Bear Facts VOL. XXll No. 6 THE NEWSLETTER OF OCEANIDS MARCH 1984

HAPPY 6STH, BILL

he undertakes. Gordon MacDonald of the MITRE Corporation attempted, in "Small Grains and Big Brains," to construct a "Festive" was the word for February model of Nierenberg, but concluded it lJ when all hands from Scripps and former couldn't be done. Instead, he summarized colleagues and students from throughout the overall character of the man: He is the world gathered to celebrate the 65th his own individual; his memory for impor­ birthday of William A. Nierenberg. Or, tant events is unsurpassed; his impact as the luncheon speaker, Rear Admiral on the intellectual productivity of his Brad Mooney, USN, put it - "the 44th associates will last much longer than fL-1 anniversary of his 21st birthday." The (or 65 years); and his influence on this Old Scripps Building was gaily decorated country has been of major importance. with flags of the US, California, UC, and Fred Spiess was "rapporteur" for the Scripps, as well as a banner reading "gang of six" who dealt with "Nierenberg "Happy Birthday Bill." The general cele­ On and Off the Scripps Campus." Spiess brations were launched at 41JO pm in the first challenged the audience to identify Ritter Plaza area with a special edition slides of visitors to SIO during Nierenberg's of "TGIM," which included a small plane tenure as Director, flashing pictures of flying overhead, trailing a streamer with Emperor Hirohito, Vice Presidents Agnew the message, "Happy 65th Bill," selections and Humphrey, Pete Wilson, Arthur Godfrey, from "The Sorcerer" by members of the Lassie, and Queen Elizabeth and Prince currently-performing Gilbert and Sullivan Philip. He ended with a wedding portrait troupe, and an extraordinary birthday cake. of Bill and Edith Nierenberg, paying special The o-foot by J-foot chocolate cake covered tribute to Edith's role at Scripps over with white frosting and blue and green the years. Freeman Gilbert then commented swirls was decorated with the outlines of on Nierenberg's contributions in the com­ the R/V MELVILIE, the Scripps Satellite puter area, and his unique view of computers Oceanography-Facility, the coastline with as research instruments. Robert Stewart, the Pier and an overhead view of the Marine offering the perspective of a younger Riology Building, and a rose. scientist, spoke of how Nierenberg's recog­ The day had begun earlier in Sumner nition and support of the use of radio Auditorium with a symposium, "In Service waves and then satellites to study ocean to Education, Science and Society," review­ waves, demonstrate his subtle approach to ing Nierenberg's 40-year career. Tributes opening up new areas. Another field he were affectionately punctuated by personal opened up is climatology, though Richard reminiscences and anecdotes. Vernon Hughes Somerville noted that certain studies, of Yale, speaking on "Bill Nierenberg's such as the C02 measurements, antedated Quadrupole Moments," summed up his research Nierenberg's arrival. The program developed achievements, followed by Erwin Hahn's under Nierenberg focused on climate as a "Reminiscences of Bill at Berkeley." science and public policy issue, as an "Encounters with Bill - Hudson Labs and intellectual effort in itself, and as an After" was a humorous account by Robert important component of the program of an Frosch of his contacts with Nierenberg oceanographic institution. He said there early in their careers. Frosch character­ is no truth to the rumor that as a pilot, ized him as being the "compleat" everything Nierenberg wanted his own private fore- ( continued on page 5) bear in mind: Bear- Facts SUMNER NOON Editors: Ellen Clark Revelle 454-2929 7J48 Vista del Mar Thursday, March 22, at 12 noon. La Jolla 920J7 Evelyn Lakoff 296-lOJ9 SANLY STRONG of the San Liego Police Inves­ J510 Dove Court tigations Lepartment speaking on CRIME San Diego 9210J PREVENTION and SELF-LEFENSE: "What You Are Able to Do If You Are Threatened." Calendar: Carolyn Kellogg 452-14J4 See the article, "The Womanly Art of Self­ 4444 Eastgate Mall #8 Defense" by Heli Hoffman in the January San Diego 92121 Bear Facts, and the letter from Sharon Mahoe----rn-this issue attesting to the Interest Odette Filloux 45J-0749 importance and effectiveness of Strong's Groups: 8402 Sugarman Drive message. La Jolla 920J7 Sumner Auditorium at the Scripps Institu­ Subscription/Circulation: tion of Oceanography. Marge Bradner 459-7681 Bring a bag lunch. Coffee and tea provided. 1867 Caminita Marzella La Jolla 920J7 For more information, call Alma Coles, 45J-881J. Assistant:Suzy Ticho Parking is a problem in this area. If you Staff Elibet Marshall 459-5246 do not find a place on La Jolla Shores Artist: 2767 Hidden Valley Road Drive, we suggest parking at the north La Jolla 920J7 end of Kellogg Park (La Jolla Shores Beach) which is about four blocks south of Sumner Housing Nora Atlas 453-6444 Auditorium. Ads: 3087 Cranbrook Ct. La Jolla 92037

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Bear Facts is the newsletter of Oceanids, Dear Editors: a UCSD campus women's organization. It is I j~st recently became a member of published monthly except for July, August Oceanids and soon after receiving your and September. Letters to the Editor and January issue signed up for the self­ articles of interest to UCSD women are defense course offered by Sandy Strong. invited. All submissions-must be received I have attended only one class, but by the Editors no later than the 10th of I am so impressed with his professional each month. and compassionate treatment of the issues of self-defense, rape, assault, etc. The Membership and/or subscription: $10 per year cost of the course is well worth the commitment of four evenings and is an extremely good idea for those of us who are enrolled in evening courses, attend concerts, etc. Several women came with their daughters and shared the information together. I encourage all of the Bear It's unbearable Facts readers to follow up on his class to be without and do it soon. Bear Facts! I share a chuckle on the January issue: On page nine, under Public Places in the Bar~ain rate: left column we are advised: Don't get $5.00 for into an elevator with a strange man. remaining issues. Wait for an empty one. Are we to ask the poor man if he is hungry? Thanks for an interesting newsletter! Sharon Mahoe 2 February 7, 1984 BEYOND WAR Dear Editors: I am writing in response to Liz Fong The other evening three of us from Wills' letter in the February issue of Oceanids attended an orientation session Bear Facts. presented by Creative Initiatives Beyond ~~The February treasurer's report shows War, a relatively new anti-nuclear group. that the proposed cost of producing Bear Three women from the group discussed the Facts this year will exceed the annual group's program and philosophy, and made income from membership dues by $210. a clear presentation of where we are now This deficit and other Oceanids operating with respect to nuclear war, and what alter­ costs must then be covered by gifts and native courses of action might be. They fund raising efforts. The $5 charge for also showed "The Last Epidemic," a short housing ads must be considered a fund film made by Physicians for Social Respon­ raiser to keep our whole organization sibility, depicting the medical consequences solvent. of a nuclear attack. Oceanids, in my opinion, put a great The major points of the presentation deal back into the UCSD community each were two: year through scholarships, donations and 1. War is obsolete. The destructive­ service. Those who cannot donate their ness of nuclear weapons, both in their time know they are helping support four immediate impact, as shown in "The Last students a year through scholarships. Epidemic," and to the biosphere, in the The Kitchen Exchange and the Newcomers loris; range con~equences, as discussed by Committee provide a most welcome service Erlich et al. in a recent issue of "Science," to hundreds of UCSD scholars and their makes nuclear war suicidal for us as a families annually. Oceanids' general species, much less as a nation. interest groups provide the camaraderie 2. In order to prevent war, we all must and foundation of a campus women's group ~hange our frame of reference from a famil­ that is admired by many. Special events, ial,, local, or national one to a truly such as the Musical Gala, promote individ­ global one. We must think of the earth ual departments on campus throughout the as ONE, and act on this, especially in local community. Even though "certain relation to international competition and individuals do a tremendous amount of confrontation. work, 11 they do so on behalf of all Oceanids. Neither of these ideas is new, and yet their combination, plus the impact of the Fran Thompson group's presentation, has pushed me to PS The January "Coping with Crime" articles, face my own fears of even thinking about written by people I know, instilled in me nuclear war. Perhaps more important, I the need to be more cautious, something have been nudged, somewhat reluctantly articles by and about strangers have not to conta?t ?thers, ~nd to begin talking succeeded in doing. about this issue which I would prefer not to think about. This is a place to start, The same issue contained another unintended ~nd to reach those who may not agree with bit of humor (due to careless rewriting by ne, or are too frightened to begin think­ one of the editors). Peggy Sard's article ing and acting. on crime in downtown San Diego asked, "Are In San ~iego.there are over 200 peace we not ... to walk the streets of 'good' group~, us~ng different strategies and neighborhoods in the afternoon?" We reaching different people. Any one is a wouldn't be surprised if readers alert to place.to start. But if there is to be double-entendres answered to themselvesz anything to finish, it is imperative that "No, that sort of thing should only be we do start. done in red light districts!" If you are interested in learning more about Creativ~ Initiatives Beyond War, and/?r attending one of their orientation session~, please contact me at 452-7247. ~or information about other peace organi­ newcomers: zations and activities in San Diego, c~ntact the Peace Resource Center, 5717 WINE TASTING Li~do Paseo, SD 92115, or phone 265-0730. This group also publishes a monthly "Peace On March 30 at 8 pm, Oceanids and UCSD Calendar," which lists the activities of Newcomers will meet at San Pasqual Vine­ the different groups. yards in Escondido for an evening with Nancy Kleiber Kerry Damskey. Kerry is San Pasqual's informed, articulate and enthusiastic Winemaker. We will sample current wine offerings along with bread and cheese. The cost is $5 per person. Reservations and carpooling arrangements can be made through Mary Cutchin, 459-6994, or Fran Thompson, 454-2546. Please reserve by March 20. 3 ,, Q. Can't we just keep this a peaceful, " STAND BY FOi( SOME THEO!( Y . . quiet spot? Why must we have mor~ develop­ ment? A. Like it or not, growth is on Hamilton Marston is not a man who can the agenda. We have land available, ~nd be accused of taking himself too seriously. the only obstacle to its development is After being introduced to a meeting of a shortage of water. To the south, Baja almost forty Oceanids at the home of Frieda California is also growing rapidly. Urey on January 28, he warned us that when­ Q. Can we really work with Tijuana? ever he starts to talk about San Diego, A. In some areas, cooperation is impera­ his children sound the alert: "Stand by tive, as in the problem of sewage treat­ for some theory from the old man." Despite ment. The Federal System in Mexico often the warning, he managed to entertain and makes it hard to achieve this cooperation, interest an attentive audience at a meet­ but when the politicians in Mexico City ing of the Oceanids "Sounding Board" progr do finally get the message, they can go Marston's topic was San Diego's past, from total inactivity to "Spanish over­ present and future. He is himself so much kill" in a flash. a part of San Diego that the subject comes Q. In view of the antagonism between naturally to him. A graduate of San Diego northern and southern California, wouldn't City High School, he went to work for his it be better if we became two separate family's much-missed department store, states? A. It would be better to cool which was eventually sold to the Broadway/ down the hostility. Hale chain. He has worked for the better­ Q. How can we get the people who live ment of San Diego all his life, and is here to concern themselves more with the a staunch supporter of UCSD. future of San Liego? Many seem apathetic; The Marston family's roots in California some have a "back home" mentality. A. The go back to the 1840s and the Gold Rush. "back home" element is often no worse than One great-grandfather arrived later, in natives who are indifferent or after the the 1870s, as Imperial German Consul, "fast buck." Our difficulties also stem from with the express mission of developing the system of charter government instituted shipping in the port of San Diego. These in 1931 to deal with the problems experi­ early arrivals to the "land of joyous enced in the 1920s when San Diego was aspect" found themselves in an undeveloped still a small town. Elections are too area with a delightful climate and an diffuse and expensive, forcing candidates appealing topography, and a magnificent to seek votes across the city, and giving natural harbor that should have given it an greater importance to incumbency and polit­ unparalleled chance to become a great ical appointments. Other difficulties commercial center. The trouble was that have arisen from Proposition lJ, which has the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo put control of public spending in the hands between Mexico and the US had cut a politi­ of a minority, making it difficult ~o cal. boundary through the region, depriv­ support education and other essential ing San Diego of much of its natural hinter­ programs. land. (Another result, as Marston pointed Q. How can future developments be designed out, is that the ecological problems of so they add to the beauty of the region?. this natural geographic basin can be dealt A. Many positive steps have been taken in with only by crossing formidable cultural the past - Balboa Park, Mission Bay, Harbor and jurisdictional boundaries.) and Shelter Islands, and the Civic Center - Largely because of the artificial divi­ but the city has also been short-sighted. sion of the region, Marston noted, San In 1972, the city was offered a chance Diego was until comparatively recently a to buy much of the military land in the sleepy backwater at the border of an other­ area, but didn't do so. Miramar Airport wise rapidly expanding state, overshadowed could have been bought for $400 million. by "los gigantes del norte," Los Angeles Now Lindbergh Field has become a blight and San Francisco. Although that has begun and a hazard that will have to be relocated to change, now that San Diego has grown to one day at much greater cost. Often, good be the second most populous city in the plans are overridden by subsequent adminis­ state, this region's power and influence trations. And many decisions affecting hardly match that of either of its old San Diego are not made locally but by rivals. military authorities in Washington. San Diego's main problem now, accord­ Q. How does "downtown" view UCSD? ing to Marston, is that it has become a A. We mustn't forget that the university ripe avocado ready for plucking. While developed almost "overnight," without development may be necessary and desirable, alumni or friends to smooth the way. the interest of too many investors in The campus agitation over the Vietnam nothing but a quick return often makes war didn't help matters. Downtown still careful long-term planning impossible. has a lot to learn, and it is hard to know Responding to this theme, members of whether it will be a source of strong the audience posed several questions which support for the university in the future. enabled Marston to amplify his point. Hamilton Marston, sometimes known as Q. Does the city really need more polit­ "Mr. San Diego," had piqued his audience's ical power? A. Yes, because being power­ interest, and the conversation about San less prevents us from getting what is Diego and its future continued over refresh­ needed. Having a US Senator (Pete Wilson) ments. "Stand by for some theory?" With could help. pleasure! 4 Evelyn Lakoff (continued from page 1) casting service. George Matson, former Nierenberg with a birthday gift which, Assistant Director for Administration, she explained, was originally supposed to observed that soon after Nierenberg came be a volume of letters from colleagues to SIO, he realized that the physical along with a volume of photographs. The plant could not support the growing demands response to the request for letters has of research and education. Thanks to his been so great, however, that there are development of a Growth Plan, and his now almost four volumes. Jackie Parker success in finding creative mechanisms read several of them, and summarized some for funding the newer buildings, assignable of the common threads running through the square footage has increased 79% (from letters: colleagues paying tribute to his 237,000 square feet in 1867 to 425,000 energy and good administration; graduate square feet in 1984) during his tenure. students appreciative of his commitment Edward Frieman of Science Applications, to high standards and excellence; and Inc., spoke about "The Other Bill general comments on his dedication, leader­ Nierenberg," referring to him in quantum ship, and wisdom. Nierenberg graciously mechanics terms as a "commuting operator," accepted the volume, thanked all for attend­ because of his extensive participation ing, and commented that "Of course, I was in national committees. Frieman also hoping for a Lear jet." pointed out that Nierenberg's personal The final event of the day was a birthday interests are no less wide and varied1 dinner for nearly 250 colleagues at the He speaks Turkish with a Bulgarian accent, Bahia Hotel. The master of ceremonies broken Chinese and passable English, flies was Neil Morgan, editor of "The Tribune," his own plane, loves opera as well as and long-time friend of the Nierenbergs. Gilbert and Sullivan, plays the Russian Speakers included Mayor Roger Hedgecock, balalaika, and is an expert on Mexican UCSD Chancellor Richard Atkinson, the ruins. Edith Nierenberg, he noted, is Honorable Jim Nutt, Consul General of an expert in her own right - she has the Canada, Eduard Pestel of the Technical unique ability to translate Bill to others. University of Hanover, West Germany, and Gilbert also called attention to Nieren­ member of the NATO Science Committee, and berg' s significant contributions to national Walter Munk of Scripps. Mayor Hedgecock security, and ended by reading the text highlighted some of Nierenberg's local of a letter expressing "my appreciation contributions outside his scientific works for important work over the years," with he chaired the first advisory board for "Nancy's and my best wishes," from Presi­ the Underwater Park; he has participated dent Ronald Reagan. in the Balboa Park Committee of 100; and he has worked to preserve and enhance the coastline. For the Mayor, Nierenberg represents a partnership between science and reality, demonstrating how scientists can contribute to the health of the com­ munity. Bill, he commented, is a "high energy" physicist in more ways than one. Atkinson called Nierenberg a "myriad-minded man," quoting the words Coleridge used to describe Shakespeare. He has found Nieren­ After luncheon on the Sumner Auditorium berg to be a most effective academic portico, Rear Admiral Brad Mooney read a entrepreneur, a builder and risk-taker , selection of appropriate quotations to and a judicious selector of SIO projects. illustrate Nierenberg's widespread interests, Nutt offered comments about the "vintage ranging from Cyrano de Bergerac to recent year" of 1919 - the year of birth for testimony before Congress. He recalled both Nierenberg and himself, among other the tour of the USSR by the US oceanographic noteworthies. Pestel brought congratula­ delegation in 1972, where Nierenberg spoke tions from the NATO Science Committee, so fast that the translators are still to which Nierenberg was US representative meeting every Friday afternoon to discuss for several years. Pestel discovered that his remarks. Admiral Mooney hailed Nieren­ Nierenberg could pack a million bits of berg as a "new frontiersman," citing his information into two minutes, and they efforts on behalf of NASA for a permanent were important bits. Walter Munk referred spaae station with satellites. This link­ to Nierenberg's long-standing interest ing of marine science and space has clearly in that lively character, Cyrano de Bergerac, revolutionized Navy weaponry, and Admiral and offered several intriguing parallels Mooney concluded by recounting the history between Cyrano and "Bill de Nierenberg." of the collaboration between the Navy and At the end, Nierenberg expressed his thanks Scripps since the off ice of Naval Research to all for the liveliness and variety of was established. Nierenberg acknowledged his birthday celebration, singling out the remarks of Admiral Mooney and the especially Deputy Director Jack Langille other speakers by noting that their theme and the Director's Office. had been "my general aggressiveness and lack of diplomacy," and in turn, related Eleanor tum Suden counter-acecdotes about each of the speakers. Deborah Day, Scripps Archivist, presented 5 WILLIAM A. NIERENBERG Aeronautics and Space Administration, its Distinguished Public Service Medal, _in William A. Nierenberg has been Director recognition of his service as the first of STO since 1965 and Vice Chancellor of chairman of the NASA Advisory Council. Mari~e Sciences since 1969. His association He has also received the Golden Dolphin with UC has been nearly continuous since Award of the Association Artistico Letteraria Internazionale of Florence, 1959. During fifteen years at the La~rence Radiation Laboratory, he was known pri­ and he was designated "Officier de l'Ordre marily for his work in low-energy physics, National du Merite" by the government of and he also became established as an expert France. He has received the Proctor Prize in underwater research and warfare. of the honorary scientific research society, Sigma Xi. Nierenberg was born in New York City on February lJ, 1919. From the age of An intense man, once described as "born fourteen he earned his own way. He attended running," Nierenberg can be disconcerting with his rapid-fire speech and abrupt City College of New York ~nd Co~umbia . University, where he received his PhD in shifts of subject. His interests are legion, within and apart from science. Many trips physics under I.I. Rabi. From 1942 to abroad have led him into studying languages 1945, he was a section leader in the Man­ hattan Project at Columbia, and for the as diverse as Turkish and Chinese. Recently, next two years was an instructor there. he has tried his hand at Chinese cuisine. He subsequently taught at the University He has done research on the life of Cyrano de Bergerac, who was an early physicist of Michigan and UC Berkel~y. From_1960 to 1962 he served in Paris as Assistant as well as a swordsman, writer and bizarre Secreta~y General of NATO for Scientific dramatic hero. Nierenberg started taking flying lessons Affairs 1 and was simultaneously Professeur the University of Paris. He in the 1960s and enjoys flying single and Associ~ at twin-engine airplanes. Music is among his takes pride in his fluency in Fren~h. Nierenberg established the Atomic Beam recreations, from attending opera to learn­ Laboratory on the Berkeley campus and the ing the intricacies of o~scure stri~g Atomic Beam Research Group at the Lawrence instruments. He also enJoys gardening. His well-groomed yard has seasonal displays Radiation Laboratory at Livermore. He has of azaleas, rhododendrons, and roses, authored or co-authored more than 100 and he maintains a fine garden of roses publications in physics. . outside his office at Scripps. In July 1965, Nierenberg was appointed Oceanids wishes Bill Nierenberg a Happy director of SIO. As head of the largest 65th Birthday? oceanographic facility in the US, he has established new research programs and facilities, and has supervised a five fold growth in the institution's budget.

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Melville To sing, to laugh, to dream, The Deep Sea Drilling Project w~s just To walk in my own way and be alone, beginning when Nierenb~rg becam~ d~rector, Free, with an eye to see things as they are, and he has played a maJor role_i0 its A voice that means manhood-to cock my hat development. He has also partic~pated in the formulation of NORPAX, which began Where T choose - At a word, a Yes, a No as the North Pacific Experiment to study To fight - or write. To travel any road the interaction between the upper waters Under the sun, under the stars, nor doubt of the North Pacific and the overlying If fame or fortune lie beyond the bourne - atmosphere. This led to the establishment Never to make a line I have not heard of the Climate Research Group and long­ In my own heart; yet, with all modesty range weather forecasting at Scripps. To say: "My soul, be satisfied with flowers, A large number of new facilities have With fruit, with weeds even; but gather them been added to SIO during Nierenberg's In one garden you may call your own." tenure. Since 1965, the "Melville" and So, when I win some triumph, by some chance, the "New Horizon" have joined the fleet, Render no share to Caesar - in a word, and the "Glomar Challenger" was put into I am too proud to be a parasite, service. Edith Nierenberg christened that And if my nature wants the germ that grows large drilling ship in 1968. Towering to heaven like the mountain pine, In a long record of national and inter­ Or like the oak, sheltering multitudes- national service, Nierenberg has held a I stand, not high it may be - but alone! myriad of posts. He has served as con­ sultant, delegate, advisor, and chairman Edmond Rostand, "Cyrano de Bergerac" on various committees and panels. He has also received many honors, among them the highest civilian award of the National 6 ~ Joshua graduated from Pomona this past December. Tessa goes to Swarthmore, the proiile: college her mother had hoped to attend. Susan's botanical urges came to full flower in 1966 when she and Mike moved to Riverside for the first of his three SUSAN ADDISON UC teaching positions. A move to Santa Barbara and another house gave her more Looking for a moosehorn? Well, search gardening experience. In 1973, when the no further. You can find moosehorn ferns Addisons moved to La Jolla, she came to and even moosehorn succulents in Susan a dee is ion. "It occurred to me that I Addison's garden. How about a staghorn did not care to be PTA president again, fern the size of a Volkswagen? She has and that I would like to do some serious one of those in her garden, too. What gardening." She decided to go back to about a Corncob euphorbia, or an Aeonium school, attending Mesa College and gradua- swartkop, or Haworthia? Those and thou­ ting with a certificate in nursery-l~d­ sands of other plants flourish under the scape technology. Addison green thumb. "What are you going to do now?" a Susan's passion for plants was not of graduating classmate asked her, with only the early-blooming variety. Hers was the a hint of condescension." usual childhood; the only nursery she "Well, I'd like to be a garden consul­ knew was the one she attended before kinder­ tant," Susan replied. garten. Born in New York, Susan lived "How are you going to do that?" he for a while in Washington, DC, then spent snorted. "You can't put that in the yellow the war years in Ohio, where her1 father pages. What you ought to---cro-is join a was stationed at Wright-Patterson Field. garden club." Later, her family moved to Cedar Rapids, "Humph!" Susan retorted, "I'm not a Iowa. Life east of the Rockies ended garden club joiner!" when she was eleven and her family moved But she was. Three years later she to a home in Pasadena, across the street was president of the La Jolla Garden Club, from Cal Tech. serving in that capacity for two years. During her college years, she developed She was also co-chairman of the Oceanids new interests, but they could hardly be Garden Club for five years, sharing its called botanical. She had wanted to go management with others, especially Sally to Swarthmore, but opted instead for nearby Gilbert. Pomona College. That was just as well; it was as a freshman there that she took the fateful hayride where she met sophomore drama student Mike Addison. She was While co-chairing the Oceanids group, attracted by Mike but unattracted by drama, she received a letter from the San Diego and insists that her "few forays on the Wild Animal Park asking for volunteers stage were absolutely disastrous." This to work in its library. Having worked was no obstacle to love, however. As an for four years in the high school library, art history major, she would spend her she felt she had the skills needed by the evenings reading in the library and then park. After volunteering there for two on her way home stop and watch Mike at years, Susan saw her big opportunity when rehearsal. They married at the end of a secretary in the off ice was transferred her junior year when Mike gr~duated and to another department. She asked if they went to Tulane for his MFA. Susan received would consider hiring her. "Get your her BA from Tulane after studying at Sophie application in," was the terse reply. Newcomb, the women's college associated She applied but got the disappointing with Tulane. answer, "We don't really want to hire It was a combination of her new domestic you as department secretary" - which was life and a box of cornflakes that first immediately followed by the thrilling stirred Susan's interest in plants. One question, "but would you like to work day she found a gift packet of marigold for eight hours a week writing garden seeds in the breakfast cereal, so she guides?" planted them in a window box. Not one Restraining herself from leaping two seed germinated, but her interest did. feet into the air, Susan gasped, "0-oh! When she and Mike moved to Stanford where YES! That would be terrific!" he pursued his doctorate, she tried plant­ ~-The eight hours a week soon became ing another window box. This time the twelve and then sixteen. She is now a seeds sprouted and she was permanently full-time Horticultural Assistant, work­ hooked, transferring her "visualness" ing JO hours a week. From her office from art history to botany. in the park library, she prepares garden Along with raising plants, Susan raised guides, trains tour leaders, schedules children. After three years of marriage horticulturally-related events, and over­ and a couple of jobs, she had Joshua, and sees the glasshouse displays near the Tessa followed two years later. As they Bazaar. Most of her time is spent doing got older, Susan became more and more the research necessary to write the guides, involved in gardening, but found time to but she also does an occasional article, head the school PTA and work in the library. such as her description of the Wild,Animal 7 Park Garden Tours, written last year for ironwood (Lyonothamnus floribundus,) sub­ "ZOONOOZ." species asplenifolius from the Channel With her work at the park and in her Islands, Torrey Pine (Pinus torreyana) own garden, as well as her role as wife from the coastal strand, and several of the Warren College Provost, Susan varieties of manzanita (Arctostaphylos) Addison leads a fulfilling and very busy from the chaparral. In the spring the life. Catching her at home in a spare orange California Poppy, blue Ceanothus, moment is a great treat, however, and and yellow Fremontodendron make a glorius worth the effort of tracking her down. garden exhibit. During the rest of the The benefits can be tangible as well. year observant visitors will appreciate If you're lucky, as this writer was, you'll the colors of dried grasses, shapes of come away from the Addison botanical gardens seed pods, or the rustle of a rabbit with cuttings of exotic plants tucked through the brittle underbrush. The ever­ away in your purse and sweater pockets. green trees and shrubs then become the Maybe you'll even get a moosehorn~ mainstays of the garden while the annuals and perennials dry out in the hot summer Suzy Ticho. sun and scatter their seeds in preparation for the winter rains. Susan Addison Horticultural Assistant (Reprinted courtesy of ZOONOOZ magazine, PLANTINGS AT THE WILD ANIMAL PARK Copyright 1983. Zoological Society of San Diego, Inc.) After five years of planning and plant­ ing, the Nicholas T. Mirov Conifer Arbore­ tum at the San Diego Wild Animal Park is now a mature reality. During this time many of the original conifers have out­ grown their five gallon containers ~o LOS ANGELES GARMENT DISTRICT reach heights between twelve and thirty Are you reluctant to pay today's high feet, creating an impressive show on the prices for clothing? Do you enjoy finding hill overlooking the elephant compound a real bargain? Then join the UCSD Staff and the lions' bedroom area. Association's outing to the Los Angeles There are pines of the Caribbean and Garment District on Monday, March 26 (an Mexico, conifers from the southern hemi­ administrative holiday). There you will sphere and trees discovered in China which find a large selection of women's, men's were long thought to be extinct (the · and children's clothing, accessories, yard maidenhair tree and the dawn redwood). goods, housewares, china, linens, and The conifers can be seen from the Hiking much more, all at bargain prices. This Trail. should be a great time to shop since the fall lines are coming in shortly, and the summer clothing will be drastically reduced. The bus will leave from campus at 8 am and return around 8 pm. The cost is $12 per person, non-refundable. Reservations may be made by sending a check, payable to the UCSD Staff Association, to Mary Jo The African hillside features a col­ Copelan, D-008, UCSD, La Jolla, CA 92093. lection of plants that grow in the tem­ For further information, call Mary Jo at perate regions of Africa. The bulk of 452-3383. this collection is made up of euphorbias To assure a seat for this money-saving and aloes. From January through April trip, make your reservations early. many of the aloes are in bloom, and the hillside is spectacular. All aloes are threatened or endangered and are diffi­ cult to find in the wild. This collection MARCH MUSICALE represents a unique opportunity to view more than 150 different species in one Thomas Nee and David Chase will lead location. Two yellow-flowered varieties the La Jolla Civic/University Symphony are especially striking: Aloe graminicola Orchestra and Chorus in music of Beethoven from Kenya and Aloe capitata from Madagas­ and Gunther Schuller at concerts in UCSD's car. The hillside of aloes can plainly Mandeville Auditorium on March 10 and 11. be seen from the monorail and parking lot. David Chase will lead the chorus, soloists, The Helen Chamlee California Native and orchestra in a performance of Beethoven's Plant Garden, at its prime in March, is "Mass in C Major," while Thomas Nee will organized into nine different plant com­ conduct Schuller's "Five Etudes for Orchestra" munities beginning with a Channel Islands and other works. The concerts will take section and ending with a redwood grove. place Saturday, March 10 at 8 pm and Sunday, Each section displays representative trees, March 11 at 3 pm. For ticket prices and shrubs, perennials, arid annual wild flowers. further information, call 452-4637. These include the lacy leafed Catalina 8 Chinese Theater Association and treated AROUND THE WORLD IN 180 DAYS with gracious hospitality both in Beijing Combining a spring-quarter sabbatical and Shanghai by colleagues in the Chinese with our usual summer vacation we took Theater and training institutions. The over five months to travel aro~nd the theatrical highlights of our visit were world via Pan Am (once a "stew," always Arthur Miller's production of his ":Ceath true). After a week of R&R in Hawaii of a Salesman" and the Shoaxing Opera of we flew first to Japan where Arthur's' Shanghai with its all-female casts, roman­ sabbatical project, a study of Asian tic love stories, and beautiful costumes. theate~ forms and training programs, was Back to Hong Kong for workshop meetings to begin. There we witnessed performances with the Hong Kong Repertory Theater and of Kabuki, Noh, Japanese puppet theater lots of shopping. Next came Bangkok with as well as productions of "King Lear," ' its klongs (canals with floating markets), "Westside Story," and other western dramas. exotic ~emples, pure gold Buddhas, and We also rode the efficient subways of Thai dancing. On to Katmandu, Nepal, with Tokyo and the speedy bullet trains (Shinan­ the Himalayas in the distance. And finally, sens), traveled to the mountainous area India, perhaps the most exotic spot of all, known as the Japanese Alps, and toured with its poverty clearly in evidence, as the cities of Kyoto, Nara, Hiroshima, well as its celebrated beautiess Varanesi, Kurazaki, and Nikko. The highlight of Agra (the Taj Mahal even more spectacular the trip (despite all the prepublicity) than anticipated), New Delhi, and Kashmir was Kyoto with its beautiful temples and (luxury houseboats on Lake Dal, and the Japanese-style gardens. Himalayas close by). Our Asian journey On to Kuala Lumpur, the capital of ended in Istanbul, where we crossed into Malaysia, our jumping-off place for an Europe. incredible train ride through the jungles After a six-week tour of northern Europe, on the way to Singapore. Although not as two weeks of theater-going and seeing friends in London, a week of warm visits al~ve with culture as our other stops, this clean, well-run, and booming city with family in Dublin and Belfast, and was the perfect place to refresh ourselves more visits on the east coast of the US, before our immersion into the spectacular we settled back in our Del Mar home, burst­ Indonesian dance dramas of Bali and Java. ing with impressions and memories we shall Ah, Bali - everything one has dreamed of treasure forever. and more. We were fortunate to meet a Molli Wagner Belgian couple whose interest in Balinese performance was as intense as ours, and who owned an automobile. With them, we For a carefree sabbatical, make sure to were able to go to the villages to see have your copy of the the magnificent dances performed in their Oceanids~ proper setting. Some of the performances ...~ "SABBATICAL BOOKLET" . started at midnight and ran until the wee .• hours of the.morning. It is quite a dif­ t9 Copies are still available at $3.50 ferent experience from watching the tourist performances at the hotels, for which Send a check made out to "Oceanids" excelle~t dancers are often hired, but which ., to Q-049 - UCSD are seriously curtailed. The beaches were La Jolla, CA 92093 marvel?u~ an~ the food magnificent, but the driving is quite mad. Arthur is an Find the answers to all your questions about experienced motorcyclist, and we rented Banking *** Housing *** Taxes a cycle for a day, but our close brush with death ma~e us "leave the driving to others." In JoJakarta, on the island of Java we witnessed the "Wayang Kulit," the u~ique DIRECTORY 'IJDITIONS shadow-pupp~t plays that start at 9 pm CLAUSEN, Ilse (Heinrich) ~nd run until 6 am the next morning with 755-8077 Just one puµpeteer and dozens of characters. 14197 Bahama Cove, Del Mar 92014 After ten wonderful days in Indonesia, MAHOE, Sharon we.flew ~o Hong Kong to make plans for our 276-4737 SoJourn in the People's Republic of China. 2756 Mission Boulevard, SD 92109 We had originally planned to join a tour group, but the~ decided ~o take advantage OAKLEY, Christine (George Randall) 270-9532 of new regulations allowing tourists to 1940t Thomas, SD, 92109 travel around China on their own. Off we flew to Beijing without a hotel reserva­ PRISK, Jenni (Kim) 455-9491 tion, only to discover there was not a 4178 Decora St, #61, SD 92122 single room available. When a room in the Chinese Overseas Hotel opened up, we rushed SEIBLE, Betsy (Frieder) 459-8776 to that non-English-speaking haven where 532 Bonair Place, LJ 92037 we had a delightful five-day stay communi­ cating with our hands, feet, and ~hole THOMPSON, Jopie 459-6143 bodies. We were warmly greeted by the 1821 Torrey Pines Road, LJ 92037 9 years of being considered as a "malcontent" DEMOCRACY AT WORK­ for complaining about noise, the paving over of everything, traffic pollution, and parking problems, he suddenly finds him­ MORE OR lESS self in the mainstream. The general con­ sensus was: WE'VE HAD ENOUGH! Old-timers have long felt that La Jolla The "other side" presented its rebuttal. has changed for the worse, but the past Three businessmen and developers urged few years have brought changes that even that the Council not make any hasty deci­ newer residents find troubling. The natural sions (a remark that called forth indig­ beauty of the setting remains, but the nant boos). Virginia Grizzle worried "quaint village by the sea" is all but that the ordinance proposed by BLOB might gone. Those who first saw La Jolla even cause developers to erect "little boxes" as little as five years ago can recall without amenities. Smaller buildings, it as a charming hamlet with a mixture she observed, would command higher rentals, of different types of shops - a few chic which would not benefit small entrepre­ boutiques, a smallish department store, neurs. Developer Ed Malone demanded and everyday shops like drugstores and "equal treatment" for commercial property hardware stores alongside restaurants owners despite the fact that they are a and gift shops (some of them low-priced minority, and deplored any "populist, enough for an occasional bargain). Traffic knee-jerk ordinances." He blamed UCSD was still relatively light, and it was and the high-tech companies it has not yet impossible to find parking. Now, attracted for La Jolla's growing pains; only John Cole's Bookshop offers a glimpse the builders and property owners are of La Jolla as it was when many such cot­ merely instruments fulfilling needs created tages, serving as homes or shops, stood by others. The most emotional presentation primly in prime locations. was make by Robert Mosher, architect and Residents are belatedly waking up to resident of La Jolla, who had sympathies the impact of the transformation. One for both sides. Both "wonderful and dis­ citizens' group known as BLOB (Ban Large turbing" things have happened to La Jolla, Office Buildings), spearheaded by Oceanids he said, and although he could appreciate member Sue Oxley, is fighting to prevent the concern of BLOB people, he felt the the further proliferation of large office ordinance was too simple to solve such a complexes in downtown La Jolla. BLOB has complex problem. He proposed that the collected 12,000 signatures on petitions moratorium be used to study the problems and sponsored a write-a-letter-to-your­ patiently, in order to come to conclusions councilman session. On February 6, over that will be equitable and workable. one hundred supporters appeared at a hear­ Councilman Bill Mitchell was pleased ing before the Committee on Transportation to see such a large number of concerned and Land Use of the City Council to urge citizens making their political voices enactment of an ordinance that would limit heard. Comparing this protest to the all new off ice buildings to a maximum size "Proposition 13" revolt, he pointed out of 10,000 square feet or to a Floor Area that unfortunately neither Proposition Ratio (FAR) of 1 (a square footage no 13 nor the BLOB initiative were well-thought larger than the size of the property) out; the BLOB proposal would not control whichever is smaller. quality of design, parking or set-backs, This hearing proved to be a lesson in for example. how democracy can work - when citizens After these lively presentations (accom­ take the trouble to put it to work. By panied by cheers, applause, hisses, and 9 am, the Council Chamber was filled. boos from the not unbiased audience), the Councilman Struiksma summarized the issues: Council seemed to bog down in technicalities, A tour through La Jolla with Oxley and After an hour, however, a program was others had convinced him of the need for formulated: 1. Keep the moratorium in new controls. He pointed out that a mora­ effect until October. 2. During that torium on new construction is now in effect, period, limit commercial buildings to and called for the designation of a "planned 10,000 square feet or a FAR of 1, so that district" taking into consideration archi­ builders cannot circumvent the building tectural design, densities, heights of size limits. 3, Permit larger projects buildings, land use, parking, signs, and only if they pass through the Planned landscaping. Speakers for BLOB then pre­ Commercial Development process, which sented their case. Sue Oxley called the requires a great deal of review. situation a "catastrophe," and pleaded 4. Speed up traffic studies which have for an end to the desecration of the town. fallen behind. 5, Ask the Planning Com­ Igor Grant, representing the civic group mission to draft a permanent ordinance La Jollans, Inc., condemned the continu- by October 1984. ing disregard of concern and pleas expressed After three hours, the BLOB people over the past twenty years. Roseanne left the meeting feeling disappointed that Zucchet pointed out that, while other com­ they had not fully won their objective, munities are discovering the pleasures of but satisfied that the existing moratorium a lively street scene, La Jolla is now had been strengthened, and that the Plan­ destroying that very asset. Russell Doo­ ning Commission was now under pressure to little noted with amazement that, after come up with a solution. 1.0 Such protests can sometimes be extremely effective: Occasionally, "the people" are victorius. Some years ago in Toronto DAVID KOREVAAR it was decided that an expressway would ' be built right through the center of town. LA JOI.LA PIANIST Protests were raised, meetings were held, and citizens trooped to City Hall. At A very special piano recital by the first, it seemed futile: to the north, young La Jolla pianist, David Korevaar, houses had already been razed, and a wide will take place on Friday, March 2 at swath cut into the land. How could a 8 pm at Sherwood Auditorium in the La few irate citizens stop the Spadina Express­ Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art. way? But then, the Provincial Government The son of Jopie Thompson (whose beau­ took heed of the "Stop Spadina" campaign, tiful pottery has been featured in several and it was acknowledged that an express- Oceanids Arts and Crafts Shows), David's way cutting the city in half and increas­ music training started at the age of six ing congestion was not what was needed. with piano lessons from Sherman Storr and Funds were cut off, and the expressway recorder lessons from Katya Newmark (Ruth stopped in its tracks. It was never com­ Newmark's daughter). A talented student, pleted. David later also took up the flute, earn­ "Some day", Leslie Orgel of Salk has said ing a large part of the money to buy his wryly, "graduate atudents will come to La silver Hanes flute as a paperboy for the Jolla to study the architecture--Early Modern San Diego Tribune, He attended Scripps Savings and Loan." If more residents become Elementary, La Jolla Junior and Senior as active as the members of BLOB, that dire High Schools, where he was on the math prophecy needn't come to pass. team for four years. At thirteen, David began to study the Evelyn Lakoff piano with the well-known concert pianist, Earl Wild, who then lived in Palm Springs. After graduating from high school at six­ teen, David attended the Juilliard School of Music in New York, where he continued ARR his studies with Wild. He also studied composition with David Diamond, and has had several of his works performed. David gave his first recital in Palm Springs, and has concertized in Boston, Washington, New York, Aspen, Dallas, and ~"~ several European cities. He is also in People being sil~nt. ~ demand as an accompanist and chamber music player. Most recently, he performed at INTERNATIONAi. CENTER Sii.ENT AUCTION Carnegie Recital Hall in a program that included one of his own works, a trio for Once again it is time to start prepara­ clarinet, cello and piano. tions for the yearly Silent Auction organ­ The upcoming La Jolla concert will help ized by the Friends of the International further David's promising career by under­ Center of UCSD. I am sure that most of writing three solo performances at Carnegie you are familiar by now with the procedure. Recital Hall in 1985. David is a talented If your attic or closets hide some treas­ young artist who deserves our support. ures, I urge you to take them to the The program: J.S. Bach "Capriccio," International Center between 10 am and Beethoven "15 Variations and Fugue," 2 pm or to call me at 481-6690 for pick-up. Dohnanyi "Pastorale" and "Capriccio," An itemized list for tax purposes will Liszt "Sonata," Moszkowski "Caprice be sent to you within a few days there­ Espagnole." after. Tickets: $12 / $8 / $5 (seniors and Since most of you have helped to make students). Available from the La Jolla the Silent Auction a success for several ~hamber Music Society, 459-3724. years, I am almost embarrassed to ask again for your support. But where can I turn ~ except to those who love our campus and enjoy helping our international com­ munity. The Auction will be held on May 19 from 11 am to 12 pm. After that you will be served a delicious Italian lunch, lovingly prepared and served by our well-known friend and supporter Rosita Cavallaro and "her crew." Look for ticket information in the next issue of Bear Facts. But please: don't forget to pay an early visit to your attic or closets!! Thanks a million. Irene K. Larrimore, Chairman 11 SOUNDING BOARD When: Monday, March 19 at 12 noon. AT SIO Where: At Frieda Urey's. Speaker: Gerry McAllister, Director of the Mandeville Art Gallery. SEA GRANT PROGRAM Sub,ject: "Contemporary Views" T~e California Sea Grant Program has Bring a sack lunch. recei~ed $3.1 million (from the National Oceanic.and ~tmospheric Administration) to continue its statewide program of marine­ rela~ed research, education and public service through 1984. The award will allow Sea Gr~nt to support more than 50 research proJects at 20 universities and ~~~~ne stations in California, including Researchers at Scripps will continue designing a sea-floor work vehicle that can be used over the side of a ship at depths of 6,000 meters. (Present vehicles cannot operate at depths greater than 500 WOMEN'S PAVILLION meters.) This vehicle could be used in prospecting for petroleum along the sea floor. At the Louisiana World Exposition, scheduled to run from May 12 through November ~cripps researchers will also continue 11, 1984, there are plans for a major their collaboration in the Marine Chemis­ Women's Pavilion, the first of its kind. try and Pharmacology Program to isolate The exhibits in the Pavilion will celebrate and identify natural products from the a century of women's achievements in the ?cean that are tested by the pharmaceutical home, the workplace, in science, govern­ industry for therapeutic drug potential. ment, sports, literature, education and the arts. The general theme of the Exposition is "The World of Rivers - Fresh Water as a Source of Life," and the Women's Pavilion will highlight "The River of Life," draw­ NEW PIER ing the parallel between rivers and women as life-giving forces. The exhibit will Scripps may be getting a new pier as recognize the changes, challenges, contri­ a result of the 1984-85 budget announced butions and choices made by women through­ by Governor Duekmajian. The 30% increase out the world. in funds for the UC campuses also includes The 7,400 square foot pavilion will an allotment for a new seawall to fight feature programs honoring Women of Achieve­ the threatening erosion to the Scripps ment from 1884-1984, a national art show, campus. a quilt display, and a multi-purpose exhibit The pier was badly damaged in last area with the theme "Women's Creativity." winter's storms, and is not expected to Individuals who have made important contri­ las~ more than three more years. The butions to the history of women will be design for the new $3 million pier will represented through artifacts and a multi­ begin in July if the budget proposals are media presentation. Special effects include passed by the legislature. Construction computer-generated graphics, laser images, will begin in November of 1985. Xenon motion-picture and slide projections, The new pier will probably be on the and a twelve-track "sensurround" hi-fidelity same site as the old one. It will be audio system. approximately 50 feet longer and five After the fair closes, the exhibits will feet wider, and will have better pumping tour museums nationally, and then the equipment. The pier currently serves Women's Pavilion will become part of a as a collection site for seawater marine permanent museum and women's center in data, live specimens, and air sam~les. New Orleans. If you would like to contribute to this effort, write to Women in the Mainstream, Box 828, St. Mary's Dominican College, 7214 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70118.

12 AT UCSD RODRIGUEZ APPOINTED CANCER GENE IDENTIFIED

Daniel Rodriguez has been appointed Por the first time, a known cancer gene Director of Alumni Affairs. He replaces has been identified that is apparently Jean Rodgers, head of the alumni office related to a gene with a known function since 1981. The UCSD Alumni Association in human cells, a team of scientists from began in 1964 as the Honorary Alumni Associa­ four institutions has found. One of the tion. Since only a few graduate students scientists was UCSD Professor of Chemistry had received degrees from the campus, Russell Doolittle, who used his personally­ alumni ~embership was made up mostly of compiled computer data bank of protein graduates of other UC campuses who lived sequences to make the link. in the San Diego area and who volunteered The finding may offer a new understand­ to support the new campus. The organiza­ ing of how cancer genes transform normal tion was formalized in 1972 as The Alumni cells into wildly-dividing cancer cells. and Friends of UCSD. Today, some twenty The cancer gene may permanently turn on years after the enrollment of undergraduate the same growth-promoting process that students, there are 22,000 alumni. is normally activated only temporarily during wound healing. THE UCSD ENERGY CENTER CHOLESTEROL The UCSD Energy Center has received a $130,000 contract from the US Department Doctors at the UCSD Lipid Research of Energy (DOE) for studies on advanced Clinic announced the results of a nation­ fuel cells. This is the sixth in a series wide study that proves that men who lower of studies on new fossil-fuel technologies their blood cholesterol level decrease which have been funded by DOE and have their risk of heart attack. The results been performed under the chairmanship of are expected to change the course of UCSD Energy Center Director Stanford S. cholesterol and heart research and, doctor's Penner since 1975. hope, change eating habits to include less meat, dairy products, and egg yolks. This HUIVIANITIES INSTITUTE study could lead to a longer life expectancy for many. A UCSD Humanities Institute for high school teachers of college-bound students DIABETES will begin in the summer of 1984 with a $234,000 grant from the National Endowment A $1.3 million grant to study diabetes for the Humanities. Ronald Berman, Profes­ and various predictors of longevity has sor of Literature, will serve as director been awarded to Dr. Elizabeth Barrett­ of the institute, which will be administered Connor, Chairman of the Department of by UCSD Extension. It is designed to Community and Family Medicine. increase the critical thinking and writing skills of high school students by immersing EXPERTS ON ALZHEIMER'S their teachers in great humanist texts and by allowing teachers access to promi­ Two leading authorities on aging and nent humanist scholars. Some 50 high school Alzheimer's disease are joining the faculty teachers, chosen by their schools, will of the UCSD School of Medicine. Drs. attend the initial five-week session. Robert Katzman and Robert Terry, both The inspiration for the institute came currently at the Albert Einstein College from one of Berman's students asking whether of Medicine, are co-investigators on a Julius Caesar was pleased with the way major five-year grant for the study of Shakespeare had portrayed him. Alzheimer's. This disease destroys vital brain cells, leading to severe mental LA JOLLA INSTITUTE AFFILIATION deterioration, and affects more than 1.5 million adults. (See article in November UCSD and the La Jolla Institute have Bear Facts.) entered into an affiliation on behalf of the Institute's Center for the Studies of PETERSON HALL Nonlinear Dynamics (CSND) which deals with physical and natural events that do The UC Board of Regents approved the not behave in an easily-predictable manner. naming of the new classroom building on Weather patterns, the behavior of ocean the Third College campus in honor of waves, and fluctuating chemical processes San Diego businessman Robert 0. Peterson. are currently being studied. · The agree­ The new building, nearing completion, will ment will allow UCSD students to do research be known as Robert 0. Peterson Hall in at CSND, and permit scientists from the honor of Peterson's "long-standing gener­ center to serve on dissertation committees. osity to the San Diego Campus." 13 ,\NOTHER GIFT FROM FLORENCE RIFORD As the "graying of America" takes effect, more and more people must face the prob­ lems associated with old age. An Institute -~·~ttt~~) for Research on Aging is now in the plan­ ning stages for UCSDP and thanks to Celebrities Cook Florence Riford, a "lady bountiful" of La Jolla, a "living trust" of $500,000 for the UCSD Cancer Center has been established to benefit that institution. The gift will eventually On March 10, the annual "Celebrities be used for clinical and nursing care for Cook for the UCSD Cancer Center" will be patients. held at the Sheraton Harbor Island Hotel. Last year, Riford also established A committtee headed by Anne Otterson, Toni a $1 million endowed chair for Alzheimer 1 s Griffin, Ardy Dikel, and Joany Mosher has Disease research at UCSD, the first such been making plans for the benefit which chair in the country. Among her other features international and local culinary gifts to La Jolla is the piece of land personalities in a colorful food-prepara­ on which the new La Jolla library and tion competition preceding a black-tie community center will be built. dinner-dance. Choosing the winning culinary offerings will be celebrity judges Pierre Franey, food columnist for the "New York Times;" Marcella and Victor Hazan, authorities on Italian food and wine; Margrit and Robert Mondavi of the Robert Mondavi Winery; and lJn .tlentnriam Gloria Pepin, food writer and restaurant ~-~··,.~<- owner. .. On the periphery of the ballroom, Patricia Nahum, wife of UCSD Professor interior designers will create sixteen of Surgery, Alan Nahum, died on January fantasy kitchens, four of which will be 24, 1984. A native of Chicago, Pat came occupied by non-competing guest chefs: to La Jolla about twelve years ago. She Diana Kennedy, leading authority on the was co-chairman of the Friends of the cuisines of Mexico; Jacques Pepin, personal UCSD Theater at the time when funds were chef to three French presidents and popular being raised for the Weiss Theater, and teacher of a PBS TV cooking series; Gloria she also has served as docent chairman Zimmerman, authority on far east cuisines; at the La Jolla Museum of Contemporary and George Munger of the San Diego-based Art. Perfect Pan Cooking Schools and the Piret 1 s Donations to the UCSD Cancer Research chain of bistros. Center are suggested. In four of the other kitchens, San Diego cooking teachers Elizabeth Jablecki, Mineko Takane Moreno, Lois Stanton, and our own Beth Spooner (what a great name for a cook!) will be competing in a separate category. Other local celebrity competitors are: GILOT SEMINAR Michelle and Paul Ellingsen, Marianne and Rob Engle, Carolyn and Jack Farris, Suzanne Figi and Carol Yorston, Donna Long Knierim NEW DATE/ NEW TOPIC and Peggy Preuss, Irene and Jim Larrimore, The new date of Fran9oise Gilot's seminar is: Peggy Palmer and Mary Walshok, and Linda and Torn Self. Saturday, March 17 Festivities begin at 7 pm with cocktails, 9:30 am - 12:30 pm chef-watching, and nibbling on samples prepared by all the chefs. Eight o'clock $15 donation (tax deductible) will bring dinner, dancing, and the cook­ Continental breakfast included off judging. San Francisco's Walt Tolleson and his orchestra will provide music until The new subject of the seminar is: the small hours. Reservations are being taken until March "Interface: The Painter and the Mask" 5. For information, please call 459-0341. Based on her newly-published book, Gilot will All proceeds benefit research at the UCSD talk about contemporary artists, the symbols Cancer Center. they used in their paintings, and the meanings the symbols had for them. Lieb Theater 505 Coast Boulevard South la Jolla 459-9634 14 honors a awards housing: Margaret Burbridge, director of the Center Housing ads should not exceed 6 or 7 lines for Astrophysics and Space Sciences, has (about 40 words). There is a $5 charge per been selected as the Russell Lecturer for ad for each month .. Make check payable to 1984 by the American Astronomical Society. Oceanids, and send, attached to ad, to Nora The Russell Lectureship is usually awarded Atlaso J087 Cranbrook Court, La Jolla, CA to a senior astronomer on the basis of 920J7o no later than the 15th of the eminence in astronomical research. Burbridge month preceding publication. is scheduled to deliver the lecture during the 165th meeting of the AAS in Tucson, Arizona in January 1985. For Rent: April 1 (or sooner)-June 15. Furnished bedroom in home in central La Jimmy Cheatham, trombonist and lecturer Jolla. Share bath, kitchen, laundry. in the Department of Music, and his wife Large patio with ocean view. Prefer non­ Jeannie, have received the Bronze Medal smoker, call Mary Mcilwain, 454-4857, Award from the International Film and Television Festival of New York for their For Rent: May 1-August 25. Fully fur­ outstanding performance in the KPBS tele­ nished Del Mar house, family welcome, non­ vision broadcast, "Three Generations of smokers preferred, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, the Blues," which was aired in 1983. piano, yard, $900/month, call 755-3065.

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Dated Material - Please deliver promptly. Bear Facts Staff Co-editors Ellen Revelle, 454-2929; Evelyn Lakoff, 296-1039. Meets Tuesday. March 27, 9:30 am at Frieda Urey's, 454-1640. · Newcomers Chairman Fran Thompson, 454-2546. Join our guided tour of San Pasqual Wineries in Escondido on Friday, March JO at 8 pm. Bread and cheese included. Car pool­ ing available - $5 per person - reserve by March 20 by calling either Fran Thompson or Mary Cutchin, 459-8074. Interest Groups Oceanids may attend any group at any time; please call the group chairman. New groups may be formed if five or more Oceanids are interested. Contact Coordina- . tor Odette Filloux, 453-0749. . THE AVI SET - BIRD WATCHING - Ch Maxine about ti.me and place. White, 755-7399. On Tues, Mar 27, BRIDGE, DAY - Co-ch Isabel Wheelert 459- we will leave at 8 am from Odette 7461; Dixie Whitaker, 453-2659. Filloux's house, 8402 Sugarman Dr, Meets Tues, Mar 6 at Renelde Platte's, LJ for a nature walk (birds and 1126 Muirlands Vista Way, LJ and plants) along the trails of Silver- Mar 20 at Doris Rumsey's, 565 Hidden wood. Call Maxine for details and / Pines Lane, Del Mar. carpooling. CAFE FRANQAIS - Co-ch Irene Larrimore, BOOK GROUP, DAY - Co-ch Nancy Rudolph, 481-6690; Ginette Launay, 453-4663. 45J-86J2; Sue Keller, 459-5840. Le cafe fran9ais se reunira chez Meets March 13 at 9130 am to Kirste Hille, 453-6250, le lundi discuss Persuasion by Jane Austen 12 mars a 10 heures - venez-y at Vera Vacquier's, 1160 Inspira- nombreux! tion Dr, LJ. CONVERSAZIONE IN ITALIANO - Co-ch Heli BOOK GROUP, EVENING - Ch Julie Olfe, 454- Hofmann, 459-4610; Marga Winston, 1424. Meets Thurs, March 15 at 454-8365. Venite tutti qui si parla 7:45 pm. The book is Growil}g ~ Italiano, 21 M~rzo, Merc?led~ 10 by Russell Baker. Call Julie for alle 12 mezzogiorno da Gil Fischer, further details. 7128 LJ Scenic Dr South (attenzione! BRIDGE, COUPLES EVENING - Ch Rose Baily, vicino a 7900 Via Capri). Tele- 453-2637. Call Rose fo~ details fonare al: 459-2003. ETHNIC POTLUCK SUPPERS - Ch Peggy Magde, SPARETIMERS - Ch Pat Kampmann, 452-4087 453-7797. Meets March 2 at Danine days, 454-1856 evenings. Call Pat Ezell's, 452-5546 for a Brazilian for details of activities and for menu. On April 6, Fran Thompson, reservations. 454-2546, will host a supper with TRAVEL - Ch Susan Scholander, 459-1491. a vegetarian menu. Call by April Will meet on Tues, Mar 13 at 7:30 3 for reservations. pm at Susans to view Nancy/Benton GARDENING - Co-ch Allie Boynton, 481-0263; Owen's slide show on Iceland. Marge Bradner, 459-7681. On March WINE TASTING - Ch Pat Austin, 222-5819. 14, Martha Chapin Fredkin will Meets Fri, Mar 16 at 8 pm. If take us to explore beautiful Wil­ you want to attend, call Pat at derness Gardens, where we'll walk, least 5 days in advance for details. sample Indian food, learn a bit WITS - Ch Pat Kampmann, 452-4087, days,. about the Indians. Bring a bag 454-1856 evenings. Meets the second lunch. Monday of the month at 7:30 pm in INTERNATIONAL NEWCOMERS - Meets every Scripps Aquarium classroom. Send Wednesday morning in the International your name to Pat if you wish to be Center. Children are welcome. Come on the waiting list for ~omen Intui­ for tea, coffee, cookies and conver­ tive Trading Society, a stock invest­ sation; bring your friends. This ment club. - group has also organized a baby­ Please Note: Anyone interested in PIANO sitting co-op. Call Martha Cather­ DUET OR ENSEMBLE PIAYING, contact wood, 578-3689; Yvonne Percival, Rose Schweitzer, 459-7424. 452-7981; or Fran Thompson, 454- 2546. FIFTH BIENNIAL NEEDLEWORK CLASSIC - spon­ KITCHEN EQUIPMENT/BABY FURNITURE - Rents sored by the Doctors' Wives Unit kitchen equipment and baby things Mar 31 of Scripps Memorial Hospital Auxili­ to short-term visitors to UCSD. -Apr 8 ary. Proceeds from admission will Call Maryruth Cox, 755-4007, Ilse go toward purchase of a Hewlitt­ Warschawski, 453-2479; or Liz Fong Packard Dopler and Module for cardiac Wills, 454-6858. patients. Fifth floor, West Wing, MADRIGAL SINGERS - Rehearse 4-8 part Ren­ 453-4603. aissance/Baroque music every Wed BALBOA PARK AFRICAN VIOLET SOCIETY - 1984 from 8-10 pm. Call Connie Mullin, African Violet Show, Sale - plants, 454-6871, for information. Mar 31 supplies, culture demonstrations. NEEDLERS - Ch Betty Irvin, 274-0945. Case del Prado, Room 101, 1-5 pm, Meets Thurs, Mar 15 at 10 am at repeats April 1, 10 am-4 pm. Jean Karlen's, 5972 Avenida Cham­ nez, LJ, 459-5879. PEOPLE TO PEOPLE - Ch Carole Ziegler, 297-0798. Meets Mon, Mar 5 at 12:30 pm at Mabel Bittmann's, 2641 Inyaha Lne, LJ. Bring a white La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, 454- elephant item to sell as a fund 3541. San Francisco-based dancer/ raiser. Mar 10 choreographer Joe Goode presents POETRY - Co-ch Elaine Halperin, 459-5628; 3 theater dance pieces in a syn­ Kitty Ellickson, 450-5131. Meets thesis of modern dance, experimental Tues, Mar 20 at 10 am. Call Kitty theater; 8 pm, admission. for details. National Ballet Company of San Diego, RECORDER, ANYONE? - Meets Tues or Thurs 578-5478. "Spring Nights" at Sher­ from 10 am to 12 noon at 559 Genter Mar 2- wood Hall, LJ Museum of Contemporary St, LJ. For more information, 3 Art. Included~ "Celebration," "Rags," call Georgi Price, 459-1734, or "The Sisters," Sonatas" - admission. Angela Quinn, 453-7151. San Francisco Ballet, Fox Theatre, 296- SINGING GROUP - Call Elibet Marshall, 9523 459-5246 if you are interested. Feb 28 Leading ballet company performs SOUNDING BOARD - Ch Elaine Halperin, 459- 29 8 pm Tues; 2 pm, 8 pm Wednesday, 5628. Will meet Mon, Mar 19 at admission. 12 noon at Frieda Urey's to hear USIU School of Performing/Visual Arts, Gerry McAllister, Director of the 693-4637. "Four Movements," "Past Mandeville Art Gallery, speak on: Mar JO Dark," "On the Beach at Biarritz:" "Contemporary Views" - bring a 31 3 one-act ballets, 8 pm Fri, Sat, sack lunch. Old Town Opera House, admission.

a Sitta CALIFORNIA MYSTERY TRAIN - Passengers are Balboa Puppet Theater - 420-0794, treated to a new adventure each time near the Aerospace _Museum, Starlight Mar 3- they embark, with clues to an unsolved thru Theater; admission. 4 crime accumulating as soon as they Mar 11 "Alladin's Wonderful Lamp" board. Tickets by calling collect: Mar 16 714-834-0900. Information: 714-494- -Apr 22 "Beauty and the Beast" 4ll6 The Kent family features clas- ART AUCTION - 8th annual, proceeds to benefit sical fairy tales and others includ­ Combined Arts/Education Council of SD ing magic tricks in half-hour shows. Mar 9- (COMBO), Connoisseur's auction begins Theater also has a program to help 11 6:30 pm Friday, 26th Floor, Columbia scouts earn theater bad~es/patches. Center; 1-5 pm Sunday, parking garage Children's Museum. La Jolla Village Square, of Columbia Center where there will be 450-0767. Hands-on adventures in a carnival atmosphere. Addressi A science, theater, art, health, wood­ and Columbia Sts, 231-6979 working, communications, broadcast', CELEBRITIES COOK FOR UCSD CANCER CENTER - more. USA Today ranks this museum Sheraton Harbor Island Hotel: Inter- among the top ten children's museums Mar 10 national, local celebrities vie in in the US. Call for March activities. elaborate cooking competition. Black­ Northwest Family YMCA, 8355 Cliffridge Ave, tie dinner dance follows cook-off. Feb 1- LJ, 453-3483. "Music for the Young Beth Spooner, Oceanids member, is a Apr 4 Child" will be held Wednesdays, local cooking teacher who has qualified 9:30-10:30 am for children 4-5. to compete. Old Town Opera House, San Diego, 298-0082. GREEN THUMB SHOW - unusual fruit trees will "Tales of Uncle Remus";children Mar 3- will meet Uncle Remus as he recreates Mar 10_be shown Mar 10-11; various types of 4 cacti on March 24-25. Shows are Apr 22 Bre'r Rabbit, other humorous tales, 11_ 5 2 included in the entrance fee to the 11 am, 1 pm, Sat/Sun, admission. 2 Wild Animal Park, 747-8702. San Diego Junior Theatre, Balboa Park, 239-8355. JURIED ART EXHIBITION - 4th annual, to be Mar 9- "Little Mary Sunshine," delightful held in the Gaslamp Quarter, open to 25 musical spoof of old operettas; Mar 16 artists residing in southern CA. Fri 7:30 pm, Sat/Sun 2 pm, Casa -30 Entries accepted March 1-3, free Del Prado Theatre, admission. viewing 12-3 pm through March JO. San Diego Public Library, dovintown, 236- George Hill Building, 533 F St, SD, 5849. 233-5227. Sats Storytime - starts promptly at ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARADE - 4th annual, fea­ 10:30 am, weekly, Children's Room, turing bands, Irish dancers, floats, free. Mar 17 more; parade begins 12 noon corner Mar 24 Dr. Seuss Films in celebration of 6th/Juniper, continues along 5th/6th Dr. Seuss's 80th birthday, promptly between Grape/Upas. Irish Festival at 10:30 am, Children's Room, follows in Balboa Park; free viewing, San Diego State University - 265-6884, 299-7812. admission. ST. PATRICK'S DAY CONCERT - features the Mar l6 Theatre for Young Audiences• "Two Paradise Street Band, a five- piece l8 Maples," a delightful Russian folk Mar 17 celtic band - at 2 pm, 3 pm. Bazaar­ 17 ' story. Call for times. del Mundo courtyard; free admission, Scripps Aquarium, La Jolla, 452-4578, 296-3161. Junior Oceanographer's Corps (JOCs). "INTER.FACE, THE PAINTER AND .THE MASK" - Meets 2nd Fri of every month, ages Speaker• Francoise Gilot; 9:30 am­ 9 up; Bob Snodgrass, advisor. Mar 17 12:30 pm, includes continental Mar 9 JOC lecture "Life on a Scripps breakfast, $15 donation (tax deduc­ Research Vessel." Louis Zimm, first tible). Lieb Theater, 459-9634. mate of the E.B. Scripps, will SOROPTOMISTS' VILIAGE VAUDEVILLE - 21st speak, 7:30 pm, Sumner Auditorium. Mar 13 Tidepooling for Parents, Preschoolers Mar 23 ann~al ~audeville; Par~er Community _ 4 Aud1~or1um, La J?lla High School, with aquarium naturalists in Cardiff, _2 130 evening and matinee performances; noon-2 pm, reservations 452-4578, 31 admission, 459-1760. · fee. TODOS~------SANTOS - features distinctive religi- SAN DIEGO COUNTY ORCHID SHOW by the· SD ous images of 19th Century New County Orchid Society Olympiad. Mar 31 Mexico called "Santos" or saint Mar 24 Al Bahr Temple, 163/Clairemont -Apr 15 figures; 10 am-4 pm Mon-Sat; 8:30 -25 Mesa Blvd, admission $180, chil­ am-4 pm Sunday. All Hallows Parish dren under 12 free. Sat 10 am-9 Hall, 6602 LJ Scenic Dr, So; free, pm, Sun 10 am-5130 pm. 453-5300. b Athenaeum Music/Arts Library, La Jolla, San Diego Natural History Museum, Balboa 454-5872. Park, 2J2-JB21, admission. Mar 5 Pre-opera lecture series: Vere Mar 20 Liz Mahan speaks on gemstones at Wolf presents "Carmen" by Bizet, . 3 rm. . 8 pm. San Diego Public Library, downtown, 236- Committee for World Democracy, UCSD, 452- 5849. Vere Wolf previews "Carmen" 3120~ Rm 107, Third Col. Lee Hall Mar 6 by Bizet, 2:30 pm. Repeat Mar 7, Mar 2 "A Wives' Tale . .': film. • 7:30 pm, free. Mar 9 "Realm of the Senses (x-rated)" ~ar 10 Great Books Discussion Group, 2 pm. Mar 16 "Ramparts of Clay" plus shorts/ Second Floor Meeting Rm. Repeats double feature. Mar 24. All at 7 pm. San Diego State University, 265-5938. Reuben H. Fleet Space Theater, Balboa "The New Immigration: A Challenge Mar 14 to American Society:" Dr. Nathan . Park, 238-1233. Lecture: "Charles Glazer, Harvard professor, co-author Mar 6 Darwin - Genius and Hero:" Free of Be~ond the Melting Pot, speaks presentation explores life, ideas from-5:30 pm, Main Stage Theatre, of the famous philosopher who . Dramatic Arts Building, free. authored The Origin of Species in San Diego Symphony Orchestra Association, 1859, 7:15 pm, Gravson Boehm Lec­ 239-9721. Maurice Abravenal ture Hall. Mar 22 acclaimed music director lau~eate La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, 454- of the Utah Symphony, will be the 3541, admission. featured lecturer in a discussion thru Videotape programs "Photography of a program of the works of Sibelius Mar 4 Exhibitions" and "Young Expres­ Greig, and Nielsen. Call for more ' sionism. information. Swedish Film Series Scripps Aquarium Associates, 452-4578. Mar 7 "Torment" 1944, Bergman's screen­ "Aquaculture in Southern California" play about a malevolent teacher Mar 3 This all-day symposium with 8 experts seeking revenge when a student is from research, retail aquaculture attracted to a frightened girl. groups of southern California explores Mar 14 "Miss Julie" 1950; Strindberg's some of the most interesting aspects drama of a noblewoman's impetuous of aquaculture, history and new surrender to a cynical servant. information on economic questions. Cannes Festival Grand Prize Winner. Fee, reservations required~ Sumner Mar 21 "The Seventh Seal" 1956; Bergman's Auditorium, bring lunch. allegory of man's search for mean­ University Community Library-, university City. ing in life. A crusader knight "Great Decisions 1 84"; 231-0lll· plays chess with Death while the lectures sponsored by the World plague ravages medieval Europe. Affairs Council of SD, a nonparti­ Mar 28 "Wild Strawberries" 1957; travel­ san organization. Open to the ing t? receive an honorary degree, public, 10 am. an aging professor has a series of haunting flashbacks which force him Mar 6 Saudi Arabia/Jordon: Kingdoms at the ~ro~sroads. Speaker: Yahya to confront his life, its failings. ArmaJani, lecturer, writer on Mar 15 Lecture: "Informal Talks with Artists," middle eastern history, religions call for revised schedule. of the world. San Diego Museum of Art, Balboa Park, 232- Mar 13 International Debt Crisis: Borrowers, 7931, admission, reservations. Mar 6 A.M. Art. "Everett Gee Jackson: banks and the IMF. Speaker: Cornel­ ~us Zond~g, US State Department Dean of San Diego Painters" - international affairs economist, speaker: Daryl Landon, curator of Agency for International Develop­ Exhibit; 7:30 am, Rotunda, coffee/ ment staffer. pastries. Mar 23.International Drug Traffic: Can Mar 13 Meet the Masters: "Chartres" lecture it be stopped? Speaker: Stanley by Malcolm Miller, expert on this Furce, Special Agent/Training 13th Century Gothic cathedral in Coordinator, US Drug Enforcement Paris; lecture 10:45 am; lunch noon, Administration, National City. catered by The French Gourmet. Reuben H. Fleet S ace Theatre Science Mar 15 P.M. Art: "Artists Guild All-Media Exhibition" - tour of gallery instal­ Center, Balboa Park, 23 -11 lation with Steve L. Brezzo, SDMA March "Darwin on the Galapagos:• Darwin's director; Nancy Livesay, Artist's film journe~ to the islands where he Guild president, pm, Rotunda, m~de his observations that led to 5 his theory of evolution· daily wine and cheese. admission. ' ' c ;. ·.· .... f. .·-~/ j ::1 East County Performing Arts Center, El A.R.T, Beasley Gallery, Old Town, 295- Cajon, 465-1700, x 321. "I Climb 295-0075· Mar 7 to Live:" inspiring adventure/ Mar 9- "Fragments and Earth Forms:" Eaku documentary by Stan Zundel, who was JO ware by Michael Gustavson; paper given less than 2 years to live - construction by Marshall[. Taylor. l:JO, 7 pm. Admission; prologue The Athenaeum, La Jolla, 454-5872. thru by the Sterling International Folk Oil paintings by Gick Ford. I:ancers. Mar 2 Hillside Hospital, 1940 El Cajon Blvd, Thomas Babeor Gallery, La Jolla, 454-0345. "When Sex and Chemicals Don't Mix:" Robert Motherwell works through Mar 3 A look into the interference in March March 4 in conjunction with Mother- sexuality caused by chemical depen­ well Retrospective at LA County dency; 10 am-12 noon, free; 692- Museum of Art. Fletcher Benton 1215. through Mar J. Also new acquisi­ Institute for Research on Aging, UCSD, tions by Rauschenberg, Kelly, 452-4405. "The Role of Oxygen Diebenkorn, Borofsky. Mar 14 Radicals in Chronic Inflammation Gallery Eight, La Jolla, 454-9781. and Heart Disease." Dr. Joe McCord, thru 8 pm, Garren Auditorium, Basic Mar 10 "Folk Art from Mexico, 11 including Science Building. wood carvings by Manuel Jimenez, Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation, clay sculpture by Avelino, Irene 455-8903. Cooking Modification Aquilar, tin works by Aacon Velazco: Thurs Classes: "Lowfat Methods," "Sugar­ works by some of Mexico's best free Delights," "The Salt-:Free folk artists. Alternative," "Adding in the Fibers," Jones Gallery, La Jolla, 459-1370. "Calculation of Your Old Favorites: Paintings, sculpture by Stanley Recipe Modification." Classes March Bleifeld, Chet ~ngle, Walt rotate, 10-11:30 am, fee. Gonske, Glenna Goodacre, Thomas Mar 10 Jogging Symposium, Amphitheater, Kinkade, Claire Ruby, Eileen free, reservations required, 455- Whitaker, Fritz White. 8904, 7:30 am-3:30 pm. Knowles Gallery, La Jolla, 454-0106. Mar 13 Health Perspectives "Arthritis - Helen Iowd, "Moments in Nature. 11 thru for All Ages;" Amphitheater, free, " . . . approaches combining tex- no reservations, 455-8133, 7:30- ture, delicate color layering, 9:30 pm. an oriental-style sensitivjty of Mar 14 Smoke No More; Room SR401A, fee line-work." $225, 455-8835, 6-8:30 pm, 4 weeks. thru "Fantasies and Soulscapes:" Boots Mar 15 Stress Less; Room MSlOOO, Anderson Apr 11 Loeffler displays soft, detail Outpatient Pavilion, fee $175, 455- paintings in watercolor, gouache, 8835, 6-8:30 pm. pencil. "I.ream-like figures and Mar 28 Early Detection/Treatment of Breast whimsically portrayed creatures Cancer - Hastings Room/day, Room of the earth, sky, and sea." 411-B/evening, free, no reserva­ La Jolla Musuem of Contemporary Art, 454- tions, 455-8844, l:J0-3:30 pm day, 3541, admission. 7-9 pm evening. thru "John Pfahl - Power Places:" exhibit UCSD Faculty Distinguished Lecture Series. Mar 4 of recent photographs by NY artist. John Mendelsohn, Cancer Center director Mar 15 will speak on "Monoclonal antibodies thru "Mike Glier - HairBreadth:" exhibit Against Receptors for Growth Factors: Mar 4 of new wall drawings in the artist's Biochemical Research Tools with powerful expressionistic style on Potential Clinical Applications." the museum's walls. 4:30 pm, Garren Auditorium, Basic Mar 10 "American Art Since 1970:" Paintings, Science Bldg. . -Apr 22 drawings, sculptures from the Whitney GUIDED NATURE WALKS - San Diego Natural Museum of American Art collection. History Museum, free, 460-9301. Mar 16 "George Legrady-Photographic Narra­ Mar 3 Penasquitos Canyon - 10 am -Apr 29 tives. Twenty hand-colored photo­ Mar 10 Florida Canyon - 10 am graphs composed of props and stages Mar 17 Cowles Canyon - 10 am photographed in the artist's LJ Mar 25 Kate Sessions Park - 2 pm studio. His work has been exhibited Mar 31 Bayside Trail, Pt. Loma - 10 am in the US, Europe. d EXHIBITS, GALLERIES_, MUSEUMS

La Jolla Art Association, 459-JOOl. San Diego Museum of Art, Balboa Park, 232- Founded in 1918 as an artists coopera­ 7931, admission. tive. Prices, artist contact infor­ Mar 24 "50 Years of Babar:" More than mation is provided on request only. -May 6 200 watercolors celebrating the 7912 Girard Ave, 12-4:30 pm daily. life of Babar the Elephant in con­ Mandeville Art Gallery, UCSD, 452-2864. junction with the exhibit "Young "Naive Painting:" the second of 2 Art 84" opening Apr 14. Brunoff 's thru exhibits sponsored by the Goethe son, Laurent, has carried on the Mar 4 Institute of LA will contain 89 tradition of Babar, first published paintings by 32 contemporary naive in 1931. artists from West Germany; a cata­ thru "Selections from the Collection of logue will be available. Mar 11 Dr. Vance Kondon" from one of the Mar 10 "Lettrisme: Into the Present." region's finest collections of 20th -Apr 15 Post WW II avant garde European century art comes a German expres­ movement focusing on the art of the sionist exhibit which includes letter as sound form and as visual work by Feininger, Beckman. form. Reception March 9, 6-8 pm, thru "San Diego Artists Guild All-Media includes film, poetry reading, Mar 25 Membership Exhibition" a popular discussion. Call for additional annual exhibit of jury selected information. works by members of the SD Artists Mingei International Museum of Folk Art, Guild, a group of 200 professional "Tantras" paintings, sculptures, artists. thru textiles illuminate this cosmic thru "Everett Gee Jackson: Dean of SD Mar 18 sign language; artwork on display Mar 25 Painters" an exhibit of oil paint­ 11 am-5 pm Tues-Sat; 2-5 pm Sun. ings, drawings, lithographs detail­ Donation/free. ing the life, work of one of the Museum of Photographic Arts, Balboa Park, best-known su-painters. 239-5262. San Diego Museum of Man, Balboa Park, 239- thru An exhibit of photographic works 2001, admission. Mar 4 by JO contemporary photojournalists thru "Wings" exhibit displays the ways working in El Salvador. From the Mar 25 insect motifs have been used in book El Salvador by Susan Meiselas. art, clothing, rituals. Orr's Gallery, San Liego, 234-4765. thru "A Distant Drum" a collection of Representational 19th, 20th cen­ Apr 9 drums from around the world. March tury art including graphics, ''The Last and First Eskimos" exhibit sculpture, painting, drawing from 1~~u chronicling the traditions, changes permanent collection. 29 of the Eskimo lifestyle. The Photography Gallery, La Jolla, 459- thru "Messengers: Voices from Beyond" 1800. Apr 30 rituals, arts of North, South Mar 2- "Nightcolor:" an exhibition of American Indians. 31 photographs by Arthur Ollman, direc­ tor of the new Museum of Photographic San Diego Natural History Museum, Balboa Arts and a photographer of inter­ Mar 2_ Park, 232-3821, admission. national renown. Photographs were Ap 18 "Nature's Facts," Sefton Hall taken at night using the limited r Gallery. ambient light which gives a shade San Diego Print Clubl San Diego, 232-4884. of difference to our perception of Exhibit of graphics by Jose Luis color and ideas about reality. March Cuevas, Mexican artist well known San Diego Art Institute, Balboa Park, for his drawings, watercolor washes~ 234-5946. San Diego Public Library, downtown, 236- thru The mixed media shows "Point of 5849. Open 1-5 pm Tues through Sat. Mar 4 View" by Elaine Schaefer; "Barred March "A Ruskin Collection" books, auto­ Corridors" by Victor Lopez. graphs, pamphlets collected by Mar 6- Irving Lefson: "Beyond the Camera's Laurence B. Dixon, Wangenheim Room, Apr 1 Eye." "He begins with the photo­ 1-5 pm Tues-Sat. graphic image, positive or negative, "Happy Birthday, I:r. Seuss!" features and through use of chemicals, burn­ an exhibit of all the books produced ing, etching and montaging ... by SD's best-known author, Theodor arrives at a personal statement which Geisel, in hon·or of his 80th birthday. approaches painting." Also displayed are prize-winning Mar 6- Joanne Sharp1 Oil paintings, drawings. birthday cards designed by SD chil­ Apr 1 "Using the family milieu . . . dren for the occasion, lobby. figures move about in their natural "Intaglio & Monoprints" by Leonore environment, the artist's eye find­ Fuhrer, Corridor Gallery. · ing design, rhythm and visual "Examples of decorative endpapers delight in what . . . we take for and fore-edge paintings on works granted." by Tennyson, Wangenheim Room. e San Diego State University, 265-5751. Latin American Exhibit: original MUSIC March research materials feature Spanish, Mexican artifacts excavated from La Jolla Chamber Music Society, 459-3724, SD's Royal Presidio; Love Library. admission. David Korevaar gives a Mar 3- "Situational Photography:" 10 Mar 2 special performance to benefit 31 artists, University Art Gallery._ his debut at Carnegie Hall in 1985. Spectrum Gallery, San Diego, 232-9743, He is a composer, concert pianst, Co-op specializing in work by local graduate of LJ high, with bachelors, artists. masters from Juillard~ Sherwood Hall. thru "Stamps from Tuzo." Alison Bald­ Mar 16 The Emerson String Quartet, winner Mar 24 win's hand-colored etchings of of the Naumberg Award for Chamber stamps from an imaginary country; Music in 1978, 8 pm. hand-made paper. La Jolla Civic/University Symphony, 452- *Tasende Gallery, La Jolla, 454-3691. 3229. Spring concert features Jose Luis Cucuas' Retrospective Mar 10 Beethoven's "Mass in C", orchestral Mar 3- Exhibition - drawings selected -11 works by Gunther Schuller, directed 24 from a span of 22 years of work hy David Chase, Thomas Nee. Mar 10/ done by this eminent Mexican drafts­ 8 pm, Mar 11/3 pm, Mandeville Audi­ man. The exhibit celebrates his torium, admission, tickets at door, 50th birthday. or call above number or 452-3120. University of San Diego, 291-6480. Old Globe Theatre, Balboa Park, 459-3724 "The Indignant Artist": an exhibit The Rogeri Trio: They have been thru that includes visual expressions . Mar 5 described by the ''New York Tim.es" Mar 27 of artists' protest; social com­ as "extraordinarily insightful ... ," ment from the 17th to 20th centuries performing 8 pm, admission. in graphic form. On display 12-5 San Diego Early Music Society, 296-1039/ pm weekdays, 12-7 pm Wed, Founders 296-2052. Gallery. Mar 10 "Cantigas de Santa Maria":music of Villa Montezuma Museum, San Diego, 239-2211. -11 13th century Spain, 8 pm, St.Paul's A restored Victorian house built Episcopal Church, Mar 10. Repeats in 1887; admission free/donation. Mar 11, 2 pm Lieb Theater, LJ. thru Jihmye Edward Collins' works in Mar 31 The Lydian Ensemble of San Francisco Mar 25 pencil, pen, oil, watercolor on -Apr 1 performs vocal, instrumental works historical, contemporary themes of the late Renaissance, early of African-American life. baroque, 8 pm, Mar 31, St. Paul's Wenger Gallery, Pacific Beach, 454-4414. Episcopal Church. Repeats 2 pm, thru Michael Cook's Lieb Theater, LJ. Apr paintings. San Diego Gilbert and Sullivan Repertory 3 Company, Balboa Park, 692-0372. ~\\~~//~ opens "Patience." Mar 30 admission. San Diego Museum of .Art Chamber Ensemble '~jj(l ~ ~l~l Copley Auditorium, 2:30 pm, concert Mar 24 free with museum admission. !;;i-\ ~ yq-? #7 To be announced. Virginia Hawk Vocal Scholarship Auditions San Diego Opera, Civic Theatre, 236-6510 697-0551. Applications for serious Mar 3 "Don Giovanni" by Mozart Mar 1 voice students ages 20-35 residing Mar 8- "Carmen" Apr in San Diego. 17 . by Bizet. 7 Auditions. Al Bahr Shrine, Kearny Mesa, 724-8333. San Diego Public Library, dowptown, 236- "The Music of Your Life" dance to 5849. Spring Chamber Music Series, Mar 9 favorite music from the big band 7:30 pm, Jrd Floor Auditorium. era by The Windjammers, 8 pm-mid­ Mar 6 Piano Recital by Marilyn Stevens­ night. all Chopin program. Athenaeum Music and Arts Library, 454- Mar 13 Gennaro Trio: cello, violin, piano. Mar 5872. Mini-concerts 12 noon and 12 Mar 20 Vocal Recital by soprano Kathleen & 26 12:30 pm. To be announced. O'Neil. Gabrieli String Quartet, UCSD, 452-4090/ Mar 27 Orion Duo guitarists Lan Grant, Fred Benedetti 452-4559. One of England's most Mar 3 renowned quartets performs Mozart, San Diego State University - 265-6031, Janacek, Schubert; 8 pm, Mandeville admission. Mainstage Theatre. Auditorium, admission. Mar 4 University Symphony with guest Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, ECPAC, 440- artist Duane Duggar performing 2277, Virtuoso players are fea­ "Horn Concerto in B flat M" by Mar 11 tured in a concert of works by Gliere. Includes Ravel's "Daphnis Corelli, Bach, Vivaldi, Arensky, and Chloe Suite" and "Valses Nobles admission. et Sentimentals," 3 pm. f San Diego State University, 265-6947, THEATER admission. Westwood Wind Quartet Coronado Playhouse, 435-4856. Mar 21 presents a concert at 8 pm, Smith thru William Barrett's Recital Hall. Mar Jl "Lilies of the Field" Mar 28 Jihad Racy Ensemble, specializing Gaslamp Quarter Theatre, 234-9583 in Middle Eastern music; Smith thru "The Hot House." Harold Pinter's Recital Hall. Mar 3 off-beat play about life in a Mar 29 The Smetana Centennial; international mental institution. -Apr 8 conference, festival of Czechoslovak Mar 27 Special: "How He Lied to Her Hus­ music. Morning, afternoon confer­ band:' LJ Museum of Contemporary ences, related musical events even­ Art; special program for seniors; ings, 265-6031. play written by George B. Shaw in San Diego Symphony, 239-9721, admission. 1904, directed by Jean Hauser, who Paavo Berglund conducts works by will talk briefly before the per­ Mar 22 Sibelius, Gried, Nielson, 7 pm formance; ~l, museum members 50¢, 23&25 Thurs, 8 pm Fri, 2:30 pm Sun, Civic 2 pm, museum auditorium. Theatre, James Tocco/pianist. La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, 454- Mar 29 Paavo Berglund conducts in "Ma Vlast" 3541. See above listing. -31 by Snetana, 7 pm Thurs, 8 pm Fri, La Jolla Stage Company, 495-7773. Sat, Civic Theatre. thru "Gypsy" UCSD Music Department, 452-3229. Mar 4 by Arthur Laurents. B8sendorfer Series - all Gershwin Marquis Public Theater, 298-8112, March Mar 4 Program, Cecil Lytle and friends, performances: . 3 pm, auditorium, admission. "The World of Sholom Aleichem" by Mar 6 Atomicafe: forum for graduate com­ Arnold Perl posers, other artists, 8 pm, Center "Look, We've Come Through":Gallery for Music Experiment, 408 Warren Theater. Campus, free. North Coast Repertory Theater, 481-1055 Mar 7- Scholarship Benefit - All Mozart th "Deathtrap" by Ira Levin; thriller 8 Program: 9 Sonatas for violin, Ma~u with humor about a playwright whose piano by Mozart. Janos Negyesy, 25 recent works have flopped. violin; Jean-Charles Francois, Old Glo~e Theatre, Balboa Park, 239-2255. piano, 8 pm, Mandeville Auditorium, Mar 1 "Taking Steps":an abandoned old admission. Apr - Victorian mansion that once served Mar 11 Clarinet Recital by Robert Zelick­ 1 as a brothel hosts an assortment of man and friends, 8 pm, Mandeville zany characters who spend an evening Center Room B210, admission. weaving in and out of each other's Quarter End Concerts bedrooms. Mar 13 Jazz Ensembles, Jimmy Cheatham, Presentation Consultants Studio, 2244 director, 8 pm, auditorium, $2 Fourth Ave. donation. lVIarch "The Stronger": "Showcase's" premiere Mar 15 Chamber ensembles and chamber presentation by August Strindberg, orchestra, 8 pm, Recital Hall, free. 8 pm Fri/Sat Mar 2/3, 9/10, 16, Mar 16 Concert Choir, Ann Pettus, director; 23/24, admission: donations acceptedj Wind Ensemble, John Fonville, direc­ 239-4240 between 1-4 pm Mon-Fri. tor, 8 pm, auditorium, free. San Diego Public Theatre, 232-7378, admission. Mar 18 Guitar concert, directed by Celin opens "How I Got That Story" by Amlin Romero, 8 pm, Recital Hall, $1 Feb 29 Gray. donation. San Dieguito Little Theatre, Del Mar Fair­ grounds, 755-7358. thru "Picnic (Summer Brave)":updated Mar 17 version of William Inge's Pulitzer Prize winning play. San Diego Repertory Theater, San Diego, : 235-8025. 0o o o o • thru "K2" drama about 2 men trapped on Bowery Theater, San Diego, 232-4088. Mar 11 a ledge of the world's 2nd highest thru "The Wager" mountain, their determination to Mar 25 by Mark Medoff survive; Tony Award winner. Cassius Carter Centre Stage, Balboa Park, San Diego State University, 265-6884. 239-2255 Mar 23 "The Glass Menagerie": one of Ten- thru "Quartermaine's Terms" by Simon 24,27- nessee Williams best works, 8 pm, Mar 31 Gray; west coast premiere of off- 31 Main Stage Theatre, admission. Broad_way hit. UCSD Theatre, 4 52-4 574, admission. Fiesta Dinner Theatre, Spring Valley, thru "Love's Labour Lost" 697-8977. Mar 3 "The Mousetrap" Mar 8- .. Venice Preserved 11 & "The Playboy Mar 28 by Agatha Christie, mystery; 17 the Western Worldff- alternate even- -Apr 2 9 longest running play in history. ings. University City Communit;t Theater, 455-0166. Mar 12 Open meeting for those interested. g Bear Facts Month: March Year: 1984

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