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Sometimes I think God is too good to be true, Rembrandt's use of light helps me understand and sometimesI think our world is too bad to my role, our role, in redeeming this fallen Art reminds be true. It's hard to believe in a God who would world. Our daughter Brenna gave me Marilyn redeem me — too good to be true. But in much McEntyre's book of poems on Rembrandt's us to reflect of the world, violence and disaster seem too religious paintings, Drawn to the Light. And that's bad to be true. In the Reformed tradition, these exactly what you experience standing before the light two mind-benders are related. God redeems us, his work. You are drawn to the light. It shines and then God appoints us as agents to redeem a so brightly against dark interiors that your eyes broken world. move instantly away from the shadows. The People who know me know thatI love contrast animates the light. Renaissance art. I act like Iknow a lot about it, I think this is God's redemption strategy. We but Idon't, really. AndI know even less about are to shine brightly against the darkness of our Impressionism, because, although I've gone world. Surrounding ourselves with light feels faithfully to the Monet and Degas exhibits, I good, but we lose our illuminating influence. get a little tired of haybales, dancing girls and When a student enjoys a sack lunch while pastels. In an amateur like me, Impressionism hanging out with other students, it's no big deal. provokes less emotion than do the rich colors, But that same sack lunch bursts with light when themes and passions of the great Renaissance a Whitworth En Christo volunteer sits down masters. For my lack of sophistication,I and shares it with a homeless person. apologize to the art department, to France, and John Stott once observed that when we enter to knowledgeable artists everywhere. a dark room, we don't blame it for being dark; On every trip I make to Washington, D.C.,I we turn the light on. Maybe we need to spend a try to visit the National Gallery of Art. A couple bit less time condemning darkness for being dark of years ago the NGA hosted an exhibit of the and more time shining our lights. But I wouldn't late religious portraits of one of my favorite blame you if you felt like a pretty small flicker. I artists — Rembrandt. This master has no peer know Ido. So how do we shine? when it comes to his use of light on dark and At the Rembrandt exhibit there was one suffused shadows. In his late religious paintings, painting with way more light than any of the it seems the contrasts are even bolder than in his others. It was a painting of the resurrected earlier works — more darkness, brighter light. Christ. Seeing it,I was reminded of the words of the Apostle John: "The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it." Bill's Eight Favorite Artworks That's when it hit me: We're not the light, not Caravaggio: Calling of St. Matthew and Supper at Emmaus even a flicker. We're reflectors. Jesus said, "I am the light of the world." Cavallino: The Annunciation In Rembrandt's Resurrection, the light shines Donatello: Mary Magdalene against the darkness. Whitworth can be proud Monet: The Old Musician when its students graduate with courage to enter Masaccio: Expulsion from the Garden of Eden the darkness and strength to reflect the light. Michelangelo: David Rembrandt: Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery Editor's note: Most of these paintings and sculptures may be viewed on the Web Gallery of Art at www.wga.hu.

2W Spring 2006, Vol. 75, No. 1

Editor Terry Rayburn Mitchell, '93

Assistant Editor Julie Riddle, '92

Art Director Tamara McIntosh Contributors WHITWORTH Scott Bisch Al Borman Allison Carr, '06 • • • 4•4 • • • • • • 8. }X Michael Chansavang, '07 •. • • • • • • • • • • • e`. 4 • • • • Karen Habbestad, '62 t•-•• • 4.4 • *'• / • •• • • # %Olt •• f /1:111 Kirk Hirota ,,,,, • ,••••• 4. Robert Huggins, '04 • • • • • 4.1'4 • 'lit .0 40 Bethany Monroe, '06 o • • , * • 4, •/' Sarah Morgenthaler, '08 • • • • Greg Orwig, '91 .1. • • • • Garrett Riddle 1. • • • • • • • % • • % ••• • e ,,,,,,, • • , • • 1 Thomas Robinson, '09 e • • e • • / • • • p • • 4 • • • • + .• • •.+10 Leah Silvieus, '07 ,,,,,,,,,,, • • • , • • 4. Peter Williams •—• • • • • Tad Wisenor, '89

Editorial Board Marianne Hansen, '97 Janet Hauck Rick Hornor, '70 John Larkin Michael Le Roy, '89 Jim McPherson Terry Rayburn Mitchell. '93 Greg Orwig, '91 Features Garrett Riddle 6 A Place for Art at Julie Riddle, '92 Whitworth Andrea Saccoccio The visual arts are taking a more prominent role than ever before Tad Wisenor, '89 at the college. New building plans are just the latest sign of the college's commitment to the role of art in a Whitworth education. Administration 10 Students See and Hear World with Their Hearts President Ben King, '07, can't see you, and Chris Lynn, '08, can't hear William P Robinson you — and these young men with lifelong disabilities wouldn't Vice President have it any other way. for Institutional Advancement Kristi Burns 12 Breyer and Scalia: Are They Really So Far Apart? In a recent Seattle Times op-ed piece, Professor of Politics Director of Communications Julia Stronks makes the case that justices with seemingly contrary Greg Orwig, '91 philosophies may have more in common than we think. Managing Editor of o ege' Communications Garrett Riddle Departments On the cover: An oil-on-canvas painting, Whitworth Today magazine is 2 President's Message Boat at St. Isabelle Pier, published twice annually by by Edmund Hill, '66, on display in 4 Editor's Note/Letters Whitworth College. McEachran Halt The 66/n. x 81 in. painting 14 Whitworth News is a memorial gift by Send address changes to: friends and family of the artist to Whitworth College 22 Class Notes the Whitworth College Permanent 300 West Hawthorne Road 30 AfterWord Art Collection. Cover photo by Spokane, WA 99251 or Julie Riddle, '92. [email protected] www.whitworth.edu/whitworthtoday W3 The Whitworth Fund solicitation on the back cover, citing the changing costs between the 1955 and 2005 productions of Our Town, caught my EDITOR'S attention. Problem: 1955 was NOT Whitworth's first presentation of this play. Loyd Waltz staged Thornton Wilder's play for Homecoming Weekend in 1946. Betty Lange Stratton, '49, starred. After two weeks at the college, I a was asked by Betty, one of the most talented and beautiful girls in the a school, to accompany her to the cast tryouts. Fresh from the country, I got Wow — when we entreated you, the part (typecasting) as her boyfriend and [eventual] husband. I would a "Come on, write!" in our last issue, appreciate Whitworth Today giving Professor Waltz, Betty Lange Stratton, we could never have anticipated how and the other outstanding 1946 cast and production-staff members many of you would respond — and credit for the FIRST of Whitworth's three presentations of Our Town. how thoughtful your responses would be. Because we want to include as many of your letters (an Gordon Schweitzer, '50 as much of each letter) as possible, I'm going to make the Editor's note: Whitworth Today acknowledges and salutes Professor Waltz Editor's Note a real note this time. Thanks to everyone wh and the 1946 cast and crew of Our Town - and thanks Mr. Schweitzer for It wrote to us, and thanks to those of you who'll respond to his entertaining and informative letter. this issue and to the letters that follow. I'm sure you'll find make you want to fire off an e-ma something here that will In the midst of straggling Christmas cards and post-holiday bills, it was or to take a more leisurely approach to responding through quite a treat to find the latest edition of Whitworth Today in my mailbox. V forward to hearing from the U.S.P.S. Either way, we look Whenever I sit down to read it, it's like taking a trip back to the "Pinecone you, and I hope you enjoy this issue of Whitworth Today. Curtain." I can almost smell the dirty laundry in Mac Hall. Anyway, I ft digress. I love W.T.'s new look and provocative articles. Kyle Orwig's article on stem-cell research was of particular interest He did a great job of simplifying the science so that even those of us who had a difficult time [email protected] making it through freshman biology could understand it. One of the things I find is that the complexity of religious arguments on this issue and so many others often get lost in the "noise" of our "fast-food-blogosphere- round-the-clock-news" society. Thank you for giving Kyle the opportunity to explain his work and to challenge my own thinking on the issue. Jen Pifer, '92 Letters should be under 200 words and I graduated from Whitworth College 40 years ago. David Dilworth, YOURletters are subject to editing. Whitworth chaplain, taught my favorite classes and had an important influence on my career choice. As a result of many interactions with him, I While I appreciated the design work that went into the new-and-improved chose to work in public education. That choice was a wonderful one, filled Whitworth Today, I was even more impressed with the rich content. Thank with challenge and reward. particular for the Q&A with theology professor Jim Edwards and for you in As I look over the past 40 years as an educator and Whitworth alum, I thoughts about stem-cell research. It's gratifying to know that Kyle Orwig's want to share a concern: Is the model upon which we are building the Whitworth continues to wrestle with the big questions people of faith face new Whitworth College/University primarily based on exceptional SAT and world every day. in the GPA scores along with rankings in national magazines? I believe that the Christianne Sharman, '86 pride in such an elite student body misses the "salt of the earth" model Christ used to select His disciples. In my opinion, Whitworth College/ I was interested in the "AfterWord" by Kyle Orwig in the Fall 2005 issue. University needs to make a more energetic effort to attract the "average" In the second-to-last paragraph he says, "Alternative sources of stem cells student from our public and private school systems. ai include adult tissue or genetically engineered non-viable embryos, but What if we insisted that 50 percent of all first-year students have a GPA challenges:' these approaches present their own scientific and ethical of less than 3.0 and could not have an SAT score over 1,000? We would saying include more pieces of coal and fewer diamonds. Then our outstanding Why no mention of umbilical-cord-blood stem cells? Is Dr. Orwig re non-specific tissue? teaching staff could work to create diamonds rather than simply add that cord-blood stem cells cannot differentiate into th being more polish. From my reading (as a layman), cord-blood stem cells are now re used for treating more than 50 known diseases. Why not then throw time Bill Hainer, '66 th and money into this less controversial stem-cell research and treatment? Pt Researchers pursuing use of embryonic stem cells for research seem to be Absolutely fabulous! Great layout and very readable for these old Yc a heavy weight with them when they could be running free in their dragging eyes. But more important, the choice of content made it a "must read:' research by putting the emphasis on the use of cord-blood stem cells. especially the Jim Edwards interview and the "AfterWord" column. Dang, yc Bill Grant, '57 keep this up and I may have to donate. BI cc Editor's note: See Kyle ()twig's response to this letter on the web at W. Gary Hague, '77 WI www.whitworth.edu/whitworthtoday.

4 WT Dr. ()twig's goal of providing a "factual foundation of what is at gift package at Christmastime. He wrote me back: "Jon, you know I am in ly stake in stem-cell research" is both ambitious and necessary. How charge of a Bradley fighting vehicle ... with four men under my command. play. disappointing that he failed to meet this goal. On Christmas Eve, I shared your gift of goodies with my buddies, and sky and thought that nearby, so many years A factual presentation would mention scientists who think that looked into the clear Kuwait ago, Our Lord and Savior was born. Peace on earth, good will to men. ;e, I adult stem cells hold promise for pleuripotency and cord blood as Merry Christmas and Happy New Year:' an alternative source for stem cells and present the viewpoints of I got Reformed or Orthodox Presbyterians or Presbyterians Pro-Life in Jonathan Randolph, '66 rid addition to the PCUSA. on, A consideration of what is at stake must address both the ethical Kyle Orwig wants the government to "fund and regulate responsible considerations and the potential human costs of adopting such a man- [embryonic stem-cell] research:' But there simply is no "responsible" centered solution for the problem of pain, and the potential fallout of way to promote the intentional destruction of innocent human lives. creating a class of human life solely for the utility it provides. He says the research should proceed because "moral perceptions are sharpened by experience and knowledge. And at this point, we don't know The critical question to address is When does /altz human life begin?" An what we don't know." If we think about it, we do know that these embryos r for informative presentation would reveal how an advocate for embryonic are actually none other than our tiniest brothers and sisters. After all, as stem-cell research answers this question. What assumptions does soon as the fertilization process concludes, a new organism with its own Dr. Orwig make in his support for embryonic-stem-cell research and distinct DNA comes into existence.That's how every person now reading federal vas funding of his research? this sentence came to be, and that's how every one of us looked about ox. Viewpoints differing from Dr. Orwig's deserve equally broad exposure. nine months before we were born. But even if one agrees with Orwig ;one Failure in this effort betrays Whitworth's commitment to present issues that "we don't know," then what could be more morally reckless than from various worldviews while thoroughly exploring the ramifications of destroying embryos we merely hope aren't human? We must never treat rticle being created in God's image. human beings as mere means to an end, but must always see them as ends in themselves, consistent with their dignity as image-bearers of God. Mary Carlson (parent of a current Whitworth student) me No end, however compelling, can alter this principle because no end can hings Editor's note: The Fall 2005 issue of Whitworth Today included a link to alter the God-given dignity inherent in human nature. so an online article challenging stem-cell research. This piece was written by Kyle Forsyth, '99 e- two Whitworth faculty members and can be found at www.whitworth.edu/ lity to stemcellresponse.

I do have some questions about the interview with Whitworth theology professor James Edwards. Edwards says, "I wrote the book to recall that Jesus Christ is the center and substance of the Christian faith:' It • seems to me that the country is getting more conservative, not less, and EVENTS I I have not noticed any indication that Jesus has to share the head office. filled Edwards indicates that "this de-emphasis has also infiltrated the liturgy and language of the church:' What? What church has made that change? Sorry, James, I want to find that church. Personally, I believe in Jesus, but Through May 13: Senior art exhibit, I cannot envision a God who does not hold out his palm to people of the Funneling it Down, Whitworth Fine Jewish faith (His chosen) or any other faith. God created ALL the people Arts Building - and and now is going to dump a batch since they were not born in the right May 12-14: Commencement the place, were not exposed to Christ or did not accept Him? Weekend del Connie Lynn Winegarden Walters, '73 June 16-18: Alumni Family Weekend rge" June-July: Whitworth Sports Camps I went to Whitworth the hard way, nine different colleges and universities, July 10-14: Whitworth Institute of Ministry and finally Whitworth in my last year. I am a retired member of the U.S. Air PA • Force, and I'd like to tell you about a young man I know: His name is Calvin. Sept. 6: Fall Term begins ould He's a good Christian, a member of the U.S. Army serving in Iraq, where he Oct. 13-15: Homecoming and Parents' Weekend ing really feels he is making a difference - and with his presence, hopefully Oct. 13, 14, 15, 20, and 21: Whitworth Theatre fall there will be peace and reconciliation for that war-torn country. I read and musical, Gilbert and reread all of Mind & Heart and Whitworth Today, but do you ever think of Sullivan's The Pirates the young people who are serving so that you can write your articles and of Penzance, in provide education for your wonderful college students? My challenge to Cowles Auditorium you is this: How about the student body of Whitworth writing this young Nov. 11: Whitworth man? Calvin may never go to college, but I do know that he is there for Jazz Ensemble you and me. His address is PFC Calvin Anderson, B-Co 2-327th Bn., 1st concert with Grammy BCT, FOB Warrior, APO AE 09335, or e-mail him at ceander_el@hotmail. nominee jazz trombonist Robin Eubanks corn. Please keep politics out of it; just send love and support. I used to at 8 p.m. in Cowles Auditorium write to a young Army sergeant during the first Gulf War, and I sent him a For details regarding these and other upcoming Whitworth events, see the Whitworth website (www.whitworth.edu). W5 Ple)fiG

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It is an exciting time for the burgeoning sharing of visual arts, housing first-rate interactions and collaboration between bai visual-arts programs at Whitworth. studios and expanded gallery spaces for faculty, students and visitors, and the entire M. Joining the college's music and theatre shows by students and local, regional and space to be flooded with natural light." be programs as both campus and regional international artists. The 1,200-square-foot Last year, Whitworth President Bill Co treasures, the art department has received main gallery will anchor the facility, which Robinson announced a $2 million gift heightened attention over the last few will be located on the north side of campus, from the Ernst F. Lied Foundation and years. Additional exhibition spaces in near Westminster Hall and across from the trustee Christina Hixson (for whom the Weyerhaeuser Hall and the Hixson new Weyerhaeuser Hall academic building, Hixson Union Building is named), and in Union Building have been created, and on the site of the current Beyond Hall. fund-raising is now under way for the

significant commissions of sculpture and Dedicated studios for ceramics and balance required for this new project, with " rJ two-dimensional work — including an sculpture, glass and jewelry, drawing, groundbreaking scheduled as soon as gifts II P, abstract sculpture by Spokane favorite painting, computer graphics, and and pledges are in hand. Harold Balazs, in the library courtyard printmaking and photography are in the Art professors Barbara Fib, '79, and — have been installed. Numerous guest preliminary building plan, currently being Gordon Wilson share a combined 48 artists, including Ric Gendron and designed by Spokane architectural firm years of service to the college, and both Makoto Fujimura, have come to campus Madsen, Mitchell, Evenson and Conrad. are pleased with the new attention being to work with students, due in part to the Design Committee Chair and Associate given to the art program. "We have been

6 WTFEATURES Ben Frank Moss, '59 Moss, the George F Jewett Professor of Art at Dartmouth College for the past 18 years, is among the most important living artists holding a Whitworth degree. Respected nationally and represented by multiple galleries, he has had more than 40 solo exhibitions, and his work has been included in more than 225 group shows. Moss' pieces are generally quite small, and, according to one curator, they "evoke intense feeling for the natural world through the substance of paint. The very act of painting, its gesture and physicality, are recorded through the artist's accomplished approach to his subject." Moss was born in Philadelphia; he completed his B.A. at Whitworth and his M.F.A. at Boston University. Prior to accepting his position at Dartmouth, he was on the University of Iowa faculty for 13 years. Before that, he founded and was the acting dean of the Spokane Studio School, a bold program that includes Whitworth Art Professor Gordon Wilson among its alumni. For more on his journey in art, in his own words, please see Moss' "AfterWord" on Page 30, adapted from his Heritage Week lecture.

able to accomplish a great deal in a facility art history, 13 adjunct instructors, all of the Eileen "Mom" Hendrick Student that was never designed for use as an art accomplished artists in their own right, Leadership Award for her class, is most building," Wilson says. "We have been provide courses in glass-fusing, ceramics, excited about how the new facility will particularly active in bringing high-quality film-making, graphic design, leaded glass, unify existing programs. "It will allow visiting artists in a variety of media to jewelry-making, and many more media, graphic-design and art-history students campus, including five this semester. [But] making Whitworth's program one of the to be in the building with everyone else; this [new facility] is really a revolutionary broadest at any college or university in arid, as a former gallery and permanent- undertaking for this campus. Art has its peer group. The new building is being collection assistant,I look forward to the potential to support and enrich all designed to provide better and safer spaces the collection being housed in the other areas of the college, and we will for these aspects of the program and for art department instead of the library," have a more significant presence in the others that haven't yet been imagined. Bumingham says. "I like the cohesiveness community — we want to be the northside "This facility is being designed with future of everything being all together. The place to go for art." More than 60 current flexibility in mind. Simple surface finishes faculty members deserve to have a building students have a major or minor in art, and in the studios and a focus on safety, with that reflects the type of teaching that goes that number is expected to grow once the top-of-the-line air-handling systems, will on in this department, andI think a new new facility is completed. allow the building to change with the building will bring in more art students and In addition to the three core faculty times," Kolbo says. students of a higher caliber." members' specialty areas of drawing, Denise Burningham, '05, a double- Dean of the Faculty Michael Le Roy, painting, printmaking, design and major in art and psychology and winner '89, sees an important place for the arts

Jeanette Kirishian, '69 & '72 Kirishian has tatfght at Spokane Falls Community College since 1972, after completing her bachelor's degree at Whitworth-in 1969 and her M.A.in teaching in 1972. She also holds an M.A. and an M.F.A. from the University of Iowa. "I was well-equipped to become a teacher because of the courses I took in education." Kirishian says. "Still, culture and our worldview continue to change, and so ways of relating to students have also changed. A positive environment with working artists as teachers and a supportive administration are key. The talented student will do the rest." Kirishian has recently been digitally manipulating Oriental rug fragments and Armenian rock-art images, which became the inspirations for icr recent work made of chalk on hard-textured board. When 1100k at rug fragments and rock art. I think about the people who made them. But mostly I am aware of a continuum. That is, those of us living now, while connected to the past, are just as fully connected to the future. So these works also have contemporary social overtones for the viewer to decipher. "I think if you are an artist, you have to make art. It is a passion and a necessity. A creative artist is never really satisfied and so is always looking for new ways to express ideas. Because our world is facing so many dilemmas and new technology opens so many new possibilities, there is no dearth of ways to do that

WT FEATURES 7 in the developing plans for Whitworth's building for the visual arts is a must if we academic program. "One of our academic are to remain competitive with our peer goals is that every Whitworth graduate will institutions." gain an appreciation for aesthetic traditions Yet the developing facilities plan is only and develop capacity for creative forms one of the improvements being considered of expression," he says. "For some time for the art program. After the department our arts programs have thrived in spite of received an anonymous grant for new the fact that they reside in substandard media (including video and animation), an facilities. Arts and science programs improved, larger gallery in the current fine- are more dependent on great facilities arts building was outfitted with a built-in than other academic programs, so a new sound and video-projection system. To take advantage of this, classes in time-based media are being offered with an eye to possible interdisciplinary minors in time- based media and visual communications. Also, as the college continues to work 010 on community-engagement initiatives, a minor in community arts is now in place. All of these offerings take into account the place of Whitworth's Christian mission Char as a touchstone for art exploration. Central "Art 1 is the conviction that the arts are an .maten. authentic part of our spiritual nature. "Part passio of our being made in the image of God is wen I to be, in turn, creative in our own lives and actions," Kolbo says. "Paintings, sculptures Preliminary and other works of art remind us of this conceptual sketch of interior of new repalvieo visual-arts building aspect of God's nature, especially when ielatiur the arts present us with the mysterious corq,ki We are challenged by art, as we are by and searching, or introduce us to diverse humaft the sciences and history, to the demanding cultures and alternative perspectives." cultural work of tracing God's activities in the Afte, world: that is, finding those traces that are —0 accept: not immediately apparent. As Christian 0- where philosopher Nicholas Wolterstorff wrote, aolg "Mu "Since we are called to be God's agents in of the His cause of renewal, of whose ultimate imbala success He has assured us, art now gains ."61y da, new significance. Art can serve as an tee instrument in our struggle to overcome the Pete Hunner, '76, & Maibritt Jonnson My Or: fallenness of our existence, while also, in 1, and me Hunner was a double major in political science and art at Whitworth, so it's no surprise the delight which it affords, anticipating bankrui that he has spent most of his adult life in another country. After earning his diploma as a the shalom which awaits us." designer and glassmaker at the School of Applied Arts, in Denmark, Hunner, and his wife, He ci Maibritt Ronson, established Baltic Sea Glass in 1981 on the Danish island of Bornholm. Tad Wisenor, '89, is Whitworth's director of weight i 011. The founders built their first glass studio in their house in the island's countryside. annual giving and alumni, parent and church .My dgd From the beginning, the hallmark of the studio has been the collaboration of Hunner and relations (and a new father). and my JOnnson."To be allowed to reflect on another person's thoughts [is] almost like playing ping its diffe pong -- and imagination is the ball',' the couple states on their Baltic Sea Glass website. But Visit www.whitworth.edu/whitworthtoday involves when the game is over, there's no winner; just two people who played together and created a to view the following online Whitworth which h _ common thought': visual-arts resources: galleries of works by relation , In 1991, Jonsson and Hunner opened a new studio in a converted egg farm on faculty and recent students; the works in my art." ',Bornholm. Today, Baltic Sea Glass hosts between 100,000 and 120,000 visitors each Whitworth's permanent art collection; the Forni, 1 ar. With an emphasis on design and production of functional tabletop glassware, the Art at Whitworth campus-tour map; print of Jo also concentrate their energy on creating one-of-a-kind works (called ''Unika") for and the preliminary plans for the new 60,000 /allery and museum exhibitions throughout the world, including the pieces featured in visual-arts building. that we the Whitworth show. Marshal "The medium we most often use is glass, but we consider ourselves artisans of light: For more information on naming opportunities after Th. Hunner says. in the new facility, or to inquire about making blind he a gift of art to the permanent collection, please above t contact the author. transfer

8 WTFEATURES Sixty years of Whitworth art celebrated during Heritage Week The story of art at Whitworth was featured in a presentation by campus historian Dale Soden during Spring Convocation in celebration of Heritage Week 2006. There was no art program to speak of at Whitworth College before Frank Warren became president, in 1940. In a letter to A _ future faculty member John Koehler, Warren (From left, in this photo from the '60s: Koehler, wrote, "There is a rising tide of interest in Larson, Grosvenor, and Haas) art.... There is nothing being done in Spokane at the present. I believe that Whitworth now could make a definite contribution to the city." Koehler accepted the challenge and joined the faculty in 1945; Russ Larson followed two years later. Whitworth developed its art major over Charlie Fornia, '02 .• the next 15 years, and Pauline Haas came aboard in 1962 when her husband, Gus, joined the college's political-science department. Finally, Walter "Spike" Grosvenor, '63, (a member "Art (444- relationship between culture, of Whitworth's national-championship baseball team in 1960) returned to teach at his alma ."- material, and psychology) is what I am most mater a few years later. passionate about. I think about art as a default The five alumni artists and their work highlighted in this article were featured in the Whitworth wen I have Wiling to do, and often while I Alumni Invitational Art Exhibit in the expanded Koehler Gallery in February as part of Heritage m Ioing othemlings," Fornia says. Rituals and Week, which celebrated the 116th anniversary of the college's founding on Feb. pertive gestures are recurring features of his 20, 1890.., leo work and installatiop,s, yly work investigates 6fationshis blfieop pliysitaf and psychological onption at all levels and consistencies of 71k urn a ef4n ct ion, from neurosis to relational, ing cultural and political interaction." After graduating from Whitworth, Fornia was ire Esme Guenther, '02 mo accepted to the University.of Illinois at Chicago, where he will completebis M.F.A. this summer. After completing her M.FA. in printmaking at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln, "MtJ6 of my life has been an exploration Guenther returned to Whitworth, where she has served as an adjunct instructor and visiting in IP of the dysfunction caused by consumptive artist in printmaking this year. imbalance: Forma says in his artist's sthtement She credits Associate Professor of "Ik dad was an alcoholic, I was a morbidly obese Art Scott Kolbo with inspiring her teeriager, and my older sister was pregnant'at 16. decision to pursue printmaking the My parents were divorced and often unemployed, and graduate school. And while and most of my family members %Wiled for she was able to find her own bankruptcy" professional path at Whitworth, He continues, "I lost almost alt of my excess Guenther creates maps to other weight in the first five years aft4 leaving home, places in much of her work. ch my dad quit drinking due to a spinal injury, "Throughout my investigation, ots and my family is now incredibly close despite • - - maps have been important. its differences. The psychological processes [T]heir aim is to place involved in making sense of dysfunction, us in history and solidify our which have supplied my sanity and fueled my place in the ever-changing relationships and intellectual pursuits, motivate world," Guenther says. "They record our movements, discoveries and advances while my art" continuing to document our failures and mistakes." Fornia's Sixty-Dollar Portrait of Lavell is a digital "I do not make maps that lead a person from Point A to Point B. The reason maps speak _print of an image that was made from more than to me is because of my own struggle to place myself within a cultural framework: my Korean 60,000 pennies, naturally tarnished or oxidized, heritage warring with my American upbringing. The maps I create address my own discoveries that were placed on the sidewalk across from on my journey toward understanding identity. Marshall Fields in downtown Chicago, the day "They are my exploration into my heart and mind and my place in the physical world. ities after Thanksgiving. The piece, which depicts a Each piece is a vision, a moment, a time in history. These prints are meant to be a journey, a ing blind homeless man, was later installed directly guide to something greater." ase above the man's typical location in the subway- transfer tunnel and "abandoned" by the artist.

9 Students see

and hear world '92 Riddle, Julie with their hearts y As published in the Dec. 6, 2005, issue of The Whitworthian by Sarah Morgenthaler, '08, staff writer

Ben King meets with adaptive-technology specialist Michael MacKillop from the Washington State Department of Services for the Blind. Whitworth invited MacKillop to campus to ensure that King is Ben King, who was born blind, uses gift accessing technology resources efficiently. to reach young people The scene is familiar: a dimly lit high-school hallway. A group of "My blindness doesn't define me; King says. "I feel like people at stylishly dressed girls laugh together. A football player kisses his Whitworth know how to relate to people who are blind, to people who girlfriend outside her classroom. A frizzy-haired, bespectacled girl are deaf, to people with special needs in general. I can't think of a way places her books in her locker. that people here could do better Whitworth junior Ben King sees much more than this. King says he experiences learning differently. For example, as a As a Young Life leader, King visits routinely the hallways of history major King often visits battlefields and historic sites. When Mt. Spokane High School. But rather than seeing with his eyes, King visiting these sites he relies on touch, sound and imagination to help says he sees with his soul. King, who has been blind since birth, him visualize what others can see. believes his blindness is a gift, particularly in Young Life ministry. "Because I listen, I get a much clearer picture than just by seeing "I'm able to sense how kids are treating one another," King says. "I'm something. For instance, when gunshots are going off, pictures form in able to see someone's heart: I can see the words they use, how they my mind of soldiers firing at one another and generals yelling at their act, how they treat others, and most importantly, how they treat me:' soldiers to keep moving forward; King says. "I think I have a more active King says he is happy with what he sees at Whitworth. He finds imagination than other people do. But then, we all have different gifts." students understanding, professors caring, and classes stimulating. King says he wouldn't change his condition if he had the chance. Still, his life is not without challenges. "Sometimes we get so caught up in what people wear, what they To accommodate for his sensory loss, King uses textbooks on CDs or look like, what kinds of cars they drive, that we don't see the more in Braille. He brings a tape recorder to every class to take notes, and important things King says. "We don't see what kind of people they he takes exams orally. When his classmates give group presentations, really are inside. If I were able to see again, I'd be able to drive and do they are asked to provide materials in a format that King can use. things like that, but I wouldn't be able to see someone's soul or heart" Before school starts every year, King visits campus and memorizes King believes his blindness is an asset. the location and interior layout of his classrooms, which are located "I choose to look at my blindness as an opportunity and a challenge; strategically in buildings surroundingThe Loop. He uses a cane to King says. "Each day I thank God for the sun, for living, for giving me guide him as he walks. a family who loves me. I pray to God that He can use me, that He can Other than these differences, King feels he's a pretty normal student make my blindness a gift to others." who fits in.

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PC fu: In shi an op-ed recently published in The Seattle di Times, an Whitworth Political Science Professor of dis Julia Stronks D.,. Ph.D. , discusses Br( textualism v. COL activism on but the U.S . Supreme Court. exr Sca ver the course of the last year, "textualist" perspective of Justice Antonin if ti Oquestions about the judicial In 1997, Justice Antonin Scalia wrote Scalia. The debate between these two an a ju philosophies of the new U.S. Supreme essay explaining why he thought is important for us to understand as we and Court justices have taken center stage in textualism (faithfulness to a document's continue to watch the unfolding of legal mea our discussions about jurisprudence. wording) was the best approach to the Our opinions over the coming years. Are clett speculation has run high. Some people - work of the Supreme Court. He pointed Breyer and Scalia really so different? Do to u worried, while others hoped for secret out that early in our history most of the they represent opposite jurisprudential or It "winks and nods" indicating a nominee's work of Supreme Court judges involved perspectives that set us up for conflict, Sc view on abortion or religious freedom. explaining the meaning of phrases in the or do they actually have a fair amount in mea Our discussions, however, have obscured Constitution. However, today fewer than common? Although much has been made abot. the significance of a new book recently one in four Supreme Court cases involves of the difference between textualists and intei published by Justice Stephen Breyer. In this kind of constitutional analysis activists, a close study of Scalia and Breyer Wh Active Liberty: Interpreting Our Democratic because Congress has passed so many laws. shows that their philosophies may have Wh Constitution, Breyer lays out an Today, the work of even the argument been more complementary Supreme histo that many say stands than divisive Court relies less on the in opposition to the over the years. phrases of the not r Constitution and more on the 12 WFEATURES meaning of For e words in statutes enacted by lawmakers. the narrowness of its terms...we have she developed an "undue burden" test that In an age of legislation, says Scalia, the understood the Eleventh Amendment to narrowed the holding of Roe v. Wade but activist judge incorrectly asks, "What stand not so much for what it says, but for nonetheless protected the right of privacy. ought this law to mean?" This is outrageous the presupposition of our constitutional We also saw it in religious-freedom cases to a textualist like Scalia, who believes it structure, which it confirms"? Is this a as she championed a state's right to deny is the legislator's job to write the law and textualist sticking to the words or is this unemployment benefits to religious peyote the judge's job to interpret it. For example, someone looking at history to give the users while rejecting Scalia's position when a statute imposes an extra penalty words meaning? This quote is actually that arguably undercut decades of First for the use of a firearm in a crime, judges from Justice Scalia in a 1991 11th- Amendment jurisprudence. should never ask if the extra penalty is a Amendment majority opinion on judicial O'Connor's work cannot be the place good solution. Rather, a judge's job might powers. Here, a textualist looks at history. where one starts in jurisprudence because be to determine what "used" means: Did a And last spring, in Kelo v. New London, when there is too much flexibility, lower defendant "use" a firearm when he held it, we saw active-liberty advocate Breyer courts and legislators have little to rely unloaded, and showed it to the person he agree with a controversial but nonetheless on in shaping their day-to-day policies was holding up? textual argument about the "natural" and analysis. But O'Connor's approach Most judges agree that the text is the meaning of the phrase "public use" in the is very helpful if we consider the work of place to start when interpreting what a Fifth Amendment. Scalia and Breyer as a foundation. We law means. But some judges argue that So, if Breyer and Scalia have more in should not think of the court as bifurcated the text by itself is rarely sufficient for all common than we thought, where will between textualist and active-liberty the needs of statutory construction. What Roberts and Alito fit in? Both Roberts analysis. Rather, we could instead think happens when the text is unclear? This and Alito give every indication of being of the jurisprudence of the court as a summer, Justice Stephen Breyer published textualists as they examine statutes. This pyramid. The foundation of the pyramid a book that many argue takes Scalia to makes them similar to Scalia. However, is Scalia's textualism. Start with what the task. However, a close reading of Breyer's on occasion each has also demonstrated text says. Then, if that doesn't lead to a book demonstrates that this judge also interest in examining the consequences of clear answer, consider Breyer's approach, favors a textualist approach when it is decisions and in looking at the intent of emphasizing principles of liberty and the possible. Breyer's jurisprudence goes a step legislators. In this sense, both are similar intent of legislators. Finally, if things are further, however, and explains what we to Breyer. Actually, they might even still unclear, move toward O'Connor's should do when the text does not fully follow the approach of Justice Sandra Day jurisprudential accommodationism, direct us. O'Connor. Her work adds yet another balancing different interests and Breyer argues for "active liberty of the layer of analysis when the text and the considering the consequences of different ancients," referencing not the framers intent of the legislators do not fully decisions. of our Constitution but the Greek answer the questions that we have. An approach like this helps us to discussions of self-rule centuries ago. O'Connor has been called analyze Supreme Court decisions rather Breyer argues that in self-government, unsophisticated and non-academic in than simply react to them. Constitutional courts are not just to exercise restraint her approach to jurisprudence; however, analysis is difficult, but good citizenship but also to help articulate the people's judicial process scholar Nancy Maveety requires that we work to understand the expressions of liberty. Breyer begins where of Tulane University suggests that many opinions of the judiciary. Scalia begins, with the text. But, he says, have missed O'Connor's very careful if there are ambiguous phrases in a statute, analytical strategy. O'Connor's primary a judge may also look to history, tradition contribution to the Supreme Court is her Stronks is the author of Supreme Court and legislative intent to determine "accommodationism." Like Scalia and Watch, a regular column in The meaning. Sometimes when a judge Breyer, O'Connor begins with the text, Spokesman-Review in which she analyzes determines meaning, the judge must work but she recognizes that in most situations legal questions facing the nation. To read to understand what principles the people supplementary work will be necessary. So these columns and other op-eds by Stronks, or legislators were trying to articulate. O'Connor prefers a balancing approach visit www.whitworth.edulwhitworthtoday. Scalia writes primarily about the that allows for flexibility. She has been Stronks will present a session on the U.S. meaning of statutes; Breyer writes strategic in her work, and this is why she Supreme Court on Friday, June 16, during about both statutes and constitutional has had such a strong influence on the Whitworth's Alumni Family Weekend. All interpretation. Each begins with the text. court. Maveety explains that by using are welcome to attend. When the text is unclear, Scalia is silent. swing voting and the writing of separate When the text is unclear, Breyer turns to opinions, and by developing different history and intent. But these divisions are coalitions, O'Connor has brought not really so concrete in the real world. different groups on the court closer For example, who said this: "Despite together. We saw this in abortion cases as

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New Venture: Whitworth Launches Innovative MBA Program In response to growing demand a comprehensive degree in 12 months, core classes will be common to the MBA from alumni, the business community while working professionals who need to and MIM degrees, with international-. and international partner institutions, balance graduate school with family and job management students completing language Whitworth's School of Global Commerce commitments like the option of completing courses or international exchanges in place &. Management will offer the Master of the program over 24 months. of some of the more quantitative courses in Business Administration Degree Program "As soon as word began to get out that the MBA program. beginning in fall 2006. The program's Whitworth would offer an MBA, we had Applications are being accepted now for schedule, curriculum and support services people inquiring about enrolling in the fall enrollment in both the MBA and MIM are designed to serve both full- and part- program," Alberts says. "Many wondered programs. Evening seminar-style courses time students and to provide them with the why we've waited so long. With the will be offered in a sequence that allows knowledge and skills needed to compete in rising value of an MBA degree for career students to plan their programs in advance today's global marketplace. advancement, we feel the time is right to and to develop supportive relationships "The MBA program reflects Whitworth's enter the market with a convenient, flexible with classmates. Students can complete the trademark commitments to excellent program that addresses the needs of local, program in 12-24 months, depending on teaching, academic quality and student regional and international employers." whether they are enrolled full or part time. support while building on the college's Courses will be taught by experienced "Graduates of the MIM program have strong evening programs for working Whitworth faculty and regional business gained recognition and leadership positions professionals," says Michael Le Roy, '89, experts. The curriculum is shaped by in top companies and organizations vice president for academic affairs and advisors from various sectors of the worldwide; we expect to see the same with dean of the faculty. "We have had many business community and includes our MBA graduates," Alberts says. "We are requests for an MBA program over the courses in accounting, economics, committed to delivering a program that years, and we're excited about offering this finance, management and marketing works for people in terms of convenience, degree with the same high standards of (standard to most MBA programs), as flexibility and support, and in terms of Bui1din excellence and service that people expect well as international business, ethics and personal and professional success." A team of 1 of Whitworth." entrepreneurship, which are particular For information or to inquire about help rebuild h, Interest in the Whitworth MBA is strengths of Whitworth's School of Global enrolling, contact Paul North at students, led b already strong, according to Mary Alberts, Commerce & Management. 509.777.4606 or [email protected]. Jackson as par director of the program. She says that The SGCM will also continue to offer Information is also available on the web Service and 1.4 international students and sponsoring the Master of International Management at www.whitworth.edu/mba. housing mater employers who want to minimize career Degree Program that has been available students team( disruption appreciate being able to finish since 1993. A carefully selected set of (see story on F "WhenI sav a drop in the b Representing the Future whether throui repeatedly thai Business and education were the topics of discussion in recent campus to show our suj events featuring U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris, congresswoman from • During the Washington's fifth district. In March, McMorris hosted a daylong workshop Southern folk in which leaders of education and community-engagement projects destruction, lo o`r and nonprofit organizations learned about funding opportunities from Andrea Donal representatives of federal and state agencies and community foundations. support netwo V In December, the School of Education hosted a campus visit by McMorris. "Our time ir During an open forum, McMorris asked Whitworth education directors, .04) "The deep-roo faculty and students about their programs and solicited their opinions on to me through the No Child Left Behind Act, which is up for reauthorization. to reconciling Participant U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris talks with a participant at the students return funding workshop McMorris hosted in Weyerhaeuser Hall. 14 WTNi From left: Whitworth students Dana Ferguson, '09; All Kara, '08; Krystle Stucky, '07; and Valerie Iverson, '08, repair a roof destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.

Below: Journal sketch by Krystle Stucky, '07.

Building Community Out of Crisis A team of 18 Whitworth students traveled to Mississippi in January to help rebuild homes and communities devastated by Hurricane Katrina. The students, led by four faculty and staff members, worked in Gulfport and Jackson as part of a new Jan Term study program, "Communities in Crisis: Service and Learning in the Gulf Coast." The group removed contaminated housing material and other debris and repaired homes; for several days, the students teamed with Whitworth alumni who were working in the area (see story on Page 27). T, 1 tike.4.4.J "WhenI saw the extent of the devastation,I felt as thoughI was only - od-i but • a drop in the bucket," says Lydia Garth, '08. "Everyone's help is needed, voaAl ccc4--,i-.4..4411 whether through volunteering, collecting supplies, or praying. We heard risid repeatedly that the people feel they have been forgotten. Now is the time to show our support." During the program, Associate Professor of Art Gordon Wilson taught students about Southern folk art; the students also created their own artwork that depicts the images of destruction, loss and hope they encountered. Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology Andrea Donahoe, '00, led students in their study of Gulf Coast history and culture, social- Read more about students' experiences support networks in the area, and the effects of poverty and trauma on communities. with Hurricane Katrina cleanup efforts "Our time in the Gulf Coast made a lasting impression on me," says Molly Bruner, '07. in the online travelogue at www.whit- "The deep-rooted issues of poverty, race relations, education and violence were illustrated worth. edulgulfcoast. to me through the lives and faces of the people I encountered. I will forever be committed to reconciling people to one another." Participants were so affected by their January experience that a group of 14 Whitworth students returned to the Gulf Coast of their own accord during spring break.

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Photo by Peter Williams Great Decisions Lecture Highlights al Water Issues in China, India St Vandana Asthana, Ph.D., speaks to the opening-night audience at this et year's 49th Annual Great Decisions Lecture Series at Whitworth. Asthana's lecture, "China and India: Partner or Competitors?' addressed water al conflicts and water security between the two nations. Asthana is head of d, the Christ Church College Political Science Department and Environmental at

, Studies Unit, in Kanpur, India, as well as the author of several books on JI politics and security. She is also a former associate of a Ford Foundation- funded project on security and the environment in South Asia. She is till currently seeking a second doctorate in the Department of Natural at Resources and Environmental Sciences at the University Asthan of Illinois, where th she is researching water conflicts and security with special reference to ht corporatization and commodification of water. w, ar

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wi qu Prized Professors: Beebe, Sittser Honored sa, foi Theology professors McCullough Manuscripts," Beebe says. Gold Medallion winners. Sittser's book ch Keith Beebe and Jerry The manuscripts, compiled by the was honored in the Christian Living Sittser were recently Reverend William McCullough, are a category, which recognizes publications recognized for their collection of 108 first-person conversion that facilitate Christian life and/or provide outstanding efforts in narratives associated with the Scottish a model for what it means to live as a teaching and writing. "Great Awakening." Beebe's upcoming Christian. Beebe Beebe is the recipient book on the project is titled The "This is the kind of book that of a 2006 Graves Award McCulloch Manuscripts (1742): Windows challenges the assumptions of readers in the humanities. The of the Scottish Soul. about what prayer is and how people award, given by the Sittser is the 2005 Gold Medallion should pray," says Sittser. "So the American Council of Book Award winner for his most recent recognition means a great deal because it Learned Societies, is book, When God Doesn't Answer Your says that judges were willing to consider presented for exemplary Prayer. The Evangelical Christian a book that has an edge to it.I am deeply Sittser skill and enthusiasm in Publishers Association awards the prize grateful for that." the classroom and for faculty research in recognition of Christian books that Sittser is also the author of a number of that enhances students' educational meet the association's highest criteria for other popular Christian books, including experience. excellence in content, literary quality, The Will of God as a Way of Life, Loving The $9,600 award will allow Beebe to design and significance. Across Our Differences, and A Grace spend the upcoming summer in Scotland, The book was one of hundreds of Disguised: How the Soul Grows through preparing 264-year -old documents for entries that publishers submitted for the Loss. He is currently at work on a book publication and writing a book based 2005 awards. Of those, 100 were chosen on the history of Christian spirituality, on that project. "I'm especially glad for as finalists and 20, each representing tentatively titled Water from a Deep Well. this opportunity to continue research a particular category, were selected as It is slated for publication by Zondervan on such a fascinating document as the in 2007. 16 WNEwS Oakland Celebrates 20 Years with KPBX Never let it be said that Whitworth I've had a Sunday-morning classical-music English Professor Leonard Oakland doesn't program." After a brief pause, he says, know a good gig when he finds it. He's "Oh —I was also a regular on Movies 101 been at the college for 40 years now, and [a film-review program that includes three for 20 of those years he's also been on-air local critics] for quite a while." When all talent at Spokane's National Public Radio of this extracurricular activity began to be affiliate, KPBX. a bit much, Oakland pulled back to just the It turns out that Ineed a little terror to keep Oakland got his start at KPBX via a Sunday-morning classics program and an me on my toes." stint at Whitworth's own KWRS. In the occasional guest appearance on Movies 101. Oakland's time at KPBX has included its early '80s he approached Gino Borland, (Editor's note: He will be a regular on the share of on-air snafus, from punching the '85, then the station's general manager, program, which airs Friday nights at 6:30 wrong buttons to forgetting to punch the about doing a program. "I didn't want to p.m., throughout May and June.) right ones, that resulted in various amounts do student music," he says, with something of emphatically dead air. When he talks approaching horror in his voice, "andI Leonard's Favorite Musical Pieces about the changeover from the use of reel- didn't want to do a classical show. I wanted Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 to-reel tapes to the current digital setup, to learn to be a better speaker." Borland Beethoven: String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp he also mentions the need to stay on top of suggested a jazz show, and Oakland jumped Minor and Symphony No. 7 "that technological ballet that people who at the chance. "I learned a lot about jazz Schubert: Song Cycle: Die Schane Miiilerin are 20 years old can master with no trouble that year, and I was completely terrified," J.S. Bach: Suites for Solo Cello and Partita at all, but that, for those of us who are he says. He developed a friendship with the No. 2 for Solo Violin older, can be daunting." owner of Mirage Records, whose then-wife Taking into account the technological worked for KPBX; after she'd met Oakland How does this certified Whitworth icon ballet, the moments of terror, and the and listened to his KWRS show, she (see Page 31) prepare for his Sunday classics additional workload for a man who, at recruited him to work for Spokane's public- show? "I hate to admit it, but sometimesI nearly 68, continues to teach full time, radio station. He's been there ever since. don't," he says. "I take two soft suitcases full how long does Oakland plan to continue Oakland, whose interests are famously of stuff that I've selected. Ihave in mind at KPBX? "UntilI get so inept that Ineed wide-ranging, has been able to indulge a big piece and an opening piece that I'm to get off the air," he says. "I don't really quite a few of them at KPBX. "Let's see," he going to play, and from then onI often want to quit teaching or being on the radio says: "I had a jazz program Sunday evenings make it up as I go along. Otherwise, if it's or talking about movies or any of those for a couple of years. Then I added a all mapped out in advance,I find that I'm things. Those are the things I love." chamber-music show, on Tuesdays. Mostly bored, and then I'm not as good on the air. vide

Where Science and Society Meet Bioethicist and 1979 Whitworth alumna Lisa Sardinia addresses "The Stem- e it Cell Debate: Science, Ethics and Public Policy" at the inaugural Whitworth ler Science & Society Lecture. The lecture series was established to increase public !ply awareness and understanding of scientific issues that influence public policy, '7' law, ethics, religion and business. Sardinia, JD., Ph.D., is an associate professor n. of of biology at Pacific University and co-investigator on a National Institutes of ing Health grant to develop a pilot community-education program on the ethical,

legal and social implications of genetic technology in a faith-oriented community ardinia context. She encourages citizens to understand the stem-cell debate. The consequence of failing to engage in this important public discussion is to

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PBS Stations Nationwide to Feature Documentary with Whitworth Ties PBS viewers across the nation will soon /n Time of War was produced by David catalyst for the viewer to start thinking have the opportunity to learn about the Tanner and Palpant Dilley, of Spokane's about these complex issues." Japanese American experience in the North by Northwest Productions, In Time of War has been picked up by Northwest during WWII — and about in cooperation with Whitworth and PBS affiliates in the following cities where Whitworth College. In Time of War, a with professors Dale Soden and Doug Whitworth alumni are concentrated. The 54-minute film written, directed and co- Sugano. The program features interviews show will begin airing May 1 and may air fu/ produced by Andrea Palpant Dilley, '00, with Japanese Americans in the multiple times. Contact your local PBS • has been picked up by 92 PBS stations Pacific Northwest — including several affiliate for broadcast dates and times. for airing this spring and summer. This Whitworth alumni — who were affected Denver (KBDI, KRMA) broadcast includes many of the largest by evacuation, internment, resistance and Fresno (KVPT) markets in the country: New York, military service during WWII. Honolulu (HAWA) Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Atlanta, "One of the strongest features of this Los Angeles (KCET, KOCE) San Francisco, Houston and Los Angeles. documentary is the way in which the Pullman (KWSU) "New York City's PBS affiliate, WNET, subjects talk about what it meant for them Redding (KIXE) has decided to feature the documentary to be Americans and how they reacted Salt Lake City (KUED) in its program guide," says Palpant Dilley, to their experience during the war," says San Bernardino (KVCR) "which will garner a large number of Palpant Dilley. "The themes regarding San Jose (KTEH) viewers. So we're very excited about the individual freedom and civil liberties are Seattle (KCTS) extent of the national coverage." just as pertinent today as they were during Spokane (KSPS) WWII. We want the program to be a Tucson (KUAT)

WTNEWS 19 WHITVVORTHnews Service Is Jewel in Brown's Crown For Tracey Brown, breast-cancer Although Brown is a native of Fresno, awareness is a most worthy cause — a cause Calif., she has spent most of her life in Post that she was able to promote at the recent Falls, Idaho, and has been competing in Miss America Pageant, where she received pageants since high school. a scholarship in recognition of her work on At Whitworth, Brown has a double behalf of cancer patients. major in communications and political The 19-year-old Brown competed as science, with a minor in biblical studies. Miss Idaho in the pageant, which was held She is taking a year off to work for her in Las Vegas last January. As a result of causes, but will return to Whitworth in her community service, she won the Miss fall 2006. America Quality of Life Award, which "Whitworth's emphasis on both mind included a $3,000 scholarship. and heart helped me to grow so much in Brown has created a Whitworth chapter my relationship with Christ," Brown says. of Relay for Life, which fields teams of "Leaning on Him is always vital, but His runners, joggers and walkers who collect love and strength were especially apparent pledges for each mile they cover in to me during the stressful competition sponsored runs, and is currently working weeks at Miss America." 01 to create breast-cancer license plates in After graduation, Brown wants to pursue A Idaho. Funds raised from the plates will a master's degree in journalism and to d( Tracey Brown, Miss Idaho help with medical costs for women with become a national-broadcast news reporter. breast cancer. th St irr Ar gr. bE

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Q: A: Mil uni thE his poi Holocaust Survivor Reaches Out through Reconciliation exi Edith Eger, Ara Ph.D., Holocaust survivor and nationally recognized psychologist, author and speaker, captivates a large audience at the Whitworth during one of her two recent on-campus lectures on reconciliation. Eger visited as part of Reconciliation Week, sponsored by the Murdock Lives of Commitment Program. She spoke to more than Q: 2,200 people, including military veterans and victims of domestic violence as well as area high-school and A: I college students. "Eger kept her own story of the Holocaust to herself for more than two decades, and then she anc realized that she had to speak about that which is so painful to remember," says Ginny Whitehouse, associate Ara professor of communication studies. "By sharing her story and her wisdom, she gave of herself completely."

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Whitworth Today asked Professor of Sociology Raja Tanas, an expert on the Middle East, to interview Assistant Professor of Sociology Jennifer Holsinger, who was recently awarded rid a Ph.D. by the University of Washington. A portion of Holsinger's dissertation, "Privileged or in Deprived? Examining the Residential Patterns of Arab Americans:' will be published in an lays. upcoming book from Yale University. -lis irent Q (Tanas): Could you please explain the significance New York City. The findings suggested that the residential patterns of of your research? the Arab American population as a whole have been affected by recent irsue A (Holsinger): Both inside and outside academia there is a great immigration and other forces at work over the last decade of the 20th deal of focus on new immigrants; the big question is, what will be century. Arab Americans are isolated from both African Americans and )rter. the impact of present-day immigration on U.S. society? This question white Americans in terms of where they live. The neighborhoods they stems from a fear that has accompanied every substantial wave of live in tend to be poorer than the neighborhoods of other white ethnic immigrants to the U.S. groups. This is especially true for new immigrants, as Arab Americans assimilated, moving into white Arab Americans have been neglected by the research on immigrant who immigrated decades ago have neighborhoods and no longer strongly identifying with their ethnicity. groups, even though they have a unique history of immigration that believe that the new immigrants will assimilate as began at the end of the 19th century. My research fills this gap in the There is reason to know, literature and reveals some of the contributions that this population well, unless they continue to face discrimination, which, as we assimilation. has made and their similarities to other groups in the U.S. serves as a barrier to The events of Sept. 11, 2001, and those that followed also make this Q: Where do we go from here? That is, what new questions should research significant. The Arab American population has suffered as a be asked as a result of your study? result of misconceptions held by Americans, so I seek to increase our A: I think we will see more studies coming out about the effects of understanding of just who Arab Americans are. Sept. 11, particularly on the Arab American community, and I hope that my research can serve as a baseline to assess the impact, since Q: How did you become interested in this topic? I'm analyzing the environment just prior to the attacks. A: Although I lived in the Middle East as a child and my father is a extremely heterogeneous group, having Middle East historian, I didn't really have an interest in the region Also, Arab Americans are an arrived from 22 sending countries, and so in some ways they resist until I spent a semester in Cairo, Egypt, as part of a program through generalizations. the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities. The people and their history, culture and language, as well as the way these have been Better data will allow researchers to examine the different experiences portrayed in the U.S., fascinated me. Thanks to my study-abroad within the population, since some groups, such as Iraqi Americans, are experience, I learned about some of the Christian communities in the much more disadvantaged than others, for example Syrian Americans. Arab world and became interested in the Arab American population, the majority of which is Christian. Q: How will your study help you in your teaching career? A: My research allowed me to become quite familiar with census Q: What kind of data was your research based on? data, which I teach my students to use. I think it's important that A: My analyses were done using U.S. census data from 1900 to 2000 students feel empowered to use such data so that they know where and some survey data. I looked specifically at four cities with large to go to learn about the places where they live and so that they feel Arab American communities, namely Los Angeles, Detroit, Chicago and comfortable around demographic statistics.

WTNEWS 21 CLASS CI A Life of Service and Learning by Bethany Monroe, '06 notes con A college education had always been a Vail DEATHS part of the life plan of Rhosetta Rhodes, hus Margaret (Close) Nelson, '99. Her parents instilled the value of gre '37, died Nov. 3. In 1944, she set off to the 30s education in her, and De she enlisted in the Navy and served on three University of South Florida after graduating different ships as a yeoman second class. In high school — but life as a working mom 1946, she married Norman Nelson and lived in and military wife got in the way. Davenport, Wash., until 2000. She is survived When Rhodes enrolled in Whitworth's by a niece and nephew. Margaret (Robbins) Continuing Studies Program, in 1996, Nelson, '37, died Nov. 25. After graduating from she already had a full-time job and a 19E Whitworth with a B.A. degree in music, she was growing family. Still, she knew that she Cali an organist at Spokane-area churches for many needed her degree to fulfill her career awE years. She is survived by a son and daughter, goals. The continuing-studies program is four stepchildren, and numerous grandchildren designed for working adults like Rhodes 111 Agr and great-grandchildren. Gerald Bechler, '39, who already have some college credit and Keil died Jan. 1. want to complete their degrees without his leaving the workforce. whE DEATHS "For many of our students, obtaining Rhodes during her days as a and Mary (Koper) Chaffee, their degree is an affirmation of the Whitworth student He '40, died Nov. 30. Robert journey they've been on and of the journey 40s Lew Chatterton, '46, died Nov. 15. He was a on which they'll continue after graduation," says Whitworth Continuing an captain in the Army Signal Corps during World Studies Director Cheryl Florea Vawter, '94. "It's such a joy watching these Sha War II and was later employed for 28 years peoples' lives change." retii at First Hawaiian Bank in Honolulu, where he Rhodes knew that adding classes and homework to her balancing act of career Disl retired in 1976 as a senior vice president. and family would be a challenge, but she decided that finishing her degree would son He is survived by two daughters, a stepson, be worth it. Her three children tried to orchestrate their activities around her grai and three nephews. Marietta (Billesbach) schedule, and she still made time to attend their basketball and football games. Lyn Blachly, '46, died Dec. 14. Following her "They picked up the slack," she says. "We just considered it a worthy was graduation from Whitworth and Deaconess investment." his Hospital School of Nursing, she served in the Rhodes now serves as Spokane Falls Community College's director of and United States Air Force and was stationed at continuing education, service-learning and community engagement, a job she Doc Lackland Air Force Base, in California, and in began just two years after her graduation. "Service-learning enhances student he Goose Bay, Labrador. She is survived by a son, education while meeting community needs," Rhodes says. She also continues by one sister, and several cousins. Jack LaRose, to participate in community service in her free time. was '49, died Sept. 13. He was a veteran of both In 2000, she organized Homeless Night at her church. Participants heard Spc World War II and the Korean War. For 43 years, from a representative of a local women's shelter and then slept outdoors to hei he worked as a chemist for the Federal Drug experience a small taste of homelessness. Rhodes hoped the event would spur tutc Administration. He is survived by a son and participants to understand the needs in their community and get involved in San daughter, three brothers, one sister, and two volunteer service. two grandchildren. Virginia (Taylor) Klaus, '49, "We dismantled a lot of myths about homelessness," Rhodes says. "People gret died Nov. 11. After working several years for tend to think, 'Oh, that won't happen to me,' when it really takes only one or and Standard Oil Co., in Duluth and Minneapolis, two circumstances and anyone could be homeless." Minn., she married Walter Klaus in 1968, Rhodes says she would never have landed her current job without her making her home in Empire City, Minn., until bachelor's degree. Although it was a sacrifice for her and her family, she is glad her retirement. She is survived by her husband, she did not give up her dream of completing a college education. one daughter, and two granddaughters. "I do value the education I got at Whitworth," Rhodes said. "It has served ent me well." GhE DEATHS "Rhosetta is a smart, dynamic, engaged person," Vawter says. "You just knew Darlyne (Walker) Vaughn, she was going to find her place and use her degree in the best possible way, and 191 '55, died Feb. 19. She she's always found a way to serve others. She's one of our great success stories." Fait 50s Deaconess alst earned her degree in nursing from Hospital in Spokane and a B.S. in biology from For more stories about alumni and their lives and careers, visit www.whitworth. whi, Whitworth, then worked as a registered nurse edultransitions to read a new online magazine written by current students for (Ga in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, and in Spokane. Whitworth alumni. ser At the time of her retirement, she had

22 '4( r CLASS notes completed 26 years of service at Spokane's Valley Medical Center. She is survived by her husband, five sons, 11 grandchildren, one great-granddaughter, and a brother. Kenneth Degerness, '56, died recently.

1960 David Crowley is 6 now retired and resides in SBethlehem, 1964 Patricia (Buck) Barnett lives in Ukiah, Calif., and has received several exhibition awards for her artwork.

Agnes (Kienbaum) Randall, '62, died Dec. 29. Keith Rostvold, '64. died Feb. 11. He began his teaching career in Kettle Falls, Wash., where he taught history and business courses and coached baseball, basketball and boxing. He later moved to Spokane, where he taught at Lewis and Clark High School before becoming rom left: Michelle Baldwin. '06, David Martin, '62, Brynn Bauermeister, '06, and Megan Wildenhaus, '07 an assistant principal and then principal at Shadle Park High School. At the time of his retirement, he was an area director for School Martin's Legacy of Learners District 81, in Spokane. He is survived by a A new endowed scholarship, named in honor of alumnus David Martin, '62, was announced son, Eugene Rostvold, '77, a daughter, two at this year's annual scholarship dinner in March. Established by friends of Martin who are grandchildren, one sister, and three brothers. inspired by his incredible generosity, the scholarship honors his passion for supporting Lynn Lupfer, '65, died Feb. 8. His lifelong work students at Whitworth and several other institutions. Martin has provided scholarships for was in the field of education. He is survived by more than 200 Whitworth students. In addition to supporting Whitworthians, Martin is an his wife, two sons and a daughter, a brother active hospice volunteer at the Los Angeles Veterans' Administration Hospital. The David and sister, and seven grandchildren. Albert Martin Endowed Scholarship will be awarded for the first time in fall 2007. Dodds, '69, died Nov. 11. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Army and was employed by Lockheed Aircraft Co. Following the war, he was employed by Consolidated Supply Co., in County Libraries. Deborah (Snow) and her DEATHS Spokane and Portland, Ore. After his retirement husband David Pascoe, '76, live in Sparks, Rose Ragland, '73, died March 6. Lynn he continued working as a math teacher and Nev., where David is the pastor of belonging Behrendson, '75, has passed away. tutor at community colleges in Portland and in at Summit Christian Church. The couple JoAnne Nixon, '79, died Dec. 5. A gifted Sandpoint, Idaho. He is survived by his wife, recently returned from a short-term mission watercolor artist, Nixon showed her paintings two sons, a daughter, nine grandchildren, three trip to Chile. in national and international competitions great-grandchildren, and numerous nephews She was 1.979 Bonnie (Wells) Ranno, her husband, throughout the United States. and nieces. a signature member of the Transparent Anthony, and their three teenage children Watercolor Society, the Northwest Watercolor live in Sherwood, Ore., where Anthony is a s.9w7o4r kGi nogr doonnc Voamnm Wuenci htyeI Society, and the National Watercolor Society. 7 a., pharmacist for Pfizer, Inc. Mary Sue Lindsay A number of her works were published in has spent the last 25 years working in the development and micro- Northwest Artists. She is survived by her field of education. She currently resides enterprise projects. Most of his work is in husband, a son and daughter, and two in Los Angeles, where she is a high-school Ghana and Uganda. grandsons. principal. Her daughter, Chelsea Fisher, 1975 Steven Olson is the senior pastor of '05, is a Whitworth graduate, and her Faith Lutheran Church, in Shelton, Wash. He youngest daughter, Lindsey Fisher, is a also directs the Western States Servant Band, senior at Whitworth. Lindsay's parents, Jaye which he co-founded in 1992. His wife, Jill (Christensen, '49) and Benjamin Fairchild, (Gambill) Olson, is the director of children's '50, are also Whitworth graduates. services for the southeast cluster of King

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In 1996, when he was a staff reporter at The Working Man: Alum's Tacoma News Tribune, Working met his future 19E writing springs from wife, Nonna. She was with a group of Russian and journalists visiting the paper, and she found 19E life adventures Working a job as an editor in Vladivostok. '90 by Allison Carr, '06 "In Russia, we lived for five years in rat- 1913 infested apartments with minimal heating Hon Russell Working, '82, has found his and 16-hour-a-day blackouts that lasted for passion: fiction. At 26, Working was months at a time," Working says. "Before 198 the youngest writer to receive the Iowa I started freelancing,I had to survive on a Kris Short Fiction Award, for his first book, salary that amounted to $150 a month." But 198 Resurrectionists. "I was almost feverish with he is thankful for the adventurous life he has (Ma .excitement when I was called a promising led and for his family's health. "I have been 198 young writer in The New York limes Book blessed," he says. and Review," Working says. "Now I feel more Working now lives in Oak Park, Ill., with Feb. like Rip Van Winkle, awakening after a long Nonna and their two-year-old daughter, sleep." While Working continued to publish Lyova (he also has a grown stepson, Sergei). in major literary venues, it was not until The He is writing a series of pieces for The Will Irish Martyr (which has been awarded the Chicago Tribune. "My main literary goal i mid Richard Sullivan Prize for short fiction) was published this year to finish my novel," he says. "It would be nice to be reviewed sells that he reemerged forcefully onto the literary scene. "This is widely and win all kinds of major awards,. . . but along the befc like a rebirth as an author," Working says. way, I would be gratified if readers believe I have cast light on Wor During the "long sleep," Working remained an active writer. the suffering and struggles of a few characters." he A successful journalist for many years, he is fascinated by issues Working's busy life delayed his graduation from Whitworth; soci of social justice. Early on in his career he spent 24 hours in jail he wrapped up his last class and received his degree in 2000. thre to write about a new drunk-driving law. "I was thrilled by the He says of the college, "I recall great friends and a place 421 way journalism thrust me, as a writer, into alien environments," where living a good life, in an ethical and spiritual sense, was and he says. The poverty, marginalization, and crime Working has paramount for many people, both faculty and students, and a witnessed in his journalistic work have also found their way matter of daily conversation. People truly wanted to make a into his fiction. "I often find myself wrestling with injustices I difference in the world. For all that I am grateful." have encountered as a reporter," he says.

8 g.,, 198O t Lee Anderson 1986 Cathy (Verdier) Brown has been living 1988 Kate (Shonk) Gosling was honored marriedRichardJanet Houck in Central Asia for the past seven years. She for her work with autistic students at Mt. View SMarch 17, 2004. For 25 and her husband, Mike, have a son who is Elementary School, in Colorado Springs, Colo. years, he worked in juvenile detention and a sophomore at Black Forest Academy, in Jeff Schmidt is a high-school video-production taught history in Anchorage, Alaska. Now retired, Germany, and a daughter who is in the eighth teacher in San Jose, Calif., and has an album he lives with his wife in Lincoln City, Ore. grade. Steve Ross is the owner of a wood for sale featuring his band, LAZY. Mary Palmer 1981 Diane (Ludke) has been married for 25 flooring business. He and his wife, Geri, have six is working as a respiratory therapist for Hoag children. years to Michael Midcliff and is a financial- Lissa Sullivan and her husband, Rudi Hospital, in Newport Beach, Calif. Laurie services specialist for the Washington State Stephan, make their home in Flagstaff, Ariz. Ross is living in Spokane with her two sons, Community Services Office in Spokane. The Katherine Eekhoff has spent the past 10 Brandon and Tyler; she is the sales manager couple has four children and one grandchild. years working in El Salvador and was recently for local radio stations KCDA and KIXZ. 1983 Anne (Patrick) Kinney received her recognized for her work on immigration issues 1989 Sean Barrett and his wife, Yuriko in Central master's degree in counseling in 2000 from America. Christianne Sharman (Ejiri, '95), were reassigned to U.S. Army married Thomas Clouse on Sept. Western Baptist Seminary and is now in 17 at St. Japan Headquarters, nearTokyo, where Sean private practice. John's Cathedral, in Spokane. They are living was promoted to the rank of major. Their two in Spokane, where Christianne is the president sons enjoy living in Japan and attending the 1984 Pete Swicker and his family reside in of Sharman Communications and Thomas is a Zama American High School. Yuma, Ariz., where Pete is the resident agent in reporter for Spokane's largest newspaper, The charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration Spokesman-Review. (DEA) office.

24 WTCLASS NOTES (Lambert) t The BIRTHS 1991 Janis commission to compose a work for solo violin 1981 A boy, Luke Raynor, to Susan (Frink) Connalion lives in California, Royal Academy of Music uture to be performed at the and Mark Peterson, Nov. 17 where her husband, Rob, completed his first piano ssian 90s next fall. He recently attends law school at Golden Gate University, work for violin, nd 1987 A boy, Lucas, to Ken and Susan (Homer, concerto and a three-movement Francisco. Kristin McAllister and her k. '90) Urie, Nov. 17 in San cello and piano. family have moved to Wichita, Kan., where her 1995 Eric and Betsey (Broyles) Moe reside 1988 A boy, Nicolas, to Terri (Hatch) and Joe husband, Brian, is employed at Wichita State in Denver, where Betsey is the associate Horch, Jan. 25, 2005 University. Corey Nelson was installed as the 'or pastor for youth and young adults at Wellshire associate pastor at Community Presbyterian 1988 A girl, Samantha Marie, to Jeff and Presbyterian Church and Eric is a member of Church of Clarendon Hills, Ky., on Oct. 30, 2005. Kristina Schmidt, June 30 the Denver Brass; he subs regularly with the But 1989 A boy, Logan Daniel, to David and Kim 1992 Marc and Dana (Sewall, '93) Doty Colorado Symphony. They have two sons, Henry has (MacDougall, '93) Jewett, Jan. 28 recently moved back to Spokane after living and Owen. in Minneapolis for seven years. Marc is a 1989 A boy, Samuel Warren Bellingham, to Tad 1996 Tracy (Stephenson) Ekhardt and her composer and musician, and Dana is the choir and Catherine (Bellingham, '93) Wisenor, husband, William, have one son and are in the vith director at Gonzaga Preparatory School. They Feb. 20 process of adopting another child. Brae and are the parents of a son. Erica (Heikens, '97) Wilson are the parents ;ei). DEATH 1993 Christina Oneal married Keith Garner of three children and are currently stationed at William Powers, '84, died Feb. 19. In the on June 13, 2004. Hill AFB, Utah. is mid-1930s, he owned a grocery store and ied served as the postmaster in Page, Idaho, 1994 Joy Barton and her husband, Stephen, 1997 Timothy Evans is the high-school before serving in the U.S. Navy Seabees during have moved to Dingwall, Scotland, where youth director at Bethany Baptist Church, in on World War II. A role model for lifelong learning, Stephen is attending Highlands Theological Portland, Ore., and is attending Multnomah he graduated from Whitworth with a B.A. in College. Michael Mills lives in London, England, Biblical Seminary. Jennifer (Ramey) Twitchell )rth; sociology at the age of 72. He is survived by where he is composing the score for the Charlie moved to Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, where her 10. three daughters, one son, 20 grandchildren, Chaplin silent film The Circus, which will be husband, Bruce, is a photography/art teacher 42 great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces performed at the Royal Academy of Music, at Coeur d'Alene High School. William Kaufold Alas and nephews. in London, in June. Mills also completed a graduated with a doctorate in medicine and is d a a

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currently completing his intern year at Loma at First Presbyterian Church. Ananda Harper 1995 A boy, Owen David, to Eric and Betsey Linda University Medical Center, in Southern married Ti. Grieser Jan. 15, on the island of St. (Broyles) Moe, Sept. 19 California. Jeremy Nelson returned to the United Lucia in the Caribbean. 1996 A girl, Alison, to Karl (Happ) and Steve States in October 2004, after completing a BIRTHS Corwell, March 2005 master's degree in economic and social history wher( 1990 A boy, Gabriel Brian, to Bobbie at the University of Oxford, in England. He works 1996 A boy, Jake Dylan, to Christopher and Allen (Mishler) and Carlo Demandante, Oct. 13 in the crisis preparedness and response unit Valerie (Moffitt, '98) Fukai, Aug. 5 the U at Amnesty International in Washington, D.C. 1990 A girl, Anneke Rachel, to Erik and 1996 A boy, Mica iah, to Joy (Clegg) and 200E Sharon (Barnett) Moore is a clinician for Karleen (DeKleine) Holm, Nov. 2, 2004 Robert Miller, Nov. 29. at th( the State of Idaho Department of Health and (Folk 1991 A boy, Julio, to Karen (Murphy) and 1997 A boy, Levi Henry, to Sharon (Moore) Welfare. Daniel Wartman works part time as husb. John Mendez, March 26 and Bruce Barnett, Sept. 9, 2003 a youth director at Maplewood Presbyterian and 1991 A boy, Max Kent, to Curtis and Tanya Church, in Edmonds, Wash. Laura Cotton is the 1997 A boy, Noah David, to Benjamin and team (Taylor) Myers, Oct. 4 author of an article that was recently published Sarah (Everett, '98) Brody, Oct. 14 scho( in Ceramic Antica magazine. 1991 A boy, Allen Joseph, to Amy (Vogt) and 1997 A boy, Rece Mitchell, to Alex and Kelli 2001 Lawrence Boushey, Oct. 8 1998 Jesse Malott is the associate pastor of Schuerman, Aug. 6 year student ministries at Bethany Church, in Sierra 1991 A boy, Kip Holladay, to Keith and Lori 1999 A boy, Jonah Patrick, to Andrew and an in Madre, Calif. His wife, Marilee (Nunn) Malott, (Holladay) Clerihue, Nov. 10 April (Retz) Rock, May 4 Greg is department chair and teaches English 1992 A boy, Spencer Chang Eldridge, to Susie 1999 A girl, Briahnon Rose, to Adam and at Maranatha High School, in Pasadena, Chang and Brad Eldridge, April 3 Joscelyn (Wilson) Stevens, May 31 Calif. Alicia (Musgrave) Thompson made a presentation at the American Public Health 1992 A girl, Shea Elise, to Meredith (Nichol) 1999 A boy, Jonathan, to Jeffrey and Jeanna Association's annual meeting in Philadelphia, and Todd Heikes, July 6 (Barron) Reed, Sept. 20 by in December. Linda Ann Longacre is married 1993 A girl, Julia Maria, to Eric and Joanna 1999 A girl, Elizabeth Anne, to Pamela to Thomas Shook; she is a mental-health Hurtt, Nov. 6 (McNamer) and George Wilder, Nov. 13 Mi counselor at a psychiatric hospital in Boise, 1994 A boy, Gabriel Alexander, to Allison Di: Idaho. Christine (Price) Jones and her 1999 A boy, Alec, to Falina (Sanguinefti) and (Uffelman) and Glen Wilhelm, July 2 de; husband, Christopher, have moved to Spokane Stephen Van Lewen, March 20, 2005 Or after living in Boston. 1995 A girl, Emelia Elise, to Kerry (Hultz) and 1999 A boy, Kade William, to Josh and Karla '641 Kevin Parker, '96, June 6 1999 Andrew and April (Retz) Rock are living (Folkins, '00) Parbon, April 18, 2005 sh ho in San Luis Obispo, Calif., where Andrew is the 1995 A girl, Vivyetta Marilyn, to Matthew and DEATHS associate pastor for congregational care and Jenny (Gregory) Hirschfelder, Sept. 18 Patricia (Kensok) Nixon, '92, died Feb. 8. For elf we April is the director of children's education 35 years, she worked as a registered nurse at Holy Family Hospital, in Spokane. She is pr( survived by her husband, three sons, two grandchildren, her father, and several brothers res and sisters. Patrick Colleran, '92, died Feb. l's, 15. Following his graduation from Whitworth, pei he received a master's degree from Drury chi College, in Missouri, and a Ph.D. in physiology th from Texas A&M University. At the time of his th death, he was working as a post-doctoral Gc fellow at the University of Missouri's Dalton pe Cardiovascular Research Center, with the goal of becoming an independent researcher. He rec las is survived by his mother, two sisters, one Register today and gain access to our secure brother, two nephews, and a niece. Sherise ho site with regularly updated information on (Jolicoeur Snodgrass) Bieber, '94, died ,tk your fellow Whitworth alumni all over the March 24. A professor of literature, she lived na, in Riverside, Calif., and is survived by her world. Search by region, career, class year, Mi dorm, sport or club, and, best of all, it's free! husband, two children, her mother and father, a sister and brother, and her grandparents. 201 ,-. • umnimmtyrP, Ka • ) ko,

26 W Betsey 2004, and is currently working on her master's Stephanie (Stern) Carlson and her husband, 0 s2000 Monica (Sorenson) degree in school psychology at Eastern Ben, live in Vancouver, Wash.; she works for the Ernsberger and her husband, Washington University, in Cheney. Patrick Shane Co., in Beaverton, Ore. Melissa Butler Id Steve Patrick, are stationed in Ohio, Plumb lives in Tonasket, Wash., where he works graduated from the Chicago Medical School in where Pat is in the U.S. Air Force. Katelyn at North Valley Hospital. A member of the June 2005 and now works in child and adult ler and Allers received her Ph.D. in astronomy from Tonasket City Council and a former member neurology as a physician assistant in Colorado. the University of Texas at Austin in December of the Tonasket School Board, he also served J.P. Carlson completed his M.Div. at Princeton )nd 2005. She is now working as an astronomer recently as chair of the Seventh District Theological Seminary and is an associate at the University of Hawaii, in Honolulu. Karla Republican Committee. Mary Alice (Finley) pastor at Eastridge Presbyterian Church, in (Folkins) Parbon lives in Spokane with her Carlson is a substitute teacher in Lincoln, Neb. Lincoln, Neb. Michael and Jessica (Hart) bore) husband Josh, '99, and their two boys, Jace Yakov Fedchun is the director of programming Hoch moved to Newhall, Calif., where Michael and Kade. She coaches Gonzaga Prep's dance and search-engine optimization for the online attends Master's Seminary and Jessica is a n and team and is doing the choreography for the development company Bsolid.com, located in registered nurse at a local hospital. school's annual spring play. Tr -Cities, Wash. 2003 Katie Converse married Jason lhde id Kelli 2001 Laura Louise Doughty is in her second 2002 Dana Caraway is in her final year at on July 2, in Cannon Beach, Ore. Maren year of teaching high-school science at Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, N.J. Anderson is currently attending law school at the University of Washington. Cynthia Kirkman and an inner-city school in Las Vegas. Rachael Andrew Garretson lives in San Diego, where Gregory married Daniel Crosby on Nov. 20, he works as an extra in television productions. married Todd Romoff on Nov. 26 in Spokane.

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a In January, eight alumni spen 13 Mississippi volunteering with Presbyterian Disaster Assistance to help repair the etti) and destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina. Organized by Kathie Koopmans Neir, d Karla '64, the group cleared debris, installed sheetrock, and repaired roofs on residents' homes. For several days the alums joined ab. 8. For efforts with Whitworth students who were nurse working in the area as part of a Jan Term 3he is program (see story on Page 15). two "No matter where we went — gas stations, brothers restaurants, stores — people thanked .1c1 Feb. us," Koopmans Neir says. "Numerous ftworth, people told us they are grateful for the rury churches, because that is where most of lysiology the volunteers are coming from. Hearing of his the stories of survivors made us realize how oral God worked in amazing ways to save many people's lives." the goal Koopmans Neir, a volunteer dynamo to be ler. He reckoned with, was the primary force behind Whitworth alumni and students flank Willie Troutman, a Mississippi resident whose yard the one last summer's reunion of 1963-65 alumni. In volunteers had cleaned up. "We looked over Willie's paperwork and found that he had been ierise honor of her work, classmates raised more denied the trailer he was expecting': Kathie Koopmans Neir says. "Through the diligent work ied than $25,000 to endow a scholarship in her of Karen (Saldin) Collins, '64, however, he moved into a trailer later that day" le lived name for Whitworth students. her A second Whitworth alumni trip to Top row, left: Koopmans Neir, Peggy Kim Burrough, '64, Dot (Guthrie) Roberts, '63, and d father, Mississippi is being planned for January Karen (Saldin) Collins, '64. Front row, left: Lorin Townsend, '08, Troutman, and Chelsea rents. 2007. For more information, contact Larson, `09. Participating alumni not pictured: Sally Lash, '65, Charley Pringle, '64, Jack Kathie Koopmans Neir at 425.868.6140 or Roberts, '63, and Jack Shriver, '63. Koopmans Neir's son, C.J. Neir, also took part. „koopruarisTneir@cpincast,net. 111.111111.111M CLASS notes

The Rev. Mark Mcliraith, '92, officiated at University, where she is working on her Ph.D. in University, in Cheney. Leslie Nelson married the wedding and music was provided by immunology. Ryan Morrison, '05, on June 18. Tami Turner- teaches low-income students in Professor Emeritus of Music Thomas Tavener 2004 Blinn Carstensen married Addie Lust Keyser eastern North Carolina as part of the Teach and Associate Professor of Music Brent on Sept. 10. They are making their home in America program. Aimee Goodwin ran the Edstrom. The Romoffs are making their home Spokane, where Blinn is a credit officer at Marine Corps Marathon in Washington, D.C., in in Firestone, Colo. Jeremy Groefsema is in Northwest Farm Credit Services, and Addie is October 2005. Nelson LaPlante is currently the final stages of flight school at the U.S. a portfolio-management executive assistant attending San Diego State University, where he Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Fla. Matthew at Sterling Savings Bank. Alyssa Neel married is pursuing his master's degree in economics. Cole, Jr., married Shawdra Parker in August. Bryan Agee in June. She is currently working Kate Higgins published an article, "Boot Rochelle Hinman attends Utah Southwestern and taking classes at Eastern Washington

Maak Makes Headway in Honduras says. Finances were so dicey that "many times Ididn't even know by Allison Carr, '06 how I was going to pay the rent," she says. "But God provided." Even though Maak gained valuable experience in development Sheila Maak, '97, now studies at one of the most prestigious work in Honduras, she felt the need to further her education. She universities in the country, but Whitworth still occupies a special is currently in the Masters in Public and International Affairs place in her memories. "Princeton is Program at the Woodrow Wilson School much larger than Whitworth and brings at Princeton, focusing on international many more opportunities," Maak says, development. "The classwork is difficult, "but nothing compares to Whitworth's yet fulfilling," Maak says. "After working professors." so many years in development, it's nice After graduating from Whitworth, to finally have the opportunity to study Maak spent eight years in Honduras — the development theory and issues in-depth." first three as an economic-development After she graduates, Maak plans to carry volunteer with the Peace Corps. She on her work in Latin America. then founded the Junior Achievement Whitworth continues to influence Honduras Foundation, where she served Maak. "WhenI think about Whitworth," as the executive director until July she said, "I think about Rob Wilson 2005, when she returned to the U.S. [SGCMJ. AlthoughI took only one During this time she also supported three class from him, in my freshman year, he Honduran teenagers, one of whom will Sheila Maak, center, with Junior Achievement soon became my mentor and friend." apply for a transfer to Whitworth this Honduras students Wendy, left, and Kelvin, right Maak still makes it a point to see Wilson coming fall. JAH has been an enormous whenever she is in Spokane. Richard success. "In three years, JAH had grown to reach more than 3,000 Schatz (Economics & Business) has also inflenced Maak. "His students each year, with the participation of more than 200 local many examples about the Peace Corps in class inspired me to join volunteers and 18 prominent board members from the business the Peace Corps myself, which put me on the path to where I am community," Maak says. today," she says. Maak says that she could spend all night talking Of course, it wasn't easy. Maak provided all the startup money about the Whitworth professors who have touched her life. "The and organization for JAH. "It was only my faith in God and my sure professors at Princeton are very knowledgeable and often the top sense of His calling for me to be in Honduras with JAH and with experts in their fields," she says, "but they lack the personal touch these kids that kept me from packing my bags and leaving," she that makes the Whitworth experience so memorable."

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28 WTCLASS NOTES Tied Camp Basics to Dating U.S. Servicemen; in 'urner- Citizen Culture magazine. She is a program coordinator with the National Multiple ach Sclerosis Society, Greater Washington Chapter, he in Seattle. Lee and Kenna (Klempel, '05) D.C., in Stoops were married in August. They live in antly Everett, Wash., and work for CRISTA Ministries, iere he broadcasting for SPIRIT, a Christian radio mics. station. Lee works in promotions and sales and marketing and Kenna is in community relations. Tara Eaton recently returned from a year in Mexico, where she served at a Christian Sydney, now orphanage. Nicole Bowman is living in Australia, where she is working on her master's pment degree in international communications. n. She 2005 Rebecca Fisher teaches sixth grade at irs a low-income school in Chicago. Ashly Clarizio :hool married Scott Tarbutton on Aug. 27. The ,nal Tarbuttons are making their home in Spokane, icult, where Ashly works as a staff accountant at rking American West Bank and Scott is a chemist at North Creek Analytical. Marco Tulluck featured udy his acrylic and mixed-media paintings and epth." drawings in an exhibit entitled Inner Darkness :arry at the Infohazard Gallery, in Seattle. BIRTHS 2000 A girl, Olivia Grace, to Monica orth," (Sorenson) and Patric Ernsberger, July 8 2000 A girl, Madeline Jane, to Melissa he (Zielinski) and Jason Zollner, Sept. 2 2001 A girl, Ashlyn, to Suzanne (Baxter) and 'ilson Jeff Wood, June 24,2004 .c1 2001 A boy, Samuel Reid, to Kate (Isenberg) Iis- and Matthew Parker, Sept. 13 :o join I am 2001 Twins, Margaret Grace and Samuel lking Jacob, to Eric and Leah (Viertell) Moffat, "The Sept. 16 e top 2002 A girl, Sadie Pauline, to Jeremiah and touch Danielle (Clemons) Lange, June 9 2002 A boy, Parker Nathan, to Nathan and Lydia (Wingrove) Gazdik, Oct. 10 2002 A boy, Daniel Alan Michael, to Kathryn (Palmer) and Joshua Bower, Dec. 14 2002 A boy, Colton Andrew, to Graeme and Carmen Spotts, Feb. 18 Reunions for classes of 1946, '51, '56, '61, '66, '71, '76, '81, '86, 2003 A girl, Marilyn Faith, to Brooke all France Study Program alumni, and former Village residents. (Chasteen) and Jeff Price, Jan. 27 Food, fun, classes, tours, and affordable on-campus housing. 2003 A boy, Carter William, to Matthew and More details at www.whitworth.edu/familyweekend, or contact Beth (Winter) Shupper, Jan. 30 the Office of Alumni and Parent Relations at 800.532.4668. 2004 A boy, Caleb Alan, to Mark and Amy Online registration is now available. Baker, Nov. 20 29 Whitworth alumni in their own words

toward the light. The one who gave me per- mission to keep painting by saying, "Well, just go ahead and do it." The one who de- scribed the "family of man" with compassion and care, hoping and longing for a better, more perfect and just world, a world that lived up to Christ's challenge. And, finally, the one who felt, along with Wallace Stevens, that the poet was the high priest of the invisible —a painter who managed to re- veal "spiritual meaning" in everyday objects. The question can be asked, "What have I done with this legacy? Does my work share all required to bear and manage the loss any of the spirit that these teachers acknowl- Turning Toward and fill the void. Fortunately, I had parents, edged and attempted to claim?" To find words grandparents and teachers who supported the for what I do in painting or drawing is tempt- acts of dreaming, imagining, questioning and ing, but the work alone tells the truth. the Light believing in the power of prayer and faith, In paintingI found a means of objectifying by Ben Frank Moss, '59 and who understood the importance of a personal truth, a workable way to reconnect listening to that still, small, quiet, inner with that greater mystery, to be engaged with On a beautiful late fall afternoon my wife, voice. Feeling abandoned by the definition searching for the lost light — that other "uni- Jean, returned from a walk with a story of her of a primary self,I then understood and verse" I had sensed and experienced and that first-time encounter with a seven-year-old discovered that the "key to the other Iknew as a memory. WhatI have looked for down the road. Katy had introduced herself universe" — to reclaiming a union with the over these 40 years is a statement that holds and shown Jean a rock that she was using "other" — was the imagination. the thing that "is" and "is not." I'm talking to chip away at another rock. Jeanie asked I was a college sophomore whenI first about the void that rests between the seen if Katy was making an arrowhead, and she found myself tempted to consider a studio- and the unseen. Pascal said that "Greatness said, "No,I let the rocks decide what they art course. I listened to an internal voice is not achieved by reaching one extreme or should be." Jeanie said she thought that was that prompted me to test myself in an area the other, but by touching both at once." I've an excellent idea and then Katy revealed a where I could form something with my looked for a painting that holds that place, small flat rock. She said that it was the key hands. I was totally absorbed whenI worked; that moment of stillness and silence where to another universe. Then she showed Jean time seemed to stand still, andI resented all time collects and is distilled. For lack of a a round, white rock, which she said was a interruption. At the end of the course I better description,I would say that this is the unicorn's egg. She said that she'd had another asked the teacher, "Do you think Ihave any face of God, the silent language of God. egg, which broke, and a baby unicorn had talent, any ability?" She questioned why I As composer John Cage said to painter come out. Then she looked intensely at Jean- asked. "Well, I just wondered if I was good Phillip Guston, in regard to working in the ie and said, "It's really true you know." Jeanie enough to take another course, to continue, studio, "...the past, friends, the art world, and nodded in agreement and asked if the baby to do more." above all your own ideas — all are there. But unicorn had gone into the other universe, She said, "I am going to ask you one ques- as you continue painting, they start leav- and Katy said, "Yes." Smiling at each other, tion and only one. Do you want to do this?" ing, one by one, and you are left completely they parted. I responded immediately with, "Oh, yes. alone. Then, if you are lucky, even you I think of how this characterizes our com- Absolutely." Without ever saying that I leave." You leave, dropping to a state of wake- mon history and the artist's calling. If we had talent or ability, she said, "Then just go ful dreaming, and yet you remain present in can allow ourselves to empty out the mate- ahead and do it." the struggle, attempting to break through rial that represents conditioning, how many The mystery is that more than four de- to that complete memory that doesn't yet of us remember sensing as a child the disap- cades ago, the act of applying charcoal to exist. And if you're lucky, in the process of pearance of something that was magical? I paper totally changed my life. Something forming the work, you'll sense and remember, don't know when it happened to you, that in me expanded, turned toward a forgotten remember the light. As an act of faith it's like feeling of a diminished innocence and lost time, turned toward a memory. It was a com- returning home, to the center of who we are connection to a primary source, but I was plete conversion. and want to be. My commitment has been to sensing the shift, the beginning of the loss of Today, so many years after knowing this try and see into that void of unknowing and a secret power, by the time I was five. caring teacher (and others who were part convey my hope that, to borrow a line from a For a lifetime in a state of forced exile from of my formal art training), I think with song by John Fogerty, "I'll be coming home that other place, or "universe," we're deep gratitude of how they kept turning me soon; Long as I can see the LIGHT." For more on Moss' work, please see Page 7. 30 WTAFTERWORD 2 me per- "Well, 'ho de- impassion Whitworth Today staffers, many of them alumni of the college, recently gathered to compile a list of Whitworth's most better, www.whitworth.edu/whitworthtoday, to take that recognizable people, places and things. Here's our top 10. (See our website, , finally, a look at 44 more icons - both serious and frivolous - that just missed the list.) ze Whom/what did we leave out? Let us know by e-mailing editor Terry Mitchell at [email protected]. . priest of ;ed to re- y objects. 111 t haveI 1. The Core Program c share icknowl- ind words 2. The Big Three is tempt- h. 3. Frank Warren ectifying .econnect 4. Forum Lged with ier "uni- 5. Leonard Oaklan and that oked for 6. The Central America Study Program at holds alking 7. Bill's Bike OM e seen eatness 8. The Whitworth Tree eme or ace." I've 9. The Hawaiian Club Lu'a place, where 10. Mac's Smiley Face .ack of a his is the iod. inter in the DM, and le. But eav- ipletely DU of wake- sent in ough 't yet :ess of member, h it's like ) we are 3 been to ing and le from a g home

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