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OBSERVER Vol. 100 No. 1 August 5, 1992 Page 1 The Lowdown on Ludlow Emily Horowitz Page 2 The man with the bowtie: a portrait of Leon Botstein Joan Mielke Page 3 Practicing Buddhism in Annandale Greg Giaccio The giant paperclip of Tewksbury field Angela Jancius Page 4 Only at Bard Secret rabbit shrine discovered in the Enchanted Forest Rob Cutler Are they treehouses or batcaves?—ask a Ravine-dweller Rebekah Klein Page 5 Culture: Music, art and video Art Supplies Books Records and CDs Video Rentals Antique and junk shops Money: Where to spend it, where to save it Movie theaters Service stations Banks Page 6 Things to go, places to see Page 7 Glut your gastro-intestinal tract!!! Restaurants Pizza and Italian Page 8 Boating Info Page 9 The history of Bard College Jonathan Hearn Time and The Bard Observer Brenda Montgomery Page 10 Getting your name in print Matthew Apple Sample Sophomoric Letters My old school Matt “Not A Clue” Gilman New fangled first year students Greg “Grumpy” Giaccio The Beer Column Finnegan and Phantom Page 11 The hunchback of Bard Greg Giaccio The Student Forum: Making it work for you Matthew Apple Page 12 Freshman Rules [Reprinted from The Freshman Handbook 1934-35] Bard’s roving soccer teams Matthew Apple Attention, Sports Fans! Matt Gilman ' ~. ,., .. Non-profit Org. l.'. 5. PO!.tage PAlO -s..~~-1 Pennlt ~o.! Bard Annandale-on-Hudson .. - . .College~s. Brin_g ~P. Ot~ o!d ~aken_ bt1cket With Bard College's name upon it News, Arts, And we'll roll up another keg of beer; For it's not for knowledge that we came to college, & Sports Weekly But to raise hell while we're here. The loWdOw-n. on Ludlow- Emily Horowitz Editor Emertius The administration at Bard Col lege is generally both accommo dating and accessible to students. In spite of the popular sentiment that Bard is an overwhelming bu reaucracy, in actuality Bard is run like a small,-disorganized, family. One reason that leads to this misperception is because when problems do arise, students ad dress the problem to the wrong administrator. The following "lowdown" attempts to clarify which administrator can help the various problems that will inevi tably arise in your career at Bard. Gladys Watson: Gladys Watson is probably the first administrator that you will have to deal with Bard, because she is the Dean of Housing. If you are in a double with a smoker and you're allergic to smoke, if you don't get along with your roommate (a highly probable possibility),. or if you have no room at all, go see Gladys Watson. She is not easy to get an appointment with in the first weeks of school, because every body has housing problems dur ing this time. However, once you '\<.··· get to see her, she is helpful and will be able to solve your housing dilemmas. Shelly Morgan: Shelly Morgan is the Dean of Students, and you should see herifyouhave personal or sodal complaints. She is a good a facU.lty member,. or are in dan want. It is also the place where person to go to if you have a family ger of failing, he is who you should you go to request your transcript emergency, and have to miss a go see. ~e an appointment be senttoanother college. In order Inside number of classes, for example. with Stuart also, but often you can to change your faculty advisor, Uke Gladys, she is usually busier just stop by. His assistant can be academic program, or withdraw The prc&idcnl.. P8· 2 at the start of the semester, so very helpful when Stuart is not from a class, you must fill out a make an appointment with her available. form at the Registrar's office. P8·3 secretary instead of dropping by. Annys Wilson: Annys Wilson Annys is also important to talk to Her secretruy is also a very help is the Registrar. She is invaluable, if you plan to take a semester off P8· 4 ful person and a good person to because she is in charge of your from Bard ortodo an independent start with any question. academic records and credits. See study- make sure she approves ultoul Guide ... pp.5-8 Stuart _Levine: Stuart Levine is her for transcript and credit in the credits prior to your leave of ·Dean of the College, and he is formation, or if you want to· see absence. Ellen ]etto, the Associ P8· 9 who you should see if you have your academic record. You are ate Registrar, can also answer your academic problems. If you have allowed to sit in her office and questions. e Hunchback ... pg.l -trouble with registration, or with look at your record anytime you continued on page 2 2 • The man with the bowtie: a portrait of Leon Botstein role is that of "taking responsibil "traditions that are alive are ones Joan Mielke ity for the operation of the college that evolve." Ultimately, Botstein Staff Writer -someone has to do it," although views education as an attempt to he does not feel that he is a man link the young with a broad cui~ The heavy wooden door just ager, rather sort of a leader. He tural tradition through the study inside Ludlow bears a bronze does public relations, fund-rais of relevant texts. plaque that says, ~~enter without ing and final tenure decisions, all When asked if Bard provided knocking." On that August after in his official capacity as presi the kind of liberal arts education noon the door was closed to keep dent. However, Botstein feels that that he often has written about as the air-conditioned air in, but a large part of what he does is to an educational model, Botstein usually it is open. Somewhere help the college realize its dreams replied, "yes and no.11 He would beyond that door was the office of and objectives, and hopefully to like to see an improvement in the the man with the bow tie, Leon set its societal and' educational foreign languages, in the science Botstein, President of Bard Col role. and math programs for non-sci lege. Botstein prides himself on how encemajors, in the arts for non-art Botstein' s curriculum vitae he has remained active in his own majors, and in the concept of the shows that he received his B.A. fields, music and history, and be major in general. Botstein feels from the University of Chicago; lieves that remaining active is an that the majors may be ntoo tradi his M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard, important part of being involved tional," particularly in terms of which he completed in 1985. He in academia. He likes to contrib major requirements. taught at the Manhattan School of utetothecollegecurriculum when He continued by saying that Music and at the Hochschule and where he can, by teaching an Bard ''has never been more inno furangewandte Kunst in Vienna, occasional music or history course vative," citing such programs as Austria. Botstein has regularly and Freshman Seminar. L&T, Freshman Seminar and the guest conducted numerous or Ina previous interview, he said two Masters degree programs, as chestras, including the Hudson that writing is important for a well as curricular innovation in Valley Philharmonic, and the member of an academic commu general. ''We're further ahead London Philharmonic. He has rtity and that if one is to teach than 99% of colleges... we have published two or three articles a writing (or anything else) one faculty that are willing to try stuff year on such topics as education'" mustwriteoneself. .lnhiswritings . out," Botsteih said. He would like the life and works of Hannah Leon Botstein, before Nutra-System. on education, it is clear that to see the college innovate even Arendt, Leonard Bernstein, Jews most. nient." Botstein believes that "education further to become a "vehicle that is the coming and European history, for quite \'It's an emulation of my father But beyond bow ties, President together of texts, looks not back.wards, but for some time. and of one of my teachers, whose Botstein has a job to do at Bard. He people, and ideas." Professors, wards, that docsn' t preserve a and education The president's office, for all its wit and style I admired," said came to Bard in 1975, after , in general, should tradition, but creates a new legacy carved, vaulted ceiling and Botstein. "The other reason is that Franconia College, the experi answer the questions that the stu for the future." V' stained glass window, has the at I never get any soup on them. Ties mental college of which he was dent asks and give the answers mosphere of many a faculty liv always were a matter of anxiety to president from 1970 to 1975, that the student -and his or her You heard it here first- ing room. The chairs are simple me. They would flap around and folded. At 28, he was still one of world- needs to know, rather and the oriental rug is worn, with often got in grease or soup. I never the youngest college presidents than give prepackaged questions Recycle, the padding showing at one side. rea11y liked them. I prefer the un in the country, meriting a two..: that may have Uttleif any contem There are a wide variety of cloth disturbed shirt. I like the way it page article in People magazine. porary relevance. Tradition,ashe views it, is dammit and paperback books (not the looks. It's more comfortable Botstein feels that his official .

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