Springfest: Kites n’ bluegrass,films, poetry,jazz next week
A week of films, singing,
dancing, kite flying, hypnotism, poetry, jazz and rock
and roll is just around the
corner.
Springfesl gets under way
at noon Monday with kite
flying and bluegrass music to
fly with, by The Threshing
Floor. Dave Arnett will
demonstrate his hypnotist
abilities at 7:30 p.m. in the
Little Theater. Admission
will be $1.
Tuesday will feature
poetry by Nelson Bently of
Seattle, Pacific Northwest
poet, at noon in the Little
Theater. The films “Easy
Rider’’ and “Drive, He
Said,” will be Tuesday at 7
p.m. forSl admission.
Between Student Council
officer candidate speeches
Wednesday, Oregon folksingers Steve and Maureen
will perform in the PUB.
Wednesday night will feature
Ron Swickley’s Super Special
Talent Show at 7:30 p.m. in
the Little Theater.
The widely published poet
William Pitt Root of Port
Townsend will read at noon
in the Little Theater Thursday. The films “Carnal
Knowledge’’ and “The
Graduate” will be Thursday
night at 7 p.m. in the Little Theater for the price of $1.
Friday, the Peninsula
College Jazz Ensemble,
directed by Ed Grier, will
play at noon. That evening
comic Dave Parsons will
perform at 7:30 p.m. in the
Little Theater. Parsons will
present his act of impressions
and pantomimes. Admission
is $1.
The Springfest will
conclude with a rock and roll
dance for college students
May 9 at 9:30.
A Seattle group, The
Cowboys, will perform.
Peninsula College Public
Service Committee and
Associated Student Council
sponsor the Springfest with
help from the Washington
State Arts Commission.
Dorm Vandalism
Preventitive measures to be taken
By ROBERT CARTER
“During the past twenty four hours enough has taken place in the dormitory in inconvenience and expense to suggest either that someone currently living in the building is very sick, or that we are not doing all we can to keep someone very sick outside the building.” That is the opening paragraph of a letter received by every resident in the dorm April 18. The letter was signed Vince Murray, dorm manager, and Jim Lunt, director of student activities. Lunt and Murray refer to the night of April 17 when someone flooded a hall in the dormitory’s north wing and a dorm tire alarm was set off at approximately 3:50 that morning. Lunt said the fire alarm alone costs $200. The money to pay for it will come out of the $40 “damages deposit” that every dorm student pays upon admission to the dorm. Cost of the flooded hall is still undetermined, Lunt said. Murray called the episode “diabolical” and voiced surprise that vandalism was taking place. “The spring quarter is usually the quietest,” he said. “By this time those who don’t want to be here are gone,” the dorm manager said.
Murray said measures are being taken to stop vandalism from happening again. The outer doors of the dorm have been refitted, as one measure, so that when opened, they swing and close themselves. In the past some of the, doors had swollen and did not always close properly, making it very easy for a non-dormie to gain entrance. Also both Lunt and Murray are urging the dorm residents to speak to them if they hear anything regarding the acts. “There is absolutely nothing I can do until I get information,” said Lunt, “and as long as (the news of the incident) is hot, there’s little to do.”As with any other situation in which a number of people are living together, some incidents are likely to occur. According to Lunt, “With the exception of last Thursday (April 17) the damages to the dorm so far have not been exceptional.” Nevertheless, some dorm residents were upset about the incident and eventually word got to Student Council President Steve Shirley. “I feel sorry for the members of the population who are subjected to such infantile moronism,” Shirley said. So far this year, several other incidents of “infantile moronism” have occurred. In November a bathroom door was ripped from its hinges by a dormie “who has since been asked to leave,” said Lunt. Cases have included slashed bicycle tires, a broken candy machine, and a theft of a small amount of money from one dorm student’s room. Earlier this year a fire alarm was pulled at one in the morning. The April 17 incident was set apart, however, in that not only did someone set off an alarm, but someone apparently took the trouble to unscrew the lightbulbs in the same hall. Also several chairs were found blocking that dorm hall. Such maliciousness, according to Dorm Manager Murray, is the worst part ofthe matter. “It’s the danger to people—that’s what bothers me,” he said.
Elections to be held for ASB May 9
Elections for president,
vice president, and secretarytreasurer of Student Council
will be May 9 from 9 a.m. to
3 p.m. in the PUB.
As of Buccaneer deadline,
running for president will be
Linda Baumwell and Matt
Young. Dave Fairchild will
be running for vice president
and Ken Dignam will be
running for the office of
secretary treasurer.
Speeches will be held May
7 at noon in the PUB.
Results of the elections will be announced May 9 at the
Election Dance.
Staff Consensus cancels Tidepools
By LINDA RHODES
The decision to cancel
publication of the 1980 Tidepools literary magazine was a
consensus of the editorial
staff, said Tidepools advisor
Fred Thompson.
“The decision was based
on the fact that contributions
were from a very small core
group and not representative
of the campus as a whole,”
said Thompson.
The English teacher
became the advisor in
October 1979, a position
vacated by Marge Avalon.
He also re-established the
Writers’ Workshop,
formerly run by Todd Jefferson, former Peninsula
College English teacher.
“In past years material
submitted after the spring
deadline was held for the
following year,” said
Thompson. “We were
starting from scratch this
year hoping the workshop
would stimulate enough
contributions to Tidepools.”
Submissions for this year’s
Tidepools will be held for
publication next year.
Thompson urges artists to
continue to submit their
work. Material may be
submitted year round.
“We need to encourage
writers and other artists,”
said Thompson. “The
magazine should be more
widely representative of the
total campus population.”
Ray Brown was appointed
editor of the 1980 Tidepools
last spring. “I submitted a
letter of resignation to Jack
Estes last September,”
Brown said. “I expected to
be leaving the campus.”
Brown’s plans changed and
he remained on the staff but
not as editor.
Brown said he was misquoted in the last issue of the
Buccaneer. “More correctly,” he said of the quote, “I
fell badly that those artists
who were looking forward to
publication would not have a
medium to do so.”
The staff will- explore the
possibilities of a mid-winter
submission deadline, a
change in the magazine’s
name, and prizes or incentives for contributors, the
advisor said.
Editorial
Every vote counts
Next year’s student government will begin taking shape
with the student body officer election May 9.
The ballot could well be a Peninsula College student’s most
powerful way to affect the quality of the 1980-81 government
and student activities. A low voting turnout runs the risk of a
government the majority doesn’t like.
As seen last fall, student body elections can be very close.
A high voting turnout could mean (but not necessarily) the
difference between electing leaders wanted by the entire
student body and leaders not wanted. On the other hand, a
low voting turnout could represent the student body’s wishes
but would be less likely to than a good turnout.
Candidates will speak Wednesday at noon in the PUB. The
Buccaneer encourages voters to listen to the speeches and
know the candidates’ views before marking the ballot.
Every full-time student should vote—but carefully. Voters
should choose leaders according to who they feel would do
the best job. The election shouldn’t be a popularity contest.
Let’s not repeat last fall’s low election turnout. Every vote
counts in setting the course for next year’s student government.
-Dave Mason
He’s no crybaby. . . . .
He’s just mis qouted.
Editor, the Buccaneer:
An Article in the April 18 edition of the Buccaneer presented a false picture of the cancellation of Tidepools (Peninsula College literary magazine) and made me look like a glory-grabbing cry-baby. I believe this not to be true.
The interview in which I was qouted took approximately three minutes from start to finish. No notes were taken on any of my statements. It was done in a very loose and unprofessional manner. I was told there would be a later, more in depth interview with notes taken. This never happened.
I did mention that I would like to see my own writing published. But that is academic: any writer would love to see his work published. I made this statement in a jocular manner.
What I put more emphasis on was the many writers from the campus will not get the benefit of a Tidepools this year. I did say I felt cheated, but not with the emphasis that appears in the article. The magazine was canceled by a unanimous decision of the Tidepools staff and Dr.Fred (whom I have the highest regard for) felt as we all do on the staff. That the quality of the magazine was the most important factor to consider.
Faced with being unable to present a quality magazine this year (not enough material), we canceled it. Sure that next year’s magazine will be a fine one.
This article has not created bad feelings it could have. Next year you can coun on a high quality Tidepools magazine; for the present how about some responsible journalism.
Raymond J. Brown. Student/writer for Peninsula College.
Letters from readers
After Roy Brown wrote the letter, he was interviewed a second time Notes were taken. The interview lasted about fifteen minutes. Brown’s letter refers to the April 18 Tidepools story,not the story published in this issue.
Brown’s complaint is legitimate. The Buccaneer will be will be more careful in the future. – Editor
Involvement encouraged
Editor, the Buccaneer:
With all the bally-hoo of
the presidential elections
lately, it may have skipped
some of our attentions, but it
is time for ASC elections. I
have so far noticed three
candidates, and from what I
can tell, Man Young seems
to have the most new ideas
for how to improve the
campus.
Do your best to listen to all
the candidates, and what
they feel about different
issues around here.
Remember, if you don’t vote,
you’ve got no right to
complain about the results.
-Sandra Hereld. Third year student.
Gutter poetry
Editor, the Buccaneer:
Maybe it’s because I’m
different generation, but
appreciating the public
exposition of words which to
me—by no stretch of the
imagination are worth saying, is difficult.
The last poetry session was
sullied by Sue Hammond,
one of our teachers, who used, and re-used a word
which had better be repeated
by people who belong in the
gutter category.
Today (April 22) a socalled poet, by the name of
Paul Edmund Gotro (pretty
close, isn’t it?) used some
gutter language before a
group of students in the
Little Theater.
Some people think of
college as a worthwhile,
uplifting experience. What is
uplifting about such
language?
True, the words to which I
object represent what may be
called by some, “The true
facts of life.’’
One could say, “Get me a
God dam-ed glass of water,”
or “Please get me a glass of
water.” Would there be any
difference in the glass of
water?
I know just about all of
“the words,” four letter and
otherwise. Yet in all my
years, and they have been
many, it hasn’t been necessary for me to use gutter
language.
Why do we close the door
after we enter the bathroom?
That is just one of the
niceties of life, and we need
more of them.
–Leo Sunny
The poet was Bill Knott,
not Paul Edmund Gortro. He
read his poems at the Foothills Poetry Series April 22
on campus. —Editor
Fun for everyone
A kite flying contest, a hypnotist, .a dance, and an open
mike talent show are among the many Springfest events
next week. The Peninsula College festival will be packed with
activities. Overall, it will be unique and interesting. But most
of all, Springfest should be a whole lot of fun for everyone at
the college. Every Peninsula College student and staff member—
regardless of age—owes it to himself (herself) to take part in
the festival. The events, their time, place, and cost are listed on this
Buccaneer’s front page. Life exists to be enjoyed. People are their best when, they
have fun with each other. Next week’s festival gives college
students and staff the opportunity to have that fun.
It’s easy to become too concerned with work and not make
time for fun. Yet human beings weren’t created just to do a
job. The human race was meant to have fun! Springfest is an
excellent break from the old routine of studying or teaching.
The Student Council should be commended for coming up
with a variety of festival events. Springfest should appeal to
individuals with different interests and tastes.
Besides its activities, Springfest should be fun because of
the season’s warm weather and beauty. Spring is the time
for flowers and romantic love to bloom, for the sun to shine,
and for people to feel good about life. (‘ Hey, I’m ALIVE!” is a
common feeling this time of the year.) The season is a better
time for a college festival than fall or winter.
Fun is what life is about. Peninsula College’s Springfest is a
time to have fun, to be crazy, to appreciate friendships, and
to love life to the fullest. Everyone should enthusiastically
participate in the festival.
After all, people, it’s spring!
– Dave Mason
Beats Painting Daisies
By MARK PHILLIPS
What kind of paintings are
those in the PUB lobby?
First, I’m not going to be
pompous and claim some
metaphysical reason for their
being.
Secondly, they do liven up
the PUB lobby. Yet is it
appropriate to have portraits
of nude people on display?
Are they in good taste?
That depends on your
values. Age figures too. 1
consider myself an openminded individual, yet even 1
was taken back at first to see
giant naked figures spread
out over cities, canyons, and
hills.
Review of the arts
1 didn’t analyze their
meaning. I simply said,
“Good Heavens, what the
hell is this?” I thought about
it a bit and came to the
intellectual conclusion of
“So what?”
They aren’t offensive to
my tastes. Unusual, but
that’s better than usual. Conformity is a bore. The paintings are mostly in color,
although a few are in sketch.
There’s a tremendous
variety. The most powerful
painting has a figure streched out in the center of the sun.
Another has a transparent
figure flanked by mist.
These are my interpretations and I’ll defend them to
my death. The fact is, these
paintings are different, they’re well drawn, Well colored and lined up in illustrative fashion. They beat daisies blowing
on a mountain. I give out
new lobby portraits a passing
grade. If our puritanical
society can’t hack that, let it
draw daisies.
Tennis team 3-4 so far in season
Peninsula’s varsity tennis
team has been up against
some pretty tough
competition and is working
towards a winning season
with just a few games to go
before the league regionals.
As of presstime, the tennis
team is 3-4 for the season.
“We’re playing evenly
matched,’’ said coach Kathy
Murphy.
Highline’s crack tennis
team has been the only one
able to hand PC two losses so
far this season. They trounced the Pirates 1-8 April 22
on their home court, and 2-
7 April 3 here.
PC has had better luck
against other schools this
season. They beat
twice, 1-8 and 2-7,
Centralia in a very
match April 10.
One of PC’s outstanding
performers is Tomi Chara
well who is undefeated in
singles so far this season, and
has been playing very tough
doubles. Theresa Scribner
has also been playing very
consistently.
“Overall everyone has just
improved so much,’’ said
coach Murphy, who expects
her team to do well the rest
of the season and is looking
forward to the league
regionals. “I think we have
an excellent chance,’’ she
said, and cites Highline as
the only real obstacle in their
path to the winners circle.
PC will go against Lower
Columbia and Clark next
Monday and Tuesday, and
will be looking for revenge
for the close 5-4 losses they
gave to the Pirates. That will
wrap up the regular season
for PC, then it’s on to the
regionals.
Fun run, festival a success
The Community Health
Festival April 19 was part of
the 75th anniversary of
Rotary International. This
was their seventh annual
project.
The Health Festival
featured 25 exhibits in the
PUB and elsewhere. In the
PUB were health screening,
booths from community
health organizations, state
health organizations.
Programs ran from 9 a.m.
til 5 p.m. on various aspects
of health in the Little
Theater. The festival also
included a sports style show.
Student Activities Director
Jim Lunt said the festival’s
fun runs were a success, with
86 running in the one and
one-half mile run at the
community track on April 20. The 10,000 meter began
at Peninsula College with an
estimated 70 running, Lunt
said.
Relay to be run June 6
This year’s canoe-bike-run
relay will be June 6 at Lake
Crescent.
The event will be run by
three-person teams. One
person will start the race by
paddling a canoe one-fourth
to one-half mile, another will
ride a bicycle approximately
three miles, and the last
person on each team will
approximately 2/2‘miles.
A picnic will be after the
race at East Beach or at
freshman Lyn Lawrence’s
lake house if it rains. All who
enter are expected to bring
something for the picnic as
an entry fee.
All are invited to form a
team and compete. Ask
Nancy Bell for details.
Go paddling on Wednesdays
Spring is here, and once
again PE instructor Nancy
Bell is taking students for a
ride. In canoes, that is.
Those interested should
contact Bell or report to the
gym at one o’clock any
Wednesday afternoon from
now to the end of the
quarter. This year’s canoe
trips will be to Lake Aidwell,
Lake Crescent, and Lake
Sutherland. The trips will not
be canceled in the event of
rain. Participants are expected to be back by 4:30 in the
afternoon for. all the trips.
Bell stressed no experience
is necessary, that all arc
welcome to come, and that
this is an excellent opportunity for people who have never
been canoeing to have a good
time and learn the basics.
Wasnock likes softball and golf
By TIM CHAMBERLAIN
A familiar name in sports
here at PC is Steve Wasnock.
He’s been in most of the
intramural sports PC has to
offer, and is currently on the
varsity golf team.
The PC golfers haven’t
won any games this season,
but have been in a few real
squeakers, and Wasnock has
a lot of confidence in his
team.
“We’re going to win once
at least,’’ he said referring to
this year’s matches. He says
his team would be doing
better if they had more
experience, and he would do
better personally, but “I
choke, I’m not used to playing under pressure.”
Wasnock practices his
game several hours a day,
and figures that he and his
team will have enough
experience to win a few meets
by the end ofthe season.
He doesn’t really mind
putting in a lot of practice
time.
“It’ real leisurely until you
have to compete,” he said.
The golf team is coached
by Tim Fryer, who is also
PC’s varisty basketball
coach. Wasnock said of
Coach Fryer, “He’s helping
us out a lot.” Wasnock has been playing
golf for five years, three of
them for his high school golf
team, but considers himself
still “pretty inexperienced,”
since spring is the only time
he really has time to play.
Five years just hasn’t been
enough for Wasnock,
though, he intends to keep
playing and is looking
forward to the Shotgun
Invitational meet at Peninsula GolfCourse this year.
In IMs, Wasnock has
played football and basketball all three of his years at
PC. His basketball team, the
Lifers, won the intramural
championship, and his
football team took second
place last fall.
Wasnock also enjoys
playing slowpitch, and will
be playing it on the intramural level this spring.
Currently he is playing first
base for the Harbor Tavern
in the industrial league.
Wasnock has been playing
a full IM schedule this year
despite a major knee operation he had in December.
The operation was to repair
some damage in a “slow
twist” crash he took snow
skiing two years ago. He was
able to finish the basketball
season because “I had a
good doctor,” he said.
In high school, Wasnock
played everything he plays
now, plus varsity football.
He pretty much likes all
kinds ofsports, but it’s a toss
up between golf and baseball
when it comes to which one is
his favorite. “They’re both
pretty fun,” he said.
Wasnock is finishing his
third year here at PC and
looking forward to continuing his engineering program
at WSU.
He’ll start new life
By LINDA RHODES
A business administration
major, a campus security
cop, and Mid-Management
Club president, Mark Mykleburg will begin a totally
different life-style soon after
graduation: a job awaits him
in Seattle as manager of
Hager’s Tavern.
The move will be a return
to Seattle for Mark. He
comes from White Center
and is an Evergreen High
School graduate. He also
took an engineering course at
Green River College and
began a construction career
before deciding to get a
Business Administration
degree.
Mark said he chose
Peninsula College for the
excellent curriculum, the
area’s beauty, and the close
proximity of the dormitories.
An outdoor sportsman,
Mark enjoys camping, hiking
and canoeing. Active in
intramural sports last year,
he decided to abandon
school sports and
concentrate on his studies.
His vacation plans include
participating in the British
Columbia Assessment
Authority’s baseball tournament in Kelowna, B.C. Mark
also intends to travel in
Canada and visit the Williams Lake Stampede this
summer before beginning his
management career.
Auto mechanics students win state competition
Peninsula College students have returned from Vocational Industrial Clubs of America (V.l.C.A.) state Skilled Olympics competitions in Pasco with all three of the top prizes in automotive mechanics. Two brothers from Sequim were among those winners. Dennis Bennett took first place and Doug Bennett, thrid. Second place went to Lloyd Stewart, Port Angeles. The Bennetts are both first year automotive students at the college. Stewart has completed the twoyear automotive program and certificate and is now in the college diesel mechanics program. Dennis Bennett and college automotive instructor Doug Gilleland will represent the state at the national V.l.C.A. Skilled Olympics June 23 through 28 in Atlanta, Ga. Gilleland said 10 other community colleges and vocational-technical institutes were represented in state competition involving a variety of training specialties. There were 14 participants in the automotive contest.
Faculty reacts to case
By MARK PHILLIPS and DAVE MASON
The college faculty attitude and facultyadministration relations have been changed by Tom Hostetler’s firing, according to Faculty Grievance Committee leaders. “If Hostetler wins (the suit), I hope we could proceed as usual,” said Jack Estes, Faculty Grievance Committee chairman. But ‘‘I don’t think things will ever be the same again,’’ he added. “I think it’s had a definite negative effect on faculty and a profound effect on students,” he said. Shawn Moore, another grievance committee member, said “I believe many were upset over affected by Hostetler’s firing and the tenure question, Evans said. “The faculty had been on fairly decent terms with administrators before this (Hostetler’s firing).” Meanwhile, the dean of instruction, Floyd Young, said “We will plant the instructional program to comply with whatever
decisions are handed down,” concerning any decision made in the Hostetler case. Estes said the Hostetler case will have state-wide effects upon tenure. “It’s a precedent case,” said Estes. Evans said that if Hostetler loses his suit against the way it was done (Hostetler’s firing). The faculty was split on the issue.” Some faculty members have been united by the Hostetler case while others have split away from the rest because of it, said Jack Evans, another grievance committee member. “It has probably splintered the faculty.” Faculty – administration relations have also been college trustees and college president Paul Cornaby, the loss could break the 1969 Community College Tenure Act.
Cornaby apparently did not follow the procedure for firing a tenured employee when he dismissed the continuing education director, claiming Hostetler did not have tenure. Courts have not ruled, though, whether Hostetler had tenure and whether the firing was illegal. In a summary judgment hearing April 11, Robert Randolph, Hostetler’s attorney, argued his client had tenure under three tests of the tenure act.
Talent sought
Acts arc being sought for the Spring Talent Show May 30. Those interested should contact Karen Swanberg or sign up on a sheet on the bulletin board by the east Little Theater entrance. Deadline for acts is May 23. Theme of (he talent show will be “The Tonight Show.” Bonnie Graves’ Musical Theater class will put the show together like the late night television program.
Drop Date Due
The last date to officially withdraw for Spring quarter is May 14.
Evans is busy organizing AFT union.
Jack Evans, Faculty Grievance Committee member, is organizing the local American Federation of Teachers union committee. “The AFT’s goal is to negotiate the contracts of all faculty instructors, part-time,full-time, daytime, nightime, summer.” he said. Evans is the local AFT president for Peninsula College.
Evans also said there’s “a push behind ‘he union to get a bargaining agent.” ‘‘Anyone who desires a membership with the bargaining committee is invited to contact me, Jack Estes or Shawn Moore,” Evans said. Currently the bargaining committee has not elected a chairman. Dean of Instruction Floyd Young said he doesn’t feel the AFT union will make any substantial change in day-to-day college matters.“None that I can see,” said Young. “I expect the relationshipbetween the faculty and the college to remain the same.”
