THE OTHER SIDE Universal: 1) of or pertaining to the whole world 2) com­ mon to all cases, unlimited, all-embracing 3) applicable to all pur­ poses or conditions. Universal Healthcare Coverage all persons living in the United States MINUS u ndocu men ted workers part-time employees temp workers transients and homeless non-resident citizens PUTTING PEOPLE FIRST? 0 C T 0 IJ E R 4 , I 9 9 4 THE OTHER SIDE to formulate a path for the paper to take, was _fu_ll of grand plans, etc., but in the end, I lacked a smgle focus. ThiS ts because_I, and I editor's desk think the entire editing staff would agree, want The Other Sz~e to be what the students, staff, faculty, and administration want tt to ?e· One peculiarity of the talk show world is the compulsion to refer to public figures by their first names. In The way we can facilitate this is by keeping our doors open, whiCh fact, one of the best measures of a superstars' popularity is their ability to be addressed by only one name. This they always are, and keeping attentiv~ to different notions of might indicate all kinds of things about the sick and twisted direction of our minds, but it also seems to show experimentation (even when -~e don't hk~ them). So- to an~one Editors-in-Chief: Kim Gilmore the need or desire that many people have to live in smaller world, where every day dramas are important and with specific interests in poltttcs, entertamment, the arts, Pttzer Heidi Schuman exciting. The need to have a community, to be in a smaller world, is one that Pitzer College has seemed to fill, governance, etc., please please please do not squan...der your talents, Executive Editor: ]onnthan Casper or has been trying to fill over the years. This year, like so many, is a year of transition at Pitzer, and the more but contribute to The Other Side. Call us (x36:>2), stop by the Features Editor. Justin Rood professional leanings of the college seem to be becoming more pronounced. Governance office (YTower Mead Dorm), or write to us (Box 645). Editorial Intern : Tobin Steers For example, we have these new buildings. It may seem ridiculous to attach meaning to what are only I also want to add that all ideas about experimentation don·~ come Writers: Aaron Balkan material structures, and the issue of the importance of the new buildings was hammered out at length in last with equal force, and that for_ this reaso~ I hope The Other Szde can years issues of The Other Side. But now that they are here, with another one weJI on its way, it will be interesting Ben Ball be particularly aware of and mterested m un~err~pres~nted ones. Lawrence Cualoping to see how they alter the Pitzer landscape, both psychologically and literally. When I was thinking about why It may be true as Justin Rood sugg~~ m. hts. arttcle on the Juan DelAra the new buildings seem troublesome to some students, like myself, who came to Pitzer before while the whole building project, that it is necessary for th.ts tnst1tut10n to ~ompro­ Elise Graner project was being negotiated, I was reminded of an article Lucien Marquis wrote for The Other Side in 1991, in mise with the government, truste~, et~ . , m order t? survtve, or at which he was evaluating the Pitzer present. "The story of why I and how I came to Pitzer is a long and least to survive in a certain way. ( I thmk all theones are suspect, Zach Pall complicated one and this is not the place to tell it. However, I came primarily because I thought I was joining that the finest prindples may have to be modified, or rna~ even be Cnrla Rodas a new and experimental College. It turned out that Pitzer was sometimes, albeit rarely, experimental." Many pulverized by the demands. of li~e," sai<:f Jam~ ~aldwm.). The Ad Coordinator: Alice Rogers students, with stories of varying complication, have come to Pitzer over the years thinking, too, that it is an difficulty lies in trying to be mclus1ve w~tle ret:ammg a certam set Artist Kim Schoenstadt experimental college, and have been met with varying conclusions over the years. of principles, or in deciding upon them m the first place. Is t~~re a Photographer: Blythe Miller One definition, the one I thought was consensus, of our experimenting has to do with encouraging and way of doing many things, things t~t may. seem .hy_PocntiCal, Faculty Advisor: Allen Greenberger supporting (and economically privileging) avenues of creativity and scholarship (and creative scholarship) in while keeping our integrity? It is sometimes dtsappomtmg,_some­ a world that doesn't necessarily value these things. This method of experimentation also includes what Pitzer times so obviously opposed to individual and collective nottons of has called "concern with the social concerns and ethical implications of knowledge and action", which, as we what is acceptable, but this is the only way to do so. discovered last year in the debate about the "social responsibility" component of the Pitzer curriculum, isn't necessarily consensus. Regardless, the commitment to social responsibility, to a higher purpose, has been central to Pitzer's rhetoric. And this is why- not because we don't desperately need the space, the buildings are 1?.:vrv ~~--rr~7~/ bothersome, because they signify a placing of resources and energy into flashiness when there are educational and human resource needs the college has not addressed. It would appear that at Pitzer,asseerns to be a pattern .............,. .......,. .,. h. ,. ............! .. ••.• ·· ···! .•. , _,.••••••• in the United States in general, we are much better at physical progress than spiritual progress. Back in the olden days, The Other Side used Or it might be that physical progress is just much easier to recognize. Maybe it is easier to highlight what to receive mail and letters to the editor. is material than to look for what isn't. It is apparent that one vision of Pitzer cannot hold everyone's ~ ;,,;{~~l!r~l~~iti~ :<:~n:tet, 51:~ Not anymore. We would like to get mail conceptualization of the direction the college should take, and that holding fast to one idea of "experimentation" once again, not only for selfish reasons, is an inadequate measure of the quantity of them of it at Pitzer. Because to someone at Pitzer, evidently to many • ·eJJ~i~ u4· Pi~iw~nngSkiliCentei,located : but because letters to the editor both at Pitzer, the Broad buildings are the personification of some notion of experimentation that I didn't want to : on C1 in sanbqrn DOr!n.l?rtng drafts of your ··· :· . regarding articles written in the magazine consider. While I still reject the logic that gave way to the new buildings, it seems that one aspect of the Pitzer : . ~ysy ~or.ts~ stories, and researc~ papers. · · : and on Pitzer in general provide other education for current students is being able accept some things we don' t like in order to keep the ones we do. • ···· Cen.terjnstBJ.ctors will read your draftS and , • avenues for discussion and dialogue. Fortheolderstudentsat least, the new buildings area major change from the relatively modest Pitzerofthepast, Please write. which may be another reason they are hard to handle. :"'" gj~~youadvke aboll,l revision. : Another answer to the call for Pitzer experimentation has come in the form of the Ontario Community • :::. =· =· .:: . ·:~= .. • • The Other Side magazine is a publication of Education Center. While so much attention has been paid to the construction project a few other professors and -:~;: . the students of Pitzer College. The editors students have been quietly enacting a branch of Pitzer that has the possibility of creatively putting the study of .,,.. ~~ ..: ... :. .:···:: t~\J=t,~- }::flours :: ., .. , reserve the right to edit or refuse any the social sciences to work for a nearby community. Hopefully, this is only the start of what could be a successful . Sunday-Wednesday 6-10 pm material, although it doesn't happen often. and invigorating integration ofPitzerresources into a nearby community which, in tum can offer us as students ·::· • a way of discovering the relationship between knowledge and action. ·.· ... ThUTSf.lay 1-4 pm · • The opinions expressed in this magazine • do not necessarily reflect the opinions of The example of the Ontario Community Education Center points to another kind of experimentation. It ::· Friday 1 ~4· pm · .:· • often seems that the most meaningful explorations of Pitzer's mission usuaiJy comes from the work of a few • the editorial staff, or, even, in some cases, • the writers. people, or one segment of the college, indicating that having one community vision may not be possible. But • this realization is not necessarily a negative conclusion. In other words, while our conceptualizations of the ·•·.. ·ext. 4321 • college differ, accepting all manifestations of''The Pitzer mission" seems to be our only option in an educational • Address any inquiries or responses to: community that values freedom of thought and expression. • • The Other Side Magazine If there is an impulse to find smaller worlds, this is one of the roles Pitzer has played for students in the past. ! M.ake an'appointment or just dr?p by! : Pitzer Box 6-tS Another thing the Broad buildings signify is a move toward professionalism and away from face-to-face •. .. .... .. c/o Pi tzcr College ·. ... •' .•:. =··=·. relations, but the possibility remains that they could receive their proper Pitzerization. The Pitzercommu~ity Claremont, CA 91711 will be what it is- which leads me back to the question of what role The Other Side can/will play.