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Wednesday, October 16, 2002 • Vol. 46 • Number 4
upcoming…
The Career Faire/Graduate and
Professional Schools Day, sponsored by the
Career Resource Center, will be held
Friday, Oct. 18 from 1-4 p.m. on Knoles
Lawn. Over 60 companies will be in
attendance looking for full-time and
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internship candidates.
Pacific’s Homecoming 2002 takes place this weekend
The School of International Studies is
presenting “Issues of War: An Educational
Homecoming 2002 is off to a running start. Greek Week and RHA Spirit
Film Festival.” On Oct. 21, John Morearty
Week activities started on Monday and will conclude with the annual Greek
of the Peace and Justice Network will
Week Lip Sync contest during the Homecoming Festival on Hand Hall
present Faces of War: Genocide by
Lawn at noon Saturday.
Sanctions: Iraq; Nato Targets 1999; and
The Homecoming
School of the Americas: Guns and Greed. On
Festival will also
Oct. 28, Dean Margee Ensign and
include a free concert
Professor Jerry Hewitt present Tragedy in
with G. Love & Special
the Holy Land and If You Make it Possible:
Sauce, games, prizes, a
Peacemakers in Israel and Palestine. Both
barbeque and more.
sessions will be held at SIS and are free of
charge.
Women’s volleyball
starts off weekend
Pacific’s Conservatory of Music will
athletics events when
present John DeHaan, tenor, and Rex
they play Utah State on
Cooper, piano, in performance at 7:30
Thursday night in the Pacific’s Pep Band played at the 2001 Homecoming
p.m. on Oct. 25 in Morris Chapel. On
Spanos Center at 7
Festival on Hand Hall Lawn.
Oct. 27, the Conservatory will present
p.m. Other athletics
Ariel Winds at 2:30 p.m. in Faye Spanos
Concert Hall. General admission is $6 for
events for the weekend include men’s water polo vs. UC Santa Barbara,
both events. Seniors and students are $4.
Saturday at noon and field hockey vs. Saint Louis, Saturday at 2 p.m.
Students with Pacific ID are free.
Women’s volleyball will be playing again on Saturday at 7 p.m. against
Idaho. Men’s water polo will play Long Beach State, Sunday at noon, and
women’s soccer will play Eastern Washington, Sunday at noon.
inside the bulletin
The Founders Day Chapel Service will honor the memory of Pacific’s
founding Methodist clergy at Morris Chapel on Friday at 10:30 a.m. At
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San Joaquin Potters Guild sale . . . . . . . . .2
Library conducting customer service
workshops for students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Neuman to speak at annual Harris Lecture Oct. 24
Theatre Arts presents Arthur Miller’s A
View from the Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Pacific alumnae and U.S. Department of Education
Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary
Faculty development seminars . . . . . . . .5
Education Susan Neuman, ’77, will give the annual
Harris Lecture at Pacific’s Faye Spanos Concert Hall on
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Thursday, Oct. 24 at 7:30 p.m. She is primarily
responsible for implementation of the Bush
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Administration’s No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
Office of Marketing and University Relations,
“No Child Left Behind is already having a profound
Stockton, CA 95211 (209) 946-2311
Susan Neuman, '77
See Neuman, Page 5
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San Joaquin Potters Guild sale to
noteworthy…
be held on Pacific campus
JING YUAN, XIAOYI HU, MIN JIANG, O. DAVID SPARKMAN and PATRICK R. JONES,
The San Joaquin Potters Guild will hold its
professors of Chemistry, and VANISHREE RAJAGOPALAN, JIM BLANKENSHIP, and
11th annual pottery sale on Friday, Nov. 1
DAVID FRIES professors of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, presented research
from 4:30-9 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 2 from
posters on “Quantitative Analysis of Hexamethylene Bisacetamide (HMBA) and
9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. at Raymond Great Hall on
Metabolites in the Differentiation Process of MEL Cell Culture in the Presence
the Pacific campus. The artists’ reception
and Absence of APAH, a Potential Inhibitor of N8-acetylspermidine deacetylase
will be held Friday from 6-8 p.m.
by APCI (+)-SIM-MS method” at the 50th National Meeting of the American
There will be pottery, sculpture, glass and
Society for Mass Spectrometry, June 2 - 6, Orlando.
weaving by local artists on sale. The
SALLY MILLER, professor emerita of History, gave the keynote address at a
featured artist will be nationally recognized
Congress in Athens, Greece, May 26, on the Hellenic Press at Home and Abroad
Trent Burkett, professor of ceramics and
since 1796. Her presentation was entitled: "An Overview of the Historical
sculpture at Pacific.
Phenomenon of the Ethnic Press."
The Guild will also be doing a fundraiser for
ANDREW SMITH, psychologist in the Counseling Center, conducted a day-long
the Stockton Food Bank at the sale.
workshop titled, "Substance Abuse Prevention and Intervention on College
Campuses" for administrators and student leaders at California State University,
Stanislaus on Sept. 19.
DOUGLAS TEDARDS, associate professor of English, has contributed two brief
Pacific Holidays for 2003
selections (one on writing poetry and the other on teaching the personal essay) to
New Year's Day: Jan. 1, 2003
Sheila Seifert's The Craft of the Modern Writer, under consideration for publication
with Oxford University Press. He also contributed to a substantial revision of The
Martin Luther King Day: Jan: 20, 2003
Practice of Writing, edited by Robert Scholes and Nancy Comley (Bedford/St.
President's Day: Feb. 17, 2003
Martin's, 2001) and is mentioned in the "Preface" for his work on that textbook.
THOMAS BRIERTON, associate professor, Eberhardt School of Business, presented
Memorial Day: May 26, 2003
his paper, "Reasonable Accommodation Under Title VII: Is It Reasonable To The
Independence Day: July 4, 2003
Religious Employee? " at the Rocky Mountain Academy of Legal Studies In
Business Annual Conference, Sept. 13-15 in Vail, Colo. Brierton has served as
Labor Day: Sept. 1, 2003
the president of the Rocky Mountain Academy of Legal Studies In Business for
Thanksgiving Day: Nov. 27, 2003
the last two years.
Seasonal Day: Nov. 28, 2003
HOWELL RUNION, professor, Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy and Health
Sciences, was a Consensus Panel Advisor for a new multiple sclerosis drug product
Seasonal Day: Dec. 24, 2003
REBIF by Sereno. The consensus forum was held in San Francisco on Sept. 27-
Christmas Day: Dec. 25, 2003
28. Runion has also recently been appointed to the Advisory Board of Somerford
Place, a national residential care group for Alzheimer patients. The Stockton unit
Seasonal Day: Dec. 26, 2003
is a 55-bed residential assisted living facility.
Seasonal Day: Dec. 29, 2003
GREG ROHLF, professor of History and International Studies, presented his paper,
Seasonal Day: Dec. 30, 2003
“Helping Others Modernize in the 1950s: Youth Volunteering in World History”
at the conference of the World History Association, Aug. 15-18, 2002, Seoul
Seasonal Day: Dec. 31, 2003
National University, South Korea
New Year's Day: Jan. 1, 2004
MERRILL SCHLEIER, professor of Art and Art History, had her article, "Ayn Rand
Seasonal Day: Jan. 2, 2004
and King Vidor's The Fountainhead: Architectural Modernism, the Gendered
Body, and Political Ideology," published in the Journal of the Society of
Architectural Historians, September 2002. She has also received a contract for her
second book from The University of Minnesota Press. The title is
Skyscrapers/Gender/Film (forthcoming, 2005).
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CPCE offers variety of courses
calendar…
Pacific’s Center for Professional & Continuing
Education (CPCE) is offering the following
courses through October:
Health Education for Teachers/CPR
Fridays, October 18 & 25, 4 – 9 p.m. and
Saturdays, October 19 & 26, 8 a.m. – 6 p.m.,
Education Building Room #208, $290,
Instructors: Margaret Ciccolella &
Christopher Snell, 2 extended education
units.
Founders Day Memorial Service
10:30 a.m.
Morris Chapel
Buddhism & Martial Arts in Cinema
Saturday, October 19, 9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m., and
Sunday, October 20, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., Knoles
Hall #210, $140, Instructor: Bophasy Saukam,
1 extended education unit.
Winning Sales Skills
Saturday, October 19, 9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.,
Geosciences #101, $75, Instructor Colin
McKechnie, non-credit
Living with Confucius
Mondays, October 21 & 28, 6 – 9:30 p.m., and
Wednesdays, October 23 & 30, 6 – 10 p.m.,
Knoles Hall #210, $140, Instructor: Greg
Rohlf, 1 extended education unit.
Introduction to Word, Excel & PowerPoint
Tuesday & Thursday, October 22 & 24, 5:30 –
9:30pm, Technology Training Center,
Computer Science Building #111, $135,
Instructor: Perry Johnson, .5 extended
education unit.
Human Sexuality
Saturdays, October 26 & November 2, 8 a.m.
– 5 p.m., Wendell Phillips Center #122, $240,
Instructor: David Hall, 1 extended education
unit or 1.6 continuing education units.
Southeast Asians in America: Peoples and
Cultures
Saturday, October 26, 9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. and
Sunday, October 27, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., Knoles
#210, $150, Instructor: Bophasy Saukam, 1
extended education unit.
To register or to receive more information
about other programs offered through CPCE,
please call 946-2424. Full time faculty and
staff are eligible for discount.
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Pacific’s Theatre Arts Department presents Arthur
Library conducts customer
Miller’s A View from the Bridge
service workshops for student
A View from the Bridge opens Friday Oct. 18 at 8 p.m. in DeMarcus
assistants
Brown Studio Theatre and continues Oct. 19, 23, 24, 25 and 26 at 8 p.m.,
The library is providing the Connections
and Oct. 20 and 27 at 5 p.m. Tickets are available at the door or in advance
Quality Customer Service Workshop for all
by calling (209) 946-2UOP and are $10 general admission and $6 for
Pacific student assistants. The workshops
students, staff and seniors.
are two hours long and will be held in the
Set near the docks of Brooklyn in the early 1950s A View from the Bridge is
Taylor Conference Room on the fourth
an emotionally charged play about a longshoreman and his family. Within
floor of the library at the following times:
minutes of entering their world, you understand that behind the masks of
Monday, Oct. 14: 10:00 a.m.- noon
normalcy lies a secret that will tear them apart. Having raised his niece,
Catherine (Heather Dooley), in the best way he knew how, Eddie (Dustin
Monday, Oct. 14: 5-7 p.m.
Herboldshimer) is devastated when she falls in love with an illegal Italian
Tuesday, Oct. 15: 5-7 p.m.
immigrant, Rodolpho (Zach Koval). What transpires as a result of Eddie’s
misguided affection will surprise and move you in the way that only
Wednesday, Oct. 16: 1-3 p.m.
playwright Arthur Miller can.
Thursday, Oct. 17: 9-11 a.m.
The Pacific production of Arthur Miller’s A View From the Bridge is
The class size is limited to 15. Please
directed by Gary Armagnac with sets and lighting by Rex Reynolds and
contact Gail Stovall at 946-2954 or
costumes by Cathie McClellan. The rest of the cast includes Casey
gstovall@uop.edu to reserve a spot for
Kooyman, Alfiere; Leah Wellisch, Beatric; Matt Candito, Marco; Micael
your students.
Helman, Louis and Tony; Stacie Moniz, Michelle; Jenny Treadwell, Mrs.
Lipari; Jessica Sutar-Blair, Mrs. DellaRocca; and Ryan Arab and Jennifer
Topics covered include:
Plassmeyer as the immigration officers.
• How to make a positive difference
• The importance of job knowledge
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noon on Friday, the Annual Heritage Society and Patron Scholarship Luncheon will be
• Body language
held to celebrate Pacific’s heritage, honor scholarship patrons and meet student scholars.
• Telephone tips
The Career Faire/Graduate and
• Subtle negativism
Professional Schools Day will be
OTHER HOMECOMING EVENTS
held on Knoles Lawn this Friday
• Handling stress
• Orange & Black Basketball Scrimmage
from 1-4 p.m. for students and
Friday, 6 p.m., Spanos Center
• Working with difficult customers
alumni to visit with employers and
• Alumni Baseball Game, Saturday, noon
representatives of graduate and
Students should be paid for this training
professional programs.
• School Open Houses, Saturday, 2-3:30 p.m.
time.
The Pacific Student Alumni
•BBQ Birthday Bash - 25th Anniversary of
Eberhardt School of Business, Saturday, 5 p.m.
Association is sponsoring a
Homecoming 5K Run on Saturday
• Street Dance, Saturday, 8 p.m.
to help raise funds for student
scholarships. The race starts promptly at 8:30 a.m. Runners should meet in front of
Baun Fitness Center at 7:45 a.m.
Pacific’s performing arts will also be busy this weekend. The Jazz Ensemble Concert
will be on Friday at 7:30 p.m. at Faye Spanos Concert Hall. The sixth annual Alumni
Band Concert with the Symphonic Wind Ensemble will perform on Saturday at 5 p.m.
on Knoles Lawn. The Annual Bach Concert will be performed by the Pacific Singers,
Oriana Choir and University Chorus on Sunday at 5 p.m. in Morris Chapel.
For more information about this year’s Homecoming events, call Student Activities at
946-2174.
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International faculty development seminars
The Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) launched the
Neuman Continued from Page 1
International Faculty Development Seminars (IFDS) series in 1990 to
stimulate college and university initiatives toward internationalizing
impact on public education throughout the
curricula.
United States,” said John Nagle, dean of
Pacific’s Benerd School of Education. “This
The Seminars are hosted by prestigious academic institutions abroad and
major revision of the 1965 Elementary and
provide short-term (1-to 2-week) intensive overseas experiences, offering
Secondary Education Act significantly affects
focused updates on global issues and regions that are shaping the course of
curriculum, state testing programs, teacher
world events, while introducing participants to scholarly communities
preparation, district and state report cards,
overseas.
and—ultimately—matters of school choice
Through exploring international issues and exchanging views with
for parents.”
colleagues in other countries, seminar participants are able to re-examine
Under the No Child Left Behind Act of
their own disciplines within an international context and to incorporate
2001, states and school districts must
global perspectives into their teaching and research. CIEE’s International
develop strong systems of accountability
Faculty Development Seminars have spanned the globe with more than 125
based on student performance. The new law
programs in 31 countries.
also gives states and school districts increased
IFDS for summer 2003 will be held in Australia, Brazil, China, Costa
local control and flexibility, removing federal
Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Lebanon, New Zealand, South Korea, Hungary and
red tape and bureaucracy and putting
the Czech Republic, India, the Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Senegal,
decision-making into the hands of those at
South Africa, Spain, Taiwan, Turkey, and Vietnam.
the local and state levels.
Eligibility
In her position, Neuman serves as the
principal adviser to the U.S. Secretary of
Seminar participants should be faculty and/or administrators at two- or
Education on all matters related to
four-year institutions of higher education. In order to facilitate an
elementary and secondary education. She
interdisciplinary exploration of seminar themes, applicants from all
oversees the Office of Elementary and
academic concentrations are encouraged to apply.
Secondary Education which provides more
Participants do not need to be experts on the seminar topic or region.
than $14 billion annually to help expand
Approximately 85% of participants are faculty and 15% are administrators.
educational opportunities and excellence in
Spouses and family members are not eligible to participate.
the nation’s K-12 education system.
CIEE's IFDS features the following Academic Program:
Before joining the Education Department,
• Lectures/Discussions
Neuman was a professor in Educational
Studies at the University of Michigan at Ann
• Site Visits and Study Tours
Arbor and director of the Center for the
• Academic Interchange
Improvement of Early Reading
Achievement. For 10 years prior to joining
• Pre-Departure Information (Orientation)
the Michigan faculty, Neuman was a
• Length of Seminars
professor at Temple University in
• Seminars range in length from 7 to 13 days.
Philadelphia. She has also taught at Boston
College, the University of Massachusetts,
Questions
Lowell and Yale University. Early in her
If you have questions regarding CIEE’s faculty seminars, contact us by
career Neuman was an elementary school
phone at 212-822-2782, call toll-free at 1-800-40-STUDY (ext. 2782), by
teacher and reading specialist.
e-mail ifds@ciee.org, or visit CIEE’s web site at www.ciee.org/seminars.
Neuman graduated from American
University and received a master’s degree
from CSU Hayward. She earned her
doctorate in reading education from Pacific.
EPSON PRINTER FOR SALE: Stylus C60 color
TOWELS AND BLANKETS: Don't discard those old
Protect your home on Halloween
printer, used 3 months. $50.Good for mac or pc.
worn towels and blankets. Used towels and
Sells new for $90-160. Consumer reports calls it a
blankets are needed as bedding for the animals at
When mischevious ghosts, monsters,
BEST
BUY. 603-6290 or
The Adopt-a-Pet Center run by the Stockton
ladyfish@ix.netcom.com
Animal Shelter Friends. If you have items to
vampires or humans armed with toilet paper
donate, please bring them to Dale McNeal's
and eggs attack your home on Halloween,
GIFT BASKETS FROM BASKET CARAVAN: Great for
office, Biological Sciences, Classroom Building,
staff parties, associates, friends and family.
who do you call?
Room 222.
Perfect for visiting alumni, guest speakers,
colleagues or new faculty members. Send our
FOR SALE: Oak daybed, includes two twin
Pacific’s Public Relations Student Society of
"California Sunshine," "Office Party" or
mattresses. $100 OBO. Call 473-8300.
America (PRSSA) chapter is selling Boo
"Executive Gourmet." We deliver locally and
ship internationally! Owned and operated by a
FOR SALE: Lateral filing cabinet, 53"(H) +
Insurance to protect homes in the Stockton
Pacific Parent, 5% of your total will be donated to
19"(W) + 36"(L). Four drawers, small dent, beige.
area from the Halloween tradition of TPing
the Pacific Parent Fund. View baskets at
You haul. $20, call Lou at 946-3093 or 933-0773.
and egging houses.
www.basketcaravan.com or phone Gloria at (209)
1999 HONDA ACCORD LX: White four door
476-0450.
sedan, 5 speed, brand new tires, very good
For only $5 per policy, you can count on
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condition, original owner. 76K miles. $10,950.
OME FOR RENT: 2 BR, 1 BA California Modern
the students of PRSSA to come and clean up
style house with wonderful light. A/C, central gas
Call (925) 831-3664.
heat, dishwasher, garbage disposal, washer/dryer
your house if it gets attacked on Halloween.
CARE FOR PETS: I am part of the Pacific staff and
hookups, walk-in closet in master bedroom, living
have a pet-sitting business. I love animals and
room, dining room, full kitchen, carport. Big
PRSSA is a pre-professional organization
they love me. Call me if you need care for your
shade trees, private fenced back yard with patio,
pets. Andrea 462-8790.
for students studying public relations.
peaceful setting. $1050 per month, plus utilities.
During the year, the chapter will have
6021 Alturas Avenue (off Swain, near Pacific).
CHILD SITTER SOUGHT: Unique person sought for
Sorry, no dogs. Responsible owner(s) of cat(s)
in-house care for three boys (12, 10, 2) in our
professional guest speakers, workshops to
considered. Available late October. Call
home. (Oldest two are princes.) Coverage most
improve resumes and interview skills and
510.368.6412 for application or with questions.
often needed for late afternoons and early
members will attend other development
evening. Overnight and weekend help needed
EXERCISE BIKE: Good condition, basic model,
occasionally. Please call 931-1388.
events.
$30. Call 943-1484.
ROOM FOR RENT: Elegant home one mile south of
FREE TO GOOD HOME: Very nice healthy male
The Pacific chapter was chosen to host this
Pacific campus w/nearly 3,000 sq. ft.. Garage
Guinea Pig. Under a year old in age. Black and
w/opener. Rental rate depends upon usage (e.g.
year’s PRSSA National Conference in San
white in color with silky fur. Would be perfect for
rent is lower for commuter using facilities a few
child as a Pet. Please contact Rebeca Noble for
Francisco, which will be attended by 1,000
nights a week). Leave message at 943-6408.
more details at Ex. 63299 or at home at 956-1445.
students from across the country.
SEARS TREADMILL:
Older model, works fine.
WOMEN'S EVENING BOOK GROUP: Seeking
$20. Call 954-0421 after 6.
If you would like to buy a Boo Insurance
additional members. Meets the second Monday
of each month at 7:30 p.m. Call Mary
75 GALLON AQUARIUM FOR SALE:
75 gallon
policy, call PRSSA at 946-3045.
Wedegaertner at 477-8610.
(tall) TruVu aquarium with built in bio-filter.
The University Bulletin is
System is complete and includes a custom built
BUNK BEDS: New, multicolored enameled metal.
oak hood (4-lights), heater, cannister filter and an
published bi-weekly by
$100. Contact sheaton@uop.edu.
oak stand. $500. Call Mark at 946-3961.
University of the Pacific
AEROBIC EXERCISE MACHINE:
3601 Pacific Ave.
In great condition,
BULLETIN BOARD ADS ARE FREE to Pacific
$50. Viewable at my home across from campus.
Stockton CA 95211
faculty, staff, parents, students and friends. All ads
Call Maria at 467-1439, evenings.
(209) 946-2311
will run one month unless a renewal is requested.
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OG NEEDS HOME: Medium size, brown with
specks of black. Friendly, but a little scared from
Assistant Editor: Jessica Curley
being out. If someone would take time with him,
Editor: Trent Allen <tallen@uop.edu>
he would make a great pet. If interested, please
Interim Executive Director of Marketing and
call Amber at (916) 600-3532.
University Relations, Sharon Hudson
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