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100 MORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH STREET S .E . MINNEAPOLIS, MN !554!5!5 \' , lu m e 89 • Number 3 januar y ' February 1990 MINNESOTA U N IVERSITY OF MINNESOTA ALUMN I A S SOC I A TI ON

FEATURES 8 Is the Party Over? Two veteran observer of the political 5cene-alumnus and ~ rmer governor Elmer L. nder en and niver It) professor H}man Berman-put Minnesota's DFL and IR parties m per pective. As fold to jlfll Thorntoll

I 6 Inauguration 1989 Come with us for an in Ide look at the inauguration of the COlver it) of Minnesota's thlfteenrh pre Ident, • 'ds Has elmo.

I 8 Access to Excellence In hi inauguration addre s. ni\'erslty Presidenr 'ils Ha elmo set the ni\er~ity's agenda for the 1990 By 'its Hasselmo

2 3 Networking Made Easy A primer on the University' 1990 legislame funding request and legislati\e network. look at ho\~ alumm can support the 'm\er ity by contacting their legi lato~ during the commg se ion B'I 'I/sall \ ollwur

2 6 For Peat's Sake Facult\ at the Unl\·erslt\.' Limnologlcal Reearch enrer are among tho e fighting to presen~ Imnesota's I !!O:OOO acre' of peatland-among the fe\\ re~aining ~atlands in the world The pos ibility of gold beneath their urface has greatly mcrea ed the stake. By jacque/Ille alld 8./.171 lefto

COLUMNS 3 I M I N N E SOT A A l U M N I ASS 0 C I A T ION : Something Old, Something New TradltJ n mixed with inno\'atJ nat Ilomecommg 19 9 a the Uni\er 'ity celebrated With parades, royalty. a block part~. football game. facult)·- taff luncheon. and academiC and re earch re\ le\\ s and exhIbitions. By Aafte GU/ldmldso/l

3 3 A l U M N I : At Home in the Mayor's Office Little Fall mayor Pat ' pence I a home economic alumnu' \\ h mL\e~ busmess \\ Ith polItic -and I \es it. 8.'1 'ben Bm'lI

3 5 S P 0 R T S : Pool Resources The \\ om n S\\ Imming team IS hopmg to make a national pb h \\ tth ne\\ s\\ im facilittes and an inrernational cast of athletes. Plu a look at men's basketball Jnd more. 8.v Bml11 O.. bn;g

DEPARTMENTS In Focus ...... 5 Colleges and Schools Digest ...... 42 Contributors ...... 7 Minnesota Alumni Association ...... 31 Calendar ...... 32 National President ...... 47 In Brief ...... 41 Executive Director ...... 49 CO V E R: Photlgraph Class Notes ...... 39 letters ...... SO b\ Paul hambroom

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120 Mornll Hall. 100 Church Street SE Mtnneapoli • MN 55455 612 624-3333 I SOT E ..,.. Jean '13ne H.mlllOn A- tEdltM Ter Scalzo c.. .butln,Editor v'c'" uVlg C P1 Editor O .. ne Ilellekson , uctIon " ....unt IUth) Fischer '" lUte um .ldson 1It.C" Black Dog Graplucs, hurch".rd Hopp 19o A I_ales tPhoto~r Rlch Ryan

N FOe U S HINNESOTA ALUHNI ASSOCIATION Encuti.. Oinctol' \!argare! ughrue Carlson • to Enom.. Oinct.ol' Jane Whiteside Pruldont te>en Goldstem Protodent-E1«t ue Bennm This Is the Day -roa Pruld.. t Jnhn 0 F reocn Trusu~r \I.chad Unger \tcnt>rf Janie ,"-b}'eron hstPruidtnt Chip Gia r Board of Dl rectors uther Dan'ille ha been convicted naughty." mcutinCcmmiUH \brci2 -\ppel, ue Bennen, That the rest of us are being good ThOma5 H Bonnan, Frank F.cU>amck, Lof \ indling mone~ ' from the lini­ J nn 0 French, h.p Glaser, \'ersit)', the lanonal ollegiate th- usually mean little to the general pub­ te-en Id telll, uuns . ruk, lic, or at least the media. And that' the Jarue \byeron, J ph lur, letic ociation ha reopened it f.nul~ -\nne uple \llchad Unger inve tigarion of men' athletic, and the tricky part of " preading the good

AI-lMJ< Hombon Knstme Black, niver ity is under flre for its policy, new ." Fact i there are 1, people \lan Lou Chmtensen, Edward L Duren, or la k of a policy. regarding admini - who work here everyday because of the EzcU Jon ,u" rence uukka. on \Ie~ er, trati\'e leaves, abbatical ,and pay. good new . There are -4, 0 tudents Pam. '.chols, John P~ytOn, ue Pbtou, Ikb Pot TI h Re~n Id . If the niver ity i in the new ,then getting an educan n here because of the ea.s..ndra RO~l'>On . Oudl~ , 'anc) dleck. thi must be the January -ebruary issue Cni\'er ity quality pr gram . \rlcoe 'un fi Id.James R urnerbnd, Jim "cnson. Paul Tay lor andra Turner f Minnesota . It eem like the C niver­ \Vhen people find out that omeone works at the Cni\'ersity, invariably the)' ltJoonal R.pl'tsonutiYu Ouan L Burnham. icy never end a year on a g d note. I frank Farrell (e' e Francisco. It may be a little late, but if thi i the k two que ti n : \\'hat' going on at \lIehael H.rlc, O,d Johnson. Harold \1e1on, January ebruary i ue, then it al 0 the " l,'""? How' m rale? The\' are both .eorgc \\ \Ierne". Budd Pobody. John W Pc:rry, Rn~n , Pc:tason time for ome year-end ob en'arion : very difficult que tion to an wer

lIoonaouR.pI'ounutiv.. Alfred France. Jr.. This one come fr m Jackie ~lason , becau e if you w rk here, your feelin~ \brgam \b,alamakJ. con eI n. AB ' " hicken oup" r feop philo - do not go up and down with the media Ikn Trochlil. eorge \ ·ogel. I opher: veryb dy I \'es yesterda~' and \'0-\"0. ,""une W,lson . pencer tom ITO\, but ever. y hat today. There are Students and facult\' here­ b_H.... ~" ,udent Bod) Pres.dent. Bnan Bergson. \1 .nn ota Foundation Board But toda ' i the yesterday we'll all recall mo tofthem, really-who ha\'e ne\'er (.fTrustees. Luella Id~rg; "cmal Relation no talgically tomorrow, and it' the attended am' athletic event or met a Vice Pr .dent. Rlchard B Heydonger; future that we looked £ rward t \'e ­ niver ity pre ident. They and we go Lnovers.n Pr "dent. ,'.1 Has Imo terdav. \Yhich lead u to recall the on about our bu ine ,working \\ith w rd f niver ity Pr ident "Til tudent , teaching, en-ing. re earch­ Ha elmo who told an alumni gr up ing. yen in my nonteaching job a that he ure wa tired of dealing with editor I ha\'e worked ide b\" ide with pr blem fr my terda:'-in thi a e fourteen tuden and watched them ne, even two r three year f y ter­ graduate, find j b ,and m ve on. There day . He' com'in ed that he' g t the i nothing like it. Tho e of u who \\ rk right team in plac today to avoid cala­ at the ni\'er ity get th benefit of mitie like Luther Dan'ille tom rr w. working with your kid -and ome­ one f ur campu II agu put ho\\' they are even m re impr ive it at a re ent gath ring charg d with when they're am3 ed in a uni\'er e of pr ding the ni\'ersity'" new thousand , their di\' ity making them t \' r\' mer of the tate: "What the even more amazing. It' fun. It' public d n't r alize i that thi i like rewarding. That' wh) we \\ rk here :umn •. Gerald ' acr; nl\ c!'Slt, Women. [ "bar.! B rhalt r; Vet nnan ied.con . a city. \ \' have our 0\\'0 h pital, and why the year g b)' fa:t. f1 rbarn 'Lean for e r taurant . ix"ty th u and p 0- o here' to t ay-and an ther )'e-ar pi are living and w rking here-and of living them lik th yaU ount. e\'eryday at least ~ ur of them ar being -Jean Marie Hamilton

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.. ~e Dont Mean The Way Aunt Mi11ie Used To Do It. True, we'll be there throughout the process ... guiding And, with laws changing as fast as fashions, our you along just as Aunt Millie would have. But strategists will keep you up to date in simple, that's where the similarity stops. easy-to-understand language. When it comes to planning your charitable Atthe Minnesota Planned Gift Center, we'll goals, the Minnesota Planned Gift Center help you make a gift that measures up to would never suggest, "It's only a bit too your objectives. Call us today. large" or "You'll grow into it' We help folks understand the benefits of planned giving. We can size up your Minnesota Planned Gift Center needs and fit them into a plan that can University of Minnesota Foundation be mutually advantageous - like 100 Church Street SE, Suite 120 providing you with a life income in Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455 exchange for a gift! 612/626-2226 o N T R BUT 0 R S Marilyn G. Miller

I THE PARTY OVER ? t. Paul free-lance writer Jim Th rnt n has publi hed arti­ cles in ports lIlustrated, Reader's Digest, Mmnesota Monthly, and other publications. H e earned a B. . in zoology from (h e ni ve rsity f 1ichigan, and an M . . in journalism and an M.F. . in creati ve w ri ting fr m the niver ity f Iowa. NETWORKING MADE EASY u an olkmer i a creative director at Busi nes Incentives 10 Bloomington, Minne ota. Fonnerl y elf-employed as a communicati n con ultant, she i a 19 0 graduate of Drake Residential Real Estate University. Sales Associate FOR PEAT'S SAKE • responds to your needs JJCq uel ine and Bjl'l rn letto are T 'I in itie fre -lance wr it­ • educates you about er and co-owner of Insight mmunica tions. T hey both your transactions attended the niver ity's ch I f J urnalism and 1a Susan Volkmer • attends to all details Communicati n . Bjl'l rn is a native of I, or\\'a)'. Jacque­ hneearn daB .. in 196. Former Financial Aid Administrator SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW at the University of Minnesota Katie undvald n i Mi1lnesota' student intern and a jun­ .--.. ---- Io r at the ni\·ersity majoring in journali m and ma s Ii-~ ' ml-1 6121926·2761 O. communicati n. ExpectthebeS: 6121927-6960 R. AT HOME IN THE MAYOR'S OF FICE Free-lanc writer heri Br n \ a edit ri al pag editor f Bjern Sletto Minneapolis Lakes Office, 4285 Sheridan Ave. S. (he t . loud Times fr m 19 3 t 19 . he r ceived a B .. Equal HOUSIng OpportunIty 10 politi cal 'cience fr m the ni"er ity f 1inne ota in December. h li ,e n a fa rm nea r lear Lake, ,\ Iinne tao .; . POOL RESOURCES Bnan b rg, '73, ' 6, i Minnesota's port c lumni t. INB RIEF Uni ersity R lati n n mith edits . : ': . . , -·:'0' ·· . 8nef, a \\' ekly ne\\ bulletin ~ r all fi ve . ' . ':~:' ~:'. 1····· ': puse ,and th fa ulty- taff editi n fthe ;". '0': ,0 . Update. The Detroit area University of Minnesota Women's Club is proud to present the COLLEGE AND SCHOOLS DIGEST BUNCH FOR LUNCH cookbook . Ter 'a calzo, a eni r in the chool f Journalism and [a Communicati n at the ni "er it)', i Minnesota' as i tant The cookbook includes 96 pages of recipes and edit r. hri i kanen \\'a 1innesota' a iat edit r. H e' luncheon menu s, including a special section featuring Minnesota wild rice -- all tried and rt f utd r p writer r th Quad-Cities Times true favorites of the Club members. in Davenport, I \Va. PHOTOGRAPHY Number of copies at $8.00 each Tom FI Ie is a niversi Relati n ph tograph r. Dan \ gel $ 2,50 Plus shipping & handling $,__ __ Total amount end osed is a Twin itie free-lance ph tographer wh p ialize in portrait and product and indu tr ph tography. Paul Name: hambro m i a T\ in itie ph tographer who e work has Address : ______appea r d in ewsweek, Time, Vogue, and the ew lark Times Magazine. Tim Rummelhoff i' a Twin ities free-Ian ph t grapher. IL L STRATION City State Z~ an a\ ard-winning ill ustrator fr m Lanca­ Ph on e:_ -=-__."..,- ______shIre, < ngland. urr nt!. hi' \V rk i appearing in an exhi­ Send to: Sue Ann Pirsch , 1624 Lochridge Rd . bitio n f _ci e n tific ill u st rati n at the t\ 0 iati n f Bloom field Hills, MI 48013 lIi u trat rs all er , L nd n. J ulia Talc tt is aBo t n ill u ' ­ or call 313·335-6493 tra or w ho w rk ha appeared in the ew England Jlfo llfh~"Y Proceeds go /0 the Un iversity of and LeOl :r , among ther publi ati ns. Brian Osberg Minnesota Scholarship Fund

\II NFSO I \ \ L \I I \ SS OCI\ T IO 7 MINNESOTA JA NU ARY· FE BR UARY 1990 Is THEPAR1YOVER? Whatever happened to being a good-old, progressive Minnesota Democrat? Republican? Two veteran observers put the parties . . ill perspectIve

BY JIM HORNTON

I E OT TAT POLITI have and provid a primer on the tat '. often erpentine p ht- alwa been distinctive-c nfu ing and ical traditi n . pr t an, to be ure-but alwa s m - H man Berman ha b en a pr fe r f hi story in the h \ uniquel Minnesotan. With ap I - department of hi tory, merican tudies, and indu trial gie to th world's great political thinker, relati n ince j ining the ni er it)' f linne ta fac- Mconsider how the in ertion of the word Minnesota chang ult in 1961. Berman authored Amertcan \larkers 111 tlx other i e timeles trui m about politic . (It b 1st r th Twentieth Century and ther b oks and article and i cur- effect, b the wa , to inflect the e quote "ith the long rently w rking on a documentary n the farm r-Iabor "0" characteristic of Minne ota pronunciation.) movem nt for the BB . Th ugh he ay he no\\ tends Sir Win ton Churchill: "Minne ota politic are aim st toward a n npartisan stan e, h has been active in DFL a exciting as war, and quite as danger u . In war you can politic in the pa t, er ing a a member of \'. Rud) only b killed once, but in Minnesota politi many rimes." Perpich' -called "Kitch n abinet" fr m 19 6 t \9"'9. Mao Zedong: "Every Minnesotan mu t gra p th truth- Berman i al 0 a emir gular gu t n KT political p wer in the Gopher tate grO\ s out f the bar- where he is ailed up n t pr vide a hi tori al perspe - rei of a gun." tive-u uall with a lib ral slant-to current events. John James Ingall : "The purifi ation of Minn ota R publican Elmer L. nder n rved a governor of politics is an iridescent dream. Minn sota government i Minne ta fr m 1961 t 1963 . nder en' accompli 'h- fo rce." m nt as a p litician-from helping to e tabli h Vo),a- Of cour e, not every aphori m i render d quite so geur National Park to making 1inne ota th first 'tate ludicr u by the Minnesota prefix. Indeed, in many a es, to mandate p cial education in publi ch 01 -hm'e left Mi11J1esota seems so appropriate one wonder if it a tuall a la ting pr gre sive legac),. exi ted in the writer's fir t draft: nders n, 0, ha an quail), not w rthy involvement Will R ger : "[ t II you folks, all Minnesota p litics is with th ni ersityof linne ota. IIe graduated from the apple auce." Univer ity in 19 I " ith a degree in bu ine . In th i).- Henry dams: "Practi al politics in Minnesota onsist tie and eventi ,h er ed veral terms a a reg nt and of ign ring facts." one term a chair f th Bard of Reg nts. 10re re ntl) , John, Vi count M fBlackburn: "Th he wa part of a blue-ribb n commi si n n reg nt sel c- treat Minnesota's p and moralit apart wi ll never ti nand erved n the bard f the niver ity ~ unda- under tand the one r the other." tion. H al 0 played an imp rtant rol in bringing Til In h pe f under tanding both the one and th th r, Has 1m to the niv rsity. nder en r centl)' I ft thl we interviewed two long-time ob er er of the Minn ota Foundati n bard; h sa it i the first time in 40 year L-_P_O_li_ti_c_al__ c__ n_ e_. _T_h_e_i_r_r__ m_ a_r_k_s _t_ra_n_s_c_n_d__ t_ h__ a_ p_h__ r_is _m____ t_ h_a_t _h_e _h_a__ h_ a_d_n_o_o_f_fi_c_ia_l_r_o_l _a_t_t_h___ I1_ I_·"_e_rs_it__ . ______J

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IIY,\\AN BEI{J\lAN II TERM we use in political analysi are very lippery. It' not like in the hard natural ciences where ddinition are fixed for all time . Lib­ eral, progre i\'e, con ervative, reac­ tionary, fa ci t-all the e terms have diffe rent meaning and connotation in different hi torical time and national setting . What I mean by "liberal progre ive trad ition" i the tradition that eek to use public policy as an in trument for • re olving ocial and economic prob­ lem to the benefit of the greater majo rity of the people. Today, neither the Democratic party n r the Repub­ hca n party nationally, n r the DFL or the IR partie in [inne ta , are full), committed to uch an agenda. The FL, indeed, has no cenrral c re of ide I gy. me of it p licie are clo er t Republican p licie . In other area , th part)' h been identified with smgle-intere t gr up , uch a antiwar prote ter in the ixties and eventie, and the pr lifers that came in during the eightie . n equently, the FL ha I t the trength it had fr m it traditional c n­ tltuency-the \\' rker, mall bu i­ ne' man, struggling farmer. I'm not ayi ng it ha lot thi upp rt entirel)". But right no\\ , the DFL party do n t know whether r n t it hould embrace the market-oriented, bu ine - en­ ld Harold Sta en Republican tered view that' become the nati nally accepted view a a re ult of the Reagan traditi n is ju t a much yea r . The party d e not know where It' g ing and what it want to in di array a the DFL 1 accompli h. The DFL b gan t e it \\'ay in the ea rly to mid eventie when the o urred at ab ut the am time. Wen­ re urgence of Republican trengrh in natural allie in the pr gre i\'e dem - dell nder n went into th nate linne ota, but it till can't challenge cratic c aliti n began pulling apart fr m Rudy Perpich be ame g vern rand DFL domination in the legi lature and activ i t on th left. i tnam wa cer­ then b th I t their ub equ nt I - perhap even in the govern r' oftice, tainly a piv tal v nt- the hard hats ti ns in 19 . " hen Perpich returned n old politi al trui m ay you can't vs, th d ves . I 0, orne Dem rat fr m Vienna after ~ ur )'e r with defeat meone with no ne, and that supported black liberati n, and me ontrol Data and \\'a Ie ted go\'ern r may be the pr blem for the IR. fe lt threat ned by it. nd ther were again, he m \'ed in the dir etion f Today the ld Har ld ta en tho\e favoring I ga lizati n f drug' v . r ne liberali m Republican progr iYe tradition i ju t tho e \Vh a\\ drug a a major ourge. a much in di arra)' a the DFL' i . Rei Icmb r that in 1972, th D mo­ \\. re mu h m re in line with Tb IR party i harpl)' divided within cratlc part)' nationall. came ut ~ r the the bu ine agenda, p licie often it elf b twe n tho e who ar int re ted leg,'\ ization f drug. adv ated in thc Republi an p. rty. in the ial i u ,and tho e imer­ 1 he turning pint in 'linn 'ota In rent years, ther ha b n a e ted in econ mi c

Plio OGRAPHS BY PAUL SHAMBROOM \\ \1' E 0 T \ ~ L L \I" \ ~ C 1\ T I :--: 9 But it's important to remember that debtors-it made it impossible for small tice and those who were ppo ed t lhe, the liberal progressive tradition in business to compete and for farmers to war. In Minnesota, it led to a quasi ie- ' Minnesota has not historically been a sustain themselves. tatorial regime under Republican 1\. monopoly of either of the two major After Lind served two terms, the Joseph Burnquist. Under his omnlls­ parties. It was characteristic of both Republicans came back in power. But sion on Public afety, there was an parties from roughly the end of the these were progressive Republi ans, attack on civil liberties and on groups 1930s until the early 1970s. striving for economic ju tice for the It's illuminating, of course, to look small producer and the farmer, and an at Minnesota state politics from a wider attack on the labor movement. perspective than just this most recent People in the state went along With evolution. Despite the modern domi­ it because it was the patriotic thing to nation of the DFL, for example, Dem­ do. We were in war-"daron the Huns" ocrats have not always enjoyed their and all that. current popularity. From 1859 until the What emerged as a backlash was a end of the nineteenth century, a Dem­ third party, the Farmer Labor party, ocrat couldn't be elected dog catcher in which was initially very successful In Minnesota. the 1920s . It elected two U .S. sena­ tors, a number of congre smen , quite H E REPUBLICAN party of the Gov. John lind a few legislator . But the 1920 wa a T nineteenth century had a plit was a Republican decade in many ways identical to the identity. It was at once the Republi­ turned Democrat. 19 Os. A progressive liberal tradition canism of Abraham Lincoln, but it was is impossible to sustain when people are also the Republicanism of the robber out for them dve . barons and the economic predators of "nice guy" Republicans identified with In the 1920s, like the 19 Os, greed the American Industrial Revolution. In the Theodore Roosevelt reformist tra­ became a 0 d word. After all, what Minnesota, the Lincolnesque, reform­ dition. In effect, Minnesota enjoyed a guarantee economic gr wth and ist approach was emphasized because progres ive con ensus that prevailed up indu trial might? reed, greed, and the state was largely agricultural. until World War I. more greed. In the 1980 , " Dallas" and Industrial developers impacted nega­ World War I completely destroyed "Dynasty" are m del for emulation tively on small farmers try ing to main­ the progressive consensus, not only in And in the 1920 , you had tock mar­ tain a kind of market agricultural Minnesota but in the nation as a whole. ket speculators and the "It irl " -a ~t:.~ economy. To address the concerns of A great hostility emerged against those blonde who would give her favors to farmers, the Republican party in Min­ who had been advocates of social jus- any per n who had over a million nesota had a reformist wing. Indeed , dollar. among many of the state's Republican By the Great Depres i n, there was leaders, there was concern about the yet another turnaround. Tho once growing size and power of corporate wor hipping at the shrine f the mar­ monopolization and the like. ketplace now creamed for govern­ A Democratic party did exist in ment re cue. uddenly, all bet were Minnesota in those days, but it was off. It m d even capitali m might go essentially powerle s. It had few rep­ down t defeat, and what wa needed resentatives in the state legislature and was a new social order. The Farmer never elected a single governor. One Labor party benefit d fr m this atti­ reason was that the Democratic party tude w ith a charismati gubernatorial was considered the "party of treason" candidate in 1930-Floyd B. Olson. during the Civil War. Republicans could O lson came in on a wave of "let' throw ask voters to "vote for the party that the rascals out becau e the 're respon­ fought for the Union." sible for th Great D pression." His At the end of the nineteenth cen­ party in tituted s me effective r for ms: tury, John Lind became the first Dem­ a farm reli efprogram, a program b 'n­ ocratic governor elected in the state efiting organized labor, and a progr '5- since H enry Sibley was elected in the si ve i ncom tax in Min n s ta . Before pre- ivil War years. Lind was origi­ Gov. Joseph Burnquist's this, Minne ota taxe wer pI' p It)' nally a Republican who became a rule during World War I taxe -the as essor cam into '(lU r Democrat in protest of the Republi­ was quasidictatorial. It house to count y ur toilet, radios, and cans' adoption of a gold standard pol­ was "damn the Huns." the like. It was a terribl Big Brot! er icy. Such a policy was ruinous for arrangement.

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(RFC), which had bailed them out dur­ collaborative labor consensus contin­ ing the depression. ued for much of the next decade. The head of the RFC, a Texan named The progressive Republicans did not Jesse Jones, ca lled the heads of the bus­ really lose power until the 1960s and iness community in Minneapolis and 19 Os, and this loss was not becau e of told them that if the strike wasn't set­ anything they did but the fact that they tled in two weeks, all the outstanding were not keeping up with the mood and loans would be called in. eedless to climate of .~1innesotans, \\ho became say, the strike wa settled. Once the enamored of Hubert H . Humphrey. strikers had won, the ideal of entrepre­ Humphrey, w ho had been elected neurialliberty wa no longer viable, at rna yor of linneapolis in 194 -, led the lea t for the next 50 years. anti-Communist battle \,\'ithin the DFL Greed was not 0 much squelched as in 194 . Gov. Floyd Olson, right, placed in a controlled atmo phere. One wing of the DFL, the Popular ended the Tru ck Strike. Busines leaders came to learn that it Fronters, believed the whole anti­ was necessary to have peaceful, har­ Communist, Cold War is ue was a red moniou , collective bargaining. Thi herring to destroy the social advances One of the mo t important event of was not only the law of the land, but it made during the Roo e\'e1t administra­ this period \Va the Truck trike in was al 0 go d for bu iness. tion. They felt the Cold War wa an ~linneapoli in the pring and urnmer instrument used by big bu ine to of 1934. Thi proved an epic struggle 1944, the Democratic and the regain control. They may have been between the old and the new-the old I Farmer Labor partie merged in the partially right, but I think they were being the indu trialist philo ophy of DFL, which advocated further ocial also very naive in not recognizing the entrepreneurial liberty, a philo ophy innovations: medical care for the needy e"ilof talini m , and in not eeing that that, e en in the wake ()f the depres­ and elder! " improved educational their tance on international matter ion debacle, refu ed to rec gnize that facilities, affordable hou ing. But once would 10 e them much of their ba e of worker had legitimate right to organ­ again, a new , ar effort made these support. iz e and bargain collectively. The reform too expen iH. The major Humphrey wa acid warrior and a indu triali t felt that manager hould priority wa to beat the azi. s cial reformer. It \\'a thi kind of pr - have 01 de ision-making power. Once again, Republican came to gres i"e internationali m- part anti­ The ItIzen lIianc \Va a qua i- dominate state leader hip, but the e ommuni t cru ade , part ocial secret gr up f bu ine s and banking weren't Burnqui t- tyle Republican . reform-that renewed DFL trength. leader in th city f finn ap Ii wh Rather they '.\,ere pr gr iv , men like The Humphrey policy po irion \\'a were determined to ntinu the pol­ Harold tas en, who were not ad,'o­ adopted and followed not only by the ic) of ntrepr neurialliberty. It made cating the 0 erturn of ew Deal Democrats in Minnesota but by many no difference wh ther they had politi­ reforms but rather ocial ref; rm within Republican as weIl. In the early 1960 , cal p wer or not. They had economic a framework of fi cal re pon ibility. for in tance. Republican Elmer L. power. Flo, d Olson' role within the trike is very intere ·ring. governor, he had to mai ntain law and order, 0 he in ti­ tuted martial law. But wh n it became clear that thi "a helping the strike­ breakers, he then raided the ItJ zen lliance to get evidence of their c lIu­ ion in illegal activity. In ea rly ugu t, Franklin Ro sevelt came to Ro h ster, linne ota. 01 n visited R velt there, and it's believ d that they came up with a scheme t et­ tIe th trik in fa or f c lIecti e bar­ gaining. That cheme, as very imple. The leaders f th itizen lIian e were leading banker and busin sm n Hubert Humphrey earned of t e it , many of wh 111 were deeply a loyal following as a cold In debt to the federa l go mm nt' warrior and social reformer. Reco n tructi n Finance rporation

\I \ 'i :-l LOT \ \ L U \\ :-: I \ S SO ' I ."' rio, II Andersen was el ected governor and served for two years. But he was a decent human being and wonderful person in every sense of the word , and therefore doomed to defeat in politics . T hroughout these years, one can't make too sharp a division in the polit­ ical philosophy of the Republican or DFL governors. T hey were interna­ tionalist, anti-Communist, progres­ sive, and agreed with the New Deal consensus. Ei enhower establ is hed a "don't rock the boat, let's hel p the world and ourselves" spirit. We didn't see the confrontations of the last decade, or the efforts at reversing public policy direc­ tions of 50 years. T he disruption that did occur was a consequence of the 1960s' conflicts and counterc ulture movement. T he e events triggered a fis ure in the politi­ cal system , w ith a corresponding breakup of the parties into different factional units, which never rea lly came togethe r again until 1980. T hen , Reaganism reflected a movement to the right in the Republican party and a decade of confusion in the DFL. We're still trying to absorb the 1960s. Is there a liberal progressive tradi­ tion till ali ve in Minnesota? Yes, there is. Is it strong? Who knows. Will it revive? Probably. As the abuses of extreme greed and corporate consoli­ dation continue, as union-busting con­ tinues, as the erosion of the gains of the black revolution occurs, I think there 'In recent years, neither party had the is bound to be a pendulum swing. It's difficult to say which party the strength to endorse and nominate a candidate next progressive, liberal governor will come from. We may know such a per­ for governor, and that's a remarkable thing." son's name now, or it may be someone relatively unknown who will come to fmd that the mantle of progressive social ELMER L. ANDERSEN fo unded the Republican party. reform fits them very nicely. Rudy But I guess you have to go with the Perpich was, in fact, a progressive lib­ HE TERM conservative and liberal fl ow of public perception. If liberal has eral through most of his caree r. T change around so much one hardly come t mea n onl y unbridled, tu pid In his heart and in his soul of oul s, kn ws what they stand for. I've alway government pending, w 1I , th n I'm he is basicall y a progressive sti ll -and thought of myself as a liberal, but you not liberal anymor . fundamentally he has just been riding have to defin e your elf these days. In T her are at lea t two kind of con­ the wave that would keep him politi­ my own mind, liberalism mea ns hav­ servatism in Minnesota today. ne kind cally successful. T hat means that if the ing the government serv the people. is res istance to change, the idea that If situation changed tomorrow, Rudy Where there are probl ems that ca n't be omething's w rking well, and people Perpich would feel very much com­ met pri va tely, then they should be m t are pleas d w ith th re \.lIt , d n'r fortable being the spokesperson and the governmentall y-th y shouldn't be tamper with it-cons rv the b st I)f leader of a new progressive liberal tra­ all wed to go unanswered. T hat was the pas t. Within proper limits, that'.• \ dition within the state. the view of Abraham Lincoln, who pretty g od pos ition to be in .

12 JANUARY . FEBRUARY 1990 n ther kind fen ervatism trary to the caucus on some issue. The parties \ ere being conditioned to be -eflected in the Republican party is the speaker took his chainnan hip away against taxes and to at least give rheto­ o-called right wing or religious c n­ from him. To me, there' a kind of ric about saving money and reducing ,ervati m. 11 me, the proponen of this harshness in that party position. r government. Reagan was elected pres­ focu on one-issue matters and are not always felt that as a Republican, I was ident on balancing the budget in 19 4, really intere ted in Republicani m as freer in term of expre sion and indi­ and he proved to be the biggest spender an ideology. They are simply inter­ vidual conduct than I might have been we ever had. I don't think history is e ted in taking over the mechanic of a a aDLer. going to treat him very kindly. party-any parry-to further their Things are different for the state's In Minnesota, I think if you take the po ition on i ue uch a abortion. Republicans today. I think of the ridic­ word progressive, that would be a pretty Many of those 'W ho were mo t acti\'e ulou iruation that occurred recently good description for both parties over 10 u ing the Republican party in thi in the Third Oi trict, when the a lot of our tate' hi tory. I think ~lin­ way weren't financial upporter of it. Republican party was w ndering if they nesotan want good education, they T he party therefore had a very hard hould endorse Bill Frenzel for reelec­ \J ant good social ervice, they're cer­ time raising any m ney, and in the 19 tion to the ngres becau e he tainly very progres ive in the field of cafT1 paign, it \J a relatively ineffective. didn't quite agree with them on abor­ environmentali m, and they're not all Once you begin to narrow the focu of tion . When a party seeking to ha e that red hot for big military expendi­ the parry, ou certainly begin to nar­ Po\ er and influence ha a respected tures. Liberali m or progressivism or row it con tituency. member of Congre in place, it's rid ic­ social change-whatever you want I d n't kn w that thi phenomen n ulou to even con ider throwing him to call it: linnes ta has traditionally really exi ted that much in linne ta ut becau e of hi po irion on one i ue. been in the vanguard of political politic in the pa t. ingle i ue s me­ That i n't the way you build a political improvement. time em rged a very imp rtant-the party. In our country, where _' ou have Minne ota' alway been one of the free c inage of ilver was a big is ue nl , two main partie , the \', hole idea earliest tates to do all ort of thing: , \\ ith \ illiam Jennings Bryant, for is that both partie mu t deal \\ ith build a great uni\'er it)', enact out­ example. But I don't think there was diversit • . They must ha\'e way to standing education and pecial educa­ ever-at lea t not in m memory- uch in ite everybody in and then re olve tion program , a well a ocial a narr \\ f, us that an -body wh didn't thing with compromise. program in all kind f area - thi go along on ne i ue was de med regard! of which party wa involved, unw rthy to be in the party. TH P RTI in linn ota toda\' Both partie. , to the tate' great cred it I'm a Republican , but I've alway B are pretty confu ed. In recent and benefit, have been progres ive, been a pretry independent Republi­ year, neither party, for in rance, had hone t, and acti\'e. can-m r intere t d in program and the trength to endor e and nominate a pI than in , ar, party loyalty. I \\'a candidate for govern r, and that' a a memb r f the -tate enate for t n remarkable thing. In th '2 election, yea r ,and I would never agree to yi Id both endor ed candidat were defeat d m vote to the caucu view if I did not in the primarie . It' obviou a part)' agree with it. or did the aucu ek i n't ver ' trong wh n it cann t even to bind it m mber in enf< reed unan­ nominate a candidate f< r g vern r. imity. bunch of u ju t wouldn't agre In term of ideology, linne ota i to that. f c ur e, we would Ii ten in and alway ha been a very' indep n­ the caucus, and other thing being dent tate and a po r pIa e to draw a eq ual, we \ ould try t under tand th di tincti n between liberal and c n- majority iewp into But we would ervative . \ hen I \\'a a memb r f never I t ur elve be bound to v te the th tate enat, for e. ample, I \\'a When it came to agriculture. caucu positi n if it were different fr m g nerally on ider d the mo t liberal Ignatius Donnelly ou r \ n r our c n titu nts'. Never. member of the b dy. Id Bill Yak, was a populist. I b lie e Republicani m in linn­ who was a liquor dealer and a DFLer, Sota ha -at lea t unti l recent! - \\'a c n ider d the m t con -ervati\' rctle t d thi lind f politic, I freedom memb r f the b dr. Ignatiu 0 nnelly, ~ r example, \\ a more than th DFL party. h DF What has, J think, happened in rec nt a Republican who ad\' cated populi -t cau u in th state hou ,for e. ample, year i- that both partie re p nd d to lution for agri ultural i ue . L 0 di iplined that if anyb dy vote - th onditi ning that wa going n Republican Luther Youngdahl, when 0 , her than the cau u p iti n, they"r nationally-the idea that g v rnm nt h became g vern r, led the wh Ie d ciplin d. n xample curred \\'h n \\'a ' ting t much, that it \\'a poorly progre si\'e m \Oe t ward m mal health [, 'ed non was speal er fthe house, run, that taxes c uld be cut, and so n. r f< rm a well a ab Ii hing gambling a ld a hair of a mmittce vot d 011- If that' on ervati\,e ide I " then th in thi tate. Pe pI want d "'g d high~

\1 1 r-.. E - T A \ 1 L \1 N 1 \ :. ways, so they supported Babcock, a the Democratic nomination and I'd It' been a theme of the Demo rat Republican, in building good high­ really decided if he got it, I was going to build a perc ption-and in certan ways. Both parties have realized as weU to vote for him, even though my par­ el ctions they'v succeeded-that thl that it makes good sense to invest in ents were Republicans. I thought Rit­ Republicans were the ri h, or th y wer education, that this is one of the best chie represented a progressive future. thi , or the were that. Wa James J things any society can do. So really, I listened with great interest to the Hill a Republican or a 0 mocrat? I what I think has typified Minnesota Democratic convention on radi , and I think he was a Hill. politics, regardless of party, has been a remember a clear as anything when The fact of the matter is that banker pragmatic approach. Texas swung to Roose elt. It \Va and big bu ine inter t are in both

Harold Stassen, above, second from right, as a Young Republican. Stassen denounced reactionaries.

This has been the case even with our parties all th tim . The. 're for incum­ most radical leaders. Floyd B. Olson's bents, for who ver is in p \Ver. The) second inaugural address, for example, contribute to both ides as they alway was probably the most radical inaugu­ did. arl Pohlad and In in Jac b ', for ral address any governor in U .S. hi - instance, think of them elves as more tory ever made. Afterwards, he sent for Democrat than Republican. Sen. Anton Rockne, a conservative reported that a Texan named Garner The thing you can't g t a\Va ' fr m protector of the state's treasury. 01 on was going to be vice pre ident. Then is that it's impossible to narrowly defme asked him what he thought of the California swung to Roo evelt becau e the Republican part . What is rally speech, and Rockne replied, "Well, they made a deal with alif rnia's needed i a great deal more perception Governor, I have to tell you, if we did McAdoo that he wa going to be in the on the part of the people that nothing one-half of the things you proposed, cabinet. Such gross trading just is a simple as some pe pIe like to make we'd drive the state into bankruptcy." offended my innocent sen ibility. I'm it. Both parties f neces icy have t have O lson laughed and said, "That's why I a little more accustomed to such thing a br ad scope of ide logy r the), don't sent for you. You let me make the now, but I remember th n how ever hav a chance of becoming the speeches, and you keep the sta te's offended I felt. I told my elf I'd have majority part . I d n't, ~ r instance, finances strong, and we'll get along just nothing to do with that guy Roo evelt. think anyb d would ubscrib to a fine." I voted with Hoover and have been a platform that ay : W 're the rich peo­ I almost became a Democrat myself Republican ever ince. ple, and we want to sta rich and get back in 1932, when I was voting in my By 1934, I was 25 years Id-a young ri h r, and we don't want thos poor first presidential election. It was dur­ turk-and I started a liberal Republi­ people to have any. That just \ on't pla\ ing the depression, and I was f r can club of Minnesota. Our idea was in Minnes tao change. So I looked around and became that government had to reach all p 0- Th debat b tween parties rail) very much enthused about Gov. Albert pIe, and that the American dream had become one f effi ienc , and thl Ritchie of Maryland. He was seeking to be available to everybody. competiti n is 0 er who can best arr

14 JANUARY . FEBRUARY 1 990 Celebrating Minnesota's Centennial in 1958 were governors, clockwise, rrom top lert, C. Elmer Anderson, Edward J. Thye, Hjalmar Petersen, Elmer Benson, luther Youngdahl, Harold Stassen, J. A. D. Preus, and Elmer L Andersen. out the programs, \ ho can best run the lea e the church. He sta ed within the could be a change as soon as the next government. I think in many way, church and urged reform. I'd say Era - ten years. progressive Republicanism pro ide the mu and the progres ive Republican The one well-known Republican who best answers. tradition in 1innesota today have dlis I think is pretty close to the pragmatic, Ken Dayton once aid to me, "You much in common: both are very criti­ progressive Republican tradition i tate know, Elmer, I've got to tell you-the cal of what' bad and they eek to auditor me Carl on. To me, he ha liberal Republican per on i the b st of impro e thing , but the, don't want to reall earned the right to be the all world because there's an element of destroy. Republican candidate for the gover­ fiscal conservati m and a certain resist­ nd I must give orne credit to tho e nor hip. But apparently faction in the ance to change, but also a willingness who took 0 er the part. -it' there for Republican party think he' too liberal, to be pragmatic about what needs to be anybod to take O\·er. II you've got to and other factions think that person­ done." do is go to the caucu and get more all he i unattractive, \,vhateyer that That's why the approach of the reli­ people to the caucu e than an body means. In the la t electi n, Carl on was gious right more than just bothers me. else, elect delegate to the tate on- the bigge t Republican vote-getter in The whole country wa founded on ention, and ou're in charge. The the tate, and yet it doe n't seem very religious liberty. I find the litmus test religiou right did this, and they did it likel he's going to be end or ed by the attitude intolerable. That's not to sa 7, \ ell , and s th 'r entitled to the power Republican party. of course, that I would leave the part. . that the won. V hi h mean that the new tan­ ly favorite scholar of the Reformati n I am certainl ptimi tic dlat the tide dard-bearer for the progre ive tradi­ w s rasmus. He wa a priest ho saw is turning and that a progres ive tion may be orneone who is not yet the problems in the atholic Church Republi an rna be elected governor well-kno\ n. My advi e t tho e who a d wrote against them more effe - oon. I think th DFL party ha done would like to rekindle the progre iYe ti vel t han an bod . He wa briI­ a lot of good and ha a lot of good peo­ tradition is imple: carr;,- the caucu 10 Ii Intly sa t iri al in t he abuses of pI in it, but I think it' als getting a your home pr inct. If eyeryb dy d e indulgences and so on, et h didn't litt! tired and creak.'. 1 think there that, it will pr du e the ch:lOge . ~

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EW BEGI ,'1. ·GS. Autumn sonata. Inauguration. October 20, 1989, the long black line of educators stretches pa t orthrop .\laU, past Johnson Hall and " 'alter Library, past " ew Age student, hippie ', GI , and farmers' children, past times of resignation. retrenchment. reaction. and new horizon Nto the age of innocence and William Watts Folwell. Mace bearer. Color guard. Regents and faculty. Deans, chancellors, vice pre - idents, and speakers. President. Academic, gowned in hooded robes of black, blue, and crimson, marked by che\Ton . bars, and color, as emble in order of the founding of their institution '. The Vniver ity (If Cpp ala, H it, i' tirst. Harvard, 1636, next. Then Yale, 1i OI. Princeton, 1~46. and on and on to Arrowhead Community College, 19 I. Into orthrop, march and Ii 'ten to the sounds of pomp and circum 'tance, anthem. proces ion. and overtures that fill the hall. Rimsky-Kor 'akm', Ed"ard Greig. Schubert, Brahms, and TchaikO\ ' sk~ ·. Performance clear and ringing by Yolanda Williams, the t:ni\"ersity Symphonic Orchestra, churu " and the audi­ ence assembled. Minnesota hail to thee, Introduction, welcomes, presentation, . and remarks, Tribute ' to a colleague are made with hope and determination. Lieutenant governor Marlene Johnson pre ents the mace and inve 't I Til: Ha '­ selmo as thirteenth pre ident of the L'niversity of \tinnesota, A medallion gi,'en by the regent makes the ceremon~ ' complete, But tir ,t a presidential addre 'S, a reason to begin again , The pre ident from weden by way of . rizona; the lingui t, author, and profes or; the admirer of Mark Twain and. merican jazz offers a simple me sage: Ensure that the University of ,\tinne ota provides not JUSt acce s, but access to excellence. Do not try to be all things to all people, or indulge in the arrogance of pretending to be the only provider of higher education in the 'tate. Provide what the University can be t contribute. The people of \Iinnesota do not want, and will not accept, a University of linnesota that i just "pretty good"; they want an out tanding university, aid the new pre ident. In fact, he staked hi profes ional reputation a a lingui t and pre ident on it. nd 0 it end . tradition is carried out. link i made. All that i ' left i celebration. wedi h dancer. wedish fiddler. , a Ghanaian drum ensemble. A tring quartet, a jazz piani t, and a clas ici t. Food and cheer. Wi hes for . ucces .. And econd to take a nap hot in time. For the book. , for the archi\,e ·. reminder of new beginnings. To tart again......

PHOTOGRAPHS BY TOM FOL Y 16 JANUARY . FEBRUARY 1 990 \I1 .','[ SOl L l ' \I , 1 AS . 0 CIT I o. 11 HA K YOU FOR joining in this T celebration, a celebration of what the University of Minnesota has been, is, and above all, will be. We are reminded that we are a link in a great tradition, a tradition of freedom, opportunity, and responsibility to ACCESS TO explore, to learn, to teach, and to erve. We are here to enjoy our sense of com­ munity, a community of scholarship and learning that spans the generations. EXCELLENCE On a late September day in 1965 , I walked into Folwell Hall to teach my first class of Old Norse Language and Providing access Literature. I had no thought of becom­ ing president of the University of Min­ to outstanding research, nesota. In fact, if! hadn't had the presi­ dent's daughter in my class, I may not teaching, and public service have known that the University had a president. tops President Nils Hosselmo's I was deep in thought about how to convey to the students all the wonders agenda for the 1990's of the Old Norse sagas, the intricacies of the poetry of the Vikings, and the shaping of the early Scandinavian lan­ guages out of their Indo-European past. (In other words, all the good things I had learned from my mentor, Einar Haugen.) Later that day, I was headed for Lindstrom, Minnesota, to continue my interviews with second- and third-gen­ eration Swedish-Americans. J was determined to write a grammar that would capture the interplay between Swedish and English that was charac­ teristic of speech in immigrant com­ munities-a grammar that would model the dynamics of language change. I also had a practical problem: When you "local and global," "unity and diver­ scientist , and profes ional in a broad arrive carrying your tape recorder, how sity," and "access and excellence." range of field s. There is the tradition do you convince a Minnesota farmer of public service, problem solving for that you are doing important lingui tic Tradition and Renewal society, through the application of the research-that you are not, after all, a expertise of the univer ity. The unique tape-recorder salesman in disguise? We work within a great tradition. The contribution of the American land-grant I did solve that problem. A Swedish University of Minnesota represents univer ity is the weaving together of accent helps-at least among Swed­ three important strands in the history these traditions into an int grated ish-Americans. of higher education. There i the tra­ whole, and making the opportunities Now, 24 years later, I confront dition of liberal education that inform and fruit of teaching, re earch, and another problem. How can I share with the mind and enriches the pirit through public ervice available to the people you a vision for the future of this uni­ the rudy of the humanities, the ci­ without s cio conomi , ra ial, thni , versity, a vision that will make sense to ences, and the fine arts. There is the or gender-related barrier . you-and to all the people of this fine tradition of research and graduate and This i a great traditi n, b cause t state? I will try by stressing four themes professional education that creates new aspires to the highe t achievements ( f that seem to me essential. I have called knowledge, and en ures the compe­ the human mind and spirit for the go I these themes "tradition and renewal ," tence of new generations of scholars, of all people. It repre nts an unflin 1-

18 JANUARY . FEBR A RY 19 90 Ing commitment to excellence without our university community cannot be cultures and the men and women rep­ exclu ivene s. It means that we strive isolated. Locally, nationally, globally, resenting those traditions. Just as uni­ for the highest accomplishments in the restructuring we face takes many versities use their diversity-applying . umanistic scholarship, scientific forms . It involves political, economic, diverse disciplines to a particular prob­ research, and artistic creativity, but and social change. ew opporrumttes lem-so must our faculty, staff, and without exclusivity. It means that the for political participation; new eco­ students engage diverse cultural back­ ultimate purpose is to serve all people, nomic opportunities-and a new eco­ grounds in building a better society. but serving best by striving to be the nomic competitiveness; new challenges best. of social integration. 11 of these AccesJ and &cellence This tradition has another charac­ changes are global in their impact. The recognition of diversity leads to teristic that is essential: It is a tradition ever has John Donne's famous line, the recognition that access i central to that insists on renewal. This is no par­ "No man is an island entire of itself," achieving our social goals. Ensuring that adox . The tradition I'm speaking of is had more applicability. 0 man or the access provided by the niver ity a r:-adition of purpose and process, not woman or child, or tate, or nation is of Minnesota i an access to excellence a traditi n of content. It is why and how "an island entire of itself' today. Our is the most fundamental issue we face . we do what we do that is part of our tradition gives u deep local roots. The This is not a matter of choice. We, you tradition, not what we do. The que - "why we do what we do" till has a and I, have the ta k of providing acce tion why i answered, "for the benefit local manife tation, "for the people of to excellence and of making it known of all people." The que tion how i Minnesota." But this statement of our to the people of linnesota that that is answered , " with excellence." The local re ponsibility is now, by neces­ what we are doing. an wer to the question what is deter­ sity, being changed to "for the people How then do we achieve acces to mined by the continuing development of this nation, and thi "orld." This i excellence? of the academic di ripline and the not becau e our local respon ibilities It is important that thi not be a pe­ professions, and b the changing need ha e Ie sened, but becau e they have cious argument or merely a logan. Are of society. become indistinguishable from our we not limiting the enrollment at the We stand n the dividing line between global re pan ibilities. The "what," niver it)'? Yes, we are. Are we not two decade . Between a decade of what the University must do, i influ­ focusing on certain type of acti"itie que tion and" hat must be a decade enced by an agenda beyond local con­ to the exclusion of other ~ Yes , we are. of answers. Between a decade when the trol. If we do not place our activitie in How then can uch limitation be \ orld and the nation realized that this global context, , e will not sen'e reconciled with access with en'ice to change a coming, that change wa the state well . all people? The answer is that, given nece sary, and that change was possi­ limitations on our resource , we mu t ble, and a decade that must deal with make choices for the niver ity of the consequence and opportunitie of our tate and nation become more 1innesota that reflect our uniqu~. or change. Bet~ een a decade when interdependent with the rest of the restructttring-perestroika- became the at least pecial, contribution to the world, we face the problem of pre erv­ catchword of East and We t and a dec­ tate, "ithin the broader y tern of ing unit)" a special identity, , hile rec­ ade that must see that restructuring higher education. \ e mu t be a prop­ ognizing diversity. How can we carried out to the benefit of our nation erly balanced in titution. pre erve a s ciety that is unified in it and the world . Let u I k briefly at each of our three basic ideal and purp e, while rec­ In this univer ity too, we face the major areas of respon ibility: teaching, ognizing that our a iet)' i made up of question of restructuring. decade f re earch, and publi ervice. man races, nationalities, and cul­ academic planning has laid the foun­ In teaching, acce to excellence ture , all of which have contributed, dation for the renewal of thi institu­ mean that the niver ity of linne- and are contributing, to the rich tap­ tion within the framework of it land­ ota \ ill erve all the people b t by e tr that we call the nit d tat ? grant mi i n. Thi i a time when our concentrating on tho e a peet of edu­ an educational in titution, , e have abilit to renew our elve within our cation that it can be t provide. Thi a fundamental re pon ibilit in thi diti nib ing tested . Will we be able mean mo t area of graduate and r gard. Ju t as uni er itie them Ive to meet the demands of the 1990 ? profe ional edu ation, where th ni­ e k to maintain a c mm ncar f It i m hope that thi p ech will be ver it, i the onl " or by far the large t, learning, urr unded b ' the p ial­ interpr ted as an an wer to that que - pr "ider. But it al 0 mean that the tl n, a a re ounding es! iz d disciplin , ne" generation need niver it)' f linne ta mu t concen­ to I am th common core of demo­ trate on pr viding a pe ial kind f L ocal and Global cratic alue that are deri d fr m the undergraduate education. Thi can be We tern ultural tradition, but , ithin done becau e the ni,'er ity Her the larg r context of the man. other undergraduate educati n in an em'i-

MI ' N OT ALUM I \ oe l . TION 19 ronment of graduate and professional means that the University should be must inve t in intellectual talent. W( education, research, and public service. Minnesota's window to the rich world face a shortage of faculty tal en With more than 35 ,000 undergrad­ of research and scholar hip, in thi throughout thi countr - indeed uates, we are, and will remain, one of country and in the world at large. It around the world-and that mean the large t undergraduate institution should provide a Minnesota capability ine itably m re recruitment and reten­ in this country. But the University that will sustain a strong research and tion pres ure. It al 0 mean making th shares respon ibility for undergradu­ development effort for the tate's highly be t u e of our own graduate and ate education, and certain types of technical and ophisticated business and professional education, not relying on graduate education, with other public industry, for its agriculture and bio­ spinoffs from elsewhere. and private in titutions. It is not the technology, for its state and local agen- The return on the investment in t1us only provider. It should try to erve with access to excellence in research are the highe t quality those students who enormously valuable to this state. The have the ability and willingne s to return in ca h alone i impressive. Last complete the new preparation require­ "11 year the faculty, through individual ments that will go into effect in 1991 : n decadeof entrepreneur hip, brought in m re tha n four years of Engli h, three years each $200 million in sponsored research of mathematics and science, two years academic planning funding. Most of these dollar would of social studies, and two years of a not have come into the 1innesota second language. It hould admit stu­ has laid the economy without thi effort. The) dents from every part of the state and translate, depending on the formula every walk of life, within its capacity foundation for used, into at least 4,600 to 5 600 jobs, for high-quality education, and with 60 percent of them outside the niver­ special provisions to en ure that those the renewal of sity. They tran late into $1 billion worth whose education has been hindered by of economic activity. That is a ubstan­ ocioeconomic, racial, ethnic, or gen­ this institution tial return on the state's inve tment of der-related obstacles get the opportu­ tax dollar in the ni er ity, now nity to succeed. within the amounting to les than one-third f the One indication of the problem we University's total budget. And that does face in undergraduate education is our framework of not even con ider the mo t important low graduation rate. We now graduate benefit of re earch, scholar hip, and less than 30 percent of our students after its land-grant arti tic activity-the return in quality five years. AJthough there are legiti­ of teaching and quality of public serv­ mate reasons why the graduation rate mlSszon. ice, and the return in information, cannot be 100 percent, 30 percent is know-how, knowledg , in ight, and in simply not acceptable. Access to excel­ enrichment of life in the state. lence means access to education that ometimes I hear people say: If the leads to graduation within a reasonable cies, for its nonprofit organization professors didn't have to do all thi time. This means basic and applied scientific research, they would be better teach­ We have an excellent faculty, but we work as well as humanistic scholarship ers! That almo t makes m 10 e my suffer from overextension and over­ and artistic activity. It means an supposed candina ian re erve. I crowding. Quality means better acces understanding, through knowledge of almost get irritated! Research, chol­ to the faculty through smaller clas es. other cultures, of both our own diver­ arship, and artistic activit are the It means fewer students per adviser and sity and that of the world at large. The driving force in the intellectual activity better instructional equipment. Qual­ state needs a capability in the study f that we call a univer ity. The fact that ity mean better preparation for teach­ the universe and the atom, the human they are all done in the same in titurion ing assistants. It means better study mind and the human body, Shake­ as the teaching and the public servic space and better access to libraries and speare and the gene, Bach and uper­ is our unique str ngth. This create a laboratories. Quality mean more conductivity. The state needs a synergism that i one of the main rea­ opportunities for participation in capability in the development f sons for the extraordinary vitality of this research and service activities. Quality supercomputing and natural resource university communit . means creating communities that can management, in cardio a cular sur­ It i quite another matter that teach­ serve the students' intellectual, ial, gery and theater production, in bio­ ing i also important, and mu t be rec and recreational needs-in residence technology and literacy, in ognized and rewarded as uch . We ha , halls, campus organizations, and stu­ environmental planning and foreign not done as well as w should in tha dent government. language. respect in th pa t, here and in oth In research, access to excellence To have these capabilities, the state research univer iti . We have out

20 J A RY . FEORUARY 1 990 .; tanding teaching b y fir t-rate It ha been alleged by our very own those unaccustomed to understate­ re earcher , sch lar , and arti ts. In analy t of the human predicament, the ment. They want an out tanding fa ct, I would vouch that much of the philosopher from Lake Wobegon, university! utstanding teaching is done by fac­ Minnesota, Garrison Keillor, that this In order to avoid any possible lin­ ulty member who are also out tand- is the state of "pretty good." \ hile I gering misunder tanding, any linguis­ 109 cientist, cholars, and artist . e he itate to take issue with a person of tic ambiguity I ha e shed some of my mu t make ur that outstanding such magnificent insight into life, uni­ own understatement today. I want to teaching is r cognized, n t only thr ugh ver allife a manife ted in mall-town state very clearly that "pretty good" in special award , but in pr motion, ten­ Minne ota, I mu t provide an alterna­ its normal meaning is not what the ure, and alary deci ion . Quality tive anal sis of "pretty good." niversity of Mione ota is or will be. teaching i a important a qual it, This, then, i the agenda for the re earch; b th are indi pen able. niversity of 1inne ota in the 1990 : In public en'ice, acce to excel­ lence mean that the ni\'er ity h uld Aspirations Plans Results provide a tatewide infra trucrure for ''E nsuring that and Accountability pr blem Iving and, through it, acc linnesota wi Il to all the experti e available at the ni­ the access encourage the highe t aspiration po­ ver ity. ne m del i the 1inne ta ible for all it campu e and agencies. Exten i n n 'ice. nd it i truly an provided by cces to excellence will be the fun­ excepti nal m el. Building on a tr ng damental criterion applied in the e\'al­ traditi n of en-ice to a predominantly the Universit uation of teaching. research, and public agrarian iet)', it now en'e b th it ervlce. old and many new functi n . It deal of Minnesota The ni\'er ity will tay the \\ ith y uth devel pmem, child nutri­ cour e of ten year of academic plan­ ti n, waste management, water qual­ IS an access ning. We ha\'e made the commitment it)', community devel pment. to make the tough choice; we're mak­ leader hip training. and mediation (in to excellence co nne ti n \\ ith the farm cri i ) a well ing them with care to continue the land­ grant mi ion. In the 1990 , we will as fulfilling it more traditi nal r Ie a is the most concentrate on implementation and an in~ rmation urce for pr ducti n re wt . agnculrure. The bett r the ni\'er it)' fundamental The L niver ity will be account­ in general i , the b tter will b ur pr bl m- Iving capacit),. issue we face. able. in e\'el')' re pect, t the Board of Techn logy tran ' fer i the new Regent , to the governor. the legi la­ ture, it alumni, and friend - ulti­ catchword for certain ~ rm f public mately to the people of Iinnesota. It service, ur ffice ~ r Re earch and will be accountable in fmancial mat­ Technolog ran ~ r dmini trati n I am com'inced that "pretty g d" ter ; it will be accountable in term of ha devel ped int an effe tive me h­ the pre umed willingne of linne 0- program , in rep rting what we are ani m for linking ni\'er ity re arch tan t etde for "pretty g d," h uld trying to d and what the r wt are; with the public and pri\'ate ector. La t n t be interpreted a a willingne t and it will be acc untable in term of year, the niversity ranked ~ urth in etde for medi rity. a lingui t, and effective management. the nati n in the number of pat nt a candinavian, I am quit familiar with granted from facult. re earch, behind the phen menon called under tate­ Institution onl lIT, th entire niver ity of m nt. I firml~ ' believe that it i thi An for tbe tudents C ali~ rnia y tern, and tan~ rd.' minimali ,t appr ach to language that In each ca e-in t aching, r earch, i at \\' rk in Lake Wob gon. "Pretty , tir t and and public en'i e-we are erving all g d" i imply a linne ota \\'ay of ~ remo t, an in tiruti n ~ r the tu­ the people f linn ta o \: do n t d aying "out tanding." Y u betcha! dent . Their welfare, th ir intellectual th i by trying t b all thing t all pe - I'm peaking n the ba i f thi lin­ de\-e1opment, and their preparation f r pIe, n t b)' indulging in the arr gan e gul tI anal), i . In fact, I'm t day pr du tive and rewarding pr fe i nal f pretending t b th nl)' pr vider taking m~ ' pro~ ional r putation a a and per nal live will guide de i i n­ f higher edu ati n in the tat . We d lingui t and a pre ident f thi univ r­ making at all leveL. t:li by pr viding a ce ' t what we an ity n thi interpretati n: The p pIe Th tudent will b challenged le t nO'ibut t th p pIe of th tat . f linne ta d n't W:lnt, and will n t to prepare well ~ r th ir ' pecific cours hat' what acc s to excell n a ept, a niver it)' if J\lmn ta that of tudy bef re they enter the n\\'er­ r ea n . i ju t "pretty g d" in th parlan e of ity' pr gram; they will be hal-

\11'1 T \ \ L L' \1 'I \ -' 1\ T 1 "I 21 lenged to complete their degrees in the on principles of equity and fairness . ver ity, a a community, ha paid uch shortest time possible. The University will strive to careful attention to developing its owr The University will work with the recruit and promote women and in titutional vision. public schools to increase the high minority faculty and staff members in Ju t a the quality of a great univ r­ chool graduation rate of students of numbers that equal or exceed their sity i a function of the quality of its color; it will recruit and graduate stu­ availability in the profe sian. Every faculty, ci il service staff, tudents, dents of color in number that equal or effort will be made to help increa e alumni, and friend -in ther words, exceed the proportion of such students availability through recruitment and the quality of its community - so is its graduating from high school. graduation of women and minorit vision essentially a community vision graduate students. President don't make univer ities great, The Search for university communities do. and Application of Knowledge I was drawn back to Minnesota because I enjoy working with tu­ 4P Teaching, research, and public " D dents, faculty, civil ervice staff, alumni, service will be developed as expres­ .l\.esearch, the governor, the legislature, and all the sions of a single, unifying purpose, the 4.5 million Minnesotans, to tty to build search for and application of knowledge. scholarship the best university anywhere. Ther is The Univer' ity will encourage and nothing that is more important for the support outstanding teaching at the and artistic state of Minnesota at this time. Thi undergraduate, graduate, and profes­ country need outstanding research, sional levels by rewarding good teach­ activity are teaching, and public service more than ing and advising and providing facilities, ever, and the Univer ity of Minne ora equipment, library and other infor­ the driving is ready to help forge state and national mation resources, and other logistical plans and policies for the "kn \ ledge support. force in the ociety," the "information age," the The University will encourage and "global communit " f tomorrO\i . Our support outstanding research, schol­ intellectual local need are now inextricably inter­ arship, and artistic activity by provid­ twined with national and international ing the same kind of logistical support. activity that developments, and a maj r re earch The University will encourage and university has the abilit t bring the support outstanding public service we calla world to Minnesota and Minnes ta to programs by providing an effective the world. statewide infrastructure through which university. " The opportunit to do whate er I University expertise can help solve can to contribute to thi uni er it)' societal problems, and through which community-to help it realize its hared discoveries and innovations derived vision-i a humbling challenge, bur from University research can be put into The University will continue to it is one I have accepted with enthu i­ practical use. develop the public-private partnership asm, in the knowledge that I have the it enjoys by working with alumni and help of people who care deepl ab ut A University Community with the University of Minnesota the University of Minnesota. Foundation and other supporters of the I wrote orne of these comment sit­ . The Univer ity will seek to be, in University to foster even stronger ting in an old chair made by my grand­ every respect, a community of stu­ cooperation. father. He was a carpenter in a small dents, faculty, and civil service staff The University will provide a town in southern wed en. I can till working toward common goals. Open­ physical environment that, by being remember walking into his work hop, ness and respect for differing views will both attractive and functional, will my little paw in his big, callou ed hand. characterize the administration and contribute to a sense of community, and I remember the wonderful sm 11 f governance of the University. support the highest-quality teaching, wood. I rememb r the stor room fu ll .. The University will strive to research, and public service. of birch, maple, and pin . r e en compensate and reward its faculty and This declaration of intent-this remember something of the wonder I civil service staff in a manner commen­ agenda for the 1990s-is properly our felt at the way my grandfather could surate with their responsibilities. In a academic vision for the future, not mirle. transform the e rough pieces of WOOl' highly competitive environment, com­ What drew me back to the University into tables, chair, ofas, chest . HI pensation must, by necessity, continue of Minnesota was not the chance to created out of the material at ham to be based on market conditions, but impose-ex cathedra-my vision of a something that wa beautiful and useful compensation policy also will be based university, but the fact that the Uni- That i also our task.

22 J AN UARY · FEBRU RY 19 9 0 Legislative Networking Made Easy With help from Jour state legislators, alumni at the Minnesota Alumni Associations tenth annual Leadership Day learned hmv to build legislative support Jor the University

BY SUSA VOLKMER

"Lobbyillg is not a dirty word. The worst and Steven Gold tein, 1 A national commitment of tho e attending thi thing a legisLator can do is vote lminformed, president. The workshop included role­ event. ' and there are very few Lobbyists who don't playing, di cus ion of key issue and "Thi i not a daunting task that we have good information to help us in decisiol1- tips on nen orking from the four metro­ are etting for you," concluded French. making. Lobbyil1g isn't arm twisting; it's area legi lators. • These people are your neighbor and makil1g sure your LegisLator has the The program follow in the 1A ' your friend . They incerely belie\'e II1fonnation necessary to make an informed long tradition of eeking public up­ that their role i to do what rou want I decision 011 issues of concern to you." port for the niver ity aid Carlon, them to do for • our own good and the REP. 0 IE 10RRI 0 referring to one of the a ociation' ear­ good of the state." JR, DIStrict 3 A liest effort : a 190 meeting \ ith the governor at \ hich alumni leaders urged Can Alumni TH PIRIT of learning hO\ to the chief executive to allow the a soci­ Make a I pr ide "good information" about the ation to nominate all candidate for the Difference? Univer it of Minnesota to legislators Board of Regent . 10 t recent! ', aid like M rri on, 7 alumni Univer ity Gold tein, the as ociation ucceeded in I taff, and friend attended the tenth changing the wa regent are elected ''The Mi,mesota Alumlli Association is the annual Leader hip Da of the Minne- b propo ing and helping ecure pa - sleeping giant of the niversi(}'. 1au ha-'e Sota lumni ss ciation (M ) cto­ sage of a bill that created a itizen great potmtial for inJlue11 I! because you care I ber 21 at Coffman Memorial Uni n. Regent andidate d\ i or Council. about this state, thl!' ,'and the role the The a ociation' current alumni leg­ plays in the state." i lati e network, begun in 19 ,will TO~I EL - :-< be .. orking \ ith the 1inne ota Exten­ Director ofstat( relatlollS ion ervice and other niver ity col­ lege, ch I, and gr up to pr \'ide HIL OILY a few i ue mak legislat r .. ith information about th W the front page of the paper, _6 niver ity' 1990 reque t, which tanding ommittee ,ea h with t\\ or include bonding for thirteen proj ct . thre ub mmitt e , m et regularh' lumni are th key to the niver i­ during the legi lative e i n t~ \\' r'k t' uccess at the legi latur , aid el­ out m 'riad other i ue that onfr nt son. " lumni ha e a trem ndous the tate. potential and can mak a po iti e irnpa t "Legi lati\'e bodi ar rea rive b d­ on the ni ersity' legi lative requ t," ies," aid R p. Jim Heap, That mean he xplai ned . "I'm impre ed with the that, ~ r many i u ,ju t five

1'..lUSTRATED BY JULIA TALCOTT \\ I 1 E ' T \ -\ L L' \\ ' I \ ' 23 phone calls, ViSitS, or letters may be pie: a that ou are an alumnu f the enough to indicate an issue's impor­ University who care about it future tance and gain a legislator's attention. and tell why; ay what you would like "The legislature is a place where our legi lator to do and why hi or her problems are solved, and legislator support is needed; a k for a com­ need to hear from constituents about mitment. the problems and how they might be bers of two key committee that deal • Don't feel that you ha\'e to kno\\ solved," aid John French, M leg­ with the Univer ity, and other legisla­ everything; if you're a ked a que tion islative affairs chair. He stres ed that tive leader . you can't answer, say you don't knO\\ because legislators are neighbors and • Help your legislators by Ii tening to but will find out and get back to him friends, they're approachable; and their concern attending a local forum or her later. because alumni know about the nl­ or meetings they might hold. versity, care about its future, and have • Serve a your legislators' personal What's no direct financial interest in the out­ link to the niver ity of Minnesota year So Important come of issues they are advocating, they round by inviting them to be your guest About This are the b t advocates for the Univer ity. at Univer ity and alumni events and by Session? "A call from a constituent, or calls being available to answer questions and from half a dozen constituents, who help create an understanding of the support the 'U' and are recognized as niversity. "The University is 110 lor1ger tbe number voters who aren't on the Univer it of To make a contact you can: one kid on the block. Other educational .I)'s­ Minnesota payroll, are just as impor­ • Make an appointment to visit your tems are maturing alld competing-this IS tant as the best testimony or the slick­ legislators at the Capitol or in your di - a major change. "'fore studellls are 1I(y!1. est presentation we can give in a legis­ trict. Legislators are most easily reached enrolled in otber systems, so tbere IS a much lative session," said Rick He dinger, in their home districts between es­ more competitive environment Jor JU/lds " vice president of external relations. sions or on weekend early in the es­ E• . BILL L TlirR "Your job as alumni legislative volun­ sion. You may also need to contact them DFL, DIStrict -r teers is very valued . Legislators look to at the Capitol during the legislative you for your support." session when important action regard­ H 1990 legislative es ion i pro­ ing University issue will be taken. T grammed to be short-ten What Will • Phone your legi lators. Leave your weeks-and expected to be hectic. The an Alumni Legislative name and number and ask to be called legi lature will con ider between 500 Network Volunteer back if your legislators are unavailable and 00 bills, including the niversi­ when you first call. ty's $126.8 million request to pr "ide Be Asked to Do? • Write a letter, preferably only one bonding for thirteen building projects. page. Use your per onal or business The project are: Years ago in Washington, D. c. , those who stationery with an address in the dis­ • Integrated waste management wanted to find out what was happenillg in trict if possible. facility, fire and afety code imprO\'e­ Congress, or wanted to inJluence the Ollt­ ments, and handicapped access, come ojsome legislative decision, would gather How Can You Be ystemwide. in the lobby oj the grand old Willard Hotel an Effective Alumni • ddirion to the Biological cience · where they were sure to catch the legislator Legislative Network Building, T\ in me . whose ear they wanted to bend or arm they Volunteer? • Renovation of Wil on and t. Paul wanted to twist. They came to be called Central libraries, Twin Itle. "lobbyists. " • Live tock teaching and re earch • Think of your legislator as your facility, Tv in Itles . HE M ' GO L for the 1990 friend or neighbor and take a genuine • ddition of a music performance T legislative session is to have at lea t intere t in his or her point of vie\\'. laborator to Ferguson Hall, TWIn one alumni legislative network volun­ • Be read to talk r write about why itie . teer in each district and more than one the ni er ity i important to rou per­ • ampus center, Duluth. in orne key districts. sonall and profes ionall , u ing • Reno ati n f existing recreational part of the network you would: examples from y ur own experience. sport facilitie , T" in ltles. • Contact your legi lator , other leg­ • Organize your presentation. Plan • Rem deling f the lectrical Engi­ i lators you know per onally, mem- your message c1earl and keep it sim- neering Building for m chani al engi .J

24 J RY - FEBR R Y 1990 neering, Twin Itles. ways. niversity research contributed • Renovation of and addition to the more than $200 million to the state in rchitecture Building, Twin Citie . 19 alone; the niversity' hospital, • Renovation of the eterinary libraries, extension service, and other Diagno tic Laboratory, Twin Cities. special projects prO\'ide valuable er\,­ • gricultural Operations Manage­ ice to i\linne otan ; and approximately ment Center, Crookston. tant," said Rick Heydinger, external 33 percent of the tudents enrolled in • Campus Center/ Food ervices relations vice president, "but in fact, state colleges and seh Is were enrolled Building, Wa eca. it's crucial." at the niver ity during tbe 19 • Renovation of the tudent union, The state's niverSlty appropriation school year. Morris. cover : The next century ,viII challenge "We know we won't get all thirteen, • mo t of the niversity' instruc­ educational in titutions to participate but we're working to make it ver ' dif­ tional budget, with proceed from pri­ in an increasingly global market, said ficult for the legi lature to a no on vate campaigns providing the "margin en. Luther. The ' ni\'er itv mu t any of them," aid Tom el on, direc­ of excellence"; compete not only with the maturing tor of tate relations. • all of the infra tructure costs, tate uru\'er ity and community col­ "Bonding bill are not easy, but thi including building, staff; lege ystems in ,\1innesota, but with one i very important to the' '," aid • all of the niversity' servic , uch institutions in other stat and countries. Rep . Jim Heap. "I think it will have as the tinnesota Extension en'ice and To succeed, the Cni\'er ity must have more to do with olidifying our future libraries; sufficient fund to continually upgrade at the' 'than anything el e. It will • mo t of the niver ity' building the caliber of the teaching, research, and gi 'e u £ rward momentum." con tructjon co t . en'ice it offer, aid en. Luther. The "It's been a partnership for 130 years," legi lature realizes that to compete in The Big aid Rep. Heap. "The' 'relatjon hip the global market, the tate mu t ha\'e Picture with the legi lature ha been te ted the trongest ba ic education r tern recentl" but the legi lature ha been available. tate manlike in managing the conflict. "It's not a question of what we've done ill 11 relation hip have moment of What the last 130 years that's at stake. It's what train, conflict, and difficulty, but if it Can I Do? 'we're dOl11g in the next century. Lobbying all works a it should. tho e m ment 1forts i11 the 1990 session are for more than lead to a tronger union." bncks alld mortar. They'll be gi'l.'ing dIrec­ The challenges of the last few years­ all or write Jane White ide at the tion alld momentttm to cany us i11l0 the of financial mi management, athleti , linne ora Alumni ociation, J 00 next centUfy. " change brought about by ommit­ Morrill Hall, JOO hurch t. REp. JI.\\ HEAP ment to Focu ,and ther -ha\'e b en linneapoli ,~1 54: -; telephone fR, Distnct 458 perhap the greate t in the niver Ity 612-62'kL3. hi tory, aid en. BIll Luther. "The e H IV R ITY of 1inne ora c nflic ha\'e been unfortunat , but the For ore T wa founded in 1 5 J a an aut n­ fa t that the' 'ha un'i\'ed and the Information omou in titution governed by it o\\'n wa it has sun;\'ed ya I tin i favor." Board of Regent . \ hen 1inne ota Re ulting change in admini tra­ became a rate even ear later, the tion, the Board f Regent, and per- • ~ r C niver ity legi latiye informa- Vni er it)' wa con titutionally guar­ nnel are clear ign of an effort t tion: tate Relati n Hi e, 6L-62+- anteed autonomy. The tate and it re t re confiden e in the r lation hip _ 55 . univer ity might have had little t d between the ni\'er ity and the legi - of \I ith each th r \ ere it n t £ r tax d l­ lature, aid en. Luther, adding that Ia r . Th niver ity r lie n th m. the legi lature i eager to in rea e the Today the tate acc' unt £ r appr . i­ "r en'oir of g d\\'ill" it ha begun to n atel, ' 2 p rent f the ni\'er itr' experienc in it relati n hip with the I. billi n bi nni I budget, and th l ni er ity mu t a ount to th I gi - nl\'er­ I. ture h wit p nd Ol\'er­ "That might n t many

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THE ULTIMATE ENVIRONMENT L BATTLE MAY BE FOUGHT ON 180,000 ACRES OF MINNESOTA PEATLAND : MINE THE LAND FOR MINERALS TODAY, OR PRESERVE THE FRAGILE ECOSYSTEM FOR TOMORROW?

YI G ACROSS northern Minne­ ham believes that large-scale mining is H IMPORT C of pearland I Lsota like a great, soggy blanket is sure to upset the delicate balance of T goes beyond the species it sup­ the last truly unspoiled wilderness left peatland water tables and alter the port directly. cienti t speculate that in the contiguous United States. chemistry of the water, eventually if the greenhouse effect produces gl bal Formed of water and decaying plant destroy ing the ecosystem. "Almost warming, causing the water table to fall matter, this ancient habitat is home to anything you do in the watershed that and the peatlands to dry out, these huge more than 25 rare plant and animal feeds the peatlands can alter them sub­ tracts of semicarbonized plant remains species. It encompasses 7 million acres stantially," he says, "and permanent will begin to oxidize. When thi hap­ within Minnesota and sprawls over the mines developed within the peatlands pens, they will release carbon dio ide border into Canada, where it origi­ themselves would definitely ruin them." into the air, Gorham explains, adding nally covered most of a vast area reach­ Originally from ova Scotia, Gor­ to the huge quantities of that gas already ing from Manitoba to the eastern shores ham studied peatlands in England, present from centuries of burning fo - of Hudson Bay. It is one of the most Sweden, and Canada before joining the sil fuel. However, in their normal state, complicated ecosystems on earth, yet University in 1962 . Much of his peatlands already produce methane. much of it may be gone before we even research has centered on peatland bio­ another greenhouse ga , from meth­ come to understand what it is or why geochemistry-the chemical cycles of anogenic bacteria that live in the water­ I we should save it. the nutrients and other elements within logged vegetation. If the water table I At the moment, the fate of Minne­ this habitat, and the role peatlands play falls, these methane em is ion are Iikelv sota's peatlands-commonly know as in the acidification of lakes. Through to cease while carbon-dioxide emi '- , bogs-rests heavily on mining com­ his studies, he has come to appreciate sions will take their place. panies, which hope to find gold under this unique landscape that has been "We'll be decreasing one greenhouse that inscrutable, mossy mantle. If they shunned throughout history by humans gas and increasing another," say Gor­ do, an unwanted wasteland will be who considered it a barren, inhospita­ ham. "But no one knows yet ho that transformed overnight into some of the ble wasteland. In reality, he ays, it is will balance out." hottest property in the state. But there a complex, fragile ecosystem. To learn more about this process, are those who believe that the bog itself Peatlands support a variety of plants, Gorham and other peat expert at the is worth as much or more than any gold from water-loving sedges, rushes, and Limnological Research Center are that may lie in the bedrock beneath it, mosses to carnivorous plants such as studying small , i olated "pothole peat­ and they are fighting to preserve this sundews and pitcher plants, and flow­ lands" cattered throughout Minne­ wilderness before it is too late. ers such as orchids and lady's slippers. sota, as well as the large peatland in At the forefront of the loosely orga­ In Minnesota, peatlands are home to the northern part of the state. By nized movement to save the peatlands such mammals as moose, northern bog ob erving these smaller peatlands, the is Eville Gorham, University Regents' lemmings, eastern timberwolves, and researchers hope to gather a b dy 01 Professor of Ecology and Botany, and possibly even cougar, as well as the information to use a a guide shoul staff member of the niversity Lim­ breeding grounds for more than 70 bird the arne area change a a re ult ot nological Research Center, dedicated to species, including the bald eagle and global warming. "In alllikelih ,th ( the study of freshwater habitats. Gor- hort-eared owl. wetland will be the earli est indicator J

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BRUARY 1990 The Night IS mother oj the Dl~)', The Wimer of the prillg, lid l!'C'Cr IIpon old DWlJ Tbe grcmest mosses cling.

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STRATED BY STEVE HOLDENljOHN MARTIN AND ARTISTS LIMITED \l1'l I~TI ~ 27 Today the peatlands are completely unprotected, and three of the original core areas may soon be put up for lease to mining companies. of climate change in this area," Gor­ and ae thetic resource. But for tho e ham says. "We are particularly con­ who look at thi va t wildernes from cerned about getting good de criptive an economic tandpoint, Gorham offers data on them now, so we'll have a basis another go d reason for keeping it pris­ for assessing climate changes in 50 years tine. "It' an economic resource that we or so." shouldn't waste casually," he argu s But changes may come to northern "The longer we keep these pearland , Minnesota peatlands much sooner than Peatlands are home to sundew, the greater their ultimate economic that if mining companies currently a carnivorous plant. value. It's like money in the bank. The: exploring the area find the gold the), minerals and the energy potential will say is concealed in the underlying bed­ be there a long as they are left alone. rock. Its location has baffled gold dig­ Why not keep them until we find there's gers for centuries, but this time UT WHILE me people dream of ab olutel), no other alternative left? prospectors have more than a vague Bfinding gold in a wasteland, Gor­ Energy conservation can ave far m re hunch that it's there. They base their ham has been working with other envi­ energy than we could get from expl it­ assumption on the hundreds of small­ ronmentalists to ensure that the most ing the peatlands. far as minerals to mid-sized gold mines peppering important tracts of peatland will be are concerned, if 100 or 200 year down southern Ontario all along the Cana­ protected should the metal be found. the road the la t bit of copper, nickel, I dian Shield-a huge slab of mineral­ For the last ten years, he has helped the or gold lie under the peatland , then rich volcanic bedrock that form a horse­ Minne ota DNR gather data on the we might simply have to mine th m. I shoe around Hud n Bay and extend peatlands and the many plants and ani­ In th meantime, why not keep the be:it into Minnesota, Michigan, and Wis­ mals that inhabit them. In 1984, the of the e peatland and onl), expl it them consin. Since Minne ota's pearland also D R ubmitted a prop sal to the state when, and if, we ever face dis3 ter?" lie over the shield, geologists say, it' legi lature to pr tect eighteen scientif­ Besides r pre enting a hedge again t rea onable to a sume that they, too, ically and ecologically important core future crises, peatlands are al 0 pre­ harbor veins of gold. The trick i to area of pearland totaling 180,000 acres, ciou becau e there is little of them find them. as well as a 320,000-acre buffer area left on a world scale. Peat build up at Although gold tops the list of de ir­ urrounding them. ltogether, the a rate of two inche per century, able find , mining companies are also DNR hoped to ave a half million according t the D R, yet humans exploring Minn ota' peatlands for acres- percent of linnesota's peat­ ha e ploited it with abandon. Ger­ other mineral , such as copper and lands-from mining. Tn addition, it many, Belgium, the Netherlands. and I nickel. In addition, through the years, specifically asked that all development Denmark. once covered with weeping various schemes have been proposed to be prohibited in the core area . p atland , have u ed up a1m t all their convert the peat into energy, as is done tate legislators, influenced by pre - peat for fuel, and Ireland is following in other countries such a Ireland, th ure from mining companie and pro­ in their foot teps. The viet ni n Soviet Union, and Finland. development forces, shelved the bill harve t approximatel 200 million t ns In the meantime, the prospect of a without a vote. Toda the peatlands are annual! , while Finland ha drained gold strike ha delighted northern completely unprotected, and three of more than half of it 25 mill ion acre f Minnesotans who count on the pre­ the original core area may on be put p atland f r f r str . cious metal to pur an economic b om up for lea e to mining c mpanie , Ith ugh huge area of peatland till in the area. One gold mine could according to D n rnosti, a pr ject exi t-mo t notabl in anada and employ 300 people dir ctly and another director with the Pr ject < nvir nm nt la ka-Minne ota' peatland repr ­ 300 indirectly, according to the I in­ ~ undation, a nonprofit corporati n sent an important piece of th world'.; ne ota Department of Natural concerned with preserving, prot t­ en ironmental heritage. "Peatlands take Resources (DNR), and would create an ing, and enhancing Minne ota's natu­ several th u and ear t Ii rm and indu try valued at $12 milli n d liars ral environment. or more. uch potential e onomic gains lth ugh the future i un ertain for may tend to overshadow th ecological Minnesota's peatlands, orham hasn't and scientific ben fits of the tate's given up hope that one day the wi ll peatlands. b pr served a an important scientifi

28 J \ N \ R Y • F F B R U A R Y I 'I Q 0 ''It's an economic resource that we shouldn't waste casually. The longer we keep these peatlands, the greater their ultimate economic value. It's like money in the bank.'

Scenes from peatlands in Minnesota's Itasca State Park include a ring of sphagnum mosses, above, and bunch berries and sphagnum wulfianum moss, below.

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where all niver ity Hlumn/I sso~ ia~:n faculty and staff mem­ (M ) helped mix the bers were invited to old and the new the week munch on taco and tor­ of October 2, joining in tilla chip courtesy of Chi Tthe niver ity of Minnes ta's" ele­ Chi's restaurant, while bration of Pride" at Homecoming 1989. the University Jazz Band Traditional activitie included the performed in concert. annual homecoming parade down The luncheon was the University venue, featuring the ni­ ~l ' way of aying I'ersity 1arching Band, area high ch I thank you to ni,'er ity marching band , and colorful float ; a employees for their bonfire; pepfe t; and the crowning f effort and hard work. homecoming ro alt)' Kri tin 1ilota and "It' a great idea," said Ian te aert at an~ rd Field. t the one staff member. "It aturday D tball game, the Gophers really makes you feel like defeated Purdue' B ilermaker 35-1-. omeone appreciates Yet traditional event weren't the only your work." hap p ning f the week. long with local The 1 helped e tabli h a new celebritie, 1A home ming tradition by organizing the emplo, 'ee took part in Univer ity' cond bl ck part ' and the celebration by erv­ flooding ic llet Mall in downtown ing food and beverage Minneap Ii with maro n and gold . "It really makes you feel like someone to the taff and faculty. De pite frigid weather, an e timated n e timated 3,000 12,0 Oto15,0 Oalumni, tudent ,and appreciates your work." turned out for the cele­ friends attended the party prior to at­ bration , topping la t urday' D tball game. Participation far :' ear' attendance b: exceeded the e timated 5,000 that orne 1,000 people. coordinat r had fir t anticipated. highlighted more than -to research pr j­ Other homecoming activitie The bl ck party, which was pon­ ects from the college ,chool ,and c r­ included reunion by "ariou college sored b the M in conjunction with dinatecampu fthe Cni,'ersity. 11 rry and chool . Fifty home economic the tudent H mec ming mmitte, 1 ntg mer)" pr -ident of the reat r graduates fr m the years 19++, '49, 4, incl uded a p p fe t, featuring former linn ota orporation, pok about '59, '64, '69, ' 4, and' 4 turned out for and present Univer it)' cheerleader, applied re earch and technol gy and the a elebration of Pride brunch at performance bv both the lumni rol each play in building Alinne ta' ~lc eal Hall n the t. Paul campu . Marching Band ;nd th current Uni­ future, p ifically its econ my. D. Fen­ liege of Home ver ity Marching Band, entertainm nt n 1 van, director of the ni\' r ity' iety, the brunch b" radio tation , and food endor enter for Int rfacial ' ngineering. r h me economic Offering e er thing from pizza to pa - explained th nature and impli ation of graduate fr m everal different year trte . 11 . n lude the part and p n ba ic research at the Vni,' r it\'. 'c\ca­ at one time. "\\'e' r g ing to tart to do the game, b th bands combined to demia in Review" attracted everal om thing lik thi e\' ry year," aid Jill mar h from th mall t the Hub rt H . hundred rud n ,faculty" tafl, and nO\1- Hagel, oordin,lt r f the eyent. "It' mphr 1etr d me. niver it)' ,oi 'it r' . ni e to haye the range f la e." Plan o celebrat pride in ni r ity ~ eel brate prid in ni"er it)' for n xt )'ear al in lude a pecial cel­ 1\ ea r h during h mec ming week, the empl re ,the l\ I p nsored a Fac­ ebration D r the cla s f 1940 a it cel- s( · nd annual " ademia in Revi w" u It)'/ ta ff Fi ta orthrop lall, brate it "Oth r union.

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Minnesota Alumni Association Executive Com­ ing, 6:30 p.m .. ntre Village ondomtnium JANUARY mittee . 7:30 a.m .• location to be announced. Minneapolis. 13TH School of Journalism and Mass Communication 26TH 8TH Mentor Program Orientation, 10:00 a.m ., Mur­ Institute ofTechnology Alumni Society Executive Phoenix Alumni Chapter Annual Meeting, time phy H all Auditorium, Minneapoli campus. Committee Meeting, 7:30 a.m .• Denny' Re tau­ and I ation to be ann unced . rant, Golden ail e . 18TH 9TH Biological Sciences Alumni Society Board Meet­ FEBRUARY Sun City Alumni Chapter Annual Meeting, time ing. 5:30 p.m ., 46 McNeal Hall , St. Paul 7TH and location to b announced. campus. University Women Alumni Society Board Meet- 10TH Biological Sciences Alumni Society Executive Council Meeting, 9:00 a.m., Denny's Restau­ rant , o l ~en alley.

13TH Band Alumni Society Executive Council Meeting, 7:00 p.m., 2 0 Ferguson Hall, Itnneapolls campus.

14TH College of Education Alumni Society Board Meet­ ing, 5:30 p.m.. ampus lub, offman n,on M inneap lis campus.

15TH Minnesota Alumni Association Executive Com­ mittee Meeting, 7:30 a.m .• location to b announced.

17TH Suncoast Alumni Chapter Spring Event. tlmt and location to be announced.

19TH School of Public Health Alumni Society Board Meeting. 4:30 p.m .• Room 1-301 la)'o. Imne­ apolis campus.

20TH Institute of Technology Alumni Society Board Meeting. 5:30 p.m .• location to be announced

MARCH

13TH Band Alumni Society Executive Council Meeting. 7:00 p.m .• 280 Ferguson H all . Minneal Ii campu .

15TH Biological Sciences Alumni Society Board Meet­ ing. 5 :30 p. m .• 260 Bi I gica] cien e enter St. Pa ul campus.

30TH Institute of Technology Alumni Society Executlvt Committee Meeting. 7:30 a.m .• Denny'S Rc ta ,­ rant. old en all ey.

31 J AN A R Y-FE BR UA R Y 1 990 L U M I ..... t Home in the Mayor's Office Little Falls' mayor is a home economist who knows her city's business

BY H RIB R E

LEXIBILITY ,\ D endurance are Fstandard requirement for Patricia pence, who can laim more j b de -cription thJn free time. he i in ncr 'econd term as mayor of Little Falls, a cit\' of 7,500 in central 1innesota' dairy c untry. In addition he i the owner, \\ ith her hu band, u)" of a gift and bridal shop that outfits area wedding parties. Finally, she i the thrilled but metim s exhau ted moth r of Da\'id, \1 ho, on May 19, made her a fir t-time parent at age 39. ' uch broadly demanding dutie fr­ quentl~ ' verlap, according to pence, II ho received a B. . in home conom­ IC ducation from th nil'ersity' in 19 I. ommittee meeting ' once held in it) hall n \\ might take place around the dlllll1g r om table of the pence' apartment, conveniently 10 ated above their main- tre t shop . .\11 of th e job app ar far removed Second-term mayor Pat Spence is a University home economics graduate with a husband, from pen e' plans to tea h high chool eight-month-old son, small business, and city to look after. home econ mlc . Knoll'n then a Pat Brandt, he graduated from high hool B)' the end of 19 6, ho\\ el'er, th cin'" fame a ' the hometown f u\'iat r in \ ill mar in 1967, and spent tll'O years rigid tructure of the cla. sroom em'i­ harle ' Lindbergh helped b st bu i­ at Wi ll mar ommunity' 'ollege be~ re ronment was lI'earing on the p n e~ , nes , but 'e\'eral maj r employer wer completing a degre at th ni\'er it)'. and the couple began t look f r other closing pbnt ·, and unemployment During her fina l nine months f under­ opportunitie . "It \\ a. n't a gn)\\ th hOI' red around _0 percent. :-'lany r - graduate work h \\'a ' a teaching intern experien e, and I n eded mor haI­ ident ,including pence, faulted the in tapl , 1inne ota, part fa ni­ I nge," he 'JY". city admini 'tration for it. la k of action ,crsity trial program that paid h r 900 Th nell' challenge turned up in Lit­ and antagoni tic attitude tOll'ard bu i­ for a fu ll teaching I ad. tle Falls, \\ here the ~ pence bought a ne ' del'e1opment. D spit the loll' pay, the intern hip gift shop in 19 and added ,1 bridal ,\ ' the 19 ' _ mayoral election neared, had long-term ad antages, u h as a\'­ bu 'ines ' four year. later. fh pences pence , ays, "Peopl 'tarted coming in ing p 'nce the trouble of applying ~ r 'oon be ame involved in community and urging me to run." Finall~ ' , thr job after graduation. he \\'a per­ i'su sand elents, but it \\ as uy, not da:- before filing clo ed, p n e went suaded to stay in taples, a ' ma ll to\\'n Pat, \\'h fin jumped into local p li­ to cit\· hall and joined the fil'e-wJ\' race . II ith "a good school sy t m and lot )f tic, el'l ing on the school board for si, . \ fe,~ ' \leek. Iat r, upported b~ " n arly opp rtunity' to groll'." years. lean\\ hi Ie, concern. \\ re ~() campaign work r ' , the :Iogan "P - ' he met and ma rri d taples I ­ gr wing Jbout the economic future of iti\"e Pat for ~ \ayor," and 61 percent of n cnta r), t a her u)' penc and Little Fa lls, a county 'eat in a region th I'ore, pence b came Little Fall ,' h Iped d vel p and lau nch a home e 'o­ II ith high unemplo~ ' 111 nt, relatively nell chi f polic: mak r. n lmics curriculum that is ti ll used in little industry, and a troubled farm he attacked the job \I ith character­ rl i nal econdary sch 015. eCOnOlll). arlJ~ ' amp Ripl yo an:l the i tic enthuia m. pene had ened on

PI OTOGRAPH BY DAN VOGEL \I I '1 F ~ 0 T \ \ L L \\ :-.. I \ ~ { 1 \ T 1 " 33 the library, symphony, and nited Way nearly even years on the job, her t shar ." bard, but had been to cit hall only b erver repeatedly point t her energy ucces e make the j b f a smal - a few tim before her candidacy. he and commitment. town ma or gratifying and exciting, b t studied, listened, and talked to as many " he br ught a lot f visi nand the duties have brought some han - people as pu ible, and soon realized enthusia m to the community," ay hip · a \ ell. ~ \ highl prizcJ that her first battle a mayor wa the Janna King, an industrial devel pment de el pment pr j cts have n t su - prevailing negative attitude about the specialist wh advi ed th joint city/ iv d th n g tiati n stage, including city's future. community quickly 10 es c unty community de.velopment cor­ a cheese plant t uted by v. Rudv energy when talk centers n "how the poration during pence' first term in Perpich , and Minne ota Downs, a city i dying," she says. office. Her commitment to dev I p­ ra etrack wh se financing ha b cn Ec nomic development i the key, ment, King recall , wa "ab lute" and affected by I suffered by the tate's pence beli ves, and she has aggres­ "undying." first track, anterbury D wn . sively ought new busine expan ion The g vernment's communi ation Even though she expected to pend and inve tment for Little Fall . To a with busines e had been a problem her working life a a teacher, prepara­ great extent, tho e effort have b en bef re pence \.Va elected mayor, tion ~ r the r Ie f mayor began during s ucce sful. boat manufacturing according to Little ails city council her niver ity day, according to complex ha been rebuilt and expanded, president Michael D ucette. p nce, pence. c nomics and management several new businesses ha e moved into h wever, ha been "able to meet with were emphasized in the li ege of the city, and unemployment has people and come to an under tanding Home Economic, "and tho e kills dropped m re than 50 percent. pence and then find ways t olve problem ," urely tran ferred." [n additi n, she has reveled in working out complex he ay . devel ped leader hip kills while f\­ financing arrangement and wo ing pence' relationship with the coun­ ing as president f the H m onom­ busine es by selling Little Fall' cil also ha b en welcome, ays Dou­ ic Board and through memb r hip in attributes. cette." he li kes to involve the council s veral com mitt e , bard , and home Technically, the job of Little Falls as much a p sible, so it becomes a e onomics organizati n . mayor i a half-time position that pays cooperati e idea r ucce tory. he I Jer tr nge t inv Ivement in 01- only $250 per month, but Spence' d n't try to tak all the glory. he lik versity actlVltle, pence re all , wa efforts have been un tinting. After to keep us informed and he' willing thr ugh int raction with faculty mem­ ber uch a former dean KeIth McFarland, wh m he call "uper­ Midewiwin Press announce supportive." Facul in olvement in the communit made them g od r Ie mod­ el , and the exam pi "couldn't h Ip but MEDICAL rub off." McFarla nd , n w reti red, remem­ REVOLUTION bers pence' leader hip potential. .. he was an ebulli nt, vital, livel crea­ tur ," he sa . "Nothing she' accom­ IN MINNESOTA plished in e he left the campu would A History of the University of surpri anyone." Minnesota Medical School Plenty of i ue remain in Little Falls, and pence ay a decision to eek a by LEONARD G. WILSON, Professor of third term would be

34 JAN ARY - F BRUARY 1990 P R T

001 Resources he University's new aquatics center is already making a recruiting splash

BY B R I o B R

H \ 0 iE ' "imming and T diving team, quietly receiving national rec gnition, i looking for­ ward to a bright future. The team placed twentieth in la t year's meet after fini hing econd to Michi­ gan in the Big Ten. Head coach Jean reeman, in her eventeenth eason, expect improve­ ment thi ear. "I think we will be bet­ ter nationally thi ear though n t as good in the Big Ten," ay Freeman. "The other Big Ten chool have improved their depth, and hi tate had an excellent recruiting year." The pher have fini hed in sec- ond place five of the la t ix year. "\ e have b en happy with econd place, though n t c mpla ent with it," a. Freeman. "I would like to bring a Big Ten champi n hip t the niver ityof ~ ltnne ta , but it i g ing to be a few yea r d wn the line." Despite 10 ing eleven seni r t grad uati n and another wimmer who is not returning ~ r per onal rea ons, Freeman i optimi tic b cau e f the dra matic improvement of the other . " number of our wimmers wh made The women's swim team and coach Jean Freeman have a soft spot in their hearts For Cooke the nationals last year but did not score Hall , but will be moving to a new state-oF-the-art swim center in 1990. should core thi ear," ay Freeman. he team i led by eni r tricaptain Linda eg rna, a phomore \\'h i the and the on-to-be c mpleted aquatic Tami rewenow," ho earned all­ team' top individual medley p rf nner. center ha Freeman optimi tic ab ut merican hon r in the brea tstroke. The team ha an internati nal flavor attracting new wimmer . "There i a "Tami wa our leading c rer in the thi year with Eldegard heralding from urge in recruiting, and we ha\'e a \\'h I nati nal last year," ay Freeman." he rwa:.' and egema from Holland. different caliber of athl te I king at our is strong meet p rformer." cc rding Fre hman abine W thoff and enior campu ," ay Freeman. H\Ye have a to Fre man, r wen w' practi e per- ta H rrmann b th hail from We t trong phomore cia in part becau e for mance has impr ved b cau f th nnany. Freeman , a:.' there never ha of the planned aquatic center." pre nce f ne" com r nn ldegard, been a formal ff rt t recruit abroad. The n \\' center i being built n the \\ ho ha up rb training habit. "It' .. he fir t internati nal tuden athlete ite f the Id lemorial tadium f r enhancing her pm ti p r~ rman e," ame ix )'ear ag fr m Finland after the 1990 Iympi p rL Fe tival. s; y Fre man. hearing about ur program ," ay \\ itb a 50-meter p I, it will gi\'e th ther t p perform r on the squad Freeman. ' h i n w working with the ni\'er ity tate-of-th -art training Ir el ude phomore Lynn ewt n, \\'h Finni h nati nal team." facilitie till , Freeman ha fond "our b st di tan e wimmer" and Th rec nt u e f th pr gram memori of ke Hall. " here i ' a

PI TOGRAPH BY RICH RYAN \I I , , • - r \ \ L L \I 'I \ 0 I \ T I 0:-' 3S lot of traditi n with the ooke Hall sch Iwork. "If you have enough thin ~) pool," says Freeman. "We have made g ing on, you h p n of them w rks ' the best of it for many years." ay Fr eman. Freeman is proud of the academic Th ph rs 10 t a clo meet to Io\, J performance of the team. The men's and in ct b r, though it was not a ma)(.r women' swim teams achieved aca­ con ern to Fr eman. "Our port is c (,­ demic recognition by having a com­ ter don practi e in the fall quarter anJ posite grade point averag of better than on competiti e me ts in winter," J \ S 2.8. "We recognize members of our '3.0 Fr eman. "We \ ill pr babl not Ie Club' each quarter by placing their ranked in th t p twenty untiIJanuar\', names and pictures in the hall," say though earl y ranking is imp rtant 10 Freeman. "We had 22 who made the recruiting." The quad went on a t\\'o­ club last year." week training trip to Hawaii In A variety of approach s i employed D cember, which Freeman say helpt:d to encourage academic achievement . bring the team t gether. "Once a week we meet to discus aca­ Though th program mu t rai e orne demics, what ha worked, what ha of its own fund , it receive financial not," say Freeman. "My philosophy support from the state legi lature. "The is that if push come to hove, the ath­ state of Minne ta has made a hugc letic ide has to give." T he team has a commitment to w men, not only the big si terllittle sister program, with woman athlet ," ay Freeman. ''I'm upper-class swimmers working with very proud t be a woman in thi tatc. younger teammates once a week n "It helps that I I ve m j b and that I'm very pr ud f the niver ity of Gopher forward Richard Coffey is one of the Minnesota." top-ranked basketball players and reboun­ BASKETBAll ders in the Big Ten. "Yo u're not g ing t find a harder

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PHOTOGRAPH BY WENDELL VANDERS JIS 36 J A AflY . ~Enfl AflY 1 99 0 vorker, a better bask tball player than "I knew of Coach Haskins counoy. It was a good experience," says {ichard of~ y," say men' ba ketball Coffey. " nytime you are on the bas­ ach I m IIa kin . "If you want t from a man who influenced ketball court together it make you bet­ tart a basketball team, you tart with ter as a team. Practice makes perfect." : ~ichard." me while I was in the offey came to the Uruversity after offey i a tarting forward n the a three-year stint as a paratrooper in Gopher team, which has been ranked military, who told me to the arm , where he grew five inche 10 the top twenty In the country. The and gained 60 pounds. Being in the 6-fo t-7 seni r from urora, orth play for Coach Haskins service, a Coffey, "helped me a lot arolina, peaks mo t pr udly of th in learning t live and deal with people fact that h \\- ill graduate in four years if I had the chance. you like and di like, and it teache y u with a degree in bu ine sand s iol­ discipline." ogy. " very college player dreams of That is the main reason 'I knew the fir t time I came here playing in the pro , but if it d e n't that I would attend the University," ay happen I h pe t get into al . I like for my coming here." Coffey. "I knew f ch Haskins from to communicate and interact with p 0- a man who influenced me while I was pie," ays offey, \\ ho has interned with • in the military, who told me to play for Honey" ell, Pill bury, and tate Farm Coach Haskin if I had the chance. That Insurance mpany. good chemisoy," ays offey. "We have is the main reas n for my coming here. offey is a role player for the matured a basketball player and a He is hard to play for but he i fair. He Gopher , a power forward who pe­ people and will play hard." gets you ready, not onl), ~ r basketball, clalize in rebounding and defen e. n an exhibition trip t New Zea­ but for the real world when you lea,'e Coming back fr m a eri u knee injury, land and u tralia thi pa t ummer, this uni,'er ity." Coffey a)' he i healthy n \\ and aim ffey and the Gopher team went offer ay he pattern hi life after to lead the Big en in re unding." ur undefeated against the countrie ' his father, wh recentl~· passed awa~. goal i t win the Big Ten champion­ national team . "Except for me, none "~ly father aJway \\' rked hard, never ship; ever. ne I ba k. and we have of the players had been ut of the did a job 90 percent, alway 100 per- RidgePointe is Filling Up And In A Price Range That Suits Any Lifestyle. • No down payments • No long.. term commitments • Over 26 different floor plans A Lifestyle With Diversity Awaits Active Adults Over 55.

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\\ \ ,,~ . 0 r \ \ \ l \I "I \!i . I \ T I " 37 cent," says Coffey. " When he got Walter Bond, provide the nucleus of a realize the inve tigation is going on, bu involved in something he always fin­ Big Ten contending team. big ur­ we don't think about it, we can't con ished it. That's what I try to do. H e prise during the summer exhibition trip trol what happ ns," ay offey." always took care of his famil y. If I can was the development of junior guard just have to com ut and play ba ket­ be just half the man he was, I will be a Mario Green. ball well and perl rm well in school and good man." For the first time in many year the concentrate on those two thing ." On the Gopher team, Coffey will Gophers will have good depth and a offe ha already built ~ nd mem­ have a strong supporting cast, with strong bench, which wi ll help them ories of th University, even f the high-flying forward Willie Burton and toward their ultimate goal: the team home in the opher "bam. ' talented guard Melvin Newbern pro­ Final Four tournament in Denver. The "Williams rena may look old, e pe­ viding the scoring punch. The Gophers unknown factor this sea on is the cially when it's empty, but onc you also return starters Kevin Lynch and pending NCA inve tigation, which get the place filled , it's very loud and Jim Shikenjanski, who, with sixth man could affect postseason eligibilit. . "We the fan are ery upportive," says Coffey. "Throughout the first two years we won very few games, but they [fans] kept coming and kept believing in us, and we just played hard for them and now it is paying off."

FOOTBALL The Gopher ended their eason with a 6-5-0 record overall and a 4-4-0 record MfdwBat Spo,.ta ChllnnBI in the Big Ten. Darrell Thompson , who ended his career by breaking LX pher records and tying two, was elected by hi teammate as the mo t valuable player and out tanding ffen ive player. He and Mac Stephens were named team cocaptain . Th mpson i the onl y player in Big Ten hi tor to ru h for more than 1,000 yard a a fre hman and sophomore. thers elected to receive awards were Dan liimatta, for competitivenes n the field and in the classr om; Jon Melander, total unself­ ishness and mo t concern for th ni­ versity; Eddie Miles , outstanding defensive player; and Brent Berglund , out tanding special team player. Minne ota defeated Iowa tate, 30- 20; Indiana State, 34-14; Purdue 35-1 5, Northwe tern, 20-1 ; Wi c osin, 24- 22 ; and Iowa 43-7 . T he Gopher 10 t to Nebra ka, 0-48; Indiana, I -28; Ohio State, 37-41; Michigan tate, 7-2 1; and Michigan, 15-49.

GOPHER NOTES The women's volleyball team advanced to the final sixteen of th N A Divi- ion I wom n's volle ball champion­ ship in Lincoln, Nebraska. Minnesota (29-8) is the Mideast Region'S number 10 Sat OHIO STATE five seed and will play number one se d Nebra ka. The oph rs qualified ~ r Monday nights at 7:00 on MSC watch the regional tournament by sweeping olorado 15- 11 , 16- 14 , and 15- 11, THE CLEM HASKINS SHOW. before a record first-round Willian ' ~ Arena crowd of 4,969.

38 J ANUARY - FEBRUARY 1990 - CLASS NOTES

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'79 James P. Dahlberg of Morehead, Kentucky, '84 Elizabeth A. Handler of Bethesda, .\1.ary­ '82 Marlys Mi ller of Pralflc Villa, Kan~a~, has been appointed coordinator of the Paralegal land, has become as ocl3ted \~ ith the law firm of rtec1\'cd a Certificate of Merit at the annual Jesse ~tudles Program at i\lorehead ' tate Uni\'ersit}. Morgan, Le\\IS & Bockius in Washington, D . . Heal \\ arlh luncheon ,'liller, \1 ho IS an Dahlberg 1\ an assistant professor of go\'ernment J-,")clate edmlr for \'ance Publishing orpora­ at "Iorehead '88 Karl Hubbeling of 'torm Lake, Iowa, has tlon's Pork '88, \\JS honored for her article enti­ lomcd the student ervlces taff as residence hall tled 'i\nlmal Rightists. They could leglJate ) ou '84 James R. Eben of \Iilwaukee has been pro­ director of II' pc HaJJ at Buena Vista liege out of buslOe s mOh.:d to assistant general counsel and a sistant In torm Lake. sccretan 10 tht Jail department of North" e t­ SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY ern \Iutual Life In urance mpan.l . Lben was '88 Sheryl L Thomson ()f Brooklyn. , ell York, pre\lousl~ a '>tnior attorne~ \\ith the compan~ . has been named a 19 9-90 Woodruff FeIlO\\ by '57 lloyd E. Pearson of Edina, Mlnnesora, was Emol') Uni\'erlr~ chool of Lall. Thomson is t1 ected \ Ice president at thc annual meeting of an Independent contractor for P lin Research COllEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS the \merican \

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION '50 Burton Boersma of\VesrpoPf, onnecncut, has been named senior \'Ice president of 'lcre­ '64 Ray Rauch of Ph'mouth, .\Iinn ora, has dlth orporatlon' \ lagazine ,roup. Boersma been named enior \ i~e pre Ident of marketing '76 Steven R. Merrick of Bethany, Wcst \ 'ir­ ll10st recentl~ serl cd as the \1agazlne Group' for Kraus- nderson onstruction ompany. glllla, has IlCl n nJmed dire tor of alumni rela­ \ Ice president and publishing director for bUSI­ Rauch ha been \\ irh the company ince 19 I. tion at IkthaO\ :nllcgc i\lerrick \1 J ' pn.: \ iou I) ness dc\'c1opmcnt. rno t recently serving as \'ice pre ident-market- ulrc(!CIr of .llumnl rci.1tio", at hapman ollcgc 109. In California '67 Carol Pine of Deepha\en, ,\llOne ota, lIa~ J finali~t In thc .\llOnesora Entrepreneur of the '66 Charles W. Swanson of \ Iinneapoli has '81 John Faustgen of Wausau, \-VIS Jbridgc, onnecti­ ilu'incs Bureau. Datn Prnctices ,\ ct \I hi le representing the UOI­ -lit, has been eI ted to senior member hip in \ er.. it\,\ ,tudent nell sp,lper, the 1III/IIt'soia Dai~~ . the In_ritute of II ledicine, the national organin­ '68 Steven H. Goldberg of St Louis Park, lin­ non that c:\amines poli" l11i1tter - on the public' nr ota, ha been appointed deJn of the Pace ni­ '76 Jennifer Gallo of e\\ York Ius been named health. Lerner is J prnfe\;or of dermatology and rt[' lt, School of WII 111 White PI.linl. c\\' ' ork. n,ltional .Id\ ert"ing director for COlllltl,)' , 111/1'1'­ former department eh.lir at th Yale chool of C;" ldbcrg pre\ 10u.,ly sen'cd iI' ,I"ociatc dcan for Ifll, ,\\credith Corporation's nc\\e~t Illilgazinc. \Iedicinc. de. dem lc affa irs and e\tern.ll rcLltlOn, at rhe Gallo \\,:1,> prc\lous l ~ ell York sale, manager Unllcrsit\ uf b nnesllr,l La\\' School fnr I k~ln.t orpomnons OUI/lry IJ~'lIIg m'Ig:t7ine. '46 William F. Nuessle of Bloomington, .\ Iin­ nesota, has joined ,n1up I Ie.llth Inc.'s depart­ '69 Daniel R. Wachtler of White Ile,lr L.lkc, '81 James Terwedo of ell Prague, ,\IlO nCsotJ, ment of intern.ll medicine in the Brooklyn enter \h'lnesom, 1m, joi ned the St. Paul office of Il n ~'!,'lo \1.1\ named one tIl' rh ,\Iinne (t" .l .l~ c s' Ten \ ledical ,enter. Nues l ' II.1s III pri\.ltc pmcrice ,II" 1\lorgn n. Wachtler \\'a, I r evio ll ~ h II ith the O utstand ing Young \ linncs

\t I NN C ' T .\ \ L L \I 1\ I \ S S ' I \ T ION 39 '60 David W, Bean of Yankton, South Dakota, DEATHS hmJ been a visiting prufcssor at the University of has been named deputy commissioner for mcn­ Kyoto in j apan . ta l hea lth in the Texas Department of Mental Hea lth and Mental Retardation. Bean was pre­ Ralph H, Kurtzman, '22, '\ Iinneapuli ', l'vlinne­ Donald Klinefelter, '43, Northfield , '\linnes(J( 3, \'iouslv chair of the University of South Dakota sota, November 14, 198M . june H, 19H9 . Klinefelter was director of adn ls. Schou'l of Medicine. ' ~ions at Ca rl eton Coll ege in orthfield from 1''41 Frances Miller Anderson , '29, Minneapolis, Min­ t\J 191\ I , when he became registrar until hi, '62 David C, Brown of Minneapolis has received nesota, j une 2, 1987 . retirement 10 (97 1. Prior to his arri val at Ca rle. the Distinguished Alumni Award from Breck ton, Klinefelter was a teacher and coach at ""'al" choo!' Brown is director of dia lysis at Abbott Robert S, Marvin , '39, Charlottesvi ll c, Virginia, land Academy in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, a ~d Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis . May 17, 1989. Marvin moved to the Washing­ ,1 high school teacher and sc hool superintendtnl ton , D . . , area in 1949 tu \\Iork for the National in Slater, Iowa, in the late I nos. '73 Barbara Patrick of St. Louis Park, Minne­ Bureau of Standard>, retiring in 1973 a> chief of ota, ha> joined Group Health Inc.'s Depart­ rheology, the study of viscosity, elasticity, and Sylvia "Stevie" Frankel Hertz, '47, Flint, (,chl' ment of Internal '\ Iedicine in Riverside Medical other changes in the tlow of matter. 1arvin was g,1O, june 9, 1989. Ilertz was a former li brarian Center. Patrick was previously in private practice. active in numerous professional organizations and for the Flint Public Library and Univer>it.l' of lichigan-Flint. memorial at the Univcr>ity of lichigan-Flint library wi ll be constructed in 1'191 to honor Hertz's wo rk and community involve· ment. An active volunteer and community actll. ist, Ilem: served on many committees and boards, includi?g the United Way Allocations om mit· tee, Flin t I nstitute of Arts Founders Society, and Council of Michigan Foundations.

DeweyG. Force. Jr., '4R, Ro>eville, Minnesota. june 21, 19H9. Force's 40-year career in education focu;cd almoM entirely on classes about children /"Irh handicapping conditions. force bcg,m V tcaching at the ni,ersity's ollege of EducJtlon in 195 7 and, after I", retirement in 1983, contln' ued to work with graduate students. Force Ila, a lay I'oluntecr for the United fcthodist Church and was involved in the accessibi li ty remodeling of I !am linc United Methodist Church SClcr.l1

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Zelia Bryant, '49. Washington, D. .,july 2, (<189, Bryant joined the Public Hea lth Service in IQ~) Stay at the closest hotel and sen cd as chief nur>e in the office of ciullan defense during World \.var II. fter the war. to the Metrodome! Bryant developed nursing >en'iccs for migrant laborcrs for the Dcpartlnenr of Agriculture and, in 1947 , became chief nurse in the tuberculosil contfol program of the Public Ilca lth Service\ bureau of sentc >en·iccs. After an assignment 10 Dall a> as regional nursing consultant, she rcruml'

Free breakfast cooked-to-order every morning In our beautlful courtyard John C. Halverson , '50, Kansas ity, tissouri, atrium. Compllmentary two-hour manager's receptlon every evening. .I une 26, 1989. From 197-t t 1982, I !alverson Plus an Indoor pool, whirlpool. sauna, and more. And, the weekend's not was responsible for qualit), control at Peave), over after the big game. There's great shopping on Nicollet Mall and the 'ompany's tl our mills throughout the coun tr) . entertainment ana excitement of downtown Mlnneapolls available In 1983, Ilalvcrson hecame depLlty direcwr of through skyway connection. the st'lnd'lrtiiza tion li vis ion of thc U.S. Depart· EMBASSY ment of Agriculture'S Fcckral Grain Inspection ='#= Service in Kansas ity. William G. Bursch, '66. 1innetonka, Minnesllta, S~lr~S- M'lY 2H, 19H9. Bursc h \Va ' former prcsident 'InJ chief exccllti ve officer of E 'perience, Inc., .1Jl DOWNTOWN/CENTRE VILLAGE international agricu ln111d consulting firm . Bef"re 425 S. 7th Street Minneapolis (612) 333·3111 or I ·SOO·EMBASSY jo ining Experience in 1972, Bursc h operawl n Minutes from Williams Arena grai n and livestock farm in Willmar, Minncsllt.I, served a an agricu ltural economi st for the Department of Agriculture, ~nd se rved as .111 ass istant professo r at Purdue University.

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o . ' , TO I ~ 'ELLE E will b a theme of his administration, lJ niver ity Pre idem Nils Hasselmo said 111 hi inaugural address October 20. "Ensuring that the acce s pr vid d by the ni\'er ity f 1inne ota i an ac ess to excellence is the mo t fundamental i~s ue we face," he aid . m ng the pe­ el fie ' he cited were better acce to fac­ ult) through !>maller c1as e , fe\\ er tudent per advi 'er, and better study space. financial agreements with former ad­ mmi trat r have tirred c ntr ver y in the new media and among legi la­ tors . In a neg tiated ettlement \\ith librarian Eldred Smith in 19 mith wa retained a a tenured pr ~ s or and paid 0,500 t withdraw a grie\'ance he filed when hi contract as chief librarian wa not renewed. He ha been in ali~ rnia C r the last tw y ar on admini 'trative lea\'e and ha written a book. fi\ e campuse is 3] ,600 full-~ ' ear­ decade of remarkably effective en'lce President [!J selmo propos d an equivalent (FYEl undergraduate stu­ surel~ ' earn a finecholar the pportu­ action plan to the Boar:! of Regents in dent, d \\ n from an FYE enrollment nit)' to return to te-.lching and re earch." • 'member. The plan in Iud ad pt­ of 3" ,666 in fiscal year 19 9 . Former admini trat r luther Dar­ mg a p Ii ) on administrative transi­ :ontrolling enrollment ha only one ville \\'a found guilty n thre f lon~ ' tional leaves, adopting a new everan purpose, Pre ident Ha ' 'elmo aid-to count 1 member 1.- ~ r '\\ indling polic)' for academic profes ional and "soh e the problems C,lU 'ed h~ ' over­ 1 6,000 from the L niver ity. He aid admini trati\,e peronnel, requiring crowding and prO\ ide an e\en better he gave the mone~ ' to need~ ' athlete presidential approval of litigated etde­ learning 'p rience for our tudent -." and tudent', but the pr> 'ccut r argued ment · im'olving termination, complet­ 'oncern :lbout tuition ma\' limit the that he kept mo ·t of it for him 'elf. Th ing a ca e-by-case r vie\\ of earl) 1ni\'er ity's ability to ask the legi b­ jun' d liberated le:s than three hour . retirement ' in e 19 2, enf rcing the ture for program improvem nt money, . \ con tra t for ]9 '9-91 \\ a ratified co ntract with Eldred ' mith, and l lasselm) aid. B~ formula, tuition crober ~ 3 b\ member ' of the Univer­ e~ tab l ishing an external group to review cmers one-third of instructional co t. sity Education Association, \\ hich bar­ and as ' the plan. Low rem IIment drive ' nlition higher, gains for the 350 faculty member at Five f0n11er 'eninr admini 'trator are bec:lus the co -t i ' 'pread among fewer Duluth and Waseca. The contract call on administrative transitional leave in students. for an :\\'erage -alar)' incr a e of 6 per­ 19H9-90, IIasselmo reported. -[ h ir Fall enrollment \\'a 53,3 39, do\\ n cent for 19, 9-90. Forty-three percent cumu lati sa laries for th ear wi ll be 1, 1 8 from b ,t year's 54,51 . Enroll­ of the monc) will b distributed acro $17 1,805. Eight former ;,ior admin­ ment was dcm n on the Twin ities th board; the re ·t on a merit ba i . istrator \\ ere on leave in 198 -89, with campus and up at r uluth, lorris, Marcia Fluer Twin ' iti s te!e\'i ' ion combined salaries of $6_5,2 39. The Cn»kston, and Waseca. journali t, \\ as named ni\'er ity purpo e of leaves is to p rovide "retool­ John Q, lmholte, hancellor at lorri Relations director f( r the T\\in iti '­ ing" for a Iministrators who \\ ill rerurn for the pOl 't _ 1 year and only the sec­ campus. Fluer is "kno\\ n throuO'hout tl the ni ve rsity's fa ul ty. ond chancellor in the 29-ycar histor~ ' the state a - a journali -t with un;ue ·­ rhe regents '( ted 9 n; 3 to onfirm of the s hool, announced that he \I ill tionable int grit), Jnd I'm confident errollment targets establis hed in the resign his position efT ,ti\' "whene\ er she'll bring strong b ier:hip to the job," I'H 7 appropriation bill for th p riod a new chan ell or is able to tak (\er the aid Rick I Ieydinger, \ i 'e pre, id nt of thro ugh 19 3. T he 1993 ta rget fo r all duties." Presid nt l b . selmo s:lid, "T\\ 0 the ffice)f E:\ternal R lations. ~

p ~ TOGRAPH BY TIM RUMMELHOFF \I1"L~OI \ \Ll"'1 \ O C I\ I ' 41 ~ A KINDER. GENTLER FRESHMAN YEAR ITI TWIN CITI£ AMP niver ity won a highh Hoping to eliminate the I( {) LLEG ES ~ c mpetitive and c ntro " bewildering array of ial $67 milli n uper ,_ options' that students face puting r eatch contract­ when they apply to the Un i­ ~ N 0 the larg st ever awarded to ver ity, the Board of Regent the scho I-fr m the .~ recently approved a new plan rm in ugu t. The c n­ designed to overhaul the tract will fund the High P r­ Univer it 's application f rmance omputing and process and create a com­ S(HOOlS Re earch enter, run by a mon entry point for incom­ con ortium of four univer­ ing freshmen. itie and led by the ni er­ "There ha been a lot of ity of Minne ota . T he confusion on the part of tu­ project wa oppo ed b) dents, high sch 01 counsel­ many mathematic facult\ ors, and parent on how to member who feared th'e apply to the University," ays contract violated a Bard of Jeanne Lupton, acting as 0- Regents p lic forbidd ing ciate vice president for stu­ classified re earch on cam­ dent development. The pus . b ut half f the confusion begins when tu­ A compendium oj' news from department's 76 faculty dents find they must apply member had igned a petI­ to one of ix University col­ around the University ­ tion in pril again t the leges-the College of Lib­ c ntract prop al. eral rts, General College, Institute of Technology, research, promotions, program College of Agriculture, 01- lege of Home Economics, or developments, faculty honors the College of Natural Resources-at the same time • they apply to the niver­ BY CHRIS NISKANEN sity. It forces student to AND narrow their option right TERESA SCALZO away, providing little L opportunity for them to explore different fie lds, and sometime penalizes them if who have already made a The single entry pint i they change their minds and decision will be able to one of the key comp nent transfer to another college, directly enter the college of f th ommitment to Focus Lupton says. their choice, if they m et the program ~ r impr ving the By 1991, however, a com­ requirem nts of that col­ Univer ity. The plan al mon entry point will allow lege. The uccess of the calls for a "Prospectiv tu­ The Univer it w n the students to take lower-level common entry concept rests dent enter," where stu­ contract over five ther un i­ classes in any of the six col­ upon providing upgraded dent could find answer to ver it consortium . Iluch leges, al lowing them to and expanded counseling/ their questions and begin the of the r earch will take place explore majors in a diverse advising services t stu­ advising process. The Uni­ at the Minne ota uperc m­ range of subjects. Students dents, Lupton says. ver ity will al 0 change its put r enter, owned pri­ application form to include marily by the Universin que tions about a tud nt' Foundati n, and consid rtd g al , int re ts, and work one of the mo t powerfu l I experience. "Penn tate ha univer ity super omputcr come up with a imilar lab rat ries in the nati n. application that has trem n­ ther participating univll­ dous ly improv d th ir itie ar H ward nivl - advising program," Lupt n ity, Jack n tat, a I !. ~:~ ay . Purdue.

42 JAN U A R Y - F' E BRA R Y I 9 9 0 ILLUSTRATED BY MERLE NAC o, r TRAFFIC CAM survey, designed to solicit I Tf UT F T H­ information about the status OL Y • Y, u've heard the of a cross section of alumni I Ike about Minnesota hav- and their views on the I109 onl y two seasons: winter school's future. More than and road construction. 700 alumni participated in "Machine vision," a traffic ~ SURVEYING THE FUTURE the surve , which comes at detecti n and control s s­ P BLIe HE LTH ' Offi­ a critical juncture in the te m invented by Pano cials at the niversity's school's development, says Michalopoulos, profe or of chool of Public Health­ Jame Boen , as ociate dean civil and mineral engineer- which is rankcd seventh of of the school. "\ ith the sur­ ing, may one day make road 24 accredited school in the vey, we can see what alumni l co nstruction ea on a lot United tates and Puerto are domg and what cour e easier to tolerate. Rico-are currently debat­ the think the school hould Michalopoulos's sy tern Panos Michalopoulos ing the chool's future. t take w hether e should uses a computer to analyze will it ound an alarm, noti­ issue is the curriculum: emphasize re earch or prac­ information generated from fyi ng an operator who hould the school, hea\;il y titioner training.' video camera and detection punches up a video image on supported b y federal \ ith funding from the I line placed on a computer a monitor to determine the research grants, modify it chool, the alumni society sc reen. Unlike the video problem. Thus, fewer oper­ curriculum to train spent the past year and a half ca mera currentl in use, ator can monitor more researcher? Or hould it designing the urvey and machine vi ion requires no camera . Whereas Minne­ continue it traditional role anal zirlg the responses. The human operator to interpret sota currently ha 3 cam­ of producing public health preliminary re ults reveal image . Instead, the infor­ era in u e, Michalopoulo ' practitioner ? few surprise, ay ur\'ey mation i rela ed to a com­ s stem could handle enough To help find the an wer , leader Donna nderson, puter, wruch calculates traffic camera, perhap 500 in the chool official have turned alumnu and Dakota ounty peed, volume, energy Twin itie area to monitor to alumni. The chool of health department director. consumpti n, and delay . the entire freewa )' tern , Public Health Alumni oci­ lore than "90 percent were Only" hen th computer and require onl ety recentl completed the sati fied with their graduate detect mething unu ual operators. chool' fir t curriculum education," he ay .

Joe is an "action figure"; ~ THE GE NDER DIVIDE Barbie is a ·'doll." "There i BU 1PHREY I TIT an implicit tatement:' ay Do children a oung a heldon, ''that Barbie doesn't three 'ear old respond to do thing . 0 it makes it co nflict in gender-influ­ harder for u t ee what girl enced ways? are doing a action becau e You bet your Barbie the the language ob cure that." do.' . Becau e of her re earch, Linguistic profe r m the fir t to rudy cillidren thi heldon pent five week at young, heldon has been the Univer ity's hild Care a ked to peak at national and enter last year videotaping international conference , three- to five-year-old chil­ Gender distinction are icall), tran form the tyle in and \\'3 a 19 - 9 fellow at dren at play. heldon found apparent also in how chil­ which children u e these the ocietv for the Human­ boy to be more heavy­ dren play with toy . "What bject ," ay heldon. "We itie at Cornell Univer ity· handed in their conflict, I'm di covering i that gi\'­ need to look at how parents, where he gave lecture m re ~ cu ed on their own ing boo s dolls and girl trucks caregiver , and other family language and gender. in tere ts , and more likel" to is probably going to be the member' encourage what ., linne ota i in a e. elude from the gr u'p a tip of the iceberg," ays children do with toy ." pioneerirlg po ition \\;th thi pllymate who disagrees with heldon. In a play hou e­ Few parents w uld sug­ work," ay heldon, who i tL '01 . irIs, on the other keeping situation, on b y ge t to their on that GI Joe continuin'g her re earch thi h d, 11 ed more mitigati n place a doll in the oven, i tired or hungry, ay year with funding from the tit In boys, were mor con­ whereas a girl feed held n, thu limiting the Hubert H . Humphrey e rned with group har­ it t bed, and i m re \Va ' he onceive to play' Institute f Public ffair ' n ony, and m re apt to nurturing. with the toy. Even the lan­ nflict and haner:;, " er npr mise. "The object will n t mag- guage of toy is differ nt. Gl project.

PI lTOGRAPHS BY RICH RYAN O\ LUM ' ( i\ 1\ T I 0 ' 43 ~GOPHER FACT FILE FOREIG LA GAGES T IVER­ SITY OFM I E OT 0 T D · IROLL­ IE T D RI G THE 19 8-89 F LL Q RTER. · (Doe not include student taking languages in ontinuing Edu- cation and Extension.} urce: oll ege f Lib ral rt Budget Planning and Data ervic . pani h ...... 719 llebrew ...... 37 French ...... 7 17 Danish · ...... H Who: The Punchinello Player . erman ...... 379 Finnish ...... H What: The Universit~· 's only and olde t student-run Ru sian ...... 224 Hindu ...... 29 theater group, celebrates it 75 th anniver ar)' thi year. Italian ...... 220 Dakota ...... 23 Where: In 1960, the niversity provided the Punchl­ Japan se ...... 166 20 nello with a II -seat theater in North Hall on the t Latin ...... 160 19 Paul campu , where performances are still held toda\ . C hinese ...... 152 16 When: The Punchinello hold three performances y~r1~ . Swedish ...... 114 6 one each in fall, winter, and spring quarters. orwegian ...... 99 5 Why: Originally nam d thc g Dramatic lub, the Portuguese ...... 64 Per ian ...... 3 group was formed in 1915 tb till the n d for a dramatlc rabic ...... 62 anskrit ...... 3 ociety on the St. Paul campus. The name \Va changed Greek ...... 53 to the Punchinello Pl ayer in 1923. First Performance: Back to the Farm , written In a ~tlI ­ dent in the cho I of Agriculture, \ as perform d befort 22,700 Minne otan oet\\'een 1913 and 1915. It sened as the catalyst for the group's formation. 1989-90 Performances: A Doll 's flollse, The Matchmaker. and Dark of the Mooll. Most Popular Performance: Tile Falltastiks in 1976 and The Crucible in 1966. Most Famous Audience Member: ir Tyrone uthne attended a performance in 1964, \Vh n the Punchincllos celebrated their 50th year. Most Famous Punchinello: " It realh' i an obscure thea­ ter," says Bill hr hand, who has been thc Pun hinello ~ A POT ISN'T A POT work and know something facultyadvi er since 1960. "It ha. an obscure name, and UNLESS YOU CAN USE IT about Minnesota in the mid­ everyone who ha gone through it ha been obscure. \\ ~ LIBERAL RT • Regents' t wenti e th century," h e havc odd little contacts. For instance, when I dlo \\111tll1l{ Professor of tudio res explain . for Godot in 1964, onc of the actor ' \\'a ' Donald Kebe\ Warren MacKenzie, w ho MacKenzie hies away I Ie had a little si ter named Linda Kelsey. She used to rec ntly retired from a 35- from th e man y honors come and ay, 'Mr. Marchand, can J watch?' he went on year career at the U niver­ b stowed upon him during [to act in the television how "Lou Grant"], but she neH r sity, is a utilitarian potter his career, s uc h as be ing acted in thi space, only her brother did." who believes str ngly that selected one of twelve of the Budget: The group sustains itself on ticket sales. Tick his oup bowls should be world's b t living potter by ets cost $5 for adults, $4 for students and enior citizen. filled w ith soup and hi s t a­ readers of Ceramics MOllthly roup discounts are avai lable. pot be u ed to pour tea. magazin in 1981. "I would One More Thing: Marchand would like to receive infO! " Utilitarian pots still tell ra the r be re m e mbe r ed as mation and photographs r garding the history of th group u a great deal about the omeone who made pots that pecifically, Marchand wants to locate the group's pr nature of the cultur that people liked and could enjoy 1949 secretarial bo ks . produced them, and I would and pass down to their chil- . Another Thing: Contact Bill Marchand at 612-624-07 2( like people to look at my dr n," says MacKenzie. for more information.

44 J i\ RY · I· EBR A RY 1990 shows that higher tempera­ cals they use around honey," • BEE HAPPY o o tures later in the year cause says Ragsdale. Menthol is )LLE < OF A RI UL­ the menthol to dissipate so approved by the Environ­ TURE • The nation's $200 quickly that fumigation is mental Protection Agency million-a-year honeybee ineffective. and is a "safe, natural prod­ industry, in which Minne­ Ragsdale stresses that uct. It does not completely s ta is the leading producer, menthol is an approved food eradicate the mites, but it is being threaten d by the product. "Beekeepers are keeps them at tolerable Acarapis woodi, a minuscule very cautious about chemi- levels." mite that infests the trachea I of honeybee . ~GOOD-BYE , RED Studies how that bee TWI, CITIES CAMPU ing and tedious ta k involv­ infested with the mite, which "In 215 Folwell Hall you \\"ill was di covered in 1984, are ing careful dissection ... meet a red-haired man , unable to generate enough followed by microscopic c mplete with sandy-col­ heat to survive the winter. examination." ored t\ eeds and a heavier Ragsdale has developed a ormal bee maintain a accent. ince coming here, test for beekeepers that ulti­ temperature of 55 degree in he has been the idol of a mately will be as easy as a their hives by rapidly beat­ growing cult of de oted tu­ ing their wings and forming human home pregnancy test. dents \\'ho say be makes them If a pecially treated strip of a clu ter. When their young understand literature as the\' are born in February, the paper turns green, your bee never have before. But is not pregnant, but it is bees raise the temperature to besides being an outstand­ infested with the mite. The tury English literature, 90 degrees. But infested bee' ing teacher and author, his are either unable to beat their darker the green, the higher friends say that 'Red' ha a poetry, and modem drama. While at the Univer ity, he wings fast enough or too the level of infe tation. The remarkable knowledge of many of th m die, resulting test is four to fi\ e times faster southern dialects." wrote his be t-known nm'el, in a maller clu ter. Either and cheaper than current All the Kings JIen. which won -Minllesota Dai~)', 1945 way, the bee cannot main­ meth ds, but still must be the Pulitzer Prize in 194 1. tain the necessar tempera­ performed in a laboratory. Robert Penn 'Varren, who Hi copper-colored hair tures, and the winter Once detected, the mites died September L, was one earned him the nickname mortalit rat jumps fr m 5 can be controlled b fumi­ of dle nation's premier nm'­ "Red' among hi Uni\·er ity percent in a normal hive to gating the hi e with men­ elists, a three-time winner of friend , and one of hi 100 per nt in a heavily thol, in early spring before the Pulitzer Prize, and the favorite activities wa swim­ infested hiv . the honey season begins. fir t poet laureate of the ming lap aero Lake Cal­ David Rag dale, a ni­ "Otherwi e you'd haye United States. From 1942 to houn. In 19 6 the versity ent omo logist , cough drop-flavored honey, 1950, Warren wa also an niyersity's Board of describes current methods which not too many people English professor at the Regents voted to give him an for diagnosing the pre ence \ ant to put on their toast," Uni\'er ity, where he taught honorary Doctor of Letter of mite a "a time-con um- Rag dale. Re earch also course in twenrieth-cen- degree.

Broadwa)"s Brighton 8each relation hip with Guthrie ~ A GUTHRIE/UNIVERSITY Aiemoirs), it never sun'ived artists. pon completion of PRESENTATION pa t the 19 0 . But in the the program, 50 percent of LIBE R L RT spring of 19 9, the Olver­ the actor recei\'e contracts 1960s, ir T r n itv and the Guthrie Thea­ with the Guthrie company. envisioned that oung, tal­ ter igned a new agreement FurL F. . a t r , Kelly ented actors from the Uni­ establi hing a training pro­ Berren haw, Jo e Protko, versi ty of Minnesota would gram 1) r a tor that fulfill largie Weayer, and Jo eph be a "tapro t into the s il" Guthrie' wi h and com­ 10 er, are urrently p r- fo r his new thea ter in Min- bine the resourc s of DI­ t rming with the uthri n polis. While a program to ver ity facu lt and students company. ac compli h hi "ish was and the Guthrie artistic staff. Thi winter, twelve ni­ started in the 19605, pro­ The 1. F. . Professional \ ersity tudent are enrolled du cing Heh 'tar' as Linda ctor Training Progmm, as in the new pr gram. The K Isey (who played Bi lli th program i ai led, act r will perform N( wman on the tel vi ion envisioned the University include thre year of per­ throughout th season at th ser,es "Lou Grant") and Peter collaborating with his formance training, work­ niversity Theatre in Rarig M chae l Goetz (star of theater. s h o p s, and mentor enter.

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T' L\ R ATcompliment provide you. pus); Wilson Library/ I and a huge headache when another erving as a legi la­ t. Paul library reno­ firm hire a\ ay a key employee. The tive volunteer doesn't vation; a livestock Univer ity of Minnesota wa so hon­ require a I t of time, teaching and research ored last month when Gov. Rud Per­ and it isn't limited to facility (Twin Cities pIch named Tom eI on the new state m nths when the leg- campus); campus cen­ commi si ner of education. For the past i lature i in ession. In ter (Duluth); recrea­ year, Tom ha erved a the niver i­ fact, your efforts dur­ tional sports facilities ty'- chief legi lative lobby i t, and ha ing the rest of the ear renovation (Twin Cit­ worked cl ely \ ith me and the Min­ may b m re impor­ ie campus); remodel­ nesota lurnni ciation' legi lative tant. You can help edu­ ing of the Electrical nct\vork f volunteer . cate your representative Engineering Building Although Tom i an ut tanding and enator by inviting (Twin Cities campus); lobbyi t in hi own right, h appr ci­ them to be your gue t Architecture Building ates the value of c alition . He fo tered at niver ity and Steven Goldstein is renovation and addi­ the development of an integrated I g­ alumni event . nend vice president and general tion (Twin Cities cam- I lative network that included alumni, I cal forums or meet­ manager of weco Radio. pus); eterinar frie nd ,facul , taff, and students. He ing held b 'our leg- Diagno tic Laboratory also left hi mark b increa ing the i lators, and stand up reno ation (Twin Cit­ University' bi nnial funding in the la t and hare your view about the ies campus); agriculture management legi latJ\' i n by 95 milli n m re niver it . center (Cr kston); campus center/food than \Va hoped for. The 1990 legi lative e ion will be ervice (Wa eca); and a new tudent ternal Relation ice Pre id nt int n e. Lawmakers will con ider union ( lorri ). Richard He dinger \ ill be at the helm b tween 00 and 0 bill during a 10- In a recent i ue of Politics in li11- of the I bbying team, but Tom' depar­ week se sion. Together, we can make 11esota, \ )' pano and OJ. Leary wrote, ture leave a great void . lumni can a big difference. With 0 much com­ n n 'body who know anything about help fill it b igning on as alumni leg­ petiti n for limited tate dollar, b th politi has got to realize that this newly islative volunteer for the 1990 I gi - in higher education and a ro the awakened giant [the Minn ta urnni lative e sion. Bec ming a v lunteer bard, strong alumni advocac. for the ociation] with it tie to thou and lobb i t i n't a awe ome as it ound . niver it)' can help influence how and thou and of former Diver ity When ou indicate ur willingne to much upport the ni\'er it)' will grad , i n t going to it idly by in future help, we'll end ou ea -to-read infor­ re eive. Becau we have n finan ia! e ion when the niver ity' inter­ mation that explain the niversity' interest in the outcome we are advo­ e ts are at take." legi lative reque t and how you can cating, our legi lator Ii ten t u . Toda ' \ e have alumnillegi lative help . During the next legi lati\' match in 161 f the tate' 201 legis­ We'll a k you t be read t make a which i a short e i n, the lative di tri ts. ur goal i to have contact with ur \ n legi lator , b it ,' major f u will be matches in all of them by the tart of the will ing to Ii t n to th ir conc rn , and irnpr v ment r building n truc­ ion. I a k very ingle person who be read t talk about why the ni­ ti n. The Board of Regent ,uth rized receiv thi magazin to help u . You versity i imp rtant to y u p r nally. pr je t that t tal nearly 1_6 million. can make a differen e, even if you com­ You hould b familiar with the Uni­ They includ an int grated wa te mit only on h ur talking t your leg­ vcr'it ' r que t in the br ad est en , management fa ilit ; y tern wide fire islat rs about th importance of the bu' u don't have to b an xpcrt. n't and afety de impr "ement and Diversity to the tat f Minn tao To feci that ou have to know v rything; handi upped cc s ; a new Bi I gical g t involved, call uta ' at 61--6 4- if 1 legi lator \V re t a k a q~le ,ti ~n clenc Building (Twin iti am- 2323 . J in u I n. )I( I c uldn't an wer, u would im­ pl. pr mi e to find ut and g t ba k \\ , the in~ rmation, whi h \\' will B-y teven Goldstein

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n Open Letter to Men's Athletics

W lPU I evoke such players and taff, demic standards and Fdiver e emotions and opinions a y u are our "home­ still be competitive, and men' interc Ilegiate athletic. t wn b y." Whether that we should strive to alumni director, I hear from b th ide we li ve in aribou, achie\'e both of these of the fence (court). "There' no need l\ laine, or alem, Ore­ objecti\'e , not one at to be ec nd be t with our athletic g n, or anywhere in the expen e of the program-d what it take to be on between. we love to other. lumni per­ top." "We don't need to win them all ; hare in the reflected ceive athletic a an let' ju t eek cholar hip and sport - glory of your ucces, important, but ec­ man hip." "Le effort n jocks and becau e we are a part ondary, part of ni­ other fluff." f you r h metown, ver ity life. \ Vhile pride The recent trial of Luther an'ille, the niversi t y of in our port team an ad ministrator found guilty f win­ 1inne ota. re ult in a po itive cli­ dling mone. fr m the niver icy, ha \ e exp ct you to get mate for the Olver- prompted yet an ther round of letters brui e and contusions Margaret Sughrue Carlson ity, an over-empha i and new paper tori . In many of these on the field, becau e is executive director of the on athleti I not con­ stori ," lumni and b ter "are cited that i the nature of the al umni association, i tent with the aca­ for \\ r ngd ing. Th impli d c nclu- game; but we hare th demic goal of the ion might b that the alumni a ia- bruises and pain when in tirution. non and it:. m mber endor e, and even it i- the re ult of a lack of control and t a recent alumni gathering, an promote, I s than ethical tandard acc untability. nd \\ care fru trated alumnu c mmented that "the death from the athletic department. afe when we hear that n one realized that penalty for men' intercollegiate ath­ reply might b tar, "We have no a pr blem exi ted, that thi won't hap­ letic \\ uldn't be the wor t thing that c ntr I \er th matter of the athletic pen again. nd then it de . could happen to the U ni\'er it)' of department." But my purp e h re i countabilit), and contr I can't re t :\[inne ta." Yet from where I it, the not eva i n. with one pers n or e\'en a fe\\ pe pIe. death p nalty \\' uld de tr ;, a \'ery valu­ All alumni aren't b ter, and all very ingle niv r it)' emplo: ee, able pirie of prid in ur ni\'er it)'. boo ter aren't alumni. Y t the alumni alumnu , and student mu t become a f, r the pa t five yea I'\'e had a front­ a 'ociati n ha been linked \ ith the cu t dian of an imprO\'ed athletic pr - row eat for the \\. et \'ict rie and the ath letic department ince it incepti n. gram. We mu t purg th noti n that bitter pill of the men' athletic depart­ We've b en lik a ibling that helped "everyone else d e it; therefor It ­ ment. I at on the .-O-yard line in 19 6 ce lebrate the go d time -at home­ alright." Infra ti n mu t b pr mptly and r ted in the rain a the Gopher com ing, at airp rt end- ff and wel­ identified and d alt \\ ith, not imply ~ tball team up et l\lichigan, I at at come-home ~ r our team , and at t­ a\' id tangling \\ ith the Tati nal enter curt in 19 9 and cheered the eason athletic trip . V e haven't gott n ll egiat Athleti -s ciation' rul opher ba k tball team at the weet deeply inv Ived in the bad times, e. ept mmitt e, but rather for th pe pi 16 quarter final . I al at in at pre tv convey new to our graduat ab ut wh ar for \' u a "relative " - th nf r n e aBed t xplain the Iad­ ath letic i ue . 00,000 alumni and \' ry p rson in i on in idem with the ba ketball team, We hav n't lectured , we haven't linn ota \\ ho Im'e the ' .' and th Dan'ille trial. pre ched; \V hav n't tried t be the The advi we end :'our \\ay i 0 not Thi p n letter i to tell y u that older, wis I ibling that kn w it all­ r ally nov I r ne\\'; it m from the we b lieve y' u have the stamina-and bu:au we d n't. But mayb w hav Ufvey f alumni pinion that were mu t h:l\' the tamina-to ta kle,' ill m de a riou err r: \ haven't t Id d ne in Jun 19 6 and August 19 tough °t pp nent: lack f c ntr I and yo I h \\' much we do :lr . nd h w ur polls ho\\' that alumni beli \'e that of acc untabilit" . And to tell y u that m eh we ar hurt, emharra d, and th niver, it)' an maintain high aca- alumni ar, and), ill a 'ati ' ncar . fr o~ trated by ontr v r i that hould h \ e been, and c uld have been, a\ .ided . By Mar ar t llghru Carlson

\I I , ,,~ T \ \ L l ' \I I \ SOl \ T I 0 " 49 ~ LET T E R S ~

MI SDIRECTION rec mmend to all high ch I the . leader of t he students of linne ota to movement pr motl ng "EXIL ' " fr m the come to the fine t university unlimited use of pithy, ripe, niver ity of linne ota in the nited tate . ngl - axon four-letter living in the land of the ni­ I feel pri ileged to be an word. avi' views pre­ versity of Texa , it i always alumnu of the of 1. Let vailed, and today we hear a d light to receive Mi/me­ u all work tog ther a we those uplifting words ring­ sota. Your current edition for look forward t the next ing ut from all the enter­ ovember/December 19 9 decade of the 1990s. tainment media and bein ~ i n exception. ' ~!JT . 1 TTl 0 Ii ped from the mouths of However, let me call your Mil/neapolIS elementary chool boys and attention to a geographical girl . error. In your article listing WORDS FROM A PRO o wonder you have for­ the 198 - 9 h nor roll, you gotten \ hat ou were n ted that "the Minne ota l' 1 R TIRED journalism marching ~ r in 196 . Alumni iation' alumni profes or who pent a go d D \' BRUBA HER . . chapters can be found as far many years m magazme , MinneapolIS outh as Dalla ." I thought and I always look at tho of ou might like to know that today with pecial inter st. CHEERS FOR NO. 45 there i a chapter in Hou - I I ok at the niver icy ton, which according to the alumni publication ha , of IMI HT LL \\'ri te to map of Texa , i south of course, a particular slant. ou as anyone-l wa espe­ Dallas. In addition, you al 0 nd I want to tell u that cially plea ed to ee Pug noted that I wa chair of the I think you're doing one of Lund' picture and com­ u tin, linnesota, alumni the be t uch mag I know (I ment in the eptember chapter. p n checking, I ee everal). Octob r i su f Minnes()ta have di co\'ered that J live in Thi n te is br ught on b If ou e er e umber 4- u tin, Texas, not u tin, your current issu ,the hina tell him that of all the Bier­ Minne ta, and that there i ports-hunting, fishing, one [Mimlesota, ovemberl man athlete, th re '.va no n alumni chapter in u- golf-and volunteer work a December, 19 9]. I think the equal t him or Babe Le 10lr tin, inne ota. a board member at the editorial c ntent i awfully memory f th e boy I K ep up the good work. ugu tana Home linne­ good; and I'm e pecially quite g d a I met all of nd come e u in exas if apolis ha kept me bus in StrUck by the e 'citing d ign. them at th d k of niver­ you get a chance. We are retirement. However, my I I ked through it (again) ity Health en' ice and alway ' xci ted to hear fr m purpose in writing i n t only this morning, I noted that attend d games. th home folks! to look back at the pa t, but there' n t a pread without The whole ni er It) OKO ) I. 0 ,,1.1 " '60 to expre my deep feeling omething e e-catching­ became a p mp u laughlOg Austin Texas ~ r our great niver ity of yen the v lunteer Ii t pag . stock in later year -but Minne ta a it turn to a lrr HELL . IIt\RNLEY Pre id nt ffman and of­ PROUD TO BE AN ALUM new rejuvenated era under IIfllllleapollS fe knew what they wer our new president, il doing in pite of th~ rebel R rVED Hasselm . THE STUFF OF PROTEST tbat ~ llowed them. m alumni magazine [Min­ The ni er ity of Min- lR . . P L KIN -TO nesota, eptemberl ctober, ne ota ga e me a gr at edu­ 1 LlV D I an Franci co IARIEKRAl) 19 9], which I ha e ub­ cation in pharmacy, R ~ r 2 ear during the col­ At illl/tap 11S cribed to ince 1931. It i a fraternity, port, and mo t legiat pr te t ears before no talgic time a I reflect imp rtantl a chance to be a and after the '60 , and I foi­ Lettm may be edited for mil, back n the c ver. hi will aluabl a s t to the Twin I wed with inter tall f th length, and clarity. el/d your t­ be m 52nd year a a ntin­ ities and n ighb rho d a comm tion at Berk ley' fer! fO fhe editor, linne ota. 100 uou ea n ticket-h ld r tn an owner f t~ 0 pharma­ a er ate. lornll Hall, 100 Church "'ff ~ tball and ba ketball. cie . I am a continu u sup­ In 196 ou were I nding E, IlIIl/eapollS, Mil/I/ tst fa t age 2, my I v ~ r p rter of our college and your upport t 1ari aVI, 554

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100 MORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH STREET S.E. MINNEAPOLIS. MN 55455 March ' Apr;I 1990 I' ,J I " m e 8 9 • N II m b e r 4 r I I MINNESOTA I UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA ALUMN I ASSOC I ATION I FEATURES 8 Citizen Mondale t home in 1inne ora, Walter M ndale 10 ks back at the 19 8 presidential election and ponder the state of the union and the ni\'ersit)' of Minnesota. t Yale, professor teven Gill on analyzes how hi story wiJl judge Minnesota's native son. By Peter j. Kizilos

I 6 The Bureaucrat' s Disease The ymptoms are perva ive: tagnant pay, lack of a mission and public support, little room for ad\'ancement. Ha the malaise in g \'emment reached epidemic proportions? By ELeanor Clift

I 8 The light Prescription Paul Light of the Hubert H , Humphrey In titute of Public ffairs offer some possible cures for what ail government. By Tet'ero caho

2 I The Going Rate 8 Who's leal'jng? Who' staying? And how can the niver it)' compete in today' high­ stakes market of tOp faculty, teachers, and researchers? By lI'i//iom u:onsoll

2 4 On the Firing line To II hat lengthS should the nil'er ity go, and holl' much money hould it pend , to get rid f faculty and administrators who fail to perform up to standard? 8.)1 Cbuck Benda

2 7 Senior Year d"icc from ni"er ity of t-.I innesota expert to the baby boom generation on preparing for their coming of old age in the year 20 II , By lichoel P. Moore

COLUMNS 4 I F A C U L T Y : Could a Hitler Happen Again? Professor' illiam Brustein i im'estigating who joined the Tazi part)' and II hy. By Teresa Smho

4 3 S P 0 R T S : Major League Catch opher catcher Dan Wil on hope to take his team to the ollege World cries. By \ I icki , fm -ig \

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Editor Jea n Ma"ic I familton Assistant Ed itor Teresa Scalzo Contr ibuting Editor V icki Stavig Copy Editor Diane Ileli cbon Production Assistant Pal Auk cma Intern Kate Gunvald"on Design Black Dog Graphics, C hurchward Benson Student Photographer Ri ch RY'IIl AdvertisingSales 130 1 J lalvcrson • Advertising Sales Coo rdinator Pat A ukema N Foe U S MINNESOTA ALUMNI A SS O C I AT ION Executive Di rector J\~:J.rgar c t S ughrue Carl son Associate Executive Director J a ne \.yhircsid t: National Presid ent Steven Goldstci n President-Elect Sue Bennett OvercoIlling Malaise Vice President John D. French Treasurer M ichacl Unger Secretary J an ie Nlaycron Past President C h ip G laser Bo ar d of Dire c t o rs T'S IRO Ie THAT we are featuring higher, earn more, and sometimes fall Executive Committee j\ lbrcia A ppel. Sue Bennetl , I a story on "malaise" in the federal farther than ever before when trends Thomas I I. Borman, Frank FitzPatrick, John D. French, C hip Glaser, government at the same time we are dictate or missions change. And it's a Steven Goldstein , Lauris Krenik, offering readers an insid e look at fac­ fact of life that most superstars are Janie Mayeron, Joseph S izer, Emily A nne Staples, Michael Unger ulty employment here, and profiling married to their jobs, not a bureau, Wa lter Mondale. Although we didn't department, or university. T hey will At-large Members Kristine Black, Mary Lou C hristensen , Edward L. Duren, intend it, the three are peculiarly go where the most resources, pay, Ezell J ones. La w rence Laukka, cott Meyer, related . rewards, and successes are. Pam ichols, J ohn Peyron, Sue Platou, Bob Potts, Tish Reynold s, Our story on mal aise details some of How to adjust to new mission and Cassandra Roberson-Dudley, Nancy dieck, the obstacles that must be overcome to end old ones, how to keep the super­ Arlene Stansfi eld . James R. S utherland, improve the working conditions of­ stars and the employees at the bottom Jim Swenson , Paul l "ylor, Sandra Turner and the work prod uced by-the pub­ productive, and how to divide resources Regional Representatives Duane L. Burnham, Frank S . Farrel l, Steve Francisco, lic sector. Malaise, says Paul Light of to get the job done are three big chal­ Michael I farley, Dick J ohnson. H arold Mclin , the Hubert H . Humphrey Institute of lenges of the 1990s. Our style in gov­ George W. Merrick, Budd Peabody, Public Affa irs, mean s th a t th e ernment so far seems to be to pretend John W. Perry, Robert E. Peterson burea ucracy suffers from too many that things are the way they were. Minnesota Representatives Alfred France. Jr., Margaret Matal. lllaki , Scott eison, layers of managers, lack of chall enging Tough issues like debt, drug, the Ben Trochlil, George Vogel, missions, a decline in public support, environment, health care, and educa­ Lauric Wilson S pencer and the "cement cei ling," that is, peo­ tion get ignored by politicians, says Ex-OfficioMembers Student Body President, ple who don't quit. Walter Mondale, the messenger who Brian Bergson; j\~inn cso tn I- on taxes to the Vice President, Ri chard B. H eyd inger; observations is that a "perve rse reac­ American public and wa shot down in ni versity President. ils Hasselmo tion to sa lary and personnel freezes is the 1984 pres id ential election. Mon­ Alumni Socie ties g r icu lturc. lark Seetin; the tendency to promote people to get dale's message in this iss ue is not of Band A lumni, Caroline Ro,dahl ; Biological Sciences, Elizabeth Thornton; Black lumni, them salary increases, creating more despair, however. In terms of solving Edward Duren; Dentistry, C harles D. O stergen; layers of management between top and the country's problems, he says, the Education, Laura Langer; General oll ege, bottom." That in turn, leads to govern­ Sharon Rein ; I lome Economics, Ly nn Boldt; answer is to be found on the campus of I lospital dministl"3ti o l1 , John Sweetland; ment contracting with the private sec­ the University of Minnesota . Industrial Relations, Peter Obermeyer; Insritute tor when it needs to get a job done The University is a testing ground of Technology, T homas W. Ru ch; J oll rnalislll , Kevin Deshler; La w, John Swenson; Libera l A rts quickly and effectively. for ending the ma laise and meeting the and University Coll ege, Mark Bregmann; II'I We see this at the University, too. cha ll enges of a changed society. One lub, Carl Ell er; Management, P.,lU l Wilkus; Employees get raises by having their reason is that its mi ssion-educa­ Medical, Richard E. Student; ledic.1 Technology, Bi ll ie A nne Jllni; ,\Iortuary cicnee, jobs reclassified, and outside consul­ tion-is so strong, so clea r, and so sup­ Ronald E. Troyer; all,ral Resources, Bruce tants, firms , and contractors are often ported. In some cases, Minnesotans I lawkinson; urse Anesthetists, Walter Scott; hi red to get the difficult jobs done. Both demand change or solutions to prob­ Nursing, Bets), Neff; Pharma y, Barba ra Reasy; Public Iloa lth, Dora o\ lay ,o leman; ROT are also happening more often in the lems and the University respond ; at Alumni, Gerald Sacre; U niversit), Women, private sector, as businesses farm out other times, the University initiates. It Barbara Beerhalter; Veterinary Medicine, fla rbara O 'Leary work they on.ce did in-house. isn't always easy, but it is happening In both government and the univer­ now-right h re o sity there exists supersta rs who fl y - Jean Marie Hamilton

~ I I N I' S O 'I " "I. U ,\I N I ,\ S soc I " T I () N 5 Human rights and civil liberties here and Jesus' Two all over the world are threatened because we do not appreciate their source: The Great Sanhedrin Law Codes of The Old Testament, which Acquittals also give us the base for our unique Judeo ~ Their legacies of Due rrocess of law Anglo~American Common Law system. r~< Using safe historical sources, legal author, Marshall Houts, (Law '41) shows the 1900~ year misreadings of the Gospel accounts of Jesus' trials, and then points out their affirmative legacies. The sophisticated Jewish Legal System with its "Due Process" requirements ~ permitted Jesus' two acquittals in the Jewish arshall Houts Courts for (1) Sabbath~Breaking, and (2) False Prophecy. J.D.

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\1 1 'I , 1 ~ {) 1 \ \ 1 L \1 'I \"" (I l I \ 1 1 ll' 7 LTER ~londal e's MINNESOT ought to be trying to get the pri\Jtr office in the Pill - ector inv Ived," he say. "It' the I er­ MARCH· APRil 1990 bury Tower in Min­ fect plac for agricultural cooperat t\ neapolis looks out on and inve tm ntS by merican b lS I­ the Minneapoli ity ne se , \Ve need to get more \ isit ng Hall. On this cold , blustery day in late The londale family \\'a cI sel)' pro~ rs and sch lar working \Ilth ovember, the street seventeen to­ involved with hi decision to remain a their ch lar ." ri es below are obscurred by' whipping pri\'ate citizen. "We talked ab ut it for londale i still very much the . tu­ now. The flag atop the courthouse flap weeks, and \o\'e finally had one la t fam­ dent of meri an p litic , and it i he furiou Iy from the stiff northerly gu ts. ily meeting," a, 1 ndale, HI talked ta tu f the cou n try a fter Ron Id porting a pair of \vire-rimmed about what I wanted to do and what Reagan' pre idency that captures hiS spectacle , Mondale, 61, p re over my plan were, For u ,it's alway been pa Ion . orne papers at his desk. The hair i a family matter." 10ndale's on , Ted hile hi incerity and c mpa Ion grayer now, the complexion a little and William, daughter, leanor, and hi c me acro \I'ell in per on, Mondale whiter. But the pas ion i still the same. wife, Joan, ha\-e all worked hard on never did shine on the impersonal 'r \ \ hen 10ndale talks about the issue 10ndale' campaign . creen-a severe handicap in an age and problems of merican society, he Known a a hard-\\' rking enator when I'oters foeu m re on candidat . ' sounds like the fired-up liberal of old . and \'ice president, i\ londale till keep media image than their is uetate­ The incerity is still there and 0 i the a heavy chedule. In addition to hi legal ment . 1 e 't t Ronald Reagan, the re erved sense of modesty. dutie , he head numerou ~ unda­ " reat ommunicator," ,\1ondale\ The pictures on his office wall reflect tion and en'e on everal corporate tumping tyle often appeared stiff, a career stretching to the \'ery ummit board , He \\'a recently a memb r of taid, and lackluster in the 19 -+ pre'l­ of power: a photograph of Mondale and the ational ommi ion on the Pub­ dential electi n. With four years d Jimmy Carter standing together on the lic en'ice, a blue-ribbon panel headed sunny morning in merica already hite House lawn; a panoramic \'iew by Paul . Volcker, former chair of the behind them, voters ~ und Reagan's of the crowds cheering his nomination Federal Reserve. i\10ndale is acti\'e in pr mi e to keep the g d time gOIng for the presidency at the 19 -+ Demo­ international affair, too. He has helped cratic lational Convention in an Polish leader et up democratic insti­ Francisco. There' a per onal cene, too: tuti n to upp rt their new govern­ a shot of the Mundal ance tral h me ment. s chair of the National set in the picture-book fjords of Democratic Institute, a federally' sp n­ Back home orway, sored agency, 1 ndale visited Poland Though he cho e not to challenge in the fall of 19 9 with former in Minnesota Rudy Boschwitz thi year for his enator Howard Baker, Ronald Reagan, Senate seat, preferring to stay with the and others, Walter Mondale Dorsey and Whitney la, firm in 'lin­ ince none of the newly elected Pol­ neapolis and spend more time with hi ish leader "ha\'e spent a minute" a addresses the family, Mondale the private citizen till legislator, "they need all the help they speaks out on the issues close to his can get," {ondale ays. He's ad\'i ed state the unzon heart. H e appea r well-adjusted to his them on setting up a hearing room and of new role. library, and on the procedural rule "It was a tough deci ion," say Mon­ governing parliamentary debate. the Democratic parry dale. "I've been in public office most of Mondale and other in hi group m life. But I had to ask my elf, do I helped convince the Bu h admini -tra­ and the Universiry get back on that treadmill , and tart all tion to doubl it direct financial aid t over again as a junior senator in \ ash­ Poland from about 160 milli n t more of Minnesota ington? I love public life, I alway did . than 300 million . Yet 1 ndaJe believes In some ways, it's harder to leave than the potential for other joint bu ines Choosing not to "start all over again as a junior senator from Minnesota," it was to get started in the beginning." deals \ itb Poland i e en greater. "We BY PE ER J. KIZIL Mondale is taking time for his family and law practice. I Z E ' HOTOGRAPHEO BY PER BREIEHAGEN 8 M R II - \PRIL IQ~O \I I , 'f 0 T \ \ L L \1 'I \ _ 0 ~ I \ T 10 9 "1 AT V VE NOW SPEND $124 billion more just to pay the interest on the debt. Thafs more than double all the cuts we made in education research and development) and health care under Reagan. )) irresistible. Mondale suffered a crush­ of the federal debt was $52 billi n. T his thing very ba ic in merican s CI Lt\ ing defeat . year it will co t $ 176 billi n. We now need mending. "I ay there are th ree ow that Reagan's bac k at his ranch, spend $ 124 billion more just to pay the legs to the st 01 upp rting meriLJn however, perceptions are changing. T he interest on the debt. T hat's m re than democracy : f ree and competitl\ e pursuit of priva te gain that Reagan double all the cut we made in educa­ enterprise, a commitment to the proces\ seemed to encourage had an impre - tion, research and de\-elopment, and of open democracy, and social justin. sive price-tag . nd the poor, says hea lth care under Reagan." Unfortunately, we've allowed that third Mondale, footed the bill . Unless the Reagan' slas hing of fund fo r the leg t become damaged. bloated budget is pricked soon, it will "peopl e programs" londale champi­ "What I think we're eeing no\\ art rest heavil y on the backs of future gen­ oned throughout his political care r has the res ults f [Reagan's] poli y: chil­ erations, he adds. short-changed the most deserving gov­ dren who don't lea rn, the breakdown Mondale is concerned that the defi ­ ernment-aid recipients, says Mondale. of the fam il y, drugs, the patholog)- of cit is sapping America's political will ; "For every doll ar h aved through cut a dis pirited people. But that is begm­ that the current "malaise" at the api­ in health care, aid to children and fam­ ning to change. I think people're tol is precluding the bold , new initia­ ilies, and educati n , we're now spend­ tarting to wake up to the problems. ti ves need ed to tackl e such social ing $2 j u t t cove r th e in t erest T he ad ulation of harp elbo\\ S Isn-t problems as homelessness, hea lth care, payment to fi nance the national debt. rea ll y meri can. and education. Last fall , Time and And nobody gets anything for it. We Mondale also says people are wakmg Newsweek magazines each ran cover don't educate one child , help one fam­ up to the rea litie ofthe federal budget stories on the apparent lack of national il y, or buy one choollunch ~ r that." In 1984, he ays, the publ ic didn't \I ant resolve. Is there a genuine malaise in A leader in the civil ri ghts move­ t hear the truth about the budget­ government, or is the so-called crisis ment throughout his ca reer, Mondale and taxes. londale insisted that it \I as media hype? says that during Reagan's rule blacks impossible to cut taxe , increae milI­ "That' a very tough question," says and other minorities saw an erosion of tary spending, and balance th budget. Mondale. "I believe ther are orne basic the progre they had made in the last while Reagan tried to com in e peopl e problems that tend to paralyze us from two decades . "Reaga n opposed every that rising economic growth \\ oul d e1mt attacking the major problems. And at single piece of civil rights legislati n over the revenue gap. I n the pr sidentIal the top of the list is the enorm us fed­ twenty years," says londale. " v ry­ debates, londale hammered 3 \\ a~ .1f eral deficit and the cost of funding that thing before he was president and every the point, despite advice from his ()\\ n defi cit. piece of legislation that was signifi­ advisers to tone it down. "Peopl e \\ cre That huge debt discredits the gov­ cant. The G rove ity case bill. T h on their 1m es begging me not to touc h e rnme nt's raison d 'etre, he says. Voting Rights Act Extension. Both of that tax is u ," says londale. "I jU\t "Whenever a major issue comes along, those, he only igned after just being sa id I'm going to d it my way." like fi ghting drugs, protecting the pummeled to death by public opinion. H is me sage may hav ost him the en vironment, helping children , the So there'- no que tion that there was a election, yet londale voices no regrets. na ty secret is that we're unable t retrogression during that peri od." "I can lee p just fin e knowing I stood devote any finances to do something Civil rights is one area \ here George up and told the truth," he sa~~. "I about it. The governm nt is muscle­ Bush is a va t impr vern nt ov r his remember T ip 0 ' eill [then peaker bound now. The examples justify some predecessor, Mond alc says. ''I'm grate­ of the II use] ca ll ed me up after we people's belief that government never ful to Presid ent Bush because [ beli eve lost the election to say that everyone in works." he's tried to heal som of the deep di vi­ Was hington, even at th White I louse, There's plenty of fodder for cynics sions that Reaga n se med to enj oy. H e agreed with what I'd sa id during the in Washington, D.C., these days. To moved very quickl y to reassur peopl e campaign, but the were afraid to admit make the budget appear less bother­ on civil ri ghts, for exa mpl . IIe didn't it. " some, Congress uses some slick sl ight­ run against governm nt, and he' put of-hand accounting; it simply doesn't some very professional peopl e on hi s OOKIN B K on the 1984 ek e­ include certain "off-line" expens s in the staff. " Ltion, Mondale has ome thOUg11ts total amount, says Mondale. "It' a Mondal beli eves that the "Looking on impr ving the campaign process. Ie major deceit. When w left office eight Out for Number ne" spirit that pre­ would like to elevate the debate bct\\"l"co years ago, the annual, net, interes t co t vailed in the t 980s show that some- ca ndidate . "What Oll have now i ~ ,he

10 M Il II - AP RI L 1 990 basic humiliation f the candidates," a minute without interruption 21 per­ mendous cost of financing a modern ~ays Mondale. "Y u ought to have at cent of the time. In 19 ,this never political campaign put pressure on least six presidential debates so the happened. During the entire political some candidates to cheat. "We desper­ candidates spend less time running campaign of 196 , when Hubert ately need campaign finance reform," round and more time debating the Humphrey ran for pre ident, the ::ve­ he says. "This trung of needing 10 1 sues." ning news broadcast only three excerpts million to run a senate campaign in mor efficient primary sy tern fr m candidates' commercial . By 19 Minnesota is ridiculous. We ought to would also make campaigns saner, he that number had swelled to 125. put a ceiling on what is spent; elimi­ say . "We should have a regionalized In what Mondale call the "era of the nate P Cs [Political ction Commit­ 'election pr cess, ha\'e primarie and marketeer," ubstance routinely 1 e tees]; there ought to be public financing. precinct caucuse on a given day. We out to the image maker. hould cur­ I think we need to have tighter ethical hould al 0 have rules that require the rent trend continue, many candidate controls." al o-rans t drop out early." That way will continue to duck the tough issue In the aftermath of George Bush' the major candidate would have m re that people would rather not think \'ictory O\'er 1ichael Dukaki in 19 time to air their substantive differ­ about, ays Mondale, adding, "if that' the national Democratic Party need to ences, he ays. the case, we're in terrible trouble." It develop a new political identity, one ledia gurus and their sophi ticated will be increasingly difficult to get top with broader appeal to voter a~ ' negative campaign trategie are of great pe pIe intere ted [in running for office). '''10ndale. He has at lea tone ugge­ concern t 10ndale. recent Harvard It's like re ham' law: bad money i tion: "I don't "vant to say too much about University study c mparing network driving g d money out f circulation. Go,'. Dukaki . God know he' uf­ new coverage of political campaign "Take the la t campaign. We didn't fered enough and 0 ha hi wife. But beN e n 196 and 19 hows the talk about drug, the environment, I don't think we can run a candidate increa ing shallO\me s of coverage. The educati n. Instead we pent all thi time with no federal background. We need average "sound bite," or bl c of unin­ on he pledge of allegiance. What little omebodv who can rea ure meri­ terrupted candidat p ch, fell from wa aid practically di appeared after cans that he' ready to handle the -t2.3 econd in 196 to 9. econd in the inauguration." respon ibilitie of the office." 19 . In 196 ,the andidates p ke for In addition, I ndale say the tre- Democrat can 00 longer count on

From his Dorsey and Whitney office, Mondale frequently finds himself offering advice and counsel on world affairs and public policy,

.\1 1 , , F ~ 0 1 \ \ 1 l \\ ,\ \ S SOC 1 \ T 1 0" II support from th old liberal coalition message to aspiring teacher, he says. cated. "Mom worked h r way throUf,h to win the presidency. The common "We need to honor the teaching Northwestern Univer ity t get a cause that once held these diverse profession much more," says Mondale. degree in music," he ays. "I don't kncw groups together-their commitment to "In Japan and Germany they do. We how he did it. h taught music b- social justice-can no longer be counted consider them [teachers] drones here. ans and always handled the chur· h on to deliver voters to the polls. That, We think they mu t not be able t make choir. We had no m ney, but I n vcr says Mondale, bodes ill for the national money so they go into teaching. We knew that until much lat r. W were party. have to get over this idea that educa­ having too much fun ." "There's a lot of soul searching going tion is for the second team." To turn orne f thi country's oclal on in our party in terms of what we The va lue of edu ation is an article problems around, merica's top edu­ should do to reconnect with Middle offaith for Mondale. In the rural Min­ cational institutions must pr duce the America," says Mondale, who has con­ nesota home where he grew up, both leaders of tomorr w, ay Mondale. sulted, unofficially, with such Demo­ parents revered learning. His mother "That's where the niversity of Min­ cratic Party leaders as Missouri Rep. and father both worked hard team nesota comes in. Imost everything Richard Gephardt, ew Jersey Sen. their academic degrees. '1 ndale's we've been talking ab ut in terms of Bill Bradley, and Speaker of the House father, Theodore, was a self-taught solving this country's problems i to be Tom Foley. farmer v ho became a prairie preacher found on that campus. Of all the things after graduating from Red Wing Sem­ we can do for the future, one of the NE OF MO DALE'S continuing inar , then affiliated with St. Olaf Col­ best i to support that institution," he O concerns for the country is its lege. He headed several small churches, says. attitude toward education. Despite the including one in Mondale's hometown, Throughout hi political career economic and social importance of Elmore, Minnesota. God's work often Mondale supported educational initia, brainpower, Americans have often been called the Rev. Mondale outdoors. "He tives. "1 think the easy thing to do 1 uspicious of higher education, says went out and talked to farmers in the a sume it alway happens. Bur you have Mondale, adding that he "sensed a cer­ fields and did his preaching there. He to pay for it, nurture it, permit bold tain anti-intellectual bias, a sort of 'know definitely was a man who fit with his idea , dargerou ideas," he ays. "It's nothing' attitude" during the presiden­ times," his on remembers. not a done deal; it's always something tial campaign. Our ambivalent atti­ Claribel londale, Mondale's mother, you need to w rk hard to achieve." tudes toward education end the wrong was just as determined to become edu- Recently the niver it, of lvlinne- ota established the Walter F. Mondale Policy Forum in the Hubert H . Hum­ phrey Institute of Public ffairs. The forum will bring together leader and experts from around the world to ~ cu public attention n critical world i su each ear. Mondale i concerned about any action to restrict access to the niver­ ity of Minne 'ota, moves he fear could shut some deserving tud nt out ducation offer the be t hope for minoritie and e nomicaJl r depriyed people to attain the merican Dream, Mondale believes. "You ne er knoll what a oung person i g ing to do or what their potential i. au will nc\'er know if you don't give them a chance. This goal should b at the top of our list." 1956 graduate of the niver it} of Minnesota Lav c hool, he countS "I CAN SLEEP just fine himself among those>; ho might bale been excluded lind r a tighter ad mis­ knowing I stood up and told the truth" si n policy. "\ hen 1 \V nt to the ni- ersit , [ thank the god the \ erln't about the realities of the federal budget focusing," sa, s Mondal . "BecausL I eriously d ubt I would have madl it and ta es says Mondale. if the had."

12 MAR II - APRIL 1 990 The Rise and Fall and Rise if Walter Mondal£

o ALD RE G and Walter 10ndale couldn't have presented ,.,oter with a tarker contrast in per- sonal tyles. From the Rbeginning of the 19 4 campaign, I Reagan had the upper hand, offering Americans a rerun f hi previou tenn. I '\10ndale took a different tack. He talked I abo ut raising taxe or cutting defen e to avert a fiscal cri is. The line drew preciou little applause. The final tall ' wa probably pre­ dictable. Reagan handed M ndale a humiliating defeat. Barely eking ut a Walter Mondale's history-making selection of Geraldine Ferraro I'ict ry in hi home state the former as his vice presidential running mate is an example of his coalition-building politics. U. . "ice pr sident and enator, 1in­ ne ota tate attorney g neral, and win­ Hubert H. Humphrey' In titute of enator to contr I abu e in the Central ner of five of the e\'en election he Public ffairs, and author of \ 'ice Pres­ Intelligence gency, and hi leader­ entered ended his long public career on idential Po'wer: lld'i:ice and influence in the ship on i ue regarding education, a ver), low note. \ uld he alway be \ hite House (John Hopkin , 19 3). children, families, and ciyil rights. He' I remembered a a 10 ert "\ ice pre ident u 'ed to be a signed especially proud of pearheading apr - In tb five year ince the election, whatever the pre idents thought wa gram a yice pre ident to re cue boat ,1 ndal 's tar has risen in the pinion lea t important," say' Light. "Over the people fleeing fr m despotic regimes in I of people who make or break reputa­ la t 25 year, the job ha bec me much outhea t la , tion in the I ng run: the writers of hi - m re ub tantiYe. In that regard. tory. cholars srud ying ;.. {ondale" career Mondale' "ice pre idenc:-' tand a a HILE S10NDALE can appreci­ are retrieving his reputati n fr m the m del for ther vice pre idenrs. He was W ate hi own political contribu­ ranks of ob curirv. the mo t eff ctive "ice pre ident of thi ~ tion no\\', he \\'3 n't al\\,a:-' able to do I Ii role in baping merican public century, if not in histor:-', really. He 0, When Gillon fir t interviewed the I polic" the modern Democratic Party, r all , et the tandard by which all linne ota Democrat at the \ Va hing­ and th lib ral p litical agenda of th futur yice pre ident will be ton, D. ., law firm of Win ton and 1970 and early 19 Os\\'a critical,say mea ured." tra\\'n- honl\, after the 19 -J. el c­ teven illon, a professor of bistOry at M ndale' staru ' a a nati nal I ader tion- 10ndale appeared a defeat d Yale niversity' who is \\'riting a bo k arter both contrib­ man. "It \\'a earl:-' in the m rning, and about londal . " \ e'l\ neHr ha" uted to hi u ce ', ay Light. "Hewa' it \\'as the fir t time I had e\' r met him," another politician like \ alter Mon­ an extrem I)' bright, substantive p li­ ay' ilion. "He looked a\\'ful. He \\'a dale," ays Gill n. "In a \\'ay that' a tici:lll \\'ho had done a lot of \\' rk in I ' till torn or really, de\'a tated b\. ' that bame. [Hi) i a styl f politic \\ hich the enate on i "u s thatJimmy' arter defeat, eyen though thi \\'a a good fif­ i rooted in ubstance, in a real sense cared about. ,he had mething t teen month or 0 after the election." of di tin cion b twe n the parties. Th taLk about nce he got in to ee the {ondale \\'a uncertain f Gill n' idea of building con 'en u b t\\' en pr ident. He had weekly' III etings intenti n , and th value f hi pro­ I competing group under tbe umbrella with arter; he 3\\ all the inf rmation p ed writing project. "He \\'a Ittmg of part)' loyalty' i a ritical lement of that arter a\\', Be had an ffice in the th r \\'ith thi big igar in hi mouth," 1. ndal ,'s political phil oph~ '. Those \II t wing of the White Bou e just a say iUon, "and he aid,' 0, why do element are simply g ne no\\'." few tep fr m th pre ident." y'OU want t write a book about m ?' 1 londale's \'ice pr sidency \\'a ' a high {ondale can boa, tal ng li ' t of think he \\'a 0 d \\'n from that cam­ poi nt in the histOry of th in 'titution, ac hi vement in hi lif tim of public p ign that h thought nob dy' eyer ,a),s Paul Light, niver it)' of linn­ en;ce. 1110ng hi ' llC 'se, h count want d t hear about him. He didn't ta pr fe " r, assi tant d an of the his ' 'lce pre idency, hi work as a think he had anything to ffer, that hi,

'HOTOGRAPHED BY JOE ODENIST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS DISPATCH \I I ;-.: 'oJ F '0 r \ \ L l \1 1 \ " I \ T 1 :-.J 11 bi graphy would be of any va lu ." Yet the pr fessor per isted . "I sa id that even if he did not think that he, himself, \ as important that it wa imp rtant for futur generations t understand w hat merican politics were like in the 1970s and 1980 . I went n and told him ho" he wa an impor­ tant figure in the D mocrati Party and in liberali sm ," says G illon. For the moment, Mondale was unmoved . "H e was s itting ther e looking kind f anno ed, and twirling this cigar around in hi hand. And h cuts me off and says, 'Okay, so Lane Kirkland will buy a copy.' " G illon later chatted with Mike Berman , a M o nda le confidant and adviser, w ho "vas much more optimis- tic ab ut the idea . Five months later, londale agreed to let G illon write about him. G illon came by hi s interest in lon­ dale when he was writing a history f mericans fo r D em cratic ctio n ( D ), a leading post-World Wa r II group of lib rals c founded by Hubert Humphr t the start, he knew rel­ ativel littl about Mondale. During the past three ears of resea rch, however, ilion has grown to appreciate his sub­ ject' historic significance. "When I started out, [ saw Mondale as a metaphor or a symb I of the mod­ ern Democratic Party," say G illon. Yale professor Steven Gillon calls Walter Mondale the single most important figure "The more I have gotten to know him , in the Democratic Party since 1972 and the leading liberal of his generation the more convinced I am that he is, since the death of Hubert Humphrey. perhaps, the most important Dem - crat since Hum phrey. H e's the single con CIOU nes . and intell ctual side forms a ma jor m st important fi gur in the D mo- " 1 ndale, much more than I think t h me in ili on's bo k. I n dal e'~ cratic Part since 1972, in particular, mo t people appreciate, pl ayed a criti­ intellectual growth and incrc.1singly and the leading li beral of his genera- cal rol in the years after 1972 trying sophisti ated worl d view h dC"eloped ti n since the death of Humphrey in to forg consensus b tween th two ver time i impressive , says ilion. 1977. competing faction of the Democratic "There are ve ry few p ople \\'ho spend "Monda Ie is the las t of his genera- Party: the traditi nal working clas a much time learning the in and outs tion. Someone told m he's the last of fac tion of the party and the new, inde­ of i su - in all their com pl ex i ty- a~ the ori ginal item. T he unique histori- pendent middle cia s. H e tried to bridge Walter Mondale. [Ie prepare ' like a trial cal and social circumstance that cre- the gap between Ge rge IcGovem and la\ yer prepare for a tria l. ft' on of ated a Walter M ndale w ill never again Lyndon J hns n. T hen later in the the most remarkabl things about be repeated . H e's very much a part of arter White H ouse, h played a ri t­ Mondale. I-I i , I think, one of th most Minneso t a, th rura l M innesot a ical role as li aison between Jimmy substantive and intelligent politicians depression experienc . H e' a product arter and the trad iti onal 0 mocratic in th 111 d rn era." of the Hubert Humphrey-H arry Tru- Party establishment. H e tried to do the ] n the 1960 , G illon says londale man, populi t, ew D ea l style of pol- same thing in his 1984 presidential ma in! ' ~ 1I 0wed Ilubert lJulllphr ~ \'s itics infu ed with the ort of ocial campaign," say ilion. lead on the is li es, without carvi ng Ollt justice concern o f the c ivil rig hts T hough londale's ideas on poli tica l his own politica l identity. That chang J movement of the 1960 . T hese are sort trategy mao ha e been outdated , h after 196 , wh n h d veloped hi s 0 \1 n of the critica l building blocks of Walter did become \ iser over the years. The v ry li beral positi ns. But that' not the Mondale' p litical tyle and politica l contras t b t\ een londale' pragmatic end of th ilion 'ays. ',\ ft r L-______~ ______~ ______

14 i\I ,\R II · \PR I I. 1 99 1) PHOTOGRAPHED BY BILL BURK IRT During the late 1960s and early 1970s, interest groups or the party to com­ he was extremely critical of merican municate their ideas. They got it "SOMEONE policy in Vietnam, foreign policy in directly through their television screen general, and liberalism. "His speeches in the living room. Mondale never told me he)s the last were filled with rhetoric that is appreciated the tremendou impact that extremely critical f the very founda­ television had." of the original item. tions, not only of American society, but The talents that made 10ndale an of post-war liberalism, which he saw effective leader didn't project well in The unique historical a being self-centered and self-satis­ 30- or 60-second commercial spots, adds fied-not radical and bold enough," says Light. "Running a national campaign and social circumstances Gillon. for the presidency in the 19 Os , and J "He talked about 'obscene priori­ think into the future, involves ome­ that created a Walter ties.' In a lot of ways, J think he con­ body who projects extremely well on sciously molded hi political tyle after television and has a per onality of a Mondale will never Robert Kennedy. nd he tried to certain kind . If he could ha\'e gone into assume the role that Robert Kennedy the living rooms of every home in again be repeated.)) had played in 196 as being the spokes­ America, you would have had a land­ man for the outcasts, those who are on slide for 10ndale." the fringe and n the perimeter of ccording to Gillon, 10ndale' 197 ,he moved to the center and con­ merican society. If you I ok at the abhorrence of glitz and glamour in pol­ tinued that proce s of moderation groups he was advocating for, they were itics i completely in character. "Mon­ through the eventies and eighties." children, migrant worker, and other dale simply fmds the whole tyle of Between 196 and 19 2, 10ndale p werles people." campaigning that i necessary to be was known a one of liberalism's II that changed after 10ndale' effective on television as being artifi­ taunchest supporters in the . . en­ enate \'ictory in 1974, the hi torian cial, a being beneath the dignity of a ate. ne of the I ader of the left­ ays. Mondale hired David aron, \\ ho politician," ays Gilloo. "He ee tele­ wing of the Oem cratic Party during became hi chief foreign policy adviser vision as being a non ubstantive, \'ery th e year , for eAample, he was the for the rest f his political career. '~on pliable medium. most forceful adv ate of sch 01 bu - really educated 10ndale about the role "That' why he refu ed the type of mg . "He e tabli 'hed the enate elect of po\',!er in international polic)'," a)'s coaching - until 19 4 wben he was ommitt e n qual ducational Gillon. Though till a liberal advocate, preparing for the debate witb pportunity for the I purpo e of londale softened his rand to accom­ Reagan-that wa nece ary to make rearguing the ca e ~ r busing," say modate political realitie and broaden him elf more attractive on televi ion. iU n. "I Ie t up n the enate floor hi appeal to voter . "en beyond that, he refu ed to rec­ and oppo ed every major measure Th ugh 10ndale \Va able to read ognize the broader impact that tele\'i­ de igned to limit the scope of busing." mericans' growing di illu ionment sion, the technology it elf, \\'a ha\'ing Yet londale wa not an inflexible with postwar liberali 01, he couldn't on the campaigns." ideologue. When the national mood change his view of the political process, The force, power, and impact of the shifted again t busing, he changed tac­ Gillon sa)' . "Walter I ndale in 19 4 new socia I i ues of the 19 - 0 on tic, if n t hi verall cour e. 'By 19 2, is the \ alter 10ndale of 194 who \\'a American politic al 0 contributed to as the white middle cia began h \\'­ out pounding the pavement f; r Hubert londale' 19 4 defeat, Gillon ay . "In ing its diS ati faction with bu ing-and Humphrey and Harry Truman back in the 1970 and 19 0 the e new cultural as it became a major issue that was the second di trict in linnesota. That' issue of rac , law and order, and ab r­ di\'iding the Demo rati coaliti n- the fatal tlaw in Walter 10ndale. That' tion cut acro the cia 'oalition. And 10ndale e sentially dropped it," ay the rea on why, I believe, h was ulti­ 10ndale never c uld under rand. as Jim ilion. ''Th re was a big debate n mately reject d. He tiU belie\'ed in the John ' on [one of londal ' clo e t i\ londale' staff, becau e he was up for power of int re t gr up -that the e political ad\'i er ] told m , 'why a guy re-election in 19 4. His sel t commit­ group hared an identity with a larger named ei ni, from Jer er i~ ' , c;uld tee wa lated to rel a e its final report, con tituen .. He till believed in this be a Republican.' In M ndale" view of which advocat d increa ed money or rt of plurali m, the philo ophy of the way politi \\' rk , if ~ ' ou'r a I \\'er­ bu ing and pretty b Id m a ure for eibhur that was so d minant in the middle-cia , or \\' rking- la white continued int gration." imm diate po twar period. That you ethni , you're aDem crat. M. ndale, in what ' ilion 'ails "typ­ c uld ommuni ate to your c n titu­ "He never appreciat d ho\\' th , e ical fashi n," had it l th wav ' . He ran ent thr ugh the repre entari\'e of other is ue t re apart that cia for r -el tion- and relea j the r port p ",erful intere t gr ups [that] repr - dimen i n of politi which had fom1ed after th I tion, a ' ilion . ented their constituents' need . rh ew 0 al and had f rmed hi vie\\ There are other examples of lon- "Television fundamentally rev lu- of politic . That, I think, i what ulti­ ale' shifting perspective, sa)' ill n. mately led t hi d "'nfall." ~

\I""E. ' OT\ \Ll\l" \ 0 1\110:-" IS , TheBUREAUCRAT D SEAS

WE TV years ago, a government job meant prestige, better-than­ a erag pay, and a ense of contributing some­ thingT to the greater god. Today, It mean stagnant pay and no status. 1 he opportunity to contribute has all but "ani hed . "Every body thinks I" m a nutcake for talking about public sen­ ice," Rep. Patricia chroeder' daugh­ t r, a junior at Princeton, told the Denver congress\\ oman. The o utl ook fo r government mploy ment, as~essed in numerou . tudie , is 0 gloom. that the dreaded word-malaise-ha s surfaced to d s rib it. T he last time that \Iord gai n d curr ncy was during the 'arter administration, when it came to S) m­ bolize Jimm y arter's doom ed presid ency. In Was hington, D . '., \1 hencHr th r 's a pr blem too hot to handle, n\ a signed to a commission. T he anonal ommi ssion on the Public ervice, 3 blue-ribb( n group charged with tack­ ling the fed ralmalais , was headed b) Paul olcker, th f rmer chair IIf the Federal Reser e. 1£ reported its findings in J\tlarch 19H9 am id st a fan­ fare f pres breal fa ts, background briefing, and favorable editorial com­ ment. o mmissi n taff r called Volcker "the Open esa me," be au,e his pr sence paved the waY' for () much positiv publicity-in cluding support for a h fty pay increa e for federal empl yees. Ithough Congr ss eventual" approved a pay increase for itself. fed­ eral judges, political appointees, al1d other g ernment worl er , th proCl 'S \ as a divisi e one, and in wuvs syl11 1- r. rl) tomatic of th I:1rg r probl 111, -sa)'~ P:~ II

ILLUSTRATED BY PAUL ME l EL 16 ~ I A R C; II · PIUI. 1 99 0 Public service has been hit by ((malaise.)) Symptoms: inertia) no advancement) lack qf respect) low pay. University alumni and the Humphrey Institute)s Paul Light are working on a cure

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Light, niver ity of linne ta pr fe - a princely urn to mo t \'oter . uTI the "The public generally felt that judges, r and as istant dean of the Hub rt public at large, 0,000 i a good \\ork­ presidential appointee, and ci\'il er­ II. Humphrey ch I of Public Affairs. ing definition of rich," ay' l orman "ants hould get a pay increa e, bur Light en'ed as enior ad\'i er to the Orn tein, a ch lar at the Washington­ were very up et that member of on­ commis i nand \\T te the draft of it based merican nterpri e In titute gre weregettingapayincrea e," ay final report. and a 196 graduate of the ni\ er ity Light, adding that the three different of linne ota. " nd if y u talk about pay increa e were "dec upled," with IlE cenario went like thi : InJan­ not making it at 90,000, pe pIe \\ ill enate and Hou e pay ri ing epa­ T uar)' 19 9, the Quadr nnial ju t laugh." rately from that f judge and pre i­ ommi ion recommend d an acros - Tn February, fired up by' radio talk dential app intee . the-b ard 51 percent increa e for on­ how h st , angry citizen managed t By all acc unt , pay i nly part of gres and all fed ral em pi yees. The defeat the 51 percent pay rai e. "The the problem of government malai e, increas wa sanctioned by a full ca t public felt that it \\'a being cammed however. It i a much a cri i of the of poli tician " i ncl ud 109 pre idem through ongres ," ay Light. "It could pirit as of the pocket k. The \ ' lcker Reagan and Bush, and the pay rai e pa s with ut any \'ote being taken, report had ounded the alarm bell. It would ha\'e been implemented in ~ b­ that' the way the pr ce s \\'a actuall~ ' warned that the federal gO\'ernment i ruary without ngre casting a in­ d igned." "increa ' ingl)' unable gle \ote. Wahington la\\'~ ' er Lloyd ,\ t fir t, ay Light, congre ional to anract, retain Cutler, \\ ho headed the Quadrennial ethics re~ rm and changing h n raria and moti\'ate ommis ion, was warned that a -1 were part of the pay rai e cenario. the kind of per ent increase for representati\'es and ngre \\'a sa)'ing,' i\'e u ur-I people it will enat rs \\as to much in an era \\ hen p rcent pay rai e, and we'll change ur ne d to do mo t neri ans were lucky t get small, h n raria p licy',' j ot likely," , ay th e ntial single-digit in rease , He purned the Light. work f the ad\'i e, confiding to an ass iate: "We Although the Vo1cker omm1 i n' might as well get hung for robbing the final report i ued in ~ larch recom­ First National as a piggybank," ince m nded a 2 - percent increa e, little the m rican people would begrudg attention \\'a paid to it becau 'e f the ngress any i7e pa~ ' rai e, utler February br uhaha. ight month later rea oned, the c mmi i n might a \\ell in TO\' mber, ho\\'e\er, ngr S5 did play for high take . \'ote on and pas ' a pay increa e. The alarie f fed ral \\' rkers ar Thi time it \\'a, 25 per nt, tag­ tied by law and traditi n to c ngre - gered ' 0 that )Illy a small am unt i nal pay. If ngres d sn't \'ote it elf \\ ould go int effect for ' nator an incr a e, th re t of the federal and rcpre 'entati\'e, b fore bureaucracy i held ho tage. The pre - th 1990 Ie tions id nt' dvi ory , mmi si n n Fed­ -and it wa tied I! ral Pay recently r p rted that the pay e\.pli itl) to change bap b twe n gO\ernment workers and in honoraria and the pri 'are ector is now a daunting 2 .6 ethi ·S. "To b r al f er 'ent, It would tal e $' bi lli on in candi :I," sal's Light, the fir t year t clo'e the gap, a ' l lln ' 0 "the chant>e, in ethi 's Ilut f reach it did not m rit seri us di - ha\' 'ome loopholes ussion. Besid s, nator ', represent­ about a big a ltive , and top officials make Q, '00, J\ lontana.

\\ \ " " l SOl \ \ \ L \l" \ \ S ~ 0 t \ \ T \ 0:0. 17 re public In the y ars and d ecad es of harshly critical letters. "I k ep say­ ahead ." ing the pendulum will swing," he ays. "So fa r, it hasn't." HE W illiam arey took a job T here are a number of good rea on W with the Bureau of the Budget why the bureaucracy is held in su h (BOB), now the O ffice of Management low esteem. First am ng them, qui p and Budget (OMB), in the earl y 1940s, Ornstein , "it's de erved ." T he ster - the nation was ju t coming out of the type of the complacent g ve rn m nt depression and Franklin Delano Roo­ fficia l, imp r iou to bei ng fi red, is F P L LI I IT were magiC1lh sevelt was leading the way. "For a young an image that sticks in vo ter ' minds. It nam d White House chief of man at that time, government was the wa ea y fo r Washington ut iders taff, he ay he would orJ~r central orbit of action and passion," ] immy Carter and Ronald Reagan to perestroika-a radical restruc­ Carey recalls. "It was the place to be, exploit tho e negati e feelings by run­ turing of government. Light. the place to test one' abilities, the envi­ ning again t the federal burea ucracy, whoI j in d the ational ommis IOn ronment in which talent would hoot even after the ccupied the Oval n the Public en'ice in it last ~I\ to the urface if given its chance. When O ffice . toppi ng waste, fraud, and months, replaced a clo 'e friend on th~ the recruiters from the bureau made abuse in the government was Reagan's commi sion who died uddenl) tit their yearl y trips to the top campuses, rallying cry. eorge Bush ha set a d if- describe the experience as "an intelN kind of learning experience and fu~r about the most difficult thing [\ e eler d ne." Light drafted the commi ion's fmal report, " Leadership for merica. which offered twel\'e recommend.;­ tions to improve public sen ice 3'1d attract y ung p pie IOto gO\'crnment "Tco THE PUBLIC job . "The federal go ernment, I think, i, at large, $80,000 is a good working definition of ften an employer of last re on for man) our our bright young people," "3\ rich. And if you talk about not making it at Light. "It' th j b you would onh tJh( if you couldn't find something eI,c­ $90,000, people will just laugh." where. \Ve see that among our studenr here at the [] umphrey Institute Jnd among our und rgraduates." mong thc change~ Light recom­ they r e turned wi th f ull saddl e fe rent tone, calling government ser ice mends are pinning off piece\ 0 bags ... And I never re ented getting paid an honored call ing, but the damage has departments uch a ' the \ 'e tcrall less than I might have gotten as the chief been done. dministrati n, mmerce, and [r(\l financial officer of the M&M com­ Publi c service salaries \ ere never ury into corporati n-type entities tha pany, which was an offer I received [and mea nt to keep pace ith the priva te would operate like bu ine se II ith declined] at the age of 27." Carey, now sector; the compensation wa assum d greater accountability. He \lould ~hnllk with the Carnegie In titute in New to come in other nonmonetar ways. the government at least 5 percent and York, was for many years the top career nd, indeed , many young peopl will eliminate several layers f manage­ staff executive at OMB and the BOB. happily take a lower alary if it means ment. "We ought to 'be taking a gl~)d Government service today is not challenging work, according t a recent hard look at ur ag ncie and sa~ in, nearl y so much fun . For one thing, the survey conducted by the Vo lek r which ones stay, which ones go. Jnd federal government is in a mas ive ommission . Coll ege graduates are how can we restructure these agencies period of stagnation. It has b en rocked eagerly competing for the Peace rps, and the programs within them to makL by a series of ethical scandals. While w hi ch pays subsistence wages but it more likely that th programs \I ill they mo t1 y involve elected offi cials and guarantees a life-br adening experi n e. work," ays Light. political appointees, the ca reer civil The trouble with many governm nt Light advocate a vigorous spnng servant i tarred by the same bru h. j bs, says Paul Light, is that they are cleaning to eliminate or reduce the iz The public' attitude toward politi­ dead ends. "It's ve ry difficult f r m to of agencies that no long r ha\e I j.l hk cians and government offi cials is "total, say, 'Take a job anywher in the fed­ missions. H\Nc'v got thousand~ .1nel unremitting, viciou ho tility," ays eral government-you will be chal­ thou ands of committees and coml is Orn te in . When Ornstein wr te a lenged ,'" says Light. "It's just not true." si n in government that don't do di Idly Newsweek column defending the fed­ Light list th se characteristi as ty p­ and that ought to be eliminared,' ht eral bureaucracy, he received hundreds ical of an over ized burea ucrac :

18 MAR H - APR I L 1990 THE LIGHT PRESCRIPTION

By TERE SCALZO

"I N FEDERAL government, we tend to keep people for as long as the can drag themselves into work. You ought not be appointed to anything for life.

Paul Li ght served as senior advi ser to the National Commission on the Public Service and wrote the draft of its fin al report.

say. "I know' ommitment t Focus' the prevailing wage in their local or fmancial reward , "\\11at we found wa i n't the right word anymore, but you regional market [and not] a wage that' a real concern that the work be chal­ ought to have an' ccess to Excellence' set at a national level that' either exor­ lenging," sa:-'s Light, "Question of 'Will in gO\'ernment a well." bitant compared to the local preyailing I be recognized f; r m~ - perfonuance? Because the public is interested in rate or far too low." Will I be challenged? Will I be valued efficient and honest government, Light Light sa)" solutions to government for my kill? Will I haye a chance to thinks voters \\ ould upp rt ff rt to "malaise" are hampered b~ ' the ense in advance to the highest level of my tie ome amount of pay and tenure to Wa hington that "all you have to do i abilitie ?' overall j b perf rmance. He also sug­ bump pay a linle bit, ble the public "\Ye ha\-e to offer a decent le\'el of gest implementing perf rmance con­ ervanrs. and ha,'e the president appear pay that's g ing to help our student tracts. People who do their j bs well at a couple f big event each )'ear to payoff their loan and find a decent would be protected and r warded, celebrate the outstanding employee in place to live. Our comparati\'e advan­ while tho e who are n t performing well government." But he is is quick to p int tage in the public sen'ice i to pr \'ide can be rem ,'ed. "In federal govern­ out that u h "Band- id ," won't entice them a job in which the~ ' can make a ment, we tend to keep people for a the be t students into public en'i e. differ nce in the quality of life. We ha\'e long as the), can drag thel11sel es into A survcy by the National ommi­ to tell them that 'You can do 'omething \lork," he says. "You ught not be sion n the Public en'ice of graduates bigger than y u can in the pri,-are 'ec­ ppointed t anything for life." \\'ho had been elected to Phi Beta tor.' We have ro call out ro the commit­ Light also belie\'cs the public wants Kappa, to the scien e h nor ociety, and ment in young people to changing the to pay fcdera l employe . bas d n the to the public admini tration honor funlre and altering the quality of life. co t of li \'ing in their localities. "It just societ\' indicated that student ~ weren't And I think that commitment i' ,till lake, sense to pay fed ral emplo)'ee anra ted to j bs simply b)' pay and there." ~

HOTOGRAPHED BY DAN VOGEL \IIN'\E . OT\ ALL\! , 1\ " 0 1 .\Tl0' 19 • ement ceiling. It i difficult for tion; we hal'e to have an P . The [(.a- oung people to ad ance because the "S ORTOF n we eI an up t xic wa te dump IS career ladder is so crowded with peo­ precisel b cau bu ine put t Ie ple above them who don't quit. The p rver era tion to wa te in dumps. Reagan campaign,d "quit rate" of federal employee is onl. on the theme that th markets wo Id about percent, half that of the private alary and p ronnel d it, that all you needed t do I as e ector. {oreover, the best job - a vig rou private ector and:. flU ambassadors to foreign countrie r II' uldn't need gOI'ernment at all, but freeze 1 that w as i tant secretarie of this and that­ the private ector i n't inter ed in most are often re erved t r political friend tended to promot f the function of g "emment. hel of the pre ident. "By the time you're don't \! ant to run an air traffic con tr~1 3 ~ , ou're at the top of the career lad­ p ople to get th m y tem_ nd the "re not competent to der," ays Rep. chroeder, who grad­ do o. The don't want to run an BI uated from the ni versity of Minnes ta and they houldn't." in 1961. "E erybody above is politi­ alary in rea cal ." chroeder's on took a job with rating mor la er f; r government malai e are B e\,v after graduating from C hard to come by. Public en'ice Georgeto\ n niversity's chool of of manag ment might become more attractive once the Foreign en'ice because "he figured out "read my lip .. era f no new tax com the be t he'd get in a politicized system between the top to an end. Yet elected official hare is ambas ador to olombia r Haiti­ lacked the political courage to i ue any places where none f the president' and the bottom. kind of call for acrifice. s budget buddie want to go," ays chroeder. director Richard arman put it, the • tifling regulation . Government countr, i in the thr of "no\,I -n II ­ agencies are awash in rule and regu­ i m," with in tant gratification becom­ lations about what employees can or ing the p litician ' r ad t reelection. cannot do. Requi itioning a pencil can while acc unting trick mask the true require several different ignature . extent of the budget deficit. • Over-layering. Young people who In an ctober 19 9 cover ory. Tim! want to make a difference get discour­ a ked the que tion, "I overnmenr aged \ hen they ee how many layers Dead?" It detailed gOlernment mac· of bureaucracy tand between them­ tion on a range of i ue from the defi­ selve and the real action. "They make cit to health care and f reign pile\' a wedding cake look like nothing," ay " nwilling to lead . p litician are let­ Light. " ort of a perver e reaction to ting America lip int paraly i ." the salary and per onnel freezes is that we've magazine c neluded. tended to promote people to get them program. What you do at EP a an "In ur y tem of government," . ys salary increa e ... creating more lay­ emplo, ee i manage a contract for a Hue budget committee chair n ers of management between the top and con ulting firm that doe m t of the Panetta, "you get thing done thr ugh the b ttom." implementation of uperfund. leader hip or through crisi . Right no\\ • Lack of challenging mi ion . Dur­ " Incidentally, I don't think the \, e have very little of either." ing the last twenty year , government American public realizes how much omeho\'1 it seem fitting tend thi ha contracted with the private ect r those pril'ate job co t," Light add . tory with a rememberance f hml to do jobs it once did, leaving Ie s chal­ "More ver, private contractor ften thing were-and, by implicati n. the lenging dutie for public employee . have ignificant c nflict f intere t, h pe that that pirit c uld once again Too many g vernment \ rkers d lit­ working at everal different agenci and be captured. "In th early fortie. the tle more than manage c ntract with for other private fmn at the arne time. nation till looked to g vernment to the private ector, ay Light. "Too But ab ut the la t place you'd look f; r lead," recall are),. " The p pie many of the intere ting job are now flexibility and a quick-hitting re ponse believed in governm nt a a de em and being handled by the private ector, at i within your own agency becau e it' po itive in trum nt of action. a a C;Ir­ much higher pay. o damn tall and it' 0 filled with ing in tiruti n and a r ponsive ne, and " The nvironmental Protection bureaucratic regulation and red tape." a a force for building a nation and a gency P) or the Department of • Deeline of public upp rt. During future. Thi ethic \Va deeply r ttJ. nerg pend mo t f its money and the last ten year, the public ha gott n deriving from the R evelt year . It ha two or three time a many the me age that practically everything can b that \ ay again, but nJ)' if thle employees \'\lorking n contract than government did wa bad and that the qualiti of en'ice in g I'ernment . e they do with the agency. That's a big private ector could do it better. "It' a re tored . 1 ney al ne will never d [. problem for meb dy who want t big lie of cour e," ay Light. "We hal'e That nly on figure in ( e work on, for example, the uperfund to ha e a Federal I'iation dmini rra- equati n."

20 \\ A R II - ... P R I L I 990 University faculty are leaving for the greener groves of academe lured by offers unheard of in the past. OING Can the University keep the best and the brightest? ATE Should it?

B y \V ILL I A ~I \\' A K 0-

"T Il R are e\'eral way of deal­ tate apitol. "Key individual in the ACULTY retention i in fact one f ing \\ Ith ad\'er ity," Unlver It)' Cemer ~ r Interfacial Ersoineering were Fthe hot topi on campu thi year, of linne ta pr fe or D. Fennell being pursued by other universiti ,and and will likeh' continue to be for "ears - , van tell a vi itor to hi Twin itie their leaving would ha'-e a ignificam to c me. It i high on the agendas of campu office one morning." ne of impact," \-ans. "I wanted t make nearly e\'eryone. from the B ard f the option here, f cour e, i to pick people realize that omething had to be Regent to the Uni\'ersity president to up and leave. n ther i to try to do d ne." the in atution' deans to all level of something about the ituation." van had indeed caught reader ' facwty and taff_ It ha begun attract­ orne month earlier, in an pini n attenti n, eliciting considerable agree­ ing the attention of the legi lature. p ge commentary in the tar Tribune, ment with the ani Ie' thru t a well a alumni, and, pre umably, the tate' van , director of ch I' enter ~ r a few uggesti ns that if the auth r were larger public a well, Interfacial Engineering, had aid the unhappy at '\1inne ota, perhap he Admini trat rs like hirley lark, niver it)' wa in grave tr uble. ,\lany him elf h uld g el ewhere_ ~ rmer acting pro'-o t and ,ice pre i­ of the b t and the brighte t of it fac­ And what a ut th "key indi,-idu­ dent ~ r academic affair during much ulty, he wr te, were "reluctantly com­ al " wh e pur uit by other uni"er i­ of the recent di cu i n, cite the grow­ mg to the c nelu i n that thi i n ti the mm mar\' in me first ing number of " retenti n ca e ,. en­ I nger a place in which to inve t their place? vans repli \\'im a ru ful mile, dence f a cri i . Retenti n ca are future." Barring a "n \\" vi ion" n the ne f me indi,idual had ju t d parted ffi e of Aca- part of th tate and it leade hip and f r the .\Ia achu ett In titute f n appr priate all ati n f r urce , echn I gy, h ay . "The m "ing van \'e he warned, "~1inne ta face the pr - left , t rda\,, _" ect of being the brainp \\" r tate with 1 brain-d ad univer it\". " The arti Ie, he tell hi "i it r, \\"a In attempt t rou e the citizen f lin­ ear f m \'ing "an numbe ,as an ther administrat' r pu 'le ta and their ele ted repre ema­ leaving ~ l inn ta ~ r B ton, Berk - it, ar '''-ery lippe~ - , " d umenting ive , wh , at th time it wa \\ ritten, ley, and ther purp rtedl~ ' greener nly th e ca in \\ hich th ffice f "ere itting in I gi lati\ e e i n at the gr \'e of academ are wi e pread. ai h pi hed in to help.

\I 1 ' E T -\ -\ L l \1 'I -\ _ 0 1 T I 0 21 In fact, there are many more instances waning facul ty morale comp unded by is een a a measure of a per on' WOrtI1. in w hich individual coll ege either tight budgets." H w can we possibly expect to hire alld handle the bids themselve or deem retain t p-n tch peopl e if we ca n't them lost causes. The Coll ege of Lib­ OMP NS T 10 i not the onl compensate them accordingl ?" eral rts, administrator say, was par­ Ccomponent in the faculty reten­ R bert loan is a professor of gCI l­ ticularl y hard hit in 1988-89, though tion issue. Professors ob iously take og and ge ph i s at the Uni ve rsi t " the problem , either directl y or by way many fa ctors into account when c n­ and pres id ent of the T win iti es chap­ of a ripple effect, has touched virtuall y sidering whether to g to or tay at a t r of the merican Ass ciati on of all precincts of the U ni versity. . particular in titution. Uni ersity Profes ors ( UP). The Moreover, ay Clark and other , the "Faculty members have the arn e UP, says loan, ha been c mpiling offers and counteroffers are becoming needs as everyone else, but they're not and comparing fac ulty salaries among increasingly ex pensive, suggesting the driven by salary alone," lark says. "If the nati n's uni versiti es and co ll egc~ kind of bidding generall y ass cia ted they were, they w uldn't have cho en si nce 1957, and the 010 t recent rank­ w ith big-time private industry and academe in the fir t pi a e. I think what ing how the Universi ty of linnesota professional athletics. In 1988-89, the everyone's reall y looking at is the over­ in a di mal li ght. Office of cademic ffairs alone spent alJ environment-a cluster f thing that ccording to those ranki ng, released a total of almost $697,000 on retention make up the total unive rsity experi ­ by the UP and announced locall) cases, and the cost is going up. Refer­ ence." Besides salary, lark and other by I an in pring of 19 9, the mean ring to nationwide trends reported in salary of a ni versity professor i cur­ recent academic journals, lark say of rently about $45, 700-some $8, 100 b~ the proffered compensation packages, than the m an sa lary of profe sor at " ome of the bids could be legiti­ F THE more than two d zen other pri vate and mately called exotic." public re ea rch school involved in the To make matter worse, the Univer­ O 180 million com pari n . Full profe ors at the sity'S struggle to retain outstanding fac­ ni ve r ity earn d, in mean figures, ulty is taking place again t projecti on In research grants $5 4,5 O-or $ 10,000 Ie than their of a ignificant nationw id e faculty counterparts at the other chools stud­ shortage within the next several years. and contracts raised ied. T he gaps between M inne ota and Experts such as H oward Boen and Jack the other had widened signifi canth Schuster, authors of the book American by University professors (from roughl y $5,400 and $9, lOn , Prof essors: A National Resource Imperiled, respectivel ) since the previou year' are say ing that 500,000 of the nati on's in 1988, nearly $90 comparison , and in 1989, linnesota 700,000 faculty members will retire ranked 25th among the Ii ted imtitu­ within the next two decades and that million was accounted ti ns in both categories. most of them will have to be replaced. Not everyone uses the same yard­ The American Council on Education for by only 100 stick or comes up wi th the same num­ report that di ciplines such as com­ ber , but there seem to be scant puter science, mathematics, and busi­ individuals. disagr ement with loa n's troubltng n ess are alre ad y facin g faculty b ttom line-that the niver it)' of shortages, and by the middle 1990s the Minnesota is "dreadfully out of posi­ dearth should extend to the hea lth and tion in terms of comp nsati n." physical sciences, engineering, foreign point out, that "cluster" includes work­ T h se who keep tab of u h thi ngs languages, and various vocational field s. related resource and facilities, the note that meri can univer ity facultv A headline in the Chronicle of Higber quality of co ll eagues and student , the salari e have been generall r d e pres~ed Education in 1989 did not seem to be prestige of the institution and depart­ for th pas t twenty years. As hirle) stretching for effect when it headlined : ment, and a va ri ety of "quality of life" lark noted in a background pre enta­ " Uncertainty Is Rampant a Colleges con iderations in th institution's com­ tion to the regents la t year, "by the Begin to Brace for Faculty hortage munity. A decision to leave or stay put early 197 0s, higher educati n \\'a no Expected to Begin in 1990s." may turn on such dive rse items as the lo nger enjoy in g the mom entu m of " The expect ed w a ve of retire­ region'S climate, I cal cultural ameni ­ expansion [it had ex perienc d during m ents," the Chronicle story glumly ties, or the employment opportunities the post-W rid War II boom), and it explained, "will come at a time when available to the professor's spouse. was entering a peri d of prolonged many institutions are concerned about For all of that, compensation is surely financial hortages, the burden f whl(h a decline in the number of America n central to the 10 al concerns about ha fall en heavil y on facult c mpcn· doctoral-degree recipients, a drop in shortages and ompetition for out­ sa ti n and working c nditi ns." many disciplines in the proportion of s tandin g t eaching a nd r esea rc h t the University of Minnesota, the recipients planning academic ca reers, personnel. ituation has been worse than at maoy heavy pressure to increase the number "Com pen ation is fundamental," says of it peer in titutions. "Our sala m'S of minority faculty member , and Regent Jean Keffeler. " ompen ation ha v impl not recovered fr m the

22 MA R II - A PRIL 1 990 John nian gun -and-butter inflation ti n , and funding \\'a ad\'er ely which \I' lowered further bv the en era at the same rate as many of the th­ affected. n ther, more comm n1)' of top-of-the-ne\\' embarra ment in ers' ," loan say . " In 19 2, we were voiced, and p rhaps more fundamental 19 , 19 ,and 19 9. Another ha been es entiall on par with everyb d),. explanati n i that the niver it)', in the ri e in th number of the t1I\'er- very body underwent a ra hand it well-intenri ned attempt to be many ity' retention ca e . reached the nadir in ab ut '7 r '7 9. thing t many people, ha imply "The niver it~ , f ~linne ta i ' a But nearly every y else 'eem t have pread it elf-and it limited ch 01 with a lot f high-quality fac­ recover d fa ter than we have." re urce -danger u 1)' thin. During ulty m mber who are relatively I \\' ome observer blame the alar)' lag, the pa t d cade and a half, alari have paid," loan explain . The alar), itu­ among other re urce-related pI' b­ n t b en th only it m placed in je p­ arion, plu th variety f ther res ur e lem , on the niver ity admini tra­ ardy. tudent-to-fa ult~ , ratio r se in and m rale pr hi m ,hav made it a tion f the past decad and a half. For many di ipline, the h \' library ' go d hunting ground t: r alp-hunt­ varying re n, riti ' argue, f rmer yst m \\'a eri u 1 ' depl ted, cam­ er fr m ther in tituti n - h I presidents laic 1m 1 0 ' , . Pet r pu building fell belo\\' de, and 10 kiner t repla e faculty m mb r ' at Magrath, and Kenneth Keller ~ und antiquat d quipment \\'a n t replaced. a ni r level and xpand r enrich them cl c at odds with legi ,1, tor n r suIt ha b n a mu h-di - exi ting pr gram ." re p n ibl for niversity appropria- cussed lowering of faculty m rale- In her pre entati n to the reg nts,

ILLUSTRATED BY LINDA FIII CHT EL \1 I 'l I' \ \Ll' ''>';1 \ ' ' 0 I \ T I , 23 Clark de cribed four strategies that had peting with private industry and the been employed by the University's various profes ions, which, with their academic affairs office to retain "key often higher compensation levels, are On the faculty" ince the mid-1980s. One pro­ apparently becoming more and more vided pecial allocations "to depart­ appealing to bright young people. The ments in fields where shortages of experts agree that significant numbers Firing Line faculty or market condition made of today's m st prorni ing graduate are competition particularl y acute." passing up the cla sroom and r earch By CH U CK B EN DA Another allocated merit increa e dol­ lab for uppo edly more r warding lars for specific U niversity depart­ careers downtown. ments. third provided "anticipatory Whatever the ource of the compe­ retention" m ney to individual depart­ tition, the "game" itself is expen ive to ments "based on the difference between play. nd a the stake increa e, 0, Minnesota department salaries and [the] inevitably, do the co t . salaries of peer in titutions" (that is, cademic journal uch a th other Big Ten schools and the OIver- Chronicle of Higher Educatiol1 have been ity of California, Berkeley). noting the gro\ ing number of perquis­ By 1987-88, all three strategies had ites in the bid and counterbids. been abandoned for lack of funds, leav­ ccording to the Chronicle, it i no longer ing only the fourth, individual reten­ unusual for "set-up" expenditure - tion cases, which might be de cribed, covering laboratorie , computer, and LTHOUGH retaining the kind uf C lark acknowledged, "as crisis other re earch equipment in the phy - Afaculty member the UniverSIt\ intervention. " ical ciences, for example-to cost an needs to maintain academic excellence Clark provided the following exam­ institution between $500,000 and $1 pre ents the admini tration and the ples of recent retention cases: million per professor. Board of Regent with a particularh • T he Univer ity of Michigan offered Losers in the tug-of-war often sacri­ urgent chall enge, so too doe the prob· a Minnesota phy ical science professor fice a izable invesnnent. Evans' young lem of firing those who aren't erVI ng a salary of $75,000, or $17,000 more colleague who abandoned Minnesota for the instiruti n well. This problem came than he was making here. !though MIT is a painful case in point. to a head in recent week when the n e\~~ Minnesota offered to match the The young man, Evan reports, had broke about Eldred mith, a former increase, the professor left for lichi­ been made a profes or only two years head librarian at the University who gan. He complained that it took the ago and wa presumably moving into didn't return to campus for reas Ign· Michigan bid to persuade Minnesota to the most productive period of hi career. ment when hi paid leave wa~ up 10 give him a raise, and asked pointedly, "He was very good and would ha e July 19 9. Coupled with rep rts about "Are you going to pay me for the five made a ignificant impact in important other so-called "golden parachu te~" years I was underpaid?" directions," say Evan . " nd we offered to departing Uni\'er ity taff • T he U ni versity of Arizona offered worked very hard, and spent a lot of members, the Smith case fueled the fir~ another Minnesota phy ical science money to keep him here at Minne ota. of taxpayer outrage. professor a salary of $150,000 and We spent literally hundreds of thou­ In the case of mith, the administra­ $500,000 in research faci lities and sand of dollars nurturing him over the tion admitted mistakes had been made equipment. Minne ota countered with years, and now that's es entially gone Through a variet of paperwork and a $35,000 pay raise that matched the for naught." admini trative snafu s, mith was nut Arizona offer, plu s $150,000 in addi­ Evans says that MIT beat Minne­ called onto the carpet for more than fire tional research funding. The professor sota "fair and square" in the c mpeti­ months after he failed to fulfill his on­ headed southwest. tion for the young profe r. "We 10 t tract obligations. Once the new made • The U niversity of Tennessee said him because he felt that in the long run headlines, the administration responded it would provide a Minnesota human­ MIT is going to be a better place to be quickl y. University President N Il s ities profes or with an endowed chair than the University of Minne ota. Hasselmo ordered Smith to return to carrying a alary of about $70,000. "It all comes back to competiti n," the Twin Cities for reassignment. Smith Minne ota offered to raise the profes- Evans insists. "There are better plac at fir t refused to return, and the CJse or's sa lary from $54,571 to $70,000, to w rk than the University f Min­ was turned over to the University provide research assistance, and red uce nesota. There are place tllat pay higher Attorney's Office. Smith reported fo r teaching responsibilities . The profes­ salarie and places that provide mor work January 16. sor decided to stay in Minnesota. support in terms of equipment and With some of the other cases brought ~ rth. And it's not that we're way, way under close scrutiny during the up r, OT ALL the competition for the down-it's just that we're not at th including some involving early retil '­ N Univer ity's faculty, it should be top. ments, the verdict is less clear. noted, comes from other schools. Like "By way of anal gy," be continu , Although sllch actions may in SOl lC other universities, Minnesota is com- "we're not ta lking about a high-rise in tances be costly, they are inevitallc

24 MAR H · APR I L I 9 9 0 building in fl ames. It's much less spec­ tacular than that. You will have a group of important professors packing up their tents and disappearing in the night. T here won't be press conferences or a lot of excitement-those professors will simply depart. But the impact of those departures over a period of time will be enormous. "The issue goes beyond an individ­ ual professor's alary. The much more important consideration is where this university is going to be in five or ten years. Our main concern is - or ought to be- the directions in which the University of Minnesota is heading. "Professors who have international reputations, who have significant impact in their fields , who can marshal the resources to obtain large grants at an institution with some 1 ,000 full­ similar in tituti ns. " Unexpected some of those grants in the millions of time empl yees, ay Univer ity problems with performance or changes doUa rs- these are scarce commodi­ administrators. The Univer it:." like in the direction of a department can lead ties. You lose them, and you run the ,'irtuaUy all other large organization, to situations wbere it is less co tho in risk of becoming a mediocre institution," occa ionally gets ued," say William the long run to pay the person to the That mediocrity can in tum pell Donohue, "ice pre ident and Univer­ end of the contract r to offer earl)" even larger problems for the ta te, Evan sityattorney. "Determining whether or retirement ettlement ," Carrier a)' . ays. 'Ever, one eems to agree that not vou hould ettle out f court is a There is no longer a mandator~ ' having high-technology indu try in an gue ser' game, in a \ ay, but we think retirement age in t\linnesota. Older area depends on having a high-quality we ave the Univer ity money and dis­ faculty member are often among the univer ity or uni,'ersities nearby. Thu , ruption when we ch 0 e to settle ut highest paid, and early retirement pro­ tbe que tion we ought to be a king our­ of curt." grams allow the niversity to replace seh'es i , • re we going to have a high­ urrent p lic), leaves the final deci- the e faculty members with Ie highl)' quality university that is going to attract ion up t the vice pre ident for finance paid faculty members. While facult~ , and ustain high-technology industry, and operations. That decision is made, early-retirement ettlement ",ill add or aren't we?' It eems to me that we Donohue ay, according to a polic)' up to about $6 .5 million for the period either win in the fierce regional com­ that require a ses ing four criteria: th from 19 2 to 1991 , the estimated cost petition for that industry. or we accept risk of an adverse re ult if the case goes of keeping these faculty on the payroll the po ibility of ;\1inne ota becoming to curt, the amount of damages ought. during the same period would baye been a northern ppalachia." the cost to the University in terms of more than $33 million, according sked if hi might be an alarrni t' dollars and disruption. and niversity niver it), calculation -. view of the situation, E"an laugh . policies and principle that might pre­ In resp nse to public critiei m of "\( eU," he say , ' we mar oonfindout. " clude ettlement. niversity policie on leave , se,'er- T hen again, maybe we won't. Evans University action during the past ance, and pay, Pre ident Ha selmo h im elf admit tome optimi m . several years compare favorabl)' with presented a plan to the Board of Regent "There eem ," he ay , "to be a gro\\'­ other Big Ten institutions in all areas to both rectify current problem and ing awaren of what the gam i about except sex discrimination case, enact policies that will en ure they do and what the take are." according to Donohue. In that area, the not recur. Hi plan include : adopting Robert loan ay he believe the University signed the Rajender on­ a policy on admini trative transitional si tuation will get wor e before it get ent Decree. agreeing to goals and leave; ad pting a ne\\' everance pol­ better, that the number of retenti n timetables for hiring women and ic), for professional/admini tcativ per­ ca e wi ll continue to climb, and that establishing mechanisms f r red res of sonn I; requiring presidential approval the expected nationwide shortage of top­ 'ex discrimination claim '. of litigated ettlements involving ter­ .l evel faculty will only' exacerbate" the When it c mes to early retirement mination; completing a case-by-case prabl m a linne ota. t the am and severance settlements, Carol ar­ review of early retirement- from 19<.:2 time, loa n xpre e pI a ure and rier, assistant vice president for aca­ through 1989; enforcing the contract c nfid n e io the admini trati on f il demic affairs, echoes Donohue' with Eldred Smith; and establi hing an H a elmo and the "friend " of the 01- entiments that University policie ' and external group to review and a, se th ersit)' at the apitol. "We've alway ­ actions are, by and brge, in line with University-'s action pia ...... had me peopl [at the legi latur ] \\;'th

\I l ' E 0 T \ .\ L 1.' \ 1 ' I A 0 I AT 1 25 - an ax to grind with the University," he paid three times what others are mak­ among its many departments , s says. "But we've also had-and we have ing. These tend to be the profes or unc mf rtable with the" uperstal" today-some exceedingly good friends who-because of their work and stat­ retention funding, and is eager for a over there. I believe that if we properly ure in particular disciplines-attract longer-term solution. "The fa tis," a\s make our case to the legislature and to smart and talented young people, as lark, ''\ e n ed mor money fllr the people of Minnesota, they won't let well as great sums of money, t th everyone." the situation here deteriorate any fur­ University. Everyone seems to agree that there ther. This institution is just too impor­ In some cases, the e profe ors bring i more involved in tb que tion than tant to the state." in a di proportionate amount f the dollars and cents. one argue, fur Administrators and faculty alike millions of dollars in indu try and gov­ in tance, that the recent administrative seemed to be heartened by the re ults ernment grant received by the Uni­ tribulations of the University did not of the 1989 legislative session. "Were versity each yea r. ccording to the affect faculty retention in nonsalan we dancing in the streets ?" says Clark. University'S Office of Re ea rch and way. "There was a period," Eva~s "No. But we did feel the signal were Technology Transfer, of the $ l80 mil­ recalls, "when I personall y felt that very good. We did feel the legislature lion worth of research grants and con­ above the dean of the Institute of Tech­ understood the problem of faculty tracts rai ed by niversity profes or nology there as nothing but open sky retention and its relation to the ongo­ in 19 8, nearly $90 million was all the way to infinity." ays lark, ing quality of the University, and made accounted for by only 100 individuals. "Faculty wants to be able to do their an attempt to deal with the salary issue." work and not worry about what's hap­ pening in Morrill H all ." UT the effectiveness of the 1989 But compensation remains at the Blegi lative appropriation, while "~HERE heart of the retention i ue. nd while larger than many had expected, is still there seem to be an up urge of pti­ the subject of debate. Critics have ~ was a period mi sm about the Univer ity's lng-term argued that 3 percent of the 7 percent success in compensating-and thereb\ salary increase included in the new when I personally retaining-es ential members of its funding package has been earmarked faculty, a great deal of uncertaint) for the redressing of past inequities in felt that above the remain . The Univer ity' ability to the pay of female faculty and to coun­ keep li t p-n tch" faculty in place \\ ill tering other institutions' offers in dean of the Institute depend, man believe, on it ability to retention cases. This means, they say, bring salaries up to par ..\lith the 'ala­ that for the faculty's vast majority the of Technology there ries of peer institution , and, in an era raise will amount to less than the cur­ of tight re ources, thatta k dep nds on rent rate of inflation. was nothing but narr wing the chool's hi t ric mi­ The retention-case funding is con­ sion. If faculty is indeed the key to aca­ troversial. The legislative money pro­ open sky all the way demic quality, the argument goes, then vided for retention wi ll not be evenly faculty is where re ource mu t be dispersed, but concentrated in those to infinity.' fo used. areas-and spent n those individu­ Regent Keffeler say , "If our choices als-where the University seems most are to reduce the number of course vulnerable to facu lty raiders. offerings or the ize of our enrollment "It's perceived, under tandably, a In other word , while 73 retention in order to liberate re our es for com­ unfair," says Clark, "and I agree that it cases may seem negligible when look­ pensation, then I think we ught to go is. We hear people saying, 'We're all ing at a facu lty roster of 3,000 per ons, in that direction. good, solid faculty important. We're all dedicated to our the number does not reflect the mag­ is what a universit i, after all. If you work and our students and this insti­ nitude of the problem if the cases d n't have that kind of fa ulty, it doesn't tution, so why are only a small number involve exceptionall y magnetic and matter what different cour es y u offer." of us given the special treatment?' We're productive individuals. To many faculty, the niversitys caught, I'm afraid, between trying to "In a lot of fields," says Evans, "you Commitment to Focu plan repre ent keep more people happy and trying to can count on two hands the people you important movement in the appropri­ keep our blue-chip faculty members in want in your department. Obvious I , ate direction, but no ne is talking about place." these are people in great demand, and a quick fix of th retenti n problem. The so-called "superstar funding" is they're free agents who can come and Ind ed, the looming nati nwid fac­ defended, however, as at least a h rt­ go as tbey please. When they do leave, ulty shortage is expected to make a bad term necessity in the face of current they take with them an awful lot of situation worse. realities. Defenders point out that there resources-and they're very e pen iv In the meantime, tb pro pect of stili is already a significant difference in to replace." more moving vans making their \Va\ compensation among the University' Still, the University'S administra­ out of state wi ll k p tb a compan - professoriate, that some professors are tion, fearing inequities both within and ing commentary urgent.

26 MAR II . APR I L I 9 9 0 ENIOR YEAR A BABY BOOMER 'S GUIDE TO

, ...... IN JUST 21 YEARS) your generation will be declared "old))) and will be sending shock waves through sociery. Will you be prepared?

B y 1 I H EL P . 100RE

"\\'dJ ')Iou st/llneed me,u:11I },Oll still 0\ ' er-6~ age group ha doubled ince feed me, when I'm 6-1.'1" - 19"0, and the 5-and-older age group - The Beatie ' (the 'old-old") will double by the end of this cent1lI}'. ~ lore tartling: by 2011 , lIAT \\"ILL YO DO, Ir. and you, and the fir t wave of the 6 mil­ W Is. Baby Boomer, if the bles - lion other baby boomer , will reach age Ing of li\ ing a long life uddenl), 6 -. By 2030, a predicted 65 million of bec mes a burden, and you (or your you will be ali\'e and tri\'ing for qual­ parent · or s use) 10 e your health and ity time. indep ndence? If your group's hi tory i any clue, If and when that 10 ' curs, you may you will not \'enture into old age, )'ou be too late or too olcJ to marshal your and your fellow baby boomer will energies-financially, ph)' ically, or con ume it. socially. It takes decades to prepare for \\fhether )'ou will be man con um­ decades. er i another matter. High debt and Right no\\', millions of your family low sa\'ing don't create much le\'erage and friends are venturing beyond for tinancing the fir 't decade or two of retirement into old age ne in e\' ry' retirement, much Ie the three t four eight American i no\\' over the age f decade manyar de tined to live. nd 65, and 2.7 million f those 29. mil­ even th e of you who Jre prepared lion pc pie are O\'er the age of }5. The financiall \, ma\' not under tand or be adequately in ured for the C)-pe of services that can help maximize qual­ Kane and his wife, Rosalie, both "haven't abandoned the Iderly. TI ey ity of life in any eventuality. national experts on long-term care, came are very involved in I ng-term care ., "I think one of the most important to the University in 1985 . Robert Kane you of the baby bo m generat on concepts in aging is to help people rec­ served a dean of the chool of Public begin wre tling with the problem' of ognize-when they are 40 year old­ Health until April of 1989. Ro alie aging parent , you will be getting f lf t what kind of financial need and health Kane, D .S.W., i a professor with joint hand the experience of planning for care decision they might face, not just appointments in the chool of cial your 0\ n aging process. ~ aid in b, Jth during the initial retirement years, but Work and School of Public Health. Both ta ks, Minnesota has compiled the fol­ on into old age," says B. J. Kennedy, are members of the 11- niversity lowing guide, which offer beginning Regents' Professor of Medicine and ouncil on Aging. advice from University experts. Masonic professor of oncology in the Ro alie Kane is al 0 director of the University of Minnesota Medical University of Minne ota's Long-Term The Personal Physician School. Kennedy, who earned a B.A. Care Resource enter, ponsored jointly "EVERYOLDERPER 0 need a and a B.S. from the Univer ity in 1943 , by the chool of Public Health and the personal phy ician, someone and an M.D. in 1946, is one of the chool of ocial Work. The center i who can a sess current health and founders of the All-University Council one of six funded by the National functional tatu , and who can help plan on Aging, which during the past fif­ dministration on ging. It received for future needs," ays Kennedy. "It' teen years has developed a network of $1 million for three years, during which important to have a physician who more than 500 faculty who are explor­ it will gather and disseminate research know you and has time for you." ing the challenges and issues facing an on long-term care and assist state and ffective geriatric care, say Ken­ aging society. local agencies on aging by providing nedy, looks beyond a pecific disease Despite burgeoning re earch inter­ technical a si tance, training, and to the psychological and ocial factors est, the special, multifaceted concerns research and development." s we find that contribute to the per on' \\ell of older individuals are often ignored out about inn vative, proven pro­ being, stressing preventive medicine by educational programs for health grams, we want to make them known," and a isting in identifying and work­ professionals, social workers, clergy, Ro alie Kane says. ing toward personal goals. "Other­ and others, says Robert L. Kane, who s the long-term care field changes, wi e, everything gets medicalized , and holds the University'S endowed chair familie will be hard-pressed to keep the patient hears only what i g d for in aging and long-term care, the first up with the array of available services, his diabetes rather than for him elf," such chair in the nation. "With typical to asse s their relative quality, and who a ]0 eph Keenan, M .D ., director of American ingenuity, we've managed to pays for them. The many new options geriatric in th Medical hool's talk a great deal about geriatrics with­ differ from one community to the next department of famil practice and out actuall y doing anything," he says. and offer overlapping layer of cia I c mmunity health. " That r edl1re~ Until that professional situation ervices, with eligibility determined patient compliance and ati fa rion . improves, he suggests that families and sometimes by income, ometime by which re ults in poorer health." older individuals become stronger geography. "It's a very complicated "Try to find a phy ician \\ ho is advocates for themselve . "In other nonsystem ," says Daniel Detzner, intere ted in caring ~ rider people." words, if you can't train the doctor, train Ph.D., as ociate profe or in the say Robert Kane. do tor ma), inJi­ the patient. After all, it's your life at department of family ocial cience. But cate such an interest b ha ing taken stake, not the doctor's," Kane ays contrary to popular opinion, he ay, the competency exam f r geriatric wryly. experts are finding that famili s physician or by continuing t prm'ide care for patients if they enter a nursing home, he say. phy ician who ha e perience keeping older pe pie healthy and fun tioning to the best of their bility i especially valuable, Kane says, kind of long-term care they want and because aging varie with individuals, Retirement: First Stage can afford, when independent living is and it's tough to pr dict how an older "I T BE a misguided adventure no longer desired, safe, or possible. Asks erson will respond to a particular to pick up everything and move Robert Kane: Do you want to remain health challenge. "One thing we do away from all the familiar support sys­ at home as long as possible even if the know," say Kane, "is that older people tems," Keenan says. He point out that risks are greater than they would be in can impro e [after an illness or injury] the cost of living, e pecially for health another type of residence? re you as well as get wor e, which runs counter care, can be very high in the popular willing to accept going on Medicaid if to many people' expectations of aging retirement state . onver ely, it can be your assets are exhausted and you con­ as an inevitable d wnhill proce s." a difficult adjustment to return to one's tinue to require long-term care? Or, do roots-whether it be 1innesota or any you want to buy the best possible long­ The Generation Gap different climate or living situation­ term care insurance you can afford so HE PHY leI -P TIE T rela­ if required to do 0 by advanced age or that your assets are preserved for your Ttionship is u ually shaped by values disability. However well-informed, the heirs? that are tied to the patient'S generation, decision to relocate must remain a per- If family member are part of this says Keenan . "The older patient of onal one. "The per on or couple has acute decision-making process, it help today ha a tremendous respect for a to balance the personal value of ten year if a third party-a physician, nur e, physician's judgment-almost too much of playing golf everyday again t the social worker, or member of the in my mind. The '11 tend to defer their shock of relocating late in life," Keenan clergy-i present to mediate the di - own opinions and value and let phy­ says. cussion. The purpose of this proces is sicians make decisions that sometime When pursuing retirement dreams, not to make everybody happy, Ro alie aren't totally reflective of their be t it can help if the older per on or couple Kane says it is to help each per on interests, needs, and value ," Keenan hare with family member the rea­ express preference and offer as i t­ ays. on for their deci ion. That wa)', the ance, while honoring the values and Depres ion-era patients al 0 tend to whole family can di cu their values wishes of the older person a much as be more concerned about financial ta­ and expectations and this can diffu e i medicall and fmancially possible. bility than are baby boomers. On the feeling of anxiety or guilt. The older other hand , ounger people are more per on ha to con ider "how risk-aver­ Options likely to be enamored with elf-care and si e you are fmancially and in term of PEOPLE, including health to take re pon ibility for health and our living ituation," Robert Kane Mprofes ionals, as ume that a nur - lif< tyle deci ions. But while they accept ays. If a per on i comfortable risking ing home i the only place that can pro­ ri k for them el e ,the are les will­ long-term ecurity in order to achieve vide afe, long-term care. There may ing to do t r their parent ." tudies retirement goal , that' fine, he ays. be uitable .lltematives in the family or have hown that adult children tend to .. 0 one can plan for everything or be community. "I think we need to a k choo e for parents what they would completel ecure, and I don't think more often, Doe thi care really need ch e for themselve , or they tr to families hould criticize themsel e if to occur in a nul' ina home?'" say obtain what they perceive to be the af­ an older per on or couple ha decided Ro alie Kane. "The challenge of good est environment for their parent, and to do what i important to them." long-term care i to offer ervice in a thi may not be what the parent \ ants," way that doe n't d minate a per on Ro alie Kane ay . Retirement: Stage Two whole life." The option include fam­ 11 the e generati nal and indi id­ REFERABLY bd re a cri i ccur , il care-giving, volunteer or fee-for­ ual difference need to be con idered Pindi idual should con ider what service help with hou ehold chores and meal, home care medical a i tance, or life-care communitie , which offer a vide work heet and informati n peo­ directive, not a ticket for euthanasl ol," continuum of living arrangements ple can u e to d as much a sment Robert Kan say . 'Ii b effecti e It suited to various levels of competence. and planning a they are comfortable mu t b ver p ific in identif 11g doing." type of medical interventi n - PR Med icare, Medicaid, and Money Stum ays extension agents meet or intraven u fe ding, for exam plc ­ I ANCI L PL I G for p ten­ many older people " ho have tried to the per on d e r doe n t want to Ftial health care needs can even per­ plan for them elves by bu ling extra re pon e t medical e ent _ heal h plex the experts. The mo t common health insurance policies, often dupli­ profe i nal can explain what IS public misconception, ay R bert cating coverage without gaining the involved in each medical cenario that Kane, is that long-term care provided benefits the are seeking. "It' imp r­ the per on making the living" ill i clt:ar in a person's home or in a nur ing home tant for people to under tand their own about the consequence . is covered by Medicare or by privately need er u what they are being old," The living will hould be revie\\ed sold Medicare supplement plans. "The he say _ Thi ma requir meeting and updated often, e peciaLly oon after government i not going to be able to with a professional \\'h is not eHing the on et and during the progre ion f cover all health care costs of the elderly," any particular policy, and will evaluate a chronic di ease r acute illne _" lam says Kennedy. "One out of three peo­ the per n's needs to find out if it i people think they wouldn't want to go ple over the age of 5 live in a nursing feasible r cost-effective to purcha e on living if they developed dementia (Jf facility, at a national average of $22,000 long-term care in urance or a ledicare a life-threatening illne s, but then 't per year, for an average of three years. upplement p licy. om thing d es happen, they quickh I suggest that to obtain a good level f change their mind ," Robert Kane ay . care people should budget about Long-term Care Insurance $35 ,000 (in today' dollars) for three H RE RE a many opini n about Al zheimer's Di sease years, and very few people have planned Tlong-tenn care insurance as there are I L DETZ R i currenth for that." Kennedy tre se that indi­ policie _ early everyone agree ,h w­ Din olved in a tud of family car ~­ viduals must learn about long-tenn care ever, that the be t time to buy long­ giving in caes of lzheimer' di ea e. insurance, and companies hould con­ term care insurance is during middle a part of a larger re earch prolect sider it as a component of employee age, or earlier, when the buyer can mo t funded b, the ati nal In tirute of benefit . afford it. "If you're likely to need it ging and headed by Pauline 80 s, a within the next five , ears, you're prob­ profe s r f family cial cience. lz­ Fi nancial Planning ably going to pay more for the insur­ h imer' , a progr ive f rm of demen­ RLE E TUM, as istant profe - ance than you would for the long-term tia, is the ~ urth leading cau e f dea th Mor in the department of famil y care " Robert Kane a s. in older adult _ he pr je t \\ill docu­ social cience, works with Minnesota Minne ta regulate long-term care ment h w 40 families c pe with Iz­ Extension er ice agents to help fami­ insurance policie and requir certain heimer' di ea e for five year ." nc of Lies and communitie plan ~ r long-tenn minimum benefit, but that d esn't m hyp the e i that the be t and the care needs. "We try to help people talk mean there won't be undesirable exclu- w rst exi ring qualitie in familie come about the issue, by giving general ion in a specific policy, tum warn _ ut when a tr like Izheimcr' i example of what problems can come Robert Kane add that purcha ers applied," ay D tzn r. Th re i n nght up and what the possible olutions hould make ure the p licy guaran­ or wr ng \ ay t cope; ach famil) might be. The agent then encourage tees payment ~ r pecific ervices, rather adapt the best it an. individual and often their familie to than just pro iding current d lJar "Tw ke ' that eem to enable fam ­ asses their wn situation and apply a amounts that may become insufficient ilie to pro ide care I ng r in the dl - problem-s Iving approach to doing with inflation_ ( booklet di cus ing ea proce eem t be how well the whatever financial and health care long-term care in urance and a list f member under tand and accept the planning they want to do," he ays. currentl appr ved p licies an be diagn i, and h w ati fied the pri­ Long-term care options are not obtained fr m the Minne ota Depart­ mary care-gi er is with that role," always an ea topic to di cu s, ay ment of ommerce, 500 Metr quare Detmer a. s. K y factor in the care­ Stum. Elderly people ma n t be u ed Building, t. Paul, 1 55101.) giver ati faction i how much up­ to haring information about their port i pr vided b ther family mem­ The Living Will financial statu with their adult chil­ brand h \ W 11 c mmunit)' support dren, or they may be uncomfortable HO LD prepare a "living will" f\'ice are u ed. " 1 t family carc­ talking about the po ibilit of Sthat expre e your wi hes ~ r med­ giver d n't \vam to a k ~ r formal sup­ dependence a they get Ider. ome­ ical care in a lif -threatening event? p rt," he sa s. "The \: ant family sup­ times iblings disagree about how to care ow legal in many state, including port, and they will drive them elves into for parent or are reluctant to di cu Minne ta, living will are best di - the gr und bef re the ' 11 a k ~ r 3 their finance . "Part of the agent ' role cu ed in a noncrisi (tuation with the tra nger's hel p ." II wev r, th i is is to help individuals and families hare guidance of a health pr fe sional, social b ginning to chang as are-giver up' their frustrati n and get th ir feelings " rker, or memb r of the clergy. p rt group, adult day care, and hOI e out," Stum e plain . "Then they pro- " The living will i an advanced care be mes m r widel available

30 \1 \ R H - APR I L I q Q (1 Ie son in merican history." " It' an active learning laboratory of contemporary COLLEGES issues using a man, his spirit, and his energy for a call to AND SCHOOLS action," say project direc­ tor laudia Jurmain. "Th concern still exist. They don't go away. nd that' the m ral of the story." The exhibit u e four interactive video/audio di - pLays to initiate di eu ion. \ Tisit r view an animated parable and then rnay choo e ~ MBAs ON THE MOVE to hear Humphre~ " th ugh C RL 0 HOOL F A c01npendiurn of neu's fr01n n the i ue, watch another - Having parable, or ,·iew a "commu­ the "right tuff't k on n \\ around the Uni'"0'ersity­ nity bulletin board" Ii ting meaning in the eighties. local rganization working M re than po sing moxie, research, prolllOtions, progranl on the i ue in que tion, be It meant ha\ ing the right car, it hou ing, health care, the the right \\ ri match, the developnlents faculty honors em-ironment, r one of thir­ right neaker. 0 It not teen ther topic . surpri ing that graduating "We decided to let the ,-is­ from the right bu ine • itor become part of the chool ha become more L BY T E R ' ',\ LZO ~ learning experience a imp rtant than ever. The ppo ed to walking in and recent!)- publi hed Busmess eeing many, many arti­ HeekS Gil/de to the Best BusI­ fact ," ay Jurmain. /less choofs (,\Ic raw-Hill, ired with trong public-pri­ phrey In titute f Public otalgia buff won't be 12 .95) rank!. the t p Nenty vate partner_ hip . cting Affair , i more than a \\ alk di appointed, ho\\Cvcr. bu in ch I for statu '- dean im Nantell sa, s through memory lane. Hou 'ed in di pla~ - ca e ' are lB s. orth- aim t "every 0 in to\\ n" Rather, it i . a catal~ t for the hat \\ m b~ ' IIumphrey, we tern i r ha been an acti\ e di cu i n of and ultimate cowb y b t emblazoned logg I is numb r one. member of the ch r board acri n on i u important to with hi initial, magazine But the guide al 0 mcludes d uch T\\in the ~Iinne . ota -enator: c "er , ph t graph , and an unranked Ii t of twent), I tie corporations a dignity, freedom, iu rice, and other d umem. runner -up that include the nder en n ulting, en- p ronal expre ion. The ~ rum i pen .\\ n- arl n ch I of eral ~1ill , 3;\1, and 1 or­ The f rum fultill a man­ da\" fr m 9: a.m. t 9:0 lanag memo \\ et Banks recruit numer­ date by the \linn ta leg­ p . m . , Tu day thr ugh The chool, de cribed in ou graduate fr m the i Lature, \\ hich all ated 1. 5 Friday fr m 9:00 a.m. t the guide a a "ri ing tar" ch 1. milli n t make the life of : :00 p.m., and aturday and a "ch I on the move," Business \\'t.'t'k made it. fr m 10: a. m. to .f: '0 p. m. i lauded ~ r llsing the 40 eleeti n for the guid based ,dmi ion i ' free. milli n rai ed during a three­ on survey of recruiter a ,ear apital campaign t \\ ell a iot n 'ie\\ \\ ith bu­ ttract top pr fe or from me' h I dean ' and oth­ sch I uch a rth\\ e t­ ers the guide describe a "in ern, arnegie- lell n 01- the kno\\ ." \ r ity, and the ni"er it)' I f \ ashington; t fund a a­ ~ ACAll TO ACTION demi re arch and ,tudent II j\\PIIRFY 1 " ITUTE - n d to The 1}umphr ey F rum, a multimedia e. hit it d di­ ated t th lif f Hubert

ILLUSTRATED BY JULIE DELTON \11 'f~Ol \ \lL\I'1 \:, 0 I\TIO' 31 coming, the UniverSI }' ~ SHALL WE DANCE ? should commis ina Tay r LlBER L RTS · Pau l pie e_ "It was just one of Taylor's modern dance tho e wild id as," says Bark­ Esplanade, arguably his most er, "but then ] call d and famous work, will be per­ asked how much it cost a 1d formed this month by the it was within our budget ' University Repertory Dance In th two year since the Company (URepCo). chair wa established , the The University's dance University has hosted ten program purchased the Paul Taylor artists, including E rin rights to perform Esplmlade princi pal dancer Thompson, a native lm­ from the Paul Taylor Dance Susan McQu ire nesotan who began her career Company in the summer of worked with under Loyce Houlton at the 1989, and commi sioned University Minne ota Dance Theatre, Susan McQuire, a principal dance students and went on to rudy with dancer with the company Twyla Tharp and ina since 1977, to teach it to Wiener. Thompson has University students last fall. The dance faculty decided 'We try to balance people choreographed for Rep 0 The efforts were financed to endow vi iting profe or­ who come here with what' a piece titled Drugat-i , which through the Sage Cowles ships for as short as one week happening in the commu­ premiered at the Rarig en­ Land Grant Chair, estab­ or as long a one year, thu nity," say Barbara Barker, ter on March 8_ li s hed in 1986 with a allowing more am ts to teach dance program coordinator. URep 0 will perform $500,000 gift from local phi­ a greater variety of dance. "For instance, we knew that Esplanade, Drugari, and n e\~ lanthropists Sage and John Initially, the program the Paul Taylor ompany works by arolyn Br wn , Cowles. Sage Cowles, a attracted artists by placing was coming this year. 0, we Douglas Dunn , and the dancer and choreographer, ads in the ew York Times. ca ll ed the c mpany and company' arti tic director established the chair to bring But applications now pour asked if they had a teacher David 0 March through internationally known in from dancers and cho­ w ho would be willing to 11 at the Whiting Pros en­

dancers and cutting-edge I reographers who have heard spend part of the year here." ium Th atr in Rarig en­ choreographers to th e about the Cowles chair and Barker then decided that ter. all 612-624-4050 for University. want to participate. since a Taylor dancer was more information_

diabetes, cystic fibro i , pina bifida, and mental 'retarda­ tion in children from three age groups: infanc), t two . ear , five to seven years, and ten to twelve years. The center' core project will follow children and their familie for fi ve years, with researcher tudy ing p ychological and cial characteri tics related to the child , the fami ly, and th envi­ ronment, including schools and health care faci lities. Related project wi ll include studying the effecti ve ne s of involving children in decisions regarding th ir care and treatment and the effect of cultural differences on the care of chronicall y ill children. Th Parent dvocacy oalition for Educational Right enter in Minneap lis, an advoca c~, resource, and referral enter for parents, wi ll assi t the Uni­ versity in addressing the special n eds of frican- meri- ~A CHILDREN'S CENTER can, Hispanic, Southeast Asian, and ative SCHOOL OF PUB LIC HEALTH· "We know that there are familie in dealing with a chronica ll y ill child. dramatic changes that occur in the li ves of children with Center researchers come from several University disci- disabilities and their families as the child's condition change plines, including the chool of Public Health and the ol- and as the child gets older," says Robert Blum, associate lege of Education. To lend a broader base f e pertise to its professor of pediatrics and director of the University's cen- studies, the University has e tablished satellite centers ,It ter for the study of ocial and psychological developm nt in the Unjversity of alifomja- an Francisc nter for H ealth children with chronic illness. "Our goal is to identify th se Policy and the University of Wa hington Health cience factors that can give children with disabilities and thei r fam- enter. The Minne ota center is funded b a $-1- million ilies the best chance for happy and successful li ve ." grant from th U. S. epartment of Educati n' Nation.ll

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32 MAR C H - APR I L I 9 9 0 ~ BLOCKBUSTER WHO: Les Block, associate profes or, hool fPublic Health. WHAT: V hen Les Block isn't working to pre erve the health of merica, he' working to preserve its mu ic, pecifically, that of such merican composer as irving Berlin, Cole Por- ter, and George Gershwin. . WHEN : Once or twice a year, Block produces a show paYlOg tribute to composer of the thirties and fortie , reminding people that this music still live . WHY: "To me, it's like aving Mozart," ays Block. Beyond that, he hope to introduce the e merican composers. to young pe pie on a diet of rock 'n' roll. "What' inter~tlng to young people is when they actuall~' read a good Iync for the fir t time and see the poetry in it con truction and rhyming." say Block. ~ AWOMAN 'S PLACE HOW: Each how is a multi­ GE ERAL OLL ' • In 1975 arol Jone wa a new media event featuring local m ther with a problem. The vinyl covering n her infant' mu ician, inger, and danc­ car eat wa hot during the ummer, and cold and cracked ers. cript, written by C ni­ in" inter. Jone designed an animal- haped fabric co\" r that ver ity ngli h pr fe sor Phil fit ar und the eat, keeping her child comfortable year r undo Furia, tie the music to the Ten ea later, J n had emoUed at the niver ity, earned compo er' life and e\"ent of a design d gr e, and began manufacturing her invt' nti n , the time. now patented under the name "j\linneHaHa ." FIRST TWIN CITIES SHOW: A T< day, linneHaHa i one of 0 inventi ns b. women centennial tribute to Jerome included in" Woman' Place is in th Patent Office," an Kern in 19 5 at the Twin Cit­ ex hibition at the . '. Patent Office in Wa hington, D .C. ie Federal atrium. It run through 1emorial Day a part of the patent office's MOST RECENT SHOW: In ep­ bicentennial celebrati n. tember 19 9, Block produced eneral liege profe r Fr d tUnram, who curated "Her I Get a Kick Out of Cole, a tribute to Cole Porter at the Jewi \ rk Prai Her," a imilar exhibiti n la t year at the ni­ ommuruty enter. It inc rporated Porter' mu ic, film clip. \'er It old tein aller)", al oorganiz d the patent ffice and rare tele"i ion footage, including an appearance b~" Por­ ho\\'. andra Brick Pangb rn, an undergraduate in the 01- ter n a .. ~ rd tar Theatre" producti n. lege of Home Economics, de igned the exhibit, \\ hich PAST SHOWS: \\01l1W Lyncists alld Composers (19 6). Tribute to includes m re than 4 products and drawing of another George and Ira Gersly",ill (19 7), and lOath An71i'i.'erral)' Tribute 40 . The Ide t invention featured i a drawing f ybilla to In.-illg &r1111 (19 ' ). The Berlin ho\\', a benefit for the laster ' rna hine to clean and cure corn, patented in 1 J- . A sociation for Retarded Citizen , at reh tra Hall, starred Te\ er inventi n include an h rbicide invented by Flor­ uch Twin itie arti t a loore B,' Four and Butch ence leason f the ray Fr hwater Institute, a micro­ Thomp on. waveable fr zen fo d container by Lynn D ffenbaugh of FUTURE SHOWS: " ometime later thi !'ear I'll probably do General 1ill, and a dog collar by Ruth f' t r of the ni­ a Roger and Hart how," ay Block. "Bef re Roger and versity' enter to tudy nimal and Human Relati n hip . Hammer tein. it \\"a Roger and Hart. Hart \\"a a man·eJ­ Most in ention b ' women enter ar und the home, Oll Iyrici t, "ery clever. Probably ne of the b t. He died because, acc rding t mram, "p opl invent where they're ~' Olmg, and R ger had to find him If another parmer ." at." But worn n have al 0 invented medicin , emic nduc­ tor, and farm machinery. Harriet tr ng \\'a ' re p n ible re idence hall , and keep for water- torage technolog)' used in th 01 rado River ~ DO YOU COMPUTE ? track ftuiti n pa:,nents and Project. Wh n the dev lopment of carb n typ writer rib­ T\\'l IT I IPl financial aid red it'. bons n c itated a ne"" type of era er, Bett), raham, a Remember the da\' \\ h n The card i th fir ' t -t p se retary, patented Liquid Paper in 195 1. your tudent ID card \\ as toward implementing a in­ 'vVl men urr ntly h ld fe'· er than per ent of all u ed fo r id e ntificatio n ? gle data base accessible t all atents. "W men, b cau they have been larg I." ex luded Today the ni\'er it\' ha niver ity d ep a rtme nt . from the world of invention, ha\'e had little influence on is ued ne\\ bar-coded iden­ T hough it w ill b se\"eral teC hn 1 gy," sa mram. tift ati n cards to tudent, \" ear before the entire cam­ \' h ' must" e n ourage th ir parti ipation in te hn 1- taff, and faculty that in th pus i linked to ne e m­ )gy? Beau by their exclusi n, a ' Amram "we ha,' , future m a ~ ' be u ed to ch ck puter, the card ar already thr ugh li t we tern hi try, lost aIm ·t h If f humanity' o ut p o rts quipme nt a t b e ing u ed at n i \" e r it \" lotential inventors." (lOke ilall, p a ~ ' for meal ' in librarie . °HOTOGRAPHED BY RICH RYAN \I I " 1'- L S T ' \ l l! ~I "I \ S 1 .\ T I 0 )) Wh n y u sign up f r a Minnes ta , <2D Alumni t ur, y ur assured f the fine t pos ible trav I xperien e ~ MAA tour!:> pr vid uniqu du atl nal and ultural iti n rarie , ut<.,tandin value, and tr a -

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OVE IBER 17 about 550 alumni and stu­ dent attended the cho I of Denti, try lumni ociety annual Nmeeting, \\ hich \ a cochaired by Wil­ liam L. Po\\ell and Richard G rd . It wa the first time in th history of the society' annual meeting that dental hygiene alumni and third- and fourth­ year denti try and dental hygiene stu­ dents were invited to attend. Health 0 Intemat'onal donated 1,5 0 to pay for the rudent ' lunch, and the ch 01 of Denti try closed dental clinic for the afterno n to all w 2 0 tudent to attend. T\\ a\\ ards were gi 'en during the da~ ' , one to a rudent, one to an alum­ nu . The lellor R. [I lIand ward was presented to fourth-:.'ear denti tr)' tu­ Guilan Norouzi was honored during the School of Dentistry Alumni Society Annual Meeting dent Robert L. Kaufman. Hi!> father, luncheon for her $250,000 donation to help endow a chair to be named after Robert Gorlin, Karl L. Kaufman, '61, \\ho practices a University Regents' Professor in Oral Science. denti!>tr) In ' Ioquet, 1inne ota, was on hand for the pre entation. The 19 9 him, IIel inki, and Leningrad June 13 e tabli hed to help tudent pay their Amb rt B [Iall \\ ard was presented thr ugh 2 ,and alumni are im'ited t tour co t . D nation t the ch lar­ to Edgar Ziegler, 'H. The award, cre­ g al ng. hjp fund may be 'ent to the L'ni\'er­ ated in 1969, recognizes alumni of the The en emble, under the direction ity F undation, c Cniver ity of chool of 1 entistr\' \\ ho have "dem­ of Frank Bencriscutto, \\'a invited to ~ linne ota Band , ) 00 Fergu on Hall. onstrated their excellence in the tech­ perform in Leningrad after the a i t­ 2106 outh Fourth t., ~linneap Ii ' , nical dis iplines of denti tr/' and \\'ho ant director fthe Leningrad nser\,­ ~lN -:,l5:. have contributed to their communitie , at ry heard it r hear e in ctober. The Ziegler ha a general dental practice t ur ha b en planned to coincide with FORD EXEC HAS A BETTER IDEA in haska, linne ota. He becam a the mid umm r fe tivals in the ities The annual meeting of the In titut l' clinical as istant profe 'or at the Uni­ \'isited. echn I g~ ' Alumni ociety on vcr it) In 196 ,a clinical associat pro­ ,\ lembers of the Band . \Iumni CI- 1 O\'ember _ dr \\' about - 00 alumni, fe ' or in 1971, and \\ as a clinical ety are planning t accompan~ ' the tour, ·tudent , and Twin itie' bU 'ine - profe or from 19 1 to 1987 , He has and there are till places a\'ailable for pie t International J\1ark t quare, erved \\ ith many denti try organiza­ ther intere ted alumni. The tra\ el \\'her the~' heard .-\Ilan D . ilm ur tions, recei\'ed numerous awards, and ag n y king the tour \\ ill d nate part i ue a call for c ntinued eff rr- t was mayor f 'ha ka fr m 1 6 t 1974. fits pr fit , t the ensemble. In addi­ impro\'e merican bu ine . uilan orouzi, '79, \\'a honor d tion, proceed from the ale of a 10 "There i no r om for complacen ~ ' during the lunch on for her don:ltion souvenir as ette tape, "Amba ' 'ador or inacti n," aid ilm ur, e\: ,uti\, of$250,OOO to help endo\\' a chnir to be of \ \'odd 11am1 ny," will be u ed to help vi e pre ident of th Ford ~ lot r om­ named after Robert lorlin, a nl\er­ d fray t ur cost. The tap features pany. "\\'e're enjoying J lev I of uc­ sit)' Regents' Profe 'sor in ral "t:i­ 'elections from th Wind Ensemble" ce ,but we can't afford to .. it back and ence. 10rouzi, \\'h practi e in t. prc\'iolls tour -to the ~O\ ' iet ninn take a breather." QUJlit~ " he aid, \nn, Ii 'souri, says orlin \\ a~ in 1969 and hina in 19 O-and num­ tran lat int) cu 'tomer ati facti n, In trum ntal in h r career. ber' that will be perfornl d on the 1990 and being a cu 't mer-dri\'en company t ur. For informJtion abollt the tour or i the key t lie es .. AND ALERT tapc, call the ni\ersit~, Band ffice I 0 peaking at the annual meeting rh l innes ta '),111p honi Wind at 6 1_ -62 .. kOO . wer '. F. Infant, dean of the Insti­ Enscmbl is hading f)r slo, to k- In addition, sch lar hips are I eing nne of Technolog~', and 'te\,en old-

II I ...... I ~ 0 1 .\ \ l L \I .... I \ $ :- 0 C I \ T I 0"" ]S tein , Minnesota lumni ssoclatlon z ine \: riting, broadcasting, and recepti n ~ r s it)' memb rs and tl lr (M ) national president. Russ usag, ph toj urnalism were matched with fami li s. P lan are n \ undcrwa) or Institute of Technolog lumni oci­ tudents \: ith the same intere t . The thi year's evcnt, which i s hedulcd or ety president for 1988-89, turned over mentors \ ill be avail able to an wer eptemb r 1990. his gavel to Tom Rusch, \ ho will tudents' questi ns, and tud nt will assume tho e duties for 1989-90. have an opp rtunity to visit their men­ BORMAN NAMED COMMISSIONER The annual meeting, the society' tor on the job. clo ing reception for Tom Borman, '7 8, ha been nameu primary fund-raiser, rai e between the mentors and the tudent is chcd­ Minne ota commerce commis ioner. \ $5 ,000 a nd $ 10 ,000 , w hic h is ea r­ uled ~ r pril at Ea tcliff. The pr - Minneapolis la\ yer and I national marked for tudent sch lar hips and gram, n w in it eventh ear, i ffered b ard member, Borman was app inted activities. Thi year, fi ve student wer during wint r quarter ea h ear. t the po ition in mid-Januar), by 01 . awarded scholarships. They were: Rudy Perpich. Borman will "ersee the Michael C ll ins, N athan Belk , Kris­ PHOTOGRAPHY AND FISH r gulation of tate banks and tru t and tine Gordon, Brian Ols n , and Mary The Biological cience lumni 0 i­ sa ings instituti n . Hi p r i m ar~ Arsenault. Plans are no\ underway for ety held its annual Ita ca Wee kend at re ponsibilit. ' he says, \\ ill be to pro­ the ociet 's annual Dea n's Reception the ni ve r ity of Minn ta or tr tect con u mers. and tudent Recognition Program , and Bioi gical tation in Itasca tate which is scheduled for May 22 . Park in n rthern Minn ota in Sep­ M ClUB RAISES BIG MONEY tember. The three-da event included The U ni ve rsity f 1innesota letter­ MENTORS MEET adult, family, and children' program men M lub raffl e raised more than The ch 01 of Journali m and Mass that t uched n topic such as deer $90,000 for athletic cholarships and Communication Alumni 0 iety began management, nature photograph , fi sh­ training equipment, uch as comput­ its annual mentor program January 13 scale printing, and study ing animal ers, vid 0 camera and m nitors, and at Murphy Hall, with about 150 stu­ behavior through radi o transmitter weight-training apparatu . dents and mentors attending. Mentor tracking. Paul T. Mag e, dean of the " We greatl y appreciate the l o ~ al representing such areas as art direc­ li ege f Biological ciences, and all y supp rt we have re eived fr m the \ 1 tion, copy editing, reporting, maga- J rgensen, a ociate dea n, ho ted a lub," sa id G pher ba ketball coach RidgePointe is Filling Up And In A Price Range That Suits Any Lifestyle. • No down payments • No long.. term commitments • Over 26 different floor plans

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36 M II R II · P R I L I 9 ~ tJ :Iem Ilaski n . "Their ann ual ra ffl e has receivi ng th mailing, 3,200 new alumni ndre\\ Lainsbury, Timothy Rich- Ic lpetl u rcturn olden ophcr bas­ had joi ned the I . The directory, mond, erardo anchez. and onya etba ll to prominence by cnabling us fi rst publis h d in 19 6, wi ll Ii t alumni tokIo a. The awards, which are '0 imprO\'c our academic supp rt and alphabeticall y, by year of graduation, funded by various alumni chapter. , mc prcparation through computcr and by geographic location. It will be reward dedicated im'oh-ement in m­ nd video cquipment purchases." available in both hardcover and paper­ dent activitie at the Cni\'er it\'. II ~ ponsor f the 19H9 raffle was th Twin back. For m re information, call u an eight award-winners had al 0 received Citi s Dodge Dea l r S~ (JCJatJ()n , asey at 612-624-2323 . the Pr ident' mdent Leader hip and which donated a 1990 Dodge aravan en'ice Rec gnition Award 3S a raffle prize. CALLING FOR NOMINATIONS Beginning June l. the J\linne ota WALKER SPEAKS EM ERITI REUNION lumni •\ s ociation . wards and Rec­ Barbara Walker, public relation direc­ The all- niversity Emcriti Runion ognltl n ommittce \\ ill accept nomi­ tor of the niver it\' f Minne ota \\ ill b h Id during homecoming \\ ek nan ns for the 19 9-90 voluntecr of th Raptor enter, \Va the gue t peaker next fall, rath r than in the spring, in year, outstanding fri nd, outstanding at the .\Iartin ounty hapter annual Ilrder to offer alumni a greater div r­ alumni chapter, outstanding alumni meeting ~O\ ' ember H in Fairmont, Sit) of activities in which to partici­ societ)" and program ' extraordinaire. ,\ linne ota. bout -+0 alumni and 10 pate. I lome oming is schcduled for the Deadline ~ r nomination i June 1- . pro p ctive tudent · attended. \\eek f ctober H, \\ ith the fo ltball For inf rmation and nomination forms, game et ~ r amrda)" 0 tober 1 c ntact hcryl Jone at 612-624-_019. MARLING IN BOSTON The Bo t n Alumni hapter m ering ALUMNI DIRECTORY PLANNED STUDENT LEADERSHIP AWARDS \\ a held !' \'ember I at the hi t ric Work i unden\'a) on a ncw alumni Eight tudent received ,\ Iinne ota \\'avside I nn in udbury, '\la achu- dire tory to be published in October. AJumni . ociation ' tudent Leader- ett . Karal Ann .\ larling. pr fe or of Alumni are no\\ bcing contacted by hip ward at a reception October I . art hi t n ' and American mdie at the mail for data to be included in the The)' werc: Jarrod Englebret on, ,\Iark Cni\'er ity of \Iinne ota, poke to the direct ry. By January, as a result of r ve, hri rine Hick k. te\,en Jou!. group f 35.

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IVER ITY President Nils Has­ du ed by Regent Wendell Anderson U selmo um'eiled a major initiatil'e \\ as in respone to Regent \Ian Pa't in undergraduate education at the Jan­ letter a king the board to take a It d· uary Board of Regent · meeting. er hip r Ie 10 de"eloping poliCIes hat Improving the undergraduate experi­ "give meaning, not lip sen ice, to ) ence is hi number one priority, IIas- terms rudent athl te and academIC elmo 'aid, noting that alth ugh in tegri ty. " undergraduate education ha always Donna Peterson became director Cit been important to the Uni"ersity, it ha tate relation , and the Cni,ersit)' Lhief been hurt in recent ."ears by- \'er- lobbyi t , on Januar)' 16 . PeteN,n crowded cia e and \'erextended re igned from the ;\1 inne ota enate. re ource . reater commitment to wh rehe had represented Oi tm.• 61 undergraduate teaching i needed, Tom Nelson left the I bbying post t Ha elmo aid, and that mean faculty become .\hnne ta com mI ' ion r '11 mu t be given m re incenti\'e for par­ education,ucceeding Ruth Randall ticipating in undergraduate educati n David Thawley was nam d dean of thl and more credit for good teaching. liege of \ 'eterinary .\ledicine. He h rt collector Frederick R, Weisman, been acting dean since August 19, a ~linneapolis native n \\ ba ed in Los The B rd of Regents apprO\ ed nt.'\\ ngele , gave the ' ni\'er it), 3 mil­ policie n transitional leaves and sev· lion fran art museum to b built on a erance pay. The policie , dra\\ n up b\ ite we t of offman Union, over! k­ the administration, incorporated ing the .\li i ippi Ril'er. With 1 mil­ changes recommended b~ a citizen ta k Ii n pre\'iou Iy raised and matching force. Form r Cniversitl' libramn fund from the Cni\'er it\' Founda­ Eldred Smith rep n ed for \\ ork Janu· tion, plans can pr ceed for an mil­ ary 16 to a cept nell assIgnment .. Hp lion tructure, to be designed by aid he II anted to re oil e am' out- alifomia architect Frank Gehry. tanding isue \\ ith the nl\er it) Pro and con of a propo ed new Before his return, the Uni,erslt) had sports arena were debated by the Board begun to upend hi pa) and termI­ of Regents in January. The -+ million nate his tenure. arenalc J1\'ention center would be built The nil' rity of ,\Iinnesota Foun· on the ite n w cupied by the curve dation announced a $1 million gift from of '\Iemorial tadium . Regents Donald and louise Gabbert to prOl Idt a expressed enthu ia m for the propo al permanent endO\I ment supporting th when they heard it in D cemb r, but Regent ' Pr fes 'or hip Program. The by January everal of them had second abbert gift, matched t\IO f; r one b) thoughts about the financial risks. ,\1en's the Perm nent Cnil'ersin Fund. athletic direct r Rick Bay strongl)- urged together \\ ith pre,-iou Iy d~sign 3tcd the regent to approl'e the arena, but contribution , \1 ill create <1 -+ mtllion Regent Alan Page aid he fear d the need endo\\ ment fund . to pay for th arena would put more Preliminary budget guidelines for pressure on the basketball and hockey -91 hale been em t c lleg de.ms team to win. Pre ident Ilasselmo said reaJlocatlor P re ident Ila elmo led a discu sion \1 ill be needed \\ ithin unit · in ordlr W on intercollegiate athletics at th Feb­ meet the expected salary dl~tribut nn ruary B ard of Regents meeting, t the The niversity i assuming the mo nel January meeting, the regents unani­ appropriated ). the 19 9 I gislanm: rill mously passed a moti( n calling ~ r a be avai lable, he said, but the go cr­ rud to enure that the niversit) has nor' ffic i di cus 'ing a p~s hk "the appr priate kind f intercollegiate hortfall that could reach 00 athletic program ." The motion, intro- mi ll ion . ...

38 1\ \ R r" . .\ P R I I. I 990 PHOTOGRAPHED BY RICH Y.lN1 C LAS S ' N 0 T E S

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executive officer of £ungclical Health ~ tc:tru CARLSON SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT '79 Catherine A. Ludden of. '"" York has joined th 13\\ firm of \Iorgan l..c\\ IS ~. Bocluu as 3 partner In the linganon department Ludden \\ 3!> '76 Michael c. Carroll of Clean' arer. Florida. ha!. '45 Paul R. Inman of an Diego has t",en named formerl\ a parmer 10 the. 'e\\ York firm of ,as- been named a fello\\ of the ,\merican allege <>f n honorar) member of the Amnican [n mute no\\ Healthcare xecum·es. Carroll is \ Ice pre,ident of Certified Public .\ccountant . B fore hi, of TriBrouk Group in Tampa retirement. Inman \las treasurer for ~ year of COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS l.unthorp-\\arren Pnnting .mpan~ in hicago '81 Daniel Karunakaran of un Prairie. \\ i - '54 Harvey Mackay of L celslOr, \ hnne,ou. has consm. h;lS been prom 'Ied to general techOla! '82 Ross Levin of \ hnneapol;; has bct:n rc-eLected , rlUen his econd book. Bf'"_art IIx SalmJ .llan st:n'lcc" manager at Loui Rich "mpany 10 tu the board of directors of the [nternauonal bo Offm }ou Hu 'ibm (\\"illim \Iom)\, m- .\lad."JO. Karunaka.ran wa pre\"luw.h turkey \ oclation for Financial Planning. LevlO is ,any, 1990). \Iackay's fir..1 book, .\-:... Im \rllb IIx production manager at Rich president of \ccreditcd 1m tor ·harla Il'ltbour Stmg £01(11 \,,~~ . ha sold more UNIVERSITY COLLEGE SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY trun :00,000 h:1rdcO\er oopi and I .- million paperback copie '73 Michael P. Schmidt of \fanncdl". \linne­ '87 Lewis Pierce of t. P.aul i 10 [hngzhou. '67 Sharon J. Rogers of\rasnlngton. D . has .,,,u. h3 been promoted to director of park oper­ hma \\ ith Prole t HOPI.. .lll IOdependent. been named as Istant nce pre ident for academic ations for the "Imneapoli Park and Recreari JO ntcrnanonal hc:alth cducanon founrlanon. P,crc . affaIrs and unl\ ersi~ libl"3rian at the eorge Board. hmldtcn'cd prnlOu.l} as operations \\ho i a facu[ry member of the Uni\"(:r..I~·s dcn­ \\"ashingron U ni,·eJ>l~. Rogers I al", an adjunct platm r ul school. pre, IOU I~ pent a YC3r 10 Li bon. Porrugal \\ Ith PrnIL'CI [ [OPf asoclate profes r of ">Clolog:1 COlLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY '68 Patricia Martin of 'orthfi Id. \Iinn u. has been prumot~-d from as... >C13Ie dir~"Ct()r [u '68 Bonnie V, Gustafson Beaver of 11= ta­ '55 Robert Darro( Bloumlngton. \linne-.ora. has dl1"ector of corporate and fnundation relations for [Jon. Te 'as, has becn ekcled preident -of Ih Palorruno Horse Breeders uf ,-\merica. Bea\cr has tn ,,,k'Cled b~ Ihe l i"-":Jce Curp for an arlewn ollege educ3ti, n pn luon 10 Ih olom"n [ land,. Darf. been a profe r of 'cterinan medlcin at Te ·C\\ ,\" \1 Cni\· ince 1969 "hI) i J furmer BluolTIlOgtlln Cil~ Council '72 Patricia Foulke of uke "urge. Yor . member (I 'r J- I). "a pre' iuus" mJnager of has rcccnth' returned frum an e tended t.1' m England. Foulke. a tl"3' eI \\ riter, \\ a I!3therinl! DEATHS corporal plam en!-"neenng en ICc. (or Comrnl Dal inf~rmalion f('r a European tra\ d guide [u ~ publi hed in 19<)1. orris Darrell. ·~3. :s:!e\\ \ork Ci~, . 'e\ \ork. '59 Wayne H. Traffas of \\") nmi"ing. I\:nns) 1- ugusr I~. 19 ~ D;un:Ll. a lawyer and u..x expert. '3m3. ha..\ been .1ppolOted ,iet· pn:.. idem (If oper­ '80 Bruce Hannum ,)f \hnneapoli has 1x'e11 was a partner f u111\"'3n. Crom\\ d[ for .2, ears ~n(jns of \\'al,'Jler Group promoted 10 J","'Cialc Crt~'Jti, e dir~"Ctor from and president of the 0 \mencan La\\ Insntu~e for COPY'HIt rat • mpbell-\llthun-Es~. I: years before retiring in 19-6. '72 Daniel Avchen of \I inne po" ha been appolOted d,m:wr of de ign for Ihe im rior '86 Margaret O'Neill-Ligon of \llnneapo), has Vivian Harriman.: 3. '\]tOO03. 'Yi nsin. Feb- an:hlfccturc dcpanment of I [amme! Grecn and been named cduC".ltion d,rccltlr dt th \\'alker \rt ruan ~2, 19 9 Harriman' career in nur..in \brJham,on (H(, \) .\vchen, a \lC" pre Idem enter 0 '. 'eill-Llgon \\ a pn" iou. I) a" i. rant pa~ed lO years and included po mon . qaff JI H \ . has \\ orked at the company for i Iccn dlreclor for adull education at the \\'dI ker. nurse at the C nl\ er..I~· f \ linnesota H p,ul, H-ars. and public health nursing consultant for Ih COLLEGE OF PHARMACY \hnne ou Depanment of Public Health. the '89 Paul A. Elletson of lift n p.arl... e\\ \ork, ~.ltion31 League for. 'urslng 10" 'e\\ York In eneral [It me Res areh and '80 Mark D. Millikan of hu:ago h3! heen named Jnd the \\Oi ~Onsm Oi\; i ~ of HC3lth. Harri~ managlOg editor of \lcdl- pan'. kmm [edge b3 man a! oen·ed a. p ident of the \linn ot.l s~ 'terns gmup. \ IIIlil....lO \\ J prnlOu I~ cliOlc11 Public Health.\ oci.ltion LAw SCHOOL pharmac\" supen. rand clini 1 pharnl ci. t al th L nl\c!"in of lIlmoi 1 In pitJI. Elisabeth J. Hart, '. -, .\Iinneapoli . ~hnne 1U, '38 William Powell of \llOn apo", ha Ix",n Juh 111 , 199 !JJn \\a. cmplo"ed b, the La\\­ ,ducwd 1010 the Jrlcwn (.oll I! \ Iumni" . '83 Steven Wick uf _ t aul has d ,. loped .lOd ,'cr'. JOint 1..3\\ libran In the ID • nter in lub I lall of fame Pcm ell, \\ hc; en cd J Il1ral palented th \ limtran mtrogl} cain tr.lmdermal \Imncapoli .. nunsel f(,r the P,II,I)Ur, 1mpJm f( r mn", tI;an patch , \ ,ek. \\ ho 1\ a cniur phJrmJci. I \\ Irh wenn ) ear, \\ .I~ honored for h" cllntnbution, l \1 eumpa"' s RIker L.J1.ltlran'ric . f\.'\.'Ci\l-d .l n I Merton P. Stoltz. 'q, Pro"dence, Rh ..d " hi Ie on the men' b.l kcrll.111 tC.lm JI ( arklon. orpor.lt~ irel ofTechmC"JII \;cdlence \ \\ ard \ugu 1-.19.9 In h(>oor of this Jccompli,hment '76 James T. Swenson (1f LdInJ. \ Ilnnc'nta. hJ "el\cd the COIver"I' of \llnncSOIJ' \ lumOi SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH enlce \ \\ Jrd In rCC()~"I I U()11 nf sen let to Ihe I ni"er~in \\ enson " .1 IJ\\, cr '\lth the \110- '63 John G. King of ;len Ohn. ll1imll , h.., be:n

,capo), 1.1\\ firm of ~ lJ kall. mun c, and elected to the \ meric3n Ho'pila! \ OClJtion 'Cr..I~ Irom 19114 [(> 196(;, and became pn',,. I loore B .Ird of ru,ICC. King i, pre Ident Jnd chlcf In 1966.

\11'1 1I1\\lL\I 1\ O( "110 39 CALENDAR

MARCH I ST-22ND A Stronger Soul Within a Finer Frame: Portray­ ing African-Americans in the Black Renaissance.

ni ve r it)' A rt J\ luseum. T he exhibition \I ill fcature rare books. ma nu ~c r i pt s. maga7 I11 c">. graphic arts. posters. playbi ll s. anu photo­ graph; dra" n primaril y from the recen tl ~ acq uired Archie G i,·cm.. r., ollection of fro-American Literature and Li fe, U ni vers i t~ A rt l useum. orthrop, '\Iinneapolis campus.

22ND Annual Institute ofTechnology Department Heads Update and Reception. 6:00 p. 01 .• E~r l e Brown enter. t. Paul c~m p ll~ . College of Home Economics Alumni Society Board Meeting, 5:30 p.m .• Mc ea l iiall , St. Paul ca mpus. lesl ey Stahl, CBS White House correspondent, will be the featured speaker at the Minnesota APRil Alumni Association's 1990 annual meeting Tuesday, May 8, at the Bierman Field Ath letic 3RD Building. For information call Susan Casey at 612-624-2323. Rustavi Company of Soviet Georgia. M:OO pm .• Northr p uditorium. 1inn ea p o l i ~ ca m pu~ . neap lis campu,. 22ND School of Journalism and Mass Communication College of Home Economics Open House. Alumni Society Mentor Program, clo~ing recep­ 16TH /\Ic cai l iali . St Pau l l3mpu" tll"C til he tion, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m .. "~s tcliff , St. Pa ul. Public Health Alumni Society Board Meeting, an nounceu. 4.30 p.m., Room ,\ -30 1, \layo Budu lng. \111,­ 5TH neapolis campus. 23RD 30th Annual Business Day, "Strategy: Competing Wadena Alumni Chapter Annual Meeting. featur­ Biological Sciences Alumni Society'S 1990 An nual in a World of Regulations," II :30 a.m. tu B:OO ing enc \lien. vice pres id ent of the In,mutc Meeting. For more in furmatlon. c.ll1 ( h~r\ I p.m., Radis on nivcrsity Hotel, linncapoli.., of griculture, Forestry, and I lomc I·.co ll um­ Jone\, 6 1 1-62 4 - 23~3. For more information, ca ll Jea nnc Katz. 6 12- ICS . For mforma ti on, ca ll Bc\ Driscoll , 6 12-624- 625- 1556. 2323 . 26TH School of Social Work Reception and Dinn er. ill: 6TH 19TH p.m reception, :00 p. l11 . d ll1l1cr. Collnpu, Public Health Alumni Society Awards luncheon, Minnesota Alumni Association Executive Com­ C luh, nffmon ,\lemor,,1 L' n"'n. \IInnLJpuh, West River onference Center, J\ linnea poli s. mittee Meeting. 7:30 p.m., Alumni C lub, IDS ca mpu> .enter, M i o nea po li ~. 7TH 26TH-29TH Nursing Alumni Society 1990 Annual Meeting, 20TH College of liberal Arts Alumni Society Confer­ "Networking: Career Tool of the '90s." !l:OO Dentistry Alumni Society Board Meeting and ence: 18th Century Studies. For more In fUrm.I' a.m .• Radiss n ni ve r ity H otel , l inn cn p o l i ~ . Minnesota Dental Association Convention, 7:00 tion. co li 6 12-62'-0727. Suncoast Alumni Chapter Spring Meeting. For a.m., t. Pau l (,"vc mion :cmer, St P,w l more information , ca ll Bc\! Dn scoll . 6 12-624- 27TH 2323. 21sT Pharmacy Alumni Society Banquet and Annual Education Alumni Society Kerlan Symposium Meeting, fe.lturing rcunlOlb fur thc I II11 ", from lUO 196' cia sCS In conjunction \I ith the \l IIlI ll·, .. t:1 Elegance and Tradition: Korean Furniture for the a.m . to noon , 'offm an The.n cr; annual mcet­ State Pha rl11 aceutical A."ociJtion \ nll u.,) Edward R. Wright, Jr., Collection. an exhibition ing and luncheon, noon, ampu> ·Iuh. r·.J, t J\ lceting and Convcntion , 6:00 p 111 . • R.lti i",·n featuring Korean furniturc anu folk a rt ~, ni­ Wing, ,offman Icmorial nion, J\ linnc;1po li , Sr. Pau l Ilotel , St. Paul versity rt Museum, Northrop, J\ linnca poli, cnmpw,. ampus. 28TH 21 ST-28TH University Women Alumni Society Seminar, "- he I hH Earth Week 1990 Biological Sciences Alumni Dual-Role Woman- Agenda for the '90s," H II) Education Alumni Society Meeting, 5: 30 p.m .. Society Events, incluuing the n nnu a l l11 ec tin ~ . 3.m. to 2: 00 p. I11 ., I'arl c 131'0 \\ n :cl1I cr, St a mpu ~ lub, Coffm an 1emorial nion, lin- For more informati on. c3 11 6 12-624-2 0 19. Paul ca mpu,.

40 ~ I " R C I I . 1\ P I( I L I I).) II ~ F U L T Y ~

Could a Hitler Happen Again? William Brustein studies why millions joined the Nazi party

BY TER s sc LZO

ILLIAM BR T T FIR Tread W about the Holocaust in an ency­ cI pedia when he wa a child gro\l ing up in Fairfield, onnecticut. "Being Jewi h, I couldn't under tand how this could happen," says Bru tein, a ni­ ,·ersity ociol gy pr fe s r ince 198 . .. nd I wanted to understand this period . Ho\\ could this have happened in countrie with people considered to be civilized and cultured?" The park f intere t remained ~ r many years, thr ugh Bru tein' exp - rience in the antiwar m vement as an undergraduate at the niversity of onnecticut and during hi im'olve­ ment in France' worker/student upri - ing of 1967-68, when he \\'a enr lied in a tudy abroad PI' gram. "At that time, r waS more intere ted in trying to be a part of and under tand th Those who will not study history are doomed to repeat it, says sociology professor William political left," he explains. " nd then Brustein, who is researching the Italian and German fascist movements. just recently, I've tarted going back to think about the project that I've alwa~ ' of Italy). Thi \\'a the only way Bru- in the wealthy re idential area of wanted to do: study the rationality of tein c uld identify fa cist party can­ Zelendorf, the document center wa fasci m." didate ' becau e the information \Va n t once the monitoring po t for the azi Bru tein realize that many pe pi included in general ,'oting data. H th n ecret ervice. Hou ed there, and no\\" will find hi idea of rati nal fa ci t a checked lection r turn for each pro\'­ under . . g \'emment c ntr I, are contradicti n in t rms, yet he believes inc in ltaly to determine where the approximately 11 million original Nazi tbat people joined the fasci t movc­ fa ci t candidates wer most popular. member hip card ". ment based on careful calculations of Bru tein, with round t noi e hell This doe not mean, h weyer, that cost and benefits-they weren't "wacko pectacl and cia ely cropp d hair and ther were II million part)' member . or irrational." beard, 10 k every bit the colleg pr - Rather, it i the total of t\\'o tiles that To prove hi theory, Bru t in, under fes"or. Enun iating carefully, he talk were combined after the war. re ulting the au. pice of a Fulbright scholar­ about the man who pu h d fa ci III in in m duplication. Ba ed on hi pre­ ship, spent se eral months in the spring Ital. to the fore. " . mazing individual, liminary re arch, Bru tein e timates Jnd summer of 19 9 re earching the Ill! 'solini ," ay Bru tein. "He went that fr m 19_ -, \\'hen the party \\'a Italian and e rman fa ci t move­ from being n of th 1110 t Lenini t recon ti tu ted, to 1945, \\' hen I azi ments. Fluent in both Italian and Ger­ lefti t. in Italy in 19 14 to ~ rming thi German)' \\'a d ~ ated. ther \\' r ma n, h was abl t g straight to the Italian fa ci t party all the \\'ay to th between and milli n pa~ ' members. riginal our es . right." 1n mid-Jun, ight ni\'er ' ity of Rome's central library \Va ' hi tirst In late pril 1989, Bru tein m ved i\linne ta re arch a "i. tant ·, four stop. Ther he read lu ' solini" edito­ arch to the Berlin D o um nt graduate student , and four under- rials written b twe n 1919 and t 92 t f r ent r, where he b gan to im' sti gate graduate ined Bntst in tilt data hi newspaper, /I Pop/o d'ltalia (People th elm:lO fa ist move lent. Located f rom th azi memb r hip cards.

PHOTOGRAPHED BY RICH RYAN \1 I , 'I E T, \ L. L' ~I 'I I \ S S L\ rto:-: 41 Ith ugh memb r ' names r main re earch as i tant ar now pr panng Bru rein sa\' hi re earch has I d m c nfidential, r earcher gath red th r the data for tati ,tical analyse . t \-vonder \I hether uch an e\tn:n st inf rmation, uch a the ag of part~' Bru tein i mo t intere t d in pe pIe m I ement ,fasci mould su l:l d m mbers, wheth r rhe~ ' lil'ed in rural who joined the azi party between again. " If p ople think fa ci~m SI c­ commuOltl or large citie , whether 19r and 1933 . Duringthi period , the ceed d be au 'e it came at midOlght a,ld th y were men or \\'001 n , and \I hat party \\'a outlawed in many areas and nu k in the back door and p pIc \\ 11ft th y did for a lil'ing. the t f member hip II ere highe t. upported it \I cr b ing totall~ In.l­ Becau the card are handwritten in "If you were identified a a i azi mem­ tional, thcn it could definitely happ n o ld- ty I e rma n, tra n Ia ti ng the ber, you could hav your store b yc t­ again, be ause that' not thc casc," sa information was tediou and fru trat­ ted, 'ou could be beaten up, I e your Brutein. H\ Vhen \1 e talk about fa\ci m ing work. In thre month, the t am job, r barr ted," a~ ' !> Bru tein. a " it exi ted in Itah' and ermam - c Il ected data from 30,40 1 card before " What factor influenced people" and pe pie may n t like thi - it \1 J a r turning to the niver it~·, \I 'h re tIl deci in ?" I'er} popular m vement. "Y u can't forget that in theJul~ 1<132 legi lative election in ermany, tht azi party pulled O\'er 3"' percent of the p pu la r I'ote. nd there II t:rt appr ximately ten r elelen ther par­ tie . And from 1933 t '3 , \lhen Hit­ ler a hiel'ed so much-got the econ(Jm~ out f the deprei n , got back a lot of the t rritories I tin \ 'ef!>a ille-it mad p pie pr ud again to be Jerman I think if there had been a free deeti m 10 ermam' in 193 , [Hit! rl \Iould hal'c gotten' 0, 90 P rcent of the pop­ ular I He ." Brustein h pes t g to emlany' Ot:\t "ear to c mbine his re ear h II irh that ~f Jurgen W. F Iter, \\'ho i.. \1 orklOg nn a similar proje t at the Free (JOIler in in Berlin. T gether, the~ II til hale ull d data from m re than -H ,(K member 'hip card, thc mo t IOfoml.l­ ti n el'er collected on , Tali part: ~------The official m mber~ . Mail Order Fonn or For Cu tomer ervl e all 1- 13- 4_-7 59 Gopher athletic Bru tein kn< II" that ome people hoe. Three tyle would prefer to forg t thi" chJptl:r in to choo e from, ame FIRST MIDDLE lr-mAL L ST rman hi ton', yet he find~ truth in each bearing the th adage that th . e who II ill not stud: Uni er ityof ddres .. Minne ota' rna cot hi t n ' are domed t r peat It. ity tale When he fir t arri\' d in Berlm, he and chool color . Ph ne( ____ ) ______took a bu t ur of the city II ith a .t:f­ Checl.. Encl sed or Charge my: 0 I\a 0 Ma... terCard Wear them with m n- p aking guide . Brutein ".,­ pride! DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD tened to the guid sp ak of the Third counl umber Explral10n Date _1_ Reich a~ an aberration, a di tat< rshlp, a m ment in em1an hi t fI' that ould 19nature never happen again, he ;ealized the

Ma~e hec~s importan f hi resear h. "That\ not payable 10: the wa\, it \I a ," Bru tein ,n , "and that pr~\ ed to me that thi kinj f II (lfk need to done. Be au e that\ the greate t fear, that p pie will just \\ lk 100 Morrill Hall away and av, '\\' II, it can't hap p~n 100 hurch 5t .E. Mpb., M agai~. I othi-ng like thi can hapi eo 55455 again becJu~e it only happened \\ h 0 M lEOTA pc pIe II nt nut .' I'm tr~ ing to . \

ALUMNI allow 4-S WHkJ for InIiHr 'The thing happen \\ hen pcopk rt" A SOC I ATIO ane.'" ~

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ajor League Catch Catcher Dan Wilson is a 3.0 engineering student whose goal is the College World Series

BY V I K I T VI

OB EBALL 0 H John H Anders n ings hi prai e f Gopher catcher Dan \\'il n \\ ith all the gu to of a Pavaroni, "I c uld coach the re t f my life and never have another ~ oung man \\ Ith the combi­ natl n f qualitie that Dan ha -aca­ demicall~, athletically, per onally, and oClall~, " ay nder n, "He' a \'ery talented ~ oung man, and he\ gOIng to be \'ery 'ucce ' ful at \\ Mtever he d s," The admiration run both \\'a\' . \Vil on ay the cil'ci I n to attend the l '01\'erit) of '\[inn [a three ~ ' ears ago \\a ' on of the b the' e\'er made. "J \\ anted to go to a ch 01 \\ h re there \\ a a qualIty ba eball program and \I here I ould get a g d engineering dLgree," he 'iay . ".\bnne ota ha both. \()u can't finu a bener coaching staff an~ \\ here in the ountry, and the engi­ neering departm nt i t p-n tch, I came Last year Dan Wilson was a finalist (or the Golden Spikes Award given annually by the United to the Cni\er it), f \linne ta to get States Baseball Federation to the nation's top amateur baseball player. the bt of both \\ rid , and I got it." Wil on b gan pla~ ing baeball in a or five da~ . I \\ ant to compete every nental up tournament, hitting . ~­ Kn thole League \\ hen he \\ as Just fi\e. da\'." \\'il n belie\e ne of the mo t WIth a team high f nine mn baned He went on to play Linle League ball Important amibute f r a catcher i ' "a m. anu, \\ith orne c achIng from hi~ g d arm to thr \\ mnner ut." \\'il- "l\'e been a ked to go to ~ ' ou again father, di played a remarkable talent f r n' ree rd in that ar a speak for itself. for the l ,\ team thi ~ ' ear, " \\"il n the game, WhIle anending high chool He \\ a named t the all-Big Ten ec­ ay , "but it depend on the draft it­ In Barringr n, lllinoi, \\'il n lett red nd Team f r 19 Q aft r thro\\ mg out uao n. I'm eligible for the ba ebaU draft In three , port , pIa) ing quarterback for -0 p rcent f \\ould-b b.l e 'tealers, in June and, if that pan ut for me, I the fO\.-,tball team, goalie for the h cke~ During hi jumor ~ ar in high . ch 1. \\. uid play pro ball. We'll ee \\ hat team, and alternating between pitcher \\,il n hIt .4~O and led hi team to a happen ." and catcher for the basebaU team, "But," tate title, earning the dl ,tin tion f " D,m ha the potential t be a \'ery he 'ay , "I kne\\ all al ng I \\ anted to being named player of the year in b th high draft next ummer.", ay play ba eball." hi ago and lllinois. In 19 ,- he played .-\nder on. "He ha the p tential to "'hen \\'il on JOIned the ' opher in the C ,. Iymplc F: ti\'al and \\'Ith an our tanding maj r Ie-ague play r. ba eb,dl team three )'ears ag a ' a th C AJuni r . anonal Team, \\ hich .\nd, if he make it in profe i nal 'rehman, h again played t\\ p i­ k the ih'er m dal at the \Yorld baeball in the mal r league, I thinl.. luns; pItcher and atch r, fhi!> ! ear, he'll 0\\ n the t \\ n h li\ e_ in . He' lU\\ e\'er, he \\ ill on ntrate his efforts \\01 alway ' \\ illing t gi\'e . mething back In cat hing. "\\'h n) ou c,ltch, you get ati nal Team and led the team \\ ith H get our and talk to~ ' ung p pIe o hit," h . a)'." heeconu rea on i 33 mn'> baned in dUrIng 39 game . lIe in the Jut ~ a~ ' 0 Pr gram and ha hat pitch rs ( Illy get to pitch e\ery fi ur \\ a third in hitting i the Inrerconu- don an out tanding j b."

HOTOGRAPHED BY RICH RYAN \11 t () I \ \ I l \1 I \ 0 I \ T I 0 43 La t year, Wilson wa a fin alist for won that game, we might have been on at lea t that. Technique doesn't chal '~e the Id n pikes ward, an honor ur way to th oll eg W rid ri s. I that mu hover th years, but I th lk given annuall y by th nited tate want to help our t am get there thi the mental appr a h changes dail y. lJ Bas ball ~ deration to the nation's top y ar. I will do w hatever it takes. Thi it's a mental ga m ." amateur baseball player. This year his ear, we're on a mission." nderson is a bit on ern d ab, 'Ut g al i to hit betwe n .340 and . 350 and La t y ar, Wil n batted .2H7, down fans' expectation ' of Wilson. " 1) l Ib help the oph r ba ball team get to fr m .347 in 198 . "I had a do\ n yea r i to make ure the pressure of orl er the ollege World ri es in Omaha, in hitting," he say . " I had s me peopl 's ex pectati n doesn't ruin his ebra ka. "In my freshman year," he m chanical problem . But I end d up eason," he explain . "When y u gtt a ays, "w \ on the Big Ten and went being very timid, too. I I t ome con­ lot f att nti n, ev r one watche ~ fJU to a regional in Fre no. W lo ,t the the fidence in my hitting ability. Thi ' Y ar and exp ct y u to get a hit every ti m ' fir t gam to Fresno in an xtra-inning I have a b tt r attitude. The} ay base- you go t th pl ate. That doesn't h1p­ gam . It was hea rtbreaking. If w had all is 50 percent m ntal attitude; it' pen in baseball . If u hit three out of ten, you'r a prett g od player. 1 \\ I n! Dan t have fun thi year with the team That's m goal ~ r him." When it comes to acad mics, \V ih,m and nderson have a c mmon goal. "I ha e a philosoph ," -ay5 nd r on "I don't like t just u e peopl e to help us win me baseball gam and then send them n their way and not rea ll ) care what happen t th m. I want th m to pursue their degree ." \ il s n, \I ho recei"ed a full athletic s h larshi p nd maintains a 3.0 averag , say he I determined to get a mechanica l engi­ neering d gre . If h i drafted thi ) car, he sa he would return t the cia ~­ room during th first ff-sea n "T he I nger I'd wa it, the harder it would be," he ays. nderson and \ il son also agree that Stay at the closest hotel much f the credit for Wilson's sucer" is the re ult f a lo"ing and uppormc to the Metrodome! family. "The qualitie that Dan has start in the home," sa s nder on . "IllS family has gr at alu , and 1 think that's h e lp d him durin g hi car e r 3t Minnesota." Celebrate the big game In a big way at the Minneapolis Embassy Suites hotel. And here's what you can look forward to: Wilson' father, in fa t, was his fir t coach , teaching him the fin er points oi A luxurious two-room suite complete with living room, private bedroom, and wet bar with refrigerator. pitching and catching. "There \\'a some Free breakfast cooked-to-order every mornIng In our beautiful courtyard pr ssure," 'ays Wilson, "but T th ink atrIum. Complimentary two-hour manager's reception evcry evenIng. that's a big rea on ['m h re today. Dad Plus an Indoor pool. whIrlpool. sauna, and more. And, the weekend's not also c ach d m tw Id r broth e r~, and over after the bIg game. There's great shoppIng on NIcollet Mall and the we alwa pia red baseb, II tog ther." entertainment ana excitement of downtown MInneapolis available Wilson's brothers, however, turned to through skyway connectton, hockey. "Toby played at Bethel Col­ EMBASSY lege in t, Paul [Minne ota)," says "'il- =<1t= on, "and fIatt pia cd at vet Poi nt." Wilson has n d ubt that the oi­ S~Jr~S~ versity f Minnes ta i the right pl,ICe for him . "My exp ri n , t th L ni- DOWNTOWN/CENTRE VILLAGE 425 s. 7th Street MinneapoliS er ity ha b n great, and I really eIW>' (612) 333·3111 or I ·BOO·EMBASSY Minutes (rom WlIIlams Arena it h reo ] re mm nd the niversil\' 1nJ its bas ba ll progr, 111 to an one til ink­ ing about it. Jr's a gr at program, a gl 'at chool, and a great traditi n." ~

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ime for Undergraduate Education

T Tli ' J/\N ,\RY j\IEETI IG of year colleges at nit)" there mu tal 0 be the Board of Rcgent ·, I intro­ rook.ton and Waseca, a clear under tanding duced " Initiatil'e for Excellence in a four-year liberal arts that thi uni\'er ity ha l'ndergraduate Education," I'll grant college at ,\Iorris, a both the ability and the \'ou that's not the catchie t title in comprehensive cam­ commitment to achieve .\mcrican higher edu ati n, but I'll pus at Duluth, and one and maintain a higher promi e that it' a top priority for the of th largest campu e tandard of excellence niverit) of I inne ora in the 1990s. in the country, located in undergraduate Depite more than ten year of aca­ in the middle of the ducation, demic planning documents and a wide ,\linneapolis- 't, Paul To orne alumni­ Jrray of other communication attempts, metrop litan area; and fewer than I \1' uld Improving undergraduate education • a a uni,'ersit), \\ ith wish-the re ult we remain the least II idcl) undertood extension offices in are e king are not all a~pect of the U ni,'ersity' plans and e\'ery' county, a II ide that different from the Jcrion . varietl' of re earch Nils Hasselmo undergraduate experi­ That ma\, well b be au e it\ one of installation~ around the is president of the ence the\' had, Th e the most c mpkx a 'pect (f institu­ state, and re earch Un ive rsity of Minnesota. who att nded the Cni­ tional ch. nge in any coll cge or unilcr­ projects and coopera­ I'er it\' from the 1930 ~it) It 1113) be because of popular til'e ties II ith unil'ersi- through the 19"0 , C\ nlCI.,m that undergraduate educa­ ties and organizati lI1!> all O\'er the In rid, perhaps into the early 1960 , experi­ tion in "rtuall) any large re 'earch uni­ It is thi very complicated mi'\ of enced a rapidly growing Cni\'ersity, but Icr It) is destined to play econd fiddle mi sinn, hara teristic , and pro­ the pr blem f o\'ercrowding and to rc earch til iti s and graduate and grams that et C ni,'ersit!, undergrad­ o\,erext ntion II' re Ie pen'a iI' , professional education, And it may be uate education apart-it is what ought Cndergraduate teaching faced Ie bec

• as a nationall\', and internationally, around undergraduate ducation-that undergraduate educati n ha uffer d respected land-grant univerity II here c'\plains \1 her II e ,Ire, II here II ar m imp rtant 10 e in the la t _: undergraduate ed ucation intera ts II ith going, II hat differences it's going to year ' , Th y n dn't be permanent, grad uate and pr )fe sional educati on, make, and hOIl \1 c'lI knO\I that \1 care • Ir ,Id!' ther are indicat r of prog­ II Ith basic and applied r ear h, and making those differcn es, r in undergraduate ducation that II It h e:-.ten ion serl'i es and co ntinuin~ ur nld 'nts ,lI1d their famili ' , our will pr bably urpri e !' u, La t fall, education; ~ alumni, th publi" 'tat g~)\"ernment, for in tance, 0 perc nt of the our e • a one of the largest and most (111- an j J\ linncsot:l'S educati( nal I'st \TIS ccti ns taught n all 61'e campu had p re h e n ~ il' e research unil'erities, pub­ must be able to under 'tand our under­ f \1 r than 30 'tudent ', H ow mam' Ii I' or pri,'ate; graduJte programs and our commit­ , ctions had more than I 00 tu­ • as l inn 'sota's fla gship institu­ ment to make thcm better, Internally, dents? ;\lone , Th lar~ ' r 'cction mught ti 'lll , coop rating II ith three other throughout our nil rsin' cOl11mu- fall quart r had 60 _ s~ d nts, n1y f~ur p'l blic:>y t ms and a variety of Friv:.1te II r itutions; • as a til' '- ampus system, II ith til 0- B N ils B ass "770

II I " " I ~ {) I I I LL II "I I 0 ( I \ 1'1 0" 45 other exceeded 4 0; only ninc ad Midewiwin Press announ e bet\ en 300 and 399 student. I low mu h time did the a\cragc u. dent spend regi tering last fall? \ cn MEDICAL minutes-start to finish! ot ho' rs; minutes. Ther 's a niver it)' of In­ REVOLUTION n ota "tradition" gladly put to rl ' Paying proper attention to the L 'n­ tral role of undergraduate education n IN MINNESOTA re tore excel lence that was dim n· A History of the University of ished. La king ahead to the enormou Minnesota Medical School opportuniti s \\ e hav before u~ nll\\ can make our particular kind of under­ by LEONARD C. WIL ON, Profe or of graduate education even better than In th Hi tory of Medicin, niver ity of Minn ota "the go d old day."

Just published during the Centennial Year of the chool "last fall, 80 percent of the D tailed and richly d cum nt d, thi i a vivid a ount f th origin of medical ducalion in Minn ta following th ivil War, th course sections taught on all five founding of the M dical hool in I 88, and ilS entful, som limes st rmy, history through ilS fir t ntury, culm in ling in uch campuses had fewer than 30 developmenlS as open heart urg ry, heart pa emaker , and lh tran plantation f organ and tis ue . students. How many had more 6 12 pages. 178 illuSLTau ns bibli graphy, full andex I B 0·962081·0-1 than 1,000 students? None." Orders must be prepaid an U .. funds Pri e per 0PY, 55.00; M residen add 6% ale tax, 3.30; hippang per address, 2.50; nadian and fOrelgTl orders. 3.50 • Send your orders [0: Midewiwin Pr , Depl AL, 797 Goodnch ve., t. Paul, M 55105 Today we have stronger research and publi service programs. Tied prop­ erl y to undergraduate education, thc L programs offer genuine ad\'amagc\ that undergraduates simply cann t get else­ DEFINITION OF A LIFE INCOME GIFT where. Tm.!a) \\ e have far strongt:r chall ng s to add res. competitIOn. (lit in' kum' gift): diver ity, and internationalization, and we recogni7e tho e challeng ~. " e'rr 1. An agreement whereby you (that's right, YOU) taking well-planned, delib rat step. to meet them, e pe iall ' as the) rdate receive a life income (that's right, an income for the to und rgraduate c lassrooms Jnd REST OF YOUR LIFE) in exchange for a gift* to the curriculum. University of Minnesota 2. or your loved one receives " I nitiative for Excell ence in nJcr­ graduate Education" doe n t propose the life income 3. or you or your loved one receive a either dramati ally new r radical \\,Iy~ life income for period of time 4. also tax to meet these halleng . It is not a Ulm deductible 5. and supports your favorite in direction, but it certain.! ), d es rcqUlre turning our attention to the under­ program 6. a gift option with benefits that go on and graduate e perience, and that is \\ hat on and on. we are doing. Almost a year ago, I promi~ed that *$1,000 minimum "a ountabilit is rule numl r om in m admini tration." I regard th d Ii\,­ e ry of g nuin e improveJl1ent ~ in We'll tell you more. Call or write the Minnesota undergraduate education to bc as \ Ital Planned Gift Center at the University of as any oth I' a complishment\ wc .In Minnesota Foundation, 100 Church Street SE, sed in th 19<)Os. I am ac ountabll­ Suite 120, Minneapolis, MN 55455 and I wi ll h Id th ni\'er ity CIIII- 612/626-2226. munity ac mntall -for dcli\ cl lng tho c impro ve ment ~. ....

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lizabeth in Pursuit of Excellence

IIO " F \\ r 10 walked across gram. Eltzabeth, m) a. m., and then he left T any of the niverity of linne- }oungest daughter, has for the day. Her Cni­ sota's fi\ campuse in the se\'entie exceptional arti tic \'er ity cia s, Intro to \ ere part of ne of the largest under­ kill, \\ hlch \\ e r e De ign, met on Tues­ gnduatetud nt bodi in the c un­ sen'ed b\ selected day from 6: 10 to : -0 ~n But 10 the past decade, the \\ ind cour e uffered by p . ~ . n the t. Paul •uf <- hange have been blo\\ ing. 't day, Edina Iligh chooL In campu . in order to ea'>e crowded c nditions and the spring of her soph­ ince parent are to pro\lde a better quality of educa­ omore year, we \\ ere welcome t attend tion, enrollment is being cut. By 1993 , notified that three of cca ional cia e with enrollment for all five campuse is tar­ the de ign cour es in their teenager, I geted to dechne 15 .2 percent to 3) ,600 her junior and senior accompanied Eliza­ full -year )uivalent undergr.lduat s, program were to be beth to the fir t e- from an all-time high of r ,267 in 19 4. eliminated. in.There\\a a With nrollment target comes the I remembered read­ Margaret Sughrue Carlson practical rea on a fearthata ce stoa Uni\er it~ of lin­ ing about the tate' is executive director of the welJ-to how her nesota education \ ill be limited. If this post~econdary ' enr 11- alumni association. where t park on cam­ mea n that tudt:nts \\ ill need to be ment progrJm. '0 Eliz­ pu . The audit rium pn:pared for admis ion IOto a more rig­ abeth talked to her high clas r m quickly ftlled nrou academIc em ironment, then, ye~, scho I counsel r, B b eha. ab ut it. with appr ximately 1_ tudent rang­ th(; rL will b limitations But f( r tho 'e I Ie explained that she could get 'imul­ ing in age from 1- to - 0 year . The \I hI) are eking the t~ pe of educati In taneous college and highchool credit in tructor. Janice nder on, told them that th ni\'(! r~ity can be t pr vide, under the program, but cautioned that he would . h \\. them m re than 0 the s\ stemhoulo ,,()rk even better than col1egiate-le\'el cour e\\ orJ.. and the slide dllring her illu trated lectur . In the past. ' Iase~" ill be smaller, college em'ironment ,,'ould be rig r­ The light dimmed, and the tudent Jlh isers will provide better ser\'ice to ou . I Ie encouraged her to think care­ tepped into a new under tanding of ~tu dents , t acbing a., istants \\ ill be full) ab ut \\ hether thi option \\'a c lor, texture, line, and form. better prepared, more class s ctions ",ill right for h r. Ithough I did n t r tum t an ther be available \\ hen tudents need them, Flizabeth and Imet \\ ith ' ue aller. cia , Elizabeth gave me a running lihrar) facilities and stud) space \\ ill .111 ad\'iser in the C ni\ ersin' .\d\ an ed de ripti n after each e ion. During be improved. IIigh chool moent en'ice Hi e, th ten-\\ ek peri d, he \\'a exp ed om inno\,ati\e initiatives to expand \\ 110 e,plain d that the program reg­ to ne\\ubjcct material, but al t new J 'Cess to th ni\ersit.\ f( r the tate's ularl~ a cepts stlill nt · at or near the attitude. and xperi nce . he \\ a fa - teenagers are abo part of the improv d top _0 per ent of their c1a~ • as \\ ell a cinated thattudent' challenged the S\ stem. To help highchool students some .,rudents \\ ith 'pecial qualitica­ instruct r. he \\'a urpri ed that me get a head start in coll ege, the Post- tions. While Elizabeth \\ as not in th stud nt left early, \\ ithout any' expla­ l:co ndar) Enrollment Option. Pro­ top quarter of h ' r cla s, ~he had d m­ nation or r primand ·. he \\ a amazed gra m allo\\'s juniors .l11d s niors in onstratc:l talcnt for the ourses tbathe ho\\ different the te ·t \\ re:"I n high Minnesota public schools to register for \\ i ' hed t take. ' he \\'a ' able to partic­ ~ ch I, the an. wer u 'uall)' c me fr m pO"tsecondar) course" rk, \\ ith rui­ ipate in the program b) scI cting c\ e­ th b ok r the t acher' lecture, but tl

\I I , , I ... \l I \ \ I l \1 'I \ , ... 0 l I \ I 10 47 When it was time ~ r Eli zabeth to at one of three University of linne­ and thoughtful advisers Iii ue G; lIer select her cla s for the winter quarter, sota campuse . wh h Iped Eli za beth step into a Il ell we talked seriously about ho"v well the In the brochure de cribing the inno­ world of learning. program fit into her life. While she loved vati ve program , there is a quote by For those of us who -har the u lri­ the intellectual acceleration of the col­ George Bernard haw, U\ Yhat we want ous pride of hal'ing been part of on ' of lege course, she felt that she was miss­ to see is the child in pur uit of knowl­ the nati n's largest student bodi ' , the ing out on much of high school life. edge, and not knowl edge in pursuit of decision to come to the Ili ve rsity was he no longer took part in lunch br aks, an ea y one, sometimes made with lit­ after-sch 01p ep fests, and just hanging "Those who wish to come to the tle thought. Once we got here, lie out with her fri ends. It \I'a also more lea rned h w to survive, then fo unu or difficult for her to hold a part-time job University are doing more than created opportunities f r ur ehc~ . since most of the night courses at the b ca us that \Va the ke. to uccc . I Unive rsity meet t\ ice a week. It was merely signing up. They are ... Today, under the improved un uer­ a tough decision , but Elizabeth chose graduate enrollment plan, the k e~ to a to defer taking another coll ege course making a conscious choice better educa ti on is not simply access l'l until the second semester f her enior excell nc , but a displ ay f ini ti ative year. to be a part ofthe 'U·." by students and futur tudent . T hose Before E liza beth beca me im'olved in who wish to com to the ni ve r ity 0' the postsecondary option pr gram , she • \inll e ta are doing more than m e rd ~ had perceived the niver ity to be "too signing up. They are meeting more big and too cl ose to home." H er expo- the child ." In a -entence, Shall' has ri gor u preparati on standards and are ure caused her to change her mind de crib d cce s to Excell ence at the making a conscious choice to be part about both observa tions. Sue Gall er niversi ty a nd the postseconda ry of the "U ." 11 morrow's tud nt ~ are says that Elizabeth is typical of the stu­ enrollment option program. ccolades going to have m re to remember th1n dents who participate in this alterna­ to the tate 0 partment of Education how to surviv and tl nd a parking sPJce ti ve program. ccording to a recent for endorsing the concept, to ontin­ nd that \I' ill be better for the urvey of past participants, 80 p rcent uing E ducatio n a nd Exte nsio n for tud e nt , the ni \'ersi t)', anu the are no\ enrolled in coli ge, 45 percent admini tering the program, and t kind state.

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f Not Now, When?

" tein is en e of community ubmerged, ab ut as often a a ub­ \\'a hington \'enue vice president and general among the C ni\'ersity' mari ne n manem ers. Yet omeho\\ the and Oak treet, age - manager of weco Radio. di\'er e con tituencie : notion f an alumni nter ne\'er ha graphic gateway to the tudent ,faculty, up- 3 hle\ cd pn rity tatus at the nl\'er- J\linneap Ii campu . porter, alumni .• It) of ,\ 1inne ota. \\,h) ? Based n the c mmittee \\. rk to l!ni\ ~ er in' center would e tabli b a Pcrhaps It' been timing. With all the date, 1 feel c nfident that thl time­ di tinctive "fr nt door" for what i , by prcs ing las r m and ph)' i al plant p rhap once and for all-the idea of all accoun~ ,a mew hat prawling and c( mmitments of a univer ity, it could a niv r ity alumni center finally will fren intimidating campu complex, he that an alumni c nter \\'a a concept recei\'e due on ideration. u h a Univer ity center \\. uld act a \\ hose time had n t yet come. r maybe ~ I' starter , th pr ject m real- a ~ al p int where pro pecti\'e tu­ • 0 lack of pace \\'a the ticking point, a istic. Virtually e\'ery Big Ten ch 01 dent, the public, benefact rs, and sca rcity f land on \I hi h to erect uch but ,\linne ota ha a thriving alumni alumni could congregate, interact, and a facility, r perhaps th idea fl un­ center, which mo t alumni administra­ hare inf; rmation and re urce . dered ~ r lack of mmitm nt-that tor ay invariably a t a ' a lightning \ \'hether it' to purcha ticket, take critical ma of vi ion and dollars that rod for increa d alumni im' h'ement a campu tour attend a I' gent' meet­ mu t coalesce t pu h any major build­ and upp rt. ing or participate in an ,\1:\:\ event, I ing prop 'al from architect's dra\\ ing B ides that, it' pragmatic. From the think mo t p pie would agree that an table to r ality. beginning, th j\ I \ ha advocated that id ntifiable front door i mething the If 1 had a gue ,I'd ay all tho e it alumni building en 'e a ' a true campu or Iy need .• building that, CIrcum tanc pia)' dar Ie in delay- " niver it\, enter." All' adv the com- by it \'ery de ign and I ati n, a~': o • 109 th rough c n iderati n of an alumni mittee ha id ntified 'e\'er,ll p tential "\\"e1 me to the l!ni\"er in' of '\lin­ center. hat' \\ h) an ad h c mmit­ t nant , including the .1[Illne soto Dal~)I, n ta o nt r here. xperien . Enjo~ " ." tee of the I bard is \\' rking today the ni\'er in' f ,\linn , ta ~ unda­ f cour ,far m re imp rtant than to give a g d idea n mol' hot at ti n, the ,\linn ota ;\ ledical Founda­ my view are your, 0 dr p me a line fru iti n. ti n, and th Bard of Regent. and let me kn \\' what vou think. I'll Chairing the committee i Larrv n tru tion fa building to hue the be ur t pol Y ur c mment al ng llukka, pI' ident of L ukka 0 \'el­ niv rsity' uniquely mplem ntary to th ad hoc committe . opmcnt, one of the T\\'in iti s' I ad­ utrea h organizati n would help Ho\\ about it? Do \\. ne d a Uni­ II .! commer' ial r al estate tle\'el pment r lie\'e \ rcr \I ding in l\lurph) \'er ity center? If not, why not? f ms, and a man ac u ·tom d to n­ Hall, I rrill Hall, h Ilealth ' ci- nd if n tn\\', wh n? \ rting g od idea ' int bri k and mor­ t r Over the past s \'eral months, I Irry' c mmittee ha~ been a::. ' ing B t en Goldst in

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THE AGONY IN CHINA'S HEART ber/December i u f Min­ name, captured an unu ual Jlesota made it through the pIa e in history-for a man CONGRAT L TIO on diplomatic pouch to our who 10 t the electi n. your very fine article in the hou e . \ e thank you 0 l.\RY . Zf LC. November/December 19 9 much for the article on Dee \ aluut Gro'/le, ,11111l1aola is ue of AJi1mesota , " hina Peters n ["Dee's Our d­ 1989: The niver it)' of will mba sador"]. During YO , MISTAKE ! linnesota onnection." our time in Wa hington, It was a particularly D .C . , (19 6- ) we mar­ S A LU i\l 1 an d interesting account to me veled at her leader hip and mem ber of the media, I because in 19 6-87 I was enj yed the linne ota resent your c mment [ Hm­ teaching in China, and just gatherings . he did an nesota, January/Februan yesterday I received a letter admirable job with a di"erse 1990, In Focus] that om ~ ­ from one of my students who group [from] \ a hington, how the media share blame \ as one of tho e who dem­ D . ., irginia, and 1ary­ for recent bad pre and that on trated in Beijing. Our land . I am so glad her work Univer ity reputations nde university is in Shaanxi on behalf of the alumni a 0- up and do\\> n the media ~ \). province, about 2-+ hours ciation ha been r c gnized. yo. 0 often the me en2:.:r from Beijing by train. I am \i e have l\linnes ta night i blamed for bad nell . quoting e eral parts of thi cca ionally at omeone' In t ad , If el the Cniler­ letter to add another "touch" h me here in Kuala Lum­ it)' ha been smart to to your fin tory. I ha\'e pur. We all sing Garrison embrace the media II Ith omitted names and places for Keillor' song " I Live in openne and hone ty. obvious reasons. j\[innesota" and smile. We J \\IF'> fDI L II "From pril to June, mi our home tate but are Grmrnl .lfdlla,l1tr Chine e students demon- grateful for journal like Red Wing Republican F glt trated peacefull y demand­ Minnesota that keep u up to Red \\'lIIl;'. J/I1I1I<;Otu ing for democracy, freedom, date. and human authority. Our uate_ I am depre sed no\\'. I 'IT \ FLSO CHEERS FOR MARGARET institute al 0 took part in this have to do nothing but study CL.\UDE FI 0 movement. My c1as mate hard t eliminate my agon)' Kuala Lumpur, ,tJolayslQ I RE D II ith great intere t and I demonstrated in _ and in m, heart, I think I might [ largaret arls n' ] pinion _. On !l.ay 16 we went to lose confidence in our BRYAN NOT BRYANT on intercollegiate athlenc Beijing to as ist Beijing's government." (Minnesota, January/Febru­ demonstration. e per­ ometim when \ve want L T J sat down ary 199 , " n Op n Letter suaded PL fighters not to to feel sorry for ourseh-es, all to read Imer nder en's to j'v1en' thletics"). The fire at college students and " e need to do i to think article on Republicanism in piece \ a b th timely and other people. l r. _ and ab ut the people who ha\'e Minne ta [Jlinnesota, Janu­ inf rmative, and it howed a other people went to ban the it much worse than we can ary ebruary 1990, " I th great en itivity n a tough troops' ad va nce. _ a nd I ever imagin . Thank rou Party ver?"]. On the ub­ topic . Again, largaret , narrowl escaped from Bei­ again for your heart-warm­ ject of one-i ue campaign , Carl n i repre enting the jing to_. On Jul 13, ing torie about hina and he mentions face ilver. The 1 an xempla ry ir. _ was caught by police­ especially the people's dem­ promoter of face coinage of mann r. men and thrown in pri on. onstration for democracy. ih'er wa William Jenning BRI \:--; BrR .. 0 laybe he will b entenc d. Lo I . IOE ,F'iBURG Bryan, not Bryant. tlldWI Bod). Prest lenl They al 0 punished me by /liversi~y oj Wiscol1sin , toul I can not bel i e \' I r. Ullit'emlY oJtlflfll/, wlP depriving me of qualifica­ Alellolllol1ie, \ ViseollSiu nder on made that mis­ tion to take part in the po t­ take, 0 I am putting it dO\I n Letters /110)' be edited Jor mh graduate examination. NOTES FROM MALAYSIA to a typographical err r. lengtb, and clarit,Y. em/ .yo/If 1(1' 1a be I will be a igned to \Villiam Jennings Bryan, fers 10 Ibe edItor, Ii nne ota , fOil a region far awa. ' from _, TaD Y I a special da)' here the ilver-tongu d rator Morrill 11011. 100 hllreb nY1 my homet wn, after I grad- III (ala), ia. Th ovem- al\\'a, s known by his full E, Min/leapolis, AlN . -lSi

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