10 Let the Debate Begin Has political correctness gone too far? By flisabeth Duran

lZ Who You Are Asian American poet Garrett Hongo searches for identity and reveals a world to us all. By Anna Ganahl

15 Conversation President Marilyn Chapin Massey and Professor orArt and Environmental Design Carl Hertel trace Pitzer's history of social responsiblity. ~acilitated by Sheryl Gorchow .

16 Alulllni JO,sh Sweitzer asks, "Have we wimped out by cozying up to the past?" .... Pitzies report on memorable moments and important happenings. ... Remem­ bering Karen Robbins Meub Brown '70.

Cover: Professors Betty Farrell and Jose Calderon taught sociology classes in which students cGllducted an on-site' study of inter-ethnic relations at high scnools in Alhambra.

PAGE 12 PAGE B PAGE 16 clearly to Pitzer's envi­ ronmentally.conscious character. Our news sec­ tions enable us to report ona variety of campus events and people; our features are intended to reflect the range of ideas and interests associated with Pitzer; and we hope our alumni notes contin­ ue to feed the insatiable appetite of alums for

-----" l __ Ho"" Do news of their friends and We Look? fellow grads. What do you think? As Welcome to the second we continue to "tweak," we issue of a ew look for welcome your comments Particjp?n ~ and suggestions: write, "More frequent and call (909-621-8130), fax ti ely communication!" (909-621-8539) , e-mail was the most consisten (mdevor@ pitzer.clare­ request we heard in'focus mont.edu)- or, 'better group and other discus- yet, visit! (AG) sions with alumni over the:nastryear about what Graduation .. they would like from their publication. Alums also Week Events - said they were looking for Pitzer's 30th commence­ a graphic and verbal ment, May 15 at 1 p.m. on Gelling Into the Spirit reflection of Pitzer's Pellissier Mall, is preceded Enticing the souls of the dead with food and character: neither too by several stellar even~s, drink, flowers and incense, the altar built by slick nor too expensive; including a senior/faculty/ . New Resources student Jana Kaplan and clearly organized and staff party on May 1Z from artist Alberto Oropeza to celebrate Los Dias accessible'; with shorter, 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. at the ~e los M.uertos-The Days of the Dead-also punchier, and engaging home of Professor Lucian welcomed the living to a Mexican tradition on articles about fellow and Jane Marquis; a senior/ display in McConnell Living Room last . alumni, today's students, faculty/staff softball game November. . , faculty, an_d campus on May 13 immediately fol ­ Oropeza, originally from Oaxaca, Mexico, and issues and events. lowing rehearsal; the Pres­ now a resident of Pomona, Calif., explains, ident's reception on May Working with Lime y < '''The fragrances can~t be seen, but we know Twig Studio'S Chandre 14 from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. they exist in their invisible form as do the Kipps Nicholas '85, we in the Founder's Room; souls of the dead." Among those honol'ed by stretched our annual bud­ and a Five-College Bac ~ photographs incorporated into the display get to accommo.date calaureate Service on May are the late Caesar Chavez and three three, rather than two, 1,5 at 10:30 a.m. in Bridges teenagers killed in Pasadena, part of an issues by using a "setf­ Auditorium. The COmmence­ attempt, Oropeza 'says, to reflect "the reality cover" and reducing the ment ceremony will be fol ­ of life and death in California." number of pages to 24. lowed by an informal "I wore a mask for this portrait," he con­ The noticeably recycled reception on the Mall.' cludes, "Because I wish to be anonymous, paper costs about the like the face of death. What's important is same as our previous the altar and its significance. In death we stock, but speaks more are all the same, despite our apparent differ­ ences in life." (AG) marching and Chowder Socie1v Golds' Gym the Gold professorship Celebrated currently held by Agnes A venerable Pitzer institution of informal faculty" Moreland Jackson. lectures as organized by Professor Lucian MarqUIS Pitzer trustees gathered ...... A number of college for a reception in honor of alumni have made sub­ Januarv 28 Peter and Gloria Gold after stantial gifts to the new Michael Woodcock: "Defecting to New Zealand: Col- the November 15 board center, including Ivan 'and laboration with Oufsider Artists." meeting. Board Chafr Chad Deborah Bach Kallick '78, . Smith led a champagne Marc and Sheri Huttner Februarv ]] toast to announce the nam" III Rappaport '78, James and Linus Yamane: "My Life as a 'S. a I"artman. ing of the new s'tudent cen­ Deborah Deutsch Smith ter as the Gloria & Peter '70, William and Jeanette Februarv 25 Gold Student Center. Then Ashley '79, David and .. ' Harry Senn: "Human Development: the couple were presented " ">" Nancy Bushnell '69, Steve Are We in a New Parad Igm. with t-shirts imprinted and Sharon Lindseth '80., "The Golds' Gym." . . and Jeffrey and Rebecca Rpril 8 Melinda Gold Wiltsie Sokol Smith '10. Pitzer's Clyde Erikson (Joint Science):" . '74 joined the toast to her class of '78 also gave a "A Biologist's Work with Diversity: Marching to parents with husband generous gift to the Center. Shrimp & Chowder." Russ and toddler Marisa. The Golds learned of Faculty and students als() the College's intent to , Rprill5 attended the reception, dedicate the Center at a Norma Rodriguez: . held at the Museum of November '14 dinner host­ "Why So Few Chicanos in Higher Educat" Ion .">" . Contemporary Art in Los ...... ed by trustee Bruce Angeles. Tours of the Karatz and his wife Janet. ffiav 6 museum's John Cage - In attendance were Nigel Boyle: "The Factory of Grievances." exhibit, "Rolywholyover A Corinna and Chad Smith, Circus," were conducted son Dan Gold and his wife throughout the evening. Vicki, Marilyn and James Peter Gold, the former Massey, and other friends head of Pr"ice Pfister, of the College. (SG) Leaders for a tional transformation. joined Pitzer's board in Change College trustee Paul 1976 and served as chair Hudson, president and A student leadership con­ from 1985 to 1991. He CEO of Los Angeles­ ference, "Becoming a has contributed more based Broadway Federal than $1 million to the col­ Trustee chair Chad More Effective Agent for Srn'ith and Gloria and Savings, delivered a lun­ Change," brought 45 stu­ lege, including a lead gift Peter Gold lNith cheon address, "Traits, grandchild_ dents, faculty, and staff for the student center and Tools, and Techniques for together in )anuary for Change." The primary lunch, role playing, and ingredient for effective group discussions. change, according to "We want to help stu­ Hudson, is the dents develop leadership individual. "You have to skills that can be applied start with yourself, in their personal and ' address change within professional lives," Dean yourself, before you can of Students Jacqueline change the world," he Peterson said. As the said. An attorney and kick-off event in a series past Los Angeles NAACP of seminars and work­ president, Hudson has shops, the conference been active in societal highlighted decision-mak­ change issues since his ing tactics, leadership days as an undergradu­ style assessments, and ate at UC Berkeley. the channels of organizE!- The conference grew Centering part of Pitzer since its from the November 15, Social beginning," says Betty 1993 Board of Trustees Responsibility Farrell, professor of soci­ meeting attended by 20 ology, who is serving as Pitzer students who Social responsibility is the grant director for the expressed interest in hot topic on campus spring semester. "Our modifying campus poli­ thanks to a $10,000 "Plan­ goal now is to coordinate cies. Susan Pour-Sanae, ning for Leadership" grant existing activities· and to sophomore and assistant from the Washington­ come up with curricular convener of the Student based Consortium for the and student life programs A spring Senate, spoke at the Advancement of Private that imbed social respon­ faculty retreat Board meeting and felt Higher Education. Award­ sibility in the College's addressed that the conference was ed to 13 institutions academic environment." social respons­ a positive follow- nationwide, the grant is Noting that Pitzer sup­ ibility in the up. "This is what Pitzer's intended to help recently ports a lot of duplication, about," she said, "and it appointed presidents Farrell hopes the grant curriculum. An upcoming all-campus is encouraging to have develop strategic plans for will pull together similar day will facilitate discus­ trustees who are role their institutions. activities in a more struc­ sion among students, fac­ models." (SG) "The ethos of social tured way. responsibility has been a ulty, and staff. In addi­ tion, a Pitzer resource list is being generated to parks, backyards and other open _ show current community spaces, seeking refuge from the VIO­ involvements and advoca­ Student's FaulUess cy work of faculty, staff, lent aftershocks that rocked the area during the next weeks. and trustees. Next' fall, two more retreats involv­ Efforts in Earthquake At Pitzer, senior D'an Svedas received ing faculty, administrators, a call from his parents, Mary and and trustees will help Steve Burton of San Dimas. "Let's do pull the ideas generated something to help," they said. On Jan­ into a working plan. (SG) uary 22, Svedas led a caravan of seven vehicles, including a Pitzer van, Learn Spanish into the damaged area. Filled with ~apanesel clothes food, and 400 one-gallon or water ~ontainers collected from Pitzer The Summer Institute of students, local churches, and Language and Culture, parochial schools, the caravan headquartered at Pitzer, is brought disaster relief to the cro~ded offering sessions June 1-26 parks and people who were camping and June 29-July 23. Open in their backyards. to students, professionals, When the 6.8 earthquake hit at 4:34 "It looked like my irnpression of a and high school seniors, a.m. January 17, Claremont woke sud­ Third World country," Svedas recalled, the program offers inten­ denly to a persistent rolling motion sive study for college cred­ "people living under plastic bag~ _. and a bad case of jangled stretched between two trees, uSing Pit it within a small class nerves. Twenty-five miles away, at the fires homes jammed with displaced environment. Group dis­ Northridge-Reseda epicenter, resi­ l friends and relatives." cussions led by native dents jolted awake to experience speakers, language suites tragedy and ruin. The caravans have stopped, but the in residence halis, lan­ relief efforts continue. "People no In the pre-dawn darkness, thousands guage tables at meals, longer need food or clothing; most ran from their dwellings, afraid of recreational excursions, have found new places to live, but being trapped inside dangerously shak­ and cultural briefings they need money," reports ing walls. As the day progr~ssed~ hun­ make this program Svedas. (SG) dreds of residents moved Into City unique. For information call 909-621-8982. (AG) national group of confederates, 'Zine See-ne known as the Dancing Deities of Destruction Advocating Mutants. Anita Pitzer has always DDDAM and the 'zine trace their ori­ Ortega-Oei '75 been an outlet for gins .to Pall's experience in Germany Heads Alumni alternative view­ as a high school exchange student in Council points. Now it's 1991. "Myself, some other the hom~ of the exchange students, and some Ger­ "Talking to someone six Anarcho Mutant man students were sitting around­ years ago who was just Quarterly, a 'zine bored." Creative ideas followed so , leaving the Alumni Council edited by Zachary they started DDDAM, which draws its and looking for a replace- . Pall. The first­ name from the Hindu goddess of ment gave me the idea I year student destruction, Shiva, and from an might want to join," says recently put the appreciation of. mutation as the evo­ Alumni Council President finishing touches lutionary process in action. Anita Ortega-Oei. "I started on the ninth edi­ out as a member-at-Iarge The 'zine has taken off. From an ini­ tion of the hand­ and moved up into commit­ tial launch of 50 copies, Pall now dis­ tees and .offices-and now made news/noise tributes 200 copies through friends letter, as he this. It's been a blast! " in Europe, 4ustralia and the States. prefers to call it. . Having enjoyed local Each issue costs about $50 to pro­ and regional programs in , l.ike thousands of other 'zines, the duce, mostly in p,hotocopying fees. the past, including week­ Anarcho Mutant Quarterly is a small, Pall and his friends cover the end trips to Santa Fe and photocopied publication that features expense out of poqket, although Northern California's a quiltwork of stories, articles, and they've begun to request contribu­ wine country, Ortega-Oei art. Zachary and his cohorts created tions from readers. In the future the looks forward to involv­ the quarterly as a free forum for the Anarcho Mutant Quarterly might ing a greater number of expression of ideas. change its venue and become an alumni in events that Anarcho Mutant Quarterly features con­ electronic publication-watch for it accommodate a range of tributions from an expanding, inter- on the Internet. (SG) interests and budgets. Alumni events provide opportunities for renew­ A Balanced visiting professor Si-Tu Jie dation of Los Angeles. ing friendships, making Affair coordinated the three-day Pitzer is one of 11 . new frien'ds, and net­ Developed more than symposium "Traditional Southern California insti­ working, she states. 2,000 years ago in China, Chinese Medicine, Culture, tutions participating in the Anita Ortega-Oei knows qi gong combines Taoist Art and Oi Gong" last fall Adventures, which were the demands of a busy and Buddhist philosophies, for students, community inspired-by a 1929 tour of . schedule as well as the members, health practi­ China by R. Stanton Avery next person. In addition tioners , andjournalists. - (Pomona '32). Adventures 'to her full-time job as a The conference comple­ may range from three senior account manager mented a Pitzer course, weeks to several months. for Sullivan and Curtis "Nature, Movement, and ' Past participants have Insurance Brokers in Meditation in Oi Gong," investigated such topics Pasadena, Calif., and developed by Si-Tu Jie, as herbal medicine, Chi­ extended family obliga­ director of Wei Tuo Shao­ nese bridgc:s, plant propa­ tions, she and her husband lin Oi Gong in Los Angeles gation and growth, and ' have just invested in a Los and Shanghai. (SG) the use of trains. While Angeles book store spe­ knowledge of Chinese lan- \ . . Cializing in law literature. meditative exercises, and Attention ·guage IS not a prereqUi- Her brother-in-law runs medi cinal practices . Prac­ Globe Trotters site, a curiosity about the operation, and she China and Chinese culture ticed daily by more than If you have graduated with­ serves as "treasurer, chief is required. _ 60 million Chin ese , it is in the past seven years you financial officer, bookkeep· . To participate in the believed to help mainta in may apply for the 1994-95 er and errand girl!" (AG) program, contact the health and fi ght disease. American/Chinese Adven­ Durfee Foundation (310) Professors Sharon ture Capital Program spon­ 31 2-9543. (SG) Snowiss, Carl Her'tel, and sored by the Durfee Foun- Graduation nization of more than Atherton Speaker 1,300 grant-making orga­ Dinner -Announced nizations. fie was the Spotlights Art 1978 Pitzer commence­ Alums Ja-mes A. Joseph, chair­ ment speaker. man of the Corporation for In 1977 Joseph served In February Pitzer art and National and Community as undersecretqry of the architecture alumni spoke Service, will speak on "The Interior in the Carter at an Atherton Dinner Remaking of America: moderated by Professors administration. He also ings Institute, Colonial • . Shaping a New Civic Cul­ worked as vice president Williamsburg, National Carl Hertel and David Fur- ture" at commencement of Cummins Engine Com­ Endowment for Democra­ man. During the program, this spring. The-Corpora­ pany and president of cy, Africare, the Children's "House-Home-Heaven­ tion, created by the Clin­ the Cummins Engine Defense_Fund, and the Art, Architecture and Life ton Administration, was Foundation. Poin~ of Light Foundation. after Pitzer," Addison Doty established under the Joseph has taught at Author of The Charita­ '83 , Bill Gilbert '73 , Devon National and Community the Claremont Colleges, ble Impulse, a study of Hartman '77, Anne Nelson Service Trust Act of 1993. Yale University, and Still­ wealth and social con-, '71, and Josh Schweitzer A trustee of Pitzer man College. He is a science in communities '76 discussed how their College from 1971 member of the Presiden­ and cultures outside the Pitzer years influenced through 1977," Joseph tial Commission on His­ United States, Joseph their choices of careers in heads the Washington­ torically Black Colleges, holds degrees from Yale ar-chitecture and environ­ based Council on Foun­ and serves on the Board Diyinity School and mental design. Slides of dations- a national or:.ga- of Directors of the Brook- Southern University. (SG) their work were shown. (SG)

chotherapy is more spiritual than The Curing of Souls scientific. Psychotherapy enables people to "experience themselves in "Does curing take place?" asked a different way with another person political studfes emeritus profes­ at a given moment. It is more about sor Lucian Marquis of Atherton process than outcome." Society panelists (left-to rig)'t) Atherton Dinners, named in honor Carol Cole '79, Ph.D.; Iris Levine of founding president John Ather­ Shuey '68, M.D.; Joann~ Bendinei' ton, are intended to promote intel­ '79, M.S.; and Deborah Lee Adler lectual exchange among the mem­ '72, Ph.D. (not pictured), .gathered bers of the Pitzer community in a to discuss "The Curing of congenial and convivial atmos- , Souls: Psychotherapeutic Occupa­ phere outside the classroom. The tions after Pitzer." of the Women's Program, Charter panelists at last fall's event intro­ 'lin treating people with medica­ Oak Hospital. "My work with peo­ duced themselves to an audience ,'ions," responded Shuey, a psychi­ ple who have dissociative disor­ of 80 students, faculty and staff, atrist in Providence, R.I., and clini-I ders is a journey I take with them. describing how their experience at cal assista~t professor, Brown Uni­ It takes a while-not unlike the Pitzer had influenced their pr"esent versity Medical School, "we man­ educational process." careers and offering insight into i age symptoms, while giving peOjPle "I'm mor~ pragmatic," agreed Cole, the nature of their professional insight into ways they can change a psyc.hologist· at Virginia Mason activities. through therapy. Perhaps we Clinic, Kirkland, Wash. "I help peo­ Concluded psychology professor should call it the 'management' of ple, especially children, understand and moderator Rick Tsujimoto, uls." and assimilate negative things "I'm proud of being at Pitzer and "It is no role to fix souls, nor which have' happened, and help thinking we had some role in pro­ can 1," countered Bendiner, a them to go on." ducing minds and souls like counselor with Psychotherapy "A cure implies outcome," said clin­ these." (AG) Assocs. of Claremont and director ical psychologist Adler. "Psy- PUBLICATIONS; PAPERS, tributed two chapters and co-authored & EXHIBITS the theoretical introduction. Growing Up Before Stonewall (Routledge, RUTH AND LEE MUNROE, RONALD 1994), co-authored and co-edited by MACAULAY, and DAN SEGAL are con­ PETER NARDI, is a collection of inter­ tributors to The Encyclopedia of Cultural views with 12 gay men who tell their sto­ Anthropology (due out in 1995). ries' about growing up between the 1930s and 1950s. DON BRENNEIS and RONALD MACAULAY have signed a contract with Women, Education, & Family Structure in Westview Press to edit a collection of India (Westview Press, 1994) co-edited readings on linguistic anthropology. by SUSAN SEYMOUR with Carol Mukhopadhyay. Seymour also con- RONALD MACAULAY'S The Social , ' Art: Language and its Uses (Oxford Uni­ versity Press, 1994) is based on 25 years STUDENTS EXPLORE of teaching experience and expands an earlier work to include an account of HEALTHCARE both adult and children's language. Students in Ann Stromberg's new "Field Work in Heathcare" class RUDI VOLTI had a book, The Engineer in returned this semester to Valley Orthopaedic Clinic in Calexico, Calif. Initi­ History (Peter Lang, 1994), and an ated last year as a pilot project, the weekend visits to the children's clinic, article', "How We Got at which Pitzer's Board of'Trustees chair Chad Smith, M.D., and his wife Frozen Food," Inven­ Corinna have led volunteer efforts for some 30 years, occurred monthly as tion & Technology part of the internship component of a class which also requires at least (Spring '94) , published. four hours each week in local internships. Volti recently signed a Locally, Carla Rodas '94 is also contract to write and making the rounds each week with edit an encyclopedia, a doctor at Claremont's Casa Coli­ Science, Technology, and Society. na, a physical rehabilitation hospi­ DAVID FURMAN'S recent exhibitions of tal. Antoinette Velasquez '94, who is ceramiC art works include: Leedy/ Volk­ planning graduate work in public ous Gallery, Kansas City, Mo.; Watcom administration, is also working at Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, Casa Colina, where she is assisting. Wasp..; L. A. Art Expo, Convention Cen­ in a study of patient satisfaction and ter, Los Angeles; The New Art Forms ' gaining experience in hospital exhibition, Navy Pier, Chicago; Elaine administration. Others in the class Horwitch Gallery, Scottsdale, Ariz.; Rock­ are interning in out-patient clinics at well Museum, Corning, N.Y.; and Los the public health department; with Angeles County Museum of ArtiGraphic private doctors in primary care; in Arts Council benefit auction. the emergency room, pediatrics,

and maternity units at Pomona Val­ AWARDS & HONORS ley Hospital Medical Center; pedi- LEE MUNROE has been elected as a Fel­ atric oncology department at Loma Linda Hospital; and the weekend Clini­ low of the American Association for the ca de la Divina Providencia in Los Angeles. Advancement of Science (AAAS). Munroe TraineCi in demography as a graduate student at Cornell, where she is being honored for his "pioneering also studied at the School of Hospital Administratibn, Stromberg also has research and extensive publication on a background in Latin American Studies. "The semester'S readings are human development and cognition." raising provocative questions about the many forces that influence people's health, only one of which is medical care. Our study of health here and 'in MICHAEL WOODCOCK received Honor­ the Third World again and again underscores the need for primary care, able Mention, University of Texas' Ca'rl - investments in prevention and public health measures, and social change Hertzog Award for Excellence in Book that goes far beyond health care delivery systems.,.' says Stromberg of Design, for the illustration and design of the class. (AG) Fourteen Ninety Two or Three, a collabo­ ration between Woodcock and Bonnie Thompson Norman with text by BARRY SANDERS. The book is included in the Western Books Exhibition, sponsored ment Working Conference, Tomas Rivera annually by the Bounce and Coffin Club, Center, Claremont. Shewill speak in Port­ a group of Southern California typeset-' land, Ore., at the Western Region Family ters and book designers, and was juried Planning Conference, "Working with Young into The Reading Room 1994, an exhibit Immigrants: The Challenges, " in May; based in Auckland, New Zealand, ' serve as a panelist at the American Socio­ logical Association Meeting in Los Angeles Qocumentation and transparencies of AMERICANA DAVID FURMAN'S works in ceramics in August; and, with JOSE CALDERON, have been included in the archives of the will be an instructor, Summer Intensive, The Claremont Colleges' first women's stud­ Museum of Decorative Arts in conjunc­ Chicano/Latino Studies~ Dept. of Ethnic ies course taught in Spanish, "Resistance and tion with the Academy of Applied Arts in Studies Ford Program, University of Wash­ Revolution: La Mujer Latinoamericana," Prague, Czech Republic, Works recently ington, Seattle, in August: teams gender and feminist studies/Chicano have been acquired by two United States DAVID MOORE will present "Six-Month­ studies professor \'ourdes Arguelles with Senators: John Warner of Virginia and Olds' Categorization of Infant Directed Spanish professor Karen Goldman to take an Howard Metzenbaum of Ohio, Prosody" at the International Conference interdisciplinary look aUssues of oppression on Infant Studies in Paris, France, in a.nd patterns of resistance among 41tin 'Amer­ WORKSHOPS. SVMPOSIA. & June. The paper is based on research icanwomen. SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS designed by Moore and conducted by "This is an excellent course for students SUSAN SEYMOUR presented a paper, Moore and Melanie Spence, University of ' . who have previously focused primarily on "Women and Educatio~ in India," at the Texas, Dallas. grammar," said Goldman. "Ideally," she says, annual meeting of the Association of "Latin American literary texts should be read DAVID FURMAN led a group of 20 Asian Studies, in their original language. Some of the books ceramists to the,Mayan ruins of San Ger­ are available in translation, but it is all the GLENN GOODWIN attended the annual vasio, in Cozumel, Mexico, during spring more valuable to read and discuss ideas in meeting of the Pacific Sociological Asso­ break in conjunction with the National the language in which they were conceived ciation in San Diego in ApriL Council on Education for the CeramiC . and written." Arts aimual meeting. RUm VOLTI and HARVEY BOTWIN In fact, much of the Latin American criti-' appeared on Swedish television in a doc­ CURRICULA & RESEARCH cal social science literat",re is not available umentary on the automobiie. in English, comments Arguelles, who, with LAKO TONGUN and NIGEL BOYLE are This semester LOURDES ARGUELLES Goldman and a grant from the Meilon Foun­ team-teaching a new course, "Compara­ spoke at UC San Diego, Queer Lecture dation, assembled texts and original materi­ tive Politics," which integrates analyses Series, "Queer Latinos and HIV Infec­ als for the class. ofFirst World and Third World poli- tions: A Study of Curanderismo and Sante" Arguelles notes that the course is also a tics. "Our teaching styles are comple­ ria-Based Treatment"; UCLA Women StUd­ response to language.domination in general mentary, as we expected," says Boyle. ies Lecture Series, ''Working with Latino and the English-only movement in particular. "We play on the same soccer team in Immigrant Families: Hopes, Queries, and Of the subject mattef itself, Goldman com­ Claremont and our playing styles are also Reflections"; Claremont Reading Confer­ ments, Latin American women are widely complementary: Lako is an elegant strik­ ence, "Hidden Worlds and Alternative Ped­ oppressed in terms of gender, as well as er, I'm a rather vicious defender." agogies"; USC Center for Feminist Studies' economically and politically. The course Conference on Invisible Illnesses; and UC GLENN GOODWIN has begun research for introduces texts written about and by women Irvine, Humanities Center, "Social Move­ a new course about women ,in the history in these countries and immigrant and ments: Implications for Ethnic StUdies." and development of sociological theory. refugee women living in the United States. Arguelles was a panelist, "Activism and HAL FAIRCHILD has been hired by the "This class is unusual as an interdiscipli­ Women Studies," The Huntington Library, , Los Angeles County Bar Association's nary course," commented Dan Bayer, direc­ Pasadena; a juror, CCNY Gay and Lesbian Committee on Minority Representation in tor of the Claremont Colleges' Summer Insti­ Studies Fellowship Program, New York; the Legal Profession; in conjunction with tute of Language & Culture. "Technical uni­ and a convener, Latfnos and the Environ- the Joint Task Force on Minority Repre­ versities often teach content-based lan­ sentation, to help develop surveys that ' guage courses, but it has been difficult to will be sent to managing partners and get the necessary level of fluency in liberal aSSOCiates at law firms to determine arts colleges. While this class isn't unique, it whether or not there has been improve­ may well be the only course anywhere in the ment over the last five years in the hir­ country where students are working at a ing, retention, promotion and treatment conceptual leve~ in a Spanish-language dis­ of minorities in iaw firms. cussion of gender issues." (AG)

'7 BY SHERYL GORCHOW

recruited 20 students from their advanced Plf:st\" cthaes of car- . sociology classes to participate in the ro s e ;tuce, ana newly funded project. The students spent ceery were emptied into a bowl in 21 hours conducting open-ended observa­ Greg Huntwork's English as a Second La.n­ tions at the three high schools, and wrote guage class at Alhambra High School. The field notes about their experiences. I chefs were Claremont students Barbara The school district officials Kim and Jung Lee, who created this lesson initially voiced skepticism. on diversity. After tossing the salad, they held up a can of V-8 Juice. They talked about race and ethnicity, comparing the salad bowl to the melting pot theories of American society, recalled Huntwork. "It was a great lesson for ESL stucte'nts­ lots of visuals," and the lesson impacted more than the stu- . dents. "I had never heard of the salad bowl theory before," Huntwork explains, "I will use it again." The lesson plan, and others like it: capped off a year-long project on ethnic -Gontlict and ~trategies for conQict resolution led by Pitzer sociology professors Betty Far­ rell and Jose Calderon. Over the course of the project, undergraduates became teachers, teachers learned from students, and community groups gained valuable insights into the foundations of contlict among their children. The project was fund­ ed by a grant from the Ohio Campus Com­ n for different ethnic groups, and that pact. Latino students comprised the majority in The Alhambra Unified School District lowh ability level classrooms. formed the dynamic laboratory for the pro­ In the fall, the "Social Responsibility and ject and for the practice of sociology. The accus- the Community" class involved 20 more stu­ district serves 19,543 students, including tomed to standard survey dents in the Alhambra Project. The stu­ the largest number of Chinese Americans methodology and saw open- dents, divided into small teams, were in the country. The student population is ended observation as unscientific," Farrell assigned to nine teachers, three at each roughly 48 percent Asian and Asian Amer­ recalls. "We had to explain that, in ethno­ high school. They spent three hours a week ican, 37 percent Latino, 15 percent white graphic field work, insights develop from with their teachers in the classrooms, first and 1 percent African American. This is a ongoing observation rather than from test­ as observers, then as assistants, and finally dramatic change from the 1980s, when ing a presumed hypothesis." as teachers themselves. The classes the Asian and Latino populations were of In fact, the Pitzer students entered the included psychology, mathematics, English, comparable size, and from the 1960s when project looking for examples of conflict world history, and ESL classes, and the white population was a majO,dty. Since and cooperation. Although they did not see involved students of all ability levels. the early 1990s, racial tensions between fist fights or other outward examples of Using field notes and observations, stu­ Latino and Asjan students have erupted in conflict, their field notes uncovered trou­ dents worked with their teachers, asking physical violence, notably at three district bling trends imbedded in the normal activ­ questions and exploring strategies for high schools: Mark Keppel, Alhambra, and ities of a school day. For instance, in vol­ teaching, seating patterns, and developing a San Gabriel. Even when violence is not untary seating arrangements in class­ curriculum that would open up their classes manifest, tension remains an undercurrent rooms and at lunch, students separated to more multicultural approaches. As they of school life, notes Huntwork. into friendship groups that divided along d~veloped specific lesson plans, the stu­ The Alhambra Schools Project began in ethnic lines. The notes also recorded that depts focused on introducing multicultural Jam~ary 1993 when Calderon and Farrell teachers used different styles of interac- teaching strategies into the classroom. group dynamics and achievement patterns. As tbe~l developed "Factors such as ability-grouping, the spe~IflF ~~~0§tu_ ratio of counselors to students (550 students to each counselor). and the expectations of P/fen~s_i6~used, . teachers for different students can affect the on lffltro uCIng achievement levels and future aspirations of U CUI U al all students. The development of a multicul­ Feac lne. strate­ tural and co-operative learning atmosphere, !!.\es IntO'Lne together with adequate resources, can go a 'C assrOOffi. long way in beginning to change some of the structural foundations of ethnic and racial conflict," Calderon explains. "We tend to think that group patterns One result was that all qf the lesson are the cumulative result of individual dif­ plans were participatory, using discus­ fe'rences, and that they are fixed and per­ sions and writing exercises to engage stu­ manent, but behavior is conditioned by dents. A lesson plan for a world history social context ;" Farrell says " "When new class had students write down their initial opportunities arise, different group reactions to images depicting people of dynamics can occur." Last spring, one different ethnicities to start a discussion Pitzer student observed that district on stereotyping. In an English class, stu­ sports teams were very well integrated. dents responded to Dear Abby/Ann Lan­ Students of all ethnicities worked together ders letters on issues of prejudice and dis­ as a team. "Sociologists recognize that crimination. Another class corripared S themselves to characters on the TV show acti6\titt th{ll bring "Beverly Hills 90210." Of surprise to BF88n~ SFJre~~oals- teachers and administrators alike was teams, study groups, clubs- are the long­ Pitzer senior Lizabeth Rossofs mUlticul­ term foundation for conflict resolution," tural lesson for a math class. She sur­ Farrell notes. "This is important for both veyed the students on topics relevant to our students and the school districts to see." their lives: sex, gangs, drugs. Then she The Alhambra Schools Project culmi­ used the survey results to teach a lesson nated in a day-long conference In early on Circle graphs, ending with a discussion December held 'at Alhambra High. The on the use and misuse of statistics. Pitzer students shared their experiences At Pitzer, the college students partici­ as observers and' teachers with an audi­ pated in a weekly seminar organized ence of high school teachers, district around varied readings about the area, administrators, and the press. Many demographic changes, education, Latino teachers expressed their delight with the and Asian immigrant experience. One students' energy and creativity. assignment, "Always Running," chronicled Though the project is completed, . the experiences of writer Luis Rodriguez, results continue to emerge. Students are who grew up in San Gabriel, attended Mark forming new friendships in and out of Keppel High School and was in a gang. The class. The lesson plans continue to inspire readings provoked highly charged discus­ new approaches among the nine teachers sions as Pitzer students related the materi­ and are being distributed to educators al to their experiences and their own throughout the district. Says Russell lives. Several were children of immigrants Pursey, district assis~ant superintendent, or had immigrated with their families. More the project "was good for teachers, class­ were first generation college students. rooms, students. This could be replicated in One of the main questions pursued by other school districts and would be the sociology class concerned the dynamic absolutely worthwhile." In fact, the Pitzer interaction between culture and social team has already been contacted by teach­ structure. According to Professor ers from the Pomona Unified School Dis­ Calderon, an understanding of social struc­ trict for that very reason. ture can reveal new information about A female professor, claiming Let sexual harassment, has a Goya nude rempved from a the classroom .... Iowa public schools ban Halloween cos­ debate tumes depicting hobos, witch­ es, or Native Americans .... begin .. A University of Pennsylvania law instructor is punished for remarks made in class about "fOrmer slaves." Just the growing pains normal to the process of rec­ ognizing cultural diversity, or campus "thought control" striking at the heart of First Amendment rights? For a dee.ade now, America's campuses' have struggled with a pecu- liar tension: How can an environment perpetuated in around the name of freedom of PC 'issues have thought and speech at the not had the best effect on what same time be sensitive to the we are supposed to be about in voices of those historically higher education." unheard? Goodwin's students examined Pitzer Professor of Sociolo­ national as well as local inci­ gy Glenn Goodwin tackled dents. They were often surprised, these and other issues last fall he reports, to scratch the sur­ in a course critiquing poli~ical face of readily accepted views correctness on campus today. and find censorship and other "The term 'PC' has always First Amendment issues. been somewhat double­ That may be edged," contends Good":.in. because so many "The Left used it in the '60s of Pitzer's students arrive and the Right picked it up in . already "PC," says Goodwin. 1I11II1 the '90s. But lately I've f~ lt "Pitzer still attracts a much that some of the fads , foibles more humanist stuoent, a com­ and passions that rotate munity-oriented person. They BY ELISABETH DURAN know the 'correct' view even accomplish this." Hovvcanan liberal bias, alumni were before they come here." And Goodwin may be the nonetheless concerned about While the fads, foibles and ideal teacher to stir the pot. environtnent what alumnus John Thorpe passions of Pitzer PC may A self-described "First termed the "virtual vac\lum of not make the headlines, Amendment junkie," he pos­ pewpetuated in the conservative voices" at the they're there nonetheless. sesses a long, distinguished College, "validating the criti­ . One of Goodwin's students record of civil rights activism name of freedom cism that PC is too powerful recounted being asked .by a and involvement in the Amer­ on campus." residence hall staff member ican Civil Liberties Union. "I of thought and According to Goodwin, as to remove flyers promoting was reared to do everything I the tidal wave of what passes the swimsuit edition of Sports could to break down differ­ speech at the . for campus consensus Illustrated from the dorm. ences. But we're. now living in sweeps past, some members Taken at face value, the an epoch where people of same time be of the community have felt issue seems cut and dried: color, for 'instance, empha­ silenced, fearful of being sexism'is bad; equality is size differences," where even sensitive to the shouted down. "They have good and objectifying women the believers can find them­ felt, for example, that ques­ politically incorrect. Yet does selves sailing in treacherous voices of those tioning aspects of affirmative that give the college the right waters. The ironies are not action policy or questioning to censor students' leisure lost on Goodwin. historically the wis~om of changing and reading? After some class­ ':In my own personal life, offering certain courses room discussion, the student in my academic and profes­ unheard? would get them negatively was no longer sure he had sional life, and in my 'citizen 'labeled' in the community. done the "right" thing. as activist life,' I find myself "It makes no difference To Goodwin, this example in general agreement with whether or not one agrees Still others aired worries typifies the need for a "really 'PC' positions," he says. with such views-what makes regarding language and labels. conscious community dia­ "What I have some dis­ a difference is that some peo­ Pam Mullowney '78 argued logue, not a knee-jerk reac­ comfort with is not PC pOSi­ ple feel silenced, and if one that in the current climate, for tion" to problems. His class, tions on issues but, rather, ' feels he or she can't speak example, the wrong word (no one of the college's advanced any process- 'PC' or other­ out in an academic communi­ matter how innocently uttered) courses on topics in sociol­ wise- that !'1Jnctions to ty, then we are all in trouble!" could brand anyone a racist. ogy, examined the cam­ silence points of view. Every­ If the PC debate and its "How do we say the appropri­ pus PC debate within one must be heard, no matter attendant sound and fury ate thing and not give offense, the framework of how despicable the speech." aren't always a pretty sight, with the way everything ·the concept of Pitzer, in turn, is uniquely it's possible the remedy is changes so fast? I frequently community. According to suited to advancing the already being practiced, at find I'm censoring myself, Goodwin, the issue that cuts debate, Goodwin believes. The least at Pitzer. "I take great bumbling over the Word of the through all PC debates is issues are of sufficient con­ consolation in the thought decade or the year." power- how to empower the ' cern that an alumni gathering that 'This too, shall pass,''' College campuses repre­ . powerless, include the histor- on the.subject last fall drew concludes Bill Sias '78. . sent one of the major battle­ ically excluded, and recognize dozens of people. The discus­ "The current debate rep­ grounds in the PC speech and respect cultural diversity. sion follow~ng a presentation resents progress by forcing , / wars. While speech codes Even at Pitzer, where the ' by Goodwin was long and live­ the issues to the table. It already enacted on campuses stated educational objectives ly, ranging from arguments.. can raise the level of under­ nationwide have failed every emphasize cultural diversity, over the Reginald Denny trial standing of what it takes to legal challenge, the notion Is the answers are far from c1ear­ and the Los Angeles riots to a make all the components of anything but dead: The .idea cut. "We believe in diversity student sit-in at Pomona. this country work together surfaces at Pitzer almost every and multiculturalism, yet we Like Goodwin, many alums and develop more respect year. Goodwin, vehemently have never quite thought felt the concept of individual for one another." opposed to such codes, .char­ through the confliCt inherent in versus group rights was at the acterizes the trend as "people having a community built out heart of the controversy. Some "Political Correctness and CMI "infringing on civil liberties for Liberties on Campus: Fads, of diversity," says Goodwin. argued that actions, but not all the best reasons." Foibles, and Passions, " a new "What academia may have for­ words, should be punishable, class developed by Glenn Good­ What of those who do not gotten, momentarily, is that all and that the PC movement " win for fall '94, originates from espouse the PC view at voices must be heard. The blurred that distinction to the a talk he delivered last fall to Pitzer? For all Pitzer's fabled classroom is the ideal place to detriment of its own aims. alums,and parents. BY ANNA GANAHL Japanese

American

Poet

Garrett

Hongo's

Search for

Identity

Reveals a

World to

Us All.

"YGU NEED A PLA CE where peo­ which he graduated cum Meyers, on the other hand, ple know before you do who laude in 1973-the sopho­ understood Hongo's need to you are," says Garrett Hongo, more found himself dissuaded pursue his ethnic heritage as Pitzer's writer-in-residence from exploring his Japanese a means of .realizing his own thts semester, to a group of American heritage. An identity and value, and he Asian American students exceptionally bright student, understood the rage that can gathered to hear him speak he had been encouraged be fueled by oppression. His one afternoon at Pomona Col­ jnstead to aSSimilate into the French wife, Odette, had lege's Lyman Hall. predominately Eurocentric escaped from Nazis during Hongo first found that culture of the time, which World War II, and he recalled place at Pitzer more than 20 tended to dismiss the his own father's furious indig­ years ago, when he took a achievements of lesser known nation over the internment of class from the late poet and cultures. "The poetic dres­ Japanese neighbors during educator Bert Meyers. sage, " pronounces Hongo the same war. Enrolled at sister institu­ with lingering spite, "com­ "I know why you:re so tion Pomona College- from pletely suppressed ethnicity." pissed off," he told his student "When someone says '1 vvill listen' vvhile everyone else is saying 'shut up,'"

observes Hongo, "you tend to be devoted. Bert Meyers gave me a place to start."

.after their first _class together, tings of Hongo's childhood in wadded up/like pads of his own journey of self-discov­ acknowledging with his lan­ Hawaii, as well as to the Kleenex mixed with carrot ery with the admonition that guage the common bond of more commonplace mainland tops/and cabbage leaves "as people of color, we need their blue collar background. sites of Southern California stuffed in the deep pockets/of to tell others- and each :Tm going to help you." to which l}e later moved, her long Joseph's coat,,,3 on other- who we are." . Meyer's Sephardic face , where the Japanese Ameri­ the grassy infield of a metered He is almost belligerently Hongo recalls, "with its dark can culture of his family and freeway onramp. proud of the creative writing skin and high cheekbones, their generations remained Everyday experience, so program he directs at the Uni­ looked something like a discouraged and lost. Hon­ familiar as to go unnoticed­ versity of Oregon, in which 70 hatchet with a nose on it." go's poems seek to recreate often by preference- becomes percent of the faculty and 40 Speaking in a "mocking, sur­ that past, through poignant extraordinary by virtue of percent of the graduate stu­ realistic voice I thought most visits to the locales of his exquisite diction and a gen­ dents are peoP'le of color. beautiful," Meyers opened up boyhood in Volcano, Hawaii, erosity of perception which "Creating the program," he a world of poetry to his stu­ .whose already disappearing conveys the meaning neces­ admits, "came out of rage" dent, customizing for him a landmarks- a seaside ceme­ sary to elect it to our own over the idea of English as the wide list of ethnic as well as tery of family graves, "the lives. center and touchstone of liter­ mainstream literature, includ'­ mayonnaise jars empty'of Anger in these poems is ature. Hongo's program val­ ing his own "beautiful, imagis­ flowers," the priest's "fancy often overwhelmed by sad­ ues literature from a diversity tic" poems about Los Angeles . stone scripted with ness. The emotion in poems of cultures and perspectives. "When someone says 'I will ideograms/carved almost such as "Portrait of a Lady," "I never dismiss work ~s mar­ listen' while everyone else is plain by the wind now"l­ about a self-absorbed white ginal," he insists, "because no saying 'shut up ,'" observes suggest the, even more frag­ graduate student, or "Four work is at the center. Hongo, "you tend to be devot­ mented past. Chinatown Figures," about "Personal identity comes ed. Bert Meyers gave me a Other equally detailed yet the two dishwashers and the first- the song within your place to start." evocative poems speak to the Yuppie couple with whom they own soul- it makes no differ- Guided by Meyers and grossly common experience of I cross paths, is "more compli­ other treasured mentors, Bon­ people marginalized by eco­ cated than anger," states the go's poetry and life reflect a nomic and social class as well : poet. "It's about the repres­ continued search for self. as ethnicity: two Chinese sion of possibility for a The entirely unsentimental American dishwashers who future"- a repression that counterpoint between street "step from the back door of affects mainstream and mar­ edge and tenderness to be the Golden Eagle/qrguing ginalized alike. found in his poems is also evi­ about pay; about hours, about In conversation, the anger dent in conversation. trading green cards/ with is closer to the surface. The "I'm a late romantic," cousins for sex,"; "punks in T­ struggle for ethnic identity acknowledges Hongo. "My shirts and Hong Kong jeans,,2 remains an issue today, values are conservative, but to the eyes of the Wilshire Hongo insists at a gathering for a culture of diaspora, lawyer on an evening tour of of Asian American students. rather than centrality." Chinatown; or the antics of a Bristling at the donnish man­ And, indeed, many of the homeless woman, who nerisms of an Asian American . poems introduce a Yeatsian "reeked of wine and excre­ colleague, he concludes a nostalgia to the exotic set- mentlbut always had money, lively session of stories about Bert Meyers "We can't aJvvays - cast ourselves in the role of oppositional agent.

That's flattening, stultifying."

ence who you are. In fact, it nized as the token of sup­ has nothing to do, ultimately, pressed ethnic identity has with whether you ar~ raced been a powerful motivator, or unraced." Hongo acknowledges, yet Hence, perhaps, the uni­ anger must be overcome. versal appeal of Hongo's "It's not a complete emotion. , poetry- the capacity of main­ You can't live a life that way." stream readers to identify The opposition he once with struggle-even as ethnic faced ha~ dissipated with his expression seeks to liberate own literary success: Twenty the people of color who share years ago, he observes, "the in that particular struggle. ethnic literature wasn't We are all searching for there. Now we're sensitized, ourselves- seeking whole­ if not awakened. " ness within and community The problem now is to . without. The emotions and "nuance the emotional range desires which Hongo conveys of portraits of people in liter­ through'the beauty of the ature. We can't always cast unmitigatedly familiar and ourselves in the role of oppo­ heretofore exotic not only sitional agent. That's flatten­ speak to our most personal ,ing" stultifying," experience but enlarge our His own questions, he comprehension of the world divulges , have become "more we share with others. interior and complicated .... Hongo has devoted much My own feelings of uncertain­ time in recent years to ensur-' ty about race and identity are ing that others' voices are more exploded subjectively heard. His anthology, The than I've allowed for." Open Boat, a collection of 31 Continuin'g upon the path Asian American poets, was to which he was introduced published last year; Songs My by Bert Meyers years ago , he Mother Taught Me, a collec­ ventures next to sort out the tion of short stories, plays, tangled interplay between and a memoir by Wakako ethnicity- its character and Yamauchi, one of Hongo's . the handicaps its suppres­ most valued influences, will . sion imposes- and undiffer­ appear.this year. entiated human nature, in Now, he says, it is time for order to more fully discover renewed introspection. The his place- and, we may anger that Bert Meyers recog- hope, ours-withil). the world.

1. "Ancestral Graves, Kahuku: Th e River of Heaven (Alfred A. Knopf: 1988) 2. "Four Chinatown Figures, " Ibid. 3. "Metered Onran)p," Ibid. RConversation llIilh President ffiarilvn Chapin ffiassev IT Professor Carl Hertel

We aslc:ed President Massey to reflect \/Vith professor of art and environR1ental design Carl Hertel about social responsibility at Pitzer. The experiences shared span nearly 30 years. deR10nstrating ho\/V Pitzer has changed and ho\/V it has upheld its past. In their o\/Vn voices:

Hertel: I think the most ger- Hertel: In the late '60s and early '70s, there was movement . mane point about social beyond the physical boundaries of the institution. That's what responsibility historically is Appalachia, Tuscarora, and the Earth Sky Water projects were all the fact that Pitzer was found­ about. They brought students into all sorts of cultural contexts, ed as a women's college in the living arid working with the communities. '60s. John Atherton and the In Appa lachia, students lived rest of the people involved with families in hollers and worked were very articulate about the with various agencies-the United fact that it was a college for Mine Workers was one. Students women intended to open up became directly involved in efforts opportunities, careers, profes­ to provide education and food for sions for which there was little the miners and their children, and previous opportunity for they interacted intensively with the women to study and engage in related interaction: cultural aspects onhe community. Of the people who founded the college, a large number were Then they brought all that experi­ women. The energy came from them. ence back. The bottom line is that In the late '60s and early '70s, women faculty and students you go to those areas and you want ...1IIIIiIiiiiiiii ___..... were deeply involved in consciousness raising about the Vietnam to try to give as much as you take. War and other issues. What you had was a social revolution hap­ It's important that the experience be transactional. pening within the body of the college; the distinction between co l­ Massey: Our current program, the Nepal Semester, is very Simi ­ lege and life was not so sharp as it was at many institutions. lar. Students live with families, work on community-defined pro­ Massey: I think Pitzer, while different now, has sustained an jects and are immersed within the culture! Intensive language ethos from its earli­ training may be the greatest difference. Perhaps the Alhambra est days. I see a new schools project or the Calexico clinic demonstrate a new type of social revolution immersion experience. While exploring issues such as health care with our diverse stu­ delivery or conflict among ethnic groups within an academic course dent population. We on campus, students undertake semester-long internship experi­ don't often think ences designed by the faculty and the communities under study. about multicultural­ When I think about Pitzer's future, what truly excites me are ism as conscious­ the myriad of possibilities offered by new technologies. Technolo­ ness raising, but our gy has the potential to further open up the physical boundaries of . students are deeply the campus. Students could participate in int~ractive experiences involved now in throughout the world. They could share a cburse with students in much the same processes as students were three decades ago. another country, or directly reach the Pitzer community from off­ In the same way, our curriculum and co-curricular activities campus sites using remote transmission. continue to reach beyond the walls of the campus. We are working . Just as we hope that social issues in 2025 will be different toward opening an outreach center in Ontario and hope to have from today's concerns, the avenues for effecting change may be one in Pomona, as well. These centers will provide curricular and . different as well. As Pitzer continues to pioneer meaningful part­ internship opportunities while bringing the students into meaning­ nerships in broader communities, the College can become a ful interaction with diverse communities. model for more effective higher education. What happened to the chal­ American cowboy West? This lenges we presented ourselves confuses the hell out of me. with during the '50s and '60s? When I went to Pitzer I .Did everyone just wimp out? thought that it was an alterna~ive Those decades seemed to repre­ to the conservative mainstream. sent a whole-hearted,embracing After participating recently in an of our future and the hope that Atherton Society Dinner, I won­ humanity could transcend its dered if the alternative is per­ past. But instead it passed as a 'haps as narrow mid stifling as fad and society returned to the the mainstream that I hoped to comfort and familiarity of the escape. I think the idea of these past. We did wimp out. panels- where alurimi , students I do not want to return to the and faculty come together for '50s and '60s. Certainly, they open discussion- is great. But were exciting times, but they my impression from the night's had their troubles then,. too . I activities was that all roads lead guess we are not up to the chal­ to Santa Fe, whether the physical lenge of our own time: of moder­ place or the state of mind. nity and the future. Sure, we are The students spoke about able to accept compu.ters, cellu­ changes to the school as if they lar phones and the information might be inherently evil. Faculty superhighway, as long as we can talked about changes to "the live in the rustic splendor of a campus buildings that might Spanish hacienda with all the make them more "human scale." technological gadgetry con­ Can we not dream bigger .Josh Schweitzer '76, of cealed from view in an antique . dreams? Is it possible change Schweitzer BIM, is a Los Ange­ cabinet. Or even better, a built­ could be good, that Pitzer can les-based designer. His work This is in faux antique cabinet. maintain those qualities that includes The City Restaurant in But that's all this is: the gad­ make it unique in the world? Los Angeles; Big Life sports· bar getry of our time. What I am I fear that we don't have the in Fukuoka, .Japan; offices for Pro~re55? concerned about is that we find ability to dream any more, and such Southland enterprises as such comfort in what was done that we will not embrace the .Johns & Gorman Films, The Hard ou know what I before, and so little comfort in opportunity to create our own Rock Cafe, and L.A. Eyeworks; hate? I hate looking . the spirit of creation. How much time. Instead, we will be content and private -;.esidences in and at the refrig.erator easier it is for us to mimic the with the comforts of oUf past . . around Los Angeles. Schweitzer from the living past. Whether the result is Throughout the evening, this recently participated in an Ather­ room. And I don't tasteful or shabby, at the heart question kept arising: What ton Society Dinner entitled like it much from of it is a desire to cuddle up should we do about the new "House-Home-Heaven.'~ The ,the dining area with a familiar world. buildings and structures on evening's discussion left him either. Not that this Why does a return to a simpler campus, how do we Pitzer-fy pondering why we live the way is a problem for time feel so good? I tried it myself them? My reply is, Don't look to we live (that "Santa Fe state of most people. They still live in before I came to Pitzer in the us , those who have left Pitzer, mind"" and whether it keeps us­ traditional houses planned as a '70s, living in a teepee in Vermont for those answers. You should even at Pitze~from inventing a grouping of boxes qonnected by and workIng at a dairy farm. Only discover your own solutions. It's real alternative to the mainstream. doors or doorways , now, I believe that that kind of your sehool now. These are your In all the history of man , this retreat doesn't get us anywhere. opportunities. Pit yourself has been the m0del of our exis­ We have to keep on moving; to against those challenges and tence. (Well, let's say the post­ push off from the mainstream, you will guarantee that the cave history.) Except for those yes, but not merely to introduce essence of Pitzer remains few who push the limits. And.for another ol).e in the process . . intact-no matter what facade them, I doubt progress means a Maybe that's the real ques­ the buildings acquire. loft downtown, either, though tion: Why can't we move forward that is often the modern inter­ to simpler times? Does a simpler What do you think? We would pretation. time always have to look like the love to hear your comments on Europe of the past or our own Josh's ideas. N • N .'; 'I' . '; . '; N Rlumni Tunes: Going FRR and Rmav ; i' 5EVEnTV·TWO ..,' : Jonah Matranga '91 reports that his Sacramento­ ... • ~.\ ....!.. , ~ • : '~--- based band FAR is tuning up to release a second Kath~ Span~ler CD, "Quick." this spring_ The four-member alterna­ , I ,~ (San Francisco', Calif.) has two tive music group is producing the extended-play, ~ boys , ages 7 and 4, who keep her "frantic," and has a small business disc themselves and \Nill distribute it under "Ou.r ALumnI that keeps her "nervous," O"vn Records," a self-release label_ Kendal Smeeth FAR's first CD, "Listening Game," released on' Rusty Nail Records, proved popular in Asia and (Moraga, Calif.) has a new job and loved seeing his classmates at made the Top 40 list of a magazine .in Singapore reunion. last year_ It also sold in the States, mainly on the East Coast_ "But \Ne had some sales as far as • Elizabeth Broum·Dean Bozeman, Montana," Matranga adds_ N • N . '; '.' . '; . '; N (East Palo, Calif.) 'and husband ~W, o~~~I~jlliHf-~ -:~ ": Bill Dean announce the birth of This time FAR has been enjoying the freedom \Nhich their son, Christian William Lind­ an independent release provides_ The band \Nill Janet Clover Burns sey Dean , on March 14, 1993, distribute '''Quick'' at performances and by mail_ In (Topanga, Calif.) is now employed February, Matranga and FAR played at Big Bridges by AGS Consulting Services, Good Elizabeth [Bett~l Poe for the Rising Moon Concert. a House of Ruth/Pro­ luck to Janet in her new position, (B1aoksburg, Va.) published her second book, Focus on Blacksburg, ject Sister Benefit_ He also has returned to campus as a ~ohoutec performer for the past t\lVo years_ Kirsten Gronbier~ Elizabeth's husband Larry Oakes . and twin sons Trevor and Ryan (Chicago, 111.) has just published On another note: recently moved from Wisconsin to Understanding Nonprofit Funding: PolyGram Records released a first single by Blacksburg, Elizabeth teaches in Managing Revenues in fj.ocial Ser­ vocalist Celia Gruss '92_ "Ho\N Can I Find Love?" vice and Community Development the English department at Radford University and says she would love carried on the Remark Label, \Nas distributed Organizations, to hear from Pitzies, throughout Europe_ Gruss moved to Paris last year after graduation, \Norking a variety of jobs_ N • N . '; '.' ..: .'; N Joan Wiener Jones 5EVEnTV (Alexandria, Va,) Her four great . While \Norking as a distributor of ParasHe, a maga­ kids, husband, and dog continue to zine for the fashion industry, she made her connec­ Camille Lombardo grow in positive ways while she tion to the music \Norld_. In January, she signed slowly is learning the tricks of the \Nith PolyGram Records_ Busy prom'oting her sin­ (Pasadena, Calif.) has left her posi­ Intensive Care Unit trade. tion as vice president of Communi­ gle, Gruss is hard at \Nork on her first album_ (SG) ty Bank to join the Los Angeles N • N . '; ' .. . '; . '; N Friends of the Griffith Park Obser­ vatory as executive director. The 5EVEnTV·FOUR half-time job will see her building Lorita L. Bank ffiaricela ffiercado ffiitchel the group's board of directors and (S(l,n Mateo, Calif.) is a clinical (Toluca 'Lake, Calif.) is expecting leading fund-raising and grant writ­ ffielirida Gold Wiltsie psychologist married to clinical her first baby in June 1994, Con­ ing efforts, Camille will also do (Yorba Linda, Calif.) is enjoying psychologist Eric Morgenthaler. gratulations! some consulting and is pursuing motherhood and seeing the world Lorita and Eric have two boys , opportunities to manufacture and through the wonder-filled eyes of Mathew, 6, and Andrew, 4. Teril~n Anderson distribute a line of ceramics, her daughter, Marisa, (Cambridge, Mass,) is a student at N • N • ,; 'I' . '; • •; N the Kennedy School of Government - --- - N • N . '; ' . ' .'; . '; N N • N ..: '.' .'; . '; N . and mid-career Master's in Public 5EVEnTV·5IH Administration program at Harvard , 5EVEnTV·OnE ' 5EVEn TV· FIVE University, Ellen Spe~er Lucia Watkins Perr~/Jim Perr~ ... Jim Hass (Columbus, Ga,) just opened her N • N .'; 'I' • ,; . '; N (Phoenix, Ariz,) says "Tell Steve (Chevy Chase, Md,) moved to Wash­ own private clinical psychology ~.;.-; ington, D.C., after graduation, land­ ,., 5EVEnTV:'SEVEn,'" Glass I'm running with the mytho­ practice, Good luck Ellen' ~ ~ .,...... • ~ ,_ - I ...... • logical wolves (classical myth was ed a job as an assistant to a cabi­ my most practical endeavor) and net secretary in the Carter adminis­ Helen Asbur~ ·Jacqueline n. Anker 'hi' to everyone, " Lucia & Jim are tration, then went to Harvard Busi­ (Cincinnati, Ohio) sends regards to (Santa Barbara, Calif.) sends a listed in the Phoenix phone book, ness School (heaven forbid!) , He Sara Waldstein and Susan Nathan "Hello to all Pitzer alums." landed an interesting job on Wall ' Scholl. Helen is enjoying part-tIme Jacqueline opened her own law Street for the '80s, got married (to practice in psychology and full-time practice in October' 1991. She a legal-aid attorney- very Pitzer), parenting with her daughter Allison, .says, "Being my own boss ill great, and now is living in Washington The clients really appreciate my with Sue, Andrew, 10, and Chris, 6, legal services," running a consulting practice, In Memoriam Elvse Weise recently received a Spencer Fel­ (North Hollywood, Calif.) reports lowship from the National Acade­ Haren Robbins ffieub Broum '10 that she still is living the American my of Education. He will have a dream in North Hollywood! book out shortly from UC Press. Karen vvas a gorgeous brunette vvho vvalked into our freshman college dor-m room and my lif'e fol­ Devon Hartman Shaheen Husain lovved by a small army of young men bearing (Claremont, Calif.) Of several (Costa Mesa, Calif.) has been enough sh~e boxes to fill Nordstrom·s. During awards won recently by his firm, appointed as the chair of the our college years vve shared our interests in Hartman Baldwin, Devon is most career counselors at the Women's clothes. style. boys and men. and my' record col­ proud of a Hall of Fame designation Opportunities Center at University . of California, Irvine. The Center is lection of musical comedies. for designlbuild from Remodeling Magazine, the industry'S top trade devoted to helping individuals in Karen 'vvould stand on top of a bookcase in front publication. The award recognizes the community realize their full of our dorm vvindovv. vigorously "conducting" her Hartman Baldwin for excellence potential in all areas of their lives. favorite musical selections. She repelatedly tried. and innovation in its combination of but failed. to get me to share her delight in a design and construction. Devon David Schneider (La Jolla. Calif.) says it's been 20 snack of smoked oysters on crackers. vvashed meets regularly with a growing number of companies throughout years since he entered Holden Hall dovvn vvith Cinzano svveet vermouth! the country to discuss construction ani:! maybe 10-14 years since he In .the "real life" years after college. Karen and design issues. has communicated with Pitzer. demonstrated a greater range of talents and After Pitzer. David ran a sensory shared them all vvith me. She vvas a great orga­ N • N ••; ... ..; E N deprivation tank lab in Colorado doing research on stress and other nizer. planning fabulous parties for children and . SEVEnTV·EIGHT topics. He completed a degree at friends. One Berkeley vveekend. she prepared an Yale and now works in the institu­ elegant brunch party for eight vvomen. serving Rlim Okuneff Roston tional investment field as a portfo· four different homemade quiches (one vvith tvvo lio manager, specializing in (Beverly Hills, Calif.) has been crusts!) vvhile simultaneously organizing and emerging growth companies. named to the Board of the Lym· David reports his tennis is still supervising her hus.band's garage sale on the phoma Research Foundation of fine but his "body hurts after­ front lavvn. A fabulous cook, Karen made her ovvn America, Inc. Alissa reports that · ward." Anyone with home reme­ sausage and the best garlic dill pickles. in their first three years they have raised more than $500,000 for dies? Write David at 8226 Camino I believe that part of her actually liked to iron. Modena,' La Jolla. CA 92037. Lymphoma·specific research. though she alvvays complained about being behind. She chose the cutest everyday clothes for Gail ffiautner N • N • .; .• ' •.; E N her girls, regardless of the fact they vvould (Seattle, Wash.) still is practicing . 5EVEnTV .nInE require ironing to look their best. Not to mention law; daughter Geneva is in first all those hair ribbons! grade and Morgan is almo t 3 1/2. Gail's husband just finished a two­ Rmv Weinstein Sh'e vvas flexible. fun. and had gobs of style. We year music/recording program and (Pasadena, Calif.) Carrie Weather· vvere dressed' nicely for a Sunday brunch in San she says they are all having fun. wax '79. Karen Vogel '80. Robin Francisco and decided to rollers kate in Golden Gate Golbrath '80 and Pam Savie '80 all had a reunion in Minneapolis this Park.. She rolled up the sleeves of her silk blouse, Brell HantroUlilz past June. "Mall of America may attached her high heels to her efficient and stylish (Ojai, Calif.) moved his family and never be the same." says Amy. black purse. and calmed my skating terror. I am veterinary radiology practice to Ojai last summer. still searching for a purse as "right" as that one. N • N ••; .• ' • •; • .; N Karen vvorked hard to maintain me as' a friend Bob Barrv . EIGHTV and member of her grovving family. Her silliness (Brooklyn, N.Y.) has been appoint: vvas often designed to cheer me up. She patiently ed Assistant Director of Galleries listened to my vvailing and anxieties in bad sea­ .for Long Island University, Brook· Barbara Sinor lyn campus. (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.) Her sons. sending me cheering children's books vvith new book, Gifts From the Child titles such as, ' ·'m Terrific. Betsev Heeler Cheillin &Hen Cheillin Within, is .now available! Karen vvas a devoted. talented, loving, and all­ (Berkeley, Calif.) are quite busy around fabulous mother. She was bright, funny, these days, mostly with raising ffiaurva Simon ' clever. talented, great fun, and she loved me. We their children Jessica, 8, Abby, 4. (Mt. Baldy. Calif.) is a professor at University of California, Riverside shared gossip, loves, illness, laughter, fpod, and and Trevor, 1. Ken has a' little time left over for practicing law in Wal­ and has two new volumes of poet­ pain. I hope to return some of this sharing and nut Creek. and Betsey for a few ry forthcoming: The Golden love to her daughters, Caroline, Jennifer. and volunteer activities. Labyrinth (University of Missouri ·Katherine. in the many years ahead. Press, 1994) and Weavers (Black­ bird Press, 1995). which she co· - Susan Price '70 John R. Douyla'ss (Santa Barbara, Calif.) is teaching authored with Baila Goldenthal. California history at UCSB and melim Cates Francisco. They just had their third Jeanette Woo·Chiljian (New York, N.Y.) is now senior child, Robert, born November 2. (Altadena, Calif), dean of admis­ counsel, law and business a,ffairs, They also have Kenny, 3 1/2, and sions at Pomona Gollege, and hus- . at the Nickelodeon Children s Lillian, 2. Valerie works part time band Mark proudly announce the Cable Network. She also is as a pediatrician between her birth of their daughter, Ryanne John.Dierking (Claremont, Calif) has been a res­ engaged to be married to Roger maternity leaves. Nicole, on November 6, 1993. ident of Claremont since his / Claman in May 1994. n. Lvnn Perls Jennifer R. Woodward school days and is an attorney cur: rently waiting to be sworn in by John Waldman (Albuquerque, N.M.) just opened (Mammoth, Ore.) has started a the State. John and friend Kenneth (Champaign, Ill.) is teachi?g public her own law firm with offices in new job with the Oregon Health Levine have established a law school and enjoying the Midwest Albuquerque and Rio Rancho, Division's Center for Health Statis­ practice in Claremont. ' while his girlfriend is studying for N ~ M. , last fall. It's a general civil tics as a research analyst. her MFA. practice with an emphasis on real estate property and domestic rela­ John Haskett TIicole Caron [Skinner] (Portland, Ore.) has a happy lif~ in N • N •.: .•. . .: • •: N. tions. While she was in Los (Pasadena, Calif.) and wife Claudia Portland with a terrific compamon, Angeles in December she visited are proud parents of John F. Has­ fabulous dog, challenging job and EIGHTV·OnE with Susan Potter '82 and Kathy kett, born July 1993. John is work­ trips to New York City to see Bracy '82. ing for the City of Los Angeles in the Melinda Hatwig '83 and to San field of waste water management. Palmer Lawrence Raible Francisco to see Melissa Schoen (Bainbridge, Wash.) along with her Larrv Diamond (Buffalo Grove, Ill.) and his wife '85. Nicole reports seeing Alison husband Robert welcomed their Laura R. Gould Sue are thrilled to announce the MacDonald '85 often for brew pub first baby, John Robert "Jack" (Hamden, Conn.) married T. Robyn birth of their first child, Michael tours and invites anyone venturing Raible, on May 20, 1993. Segal in July 1992 and recently Alan, born October ,15, 1993. her way to call and "go out for a bought a house. Laura received beer." Loren Lacampagne Raquelle Holmes Diop her M.S.W. from Southern Con­ (San Jose, Calif.) works as a .medi­ necticut State University in May Elizabeth narmore (Los Angeles, Calif.) has been 1993 and is a social worker with ator in family care. He and hiS (Laguna Hills, Calif.) changed jobs married for two years and is the the AIDS Care Program at an inner wife Sandra wish everyone from in 1993 and is marketing manager proud mother of Eliza Revella city community hospital in New Pitzer well. for a high-tech entrepreneurial Diop. Raquelle is involved in sever­ Haven, after being in the business company. The position has' lots of al entrepreneurial activities and world for 10 years. Louis Driever still growing. 'latitude but requires very long (McMinnville, Ore.) has been hours. Elizabeth sends greetings working in Mogadishu and Central Lana m. Bobele N • N • •: ' .. ..: • • ': . ~ .• to everyone at Pitzer and would Asia, coordinating relief flights. (Ramah , N.M.) is living in New love to hear from Pitzer friends. His next projects are in Haiti and EIGHTVJOUR· . Mexico doing art and involved in Bosnia. His two children, Megan gardening using permaculture Rosa Liu Lundborg and Morgan, recently turned 5 and Hatrelva Rngus philosphy. (Seattle, Wash.) , husband Mark; 1 respectively, -and his hair color (Sierra Madre, Calif.) explored her and son Garrett, 9 months, have has turned flesh torte. He says, "So English roots while at Pitzer under N • N ..: '.' . ': .': N moved to Seattle, where Mark much for boredom." the direction of Barry Sanders and works as a consultant with com­ EIGHTV·THREE . today is learning about her rich puters for a local firm. Rosa is Robert 5. Hoppelman Irish heritage as a member of the being a mom and looking for work (Eugene, Ore.) graduated wi~h a . . Lisa Zhilo Queen Medb Encampment, under as a counselor in higher educa­ master's degree from the Umversl­ the direction of Catherine Kay. Kay . tion. Can anyone help? ty of Oregon in December (Nashville, Tenn.) does not ru~ . is the chief executive officer of the 1993. Congratulations! across too many Pitzer alumm III group and portrays Queen Medb of the country music world but last Waller A. morris Connaught. Katrelya currently is (Eugene, Ore.) will finish his two­ Claire Chapelle Robertson year, while talking to the success­ i enrolled in a storytelling class twice ful manager of several country and year M.S. program in exerci~e an.d (Pasadena, Calif.) and husband a month, taught by professional sto­ movement science at the Umversl­ alternative artists, she discovered Glen Robertson (HMC '80) now ryteller Robert Seutter, who por­ ty of Oregon in June. He is a grad­ he was a fellow 'Pitzoid'- Will have two children. Nolan Andrew trays "True" Thomas the Rhymer. uate teaching fellow in the physi­ Botwin '79. It was quite a surprise, will be 3 in April and Kelly Nichole cal education department there. In especially since she had just given was born October 29th, 1993, dur­ Rnna Lane Zucker 1993 Walter qualified to compete him a hard time for not returning ing the Altadena and Sierra Madre (Santa Maria, Calif) and husband professionally in swim-bike-run her phone calls! fires. They were prepared to be Peter announce the birth of their triathalons, and plans to enter one evacuated but fortunately their second child, Gabriel, born Valen­ this year. n~ighborhood was spared. Carolvn [Om Thomas tine's Day 1993. Anna continues to (Hemet, Calif) and husband ~ave a teach science and is now a science toddling 2-year-old named CrIsta, N • N • .: '.. . ': . ': N mentor for their school district who keeps them laughing, and one where she also develop's curricula. EIGHTV·TWO on the way (due in May). Carolyn She and Peter are enjoying watching still is employed as director of their two lovely children grow up. training for Childhelp, Inc., and HollV Jacobs Eichinger Valerie Hrieger Jahan enjoying it thoroughly. (Claremont, Calif.) is teachin? (San, Francisco, Calif.) and her beginning drawing and two-dim en- husband are enjoying life in San sional design part time at Scripps College this year. Calendar May 15 Commencem«;lnt Halhv Hre isberg June 11 Willem de Kooning Exhibit!TourlReception, (San Diego, Calif.) received her Jennifer Bale·Hushner Four-College Event, Wgshington, D.C. (Albany, N.Y.) announces that Ph .D. from CSPP San Diego last June 18 Trip to the Zoo-Family Outing- Los Angeles May and now is working as a post­ Charlotte Whiteley Milan ,'87 and doc intern at· Vista Hill Hospital in James Milan '82 are proud parents July 10 Hollywood Bowl Jazz Fest-Los Angeles Chula Vista. of Jason Whiteley Milan, born For information about Illese activities, or if you have ideas for an November 16, 1993. event or program in your area, please call the Alumni Office at Susan ffi . Prall (909) 621 -8130. We love to hear from you, and your suggestions (Santa F:e, N.M.) reports seeing Silvia Grav Hing help us create meaningful events around Ille country. Wendy Lee Morn '87 last summer (Houston, Texas) has just become and says she's great. Susan just an American citizen and is the vice returned from a l5eautiful 17-day president at Stone Bond Corpora- . hiking, camping and rock-climbing tion, a new energy consulting firm. '. riparian restoration and river has applied to M.S.W. programs trip in Big Bend National Park in processes and hopes to finish by . for this year and announces that Texas , working as a co-instructor Juan ffi . Carrillo December 1994. To all of you she and Scot Wilkinson were ma'r­ for seven adolescent boys on pro­ (San Gabriel, Calif.) and wife interested in ecological restora­ ried in December. Victoria adds , . bation from New Mexico. Andrea graduated from USC in May tion, persevere! "Hope all 'Shoppe' folks are doing 1993. Juan began his residency in devilishly well and Lynne still has Hellv LingerfeldlSlille . pathology in June 1993 at Los Tess Jackson filberl the 'Bone. '" . (Napa, Calif.) has two years left to Angeles CountylUSC Medical Cen­ (Owings Mills, Md.) and husband finish her Ph.D. in psychology. ter. Andrea started her residency in Charlie proudly announce the birth ffiaria Valentin de Domena Kelly and her husband currently emergency medicine at the same of their daughter, Kelsey Eliza­ (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.) are building a house in Napa with time at the same medical center. beth, born January 14. Tess had a received her M.S.W. from Cal pla9s for completion this spring. good time at the fifth reunion and State San Bernardino last June N • N . ': ... I-: . ': N - - ,~ - - enjoyed seeing everyone: and is currently a counselor in San Brian Rusler Bernardino County. . EIGHTV-EIGHT N • N . ': .• ' .': . ': N (Tokyo, Japan) is stationed in Tokyo until 1996 with the United States , " EIGHTV,nInE N • N . ': ... I-: . ': N Air Force and looking to re-estab­ Elizabelh R. ffiesser nInETV, OnE .;' Iish some Pitzer contacts. Brian (Chicago, 111.) has finished her welcomes as houseguests anyone master's degree in landscape Daniel Hennv visiting Tokyo.' Send correspon­ architecture from the University of (Burbank, CaUf.) passed the Bar Rob Smith dence to his permanent address: Pennsylvania and is back in exam. Congratulations! (Hollywood, Calif) has discontin­ 863 N. Gibbs Street, Pomona, CA Chicago directing a horticultural ued his graduate studies to pursue 91767 (909) 629-7935. therapy program, greenhouse edu­ N • N . ': .• ' . ': .': N an acting career in Hollywood,' but cation, and vocational training at writes, "By my superb use of flat­ RebECCa [Cleekl Barlon Misericopoia, a home for 350 nInETV tery and winsome dramatic postur­ (Montrose, Calif.) married Kelly mentally and physically disabled ing, you would never know I left Damon Barton in September 1992. young adults. James L. Smith academia. " Good luck, Rob! Jana Eager '86 was one of her (Glendale, Ariz.) Last fall, James bridesmaids. Last summer Rebecca Laura fficClintic Burr Scharfenberg enrolled at Thunderbird, The . Laura Gallermeir visited Jean Grigg '86. Also, our (WaShington, D.C.) married John American Graduate School of (Bellevue, Wash .) completed her apologies to Rebecca for referring C. Scharfenberg on Sept 25 , 1993. International Management, Glen­ master's in early childhood educa­ to her husband, Kelly, as "she" in John is from New Orleans and dale, Arizona, where he is pursing tion in May 1991 at the University the Fall '93 issue of Participant., It _ graduated from Middlebury Col­ a master's degree in international of Kansas and now is living in is Rebecca who works at the lege. Laura's sisters Oliva '91 and management, Seattle. LaiIra is currently enrolled Hungtington Library and who has Sara Burr '89, both Pitzer grads, in a director-in-training program a master's degree in art history were her maids of honor, and Lise ffiariann Silberman at the Child Development Center. from UC Riverside. Kelly, her hus­ Hewitt was a bridesmaid- Pitzer (Claremont, Calif.) is working on band, works at the Ronald Reagan was well represented! Laura is a her Ph.D. in economics at Clare­ Linda.Rouse Presidential Library, and has an senior legislative assistant to Rep­ mont Graduate School. (College Station, Texas) has been M.A. in history from UC Riverside. resentative LuiS V. Gutierrez, D­ admitted to a doctoral program' in Ill., and John is a Republican staff Him Longfield English at Texas A & M University. Tina Serianni member of the House Committee (Bamban, Central Africa) is cur­ In addition to studying for her (Val d'isere, France) is working as on Banking, Finance and Urban rently in the Peace Corps, stationed Ph.D" Linda will be teaching Affairs. Both work in Washington. a flight attendant for SwiSS Air, in Bamban, near the capital of Cen- classes in freshman composition and spends her days off during the tral Africa, Bangui. ' at Texas A&M. . summer months in Corsica. An:y­ Christine Perala one planning oil skiing in the (Bayside, Calif.) is still motivated Vicloria Isbisler Hope ffiirell by John Rodman's inspired teach­ French alps or paragliding in,Cor­ (Oakland, Calif.) writes of being a (Ridgeway, Colo,) escaped status, sica is welcome to contact her at ing, and back in graduat(l school nanny and "loving it-espeCially money, and New York and fled to Maison Filliol, Tignes-Les Boisses, at Humboldt State University, while they're in school!" Victoria Telluride, Colorado where she is Savoie, FRANCE or telephone 33 Arcata, Calif. Christine is studying 790653 67. fulfilling quilt commissions, work­ and debate. Eric and Whytni Grif­ 112 in Israel and has just returned IN MEMORIAM ing part time for friends, and fin (Pom'94) announced wedding from two months in Europe. Jenn dancing on the ski slopes instead plans for Julie. Eric sends a spe­ plans to drive across country this Frances Sibal Short '66 of on stage. cial "hello" to Peter Cohen, Will spring and may continue on to died of cancer in November 1993. Mitchell, Tag, Tom Collins, Crystal Central and South America. Frances had been class rep for Grace Gilbert Oliver, Jolie Williams, Ranon Ross, several years and was active in (San Francisco, Calif.) and Carlos and Profs Jackson, McConnell, 'Sachil J malkin politics in Flagstaff, Ariz. R. Munoz '91 are engaged to be Nardi, Ward and Greenberger. (New York, N.Y.) moved back to married July 3. Carlos is an Also, a special "hello" to Nanni . New York after graduation and Richard Flores 'n accountant in strategic planning Crawford-"I still won." currently is working at a public passed away in December. Richard for The Gap, Inc., and Grace is in relations firm wh.ere she coordi­ was a resident of Paradise, Calif. her second year of law school. mike Schrieber nates advertising and press for (San Cristobal. N.M.) worked at films. Sacha also spends time with Denise Leong California State University, Los Douglas Hall '90 who also lives in (Honolulu, Hawaii), a graduate of Angeles for 15 months as coordi: . New York City. Sacha sends a 1991, was incorrectly listed under nator of Campus Partners in "healthy and happy" greeting to all the 1992 graduating class in the Learning. The recipient of a FUl­ 1993 fellow grads. last Participant issue. Our apolo­ bright Award, Mike will be under­ gies to Denise! taking graduate work at Victoria University of Wellington in the field N 1 N I '; ... I '; I ·; N of international relations. He will WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING IN YOUR LIFE-WE be focusing on· New Zealand's WOULD LOVE TO HEAR IT ALL: THE GOOD,'THE BAD, THE INDIFFERENT. nInETV·TllJO trade policy and its diplomatic KEEP US UP TO DATE AND HELP US KEEP YOUR FRIENDS CURRENT . relations relative to Southeast ON WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THEIR CLASSMATES-YOU I Veronica C. Cueva Asian countries. He will be there CALL US AT 909-621-8130; FAX US AT 909-621-8539; OR WRITEI (Los Angeles, Calif.) proudly through December .1994 and announces the birth of her daugh­ would love to see any Pitzer peo­ ter, Persephone, born March 5. ple coming through. Mike can be reached c/o N.Z.- U.S. Educational Foundation, P.O. Box 3465, michal Rosenbaum Wellington, New Zealand. MELISSA DEVOR '78 (Cambridge, Mass.) is studying at DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI PROGRAMS Harvard Divinity School, working toward a master's in theological nicholas A. Proutv studies. Mychal also works with (Katonah, N.Y.) Is living in Buenos groups of at-risk girls throughout Aires and working for Reebok-in the Boston area. Mychal sends a marketing. His Sister, Honor, is "hello" to Michelle, Evan and "con­ fully immersed in her job at I.C.M. grats" to Jenna! and loves representing Hollywood "talent." Christopher Schodler (GarmischlPartenkirchen, Ger­ Sara Dehghani many) is working for American (Upland, Calif.) has begun studies Military Resort, mostly teaching at Soutpwestern University School kids how to ski, and would love of Law. She is enrolled in the law any travelers to _stop by for a school's day program, a three-year "hello" or a tour of the Zugspitz. course of study leading to ,the Juris Doctor degree. Andv Finver (Washington, D.C.) is living happi­ Kristen mcCabe ly in Washington and keeping in (Upland, Calif.) was married to touch with Pitzer friends. Andy Alfredo Romero,(Pom '92) last works as a waiter at the new November at Little Bridges, Michel Richard restaurant, Cit­ Pomona College. Kristen .is cur­ ronelle, and waits on some really rently working as the editor for exciting people. He says the money Pitzer Press and planning to attend graduate school in the feili. is "obscenely" good. However, his ------. . more exciting news is that he just N 1 N I ·; ... I ·; I ·; N took a part-time job as a Spanish teacher for a magnet school in nInETV ·THREE Baltimore County. Eric Darnell Anderson Jenn Louis (Brooklyn, N. Y.) is having a great (Upland, Calif.) has spent the .tr•• t city "p tim~ teaching history and speech, months since graduation travel­ hotne phono and coaching wrestling, speecb ling: three months in the States, 2 Paul B. Ranslow Masaru Kurahashi James E. Weir Vice President for Margot Levin Schiff Joan G. Wilner Admission & Special Steven W. Lindseth '80 Robert K. Wolfe Projects Marilyn Chapin Massey Vicke Selk Elinor H. Nathan* ALUMNI COUNCIL Judith Avery Newkirk Vice President for Anita Ortega-Oei '75 Frederick M. Nicholas Administration/freasurer President Anita Ortega-Oei '75 BOARD OF Arnold Palmer Camille Lombardo '70 TRUSTEES 1993-94 Murray Pepper Past President Hirschel B. Abelson Edith L. Piness Bill Sias '78 Pilzer College John W. Atherton* Kenneth S. Pitzer* Vioe President, Programs Robert H. Atwell* Russell M. Pitzer SENIOR Constance Austin ,Earl A. Powell, II} Tim Kopperud Christian '91 ADMINISTRATORS Anthony H. Barash Susan Pritzker Gretchen Sigler '91 Marilyn Chapin Massey Eli Broad* Norman R. Prouty Beth Wellington '86 President Nancy Rose Bushnell '69 Sheri Huttner Rapaport '78 Emily Gist '88 Linda Ackermann '81 Ronald Cohen M. Quinn Delaney '76 Richard J. Riordan* Linda deBaun '68 Vice President for Nicholas R. Doman* Thomas G. Shea David Greensfelder '87 Academic Affairs/Dean of Frank L. Ellsworth* Sidney J. Sheinberg Michele Botwin '92 Faculty Harvey J. Fields John Carmine Siciliano Peter S. Gold Chadwick F. Smith, M.D. J. Terry Jones Barry Sanders Patricia G. Hecker* Deborah Deutsch Smith '68 Vice President for College Al Schwartz Paul C. Hudson Rebecca Sokol Smith, Advancement Faculty Advisors David Henry Hwang M.D.'70 Jacqueline Dansler Molly Mason Jones* Lisa Specht Melissa Devor '78 Peterson Helen Juda* Peter Stranger Staff Representative Vice President for Student Deborah Bach Kallick '78 John N. Tierney Affairs/Dean of Students Bruce Karatz Maarten Van Buren *Life Tl'Ustee

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