The Grizzly, April 14, 1998

Ursinus College Digital Commons @ Ursinus College Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper Newspapers 4-14-1998 The Grizzly, April 14, 1998 Kristin Geist Ursinus College Kim Inglot Ursinus College Maria DeGracia Ursinus College Ryan Hemphill Ursinus College Karen Hollinger Ursinus College See next page for additional authors Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews Part of the Cultural History Commons, Higher Education Commons, Liberal Studies Commons, Social History Commons, and the United States History Commons Click here to let us know how access to this document benefits ou.y Recommended Citation Geist, Kristin; Inglot, Kim; DeGracia, Maria; Hemphill, Ryan; Hollinger, Karen; Moscariello, Maryann; Baily, Brian; Pritchett, Dennis; Restine, Stephanie; Colvin, Jacqueline; Hoffman, Mike; Nemphos, Lou; Murname, Tricia; Ly, Danny; Heil, Jennifer; Hoke, Erny; Hurvitz, Jamie; Harfman, Carolyn; Neal, Richard; Braiterman, Cory; and Bauer, Michael, "The Grizzly, April 14, 1998" (1998). 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" - Theodore Roosevelt Volume XX Number XV The Student Newspaper of Ursin us College April 14, 1998 The Poetry of an Ursinus Grad Makes it Big Outlaw Ursinus students have been doing For this, Romero and his band of great things with their lives after ~"'Pii,,1ii9M~ ruffians were perpetually watched college. They become everything of The Grizzly and stalked by cops, impatiently from doctors to lawyers to profes waiting for the day when they could sors. Some even go out into the Modem-day cowboys don't ex arrest Danny for some illegal activ world and become owners of com ist. Or do they? The devious ity. As it was, Romero and his panies. Ruth Faunce Kurisu did just outlaws of the 1930s and '40s are friends were always arrested for the that, she is president and chieffman long gone except in history books. awful crime of simply existing. cial officer for a company called No one has the courage or stealth Out ofthese experiences in South Soldermask, Inc .. to elude the town sheriff. No man Central Los Angeles, Romero be Ruth Kurisu came to Ursinus Col is willing to stand up for his rights gan to write. He took his experi lege in 1967 from a small high school and then, ride out into the sunset. ences ofevading the law and turned in Riverside, New Jersey. She went UC alumna Ruth Kurisu was named to the Board of Directors As Paula Cole inquires in her 1997 them into poetry. Romero was "try against all the social norms of her commencing June, 1998. pop song of the same line, "Where ing to fmd the meaning of things." time by majoring in chemistry. have all the cowboys gone?" He explained, "I write to try and "Ursinus allowed me the opportu at things with a different per A broad-shouldered man struts bring meaning and order to my nity to break out of the traditional tomers, and to her employees. She spective, there are no boundaries along the streets of Philadelphia. experiences. " female role. Admissions did not also was awarded the Woman of to what you can accomplish." His charcoal black hair, hanging So, Romero organized his life in say, as some major universities did Achievement A ward from the Los Ursinus College awarded Ruth down in one long braid to the terms of poetry. He transformed at that time, that I should consider Angeles YWCA for outstanding Kurisu with the Alumni Achieve middle of his back, exposed to the his experiences about the riots in home economics. My professors Business accomplishments. ment A ward in October of 1997 elements, missing a cowboy hat. L.A., the prejudices he faced and encouraged me to strike out and be With Soldermask Inc. on her and in June of 1998 she will His piercing dark eyes reveal the the harassment from the police into different," pointed out Kurisu. hands one would suspect that Ruth begin her term on the Board of secrets of his deeds. The man's the written word. Romero took Ruth Kurisu also did many tradi would have no free time, but guess Directors at Ursinus College. Pancho Villa mustache perfectly these events and wrote about them tional things on campus. She was a again. Ruth was head of a project The Board of Directors has 42 frames his face. He is a modern in terms of the world. Dr. Nzadi member of the Beardwood Chemi called "Working Wardrobes for a current members and 16 life day cowboy; missing only a gun Keita, a poet herself, believes that cal Society, which is an organiza New Start." This group helps to members. "I am honored to be and a horse. "He brings a larger view of the tion for chemistry majors. Music provide attire, counseling, and as asked to serve on the Board of Who is this mysterious lone world and this country." was also a big part of her life. Ruth sistance to abused and battered Directors. I believe that being an rider? He is Hispanic poet and According to Dr. Keita, a profes was in Pi Nu Epsilon, the music women in Orange County, Califor entrepreneur I can bring a diner novelist Danny Romero. I know sor of poetry writing and interdivi honors fraternity on campus. She nia. Along with this program, Ruth ent perspective to the table. I you're saying, a poet is a gun sional studies at Ursinus College, enjoyed singing and traveling with has served on the guild of the St. hope that I can make a valuable toting, run-from-the-sheriff type "Danny Romero is a good example the Miestersingers and the chorus Joseph Ballot Company which pro contribution towards shaping the of guy? Well, this one is. of work that teaches you. He re and she was also involved with band vides inner city children with the future of the school," pointed Danny Romero was born and flects that America is a place with and orchestra. opportunity for dance instruction. out Kurisu. raised in South Central Los Ange many textures." When Ruth graduated from Although Ruth is extremely busy Kurisu added, "I feel that I re les. He was forced to survive in a She looks at Romero's poetry as Ursinus in 1971 she continued to and resides in Laguna Niguel, Cali ceived an outstanding education violent neighborhood, witnessing an educational tool. "He speaks in further her education, UCLA was fornia over, 3,000 miles away from and have been greatly rewarded drive-by shootings and being a complicated, immediate voice of her next stop. She received a certifi Ursinus, she still has by my experience at UC." Even chased by the law. Romero was the Chicano household and the com cate in Electronic Power Engineer time to help out with issues here on though Ruth is not a chemist she surrounded by drugs and harassed mon American. It's instructive and ing and graduated from UCLA's campus. commented, "I still use my chem by cops. As Romero describes in I hope it makes people more curi prestigious Executive Program. She Ruth has aided with many fund istry, mostly as a kitchen chem his poem "L.A. law (and order)," ous (about the culture), not more used everything she learned from raising events on campus. She ist, but the important thing is the he was encircled in riots, watching defensive. " Ursinus and UCLA to begin her own helped establish the Staiger Chair very stable base I built at "suburban law and order reigning Romero used this "deceptively company, Soldermask Inc. in 1985. of Chemistry and now she serves as Ursinus." over the inner city like 56 blows simple voice," as Dr. Keita calls it, At Soldermask Inc. protective Chair ofthe Major Gifts Committee In the 1971 yearbook Ruth from a baton." This was not the old to write various poems and novels. coatings, called solder masks, are for the renovations and expansion quoted Masefield as saying "The west but it's not exactly Kansas He is published in such anthologies applied to printed circuit boards. ofPfahler Hall. Ruth made her own great essentials of happiness are anymore. as Pieces ofthe Heart: New Chicano This liquid covering is used to pro contribution to the Pfahler Project something to do, someone to So, Romero engulfed himself in Ektiml and New World Y oun2 tect the boards form the harsh envi in her father's name. When asked love, and something to hope for. " the life of the L.A. cowboys. He Latino Writers. Romero also has ronment and from shorts between why she made such a gift, she was smoked PCP- laced cigarettes on his own book of poems, PN, and a the boards. Soldermask Inc. created quoted by Wendy Greenberg for street comers, passing the moments -I-N-D-E-X- novel, Calle 10. Currently, the the liquid form of the solder mask to the Ursinus Magazine as saying, "I between harassments by the cops.

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