk1ng I m1ghtlil<e to
be pres1dent of General Motors or
else a masseuse tn some n1ce
m1dwestern town
I've also toyed with the tdea o1
volunteenng my sk11ls 1n some thtrc:l
world country I ftgure I could teach
La lin Amer1cna chtldren to tell ume
-wtthoul the atd of a dtQltal watch
Last n1ght, as I was 1oss1ng ancl
turnmg 10 my bed, smothellnq
beneath the wetghl ol my Cabbage
Patch K1ds comforter. 11 came to
me "I wannabe a Dead Head I Yes'
I'll become one ot Jerry's 1<1ds'"l
excla1med , waktng my slumbertng
housemates as I tore the house
apart looking lor my bOOtleg tape o1
theDeadatGrtswoldStadrum ,June
1981
Anybody want to trade thetr VW
van lor my Dooge Aspen wagon?
J1ll Derwerler 1s a JUnior at LeWIS
and Clark w1th a penchant for tme
wme and Matx~sm
Tsukamal-1• said the NDSL default average
for Oregonoollegests6 83percent LC s
detaur.rateiS4 79percentranktng lhtssctlool J Dana Haynes 1S a sentor pol1t1cal sc1ence
fnaJOf ar Lew1s and Clatk College Diane Taukemekl , Lewis end Clerk director of
flnencleleld , Pld atudente here have e better National Direct Student Loan rate than .... -va-
PageS In Focus, March 6, 1986 Pe•
Celebraltr
thePeaceC•
provtdtngU
JObS
Mark KeE
graduate, JU
years in Ne
(Hendnck)KJ
asPeaceC<i
that as man)
class have 11
KeenerSl
unem~
a volunteer
Corps &Smut
staymg herE
t: •• '
•
u...,~~
l~~:
~~~.. \lc.\. 0$
or~
~
While the 1
gruduatea ,
occasion ta
find work.
In Focu~ HO'IIeles
to law
tsdoes
pymenij
f.a s.mau
,larshtps
sed1nst1·
money
ottedto
conststs
mds.ano
,ststance
pwnbus·
1 ~tud•es
College
Year No
'la)Or
~I curve
co when
;omeone
as dumb·
to come
tt's really
tat ntglll
ne JUSt to
ttnap
ghtltke to
Motors or
:>me ntce
'e tdea of \
;omethtrd
:>uld teach
to tell lime
Jttalwatch
tSStng and
~othennq
,cabbage
tt came to
Head•Yes1
y·s ktds'" I
;tumbertng
the house
lteg tape ol
dtum.June
'e thetr VW
tnwagon?
or at LewiS
t!lnt for fme
~ch 6, 1986 Peace
Celabr atrng 25 years ol extslence thiS year I
the Peace Corps has developed a lrad1hon of
provtdltlg U S Cthzensw1lh veryuntradtltonal
jObS
Mark Keener. a 1981 Lew•s and Clark
graduate, JUSt returned lrom lwo and a half
years 1n Nepal where he and his w1fe Ann
(Hendrrck) Keener, also an LCgraduate , served
as Peace Corpsvolunteers Keener estimates
that as many and 1 0 people tn htsgraduatrng
cft~ss have JOined the corps
Keener sa1d lhat although he 1S currently
unemplOyed he has noregretsaboutbecom1ng
a volunteer ''What I got out or the Peace
Cofps tsmuch more than I would havega1ned
staytng here. ' he explatned
--£' a s
•
/ / /
I' nations • 1n s aids evelo
Keener worked a sa commun1tyforester tn
a ruralvtllage, pu111ng hts Bachelor of Sctence
degreP tn btologytowork tn ;marea stncken
wtlh de foresltng problems due to slash and
bllrnc3grtcullure practtces Keener explatned
that the Nepalese neople he worked Wtlh
understood the needtorestorethetr country s forests, but that lhey needed the lechntcal
acMcehecouldprCMderotmplementelfecllve
methOds ollorestry conserva11on
When Keener descrtbes hts asstgnment
as be1ng tn a rural VIllage, he's not JOking "We
wereanall·ntghl bus r1deandatwo-daywalk
from Katmandu • he satd In all senousness Second. Keener satd "II was o gOOd way to
applystutflhadlearned I addrngthat "It was
seen tor bOth or our proresstonsasa stepp1ng
stone Keener alsosatd thai the Peace Corps
offeredaunlqueopportunttyloWOf OJerseas
What does II take to become a ~uccesstul
Peace Corps volunteer? Accor01ng to l<.een:er
''Mostly a gOOd sense or numor and betng
adaptable -not necessartly tn that order
(oualsohavetobesomewnatadventurous
Keener sa1d a liberal arts ba'"kground 11elps
to develop these tratiS He also noted that h•s
partiCipatron '" an LC program rn Portugal
helped to prepare htm lor the corps
' • e ou es o
ou' ever ove Peace Corps recunter Katny Gtlchnst said
lhat attllough approxtmately 35 000 people
apply lor thecorpseachyear onlyone.quaner
of that number are accepted It rscompetrtrve
Wecb'l tsend~ anyonewhotSnol qualified
Gtlchnst sa•d
OPE
ALL
N\GH1 offers student an
-alternative after
graduation. Gtlchnst sa1d b101ogy maJOISare usually m
hrgh demand oecause 1t prOVIdes a gOOd
background lor a.~.gnments 1n IOfestry f IShrng
andagnculture.allofwhtenareoftenneeded
tn developtng count11es
Along W1lh the more eso1enc benehlS hke a
sensee~accomplishmer.tandtheiCJ!OI shanng
the Peace Cor~ also otters some matenal
benehrs The corps pays tor au lravel costs
and volunteers are patd a monlhly stipend
lhat adequately coo.ers the costs of tooo.
housmg ano personal expenses such as
c!othtng Medtcalanddentalcoverage1sa1so
prOVIded WhentnetrseMCersOJer \'Oiunteers
are patd S 175 for eaCh month served to he'p
get resettled Keener underwent a three-month tra1rMg
course at the Peace Corps' Katmandu head·
quarters before headtng out to rural Nepal
Oescrtbtng rnetratmng Keener satd "During
thehrSipartwehadmtens.velanguagetratntng
-maybe etght hours a day tor about one
month The last two months were language
class tn the morntng ana then the alter noons
were geared towaro techntcal tratntng
Keener satd he based hts deciston to JOin
the Peace Corps on several thtngs First as
he and hts wtfe had only been out of school
for a year when they)Otned they nad not yet
taken on a lot of trrevocable respons1bth11es For more tnfarmauon about the toughest
JOb you lle"er love call tne Peace Corps toll
free number. 800-424-8580 ext 93
J,tl~an Detwe1Jer 1s a }untor polll!cal SCience
ma1or at L ewrs and Ctark College
Employers want liberal-art graduates
As sentors at Lew1s and Clark
near I he end of lhe school year, the
ques1oool employment looms closer
and closer
A recent arucle tn the New York
T1mes Spec1al Educatton Supple
ment, "For Liberal-Arts Grads, An
tmprOVlng Forecast. '(Jan 5. I 986)
reports that thtngs appear to be
looktng up for hberal-ans graduates
entenng the JOb market th•s year
The art1cle c1tes stahst1cs from
Northwestern Un•vers1ty's 1 986
End1con Report .. T ratnees from the
ltberal-arts and bustness admtnts·
tratton diSCtphnes Will be up 1 2
percent and the average starling
sata11es wtlltncrease stgn1hcantly.
up 6 5 percent over last year from
$19,764 to $21,060 Ftrst. students should take
<>pectl•c·sKtlls courses such as
acr.oun11ng, compuhng. or eco
nom•cs and hnance 1n addthon to
tl'lelr regular sludtes Secondly,
students should use any extracur
ucular means avatlable, such as
tnternshtps and spec•hc JOb
emplovment,tnoroer togatnexpe
rrence and supplement learn1ng
The arttcle reported that several
hberat-arts col!eges. such as Alma
College tn M1cn1gan and Vassar
CoHege 1n Vermont have aoopted
a three-day tntensJVe workshop lor
sentors that meets before the fall
term and covers such top•cs as
prepartng a resume and prob'ems
worksnop hetps students dt:Nelop
aogresstve strateg•es tor f1nd1ng a
10bandthenputt1ngthosestrateg'es
1nto pracltce when meettng w1th
recru1ters and employers comprom•se your sell. and 11 s
somewllatdtSIIIUSIOOinQ It SJUStnot
the •ntellectuat world we're all lead
to belteve"
GraduateJetfWilson. 111temattona
aHa1rs agrees "You really bel eve
your are go1ng to get a JOb when
you ltrst start loo tng and then you
oon't It gets d1SC0Urag1ng Semors
really need to get a set tdea abOut
wnat lheythtn!< theyarego.ngtodo
betoretheygetoutsotheydon I get
caught '" a trap ..
Jel1 Hedgepetn, dtrector of LC s
Career Ptann1ng ana Placement
Center voteed the same concern
that tnesa graduates dtd when he
stated that 75 percent of tne unae
remployment problems are wtth
students who aectde to stay 1n the
state However healsosatdthatBO
percent ol last years graduattng
sen•ors who looked for jObs are
nowworktnQ•nthetr flelootchotc -We have a very sk1lled group or
While the Job market appears to have Improved generally tor liberal arts
graduate• recent aruma who have decided to remain In Oregon have on
oceaalon f~und thot they "really have to comprom ise themselves " In order to
find work. lhe areas of employment whtch
seem to be the most encourngtng
lor hberat-arts Qraduates are wtthtn
prolesstonal "'rea!:. or bustness and
med1c1ne The art1cle states ''For
the hrst trme stnce the early 1 970s,
employers are professtng a return
to htrtng those wtth the liberal-arts
expertence tratned '" analyt1ca1
th1nk1ng and communtcahons as
opposed to a technrcal educalton •
Although the article prOVides a
mOte posttrve oullool< 101 M>eral-arts
graouares.rt rec::ortVnendsnecessarv
steps for students to take tn oroer
thai they mtghl be more adapled to
the jOb-market upon graduatton Oesptte the encoutagtng news
olthtS arhcle many graduates I rom
LC who have rema•ned tn Oregon
do not speak lavorablv about
employmentopponunrt~SS Oregon s
December. 1985 unemplovment
rate was 7 4 percent as compared
to a national rate ot 6 9 percent
8CCOWtng tOihe Oregon Department
or Econonuc Development people graduattng from LC •
Hedgepeth satd Out ollast ~ ;)ar s
graduat1ng class only 9 percent
are unemployved 6 percent b
tholceand3 percentwhoareaar.oely
lookrng lor WOl
In Focus, March 6, 1986 Shetla Gac:Joo .... er an LC graduate
wno mc'l1ored tn English sa a
"Employmen t tn Oregon iS realty
dtscouragtng You really have to Jenna O'Connell rs a 1umor
communiC8CJOnSI7lajor at L ewrs ana
Clarli College
Page9 • • UrYIVIn
Dr FflthJOf Bergmann gradiJlJted from Le~ws
nnd Clarfi. ro 1951 He ""'" be me keynote
speak~r tor the "Future of Wor#." sympostum
tobeheldarLCApnl7-1 r, 1986 Bergmann
1s a phtlosophy professor ar me UnwerSitYOI
MICiuaan. Ann Arbol and direCtOr of ti'IB Center
~ tor NeVt Work tn Flm~ MIChtgan The followrng
amcte tS an excerpt from the OcL 7983
rssue ot Praxts lntemauonal
C OOSlder ,srnplyasanopen ng proposltiOf\
the dea that hall of the sum-tol8 of the
now ex•st•ng tobs could be soon ehm narea
and do not take thiS pnmanty as a pred ctron
hutth.nk ol tl mstead as the summation or a
techno og ca capactt <lh1ch we already
possess now Our f1rst react•on IS apt to be
parl c II thiS were the case then the k1nd ol
employment we have had so tar mtoht only
oe a h1ntat the seveo\~ol what ISSt•lltocomc
Nonetheless 1 Should be poss•ble to see
thiS also from aver • 01flerent perspectM3 11
wewouldreallycut•nMIItheclock punch1ng
anosplftt oreak•nggr~no ·workttl8tmanymust
st•ll do does thts not also represent a QUite
astontsh1ng achtevement? Why oo we nol
exper enoe the tact that we can proouce as
much as or more that ..-.e dtd 10 the past bot
nO\'.' Wlth only half the elton as a hbemtton?
Why can ~e not celebfate thiS tnumph w th
montrl oog pub c fest.va!s as they would
have Athens?
Certa n\ywecannots mplysa)•tr'lal nough
obS ~ of course be tound rust beCause lh1S
hasatwaysbeenthecase ,andwhyshou d t
badlllerentnow'Theb3s!CpurposeoltP.Ch
no ogylrom ts1 rstbeg1nn ngswastneehmt·
nat an of human labor Th s JS the common
as nom nat or that e_xtenosa me way back to
the f st whee and I rom tMrPio~ward to the
Crucial to these contracts
would be that reliable provi
sions would be made for job·
free ttmes. -In the present contaxt we shall set the -
moe at supenor 'lY ot lh1S approachdehberately
to the s•de That 11 would be faller and more
eqwtable and more humane •s so blatantly
eVIdent that embethsh1ng th1s With many words
would only weaken that categoracal cons1d·
erat on That 11 would be more !USits hov~ever
far trom the only cta•m that 11 could make It
maylnaddl1100haveverypractiC31andmater~al
benetus and some of these 1I1S 1mportantto
rehearse
For one there probably would be very
muctlless of the res.starlce to technology
and one could a roue 1hatth1s by II sell ts very
maJor thatthJScountrycannotposstblyregatn
11s pre-em nence untessac:tvanced iechnology
can bcmoveo 1n mo1equ1cl<lythan has so far
ooen the case and that thts reduc11on 1s
thereloretheontyhOpewehavetoregalnour
Iarmer place
Work Half As Much
A notMr cons,oeralton IS not entuely
econom1cal bul•t atsotSnOI matnlymoro
A continUing and escalat1ng struggle a-ver the
shrtnkmgquantttyoltobSwould nottust soon
pass the po1nt ol d1ml!l1Sh1ng returns ll
~ould be worse mo:e ltke the cl1che ol the
e 1ttoa theater truough whtch all could safety
pass tl1hcy wme only calm whdl however
nstead IS b ~ed shut by a mad on-rush m
Which peop e 01e
To work only hall as much would not hurt
us I would not even mean that we would
ha to lrve a much more !ruga lie It would
soon maKe room tor a more elfectl\<e and
elf!Ci ntt'"'chno ooymal na l1kel hood would
more than compensate us lor the toss and
there wou d be no unemployed But 11 we
cannotmovemrelltgentlyandqu etlythrough
the trans1Uon pertod then we may gradually
vorkourwayup 1ntoa 1renz•edand yet wholly
po1ntless struggle
loom ano 1he ~eam-eng1ne and now to the
computer II there 'IIlii not be enougn 10bs tn
the tuture tl wtll only mean ttlal we at tong last
have succeeded) Oesp11e these advantages there ts one
respecttn whtch thiS second course would
sllll be senseless and clumsyanaoeb1htat1ng
and tnougl\ th•s one respect at ftrst seems
m1nor 11 IS actually dec•s•ve Th1s cruc1al dll·
erenceconcemstrntng Toworkona scheaule
where on would have three and one-hall
days dark and then three and one· hall oays
ott would be flagrantlywastelul and demoral·
tZ1ng for those who do the work Dr Frithjo1 Bergmann discusses his philosophy with Jllllan Detweiler , junior. Bergmann
was on campus fall term to receive the Distinguished Alumni Award In recognition for
his Intellectual achievement since graduating In 1951. n >t •
Our mos1 cenrral prot>lem1SambMJientlo
adegreethaltSdownughtcomtcourgreatest
shortage seems to be a shortage of stow.
mecnamca! hard labOr t IS easy to tmagme
ha'.·. muchsympatnyooolesandwater-camers
a1ldpeasaru v.omeofrom pre-.nousgeneratJOnS
m ght have le 1 for us But that IllS laughable
tram one Stde 10 no •:ay detracts trom the
terror that•t presents from the other StOe
The fact IS that our soc.al order and our
tndMdual hvesarequrteobvlouslyorganlled
around the sp1ne ol worv. 8ut1t seems that
technOiogycanu ndercutanodec•mateand
crush out ol excstence large quanbttes olthiS
onecommod1tyonwhlchweuner~;depend
The confhct therefore 1S as baSIC as that
between our ne"!d for work -ana thiS need
ts econom1cal and soetal and psycholugrca
ana me whole a•senal ottoroes wnose
baSIC purpose •s the ehm1na1100 of tne need
10! hiJ n a I" v.o k
An Alternative Approach
T he Ot:pln ol tl .S prOtJIE:IT! rP -JUn t:S a thO·
rougngocngandmayberad.calreth tmung
and lust on the agenoa must perhaps be the
revtSion of what for many tS a l<lnd of hrst and
a>:1oma11c prem1se the not10othat .. less work
mevnablymeanslessmoney Majorshona~
of tabOJ tnvoke rn our m1ndsat once &mages of
peop\e wa1t1ng for soup or bread at 10bs
even1heldeaolshorterhoursevokes 1nmos1
people at once a correspond1ng mwa1d ca •
culat on that ct.JtS tne paycheck 1n the same
proporttonastnehours Th1sassoctat1ontsso
false and so paralyi~ng that we cannot hope
to "dvanoe any lunner unless that crude
rell 1 IS somehOV'. tnterrupted
One pass be procedU!e through wh1ch
we could aOJUSt to the sudden drop tn the
n edandthedemaqotollabor rsslmPiylolet
th1ngs ta~ e tne1r course 1h1StS lhe method o1
lhu Reagan Aam1ntStrat1on and 1n mv v.ew
lh s tne worse course botn lor the 30 or 40
percen1 wno might manage to defend me 1
JObs and lor the 60 to 70 percent whO m1gttt
eventua y be unemployed
An a terr.attve apptoach would bas~lly
I'Tl(}lle 11 the dnect•on of cuntng the work•ng
hours ol every present 10b roughly m ha f
¥It ctlmlghtmeantnatonewouldgothrough
a prog•r-ss on I rom the lour daywork·wee~
totllreedaysandperhapslromtheredownto
two What would be some o1 tne advantages
ottt dtlferent course?
Page 10 One would be perpetually .n a state of
trans1IIOn tustt.ndtng or e s stnde when one
aga1n would be mterrupted andagatn barely
adJUSLtng to ones work-tree ume when one
woulrt aga1n be gomg back ro work But tne
worst abSurd tty •nvol\led rn gMng ones hie
to th1S structure 1s that 11 makes •I wtually
rmpos.<:lb'e tounderta l<eanvthtng either pur--To work only half as much
would not hurt us. It would not
even mean that we would have
to live a much more frugal life.
poselul or productrve 1n these short b1ts ol
work-free ttme
We should turn away sharply Jrom the
parcelling out ol bOih worK and lree-ume 1n
small crouton-siZed b1ts Instead we shoula
compressandpulllogelher thech1psofeach
unt1l hie would be structured 1nto larger and
more sat1~fymg otocks One could work
Intensely ana concentratedly lor stx months
for example and tnen have s1x months ol
work-free t1me ana tor many rt m1gttt be
better to dtvrde them by years or even mto
stretchPs of two or tnree or sull mOfe years
But tlonepiCturesa ltfe 1nwhtc:h tnesum-tO!al
ol1ob t1me •s rAauced lrom 40 or 45 to 20
years and ..merethese20vearscomeperhaps
m two or thme or lour concentrated b'ocks.
thenoneasforcecl toask andv:hatwlll~pple
oomthe•f work-free1 1me? Howw1l 1tbel11led
and used wnot mea rung WIIINegrve to 11 <tnd
what ends w11111 bA rrujde to ser .. e?
Bringing About Change
II the quest IV , ,, vv .. at~.-41 nlll do tn lhll
largestretehesof work free lime. one could
as pan of a prehm1nary short-hand a1 swor
say
1 llllatllls of course true that many people
now spend the1r te1sure lime m sad ana s1lly
ways butlhat th1s may •n cons1derable pari
be the result of the k1nd ot work they do (or
rather. of what thetr Nork ooes to them) a
and cructal may be lh~> elfect olthe 11m1ng
andschaduhngthat NCar range Manypeople
would probably do much better-tllhey had
"Nhole year 1nstead ol mai"'Y three-day week· end . ard n portantly ai!,O •t they had stretches members and that a trans1t1on w•ll be made
oltob·free l•me earlier tn hie and not only alter to rotahng work-schedules Cruc1al to these
they are 65 contracts would be that reliable prOVISions
2)11onesertously wantedtocreat eaculture would be made lor the 10b·free limes Most
thattostered tndMduahty one would have to obVIously these could be used for re-tra1n1ng
dev~se a gamut of 1nst1tubons whrchenc:ourage but as one would grow more accustomed to
and Sllpport people 1n the enterpnses ana rotating WOrk schedules one COUIO InClude
endea\/Ors that they would pursue tn thetr commun1ty serv•ce protects
JOb-free 11mes These lnslltultons m1ght gwe In aod111on one could make provtstons that
mtormallon.anocounsel.andhelporganlze. would encourage and allow the workers to
and much more More broadly and more be econom1cally proouchve 1n the1r tob-free
bas1cally one cerlamly would need a wholly limes Included tn th1s would be a van ely of
d1llerent system or educauon (One of the pcOJectsthatwouldmakel •lemOfeeconormca l
grossest absurd.ltes o! our present course 15 one could undertake to reduce the cost of
that we tailor educallon more and more to heat Hl ontl's one house. or the cost of one's
JObs JUSt at the po1nta1 wh1ch 10bsoccupy an housmg or or one's food and the hke
even smaller por110n ot our lives)
3)lhereshould be noconlus1on weare rn
the beg1nmng of a great scarcttyOIIobs -but
not ol work II people had rolattng robs they
perhapsat last would have lime to rebUild the
ClUes and the roads. hme to care tor the old
and to raase Children and 11me to make a
saner world
If the question 1s what achons we can take
to bnng abOUt the trans11t0n to rotattng work
schedules.tnen one could perhaps suggest
1) The nohon of rotaltng work schedules IS
not new and not untued In the last 10 years
manycompantes 1nmanyd1fferem couniT es
have elCpeflmented w1th allernattves to the
rote ctght·hOU! day and 40 hour week. Many
have poanted out that some at the vartous
rotat1ng work schedules have tn addtllon to
largesocletatadvantages.a good number ot
drverse,or hna-ora•ned operational benef•lS
These mclude ulcreased produCIIVIIY better
morata tnecapac tytoauractamOfequahlted
work rorce reduced absenteeiSm fewer
born OUts greater tt~x1b1hly 1rHelallon Ia one's
personnel our tng htgt\and low work-seasons .
and more olthe hke
We should turn away sharply
from the parcelling out of both
work and free-time In small
crouton-sized bits.
21 Untons might conduct new kinds or
nego11a11ons for new and dtllerenl conuacts
These contracts could prov1de thai there are
no further lay-olfs,that the 10b-ttme from here
on tn w1ll be diVIded equ1tably among unton Sources of Income
An tndtvtdual worke• would der•ve h1s or
her mcomedurtngatob-lree penod I rom
at least hve d1lferent sources a) The prohls of
the company m1ght be hagher, s1nce h•gher
technology could be Introduced w11h less
res•stance Some of these prohts m1ght be
shared b) The compamcs mtght contnbute
-astheydonowtoheallhtnsuranceandthe
hke c)Workersm1ght paycontubut1ons as
they do now to Social Secunty d) Va11ous
levels ot government should pay smce funds
otherw~se needed to support the unemployed
and to cover the costs whach they create
would be treed e) Oulteslgnllicanlly 1nd1rect
1ncome mtght ue derwed from the ac\MIIes
engaged 1n durtng JOb tree umes
3) II 11 were poss1ble to tamthartZe people
w1th tM tusllhcauon tor and the reason'nll
behtnd thiS 1nnova11on then pohhcal candidates
coura mctude rotatmo work schedules mto
measuros wtuch they advocate All candidates
w111 be asked w1th tncreas1ng ms1stenct:J lor
lhelr answer to unemployment. and rolahn<l
work schedules rn1gllt be pari ot thoanswet
that some candidates could gave
4) There could ana should be a maJor ell art
to or~an•ze the unemployod The d1lhcultres
thai stand In the way of th1s are eVIdent but as
tha number of unemployed lflcroases the
nee(1 10 gtve them political vo1ce and force
Will of course grow commensurately and
w1th that also the posstb1h1tes of achtevtnQ
thiS An OJganiZShon of the unemployed could
demand and exere~sepcessure lor the 1m\1tutl()(l
of rotating work-schedules
In Focus, March 6, 1986 I 'THE WORD IS
Coone ( •n'
1 msnows26gayrr
hardships Presenl
Olal'l RIQt\1
I Lew sand Ctarl\ I
f'h()IJehalmOntx WI
n ater 221 SE 91
~ but celreshm
ol age Come party
• IWfNTER JAZZ Nl
Tts leWIS 1r 1 ( a
cnotr dJrectedbyDI
!rcwlllt1611DrilttP.SOI 0
Lettt
Spicesc
• are m•s~
lotne Ed•tor
Oclthe morn1ng
SDITieof'le broke ~~
SI)ICe rack along w
These were bougt
pol oullronun the c
~111 olltle stude1
Foul • k1tes" tha
lhe roor of Temple
These k•tes were 1
1.8\'.lS and Clark
recovered, butiWo
olttoese looks llkei
sa mulll -colored l
AJioltheabOvea
VIewed by allot us
v.on I goon to moral
on Dehall of myse
spiCe 'acl< sp•ces
returned
Please erther let
mahon Desk 1n "f
dfop them by m~
Ha""-ard No que1
Encouragement 11
by lllOSe of you •
lhem .s appreciatE
Ect.rot's Note. H~
has been 1etvrn~
N/es we sllll mrss1
' Seniors
To the Edt lOt
In support of ou
' eiepartment, sever ~
ma1orswouldhket
percepl•ons •n Mo
sexiSm .n the IAdej
cate 11er concer'l
gender balanctng ~
Howe-.<er .some t
fl het analysis FarstJ
speakers lor the 1 S
based oo quahl~
Un!ortunatety we
~blied speaker
Bur
Ch
w~
2¢pe
1 OO;o d
8
In Focus ' gmann
lion for
~
emade
othese
)VISIOnS
IS Most
lratnrng
::>med to
•nclude
onsthat
kers to
lOb· free
ar1ety ol
~1cal
COSI Ol
of one's
9
ve htsor
r1odlrom
profits ol
ie htgher
w1th tess
rmghl be
ontobute
eandthe
ons-as
) Varrous
,celunds
mpiOyed
~Y create
andtrect
8CII'IIIIeS
e people
asonrnfl
landidates
outes rnto
r,ndtdates
tence 101
ld rotatrnQ
'leanswer
'lBIOr ellort
dtlhcullteS
ent butas
eases the
and Ioree
ely and
achtevtnO
~edcould
e tnstrtution
6,1986 ,
\.. ~ .J
1 'THE WORD IS OUT" Nrll oe shOWing ,, the
Cou •I • 11 ' 7 p m TtltSCJocumontary
1 m nows26gaymenandlcsbtans the rlivesand
t~aro hrP5 Presented bV Students ICK Goy ana
blu!l R10hl"
IUlWSnnCSCimksown WALKONFIRE mdtlm
POobCharrnonr. wr be appcarrng me Sl
li earer 221 SE 9m at 9 ton.ght Its an all ages
S1'hN out refreshments w111 beavarlab'e lor those
rJ oge Come party thos paper blues away Publick ccurrences
Lew Ore <' tr B.uddt R h B Ba a and P 1
Peter on Jall Co ct Oren 1111 T c c ncert
<I I 11 II 8 p m n Evan!>Aud !Oftum
•HERECOMESEVERYBOOY:Port md 1101t I
II 3 ba!ld Will b t!pp(:{JIIfl{l W Ill ft ()an
HeeoNetwori\IOfl tJhtondW.arCh8 9 nom llhe
Con per Penny 5932 S E 2nd 7 77 H:t s
• 8
•LEASEBURNINGPARTV ,S 30pm PmeStreet
Tneatrc 221 SE 1 n Fnhey ana The Terry
Robb Band TIC1\ets are $7 KBOO Members SS.
general publtc T1cke:s are ova1rab oat Gl Joe s.
Jean M.clt"lllnfl Mus c M1ll nn m ana KSOO 20
SE au 32 pea nt oup w lh I ttl d ma~ r
Coppe 'u w11 r ar 1 mak a 001
w lh sou Set to tt u ol L 0 w.lh
bca l lu t .. no co un Ill IS a c: r It
whOle lam ; PQrtdllOC v!ll\ud 101 um SS r.o tO
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• Tamarac- Loung AI ud rn il'e
rlVIIea tor nte1e ling conversat on
•sNEAK PREVIEW : Ch na tooageolmatu ty
a h tory of Ch oalrom 907 AD to 1279 AD tln<J
Ctuna the enaurmg her tag a h:story of en na
ana rls ach evem~> ts to 191 t w be shown at
noon t8 Sm m Ce11t ~ Ire ---
• 7
IWINTERJAZZNfGHT ATLEWISANDCLARK .
The leWIS and Clark Jazz r rnb ., 'V.Z
ChOir C1 rectcd bvOaVIdBecker WlilperlormwOfks
I:MllhelrDrarresoiCountBaSie,the Thad Jones· Mel •"COPPELIA '' WITH PACIFIC BALLET
THEATRE '-"<~reil8 Sa1Urday2 30and 730pm
Evo J "-iges ol those Ia ry tales thai begm
Long long ago and far lar awav thiS colorful
French bAI ol combines the romance ol a young • • HELPSUPPORTTHERUSTYNAIL 'SBa oney
., ~· "' , .J•!lg down thOSe use'css penn;es Pen ~usecJIOIOYfChaSeSw god rectly
to our neecy trend$ at Ba oney Joe Th 'I hope
you I he o suppotl IJleJr ef!ort There are a lot
needy peop e '" the area who would deeply
apPf'ectate 1
Letters-----
Spices and kites
• • are mass1ng
To the E'dtiOf
On the mOtn•ng of Saturday, Feb 22.
SDmeone broke rnto Saga and tOOk a
JP!Cu rack along w1lh the 1ars Of sp,ces
These were bought by Saga Dan to be
pul outlront •n thecond,ment bar fOtthe
oenetrl of the students usang Ftelds Olntng
Hall
Four krtes" that used to hang lrom
1t1e root ol Templeton were also taken
These kstes were {I tits to the people at
Lew1s and Clark Two of these were
recoYered. buttwoare shU m'-'SmQ One
of these looks like a carp and the other
tSa mulh colOted sock shape
AJtortheabolleare ttemstobe used
VIewed by all of us here allhe college 1
wonlgoonlomomh ze butamrequesr.ng
on behalf of myself end others thatlhe
spce rack, sp•ces. and the two kites be
returned
Please etther leave I hem at the tnlor
maltOn Desk rn Templeton Center 01
dlop tnem by my apartment at Plan·
Howard No Queshons wtll be asked
Encouragem ent to return these Hems
Oy those ol you who know who tool(
them IS aPpl8C18Ied
Mtlle Riley
Resi(Jent Duecc01
Plall·Ho.vard
Ea:ot s Note Hooray! The spiCe rack
has been tetumed However, the two
kites Ste sill/ mrssrng
Seniors respond
lo the Edrtor
In support of our prole~ ;or~ and our
llepartment sever at mternat•onal allarrs
ma,ors would hke to clear uP some mrs
perceptions rn Molly Sturges· leiter on
5e•tSm tn the IAdepartment We appre
Ciate her concern ana recognrze that
gender batanang rs lmponant tnall helds
~r, some ba<;JC lacls are miSSing
rthera'lalysls First.oura tenalorii'MIIng
speakers lor the 1986 Sympostum was
lla$ed on quahflcahon, not gender
Unfortunately. we round the ava1lable.
tJ~abi.OO peakors predoi'n1naotty maie
Chevron Montka G~tethanspoko on behall otlne
peace moYement not because she 1s a
woman but because sne IS an ellpert
and leader •n that !tela Of course sho
spoke adtlferentlanguage She, as well
asOr GeneSharp representsad,fferent
Jd13ology
Second,lhe Ioree behlndthesympo.
s.um was 10 fact gender balanced The
steertngcomm•neeole~gnt~odents as
wenasll'legroupof hOsts had completely
equal representatl()(l The three remarc
student panehsts muCh to our regret.
wereatthelastmrnuleunabletopartter·
pate lOt personal reasons. In light of
these facts. Sturges· artiCle does us an
InJUstiCe
The sweeprnggenerahzalton I hat our
depal1ment IS sex1st does not hold true
The mBJOflly Of the lA SludeniS IS female,
noa male TheSiatementtheiQfpro'essors ·
classroom procedure s are sex•st ~s not
fa1r Perhaps as a •·treshperson" Sturges
hasJompedt oalewtoomartt~
almost to !he pornt olrnsulttng het own
peers
IllS sad that people feellhatd,ffen:lnces
rmptymequahty Our generahonhasthe
oppcxtumty to break away hom these
stereotypes It IS tmPOftMt to el!CJm,ne
all facts beiOie CflhCIZlng
We are eager to d1scuss tttts •ssue
any lime
Smc ert:}/y,
Ma~grrr 8J01gulfsdottu
Dan CBPOZzola
Cindy Young
Sen/Of lA m8JOIS
Coach says
thank you
To the EdiiOt
WP would like to thank those who
•ncluded us •n the Fellowsh,pol Chr~S~Jan
Allnetes·Cempus Crusado for ChriSt
Dessert FelloWShip last Thursoay Feb
27 ,thatleatureo a talk by N F L lootball
ptayer, NetllOIT'IaJ(
The eHort put lorth by our stuoents
hoshng thts and the manner •n wh1eh
Nerl shared his message was an lflSPI·
ratron to all of us
Madge and Dean Semperr
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In Focus, March 6, 1986 A replyto sexism
r o the Eo1t01
t detect a cnallenge 101 argumen ''
not oumght tgnorance .n "frest\person·
Molly Sturges· lener regard1ng selUSITI
1n the tnternatronal at1a1rs oepartment
I too attended some o1 the lA Sympo
srum and a !so no.uced 1na1 there were
no female student panehsts l1nqwed
w•lh one of the rna~ panelists as to Ntly
thtSwas,ano Meta :mea tl'lalthe remales
whoweroaskedOechnedtneoHer Ttus
cta•m was upheld tJ'( other mternalional
aHa~rsseniO!s, womenltlCIUde<J H~nc.e,
thiS does not const•tute seliJSm oothe
Patl oltM lA department
Aslothe typtcallymale .aggreSSNe
bureaucratiC languageu of tnternatlonal
alfallS. ~lllbegtoddfetonthisa.sserllOfl
1 sertoOSiy OOUbllhat male students ol
drplomacy emerged I rom tllC!r mol her's
wombs. tully eloquent on sucn concept
as hegemony, rnterdependeoce. 1nte·
gtalton, and ot course power politiCS
These are hea"'(dutysubjects•n whiCh,
I m sure, both ..exes hnd drfl~tulty 1n
a1ta1nrng complete mastery
lastty,M!ssStwges. excoseme .Mrwz
Sturges. makes lhesweepngat:.rmatiOO
that "lA professors are sexis1 rn thell
classroom PfOCedures .. t found no 8YI
denc.e tn her tener that supponed thiS
statement Her t>etng a •fre~person
!e<tds me 10 wonder 1ust how much
~eshetashadiOtrleiAoepanment
andl..cWISandOarlc Slncelamatranster
stuoent, I have not had a great deal ol
oxposu1e to the oepartment myself However srnce I have had Dr Roben
Mnnoel as both Instructor ana ac:t>IISOf 1
rt.now for certa•n that n1s approach to
tcactung 1S very enltghtenrng open
minded and the extrem•) oppos1te o1
sex1sm Indeed Professor Mandel IS
protJabltonn of the~ open-m1ncled
teachers lve had ThereiOte, 1 cannot
heipOUtleelperturoedatMrzzzSturges
cooclusrons
II Mtzzz Sturges has any respect tor
d plemac-1 I think She would be Wlsetn
re!Ta'1\!tl0 lrom her espousal o1 rmpetuous
mtSpercel)lrons ana snap jUdgm nts
FOfetgn relations are oest teh NTtllout
these
AllltP 1 Crolr. et,
JUniOI
Submit today!
To the Ed1t0f
Thrs lener may be perooM!d as too
l1ttle, too late IllS ne•ther
lrnusl urge all students to consider
subm:tt mg to tne 1r JOUrnal o! rnletf\Cjl tonal
relatiOnS anoacss-cunural perspectM3S,
The Meridian Our oeaalrne t:s March
20. tne last day of Wrnler term. to campus
bo_l( 152
What Nln we publiSh? We see to
pubrJSll research artiCles/papers (up to
15pagcsL "lhoughl-papers oncurren1
nternatJOnaliSSues (3-7 pages) rnter-nat ona Sluctents perspecrrvcs 01 me
Untied Sla:es(5-1 0 pages] and011erseas
tournai extractS (3-6 pages)
Consider the opportunity to tMJblrsh
as an undergraduate Th s year The
Melldo<mwdlalsobedistnbUtedtoottt r
€0ucatt0na ltiStltUtJOnSacross ttte natJOn
your submJSSJon w. have a potentia
audtenc.e larger than ltlat Of m LewiS
ana Clark communrty
Wrtlef Sgutdesand turther lt\!O'IIIa110fl
can be oota nea at our ottce an the
basement of Templeton through boX
152 or bv ca!l•ng me as246-6590
11 IS not too late 10 subm t lor the
p()SS!bd ryofpubhcal!orunar neJOU1nal
Sutlmrltooay
8tenden Hyde
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