Canadian poet Susan Musgrave reads selections of her poetry on campus April 17. She is reviewed on page 2. – photo by Rick Ross
Springfest plans announced
Springfest, PC’s annual spring arts festival, has been expanded to a week of activities and scheduled for May 7-11. Last year, Springfest was held on a Friday night and all day Saturday. “It was just too much,” says organizer Jack Estes. “People got tired of it because it was so intense and compact.” He said this year’s festival utilizes the noon hour and also includes evening programs to make the entertainments available to the greatest number of people. All activities open to the public are free and are scheduled in the Little Theater. The Springfest kickoff on Monday, May 7 will feature Bonnie Graves’ Lunchbox Theater group in musical improvisational skits. The group will guide the audience into the plaza following their program for a kite-flying contest. Prizes will be awarded for the most unusual kite, the first kite up, and the kit which remains aloft the longest. Monday evening, the movie “Women of the Year” will be shown at 7 p.m. The movie stars Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy. On May 8, Seattle poet Bill Matthews will read his poetry at noon. Mr. Matthews teaches creative writing at the University of Washington. He is the author of a book to be released next month titled “Rising and Falling”, and co-author of a book of translations of prose poems by Jean Follain. Tuesday evening, PC faculty will present a faculty arts sampler to showcase their talents. The program will include music, poetry, songs, dance, and drama, and begins at 7:30 p.m. At noon on May 9, the PC Chamber Choir will perform, as well as the Jazz Ensemble. Wednesday evening, the movie “King of Hearts” will be shown at 7 p.m. The film stars Alan Bates and Genevieve Bujold. It is a comedy about the inmates of an asylum left behind in an evacuated French town during World War I. The film examines whether the insane are those inside the asylum or outside. May 10, Northwest poet Dick Bakken will “voice” his poetry at noon. Mr. Bakken is a former instructor at Portland State University. He has read nationwide and has organized poetry festivals and centers in Oregon, Michigan, and Iowa. He edits Salted Feathers poetry magazine and has several books out. Mr. Bakken uses Indian chants and bells in his readings, as well as songs. Thursday evening, a double feature is scheduled to being at 7 p.m. The Marx Brothers comedy, “A Night at the Opera” will show along with an electric rock western called “Zachariah” which stars the Fireside Theater and Country Joe and the Fish. May 11, students and other community members will read their poems at noon. In the evening, Seattle comic-magician Steve Russell will perform at 8 p.m. Mr. Russell came to Seattle from New York city. He has performed on colleges and clubs from Seattle to New O4rleans. There will be an ASC dance Friday evening from 10 p.m. until 1 a.m. in the PUB. There will be a $2 admission per person and college ID will be required. The band will be Cathedral.
PC women plan meet
The Peninsula College Women’s Group will hold its spring dinner and program May 9, with guest speaker Arleigh Jones, senior trust officer of Seattle First National Bank, Seattle. Mr. Jones’ topic will be “Trusts, Wills, and Investments.” Location for the dinner has not been confirmed. Mr. Jones will be accompanied by Beverly Pogany, Sea-First Penn Street branch manager. This will be the final meeting of the women’s group this year. All campus women are welcome, including faculty, staff, students and faculty wives.
UW rep to visit
A representative from the University of Washington will be on campus Tuesday from 9 to 11 a.m. in the PUB gallery. Students interested in transferring to the UW should request a copy of their transcripts from the registrar’s office for the representative’s use. Information concerning the new transfer degree agreement should be available from the UW representative.
Grinols granted sabbatical
Dick Grinols, PC fisheries instructor, has been granted sabbatical leave at full pay for the 1979-1980 school year. Mr. Grinols plans to attend Western Washington University and study human biology and chemistry in preparation for new teaching assignments next year at Peninsula. According to PC President, Dr. Paul Cornaby, “The fisheries program never got to the size they anticipated.” He said because of changes in enrollments, it is necessary to reschedule teaching assignments and the classes are necessary to prepare Mr. Grinols to teach anatomy, physiology, and microbiology, classes currently taught by Renee Pearson. “It is a clear case of necessary retraining,” said Dr. Cornaby. “Mr. Grinols is a full-time tenured faculty member. His background is in marine biology.”
Generale to feature ‘patterns’
Kent Brauninger, math instructor at PC, will present “Search for Patterns” on May 3 in the Little Theater at noon. Mr. Brauninger will talk about math and will present visual displays using an overhead projector. He will give visual demonstrations of some mathematical facts and suggest how these were discovered in the first place by “people messing around to see how something was done”. “I believe the first people that discovered the Pythagorean Theorem were the tile layers,” says Mr. Brauninger. He also will talk about Pascal’s Triangle, that the area of a circle is pr2, and other math “goodies”.
Art class planned
John Nickerson will offer a two-credit art workshop from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on May 4-6 in the art building ceramics room. This is a non-participation class and signup is in the office. The course is Art 295 – Ceramics and Glass Workshop. Mr. Nickerson attended Eastern Montana College and Montana State, where he received his B.A. in art education. He also went to Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts in Rochester Institute of Technology. In 1969, he graduated from Alfred University in New York in clay and glass work. He taught at Colorado State and was director at Blenko Glass Co. in Milton W. Va. He also set up the glass department in Georgian College, Barri, Ontario. Mr. Nickerson’s work is in the permanent collection of Delaware Art Museum, Alfred University, West Virginia State College, Institute of West Virginia, Georgian College, and numerous others.
Students must apply to graduate
Sophomore students planning to graduate in June must complete an application for graduation as soon as possible, according to Mrs. Lynette Hostetler of the Admissions and Records office. Application cards are available in the Admissions office and should be returned there upon being filled out. Upon receipt of the application, students’ records will be evaluated, and they will be notified of eligibility for graduation. A list of those students eligible will be posted in the library, the PUB, and with Student Services. There is no fee for graduation other than the cost for the cap and gown. Students who have any questions or who do not find their name on the list and have applied should see either Mrs. Hostetler or Jerry Baker in admissions, or their advisors.
Ore. Tech rep to visit
Representatives from Oregon Tech will be on campus May 8, according to Leonard Beil, PC director of vocational education. Representatives will be in the mechanics building from 9:30 am, to 11:30 a.m. and will also visit the small engine, electronics, and engineering classes. Times for those visitations have not been announced. Mr. Beil said a representative will also be in the PUB sometime that morning.
Film to show
“Madame Bovary” will be shown in the Little Theater on Monday, at 7 pm as part of the “Women in Film” series. The film is about a 19th century housewife caught between her fantasies and the uneventful life she lives. The film is based on a novel by Gustav Flaubert, and directed by Vincente Minnelli, and starts Jennifer Jones and James Mason. Emma Bovary experiences one perfect vision of what her life could be like during an aristocrat’s ball and spends her life trying to recapture that grand moment. The film portrays with both face and fiction a close-up of provincial manners and morals in 19th century France.
Editorial
Censorship : danger
Every once in a while, our society takes a sizeable step backwards. A California school district recently made that eager leap when it decided to return to “the basics” of education and limited the books which English instructors may assign students as outside reading. The school district, armed with fine and noble intentions, took a step which could do irreparable damage to the future of education. While it staunchly denies that is is imposing any kind of censorship, we fear that similar actions may be the success of California’s Proposition 13, similar bills were introduced in other state legislatures, including Washington. It is therefore not inconceivable that similar proposals to this one could spring up like a crop of fertilized weeks. And what effect would it have on education? The school district limited the books which were acceptable for assigning to 275 specific titles. By definition of “limited”, all books not included on that list are, in fact, censored. If we are to allow censorship, who shall we decide who will make the choices, and on what basis? Do we censor books which contain material which offends our sense of morality? Books with revolutionary ideas? Books with dissenting opinions from the current majority? What criteria do we use? One man’s good sense is another man’s idiocy. Censorship is dangerous. It encourages us to live within fragile walls of rigidly structured ideas and to embrace no new stimulus, new ideas, or changes in our society. Man is not constant in his ideas from generation to generation. We must have the freedom to exercise our minds and be open to new stimulus…and free to change. We are not protecting our children when we withhold from them knowledge, ideas, dreams, seeds of thought that could blossom and bear fruit. It is foolish to think that we are doing them any favors by narrowing their experiences. part of growing up is learning to make choices-choices which help shape our values, our goals, ourselves as individuals. Every student should have the right to read any books which will make him more aware of and involved in life and society. Every teacher should have the right to assign books to students that will make them think and reach and analyze. There was a time when “Huckleberry Finn” was considered unacceptable-yet today it is widely read and enjoyed as well as acclaimed. We cannot afford to risk our intellectual freedoms by giving our right of choice to a body of nameless and faceless individuals who think they know what is best for us. If we do that, all literature is in danger. The next step might be to decide that the Bible doesn’t belong in churches, or that books aren’t necessary after all. Must we all live by one narrow standard? We encourage you to take note of the changes in education and society. They are not nebulous, strange things that have no effect on us. They are the boundaries with which we limit ourselves. We must be prepared to speak out and protect our rights when they are unwisely threatened or shackled by “good intentions”. Good intentions, depend on who’s definition one chooses. Censorship must be fought if we are to maintain our freedom and integrity. – Cathy Logg
Poet’s focus on fantasy – by Cathy Logg
Susan Musgrave conveys intensity like a hot fire. She is highly in tune with life and escribes her feelings in vivid images which focus on nature, imagination and also fantasy. Her poems are also filled with symbolism. She says, “I see poems as being extensions of myself. The links between dreams and poetry in my own life are extraordinary. I started writing poetry because I always felt like an outsider and that gave me a kind of protection against the world.” “It’s hard to say where the line is drawn between being ‘born’ a writer and ‘learning’ the craft. I don’t know if you can learn to have an “ear” or a ‘voice’ but you can certainly study form and technique. I have never had any formal training. Poetry is becoming acceptable-the occupation of writer or poet is no longer assumed to mean unemployed. Ms. Musgrave calls Canada home, where she spends a lot of time traveling to read her poetry. “I write a lot of poems in airplanes to ward off the inevitable,” she says. her poems often deal with death and the things she fears. She utilizes chants, colors, symbols, frequent alliteration, keeps rhythm with her body and keeps the listener on the edge of the seat. Her poems range from traditional to more narrative and conversational. She is an elemental poet: earth, water, fire, wind, rain, darkness, and light populate her poems like weeds in a garden. She is mystical and magical: her themes often revolve around myths, magic, spells, witches, incantations. she is charming and one is aware of the power of her talisman by the impulses on one’s spine, like sparks of electricity. Susan Musgrave would be at home on the Druid stones. There is a spell about her, most clearly defined in the sharp, concise words of her poems. Words that never stray far from the basics of life: blood, bone, body, teeth, skulls, shadows. Her poems are often stark but always descriptive; occasionally depressing but always alive. She puts on characters like changed of clothes, and she wears them well. She becomes the people she writes about, as familiar as a memory out of the past. She is equally at ease in the guise of characters which are real or imaginary. Perhaps the most haunting thing about her is that the voices she uses all seem naturally hers. She is not limited by poetry. Her poems are fluid and seldom waste words. “Writing, for me, is a biological function.” she believes in exorcism, and indeed, exorcises the ghosts within her mind and makes them take on human form in her poems. Her imagination is boundless. She focuses on the small things in life to make comments on the large ones. she is perceptive and instinctive, is not lacking in humor and wit, and has an acute sense of timing. she often ends her poems on an upbeat and catches the listener by surprise. “Poetry” she says, is the “highest form of expression. I say this after working four years on a novel! It may be possible to write a perfect poem on any subject- with prose it would be a lot more difficult. I believe in experimenting as much as possible with styes, form, and voice.” Readings, however, often make her nervous. A poet who is interested in law and the courts, she says, “Murder cases seem relaxing in contrast to poetry readings. I don’t know why.” She is, above all, an excellent poet!
Letters
Use dignity, pride with language – Editor, The Buccaneer
In response to “Don’t Censor Language”, we agree that language is our “most important creative tool.” But we should also remember that like anything else, language should be used with pride, dignity, and respect. It is not always what language is used but what the language is to “color, describe, enlighten, and intensify” in the world around us that we object to. Not so much as to in the classroom function because this can be worked out between teacher and students; but as to college functions, such as the poetry readings, because they are open to the public, we ask a little respect in return to save us and the speaker the embarrassment of someone walking out. Because this also is a degradation of freedom of speech, we ask respectively for a clear forewarning. A forewarning as to amount of “bad” language and/or certain explicit “descriptions or enlightenment” so that if we do not want to hear it, we will not come. People are the ones who corrupt, but words and ideas come from people. – Linda Robinson
Counselor’s Corner
Feiro wears variety of hats – by Diane Pagel
“He has a lot of hats to wear”, Dick Hendry says of Art Feiro. Mr. Feiro is not only the dean of students but also is in charge of student financial aids, special scholarships, a special testing department, and helping minority and foreign students. Mr. Feiro said one of the new items PC has to offer is the Elder Hostel program for people over 60 who are non-residents to attend PC. he is also trying a new approach to appeal to students who live in the west end to attend. Mr. Feiro says he also is devoting time to help plan the marine biology laboratory on the new public pier. He added that this project is in need of funds. Mr. Feiro also works with local divers on a research project of analyzing the harbor organisms. Mr. Feiro attended Washington State University as an undergraduate and then went into the Air force for two years as a radar control officer. He returned to WSU and the University of Washington and received degrees in botany and zoology. He also went for a year to Harvard to study marine biology and taught micro-biology at the U.W. in the summer program. Last year he quit teaching in the biology science field, which he had taught since the college first opened in 1961. At Oregon State University and the University of Oregon, Mr. Feiro took special courses to help with research in the Arctic. In the summer of 1977, he went to Hudson Bay, Ontario, and the Yukon and studied the bacterial relationship between the soil and roots. After writing a paper on that, he went to Ireland and has presented seminars on his journey to Ireland. His office wall is covered with carvings, totem poles, and plaques which friends and admirers have given to him. His office reflects what people think of him- a warm and friendly person.
14 to compete in California meet
Peninsula College’s Intramural Olympic team left yesterday for DeAnza College in Cupertino, Calif., to compete in the first annual Schlitz Intramural Olympics. Karen Hopkins, Julie Leavitt, Sheila Murphy, Sue Osterberg, Ann Pazan, Joanne Ross, Annette Warren and Pam Beard will compete for the women, with Rick Ross, Steve Ross, Rick Melvin, Paul Graves, Guy Lawrence, and John Anderson competing for the men. Each team will participate in four sports during the regionals: basketball, volleyball, swimming, and track. Upon completion of each sport, teams will be awarded points depending on the place they finish in each sport. The one men’s team and the one women’s team that have accumulated the most points over the four sport competitions will be the regional champions. These two teams will then advance to the national championships, all expenses paid, to be held at the University of Miami. All competition is single elimination. The winners of each event will be awarded trophies, and all competitors will receive a Schlitz Olympic t-shirt. Both men and women open at 9 Saturday morning running the 880-yard relay. At 10 a.m. Peninsula meets the University of Santa Clara in men’s basketball, with the women meeting Laney College. In volleyball, the men will meet host college DeAnza, while Peninsula’s women are pitted against Chabot college. finals in all events will begin at 10 a.m. Sunday and continue until 4 p.m., when awards will be presented. The team plans to return from California late Monday night.
Golf nears season end
The Peninsula varsity golf squad is nearing the end of its season, with one regular match to play against the Olympic Rangers before the post season tournaments begin. The Pirates have been playing well as they sat behind Clark with a 5-2 record prior to Monday’s home double match with Clark and Mt. Hood. The Pirates lost their last outing when they met the Chokers of Grays Harbor last Friday on their course. Peninsula had previously beaten the Chokers at home but fell by nine strokes. “The weather was good!” said PC golfer Mike Lux. “That’s why it was so bad to not be hitting good.” Rod Antolock had his best day for Peninsula as he led the Pirates with a 76 in that match. Jeff Cays, Randy Thomas, Mike Lux, and Jeff Johnson all finished with an 83. In the previous match, Peninsula met Lower Columbia in Bremerton and defeated the Red Devils 320-312 on the neutral course. Thomas was medalist in that match, shooting a 75. Cays was close behind with a 76, Johnson shot an 80, and Antolock hit 81. The Pirates’ match against Clark and Mt. Hood last Monday was an important one as Peninsula was looking to knock off the strong clubs on the home (Sunland) course.
IMs swing into spring
Interest in intramurals for the spring quarter continues to be strong, with several tournaments slated to begin this week. Two on two basketball has begun, with the favorites expected to be the teams of Kevin Backlund and Bob Mendenhall, and Paul Beck and Steve Wasnock. Table tennis also started this week. In bowling, Brian Ripley has advanced through the tournament without a setback, while the billiards competition has been narrowed down to Jim Lameureux and Eddie Allen. Six teams are signed up for co-ed softball. Singles tennis, doubles, and mixed doubles are expected to begin, weather permitting. Eddie Allen will try to repeat last year’s winter in the horseshoes competition.
Varsity athletics get student OK – By Rick Ross
A committee under the direction of Art Feiro is examining Peninsula’s athletic program. According to Mr. Feiro, the varsity program is “presently” stable. This means it is included in the budget requests for next year. A survey was taken during spring quarter registration to help the committee learn student opinion. The recommendations will be made to Peninsula College President Dr. Paul Cornaby. According to Mr. Feiro, over 250 useable responses came from the survey. Varsity basketball was the highest rated on the survey, with 92 percent of the students preferring to keep it in the program. Girls’ volleyball received 84 percent and girls’ tennis 81 percent. But less than 50 percent of the students surveyed wanted to keep men’s gold. A large percentage of students wanted co-ed cross country added to the varsity athletics program. Soccer and women’s slow pitch were two others that were also high for possible additions. The college is presently having problems with funding for varsity athletics. Insurance rates are getting high and with student enrollment leveling off the school is getting less money. The competition is toughening and travel costs have skyrocketed, particularly since the Hood Canal Bridge sank. The present concern is “serving the most with the best with limited resources.” according to Mr. Feiro. In this case, “the most” does not mean the day students here at Peninsula. This explains why the college does not spend an excessive amount of money on varsity athletics. “Win-loss is not that important.” said Mr. Feiro. “We try to recruit local kids because we’re a community college. It’s their kids out there playing that’s so important.” This makes for good college-community relations. The athletes fit right in at the college and do not stand out like superiors. It also explains why PC draws larger crowds than at most community colleges. If all the problems with funding, travel, and students’ wants and needs eventually terminate the varsity athletic program here at Peninsula, we have an excellent leisure time program to fall back on. Almost half the students surveyed had participated in some form of leisure time activity and 60 percent have checked out some form of equipment. The leisure time program offers something for everyone. Competition can be found in intramurals, while individualists will like the swim-jog-cycle program or the Thursday hike and canoe trips, use of all the check-out equipment, or even enrollment in the summer classes that are being arranged. Dr. Cornaby is supportive of the leisure time program, and Peninsula’s is large compared with other schools in the state. Nancy Bell has done an outstanding job in her second year here at Peninsula to encourage students to take part. Because this is a community college and the majority of its students are not even remotely involved in varsity athletics, the future trend may see a decline in that program and a surge in the lifetime activities programs.
Vici Hall powers a return in a practice doubles match Monday afternoon. Vici and Sheryl Shaw make up Peninsula’s number 2 team, who with the rest of the squad got a rest Monday when Everett forfeited its match. – photo by Rick Ross
Rain delays matches
The Peninsula College girl’s tennis team finally got in a little playing time this week, with matches played Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. Before Saturday, the girls had only played two of their scheduled seven matches this season because of rain. The Pirates were shut out in their first match of the season 9-0 as they fell to a tough Skagit squad. The girls looked good in the match but needed some playing time, according to coach Kathy Murphy. After another week of rain and limited practice, the team travelled across the Sound to meet Shoreline, which plays at Tennis World on 24 indoor courts. Shoreline is a very strong team and played all its matches because of indoor facilities. The games were close, but the Pirates could not manage a win and were again shut out 9-0. Peninsula had a make-up match to play with Seattle Central last Saturday and came up on the losing end of a close 6-3 contest. “The three losses were very close one,” said coach Murphy. Leslie Reed, Peninsula number one singles player, lost her match 7-5, 7-5. Cheryl Shaw lost her second singles match in three sets, 6-4,3-6, 6-0. Vici Hall also lost her third singles match before the Pirates scored their first win of the season. Wendy Parks took her fourth singles competitor 6-4, 6-3 and Pam Beard won her fifth singles match for Peninsula 6-4, 4-6, 6-3. The other Peninsula win came when the team of Parks and Karen Hopkins win their third doubles match 8-2 in a “pro-set”.
Drama group to stage “Enigma”
“The Enigma” has been chosen for the spring drama production. It is a comedy-fantasy that deals with the predicament of a yound man who imagines there is a tiger living with him, a young girl who has a similar problem with a gorilla and their doubting friend who ironically ends up with a rather strange companion himself. Stuart Pearson, a young computer operator, lives in terror of the “tiger” who has moved in with him, but he gets little sympathy from his friend who works for Pan Am, Phil Rittenhouse. This is because the tiger, Elsa, is visible only to Stuart. His lovely neighbor, Nora Dall, has a similar problem herself. She also has an imaginative companion, a “gorilla” called Tarzan. Tarzan is very real to Nora but again unseen by any one else. The complications multiply uproariously as the two scheme to get rid of their unwanted pairs while at the same time “finding” each other. However their disbelieving friend ends up with the strangest companion of all, a small, shaggy, “enigma” who follows him everywhere-until a desperate, but well-placed, bullet sets him free as well. The members of the cast include Scott Guggenmos, who has gone from not seeing rabbits in the Community Players’ “Harvey” to positively seeing enigmas. Scott has been involved in several Peninsula College productions, “On Borrowed Time” and “A Distant Bell” to name two. he plays Phil Rittenhouse. Jim Harris is Stuart Pearson. Harris played the jester in last fall’s production “Many Moons” and has been involved in many high school plays. A new member of the Peninsula Players is Linda Baumwell who recently moved here from Leavenworth, Kans. She is a member of the Thespian Society and has been active in drama for the past six years. Her major is theater. The tigress is played by Kathi Good, who has participated in the winter musical production, “Stop the World” Kathi remarked on how difficult the part was going to be, as it has no speaking part. Melissa Trivich plays the gorilla, Tarzan. She underwent some dedicated make-up work recently. In order for her role to be portrayed correctly, a mold had to be made of her face, so a mask could be designed to give her the right features for a gorilla. The process took one hour, and it resembled something like a mudpack. The end result was a plaster impression of her face, which will be used to model the parts of the mask. Kelli Nicholas and Bill Goodwin play the enigmas. Both are members of last fall’s production “Many Moons”. Goodwin was the King and Nicholas was the Princess. The set consists of a one room apartment with a kitchen and a bath room. The production crew includes Scott, Guggenmos, Bill Goodwin, Melissa Trivich, Kay Erickson, Martin Smith, and Diane Hill. The play will be performed May 17, 18, and 19. All three performances will be at 8 p.m.
B.C. trip announced
Two tours to Victoria have been planned for Peninsula students for Saturday, May 5. The first tour is for $4.50, which consists simply of the ferry ride over and back. Since this is a group rate it is considerably cheaper than going alone. The second tour for $6.50 consists of the ferry ride plus an escorted Victoria tour. The ferry leaves at 7:30 a.m., but it is necessary that everyone be at the ferry terminal by 7 a.m. so a head count can be taken, and tickets arranged. The ferry will arrive in Victoria at 9 a.m., and those who choose the second tour will board a Greyline bust which will transport them by way of the Saanich Peninsula to Butchart Gardens. About one hour will be spent at the gardens then the bust will transport those on this tour to downtown Victoria. Once back downtown this group will be free to eat and see such attractions as the Provincial Museum (which is free) at 601 Belleville; the Royal Wax Museum, 470 Belleville; Undersea Gardens, 490 Belleville; Maritime Museum, 28 Bastion Square; the Classic Car Museum, Douglas Street at Humboldt, or Prince Albert’s Miniature World, 635 Humboldt. Everyone is required to be back at the ferry terminal by 3:30 p.m. The ferry will depart at 4 p.m., and estimated time of arrival in Port Angeles is 5:30 p.m. Those interested in either of the two tours should see Jim Lunt for tickets.
Peninsula communications student Sandie Davis announces a song title as part of her job as a KONP disc jockey in Port Angeles. – photo by Rick Ross.
Student Standout
Sandie has ear for music – by Cathy Logg
“I love being a DJ.” says PC student Sandie Davis, who works at KONP radio station. Sandie, who finds little free time on her hands, says “This field has always kept my interest and I think it will be my main interest for a long time. The experience is invaluable. It’s free-flowing and spontaneous. They’re really good to me down at the station and I really enjoy my job.” Sandie says, “I started writing news on an internship program. When an opening was available, I let them know I was interested, and I got it. They showed me how it all worked and said, ‘it’s up to you’. It was unreal. The first time I broadcast on my own was scary. I shook for the first two weeks. But learning the mechanics is what you have to do.” This is Sandie’s second year at PC. “This quarter I have the least credits I’ve had since I’ve been here, but I’m awfully busy,” she says. “I don’t have any classes on Thursdays though, and I can sleep in and get caught up on things. I have a chance to get ready for the weekend.” Besides her job, her studies and her leisure activities – “what little I have time for” – Sandie is the computer operator for the Washington Occupational Information Service at Peninsula. “Last year I hadn’t even heard about it.” she says. “This year it’s kind of opening up.” She said students interested in WOIS appointments should sign up at the computer terminal. “The WOIS program has so much information and it has been really helpful.” Sandie says. “We’re doing evaluations now of the program by students who have been through it.” Sandie plans to attend the University of Washington next year as a pre-major in communications. “I’m ready for the U now,” she says. “I wouldn’t have been ready two years ago, but Peninsula has helped me grow up.” She says she has included a few business courses in her schedule to give her a well-rounded background. Sandie has traveled a lot in her life. “I haven’t lived in the same place for more than three years at a time for as long as I can remember. My dad was in the military and we moved around a lot.” she says. She has lived in Spokane, Texas, and Oahu, but was born in Ohio. In her free time, Sandie is learning to ski, likes to ride bikes, and sew. “I make my own clothes when I have the time. I have a terrible temper and no patience, but sewing settles me down,” she explains. Although she likes Port Angeles, Sandie says, “I’m a city girl at heart. I think I will stay in the city after college, at least for a while.”
Scholarships available
Peninsula College announces six scholarships available to interested students. The Washington Association of Criminal Justice Educators intends to grant an undetermined amount to a successful student majoring in corrections or law enforcement. Applications are due May 1, 1979. Delta Kappa Gamma will donate a $300 scholarship to a Washington state education major of sophomore standing who has graduated from an Olympic Peninsula high school. Applications will be accepted until May 4. The Fidelty scholarship of undecided amount will be offered to a Washington resident in need of financial aid. The student must achieve at least a 3.0 GPA, and plan to return or transfer to another college this coming fall quarter. Applications must be turned in by May 23. The Agnew Helpful Neighbors association offers $500 to an academically successful Agnew resident for the 1979 fall quarter. Deadline for applications is May 23. A total of $300 will be awarded to a medical technology student who has already been accepted to an accredited school. Applications are due June 30. The Dr. Rodney T.H. Nixon memorial scholarship is offered to a pre-medical or health sciences major who is a Clallam County resident and will complete the AA degree requirement by June. Applicants must have at least a 3.00 GPA and show evidence of financial need. Additional information may be obtained from Wendy Shea in the Student Services office.
Enrollment up from ’78
Enrollment is up this spring, compared with the spring quarter enrollment of 1978. As of the first day of the quarter, 1935 students were enrolled in day and night classes at Peninsula.