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10 The Melody of Speech 26 Lincoln County's Crack Reporter UMaine researcher Judy Walker Kris Ferrazza's in-depth coverage of is trying to gauge how a stroke can the Maine Yankee controversy earns affect the spoken word. her Maine's Journalist of the Year Award. 12 Amazing Abilities Bill Picard '98 serves as an inspiration to many.

14 UMaine Courses From the Comfort of Your Own Home Continuing education expands its offerings via the Internet.

16 Let's Get Stephen King Into the College Classroom Professor Welch Everman believes Page 16 Maine's master of the macabre belongs in the curriculum.

21 Alumni Migration Departments Why almost 50 per cent of UMaine Campus Briefs 6 grads leave the state for jobs. And Research and Innovation 8 are they likely to return? Alumni Newsmakers 30 Alumni Bookshelf 32

Cover photograph by Kathy Snow Rice '83 Spring 1999 5 Campus Briefs

Irving Kornfield Students beat week to consider propos­ is Carnegie als, which are voted on at Wall Street the following meeting. Professor of the average with Students who join the Year investments organization are encour­ aged to attend regularly in order to vote on stock pro­ University of Maine Pro­ Despite the erratic behav­ posals. SPIFFY member­ fessor Irving Kornfield is ior of this year's stock mar­ ship is not limited to busi­ the 1998 Maine Professor of ket, the Student Portfolio ness majors, it involves stu­ the Year The award is giv­ Investment Fund of the dents who are interested in en annually by the Car­ University of Maine Foun­ the market negie Foundation for the j dation (SPIFFY) continues Irving Kornfield Advancement of Teaching to grow in value I in recognition of college The student-run fund faculty members who excel search scientist who in­ was begun in the fall of Maine Stein as teachers and influence volves students in his 1993 with an initial invest­ Song chosen as the lives and careers of work, and who is also one i ment of $200,000 by the their students. of the best classroom teach­ University of Maine Foun­ the sixth best Kornfield was the 1997 ers around," says vice pro- j dation An additional Distinguished Maine Pro­ vost for undergraduate ed­ $150,000 was added a few The University of Maine fessor, an award presented ucation Doug Gelinas. years later. This year, the "Stein Song" is ranked as annually by the University The Council for the Ad- fund's value has reached the sixth-best fight song in of Maine General Alumni I vancement and Support of • $630,722—a return of nine the country, according to a Association The alumni Education (CASE) estab­ percentage points above new book association nominated lished the professors of the the portfolio's benchmark. College Fight Songs An Kornfield for the Professor year program in 1981 The average annual to­ Annotated Anthology, by of the Year Award He is the CASE works in coopera­ tal return over the past five William Studwell of the third Distinguished Maine tion with the Carnegie years is 16 12 percent Northern Illinois Unix ersi- Professor to be chosen by Foundation and higher ed­ "I think we're off four ty faculty, says the "Stein the Carnegie Foundation, ucation associations to ad­ percent from our high, Song" has a "great melo­ being preceded by civil en­ minister the award Nomi- I which is less than the mar­ dy." Notre Dame's "Victo­ gineering faculty members nees are from public or pri­ ket is off," says Ben Lupi- ry March" is number one, Dana Humphrey and vate higher education insti­ en, a senior economics ma­ followed by fight songs Habib Dagher in 1994 and tutions. Bruce Sidell, direc­ jor from Waldoboro and from the University of 1995 respectively. tor of the school of marine group cochair "Like most Michigan, University of A professor in the sciences, points out that portfolios, we pretty much Wisconsin, Yale, and the school of marine sciences, Kornfield's work makes a followed the trend We lost U S Naval Academy Kornfield has been on the difference to Maine people. some money, but we're UMaine's "Stein Song" UMaine faculty since 1977. 1 "Our students are ben­ climbing back toward our is number six followed by His primary research activ­ eficiaries of the enthusiasm all-time high " songs from the University ity focuses on evolutionary and the excellence of his SPIFFY currently holds of Southern California, biology. He has also instruction," says Sidell shares in 35 stocks, eight Georgia Tech, the Universi­ worked with the Maine "His vital research pro­ bonds, and some options ty of Texas, and Ohio State Warden Service to develop gram takes him to the far Stock purchases are made The book includes the lyr­ UMaine's wildlife DNA fo­ reaches of the globe in pur­ based on member recom­ ics, music, and history of 66 rensic facility. suit of understanding evo­ mendations. Students fight songs. Studwell is de­ "Irv Kornfield is truly lutionary biology, but he within the group research scribed as a musical histo­ the kind of faculty member equally devotes his exper­ stocks and make presenta­ rian who is recogni/ed as a that typifies a university at tise to critical marine issues tions at the weekly meet­ leading expert on Christ­ its best: an excellent re­ in Maine." ing. Members are given a mas carols

6 Maine the United States," she Milestone said. reached in Senator Olympia Snowe Alumni House '69 requested the funding last March. Campaign I II More than 150 University of Maine alumni, friends, Kings give and staff members attend­ $100,000 for ed a press conference and softball facility reception on January 21 to announce that over $4 mil­ lion has been pledged to Stephen '70 and Tabitha '71 construct a new Alumni King have given $100,000 House. The goal of the The architect's model of Alumni House was unveiled at a to help build a new softball January 21 reception/press conference. Alumni House campaign is stadium at the University $5.5 million, which will in­ of Maine. The Kings gave clude $1 million for a main­ function room for alumni vices that can alert soldiers the gift to help the univer­ tenance endowment. and university events. Also to the presence of weapons sity move closer to its goal Through reunion class giv­ included in the facility is a of mass destruction. of achieving gender equity. ing and individual dona­ visitor's center The project, funded by "They're proud of what tions, over 12,000 alumni Leaders of the General the Naval Surface Warfare the university has been do­ have contributed to the Alumni Association and Center, is a joint effort of ing and believe it has made campaign. The entire cost the UMaine Foundation the university's laboratory a lot of good decisions in of Alumni House will come expressed optimism that for surface science and the last year," said UMaine from private giving. The groundbreaking could oc­ technology and a private athletic director Sue Tyler. university will provide the cur within the next few sector partner, Sensor Re­ Recently, the university land through a long-term years search and Development has upgraded women's lease. Corporation of Orono. hockey from a club to a var­ The new facility will be The university's in­ sity sport, provided the located at the southeast volvement in such work is field hockey team with an entrance of campus and UMaine an outgrowth of its civilian AstroTurf field, and has an­ will house both the Gener­ receives $10 work in developing sen­ nounced plans to add al Alumni Association and million grant sors to detect toxins in the women's volleyball to its the UMaine Foundation. environment. lineup of varsity teams. More importantly, the facil­ "The Department of The Kings' gift will now ity will serve the universi­ The University of Maine Defense discovered this be added to the $300,000 ty's 84,000 alumni by pro­ has been awarded a $10 activity at the university gift from Michael Kessock viding a welcoming place million Navy grant to help and said, 'Gee, this is what '66, '73G last July. UMaine when they return to cam­ develop sensors to detect we need for sensing chem­ now needs just under pus. Alumni House will chemical and biological ical and biological weap­ $400,000 to complete fund­ showcase UMaine history agents under battlefield ons on the battlefield,"' ing for the $800,000 stadi­ and its most prominent conditions. The grant is the said Heather Jacobson '84, um. alumni in a number of largest in the university's assistant vice provost for The new field will be lo­ unique places including history. research. cated next to Mahaney Di­ leadership hall and an Research to be conduct­ "This is not just for mil­ amond. It will be lighted to alumni library. It will also ed at the university over itary applications on a bat­ allow for state softball tour­ house a number of meeting the next 23 months is in­ tlefield; it is also for domes­ naments. (From a story by rooms, a Maine family tended to advance the cre­ tic preparedness, which is Deidre Fleming, Bangor room, and a medium-sized ation of small, portable de­ an increasing problem in Daily News.)

Spring 1999 7 Research & Innovation

Solar Powered Pickup

UMaine students get ready to compete in the Tour de Sol. I i

he challenge of engineering and concern for environ­ Ben Dresser '71 (far left) works with UMaine students on the Solar Black Bear. mental sustainability have motivated more than a dozenThe lessons go far beyond learn­ if the vehicle can get a coat of paint TUMaine students to design, build,ing welding • or wiring Students are for the competition Batteries alone and demonstrate a solar-assisted embroiled in seeing a project through start at $2,500 a set. electric vehicle to represent the Uni­ from concept to design and construc­ "Almost everyone I talk to about versity of Maine in the 11th annual tion They have had to learn the im­ the project asks why we would be de­ American Tour de Sol in May. portance of teamwork and commu­ veloping a solar vehicle in Maine The May 22-28 race/rally begins nication. Despite the hard work (with its limited hours of daylight) in Waterbury, Connecticut, and ends ahead of them, the biggest challenge But what if we can do it in Maine7" 300 miles away in Lake George, New facing the students is fund raising says Paul Van Steenberghe, a mathe­ York Vehicles ranging from cars and The Solar Black Bear, as the vehi­ matics lecturer who coteaches the motorcycles to bicycles and buses us­ cle is dubbed, is a 1987 Chevy pick­ course with Ben Dresser '71. "And if ing environmentally friendly electric up that is being converted into a so­ we can do it in Maine, then it can eas­ motors are entered. UMaine will be lar-electric, zero-emissions vehicle ily be done in Arizona If we're only one of 45 expected entrants. Teams The truck was first converted to an supplementing 25 percent of the en­ earn points with their vehicles in a 1 electric vehicle in 1993 by Bangor ergy for such a vehicle, that's better variety of areas, including endurance Hydro-Electric, which donated it to than nothing " i and speed. The goal of the competi­ the project last fall Van Steenberghe brought the idea tion and educational event is to pro- i Starting with an electric vehicle for the project to Bio-Resource Engi­ mote a more sustainable future saved the students money and almost neering, which many in the campus through electric vehicles and their 10 months of the work. community have turned to through clean, renewable fuels. To be eligible for the competition, the years for custom fabrication and In the UMaine classroom, the hope the team must submit a video of the technical expertise. of racing the first solar-powered ve­ vehicle "going down the road" by "I see a reward in this that is not hicle representing UMaine in the mid-March. just for Bio-Resource Engineering but Tour de Sol has attracted students in To date, the students have raised for all of the University of Maine," the natural sciences who have little $3,000 in donations; a minimum of says Dresser "We'll be demonstrat­ mechanical training, and engineering $5,000 has yet to be raised to enable ing an electric truck in a rally that gets students who have limited experi­ the team to have the vehicle complet­ international coverage. More than ence in environmental activism. They ed for the Tour de Sol The amount 150 million people all ov er the world are drawn to the course by the chal­ of money raised will determine fac­ saw coverage of the last race. No lenge of such a complex project and tors such as whether factory-made matter how you place, participants in the statement it ultimately can make solar cell panels can be purchased or the Tour de Sol win by being there."

8 Maine Superclusters of Aquarius

UMaine scientists find ample of a long (300 million i ,v light-years), dense filament evidence of two galaxy of eight clusters, which ap­ pears to be loosely connect­ superclusters that could ed to the Aquarius super­ / cluster. The finding of two help reveal clues about long filaments of rich clus­ conditions in the Big ters in close proximity was surprising, since among the Bang. 350 observed clusters in the rest of the sky, only two oth­ er such filaments were t a recent meeting of the found. American Astronomical So­ The study also confirmed ciety, astronomers David that a particular dense sub­ Batuski and Chris Miller of the Uni­ set of clusters within the Aversity of Maine presented evidence Aquarius supercluster has of two relatively rare types of galaxy general properties similar to superclusters in a single colossal three other exceedingly complex in the southern part of the dense superclusters and constellation Aquarius The complex leads to the conclusion that consists of two long filaments, one of Professor David Batuski a genuine class of such ob­ which is the longest such object yet jects can now be studied. seen, and a dense knot of clusters. length, making it the longest struc­ Studies of these objects suggest that These findings add significantly to ture yet seen in the universe. they may be on the verge of collaps­ the emerging picture of large-scale Since that time, the team has re­ ing under the force of gravity. structure in the present-day universe analyzed its observational data on the In the Aquarius observations, the and provide some well-defined ex­ Aquarius clusters. They have also researchers observed 737 galaxies lo­ amples of structure that must be ex­ nearly completed observations of a cated in 46 clusters. They observed plained by processes in the fireball of large sample of clusters scattered that Aquarius consists of a string of the Big Bang. Future analysis of the over much of the rest of the sky and 14 rich clusters of galaxies running knot of clusters, when studied in de­ compared structure in Aquarius with roughly along a line of site from tail with three other similar clumps that seen elsewhere. The work has Earth. of clusters, may prove that some vast been supported by the National Sci­ The researchers at UMaine and objects may be collapsing within our ence Foundation and NASA. Meudon Observatory hope to contin­ otherwise expanding universe. Two major results have emerged ue studying this region of unusual su- Batuski and Miller conducted One has been confirmation of the ex­ perclustering in greater detail. their observations at the European istence and significance of the Aquar­ "Eventually, astronomers will be Southern Observatory in Chile with ius supercluster. able to describe the structure in the Kurt Slinglend, also at Maine, and ''Although the dense portion of universe on large scales with confi­ colleagues from Meudon Observato­ this previously identified filament ex­ dence," Batuski says. "This is impor­ ry near Paris. In 1997, this research tends only about 400 million light- tant because we think that these team announced its initial finding of years, it is still the longest superclus­ scales have been relatively undis­ the Aquarius supercluster. This fila­ ter of such rich clusters yet seen," turbed since very early times and ment of clusters appears to extend says Batuski. have much to tell us about conditions about one billion light-years in The study identified a second ex­ in the Big Bang."

Spring 1999 9 Research & Innovation

UMaine researcher Judy Walker is trying to gauge how a stroke can affect the brain's interpretation of the stress, rhythm, and intonation of the spoken word.

By Wyatt Olson Courtesy of the Bangor Daily News

Photograph by Kathy Snow Rice '83

hree floors below the of­ processes of the brain. hidden meanings," she said "But by fices of the department of Judy Walker, an assistant profes­ better understanding prosody and communication disorders, sor with the communication disor­ how it's processed, we can eventual­ in the basement of Dunn ders department on the Orono cam­ ly use that knowledge as therapy THall at the University of Maine,pus, isis a in the midst of a research tools in helping brain-damaged peo­ soundproof chamber If you stand project seeking to unravel one of the ple communicate." inside it and close the door, your au­ many unanswered questions about To understand the specifics of dio connection to the outside world how the brain works in interpreting Walker's research, one first must un­ is severed, leaving only a view and forming sentences derstand how the brain functions and through a small window Try as you Specifically, Walker's experiments what happens when it's damaged by might, your voice won't carry to any­ are an attempt to gauge how aphasia stroke or other traumas one standing outside, nor will a mes­ affects the brain's interpretation of The brain is divided into four sage get through to you. nonlinguistic aspects of sentences, parts the right and left hemispheres, The chamber, used for speech re­ such as stress, rhythm, and intona­ the cerebellum, and the stem The cer­ search experiments, is analogous to tion This is often referred to as the ebellum controls balance and coordi­ what happens to those stricken by "melody of speech," Walker said, but nation, and the stem controls invol­ certain kinds of strokes that damage in communication theory, it's called untary functions, such as breathing parts of the brain that control com­ prosody. and heartbeat. munication thought processes, but Consider what is communicated The right hemisphere of the brain, leave most of the mind intact, a con­ by stressing each syllable in the word I which controls the movement of the dition known as aphasia. The stroke "permit." Pronounced with the stress body's left side, is in charge of spa­ victim's mind, often clear in thought, on the first syllable, PERmit, the word tial and perceptual tasks—in gener­ becomes isolated from the rest of the is a noun. Stress the second syllable, al, seeing how parts are connected to world, the language processing cen­ perMIT, and it becomes a verb the whole The right hemisphere pro- ters shut down or short-circuited so Walker calls such cues the "hidden i cesses nonverbal things, such as emo­ speech is impossible. meanings" of language—you can't tions or artwork In some cases, stroke patients lose see them on a written page, but The left half of the brain controls control of the face muscles used in they're essential to communicating. movement of the body's right side, speech, but that is different from "We really don't know that much and one of its dominant roles is pro- ) 111 1 aphasia, which is confined only to about how the brain processes these cessing and producing language, as 10 Maine well as inferring the specific based on Wernicke's area exhibit a fluent "lan­ looks at how each brain hemisphere the general guage of confusion," according to specializes in processing prosody. In About 730,000 Americans had Walker. The patient describes things one set of experiments, test subjects strokes in 1997, which resulted in in complete sentences that are, in gen­ listen to a series of sentences. After 160,000 deaths, according to the Na­ eral, grammatically correct, but are each sentence, they choose one of tional Stroke Association. Uncon­ gibberish, such as "The boy is sea." four drawings that illustrate the trolled high blood pressure, obesity, On the other hand, damage to Bro­ meaning of the sentence, clued only and smoking are leading causes. ca's area results in "nonfluent apha­ by the way it was read to them. Strokes can happen in any part of sia" in which patients express the gist In another experiment, sentences the brain, and are divided into three of a message, but there is little syn­ are digitalized on a computer so that types. An embolism is a blood clot tax In describing a picture of, say, a they can be played back to test sub­ that originates somewhere else in the carnival, a patient might say, "High. jects at varying speeds. The varia­ body that travels to the brain where It., circle. Men together." tions affect the melody, or prosody of it gets caught and strangles the blood According to Walker, little re­ the sentences. The experiment will supply. A hemorrhage occurs when search has been done on what part measure the subjects' comprehension an artery wall in the brain weakens prosody—the melody of language— based on these variations. and bursts. A thrombus is an obstruc­ plays in the mind's interpretation and Walker's current experiments are tion, such as a cholesterol buildup in formulation of sentences. a continuation of work she began an artery, that eventually closes off For example, the sentences, "The while a doctoral student at the Uni­ the blood supply to the brain. man said, the boy is happy" and "The versity of Massachusetts, where she A stroke starves brain tissue of man, said the boy, is happy" are iden­ studied speech pathology and re­ oxygen. Once destroyed, the tissue tical in their words. When spoken, ceived a doctorate in 1994. does not rejuvenate. their differing meanings are con­ One of Walker's long-range goals Aphasia results when a stroke hits veyed through minute pauses and is to establish a neurological clinic on parts of the left hemisphere that pro­ voice inflection. The same is true with the campus that would offer special­ cess language. Walker's research fo­ the following sentences: "It's 5 ized speech rehabilitation services for cuses on the two major language do­ o'clock." and "It's 5 o'clock!" patients with brain damage. mains, known as Wernicke's area and Walker's two-year study, for Anyone interested in participating Broca's area. which she is still recruiting people in Walker's research can call 207-581- Stroke patients with damage to ages 50 to 80 who have had strokes, 2003. Spring 1999 11 Student Life

Abilities

Bill Picard's journey through UMaine was not an easy one, but it became an inspiration to all those lucky enough to know him.

By Molly Haskell Bill Picard with sister Aimee at his December graduation.

hen Bill Picard '98 was 11 bowling ball down the alley Picard's persistence has helped months old, a pediatrician "I'd like to be like everyone else change some physical barriers to ac­ told his parents to put him because I am like everyone else," Pi­ cessibilityJ in the same wav * that he has in a home for the mentally retarded, card says. "I can do anything I want changed people's attitudes about dis­ forget about him, and move on with to, I just have to think about a w ay to abilities, says Ann Smith, UMaine's their lives. do it" coordinator of sen ices for students This December, 28 years later, Pi­ Picard, a North Turner native, with disabilities. card earned his bachelor's degree in transferred to UMaine in 1994 from "From the time he first arrived, the business administration from the the University of Edinboro in Penn­ campus went from a lev el of discom­ University of Maine. sylvania, where the campus was fort and fear about how to commu­ He has cerebral palsy, a condition largely accessible and services for nicate with this individual to a point caused by a lack of oxygen to his students with disabilities included where Bill became well known on brain during birth. Cerebral palsy af­ van transportation to and from class­ campus and greeted warmly," Smith fects people in different ways. For es, assistants, and a wheelchair repair says Picard, it affected his muscle coordi­ shop "I admit, I was a little nervous nation and his speech It's different at UMaine. While all when I started working for Bill," says Picard has never let his disability new buildings are accessible, and ex­ Abby Graffam of Saco, a junior ma­ keep him from the many activities he isting structures are in the process of joring in nursing "I didn't know enjoys: dancing, bowling, cheering being upgraded, challenges remain what his disability entailed and I had for the UMaine women's basketball for disabled students ! never really been around someone team, repelling off a 100-foot cliff, and Since coming to campus, Picard ■ handicapped before I've worked for traveling. has made recommendations about Bill for a year, helping him with com­ He uses a device called a Libera­ how to increase accessibility in the [ puter stuff, getting ready for bed, and tor to help him communicate and a university community. I helping him with dinner a few nights walker to dance. In miniature golf, he "UMaine was inexperienced in a week He amazes me with his abil- hits the ball with his foot, rather than dealing with people with disabili­ lties. Most people in his situation a golf club. His father made him a ties," Picard says "I just may be the would have seen college as an impos­ special wooden card holder for play­ first one who was stubborn enough sible feat He has conquered it. He's ing card games and a ramp to slide a to bring up these issues " an inspiration."

12 Maine During his time at UMaine, Picard than have most people without dis­ "If I didn't have the support from hired more than 100 student assis­ abilities." my family and teachers, I wouldn't tants like Graffam. In giving back to Among his many interests, Picard have gotten where I am," he says. the university community, he has is a loyal fan of UMaine women's bas­ Among those Picard looks to for served on the Union Board and spo­ ketball. He's only missed two home inspiration are his sister Aimee, who ken to student groups, conferences, games in the last three years, and he next year will be a student in and classes. spent the past three spring breaks on UMaine's college of education and In the year that Kathryn Shepherd the road supporting the Black Bears. human development, and his aunt of Gardiner roomed with Picard, it Picard has worked at the Center Kathy, who battled cancer for 10 seemed that "he always was getting for Community Inclusion, updating years and whose strength continues prepared to do another speech, or to the center's website with information to serve as a model for Picard's life. help out other students who didn't for students with disabilities. He Graduation was a joyful time for know where to turn for help." hopes to continue working at the cen­ him, surrounded by the family that "From Bill, I learned that with ter now that he has graduated. He provided support from birth. He had enough support and love from the also plans to keep developing his special praise for his parents, Roy '71 people around you, you can do any­ own website about services for peo­ and Charlene Moore Picard '70 who thing," says the fifth-year music ed­ ple with disabilities and continue his met and were eventually married on ucation major. motivational speeches. the UMaine campus. "Bill is a teacher who has helped In spite of his great work ethic and "My parents did go on with their a lot of people look harder and find his positive attitude, there were times lives (after I was born), but they took things within themselves," Shepherd when Picard thought he wouldn't me with them," he says. says. "He has accomplished more make it to graduation.

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Spring 1999 13 Programs

UMaine Courses From the Comfort of Your Own Home

Continuing education greatly expands distance learning options via the World Wide Web.

By Jim Frick

id you have to leave the cation division is offering a record 59 University of Maine before distance learning courses (through you could complete your technology, not on campus) Of that, degree? Do the demands of 26 are being offered via the Internet Dyour job create the need for someThis resummer,­ the number of distance training and professional develop­ learning courses will also be a record, ment7 39, of which 18 will be on the Web Or perhaps, like a growing num­ Indeed, the growth in distance ber of people, you just feel the need learning, and in particular, Internet

to develop personally—to study courses, is dramatic. The number of i great literature, history, religion, or courses offered this past fall was dou­ learn a foreign language ble the previous year and UMaine You could, of course, go to a col­ administrators see no end to the in­ students will grow more intense in lege near where you live and try to terest from students the future and that every school, in­ find a night or weekend course that "Like higher education institu­ cluding UMaine, needs to identify its can fit into your busy schedule. That tions everywhere, the University of niche and capitalize on its institu­ means more commuting, little flexi­ Maine is undergoing a fundamental tion's strengths. bility, and maybe even getting a de­ transformation with respect to the UMaine has emerged as an early gree from a school you don't really influence and impact of new and leader in the distance learning field. care about. emerging technologies," explains It is especially far ahead, White notes, Now there is another option. Bob White, dean of the division of when compared to other land grant Wherever you live in the world, you lifelong learning. "In fact, growth in universities can sign up for courses at your alma continuing education and distance For over 30 years, the university mater—the University of Maine. You learning has become important in the has offered live on-site instruction at can take courses at your convenience overall enrollment picture." numerous centers and sites through­ and in the comfort of your own home White and colleague Jim Toner out the state In 1989, the Education All you need is a computer and a '75G, '77G, director of distance edu­ Network of Maine (ENM) was estab­ connection to the Internet And here cation, note that technology now al­ lished, supported by substantial state is a real plus about on-line learning lows students to select from courses and federal funds and a grant by the from UMaine. no matter where you offered throughout the world via sat­ Annenberg Foundation As part of live, Massachusetts, Florida, Japan, ellite, interactive television, the Inter­ the initial effort, UMaine established anywhere, you pay in-state tuition. net, and multiple combinations there­ two originating classrooms and one This spring, the continuing edu­ of They believe that competition for large studio and offered six courses 14 Maine university organizes discussions of tne book and invites the author to lec­ ture on campus. Now, alumni around the world can be involved in class book discus­ sions with current students through a noncredit course on the Web. "This is a way for alumni to get connected back to the university on an intellectual basis," Toner says. "Plus, their experiences and view­ points are a valuable addition to the class book discussion. It's something we plan to do every year." Although a wide variety of cours­ es are offered, the most growth in on­ line courses is in the area of the arts and humanities. Currently, students can receive a bachelor of university studies degree, a master of liberal studies degree, and a master of elec­ trical engineering degree. There are also certificate programs available in Maine studies and one in classical studies. If you think the latter is a pretty unusual field of study to offer through high technology, consider this: the first Latin course UMaine Kathy Snow Rice photo offered on line attracted 64 students. White and Toner would like to see the first year through ENM. Recent­ student-to-student interaction. a faster growth in both courses and ly, ENM turned into the Network for Distance courses can also include degrees, but right now they are con­ Education and Technology Services a combination of Internet, interactive strained by the availability of facul­ Although students still have lots television, teleconferencing, and ty. The problem is that most distance of opportunities to take interactive print materials. learning teaching is done as over­ television courses within the State of The first UMaine course on the load—in other words, in addition to Maine, the biggest growth in distance World Wide Web was Writing Effec­ regular faculty commitments. learning is clearly the Internet, tive Property Description from the But rest assured that demand is through what Jim Toner calls asyn­ department of survey engineering. likely to drive supply in education as chronous courses. In cyberspace, no The course enrolled over 50 students in everything. The day of on-line boundaries or time constraints exist. throughout the United States in its learning is just dawning. So pull up To enroll in a course, a student just first five months. Students can regis­ a chair, turn on your computer, con­ needs to enter the UMaine continu­ ter, begin, take an exam, and com­ nect to web site http:// ing education web site and register plete the course any day they wish. www.ume.maine.edu/~ced/de, and electronically. Course assignments, This spring, continuing ed came enter the classroom. lectures, papers, and tests are also all up with another innovation—offer­ done electronically, with student and ing a course on the class book, Lies Photo above: Continuing education's teacher logging onto their computers M\j Teacher Told Me. The book is re­ Bob White (far right) and Jim Toner at their mutual convenience. Most quired reading for all incoming fresh­ show graduate student Laurel Internet courses involve lots of stu- men, but is also widely read by fac­ Douglass how to enroll in a UMaine dent-to-teacher interaction as well as ulty and staff. During the year, the course on the World Wide Web. Spring 1999 15

/ Let's Get Stephen King Into the College Classroom

Every now and then, someone asks me the Maine's master of question. Sometimes it's a fellow faculty mem­ ber here at the University of Maine or a col­ the macabre is the league from another institution. Occasionally, undisputed best­ it's a student or a parent. Sometimes the per­ son asking the question is really interested in selling author on the getting an answer. Sometimes the question is simply a chal- planet. But are his

The question is: "Why do you teach that course on Stephen works the stuff of King?" I've taught a course entitled "The Fiction of Stephen King" serious scholarship? for a few years now, and I've heard the question often enough Absolutely, says to have a number of stock answers on hand. Sometimes I say: "Well, it's the only course I teach in which the students have UMaine professor read all the books before the class even begins." If I'm in a more Welch Everman, who serious mood, I can say: "King is a very literate and literary » writer. Throughout his works, he cites and comments on writ­ teaches what might ings by Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson, Bram Stoker, be the first class Mary Shelley, H. P. Lovecraft, J. Sheridan LeFanu, Daphne Du- Maurier, and Shirley Jackson. Students who read King are in­ devoted solely to the troduced to many other writers along the way." On the other literature of Stephen hand, if I'm feeling belligerent, I might simply reply: "I teach contemporary American fiction. King is a contemporary Amer­ King 70. ican fiction writer. Is there a problem with that?"

By Welch Everman Photos by Michael York

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But, obviously, there is a problem ally significant, worthy of serious mid, and the suggestion that his with that or people wouldn't ask me attention, in short, "Art" with a cap­ works might be Art challenges those the question, a question they certain­ ital "A." In our society, Art is too of­ few who wield cultural authority in ly don't ask when I am teaching the ten defined as that which can only our society and opens our entire cul­ works of Ernest Hemingway or Wil­ be appreciated by the few Therefore, tural hierarchy to question liam Faulkner. I don't even hear the if the many like something, it can't When I teach my class on the fic­ question when I teach my course on be Art. tion of Stephen King, I discuss his Jack Kerouac, the King of the Beats— What we have here is a kind of writings as I would the writings of though I certainly would have heard cultural pyramid. At the top are the any other author But I also pay par­ it 20 or 30 years ago. people—professors, scholars, crit­ ticular attention to the issue of pop­ Do I really have to defend my de­ ics—who decide what is and what ularity because, as we've seen, pop­ cision to teach the works of Stephen isn't Art. Then, a bit farther down, ularity in this case is an issue. It King? come the people who have learned seems obvious to me that, if some­ It would seem so. I have to admit to appreciate Art and who attend the thing is popular—a novel, a movie, that, when I teach my King course, I symphony, read the classics, and visit a television show, a song—then, at feel compelled to spend a good part museums. At the very bottom, of some level, it must say what we of the first class period doing exact­ course, are the masses—those of us want it to sav Otherwise, we ly that—defending my decision to who listen to country music, follow wouldn't like it. devote an entire semester-long professional wrestling, and read By "we," I mean those of us who course to the works of the Universi­ Stephen King invest our time and our money in a ty of Maine's most illustrious alum. particular cultural artifact We're the In this case, I'm usually preaching In the real ones who buy and read the book, to the converted, because most of my world, there who pay to see the movie, who lis­ students already know and admire are lots of peo­ ten to the song We are the ones who King's work. In fact, I've found that, ple who attend like it, but, beyond simply liking in many cases, those people who the symphony something, I think it makes sense to judge King's works as not being and listen to ask what it is that a given popular worthy of serious attention are those country music, novel or movie or song says to us who haven't read him. who read the and why we are receptive to it I remember a student who took classics and If I'm right in assuming that the my Stephen King course asking me Stephen King popular cultural artifact says what for a recommendation I gladly gave But most of us we want it to say, then a Stephen it to him. He also went back to one have learned that Beethoven is King novel must be saying some­ of his high school teachers for a rec­ somehow better than Willie Nelson, thing that many, many of us want to ommendation. When he returned to and that people who attend the the­ hear And, if this is true, then, in see me, he told me the teacher ater are better than those who attend speaking to us and for us, a King wouldn't give him one He had pro wrestling matches, though we're novel must also say a great deal shown the teacher my recommenda­ not necessarily sure what better about us This is why we must look tion, and the teacher had said she means in this case Unfortunately, seriously at the works of Stephen didn't want to be associated with under our current cultural system, King—because, at some level, they anyone who taught Stephen King Art can be a kind of weapon, a way help to tell us who we are When this student confronted her of keeping people segregated from So we shouldn't be asking "Why with the question of whether she each other, a way of elevating peo­ teach a course on the works of had ever read any of King's books, ple of "good taste" above the rest of Stephen King7" The important ques­ she admitted that she hadn't. us. If the arbiters of good taste like tion is- "What do the writings of I think the problem is popularity. something, it must be Art and, there­ Stephen King say to us that we so King is the most popular writer on fore, worthy of serious attention. If much want to hear?" the planet. In itself, this isn't a prob­ too many of us like something, how­ King has a well-deserved reputa­ lem—or, if it is, it's a problem most ever, it is, by definition, not Art—it tion as a writer of the extraordinary. of us would envy. The real problem is, at best, popular culture, or at Certainly, novels like 'Salem's Lot, is that, in academia and among worst, junk. Christine, or The Sliming are based on many educated, cultured people, Just too damn many of us like extraordinary situations But the conventional wisdom has it that Stephen King, and that's the prob­ mam characters in these and most what is popular cannot be good, and lem. The popularity of his writing King works are ordinary people like what is good cannot be popular. automatically excludes it from the us. "Good," in this case, means cultur­ upper reaches of the cultural pyra­ In The Dead Zone, for example,

18 Maine Scholar of Horror

ne day in the late 1950s, he got settled into King's old 12-year-old Welch Ever­ stomping grounds. man was watching TV "The thing about reading and saw a promo for the original Stephen King here, as opposed to FrankensteinO movie The trouble was upstate New York, or wherever, the movie didn't come on until 11:30 is the atmosphere—the fact that p.m. After much begging, he per­ this is his environment. I mean suaded his mother to let him stay you actually recognize the plac­ up and watch it To say the movie es and the kinds of people that had a strong impact is an under­ are in his books. And there is also statement—Everman has been the thing about all the grave­ hooked on horror ever since. yards in Maine." Now, as a professor of English at Everman also began to realize UMaine (he's also associate dean of that what Stephen King means to liberal arts and sciences), Everman students at UMaine is quite dif­ incorporates horror as part of his ac­ ferent from what he means to stu­ ademic expertise He teaches cours­ dents elsewhere. es in horror film history and on the "He spent very important works of Stephen King He writes critical papers and years of his life right here," Everman says, "and he books about horror—he looks at the genre as a schol­ is certainly our best known alum So I figured King's ar. But don't let that fool you Deep inside, the fasci­ works would be a good vehicle to teach contempo­ nation of the 12-year-old lingers—intrigued with ev­ rary literature, and it would also have special mean­ erything that is scary and unexplainable. ing to my students." "Some of us never really grow up," Everman says. In addition, Everman just plain thinks King is "I still love all the stuff I loved as a kid. I've always head and shoulders above most popular writers to­ been a horror fan—comics, movies, books in all day. "King's writing is so clear," he says. "He has a forms." real grasp of language." Although the childlike fascination is still there, Ev­ Everman's academic work encompasses more erman has also found that horror has a lot to teach than popular culture. He has written extensively about ourselves and our society. about several literary figures including Jerzy Kosin- "There is great value in teaching horror," he ex­ ski and Jack Kerouac. plains. "First of all, it has always been popular, it's But his interest in popular culture is strong and not anything new The first guy who sat around the extends far beyond Stephen King, horror movies, and fire and decided to entertain his friends with a story books. Perhaps the most extreme example is his in­ told a horror story, and it's been going on ever since terest in professional wrestling. It's another thing he Stephen King says that the macabre expresses our very got hooked on when he was a kid. And, as with all real fears in fantasy terms. That's why we're drawn to his interests in pop culture, he thinks wrestling has it. Because we know what we are reading or watching something to say about who we are. isn't real, it provides us a way to confront and maybe "1 see it as part of our folklore," Everman says. even come to terms with our fears." "Professional wrestling matches are simple battles And Everman thinks Stephen King's works do that of good and evil." better than just about anyone else's. As you can gather, Welch Everman is not your Interestingly enough, although he had read and en­ stereotypical professor and associate dean. He's got joyed King's books, Everman was not a fanatic all the credentials, including a Ph.D. from SUNY Buf­ Stephen King fan before he arrived at the UMaine falo, but there's nothing stuffy, square, or highbrow campus. here. This academician wouldn't be caught dead in "I always liked King's work, but I wasn't one of anything but bluejeans and sneakers. And don't look those super fans who makes the pilgrimage to Bang­ for him at the faculty lounge—you're more likely to or to hang outside his house," he says catch him blowing jazz trumpet at the local pub or But Everman's interest and appreciation grew as home watching pro wrestling with his kids.

Spring 1999 19 Johnny Smith is as ordinary and ev­ acters are government officials, po­ tity of The Dark Half are real. But he eryday as his name, but, through no lice officers, religious leaders, self­ does suggest again and again, in sto­ fault of his own, he suddenly devel­ proclaimed prophets, or college pro­ ry after story, that at any time, the ops the power to see into the future, fessors All of King's true heroes are extraordinary can invade the ordi­ and he must learn to deal with this honest enough with themselves to be nary, that the everyday world we extraordinary situation and the ex­ beset by doubt, and that's why we live in is not the only possibility, not traordinary responsibilities it brings. have so little trouble identifying with all there is. King again says some­ In 'Salem's Lot, Mark Petrie is an or­ them. thing that we want him to say, some­ dinary teenager with an interest in thing that encourages us to turn to horror stories, comics, and movies King also his works and keep returning to who suddenly finds himself living speaks to and them in the middle of a vampire story in for us by offer­ In short, we want to read the which he has been cast as one of the ing us a sense works of Stephen King because we heroes. SALEM'S LOT of profound want to believe what he says about Sometimes King's ordinary char­ mystery in our us, even though what he says is rare­ acters triumph over extraordinary rational con­ ly flattering King doesn't tell us that problems and situations. Sometimes temporary the world we've made for ourselves they don't But, in most cases, even world. For bet­ is the best of all possible worlds— those King characters who fail, do ter or worse, far from it And he doesn't tell us so with dignity. This, I think, is one we live in a time when there seem that humans hold dominion o\ er the of the basic strengths of Stephen to be no mysteries left Science and earth and the heavens—or ought to King's writing, and it is certainly one the logical worldview that pre\ ails What he does tell us is that, as hu­ of the things we want him to say to in a scientific age have dealt with the man beings, we have the strength us—that ordinary people can meet ancient mysteries of life and death and the ability to be courageous and extraordinary challenges without by explaining them in rational terms decent, even in the face of extraor­ losing their basic humanity The rainbow is no longer a mys­ dinary adversity. King champions the ordinary tery—we know it is simply light re­ I'm often asked if people will be person, but he generally mistrusts fracted by tiny droplets of water The reading Stephen King in 100 years those in authority These are our moon is no longer a mystery—we've That's a tough question to answer I leaders, our role models, the people been there think he addresses human fears that who ought to have our best interests There are still many unanswered will still be with us in 100 years. Un­ at heart but who, at least in the world questions in our world, of course, fortunately, what usually survives is of Stephen King, often do not Greg but, in our scientific, rational era, we what academics choose to teach, and Stillson of The Dead Zone is a popu­ are taught that every question is an­ right now King isn't high on that list. lar political leader who is a border­ swerable, at least in principle, and He should be Stephen King line psychotic Danforth Keeton of that every question will get an­ writes about human dignity and the Needful Tilings is a town council swered. It's only a matter of time strength of the human spirit in an member and embezzler The novel But do we as a culture really be­ age that often seems to have outlived Firestarter and a number of King's lieve that there are no true myster­ all notions of dignity and spirituali­ works feature a U. S. government ies in the universe? Do we really ty His writings are full of optimism agency called The Shop—clearly want to live in a world that is com­ and hope—not as empty platitudes modeled after the C I. A.—which ex­ pletely understandable? Again, I but as real possibilities in our gritty ists merely to serve its own interests don't think so. Everything from New and less-than-perfect world. and to cover up governmental blun­ Age philosophies to the outrageous That's why we want to read ders front page stories in the checkout­ Stephen King's writings It's also Do we want King to take this anti- line tabloids suggests that we want why we ought to be taking those authoritarian stance on our behalf? and need a sense of mystery in our writings seriously. I believe we do. We seem to have lives, that we want and need to be­ much less faith in authority than we lieve there is something beyond us "The Fiction of Stephen King" once did, and King's works reflect that we will never fully understand. Goes On-line that. In his own way, Stephen King Next fall, Welch Everman's course King isn't mistrustful of authori­ says this, too His stories are fanta­ on the works of Stephen King will ty across the board, however. Most­ sy, of course. King is not trying to be offered via the Internet by the de­ ly, he targets those who are absolute­ convince us that the vampires of 'Sa­ partment of continuing education ly sure they are right and deserving lem's Lot, the tentacled monsters of See story on page 14 to learn how to of their power, whether these char­ "The Mist," or the supernatural en­ enroll

20 Maine Alumni House Campaign

Enter Here Alumni House: A new front door to the University of Maine

or the first time in the 133-year history of our alma mater, MAINE will have a building that proudly salutes our University's accomplishments and offers a warm welcome to alumni and friends from the moment they arrive on campus. A completely different kind of building for the Univer­ sityF of Maine, Alumni House will serve as the new "front door" to the campus. Its meeting and hospitality rooms, archival collections, and inviting courtyard and gardens will encourage alumni and friends to "come home" to MAINE. Alumni House will be a highly prominent symbol of the achievements of our University and graduates. It will include:

• A Leadership Hall celebrating the achievements of MAINE'S diverse and prestigious alumni.

• An Alumni Archive & Library preserving the history and traditions of the University in permanent, flexible display areas. The Nelson B. Jones Stein Col­ lection, including hundreds of steins from around the world; extensive memo- Alumni House Campaign

rabilia from Rudy Vallee, who popularized the Association is one of the oldest alumni organiza­ "Maine Stein Song" in this country and abroad; tions among land grant universities. The Associa­ UMaine yearbooks dating from 1895; the works of tion operates the Annual Alumni Fund (annual University authors, journalists, artists, and poets; giving totals nearly $2 million each year for the vintage MAINE silver, glassware, and porcelain University); advocates for the University at the dating from the turn of the century; and other Maine State Legislature; and creates programs memorabilia celebrating the life of the University and services (reunions, homecomings, alumni will be featured in Alumni House. chapters, MAINE magazine, Mainely People, a membership program, and much more) that build • Meeting & Function Rooms for hosting alumni strong bonds with our alumni. Currently the As­ and campus events, in­ sociation is housed in cluding Homecoming, Crossland Hall, an Reunion, campus work­ overcrowded structure shops, special events, To date over 12,000 alumni and that is wholly inade­ seminars, and more. quate for conducting friends have contributed to the Association's ex­ • The MAINE Family MAINE'S Alumni House panding programs, Room offering an invit­ events, and services. ing and comfortable Campaign. We thank them all After years of shut­ setting for informal gath­ for their vision and generosity tling from location to erings of alumni, friends, location, the University and the campus in supporting UMaine's new of Maine Foundation community. "front door." will find a permanent home in Alumni • A Visitors' Center for House. With endowed welcoming parents, funds expected to top friends, alumni, dignitar­ $100 million in the next ies, and prospective students to the University of few years, the Foundation is a fiduciary of sub­ Maine. stantial assets held in trust for the University. Its move back on campus will ensure that the Foun­ • Landscaped Gardens & Terraces that will allow dation is an integral part of the University com­ Alumni House visitors to enjoy the changing munity and will be better able to serve alumni beauty of Maine's seasons during outdoor and friends. receptions and events. Several student organizations advised or sup­ Behind its impressive exterior and unique pub­ ported by the Association (the Student Alumni lic rooms, Alumni House will be a working build­ Association, Sophomore Eagles and Owls, Senior ing as well. MAINE'S two independent advo­ Skulls, and All Maine Women) will also find a cates—the University of Maine General Alumni new home in Alumni House. Comprised of our Association and the University of Maine Founda­ future alumni leaders, these organizations pro­ tion—will come together under one roof for the vide unique leadership training opportunities for first time in many years. undergraduates. The relationships developed The University of Maine General Alumni Asso­ today with these talented students will serve the ciation is the official "trustee" of our alumni body, University well for years to come. heritage, and traditions. Founded in 1875, the Alumni House Campaign

A Great "Kick-off" for the Campaign

Nearly 200 alumni and friends joined UMaine President Peter Hoff and Honorary National Campaign Chair William W. Treat '40 on January 21 for a reception and news conference. The event served as the public kick-off for the Alumni House Campaign.

Left to right: UMaine First Lady Dianne Hoff, Alumni House Campaign Chair Bill Treat '40, UMaine President Peter Hoff, and Vivian Treat.

Left to right: UMGAA president Jeff Mills '83 and Melissa Palmer-Karas and Pat Gugerty of MBNA UMaine Foundation President Amos New England view the scale model of Alumni Orcutt '64 (left) with G. Clifton Eames '50. House.

Alumni house staff celebrate the campaign total of over $4 million. Left to right are: President of Beers Associates, Barbara Beers '74, Jeff Mills '83, Amos Orcutt '64, and Judy Collier, campaign director.

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The Bangor Daily News on Alumni House

The following editorial appeared on January 24, 1999:

s a building, the planned University of Maine alumni house is somewhat in the small potatoes category. It's the idea and the support behind the project that makes it much more than two stories of brick and glass. AThe idea is that the university has something to sell but needs to spruce up its physical appearance to increase its appeal to potential students, faculty, and donors. A new "front door," an attractive gathering place at the campus' somewhat shabby main entrance, is a good place to start. It is highly encouraging that the university recognizes the need to break a sweat in the highly competitive world of academics and research. As for the support, more than 12,000 UMaine graduates have contributed more than $4 million to the building fund in just two years, making it the most broadly based capital campaign in the university's 133-year history. Given the number of dunning letters alumni receive from alma maters, the response given this one is tell­ ing. It's also worth noting that the single largest donation came from MBNA. The bank has a solid reputation here and elsewhere as being a generous supporter of good causes, but not of being a sucker for pointless enterprises. The timing could not be better—or more crucial. After several years of decline, UMaine gradually is rebuilding its enrollment, but still has plenty of room. The im­ portance, the necessity, of post-secondary education in the workplace is growing and Maine is in the unusual position of having exceptionally well-educated high school graduates but also of having a low college-attainment rate. There are tens of thou­ sands of working Maine adults who will, in the years to come, head back to school. Universities in neighboring states, Massachusetts and Connecticut in particular, are at or near capacity. At the same time, a sharp drop in secondary enrollment is mov­ ing up through the grades and will hit college age in 2007. Nontraditional students, out-of-state students, and Maine students who might be inclined to go out of state can more than make up for this population anomaly, but UMaine has to make the sales pitch. The alumni house campaign still needs to raise another $1 million to get con­ struction under way and to establish an endowment for operations and maintenance. More than 12,000 UMaine grads have sung the praises of the old school by writing a check. Those who have not should join the chorus. Kathy Snow Rice photo Why They Leave

Surveys indicate that nearly half of UMaine's graduates head out of state for employment. Is it a cause for concern, or will they eventually return to Maine with valuable experience and new ideas?

ome leave to seek higher years ago. However, the results are good opportunities elsewhere paying jobs. Others be­ causing some concern that Maine means that we are doing a good job cause they see more ca­ may be losing some of its best and of preparing them to compete in na­ reer choices and opportu­ brightest to other states. tional and international markets." nities elsewhere. And for "I think the State of Maine is mak­ State economist Laurie Lachance S is also worried about some of many, it's simply a matter of want­ ing such a huge investment in these ing to see and experience another students that it is a problem if large Maine's "best hopes for the future" part of the world. numbers don't stay in state," says leaving the state. "I would have Whatever the reason, a recent Virginia Gibson '72, a UMaine asso­ hoped that some of the job growth University of Maine survey shows ciate professor of management, cur­ that we've seen would have led that very close to half of the univer­ rently serving as interim vice presi­ more of these folks to stay," she re­ sity's graduates leave the state. dent of development. "We need cently told the Maine Sunday Tele­ There's no indication that it is a more to stay—we can't afford the gram. growing trend; the numbers are brain drain. On the other hand, the Indeed, Maine's unemployment about the same as they were six fact that our graduates are able to get rate is low and the economy is ex­ Spring 1999 21 panding. But other states are grow­ were to move to Chicago and see Putnam thinks that his solid ex­ ing and expanding even faster, and what else was out there," she said perience at Willamette will allow the reality is that a large portion of in a recent Maine Sunday Telegram in­ him to find a good job back in Maine the new jobs in Maine are in the ser­ terview. "I'm extremely proud to be when he decides to return. vice and tourism sector—not posi­ from Maine, but I'm really enjoying "I think people who want to re­ tions that recent college graduates, pursuing the opportunities I'm pur­ turn but feel they can't because of eager to get their careers rolling, suing now." concern for their career may be mak­ would find appealing. Murphy reported that her salary ing a misassumption," he notes. "We In the business field, Gibson was above the $42,000 average for kind of automatically assume pay is thinks her college is providing ex­ her class of chemical engineers. She lower in Maine, but I don't think that cellent training and opportunity for has also been pleased with her pay is always true either I'd like to see students. But the other side of the increases over the past two years. the university and the state do more coin is that Maine's economy just A higher salary was not the mo­ to make its college students aware hasn't been good enough to support tivation for civil engineer Albert that there are good opportunities in jobs for all its graduates. Putnam '98. After being born and Maine." "In some areas of business, there raised in Houlton and attending Kurt Marston '74, 79G a partner really are wonderful opportunities UMaine for four years, he just want­ at Woodard and Curran (Frank for the good students to stay in ed to see and experience something Woodard '61, 63G and Al Curran Maine," she says. "For accounting totally different '71) in Portland, is one engineer who majors, for example, there are good found a way to return to his home firms that actively pursue our grad­ utnam says he didn't con­ state after leaving Maine for an en­ uates There are also strong compa­ sider any opportunities in try level job in Boston in the 1970s. nies like L L. Bean and UNUM that Maine "I wanted to get "I think it's very common in en­ have traditionally pursued our stu­ out of the state and see gineering for young graduates to dents MBNA is another. They hire Phow I would fare," he says. "I knewleave the state to get their first job," our graduates into their fast track from an early age I wanted some he says. "Maine doesn't have the management training program—we kind of adventure after college—I huge firms and industries that need are just one of five schools in the wanted to go somewhere far enough to fill entry level positions To get country that they hire from for that away that it would draw the home­ those jobs, a lot of young engineers program." boy out of me Whenever I went have to leave the state " Gibson adds that UMaine busi­ away as a kid, I always got home­ Marston adds that UMaine's ex­ ness graduates also have a good rep­ sick, so I wanted to be far enough cellent reputation in engineering utation with many out-of-state com­ away that I couldn't come home on makes its graduates attractiv e to in­ panies. weekends The decision reallv* had dustries all around the country "I've had people from New York nothing to do with salary or career." But citing himself as an example, City, who have hired a UMaine Putnam was offered jobs in Bos­ he believes many engineering alums graduate, call me and ask if we have ton, Houston, and Portland, Oregon. return to their home state after they any more, the one they have is so He chose a job with Willamette In­ gain experience. He says that Woo­ great," she says. dustries in Portland dard and Curran has hired quite a Out-of-state opportunities for en­ He says that surprisingly few of few other UMaine grads who want­ gineering graduates also abound. his friends were drawn out of Maine ed to return to Maine. "Theie are great opportunities strictly by career decisions although Marston stresses that he was able right now lor engineers all around he admits that, not being a high tech to fulfill his wish of returning to the country," says civil engineering field, civil engineering opportunities Maine without having to compro­ professoi Habib Dagher "They are are good in Maine and thus many mise career goals or salary And he in demand and many of our gradu­ classmates decided to stay. thinks other young engineers like Al ates opt foi jobs out-of-state because Although he felt the need to get Putnam, currently getting experi­ the pay is better and more opportu­ away, Putnam's long-term plan is to ence elsewhere, will be able to do the nity exists." return to his home state. same One such recent graduate was "Definitely, " he says. "I do plan But things may be brighter for Heather Murphy '96, now a chemi­ on coming back. It's a matter of returning engineers than other pro­ cal engineer m Chicago. When she roots, family, and the quality of life fessionals. State economist Lachance graduated, she had plenty of job op­ in Maine. When you leave Maine, says she has heard from a lot of peo­ portunities both in and outside of the fondness for the state doesn't go ple who would like to return to Maine. away, it grows But you don't real­ Maine. "The best opportunities for me ize all that until you get out." "They just can't figure out how 22 Maine to do it yet/' she says. "When explains. "Now the out-of- people do come back, they state jobs were two or three say, ZI took a cut to do it. I thousand higher than even came back for the quality of this district, but when you life, but I took a cut to do it.'" look at the cost of moving Charles '70 and Lynne and the higher cost of liv­ Cormier Vigue '72 are two ing, it didn't make sense. people who have been trying "Another factor is that to find their way back to my family is here. It was Maine. Lynne is a research nice to start my career in a assistant at Yale University place where I grew up. I Medical School and Charles have the support of family, is chair of the biology depart­ people I've worked with, ment at the University of Status of Recent UMaine Graduates even former teachers that I New Haven. Location: had in school here." Lynne Vigue, a Bangor na­ • Maine 52% She doesn't know if tive, misses her home state she'll stay in the state for­ so much she even has a • Other New England states 23.5% ever, but at least long bumper sticker that reads, • Outside New England 24.5% enough to gain good expe­ "Born in Maine, Living in Ex­ rience and be able to make ile." solid career choices. The couple spends time Percentage EmployedOut-of-State Moulton says that many searching for appropriate (by field of study) of her friends took teaching Maine jobs, but they have 1997 1994 jobs out of state not because just about given up on their • Physical Sciences 50% 53% the salaries were high, but dream Now, they focus on • Life Sciences 43% 50% because there aren't enough retiring to their native state. • Humanities 38% 37% teaching jobs in Maine. "There just aren't that • Social Sciences 42% 38% "Right now, when we many colleges in Maine," advertise in our district, we The 1997 survey was based on i espouses from 513 '96 Lynne explains. get 200 applicants for a &'97 graduates Soince UMaine Career Center But many, like Marston, job," she says. "It's very who go away after gradua­ competitive here, whereas tion, do find a way of returning to tions might recommend Maine as a in other states, like California and Maine. And those people can bring possible place for expansion for their Nevada, they are screaming out for new ideas, good experience, even companies. more teachers. Some classmates I've new businesses into the state. Of course, we need to remember talked to are thinking they will get Gibson believes that most of the that while too many of our best ed­ experience out of state and return to students she knows love their home ucated young people might be leav­ Maine when they are ready to settle state and their first choice would be ing Maine, over half do stay in state down." to stay. But they also realize that they after graduation. College of education and human have to start their careers, and that's And among those who stay are development dean, Robert Cobb what often entices them to leave. some of the very best former stu­ agrees with Moulton's assessment of She is also confident that many dents. the job situation in Maine for teach­ will return to Maine. Jenny Moulton '97 was valedic­ ers. Unless you are trained to teach "We've surveyed our business torian of her class and the college of math, science, or special education, alumni and a large number of those education's outstanding graduate. jobs in Maine are indeed scarce, and who work out of state say they do She looked at some job offers from that situation is causing many recent want to return," she says. "And I out of state, but decided on a sec­ graduates to look out of state. know that many do end up coming ond grade teaching job in Greely, the What Cobb hopes is that Maine back. I think that it is healthy for school district where she grew up. will at least be able to keep its very people to go out and get experience Her decision was based partly on best young teachers, ones like Jen­ and come back with new ideas for common sense and partly on a de­ ny Moulton, in state. But that may doing things." sire to begin her career close to become more difficult as other parts Lachance, Gibson, and others home. of the country, facing acute teacher also hope that some of the UMaine "This is the highest-paying shortages, become more aggressive alums who achieve high-level posi­ school district in Maine," Moulton in recruiting.

Spring 1999 23 Just last fall, Reno, Nevada, And, says Cobb, states with sought 600 new teachers for its shortages see this new trend in mi­ school system. And now Massachu­ gration as an opportunity to draw setts, in a dramatic effort to get more talent from out-of-state and better teachers, is offering a The solution, Cobb believes, will $20,000 bonus to top teaching pros­ rest largely on the state's willingness pects. This is on top of a base salary to increase teachers' pay, especially that is a good $5,000 ahead of starting salaries. This will become Maine's (the state is about $6,000 even more crucial when Maine starts behind the country as a whole in facing its own general teacher short­ starting teachers' pay) age in 10 years or so, when a large "Those are attractive incentives number of Maine veteran teachers to put in front of new teachers," retire At that time, the state will be Cobb says. "And it does make me facing a widespread need for teach­ worry." ers at all levels Cobb says that Massachusetts "A state that offers incentives is has a well-documented problem of going to have a running start in com­ teacher quality, and it is "hell-bent" peting for these people," he said. on attracting as many bright teach­ So just how much of a problem ers from the outside as money can is alumni migration out of Maine? buy. Well, first, let's keep it all in perspec­ "I'm concerned that it will drain Dean Robert Cobb tive While it's true that close to half away teachers we need here in of our graduates are leaving the Maine," Cobb says, "especially in state, we need to remember that not the areas of math, science, and mod­ all of those folks were native Mam­ ern languages " "I'm concerned that it ers In the school of business, almost He notes that there is already a 25 percent of the students are from huge problem in the state in those will drain away out-of-state In education, it's about fields. teachers we need here 15 percent Other colleges fall some­ "The applicant pool is almost where in between those figures Al­ nonexistent," he says "Last fall, as in Maine, especially in though there are no statistics specif­ late as October, we were getting calls ically on how many out-of-state stu­ on a regular basis, from all over the the areas of math, dents leave Maine after graduation, state, asking if we had anyone who it's logical to assume that a good could teach math, German, chemis­ science, and modern portion would want to return home. try, Spanish, etc." languages." Conversely, it's logical to assume Another thmg Cobb points to as that the state benefits from some of affecting the current teaching force the university's well-educated, out- is the fact that teaching is no longer crease in teacher migration—most of-state students who decide to the traditional professional choice likely an increase in migration for all make Maine their home for women. professions Still, if Maine's economy is going "When you look at demograph­ "Traditionally, women were sec­ to enter a new era of growth, it needs ics, the teaching profession, along ondary wage earners," Cobb says, to keep a higher percentage of its with nursing and a few others, held "and the primary wage earner was best educated young people And to a particular appeal for young wom­ the determiner of where they lived do that, it has to produce better ca­ en," he explains. "That's no longer Thus, because a large percentage of reer opportunities the case. Societal changes have our teachers were women, they In a recent series on Maine's drawn a growing number of wom­ tended to be place bound. That has economy in the Bangor Daily News, en into almost every field. We have all changed. There is far more mi­ editor Greg McManus '87G elicited felt that in education in the past de­ gration occurring among both fe­ the thoughts of UMaine computer cade—a drawing out of very talent­ male and male teachers." science professor George ed women who are now pursuing Indeed, recent demographic Markowsky. other professions." studies indicate that females be­ "He stated that he wanted to dis­ And even for those who still tween the ages of 14 and 44 are the pel the notion that the university's choose education, changes in the sta­ largest population group leaving sole function is to educate Maine tus of women have caused an in­ Maine. kids so they can leave the state to

24 Maine finds jobs/' McManus writes. "He wants Mainers to invest in the uni­ versity so that it not only educates PUBLIC NOTICE their children, but provides jobs for them and gives them the tools to The University of Maine, located in Orono, will undergo a compre­ build a growing local economy." hensive evaluation visit from April 5-8,1999, by a team representing Those jobs would be created in the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the New research and development indus­ England Association of Schools and Colleges. tries that could draw on the brain power and resources of the univer­ The Commission on Institutions of Higher Education is one of eight sity community. accrediting commissions in the United States that provide institu­ Markowsky pointed out that in I tional accreditation on a regional basis. Accreditation is voluntary Austin, Texas, the founder of Dell and applies to the institution as a whole. The Commission, which is computers built his business next to recognized by the U. S. Department of Education, accredits approxi­ his alma mater, the University of mately 200 institutions in the six-state New England region. Texas. Local examples of such success­ The University of Maine was last reviewed by the Commission in ful enterprises already exist near the 1988. Its accreditation by the New England Association encom­ university. Both James W. Sewall passes the entire institution. Company of Old Town and Digital Mapping Associates of Bangor en­ For the past year and a half, the University of Maine has been joy the benefits of research at the engaged in a process of self-evaluation, addressing the university and, in turn, hire a large Commission's Standards for Accreditation. The results of this number of UMaine alumni. process are contained in the University of Maine Self-Study Report, The recent approval by Maine accessible at www.umaine.edu. An evaluation team will visit the voters of a $20 million research and institution to gather evidence that the self-study is thorough and development bond should help spur accurate. The team will recommend to the Commission a continuing more new industries in the state status for the institution; following a review process, the So, it's going to take R&D and a Commission itself will take the final action. commitment to producing higher paying jobs if we want to keep more The public is invited to submit comments regarding the University of our best and brightest around. of Maine to: But while R&D and economic growth are crucial, there's a more Public Comment on the University of Maine subtle aspect to keeping our best Commission on Institutions of Higher Education UMaine alums in-state. As the per­ New England Association of Schools and Colleges ceptive young Al Putnam observed, 209 Burlington Road we have to overcome any sense of Bedford, MA 01730-1433 inferiority—turn around the percep­ e-mail: [email protected]. tion that you have to go out of state for the really great career opportu­ Comments must address substantive matters related to the quality nities. The university, the state, and of the institution. Comments will not be treated as confidential. private industry need to do a better / job of promoting the opportunities Written, signed comments must be received by April 7,1999. The that now exist and those that are an­ Commission cannot guarantee that comments received after that due ticipated. More importantly, we date will be considered. Comments should include the name, need to get a new generation to be­ address, and telephone number of the person providing the com­ come partners in an investment in ments. the future—a future that can com­ bine quality of life and economic The Commission cannot settle disputes between individuals and well being. By Jim Frick institutions, whether those involve faculty, students, administrators, or members of other groups. Individuals considering submitting Information on Laurie Lachance, complaints against an affiliated institution should request the Charles and Lynne Vigue, and separate Policy and Procedures for the Consideration of Complaints Heather Murphy courtesy of the Against Affiliated Institutions from the Commission office. Maine Sunday Telegram.

Spring 1999 25 Alumni Profile

Lincoln County's Crack Reporter

Maine Journalist of the Year Kris Ferrazza '97 gained national recognition for her reporting on the Maine Yankee power plant. The desire to dig deep and a commitment to fairness and accuracy earned her praise from all sides of the controversy.

By Kathryn Olmstead

ris Ferrazza laughs when information they could not find else­ she talks about attending where the University of Maine. She earned the respect of sources She expects people may on both sides of the issue who praise Kwonder why she entered in 1986her andwork with the same words One didn't graduate until 1997 of her readers nominated her for the The reason: love of journalism. Pulitzer Prize, and she is credited A summer internship led to a full- with giving new life to a nuclear en­ time job at her hometown newspaper, gineer who lost his job and reputa­ and by the time she finally received tion after calling attention to design i her degree a decade later, she had flaws at Maine Yankee that impli­ Shadis of Edgecomb, who founded written most of the stories that cated other nuclear plants. Friends of the Coast, an organization earned her recognition by the Maine "We always knew we'd get fair opposing nuclear pollution "The Press Association as its 1998 Journal­ treatment," said Leann Diehl, who nuclear energy subject is labyrinthine ist of the Year was director of public affairs at Maine to the novice Reporters under the She wrote for The Republican Jour­ Yankee during what she called the press of deadlines tend to take the nal in Belfast for five and a half years, most difficult years in the operation easy way out—paste together what then moved to the Lincoln County of the plant "She listened. She was comes out in press releases Kris dug Weekly in Damariscotta, where she is accurate and fair She asked good into it, studied, called, and ap­ now assistant editor. questions and she'd call back. She proached events with a questioning In her relentless search for truth was very thorough. Today you don't attitude She did investigative report­ in the controversy surrounding the always find someone who achieves ing, which in Maine is rare " Maine Yankee nuclear power plant in that balance. I liked working with her William Linnell of the activist Wiscasset, Kris brought national rec­ She's friendly, not adversarial." group Cheaper, Safer Power called ognition to her small weekly news­ "What Kris has done in a few Kris "the most significant reporter on paper, where people began to turn for years is extraordinary," said Ray the Maine Yankee issue there has ever 26 Maine bers her skepticism when the 20-year- old report was dropped on her desk and she learned that she could con­ tact its author only via beeper. She doubted he would respond to her message, but he did. After verifying that she would treat him fairly, he agreed to talk with Kris from the of­ fice of his lawyer. The story that appeared March 6, 1997, under the banner headline: "NRC knew of problems 20 years ago"began: "When Peter Atherton visited the Maine Yankee power station in 1977, he was surprised by the number of fire hazards that had been built into the five-year-old nuclear plant. "The problems, called design flaws, were so significant the engi­ neer took them to the highest level of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and then on to the White House. But nobody would listen, until now." Kris detailed the report and expe­ riences of the federal inspector who documented in 1978 problems Maine Yankee claimed were discovered in 1997. Most significant was a violation of the requirement that primary and backup electrical systems be sepa­ rated, so if one burns, the other re­ mains operative, preventing a melt­ Photo by Nicholas W. Leadley down. Atherton found cables for both systems strung together in aluminum been. For the first time, people read came with it and soon she was fasci­ trays throughout the plant. He also the truth. She digs. She's a classic— nated. / found the unanalyzed potential for like Woodward and Bernstein. She "I was new and enthusiastic and hydrogen explosion that would de­ put it all together " He said the story they buried me. Activists felt they stroy the plant. He recommended the had been available to reporters for weren't getting a fair shake and they plant be shut down, a procedure re­ years, but "most chose the path of had some legitimate complaints. The quired when a flaw is discovered that least resistance," using press releases more I listened, the more I realized cannot be repaired in a specific num­ verbatim, "paraphrased at best, as if they weren't just radical activists, but ber of hours. there were no other side." people with families and children." When Atherton submitted his re­ "Any reporter should do it," Kris Kris's first story ignited interest port to the NRC typing pool, it didn't said of her digging, "but do you have with news of cracks in the plant's come back and no one was able to time on a little four-member staff?" generator tubes. The pivotal story in find it. He duplicated his handwrit­ She admits she was a bit intimidated the more than 300 she produced on ten copy and took it to NRC offi­ when she inherited the Maine Yan­ the beat grew from a handwritten re­ cials—from his supervisors to the kee beat in 1994, but she read and port by a former Nuclear Regulatory highest-ranking commissioner. When processed the piles of paper that Commission inspector. She remem­ they did not respond, he followed the Spring 1999 27 Alumni Profile

chain of command to the Atherton said "The pressure next level: the White House, of the press forced the in­ expecting President Jimmy spector general's office to get Carter, with his nuclear involved " Now a self-em­ training, would understand ployed technician in the the seriousness of his discov­ Washington, D C., area who ery. Lacking an appointment, provides technical assistance he was greeted by Secret Ser­ to nuclear activists, he calls vice agents who searched Kris's reporting straightfor­ him and, after a call to his su­ ward and accurate. "Hers periors at NRC, committed was the only story that per­ him to a mental institution, mitted the issue to be raised where he remained several from the perspective of the days as a "White House whistleblower. She revealed case." an industry willing to go to When he returned to his great lengths to keep infor­ office at NRC, he found it in mation out of the public shambles with every paper arena " he had written removed He Atherton met Kris for the was physically escorted from first time in April 1997, when the building and served with Friends of the Coast invited a no-trespass notice Working him to Wiscasset He did not odd jobs as an electrician know he was going to be while his family life fell apart, // She actually contributed honored with the Atherton fought the NRC in organization's Pine Tree Flag court and lost in a significant way to Aw ard for his contribution to Kris followed her curiosity nuclear safety Shadis, who about this story until she saving a guy's life." arranged the presentation, found a clinical psychologist said recently that the Lincoln in the Washington area who County Weekly deserv ed to be confirmed that questioning mental I pressed him and his report "I regret commended for giving Kris the go- stability was a common method used not having gone to the press back ahead to dig out the truth by NRC to dismiss whistleblowers then," he said. "In the interest of "She actually contributed in a sig­ "This kind of thing has been go­ nuclear safety, I should have actively nificant way to saving a guy's life," ing on for years," Dr Donald Soeken sought some means of making the Shadis said. "Da\ e Morse (publisher) of Laurel, Maryland, told Kris "Pe­ public aware Now I know the power took a risk with this one. It is rare ter is a worst-case scenario They ba­ of the press to bring attention to is­ when a newspaper reaches out and af­ sically destroyed the man's life." sues Nuclear safety may have suf­ firms someone who has been discour­ When Kris asked NRC if fered over the years It was probably aged from trying " whistleblowers were taken to mental a mistake to try to do it on my own." It was Shadis, an artist with a gal­ institutions, she was told, "It depends Atherton credits Kris's story with lery in Newcastle, who obtained a on the situation " forcing the NRC to submit to an in­ copy of Atherton's 40-page report Atherton did not see himself as a vestigation by the Office of the In­ from the NRC public document room. whistleblower when he filed his re­ spector General to answer three ques­ He delivered it to a number of media port. "I was just doing my job," he tions: why the technical issues were outlets when he presented it to the said in a recent interview. "I didn't suppressed, whether Atherton was NRC February 4,1997. go to the press I didn't go public. I'm properly removed from employment, "Kris had a lot of courage to dig not a publicity-seeking person I of­ and whether the NRC committed into it and call it as she saw it," he said fered to help people behind the fraud in licensing Maine Yankee. He remembered her calling his home scenes." He says he can only specu­ "Her story has opened a whole at 10 p m to check details on dead­ late on why the commission sup- new world of possibilities for me," line

28 Maine "You have to be positive about from the Boston Globe pulled her aside give up her job to return to school. that kind of dedication She never and asked what was going on in "I loved it," she said. So she de­ turned a story aside without exami­ Maine. Then a reporter from the Wall cided not to return, but to take one nation," he said Street Journal took her aside and course a semester while working at "Others looked the other way," asked what was going on in Maine. the newspaper. Sue Rocha, adminis­ said Linnell, a general contractor and "This country bumpkin had the trative assistant in the department of part-time lobsterman in Portland. Maine Yankee story and the big communication and journalism, re­ "Kris didn't do that. She looked for newspapers were jealous." members Kris's determination to get / the truth Any reporter working on a her degree. Year after year, she would story Kris Ferrazza also is working ven though the excitement call Sue to figure out how to work the on has to turn up their effort a notch of the big story and the big required courses into her reporting to match her quality of journalism. award are history and she is schedule. Her work ethic paid off for her." "back on the Girl Scout "She worked hard," Sue recalled. When Maine Yankee's Diehl, who Ebeat," Kris is as enthusiastic "Sheabout wanted that degree very badly." is now with The Public Affairs Group reporting small town news as she is And as Kris prepared a speech to in Augusta, learned Kris had been about covering national issues. deliver to high school journalists in named Journalist of the Year, she said "Talking to people is what I love," March 1999, she chose the value of a in a congratulatory note, "It was good she said, "Going to forums at the state broad education as the theme. to see your excellent journalistic skills house, taking pictures of kids at "Life is just one big word prob­ honored. You are fair, concise, and te­ schools,"—writing stories like the lem," she said, recalling her dislike nacious And you deserved the high­ one that began her career in journal­ of word problems in algebra. "You do est honor Good for you!" ism: need it." Courses in math, science, In nominating her for Maine Jour­ "My final project for a news writ­ history, government—she said they nalist of the Year, Kris's executive edi­ ing course was a big feature story on all help her cover the affairs of select­ tor, Michael McGuire, and publisher, the man who raises the flag on the men, planning boards, town, state, David Morse, wrote, "We believe that town square in my hometown (Stock- and federal governments. much of the story surrounding the ton Springs)," she recalled. "He was "Never close yourself off," she now-closed plant would never have a retired army colonel and a news car­ planned to tell aspiring journalists. been told were it not for Ferrazza's rier for the Bangor Daily News who "It's not knowing everything, but dedication to the highest standards ran a horseback riding camp and knowing how to get information. Be of protecting the public's best inter­ staged reenactments." Her teacher open to everything." ests Her reporting on this continu­ thought it was a great story and One of five children, Kris was born ing story has made her an easy tar­ urged her to submit it to her home­ in Providence, Rhode Island, and at­ get for any of the many factions—in­ town newspaper. "Any newspaper tended kindergarten and first grade cluding government agencies—look­ would accept that story," he said. in a one-room schoolhouse in ing to control the 'spin' or co-opt her "You could go to work now " Smithfield, Rhode Island. Her family to a particular slant on the story She He was right. She submitted the "escaped to Maine" after her father re­ never compromises her professional story to The Republican Journal and it tired as a police officer. She graduated integrity or that of her newspaper." was published When she applied for from Searsport District High School Kris commends her editors for a summer internship, she was ac­ in 1986 and spent three years at giving her support. She said people cepted. When the internship ended, UMaine living in Cumberland Hall never held her back. she was offered a full-time job. She before accepting the summer intern­ "I give a lot of credit to this little accepted and enrolled for 10 credit ship that paid $40 a week. tiny weekly," she said. "Look at this hours at the University of Maine in "I would have done it for noth­ little weekly in this tiny town with the fall. ing," she said. small town issues, with a huge glo­ "I nearly had an ulcer," she said bal issue in the back yard " She rec­ of the semester she tried to be a stu­ ognized the impact of her articles dent and a full-time reporter simul­ Kathryn Olmstead is associate when she attended an NRC work­ taneously. professor of journalism at the shop for reporters in Rockville, Mary­ When it came time to register for University of Maine and editor/ land, while on vacation. A reporter spring, she could not bring herself to publisher of Echoes magazine.

Spring 1999 29 Alumni Newsmakers

Cindy Blodgett's deputy medical exam­ iner for the State of UMaine uniform New Hampshire. number retired "While gender will not be an issue in my i presidency, I am chal­ UMaine president Peter Hoff official­ lenging my female ly retired the basketball uniform colleagues to accept number 14—Cindy Blodgett's—in the trust and confi­ front of 3,000 fans prior to the Black dence our medical so­ Bears game against St Bonaventure ciety places in wom­ on November 29 at the Alfond Are­ en," she said "We na. Blodgett '98, who now plays for must increase the pro­ the WNBA's Cleveland Rockers, set portion of our mem­ 20 UMaine and 14 AMERICA EAST bership to equal that Conference records during her four of our male col­ years with the team. She also led the leagues, and we must nation in scoring for two consecutive challenge more of years and earned Academic All- them to join as well. American honors We physicians must lead by example to Cindy Blodgett with UMaine president Peter Hoff. unite this familv of medicine " Two UMaine alums spent at the Kennedy Space Center After graduating from UMaine, honored for teaching She was chosen by the National Dr Tuttle went on to earn her medi­ Council of Teachers of Mathematics cal degree from Tufts University through a grant by the National Aero­ l School of Medicine She completed Two University of Maine graduates nautics and Space Administration her internship in internal medicine at recently received national recogni­ Together, LeBlanc and Baker cre­ Faulkner Hospital in Boston and tion for their efforts to connect the ab­ ate a math environment in which stu­ completed a three-year dermatology stract world of numbers and compu­ dents are challenged to examine the residency at Dartmouth Hitchcock tations to real-world concerns and practical applications of what they Medical Center activities. study, and to interpret and explain She said one of her goals was to Marshalyn Wing Baker '73 and the data and conclusions (From a sto­ expand the medical society's mem- Sharon Anderson LeBlanc '90G are ry by Colin Hickey, Kennebec Journal) 1 bership i both seventh grade teachers at Wil­ I "Physicians need to be part of or­ liams Junior High School in Oakland, ganized medicine to keep abreast of Maine. state and national issues," Dr Tuttle LeBlanc, a teacher for 32 years, Georgia Tuttle '76, MD said "I want to help build strong was named one of three math teach­ heads New Hampshire : doctor/patient relationships on this ers statewide to win a presidential I foundation of physician involve­ award at the middle and elementary Medical Society ment. Since the medical society al­ school level She remains a contend­ ways places the patient first, my goal er for national honors that will be an­ will be to expand membership to nounced in March. Georgia A Tuttle, MD, recently be­ 2,000 members by the year 2000, so Baker, in her 26th year as an edu­ came the first woman president in the that we can do more for our patients " cator, is one of 50 teachers in the I 208-year history of the New Hamp­ Dr. Tuttle has two sisters, Lurline I country who went to Orlando, Flori­ shire Medical Society Frances Tuttle '69, '72G and Ellen da, in February to participate in a Dr Tuttle is a dermatologist who Tuttle Meader '72, who are also three-day "Mission Mathematics" has a solo practice in Lebanon, New UMaine alums. workshop, one day of which was Hampshire. In addition, she serves as

30 Maine Brian Daly '76 has As for the premiere of his first Muslim population before the war. film, Daly didn't have a big party. He Brcko is considered strategically key Showtime movie made didn't even invite people over to to the warring forces—the Bosnian of his novel watch it. Serbs and the Muslim-Croat Federa­ He doesn't have cable. tion. (From a story by Ray Routhier, cour­ The IPTF was established under Last November, people all over the tesy of the Portland Press Herald.) the Dayton Peace accords to train and country got to watch a film version monitor police officers throughout of Brian Daly's novel, Big and Harry, Bosnia. The first monitors were de­ on Showtime cable network. ployed in early 1996. Daly, a member of the Class of '76, Barker said that he is among five also wrote the screenplay for his sto­ Maine police officers to land an IPTF ry about a new kid in town who be­ assignment in Bosnia. He said that comes popular by recruiting an ado­ the U.S. currently has an estimated lescent Sasquatch with a talent for 225 officers on loan to the police mon­ basketball to play on the school team. itoring mission. It also has serious messages about When Barker received an informa­ friendship and exploitation. tion packet on the U.N.'s mission in The Showtime production starred September 1997, he applied, not ex­ Richard Thomas who played John- pecting to be chosen. Boy on "The Waltons," and Robert "It was a unique opportunity to Burke as the new kid. The Sasquatch do something completely different," was played by Trevor Jones, who also he said. "I've been a cop all my life works as the mascot for the NBA's and here was a chance to apply some Vancouver Grizzlies. of what I've learned in a whole dif­ Daly was able to get his book Steve Barker '89 ferent country. How could I say no?" made into a film in typical Holly­ Barker filled a range of roles while wood fashion—by knowing the right in Bosnia. He initially served as a people Police chief Steve patrol monitor. Because of his back­ "Somebody I know here in Long Barker '89 returns ground, he was asked to provide Beach (California) gave it to an agent from year in Bosnia training in such areas as "human dig­ she plays poker with, and the agent nity," crisis management, and crowd took it to Showtime," Daly said. "I control. By the time he left for home, tried to weasel my way into the Brewer police chief Steve Barker '89 he was promoted to chief of the local screenwriting business by writing a recently returned from a yearlong police development unit there. book, and it worked " stint in Bosnia as a police monitor for His job demanded 12-hour days Showtime executives were look­ the United Nations International Po­ and 7-day weeks with a 6-day leave ing for films they could make under lice Task Force (IPTF). every month. their "pictures for all ages" banner War-torn Bosnia is struggling to Among the basics his colleagues They wanted a fun story with a mes­ make the transition from the old com­ in Bosnia have to do without are sage and Daly's book fit the mold munist regime to a democracy, at the warm footwear and flashlights, not perfectly. same time it labors to rebuild its econ­ to mention adequate pay. When Daly moved to California 12 omy and its infrastructure from al­ The local Bosnian force he helped years ago, he told friends he was do­ most nothing. train earns the equivalent of about ing so only to establish his career as "They're starting over from $90 in U.S. currency. a screenwriter.* He's not sure one scratch with everything," Barker "It gave me a real appreciation for book and one Showtime screenplay said. "I have described my time there what we have here, the resources we mean that he's established, but now as a yearlong camping trip." have—money, equipment, personnel, that he's had some success, he plans Barker was stationed in Brcko training," Barker said. to return to Maine with his wife Lau­ (pronounced birch-ko), a city near (From a story by Dawn Gagnon, rel and his two children. Bosnia's northern border that had a courtesy of the Bangor Daily News.)

Spring 1999 31 Alumni Bookshelf Truth With Humor

In an eclectic collection of stories, Sandy Phippen '64 paints a colorful and compelling portrait of the "real Maine" with humor and compassion.

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The Messiah in the Memorial Gym And other writings, 1973-1998 by Sanford Phippen Blackberry Books, Nobleboro, 1998 445 pages, $16 95.

By Dick Shaw ’74 Courtesy of the Bangor Daily News

he color photograph of a cracked Janick while Phippen funny, and provocative, and thanks buxom blonde dressed in snapped away. Indeed, Christina Ol­ to a thorough index, a useful research baby blue, yellow, and son, a favorite Wyeth subject, once tool for writers, historians, and stu­ white, a Mona Lisa smile lived nearby and might have rolled dents of regional literature Tgracing her rosebud lips, all butover leaps in her seaside grave had she Armed with Mark Twain's credo, off the cover of Sanford Phippen's gotten wind of that remark "If you're going to tell the truth, you latest book. Her name is Alice Janick, Or maybe not. Opening the book better make people laugh, or they'll a former teaching colleague of Phip­ today, she could appreciate how well kill you," Phippen, an English teach­ pen's, whom he photographed a de­ Phippen has captured the essence of er at Orono High School and the au­ cade ago at low tide near a dock in plain Maine families like hers. His thor and editor of several books, ven­ Cushing. new anthology showcases some of tures forward. All the while, admit­ "If you want a picture Andrew his liveliest, most cogent writings ting he has tried to be truthful and Wyeth never painted, this is it," from the past 25 years. They are sad, funny, but that "I'm afraid there are

32 Maine those readers who don't see a mite of only published poem (the book's of dining out with literary great May humor in it." namesake, alluding to an unlikely Sarton and her onetime business His 1982 novel, The Police Know performance of Handel's Messiah in manager, Ted Adams, and a 1989 in­ Everything, drawing on experiences UMaine's Memorial Gymnasium). It terview he and friend Farnham Blair in his hometown of Hancock Point, is a kaleidoscope of such images as a did with Diane Allen Stewart, secre­ polarized readers with its dead-on drive-in theater, carnival girlie show, tary to E. B. and Katharine White. portrayal of the foibles of Maine life. and a visit to the old Bangor Audito­ Bangor Daily News readers will In The Messiah, he included act one rium, where, with some difficulty, a appreciate some of his later book re­ of the play which he adapted from porky Gene Autry mounted Cham­ views republished here, and the in­ the book. Placing it near the end pion ("The old horse had a right to clusion of such well-remembered makes for a pleasant change from the protest"). names as Marshall Stone, Bud Leav­ earlier columns and interviews. Also enjoyable are Phippen's es­ itt, and Kent Ward. Former Bangor In the anthology's numerous book say on Maine outhouses, his account Daily News editor and reporter Dav­ and theater reviews, TV id Bright '72 recalls ed­ editorials, and the like, iting the writings of a Phippen leaves no From The Messiah In pre-Carrie Stephen doubt whom, and King at the University what, he likes, and The Memorial Gym of Maine's Campus doesn't like. newspaper. King He prefers Maine ".. And at Christmas there was would stroll in just be­ writers—some alive, The Messiah in the Memorial Gym; fore deadline, Bright re­ some dead—without the University Singers and orchestra called, type his "Gar­ pretension. They in­ Against the backdrop of fir and spruce. bage Truck" column, clude Edward Holmes It was cultural and educational; and it would be letter '54G, Ruth Moore, Con­ We felt we were learning, getting an inkling at least, perfect. stance Hunting, E. B. We'd talk it over The Messiah in the White, John Gould, Afterwards in the Bear's Den...." Memorial Gym won't Stephen '70 and Tabitha From the poem The Messiah in the Memorial Gym. please everyone. It's '71 King, Philip Booth, full of pointed criti­ and Carolyn Chute. cism, mistrust of "flat­ "...During last January's ice storm and several-day He doesn't cotton to landers," and views of power outage, Pat's was the only place in town with Bert & I humor ("as the Maine inferiority power and the restaurant was packed more than much fun as yet anoth­ complex that hit very usual. The whole world had gone black, but Pat's er 'Downeast minstrel close to home. Also un­ had light, with people inside laughing, telling show'"), or rich, privi­ settling, for entirely dif­ stories, eating pizza and drinking beer. As Thom leged writers such as ferent reasons, are a Ingraham said, 'It was like a festival in the middle Richard Saltonstall Jr., string of typographical whose 1974 book, of a disaster.' y errors, bad punctua­ Maine Pilgrimage. The Pat's Pizza remains a good-humored and human tion, and misspellings Search for an American place where no one rushes the customers. It's a that undermine an am­ Way of Life, left Phippen politically incorrect, warm environment where bitious literary effort. pondering "Is there no everyone's welcome...." That said, Phippen's room in Mr. Salton- body of work makes for stall's Downeast utopia "...I get my attitude, you see, from my redneck lively reading. No one for the poor Maine na­ upbringing. For instance, a couple of weeks ago, my knows Maine people, tives?" uncle Charles Phippen, talking about how the and his state's under- I laughed out loud a Phippens came from Seal Harbor to Hancock, said, appreciated literature, few times reading this 'You know these people are always saying how their more than he. His con­ book. Once was near ancestors came over on the Mayflower? Well, I came science and compas­ the beginning, while over on the Rangeley!'" sion shine through on enjoying Phippen's every page.

Spring 1999 33 Alumni Bookshelf

Just Loons: bine to provide a complete portrait of a small coastal village, took a long A Wildlife Watchers' Guide of this "feathered fish." Hutchinson time to "accept the empty stretches" Text by Alan Hutchinson '69, '80G has over 30 years experience in wild­ and the isolation of Aroostook Coun­ Photography by Bill Silhker Jr. life conservation and natural resourc­ ty's "cold, white winter," but now Willow Creek Press, 1998. es in the eastern states and Canadian wonders how much the big sky, provinces. He has worked as a wild­ spring potato blossoms, and swirling life biologist, photographer, and au­ snows are part of her thor. Currently, he is executive direc­ These writers and artists find fresh tor of the Forest Society of Maine and views and inspiration in everyday lives in Orono. things we all see and experience in Silhker is an award-winning wild­ life—a stand of spruce, a stone wall, life and nature photographer. He is a back cove, a back road, the chang­ the author and photographer of ing seasons, even the daunting work Moose. Giants of the Northern Foiest of a Maine winter. and Maine Moose Watcher's Guide. His A poem from Another Long by Pa­ film credits include producing "Spe­ tricia Smith Ranzoni '62, '76G grim­ cial Places," a weekly television show ly reminds us of the power of the Ever been in awe, excited, or stirred for Maine Public Television. form, as her concise lines of surviv­ by the sight or sound of loons? Won­ ing winter's harshness, simply and der how the striking black and white often painfully, build in keenly felt feathers and sleek shape help them tension and danger. make their way in the world? Loons In a man-made landscape, even are remarkable and mystical in their Reflections on Maine the South Brewer neighborhood of own right, and as reminders of our Edited by Margaret Cox Murray '80 Rhea Cote Robbins '85, '97G is dan­ own primitive past and of untamed Rainbow Press, 1998. gerous—"a stewing pot of candor—" wilderness. Through this fascinating though she's rewarded daily with book, Just Loons, we gain not only a Like a packet of intrigue, inspiration, impatience, and greater understanding of the birds mystery seeds occasionally an explanation of life In themselves, but also of the care and cast onto the her short story, "Our Town — South protection necessary to preserve their spring soil, ! Main Street," Robbins loves the dirt wildland, lake, and marsh habitats. these stories, and grime, the random and routine The aim of this beautifully illus­ poems, draw­ mix of school children, mill workers, trated and engaging guide is to help ings, and pho­ churchgoers, and families. She wor­ us seek, find, and watch loons by pro­ tographs bring ries that we've cut ourselves off from viding an understanding of their nat­ varied and rich the unfiltered richness of life—its joys ural history, behaviors, and habitat images of and curses—through our concrete needs. Just Loons provides more than Maine to light. and steel buildings and automobiles a look at the biology of these myste­ This collection of 36 authors and art­ But this place—with lilacs and pol­ rious creatures, however. It also tells ists, including more than half a doz­ lution, acceptance and scorn—is as how to get the most enjoyment out en UMaine alums, was edited and mesmerizing as any walk in the I \ of watching them, while at the same published by Margaret Cox Murray woods time respecting the habitat they oc­ '80, '82G, a freelance writer and chil­ Most striking throughout this cupy and need in order to hunt for dren's book author living in Bangor book is how Marne's landscape influ­ fish, nest, and raise their young. From Aroostook's wide fields and ences and creates Maine's culture and Just Loons is also a sobering call to howling winds to a tidal pool in the character of its people In its di­ pay attention to human impacts on southern Maine, from a sardine fac­ versity of perspective and place, Re­ water and resources which affect tory to a Brazilian beach, Maine's flections in Maine is delightful and their ancient homes. landscape—imagined, worked, memorable as these images give us The authoritative text by Alan loved, and feared—is central to this both something familiar and some­ Hutchinson '69, '80G, and stunning volume. Glenna Johnson Smith '41, thing surprising and new. photography of Bill Silhker Jr. com­ nurtured in the protected landscape

34 Maine Calling all UMaine Army ROTC Alumni

If you are an Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (Army The Danube Testament ROTC) graduate from the University of Maine, then the Black By Ingrid Ziska Mann, '51 Bear Battalion wants to hear from you! Bellew Publishing Company, London, 1998. The Black Bear Battalion, in conjunction with the UMaine At the heart of Alumni Association, is looking to form an Army ROTC The Danube this complex, Testament Alumni Association Chapter on campus, and is trying to subtle novel, is the hero and determine the level of interest in such an organization. In narrator, S. addition, the battalion is developing a comprehensive list of 1 Clinging to a alumni for historical purposes.

I precarious sani­ ty, he inhabits a shifting succes­ If you are interested in participating in an alumni ROTC INGRID MANN sion of selves. In reunion on campus, if you would like to see ROTC news in the eyes of the Mainely People, or if you have other ideas for strengthening the matriarch Mia, who feeds his fanta­ bonds of our alumni, please share your thoughts. sies of hereditary guilt with tales of family scandal, S is the ideal card partner and untiring listener. To his Contact LTC Marc Girard at (207) 581-1120. Send letters and post cards to American cousin Hannah, he is a ro­ LTC Girard, Room 114, 5750 Army ROTC, University of Maine, Orono, mantic figure, the lost love of her ME 04469-5750. . youth, while the psychiatrist Dr. Ros­ en sees his patient as a professional enigma who is turning into a danger­ ous personal enemy. To the police in­ spector, his sister Eva, and the hospi­ Keep informed about BODWELL tal staff, S. appears in yet other guis­ your alma mater. es. In his own eyes, meanwhile, he is a tragic hero: a visionary artist who Subscribe to MOTORS suddenly finds that he has become UMAiNEtodny the instrument of an implacable des­ Ford - Lincoln - Mercury tiny. Chrysler - Plymouth - Dodge His story begins with the birth of A free daily e-mail a fatally handicapped infant and ends summary of university with his imagined death by drown­ related news and events 169 Pleasant Street ing in the rain-swollen spring waters from UMaine Public Brunswick, ME 04011 of the Danube. The world bracketed Affairs. 207-729-3375 by these events extends from Vien­ na, Austria, to Bangor, Maine, and is Bath To subscribe, send an peopled by a rich diversity of figures 207-443-5533 and faces. In this fictional memoir, S. e-mail message to struggles to assert the integrity of his [email protected] vision and cancel the curse of inher­ leaving the subject line ited guilt that he sees hanging over blank. In the body of the future generations. Ingrid Ziska Mann lives in Hert­ message,write subscribe fordshire, England, and is married to umtoday. Or call Joe Carr Roland Mann, '51. The Danube Testa­ at 581-3571. Good Luck Black Bears! ment is her first novel. Bill Bodwell '50

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