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Fall 1994

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Donna McAleer University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Terry Baskot Brooker University of Nevada, Las Vegas

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THEUNLV ALUMNI ASSOCIATION presents Homecoming 1994 ttJ eJ.w, A~!

Alumni,students, and those who hove helped celebrateHomecoming inyears post know that theUNL VA lumniAssociation plans several days of greatevents and activities every fall. This year,the celebration will be better than ever!

HOMECOMINGSCHEDULE OFEVENTS on the cover: f eatures David Parmelee with a portion of the bird collection at the Barrick Museum. Photo by 5 Teach Your Teachers Well James Romano. UNLV education prof esso7'Lind a Q}tinn is helping expe7'ienced teachers team how toguid e those new to the profession.

BY DIANE RUSSELL Editor: Suzan DiBella Assistant Editors: Diane Russell, 8 The Creative Risk Susie Greene Art Director: John Hobbes UNLV professors ] m y Cl'mvford and Hart Wegner understa that the cre ive endeavo7' Contributing Editor: Tom Flagg nd at can b1'ing both risks and rewa7'ds. They)ve talun Contributing Writers: Donna McAleer, Terry Baskor Brooker the risks. Now it )s time fo7' the rewards. Illustrator: John Hobbes BY DONNA MCALEER Photographers: Tom Flagg, John Hobbes, James Romano 11 The Legacy of Sara Lynne H alsey Publications Manager: Donna McAleer In the wake of tragedy) a Las Vegas family has Director, University News, Publications & Reprographics: Les Raschko created a memorial scholarship in the name of a Vice President for Development and yotmg woman who believed in the impo7'tance of U niversity Relations: Lyle Rivera helping college students.

BY TERRY BASKOT BROOKER

I 12 What Is This Thing Called Love? UNLV Alunmi Association Officers Our fascination with the topic seems to know no President: Pamela Hicks ('70) e, 1st Vice Pres.: Iun dy Campanale ('77) bounds. Perhaps it)s becaus as UNLV anth1'0- 2nd Vice Pres.: Russ Petersen ('76) pologist William Jankowiak has discovered, the Treasurer: Kevin Page ('87) phenomenon of romantic love spans the globe. Secretary: Rafael Villanueva ('84) Member-at-Large: Art jimenez ('85) BY SUZAN DIBELLA Past President: Greg McKinley ('80)

Alwlmi Association Jloard Members 16 Research Takes Wing Bruce Ford ('86) Ralph Piercy ('74) UNLV om ithologist David Parmelee has found Adam Keith ('89) Bob Rather ('80) Joe King ('72 & '85) Lynn Shoen ('74) an excellent opportunity for study in the vi7'tually Marcia Koot ('68) Ray Tundand ('89) uncha7'ted birdingg 7'ounds of the Lake Mead Pamela Moore ('77) jim Zeiter ('87) Na tional R ecreation A 7'ea. Barry Shinchousc ('69 & '70) departments BY TOM FLAGG

UNLV MngnzitJc is published two times each 2-4 News academic year in September and March by the University of Nevada, L1s Vegas, 4505 Maryland 19-21 Calendar Parkway, Box 451012, L.1s Vegas, NV 89154- 1012. UN LV is an AA/E EO institution. 22-23 Class Notes

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Businessman Kenny Guinn Appointed Interim President Three New Buildings Opening on University Campus

Longtime Las Vegas businessman who accepted a vice presidency at Boise College of Human Performance and De­ UNLV's new Student Services Com­ Kenny Guinn is currently serving as in­ State University in Idaho. velopment was also appointed recently. plex was dedicated in May, and two terim UNLV president, Pohl can1e to UNLV Carol Ann Peterson, an interim dean more major campus buildings - the replacing former president from Nortl1ern Arizona from Virginia Commonwealtl1 Univer­ Classroom/Office Complex and the Robert C. Maxson, who University, where he was sity, accepted tl1e dean's post in July, Robert L. Bigelow Physics Building­ left UNLV after 10 years to dean of the College ofBusi­ replacing interim dean Anthony Saville. are expected to be dedicated this fall . All assume the presidency of ness Administration. During Peterson, who had been at the Rich­ three are now occupied. California State University, his tenure as dean of mond, Va., university since 1988, served The 46,000-square-foot, $6 million Long Beach. UNLV's College of Business there as interim dean of the School of Student Services Complex houses the Currently chairman of and Economics, the college Community and Public Affairs. Donald W. Reynolds Student Service the boards and formerly received national accredita­ Before becoming an interim dean at Center, the Newmont Student Develop­ president of botl1 South­ tion from the American As ­ Virginia Commonwealth University, ment Center, and the Jean Nidetch west Gas Corp. and sembly of Collegiate Schools Peterson served as chair and professor of Women's Center. PriMerit Bank of Nevada, Interim UNLV President of Business. the university's department of recreation, Located just west of the Dining Guinn served as superinten­ Kenny Guinn A new dean ofUNLV's parks, and tourism. 11'.1 Commons and Student Health Center, dent of the Clark County the three-building complex will bring School District from 1969 to 1978. together a wide variety of programs Guinn, who received his bachelor's designed to help serve the needs of The new Student Services Complex will bring together a wide variety UNLV students. Offices housed there and master's degrees in physical educa­ New Graduate Programs Offered of offices designed to serve the needs of UNL V students. tion from California State University, include Disability Resource Services, ...... Fresno, and his Ed.D. in educational UNLV will offer tvvo new graduate to go on to the next level and do some Multicultural Student Services, Academic Jean Nidetch donated $500,000 toward administration from Utah State Univer­ degree programs - a Ph.D. in engineer­ very good work in collaboration with our Advising and Tutoring, Career Services, possible. Newmont Gold Co. donated construction of the Women's Center. sity, served as chairman of the UNLV ing and a master's degree in criminal faculty." Student Financial Services, Personal $1.5 million toward the Student Devel­ The $22 million, 150,000-square­ Foundation during the 1993-94 aca­ justice - beginning this fall . The two-year master's degree program Counseling, Academic Advancement, opment Center; tile Donald W. Reynolds foot Classroom/Office Complex is lo­ demic year. The new doctoral program in engi­ in criminal justice will prepare students the Bursar's Office, Athlete Academic Foundation, named for the founder of cated just north of the Student Services His other education-related activities neering, which will provide concentra­ Advising, and International Student Donrey Media Group, provided $4 mil­ Complex on the new north-south mall. It include membership on the Clark County tions in civil, mechanical, and electrical Services. lion for the Student Service Center; and will house the departments of psychol­ Community College Advisory Commit­ engineering, can be viewed as the Three donors made the complex Weight Watchers International founder ogy, sociology, and mathematical sci­ tee, the Clark County School District capstone of a 10-year drive to u"' ''"'"'u...... _ ences; the Ethics and Policy Studies Pro­ School Community Partnership Advisory strong engineering program at UNLV. gram; the College of Liberal Arts office; Board, the White House Conference on Over the past decade, '"""·"'ill·'-'-' Goodall Receives Top Faculty Award the Center for Survey Research and the Children and Youth, and the Nevada education in Southern Nevada '~ ""'"' ""'rn Telephone Survey Center; Telemedia Ser­ School Superintendents Association. the development Public administration professor ing teaching evaluations from public Leonard "Pat" Goodall has been administration students. vices; and International Programs. Guinn has also been active in numer­ IJS.'J" u''LdLiuu of laws designed to The $11.4 million, 70,000-square­ ous civic groups, including tl1e Nevada said criminal justice selected as the 1994 He is the auilior of seven foot Robert L. Bigelow Physics Building Development Authority, tl1e Las Vegas Farrell, director of the recipient of the UNLV books and has written many was funded in part by a donation from Chamber of Commerce, and the United program. . Alumni Association's articles and monographs. His the Bigelow family. It forms a new en­ Way of Southern Nevada. "An understanding of these issues is Outstanding Faculty newest book, Gwernment trance to the east-west academic mall He is expected to continue as interim research essential to sound social policy in criminal Award. and Politics ojNmul11, co­ authored by and is entirely devoted to the physics president ofUNLV through the 1995 This is an ~~~!! justice," he said, adding that the program Nevada Legislature, assisting the univer­ for the college will place a strong emphasis on criminal program. It contains research and teaching labs, sity in obtaining additional state funding. the program has matured, justice theory and research methods. administrative offices, and an astronomy In another interim appointment, the William Wells, dean of the college. For more information on UNLV's former dean ofUNLV's College of Busi­ "Having the Ph.D. gives us an ad­ new Ph.D. program in engineering, call dome and telescope platforms. Various aspects of the structure sym­ ness and Economics has assumed the vantage in obtaining research funding the Howard R.. Hughes College of Engi­ bolize some of the fundamental principles post of vice president for finance and and in recruiting faculty," Wells said. "It neering at 895-3699. For more informa­ of physics, from a two-story glass wall in administration at the university. also gives our students a chance to stay tion on the crinlinal justice program, call the shape of a sine curve to an apple tree Norval Pohl, who has served as dean around after they finish their master's either Farrell or Terance Miethe, chair­ near.the main entrance to represent Sir of the business and economics college work, by which time we have them man of the criminal justice department, Isaac Newton's theory of gravity. 11'.1 since 1986, has replaced Buster Neel, trained to the point where they are ready at 895-3731. 11'.1

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UNLV to Receive $10 Million Donation for New Library

In what will be the largest gift ever Trust have been strong financial support­ to more ilian $16 million. The Lied to UNLV or the university system, the ers of UNLV and UNR. This donation Foundation Trust has given $2.5 million Lied Foundation Trust has agreed to brings ilie trust's total giving to UNLV to UNR. r.1 provide $10 million toward construction of a new library on the UNLV campus. The gift will come to the university through the UNLV Foundation, as part of an agreement between the foundation Golf Tournament Set for Nov. 18 and Christina Hixson, trustee of the Lied Alumni from UNLV and UNR will iliree years. Foundation Trust. tee off for a good cause during tl1e Following ilie tournament, a lun­ The donation will be used as a cata­ Fourili Annual Sand cheon and awards cer­ lyst for securing the balance of funds Blast Open golf tour­ emony are scheduled. needed for constructing and equipping nament Nov. 18. And, witl1 a nod to the a library estimated to cost a total of The tourna­ UNLV-UNRfootball tra­ $40 million. ment- a fund-raiser dition, tl1e winner of ilie "The university greatly appreciates for scholarships for tournament will be Christina Hixson's willingness to help UNLVand UNR awarded a replica of the fund a new campus library," said Interim students - will cannon. UNLV President Kenny Guinn. "It will take place at 8 a.m. All proceeds from ilie help us meet our greatest need- build­ at ilie golf course at tournament will be ing a new library. Angel Park. The . equally divided between "For this university to fulfill its entrance fee is $200 scholarship funds at academic function and keep up with the per person. UNLV and UNR. So far, explosion of knowledge and the growth Participation by ilie annual event has of its student body and faculty, it must UNLV alumni is es­ raised more ilian $55,000 have a library that is on the leading edge pecially encouraged in scholarship funds for of information technology," Guinn said. this year because many UNR alunmi who ilie two universities. "I believe tl1at the Lied Foundation are in town for tl1e UNLV- UNR football For more information or to make Trust donation will enable us to put game iliat weekend are expected to play reservations, call ilie UNLV Alumni together a funding package that will in ilie tournament. So far, UNLV has Relations Office at 895-3621 or make such a library possible." won ilie Sand Blast Open two out of (800) 829-ALUM. r.1 According to the agreement, the funds will become available to the uni­ versity if the Nevada Legislature appro­ priates $3 million for architecture and design costs during the 1995 legislative Membership Drive Now Underway session and the balance (approximately $27 million) during the 1997 session. Don't forget to add your name to complete instructions on how to become It is expected that the new library will ilie growing list of graduates who have a member. open by the year 2000. become members ofilie UNLV Alunmi Once dues are paid, alumni become Hixson said that the library will be Association. eligible to vote in ilie arumal election dedicated to the memory of Ernst F. For only $25 per year, any UNLV for members of ilie UNLV Alumni Lied and his parents, Ernst M. and Ida graduate can join ilie association. All Association Board of Directors. The In her class, The Mentor Teacher, K. Lied. The late Ernst F. Lied was a membership money is used to support 18-member board makes decisions Quinn, an assistant professor of instruc­ longtime Las Vegas resident who was student and alumni programs at UNLV. concerning association finances, programs, tional and curricular studies in ilie Col­ UNLV education professor Linda Quinn successful in the real estate business. Last year, for instance, ilie Alumni Asso­ and goals. lege of Education, prepares experienced communication skills necessary to put afraid it just means tl1ey don't know The Lied Foundation Trust was ciation gave more ilian $177,000 to Ballots for this year's election, which teachers to serve as mentors to iliose new ilieir often-younger colleagues at ease. what iliey're doing. That's how iliey see created for the purpose of supporting UNLV students and programs. is now underway, must be received by to the profession. "Many first-year teachers don't it," Quinn says. charitable organizations. Association membership packets were ilie UNLV Alumni Relations Office by Her students are reminded what it is want to ask for help because they're LaTronica was one of ilie teachers Hixson and ilie Lied Foundation mailed to all alumni in June, providing Sept: 14. r.1 like to be a new teacher and are taught

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abandon their teaching careers within the "And believe me," Quiggle says, "it comments from teachers who did have Quinn, who spent 20 years teaching support pillars. That woman quit after first two years. isn't going to happen. If it weren't for mentors as they began their careers are in K-12 school systems botl1 in tl1e tl1e first year. It was the recognition of this burn­ Tara coming down to my room so the comments from teachers who didn't. United States and abroad before mov­ For Quinn, things improved tl1e next out/drop-out factor in education circles much, and saying, 'Hey, how are things Count Cannata as being among the ing into rugher education, clearly re­ year. "My second year they moved me that began to give rise to teacher going?' I wouldn't have been apt to go ranks of the latter. members her first year of teaching, upstairs. I was across from mentoring programs in the 1980s, down to her room." She recalls her first year of teaching Quinn says. LaTronica says she learned in as being awful. Moving to Las Vegas "There were a lot of movements to Quinn's class that it's important for the from Philadelphia for a job with the support first-year teachers - to some­ mentor to seek out her first-year teacher Clark County School District, she says how get them hooked into this profes­ again and again, so that the newer she wondered "where the subway was" sion in a way that they couldn't, or teacher doesn't feel as if she's a nuisance and suffered from culture shock. wouldn't want to, turn arow1d and or as if she's inadequate because she has Rather than having an experienced leave it." so many questions. teacher to show her the ropes, she says it Still, a decade later, such programs was more like, '"There's your classroom. are not as common as she would like. Have a nice year. Bye.' Quinn firmly believes that if each "There was another first-year teacher new teacher had a journeyman teacher harmon Detweiler, a first­ at my school, and we just kind of willing to show her the ropes, it could grade teacher at Mountain buddied up together and foundered make all the difference. View Elementary School, had through," recalls Cannata, who later Just ask Sarah Quiggle and Shannon teacher Lynda Cannata as her transferred to Herr Elementary. Detweiler, both of whom were first-year Smentor. Cannata team teaches with Like Cannata, LaTronica moved to teachers during the 1993-94 school year LaTronica in a first- and second-grade Southern Nevada specifically for a job and both of whom had mentors trained combination classroom at Herr. with the school district. In December by Quinn at UNLV. While a mentor and mentee usually 1990, she graduated from college in Quiggle arrived at Herr Elementary teach at the same school, Cannata and Colorado and got a job there as a wait­ School in northeastern Las Vegas fresh Detweiler were matched up when ress to tide her over until she could find from Oruo. She was assigned to teach in Detweiler did her student teaching un­ a teaching position. In February, she was a multiage classroom that combines stu­ der Cannata's supervision in the fall of interviewed over the telephone by a dents in the first and second grades. She 1993. When Detweiler landed a full-time Clark County principal. By the end of had done student teaching as part of her teaching job at Mountain View the next the interview, she had been lUred and college training, of course, but she still semester, they maintained their mentor­ was told that she had tl1ree days to get found the thought of having her own mentee relationsrup. herself to Las Vegas. classroom a little daunting. "I can't imagine a first-year teacher "So I packed up my life in my little One of her fondest memories of the not having someone to go to," Buick, and I came out here and started Mentor Tara LaTronica, lett, start of the school year is LaTronica Detweiler says. "You have someone teaching kindergarten," LaTronica re­ Sarah Quiggle showing up with that bag of goodies and who's been teacrung, and they love it." calls. She says she was more than a little offering to be her mentor. Detweiler, whose father is in the U .S. overwhelmed to step in front of her first wruch took place in an elementary LaTronica offered tips on teaching Air Force, says fighter pilots have a simi­ class with only a few days' notice. school in Oregon. at Herr, on teaching in a multiage class­ lar arrangement through which a pilot "I had a room that was in a base­ room, and on coping in tl1e huge Clark new to a squadron is paired with a more ment. It was the farthest room from the County School District. But, most im­ experienced member of the team. office," she recalls. "It was a really to school prepared to portantly, according to Quiggle, she "Somebody who's done it, been ut, she says, she was lucky. frightful year for me. It was dark in my

..-•!1-dU!, that is no longer the case, she says. offered to listen. there, said it. She met a fellow kindergarten room. I often look back on tl1at year Today, teachers have to cope with issues "It was good to have someone who I "I think Lynda will always be my teacher, Grace Walsh. With­ and wonder. I can't believe tl1at my stu­ such as child abuse, hunger, and violence knew it was OK to ask, and she wouldn't mentor," Detweiler says. "She's just 8 out anyone asking her to do dents could have learned anything from in the schools along with their teaching think I was stupid," Quiggle says. very good." it, "Grace just took me under her wing me because I knew so little about what duties. And, she adds, LaTronica fostered And, according to Cannata, the and was my mentor for the whole rest of I was doing." relationsrup." If experienced teachers sometimes the mentor-mentee relationsrup by re­ mentee is not the only one who benefits the year," LaTronica says. Still, she says, she counts herself Wagoner, Quinn says, find it difficult to juggle all these tasks, peatedly initiating casual conversations. from the relationsrup. Working with an Part of Quinn's goal through her fortunate compared to the other first­ mentor and taught new teachers can easily crumble under Some teachers, LaTronica says, think enthusiastic new teacher can help coun­ mentoring class is to see that more first­ year teacher that year, who, because teaching than she the weight, she reasons . In fact, Quinn that it's up to the mentees to seek out teract the cynicism that sometimes devel ­ year teachers have experiences like there were no classrooms available, never forgot tl1at, and I says, statistics from one study show that the mentors when they have a question ops in experienced teachers, she says . LaTronica's and that fewer have first-year was assigned to teach in an open area teacher needs som as many as 30 percent of new teachers or just want to talk. Perhaps even more telling tl1an experiences like her own. under tl1e school tl1at was dotted with Wagoner." 1.1

6 + UNLV MAGA Z INE FALL 19 94 + 7 Absurdity · · · throughout tl1e entire [university and superb" by the novelist John Gardner, human spirit in a European world that community college] system. More tl1an whose own work, Octobe1' Light, won the can no longer be found on our maps and one campus is involved. National Book Critics Award in 1976. exists in the memories of only a few," "You're judged by your peers. It's an Wegner continues to write, however, according to Richard Wiley, a novelist especially high despite the and professor in UNLV's English depart­ The honor for me heartache. ment. "His stories have the magic and coming at tl1e He has a texture and rhythm of centuries gone by, time it does," novel in combined with a sophisticated modern says Crawford, progress, sense of the English language." It is an who recently The Second accomplishment - and a risk - all the rutfivt retired and Angel. more impressive given tl1e fact that En­ gained the "The glish is not ills native language. "First, I title of emeri­ need to had to learn English," he says. "Then I tus professor. write is had to learn to use it creatively." "It indicates something Risk I've made strong," some mark in says the profes­ Wegner, he demands of writing for UNLV professors Jerry sional world who is per­ the tl1eatre pose a different of theatre. As plexed, but set of risks for Crawford. Crawford and Hart I make this undeterred "Plays are very collaborative produc­ transition, it says to me, 'Job well done. by tl1e "business side" of writing, the tions. Everyone puts their two cents in­ Wegner know that the Now, go on and do what we awarded publisillng lottery, and the tight market the actors, set designer, stage manager, creative endeavor is you for on a full -time basis. "' for short fiction . as well as the director. It's very stressful," For Wegner, tl1e director of the film But writing is not the only risk he has says Crawford, who is not only an ac­ .tan both risky and studies program who was recently nan1ed taken over the complished play­ .w may or mn.v nol caCc/J rewarding. They)ve interim dean of tl1e College of Liberal years. He imnli­ wright, but also a .orm Arts, tllis is not the first time he has been grated to tl1e teacher, actor, text­ j)rc.. cJe.og led fo Lhe emp/.J' air 1 taken the risks; now honored by the state. In 1990 he was United States as a book author, of £wfs Lenot• it)s time for the named to the Nevada Writers Hall of young German man dramaturge, theatre Fame for llis literary successes, notably from Silesia (now adjudicator, and rewards. his short stories, willch have received considered part of last, but not least, widespread critical acclaim. Poland) shortly af­ a phenomenally "These are rewards I cherish deeply. ter World War II. loyal Cleveland BY DONNA MCALEER Universities don't all that often give cre­ His fiction often Indians fan. ativity awards. Being honored like this focuses on Europe He says the play endeavor, they must transform parts of of the UNLV faculty, Jerry Crawford of encourages me to work hard by validat­ before and after he carries around in adily and death their own lives -shards of memory, the theatre arts department, and Hart ing what I've done before." And, he tl1e war. ills head for three to haperfunns years of research, and a heart full of emo­ Wegner offlim studies, both of whom says, that encouragement is important "Then, you five years nlight above the heads tion - into characters coming to life on were recently recognized for their cre­ because "writing is a constant struggle." used to do every­ look quite different of his audience a once-blank page for others to see, ative accomplishments as the winners of "The lack of response is like throw­ thing possible to when it's produced judge, or ignore. the 1994 Nevada Regents' Award for ing a rock down an endless well , never get rid of your for­ in a regional, uni­ Creative writers, as Ferlinghetti Creative Activity. They received medal­ hearing it land. There's no sound. No eignness. You versity, or off­ wrote, continually balance on a tight­ lions, shared a $5,000 award, and were reply. I still get rejection slips- pre­ changed the way Broadway theatre - rope, trying to create meaning and honored at receptions in both Las Vegas printed ones- after 10, 20, 30 years. you talked, even the if it gets produced beauty, performing for their audience, and Reno. You keep doing this and you get pub­ way you ate. There at all. HOSE WHO THINK OF risking the false step, the pain of the fall. "It meant a lot to me," says lished, but you still get rejections." was no movement - as there is now - "And when you see your play with a the creative process of writ­ So, when the risk is taken, but the Crawford, a playwright who has taught The pain of those rejections is still to preserve your culture. You did not live audience, you refeel the experience ng as a serene, solitary task fall doesn't come- and recognition at UNLV for 32 years . "It's one of the present in his voice . Wegner is, after all, a preserve your roots, you destroyed them each time," he says. on't often consider the does instead- it's especially sweet for most esteemed awards given by the Re­ writer whose collection of short fiction in so you would fit in." Crawford has learned to live with tl1e risks writers take. As part of the creative the writer. And so it is for two members gents, and it extends the competition Houses of Ivo1')' has been called "absolutely Yet, Wegner's stories "capture tl1e stress. "I had a heart attack when I was

8 + UN LV MA G A Z I N E FALL 199 4 + 9 46. It woke me up, saved my life. Now, I time recipient of the National Gold Me­ teaching load was in danger of eclipsing just write the plays and send them to my dallion for Distinguished Service to the his writing - that is, until his mentor, agent. I have no expectations," says the American College Theatre Festival. Howard Stein, an internationally re- man who has produced 27 scripts in his In addition to the numerous nowned educator and theatre more than three decades at UNLV. He awards that both critic, reminded him that also advises a playwright not to direct his Wegner and Crawford he had a future as a own plays. received for their playwright, as well as "Get a good director. The best thing artistic achievements, a teacher. Writing in you can do is be around for the casting they have been hon­ a log every day and early readings, and then leave .... ored for their perfor­ and becoming a Sara alsey Give some notes to the director and get mance in the class­ director of literary the hell out of the way." room as well. seminars at the Utah A variety of issues intrigue Crawford: Wegner received Shalvindy so tl1ey wouldn't blow away. while his creative activities are based on Sara Halsey and her friends were in the Sara's remarks about the flowers . college students." film critic, a speal

FALL 1994 + 11 10 + UNLV MAGAZINE Our fascination with the topic seems to know no existence of romantic love. Given the then-pervasive notion that romantic love bounds. Perhaps it)s because, as UNLV was a strictly Euro-American phenom­ enon, the article broke new ground in anthropologist William Jankowiak has found, the field of anthropology. romantic love not only makes the world go Jankowiak, who has authored books and journal articles on various topics, still )round. It goes around the world. muses over the tremendous attention the media have paid to a subject that has been discounted NLV ANTHROPOL­ Jankowiak, can be as somewhat ogy professor William depicted only as a frivolous by the Jankowiak was a bit sur­ media frenzy. He scholarly com­ ceJprised that he was getting received calls munity since be­ such a lukewarm reception from his edi­ about his research fore Romeo tor at Columbia University Press about for two months courted Juliet. his idea for a book on the universal afterward; articles But looking nature of romantic love. quoting him on back, he says, it's After all, if love, as the poets have the nature of ro­ not too tough told us, makes the world go 'round, mantic love ap­ to figure what surely it would sell books, too. peared in Time, gave rise to the "But I invited my editor to a session NeJVsJVeek , Omni, immense popu­ I was organizing on the subject at a and Science, to larity of the conference, and she said, 'That's nice, name only a few. story among but I have another meeting to go to, so Prime Time Live the media. just send me a proposal,"' Jankowiak also covered the "First, when recalls. "The idea was, 'Don't call me; stmy. the Ne1v York I'll call you."' Although al­ Times piece hit, Then he received a request for an most t\vo years it legitimized the interview on the subject from the NeJV have passed since UNLV anthropologist story," he says. Yo1'k Times science editor. The story ran that frenzy oc- William Jankowiak "When the Times on the front page of the Times living curred, Jankowiak said it was im­ section shortly before Jankowiak's still fields a number of inquiries into his portant, everyone else in1mediately had conference session. research findings that - contrary to pre­ to do the story." The next thing he knew, 57 reporters vious popular antl1ropological thought­ But that was just the mechanics of it, representing media from all over the the notion of romantic love pervades he points out. Why the subject seemed world were crowding into the conference virtually all cultures. to capture the imagination of both the room designed to seat 60. And his editor Jankowiak and his coauthor reported media and the public so thoroughly is was there, with pen in hand, ready to in a 1992 Ethnology article that nearly another matter entirely. sign the contract for his upcoming 90 percent of the worldwide cultures "In our culture, romantic love has book, Romantic Passion: The Universal they analyzed showed evidence of the become a formal ideal value. What I Experience? mean by that is, in many cultures, if you What followed, according to BY SUZAN DIBELLA ask what's one of the great values, very few cultures would list romantic love. It and dropped someone tl1ey had loved, 186 cultures worldwide, including tribes, and talk about creating the world in a is indeed a universal experience, but it's there was a great deal of lamentation. kingdoms, states, and both agricultural new way. It really arises out of a sponta­ not a universal value. But in our culture, When tl1ey talked tl1at way, they and hunting and gathering societies that neous feeling-state. And people experi­ it's a value- a national value. It's ana­ weren't using the really strong instru­ represented all of the various lifestyles, encing it don't even know it, but it's so tional treasure. mentality language that they used kinship relationships, and subsistence powerful that they'llmn away, even "I think it's an extremely important when they talked about mate selection orientations to be found. though they know everyone disapproves value. But we've been taught that it's a criteria. While talk of marriage seemed To complicate matters, romantic of them. value that wouldn't exist if it weren't for to be much more pragmatic, there was love had not even been defined by past "Romantic passion is dangerous the French. In many ways, it's been seen nothing pragmatic here at all. It was researchers, they discovered. So, they because it can dismpt the scheme of as a debased emotion that is our disease, highly expressive. developed their own strict criteria for other groups. It's hard for us in An1erica and we have to put up with it. "When people in China were talking what constituted the existence of roman­ to understand that, unless we look at "Then when this study comes out that, I changed my whole career." to me about romantic love, sometimes I tic love - distinguishing it from both the conflict." cases involving teenagers or people finding that it has such wide distribu­ He spent two and a half years con­ thought they were talking to me in En­ lust and from companionship love­ And it is the conflict tl1at love having extra-marital affairs . We are tion, it means that it's not necessarily ducting field research in the Inner glish because the wording, tl1e sound, and then "spent five weeks reading produces that is of interest to him reminded by those cases that it can be our disease; in fact, it's not a disease at Mongolian city ofHuhhot, analyzing and the rhythm were exactly the same. the books and arguing back and forth" now as he focuses his research on a dangerous." all. If everyone experiences it, how can northern urban Chinese culture. His re­ Then I started to realize, 'My God, what about which cultures offered proof of new area - the dangerous aspects One of the other reasons Jankowiak you call it a disease? I think people found search there culminated in his first book, do we have here?"' romantic love. of romantic love. says it's difficult for An1ericans to under­ affirmation in this study. They found published in 1993, titled Sex, Death, and The revelation hit him tl1at if roman­ Their findings, in short, indicated 90 "I'm putting together a draft for a stand the dangers of romantic love to any scientific validation of an important Hierarchy in a Chinese City: An Anthro­ tic Jove was this prevalent in the Far percent of the cultures showed evidence proposal for a book titled Romantic Pas­ given culture is that we place such high value." pological Account. East, it could be common worldwide. of romantic love. They concluded that sion, Sexual Desire: A Culture's Di­ value on achieving it. In our society, ro­ "Within that milieu, I decided to let He began contacting fellow antl1fo­ the remaining 10 percent probably lemma. What it will attempt to expose is mantic love is viewed as the primary way tl1e Chinese teach me answers to all the pologists to see if they had witnessed experienced romantic Jove, but just the tension between the two. In some for an individual to become complete, questions that had haunted me all my similar occurrences of romantic love in didn't talk about it. senses, it is what makes romantic love he adds. ankowiak, who has been analyz­ life. So I went to questions of what is otl1er cultures. Initially, they denied hav­ Through his continuing analysis of dangerous." "In An1erica, since collectivity and mg romantic love in a scholarly justice, what is gender, what is sexuality. ing witnessed it, according to Jankowiak, romantic love, Jankowiak has arrived at He argues that romantic love is dan­ membership in group organizations ntext since his early college I went to questions of what is the notion because they had been taught, as he had, the opinion that not only do all cultures gerous to the social structure of most has less emotional meaning for us, Jdays, acknowledges that he arrived at his of neighborhood relationships. What do that romantic love was a Euro-An1erican experience romantic love in similar ways, cultures because people experiencing it romantic passion is one of the ways current understanding of the subject by people mean by honor? What is tl1e no­ contribution to tl1e world. we achieve a sense of completion, a circuitous route. tion of hierarchy? What is death? However, when pressed, many of his of transcendence. And, therefore, it's "I was always interested as an under­ "But along the vvay, I was picking up colleagues acknowledged that they had valued because it's one of the primary graduate in questions of what of human on all kinds of courtship stuff on gender, witnessed powerful displays of passionate ''In our ctdttu·e., rontantic love ways in which we complete the self. nature is panhuman and what is socially sexuality, and a lot of statements about love from wide-ranging groups - from In that sense, it's not just love for constructed. It's like when you're 18 or romantic love. I had wondered about pygmies to Eskimos. The question for has beco1ne a love's sake; it's love as a way of complet­ 19 years old, you're wondering what is romantic love prior to going into the Jankowiak then became how to docu­ but both genders experience ing a union, of typical, what are the boundaries of hu­ field because I was always curious as to ment what had been heretofore pre­ it similarly as well. The dif­ belonging." marmess," he says. whether it was just a western phenom­ sented only in anecdotal form. for1nal ideal value .. • • ferences each gender experi­ And when His questions found fertile ground enon or was it found around the world." ences on matters of love and love takes on in graduate school in the early 1980s at Then, while reviewing his notes, he loving relationships are asso- It's a Itational treasure." such lofty propor­ the University of California, Santa Bar­ discovered a huge dichotomy between ciated more with sex than witl1 romantic tions, he points bara, where "everyone was asking ques­ the way the Chinese spoke of mate hadn't really ever done any love, he asserts. out, it's a bit tions of human universals," including selection and the way they spoke of cross-culture research. So I - UNL V antlll'opologist "What if it's tl1e logic of eroticism easier to compre­ questions relating to human relation­ romantic love. started reading etlmographies William Jankowiak ''I tl1at really separates us? It seems that in hend why the ships and sexuality. "When they spoke of marriage or just to find confirmation. And then I tl1e logic of love, men and women really media- and Oddly enough, however, Jankowiak's mate selection, they were the most mth­ realized that I would have to spend the share a similar calculus . When we talk the public­ earliest and perhaps greatest revelations lessly cold and methodically pragmatic rest of my life reading 10,000 etlmogra­ about sex, we are really speaking with will often wow away everything - seem so captivated by his research. about romantic love came to him half­ people. They would say, 'She's too old. phies, and that was ridiculous. So I two different voices, but when we kinship ties, sense of duty, economic "Suddenly, Valentine's Day doesn't way around the world in, of all places, She's ugly. She won't get anybody.' Or looked around and found out that an­ talk of love, we speak with the same gains - to perpetuate it. become just our day for commercializa­ Inner Mongolia. they would say, 'He's worthless. He has thropologists had used Murdock and voice. It seems to me this has tremen­ "You can see that in this sense, ro­ tion of something silly; it becomes our "I was in graduate school in Santa no money. Who would want him?"' White's Standard Cross-Cultural Sample, dous theoretical implications. What if mantic love becomes powerfully danger­ day to commercialize a noble idea. I think Barbara when one of my mentors said, But their talk of love was quite a dif­ which is a representative sample of the humans have evolved with multiple ous because it allows the couple to cre­ what my research did was hit on positive 'How would you like to go to Inner ferent matter. cultures in the known universe." motivations, which they obviously have, ate a rnicrosociety of their own. And it's notions. People were able to feel good Mongolia to do some field research?' "When they talked about their first Using this sample, he and a colleague and what if they're at cross-purposes? done on an ad hoc basis . It's not some­ about something that's important to And I said, 'Fine. Where is it?' And with love or how they listened to their mothers analyzed etlmographies and folklore of That would account for a great deal of thing where the revolutionaries sit down tl1em." 1!.1

14 + UN L V MAGAZ I NE F A LL 1994 + 15 Southern Nevada. collection is stored in special metal cases, Visitors who see part of the collec­ Parmelee and Baepler are continually away from damaging light and insects. tion are ilirilled. adding to the collection. They gather "The collection is for scientific "That sort of thing goes over really specimen birds from the Lake Mead area, study," Baepler says. "We may display big," Parmelee says, adding iliat the col­ from the university campus, and from some of the nests and eggs occasionally, lection is shown to high school classes, surrounding areas . but not for long periods of time." to people who have seen a bird in tl1e "In order to document the distribu­ There are, however, frequent private wild and come in to find out what it was, tion of birds, to identify subspecies, and showings. Just recently, for instance, a and to other ornitl1ologists who are in­ so on, ornithologists are always collect­ father and son were visiting tl1e museum, terested in particular groups of birds. ing specimens," Baepler explains. "We and the fatl1er wanted his son to see Parmelee and Baepler come by don't collect rare or endangered species, some of the birds. Parmelee took tl1em specimens in several ways. They have the but we do document them." back to the collection room and slid numerous state and federal permits re­ Although there are mounted birds open drawers in some of tl1e large steel quired to shoot individual birds iliey on display in the museum, the main cabinets. want to add to tl1e collection. And many The drawers contain row after row of are salvaged from accidents. Many of the stuffed birds, stiff and straight, but soft Opposite page: Parmelee big birds of prey in the collection - such photographed this wandering to the touch. All of them, even the big as hawks and owls -were road kills. albatross with its 11-foot wing span owls, eagles, penguins, gulls, and falcons, "Just today someone from ilie cam­ on Bird Island, located near South are extremely light; tl1e little humming­ pus brought us one tl1at had flown Georgia in the Subantarctic. birds and finches seem weightless. Be- . against a window," Baepler said. "We Below: Large numbers of k.ing penguins cause they are stored away from damag­ take every dead bird we can find." gather in the breeding grounds of the ing light, they have all retained tl1eir The challenge now is to build up tl1e main island of South Georgia. This natural colors, and they will for many collection ofNevada birds. The two or­ photo was also taken by Parmelee. years to come. nithologists spend several days each week UNLV ornithologist David Parmelee has discovered a tremendous opportunity for study in the virtually uncharted and untouched birding grounds of the Lake Mead National Recreation Area.

BY TOM FLAGG

RNITHOLOGIST DAVID left that hadn't been studied. that was all important to me." Parmelee had been telling his That was before he came to Southern Baepler, a friend of Parmelee's from wife for years that he was Nevada in 1992 to rejoin an old friend graduate school at the University of 0 born a century too late. and colleague and to take the position of Oklahoma and a fellow ornithologist, If only he had been born a hundred research curator of ornithology at was in the process of building a fine years sooner, there would be stretches of UNLV's Marjorie Barrick Museum of small collection of bird specimens at the world uncharted and unworked by Natural History. UNLV. He was also remodeling and other ornithologists. There would be Now that he has spent more than a expanding the Barrick Museum and new places where he could study birds' year participating in a long-term study extending its research efforts. habits and habitats, collect samples of of the vast Lake Mead National Recre­ Parmelee brought to UNLV his their eggs and nests - and of the birds ation Area, the distinguished ornitholo­ collection of thousands of birds' nests themselves - and produce beautiful gist and artist says he has found his and eggs from all over the world, parti­ paintings of them, like the others he has untouched birding ground. "I came cularly the Arctic and Antarctic, as well used to illustrate his books and articles here for a number of reasons," says as a significant collection of more than throughout his career. Parmelee, former curator of birds at the 1,000 stuffed birds. Added to Baepler's But he had come to believe that no University of Minnesota's Bell Museum collection, which was strong in tropical such place existed. He had visited all of of Natural History. "But mainly it was birds, Parmelee's contribution makes the continents and the oceans of the because of Donald [Baepler, director of for an important collection indeed - world as an ornithologist and expert on the Barrick Museum] . I knew what he one that Baepler says few people would polar birds. It seemed there was nowhere was doing here, and of his interests, and expect to find in a small museum in

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matter how common the bird might be, I'll sit down and watch. So I'll come back with five birds, and they might come back witl1 50, and I'll look like a Exhibit: Opening reception for "Chuck Jones: dunce." Animation Art Collection." 7-9pm. Barrick Parmelee's and Baepler's field work Museum. (Exhibit runs Sept. 1-0ct. 7; will ultimately result in a book about the museum hours are Sam-4:45pm weekdays and 10am-2pm Saturdays.) 895-3381. birds of tl1e Lake Mead National Recre­ ation Area. It will also become part of 3 the massive database being compiled by researchers in the Barrick Museum, who 9&11 are conducting an extensive five-year study of the area ~~tl1 a $500,000 dona­ tion from resort developer Kirk Kerkorian's LINCY Foundation. Israel Chamber Orchestra. 8pm. The Soutl1ern Nevada desert and us Ham Concert Hall. 895-3801. Lake Mead are a long way from Iron Barrick Museum Director Donald Baepler, left, Mountain, Mich., where Parmelee grew Soccer: UNLV vs. UC Irvine. 1pm. Johann examines a specimen from the collection with Parmelee. Field. 895-3207. up and developed his lifelong interest in birds. And they are half a world away 13 Concert: University Wind Symphony. 7:30pm. from the Arctic and Antarctic regions, Artemus Ham Concert Hall. 895-3801. in the Lake Mead National Recreation Parmelee and Baepler encourage where he has done much of his work 13-23 University Theatre: The Color ofBruise . Area, particularly in the southern and birds to nest in certain areas by setting and developed his reputation as one of Oct. 13-15 & 19-22, 8pm; Oct. 16 & 23, northern extremities. up artificial nesting sites - large bird tl1e leading experts in polar birds. But 2pm. Black Box Theatre. 895-3801. "The area is enormous," Parmelee houses that are appropriate to the size of Parmelee is excited about his work here says. "One needs to go by foot, by car, the birds for which they are intended. In and his collaboration with Baepler, of 14 Performing Arts Center: Marilyn Horne. 8pm. Artemus Ham Concert Hall. 895-3801. and by boat. Possibly even an aircraft the Overton area they established several whom he says, "Not only is he a tremen­ 23&25 Soccer: UNLV Coors Light Invitational. flight over some of the colonies would nesting platforms atop tall polls in hopes dous colleague from the standpoint of Sept. 23, 7 & 9pm; Sept. 25, noon & 2pm. 15 Ballet: Ballet Folklorico de Mexico. 8pm. be helpful." of attracting ospreys, large fish hawks professional ornithology, but his admin­ Johann Field. 895-3207. Artemus Ham Concert Hall. 895-3801. With 1.5 million acres and a wealth that are very rare in the Lake Mead area. istrative ability is beyond belief." 24 Canadian Football: Posse vs. Hamilton. 8:05pm. of bird species, the recreation area is But much of their time in the field Perhaps it is a measure of his adapta­ Canadian Football: Posse vs. Winnepeg. Sam Boyd Stadium. 895-3900. much larger than one or two scientists involves watching birds. There are two tion to Southern Nevada that he is ready 8:05pm. Sam Boyd Stadium. 895-3900. can cover alone. Parmelee and Baepler kinds of bird watchers, Parmelee ex­ to paint local birds. 27 Chamber Music Southwest: Elizabeth Monterrain. 16 Benefit Concert: Cal McKinley Concert. 2pm. use volunteers and students. A Ph.D. plains: those who do it for a hobby and "People often ask me about my 7:30pm. Artemus Ham Concert Hall. Artemus Ham Concert Hall. 895-3801. candidate who is writing her doctoral those who do it for a living. painting," he says. "First of all, I have to 895-3801. dissertation on certain aspects of the "The typical person who is doing it have the experience. If I were asked to 19 Alumni Event: Board of Directors meeting. 6pm. 29 University Theatre: The Mikado. Sept. 29-0ct. 1 Richard Tam Alumni Center. 895-3621. Lake Mead National Recreation Area is for fun is constantly looking for the un­ paint a bird that I had not seen in tl1e & Oct. 5-8, 8pm; Oct. 2 & 9, 2pm. Judy also helping. usual," he says . "They will pass up a lot wild, I would have a really tough time. Bayley Theatre. 895-3801. 21 Master Series: Ballet Argentino. Parmelee is particularly interested in of common stuff to look for tl1e rarity. I wouldn't be stimulated. · 8pm. Artemus Ham the Overton Wildlife Management Area. The South Mricans call tl1em 'tickers,' "I've been struggling ~th that. It 30 Soccer: UNLV Coors Light Soccer Classic. Concert Hall. 895-3801. Because of the numerous ponds and because they are always ticking birds off -has taken me a year to get the feel of Sept. 30, 7 & 9pm; Oct. 1, noon & 2pm. Johann Field. 895-3207. marshes in the area, a variety of aquatic their lists, once they have seen tl1em ." them and get in the mood. But now Concert: Sierra Winds. 8pm. Judy Bayley Theatre. 895-3801. birds pass through it. The professional, on tl1e other hand, I'm getting the urge to paint Southern "It has taken a year for the people in is interested in the abundant species in a Nevada birds." October 1 21-22 Dance Concert: Department of Dance the area to become accustomed to me," particular area, and in relative abundance When Parmelee first came to UNLV, Arts. Oct. 21, 8pm; Oct. 22, 2 & 8pm. he says. "At first they were very suspi­ (how often you might expect to see a he was not fully aware of how vast the 1 Nevada Opera Theatre: Don Giovanni. 8pm. Dance Arts Studio One. 895-3827. cious that we were going to spoil things particular species in a particular area). Lake Mead National Recreation Area is, Artemus Ham Concert Hall. 895-3801. 23 Concert: UNLV Orchestra. 2pm. Artemus Ham Julio Bocco in their duck-hunting paradise. But I "Sure, it's fun to see a frigate bird nor of how little is known about its bio­ 2 Canadian Football: Posse vs . Calgary. 8:05pm. Sam Concert Hall. 895-3801. Ballet Argentino · have gotten the idea across that that's tl1at has come up from the Gulf of logical and archaeological resources. But Boyd Stadium. 895-3900. Oct. 21 not my purpose; now, they are quite Mexico to Lake Mead. Everybody gets as he helps Baepler and others at the Soccer: UNLV vs. CS Northridge. 1pm . helpful. They have even approached us excited about that," Parmelee says. "But Barrick Museum study and document 3-28 Exhibit: "Michael Sarich: Drawings & Prints." Johann Field. 895-3207. to establish more nature trails and obser­ if I'm out with a group of bird watchers, the area, he is inspired by the discovery Weekdays, 9am-5pm. Donna Beam Gallery. 25 Concert: Madrigal Festival. 7:30pm. Artemus 895-3893. vation blinds in the area." and I see sometlung interesting, no of his uncharted land. 1.1 Ham Concert Hall. 895-3801.

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26 Soccer: UNLV vs. New Mexico. 7pm. Johann 1-11 University Theatre: She Stoops to Conquer. 4&5 Nevada Opera Theatre: The Student Prince. Field. 895-3207. Dec. 1-3 & 7-10, 8pm; Dec. 4 & 11, 2pm. Feb. 4, 8pm; Feb. 5, 2pm. Artemus Ham Judy Bayley Theatre. 895-3801. Chamber Music Southwest: Beaux Arts . 2pm. Artemus Ham Concert HalL 895-3801. Trio. 7: 30pm. Artemus Ham Concert Hall. 1. 2 Concert: Winter Choral Celebration. 8pm. Artemus 9 Master Series: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with 895-3801. Ham Concert Hall. 895-3801 . conductor Yuri 26-30 University Theatre: Fall One-Act Play Festival. 2-11 Rodeo: National Finals Rodeo. Dec. 2-10, Temirkan Ocr. 26-29, 8pm; Oct. 30, 2pm. Paul Harris 6:45pm; Dec. 11, !1:45am. Thomas & Mack 8pm. Theatre. 895-3666. Center. 895-3900. 9 Concert: UNLV Communiry Band. 7:30pm. Artemus Ham 27 Alumni Event: Dinner/ballet event. 6pm. Richard Artemus Ham Concert Hall. 895-3801 . 4 Concert: jazz Ensemble II. 2pm. Black Box Theatre. Concert Tam Alumni 895-3801. Center. 10 Chamber Music Southwest: Ars Antigua de Paris. Hall. 895-3621. 7:30pm. Artemus Ham Concert Hall. 5-16 Exhibit: "Jeffery Cole, Sculpture." Weekdays, 895-3801. 895-3801. 9am-5pm. Donna Beam Gallery. 895-3893. 14 Sierra Wrnds: 10-20 University Theatre: Sarett Playwriting Winner 6 Concert: Collegium Wassail. 8pm. Black Box "Valentine's Production. Nov. 10-12 & 16-19, 8pm; Nov. Theatre. 895-3801. Day 13 & 20, 2pm. Black Box Theatre. 895-3801. Recital. " 11 Concert: Desert Chorale. 7:30pm. Artemus Ham 8pm. Judy 12 Concert: Nevada Symphony Orchestra. 8pm. Concert HalL 895-3801. Bayley Artemus Ham Concert Hall. 895-3801. Theatre. 15 Alumni Event: Dinner/ballet event. 6pm. Richard 895-3801. Royal Philharmonic 16 Alumni Event: Board of Directors meeting. 6pm. Tam Alumni Center. 895-3621. Orchestra Richard Tam Alumni Center. 895-3621. 18 Concert: Nevada Feb. 9 15-28 Nevada Dance Theatre: The Nutcracker. Call Symphony Concert: U.S. 2nd Marine Band. 7:30pm. for derails. Judy Bayley Theatre. 895-3801. Orchestra. Artemus Ham Concert Hall. 895-3801. 8pm. Artemus Ham Concert Hall. 895-3801.

17 Master Series: Guarneri String Quartet. 8pm. Performing Arts Center: Ririe Woodbury Artemus Ham Concert Hall. 895-3801. Dance Co. 8pm. Judy Bayley Theatre. 895-3801. 18 Sierra Winds: "Music of France." 8pm. Artemus 9-13 Senior Theatre: Senior Theatre Festival. Derails TBA. Judy Bayley Theatre. 895-3801. Ham Concert Hall. 895-3801. 22 Performing Arts Center: Baller L.nicaJ~?;O. ,fS p Artemus Ham Concert Hall. 18-19 Dance Concert: Dance Arts Graduate 11 Community Concert: Terrence Ferrell. 8pm. Artemus Ham Concert Hall. 895-3801. Students. Nov. 18, 8pm; Nov. 19, 2 & 8pm. 23 University Theatre: New play TBA. . 23-25 & Dance Arts Studio One. 895-3827. March 1-4, 8pm; Feb. 26 & March 5, 2pm. 13 Chamber Music Southwest: Voice recital by the Black Box Theatre. 895-3801. 19 Football: UNLV vs. UNR. 1pm . Sam Boyd winner of the 1994 Walter Naumburg Foundation International Competition. Invite. Noon & Stadium. 895-3900. 23-26 Nevada Dance Theatre: Sleeping Beauty, 7:30pm. Artemus Ham Concert HalL 2pm both days. Act III and Petmshka. Feb. 23-25, 8pm; 20 Community Concert: Aram Basmadjian. 8pm. 895-3801. Johann Field. Feb. 26, 2 & 7pm. Judy Bayley Artemus Ham Concert Hall. 895-3801. 895-3207. 895-3801. 16 Exhibit: "Jim Shaw: Dream Drawings." Weekdays, 30 Performing 21 Concert: Mariposa Trio. 7:30pm. Black Box 9am-5pm. Donna Beam Gallery. 895-3893. Arts Center: Theatre. 895-3801. (thru Feb. 17) Dracula London Chamber Nevada Dance Theatre 22 Concert: Universiry Wind Symphony. 7: 30pm. Orchestra. 3pm. 17 Spring Semester 1995: Instruction begins. 25 Oct. 27-30 Artemus Ham Artemus Ham Concert Hall. 895-3801. Concert Hall. 21 Concert: Nevada Symphony Orchestra. 8pm. 26 Football: UNLV vs . Kansas State. 1pm. Sam Boyd 895-3801. Artemus Ham Concert Hall. 895-3801. Stadium. 895-3900. 26 November 1 Februa~ 1 December 27 Exhibit: "Das Pop." 3 Chamber Music Southwest: "Music of Daron Aric 2 Alumni Event: Dinner/theatre event. 6pm. Richard Donna Beam Gallery. 895-3893. Alumni Event: Dinner/theatre event. 6pm. Richard (thru March 31) Hagen." 7:30pm. Artemus Ham Concert Hall. Tam Alumni Center. 895-3621. Tam Alumni Center. 895-3621. 895-3801. 2-12 University Theatre: The Front Page. Feb. 2-4 & Events are subject to change/cancellation 1-2 Meeting: Board of Regents. 9am-5pm. Moyer 8-11 , 8pm; Feb. 5 & 12, 2pm. Judy Bayley 5 Concert: jazz Ensemble I. 8pm. Judy Bayley Schedules for men's and women 's basketball were Student Union 201. Theatre. 895-3801 . unavailable at press t1me Theatre. 895-3801.

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Youth Tream1ent and Rehabilita· a 630-room downtown hotel. He Kimberly Cox Burton, '88 BS Bryan of Nevada. He specializes in has recendy appeared in productions tion. She lives in Phoenix. previously worked as a sales manager Hotel Administration, works for public lands, judicial, and envi ron­ of Lmd Me a Tenor and Six Degrees for H yatt Hotels and in a sales posi­ United Airlines in management mental issues. After receiving his law of Separation. She lives in Williston Gregg L. Carter, '73 BA History, tion for La Quinta lnns. development at Stapleton Interna­ degree from Arizona State Univer­ Park, N.Y. .... '., .. h > ·- • '60s is a professor of sociology at Bryant tional Airport in Denver. She lives sity, he was a law clerk fo r Nevada .d ~'- ;.-~_-·· ~ ~ Coll ege in Smithfield, R.I. He is the Kathryn R. Loo, '79 BS Account­ in Lakewood, Colo...... 'tt District Judge Joseph Bonaventure. Rick Kraske, '90 BS Nursing, is a author of three recent books, Em· ing, is the director of finance for critical care nurse in the cardiovascu­ .l" ~ Patricia L. Dillingham, '68 BS pirical Approaches to Sociology, Man· Loews Anatole Hotel, a 1,620-room Robert W. Nimmo, '88 BA Politi­ Adedamola Are, '89 BS Hotel lar intensive care unit at Sunrise Education, '70 Master of Educa­ agi11g and Resolvi11g Conflict, and conve ntion hotel in Dallas. She cal Science, is assistant field office Administration, is the general man­ Hospital. His \vife, Lisa Ebeltoft­ .. Susan Bechler-Bowmer, '82 tion, retired in May from the de­ Data Happy! has lived in Denver, Phoenix, and manager for the U.S. General Ser­ ager of d1e Fairfield Inn in Buena Kraske, '91 BA History, teaches at Sherry E. Flick, '91 partment of health education and Adantic City, N.J. Robin Odessky Selensky, '82 BS vices Administration in Tucson, Park, Calif. Previously, he served as UNLV and is working on a master's DeAnn Burns Mitchell, '74 AA sports injury management after 27 Hotel Administration, operates Ariz. He works in the agency's operations manager of the nearby degree in history. Karen Y. Thomas, '91 BA Educa- Nursing, is an associate professor of years of teaching at UNLV. She the Twin Mountain Country public buildings services division. Courtyard by Marriott. now holds the tide of professor nursing at Tarrant County junior Store located in the heart of New James P. Reza, '90 BA Political emeritus. College in Fort Worth, Texas, and is Hampshire's White Mountains. Science, is co-publisher, co-owner, Tenn. a lieutenant commander in the nurs­ She li ves in T\vin Mountain. and managing editor of Scope maga­ ing corps of the U.S. Naval Reserve . zine, a guide to the Las Vegas music She obtained her bachelor's and '80s Steven R. Dauerman, '83 BS Hotel and alternative culture scene. Attention Alumni - The UNLV master's degrees in nursing from the Administration, is the creator and Alumni Association o"ers a variety University ofTexas, Arlington, and of Jocial and cultural activffleJ. Ron Gebhardt, '80 BS Hotel Ad­ general manager of Rackley's - The '90s Sherry E. Flick, '91 BA Social For more Information or to join the is now pursuing a doctoral degree at Work, '94 MS Social Work, is vice ministration, is the director of sales Only Place for Ribs, a restaurant association, call 895·362 I. '70s Texas Women's University. located in New Bruns\vick, .J. president of Desert Iguanas, a S\vim, at the Universal City Hilton in Cali­ He lives in Flanders, N.j. Teresa Cotter, '90 BA Communi­ fitness, and safety company in Las Please be pa/ienll Because d"" fornia. Previously, he worked for the Anthony F. Sanchez Ill, '88 John F. Fagan, '75 BA Political cation Studies, received a master's Vegas. She helped develop a recre­ popuJally d"" Class Notes section, Disneyland Hotel and for Pan Pacific UNLV Magazine ccmol use MfY entry Joe de Beauchamp, '72 BS Edu­ Science, has a private law practice Lee S. Brucks, '84 BS Hotel Ad­ degree in library science from St. ational hydrotherapy program for Hotels and Resorts as director of OS soon OS If arives. If the ldotmallon cation, '76 Master of Science in that emphasizes family law based on ministration, is a project coordinator Anthony F. Sanchez ill, '88 BA John's University in New York and sales and marketing. United Cerebral Palsy and puts her you have Slbnlted lor a Class Noles a biblical foundation. He lives in Counseling and Educational Psy­ for Raytheon Co. in Lexington, Political Science, is an associate legis­ is now working as a children's librar­ social work skills to use as a volun­ enJry becomes outdat«<, pleaJe IIIJml chology, sold his money manage- The Dalles, Ore. lative counsel in the Washington, enJry and 1nc1cate the form Tom Luna, '81 BS Management Mass. He has been with the company ian in Port Chester, N.Y. She also teer in the water safety division of anew on D .C., office of U.S. Sen. Richard thalli Is a replacement. Information Systems, '83 MBA, is a for seven years. He lives in Nashua, performs in community theater and d1e American Red Cross. Alan J. Nelson, '77 BA Criminal sales agent for RE/ MAX Elite, an N.H . Justice, is deputy chief of the North Adanta real estate company. His Las Vegas Police Deparill1ent. He Valerie Michael Coplin, '85 BA wife, Jennifer Olsen Luna, '83 AA has been with the deparill1ent 23 Commu.nication Studies, owns and Nursing, is also in real estate sales. years, beginning as a patrol officer operates Vegas Entertainment Inter­ They live is Roswell , Ga. and working his way up through national Inc., a destination manage­ r------~ -1 the ranks. He has also spent 29 0 Sal Semola, '8 1 BS Hotel Adminis­ ment company that plans ancillary years with the U.S. Air Force, first tration, is the assistant casino man­ services for conventions. on active duty and later as a : We'a·liKe·lo·Hear·~ro m · Yo u ! : ager of the Reno Hilton. He also Joe de Beauchamp, '72 member of the Reserve. His Mitchell A. Wolf, '85 BS Biology, is I I teaches in the ganling management current Reserve assignment is as a physician practicing in a primary­ series at the University of Nevada, I :~ ~~~~~~~;~:~~~~:e~~~~t:~~:~~~~n~uc~:~;~~~~:aa:~~~ =~~~~ti~~i:~=- ~~~:~~p~~;~ ~~~~;~~~; ~nn~~~~;ei~::;h~~!sn~~~!~se~~:: can ~eea~~ I a special agent with the office of care-based, multi-specialty group in you ifthere is a question about your entry. We encourage you to submit a black and white photograph ofyourselfto accompany your Class Notes entry. ment business and is now presi­ Reno. Previously, he served as I I dent of Big Brothers and Big special investigations. Oklalwma City. He received his director of casino operations for Name medical degree from the University I I Sisters of Kitsap County in Wash ­ Silver Eagle Casino Cruise in East ington. He also teaches business of Nevada School of Medicine . I I Dubuque, Ill. Year Graduated Major Type of Degree(s) administration at Seatde's City I 1 William G. Cregar, '86 MBA, has I (e.g., Bac helor of Arts, Master of Science) University and writes and pub­ Susan Bechler-Bowmer, '82 AA lishes financial research reports. opened an accounting practice, Address ------~------~------~-----=----- Nursing, is the unit manager of City Stat& Zip Cregar, Goumakos & Associates. He He and his wife, Deborah Sue the gynecological ward at Valley lives in Hopatcong, .J. Phone Numbers: Home------Duncan de Beauchamp, '78 BA Hospital . She previously worked in Office ------Communication Studies, live in the postpartum unit at Humana Cindy Ward, '86 BS Hotel Admin­ Bainbridge Island, Wash. H ospital Sunrise. ln 1992, she istration, works for United Airlines as Steven A. Warady, '77 was named the March of Dimes a hotel services manager. She is in Maxine E. Amundson, '73 Mas­ nurse of the year in maternity charge of the corporate travel depart· ter of Education in Special Educa­ nursing. She received a bachelor's Steven A. Warady, '77 BS Hotel ment, training center facility, and tion, is principal of Adobe Moun­ degree in health arts from the Administration, has returned to his hotel. Previously, she worked as a tain School, a state juvenile correc­ College of St. Francis in Illinois hometown of Chicago and is work· supervisor in the airline's flight kit­ Entries should be mailed to: UNLV Class Notes, University News and Publications. 4505 Maryland tions faci li ty that is part of the in 1991. Arizona State Department of ing as director of sales at Swissotel, chens at O'Hare International Airport.

22 + UN L V M A G A Z IN E FALL 1994 + 23 Halsey so will the amount to be awarded. Full­ also agreed to help by displaying the fli­ time students from Nye, Lincoln, or ers at t11eemployme nt offices of the Rio Continued from page 11 Clark County with a declared major in and tl1eir otlm· hotel properties for a mathematics or engineering, a solid aca­ week last spring. mentor to me during my years at UNLV demic standing, and a demonstrated need Despite these efforts, no additional and encouraged me to stay in school. We are eligible to apply for the scholarship. information in tl1e case has surfaced. But have stayed in touch over the years." Those close to Sara are somewhat the victim's family and friends hold tight John Halsey completed three years at comforted that t11eyh ave paved the way to tl1e belief tl1at her killers will be found UNLV before earning his bachelor's de­ for other students to fulfill Sara's dreams. and brought to justice. gree at the University of Nevada, Reno; "The day of Sara's funeral service we In tl1e meantime, Sara is more than he returned to UNLV to obtain his came to UNLV to establish the scholar­ a faceless victim of a senseless crime. MBA in 1975. ship endowment," her fatl1er recalls. "I She's the young woman who inspired "Sara expressed a desire to do 'some­ don't think I've ever done anything the Sara Lynne Halsey Endowed Schol­ thing with math,"' Halsey says. "Herb harder than tl1at, but it was sometl1ing I arship Fund. Wells took the time to talk with her, just had to do. We hope tl1is will encour­ Her family will never forget her. And look over her test results, and discuss age people to contribute to Sara's schol­ now, neitl1er will tl1ose who achieve tl1eir what she might want to do with her life. arship fund or establish one on behalf of goals through the scholarship fund tlnt She was excited." someone they love." bears her name. a After her death, the notes, phone Despite their efforts to build some­ calls, and letters her family members re­ tiling positive out the tragedy, there is no ceived helped them remember her spirit sense of resolution for her family as Sara's Endowed Scholarships and warmth. Sara's employer enclosed a killers have not been apprehended. note with her final paycheck, compli­ "We are getting more and more Inorder to establish ascholarship endowment menting her enthusiasm, work ethic, and frustrated because there's been no aminimum giftof Sl 0,000 is required. "stand-out personality." Words of com­ progress," says Halsey. "There were very sumis investedand provides a source of fort and support came from Sara's circle few witnesses. We feel we may never mud!like a dividend. Thisrevenue Is of friends, as well as from people who reach these people, but we are hoping knew of her only through conversations that maybe someone, someplace along with her family. t11eway, may hear or remember anytl1ing As the family let Sara's wishes be that might help us find the women that known, support also came in the form of took Sara's life." contributions. Nearly $11,000 has been The family has not given up. Sara's raised for the endowed scholarship fund mother and stepfather created informa­ in Sara's name. tional fliers about tl1e crime, which the The first scholarship award of $680 management at Video Tyme distributed will be made to a UNLV student this to their customers. The Rio Suite Hotel fall. As the endowment grows each year, and Casino, Sara's motl1er's employer,

Creative Risk will still be my base for a while." he'll have to guard his time. Crawford plans to devote much of his Botl1 Crawford and Wegner agree Continued from page 10 time to writing, but he's already fielding tl1at being robbed of time is another risk offers to lecture, consult, review pro­ they face. After all, they must continue keep his footing. grams, and judge at theatre festivals. to find time to attract an audience and Balancing on the high wire without And, he must save time to travel witl1 t11e develop ideas, then climb up tl1e ropes,

the safety net of a fuJI-time job seems to Cleveland Indians during spring training as Ferlinghetti ·put it, "Toward tl1at stiLl exhilarate Crawford as he makes the to gather material on one of his great higher perch/ where Beauty stands and transition into early retirement. "I think loves - baseball - and pal around some waits . .. to start her death-defying leap." I'm still young and dynamic enough to of his ballplayer friends. He says he might Then tl1ey still have to catch her- tl1e do something. My agent would love to even make a run at being a sports jour­ Beauty oftl1e written word - for all see me live in New York, but Las Vegas nalist. But friends have warned him tl1at to read. a

24 + UNLV MAGA Z INE The Charles Vanda Master Series UNLV's World Renowned Performing Arts Series Live in the Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall Israel Chatnber Orchestra Shlomo Mintz, Conductor and Soloist October 9, 1994 Ballet Argentino featuring ABT's Julio Bocca October 21, 1994 Guarneri String Quartet 30th Anniversary Tour November 17, 1994 Royal Philhartnonic Orchestra Yuri Temirkanov, Conductor February 9, 1995 Itzhal< Perltnan in recital March 2, 1995 BBC Philhartnonic Orchestra Peter Maxwell Davies, Conductor March 23, 1995 Gilbert & Sullivan's H.M.S. Pinafore Opera a la Carte, with full orchestra March 29, 1995 For tickets or information, call 895-3801 Dates and artists are subject to change The Lee Pascal Memorial Rose Garden , seen here in full bloom , is located just south of the UNLV Performing Arts Center. At the top of the stairs, the 38-foot-tall steel sculpture "Flashlight" serves as a campus landmark.

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