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BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY VOL. XVII, NO. 2 WINTER 1992
FEATURES WHITHER RELIGION? 16 Are baby boomers returning to the fold? NEO-PAGANS 20 Reviving the real old-time religion. THE RITE STUFF 24 Rituals are inextricably connected to our lives. DEPARTMENTS
FIRST WORD 7 CAMPUS NEWS 8 GIVING 30 SEARCH 32 ALUMNOTES 36 GALLERY 45
SHOOTING FOR THE TOP With record crowds and standout players like junior fonvard April Cline (33), the BSU women's basketball team is becoming one of the region's best. This season, the BSU women have defeated big time opponents such as Colorado State, Wyoming, Utah, Brigham Young and Oregon State in non-conference games. In Big Sky competition, the Broncos are contending for the league title and set a conference attendance record against Montana.
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VALUE OVER SUCCESS
n my office wall I have a quote in this direction. Many say we have a reten by Albert Einstein that says, tion problem here at BSU because about "Try not to become a man of 1,000 students leave within one year of ad success, but rather a man of mission. Do we know why they are leaving? 0value." This saying is good for men and I can conclude with some degree of certainty women, as well as institutions. It succinctly that we lack good information. says that we should focus on internal TQM calls for TEAMWORK. From the presi characteristics rather than external rewards. dent to the maintenance personnel, within By so doing, eternal rewards will come, but units and across functions, quality issues are they come because of the values inherently attacked in teams. The teams they talk about held by people or institutions. in total quality are not your familiar commit Do we at Boise State University focus on tees; they are self-directed work groups with value or success? Upon reflection, my hon their own required competencies and proto est answer for myself and the institution is cols. TQM believes in superiority of collabo both; however, as we emphasize value more, rative work that achieves "team learning." our reward will be an increase in quality. Another important characteristic is Quality has always been an important but EMPOWERING PEOPLE. One authority claims somewhat fleeting value. For years organi that 85 percent of all problems are traceable zations have attempted to incorporate this to the process and just 15 percent to the value in all levels of their structure. people in them. TQM "empowers" people The latest attempt at work across America by trusting all employees to act responsibly is a strategy called TOTAL QUALITY MANAGE and giving them appropriate authority. I MENT. My hope is that a discussion of the registration, in library services, in the build personally believe that all people want to do characteristics of TQM and findings from ing maintenance, in the work environment, the right thing and do it better. The task of other universities will pique our interest and in all things. managers is to remove the system barriers cause us to think about its "fit" here at BSU. IT IS CUSTOMER DRIVEN. I'm not suggesting that prevent people from doing so. Ted Marchese, vice president of the Ameri that we are a business simply dealing in TQM calls for more training and recogni can Association of Higher Education, and customer satisfaction. The student as cus tion. Organizations must invest more in hu Daniel Seymour have written about TQM tomer falls short of the student as an agent man resource development. All employees on campus. I am indebted to them for many for his or her own learning. However, from a need to understand the vision of quality, of the thoughts contained in this column. student's view, the customer label is not have the skills of teamwork and problem The description or definition ofTQM that alien- it is a lens for introspection into the solving, and relate better to students/clients/ I like best is this one: TQM is a journey to service we provide them. In TQM everyone customers. excellence in which all functions of the orga in the organization is a customer. Faculty LEADERSHIP is probably the most essential nization focus on continuous improvement. would be considered a customer. A keen TQM characteristic. TQM partisans want Quality replaces quantity as the goal. A race sense of customer needs governs all activi fewer managers, at least of the old type - to quality has no finish line. ties. The cardinal rule is to explicitly identify powerful figures in sole command of vertical TQM in my view is not some new fad. The your customers, systematically know their authority structures. Instead, they want lead old saying "when all else fails, try some needs, and commit to meeting those needs. ers of a new type- vision givers, listeners, common sense" fits this concept. It is a com The emphasis is on CONTINUOUS IMPROVE team workers, avid but patient for long-term mon sense approach to management. It is a MENT. The old American adage, " If it ain't ends, orchestrators and enablers of people coalescing of new and old ideas - from broke, don't fix it," is no longer apropos. driven improvement. systems thinking, from theories of human Remember , quality is a journey to continu The quest for quality is a journey, and it is behavior, leadership and planning, plus les ous improvement. As Associate Dean of a journey that we must take if we are to sons from earlier, less-than-successful at Education Phyllis Edmundson points out in continue our evolution as a major institution tempts at quality improvement. her discussions of public school improve of higher education. Do we adopt the Total THE FOCUS IS ON QUALITY. It is a shift from ment, "You don't have to be sick to get Quality Management model? The univer making it quick and cheaper to "making it better." I'm not suggesting we are sick. We sity community has to decide. I think it is better." Quality in this view is not just an are good, but we can get better. worth considering. attribute of graduates or services; it is a Another characteristic is the DISCIPLINE OF mind-set; it is the soul of the organization. It INFORMATION. People want to see the data. By Larry Selland pervades the entire structure. It is quality in If you are serious about improving quality, President, Boise State University the admission requirements, in the class they say, everybody has to know how they (Excerpted from his State of the University room, in the advising session, in research, in are doing. Our outcomes assessment is a step address in January.)
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BSU PATRIARCH DIES AT AGE 86 The patriarch of the Boise State family is gone. Eugene Chaffee died on Feb. 5. He was 86. Chaffee was among the first faculty hired when Boise Junior College was founded in 1932. Four years later the college trustees persuaded him to become president. From the outset, Chaffee established close rela tionships with the community and students, raising funds to keep the school open, re cruiting students and faculty, and drumming up local support. He moved the school to a spacious campus on the site of the old Boise airport in 1941, and engineered a remarkable string of bond election successes in the '50s and '60s to build the new physical plant. In 1964 he led the junior college into a new era when it became a four-year school that offered bachelor's degrees. Three years later legislation was passed that made the college The landmark Campus School was welcomed into the Boise State family of buildings at a part of the state system of higher education. ceremony held in late January. Now called Public Affairs and Art West, the 1953 vintage Chaffee retired as president in 1967 and building was purchased from the Boise School District with the assistance of a $1 million remained as chancellor the next academic donation from Micron Technology. A $600,000 appropriation from the Legislature paid for year. its conversion into political science and art faculty offices and classrooms, an art gallery, the He is survived by his wife Lois, son Bart Survey Research Center and campus mailroom. At the dedication ceremony were, from left, and daughter Lois Ann Schwarzhoff. Micron co-founder Ward Parkinson, Boise School Superintendent Barney Parker, Micron The Boise State Foundation has estab chief executive officer Joe Parkinson and BSU President Larry Selland. lished a scholarship in Chaffee's memory. Donations can be sent to the the Boise State University Foundation, Attn: Chaffee LEGISLATURE TIGHTENS BUDGET BELT Scholarship Fund, 1910 University Dr., The news coming from the Idaho Legisla mendation may be optimistic after the Leg Boise, ID 83725. D ture may not be as cheerful as it has been in islature projected $13 million less revenue recent years when the state's economy was than the governor's estimate. BSU PLANNING so healthy that it produced budget surpluses. Andrus did recommend one new item for FIRST DOCTORATE This year the Legislature's budget com Boise State - $600,000 for an early child mittee has warned higher education leaders hood education program. Boise State is laying the groundwork to that the system may get only enough to Selland also requested funding for four begin its first doctorate degree after the maintain current operations, if that. building projects, an addition to the Math/ State Board of Education approved BSU's The effects of tightening the budget belt Geology Building for a Raptor Research "initial intent" in November. during a time of increasing enrollment will Center, an addition to the Canyon County The board is expected to vote on the pro put BSU in a pinch, President Larry Selland Center, and planning money for new health posal at its meeting in June. If approved, told members of the Joint Finance Appro science and technology buildings. BSU then would seek funding at the next priations Committee in late January. Selland says he still hopes the Legislature session of the Idaho Legislature. "We recognize that funds will be limited, will add funds to help the state's universities The new degree, an Ed.D. in curriculum but we cannot meet the increased needs of cope with enrollment growth and inflation. and instruction, is designed to help improve our students without additional resources," "Even though the economy is not doing the skills and knowledge of classroom teach he said. well, inflation is still there, and we must deal ers. Selland asked for a $6.6 million increase with it," he said. The goal, says Dean of Education Robert over the current year, including $2 million to "There is some irony in our situation. We Barr, is to help teachers become "scholarly ease the pressures of a 25 percent enrollment have found that during a recession even practitioners" who can provide leadership in increase over the past five years. more students tend to attend college. So we school renewal. Gov. Cecil Andrus recommended a bud see our enrollment increase at a time when "This is a degree that will help teachers get that basically gives higher education what the economy can't produce the budgets we become better. It is not to train them to it received last year. But even that recom- need to serve those students," said Selland.D become administrators," he said. D
8 FOCUS THE CHAFFEE ERA
Born in Nebraska in 1905.
One of five original foculiy who opened BJC in 1932. Taught history and physical education.
Become presiden t in 1936. Annual salary $1,800. BJC's total budget: $19,000
In 1939 Legislature authorized a iunior college laxing district, pulling BJC on a firm fiscal foundation. EUGENE B. CHAFFEE: A TRIBUTE BJC moved to site of old Relatively few students, faculty, and low point of the world's greatest depres Boise airport in 194 1 The Administration staff at Idaho's largest university think sion, became a public institution in Sep Building was the first on they knew Gene Chaffee when he died tember 1939 (the first year of World War the new campus. Feb. 5. And yet he knew them. As he II) and moved onto its new campus one wrote in the introduction to his book, An month prior to the first day of the Selec Over the years, Chaffee sucessfully guided Idea Grows ... A History of Boise Col tive Service Act. passage of seven of lege, "I lived Boise College from its in In all the service and building Gene eight bond elections. ception in 1932 until the arrival of my and his wife, Lois, were inseparable. He The one measure that foiled passed the next successor in June of 1967." As part of that sacrificed his health for the college, and year. life, he knew and appreciated each per Lois was at his side supplying the strength son on campus and envisioned their suc he had lost during too many years of joined Navy in 1942, cessors, never losing sight of the college illness. Gene would want me to repeat returned to campus in September, 1945 and from his home on the bench. the first words from this sentence in the reorganized its Everyone who attends Boise State introduction to his book: "I wish to ac administration by 1947. University meets Gene as they experi knowledge the support of my wife, Lois,
Appointed Lyle Smith as ence the environment and spirit he cre in this period of moving away from my football coach in 1947. ated. When you stroll the campus from life .... " The school has hod only Broadway to Capitol you're on land he Recruiting faculty and students by per one losing season since. acquired. When you profit from nearly sonal visit and sharing his vision; respond The iuniar college era any of the academic emphases at the ing graciously to patronizing critics; seek ended in 1965 when university, you're in a subject he intro ing funds and support through efforts BJC become a four-year duced. And when you walk through any bureaucrats can't comprehend; and win school and was renamed Boise College. of the buildings from his era, you are ning the friendship and assistance of Voters approved a $ 1 witnessing the result of Gene 's close Boiseans, he anticipated every one of the million bond issue to friendship with a community that taxed thousands on campus today and those build four new buildings. itself to build the campus. expected tomorrow. Retired from presidency Gene taught history, and valued the So he closed his book by writing "As in 1967. In April of that beauty of the place he worked when only one looks back on this scene, he is re year Gov. Don Native Americans occupied it. He minded that it compares very closely to Samuelson signed bill outhorizi ng the school to coached the Bronco track team for sev the growth of a river. Support comes move into the slate eral years, insisted on a place for recre from many tributaries, usually from far system of higher ation and intercollegiate athletics on cam seeing individuals ... and finally develops education by 1969. pus, and instilled a desire to win - a into a mighty river toward the end of the Chaffee served as chancellor of Boise determination to achieve excellence. He stream as other citizens join in supporting College the next demonstrated the importance of the col it. This is then concentrated in one mighty academic year. lege to Boise's economic development channel."
Chaffee Hall and and the advantages of "urban education" You can't miss Dr. Chaffee. He's the Chaffee Associates, long before the term " urban university" channel. D BSU' s premiere giving became popular. society, named in his And you'll meet Gene in times of chal honor. lenge, for he built in a generation of great John H. Keiser Died, Feb. 5, 1992. stress. The college opened its doors in the President, 1978-91
FOCUS 9 SEARCH FOR NEXT BOISE STATE PRESIDENT NOW IN PROGRESS The national search for Boise State The committee will work during the spring Finalists will be in Boise next fall to meet University's fifth president has officially be and summer to identify the names of eight- with students, faculty, staff and others in the gun. 10 finalists for submission to the state board, community. In late January the State Board of which will make the final selection. Fields In the meantime, Larry Selland has agreed Education's 22-member search committee says she expects the board to receive 150-300 to remain as president until the search is agreed on a job description and adopted a applications. completed. D timetable for the selection of a successor to John Keiser, who was dismissed Sept. 20. It will take almost a year, however, before SUPERPER$ON1PLEASE APPLY HERE the new president will be on campus. "We're advertising the preferred starting Commentaryby Larry Burke date for the position as Jan. 4, 1993, but we Th~"~e'lp Wanted~' sign is finally will work to get a new president on board posted; . before that if at all possible," says Roberta ..... J\~t~e ·stat¢ }3o~riof Education goes.. Fields, the state board member who is chair about its!Jusine~soffintlfJi~anew. Boise of the screening committee. State president, it. ~ld;firstdo~\\iar& BSU alumni, faculty, students and staff robe checl!;..lf a candiO:ate!Jas.any.sbirts can nominate candidates for the position. monogrammetl with a n:u~e"S,"nlre'hir)t. Those nominations will be accepted at the -:-:.or nei. · .· · · office of the state board until Aprill. Appli It just mtght take' Sup~rJ.llan.---, cations from the candidates are due April15. sliputa:t1laioti.superperson'l ;.-tosatisfy
The position is also being advertised na alltlie eonstttuendest11~! \VillH~«~g~rty .. tionally in the Chronicle of Higher Educa wai(ing{Vittit!Jeii wish 'liSts. tion, the Wall Street Journal, the New York In :N?vemller ·the s~ateoo~ Times and other publications. tht,~:n:ol!{.1\ear~ng;.:to,.i~n;.f~ookfue ·. COMMITTEE LOBBIES FOR NAMPA CENTER A friend. That's what Boise State Univer sity has found in a blue-ribbon committee lobbying for a proposed expansion of BSU's Canyon County Center in Nampa. The 18-member Canyon County Center Expansion Committee was formed last spring in support of a three-phase $5.2million addi tion to the satellite campus in Nampa. Mem bers include legislator Jerry Thorne, former State Board of Education member Janet Hay, Humberto Fuentes of the Idaho Mi grant Council, local mayors and others. Brian Vance, a West One vice president in J~emoer...... · .....· ...... ·.··...... ·· ...... · .... ·.. .··..... ·.·····/···...... Nampa, says the committee has contacted · .·.Tb~ te~tllfioriy;~~o g~\(e$the:~e,Slaenfa.cl~r .sei ol~~ti~e~:ta:~pus~t~,. legislators and sent letters to business lead mlnutehe .,_c?Is~e~:~teM'~Il~ll.tlil'~~;~~.~t~~f~ff~!Jlofe~aSirlJP~~tt,l:boPh,·· .• ers seeking their support. more . p~riodicals,more ·fHrns'and ~jd~s- anti.~!~:e.~~~~f:!~~ '.k,ee;,r:~q'ft~~~. In 1991 nearly 4,000 people received in projectors in ~ettt\r.rt;:pair;..itit.p.r(>ve Working. ~:tlditiiJns ..for faculty.;. n•ise pay··for struction through BSU's School of Applied 'faculty; inerea5e :funds f(!t trar.el a:tldi'esearcb! ~eat"'ifl,t Technology, Division of Continuing Educa st~dentretention; andrepre5#ntmlnofity. Stu:fientinter~t:s· .·· ...... ·.... · ;. .. tion, Adult Learning Center and other pro there were ?Jew:.re~;nJ~ststij.~tcpnfti~e~, PtJUUo~es}lo\IIO:n'tl'>e a probl;m:tl'>r~ grams. Also, more than 200 high school stu Sup:erpel'So~.. Ae¢ordi:ngto testimony,. here is whRris'eXI?ected;qfth~:n~wpresident: dents attend Canyon Alternative Education • ·Pe-empbaSize atbieti!;~f , · · Center classes housed in the Canyon County Seek membership in a l)ivision I footbaU conferenqe. Center. • View sti.u;lentsa8 consumen. · · ·. · Presently BSU's request for $2.7 million Don 1ttreat stllrletitS'Ukenumbers. for the expansion project is seventh on the • Support. technical education.. ··.· · · · State Board's permanent building fund list. Emphll$izetJle l~ofjrai·~rts: Thorne, who serves on the powerful Joint • SupJ}ort more researcH, Finance and Appropriations Committee, Ensure tliat teaching isJbe (f;)p priority-' . . says he and Sen. Atwell Perry will try to get • Recognize BSU':s responsibilities as l).tlui:ban university, the plan moved up on JF AC's slate. And Don't .letthe.coxnmU11ityset the university:agen(:la~ while he's optimistic that the Legislature will If all goes as planned; next fatlfin 10 FOCUS TEACHER AIDES LEARN NEW SKILLS Thousands of Idaho schoolchildren would be lost without teacher aides who provide needed one-on-one assistance in SECURITY PACIFIC BANK their classrooms. But many aides lack the training that could help them do an even better job in the schools. Eleven offices located throughout Now, nearly 70 teacher aides are learning important skills in a new two-year educa Idaho to serve you. tional assistant program offered through the outreach division of Boise State's College of Technology. During the first year of the program, stu dents attend classes in classroom literacy, behavior management, education psychol ogy and introduction to instructional prac tices. In the second year, they select one of B seven areas of specialization, including spe cial education, early childhood and other =t topics. Feedback has been very positive, says di SECURITY PACIFIC BANK IDAHO, F.S.B. rector Ann Snodgrass, who has been receiv ing good evaluations from principals with teacher aides enrolled in the program. "We're SimplyBetterm finding the aides are far more effective in delivering instruction and they're far more sensitive to the needs of their students," Snodgrass says. Currently, 69 students are enrolled in the FDIC INSURED ©1991 Security Pacific Bancorporation Northwest program at Boise State's Canyon County Center in Nampa. Snodgrass hopes to start another class in Boise soon. D BROADCAST TECH IT'S ALL INCLUDED TRAINING OFFERED Idaho students seeking careers in broad cast technology no longer need to travel to Fl Word Processing F2 Desktop Washington or other states to receive their Program Reference training. Starting next fall, students can en roll in a two-year broadcast technology pro F3 MS-DOS 4.01 F4 System Features gram offered through Boise State's College of Technology. The new program is the result of a five year campaign by local television and radio professionals concerned about the lack of qualified applicants for technical positions, which require knowledge of audio, video, lighting, equipment operation and mainte nance. Courses are designed to give students When You Buy The Smith CoronaACER ... hands-on experience as technicians in the broadcasting industry, according to James IT'S ALL INCLUDED Paluzzi, general manager of BSU Radio JUST PLUG AND GO Network. "So many people go into broad • No diskettes to back-up. The software • No complicated commands to learn casting but don't get the technology classes is built-in and indestructible. . . . read the menus and windows for until later. This program gives exposure to • No software to load. Enter word pro information. the technology on the first day." cessing immediately. It's that simple. Students who complete the two-year • All connections are clearly labeled for BUSINESS broadcast technology program will have the quick and easy set-up. Rvp MACHINES option of continuing their studies to earn a SMITI-1 376-8121 four-year bachelor of applied science de CORON~ 7978 Fairview I Boise, Idaho gree. D FOCUS 11 5 MODERN LANGUAGE i: UNDERWATER ART UJ PROGRAM REOPENS UJ"' J: ::,: Recognizing that the United States must u"' :::J transcend attitudes of "us" vs. "them" and J: u understand how and why foreign cultures operate, Boise State has re-established an emphasis on the study of foreign languages. Driven, in part, by the realities of a global economy, foreign languages are back among the majors offered at BSU after a 10-year hiatus. Following State Board of Education ap proval last June, a department of modern languages was re-established in the College of Arts and Sciences, and English professor Jan Widmayer was named acting chair. Bac calaureate degrees in French, German and Spanish also were approved. A new chair is expected to be named this spring. Until1982, foreign languages were part of Arts and Sciences, but the department and foreign language majors were eliminated The colorful dreams of children from throughout the western United States and British during budgetary problems in the early 1980s. Columbia filled Boise State's Gallery of Art in January for the regional Crayola Dream Although degrees in French, German and Makers exhibit. Anne Gabel, whose painting "Fish in th e Sea" was among 87 works on Spanish have not been available since 1982, display, traveled from Worden, Mont. , to attend a gala reception for the show. Binney minors in the three languages were still of & Smith, makers ofCrayola products, sponsors five regional exhibitions which will tour fered through the College of Education dur the country through spring. The BS U art department also presented a two-day art class ing that time. for children and a teacher's workshop in conjunction with the exhibit. During the 1970s, language enrollments hit all-time lows nationwide, but priorities have changed considerably since then. With GEOPHYSICAL CENTER ESTABLISHED AT BSU international trade and global business Once just a promise, the Center for Geo used for mining, waste disposal, groundwa dealings becoming more essential to corpo physical Investigation of the Shallow Sub ter supplies and construction. Pelton notes rate America, foreign language studies are surface is taking wing with the first $100,000 that this is "the zone which most directly becoming more popular in high schools and installment of a $1 million grant from the interacts with and influences human activi colleges across the United States. State Board of Education. ties." Widmayer points to a statistic that verifies Last year the board awarded the grant for Studying this layer of the Earth is a new that observation: During the 1990-91 school the geophysical center in a statewide scientific endeavor, he says, "with the poten year, 42 percent of Boise secondary school competition that included Idaho State and tial to make significant contributions to the students took a foreign language. That num the University of Idaho. But because of a solution of problems associated with the ber, Widmayer notes, represents a 100 per tight state appropriation, no money was environment, natural resources and natural cent increase over the past 10 years. available- until now. hazards." And because many students have good Geosciences professor Jack Pelton will The investigative center's research team foreign language high school backgrounds, direct the center, which he says will develop will consist of six geophysicists, a geologist, some of them a signing up for 200-level and improve methods of imaging the upper a hydrogeologist and six to eight graduate courses at BSU - especially in French, 500 meters of the Earth 's crust, the portion students. 0 Widmayer says. Registration for entry-level and 200-level courses in the three languages is "bursting at the seams," she adds. TECHNOLOGY SCHOOLS RENAMED Widmayer says there are approximately An expanded vision for Boise State's ogy. For example, the vocational school at 10 students who have declared majors in a College ofTechnology has resulted in new Lewis Clark State College is now called the foreign language. " About half of them are in names for the college's two schools. School of Technology and at Idaho State Spanish, and the other half is evenly divided The School of Vocational Technical Edu University the vocational school is known as between French and German," she says. cation has been renamed the School of Ap the School of Applied Technology. Boise Widmayer adds that the program should plied Technology and what was previously State's new School of Applied Technology graduate its first student this spring. known as the School of Applied Technology offers 28 programs. The re-establishment of the modern lan is now the School of Engineering Technol The name School of Engineering Tech guages department has also made possible ogy. The name changes were approved re nology better reflects the high-level educa the development of degree programs in other cently by the State Board of Education. tion and training students receive at the departments that have an international fo In part, the new labels were precipitated university, MacGregor said. The School of cus. In the planning stages are proposals for by name changes for programs at other in Engineering Technology offers a master's international economics and international stitutions in Idaho, said Tom MacGregor, degree, three baccalaureate degrees and business degrees. Both have requirements interim dean of BSU's College of Techno!- four associate degree programs. 0 of intermediate language competency. 0 12 FOCUS CONFERENCE HOSTS RUSSIAN SPEAKERS Many of the top advisers to the Boris Yeltsin administration in Russia will be in Boise April9-10 for a conference sponsored by the Frank Church Chair of Public Affairs and the College of Social Sciences and Pub lic Affairs. Ten scholars and government officials will deliver a series of public lectures and meet with local business leaders during the annual U.S.-Soviet Trans-Pacific Confer ence. All of the speakers are involved in Russia's economic reform and the democratization of politics in the former Soviet U nion. One of the speakers, Andrei Kortunov, participated in the Frank Church Confer ence last year. A professor at the Institute of USA and Canada Studies in Moscow, he is frequently seen on U.S. television comment ing on events in Russia. Other speakers include Alexei Arbatov, one of the top negotiators on the reduction of nuclear weapons, and Alexander Panov, who is the Russian equivaleqt of an assistant secretary of state. The conference site alternates each year between the former Soviet Union and the western U.S, says Robert Sims, dean of the College of Social Sciences and Public Af fairs. Sims attended the conference last year in the USSR . Sims says the conferences were started 10 years ago to encourage more understanding between the two countries . ••• On Feb. 20-21 BSU hosted the ninth an nual Frank Church Conference on Public Affairs. Titled "Ea rth in the Balance," the conference addressed many of the global environm ental issues that face future gen erations. F p?w~"'" Major evening addresses were by Tennes L see Sen. AI Gore, author of a recent book also titled Earth in the Balance, and NASA WITH scientist Joe McNeal, one of the world's authorities on depleti on of the ozone layer. GENE HARRIS Other speakers and panels addressed is &THE BOISE sues concerning rain forests, cities and the former Soviet Union. PHILHARMONIC Speakers also talked about local environ MARCH7, 1992 mental problems and possible solutions. 8:15P.M. Workshops on environmental educatio n · THEMORRISON CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS were held each afternoon. A full report about "Ear th in the Balance" · TICKETS:$15 , $20$25, &$40 - SENIORS: $13& $18 will be published in the spring issue of AVAILABLEAT ALL SELECT-A-SEAT OUTLETS FOCUS. · DRAWINGFOR 2 UNITEDAIRLINES TICKETS- ANY Both conferences are sponsored by the DESTINATIONIN THECONTINENTAL U.S . MorrisTravel Frank Church Chair of Public Affairs, an TICKETSARE $15 EACH OR 2 FOR$25 eartsoni[-JNm,m. endowment held by the Boise State U niver SPECIALPATRON PACKAGES AVAILABLE , FORMORE sity Foundation. The interest from funds INFORMATIONCALL 344-7849 donated to the Church Chair has paid for eight previous public affairs conferences. D FOCUS 13 m a a a a a El DEAR EDITOR: the same time assume that they knew better DEAR EDITOR: I read the article, "No Time to Teach" (Fall than the parent what was best for their child. As a former colleague of John Keiser, I am 1991 FOCUS) just a few weeks after visiting a Rather , they engaged in realistic strategies for shocked by his dismissal as president of Boise nationally designated "School of the 21st Cen communication and contact between parents State University. John's professionalism and tury" in Leadville, Colo. Leadville, a once and teachers. integrity throughout his career have always prosperous community located high in the The teachers interviewed in your article ex been admired by his colleagues. The only good Rocky Mountains. faced near extinction in the pressed the realities that they deal with daily in that can come from BSU's loss will be that late 1970s when the nearby silver mines began their classrooms in Boise. These realities are another university will benefit from his pres- to close. By the early 1980s, the community was not the ones that l experienced as a chil d when ence. still struggling to survive high unemployment going to school nor, I suspect, will they be the David J. Maurer and rising numbers of teen pregnancies, bro realities that my children's children will experi Chair and Professor of History ken fami lies, and children "at risk." ence. They arc what exists now! Many of these Eastern lllinois University Rather than dwell on past memories of what " negative" changes in our schools are environ Charleston, Ill. the community once was, a young, visionary mentally induced problems more than clear school superintendent stepped forward to help parent neglect. DEAR EDITOR: the community deal with the realities that ex Parent-teacher animosity? The burgeoning l appreciated reading Glenn Oakley's article isted. He, along with a handful of Leadville needs of our children doesn't allow time for us "Crimes of the Classroom" in the Fall '91 issue citizens, fas hioned an elementary school build to pursue that non-productive direction. Our of FOCUS. It was refreshing to see this subject ing into a community center that offered infant real hurdle to change is dealing with the as given a thorough examination as contrasted to care. child care, before- and after-school pro sumptions that we operate under vs. the reali the short headlines it usually grabs. As a result grams and teen parenting and life skills classes. ties that exist. We need to expand our ap of your work, readers will understand that sexual This superintendent explained, in detail. proaches - as teachers, as administrators, as abuse of students by teachers arc not necessar how each program in the community center parents and ascommunities-ifwe are to work ily isolated incidents. interfaced with the elemcntary,junior high and successfully together to ensure the best educa The article serves to encourage educational high school curricul ua as well as how the center tion possible for our children. systems to prioritize addressing the problem. helped strengthen and support families in the Thanks for including our perspectives. community. How this superintendent and his Mary Lou Kinney Ken Patterson staff conceptualized and implemented parent Parent & Early Childhood Division of Family and Children's Services involvement was particularly innovative. They Education Specialist Idaho Dept. of Health and Welfare did not wave the banner of partnership and at Boise Boise D GOOD REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD JOIN 1® THE BRONCO ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION • Your Contributions To The Bronco Athletic Association Provides: 1. A 24 page newsletter, three times a year - an in 6. Potential TAX SAVING BENEFITS. depth look at boosters & athletes. 7. A BOND between the community and BSU. 2. Behind the scenes HELP and SUPPORT of the 8. Support for MAINTAINING FACILITIES that are student-athlete. utilized by the community, involving activities for 3. An INVESTMENT in the youth of OUR community students of all ages. and local university. 9. The opportunity to demonstrate CIVIC PRIDE 4. An opportunity for SOCIAL INTERACTION - both through your membership in a reputable, non-profit personal and professional. organization. 5. PRIORITY in purchasing football and/or basketball 10. INVOLVEMENT with student athletes and coaches season tickets. of BSU. 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In early 1991, PSE conducted an in-state constituent survey in which representatives Givethe gift that's of the tourism industry were interviewed. GENUINEIDAHO The Department of Commerce was pleased with the students' work and asked them to conduct the latest study. D ~ MANE LINE DANCERS BRING HOME SILVER The Mane Line Dancers continue their winning ways with a second-place award for porn dancing at the National Collegiate Cheer leading and Dance Championships For only $18.95 we will send an approximately 10 lb. held recently in Dallas. The University of Missouri was the repeat gift box of 13 hand-selected Genuine Idaho potatoes winner in the competition, followed by BSU, anywhere in the Continental United States. the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma MAIL ORDERS : Checks, Visa or Mastercard, American Express State. 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Are these former iconoclasts who proclaimed "God is dead" ,:~._.rd~ fQ·. < during the 1960s and '70s becoming the churchgoers rmeonrng of the '90s? .Jife,tbEt ''I would say there is increased spirituality in America today," replies Warren Vinz, chair of the Boise State history department and a specialist in religious history. "But it's there without people necessarily joining an orga ;·5piritU(Ilitt i~'thptd~rt to nized religion. With fast-paced lifestyles, two-job families, ··liV~~del~rately,'awareincreased mobility and other commitments, many Ameri .f6 why mainline religion, including mainline Protestantism, is having some difficulty to day .... Being called Protestant today doesn't necessarily provide identity for persons or groups like it used to. 'Protestant' has be come amorphous; it's almost a meaningless term. "Some religious groups which 40 years ago were not considered Protestant now call themselves Protestant. Sects often become 'mainline' in time." Religion has always been a highly private matter to most Americans, and the line that separates established Judea-Christian faiths from other religious groups is often thin and indistinct, but two things are certain: De spite the ambiguities, (1) the United States is a religious nation and (2) the majority of Americans consider themselves followers of established Judea-Christian faiths. A nationwide survey of religious groups in the United States conducted last year by the City University of New York Graduate Center showed that more than 90 percent of all Americans identify with a specific church or denomination- this in a society considered highly secular. And according to the poll, 66 percent of all Americans say 11 they are either Roman Catholic, Protestant, Whenever there Jewish or Mormon. Those numbers, however, can be deceiv has been a crisis, ing. Americans with mere lineal ties to or an interest in some sort of doctrine are included there is usually among the vast majority aligned with some some type sort of religion-even if formal worship in a church is not part of their faith. of outbreak "There is a large number of people whose religious beliefs and practices are just their of religion." own," says Tom Mayes, director of the Boise State Survey Research Center and a former Episcopal priest. "They have very little out ward manifestations in traditional forms or in traditional organizations. Sometimes their Recent statistics say the largest portion of the nation 's beliefs and practices conform very much to traditional forms and practices , but in traditional evangelical, fundamentalist and America a large number of folks fall into the Pentecostal religions, the largest portion of [non-churchgoing] group." the nation's churchgoers worship at the altar Still, more than 40 percent of Americans of mainstream faiths. do attend weekly religious services. And "My perception of New Age spirituality although some Americans have embraced and various aspects of it is that it seems to be unconventional New Age practices or less growing in awareness and popularity," says 18 FOCUS tinues to be a growing, moving force in dren. "I think in many cases that when par America. According to Vinz, Mayes and ents come to this realization, they often reach representatives of the Boise religious com back for things that were used to give them a munity, certain eco nomic and demographic good start in life - and religion would be developments are influencing this trend . part of it," he says. First, in times of crisis there is often a Barn ard notes th e sa me tre nd. In many renewed interest in religion . ("There's noth cases, the people who return to his church ing like a good war to increase our congrega are parents of young children who have not tion," a minister said during the Gulf War, formally practiced th eir faith in a number of perhaps only half in jest.) And the current years. "When their kids start hitting the age recession is a possible factor in th e growing wh en they go to school and see the permis number of baby boomers who are returning siveness in society, the parents start looking to religion. fo r someth ing for the kids to hold on to," he "I think there is a close connection be remarks. "That's one of the reasons they tween religion and the [nation's current) return to church. They are looking for some economic condition," says Mayes. " If the thing with some moral values and moral economic pressures in our country continue teaching." to grow, the traditional equation is often of A lth ough the responsibili ties of parent people losing faith and becoming more pre hood are oft en a factor, th e Rev. Joseph da occupied with getting food on the table and Silva, pastor of St. Paul's Catholic Center at getting the bills paid . But th ere is a flip side: BSU, says a person's spiritual renewal is Whenever there · has been a crisis, there is often just a personal choice. usually some type of outbreak of religion." "Most of th e people I talk to who have The Rev. Earl Barnard, pastor of Boise's come back have found that Catholicism has Redeemer Lutheran Church, agrees. "That's changed over the years, and fo r o ne reason a natural tendency," he says. "You never ask or another they are trying to tap back to th eir God for a lot of help when you're fat; it's roots," da Silva says. "Some people wh o when you're down and out that you ask for were active or were forced to be active and help . Hard times bring people around to called a halt to practicing their religion in th e acknowledging that everything is a gift institutional form for five, 10 or 20 years from God." have decided to re-examine their fai th." A nother factor is th at the baby boomers But, da Silva suggests, such a decision are now parents themselves. Eager to instill should be voluntary. "I feel uncomfo rtable in their children the moral strength that they doing it any other way," he says. " It has to be hope will deliver them from today's social from his or her own heart. You can't lure ills, parents are more inclined to embrace a people back. It has to be more natural." religious id eology. Parental concerns and economic trauma According to Gary Beckstead, director of may be among the reasons some baby the LDS Institute of Religion at Boise boome rs are returnin g to religion. But State, as parents assum e more responsibili maybe there is something more profound ties, they are more apt to seek the stable something more "from the heart. " values that churches can provide. Perh aps it's because they are uncomfort churchgoers worship at the altar of mainstream faiths. "There is nothing quite so sobering as able with what they consider a random exist trying to raise another individual," Beck ence. When the illusion th at we are masters Mayes, "but it sti ll reaches only a very small stead says. "When you have children and of our own fa te begins to fade, they develop segment of the population." you see how dependent they are on you, I a need fo r something else. T hroughout much of the 1980s, the U.S. think that creates a desire for parents to do " I think man is basically religious," says was considered to be in the midst of a reli their best. " Barnard. "It provides him with something to gious revival. And while some ma instream In some instances, says Beckstead, th at hang his hat on and make his life worthwhile; churches are not staying in step with the "desire" becomes a redi scovery of religious something that says, 'Yes, there's a point to nation's overall growth, religious belief con- values th at th e parents were taught as chi! - my being here."' D FOCUS 19 The New Pagans By Glenn Oakley n 1782 in Switzerland a woman accused of being a witch was burned at the stake. She was the last of up to 9 million people, mainly women, who were tortured to death after being accused of witchcraft. The exact numbers killed are disputed by scholars, notes Boise State history pro fessor Phoebe Lundy, "But the point is," she says, "a helluva lot of people got burned." Whoever the real witches were and whatever the real practice of witchcraft was centuries ago has been ob scured, although several different interpretations have been presented by modern scholars. Still, the common perception of witches today remains that set forth by Dominican priests Heinrich Kramer and Jacob Sprenger in 1486 in the Malleus Malefaricum- the Hammer of Witches. The Malleus Malefaricum was a guide book for the identification and interrogation of witches. The A witches' altar includes incense to purify, book ignited a holocaust that lasted two centuries and has largely gone unchallenged. Ask any child today, 500 years later, what a witch is, and you will be told of evil women who ride through the air on broomsticks, mix evil potions in black cauldrons, eat babies and cast spells. But to many people today, accepting that view of witches is like accepting the Nazis' propaganda version of Jews. The perpetrators of the witch holocaust remain victorious. Yet witchcraft - or at least a modern version of it -is undergoing something of a revival. Most cities in America, 20 FOCUS elements from the earth and a goddess figure. The new witchcraft combines feminist ideology, environmentalism, Native American spirituality and goddess worship. FOCUS 21 including Boise, have several witch covens. Peggy Guiles, a BSU adjunct English in structor, helped found a group of witches four years ago. Guiles says the five members of her women's spirituality group call them selves witches "because it's taking back a strong female image that's been used to terrify people." Guiles says she perceives witches as "wise women. They are the heal ers. I am rejecting society's image of a witch as an evil, ugly woman. The eating of Chris tian babies is a myth not so far in the past. Satan ism spooks people." But, says Guiles, "witches I am involved with don't believe in Satan. That's part of the Christian world and we're outside that." Guiles' group, which they refer to as "circle," meets once or twice a month and Eliah Stetson , a Blue Unicorn employee, uses drums includes women from a broad range of occupations- from computer specialists to they're important in the cycle of the year, child-care workers. which is a microcosm of the cycle of life." The new witchcraft is an amalgam of femi Many of these pagan festivals still exist, nist ideology, environmentalism, Native says Lundy, although they have been trans American spirituality and goddess worship. formed into Judea-Christian holy days or It is one of several spirituality movements into nearly meaningless observances such as which harken back to what is known as the Groundhog Day, which was the Day of New old religion- the pagan religions originated Beginnings. by Neolithic people. Several current groups Lundy says the old religion also follows refer to themselves as neo-pagans. the phases of the moon and views them as Lundy, who is currently in Spain teaching metaphors for the lives of people - waxing/ 1 Do you believe in the history of witchcraft, says, "There are growing, full /maturity, and waning/decay. lots of different traditions in the old reli Significantly for neo-pagans, the moon is the power of gion," including Native American, Celtic, seen as female, with its 28-day cycle corre Druid and ancient Greek religious tradi sponding to the menstrual cycle. The waxing prayer? Then you tions. "Eac h one of those traditions leads moon is the maiden, the full moon the preg you in a different direction," she says, "but nant woman and the waning moon the crone believe in casting they do share some things in common. The - the Halloween hag whose secrets are spells. Do you old religion is found worldwide because its contained in the cauldron. origins are with hunter/gatherers. It's tied in Many of the neo-pagans incorporate the believe in miracles? with that human connection with nature." goddess religion into their practice. A host Lundy says the old religion, "divides the of books have been written about the early Then you believe in wheel of the year into major festivals- holy goddess religions, notable among them, days - by the two solstices, the two equi When God Was A Woman by Merlin Stone. magic. It's all in the noxes." The wheel of the year is further The premise is that Neolithic people of divided by festivals which fall between the Greece and the Middle East worshipped language that equinoxes and solstices - Halloween be female deities - goddesses such as Isis, 1 tween the fall equinox and summer solstice, Athena, Gaia and Demeter. The Acropolis you use. and the Day of New Beginnings between the in Greece, for example, is the site where winter solstice and spring equinox, for ex Athena was worshipped. ample. Women in the goddess religion societies "The equinoxes and solstices are holy are believed to have been at least equal to days for pagans," says Guiles, "because men and were often the rulers and high 22 FOCUS Age bookstores like the Blue Unicorn in Boise. Stetson, who works at the Blue Uni corn, says the neo-pagan movement in the area is, "big - bigger than most people think." She says the Blue Unicorn mailing list includes 4,000 people, although not all are neo-pagans. A celebration of the winter solstice held along the Boise River attracted 60 people by word of mouth alone, she says. The individuals who came to the evening celebration lit candles and welcomed the return of the sun. Stetson says the number of men partici pating in neo-pagan groups is increasing. " It used to be maybe one man in five women," she says. " At the last solstice celebration it was half and half. " in her spiritual practice, which is an eclectic blend of Native American religions. Stetson notes that riruals such as the sol stice celebration are "symbolic." By and priestesses. However, the theory goes, the Her change of heart came, she says, "when large, neo-pagans do not believe in casting patriarchal Hebrew Levites began attacking I realized religion didn't necessarily have spells or what would normally pass for magic. the goddess religion, denouncing it as evil. anything to do with spirituality. I think of But she says many goddess worshippers do The Garden of Ede n story is seen as a delib religion as dogmatic and structured and pu in fact believe in the physical reality of the erate attempt to undermine the goddess re nitive. I think of spirituality as reverence." goddesses. And they do believe in the ligion by casting the woman Eve as the one The neo-pagan groups are nothing if not power of energy. who brings the downfall of man by tempting eclectic and autonomous. "We don't have a Guiles held an impromptu ceremony at him with fruit from the tree of knowledge. pope," says Guiles. "There's no hierarchy. the ruins of the Elusian Temple in Greece The creation story of Genesis is perceived as Som e are pagans, neo -pagans , wiccas, known as " the womb of the world" in the a political ploy to fu rther subjugate females witches, spirituality groups, goddess groups. goddess religion - " honoring the energy by having God create woman from man's rib We call ourselves witches. We are our own that exists there." for the sole purpose of serving men. authorities." Her group uses incense, "to clear the air of Through these Biblical writings and other The environmental aspect of the neo-pa negative energy." And , she says, "Our group subterfuges, Stone and others argue, women gan spirituality movement is especially strong has sent out healing thoughts to the Earth lost their autonomy and spent the next few among those who see the roots of the envi during the Exxon oil spill. thousand years subservient to men. Thus, ronmental crisis in traditional Judea-Chris " We don't practice what is traditionally feminists are often drawn to the goddess tianity. Says Guiles, "We don't believe people considered witchcraft. We work with herbs religion as a reaffirmation of their power. are here to dominate the Earth. To us, strip and do guided meditation, do dream analy Lundy says the neo-pagan religions ap mining and pollution are a sacrilege." sis. One night we made clay models. It's sort peal to "women seeking a spirituality that Eliah Stetson, who practices an eclectic of arts and crafts." The rituals, says Guiles, has a strong place for women. The ecology blend of Native American spirituality, says are "a way of praying." movement has used it as a way of healing the her practice is "very Earth-oriented. Tradi Some might call that magic. Earth. The peace movement has used it be tional Christianity is pretty much focused on Posed with the question of magic among cause it is seen as balanced." sin and suffering. The focus of my spiritual neo-pagans, Lundy responds, "Do you be Guiles says people usually join a pagan ity is to make people aware of our impact on lieve in the power of prayer? Then you be group after reading and studying indepen the Earth." lieve in casting spells. Do you believe in dently. She says she came to embrace witch A number of contemporary books are miracles? Then you believe in magic. It's all craft after losing her faith in Mormonism. "I used as reference guides for such groups to the language that you use." was brought up as a Mormon ," she says. "I establish their own rituals. Perhaps the most Similarly, she says, the historical roots of was an atheist for 10 years- I was so angry. commonly referred to book is The Spiral the goddess religion and the practice of witch I thought I'd been lied to. I was very skepti Dance by a writer named Starhawk. craft may not be so important. "The scholars cal about anything that didn't have a scien Such books, as well as candles, drums, can debate all they want. The people don't tific seal of approval on it." incense, crystals and more, are sold at New care if it works for them." D FOCUS 23 The Need for Rituals By Amy Stahl n a bright summer day on the shore of Payette Lake, a couple dressed in white, with hands gently intertwined, stands before a ring of wild flowers and branches. A minister speaks quietly to the 60 friends and fa mily seated behind them. They listen intently. Cl "We stand within a circle r z a living circle of sky and earth, "'z and a circle offriends and fam- ~ ~ "'r ily," the minister says, reading from a book she "'o( holds before her. "We honor the circle today, as we ~ ~ have since ancient days - the giver of light and of d life ... It is the shape of the fiery sun, the moon, and the unending procession of the seasons. Jyl and Paul step into this circle of leaves and flowers as they prepare to enter the mystery of marriage." Together, the couple enters the ring of flowers. Later they exchange rings, kiss, recite their vows, and the wedding ends with music, laughter and tears. This celebration, while personal, is but one of many rituals celebrated by people around the world. Christian rituals - like baptisms, communion and confirmation- are representative of the religious ceremonies that bring special meaning and spiritu ality into our daily lives. Perhaps life would be as rich without them. Yet we cling to them, cherish them and pass them along lovingly to the next generation. Why? Acolyte Chris Burley lights a candle in St. John's Cathedral. 24 FOCUS !i c () "' () :t"' "' "'"C :t 0 d ~ Arnold Panitch and his son, Adam, use the candles of the Menorah to celebrate their Jewish identity. Peter Buhler, a BSU history professor and Warren Vinz takes Buhler's interpreta ongoing "human search" for unity and secu expert in religious history, says humans tion a step further. Vinz, chairman ofBSU's rity. "Participation in rituals creates a sense throughout time have used rituals as a way to history department and specialist in reli of community that results in a sense of secu draw themselves closer to a higher power. gious history, believes they are part of the rity," he says. "It is a way of communication between the Not surprisingly, there can be many inter sacred and us mere beings," he says. "Rituals pretations of a single ritual. But that's to be are symbols of things that transcend just us expected, Vinz says. "Different kinds of ritu -the limited human condition." als mean something different to us because ~ Humans There is a tendency to categorize religious we are all different." To illustrate his point, rituals as formal ceremonies, such as High throughout time he cites three views of baptism: "For some, it Mass or Divine Liturgy of the Eastern Or is an essential ritual for salvation. For some thodox churches, which are performed in a have used it is a ritual that brings a new life- if it's an temple or other designated place by a holy infant - into the community." Others, he person. rituals as a way says, view baptism as a movement from one Rituals, however, are the domain of all phase of life into another. people- not just those who have received to draw Historically nearly all religions, even those formal training, Buhler says. It doesn't mat that have outwardly eschewed them, have ter what the ritual is, who performs it, or themselves engaged in some form of ritualistic behavior. where- merely that it fulfills a basic need. Some examples: He asks: "What is the difference between closer to • Mesopotamians slaughtered sheep to the eucharist, Easter, symbols of what is read their livers, Vinz says, "in a search to sacred and some pre-Columbian native in a higher power. understand the will of the gods through very Arizona planting a peyote button and danc close readings of omens." ing around appealing to some special force?" • Muslims face Mecca and take a submis- FOCUS 25 Lt Rev. Joseph da Silva, left, says Catholic rituals have changed with the needs of society. sive, kneeling position on a special rug in Panitch feels strongly, too, about sharing A trend seems to be surfacing nationwide their daily prayers to Allah, Buhler says. his faith with his son. "It's good for him to in what appears to be a return to fundamen • Buddhists use yoga, according to Buhler, know what it 's like to be a Jew ... by doing tal religious practices. A 1990 U.S. News and "as a ritual way of transcending the profane this we give him some kind of cultural as well World Report story indicates that growing and finding their way into the sacred in the as ritual identity." numbers of churchgoers are turning to or same way as singing a hymn to reach God." Not all people are as introspective about thodox religions and ancient ritual to find While creating a sense of unity, rituals also why they engage in rituals. Some may dis "the fullness of worship." can help those seeking to reaffirm their own agree with the myth or reason for the ritual This resurgence is seen, at least in part, as identities. BSU social work professor Arnold but nevertheless enjoy participating in them, a method of coping with an increasingly Panitch is among those who use religious Buhler says. Christmas carols, gift-givingand chaotic and impersonal world. Buhler ex ceremonies in this way. Pan itch and his fam other holiday traditions are good examples. plains, "O ne of the difficulties in modern ily celebrate Hanukkah by lighting candles "Eve n people who don't celebrate Christ society is that we really have a hard time in a on their Menorah "because we are transmit mas in a religious way exchange gifts and eat world filled with diversity in terms of values, ting a tradition, a memory and we differen together," he says. religious choices - a world that's so frag tiate ourselves from others who are notJew Buhler says some people find spiritual mented ." ish," he explains. As a Jew and "a member of satisfaction merely by performing a ritual. As society becomes more technological, a minority group in a majority culture," He says, " Bow, kneel, stand, sing, recita people grow more disenfranchised - and Panitch feels its important to "celebrate tions: Does anybody really think about the more driven, says the Rev. Joseph da Silva, something of my own, to renew and restore meaning of the words? Maybe, but most pastor of St. Paul's Catholic Center at BSU. my identity." likely not. The recitation is a ritual." "People have more money but they're work- 26 FOCUS ing themselves harder to get there, stay there," he says. Consequently, many look to rituals to "enter into another world." Think of an audience member listening to a sym phony performance, da Silva says. "They and the whole group are simply swept away, taken beyond themselves." RITUALS On a more pragmatic level, da Silva says he thinks the tactile elements of religious AND rituals- music, candles, food- appeal to the spiritual senses of today's churchgoers. SYMBOLS In other words, parishioners value things that are common to their everyday experi ence but which allow them "to go beyond By Sheila D. Reddy what is normal." DaSilva warns though that rituals don't necessarily "bring God down." He says, "For Rituals and symbols used for healing are the topics of a popular two-day workshop Christians it isn't magic: 'Now God is here, Boise State anthropologist T. Virginia Cox has taught twice in recent months. Students now he isn't.'" God, he says, is always among in the workshops explore the healing rituals of other cultures, in part, by making their the faithful. Rituals merely allow them to be own personalized symbols. BSU graduate Sheila D. Reddy was among those who "lifted into something beyond their own participated in one of the one-credit workshops. Following is a description of her concerns and issues, into something bigger." experience: It should be noted, da Silva says, that although some Catholic rituals have been rayer sticks, fetishes and shields bois" BSU anthropologistT. Virginia Cox handed down for hundreds of years, many are used in the Native American reflected on prehistoric and historic sym culture to create a path from the have changed with the needs of society. For bols and rituals, pointing out that they example, he says, core elements continue in common to the sacred. The path provide an atmosphere open to changes the eucharist that are expressed differently is a personal one leading indi- in reality and perception. vidualsP to a better understanding of The workshop was not focused on soon in each age and culture. Other changes within the Catholic faith include the widespread what creates a sense of harmony and to-be-forgotten notes. It combined the use of English in services and the active balance in themselves understanding of the participation of congregation members in and therefore in the cultural use of sym some ceremonies. Essentially though the universe. bols, the construc same rituals, with some modifications, are In my own life there tion of personal sym performed by 900 million Catholics around have been odd mo bols, and the roles the world. ments - on a busy they play in health In some cases, these shared rituals have freeway, at a super and healing.This sustained ethnic groups- such as those in market meat counter, "hands-on" method the former Soviet Union- that have faced in a neon office full of was doing and think persecution by hostile governments. Rituals desks, in line at regis ing, not just passively have become lifelines. " It was the only way tration or on a hot day listening or talking. they could maintain their identity and hope in a crowded park - As I looked at the in the bleakest period," da Silva says. when I realized I had white front of the Ironically, religious freedom has created lost my sense of what medicine shield I was quite different problems for some in the new was really important. to paint, it occurred Confederation of Independent States. The balance wasn't there, or at least it to me it would not take art skills to create Rather than a source of unity, rituals are was distorted. what symbols I felt were important, but becoming weapons used to exclude some It had nothing to do with my response personal honesty and introspection. to the slick commercialism of what my What had I learned on my journey? I elements of society. What was once a life giving identity, da Silva says, "can be ex life was supposed to be, but a loss of needed my family, time to meditate, pressed destructively toward people of a connection with my inner self. I needed friends, work I liked, a constant connec different background." to restructure my sense of reality, regain tion to my inner self, a closeness with the Nevertheless, most people hold fast to a power base that would allow me to "sit Earth, a sense of reality, and a vision of rituals because they provide something spe back and watch the show" when I was the path I was on so I could maintain a cial, something that goes beyond the daily stuck in a long slow-moving line, or sense of peace, ease and inner compo experience of humanity. They form a bond maintain a sense of peace in a busy office. sure. that draws people together in a spiritual I did not want to be a casualty in an age The symbols created on the shields at way. For where there is no spirit, there is a dominated by consumerism and technol the workshop were personal - as indi "poverty of soul," Vinz says. ogy. I needed to take that journey inward vidual as each of their makers- reflect As Ninian Smart, author of the book The to find my own inner happiness and ing form , but allowing for cultural and Religious Experience of Mankind puts it:" If place of healing. personal differences. For myself, the people go through the motions of religious A part of that journey was to redis workshop provided me with a unique observance without accompanying it with cover and acknowledge what symbols opportunity to recenter ideas and sepa the intentions and sentiments which give it were important to me. In her workshop rate from the ordinary those elements human meaning, ritual is merely an empty on "Healing Rituals and Sacred Sym- that keep life in balance and harmony. D shell." 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Those efforts are starting to pay dividends. A report submitted to the NCAA this winter shows that BSU graduated 59 percent of its student-athletes who entered during 1983-84 and 1984-85. The percentage, called the "refined gradu ation rate" by the NCAA, is a two-year average of student-athletes who received athletic aid and graduated within a six-year period after they first enrolled. It includes both freshman and junior college transfers and allows schools to subtract student-ath letes who leave school in good academic standing. Eighty-three BSU student-athletes, 60 men and 23 women, were included in the total pool. Seventy percent of the women The newest members of the Boise State Hall of Fame pose during induction ceremonies in and 55 percent of the men graduated. February. From left to right, Stan Armstrong, three-time Big Sky wrestling champ (1984-86); The Big Sky Conference hasn't compiled Gary Rosolowich, All-America defensive back on the Bronco football team (1973-76); Terry the rates for its member schools, but the 59 Hutt, All-America wide receiver (1973-74 and '76-'77); and former BJC basketball standout percent figure would have placed BSU and All-America selection Nick Panico (1955-57). The four were honored at halftime of the fourth in the Pac-10 Conference. Northern Arizona-BSU basketball game Feb. 8. "The results indicate that we are moving in a positive direction with our academic work program for those who need to go counseling, advising and other support. programs. We plan to get better each year," beyond that to earn a diploma. "Our student-athletes and their parents says Bleymaier. • Added an Academic Resource Center can see a tangible commitment to academic The report indicates improvement in the to the Pavilion to provide a place where success," says Bleymaier. "This is not just football graduation rate between the two student-athletes can study, receive advising talk -we now have the facility, the staff and years surveyed. Of the 1983-84 class, 11 of and have access to computers. the programs to help our students become 21 recruits (52 percent) graduated. But of • Enlarged the athletic department's aca successful. .. . Our goal- and we've got a lot the 1984-85 recruits, 10 of 11 (91 percent) demic counseling staff and initiated the of work to do to get there- is that every graduated. SUCCEED program, where students sign a student-athlete we recruit graduates. We In women's basketball during the two contract to stay in school and the athletic won't be satisfied with the results until that year period, all four recruits graduated, a 100 department agrees in return to provide happens." 0 percent rate. In men's basketball, two of four graduated. The graduation rates for both men and NEW ACADEMIC RESOURCE CENTER OPENS women improved the second year of the The Pavilion may be the home of the sports facility and construction was funded study. For men, the rate increased 16 per Boise State basketball teams, but the 10- by the Athletic Department, it isn't just for cent between the 1983-84and 1984-85classes, year-old facility is more than just a field student-athletes, says Fred Goode, the ath from 49 percent to 65 percent. The rate for house where athletes can strut their stuff letic department's academic adviser. women went up four points, from 68 to 72 it has also become one of the better places to "Right now, the center's hours are 8 a.m. percent. study on campus. ] 0 p.m. and it is available to all students There is cause for optimism that the The Academic Resource Center, which from noon-5 p.m.," says Goode. "We hope graduation rate will get even better in the was part of the recent addition on the south to extend those overall hours, and when we future. Many of the programs initiated by side of the Pavilion that opened in Decem do we will also extend the noon-5 p.m. slot the athletic department weren't in place in ber, offers a study area that includes three for all students at the same time." time to influence the current survey group, small conference rooms for tutorials and Goode says approximately $60,000 is says Bleymaier. group studies, a large open study area and a needed for the purchase and installation of In recent years, BSU has: third section earmarked for a computer lab. the center's computers. • Added a "degree competition" program The facility can accommodate about 130 In addition, tutorial services are also of that provides financial assistance to student students at one time. fered at the center through the Student Spe athletes who stay in school a fifth year and a And although the center is located in a cial Services program. 0 FOCUS 29 a a II a m a DONOR NOTES • Th e McC a in fa mil y d o nate d $25,237 to the Warre n McCain R eading Room in the BSU Li brary. Inla nd Coca Cola Bottling Co. donated $1,500 to the same fund. • St. Alph onsus R adiology Group donated $2,000 to the Mack R a di o logical T echn ology scholar ship. • John and Lois E lorri aga estab lished an e ndowed scholarship in their names. • Sin a Berg established a n endowed schola rship to be nefit vocational technical students. • Lucill e Hitchcock established the Donors of academic scholarships and their recipients were honored at a December luncheon Graydon M. a nd Lucill e Hitch sponsored by the BSU Foundation. Th e event was held to recognize scholarship recipients, cock e ndowed scholars for hip acknowledge donors for their generous support, and allow scholarship recipients to m eet auto mechanics majors. donors. Pictu red are retired BSU education dean Gerald Wallace and his wife, Eunice, a • The family of Dr. JoA nn Vahey former BSU English professor. has established the Clair and Z eta Va hey e ndowed nursi ng scholar ship in he r pare nt's name. JoA nn GIFT BENEFITS LIBRARY, SCHOLARSHIPS Vahey is director of Boise State's The BS U Foundation has received a be from two to 13 professional librarians. baccala ureate nursing program. quest from the Ruth McBirney estate to A Boise native, McBirney attended BJC, • An endowed music scholarship benefit the uni ve rsity's library and general and received degrees fro m Whitman Col has bee n esta blished in B ob scholarship fund . McBirney died in March lege and the Unive rsity of Washington. H artley's name. 1991. Before coming to BSU, she worked for the • Pete r a nd Mari anne Hirschburg McBirney was BS U libraria n fo r 23 New York Public Library and Columbia and Marcia Sigler donated $2,000 years. By the time she retired in 1977, she University. She also was head librarian for a nd $1 ,000, respecti vely, for unre had overseen library expansion from 17,000 th e American Library in Paris and was deco stricted use. volumes to more than 200,000, moves to two rated by the French government with the • The John F. Nage l Foundation diffe rent buildings and the growth of staff ·'Palmes Academiques." D gave $6,000 to the nursing schol arship in its name. • Geo rge Wade gave $1,000 for FUND HONORS LONGTIME MUSIC PROF nursing enrichme nt a nd $1,000for Boise State has established a scholarship music for secondary school bands. physical education. in honor of music professor Mel Shelton, The fund recognizes Shelton's outstand • e J .L. M thy C ha ri le Th cCar tab who is retiring ing contributions as a music educator and st d o na te d $4,250 to the Tru at the end of humanitarian. The scholarship will be given Mc y hi ry scholarship. Carth sto this academic annually to a student who personifies the • The accounting endowme nt re year. Shelton excellence and commitment to music Shelton ceived $1,000 from L.E . a nd Jill has taught at has demonstrated throughout his life. Costello and another $1,000 from BS U fo r 24 The scholarship will help attract and re Robert and Linda White. years. wa rd outstanding wind instrumental music • Sam and Yola nda Crossland do B efo r e majors who have demonstrated exceptional nated $1,500 to the trustee schol Shelton came perfo rmance ability and strong leadership arship in raptor biology. to the univer in the non-perfo rming aspects of ensemble • Bethine Church donated $1 ,000 sity, he taught participation. to the Fra nk Church Chair of Pub in strume ntal To date, $3,000 has been pledged toward lic A ffairs. music in the Shelton the endowment goal of $5,000. Gifts may be • Steve Schmidt donated $1 ,000 to public schools at all levels, including nine sent to: Mel Shelton Scholarship, BSU Foun the general scholarshi p fund. 0 years at Boise High. H e is internationally dation, 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID recognized as a composer and arranger of 83725, (208) 385-3276. D 30 FOCUS JONES NAMED COMPUTER NETWORK IDAHO'S WRITER LINKS NEW TEACHERS Poets are supposed to spend long hours in Twenty-seven new teachers were selected coffee shops because they need the right to participate in a computer network that atmosphere to think creatively. And besides, links beginning teachers in southwest Idaho they don't have jobs anyway. with each other and with College of Educa But the state's newest writer-in-residence tion faculty at Boise State University. rejects cliches in his life as well as his poetry. Established by BSU and the US West Daryl Jones, Idaho's writer-in-residence for Foundation, the program is designed to 1992-93, is BSU's interim executive vice presi provide a communication tool that will al dent and is a professor of E nglish, teaching low beginning teachers to share their prob creative writing. Until assuming the vice lems and experiences and to receive assis presidency he was dean of the College of tance and advice from BSU teacher educa Arts and Sciences. tion faculty members. The author of "Someone Going Home The three-year project, funded by the US Late," a collection of poetry, and "The Dime West Foundation, is in its last year. There is Store Novel Western," a criti cal study of the only one other program in the nation like the 19th century Western novel, Jones was se Daryl Jones BSU network -a pilot project started in lected for the honor from 17 applicants 1987 by Harvard U niversity. through a blind judging process. Jurors for Arts Creative Writing Fellowship Grant and The system addresses a severe national th e Idaho Commission on the Arts award the Natalie Ornish Poetry Award presented problem, which is the attrition rate of teach included Idaho native Marilynne Robinson, by the Texas Institute of Letters. ers during the critical first year of their ca author of "Housekeeping;" former writer As writer-in-residence, Jones will give 12 reers, said Richard Hart , former dean of in-residence Ron McFarland; and promi readings or workshops in communities BSU's College of Education , who began the nent Northwest author Barry Lopez. throughout the state. He is awarded a project. Jones' poems have appeared in "Black $10,000 stipend for the two-year term. Jones The funds for the grant were provided by Warrior Review," " New Orleans Review," succeeds another BSU poet, Neidy Messer, the US West Educational Initiative, which "Sewanee Review" and "TriQ uarterly." 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Nancy Otterness and Carol Fountain pro duced interactive programs that were hon ored recently as one of the 101 Joe Wyatt Challenge Success stories by Educational Uses of Information Technology, a nation wide consortium of about 750 universities and corporations. Projects from Cornell University, Carnegie-Mellon and other prestigious universities were among those cited. The goal of the Joe Wyatt Challenge, named for the chancellor of Vanderbilt University, is to find out if information tech nology is making a difference in higher edu cation. No question, it is at BSU. Interactive video programs enable nurs ing students to watch a video of a scene, such The interactive program on injections developed by Nancy Otterness, Left, and Carol Fountain as a woman giving birth, on a computer uses innovative touch-screen computer technology. screen. The video stops periodically to pose questions, which the students answer using a touch-screen system. If the answer is correct, Fuld Institute of Technology for Nursing Currently the interactive video disks are the video continues to the next question. If Education, Otterness, Fountain and Springer receiving good reviews from BSU students. not, the information is presented agai n. began work to "repurpose" several video Sandy Johnson, a junior in the baccalaureate Since spring of 1991, more than 100 entry disks. nursing program, says she appreciates the level BSU nursing students have used the The ability to isolate pieces of videos has instant feedback she gets from the programs. injection program and several others pur proved invaluable for faculty. For example, " It gives you the answer back right away chased with the assistance of a $46,000 grant Otterness says, she can illustrate a discussion whether you're right or wrong," she says. from the Helene Fuld Foundation. The grant of Parkinson's disease by showing a brief "You Jearn it the right way immediately." ~ was used to buy equipment for faculty and video of a patient suffering from the illness. Another advantage, Fountain says, is that student work stations. Students can understand the disease better nursing students can gain skills in a safe, "Developing this type of courseware will than they would from listening to a lecture non-threatening environment without jeop enhance student learning and increase effec and reading a textbook. ardizing their patients' safety. ... tiveness of faculty," says Anne Payne, nurs Next year Otterness and Springer plan to Besides, the videos are a fun way to learn. ing department chair and associate dean of research the effectiveness of the new tech Otterness says: "Many of these students have BSU's College of Health Science." And it's nology in the classroom. They will teach half been raised on Sesame Street. They don't like certainly an honor to be considered on the a class using traditional methods and the to sit and be passive. If the student is more cutting edge of computer-assisted technol rest using the interactive video. The students visual this helps them with their learning ogy." will then complete a written test and be needs." Nursing faculty me mbers have been evaluated in a mock clinical setting. Interactive videos, which can cost from working with the innovative technology There also are plans to create an interac $800 to $3,000 each, have been on the market since 1990. The first major project was the tive program about the nursing department for about 10 years but only recently have injection program Otterness and nursing for prospective students. The program would been applied to academia. They are creating professor Pam Springer developed last year. include information about the department a lot of interest at BSU. Biology and other After attending a weeklong workshop on plus footage of campus scenes and nurses at departments have been working with the interactive technology presented by the work. staff at the Simplot/Micron Instructional 32 FOCUS Technology Center to purchase or develop videos of their own. While the technology is exciting, it hasn't all been smooth sailing. Otterness, Fountain and other faculty members have spent many hours learn ing to use the equipm e nt. They've been frustrated with it on more than one occasion, but they're convinced the in vestment will pay off for both students and faculty. "There's just so much potential," Otterness says. "We firmly believe this is another teaching method, and because all students learn differently, we'll be able to give them some options. "We're not going to stop. We just see new ways of using this technology." D BUILDYOUR DRE AMSO N A PROFS, BSU RADIO RECEIVE IHC GRANTS SOLID FOUNDATION. 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Of course, past performance is no guarantee of future results. ©Investors National Corporation, 1992. annual convention of the Pacific Northwest Political Science Association (PNPSA) in Victoria, British Columbia. Three other political science professors also presented papers at the PNPSA confer INTRODUCING ence. They were: DENNIS DONOGHUE, "Presi dential Chief of Staff of Primus Inter Pares," ·shake Roof Restoration and Cleaning and GARY MONCRIEF and DAVID PAnON, ''The Janitorial maintenance, fire, water & smoke damage restoration, Rise in Legislative Campaign Expenditures." window, carpet & upholsterycleaning. Sociology chair MARTIN SCHEFFER pre sented a paper about his national study of school-based policing to the 14th annual 345-2951 meeting of the International Society of Crime Commercial & Residential Prevention Practitioners in Calgary, Alberta. Cleaning Psychology professor GARVIN CHASTAIN'S "Since 1962" article" Is Rapid Performance Improvement Across Short Precue-target Delays Due to Masking from Peripheral Precues?" was ac WESTERN BUILDING MAINTENANCE cepted for publication in Acta Psychologica. Social work professor ARNOLD PANITCH co-authored "Immigrating to Quebec: The KLATSCH Demographic Challenges of a Province Ex periencing Low Fertility" in the current is sue of Migration World Magazine. MARDELL NELSON'S article "Empowerment of Incest Survivors: Speaking Out" was pub lished recently by Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Human Services. GRETCHEN COTRELL received a $5,000 grant from the Council on Social Work Education for her dissertation "Americans of Indian and European Descent: Ethnic Identity Is sues: Twelve Lives in the Annals of Modern Mixed Bloods." Criminal justice professor JANE FORAKER- 409 S. 8TH ST. BOISE 34 FOCUS THOMPSON presented "Traditional Conflict Research, Acoustics Branch, to study sea Resolution Methods Used in Black Town floor geologic environments on sonar and ships in South Africa" at the meeting of the acoustic signals and a $2,000 grant from MIT American Society of Criminology in San to study the seismic signal of mid-ocean Francisco. The paper also was accepted by ridge magma chambers. the Internationallournal of Group Tensions published by Duke University. COLLEGE OF BUSINESS Management professor MIKE BIXBY pre COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES sented his paper "Criminal Enforcement of Environmental and Occupational Safety Music professor MADELEINE HSU's article HOlrltll MCCA.llll Laws" at the American Business Law Asso "A Summer with Wilhelm Keupff" was pub ciation annual meeting in Portland, Maine. A Mountain Inn lished in the October issue of the magazine At the same conference DAN FURRH pre Clavier. The article was about the late pia sented his paper "Using Writing to Improve nist who died in May in Germany. Students' Understanding of Business Law." Three paintings featuring an Idaho land ~IKIIlliiRlUNJDAGIL NEWELL GOUGH presented his paper scape theme by JOHN KILLMASTER were ac cepted by the Snake River Competitive "Greening of Corporate Governance: The $49.00 per person Juried Art Exhibition. He also had two Effect of Independent Institutions Monitor double occupancy panels accepted by the International Enamel ing on Firm Performance" at the Strategic Exhibition in Newstadt, Germany. Management Society annual conference. Management department chair NANCY available Art instructor HEATHER HANLON's article "Picture Lift Prints from a Color Laser NAPIER presented her paper "Cross-border Sunday - Thursday Acquisitions" to the Human Resource Plan Copier" was accepted for publication in ning Society Symposium in Newport, R.I., School Arts Magazine. and to the Academy of Management annual Reservations CHARLES DAVIS, director of the interdisci meeting in Miami. plinary humanities program and professor Information: GUNDARS KAUPINS received the Best Pa of English, presented his paper "This is Hell, per award for his "Influence of Managerial (208) 634-8105 Nor Am I Out of It: The Archaeopsychology Perceptions of Creativity and Happiness on of 'The Monk'" at the Northwest Society for their Humor" at the Association of Manage 18th Century Studies meeting. ment national conference in Atlantic City Geophysics professor MARTIN DOUGHERTY JIM WILTERDING presented his paper "Ac co-authored four papers presented at the commodating Organizational Cultures: An fall1991 American Geophysical Union meet Evaluation of Management Delivery Modes ing in San Francisco. One of the papers in Varying Organizational Cultures" at the SPECIAL OFFER presented about seismic scattering was co Association of Business Simulation and Ex authored by graduate student R.J. VINCENT. periential Learning annual meeting. In addition, Dougherty presented "Fine Scale Seafloor Structure and Its Effect on COLLEGE OF EDUCATION Acoustic Backscatter" at the fall1991 meet ~arrison ing of the Acoustic Reverberation Special Teacher education professor JUDY FRENCH Research Program sponsored by the Woods co-authored "Children's Hero Play of the Hole Oceanographic Institution in Woods 20th Century: Changes Resulting from GJ[+]DJIIIIIIilDl Hole, Mass. Television's Influence," which appeared in Fellow BSU geologist JACK PELTON pre Child Study Journal. A 135-page book written sented "Interaction of Seismic Waves with NORMA SADLER'S short story "My Sum the Unsaturated Zone Waveguide" at the mer Vacation" appeared in the October is by BSU history professor Society of Exploration Geophysicists fall sue of Teen magazine. Todd Shallat about the meeting in Houston. The paper was co KATHY YOUNG and department chair authored by Dougherty and graduate stu VIRGIL YOUNG co-wrote "The Story of Idaho historic homes in Boise's dentJ. CARLTON PARKER. At the same confer Guide and Resource Book," which is de ence Parker presented "An Electrically signed to accompany Virgil Young's text North End. Detonated Downhole Seismic Gun," co book The Story of Idaho. authored by Dougherty and Pelton. RUTH VINZ recently published a chapter In addition, Dougherty received a titled "In Teachers' Hands" in the third vol $12.95 $209,000 grant from the Office of Naval ume of Vital Signs, an annual series on Research, Geology Branch, for a project teaching and learning language arts. She (includfls taxes and postage) that involves seismic, geochemical and struc presented a version of the chapter in a paper tural analysis of exposed oceanic rocks on for the National Council of Teachers of En the island of Cyprus. Dougherty also re glish in Indianapolis. Order from ceived $87,000 for the second year of a two DOUG YARBROUGH'S article "Doing Re year study sponsored by the Office of Naval search in the Small University: A View from FOCUS Research on noise on basalts and sediments. the Bottom of the Heap" appeared in a Boise State University Dougherty also received a two-year publication of the Northern Rocky Moun 1910 University Drive $206,000 grant from the Office of Naval tain Educational Research Association. 0 Boise, ID 83725. FOCUS 35 a a a m m a a II a APPLETON CHIPS IN AS MICRON CHIEF By Larry Burke Just 10 short years ago Steve Appleton was focused on his final semester in college and the Bronco tennis team, where he had been the No. 1 player for four years. What a difference a decade makes. Today, Appleton is playing on a court that ranges from Japan to Scotland. And 4,000 employees as well as thousands more stock holders are keenly interested in how he does. He is the president and chief operating officer of Boise-based Micron Technology. Appleton's rise to the top of Micron's management hierachy is an only-in-America type of story. After graduating from BSU in 1982 he returned to his native California to enter graduate school and chase a dream Ten years after his graduation from BSU, Steve Appleton is president of Micron Technology. he wanted to play on the pro tennis tour. But an injury ended those hopes, so he now Appleton's responsibility, from research world," he says, pointing out Micron's low returned to Boise to "check things out." and development to production and market overhead for utilities, land and construction. Micron hired him on the production line for ing. He has been an integral part of a man "We're not always well-liked; remember , $4.46 per hour. At that time, the company agement team that has positioned Micron as that's where our competition is. But we are had only 200 employees and one building. a major player in the international semicon well-respected," he says. Appleton worked his way through the ranks, ductor market and strengthened its position Learning some hard lessons from turbu serving in supervisory and then manage through diversification into other products. lent times in the mid-1980s when the price ment positions. Micron is now the only domestic manufac and demand for chips plummeted, Micron Appleton says his progression at Micron turer that is making D-RAMS (dynamic ran has diversified into other high-tech products came at the expense of his tennis game. "I dom access memory) chips for the commer -even a construction company. didn't pick up a tennis racquet for six years," cial market. The company also has 23 per "In 1985 we had one product and four to he says. "I worked 14-15 hour days, seven cent of the world's market share inS-RAMS five customers. We learned; we diversified days a week. That's because I like it- I'd (static random access memory) chips. Both so now no customer has more than 5 percent rather do this than most other things. " products are used in computers. of our business," he says. Micron co-founder Joe Parkinson says Micron's biggest competition comes from To remain competitive, the firm must re Appleton was among the first group of col Japan . But Japan is turning into a viable duce the cost of producing its products by 30 lege graduates hired by the company. market for Micron's products, which are percent annually , says Appleton . "Our "We didn't hire people who thought they produced and marketed through its Japa strength is that people are free to come up should be executives right out of college," nese partner, Sanyo. with new ideas; they aren't forced to con Parkinson says. We started them out on the Two years ago Appleton was put in charge form to a predetermined thought process," line so they could Jearn all facets of the of Micron's marketing and manufacturing he says. business. Many of them are now running the efforts in Japan . In a move rare among U.S. "The challenge is to not get so big that company." executives, he learned Japanese and studied individuality is sacrificed." Appleton, obviously, stood out from the the culture extensively long before he made How does he feel about reaching a level of beginning. his first trip. corporate responsibility that most don't reach "H e is very, very competitive ," says "I have a firm belief that you need to until middle age? Parkinson, smiling. understand your competition if you are go "I'm not naive enough to think that I've In those days it wasn 't unusual for workers ing to compete effectively. I wanted to un learned everything. No matter what posi coming in for the morning shift to find derstand the Japanese mind and their way of tion I've had, I've always recognized that I App leton asleep on the couch after working doing business," Appleton says. could get better," he says. "When you look all night, adds Micron employee Harmon The biggest challenge, he says, is to change at things in that perspective, you never think Adams. the opinion that American goods are infe you've arrived. "He's the kind of guy who will pull cover rior. Micron is overcoming that stigma by "This is more like a hobby for me. You've alls over his suit and help you out. He's not doing what the Japanese do best - making heard professional athletes say, 'I'm having afraid to get his hands dirty ... people here a high-quality product at a competitive cost. so much fun that I can't believe they're really respect him for that," says Adams. "We have- and the Japanese are now paying me to do this.' Well, it's very similar The day-to-day operation of Micron is just admitting this- the lowest cost in the for me.'' D 36 FOCUS CRYDER'S CAREER IN SEED PRODUCTION BUSINESS BLOSSOMS By Larry Burke ing research, she now also negotiates with seed growers and shippers and keeps a close Cathy Cryder learned to sow from her watch on the quality of seed that is produced. father. She works with 100 growers in North America Cryder says her formative years were and Europe. spent in the back of her dad's pickup, bounc "I'm enjoying learning more about busi ing from farm to farm in the Magic Valley ness. And I like the variety- one day I'm as he called on his clients in the seed produc harvesting onions in New Mexico and the tion business. She learned her lessons well next day I'm on a plane to Europe to nego - by age 12 she produced her first commer tiate a contract," she says. cial seed crop. Research into onions is more complex Today, the 1975 BSU biology graduate is than it is with other produce, such as toma giving her own sowing lessons to growers in toes. all corners of the world as a researcher and "Very little is known about onion genetics station manager for the international seed ... they have complex systems of genes that company, V ANDERHA VE. are triggered by the amount of light they Cryder has devoted most of her academic receive," she says. and professional life to improving the veg Because it takes so long to bring a new etable most known for its ability to make strain into full production, seed companies people cry- the onion. must anticipate market conditions seven After receiving her doctorate from New years in advance. Right now she is working Mexico State University in 1988,Cryderwas on seeds that will hit the market in 1998-99. hired by Shamrock Seed Co. (later to be "One bad crop can alter plans made years come V ANDERHA VE) to set up and run a Cathy Cryder holds a new onion variety for ahead," she says. research station in Las Cruces, N.M. planting in Arizona and California. In addition to her scientific discoveries, There she combines the latest in genetics Cryder is breaking new ground in another with field experiments to develop new strains planting and delivery time so we can grow way. She is one of only two or three females of onions that are more disease-resistant, and market for longer periods," she says. working on onion genetics in the country. produce higher yields and are more tolerant Last year her work took on a global di Worldwide, there are 150-200 scientists con of cold. Currently, 11 new varieties are in mension when the company gave her re ducting research on onions. production for the first time, she says. sponsibility for commercial onion seed "Onions are one of the most difficult to "We're tryi ng to break down barriers in production worldwide. In addition to breed- develop ... I like that challenge," she says. 0 ELIZONDOS: TEACHERS AND PREACHERS OF HISPANIC PRIDE By Glenn Oakley "We have to prove or overprove ourselves." which increases to 37 percent in spring with But he adds, "What keeps me here is the the influx of migrant farm workers - the Baldemar Elizondo remembers attending changes it has made: the number of students Marsing schools have only three Hispanic 12 schools one year as his famil y followed graduating, the community acceptance. teachers. the migrant trail from Monterrey, Mexico, There was a time when some parents were For many of the students and their parents through Texas , California and up into hesitant about our abilities as the Elizondos are in- Washington. teachers." Today, he and his wife, Debbie, encour Despite a 25 percent His (Cominued on age migrant children to beat the odds by panic student population - page 44) staying on the education trail. Baldemar is the Marsing School District's liaison between MARSING the migrant community and the school; GRADE Debbie teaches second grade at Marsing SCHOO Elementary. Those are their official jobs. But they see their most important work, says Baldemar, "as being a role model for the students here and the community as a His panic." The couple came to Marsing 16 years ago to work as teacher's aides. In 1977 they started classes at Boise State under the then pilot program in bilingual education. They C\ both earned bachelor's degrees in educa r z tion, then last May the two earned their '"z master's of education degrees from BSU. 0,. Now they are looking forward to starting on "'r ..'"-< their doctorates. J: "It's been a rough road," says Baldemar. ~ FOCUS 37 HOFFMAN PLAYS LEADING ROLE AS PROF, DIRECTOR, ACTIVIST •.. By Bob Evancho man 's production should draw pretty well considering it will feature Sally Field. The maxim "You can't go home again" Oscar-winner Field was one of the stars in doesn't wash with filmmaker and Idaho na Hoffman's 1991 movie Soapdish. "I called tive Michael Hoffman. Far from the mad Sally and asked if she would be willing to dening crowd and the Hollywood scene, he come to Boise, donate her time and play finds succor in the relatively restful environs Amanda in Th e Glass Menagerie; she agreed of Boise-w henever possible, that is. to do it. [The show] has become a great "When you make a movie, it takes a long benefit for what I think is an extraordinary time," Hoffman says. "Every movie takes cause," Hoffman says. about a year out of your life, so you never But why Boise? really know what's going to happen; for now "On some of the publicity we're handing I'm very pleased to be here." out for the homeless shelter it says, 'Home is But why Boise? where you start from,"' Hoffman answers. " I "I came back here because this is my needed to be involved in a community, and home," he replies. " I grew up here. I lived in I guess when I think of a community and London for 10 years and kind of decided Michael Hoffman teaches his screenwriting what that word means to me, I think of Boise when I was 33 that I was too young to be an class for the BSU theatre arts department. and this valley.l came back because I wanted expatriate . ... Besides, there are a lot of good a community that I could take an active part reasons to avoid Los Angeles." hoped. says Hoffman, that the facility will in and contribute to." One of BSU's favorite, favorite sons, avoid duplication of services provided by But he will be returning to Hollywood Hoffman is back at his alma mater for a similar agencies and make efficient use of its sometime after the spring semester to begin second stint as a visiting instructor in the funding. " It would provide not only shelter work on his next movie, Restoration. "It's set theatre arts department , where he is teach for single men and women and families," he in the 1660s and concerns the spiritual resto ing three courses. He is also working on his says, "but it could also be a school and a day ration of a man who wants to avoid his own next major motion picture. care center." goodness. He's sort of a doctor, a healer by But the Payette native and former Rhodes It's an ambitious and commendable nature; he runs away into the excesses of the Scholar is doing more than just teaching project, but Hoffman does more than talk a court of Charles II ... It has a lot of the energy during his Boise respite. good game. The seed money for the home of Tom Jones, but underlying is a kind of Hoffman is working to help establish a less center will come from the proceeds from moral fairy tale about the need to accept central resource center and shelter for the Hoffman's March production of The Glass those things that are useful in the world." Boise-Ada Coalition for the Homeless. It is Menagerie in the Morrison Center. Hoff- Hoffman knows about that, and lives it. D .•. WHILE FELLOW ALUM JON TURNER RETURNS TO TEACHING By Leslie Mendoza To stereotype a math professor might be to call him pompous or prominent, and ex hostage Jon "Jesse" Turner could make a person feel a little intimidated. "You don't need to be!" Turner said, laughing. He said he sees himself as laid-back and relaxed. The Boise State alumnus accepted a tem porary teaching position this semester at the university. Coming back to teach at BSU has helped him get back to normal living, he said. Turner said he would like to stay in Boise and is applying for available jobs. Before entering a classroom, Turner pre pares himself by thinking about what he's going to say and adjusting to the class, whether it's first-semester calculus or intro to computer science. Turner said he enjoys teaching again and finds his students pleasant. His classroom is Former hostage Jon Turner is teaching mathematics and computer science classes at BSU. interesting, but businesslike. Turner said he has chosen not to talk about his tribulations Beirut students were more prepared in math Geology Building. as a hostage in his classes because they are because of an extra year high school study. Turner said teaching is important to him not the proper place. Turner said he was most impressed with because of his students and because he en The difference between teaching in Beirut the university's size. The number of students joys the academic atmosphere. D and Boise are the students' language skills, has grown, and there are more cars, he said. This article originally appeared in the Ar he said. H e said he had to be careful with When he left in 1970 with a degree in psy biter, BSU's student newspaper. Reprinted phrasing words and not to use idioms. His chology, there was nothing behind the Math/ by permission. 38 FOCUS ALUMNI URGED PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE TO PAY ' 92 DUES By Booker Brown, President Membership fees fo r Boise State alums BSU Alumni Association who wish to join the Alumni Associati on are now due for 1992. I'm pleased to report that Boise State Univer Membershi p offers a variety of benefits, sity, in the midst of the recent administrative up in cl uding use of university recreati onal fac ilities and tennis courts (with payment of heaval, bas embarked upon this spring semester a facility user fee), use of the Library, dis with renewed vigor in sustaining its leadership role counted movie tickets and many other ben as a quality provider of higher education. The efits. Dues are $25 per alumni household . current administration led by President Larry For additional inform ation or to receive Selland, as well as faculty, staff, student body and a n ap pl icati o n fo r me mbership, write: A lumni Office , Boise State U ni versity, alumni, are to be commended for their efforts in 1910 Uni versity Drive, Boise, ID 83725 or keeping the university on course during the unset call (208) 385-1698. D tling time after John Keiser's dismissal. That to getherness exhibited the strengths that the univer NAMES SOUGHT sity has developed over recent years. FOR ANNUAL AWARD A few current events concerning Boise State University are of interest Those wishing to nominate an alum fo r to note: the 1992 Distinguished Alumni Award are • The State Board of Education commenced with the arduous task of asked to contact the Alumni Office by hiring a new Boise State University president. A 22-member selection March 1. committee was chosen by members of the State Board of Education to Being sought are nominations for alums who have achieved distinction, honor or ex participate in the process. This group represents a cross-secti<;m of con cellence in sch olarship, leadership, achieve stituencies and organizations interested in the well-being of BSU and ment or service. higher education. The future of Boise State will be guided by the success Those receiving awards will be honored at ful candidate and, as such, any suggestions. concerns and/or comments the annual Distinguished Alumni and Top should be directed to this committee. As always, we urge your involve Te n Scholars Banque t April 17 at the O wyhee Pl aza in Boise. D ment in your university. • In January, the university presented its budget request to the Idaho ANNUAL MEETING legislative finance committee for review and approval. This request addressed several areas that the administration feels need additional SET FOR MAY funds to meet future endeavors. We support this budget request, as it is in The annual meeting and installation of line with the increasing needs at the university new officers for the Alumni Association is scheduled for early May. • This year Boise State University celebrates its 60th anniversary as an In accordance with the bylaws of the asso institution of higher education. Please join us in congratulating BSU in ciati on, "nominati on by members of the gen reaching another major milestone. A list of events surrounding this eral membership must be submitted to the occasion may be obtained through the Alumni Office. Alumni Office no later th an March 1 of each These are just a few of the many activities happening at BSU. As the year. Each nomination must be accompa nied by the valid signatures of a minimum of year progresses, we will keep you informed on important developments. 15 members of th e Alumni Association." In the meantime, if we may be of further assistance, please let us know. 0 For more information, contact the Alumni Office , (208) 385-1698. D Plastilwil ---. 101 reasons why you \_COP¥ CENtER) ~0e should have effective Bl~ll£RV S '>· ----c===-& ~ ~~~.. :--,'(!p lax planning .. . • 5¢ COPIES ~ ~~ ~ 3 good choices ... • Plastic Spiral Binding in Craig C. Qiche. CD/\ 23 Exciting Colors ·£ "~ Joseph D. 8hirls. CD/\ • Volume Discounts ~q; 338-8600 Delberl L. Molz. Jr .. CD/\ • FAX Service 1 -800-234-5426 345-1113 QICHE.0H IQT0 ~ MOTZ FAX 345-1662 Certified Public Accountants Broadway 111 , Boise 500 East Saybrook Court, Boise 447 W. Myrtle, P.O. Box 7464, Boise, ID 83707, 1208)338·1040 FOCUS 39 ALUMNI IN TOUCH . .. 80s CRAIG M. DANIELS, BBA, accounting, '80, was named 1991 Healthtrust Western Region Chief Luu Our policy js to print as much Financial Officer of the Year. Daniels recently "In Touch" information as possible. transferred to Pioneer Valley Hospital in West Send your letters to the BSU Valley City, Utah, from West Valley Medical ...... """"' ... Alumni Association, 1910 Univer· Center in Caldwell. sity Drive, Boise, Idaho 83725. In PHILIP J. NUXOLL, BBA, accounting, '80, is a l partner with Presneli-Gage Accounting and '~ addition, if you know someone ~ Consulting in Lewiston. Nuxoll has been with ~ who would make a good feature the firm for 10 years and specializes in audits, ~ story in our "Alumnotes" section, tax pl anning, pension plans, budgeting and contact the office of News Services projections. at the same address. SUSAN SELLERS, BS, physical education, '81, was promoted to curriculum coordinator for Q\tS health and physical education at Shoreline 50s School District in Seattle. CLIFF JACKSON, diploma, metal fabrication, DOUGLAS E. JOHNSON , MA, education, '82, is '52. is president of Idaho Metal Fabrication in principal at Mountain Home High School. Burley. Jackson's firm sells fast food and JULIE CHEEVER, BA, communication, '83, is a commercial processing equipment. Jackson also special assistant to Gov. Cecil Andrus. As Division of has patented five of his own designs. special assistant for human resources, she briefs Continuing Education DR. WALTER R. PETERSEN, diploma, general arts the governor on higher education, social Summer 1992 Schedule and sciences, '54, was honored recently by the services and employment issues. Cheever Burley Chamber of Commerce at its 25th fo rmerl y was public information officer for the Each summer, the BSU Division of annual Farmer/Businessman Appreciation Idaho State Library. Continuing Education provides a Banquet. Petersen has operated a family J. KENT ERICKSON, BA, communication, '84, comprehensive schedule of work medica l practice in Burley since 1966. received three Fashion Awards of Merit at the shops for educators in Idaho and Custom Tailors and Designers Association show the Northwest. in Miami Beach, Fla. Erickson is president of J. Our workshops cover topics in 70s Kent Ltd., in Boise. the areas of Reading , Whole VICKI MATTHEWS-BURWELL, BA, elementary JOANNE B. JONES, MBA, '84, was named a Language, Special Education, education, '72, was named runner-up in the 1992 di stinguished citizen by the Idaho Statesman in Birds of Prey, Theater Arts, Geog Idaho Teacher of the Year competition. She is D ecember. Jones was honored for her raphy, and much more . . . a fifth-grade teacher at New Pl ymouth volunteer efforts, including coordination of gift Elementary School. giving and clothing drives. For your free schedule call: MARY L. PEARSON, BBA, general business, '73, DIANA VOGT, BA , communication, '84, is a In Boise ...... 385-3492 was selected president of the Northwest Indian litigation associate fo r Kutak Rock and In Idaho ...... (800) 632-6586 Bar Association in Seattle. Pearsoa n is n Campbell in Omaha, Neb. Vogt graduated in ext. 3492 associate judge for the Northwest Intertribal May 1990 magna cum laude from Creighton Outside Idaho .. . (800) 824-7017 Court System in Edm onds, Wash. Law School in O maha. ext. 3492 JIM SIMPSON, BBA, fin ance, '73, has been GREG CHAVEZ, BBA, computer information or appointed by Gov. Cecil Andrus to the Idaho systems, '85, owns O rion Development Inc. in complete the coupon below and Lottery Commission. Simpson has been Boise. Orion provides consulting, programming mail to: publisher of the Weiser Signal-American since and software support services. 1980 and currently serves as vice president of MICHAEL CLARK, MA, education/art emphasis, BSU Division of the Idaho Newspaper Association. '85, is director of the Extended Education Continuing Education CARLETON CHING, BBA, general business, '75, OutreachW Office at estern Wyoming Library Room 217 is vice president of Pheasant Ridge Corp., a real Community College, in Kemmerer, Wyo. 1910 University Drive estate development agency in H awaii. KEVIN W . HAWKINSON , BBA, economics, '85 , Boise, Idaho 83725 M. FRANK WATT IRETON, MS, earth science, '77, is a fin ancial consultant with Shearson Lehman Schedules Available Late February! is manager of pre-college education programs at in Boise. the American Geophysical Union in Washing DANIEL J. KUNZ , MBA, '85, vice president of ton. D.C. Ireton also is seeking a Ph.D. in fin ance and administration of Morrison Please enter my name on the continuing " curriculum and instruction from the University Knudsen Corporation's Mining G roup, has education mailing list. of Maryland. been elected vice president and controller of the Name ______DOUG GOCHNOUR , BS, biology, '76, is part of corporation. Kunz joined MK in 1978. a leadership team reviewing the forest plan fo r PATTY HAAS, BM , music/education emphasis, Idaho's Clearwater National Forest. '86 is choir director at St. John's Cathedral in Address ------JENNIFER RALSTON , BA, communication, '77, is Boise. the founder and president of Ralston-Barber PATRICIA G. METCALF, BA, social science, '86, is City------Communication Inc. , in Bend, Ore. Ralston a reference librarian at Peni nsula College in Barber recently was admitted to the American Port Angeles, Wash. She graduated from the State Zip ______Association of Advertising Agencies. University of Washington's Graduate School of DANIEL WYNKOOP , BA, business, '77, Library and Information Science in December. successfull y completed a comprehensive GREG E. METZGAR, BA, politica l science, '86, examination to become a certified management was promoted to captain and has attended the I am particularly interested in programs in: accountant. Wynkoop is a fin ancial analyst for Infantry Officer's Advanced Course at Fort CMSI in Portland. Benning, Ga. Metzgar served with the lOlst Nampa/ Caldwell _ Ontario_ RALPH KING, BS, physical educirt ion, '79, has Airborne Division (Air Assault) during Mtn. Home_ Fruitland_ been named McCall-Donnelly Junior High's Operation D esert Storm and was awarded the interim principal. King previously taught junior Meritorious Servi ce Ribbon and Combat LG~n~ld _ ~SUSu~ e ~s=-J high math and computer classes in McCall. Infantryman's Badge. 40 FOCUS RANDY B. REDDINGTON , BA, history/social sci JOHN K. BERGIN, BBA, management and NANCY.E A. LANE, BA, communication, '91, is ence, '86, was named 1991 Gem State Conference human resources, '90, is manager of Pay less an assistant court supervisor for Ada County. Coach of the Year. Reddington teaches at Mini co Shoe Source in Moscow. NORMA ANDREA PECK, BA, psychology, '91, is High School in Rupert and is head coach of the VALERIE V. CLEVERLY, BA, elementary educa a day treatment coordinator and case manager cross country/track team. tion, bilingual/ multicultural, '90, teaches second for Four Corners Mental Health in Moab, Utah. MICHELLE MACAW , BA, criminal justice, '87, is grade at Lakeview Elementary in Nampa. STEVE PHIPPS, BS, biology, '91 , is teaching victim-witness coordinator at the Ada County PHIL DE ANGELl, BA, economics and English, earth science and physics at Soda Springs High Sheriff's Office in Boise. She also is president '90, is attending law school at the University of School. of the Idaho Victim-Witness Association. Oregon. De Angeli was named to the curricu VICKI TURNER, BS, mathematics/secondary SCOTT R. HOWELL, BAS, horticulture, '86, is a lum committee, the Oregon Law Review staff education, '91, is teaching mathematics at East botanist with the U.S. Forest Service and works and the Philip L. Jessup International Law Minico Junior High School in Rupert. at Mt. Hood National Forest in Oregon. Moot Court Team. DAVID J. KENNEDY, BA, history, '88, is working JULIE ACARREGUI, BS, nursing, '91, is a nurse at WEDDINGS toward a Ph.D. in public history studies at th e Madigan Army Medical Center, Fort Lewis, University of California-Santa Barbara. Wash. JOAN P. URRESTI and Thomas W. Falash, RICK WILLIAMS, CC, welding and metals AMY ASCHENBRENER, MS, exercise and sports (Boise) July 13 fabrication, '88, owns and operates Williams studies, '91, is working as a health and fitness BRAD CAMPBELL and Margaret Nelson, Welding Shop in Garden City. coordinator for Boeing Corp. in Seattle. (Anchorage) July 26 BRIAN W . DOBBS, BA, economics, '89, was MARK BECKER, MA, music, '91, was named ROBERT E. MITCHELL and Stacey D . Baird, named a commercial lending officer at First education chairperson for the American Guild (Casper, Wyo.) July 27 Security's Consumer Loan Center in Boise. of English Handbell Ringers. As chairperson, CHAREE H. HANSON and Greg A. VanOrder, Dobbs previously was a financial services officer Becker is responsible for promoting hand bell (Boise) Aug. 3 at the bank's Gooding branch. ringing in schools. He lives in Caldwell. JOHN KNOTT and Shawnna Twitchell, BARRY C. MALONE, BA, music, '89, has LUANN FIFE, BS, nursing, '91, is an assistant (Hagerman) Aug. 10 completed the chaplain assistance co urse at Fort head nurse in intensive care at St. Luke's KARAN L. RIDDLE and Andrew C. Lockhart, Monmouth in Red Bank, N.J. Regional Medical Center. Fife is a graduate (Boise) Aug. 24 SUZANNE MCINTOSH , BA, political science, music student at BSU and also teaches private TAWNIE CAMPBELL and Todd Vitek, (Nampa) '89, is an administrative assistant for the Idaho piano lessons. Aug. 30 Conservat ion League in Boise. ALMA GOMEZ -FRITH, MA, education/art JOHN MARSHALL STARR and Denise Marie emphasis, '91, is a retention coun selor for the Stringer, (Nampa) Aug. 31 College Assistance Migrant Program at BSU GREGORY ALLAN REEDER and Sandra Kay Ash, 90s and recently exhibited some of her artwork in (Boise) Sept. 7 ANGELA MARIE ANDERSON, BA, elementary the Student Union ga llery. TERRY JOSEPH HIPPLER and Mary Anne Mast, education, '90, teaches kinderga rten at JEFFREY R. KEZAR, B!S, religious/legal (Boise) Sept. 7 Ridgewood Elementary School in the Meridian philosophy, '91, is attending law school at the ANGELA RAYBORN and Joseph Miczulski, School District. University of Idaho. (Bellevue) Sept. 7 Headto Nothing compares to the winter fun arid sun you always So don't wait find at Elkhorn Lodge in Sun Valley. to make your reservations. Call today ElkhornIt's the \\est's most entertaining arid ask for your Big lift ski package. Four Diamond Resort, featuring nightly For reservations arid information call: entertainment including the Fabulous Vuamettes apres ski show every 1-800-ELKHORN Thursday-Saturday starting December 19. fora The perfect way to top off a great day of Sun Valleyskiing. Special winter ski packages start at LODGE& just $80 per night, per person. And top RESORT AT Biglift to-bottom skiing is guarariteed on SuN VALLEY Thanksgiving Day. $80 per night, per person, double occupancyincludes a four night sray, and three days of skiing. FOCUS 41 531 Trillion Snowflakes 2 Huge Mountains 1 Great Airline -.!1~SilverMount ain • Kellogg in the Coeur d' Alenes 2 Day Package - $294. * 3 Day Package - $364. * Packages include: • Round trip air fare between Boise & Coeur d'Alene on Empire, Idaho's Airline ~ • Accommodations at The ,I Coeur d'Alene Resort • Lift tickets and all transfers from airport and to mountain • Mountain tour or ski lesson • Special "Kids Stay Free" offers * Per person based on double occupancy. State & Room Tax not included * $3p 0 per erson less for mid-week packages ~Wmcitm Sandpoint, Idaho 2 Day Package - $278. * 3 Day Package - $351. * Packages include: • Round trip air fare between Boise & Coeur d' Alene on Empire, Idaho's Airline • Deluxe mountain accommodations at the Green Gables Lodge • Lift tickets • Special "Kids Stay Free" offers Transfers - $20 per person additional between Coeur d' Alene and Sandpoi nt * Pbaseder pe rson on double occupancy. State & Room Tax not included Packages not valid during the dates below: December 20, 199 1 - January 5, 1992 January 17, 1992 January 19, 1992 February 14, 1992 - February 16, 1992 Coeur d 'Alene • For reservations, contact your professional travel agent or call toll free 1-800-727-9142 Based on availability. Some restrictions may apply. KEVIN D. MARTIN and ANNE M. ACREE, (Boise) Sept. 21 CORRESPONDENCE HEIDI LEA HOSSNER and CURTICE WARING SEND FoRYouR STUDY IN IDAHO MARTIN, (Boise) Sept. 21 AMY THOMPSON and Eric Andreason, (Boise) Statewide Cooperation with: FREE1992 Sept. 21 Idaho State University CAROL DIANE PETERSON and William I. Lewis-Clark State College BULLETIN Herrmann, (Boise) Sept. 28 Boise State University LISA J. METZGER and Brad A. Johnson, University of Idaho (Weiser) Sept. 28 TODAY! aY TUYLIA JUNE GOODELL and William A. Mcllvanie, (Boise) Oct. 5 Learu at your Oll'll pace... GENESE GIANCHETTA and Scott W. Brower, mul place Name ______(Idaho Falls) Oct. 11 KELLI RAE SCHWENKFELDER and Steven K. Address Elliott, (Boise) Oct. 12 LISA N . BRAUN and Blair J. Wilson, (Boise) City ______Oct.l9 WILLIAM ANTHONY HENTGES and Julie E. State Zip McMannon, (Idaho Falls) Oct. 19 BRAD NOLEN and TERESA ROBERTSON , (Boise) Areas of Interest: Oct. 19 KARA GINTHER and Tim Trumbo, (Boise) Oct. 25 SUSAN RENE KOONTZ and James T. Jensen, (Twin Falls) Nov. 16 NANCY BOUCHE and William V. Love, (Boise) Nov. 30 Mail to: DEATHS Correspondence Study YVONNE LEE RODABAUGH CLARK, AAS, in Idaho horticulture, '76, died Nov. 18 in Boise at age CEB214 54. Clark was employed at the BSU physical Universityof Idaho plant at the time of her death. Moscow, ID 83843-4171 JUANITA E. PECK FRANZ GARRISON, AS, L (208) 885-6641 nursing, '71, died Oct. 18 in Boise at age 54. Garrison had worked at St. Luke's Neonatal ------Intensive Care Unit for 15 years and had been employed as a traveling nurse since 1986. HERBERT RAY HANAUER JR., BS, physical education, '72, died Dec. 15 in Boise at age 44. Hanauer had been a manager at Hewlett Packard since 1979. NAOMI HECKATHORN, MA, education, '85, died Nov. 11 in Nampa at age 54. Heckathorn was a teacher at East Canyon Elementary at the time of her death. FRANCES A. WRIGHT HERRMAN, BBA, marketing, '84, died Nov. 8 in Atwater, Calif., at age 53. Herrman had been employed by the Department of Health and Welfare in Boise. LOIS MARGUERITE HOFFMAN , AS, general arts and science, '65, died Oct. 26 in Portland at age 78. Hoffman worked at the Boise Veterans hospital until she retired in 1975. CLARISSA M . McEWEN, BA, education, '71, died Nov. 20 in Boise at age 70. McEwen taught elementary school in Nampa from 1971-1985. EMIL ALLAR, CC, heavy duty mechanics, '87, died Dec. 24 of cancer. At the time of his death Allar was an auto mechanic in San Diego. TULA "TONI " STARCK, who attended BSU from 1984-1988 as a criminal justice administration major, died of cancer July 31. At the time of her death she lived in Dayton, Wash. Starck, 42, completed her college degree at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She contributed the article "Confessions of a SANE (Sexual Abuse Now Stopped) Counselor" to the textbook Undemanding, Assessing and Counseling the Criminal Justice Client, which was written in 1988 by criminal justice administration professor Anthony Walsh. 0 FOCUS 43 BSU .TOASTS 60TH AT GALA RECOGNIZEthese names. • • Boise State celebrated two milestones at one gala event in February: the 60th anniver Oh! Idaho • The Visitors Guide to Boise • sary of the university and the 50th birthday of the Student Union. J.R. Simplot Company • The Valley Magazine • About 1,000 people enjoyed a sumptuous Hagadone Hospitality • Sandpoint Magazine • meal, lively musical program and dancing Feb. 18 at a glittering "Hats Off to U" party The Official Idaho State Travel Guide in the Student Union's Grand Ballroom . . . . just to name a few. A highlight of the Proudly Printed by Idaho's Only Commercial Heatset Web Printer! "Grand ReUnion" was a Fred Norman- and Wil ' ,...... Century Elliott -produced dinner theater program featur ing music from the past Publishing six decades. The party was a for mal celebration of the union's 50th anniver Company sary. Last fall thousands of students attended an open house that marked the newly com pleted renovation of the building. The event, Recognized for excellence in printing which was a hit with free food and entertain Recipient of nine National Gold Ink Awards ment, was held Sept. 6- Founder's Day. For your next quotation - give us a call The present union was built in 1967 and expanded in 1972. The $6.3 million renova We're only a toll-free call away ... 1-800-824-1806 tion includes a new dining hall, expanded We Make Lasting Impressions ballroom and an addition linking the build ing to the Special Events Center. 0 P.O. Box 730 I Coeur d'Alene, ID 83814 I (208) 765-6300 ELIZONDOS (Continued from page 37) much more. When a newly arrived migrant family's trailer house burned, the family SILVERMEDALLION stayed at the Elizondo's. Baldemar is spend ing Sundays tutoring a man for his citizen ship test. For working families who cannot visit the school, Debbie makes video record ings of their children doing plays, poetry, art. Because many migrant families arrive with just what they can carry in their cars, Debbie $200 Deductible says, "I go to thrift shops and buy books and toys for the children." • $1,000,000 of Protection • $300 Accident Benefits They were part of an effort to create a • Vision Benefits • Chiropractic Care parent advisory committee, which helps mi grant families with everything from register • Prescription Drugs • X-ray & Lab ing to vote to strategies for home teaching. Baldemar says, "In the past it was very diffi SILVER MEDALLION cult to even have the parents come in for Nonsmoker Smoker parent-teacher conferences." Many of the Age of Monthly Monthly parents, he notes, do not speak English. applicant or spouse male female male female "I'm trying to excite them to stay in Under 30 .. $34.95 $55.40 $42.05 $66.80 school," he says of the students. And, the 30-39 . . . . . 43.20 64.50 52.00 77.70 Elizondos agree more migrant children are 40-49 • . . . . 58.60 77.20 70.55 92.95 50-59 • . • . • 89.15 101.30 107.40 121.95 graduating- even though many go to work 60-64 • . . . . 131.05 131.05 157.75 157.75 in the fields straight from school each day. One Child Blue Cross +.V. " I went through that system," says (under age 23) . . . $31.35 .•.•.•. $37.60 of Idaho ~. . Two or more children Baldemar. "I tell them they can do it." (under age 23) .•. $51.50 •...•.• $61.80 Both the Elizondos are active in several Nonsmoker rates apply when no one in your house~ Whysettle for anything less. civic organizations, such as Image de Idaho, hold has smoked for the past 12 months. Eligible and Debbie -like Baldemar, a musician dependent children are covered through the last day of the month of their 23rd birthday. Call t·BOO·J65·2J45 was recently appointed to the Idaho Com mission on the Arts. 0 44 FOCUS a a a a II a a 11 H A p pI N E 55 I 5 E L u 5 I v E11 Color laser copy I try to reveal the inherent and often humorous preponderance of contradictions involved in issues concerning women in our culture. I use photography and related media, audio, text,found objects and old advertisements. My latest art installation, entitled "Woman's Work, " was most recently shown in Boise during the spring of '91. My upcoming body of work, titled "Burning Impressions of a Bored Ironing Woman," will be available for exhibition during the spring of '92. I have also printed an artist's book, Woman's Work, in a limited edition of 200. It includes photos and text. \ Paris Almond Bachelor of Fine Arts, 1986 FOCUS 45 Ideas thatgrow L eas in business are much like stones tossed into a pond. Small ones , those that , .. seem like so many others. slip into the , waterquietly. And disappear. 11/ But bigger ones , those that are a lot more difficult to grasp, hit the water with a splash. And send out ripples. The J. R. Simplot Company was built on good ideas. After 50 years of expansion and nurturing , the company has grown to be a world leader in agribusiness . In Idaho alone, Simplot employs 5, I 00 people. Each year the company buys more than $700 million in farm commodities, goods and services from over 3,000 Idaho companies and individuals . Good ideas , backed by the skills and resources to fulfill their potential. These fundamentals create ripples that touch S1mplot many shores. Bringing Earth's Resources to Life ..... HowMany Banks Can Say They Knew Your GrandfathersGrandfathers Business? Look back a few generations. If your Today,First Security is the largest bank family has roots in Idaho, chances are we've holding company in the Intermountain West. done business with them. Even as early as And were still providing the financial 1865,we were doing business with many of products and services that our customers the miners, farmers and shopkeepers FirSt have come to expect from a leader. A who sparked Idahos diverse and !iecur1ty position that reflects the work ethic growing industries. Bank . and character of a rare breed of And we've grown with them. CurrentlyGiving 110 %. customer. Member F.D.I.C. Alumni Office Boise State University NONPROFIT ORG . 1910 University Drive U.S. POSTAGE Boise, Idaho 83725 acct. 921-L10'1 PAl D PERMITNO . 4 SPOKANE, WA Address Correction Requested