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Architectural Digest stated of Idaho-born artist A. B. Teater (1901-1978) that, "Teater painted the West with a frontiersman's eye ... with a dead-shot realism." That's high praise, but actually Archie Teater did more them that. He painted the places in the west that he loved with the eye of someone who knew them intimately and was at home with them. His paintings of the Grand Tetons earned him the nickname "Teton Teater" and his paintings of the Hagerman Valley, such as the one above, clearly show his love of the place he called home. For Archie Teater life and art were inseparable. He painted his native-west with a loving and familiar eye, but he also travelled extensively throughout the United States and Europe and wherever he was he put his impressions of the world in his paintings. A. B. Teater's feelings about life and art were perhaps best expressed by his formation of the Archie B. Teater Fund for the Handicapped. This foundation was the recipient of his paintings upon his death and the proceeds from the sale of the paintings go to benefit non-profit organizations which assist persons with disabilities. It is a fitting tribute to the life and art of Mr. Teater. For further information please write to:

Archie B. Teater Fund for Handicapped P.O. Box 9361 Boise, Idaho 83707 or call: (208) 343-8737

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BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY VOL. XVI, NO. 3 SPRING 1 991

FEATURES

NETWORKS 16 Women put their support systems to work. -- ROU OF THE DICE 20 The search for quality child care is often a gamble. -- WOMEN AT WAR Last bastion of male dominance under siege. --24 RIDERS IN A STORM 28 Ore-Ida race faces roadblocks. -- DIPLOMA OR DIVORCE 30 Some marriages are jeopardized when women go back to school.

DEPARTMENTS

FIRST WORD 7 - CAMPUS NEWS 8 -- SEARCH 32 -- GIVING --35 ALUM NOTES 36 -- GALLERY 46

(INDOOR) TENNIS, ANYONE? Cloudy days won't put a damper on the BSU tennis team's plans thanks to a double bubble south of Cllmpus that will house the university's new indoor tennis facilities. Funded in part by private donations, the two domes will cover three courts each. The complex will include locker rooms, training rooms and offices. FOCUS is published quarterly by the Boise State University Office of News Services.

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ABOUT THE COVER: As this photograph of BSU graduate and former Bronco track standout Diane Dodds illustrates, women in the work First Interstate Bank force have surmounted most barriers to their l l First Interstate Bank of Idaho, N.A. careers, but hurdles remain. This issue of FOCUS examines some of the successes, problems and trends faced by women at work. Member FDIC Federal Reserve Photo by Glenn Oakley.

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therthanmywife,Nancy,there Catholic school in Springfield, Ill., was mak­ have been three great women ing $200 a month when she retired at age 75 . in my life-all related to me, all The school closed a year after she left - 0 teachers. Outstanding, strong because she left - and I've never had the individuals, they positively influenced thou­ courage to ask if there was a retirement sands of young people during careers that benefit. lasted a half-century or more. They were my Academic standards? I have had my mother, Lorraine Fenwick Keiser, my grammar corrected (not that you'd notice) stepmother, Lorraine McCarthy Keiser more than anyone in the historyofthe United (whom my father married after my mother's States. I was told, and so was my high school death) and my mother-in-law, Iris Williams coach, that I would play no more football Peterka. unless I did better than a "C" in physics. Since My mother started teaching at age 18, my he taught physics, he tutored me, and, for the Teacher Lorraine Keiser with her students stepmother at 17 (both in Mt. Olive, Ill.), and same reason, my mother graded the exam. I in Mt. Olive, Ill., in 1927. my mother-in-law at 19, in Rock Island, have been urged by my mother-in-law to Okla.-a town with a railroad station, a post read all of Charles Dickens "because of the dents from Sacred Heart when she is ill. Iris office and a school building, all surrounded way it is written." And I have heard, con­ Williams Peterka, who traces her ancestry by farms. My mother's teacher's certificate vincingly, that in a democracy, math, sci­ directly to Zachary Taylor and Sam Houston, states that she obtained it "By Examination ence, grammar, history and literature are passed on the dignity and the pride of the in Reading, Orthography, Penmanship, good for everyone - not just the best and South, none of the prejudice, to those for­ Arithmetic, Grammar, Geography, United the brightest- and that tracking is for de­ tunate enough to be in her classes. No wonder States History, Illinois History, Civics, tectives or trappers, not teachers. my mother was upset when in 1955 she, like Physiology, Pedagogy, General Science and Discipline? It varied, but it was critical. the others, had to sign a "loyalty oath" the Principles ·and Methods of the State My stepmother, the Irish principal, used a swearing that she was "not a member of nor Course of Study. Graduation from a recog­ combination of respect and fear. The rules affiliated with the Communist Party .... " nized high school is required for admission were clear. The first violation resulted in a Everyone who would listen heard about that to the examination." It is dated March 14, talk in the office. Violation two resulted in a great insult. 1925. The other two women were "alterna­ sound paddling in the hallway, outside the Sexual discrimination? These women tively certified" the same way. open classroom doors - for all to ponder. would not admit it. They were not intimi­ They began teaching because they needed My mother, not much over 5 feet tall, dated by anyone. If a person was wrong, the money, "desperately," it seemed, at the handled coal miners' sons and daughters .. . husband or priest, superintendent or mayor, time. It took many years of hot summers and and their fathers and mothers .. . with un­ son or student, they heard about it in the long drives to finish college degrees. They compromising courage and fairness. To­ same way as anyone else. My stepmother did. Money remained important, but they gether they -carried over her classroom at­ accepted $200 a month as principal because continued to teach because they loved mosphere to the kitchen table, the union hall it was the only way the school could stay young persons, they recognized they were and the neighborhood. And my mother-in­ open. My mother-in-law gave most of her needed and they developed a deep under­ law-a beautiful lady, dignified, caring, ter­ salary, in her first years, to her brothers to standing of the importance of their profes­ ribly well-prepared, never sent a student to pay their tuition at the university; they later sion. the principal- she didn't have to because returned the favor. And my mother took a Salaries? My mother-in-law began at $75 she made English and French more compel­ ham or a side of bacon as pay, on occasion, a month for seven months (the pupits were ling than any distraction. because there was no money. Anyone who needed in the fields the other five months) in Democracy? "You're as good as anyone, tried to take advantage of these ladies be­ Oklahoma in 1931. She retired, after teach­ but never think that you are better." cause of their sex had no advantage whatever. ing French and English in high school in a "Grandpa Jack" Fenwick, a bare-knuckled As an historian, I am hard-pressed not to university town in Illinois, at a much more prize fighter and coal miner and Martha believe that they and many others like them reasonable rate. My mother was paid $120 a Macriewski, born shortly after her parents understood opportunity and built this na­ month in 1943 for teaching all eight grades in arrived from Poland, were my mother's par­ tion with the same force as Andrew a one-room schoolhouse, with a notation on ents. Strike notices came to their home in 19 Carnegie, John D . Rockefeller, and the contract that read, "janitor work to be languages. Who could you hate? And Cornelius Vanderbilt. They certainly built done by teacher." Organized by the Team­ Lorraine McCarthy Keiser, whose brother the educational system, and we are forever sters Union for a time, she too retired rea­ played football for Notre Dame and whose in their debt. D sonably in the Illinois system. My stepmother, home is an Irish shrine, "adopted" an Iranian who spent her last 25 years as principal of student so he could stay in the United States, By John H. Keiser Sacred Heart Elementary, an integrated and is the lady who is visited by black stu- President, Boise State University

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BSU ADDS DEGREES; DOCTORATE TABLED Boise State's catalog will be a few pages thicker next year as the university adds to its growing array of degrees. The 1991-92 budget allocated by the State Board of Education in April includes enough money to begin offering courses in new master's degrees next fall in communi­ cation, social work and music. It also re­ stores the bachelor's degrees in foreign languages that were eliminated during bud­ get cuts in the 1980s. But BSU's proposal for its first doctorate, an Ed.D. in curriculum and instruction, was postponed by the board until a committee can evaluate the statewide need for new doctorate programs in education. "We have taken some giant strides for­ ward this spring in program development, especially at the master's level," says BSU Executive Vice President Larry Selland. "The degrees now coming on line will serve student demands that have existed for years." The master's programs in communication and music were approved by the State Board of Education in 1989, but put on hold until funds were available to hire new faculty. This summer BSU will add some of the additional professors needed to begin offer­ ing courses in those programs. The master's in social work received a With flower beds flourishing all over campus, Boise State springs to life this time of year. special appropriation from the 1991 Legis­ But with a growing enrollment of 13,500 and new buildings and renovations sprouting out lature. Faculty have been hired and courses of the ground, the spring of 1991 seems to be an especially vibrant time to be a Bronco. will begin in the fall. The state board also approved in April the ONE PROJECT APPROVED, ONE VETOED reinstatement of a master's in accounting/ taxation. The degree, suspended in 1983, Boise State will remodel one of its junior­ BSU had planned to build a two-story will be offered once funding is available to college-era buildings, but an expansion of classroom and laboratory addition to the hire additional faculty. the Canyon County center will have to wait center in Nampa. Another master's program that received a another year following action by the 1991 The Math/Geology Building, known for boost from the new budget is exercise and Legislature and Gov. Cecil Andrus. years as the Science Building, will be reno­ sports studies. Two new graduate assistants Funds were appropriated to give Boise vated to upgrade mechanical and electrical will be hired, which will free more faculty for State's 1950s vintage Math/Geology Build­ systems, install air conditioning, improve teaching master's level courses. ing a $1.7 million face lift, the first phase in a access for disabled students, improve light­ By next fall BSU will establish a new plan to eventually expand the building. ing and redesign some office space, says department of modern languages and hire a But another $2.2 million authorized by the campus architect Vic Hosford. department chair, language lab supervisor Legislature to expand the Canyon County "This is the last junior-college-era build­ and secretary. Bachelor's degrees in Ger­ center in Nampa was vetoed by Andrus to ing that hasn't had any major renovation," man, Spanish and French will be offered for bring state expenditures more into balance says Hosford. the first time since 1982. with projected revenues. Future plans call for the addition of a Other new programs approved by the "Canyon County has some needs that can't three-story addition in the center of the U­ board in April included a minor in alcohol be ignored. Our programs for the residents shaped building to house the Raptor Re­ and drug studies, a bachelor's in health data there are full , and we should be doing more. search and Technical Assistance Center, a management, and an associate of applied The demand for a larger facility won't go cooperative venture organized by BSU and science in broadcast technology. away," says Tom MacGregor, interim dean the Bureau of Land Management to conduct A master's of fine arts degree in visual of the College of Technology. research on birds of prey. 0 arts is pending board approval in June. 0

8 FOCUS GEOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER APPROVED Boise State's budding research program in geophysics received a boost from the State Board of Education last month - a $1 million grant to establish a center to study the geological formations just below the Earth's surface. The only thing missing now is money. Because of a tight state appropriation, ~ooBL~S funds are not available to start the center for PIZZA• PASTA• PIZZAZZ at least another year. But Robin Dodson, the board's chief academic officer, says the BSU project is at the top of the waiting list for research funding. The BSU center was selected over three other proposals submitted by the University of Idaho and Idaho State. The selection, which was made by two out-of-state review .teams, is an indication that Boise State's research program is ma­ turing, says Executive Vice President Larry Selland. "Our level of research throughout the 6th & Main university has improved dramatically over NEW LOCATION Old Boise the past five years. That is especially true in 342-9300 geophysics, where we have assembled a top­ inside level team of scientists," says Selland. Towne Square 322-8300 The BSU Center for the Geophysical In­ PARKCENTER CLUB vestigation of the Shallow Subsurface will Nampa focus its research efforts on the first 500 open to the public 466-4400 yards of the Earth's surface, the portion used for mining, waste disposal, groundwater supplies and the construction of roads and buildings. Space Jack Pelton, director of research for BSU's geosciences department, says there Planning are few academic leaders in subsurface re­ search, and that there is "good potential for OFFICE FURNITURE & INTERIORS &Design the center to make substantial scientific con­ tributions." The center's research team will consist of a core of six geophysicists, a geologist, a hydrogeologist and six to eight graduate Steelcase students. But since the research crosses dis­ ciplines, other experts will be used in math­ Stow/Davis ematics, chemistry, physics, health science, technology and business. D Office STOP THE PRESSES Furniture It never fails! Just hours before FOCUS went to press, BSU received some late­ breaking news. First, the American Assem­ bly of Collegiate Schools of Business an­ nounced that the BSU College of Business "If you're not buying STEELCASE has been re-accredited, and that the ac­ counting program received initial accredi­ you're not getting your money's worth." tation. Then, BSU Executive Vice President Larry Selland announced that Dr. Robert Barr, former dean of education at Oregon 1790 River Street • Ph. 344-7851 State, has been hired as the new dean of (South on 23rd at Fairview) BSU's College of Education. FOCUS will provide more details in the summer issue. D

FOCUS 9 NEW SOCIAL WORK DEGREE TO BEGIN Responding to a statewide need for more highly trained social workers, Boise State will begin a new master's in social work (MSW) degree this fall. The new degree is funded through a $600,000 appropriation from the Idaho Legislature. It will be the only MSW pro­ gram offered in Idaho. This spring the social work department hired four new faculty to teach in the new program. Two additional faculty will be hired next year. The degree will include 60 credit hours of courses, fieldwork and a project. Unlike BSU's other master's degree programs, most courses will be offered during the day. There is a healthy job market for MSW graduates in Idaho, says social work chair­ man David Johnson, who cited a Depart­ ment of Employment survey that estimated a need for 33 graduates annually. Johnson said students were interested in the degree even before it was approved. Since December he has mailed 150 applica­ tions to prospective students. A class of 15 students will be admitted the first year, but that number will grow to 30 the next year. Training is needed at the master's level, he says, because issues such as child protec­ tion and mental health have become so com­ plex. And more state agencies are requiring master's degrees for supervisors. Idaho has had to look out of state for master's-level social workers, and those in­ state are limited in their opportunities for career advancement, Johnson says. "Maybe we're losing some good people, especially women with families who can't The aif(Jf'dable Personal LaserWriter IS. relocate for graduate school." D The Personal and print characters smoothly and pre- LIBRARY BENEFITS LaserWriter'LS cisely, from the smallest footnote to the FROM AUCTION 91 printer is the most largest headline. affordable Apple' LaserWriter ever. Yet it And its from Apple-designed to let Boise State's library collection is expected to get a huge boost on June 8 when creates crisp, professional documents, at you get everything out of a Macintosh' the Bronco Athletic Association and BSU a rate of up to four pages per minute. computer that Apple built into it. .~ Alumni Association hold Auction 91. It also incorporates Tiuel)rpe; Apple's Not just the power to look your Proceeds from the auction will be used to purchase a book collection to honor retired new font technology that lets you scale best.The power to be your besf Authorized ~aJer Albertson's chief executive Warren McCain. A reading room also named after McCain will house the collection, which will be part of the addition and renovation of the Library made possible by a $6 million gift from Albertson's last summer. Computer Land· Books in the McCain Reading Room will focus on the American West- its history, Business to business. Person to person. politics, economics, business, art and litera­ ture. 687 S Capitol Blvd. • 344-5545 More than 450 items will be sold through live and silent auctions. Tickets are $50 per person, and can be purchased at the BAA © 1991 Apple Ccmpuler Inc. Apple. /be Apple togo. Laser Writer. Macmtosh and ··The /JOU'fr to be J'OUr best· are rrgiSJered lrtJtiemdrlt.s m1d 7'rue7)pe IS a lrademari ofApple CompU!er. Inc or Alumni Association offices. D

10 FOCUS IJA Productions, Ine. Presents the National Touring Productions of: M. ButterOy- September 27, 1991 Barnum - October 8, 1991 Gypsy- November 17, 1991 Call Me Ethel! Merman That Is - January 23, 1992 Ziegfeld - A Night at the Follies - March 8, 1992 Driving Miss Daisy - April 6, 1992 a dinner theater presented at the Boise Centre on the Grove - Benefits the BSU Theatre Department. All performances at the Morrison Center except "Driving Miss Daisy". For the best seats in the house make your reservations today! Advance season tickets now on Sale ... Save over I 0%. For more information eall343·6567. BALCONY To Reserve Your Seats- frt MORRISON CENTER Please Complete and Send Your Order Form Today! Fnr th• P•rfo•"''"G ""'•

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Division of Continuing Education Summer 1991 Schedule Ernest Tiede, a volunteer math tutor at BSU's Canyon County Center, was named one offive statewide Jefferson A ward winners at a ceremony in the governor's office this winter. Local Each summer, the BSU Division of Continuing Education provides a winners were profiled in a KJV/-TV newscast and are eligible for a national prize of $1,000 comprehensive schedule of work­ and the national Jefferson Award, which will be presented this summer in Washington, D.C. shops for educators in Idaho and A former Nampa farmer who taught math for 20 years at schools throughout the valley, the Northwest. Tiede has been a volunteer at the Canyon County center for five years. He is pictured Our workshops cover topics in working with Clayton Noble. the areas of Reading, Whole Language, Special Education, Birds ofPrey, Theater Arts, Geog­ AT&T BOOSTS BSU COMPUTER CAPACITY raphy, and much more ... Students in BSU's College of Health The lab will be used to expand computer­ For your free schedule call: Science now have the latest in health-care assisted courses that BSU offers to other In Boise ...... 385-3492 computer technology at their fingertips, colleges and agencies, and faculty will use In Idaho ...... (800) 632-6586 courtesy of a $340,000 gift from AT&T. the computers to develop new software for ext. 3492 Outside Idaho (800) 824-7017 The personal computers, printers, soft­ their courses, says Edmundson. ext. 3492 ware and other equipment are being used Boise State was one of 54 schools chosen to establish a new learning laboratory that to participate in AT&T's University Equip­ or ment Donation Program, which has pro­ complete the coupon below and is "one of the finest labs in the Northwest," mail to: says Eldon Edmundson, dean of the College vided more than $240 million in computer of Health Science. and data networking products to colleges BSU Division of The lab simulates a hospital environment, and universities since the program began in Continuing Education Library Room 217 giving students an opportunity to work 1984. 1910 University Drive with patient records, CAT-scans, X-rays The equipment grant includes 25 Boise, Idaho 83725 and other computerized information. The personal computers; an AT&T 3B2 com­ Schedules Available Late February! computers also store data for the Wilder­ puter, a powerful midrange computer based ness Medicine Institute, which was estab­ on the UNIX operating system; software; lished last fall by area health agencies and several printers and Starlan, AT&T's local Please enter my name on the continuing education mailing list. physicians. area networking system. 0 Name ______BSU PROFESSORS TO VISIT FOREIGN LANDS Several BSU professors will be visiting • Errol Jones, history, and Robert Bahruth, Address------foreign countries this year and next. Among teacher education, who will teach in this City ______those with travel plans are the following: year's Morelia, Mexico, summer program • Greg Raymond, political science, who • Pat Bieter, teacher education, and State ______Zip ______has been invited to present his paper" Alli­ Phoebe Lundy, history, who will participate ancesin the Post-Cold War System: Anchors in BSU's Basque Studies program in San or Anachronisms" at a conference in Buenos Sebastian, Spain, during the summer '91 and I am particularly interested in programs in: Aires in July. spring '92 semesters, respectively. • Economist Larry Reynolds, who will be • Social Sciences and Public Affairs Dean Nampa/Caldwell _ Ontario_ in London from Jan. 8-March 20 as part of Robert C. Sims, who will travel to Moscow the Northwest Interinstitutional Council and Baku to attend a U.S.-Soviet Trans­ on Study Abroad. He will teach two courses Pacific conference on global interdepen­ in BSU's Studies Abroad program. dence. 0

12 FOCUS PROGRAMS EARN NATIONAL AWARDS Several programs at Boise State were in the spotlight as winners of national or re­ gional awards this semester. • The construction management program received the 1991 William A. Klinger Me­ morial Award, a $25,000 award presented every two years by the Associated General 11111.CA»t•JIL Contractors. BSU will use the grant and LOCALLY OWNED • SERVING BOISE SINCE 1982 matching funds to build a construction lab on campus. • The Idaho Centennial edition of the OUR NICHE IS CUSTOMER SERVICE cold-drill literary magazine won 14 gold OUR STRENGTH IS COMPETENCE & TRUST medal awards for writing, photography and OUR EXPERIENCE IS IN BUSINESS SOLUTIONS design from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association, the most awards earned by a OUR ABILITIES ARE HERE FOR YOU! college magazine. • FOCUS magazine received a bronze medal from the Northwest region of the AUTHORIZED SERVICE/SALES CENTER: Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). BSU's FOCUS and the University of Washington's publication IBM • COMPAQ were the only two alumni magazines to re­ ceive medals in the competition. FOCUS HEWLETT PACKARD also received awards for excellence in con­ OKIDATA • NEC tests sponsored by the Idaho Press Club and Idaho Advertising Federation. • FOCUS writer and photographer Glenn Oakley received a CASE gold medal in photography for his photo spread on the • NOVELL • IBM NETWORKS town of Shoshone in the summer 1990 issue, and the BSU Foundation annual report re­ • SUPPLIES • FORMS • FURNITURE • BOOKS ceived a silver medal in the on-campus pub­ • LEARNING CENTER • ~ENTALS lications category. News releases from writer Amy Stahl received an award from the Idaho • SPECIALIZED SERVICE CONTRACTS Press Club. • The Alternate Mobility Adventure • SOFTWARE SUPPORT CONTRACTS Seekers program received the Boise mayor's "Excellence in Community Service" award • SOLUTIONS FOR YOUR ACCOUNTING PROBLEMS for recreational services offered to individu­ als with physical disabilities. D 5761 FAIRVIEW M-F 8:30-5:30 INTERNAL AUDITING BOISE 322-5770 SAT 10-4 GROUP SELECTS BSU Boise State has joined some elite com­ National Strength With .. A Personal Touch pany as one of only 10 schools nationally to be named an institution of internal auditing by the Institute of Internal Auditors Re­ search Foundation. The new status will allow BSU to offer an internal auditing major, an accounting spe­ cialty that is growing rapidly, especially in ORIEN'Il\L RUGS Boise's large corporations, according to BSU EXOTIC JEWELRY accounting professor Thomas English. "In ASIAN ANTIQUES the [Boise 1area we have some major corpo­ BOISE rations with internal auditing departments," 409 SO. 8TH S'J: says English, who will be the lead faculty 384-0514 member in the program. "[The internal au­ diting curriculum 1will help them and should give us some national recognition." KETCHUM Brigham Young University is the only 312 EAST AVE. other designated institution of internal au­ 726-3453 diting west of the Mississippi River. D

FOCUS 13 LOST I ALADDIN' FILM REAWAKENS AN OFFER Aladdin's Awakening had been delayed for nearly 80 years, sealed in a black wooden STRAIGHT FRoM THE HEARr box in the basement of Lewiston's Liberty Theater. ···:::\ ...... A film made in 1912, Aladdin's Awaken­ ing had been lost and presumed gone for­ ever. So had the 1913 silent film The Smuggler's Daughter. Reels from both films, along with a similarly ancient cowboys and Indians reel, were discovered last fall by Ted Poe, manager of the Liberty. Poe gave the reels to BSU English professor and film sleuth Tom Trusky, who arranged to donate them to the American Film Institute in Washington, D.C. Trusky met Poe while coordinating the repremiere of Told in the Hills, a silent film by Nell Shipman. Trusky, constantly seeking out lost films, jokingly asked Poe where the boxes of long-lost films were hidden in the theater. Poe said he had already looked in the basement of the turn-of-the-century theater for such a treasure, but had found nothing. Later, while rummaging through the $59 theater's sub-basement, Poe noticed a dusty black box in the corner. Lifting the lid, the Rediscover romance with the bath seeds and two champagne unmistakable odor of deteriorating - and Holiday Inn~ Heart to Heart'm glasses. Even a complimentary potentially explosive - nitrate arose. Package. You'll find everything breakfast for two.** All at a While none of the films are cinema classics, you need for a special evening: a price you're sure to love. Aladdin's Awakening is of historical inter­ luxurious king room, a bottle of est. It was made by the Nestor Film Co., the Call 1-800-HOUDAY, your travel first movie company to locate in Hollywood. champagne,* a keepsake basket agent or call us direct. The Smuggler's Daughter was made by the filled with romantic goodies Rex Co. and the reel from the third unknown including gourmet European film was made by the Bison Film Co.D chocolates, Crabtree & Evelyn (£ -\\~~\UC PACK A PICNIC Stay with someone you know"' FOR SUMMER SHOWS HOLIDAY INN 3300 Vista • Boise From Big Band to Broadway, pops to country, music takes center stage this sum­ (208) 344-8365 1-800-HOLIDAY mer for outdoor productions by the music 'Where pennitted by local Law. • 'Entree value up to S6.00 per person-limit 2; taxes, gratuities and and theatre arts departments in the BSU alcoholic beverages not included. All Heart to Heart package rooms are limited and subject to availability; advance reservations are required. © 1990 Holiday Inns, Inc. Centennial Amphitheatre. Boise's finest professional musicians will be back for their second year at Summerfest '91, three weeks of pops, light classics and BALANCE IT IN YOUR FAVOR Big Band swing concerts conducted by BSU's Michael Sam ball. The outdoor musi­ cal festival Vvill run Fridays to Sundays from Ifyouneed ... June 7-23. Gates open at 7:15 p.m. for pic­ nicking; concerts start at 8 p.m. Tickets will • safe/ effective weight loss be available at Select-a-Seat. • educational/behavioral programs Later, look for Pump Boys and Dinettes, a • long term maintenance program spirited musical revue directed by Cheryl­ • medical screening and supervision Ann Rossi. The toe-tapping show, to be presented June 26-29, is about two women call for free consultation 376-2943 who run a diner and team up with four gas­ station jockeys to form a country-western HEALTH MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES 10 S. COLE band. After its Boise run, Pump Boys and Jeffrey Hartford, M.D. Bonnie Towne, RN Mary Ann Brother, MS, RD Dinettes will go on tour to several Idaho communities in July. D

14 FOCUS Norm Dahm Robert Ericson FIVE END 1 1 7 YEARS AT BOISE STATE

By Bob Evancho remember most," says Hart. "And the two and Amy Stahl immediate supervisors I've had, [vice presi­ There will be some pretty big shoes to fill dents] Dick Bullington and Larry Selland next year with this spring's retirement of are two of the greatest human beings I've four longtime fac ul ty members. known." Stepping down from full-time positions at "When I leave Boise State, I'm going to Boise State are Richard Hart, College of leave with a real good feeling," says Hill. "I Education dean; Kenneth Hill, the college's feel very fortunate to be able to say that, and associate dean; theatre arts professor Rob­ it's basically because of the people here." ert Ericson; and Norm Dahm, head of the Hart and Hill list the expansion of the construction management, engineering and campus, the growth of the teacher education technology department. program and the purchase of the Opaline Ken Hill and Richard Hart The four men, along with librarian David School among the highlights of their careers Crane, who retired in September 1990, will at BSU. Ericson, a theatre arts professor, will be honored with emeritus status during this "It really is different at Boise State," says maintain his BSU contacts in a unique way spring's commencement ceremonies. The Hart. "I've been at four other state univer­ -a newsletter he sends out five or six times five have a combined 117 years of service at sities and the cooperative atmosphere with a year to former students. "It's not so much Boise State. the faculty and administration has been a a task as it is a pleasure to keep in touch with Between them, Hart and Hill have been in constant during the 14 years I've been here." these people," he says, leaning back in his the teaching business for 70 years. Dahm has seen BSU undergo some pro­ office recliner, his trademark candy dish at Hart assumed his current position at BSU found changes in his 38 years at the univer­ arm's length. in 1978, coming from Kent State, where he sity. Currently chairman of the department As a former department chairman, Ericson was associate dean in the College of Educa­ of construction management, engineering was active in creating the theatre arts pro­ tion. HilljoinedBSU as a professor of teacher and technology, Dahm says there were 700 gram at BSU. In addition to taking an active education in 1968. He was chairman of the students enrolled at Boise Junior College role in the Writing Across the Curriculum department of teacher education from 1984- when he was hired in 1953. program and interdisciplinary studies classes, 89 and took over as associate dean in 1989. While he enjoyed the camaraderie among Ericson has directed numerous shows. He Hart and Hill have plenty in common: faculty and students on a small campus, Dahm also has appeared in several productions, both will turn 62 this year; both hail from the says he's proud of the university's growth most notably Inherit the Wind in 1987. Midwest-the former from Nebraska, the and the development of his programs. He A onetime zoology and English major in latter from Illinois; both served in the Army says he's especially pleased with the success college, Ericson says he has enjoyed teach­ during the Korean War; both earned their of the cooperative BSU-University ofldaho ing and takes special pride in having worked degrees and began teaching in secondary engineering program. "The arrangement with outstanding students such as Michael education; and between them Hart and Hill with the U of I is working well and enroll­ Hoffman and Sandy Cavanaugh. have eight grandchildren, all living in Boise. ments have shot up," he says. "Our rela­ Crane spent 21 years as Boise State's But the common thread they share most tionship is really good." head catalog librarian. One of his biggest is their fondness for and belief in Boise An avid Bronco booster, Dahm plans to projects was supervising the Library's switch State-specifically the people at Boise State. continue his duties as the athletic from an index card system to the current "The faculty as a group is what I will department's faculty representative. computerized system. 0

FOCUS 15 Building a Support System

By .Amy Sta hl t's taken years, but slowly Phylis King is building a reputation for her one-person commercial photography business. Housed in a one-story brick building just off Vista, King's studio is filled with lights, cameras, photographs and other tools of her trade. Working from the ground up, King has carved out a place for herself in the small Boise market. She admits it hasn't been easy. Landing the large lucrative accounts can be tough for a woman in a traditionally male-dominated field. And while King has found plenty of smaller "quick and dirty " shoots, she thinks her business might be overlooked when it comes to long-term jobs assigned by male executives. Men, she figures, are more comfortable hiring men than women. Stereotypes could be another explanation. King muses, "I tend to get more food photography, I think, because men think women know more about food." Fourteen years ago, King decided to combat the isolation and start cultivating a business network by joining the then-fledgling New Women Council, a group that builds contacts through 'The more contacts monthly lunchtime meetings. "There's a real feeling of camaraderie," King says of the meet­ you have, the more ings, which she attends to make new contacts, helpful it is to you. improve old ones and learn a thing or two from But women would the meetings' speakers. Like King, hun9reds of Boise women have be foolish to limit it chosen to build their own power base in the tO WOmen. 1 business community. Never mind the "good pld boy" network, in 'Yhich men form friendly alli­ ances on the golf course, in the clubhouse"and behind closed corporate doors. Idaho businesswomen are joining organizations like the New Women Council, Idaho Women's Network, National Association of Women in Construction, American Business Women's Association and others.

16 FO CUS These groups are growing in popularity, foolish to limit it to women." Allen of Deloitte and Touche joined the but are they really critical to a woman's well­ Idaho, it seems, just isn 't large enough to Arid Club, a previously all-male Boise insti­ being in the workplace? Do women need a support an exclusive gender-based network­ tution that has boasted the state's elite among network to get ahead in business? ing system. In 1989, less than 50 percent of its members. Yes and no,sayseveral prominent women. the state's labor force of 464,000 was female, Until the club opened its doors to women While many value the personal friendships according to the U.S. Department of Labor's members, Allen says she was at "somewhat and shared information of their informal Bureau of Labor Statistics. And of those of a disadvantage" by missing opportunities networks, they say all-women's business 205 ,000 female workers, only 8.3 percent to make contact with important clients at networks aren't necessarily the ticket to suc­ were in executive, administrative or mana­ business lunches and other gatherings. cess. gerial positions. Yet she took advantage of other opportu­ "Professionally I'm not really seeking or The numbers may not be there, but in­ nities. Until recentyears,Allensays, "women terribly involved in a network identified by roads are being made. Hennessey is among a had to choose other options than the tradi­ gender," says Sally Thomas of the Idaho growing number of Idaho women leaders tional ones because a Jot oft he options-the Community Foundation. Yet the former that includes state Court of Appeals judge Rotc\ry Club, Arid Club and country clubs­ Boise State student body president says her Cathy Silak, Betty Richardson of the Indus­ were closed to women." As a result, Allen women's support system has helped her gain trial Commission, state Treasurer Lydia got involved in organizations that were more self-confidence and Jearn to recognize Justice Edwards and Linda Stalley, BSU available to her and fulfilled her sense of her accomplishments. When Thomas earned associate executive vice president. social responsibility. Long active in the her doctorate, for example, she says her Women also are breaking new ground in YWCA, she'll be president of the group next friends and colleagues convinced her to cel­ all-male social domains. In 1990, Sharon year. She also has served in several capaci­ ebrate the moment. "They helped me see ties with the local Chamber of Commerce. some things that were unique to me," she Ultimately, Allen says networking is a recalls. "I wasn't able to give myself credit 'I found out matter of choosing the best contacts based and I found out through networking women through networking not on their sex, but their qualifications. "It's often aren't able to congratulate themselves." more important to network with the right Alice Hennessey says women shouldn't women often individuals - some are women and some restrict their business contacts strictly to aren't able are not," she says. women. Senior vice president of corporate While personal networks are important to relations at Boise Cascade Corp., Hennessey to congratulate individual growth, others - like the Idaho says, "The more contacts you have, the more themselves.' Women's Network-represent women col­ helpful it is to you. But women would be lectively on political and social issues. A

FOCUS 17 WHAT BSU WOMEN THINK

hild-care headaches, sexual harassment, communication problems, unrealistic expecta­ tions and a lack of respect. Women say they face a maze of issues and barriers in the workplace. But what's the biggest obstacle? Men, said most of the 100 female Boise State students who participated in a recent survey. The students indicated overwhelmingly that men, their grip on power and, in some cases, misguided attitudes, pose formidable barriers to women's futures. "Even with people's liberation today, there are those egotistical men who think women aren't capable. We are," coalition of 22 groups that wrote one respondent to the informal survey, conducted for faculty, staff and students as includes the National Orga­ this issue of FOCUS. Another student said, "some men are well as community members. nization of Women, Ch_urch The center would house Women United and Planned still anti-women; they are threatened by women and behave counseling services and in­ Parenthood, IWN "aims to defensively and abusively to compensate for their own low formational programs on improve the quality and op­ self images." A third put it bluntly: "Simply living in a white child care, graduate school portunity of women's lives male society is an obstacle for every woman." and other topics. "The in Idaho through political And their criticisms weren't limited to the workplace. women's center would be a action," says director Betsy There are plenty of problems on the homefront, too. As one place of warmth and support, Dunklin. Among the issues student points out: "Since we have become 'liberated' we kind of a haven," says Buser. IWN has tackled are domes­ now have two careers. One as a full-time homemaker and Without a women's cen­ tic violence and human rights one in the job market to support our family. We are ex­ ter, where do young women issues, with future efforts look for support? Mentors, expected to focus on gender­ pected to help financially and then go home, make dinner, say many women executives. free insurance, sex education clean house and play with the kids because no one else will Like Francie Katsilometes, and health care. "Things do it. Not even your husband." a BSU financial aid coun­ we're working on are things Here's how the women responded to the survey: selor, they feel a personal most women can agree on," responsibility to guide bright, Dunklin says. Is gender a factor in career advancement? young women who are em­ While IWN represents a 91% YES barking on careers. wide cross-section of Idaho­ As president of Image de ans, Dunklin says she is es­ Are women paid equally to men in similar jobs? Idaho, a statewide Hispanic pecially concerned about the 13% YES group, Katsilometes has needs of rural women who seen the hunger among live in remote areas without Should the husband or wife be the primary breadwinner? young women who dream of the social and business inter­ 69°k EQUALLY going to college, building action urban women some­ careers and finding success times take for granted. "It's Should the husband or wife run the household? in the business world. But hard to speak up in those 88% EQUALLY women - particularly mi- communities," she says. ~'I'm nority women-"are lost in hoping we're creating an at­ terms of knowing who to go mosphere of support." Would having children hurt your career chances? to. They need role models Dunklin knows that can 60% YES who say, 'It's OK to be poor take time. The group needs and want to go to college, to start with the basics, she Is it possible to have a career and a happy home life? to dream about it,"' she says. says. "There's not a very 82% YES She was lucky, however. high level of awareness Katsilometes says she among women about the po- learned the importance of litical process, which leaves us feeling powerless." networking from women in her family whose liberated views on Other groups also are working to combat the isolation some education were ahead of their time. women feel. HERSwest, an organization of BSU faculty and profes­ Taking a cue from her grandmother, Katsilometes' mother ig­ sional staff, has been pushing for women's rights for years. "We see nored popular wisdom and sent all her children, including her ourselves as a social conscience- or devil's advocate," says Jane daughters, to college. As more mothers encourage their daughters to Buser, a HERSwest member and Boise State's director of human get an education and begin a career, more women will have a chance resources. to succeed in business. Those women will then plant the seed of For years, HERSwest has fought for women's issues on campus, opportunity and the network will grow, Katsilometes says. including equal opportunity hiring and sexual harassment policies. "The networking has started and I think it's really going to The group also has been agitating for funds to open a women's snowball," she says. "It's important. We have to do it because center, providing a gathering place for the thousands of female BSU otherwise we're not going to be included." 0

18 FOCUS SEniNG SIGHTS ON NEW CAREERS

By Amy Stahl time staff members, it provides dozens of we can for our clients," McDaniel says. Last summer, Jenni Lee packed up her workshops, seminars and support groups To reach its goal and help women house and small children and moved from year-round in Ada County, Nampa, Emmett become financially independent, the center Arizona to Boise. A full-time homemaker and Mountain Home. Coordinator Myrna has encouraged some clients to consider ca­ for 10 years, she found herself divorced, McDaniel says the center served 692 people reers in welding, office machine repair, unemployed and uncertain. "I needed a sup­ in 1990, a total she expects to climb to 800 wastewater treatment and other non-tradi­ port network and some help getting my fo­ this year. tional but high-paying occupations. "Our cus," says the 36-year-old mother of two. The program's goal is to help guide single long-term goal is to help them be self-suffi­ She has found it with the help of several parents and displaced homemakers from cient, and traditional women's jobs pay less programs offered by the Southwest Center unpaid work and dependency to paid work than non-traditional women's jobs," says for New Directions at BSU. CND vocational equity coun­ Operated through the selor Nancy Kobe. School of Vocational Techni­ For many women, working cal Education's Adult Learn­ is not a luxury- it's a neces­ ing Center, the Southwest sity, Kobe says. As a result, Center provides a variety of it's a matter of survival for services for single parents and some women that they pursue displaced homemakers, in­ careers that pay well enough cluding widowed and divorced to support their families. But women and men. barriers exist. At the center, A college graduate with a "we're trying to open more bachelor's degree in biology, options and diminish sex ste­ Lee says the warm, comfort­ reotyping in the workplace," able environment and shared says Kobe, who conducts experiences she found at the seminars and leads a regular center were important for her support group for female BSU to realize her strengths and students in non-traditional begin charting a future. After Center for New Directions counselor Nancy Kobe, right, and BS U students programs. receiving some personal in non-traditional programs discuss self-esteem and assertiveness issues. Some women are more for­ counseling at the Southwest tunate. Lee hopes to launch a Center, she enrolled in a self-esteem work­ and financial independence, McDaniel says. career in reclamation, mining or landfills. shop that was so successful, the group talked For many CND participants, this means After 15 years away from school she's just the leader into another six-week series. starting with personal issues like fin ishing her first college class in applied Later, Lee participated in a career work­ assertiveness, anger and intimacy. microbiology and working part time as an shop. In the program, she says, "You look at Counselors further work together with interior landscaper. skills you have that you're good at as a the Adult Learning Center and BSU's aca­ While her life's been hectic, Lee says it homemaker and see how they would pertain demic and vocational programs by outlining feels good to be a positive role model for her to the work force. " opportunities available such as GED children and working toward a career. "I feel While BSU's CND program is relatively classes, skills training and other courses. like I can move forward on my own now," small, with just two fu ll -time and three part- "We try to make as complete a package as she says. 0 SOUTHWEST CENTER OFFERS EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES The Southwest Center for New Direc­ staff, serving 5,000 people each year. Included onboard is information on BSU tions is one of several programs that provide • GED. The Adult Learning Centers in programs, personality and career surveys individual and group educational opportu­ Boise and at BSU's Canyon County Center and the Idaho Career Information System, nities through Boise State's Adult Learning are licensed to administer the six tests a computer job opportunities program. Center. A national award winner in 1988, the needed for a high school equivalency degree. • OPTIONS. An open entry/open exit pro­ center served more than 8,000 people last About 500-800 people from throughout gram for income-eligible individuals who year. Some of the programs include: BSU's 10-county service region complete are serious about finding- and retaining­ • • ADULT BASIC EDUCATION. Started as an five of the tests annually . a job. Participants are encouraged to partici­ evening program in 1968, ABE helps stu­ • JTPA. The Job Training Partnership Act pate in self-esteem, employability, parenting dents improve their basic skills in reading, offers training opportunities and job place­ and other workshops. writing and mathematics. "We're trying to ment assistance for income-eligible men and Also provided are English as a Second upgrade people's skills so that they can take women. Language, computer literacy, career coun­ a larger role in the community," says learn­ • OPPORTUNITY EXPRESS BUS. The bus, seling, workshops and other programs. The ing center director Elaine Simmons, who which is outfitted with computer equipment, Adult Learning Center is located in the Vo­ calls ABE the "backbone" of her programs. provides portable career planning and cational Education Center in Boise and the Volunteers supplement the professional placement services in the 10-county area. Canyon County Center in Nampa. 0

FOCUS 19 Child Care: the Big Gamble

By Bob Evancho ext to my wife and that goes with it-usually falls upon the my mother, Wanda mother. Waybright is probably "We work hard to make it a parents' issue, the most important not a women's issue," says Mary Lou Kinney woman in my life. of Child Care Connections, a Boise-based I met Wanda only a child-care referral and training agency. year and a half ago. But Nevertheless, Kinney notes that Child Care I know her well enough Connections fields "1 ,600 [referral] calls to leave my children annually, and 92 percent of them are made with her nine to 10 hours a day, five days a by the mother." week, 50 weeks a year. Thanks to Wanda, Kinney's statistics indicate that if child I can approach my workaday world care isn't the major issue among mothers unworried about my kids' well-being. I know today, it's near the top. "I think it's one of my 3-year-old son and 2-year-old daughter the biggest problems this nation faces," says are in capable, loving hands when my wife Debi Alvord, Boise State assistant director and I are not there for them. I know Wanda of human resources and mother of three. "It stimulates their impressionable young is one of the toughest things a parent has to minds. I know her values correspond with do .... There are so many issues attached to ours. I know her home is comfortable and day care. Who takes care of a child when the safe. And I know we are damn lucky that she child becomes sick? If you don't have the is our day-care provider. money, how do you pay for quality care? I think I've always appreciated Wanda's And of course you're concerned about the importance to my fami ly, but it was never kind of people who are watching your kids." clearer than when my wife Fortunately for some Boise parents, their 1 1 and I considered buying a employers are helping them address those 11 doesn 1 maHer. house on the other side of concerns. St. Luke's and St. Alphonsus re­ I would drag the kids town. As we weighed the gional medical centers both have on-site pros and cons of moving, I child-care facilities for their staff members across the county to remarked that it was too bad and Morrison Knudsen chief executive offi­ get them to her.1 the house we had our eye on cer William Agee recently announced cor­ was located so far from porate plans to establish an early-child de­ Wanda's. "It doesn't mat­ velopment center near MK's headquarters. ter," my wife replied. "I would drag the kids In addition, several Boise employers offer across the county to get them to her." "enhanced resource referral" services in My comment was meant as a casual obser­ which they contract with Child Care Con­ vation; my wife's emphatic response was nections to help their workers find qua1ity not. The mere hint of sending our children child care. Boise businesses that offer their elsewhere triggered her protective instincts. employees this service include US West, In human nature, nothing is more basic than KTVB, IBM, Allstate Insurance, J.R. safeguarding one's child. And whether it's Simp lot Co., the Social Security Administra­ right or not, the task of finding child care­ tion, Touche Ross, Boise Cascade, Pitney and coping with the guilt and uncertainty Bowes and Hewlett-Packard.

20 FOCUS These and other businesses offer child­ sation and benefits manager at H-P's Boise Boise State's. And nothing, says Alvord, is care assistance in several forms. They complex. "Everybody has to balance outside more disturbing to a parent than the include flexible working hours and leave-of­ obligations, and anything we can do to help thought of dashing off to work in the absence policies, part-time employment, keep those things more in balance is going morning and leaving a child in a dubious corporate-paid subsidies for day care, and to make people more productive here." day-care situation-whether it's with a care payroll deduction plans that allow payment Boise State also offers limited on-campus giver who comes to the parents' home, a of child-care costs in pretax dollars. day care for students with 10 percent of the large center with many kids, or a private With child care in America becoming a spots earmarked for university employees. home with a few children. vast-social experiment, companies such as "But because we have about 55 children, Unfortunately for many parents, finding H-P have recognized that such policies can that only allows us to take approximately just the "right" child-care arrangement is create feelings ofloyalty among parents who six children for faculty and staff," says often a roll of the dice. And the stakes can be believe they are working for a company that Judy Failor, director of BSU's Child Care frightfully high. is sensitive to its workers' outside needs. Center, "and we have about 40 names on our "Probably the greatest fear that mothers "We don't have a standard policy on child waiting list." have," says Susanna Yunker, BSU registrar, care, we just engulf it in our overall objective Regrettably, not all parents are fortunate "is that they are entrusting someone they to help balance work and outside-of-work enough to work for a large corporation or value most highly with someone they know obligations," says Denise Capella, com pen- able to get their kids into a facility such as least well."

FOCUS 21 Not all parents are able to get their children into facilities such as Boise State University's Child Care Center.

"I drove 10 miles [one way] each day for Doug Yunker, learned the hard way on two says. "The room was very small, and there a year and a half to get the child care I occasions. "At times I wanted to wish the were about 20 kids in it. There were no wanted," says Alvord. "I think it's one of the first three years of my daughter's life away," windows open and no air circulating. All the most frightening things you go through as a says Yunker. "It was basically a nightmare kids were so lethargic that none of them parent because when you entrust your child until I got her into a preschool. All the [day­ could even look up. It was terrible." to someone else's care, you don't know care J situations up until that point were un­ According to the Idaho Department of what goes on during the day." acceptable." Commerce, 19,365 children-from newborns So how can parents ensure their child's After she hired a woman to come into her to 9-year-olds-needed child care in Ada well-being while they're at work? Unless home to watch her daughter, Yunker began County in 1989. By and large, day care is they take the child to a relative or a close to have misgivings. "I was devoting very available in the Boise area. But parents on friend, they really can't. Agencies such as little time to work," she recalls. "I was home limited budgets and tight schedules-espe­ Child Care Connections can help mothers peering in windows instead. You have a cially single moms-are often hard-pressed locate day-care providers, but those are re­ child who can't communicate in a verbal to find a day-care facility with which they're ferrals only, not recommendations. "You sense, so you don't know what's happening totally comfortable. have to do all your own background checks during the day .... [As it turned out] the "I have a number of single parents in my and you have to ask the right kinds of ques­ woman we hired was not mentally stable. office and when one of them has a sick child tions when you're interviewing a potential That situation didn't last very long, but who who can't be in day care, it creates a major employee," says Yunker. knows what kind of impact it had on our problem for that person," says Yunker. "I'm Yunker, Alvord, and other mothers say daughter." not a single parent, but having had a child in they can check prospective day-care facili­ And simply meeting a child's physical day care has made me more understanding ties for proper space, heat, light, cleanliness, needs does not a good care giver make, adds as an employer toward single parents." and ventilation, but with the intangibles­ Yunker. "Our most reliable child-care em­ Karin Woodworth of the BSU Alumni individual attention, emotional care, intel­ ployee did not share any of our political or Association is a single mom with a young lectual stimulation, etc.-they pretty much social values," she continues. son and knows the difficulty of finding take potluck. Alvord recalls the time she showed up quality day care. "I visited a facility that had Despite her efforts to screen potential unannounced one warm afternoon at her a wonderful reputation," she recalls, "but it care givers for their daughter, Yunker and son's day-care center. "All the kids were wasn't so wonderful. In one room were 10 her husband, BSU social work professor supposed to be resting in this room," she children watching TV while sitting on a sofa

22 FOCUS with springs sticking out of it. The whole complex was painted brown; the room was dark and smelled of urine .... And this place was considered top of the line." Woodworth recalls visiting another child­ care facility where two or three care givers were in a break room smoking cigarettes. "When the door opened, this huge cloud of WOMEN smoke came out and poured into a room full of infants," she says. "It made me sick." MAKE It's no wonder the search for quality child care can impair job performance and create CAPITOL absenteeism among parents. "It's amazing all the comments we hear about those con­ GAINS cerns," says Kinney. "The way parents feel about their child-care situation impacts their whole day .... When you talk about child By Gary Moncrief care you first think about the externals­ cost, flexibility in hours, etc. But what we're hearing more of is their deep, deep concern about the interaction between the day-care provider and their child." That's why parents are becoming "very astute consumers," adds Kinney. "The questions parents are asking [prospective Rep. Frances Field is a member of the Legislature's all-female District 12 delegation. day-care providers] are different these days," she comments. "Cost and location are still important, but it seems the parents are be­ ne of the remarkable Mary Hartung is now the Republican coming more perceptive. They're interested political stories in the last Senate caucus chair, and Leanna Lasuen in interaction between the provider and the generation is the increased is the Democratic House caucus chair. child, the training and skill of the provider, role of women in state Seven of the 14 committees in the health and safety issues." legislatures. In 1969, only house are chaired by women (but no aboutO 4 percent of all state legislators Senate committees had female chairs in According to BSU's Failor, parents also want consistency from their child-care pro­ were female. Today, more than 17 per­ the most recent session - although two viders. What kind of bonding, she asks, takes cent are women. In other words, the num­ women chaired Senate committees in the place when a child is passed from one paid ber of women state legislators quadrupled 1990 Legislature). caretaker to another? "They don't want (from 301 to 1,270) in two decades. State legislative seats are often spring­ different people with their children each These figures are even more impres­ boards to other political offices. As more time," Failor says. "I think parents are de­ sive in the West- 24 percent of all state and more women serve in state legisla­ manding more. They're not just taking legislators in the 13 western states are tures, we can expect to see an increase in what's offered anymore." women. Of the 10 states with the highest the number of women who serve in state­ Idaho's lawmakers are also viewing many proportion offemale state legislators, five wide or national positions. More women day-care issues with more scrutiny. During are western states-Arizona, Colorado, presently serve in Congress, for example, the 1991 legislative session, four bills and Hawaii, Idaho and Washington. than ever before (although the percent­ one Senate resolution were introduced. Al­ Idaho's development in this regard is age is still very low- about 6 percent). though none of the efforts were successful, impressive. In 1980, only 9.5 percent of More women were elected governor in child-care measures that dealt with lower Idaho legislators were women. Today­ the last decade than ever before (includ­ child-staff ratios, transportation, first aid a decade later - the figure stands at 27 ing Barbara Roberts, the governor of and CPR certification, and insurance against percent, or 35 legislators out of 126. But Oregon). child abuse and negligence were debated the most impressive statistic belongs to There are still serious imbalances in and received considerable publicity. our neighboring state of Washington. the proportion of women elected relative But from the standpoint of many parents, Forty-five percent of all members of the to the number of women in society. How­ the steps to assure affordable, high-quality Washington House of Representatives ever, the increase over the last two de­ day care have been inadequate. Part of the are women. This is the highest percent­ cades is substantial; the ascent of women :t problem seems to be this: There is no age in the nation. into elected office is one of the most denying that the low pay and even lower Not only are women increasingly com­ remarkable political changes in our soci­ prestige afforded day-care providers leave peting for and winning legislative seats, ety in the last few years. " much to be desired (see "Day Care: Not but they are moving into leadership posi­ Gary Moncrief is a professor of politi­ Child's Play," FOCUS, Fall1988). And yes, tions within the chamber. For example, cal science at BSU. His research interests there are good, qualified people out there in Vera Katz was Speaker of the House in include state legislatures, campaign fi­ the child-care business. But those care givers the Oregon Legislature during the late nancing and electoral systems. His studies who are exceptional, those who provide their 1980s. In Idaho, Joyce McRoberts (Re­ involving women in legislatures will ap­ clients with peace of mind, are rare com­ publican) and Marguerite McLaughlin pear in forthcoming issues of the Journal modities. (Democrat) are presently the assistant of Politics and the Social Science My wife and I got lucky. Thanks, floor leaders in the Senate. Meanwhile, Journal. D Wanda. D

FOCUS 23 Annie, Get Your Machine Gun

By Glenn Oakley echnically, Pamela Magee shouldn't have been aiming her M-16 at the 17 Iraqi soldiers marching across the sand toward her. Women are barred from combat. Her official job as an army reservist in Operation Desert Storm was working on a computer, ordering and tracking ammunition, fuel, food and water for the assault troops who were just20 miles ahead, racing deeper into Iraq. But all108 members of the 159th Support Group, including the 10 women reservists, took turns pulling guard duty. Magee, a former BSU student, was on roving patrol with another female re­ servist from Boise, Josie Ortivez, when the Iraqi soldiers appeared on the horizon. "I told Josie I was going to have to approach them and asked her if she knew how to use that rifle," recalls Magee. "But they were mostly looking for food," she says. "They were really hungry." She searched the soldiers, had them lay down their rifles and grenades, and marched them back to camp. "I don't think people realize how close the women were to the fighting," says Magee. The Gulf War Currently, women are barred from combat in the Navy and Air Force by congressional statute, and kept from ignited the combat in the Marines and Army as a matter of policy. But experience from the Gulf War has challenged these prohibi­ debate on tions and the very concept of what constitutes combat. • Technically, women are limited to serving in "combat women 1n support" roles-flying medevac helicopters, but not Apache combat attack helicopters; repairing tanks, but not driving them; and so on. Magee, a mother of three who works as a substitute teacher in Boise, was attached to a support unit from Hel­ ena, Mont. "It used to be the support groups were in the

24 FO CUS back," says the former Marine. "But we now Magee says some ofthe arguments against have a 'support forward' concept" where the women in combat are valid. The primary support group tags closely behind the ad­ reasons given for excluding women from vancing assault troops. "We were in front of combat are: the front lines," she notes. • Women cannot handle the physical de­ She watched the beginning of the Persian mands of combat. Gulf War through the portholes of her • Women are not psychologically adapted gasmask while crouched in a foxhole 17 miles for the violence of war. from the Iraq border. "You could see the • The presence of women will inhibit the bombs flashing and feel the ground trem­ male bonding which holds troops together bling," she recalls. "We saw some of the in times of war. Scuds and Patriots hitting above us." The • Some men may not take orders from debris rained down near them. women. In the course of following the lead assault • Men will be overly protective of female troops, Magee's unit inadvertently drove soldiers, potentially endangering themselves across an Iraqi mine field. "That's when my in the process. heart just stopped," she says. • Women POWs are especially vulnerable Magee's experience shatters the traditional to such things as pregnancy by rape. concept of war where legions of young men "A lot of the women could carry their own leave their mothers, wives and girlfriends weight," says Magee, "but the ones who behind to do a man's duty - killing and were whining gave everybody else a bad dyingfortheircountry. "Wehadafatherand name. There was one woman who wouldn't daughter out there," says Magee. "He had a load her weapon .... Some of them would real hard time dealing with his daughter cry, some would get real defensive about Pamela Magee watched the start of the Gulf War being in it. He was career military and he'd everything. I think the women fought more talked her into it for college." There was also among themselves and held grudges. The women comprise some 11 percent of the a husband and wife in the same unit, al­ men would go punch it out and get over it. armed forces. Thus, when the Gulf War though kept separate. "That was difficult for "We ran across men who didn't want to exploded, television crews were zooming in her," she says. "We had a grandmother. She take orders from women," she says. And on young mothers leaving their newborns went overboard to compensate for being a some of the older reservists, often Vietnam behind as they strapped on helmets and woman." War veterans, "would come out and say we boarded Saudi-bound planes. Six percent Magee says in reassessing women's place shouldn't be there. (33,0UO) of the American troops sent to the in war and combat, "There are a lot of things "There are some things we can't do," says Middle East were women. American women that need to be addressed. I think women Magee. "But there are other areas where we were killed in the war with Iraq and one of can handle it," she says, but cautions that balance out." The women spent more time the POWs was a woman. socially, physically and emotionally women reinforcing their bunkers and tents, says Magee's experience was hardly atypical in war are now in a confusing and compro­ Magee. Consequently, "Our tent was one of for women sent to the Persian Gulf. Col. mising position. "I wouldn't want to go back the ones that didn't blow away" in a heavy Jerry Laws of the 75th Field Artillery Brigade and be in a situation like that," she says. dust storm. told the national media that in the Gulf War, Magee says the hardest part was not being Despite the differences, Magee says war "Our female soldiers were right smack dab fully accepted by the men. "I think there's a produces a surprising and disturbing effect: in the middle of it. Our females were just as double standard going on. There is a conflict "You lose all your identity. You weren't close to the fight as many of our male sol­ because they [the military] says no, women male or female; you were a soldier." diers." are not there, when they really are there. Before 1974 women were segregated into Two major changes in society have brought "Either you're working two-three times separate units. The Army had its WACS, the women closer to the front lines. The most more than you're supposed to," to prove Navy its WA YES, the Coast Guard its obvious is the changing nature of war. With that women can pull their share, "or they're SPARS. long-range missiles and other high-tech not letting you do your work," because the Sexual segregation was officially weapons, the location of a "front line" be­ men want to protect and help the women, abolished in 1974, and women rapidly en­ comes difficult to define. Women soldiers in she says. tered the new desegregated military. Today, support units behind the front line are still

26 FOCUS she notes that women frequently are inter­ ready for women. ested in jobs prohibited to women, such as But Betty Hecker, director of Affirmative flying jet fighters. "We run into them all the Action at BSU, says, "It's part of the culture time," she says. "All we can do is tell them that young men are supposed to be willing to what the regulations state." give their Jives. It's a fundamental cultural And while Bell must inform new female value. It's OK for young men to die in large recruits they cannot fly fighter jets or pursue numbers. But it's not OK for young women combat careers, she is obligated to tell them, to die in large numbers." "No matter what career field you choose Women and children, she observes, are there's always a chance you'll be put in [a typically seen as the innocent. Men are not. combat] position." A poll of the Idaho congressional delega­ Major Charlene Ripke, a commander with tion revealed a general acceptance of women the Air National Guard at Gowen Field, says in war and a realization that "combat" is an an increasing number of women have joined increasingly vague notion if one is within the military in the 10 years she has been with reach of a ballistic missile. the Guard. Ripke, who earned her BS and • Congressman Richard Stallings: "I do MBA from Boise State, says, "The military not believe any woman should be kept from is in many ways a very fair place. The pay doing any job that she, as an individual, is system is objective: You get paid based on demonstrably capable of doing. This includes your rank and your years. And I think women jobs in our Armed Forces." are treated fairly." • Sen. Larry Craig: "It is inevitable that Kim Scheffer served three years with the women will play a role in combat. The real U.S. Army as a medic in Turkey, Italy and issue is not whether, but how ... in an age of from a foxhole near the Iraq border. Ft. Knox, Tenn., and is now a graduate stu­ high-tech weaponry in which more fighting dent in public affairs at Boise State. She is done over the trenches than in them, the within killing range of the enemy. High-tech entered the ROTC program in 1989. "It's a concept of what constitutes 'combat' may weaponry has similarly made hand-to-hand good way to gain experience in the field that have to be reevaluated." combat-where women would presumably I want," says Scheffer, who is aiming at a • Sen. Steve Symms: "For all practical be at a disadvantage- a rarity. career in hospital administration. "I've al­ purposes, there should be no difference in The second change is that barriers to tra­ ways enjoyed it. You're part of a military the jobs assigned to men and women, with ditionally male occupations, including the environment. I like the camaraderie, part of the exception of the legislatively mandated fighting of wars, have been toppling left and being a team." restrictions on women in combat roles. With right. Scheffer joined the Army after high school the advent of high-tech weapons, the battle The ban on females in combat, the critics because she "wasn't motivated. I didn't have lines are not as defined as in past wars. argue, is capricious and based on old-fash­ a sense of direction." The army helped her ... [M]ilitary assignments of our personnel ioned stereotypes. On a practical level, the mature, she says. have proven to put both women and men in prohibition on combat limits the advance­ Already a veteran of boot camp, Scheffer harm's way despite their status as 'combat ment of women in military, since promotions goes through ROTC combat training, support."' are frequently tied to combat achievements. simulating battles and ambushes. "You go • Congressman Larry LaRocco: "Given While women in war zones do receive haz­ through a lot of this tactical stuff, but the the increasing automation of weapons sys­ ardous duty pay, they are excluded from whole formulation of ROTC is to teach you tems, I suspect that brains and not gender formal recognition such as combat medals. leadership skills," she explains. will be what the military seeks in the future." Lisa Bell, a full-time recruiter with the Air And while Scheffer notes that she is the It seems likely that this last exclusion to National Guard at Gowen Field and a part­ only female in her upper level ROTC course, women in the workforce will crumble. But time BSU student, says the military offers she says, "I'm not treated differently. I'm as Stallings says, "I must admit to an under­ good job opportunities for women, notably good enough at what I do that I'm able to lying uneasiness about the proposition that in non-traditional occupations such as jet lead." getting women into combat represents engine mechanics. Many military women, Women are apparently ready, trained and progress in any meaningful sense. I continue she says, "are getting out of the strictly ad­ able to go to war. And war, with its push­ to hope for a day when the need for any ministrative and medical occupations." But button, high-tech weaponry, is apparently soldiers in combat subsides." 0

FOCUS 27 ycling at top speeds up Rabdau is expecting racers from Switzer­ and over Galena Summit is land, Australia, New Zealand and Canada proving to be easier for in this year's race. women riders than convinc­ Rabdau has refused to cut back on the ing international cycling race to meet international regulations. "We officials that the athletes are can't go back to where they are," he says. capable of such a strenuous feat. "Those are archaic ideas. Those are arbi­ Despite a successful seven-year track trary regulations. The men don't have those record, the Ore-Ida Women's Challenge, kind of restrictions." the toughest women's bike race in the world, Sheila Boester, a 1981 BSU graduate who has been refused international sanctioning raced in the 1990 Women's Challenge- the by the Federation Internationale Amateur longest and most grueling of the races to Cycling because the race is "too excessive" date- says, "I don't think its too excessive for women athletes. The federation ruled at all. It's a hard race, but most ofthe women the Women's Challenge had too many stages can handle it. " (days of racing), the distances were too long, Boester notes that the Women's Challenge the climbing in elevation was excessive, and is unique in offering long-distance stage there were not enough rest days between races for women. Women's races through­ stages. For example, both the Lowman to out America, says Boester, "are always cut Stanley and Stanley to Ketchum races would in half compared to the distances raced by have to be cut by 10 miles each to meet the men. And we know we can do it because international regulations. Without international sanctioning, the The grueling Ore-Ida Women's Challenge, Women's Challenge will not attract top above and left, has been refused international European cycling teams, considered the best sanctioning because racing officials consider m the world, although race director Jim it "too excessive" for women athletes.

28 FOCUS most of us train with men." Boise State University sports physiologist Ron Pfeiffer agrees the regulations li miti ng women cyclists are arbitrary. "There isn 't 171 any physiological reason the women can't do <'in outdoor ntt!~a l eve it," says Pfeiffer. "It's based on stereotype, tradition and machismo." Last year Pfeiffer and a team of graduate students conducted There's nothing quite tests on 12 Women's Challenge cyclists dur­ like it .. . a sunset sky, ing the two-week race. green grass, cool "We found them to be extraordinarily fit," breezes through the says Pfeiffer. "Their recoveries [from the cottonwoods, the daily races] appeared equal to any of the twilight sounds of men we 've seen in the research literature. crickets, rippling water, We even had some who got more fit as the and exquisite music ... race went on. As far as the wear and tear of the actual riding, they appeared to be just SummerFest '91. This fine." June, experience In fact, says Pfeiffer, "The biggest com­ SummerFest, Boise's plaint I got from women in the race is they premiere summer thought the stages were too short. The ath­ outdoor musical event, letes have become so good the organizations with family and [controll ing racing regulations] have lost friends. Tickets are touch with what kind of animal they're available now through dealing with. These are not average human Select-a-Seat, $6 beings. They're on a whole different level. general admission; $4, Their bodies are able to do these things." students and seniors. Mark Hodges, assistant executive direc­ Season passes ($16 tor for the U.S. Cycling Federation, says his general/ $10 student organization will present the international and senior). Make cycling governing body with less restrictive regulations for women this August. SummerFest a part of But Rabdau says the USCF's proposal your summer. Reserve would still fall short of the Women's Chal­ your place in the JUNE 21-22-23 lenge race for distances and elevation. "It's BSU Centennial JUNE 7-8-9 A NIGHT OF BIG probably the best they can weasel out of Amphitheatre today. POP GOES THE BAND SWING these guys [international cycling officials," ORCHESTRA UNE 14-15-16 The great ?ance J bancf era nses he says. "But I think that's stupid. I think Season subscribers may The Boise MUSIC FOR THE again in roaring there shouldn't be any restrictions. Distance order tickets by mailing Chamber Orchestra rresen ts THEATRE arrangements of is the endurance part of the race. If yo u don't a check to: a delightfu From ballet to swinging have the distance you have half a sport." evening of festive Broadway and standards from the "SummerFest/Season opera too, find your '40s to the '90s by Hodges defends the USCF proposals by Tickets", 1910 Americana, jazz and rock hits, plus musical favorites The Boise Big saying, "If we proposed releasing restrictions University Drive, Boise, among stage Band. completely, the regulations wouldn't stand a movie and TV ID 83725. themes. inspirations from chance of passing," he explains. "We're Bernstein to Mozart * dealing with a very conservative group that with The Boise . .o @ - o considers women's racing entirely second­ Chamber Orchestra. ary to men's. Pfeiffer, himself a mountain bike and road For sponsorships or private contributions contact bike racer, says "you have to look at the Mike Sam ball, Festival Director and Conductor, 385-3498. roots of cycling" to understand the resis­ tance to tough women's races. "On the Eu­ ropean continent cycling is what tackle INTRODUCING football is to America," he explains. "It's typically been a male-dominated sport. Many Shake Roof Restoration and Cleaning of the people in the European cycling com­ Janitorial maintenance, fire, water & smoke damage restoration, munity are threatened by women's races. window, carpet & upholstery cleaning. They don't want to endorse those kinds of races [like the Women's Challenge] because it shows that women can do the same things 345-2951 as the men." Commercial & Residential Six years of "excessive" racing in the Women's Challenge has proven that women Cleaning can indeed handle the rigors of the race, and "Since 1962" as Rabdau says, "They're going to have to reckon with us sooner or later." 0 WESTERN BUILDING MAINTENANCE

FOCUS 29 Divorce by Degrees

By Larry Burke

ynn knew her return to When women become students and as­ college wouldn't be easy. sume new obligations outside the home, their The mother of two and established role of wife and mother is wife of a busy Boise changed. Suddenly, the context of the mar­ executive, she was pre­ riage is different-her time, especially in the pared for the hectic evenings, is now spent attending class and schedule - the hurried studying. And she is becoming more inde­ dinners, the late-night, pendent as she learns more about herself marry young, have children, the wife takes cleaning, the weekends and the world around her. care of the children and the husband pro­ studying. That can throw a marriage out of balance vides. But when the wife returns to school What she least expected was a broken if a husband can't adjust to the changes there's a new contract, and it's never been marriage. taking place in the relationship, says Reed. negotiated. The husband gets angry because But Lynn and hundreds of other "non­ Problems are most common in traditional it's not what he bargained for." traditional" female students have one thing marriages where for years, even decades, the "Marriage is often an institution for 1 1/2 in common-they husband has been people. When she decides to be a full per­ returned to Boise the provider and the son, he feels like something is taken away," State for a degree wife has been the she says. and left with a di­ Divorce is a common homemaker, he ex­ Lynn and Joyce, like most non-traditional vorce. plains. students, were looking for that missing half "I have three occupational hazard "Suddenly her fo­ of thrir lives when they came to Boise State. friends who are get­ cus is outside the Both married young and had two children. ting divorces-all of for BSU's 2,200 home. There is a real Lynn was a partner in her husband's business them related to restructuring of the and an active community volunteer; Joyce school," says Joyce, non-traditional logistics of the rela­ helped her husband through graduate school another student who tionship ... there and worked as a corporate secretary. is working as hard to female students may be a drop in the But something was missing. preserve her mar­ quantity and qual- "There was a strong intuitive voice saying riage as she is to ity of her work in my brain was atrophying. I had conceded a earn college credits. the home. lot of my own person over to who he was," Counselors, psychologists, professors and "He doesn't perceive the rewards of her Lynn says. students alike agree that troubled marriages education. 'What good will this do me ... Their husbands were supportive at first. and divorce are common occupational haz­ why are you doing this?' are questions he But the more the two women developed new ards for many of the 2,200 non-traditional might ask," says Reed. "The questioning of interests, made their own friends and be­ female students at BSU. what has been accepted as a given in the came engrossed in school, the more threat­ Why? Boise counselor Jim Reed and marriage can be very threatening." ening it was to their husbands. BSU psychology professor Wylla Barsness Barsness says in some marriages there is "The longer I was in school, the more provide some explanations. an unwritten and unspoken contract. "You resistance there was. I don't think he ex-

30 FOCUS MAKE MORE OF MARRIAGE Couples who find themselves at odds over a wife's return to college can take steps to avoid marital problems or A .i l ,~ , ~ divorce. From the counselors and stu­ ~ ~ dents interviewed for this FOCUS story come the following suggestions: • SHARE. Take your husband to campus; show him where your classes are, where you study. Approach col­ lege as a team. • BE FLEXIBLE. Husbands should be prepared for their wives to change and allow the relationship to evolve. • DEVELOP A SUPPORT GROUP; FIND A MENTOR. Share experiences and feelings with other non-traditional students; find someone you can trust with your thoughts. • BE nMELY. The decision to return to school may have taken years; give your spouse enough time to think about it, too. • DON'T OVEREXTEND YOURSELF. Don't feel guilty if you don't excel in all aspects of your role as student, spouse and parent. • FOCUS. Maintain clear goals and re-evaluate them as you go. • Perhaps most importantly, COM· MUNICAn. Both husband and wife should openly discuss how they feel.

pected me to have the success that I've had," vides. I was in Ia-la land. But there was a previously, he may miss the extra income says Joyce. void inside, and I didn't know what it was and sees her getting nothing of value in "He patronized," adds Lynn. "He patted until I went to school," says Lynn. return. me on the head, but didn't show any real Those acts of self-discovery were met by Reed and Barsness caution that many interest." bewildered husbands unfamiliar with the marriages are already on shaky ground be­ Then came the accusations: Both were new emotional territory their wives were fore the wife's return to college. In those told they were ignoring the family and that exploring. cases, school is a catalyst but not necessarily school had become more important than "I've changed so fast, he's not sure what's the reason for a divorce that would have their husbands and children. safe, what to confront, what I need," says occurred eventually. But the process of self-discovery was irre­ Joyce. "He wants my value to still be from "There are many factors that work to­ versible. At no time during the turmoil did being his wife; he doesn't know how to walk gether- it is hard to pull them apart. Some either woman think about dropping out of beside me," she explains. of the women are back in school because school. Why do some men resent their wives' their marriage isn't satisfying in the first "As I started discovering who I was, it return to school? place," says Barsness. helped my self- esteem. The more that hap­ The reasons are complex, for they deal In this age of raised consciousness and pened, the more I moved away from what with attitudes that have been ingrained for liberation, a husband's insecurity over a wife's was happening in my marriage," says Lynn. years. And every relationship is different, return to college is "myopic," according to "The better I did in school, the more ex­ say Reed and Barsness. BSU social work professor Arnold Panitch. cited I got about a career and being valuable The husband may feel his role as provider "These men don't value the growth of outside the home," adds Joyce. is threatened by his wife's new-found inde­ human potential. Their whole trip is here For Joyce and Lynn, school changed be­ pendence and potential for economic self­ and now -that their wife should have sup­ lief systems they had held since childhood. sufficiency. He may resent the time it takes per on the table and take care of the kids. "I came from a family where women just to study and attend class, which causes him "Let's not forget that there has been a didn't go to college. We could be important, to pick up more of the child-rearing and women's movement in this country for 20 but important in our roles as wives and household duties. He may feel insecure be­ years now. Many sexist limitations placed mothers," says Joyce. "He was my whole life cause of the new friends she has made out­ on women in a previous generation are ... before school my world revolved around side the marriage. He may feel inadequate if gone from industry, commerce and govern­ him and the kids." he has not been to college. He may feel like ment," he says. "I was comfortable in my role ... the the financial payback won't be worth the "Some men should be encouraged to ad­ woman stays at home and the husband pro- money spent on college. Or, if she worked just to their own culture." D

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SAHNI TRANSCENDS LITERATURE, CULTURE By Glenn Oakley By birth, Chaman Sahni is a Kshatriya­ a warrior- but he has made his life one of a Brahman - a scholar. The BSU English professor has tran­ scended his caste, becoming an internation­ ally recognized scholar in the study of Indian literature. Notably, his area of expertise has centered on the meeting- and transcend­ ing - of Eastern and Western literature. The author of numerous books and papers, Sahni is best known for his 1981 book, Forster's A Passage to India: The Religious Dimension. Forster's A Passage to India, made into a critically acclaimed movie, first attracted Sahni's attention in 1955 when he was a graduate student in English at Lucknow University, India. "I did not understand the complexity of the novel at that time, but somehow I instinc­ tively recognized that here was an English writer who knew about India and its people from the inside," he recalls. "I had read [Rudyard] Kipling, who tried to create a very different impression of India," as if, says Sahni, the country were little more than bamboo and snakes with an occasional Gunga Din running through it. Writers like Kipling, says Sahni, "are feeding on the preconceived stereotypical notions of India. Forster avoided that. He felt particularly attracted toward Hinduism because of its quenchless thirst for the in­ conceivable and its ultimate goal of self­ realization," Sahni says. Sahni, shown by the god Brahman, says Indian mythology has influenced English literature. Hinduism in India, says Sahni, is pervasive, greatly influencing the literature, which is British-Indian literature, says Sahni. But, he agree Forster doesn't kiww his Hindu. And "very closely tied to religion and myth and adds, "The irony is that when the book first India to him is just negative: because he legend. Even the contemporary writers appeared it did not please the Britishers; it doesn't go down to the root to meet it." somehow replay those Indian myths." did not please the Indians." Britishers ship­ Sahni says his subsequent research, culmi­ The ancient myths and literature of India bound for their south Asian colony were nating in his book on the subject, "has con­ had a profound effect on English and often given the book to acquaint themselves vinced me beyond doubt that Forster had a American writers, says Sahni. "India has with the culture. And not infrequently, he remarkable knowledge and understanding provided romantic themes to British litera­ says, "They would tear it up and toss it oflndian religions, history and archaeology, ture," he says. "The Bhagavad Gita [the epic overboard in disgust. " and an extraordinary insight into India's Sanskrit poem] influenced Yeats, T.S. Eliot, The book portrayed the colonialists as cultural problems, particularly the problem Emerson, Thoreau. The transcendental "people with underdeveloped hearts," Sahni of Hindu-Muslim relations." movement in the United States was influ­ says. They barricaded themselves in country While much of Sahni's work has concen­ enced by Indian literature. Aldous Huxley clubs and kept themselves at an arm's trated on Forster and Indian writers such as was greatly influenced by Vedanta, the phi­ length from the native people. Rabindranath Tagore, he has researched and losophy of Hinduism." Sahni did his own re-examination of A written extensively on a surprisingly diverse Forster's A Passage to India reexamined Passage to India after coming across a 1924 range of writers and philosophers: Plato, the religion and culture of India in the 20th Jetter written by Thomas Edward Lawrence Horace, Chaucer, Wordsworth, T.S. Eliot, century and is now considered the classic of (Lawrence of Arabia) in which he wrote: "I Milton and Jane Austen to name a few.

32 FOCUS Sahni has authored, co-authored or contributed to 27 books, and has written articles and essays for such professional publications as Advanced Literary Essays u:ture and Contemporary Authors. A member of pro.n.lse the South Asian Literary Association's ex­ ecutive committee, Sahni makes regular trips It's something Coeur d'Alene Mines to India to conduct research. Corporation has always had in common He is listed in the Directory of American with north Idaho, the Company's home Scholars and Contemporary Authors. Early since 1928. this year, Sahni was presented the Creative Activity Award in the Arts and Humanities Over the years, Coeur d'Alene Division by the BSU College of Arts and Mines has realized its promise as Sciences. a rock solid precious metals min­ The editor of South Asian Review, Satya ing company. In 1990, silver production topped 5. 7 million ounces Pachori, wrote: "Sahni's long list of publica­ and gold production, 65,000 ounces. tions ranges from critical analyses of The 1990s hold potential for further growth. significant British and Indian authors, to discussions of the complex relationship The future is bright for north Idaho, as well. between literature, religion and culture - Economic and educational opportunities from Gandhi and Tagore to E.M. Forster are increasing in an area where the quality and Herman Hesse. His recent article on of life is tops. Hesse's Steppenwolf, published in South Asian Review, interprets the novel from the Our region's future promise is bright-now standpoint of Indian thought. No other and into the 21st Century. NYSE: CDE scholar has made this kind of unique inter­ pretation of the novel before." D [ll Coeurt!~!~]W1.,_ FOUNDATION FUNDS FACULTY PROJECTS The Boise State University Foundation's Special Projects Fund has allocated a total of $20,000 to nine members of the Boise State faculty for academic-related projects. Where Your Friends Take Their Friends The faculty members, amount of funding, and projects are as follows: TUNE-UP SPECIALISTS • KENT ANDERSON, English, "Visiting • ELECTRONIC FUEL INJECTION Fiction and Poetry Writers," $1,500. • CARBURETOR REBUILDING • JIM MUNGER, biology, "On-Campus Na­ • ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS REPAIR tive Plant Garden Construction," $2,400. • AIR CONDITIONING • WIRING • STARTERS • ALTERNATORS • GENERATORS Where Our Frlenda Bring Their Friends • ELDON EDMUNDSON, College of Health • EMISSION CONTROL INSPECTION & REPAIR Science dean, "Pre-College Orientation for BILL DUNN OWNER SINCE 1961 • FRONT END ALIGNMENT New BSU Native American Freshman Stu­ • MACHINE SHOP • BRAKE SERVICE dents," $1,100. Mon-Fri 8:00-5:30 • TRANSMISSION TOWING AVAILABLE •TOMTRUSKY,English, "Writing and Book B3 Arts Opportunities at BSU," (to produce a 342-1745 FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE series of television programs about Book CEl 3660 CHINDEN BLVD. WORK DONE TO YOUR SATISFACTION Arts, and a video on the history of the book), $1,300. • MIKE SAMBALL, music, "Modern Music and Dance in Idaho," $5,000. KLATSCH • NANCY ERTTER, health, physical eduction and recreation, "Recreation Programming for Persons with Disabilities," (video pro­ duction), $1,500. • BOB BOREN, communication, "Contract with Alice Walker, author of The Color Purple," (for speaking engagements during Black History Week in February 1992), $1,500. • PETER WOLLHEIM, communication, "Old Idaho Penitentiary Photographic Exhibit," $700. • HELEN LOJEK, English, "Idaho Invita­ tional Theatre Arts Festival," $5,000. D 409 S. 8TH ST. BOISE

FOCUS 33 RESEARCH BRIEFS •• The Mythopoetic Movement" at the Ameri­ can Board of Examiners in Clinical Social COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES Work's fall symposium in Washington, D.C. Physics professor DEWEY DYKSTRA COLLEGE OF EDUCATION presented his paper "Modeling Under­ "The Letter," a poem by teacher educa­ standing to Study Conceptual Change in tion professor NORMA SADLER, has been Learning Physics"at the International published in the March 1991 issue of the Workshop on Research in Physics Learning English Journal. at the University of Bremen in Germany. Psychology professor GARVIN CHASTAIN Dykstra's paper was based on his work with has been invited to present a paper at the a four-man team that included mathematics Recent Advances in the Analysis of professor DANIEL LAMET. Attention conference, to be held at the Art professor GEORGE ROBERTS has had his University of California, Davis, in June. work included in two national shows-the Physical education professor nRRY·ANN Kansas 16th National Small Painting, Draw­ GIBSON presented her paper "Longfellow's ing and Print Exhibition and the 1991 Na­ Whales Tales" at the Idaho Association of tional Printmaking Exhibit in New Jersey. Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Work byceramistJOHN TAKEHARAhas been Dance (IAHPERD) conference in Pocatello. exhibited at Linfield College's Renshaw At the IAHPERD meeting, CONNIE Gallery in McMinnville, Ore. One of THORNGREN participated in the presentations Takehara's pieces was selected for West One "Talking About Date Rape: Creating an Bancorp's Spirit of the West exhibit. Emotional Balance for Both Sexes in the English professor CHARLES DAVIS pre­ Classroom" and "Equal Opportunity in sented his paper "From Experience to Disci­ Sport." pline: Yet Another View of a Core Curricu­ Thorngren also wrote the article "The lum" at the College of Idaho International Female Coach-The Pressure Is On," for Humanities Conference. the National Association of Girls and CHUCK GUILFORD'S article "Creating a Womens Sport monograph and made the Learning Flow for Exploratory Writing," was presentation "Where Have all the Women recently published in College Composition Gone?'' at a conference in Olympia, Wash. and Communication. Last fall he presented BILL KOZA' took part in writing the article his paper "The Ends of Poetry: Teaching "Perceptions of Basketball Coaches" in the Beyond the Stars," at the Rocky Mountain fall1990 edition of Basketball Bulletin. Modern Language Association's annual WERNER HOEGER'S article "A Comparison convention in Salt Lake City. Between the Sit and Reach and the Modified Guilford has poems forthcoming in Kansas Sit and Reach in the Measurement of Quarterly, Weber Studies and Crab Creek Flexibility of Males" appeared in the Journal Review. His Poem "Life on Earth" will be of Applied Sports Science Research. His featured in the 1992 Northwest Poets and videotape Physical Fitness Assessment has Artists Calendar. been produced by Morton Publishing. COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES LINDA PEniCHKOFF wrote a chapter in the AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS book Sports Science International-Psycho­ The Science of Love: Understanding Love social Problems in Elite Sports. Her chapter and its Effects on Mind and Body, a book by was titled "Dropout in Youth Sports." criminal justice professor TONY WALSH, was published by Prometheus Books. COLLEGE OF BUSINESS "A Short History of Documentary Pho­ From the department of management tography" by communication professor conies the following news: PEnR WOUHEIM is now available in the book JOHN BIGELOW'S book Managerial Skills: Public Exposure: One Decade ofContempo­ Explorations in Practical Knowledge will rary Canadian Photography I980-I990. soon be published. Also, Wollheim's "Photographic Criticism WILLIAM WINES co-authored the chapter in Canada" appeared in the spring 1991 issue "Managing the External Environment: Pre­ of Views: The Journal of Photography in liminary Observations on a Modern Tale of New England. Two Cities" in the book Current Issues in Social work professor DOUG YUNKER has Business and Society. been invited to make three presentations­ GUNDARS KAUPINS had a paper published "HIV/AIDS: Interventions and Teaching in the Journal ofManagement Development. Strategies," at the University of Texas; "An His paper was titled "Humor in University Interdisciplinary Approach to AIDS Edu­ and Corporate Training: A Comparison of cation: A Model for Success" at the National Trainer Perceptions." Association for Social Workers regional MIKE BIXBY'S paper "Synthesis and Origi­ symposium in Spokane; and "Human Be­ nality in Computer Screen Displays and User havior in the Social Environment Explora­ Interfaces: The 'Look and Feel' Cases" was tion of the Emotional Underworld of Men: published in the Willamette Law Review. D

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CHURCH ADVISORY COMMinEE FORMS LEGISLATOR DONATES PAY INCREASE Since its founding in 1982, the Frank One state legislator refuses to Church Chair has been an important addi­ spend herrecent pay increase. But tion to Boise State University's offerings in she will give it away. public affairs. The chair has sponsored con­ Rep. Molly Lazechko (D­ ferences on national and international top­ Boise) has established a $5,000 ics, bringing some of the world's leading endowed scholarship for fresh­ scholars and political leaders to Idaho. men or sophomore students at­ The conferences are supported by an en­ tending BSU. dowment established to honor the ideals and This session, lawmakers ac­ public-service legacy of the late senator. cepted the recommendations of a When fully funded, the endowment will special committee to increase support a faculty position in public affairs. their legislative salaries from ap­ The Church Chair Advisory Committee proximately $7,000 to $12,000 per was formed recently to provide direction for year. the chair's annual conferences. The commit­ "My constituents felt that was tee also assists in fund-raising to reach the much too large an increase at one chair's goal of $500,000. Thus far, $350,000 time. An 82 percent increase has been raised for the chair. sounded unbelievable to them," says the cycle of poverty ... the best way is to Advisory committee members are: Lazechko, who voted against the pay hike. help people help themselves," she says. Bethine Church, chairperson, J. Gordon Since legislators couldn't refuse their Lazechko's donation will be invested Brookover, Carl P. Burke, Stan and Marylu increase or return it to the state, Lazechko by the Boise State University Founda­ Burns, Helen Copple, Steve Grant, George said the next best thing was to use it to tion, with the interest dedicated toward a M. Klein, Arthur Oppenheimer, Scott Reed, benefit students. scholarship for either an education or William J. Russell and Dottie Stimpson. "Education is what we need to break nursing student. D BSU committee members are: Larry Burke, Robert Fritsch, Dr. John H. Keiser, Fred Norman, Dr. Larry Selland and DONOR NOTES Dr. Robert Sims. • Contributions totalling $127,900 have been received for the Warren McCain Reading Gift clubs for donors to the chair include: Room in Boise State's new Albertsons Library. As of April, donors to the fund were $10- $99 Brass Associates Albertson's Inc., $15,900; John and Joan Carley, $5,000; Curly Ross, $5,000; Dale Nagy, $100- $499 Copper Associates $1,000; Terry and Bev Stubbs, $1,000; and an anonymous donor, $100,000. $500 - $999 Bronze Associates • Joel W. Klingensmith contributed $10,650 to the Norman Weber Bronco Fund. $1,000- $2,499 Silver Associates • Key Bank donated $10,000 to the Hemingway Library Fund. $2,500 - $4,999 Gold Associates • The BSU electronics program received more than $45,500 worth of new equipment. $5,000 or more Platinum Associates Electronic test equipment donated by Hewlett-Packard is valued at more than $33,000, and Recent contributors of $250 or more to a new spectrum analyzer unit given by Tektronix Corp. is valued at more than $12,500. the fund are: • Beavers Charitable Trust donated $5,000 to the construction management scholarship Copper Associates - Stan and Marylu in its name. Burns, John and June Hechinger and • Frances Wassler donated $10,000 to the Wassler Memorial Scholarship. Demar Mellinger. • Marjorie Gibb donated $1,000 to the Bob Gibb Memorial Scholarship. Bronze Associates- Ronald and Sheila • First Interstate Bank gave $2,000 to the general scholarship fund. Bush, Peter and Marianne Hirschburg, • Women of BSU donated $2,000 to the Women of BSU/Pat Bullington Scholarship. D William M. Landau, Arthur and Esther Oppenheimer, Rosenthal Companies and RADIOLOGISTS DONATE FUNDS TO BSU William J. Russell. Silver Associates-Bethine Church, Roy Boise State's department of radiologic State's radiologic sciences program. and Frances Ellsworth, Peter and Alison sciences has received a big financial boost According to Tom Kraker, radiologic sci­ Fenn, Henry L. Kimelman Trust and from the St. Alphonsus Radiology Group. ences department chair, the James F. Mack George and Elvera Klein. Under the guidelines oft he James F. Mack Memorial Scholarship was created by the Radiological Technology Memorial Schol­ radiology group to "emphasize high quality Direct inquiries and donations to: arship, the group intends to provide four in the profession of radiologic sciences." Boise State University Foundation, Inc. scholarships to BSU students in the radio­ The scholarship also was intended for Frank Church Chair of Public Affairs logic sciences field and an endowment of "[Boise State] students who not only have a 1910 University Dr. $50,000. financial need, but who also have the poten­ Boise, ID 83725 The late Dr. Mack served as medical di­ tial for excellence in the health-care field," (208) 385-3276 rector and accreditation adviser to Boise says Kraker. D

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)> COMPASSION RULES "z "')> IN PEARSON'S COURT ;;j ~ By Glenn Oakley < "' The odds were not good for Mary Pearson. ~ J: Fired from her job as a legal secretary, the "' )> single mother of four was working three r"' nights a week as a barmaid when she got a ".. J: job with the state. She started school at @ BSU in 1977, working half days. By fall she gave up her job, went on welfare, and entered college full time. "I'm aware of the feeling of not being able to get out of poverty," she says. That com­ passion borne of struggle is expressed in the sentences and rulings she hands down today as one of three judges for the Northwest Intertribal Court System, based in Edmonds, Wash. With an eye toward law school, Pearson graduated from BSU with a bachelor of business administration degree in two years, at one point carrying 21 credit hours and challenging another 10. At Boise State she was active in the Indian club, worked as a volunteer in the state prison, and once or­ ganized a group to picket the governor's mansion to protest proposed cuts in welfare payments. Accepted at five of seven law schools to which she applied, Pearson received her law degree from Willamette University at Salem, Ore., in 1976. She was vice president of the student bar association and worked during law school as a clerk in the U.S. Attorney's Office, the Oregon Indian Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse and the Urban Pearson: "I don't just impose sentences; I talk to people. ... They need someone to care." Indian Program. Pearson, who says she is descended from The tribal courts, she adds, are, "much I order things like treatment for alcohol, the Georgia Creek tribe, is currently assigned more involved. We take the time to spend drug problems." In any case involving alco­ to four small tribes in the Pacific Northwest, with each case and with each individual. hol, Pearson says she requires the defendant traveling the circuit to rule on civil and crimi­ Judges aren't supposed to be activists. What to undergo evaluation by a professional nal trials. Each tribe has its own law and I'm doing could be considered social engi­ counselor. order code and courthouse. "Each tribe is in neering that is usually not done by judges . ... This ability to blend activism with law a different state of development," she says. I don'tjust impose sentences; I take the time leads Pearson to state, "I will never go back "Some only have hunting and fishing laws, to talk to people. Some people need incen­ to private practice. I feel that I can have a others cover all areas. tive; they need someone to care about them. bigger impact on people's lives where I am." "You must become familiar with each I try to give them that incentive." And in contrast to what she perceived as tribal code and each community," she says. With a 60 percent unemployment rate on discrimination as a woman and Indian in Some tribes don't want their people to go to the reservations, Pearson recognizes, "It's private practice in Lewiston, Pearson says, jail at all. Others have mandatory jail for hard to maintain an upbeat outlook. How "People accept me here, respect me and some crimes. You really have to understand can you feel good about yourself if you can't look up to me." Part of this respect and what the community wants." get a job?" The frustration too frequently acceptance is cultural, says Pearson. "In the It is the role of community that sets vents itself through chronic alcoholism. northwest Indian community the women Pearson's role as a tribal judge apart from "I don't like to send people to jail if have larger roles. The men were out fishing her counterparts in the mainstream world of they've got an alcohol problem," she says. and the women were running things. The jurisprudence. "I go to pow-wows here and "Many times I will fashion a penalty differ­ women are what keep it together and the I'm just a member of the community." ent from what the prosecutor recommends. men respect that." 0

36 FOCUS ASSOCIATION TELLS THOMSON HE'S # 1 By Larry Burke Physical education teacher John Thomson got a rave review from one of his students last month. "You're the best in the whole world," said fourth-grader Jennifer Portenier of Nampa's Greenhurst Elementary. Thomson's professional organization wasn't quite so generous. It just named him the best elementary school physical educa­ tion teacher in the United States. Thomson, who graduated from BSC in 1971, received the award from the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance after a rigorous series of applications and interviews at the state, regional and national levels. "I'm excited, nervous, humbled .. . it's a Greenhurst students lined up after a school assembly to tell John Thomson that he's the best. very intimidating situation," he says. With the award comes a year packed with Greenhurst principal Byron Yankey says program. It's not like that for him. He has speaking engagements and workshop pre­ there are dozens of reasons why Thomson goals and expectations for each one of them," sentations throughout the country. One of could have been selected for the award. adds Yankey. the first will be in May when he speaks at the "John has a sign in his office-'Every day Thomson was honored by cheering President's Summit on Physical Education in every way we get better.' Lots of people Greenhurst students at a surprise assembly and Fitness in Washington, D.C. say that, but he really lives it," says Yankey. in April. The gym was lined with homemade "Professionally I'll rub shoulders with the "He is involved in every aspect of our school, congratulations cards, and adoring students best in the business. The kids here [at not just P.E. He always tries to promote the crowded around him after it was over. Greenhurst] will benefit; we'll get better best interest of kids." Later, he reflected on what it means to be and better." That explains why Thomson is a leader in a teacher. Thomson's successful teaching method is the Greenhurst Classic, a fun run for el­ "You have to think of what kind of role simple: involve every student all the time ementary school students that drew 700 par­ model you are ... what a tremendous respon­ and care about them as individuals. ticipants last year ... or the Jump Rope for sibility you have. "We sell fun and fitness ... we dispense a Heart competition, in which Greenhurst was " I don't have any children ... but every little magic here," he says. "We want the kids the state leader in donations last year ... or year I have 600 kids. These are my kids. to feel good about themselves, no matter the integrated music/P.E. class that involves "Do I ever have a bad day? You might what level they are at. They aren't being all of Greenhurst's students each Friday. come to school tired or down. But you walk compared with anybody else; they are "He sees 600 students twice a week. Those in the room and get a hug from one of them graded against their own improvement." could be faceless kids running through the -every day is a good day." 0 HE'S PROUD TO 'PAINT' WITH PLANTS By LaVelle Gardner Mike Garcia is an artist whose "canvas" crew and limited budget. consists of the state's 26-acre downtown Garcia's crew typically includes at least complex. As grounds supervisor, the 1977 one intern from BSU's horticulture program. graduate of Boise State's horticulture pro­ Dawn Pallun and Brian Ervin, both interns gram paints a new picture each year that is last year, have returned for a second year. seen by thousands of visitors. The other crew members are Bruce Csernai, Last year, Garcia and his crew of six were Jenny Angel, Mike Campbell and Willy honored for their efforts with the 1990 grand Wood. prize for Best Maintained Government Before he was named grounds supervisor Building or Complex from the U.S. Grounds in 1984, Garcia worked several years for Management Society. " It stunned me, con­ Daly Production Corp. in Boise. He says sidering the competition," Garcia says. "We what he appreciates most about his present thought we might have a slight chance to win job is feedback from the public. "The neat some kind of an honor award. I think the thing about working at the Capitol is the high reason we won was mainly because of the visibility," he says. "Visitors' impressions of Centennial celebration." the Capitol reflect what they think the entire Working from a colorful palette of pink, state is like." rose, burgundy and violet, Garcia believes Thanks to Garcia's award-winning "gal­ BSU alum Mike Garcia uses a "living this year's display will surpass last year's and lery" Idahoans can be proud of what they palette" to enhance the Statehouse grounds. "turn a lot more heads" - despite a small see. 0

FOCUS 37 PROF, POLITICIANS HONORED BY BSU Two of Idaho's most recognized poli tical names and a longtime Boise State professor are the latest winners of the Distinguished Alumni Award. Sponsored by the BSU Alumni Associa­ tion, the awards were presented at the an­ nual Top Ten Scholars banquet in April. Thirteen alumni have been honored since the first awards were presented in 1988. The 1991 recipients are: HARRY K. FRITCHMAN, a 1946 graduate of Boise Junior College who returned to his alma mater in 1954 to teach biology. He retired in 1988. During his 34 years at Boise State, Fritchman taught courses from genetics and embryology to anatomy and bacteriology. Nearly all of the premedical students who began their educations at BSU either were advised or taught by Fritchman. Three of Boise State's alumni were recognized for their achievements at the Top Ten Scholars He has received numerous awards for banquet in April. Named Distinguished Alumni were, from left, state Rep. Kitty Gurnsey, teaching excellence and is a charter member retired BSU professor Harry Fritchman, and posthumously, athlete and political leader of the Idaho Academy of Science. Larry Jackson. His widow, Dinah Jackson, accepted the award. KATHLEEN " KITTY" GURNSEY received a business degree in 1976, returning to school At the national level, she is on the fiscal Boise. He worked for Boise Cascade before after raising three children. She has served affairs committee for the National Confer­ establishing his own insurance business. nine terms in the Idaho House of Represen­ ence of State Legislators. In 1970 he was elected to the Idaho Legis­ tatives since she was first elected in 1974. A LARRY JACKSON, honored posthumously, lature, serving on the Appropriations Com­ specialist in the state budget, she has been was an athlete, businessman and politician. mittee for eight years, four of those as chair of the Appropriations Committee for He died of cancer last August. chairman. Jackson was a candidate for the 12 years. She also is a member of the Envi­ A star running back on BJC's 1950-51 Republican nomination for governor in ronmental Affairs Committee. football teams, Jackson went on to become 1978. Gurnsey is a civic activist, with an exten­ one of major league baseball's top pitchers He was appointed to the Idaho Industrial sive list of community and charitable activities with the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs Commission by Gov. Cecil Andrus in 1989, to her credit. She is currently a trustee for and Philadelphia Phillies. After 10 years in and was also a member of the Idaho Centen­ the BSU Foundation. the majors, he retired in 1968 to return to nial Commission. 0 FOUR INDUCTED INTO HALL OF FAME

KIPP BEDARD, CARL KEEVER, NACHO LARROCOECHEA and BILL OTEY are the newest members of the BSU Athletic Hall of Fame. The four were inducted in February. Bedard, a former athletic and academic All-American, played wide receiver for the Bronco football team from 1979-81. His top season came in 1981 when he made 60 re­ ceptions for 1,101 yards, still a Boise State single-season record. The Boise native earned first team All-Big Sky Conference honors all three seasons at Boise State and was twice named an academic All-American. Keever was a linebacker for the Broncos from 1982-84. He is second in career tackles with 397. Three times Keever received first Stars of yesteryear were named to the Athletic Hall of Fame in February. Pictured are Nacho team All-American awards. He also received Larrocoechea, tennis; Carl Keever and Kipp Bedard, football; and Bill Otey, basketball. three straight first team All-Big Sky Confer­ ence honors and was named the league's Larrocoechea won three Big Sky Confer­ holds Boise State records for rebounds in a newcomer of the year in 1982. ence championships. He led the Broncos to single game at 22; rebounds in a single sea­ Larrocoechea is the first tennis player at their only league team championship. son with 467; rebounds in a career with 805; BSU to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. The final inductee is former basketball and career rebound average at 15.2 per Playing for the Broncos in 1973 and 1974, player Otey, who played from 1968-70. Otey game. 0

38 FOCUS FIFTY YEARS IN THE MAKING

mechanics ofthe language. During the second quarter he taught us composition and how to use the language; during the third he introduced us to some of the great literature of the Western world. He was wonderfully erudite and was held in high regard by both the faculty and the students. Dr. Robert de Neufville had come to the United States from Alsace-Lorraine and consequently was equally fluent in both French and German. At that time most science majors and all pre­ med students routinely took two years of German from Dr. de Neufville. He was a man of great enthusiasm for his subject and This spring, the BSU Alumni Association honored retired possessed unlimited patience - attributes which made him an BSU professor Harry Fritchman with a Distinguished Alumni outstanding instructor. A ward for his professional accomplishments, and for his years of Dr. Elsie McFarlane Buck was the mathematician and one of the service to students and the university. original faculty in 1932. Her reputation was such that it was said by In his acceptance speech, he reminisced about his early many and believed by most that there was no student so dense as teachers, the growth of the university and what it represents. could not learn mathematics from Dr. Buck. She was the faculty's poet laureate and whenever a faculty event required a poem for its By Harry K. Fritchman II celebration, Dr. Buck would be called upon to produce one suit­ I want to thank the Alumni Association for honoring me with able to the occasion. In recognition of her long service and many this award. Longevity must have been considered in the selection contributions to the college, the class of1957 dedicated its yearbook since it came as quite a shock to me to realize that it will have been to her. a half-century this coming September since I, and a sizeable In 1941 Dr. Joseph Spulnik arrived fresh from graduate school percentage of the Boise High School class of 1941, came to enroll at Oregon State College to teach chemistry and it immediately at Boise Junior College. became evident that he taught as one having authority. His skill as It was a very different time and institution from what prevails a lecturer became legendary and he rapidly became in many today. The only academic building was the Administration Build­ students' minds the ideal college professor. When we became a ing and we were only the second class to occupy it. Until the four-year school it was only logical that he become the first dean of Student Union Building (now the Communication Building) was the College of Arts and Sciences. completed the following spring there was no place to eat, so brown­ As I look back over those 50 years, the aspects of this institution bag lunches were the rule for students and faculty alike. It was not which impress me the most are two in number. The first is the until 1951, a decade later, that Morrison and Driscoll halls were quality of instruction. While not every professor has been as gifted constructed. Consequently, BJC was a commuter college in the as the four I have mentioned, most were competent and when we truest sense of the word. Everyone lived at home and came to the went on to four-year colleges and universities or to graduate and campus for classes. professional schools, we usually discovered that our training had We weren't disadvantaged in the modern sense of the word, but been as good or better than that received by those students who had we were poor financially. The Great Depression lingered on and a attended more prestigious institutions. young man might earn $15 for a 40-hour work week, and here I The second is the idea of service. I have often wondered how speak from experience. Gasoline was 25 cents a gallon and if your many hundreds, perhaps thousands of students would never have tank held 10 gallons you could expect to work most of a day to fill obtained a higher education had this institution with its accessibility it. Consequently, car pooling was the rule and I seldom went and low cost not been available. Many private institutions provide anywhere in my 1928 Model A roadster without two paying quality education but at such astronomically high tuitions that they passengers at a time when three in the front seat was both uncom­ become inaccessible to many students. And many universities are fortable and generally regarded as illegal. BJC fees were about $35 accessible financially, but the pressures on the faculty for scholarship a quarter; for $100 one could attend classes for a year. and research relegate instruction to a secondary consideration. In spite of our small size and rather humble plant we had a If I were asked to provide a motto for this institution I believe remarkably good faculty and I want to pay my respects to four of that I would include in it these two attributes: service and quality. my professors who figured prominently in my education. After all, if an institution possesses these, what more is really Roy Schwartz was one of three English instructors and was the necessary? first Phi Beta Kappa whom most of us had encountered. During the Again, I thank the Alumni Association for this award and the first quarter of the freshman English course Roy taught us the opportunity of sharing this pleasant occasion with you. D

FOCUS 39 JAMES YOST, BA, history, '71, is public affairs GENEVIEVE BOGUSLAWSKI, BBA, administra­ ALUMNI IN TOUCH ••• director with the Idaho Farm Bureau. tive services, '79, is a chief warrant officer in the GARY KERSHAW, BBA, accounting, '72, has Alaska Army National Guard. Our policy is to print as much "In joined the Pocatello accounting firm Dance, CATHERINE CHERTUDI, BS, environmental Touch" information as possible. Collins & Co. health, '79, is an environmental coordinator for Send your letters to the BSU EVELYN KILER, BA, general business, '72, is a groundwater with the city of Boise. Alumni Association, 191 0 Univer· financial services consultant for the Idaho MARGARET DODSON, MED, '79, has been sity Drive, Boise, Idaho 83725. In Department of Education. selected as a teacher/scholar and has received a addition, if you know someone RUTH WIEGERS, BS, psychology, '72, works 1991 National Endowment from the Humani­ who would make a good feature with the parents of gifted and talented children ties/Readers's Digest award. at the Parent Education Center in Boise. DEBORAH HARDEE, BFA, art, '79, is the owner story in our 11 Alumnotes" section, JIM WATKINSON, BM, music, '73, is the new of Hardee Photography in Boise. contact the Office of News Services vicar at Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Hailey. MAn JENSEN, BBA, marketing, '79, has at the same address. CHARLES HERVEY, MA, finance, '75, is a passed the Idaho Real Estate Brokers licensing commercial banking officer responsible for exam. Jensen is a designated broker and owner 40s developing loan opportunities in the Boise area of Gloria Jensen Realty. for the Commercial Banking Center. DOUG O'KEEFE, BBA, marketing, '79, has been WILLIAM QUONG, AA, general arts and JEANNIE JOHNSON-MOODY, AS, nursing, '75, is named outstanding United States salesman by sciences, '49, and his wife, Lorice, have served a utilization review and discharge planning Porter Cable Tool Manufacturing Co. for 18 months as chapter leaders for the Greater registered nurse at General Hospital in Eureka, Boise chapter of The Compassionate Friends, a Calif. self-help, support group for grieving parents and WALT BITNER, BBA, business, '76, has been 80s families. The Quongs also have been asked to named an assistant vice president for First MICHAEL DOLTON, BA, criminal justice serve as regional coordinators for the Rocky Interstate Bank of Idaho. administration, '80, is the new coordinator/ Mountain area chapters of the organization. CHRISTY HOLTMAN, BA, elementary education, executive director of the Washington County '76, is a teacher for White Salmon School Economic Development Commission. 50s District in Washington, and last spring traveled PAULA FAULKNER, AAS, business machine to the Soviet Union on a teacher exchange repair, '80, has started a retraining course in ROY MOSMAN, AA, general arts and sciences, '51, has been named to the Idaho Board of program. Holtman is affiliated with a group court reporting in Las Vegas. Education and the University of Idaho Board of planning to bring 19 Soviet teachers to the state scon DENNEY, AAS, drafting technology, '81, Regents by Gov. Cecil Andrus. of Washington. has been promoted to a junior planner in the NORMA LALLY, MBA, '76, has been included in zoning department for Kern County, California EDWARD GROFF, AA, general arts and sciences, '54, has been elected vice president of the 1990-1991 edition of Who's Who in Planning and Development Services. the board of directors for the American Society American Women. STEVE DUNN, MBA, '81, is a Ph.D. candidate of Civil Engineers. MOLLY LAZECHKO, BA, elementary education, in logistics and operations management at the '76, recently completed a term in the Idaho Pennsylvania State University's Smeal College RODERICK WALSTON, AA, general arts and sciences, '56, has been appointed chief assistant House of Representatives. of Business. attorney general in the California division of CLARENCE POND, BBA, industrial business, KIRK HARWOOD, BBA, management, '81, has public rights. '76, is the manager of commercial construction been promoted to assistant manager of the for Baumgart Construction Inc. Building Materials Center for BMC West Corp. TOM SWITZER, AA, elementary education, '57, retired from teaching after 31 years in the John BARBARA SMITH, BS, English, '76, is a in Boise. Day, Ore., school system. pharmaceutical sales representative for Parke­ F. LAW HENDERSON Ill, BA, communication, Davis. '81, is vice president/secretary of Professional RON BOWEN, BBA, accounting, '77, has Adjusters of Alaska Inc. 60s opened an accounting office in Nampa. MIKE LaTOUR, MBA, '81, is an associate GARY BENNEn, AA, general arts and sciences, D. ALLEN DALTON, BA, economics, '77, has professor of marketing at Auburn University. '60, is manager of NASA's office of Aeronau­ been hired as director of the Caldwell-based DEBRA BILLS, BBA, marketing, '82, has been tics, Exploration and Technology, and has Center for the Study of Market Alternatives. selected purchasing manager of Tabra Inc., a received an exceptional performance award GARY PETERSON, BS, geology, '77, is a vice­ California jewelry company. from NASA headquarters in Washington, D.C. president on the board of directors for Squire RICHARD EBORN, BA, German, '82, has TED NEEF, AA, general arts and sciences, '60, Associates. graduated from the Army's Combined Arms has been employed for 20 years as an industrial LESLIE TAYLOR, BS, physical education, '77, has and Services Staff School. forester with Givstina Land & Timber Co. in been promoted to senior deputy with the U.S. STEVE HALL, BBA, business administration, Eugene, Ore. Marshal's office in Los Angeles County, Calif. '82, is president of BDQ Inc./Treasure Valley BETH THOMAS, AA, general arts and sciences, DARELL CHRISTENSEN, BA, elementary Dairy Queen Stores. '64, is a teacher at Air Base Junior High School education, '78, has been named bishop of the BRYAN MATSUOKA, BA, elementary education, in Mountain Home. Caldwell 4th Ward, Church of Jesus Christ of '82, has been appointed general manager of SHARON JOB, AS, nursing, '66, has earned a Latter-day Saints. Christensen is a teacher at Idaho Computer in Twin Falls. Ph.D. in nursing with a minor in psychology Notus Elementary School. BARBARA PETTY, AS, office systems/word from Texas Woman's University. Job is RODNEY DAUGHERTY, BM, music, '78, has been processing, '82, is the owner/operator of Word employed as a clinical director at Planned promoted to manager of merchandising systems Connection Specialties in Boise. Behavioral Health Care in Dallas. for Payless Drug Inc. Daugherty is based in PATRICK RUSSELL, BA, communication/English, FAWN BELL, AS, nursing, '69, is coordinator of Oregon. '82, has received the 1991 Silver Poet's Award the family practice department and the nurses' CATHY RANEY, MA, history/secondary for publication of five poems. orientation and in-service programs at the education, '78, is employed at St. Alphonsus VIRGIL ANDERSON, BS, sociology, '83, is largest multi-specialty clinic in interior Alaska. Regional Medical Center in Boise, and teaches working on a demo tape of original music and KEN RHODES, diploma, auto mechanics smoking cessation and stress management hopes to land a recording contract. technology, '69, is general manager at Treasure classes. DENNIS CHRISnANSON, BS, environmental Valley News Co. in Boise. SALLY SNODGRASS, BA, psychology, '78, health, '83, is a preventive medicine officer with recently completed her first term in the Idaho the Naval Reserves and is serving for one year Legislature as a senator representing Dist. 15. in Saudi Arabia. 70s MARION SUMMERS, BA, elementary education, MAn EAMES, BA, political science, '83, has GENE BEVAN, BBA, accounting, '71, is a self­ '78, is a counselor at Lake Hazel Middle School been named senior vice president for the Idaho employed real estate appraiser. in Boise. Association of Commerce and Industry.

40 FOCUS JULIE HALL, BS, nursing, '83, is the director of home and community health services at St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise. KATHRYN KEITH, BA, bilingual elementary Travel with Boise State This Summer education, '83, spent four years in Japan as a teacher. Keith is now attending the University Mexico • Spain • France of Arizona, majoring in archaeology. She was awarded a Patricia Roberts Harris fellowship. Mexico • June 10-Jul~ 13 DIANE LANG, BBA, marketing, '83, is director of periodical circulation at Pacific Press Morelia, Mexico Summer Program: Publishing in Nampa. Spend four weeks in beautiful Morelia plus one week of pre-session CAROL ANDERSON· TODD, AS, nursing, '83, has tours to sunny Puerto Vallarta and Cosmopolitan Mexico City. been included in the 1990-1991 edition of Who's Who in Nursing. France • June 25-August I 0 DEBRA VIS, BBA, accounting, '83, and JEDD STANWOOD, BBA, accounting, '85, are new Bayonne, France: partners with the accounting firm of Christensen Spend six weeks in picturesque Bayonne, France studying French and/ or Basque and Jackson in Caldwell. Studies. Enjoy cultural tours to Paris, Pamplona San Sebastian and Bordeaux. JOHN McCUTCHEON, BA, elementary education, '84, is a fourth-grade teacher and head coach at Cynthia Mann Elementary School Spain • June 25-.\ugust I 0 in Boise. San Sebastian, Spain: ROGER BARGA, BS, mathematics/computer Spend six weeks in beautiful San Sebastian studying Spanish and/ or science, '85, is a research scientist for Battelle Basque Studies. Cultural tours to Madrid, Iparralde, France, Memorial Institute in Washington and an adjunct professor at Washington State and other areas in the Spanish Basque country. University. Call today for free brochures and information. Ask us JEANNE O'HARA, BS, respiratory therapy, '85, about our semester, year-long, and study tour programs. is the director of cardiopulmonary services for West Valley Medical Center in Caldwell. BSU International Programs/Studies Abroad CLINTON RITCHIE, MA, education/curriculum Division of Continuing Education and instruction, '85, has been selected as a Boise State University mentor teacher for the San Juan Unified School 208-385-3295 District in suburban Sacramento, Calif. Toll Free: Idaho 1-800-632-6586 ext. 3295 CONNIE SKOGRAND, BS, physical education, IJ U '85, teaches and coaches at Borah High School Ul Nationwide 1-800-824-7017 ext. 3295 in Boise. DENNIS WALLER, MA, education, '85, has received his doctorate in education from Seattle University. Waller is a professor at Northwest Nazarene College in Nampa. MANDY DENNEY, BA, elementary education, '86, is teaching kindergarten at McKinley School in Bakersfield, Calif. MARY DEPEW, BBA, marketing, '86, is marketing director at Computer Care Inc. in Minneapolis. ANN HUFFMAN, BBA, accounting, '86, has been named assistant vice president in the income property finance department of First Security Bank in Nampa. THE FINEST ... LINDA YORDY, BM, music, '86, has been + Fresh Seafood named assistant director of BSU's Center for Management Development. + Cocktails, Wines & LYNN WALHOF, BA, communication, '86, has Brews been promoted to vice president/sales and + Prime Aged Beef products manager for Key Bank of Idaho. + Pasta & Salads PAULA WILLIAMS, BBA, accounting, '86, is an accountant employed with Morrison-Knudsen. + Patio Dining KEVIN WILSON, BA, English/writing emphasis, +Catering '86, is the owner of Boise-based Words & More. scon FLORENCE, BBA, information systems, Lunch from 11:30, Mon- Fri '87, works as a programmer analyst at Micron Dinner from 5:30, Mon- Sat Technology in Boise, and is the lead program­ mer for Micron's human resources department. Reservations Accepted BOB WILLIAMSON, BBA, accounting, '87, is employed as a senior cost analyst with Moore Business Forms, Lake Forest, Ill., and is pur­ suing a master's degree in business.administra­ lvtSAI. ~~ tion at Lake Forest College Graduate School. 342-4900 DERRICK FOX, BA, communication, '88, is a sales account executive with Equifax Inc. in ONE CAPITAL CENTER, NINTH AT MAIN STREET Atlanta. Fox has also been inducted into the DOWNTOWN BOISE company's Winners' Club.

FOCUS 41 GEORGE JOCUMS, BS, pre-architecture, '88, is a microcomputer specialist with Albertson's in It's None of Your Business Boise. WADE MIWR, BA, communication, '88, is a ... so the saying goes staff writer for a television series and recently earned advanced certification as a screenwriter. We at the RAMADN INN MARY ROHLFING, BA, communication, '88, make it our business to give the recently presented her paper "Communicating Long-Distance Friendship" to the Speech business traveler so much more Communication Association Conference in for so much less than you would Chicago. BETHANN SKAMSER, BAS, '88, has been hired expect to pay anywhere else. as a Ketchum city planner. L MICHAEL WAYMENT, BA, elementary • We've remodeled for a fresh new education, '88, lives in Kimberly and works at look an adolescent day treatment center. • 122 guest rooms and 5 suites all with JAYNE GRACIE, BA, elementary education, '89, in room coffee, HBO and ESPN. is teaching a second/third grade combination • "fiellli"~ cafe open for breakfast, class for the Palm Springs Unified School lunch, and dinner District in California. scon PENTZER, BFA, advertising design, '89, • "fiellli"~ lounge featuring our is a designer/illustrator for Sperling, Guy & famous happy hour and live Associates in Boise. entertainment Wednesday­ Saturday • Complimentary airport shuttle 90s • Free guest membership to Boise PAT COLE, BA, elementary education, '90, is Valley Athletic Club teaching fifth grade at Holmes Elementary School in Wilder. • Fax service available MARK GOODMAN, BS, social science, '90, is owner/partner of Workman Outfitters, a Boise RAMADN INN Boise apparel store. H. KOZEnE HOWY, BBA, marketing, '90, is a 1025 S. Capitol Blvd. customer service representative for Winston Boise, ID 83706 Woods, Inc. (208) 344-7971 1-800-2RAMADA BREn JOB, BA, science/biology, '90, is employed at Micron Technology in Boise. WENDY KOCHAVER, BA, English/communica­ tion, '90, is serving in the Army as an executive assistant, based in Seoul, South Korea. JONI LLOYD, BA, social work, '90, is a juvenile probation officer for Ada County Court Services. SILVER MEDALLION JON RUZICQ BS, math/secondary education, '90, has received the 1990 assistant coach of the year award for Idaho District III. Ruzicka is a teacher and assistant coach at Centennial High School in Meridian. KAREN SCHEFFE~ BS, political science, '90, is a $200 Deductible legislative assistant for Oregon Senator Cliff Trow. SHERRIE SHULTS, BBA, accounting, '90, is a • $1,000,000 of Protection • $300 Accident Benefits revenue agent with the IRS in Boise . KRI~n STEPHENS, BS, physical education/ • Vision Benefits • Chiropractic Care communication, '90, is a park ranger at • Prescription Drugs • X-ray & Lab Ponderosa State Park in McCall. SILVER MEDALLION WEDDINGS Nonsmoker Smoker PAUL HOOVER A¥;C and Kathleen Taylor, (Boise), of Monthly Monthly applicant May 19 or spouse male female male female Bruce Riger and CARLA TRANSUE, (Boise), Under 30 •• $34.95 $55.40 $42.05 $66.80 July 15 30-39 • • • • • 43.20 64.50 52.00 77.70 Michael Knauss and SHARI THOMAS, 40-49 • • • • • 58.60 77.20 70.55 92.95 (Emmett), Aug. 4 50-59 : • • • • 89.15 101.30 107.40 121.95 James Nettleton and ERIN FLURRY, (Caldwell), 60-64 ••..• 131.05 131.05 157.75 157.75 Blue Cross Aug.4 One Child +V (under age 23) • • • $31.35 ••••••• $37.60 of Idaho ~, ~ DAVID TERNES and Karen Tatum, Aug. 4 Two or more children BARRY HOPE and Norma Herbranson, (Boise), (under age 23) ••• $51.50 ••••••• $61.80 Aug.ll Nonsmoker rates apply when no one in your house# WhJsettleforanythlngless. JOSEPH HON and Carmen Bowman, (Boise), hold has smoked for the post 12 montha. Eligible Aug.18 dependent children are covered through the last day of scon PENTZER and Sandy Grovenburg, the month of their 23rd birthday. Caiii·BOO·J&5·2J45 (Boise), Aug. 18

42 FOCUS nM WALTER and Caryn Keith, (Boise), Aug. 18 Theodore Furlipa and JEANINE YOUKER, (Boise), Sept. 1 Timothy Loughney and SHAUN HEDBERG, IDAHO BAIER'S DOZEN® (Boise), Sept. 8 John Depew and MARY KREITZER, (Minneapo­ BAKE a lasting impression lis), Sept. 22 on your friends and family. CHARLES SAWYER and Theresa Staley, (Durango, Colo.) Sept. 22 Give the gift that's MICHAEL GIARNINI and KATHLEEN KELLY, Sept. 23 GENUINE IDAHO ERIC CHASTAINE and Tamara Henry, (Boise), Sept. 29 MICHAEL EISENBEIS$ JR. and Laurie Gillis, ~ (Boise) Sept. 29 SCOn JACKSON and ANGIE CRAMER, (Boise), Sept. 29 R. KIRK REILLY and SHERYL HESS, (Boise), Sept. 29 BING CROSBY and Regina Liesche, (Spokane), October ANDREW SACKEn and Kim Maravilla, (Boise), Oct. 6 we will send an approximately 10 lb. DAN P. SMITH and BARBARA KREJCI, (Boise), For only $18.95 Oct.lO gift box of 13 hand-selected Genuine Idaho potatoes TODD GOODING and LISA ODELL, (Boise), Oct. anywhere in the Continental United States. 13 MAIL ORDERS: Checks, Visa or Mastercard, American Express JON WATERMAN and GABRIELA MASON, (Fort PHONE ORDERS: Credit Cards Only Worth, Texas), Oct. 16 MICHAEL BERARD and Michelle Bradford, (Boise), Oct. 20 BOLLAND JONES PO'I'OES, INC. M Hoytsen Hagens and MOLLY NICELY, (Boise), P.O. Box 475 • Rupert, Idaho 83350 Oct. 20 Ph. {208) 436-9606 Rick Johnson and NANCY LEONARD, (Boise), OR Toll Free 1-800-BAKERS-0 {1-800-225-3773) IDAHO ONLY Oct. 20 BRIAN HIAn and SANDEE CHRISTON, (British ADO 75c for Sales Tax if mailed in Idaho Virgin Islands), Oct. 23 CORT CIEMINSKI and Karen Olson, (Mooreton, N.D.) Nov. 3 Jason Dilworth and JANICE FAULKNER, (Boise), Paintings by Nov.10 Internationally-known Idaho Artist ERIC MOODY and Karmen Randall, (Boise), Nov.10 William Drenker and TERRESA DRISCOLL­ .r.Y*, WOOD, (Boise) Nov. 15 ARNIE THARP and Leta Storey, (Lewiston), A8--ltAyl!Rf Nov. 17 EVEREn SWANDER and KATHRYN SMITH, 1901-1978 (Boise), Nov. 17 Gregory Marsters and LaDAWN SCHOUTEN, (Boise), Nov. 18 Nathan Wood and NICOLE CHANEY, (Boise), Nov. 21 Mark Franck and ALLISON McDONALD, (Nampa), Nov. 24 JIM JARDINE and KATHY HOOD, (Nampa), Nov.24 Kole Berriochoa and LYNETTE DAVIS, (Boise), Dec.1 DAVID FROSHIESAR and ERIKKA HANSEN, (Boise), Dec. 1 ALBERT DAVIS and SHERI BUnER, (Nampa), Landscapes - Western Scenes - Florals - City Scapes Dec. 8 MATTHEW PFAFF and Tawnya Vance, (Boise), Dec.8 Proceeds from sales benefit KMN NICHOLS and TERRI DRECHSEL, (Maui, Hawaii), Dec. 16 Archie B. Teater Fund for Handicapped, Inc. David Clugston and LISA CLEPPER, (McCall), Dec.18 Dennis Dean and VICKI JENNINGS, (Boise), On permanent display at Dec. 22 KURT FELLOM and Kathleen Worley, Yates/Fritchman Gallery (Emmett), Dec. 22 112 N. 6th I Boise I 385-0279 JOHN EDOM and Erin Scally, (Boise), Dec. 28

FOCUS 43 VAN GOODWINE and Michelle Kuemmet, (Boise), Dec. 28 PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE MARK WIBBELS and Theresa Fredricks, (Tehachapi, Calif.) , Dec. 29 By Mark Lliteras, President MITCH THOMAS and Christine Freeland, BSU Alumni Association (Nampa), Jan. 4 Shawn Pratt and VERONICA GEHRING, (Boise), As I conclude my year as president of the BSU Jan.9 Alumni Association, I am thankful for the opportunity SCOTT JOHNSTONE and Cindy McEldowney, and grateful to the board of directors who have been (Nampa). supportive and to Dyke Nally and his staff, who work hard to expand the reach of the university to its alumni. DEATHS Though the impact of the Alumni Association contin­ JAMES BARNES, AA, general arts and sciences, ues to expand each year, it seems to move at a snail's '47, died Dec. 19 in Boise at age 66. Barnes served with the Idaho National Guard during pace. There is so much to be done and so much op­ World War II, and worked for the Idaho portunity for achievement that we have to work hard to Department of E mployment before his maintain our focus. Involvement by the alumni is still of retirement. paramount importance and can continue to have a JOHN HELLER, AA, general arts and sciences, '48, died Dec. 8 in Meridian at age 62. Heller dramatic impact on Boise State University's success. served in the U.S. Army during the Korean The growing recognition of Boise State as a quality institution, both academi­ War. He was employed by J. Weil Food Service cally and athletically, enhances the value of your education. The higher before his retirement. BSU's profile becomes, the greater the pride we have in our diplomas. JAMES FORD, AA, general education, '52, died Dec. 2 in St. George, Utah, at age 58. Ford had What does an alumni association need from you, in order to contribute to retired as a captain from the U.S. Navy. this success? First, we need to be informed about where you live and what is JANICE AUEN, AS, nursing, '59, died Feb. 1 in going on in your life so we can have a ready data bank that allows the Boise at age 51. Allen had lived in Seattle and university to stay in touch with you and document your success. This aids the Boise. GILBERT " MURPH" MURPHY, BA, elementary maturation processes at the university. education, '69, died Jan. 15 in Coeur d'Alene at Secondly, we ask for your participation. We ask you to participate by age 58. Murphy was head teacher and had recruiting students, attending programs we sponsor and periodically working served as acting superintendent at Worley High at Boise State and Alumni Association events. School. JAMES GUERRICAGOITIA, BS, physical educa­ Lastly, we ask for your monetary support. Like all institutions of higher tion, '71 , died Jan. 18 at age 46. Guerricagoitia learning, Boise State has a continuing need for money to provide scholar­ was a rancher and substitute teacher at several ships, books and equipment that enhance the quality of the education and the Treasure Valley schools. distinction it brings to the university and its graduates. Even a small contri­ DORIS MICHAEL, CC, practical nursing, '77, died Feb. 9 in Boise at age 58. Michael had bution, when added to that of other alumni, can make a profound difference. been employed at St. Alphonsus Regional If all the 40,000-plus alumni would contribute $10 each year, through either Medical Center in Boise. the Alumni Association or the Boise State University Foundation, you can imagine the tremendous impact it would have on the university. CAN YOU HELP? The same kind of impact could be felt with the contribution of just a little The fo llowing alumni have been lost from our of your time. If each alumni could spend between three and five hours a year records. Please write or call (208) 385-1698 if participating in BSU events, talking with students, etc., it would have a you have information about any of them. material impact on keeping BSU's momentum moving positively forward. Eugene Frazier, '40 Anna Freeman, '42 Boise State is Idaho's finest university because of the quality of its adminis­ Virginia Moore, '44 tration, faculty and students. Its alumni are also the finest and need to Edith Steed, '46 continue to step forward to be counted. 0 Phillip Bailey, '48 Richard Bader, '51 0

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44 FOCUS 1941 BJC GRADS ------1 CORRESPONDENCE • = --~ HONORED MAY 12 Ilks• • STUDY IN IDAHO Members of the Boise Junior College I "USE THIS SUMMER WISELY" class of 1941 will be honored at a reunion I Course offered from: before commencement exercises on May 12. University of Idaho II Boise State University Tickets for the reunion brunch, which be­ Idaho State University gins at 10:30 a.m. in the Student Union I Lewis-Clark State College Building Ballroom, are $7 per person. Alumni who may not have graduated in 1941 I,~ '-tft.J/. I but attended during that year also are wel­ -vr--J JilL~~ come to attend. Following the brunch, a tour of the cam­ 4/Ad_ -mL A- ~ pus will be offered. (Bus transportation will r be provided.) Reunion members may then attend commencement exercises where they Name will be recognized as the first graduating Address ______class from the current campus. For brunch reservations and further in­ ------State ------· Zip ~ formation, contact the Alumni Office at (208) 385-1698. 0 Areas of Interest ~I I SHOW OFF YOUR r~' .____...I COLORS AI LES BOIS ------~~~ CORRESPONDENCE STUDY Boise State and the University of Idaho I will renew their spirited rivalry once again in Idaho I on May 19 when supporters of the two uni­ University of Idaho campus I versities will meet and sport their school Moscow, ID 83843 colors at Les Bois Park for an afternoon of I .. (208) 885-6641 w ~ 1 horse racing. ~~---~ 1 The university represented by the largest ______j number of alumni and boosters will receive ~-~···-···-··~-:~: a donation of $500 from Les Bois. BSU employees, students, alumni and boosters with valid identification or wearing Bronco blue and orange will be admitted to Les Bois free of charge. A special BSU section will be reserved for supporters. For more information, contact the BSU Alumni Office. 0 QUEST OFFERS BARGAIN TRAVEL Boise State alumni can now join a travel program that offers a 50 percent discount at "WE PICK UP WHERE over 1,500 hotels in the United States and MOM LEFT OFF" abroad. Memberships in Quest are offered to Boise CRUSTY BREAD: 1. Hand Kneaded. State University alumni at a special rate of 2. Baked in our bricklined ovens. $29.95 per year, a considerable savings from SLOW ROASTED MEATS: 1. Hot the $99 retail price. from the rotisserie. 2. Hand carved. Members each receive an 80-page hotel OLD FASHIONED MALTS AND directory along with their membership card. SODAS: 1. Thick and old fashioned. A new hotel directory will be mailed to 2. 1950's style. subscribers every 90 days. Quest offers members a total refund at • OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK • any time during the membership if they are • LUNCH AND DINNER • not fully satisfied. • DINE IN or TAKE OUT • To join, call Quest at 1-800-STAY-450. Be sure to identify yourself as ·a member on The Grove 801 Main St., Boise of the Boise State University Alumni Association using the Boise State access 342-3456 number: 1240-8. 0

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THE SEEKER,1990

Mixed media on paper size: 14 3/4" x 11"

My current work uses an abstracted robe shape for both its structure and as a symbol for the individual. The colors and mixed media materials selected for each of my art pieces often reflect the season and location in which the work was done.

"The Seeker" was done by the North Sea while I was staying in Scheveningen, The Netherlands. The dark tones reflect the cloudy weather and subdued light conditions that existed while I was working. The center shapes were inspired by the dramatic, narrow walls of rock in the Lauterbrunnen Valley of Switzerland where I had recently hiked. I chose to use bright luminous colors in this center section to convey my beliefthat for those of us on a personal quest, the path with heart is lit from within.

Christine Raymond Boise artist and adjunct art instructor at Boise State University

46 FOCUS Ideas that grow.

I deas in business are much like stones tossed into a pond. Small ones, those that seem like so many others, slip into the waterquietly. And disappear.

But bigger ones, those that are a lot more difficult to grasp, hit the water with a splash. And send out ripples.

The]. R. Simplot Company was built on good ideas. After 50 years of expansion and nurturing, the company has grown to be a world leader in agribusiness.

In Idaho alone, Simplot employs 5, I 00 people. Each year the company buys more than $700 million in farm commodities, goods and services from over 3,000 Idaho companies and individuals.

Good ideas, backed by the skills and resources to fulfill their potential. These fundamentals create ripples that touch S1lnplot many shores. Bringing Earth's Resources to Life Even When 9,069 Other Banl

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