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Magazine of The American University
Winter 1987
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Cover Note
AMERIQiN
'~ new br.eed ol money mandarins
has lhnved m a 1980s atmosphere
of deregulated high-stakes global
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and communicahons technology, private
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Three graduates assess their experiences in AU's Creative Writing Program.
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President's Message
T
he results of AU85 are in, and they are astonishing. We aimed high in this, the university's first strategic long-range plan; yet
we met or exceeded nearly every one of our goals.
The university now is stronger both academically
and financially than at any other time in its history.
In 1980, our examination of demographic trends
showed a probable drop in freshman enrollments.
Instead, this year we welcomed our largest freshman class since 1972. At the same time, stricter admissions standards made
it our most academically able freshman class ever. We now rank among
the top 5 percent of U.S. colleges and universities in selectivity.
In 1980, the university's endowment funds stood at $5.6 million. We
now estimate that by May, at the end of this fiscal year, endowment funds
will total at least $18.2 million, an increase of more than 300 percent. The
increase in the reserve funds balance is even more dramatic: from $1.6
million to $7.2 million in the same time period.
Physical plant was another area where we planned, and achieved, significant improvements. With the addition of the Ten ley Circle campusthe 8.2-acre facility on Wisconsin Avenue, about a mile from the main
campus-and the completion of the new dormitory and the Ad nan Khashoggi Sports and Convocation Center by the end of this year, our facilities
will be one-third again as big as they were in 1980.
When a plan works out this well, there are only two things to do:
First, make a new plan. Our next long-range plan is well underway and
will be final soon as A UJ 00. It includes even more ambitious goals for
academic excellence and financial solidity, which will take us into our
centennial year in 1993.
Second, give credit where credit is due.
Leonard Bernstein tells about early in his career when he concluded a
concert especially successfully. He left the stage to tumultuous applause ,
returned to the podium, and bowed deeply to acknowledge it. Just then,
a youngster in the front row with a loud voice said, "Why is he bowing?
The folks behind him did all the work."
The folks behind me here include an able administration and a dedicated
staff, but it is the men and women who do a university's teaching, research,
and scholarship who make the music.
AU's faculty is alive, thriving, and producing today as never before.
Howard Wachtel's latest book, the subject of this issue's cover story, is
just one example of the provocative, timely, and newsworthy research that
enriches the intellectual life on our campus today, attracting high-caliber
students and raising our stature in the eyes of the world.
Join with me in a deep bow to our accomplished faculty.
2 AMERICAN
GLOBAL OVERREACH
A new book warns about an unofficial network
of international bankers that has
a stranglehold on the world economy.
T
o help readers understand the title
of his new book, AU economics
professor Howard Wachtel looked
everywhere for a pithy aphorism
about mandarins, the powerful officials
who ran the Chinese Empire.
"Apparently, there aren't any one- or
two-line statements anywhere that sum
up the Chinese Empire's mandarin system of power," Wachtel concluded. As
a result, The Money Mandarins: The Making of a Supranational Economic Order goes
without the extra illumination a schol arly or literary reference might provide.
But the title fits, of that Wachtel is
sure.
His failure to find a statement about
mandarins, he surmises, says something
about the elusive nature of the ancient
Chinese system of officialdom. "No one
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gave the mandarins their power," Wach tel said, "but they wielded enormous
unofficial power just the same."
In 'J'he Money Mandarins, Wachtel attacks a different, more modern, but
equally pervasive and elusive network
of unofficial power brokers . Wachtel's
"money mandarins" are the men and
women of the multinational corporations and private banks whose vast fundsbrokering activities extend around the
globe on a daily basis, often with economic and political consequences to
challenge the imagination of anyone capable of comprehending what is happening.
Unfortunately, too few do understand. And that is why Wachtel wrote
the book.
The conflict between this "private
supranational world of corporations and
banks . . . that do not recogmze any
geographic limits on their acti~ities," and
"the public policy responsibility of a
government, bounded by geography" is
the subject of The Money Mandartns. The
author argues that the unchecked power
of the supranationals has led to "international monetary instability, world debt,
high interest rates, bank failures, and
inflation."
An internationalist and a globalist,
Wachtel sees himself as a promoter of
global systems that promote human rights
and world peace. His villains in the case
of The Money Mandarins are the ungoverned "stateless" Eurodollar markets and
the multinational companies these markets serve.
Deregulation of the international
monetary system in 1973, a decade before deregulation had its political heyday, paved the way for the growth of a
"supranational" economic system. Expansion of the system was fueled by
OPEC profits, for which it provided
megabanking services and later, in search
of attractive returns, recycled them, primarily as loans to Third World countries. The concomitant information and
communications revolution, that now al lows instantaneous transmittal of vast
sums of money, encouraged speculation
and raised the stakes even higher. Supply of the supranational's currencydollars that circulate in the world
economy in support of international trade
called Eurodollars-mushroomed. Now
estimated to be in the trillions of dollars,
Eurodollars wait unregulated at the beck
and call of the "money mandarins" who
pursue their own global strategic interests in search of profits and often in disregard of domestic goals.
At the core of the problem is the mod 4 AMERICAN
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As a member of AU's economics faculty since 1969, Wachtel regularly teaches both
graduate and undergraduate courses.
ern corporation's disregard of production. Financial considerations-Peter
Drucker called it "the symbol
economy"-the mere shadow of a firm's
real -world operations, dictate decisions.
Factories are closed or relocated in other,
poorer countries where labor is cheaper,
companies merge or split up to create
paper value-all with little attention to
the lives of the individuals or the quality
of life in the countries that are affected.
Demystifying economics
In the hope of "breaking the crust to
the debate," Wachtel wrote the book
for a public audience-"literate readers
who also read the New York Times, the
Washington Post, and Business Week." At
the same time, he was careful to adhere
to the rigorously precise standards of the
professional economist.
"My peers have said a number of things
' '
A new breed of money mandarins has thrived in a 1980s atmosphere of
deregulated high-stakes global finance. Aided by a revolution in information and
communications technology, private bankers now preside over an integrated
network of global finance, leapfrogging national boundaries in the same way as
the communications satellite which recognizes no borders. The corporation has
become dominated by financial wizards who know little about production but
everything about leveraged buyouts and takeover strategies. In government,
policy makers, trained to deal with the real problems of employment, economic
growth, and productivity, have been swept aside and replaced by officials from
the Federal Reserve and Treasury departments whose expertise is in money and
finance. Public money mandarins, therefore, comport with their private
counterparts in banks and corporations to govern the symbols of a world
economy, while real human needs are neglected. ' '
' 1986 by Howard Wachtel, from The Money Mandarins, published by Pantheon Books
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about the book, but no one has said it
is wrong," Wachtel says with a satisfied
smile.
Accolades for the book's readability
have been more direct. The IVashillgloll
Post reviewer, for example, said:
"Whether or not you sympathize with
his perspective, Wachtel is worth read ing. Not the least of the book's virtues
is an ability to demystify economics, in
concise English prose. Wachtel explains
the erosion of the postwar 'Pax Americana Economica' in the best nontechnical sixty pages r have read on the subject;
his discussion of the rise of the supranational deregulated order is nearly as
good . . . . "
This result is not so surprising given
Wachtel 's approach tO his subject.
"Writing about the social sciences is telling a story," he explains. "It has to have
the same qualities as a good fairy tale or
novel. Each chapter has to be motivated
by something, and there must be enough
variety to keep the reader interested."
In a full -page review, Business Week
called the book "the first revisionist history of the postliberal conservative era
in America" and said it "explams how
changes in the world economy encouraged the shift to the right."
Business Week praised the book for offering "one of the clearest histories of
the breakdown of the postwar Bretton
Woods fixed-currency system and its replacement by the first deregulated market-a floating-rate currency system
fueled by billions of stateless dollars."
Business Week also called his discussion
about the possible domestic impact of
the supranational economy "thoughtprovoking."
.
Wachtel is pleased by the med1a attention because it furthers his goal of
opening up the subject of the supranationals to public debate. In addition to
seeing the book widely reviewed ,
Wachtel has been besieged by print and
broadcast news media-from Mutual
Radio's Larry King to the Voice of
America to National Public Radio's Bob
Edwards-all seeking his ins ights and
commentary on dozens of subjects directly or indirectly related.
The role of public policy
While the debate continues, Wachtel
is already at work on a sequel that will
further develop his ideas about the future role of public policy in the global
economy.
"The best metaphor of government
is that of a referee , supplementing market rules," Wachtel says. "Football, for
example, has rules and a life of its own .
Everybody fights it out. Then when you
need somebody to adjudicate a dispute ,
you call in a referee. That's how I see
the role of public policy in the world
economy-as a referee."
He carefully delineates his vision of
government regulation from those who
have traditionally tried to regulate world
trade through protectionist policies. ''I'm
not a protectionist," he states emphatically. "The question is , where do we
draw the line? I don ' t want to protect
certain products or certain industries with
my policies. What I want to protect is
the quality of life and social values that
we as a country want to promote. That's
where we need public policy."
Since joining AU's economics department in 1969, Wachtel has served
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two stints as departm e nt chairman (IY7576 and 1Y80-1Y84 ). l-I e bega n p ubli shin g
articles earl v in hi s Al · ca ree r and to d ate
has dozen s .of papers a nd five books to
hi s credit. Labor econ omics is hi s teac hing specialty and also the subj ect ofmu ch
of his writin g. Oth e r topi cs o n whi ch he
has written and tau g ht in clud e inte rnational finance , soc iali st a nd Third
World economie s, and in co m e di stribution. In 1Y83 , Wachte l was hono red
with a Di stingui shed Achieve me nt Award
for Senior Facultv from th e College of
Arts and Science ~ in recogniti on of hi s
outstanding scholarship.
Wachtel has tra veled wid e lv thro ughout Europe in the course of hi s research
and as a guest leewre r at uni versities
and professional associ ati ons. li e spe nt
a vear in Yugoslavia swd vin g the Yugo.slav econom v, the subj ect of his first
book , published in 197 3 . J!t e Jl oney
Mandarins was finished durin g a 198485 sabbatical in London where he was
affiliated with the London School of
Economics .
After twentv vears of " organization
building" (se~ ,; Economic s a nd Politics, " this page), Wachtel has begun in
recent vears to concentrate more heav il v
on his .writing. Despite hi s withdrawal
from some of the organi1.ation s th at used
to occupy much of his tim e, on e international group , the Tran snati onal I nstiwte , has remained an important part of
Wachtel' s intellecwal life. Meeting once
or twice yearl y, the members of this group
congregate in Amsterdam to probe the
problem s of the world th at cut across
national boundarie s . He is th e onl y
economist.
"Reading chapters or pape rs in progress to this audience helps me with cl arity and keeps me free of jargon . I find
it to be an enormou s influ e nce-seem g
how people from different parts of the
world and all different profess ion s view
the world." The y are writers , filmmakers , national security people , people from all walks of life and all countries.
Although he is far from fini she d writing his books , Wachtel exudes a se nse
of accomplishment. "The university ltfe
is idea l for me . I have the operatin g
space in which to experiment with id eas
and pursue avenues of thought that are n' t
the fads of the moment. AU has bee n
extremely supportive of me. "
" I li ke the life of ideas- the politi cs
of ideas, the effect ideas have on politics.
"What interests me most is how people think about the world. "
- Jean Goodwin Marlowe
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Economics and Politics:
The Roots of a
Global View
An
advocate of "participatory democIt was during that time that Wachtel
racy" since his college days, Wachtel has ran for national office in the National
watched the shift towards conservatism Student Association (NSA), sharing the
and the deregulation trend of the 1980s liberal slate with Tom I Iayden, now a
with apprehension.
state legislator in California, and Paul
His formative influences as an activist Potter, who later became president of
included participating in the earliest Civil the Students for a Democratic Society
Rights marches in Washington , D.C., (SDS) . Though 'vVachtel's ticket lost to
and in the student movement that had the moderates, he was among the first
its roots in the same era. He was also students to espouse greater student inmoved by john Kenneth Galbraith's The volvement in political issues.
Affluent Sotiety, both because of its conThe idea of "participatory democtent and because Galbraith was a read- racy," which became one of the catchable economist, he recalls.
phrases of sixties activism , still appeals
While an undergraduate at Temple in to him, Wachtel says. "We were naive,
Philadelphia in 1958 , • • • • • • • • • • I guess, but I still believe
Wachtel coordinated the
that students and student
college contingent of the
governments should be
first march on Washinginvolved with the larger
society. How else can you
ton, which urged the Supreme Court to act on the
learn? It was true for mepivotal Brown vs. the
I became a better student
Board of Education case.
when I got involved in the
In 1963, he was passing
larger world."
out water and oranges for
Moving towards ever
the Red Cross down at the
greater political involveLincoln Memorial ("I was
ment, he was active in
stationed two hundred feet
john Kennedy's camfrom
the speaker's
paign in 1960 and hoped
stand.") when a quarter
for a position in the Kenof a million peoplenedy administration.
blacks and whites--came
When that didn't materialize , he went to graduto Washington in their
Sunday best in the heat
ate school in economics at
of August to hear Martin
the University of MichiLuther King make his "I
gan.
have a dream" speech.
"They were intensely
That is a day he remembers as "knowing political years," he remembers. "The
that I was part of history."
Vietnam War was such a far-reaching
During his student days , Wachtel also global event. "He was active in the Vietparticipated in occasional "freedom nam controversy and participated in the
rides" between Washington and New nation's first "Teach -In."
York. Designed to hasten integration of
"I didn't escape politics as an ceosome of the restaurants between the two nomics student. Economics to me has
cities, these rides were undertaken at always been re lated ro world problems.
least indirectly on behalf of the State Sometimes I had a struggle with acaDepartment, which had been em bar- demic economists, but I kept on writing
rassed more than once while escorting about my ideas ."
dark-skinned emissaries of foreign na- JGM
tions through the segregated corridor.
"Economics
tO me haS
alWayS been
related tO
world
problems."
rocess
Three
graduates
of AU's
creative writing program
discuss
T
his year in AU's literature department, thirty-two fledgling
writers are learning about their craft and themselves. The
process is as introspective and unnerving as psychoanalysis, as students expose their most deeply personal work
to the searching gaze of teachers and classmates. As recent graduate
Benita Jaro states, "Writing is not a body of knowledge you can
learn." Instead, it entails building skills and awareness as the writers
learn how to give and accept criticism. But this introspection is
attractive to writers: Since it began in 1980, the Master of Fine Arts
in Creative Writing Program has produced twenty-seven graduates .
Nearly two dozen other writers have participated but did not complete
of taking
degrees.
"We're teaching people how to read books and care about books,
and to confront themselves as writers," explains poet Myra Sklarew,
one of the program's founders . "Our aim is not to turn out professional
their writing
writers. Instead, I feel good if someone graduates committed to their
own voice and way of approaching the world. I want our graduates
the process
into
the real world.
to emerge full of courage and momentum."
Sklarew recognized the need for an accredited writing program
when she saw hundreds of participants attending the writing workshops she organized. She realized there was no equivalent course of
instruction anywhere in the area and prepared a grant proposal for a
joint program with George Mason, George Washington, and American universities . The application received favorable reception from
the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare but ultimately
was not funded, so Sklarew and the literature department went ahead
on their own.
The program exacts two years of total commitment from approximately ten students a year. Candidates undertake forty -eight credit
hours of study, which includes writing workshops, independent study,
and seminars on literary criticism, translation, and journalism. Stu dents spend hours analyzing well -known authors, discussing their
relationship to their work, and simply enjoying the day-to-day contact
with other writers. As writers, they are a varied lot, each there on a
quest of personal discovery.
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"I have the feeling that you have to have a
novel under your belt if you hope to amount to
anything. " -Joseph Thackery
\\I
went not only for the
academic environment, but also hoping
to improve my style,
my sense of literature
and good writing," says
Joseph Thackery, one of the program's
first students and oldest graduate. A 1927
alumnus of the Duke Law School and
a Guadalcanal veteran, Thackery came
to AU after retiring from twenty-five years
as a lawyer with the National Labor Relations Board. (He was sixty-eight when
he graduated from the program four years
ago.) During his tenure with the government, Thackery had written three
(unpublished) novels and a lot of poetry,
and had published some short stories.
He says of his writing, "I've always been
serious about it." Thackery learned about
the AU program through the writer's
center where he had been participating
in poetry readings and workshops.
He found the experience exciting and
valuable: "I wrote a lot in the program,
and after I graduated I taught in the
English department at AU for three semesters."
Thackery has continued to apply himself to poetry and fiction. "Since graduating, I've just been writing. Overall
I've published eight poems, twelve short
stories, and two articles, and I'm in the
Directory of American Poets and Fiction
Writers." He's about "half-finished" with
Portfolio, the second novel he's written
since finishing the AU program. According to Thackery, the novel is "about
a woman who was abused by her father
and about her relationships afterwards;
it takes place in a college atmosphere."
8 AMERICAN
And although he has not yet published a novel, Thackery's The Bystander
is currently under consideration in New
York. "The agent thinks it's a viable
project," he says. "It's about my relationship with my son, who is a guitar
player in a blues band called 'The
Nighthawks."' Thackery is intent on
publishing: "I have the feeling that you
have to have a novel under your belt if
you hope to amount to anything." In
addition, he feels novels are challenging: "It's interesting to me to get under
the skin of this woman, the main character, to go through her experiences with
her. To be a writer is ro discover people
... I wouldn't give it up for anything."
iscovering people, and
discovering oneself, is
after all what the M.F.A.
in Creative Writing Program is all about. However, the intense scrutiny
of one's carefully-wrought words can be
traumatic for many students.
"The first thin[ that happened to me
at AU was that I lost all confidence in
my ability to write," reports Chapin ,Vasilake, who graduated two years ago . "In
the second semester I took a workshop
where my writing was slaughtered. It
was horrible for me. But after getting
over that hump, I realized that what other
people thought wasn ' t as important as
what I could learn or express. I got started
again, and I got better. Because of that
experience I became able to do what
I'm doing now." She adds, "You have
to be bad before you can be good."
Vasilake recognized the need to help
support her growing family and went
into business for herself. She explains,
"I have a B.A. in elementary education
from the University of Florida and worked
as a secretary. After having worked in
the business world, the creative world,
and having been a teacher, I combined
these three areas and started a business
teaching business people how to write."
Although she's not directly involved
in creative writing, Vasilake says, "That's
OK. AU taught me not to be so senti mental about my writing. It made me
aware how important communication is
and taught me how to communicate. I
learned how to control my writing, not
to let it control me. The program gave
me the confidence to teach writing and
"AU taught me n ot to be so sentimental abou t
my writing." -Chapin Vasilake
the ability to be objective and critical of
other's work in a constructive way."
This self-confidence and critical ability are the cornerstone of her business
writing course, she says. " I enjoyed the
enriching atmosphere of AU ," she says,
" but you have to grow up, live your
lives, raise your babies, and make money.
So after graduation I worked as a temporary secretary and as an English teacher
at Montgomery College. The manager
of a company I was working for handed
me a memo one day and asked what I
would do about it. I said , I'd hire me
to help write it. I presented a proposal,
which was accepted, designed an eightweek course, and taught two classes of
approximately twelve people each about
business communications."
Vasilake doesn ' t feel pressure to produce fiction on her own. "I go through
stages when I don ' t write an ything at
all, not even letters. I just started to
write some articles about child-rearing,
and I'm going to send them around and
let the world judge them. And I'm looking for my next contract to teach the
business writing course."
F
or novelist Benita Jaro , who
graduated last year, fiction
was the sole reason for enrolling at American. "I chose
AU because I knew about
some of the teachers," she
says. "I had written three (unpublished)
novels and was working on the fourth
~hen I went to AU. It seemed the logICal next step. They knew I was working
on novels and allowed me to go ahead
and do that, and were willing to help."
Her study has paid off: Jaro's novel
The Key will be published by Charles
Scribner's Sons next fall. "It's the first
volume of a trilogy about ancient Rome.
The other two are The Lock and The Door
in the Wall. Jaro is now completing the
second volume and emphasizes that her
experience at AU helped her tremendously. "I took an independent study
while I was working on the first book
with [Pulitzer-Prize winning poet and
AU literature professor) Henry Taylor;
I showed him a first draft of the book
and that was very helpful. Everyone wa~
supportive of what I was doing, and the
atmosphere was not competitive."
"Rome always interested me, for a lot
of reasons," she says of her decision to
write historical novels. "One is that the
Romans were our ancestors; there are
many striking ways in which we still keep
their institutions. The ways in which
they think are easy for us to recognize.
"There 's no way to fail or succeed. You go for
yourself for what other people can tell you
about what you 'r e doing. " -Benita Jaro
Also, we know a great deal about them;
that period is well-documented. It is full
of powerful gestures and moments when
so much is revealed. To a novelist these
moments are really exciting."
The Key turns on the life of the poet
Catullus, many of whose poems, of which
only about 120 survive , mention a mistress he calls "Lesbia." " Her real name
was Clodia," Jaro explains. "She was a
real patrician, a blue-blood, and several
years older than he was. He died fairly
young, at around thirty." To get what
she saw as the proper flavor for his work,
Jaro studied translation so that she could
interpret the works into English. "I saw
the need for more detail about the material. Because it's my novel and I wanted
to include the poetry, I wanted to translate it myself. I took a wonderful seminar from Myra Sklarew, and Henry
Taylor helped; he's done translation from
the ancient Greek. They both taught
me how to approach it."
Jaro's fiction also looks into the reasons for the exile of the poet Ovid. " It's
like a detective story," she says of her
research. "I finally came up with a theory that fits the facts, though we can ' t
know the real truth, and when I investigated it, I discovered another f~ct that
confirmed my theory. " Readers will have
to wait for her novel to find out the
results of her search. "You write historical novels to discover why things happen," she says. "If it's really going well,
it feels like you ' ve been granted some
special insight and you really understand these people."
To Jaro the rewards from theM. F.A.
are purely personal. "There's no way to
fail or succeed. You go for yourself, for
what other people can tell you about
what you're doing. All the risks are personal, you just push against your own
limits and go further than you thought
you could."
Myra Sklarew agrees with that view
of the program. " I want this to be an
opening that stays with the writers for
life," she says. "People condemn writing programs and say that all the writers
come out sounding alike. They're supposed to 'discover' their voices on their
own. Yet painters study painting in
schools, and composers have programs
in composition , why not writing? The
writer in this program spends one or two
years , out of an entire career, in contact
with other writers , reading and discussing."
This year, Sklarew hands over the
leadership ofthe program to Henry Taylor, under a rotating two-year system.
Next fall , Sklarew will assume the presidency of Yaddo, a sixty-year-old working community of writers, composers,
and artists in Saratoga Springs, New York.
But she doesn't see the literary focus or
the tremendous appeal of the M.F.A.
program faltering. "We're attracting applications literally from all over the world.
Our reputation is for having a small student body and a small faculty. Every
writer receives a lot of individual attention. It's very personal."
Chapin Vasilake agrees. "One of the
things I really appreciated about AU was
the sense of community. We were all
writers learning how to write: a community of writers. It's a very personal
experience. But then it's time to go out
and see how your writing does in the
real world. "
-Stephanie Paul
WINTER 1987 9
GRAVE Productions
Presents
of The Return of Yelbar
TAKE ONE
Car pulls up; Jo/111 and Gerry /rite hero and heroine]
get our, uNt!A' up path.
J/eer mrerai'er, wxt!i, up rom·ard oypr.
Carerahr m•ali's ahmd; noriring oypr is tmlodwl,
runs ahead ro looi' in.
John and Gen)' looi' shodwl.
Ye!bar f rite monsrnj
hils ttlll!faker.
roni('S
our of oypr,
Yefbar then stmtdc; mtdjares John
and Gern•, mtd rhev nm in fmr. A
man in .dar/..' dothinf!, (\'erdigrass)
then appean· and says,
"!ran do ir. I mtt
ronrro/ him."
10 AMERICA
A
nd so began 'l'hl' Rl'tllm olrdIJflr, a Frankcnstcin-stYie
film, t\\'O \'Cars in the m:tking bv a group of .\l ' students. The film centered
around a college couple. a mad docwr,
and Yclbar-a monster-on the loose.
Production began in 1959, before the
uni,·crsitv had a film department, so the
students formed their own "companY,"
GRAVE Productions (an acr01wm for the
Grand Restoration of Abused \ 'am pi res
Evervwherc), holding meetings at midnight and starting out with great enthusiasm. ,\ s these things often go, their
enthusiasm sometimes waned as other
matters intervened, but two vears later,
their eighteen-minute, Kmn~ film \\as
finallv finished. Then came graduation ,
and cast and crew went their separate
Wa\'S.
CUT TO AU REUNION '86
Several members of the Yelbor cast
and crew came back to campus last April
w celebrate their t\\'Cnty-fifth class reunion. A few weeks before the reunion,
the film's cameraman, Steve Gould '61,
transferred his copy of the film (the rJIII)'
copy) onto videotape and had an original
score composed bv musician Billv Nicholson. Gould ho~ted a reunion ~bow­
ing of the film, and that old enthusiasm,
that old creative urge, spread among the
group . After twenty-five years, cast and
crew agreed, "We can't let this die!!"
And so, despite geographical separation, jobs, families, and other responsibilities, the decision was made: Yelbar
would live on film again.
filming the inten·iew segments with a
"CIIN" (Cable llorror ~et\\ork) logo,
designed b\' Bob Gongloff ' 61 , in the
background. Joining Gould, Kessler, and
Gonglofh\'e re two ,\ l ' cou pies from the
original film, .\ndv Siano lkikman '61,
Pete Brakman '61, Dot :-.Iurra\' \\'augaman '62. and Paul \\'augaman '61.
Kessler's t\\'Cntv-two-vear-old son, Rob,
was named cameraman.
On camera, the group "hJmmed it
up," discussing how thev felt about
seeing the film again, the significance
of their roles. and how their participation affected their careers.
Explaining wh\' she hasn't done another film since }'dbflr, ,\nd\' Brakman
said, 'Tm still waiting for the right follow-up role."
Kessler, Gongloff, and Gould waged
a battle of egos as they discussed their
contribmions w the film: "I shot the
monster and saved Gerr\', ' ' Kessler said.
"But the plot revoked. around my efforts to control the monster," Gongloff
TAKE TWO
Gerry: "I just let J olm off at the rollef!.e,
and I was 011 my way home when I remembered that this is the house my f ather 0 17re
used fo r hts expenments."
Verdif!,ross, m•ith Gen y's head in vif!'a!.' :
"Well, I'm ofroid my experiments ore murh
more mild than the ones your father did"
(Gerry lowers her heod) ·
.
Gerry: ":J'hey soy my f ather rreated some
sort of o monster, ond thot is what /:illed
him .. . ' '
Over a weekend in late September
1986, seven original members of the }'elbar cast and crew gathered in Reston
Virginia, at the home of Bob Kessler '61:
They planned to recreate selected scenes
from the original film and add interviews
with cast members to sec how Yelb(lr
had affected their lives. They began bv
l{eshootino on campus- Top: Y elbar's hand emerges from behind a wall to strangle
Gern· the"terrified heroine (Andy Siano Br·akman). ,lbove: Mad doctor Ycr·digrass (Bob
Gongl;1f0 strikes a pose for cameraman Ste\'e Gould.
On location in 1959- 0pposite, top to bollom: Old house on Canal Hoad used for· exterior
shots of the labor·aLory; Y clbar (Pete Brakman ), sans makeup, carrying the fainted
hcr·oine; Y elbar· emerging from a crypt in Alexandria National Ccmctcr·y.
WI
TER 19H7 11
argued. Gould maintained that they were
both wrong. " I was key to the film in
two respects: one, ou r experi ment with
special effects-I was the special effect
be ing thrown off the b ridge; and two, I
was th e fil m's c inematographer-no
camera, no fil m."
Afte r the in terviews, the group set out
to reshoot action segments on location.
T he ir stops incl uded AU, a n old house
on Canal Road , and the Alexand ria ationa( Ceme tery.
Paul and Dot in car. Dot: "We shouldn't
have left Gerry alone like that. What ifsomething happens to her?' Paul: "You're right,
m•e'd better go back."
Dot and Paul pulling up to house ...
Gerry runs into picture.
Gerry running up to driver's <~.:indow:
"Paul, hurry back to campus. Get John to
get some of his friends and have them down
here as soon as possible."
Paul: "But Gerry-"
Gerry: "Don't talk, just hurry, please."
T he following day, they reviewed the
work they had done and ran the film for
a group of friend s-three tim es. During
one of the showings, the ir frie nd Bob
Pine '6 1 recogn ized a woman in the fi lm
that the othe rs had lost to uch with , Rose
T igani Calio '62. Pine knew that she
lived in the area, so they called and asked
her to join them. Surprised to hear from
the Ye/bar group after so many years,
she eagerly accepted the invitation.
According to Gou ld, everyone agreed
that what had previously been a silent
classic was now a masterpiece. By popular demand, Gould arranged to have
videotapes made, so all cast and crew
members could have their own copies.
When the group parted, they promised to get together at Reunion '87 and
arrange a screening for other alumni if
there was enough in terest. They also
talked about- you guessed it-making
anothe r fi lm.
Will GRAVE Prod uctions tackle another genre, or are Bride of Yelbar and
Son of Ye/bar on the d rawing board?
Shot of Bob raising his gun, firing.
Ye/bar falls, crawls toward CT)'pt, stands
up, another shot is fired, he falls into crypt.
John runs up to Gerry ...
Bobstandinginfrontofcrypt: "He'sgone!"
Crowd looks in that direction. John:
"Gone!'' Crowd runs to crypt.
Shoot into crypt. Bob: "! sam· him fall
in myself. ... he's just . . . disappeared!''
THE END
(or is it?)
THE RETURN OF YELBAR
(Original Version)
Written by Bob Gongloff
Photographed by Steve Gould
Produced and Directed by GRAVE
Productions Board of Directors
CAST
Yelbar: Pete Brakman '61
Gerry: Andy Siano Brakman
'61
John: John Mandelbaum
'62*
Verdigrass: Bob Gongloff '61
Caretaker: Stan Hodge '62*
Dot: Dot Murray
Waugaman '62
Paul: Paul Waugaman '61
Cynthia: Rose Tigani Calio '62
Bob: Bob Kessler '61
Jim: Ferris Faulkner*
*Did not attend the cast reunion.
-Jill B e rnstein
WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
Pete Brakman is director of public relations for Sun Company; Andy Siano
Brakman does sales and development
for TV productions, as well as narrations
and voiceovers. They live in King of
Prussia, Pennsylvania.
Bob Gonglo!fis a division head for the
U.S. Navy and lives in Springfield, Virgmla.
Steve Gould is director of distribution
for Pepperidge Farm and lives in Huntington, Connecticut.
Bob Kessler is program engineering
manager for Martin Marietta and lives
in Reston, Virginia.
Rose 'l'igani Calio teaches German in
the Reston, Virginia, school syste m and
lives in Vienna, Virginia.
Paul and Dot Murray Waugaman live
in Winston-Salem, orth Carolina, whe re
Paul is assistant dean of the Wake Forest
School of Medicine.
..
-
Reunited to revive Yelbar-Left to 1·i<>ht·
Steve Gould
~ ·
.
, l)c>l Mu rray '"
n au 6" a m an , Bo h
Kessler, Bob Gongloff, Pete Brakman, Andy S1ano Brakman, and Pa ul Waugaman.
12 AM E RICAN
Reunion Weekend
Something for Everyone
\ \N\~\
~\,V
A
ll alumni are invited. Special gatherings will
honor the anniversary classes-'37, '42, '47,
'52, '57, '62, '67, '72, '77, '82-and the
Golden Eagles (alumni past their fiftieth
anniversary).
The schedule of events includes:
• Barbeque on the quad
• Adnan Khashoggi Sports and Convocation
Center construction tour
• Gilbert & Sullivan's Pirates of Penzonce
presented by AU's Department of
Performing Arts
• "American Music from Ragtime to
Gershwin" piano concert with Alan
Mandel
• Reunion mini-colleges
• Class photos
• "Love American (University)
Style" reception
• Alumni Awards banquet and
dinner dance
• Moonlight riverboat cruise on the
Potomac
• and much, much more!!
They're still raving about last year!
"We wouldn't have missed it for anything."
-Frank T. Hoadley '36
Reunion '87 class representatives:
'37: Maynard Eicher
Peggy Walker Hoadley
Sidney Sachs
Peg LeMasters Ziperrnan
'42: Walter Barkdull
Edgar Keller
Robert Shenton
Barr Reese
'47: Dorothy Briggs
Frederick Carl
Alice 1\lanhews
'52: Ralph D. Edwards
Charles M. Peters, Jr.
Paul Wedel
'57: Chuck Bailey
Mabel Mercer
joseph Wallace
'62: Marry Adelstein
Johnny Crummey
Brenda Siegel Fritz
'67: Robert Atkins
Leon Busche
Gary Harris
'72: Adrienne Glasgow
Tom Leary
Susan Lee
Mark Leopold
Tom Wotring
'77: Don Dunsker
Jodie Grossman
Paul Komarek
Chris Lehman
'82: Christopher Gidcz
Karen Klauber
Marc Nasbcrg
Marcy Sussman
"I felt really proud to say I was involved in such a
first-class event."
-Stu Miller '81
"We had a great time visiting with 'old' friends."
--Judy Judson '61
"Very well organized. It was the best reunion we've
attended."
-Stephen Gould '61
Leen Gould '64
"Very well organized, I felt very positive about AU
after a ten-year absence."
-Diane M. Cullis '76
"The whole weekend was a smashing success."
-Peter Scher '83
To volunteer to help with Reunion '87 or for
more information, call (202) 885-ALUM
WINTER 1987 13
Cam
News
AU achieves AU85 goals for standards, students, finances
A
s AU began the 19l:l6-87
school year, higher admissions standards, increased faculty recognition, expanding
physical facilities, and improved financial footing had begun ro change both the nawre
and the image ofrhc university.
In an early September speech
marking the culmination of
AU85, the university's first suaregie long-term plan, AL I president Richard Berendzen rold
faculty members that "the university's starure and reputation
are at· an all-rime high."
Among
A U85's
major
achievements Berendzen listed:
The American University
Endowment Funds (Market Value)
• lncreasinglv higher admissions standards: AL' is now in
the top 5 percent of universities
and colleges in the L' nired States
in selectivity.
• Larger than expected enrollments of both rransfer and
graduate students: AL' is doing better than last year's
predictions.
• Academicallv abler students: The numbe.rofincoming
freshmen who scored above 1200
on their SATs increased substantially from the early 1980s
to fall 1986.
• Increased faculty recognition. Faculty members gave
more talks, made more media
appearances, and won more
awards last vear than in the entire decade of the 1970s.
• Expanding physical facilities: Total square footage will
have increased almost a third
since 1980 with the addition of
the Ad nan Khashoggi Sports and
Convocation Center, the new
dorm adjacent to Anderson , and
the Tenlev campus.
• Improved financial footing: In 1980, AU 's reserves
amounted to $1.6 million; today
they stand at $7.2 million. 0
Average SAT Composite Scores
National & Registered AU Freshmen
The American University
Facilities Data
Gross Square Feet of Buildings
~
J
2.4
F...stimattd
1975-76
1980·81
1985-86
1992-93
Year
1975
1980
1986
Year
1993
Proj~cd
Alum gives $1 million for sports and convocation center project
A
bbey Joel Butler '58, has
pledged $1 million to help
build the the Adnan Khashoggi Sports and Convocation
Center. In recognition of this
major gift, the Board of Trustees has designated the adjunct services building as the
Abbey Joel Butler Pavilion.
A university trustee, President's Circle member, and
scholarship donor, Butler became involved in the Khash oggi Center project with, he
says, "a sense of g ratitude,
pride, and deep affection."
Writing to AU president
Richard Berendzen, Butler
said: "Gratitude goes to the
American Un iversity for giving me the opportunity nearly
14 AiviERICAN
Abbey Joel Butler
thirty years ago to receive a
fine education and establish
enduring relationships with
close friends and especially
fraternity brothers. Pride
comes from being able to
achieve a modicum of success
and to share that success with
those who are about to begin
their co lle ge education at
American Universitv. 1v affection for the univ~rsitv. and
admiration for the job yo~ have
done is constantly growing."
In supporting the center, Butler acknowledged "any university needs more than just
the moral support of its alumni.
Financial support is necessarv
to help the university increas~
the academic excellence of its
programs."
Butler, whose college activities included the student
council, track team, and Phi
Epsilon Pi fraternity , has a degree in finance from AU. Since
1981, he has been president
Hearst Foundation
endows AU
scholarship
T
he William Randolph I lcarst
Foundation has established
an endowment fund for a scholarship to benefit minoritv swdents at the university. Stephen
Carter, a rransfer student from
Dallas, Tex., is the first recipient. lie is in hisjunioryearand
is majoring in accounting and
finance.
According to Bill Stoll , an
associate director of university
development, the charitable
foundation's long-standing interest in minority srudents led
it to start the fund , which currently stands at $60,000 and is
expected to grow ro $100,000.
Criteria for se lection include
academic achievement, motivation, and financial need.
The I lcarst Foundation was
incorporated in 1949 to aid
poverty level and minority
groups, educational programs
at all levels, health delivery
systems, medical research , and
cultural programs with records
of public support. The foundation also provides journalism
0
scholarships.
of C. B. Equities Corporation,
a ew York portfolio management company. He serves on
the boards of several companies including Hi-G, American Health Foods , ivlaxon
Indu stries, Direct Action
1arketing, and Cancer
Screening Services. Active
with the Un ited Jewish Appeal Federation, Butler is a lso
a trustee for the United Center for Practical Christianity.
"This is a stunning and
beautiful example of Abbey's
support of the university," says
Berendzen. "It will be good
to have his name affixed to the
gateway buildin g on the campus. We deeply appreciate his
generosity."
0
On campus: Faces of fall '86
Above, left to right: Professor Romeo Segnan, physics, Josh Klein
'84, Richard Tingley '62, and Mabel Mercer '57 were among the
more than two hundred alumni, faculty, student, and staff volunteer
callers who contacted alumni nationwide during AU's Annual Fund
Phonathon, November 10-13 and 16-20. Thanks to their efforts, the
university received more than $100,000 in pledges.
Above: KPU speaker Richard
Perle, assistant secretary of
defense, discussed the Iceland
summit and arms control on
October 28.
Left: An AU student lends a
hand to a Special Olympics
participant. The annual event
was part of Parents Weekend
festivities, October 10-12.
Above: To commemorate the United Nations International Year of
Peace, President and Mrs. Richard Berendzen hosted a ceremony
and reception at their horne on United Nations Dav, October 24.
President Bercndzen, l'ight, with Allen Weinstein, president
of the Washington-based Center for Democracy and professor at
Boston University, and Ph yllis Kaminsky, director of the nited
Nations Information Center.
Right: Among those celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary of
WAMU 88.5 FM at a benefit and gala held October· 22 were, left to
right, Scott Simon, host of ational Public Radio's "Weekend
Edition," Susan Stamberg, NPR features reporter, a nd Fred Fiske,
host of "The Fred Fiske Show."
WI TER 1987 15
Businessman, bishop to speak at winter
commencement
J
ohn Johnson, publisher of World Council of Churches and
Arthur Andersen and Company representative Bruce Jacobsohn '!i2,
Ebony, let, andEbonylr., and the World Methodist Council
left, was one of fifteen a lumni among the representatives of more than
Bishop James Mathews, a for- and serves as the chairman of seventy firms who attended this year's Career Expo. AU students
Maria Helena Maldonado, center, a senior majoring in international
mer chair of AU's Board of the United Christian Ashram
studies and economics, and Guy Eboumi, a senior economics major,
Trustees, will be the guest Foundation.
were among the students who stopped by the Arthur Andersen table.
In retirement, he has uns peakers at the university's
eighty-fourth commencement dertaken several special asat noon on Sunday, January 25, signments for the Council of
Employers, students enjoy Career Expo
in Constitution Hall. Both men Bishops involving the adminwill receive honorary doctorates istration of the United Methifteen AU alums and indiemployers in both the public and
of humane letters.
odist Church in Zimbabwe.
viduals from a firm employthe private sectors.
Besides being president of the Since 1980, he has taught World
ing a member of AU's board of
According to Expo co-chair
Johnson Publishing Company Christianity at Wesley Theotrustees were among the repSue Murray, both students and
of Chicago, Johnson is the logical Seminary where he is the
resentatives of more than sevemployers benefited from the
chairman and chief executive first holder of an endowed chair
enty firms participating in AU's
exchange. "Students were imofficer of the Supreme Life In- in World Christianity named to
fourth annual Career Expo on
pressed with the number and
surance Company; president of honor Mathews and his wife
October 9. Sponsored by AU's
variety of firm s participating in
two radio stations, one in Chi- Eunice. Mathews is a member
Career Center, the job inforCareer Expo," she says, "and
cago and one in Louisville; and of the board of governors of
mation exchange enabled stuemployers were so impressed
president of Fashion Fair Cos- Wesley Theological Seminary
dents to informally discuss work
with the caliber of students they
metics. He also serves on the and a trustee emeritus of the
expenences, career options, and
saw that 93 percent plan to come
D job search strategies with area back next vear."
boards of several corporations university.
0
and is a trustee of the Art Institute of Chicago and the
United Negro College Fund.
Mathews, who was chairman
AU professor calls Democrats' senate victories
of the university's board of truswo days after the November a Soviet geophysicist Volodia
tees from 1976-82 , entered the
spent the opponent by I 0 perelections, the New York Times Keillis-Borok , to come up with
Methodist ministry in 1938.
cent or more. A candidate who
called AU history professor Al- the prognostications. Using a
After serving as a missionary in
met four of the eight conditions
lan Lichtman "a senate seer" mathematical technique of patIndia, he worked with the
was predicted as a winner.
because his prediction that the tern recognition that KcillisMethodist Board of Missions
This was the secon d time
Democrats would regain the Borok developed, Lichtman
before his election as a bishop
Lichtman and Keilli s- Borok
in 1960.
Senate by a majority of 53 "give found eight factors other than
collaborated on a political preor take a seat or two," came true.
Mathews was resident bishop
polls, television commercials
diction project. The two men
of Boston from 1960 to 1972 and
In addition, Lichtman picked personalities , and issues, tha~
analyzed every presidential
resident bishop of Washington ,
the winners in thirty of the thirty- appeared to be influential in 132
election since 1860 and isolated
D.C., from 1972 until his refour individual Senate races.
midterm Senate races since
thirteen different factors .
tirement in 1980. The author of
Lichtman, who published his 1970. These included s uch
Lichtman used the formula ro
five books and numerous artipredictions before the election things as whether the candidate
predict President Reagan's 1984
cles, he is active in manv reli in the November iss ue of Wash- was an incumbent, had a serious
landslide re-election victorv two
gious organizations including the
inJ1onian Mar;azine, worked with primary challenge, or had outyea rs before it happened.· 0
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T
16
AMERICAN
Warren llunsberger
Japan and America: Preparing students for the future
A
t an age when most people arc
well into retirement, professor
emeritus 'v\'arren I lunsberger is
a man with a mission. The economist,
who has studied Japan for more than
fifty years and who has visited the country fifteen times, is hard at work prcp~ring AU undergraduates to face the
challenge of dealing with the next generation of Japanese.
Because of the complicated trade relationships that exist between America
and Japan, plus the potential hazards of
the military buildup America is urging
on the Japanese, "Japan nowadavs is a
much larger and more important factor
in our lives than most Americans realize," says llunsberger.
This shift in U.S.-.Japancse relations
is what prompted I lunsberger to accept
the School of International Service's invitation to come out of retirement last
year to teach an interdisciplinary course,
"Japan and America."
"My generation and our forebears have
made many mistakes in dealing with Japan, and they have had a frightful cost,"
he says. "We can expect more and worse
mistakes in the future unless Americans
come to understand Japan better. This
course is an effort to encourage that understanding."
Another factor complicating USJapanese relations today, in Hunsberger's view, is the emergence of a new
generation of Japanese who don't remember American decency and generosity after World War II. "The younger
Japanese tend to view Americans as lazy
non-performers." he says. "We must gain
their respect before we can begin to negotiate with them. This can only be done
by studying Japan and its culture, and
by conveying that respect to them."
Hunsberger began his study of Japan
in graduate school almost by chance. A
professor assigned him the country as
part of a class project in international
economics. "Japan was actually my third
choice," Hunsberger recalls, "after the
United States and Germany. I was assigned the topic because my professor
said there was no one studying the Japanese."
His academic expertise earned him a
number of wartime assignments involving Japan, including positions in the Office of Export Control, on the Board of
Economic Warfare, and in the Office of
Strategic Services (OSS). He also served
as an assistant secretary to the 1945
United Nations Conference on International Organization in San Francisco.
When the research and analysis division of the OSS moved over to the
State Department after the war, Hunsberger went along. "I started out as chief
of research for Japan," he recalls, "but
a couple of days before we moved, my
superior came over and said, 'by the way,
Hunsberger, Korea too.'" He ultimately was in charge of State Department research for all Far Eastern countries.
After assignments to the National War
College and the President's ~laterials
Policy Commission, he served as foreign
aid program officer in Brazil and Mexico
before going to the University of Rochester. Later, he taught development
programming and international econom ics at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and worked
on Asian development both in Washington, D.C., for the Agency for International Development (AID) and in
Malaysia for the Ford Foundation and
the Malaysian government.
I lunsberger began his AU career as
an adjunct professor in 1960 and joined
the full-time faculty in 1966. l-Ie taught
international economics and a number
of courses on Asian countries. lie also
was director of the AU Center for Asian
Studies from 1970 until his retirement
in 1976.
A vigorous 75-year old, I lunsberger
plans to continue offering "Japan and
America" indefinitely. "My dream is to
get this course so well established that
someone else can carry it on ."
D
WINTER 1987 17
Political crime and the
evolution of freedom
N
icholas Kittri e, Edwin A. i\looers
Scholar and professor of law at
the WashingtOn Colkgc of La w,
has joined with WCL alumnus Eldon
Wedlock , Jr. '68 , law professor at the
University of South Carolina, in editing
and authoring J'he J'ree of Liberty: A Dorumm!tll) Histo1y of Rebellion and Politiml
Crime in Amerira. Henry Steele Commager has cited the 810-page volume,
cons isting of fourteen essays by the authors and more than four hundred documents placed in historical context by
the editors' head notes , as "far and away
the most comprehensive and carefully
selected sourcebook of its kind. " The
Ne-&J York 'l 'imes sees the vo lume as suppl e me ntin g Commage r' s own funda mental work in the field of American
hiswrv.
Lat~ last year, 'l'he Tree of Liberty received the " Best Book in Law" award
from the Association of American Publish e rs' division of profess ion al and
scholarly publishing. It was also nomi nated for a Pulitzer Prize for its contri butions to the hi story of American law.
Kittric and Wedlock, constitutional
and criminal law scholars, credit revolutiona ry id eas and activities, from the
American Revoluti on to urban riots and
Vietnam wa r protests, with the con ti nuing evolution of freedom in this coun try.
In an interview with Ameriron magazine, Professor Kittrie reflected on the
personal and professional convictions that
have fueled both his current work and
his long career.
To begin with your current work, how did
you get involved in studying political cmne.?
Twelve or thirteen years ago, I became
interested in individuals who resort to
illegal activities allegedly to rectify inil!stice and improve society. Such "political criminals" are distinctly different
from those who commit crimes for personal gain. My study at that time focused on two areas I know well-the
Middle East and Central America.
Friends were puzzled by my interest,
seeing political crime as a "foreign prob-
18 AMERICA
Nicholas Kittrie
lem ," not particularly timely or relevant
w the United States . f found myse lf
trying to de monstra te to th em th at, in deed, political crim e and rebe llio n and
unrest have played impo rtant roles in
. haping America as we know it. T used
a example the armed truggle of th e
Civil War, th e res istance of na tive Americans to their relocation and confinement to reservations, and, more recently,
the bombing of abortion clinics.
As time went on, I realized the need
for one concentrated effort to illustrate
the role of rebellion and political crime
in American history. Working on The Tree
of Liberty gave me new insight into our
country and showed that the unorthodox-and even violent and illegal-parts
of American history are as important as
the legacy of traditional elections and
party politics.
Americans tend to suffer from historical myopia, according to some foreign
policy experts; our memory is not very
long. But our history as a country is not
very long either-only two hundred
years. Gaining insight into ourselves
might help us understand and respond
to situa tion in other countries with a
~ a turity thor h::~ s ~O m(;tim cs h~.:c n 1,1 kmg.
What abo111 the wor/dm•ide violence and
turmoil rhat seems to dominate rhPll f"ci!.!S these
days?
First of all, the world, more than half
of whose nations gained independence
only after World War II, is going to have
to go through a lot of political turmoil
in yea rs to come to reach some stability.
I th ink it is unavoidable. A mature assessment of our own background and
experience will help us determine what
kind of role we should play.
In areas with unresolved political issues, tranquility is impossible without
understanding and accommodating in
some way the dissatisfied groups. In other
places, political crime and violence are
less endemic, and might be the doings
of individual fanatics. Dealing with psychopathic individuals with little or no
political agenda is a different matterthese persons need to be removed from
society. We need to make detached and
differentiated responses to different sit-
gcst that "terrorist" be gi\·en a similar,
limited de finition - bas icallv restricted
to violent behavior agains.t innoc e nt
peo pl e .
Art' politiml rrimfs as yo11 tle(illr' thfm
viole111/
aifiN~)'S
Unlike terrorism, which alwavs in volves force, political crime includes anv
means of expressing political dissent tha-t
a government at the time considers unlawful. Susan B. Anthony was charged
with trying to vote. People were con victed and sent to prison for taking issue
with U.S. involvement in World War I.
Even being a particular person at a particular time-native American, black,
Japanese in California during World War
Il-may constitute a political crime and
he pun ishable. All of these for ms of poli tica l crime in some way have affccu;d
the development of American political
and civil rights.
,\ren '! J!merimns, (IS (I people, 11/0rf !0/erall/ of di)j'e!ntn~f tii!IO!If{ thr•ir pop11ltllir)ll
!ha11 ritizflls of ma11y othfr ro1111t1ifs/
uation s.
flo w m11 we respo11d to terrorism perse/
"Terrorism " see ms to have been
adopted as shorthand for any violent or
illega l activity th at we or any particular
country doesn't like. I cannot call everybody engaged in political dissent or
violence a terrorist . The term is not
specific, it is not fair intellectually, and
using it is not constructive. I see no reason to apply it domestically. All the behavior of terrorists is already punishabl e
in domestic law.
Defining someone as a terrorist is useful only in the international marketplace
where the use of the term can serve to
mobilize the world community. It should
be limited to persons engaging in behavior that all civilized nations would
conclude is illegal or immoral. I sec terrorism having the same implications that
the international community has assigned to piracy. Under international law,
persons threatening the sea lanes of
commerce and travel worldwide are
criminals who must be prosecuted by
any nation apprehending them. I sug-
I think increasingly we arc, but we
have certainly not always been that wav.
Hc,; m ·m bc,; r th ~· Pu ritan s, who le ft E ngland because of religious inmlcran ce and
proceeded co be in co lcram themselves.
Slavery , denial of the vote to women ,
rreatm.c nt of native Am~.:ricans as if liKv
made up a foreign nation in our midst
were all grievous acts of inmlerance. Yet
somehow the constant influx of new
people to present new challenges, particularly regarding the Bill of Rights and
its interpretation, has increased tolerance and liberty in the United States.
The process has been gradual and tortuous, but the general direction has been
toward increased civil and political rights.
Can yo11 poi11t to one l·ev dwmrteristir of
a soriety that symbolizes its lrvel oftolnmttf.?
Yes. A societv's level of tolerance is
directly related 'co its willingness to be
a pluralistic society. Some societies are
afraid of change. They arc afraid of dissent, of new ideas, of new ethnic groups.
Some societies do not want to be pluralistic societies. American history records a traditional suspicion of change but
also an inner ability to absorb new cleme nts , new values, ne w g roups . This
ability is probablY unique to American
SOC ICtV.
The Japanese, by contrast, have been
closed ro outside groups for several
hundred years . Although their homogenous soc1ety may work best in terms
of productivity and hard work, mv suspicion is that pluralistic societies,' with
their vibrance , their creativitY their
adaptability, far exceed the v,;l'ues of
sameness. I'd rather live in a pluralistic
SOCiety, and r think the United States
is becoming history's model of a pluralistic societv.
Yv11 have trt1velr'd widd)•. /:; it easin· to
bf a dissmlfr in 11111erira tha11 ekrw)/tere/'
I'm not sure . On on e hand , he re vou
can say that the Prc:~itknr is no g<)od;
you could not make a comparable statem ~.: nt in R ~.: d S quar~.: . On the oth~.:r hand,
American law, despite our long historv
of poli tica l d isse nt and rebel lion , gra n t~
no special consideration for a political
offender. Even very oppressive coun tries, including Cza rist Russia and preWorld War II Japan, have treated politica l offe nde rs with :1 cerrain re peer.
Americans , in f~tct , still refusc to con sider th e politica l or moral motives of
offenders. Political crime s~.:cms to be
the skeleton in Ame rica 's closer. We don' t
like to acknowledge irs existt:ncc, because we believe that anything can be
accomplished within "the svstem."
Documenting and Amcricani~ing the
phenomenon of political dissent was one
of the reasons for doing '/'hf '/l't'e of Uberty.
Can Wf expo11 the Jlmaim11 110tiol! of
tolerallrf' for disse11t/'
I don't think we have tried suffi ciently. We have not sold democracY or
tolerance or constitutionalism to 'our
trading partners around the world. We
have dealt with them economically,
through exports and imports, but we have
not tried to export what is our greatest
strength: our commitment to pluralism
and the process for achieving it. Maybe
we have forgotten our historical similarity to nations now struggling for jus0
tice and stability.
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Students
'
S
tudents bring creative
dramatics into
Washington schools
"Energy, enthusiasm, and expertise."
"A superb job."
"! am impressed. "
These sensational reviews for a special student intern program offered by
the Department of Performing Arts
(DPA) are not the words of entertainment critics, but of another highly-influential group-elementary school
teachers.
Last spring, ten AU students participated in the Creative Dramatics Workshop, an advanced theater course that
offered internships in Washington area
elementary schools. The brainchild of
Gail Humphries Breeskin, a DPA assistant professor and director of theater,
the course taught students how to help
children with classroom skills through
creative dramatics . Students spent the
first half of the semester developing lesson plans to meet the individual needs
of their assigned classes. During the second half of the semester, the students
went as interns into the schools and individually conducted six thirty-minute
workshops involving theater games, story
dramatization, role playing, body and
sensory activities, and pantomime.
"In creative dramatics, you take classroom subjects and put them in the form
of theater," Breeskin explains. "Each
intern worked with an average of thirtyfive students in second through sixth
grades. I carefully matched them with
classes according to their skills and personalities and helped in preparation, but
once they got there, they were on their
own. The teachers were present, but
the interns ran the classes."
Randee Godofsky, a junior with a
double major in performing arts and
communications, says, "I always had an
interest in children's theater, and this
was an excellent opportunity to pursue
it. I had a sixth grade class that knew
very little about drama, so I worked on
the basics, using music, pantomime, and
improvisation." Since they were studying the Renaissance period , Godofsky
20 Ai\IERICAN
had them write their own scripts as if
they were on TV during that period.
"They costumed themselves and did a
final performance, which was fantastic,"
she says. "The entire experience was
incredible."
Gary Graff, a junior theater major,
agrees: "As soon as Gail told me about
plans for the workshop, I signed up. It
was frightening going into the classroom
that first day and facing thirty fifth graders, but they were very receptive, and
I ended up learning a lot myself." Since
the teacher had asked Graff to concentrate on areas of movement and rhvthm
he focused on movement exercis~s and
mime, teaching the class how to be aware
of how their bodies work. "I taught them
a game called 'This Is a What ' that coordinates rhythm to movement 'to voice "
he says. "It's difficult to do at first b~t
they got the hang of it pretty quickly."
Breeskin explains that a good actor
does not necessarily make a good teacher.
"It requires special skills to teach, " she
says, "and the interns proved they had
those skills."
As the glowing evaluations attest, the
elementary school teachers were also
pleased with the results. The program
was "perfect for communication skills,
reading, interpretation, memorization,
and self concept," one teacher said. An other added "each child was give n a
chance to express themsel ves," and the
intern was "even able to get the shy
children involved."
A principal from one of the schools
says, "The program has proven to be an
invaluable one that I certainly hope can
be expanded to enrich the school experiences of more children . ... The
students invo lved gained a poise and
self-confidence they might never have
gained without this program."
Breeskin, who attended the last sessions to evaluate the interns, admits,
"When I created this program , I thought
it would be successful, but I had no idea
it would be this good. The interns, the
teachers, and the kids all loved it. Its
strength reall y lies in preparation and
the desire of my students to excel. I
couldn't be more pleased. "
The program continues this spring
when interns will take their road show
into area high schools, and the following
spring when they will return to elementary schools.
0
A
Constant effort to make
Mortar Board the best it
can be
Since she was elected president of All's
Mortar Board chapter last April, Holly
Constant has been one of the honor society's most ambitious and enthusiastic
leaders. A senior majoring in political
science and economics, Constant began
her term of office determined to make
AU's Mortar Board chapter "as visible
and active as I knew it could be."
Mortar Board, a national honor society
of college seniors, is dedicated to promoting and recognizin g scholars hip,
leadership, and service. AU's chapter,
named the Cap and Gown Chapter of
Mortar Board, was chartered in 1968.
"I knew the chapter had great potential and this year's members were ready
to work," says Constant. "Everyone
should know that there is at\ lortar Board
at AU that's ready to serve wherever it's
needed."
Under Constant's leadership, Mortar
Board has worked hard to unify campus
honor societies. A $325 award from the
national Mortar Board Association helped
underwrite AU's first campus-wide honors day. l lsing the money to rent space,
make signs, and publicize the event,
Mortar Board brought all campus honor
societies to a central location and provided information about their activities
and the requirements of membership to
interested students.
Other firsts for AU's chapter this year
have included ushering at the president's reception during Parents v\'eekend and participating in activities with
the Washington, D.C. , area Mortar Board
alumni and chapters at other universities. One of the most important 1\lortar
Board activities, Constant says, is planning for the spring leadership retreat
weekend, a campus-wide event for students, faculty, and staff.
In past years, t\lortar Board solicited
members by posting flyers across campus. This year, Constant implemented
a new system where all students who
qualify for membership will be sent letters of explanation and applications inviting them to apply.
The selection process begins in the
spring, when juniors with a grade point
average of 3.25 or higher are eligible to
apply. (According to Constant, about
90 percent of the twenty-four AU members have a 3.5 or higher GPA.) Selection is based on superior scholastic
achievement, outstanding and continuing leadership, and dedicated service
to the universitY or outside communitv.
Dean of Students Carmen Neub~r­
ger, an advisor to t\lortar Board at AU
since 1973 and a t\lortar Board alum herself, says the strength of t\ lortar Board
varies from campus to campus, year to
year. "All's chapter this year is very enthusiastic and tremendously orga -
Mortar Board president Holly Constant, far right, leads a general membership meeting in
November to report on the chapter's development and plan future events.
nized," she says. "Usually when you
have a group of campus leaders, they're
busy leading their individual organizations, but this group is very cohesive
and concerned with making contributions to campus."
Most of the year's success, says leuberger, depends on the one who sets
the tone-the president. "Holly is a fantastic leader who has done an outstanding job. Mortar Board is more inviting
now, with less of a 'cliquish' atmosphere," she says.
Mortar Board's senior advisor, Dean
David Brown of the Washington Semester and Study Abroad programs,
concurs, calling Constant "a real dynamo surrounded by eager, active participants."
Mortar Board was founded bv Ohio
State University, Swarthmore College,
the University of Michigan, and Cornell
University in 1918. Originally the
women -only parallel to the men-only
honor society Omicron Delta Kappa ,
Mortar Board went coed in the mid-seventies. There are now over 190 active
chapters and forty -eight alumni cl ubs
across the country.
"Once a Mortar Board, always a Mortar Board ," says Beth Sibolski '73, explaining that membership is for life. "One
unusual thing about l\lortar Board that's
not true of many groups is that it's run
by its active members-they set national policy. Because active membership changes each year, t\lortar Board
itself changes. It was active when I was
a student, and it's active again today."
According to Constant, one of the best
aspects of Mortar Board is the support
network provided by its members.
Nearing graduation, they are helping each
other handle the pressures of planning
for the future. " We're all seniors with
good grades and high ambitions," she
says, "\\'e share the same concerns and
fears, and we've developed a closeness
that I'm really going to miss."
D
\\'INTER 19H7 21
S
chool spirit: Alive and
well at AU
"Our goal is to build a sense of spirit
and campus community and get the entire · university energized," Student
Confederation (SC) president Alan
Fleischmann told faculty, students, and
staff at the beginning of the year. Looking back at the fall semester now ,
Fleischmann is proud of the progress
made toward that goal. "Once we got
enthusiastic, the university at large
picked up on it, and school spirit spread
all over campus. Diverse groups are
bonding together more than ever to
sponsor events, and everyone seems
committed to the same goal."
During the fall, the campus community joined hands around the quad
to affirm their commitment to ending
world hunger in an event cal led "Hands
Across American," top right; they shared
the many different cultures of AU's international students through an array of
International Week events; they danced
on the quad to celebrate the purchase
of AU Hillel's own Torah scro ll , middle
right; and they rejoiced in AU's first
homecoming in years, middle left and bottom. Through the SC's new Senior Program, a united sen ior class emerged with
such specia l activities as a brunch with
job recruiters and a senior soccer roadtrip to Williamsburg, Virginia.
This spring, the spirit will continue
as AU brings back Founders Day after
a two-year hiatus with a campus-wide
celebration . To help ensure that future
student leaders will continue to build
this sense of community, a student leadership convention is planned in February to bring together current and future leaders . "We want to see AU's
traditions continu e, and new ones develop," Fleischmann says. "When the
Khashoggi Sports and Convocation Center* opens, there wi ll be virtually no
limit on the number of events that can
be held on campus. That will generate
excitement like never before. We've only
just begun to see AU's spirit. "
D
*Scheduledfor completion in December 1987.
22 AMERICAN
New Directions Committee
charts course
A
dramatic increase in alumni participation combined with a renewed
uni\·crsity comm itment to funding and
staffing for alumni programs have led to
the recent decision of the Alumni Associ:Hion's Board of Go\·ernors w restructure and rc\ italit.e the association.
"There are more alumni active in the
universit) than c\·er before." sa) s committee chair and association past president Robert Cowdrey '71, ''but more is.
occurring outside the board structure than
within iL By refocusing our efforts, we
can bring more alumni into the association."
At its annual board meeting last April,
the board voted to establish the New
Directions Committee, made up of past
and present board members, to study
ways of strengthening the alumni assoc-iation. Following the committee's
recommendation, the board voted to
disband for a two-year interim period,
suspending its constitution and bylaws,
while the New Directions Committee
restructures the association and provides
temporary leadership.
"The association's constitution and
bvlaws were written twenty-five vears
ago," says committee member Charles
Fotis '59. ''Since then the university h<lS
grown dramaticallv, and the association
has to meet the demands of the day. To
do this, we're keeping in mind our original goals but adding new ones as necessarv. We want to provtde a vehtcle that
work~ in two directions-towards alumni
and towards the university."
The New Directions Committee has
three major goals:
• To draft a new "t\lission St<ltement" redefining the goals and objectives of the association;
• To develop rules for chartering
alumni chapters; and
• To establish a new structure that
provides for increased alumni leadership.
Getting people involved is the association's primarv goal, according to alumni
director and committee member Janet
Chitwood. Al 1 offers alumni many ways
to get involved-from participating in
\
Among those serving on the New Directions Committee ar·c, leji to ri!!,ltt. Charles Fotis '59,
Chairman Robert Cowdrey '71. Br·ian Johnson '76, Janet Chitwood, AU alumni relations
director, and Charles Kligman '49.
alumni programs, such as special e\·ents
around the country and the annual reunion, to taking advantage of alumni
service benefits, including the tra\·el.
insurance, and alumni audit programs.
In return, there are many things alumni
can do for the universitv. Thev can raise
money for student schc;larship~, provide
job opportunities for students, help recruit students, and donate time and
money to fundraising efforts.
Another important wav to get alumni
involved is through the Student Alumni
Association, which integrates students
intO the alumni program. "Getting students interested and involved bcf(Jrc thcv
AU was on the streets of New York in November when history professor Alan Kraut, third
from left, led a group of alumni on an immigration history tour of New York's Lower East
Side and Chinatown. The numerous sights included the Eldridge Street Synagogue, abov1•, a
national historic landmark built in 181:l7. The event kicked off a week-long series of alumni/
admissions receptions in the New York metropolitan area.
WINTER 19H7 23
leave school is key to getting them involved as alumni," says committee
member Charles Kligman '49.
While working tO get alumni involved, the committee will review and
modify the requirements for chartering
an alumni chapter. "There arc some very
active chapters , such as the SIS, New
York, Real Estate, and Communications
chapters," says Fotis, "but many others
are chapters in name only." As new rules
are developed, inactive chapters will be
dissolved.
"To charter a chapter, groups will have
to submit goals, objectives, and strategies, which will be reviewed by the
Alumni Board yearly," says Chitwood.
"This is the standard at other universities, and it provides for better communication and coordination between
the chapters, alumni, and the university."
The committee will also examine the
current Alumni Association leadership
structure and make revisions if necessary.
"Former board members who want to
join the committee are encouraged to
call the alumni office," says Chitwood.
"If we can accomplish the three goals
we've set, the alumni association will be
much, much stronger."
Cowdrey says, "I feel confident about
this effort's potential for success. With
over fifty-five thousand alumni, twentyfive thousand in the Washington area
alone, we've barely begun tO tap this
resource. The New Directions Committee is committed to this effort. The
time is right."
0
Past presidents of the alumni association were honored at a reception given by the alumni
office in November. Seated, left to 1·i~ht: Anita Gottlieb, di•·ector of university relations; Peggy
Brooks Smith '52, president 19~1-~2; Ethel Smith '311'33, president 1943-45; Don
Triezenberg, vice president for deYelopment and planning; Janet Chitwood, directo•· of alumni
relations. Standing, left to right: Rev. Raymond Wrenn '38/'42, president 1955-56; Robert
Cowdrey '71, president 1983-84; James I Iammond 'M, president 1985-86; A. Burke Hertz
'46/'48, president 1956-57; Malll·ice Rona\'ne '55, president 196-t-66; William Vitale '53/'54/
·
'56, president 1962-64.
Alumni Directory
A
new alumni directorv is nearing
completion and is scheduled for
shipping in July. It will include names,
occupations, business and home
addresses, and business and home telephone numbers of all known alumni.
Although the publisher, Carleton
Graphics of South Bend Indiana was
delayed in issuing the su'rveys tha~ will
be used to compile the directory, all surveys now have been distributed. If vou
have not yet returned your survey, pl~ase
do so immediatelv.
Directories will be available only to
AU alumni at $29.95 for the hardbound
version and $19.95 for the softbound.
Orders must be made in advance of pub-
lication.
The information you submit for the
new directory will also be used to update
the university's alumni records. The information will be available to the university in early summer, but it may be
several months before the corrections
appear on mailing labels due to the long
lead time for publications and mail house
work. Patience, please.
Questions regarding the directory
should be directed to Katy Strei, Office
of Alumni Relations, The American
Universitv, 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, N.v\i., Washington, D.C. 20016,
(202) 885-ALUM.
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• Sunday Brunch Lecture Series
Three Sundays, February-March, at the University Club in
Mary Graydon Center, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Enjoy a leisurely rneal and get c:xpcrt advice on personal financial managcrnent from
Kogod College of Business Administration facult\ mcmber~.Thc cosr is $7 pcr session
or $17 if advance reservations arc madc for all thr~c sessions. Reservations arc required.
February 1
Professor Andrew Cao on
general issues of financial
planning and investment
February 22
Professor John Kokus on
real estate as a personal
mvestment
March 15
Profcssor i\lichacl Sampson on the new ra:x Ia,,·
For reservations and further information on thc,c and mher upcomin~ ,pccial c,·cnts. call the alumni
office at (202) 885-ALUi\1.
24 AMERICAN
Crace Cha' is-Butler
llubet-t II. llumphre} Ill
Five alumni to be honored at
Reunion '87
A
t this vcar's Reunion banquet on
April .ZS, the Alumni ,\ssociation will
present the 1987 .\lumni Rccogn.ition
Aw:.~rds to Grace Cha\·is-Butlcr '5-U'55.
I Iubcrt I I. I Iumphrev III '65, Raymond
F. Keith '62, and Richard .J. Pennington
'76. ,\ spccialliktimc achievement award
will be presented to I lcnry Lampe '52.
The awards acknowledge Al ' graduates
Raymond ("Bud") Keith
Richard J. Pennington
who have distinguished themselves in
their professions, service to the university, or service to the communitv.
Grace Chavis-Butlcr. a noted. black
historian and university lecturer fi nanced her education by. serving in' the
Women's Army Corps from 19-lJ-46. She
received her B.A. in history and ~I.A.
in education from Al', and ·taught high
school in Washington, D.C. , for twentv
years . Taking advantage of an early
retirement program, she moved to
Leith receives double honor
T
he universitv held a special ceremOll\ last su.mmcr tO unveil a portrait of ~lumnus and trustee emeritus
William Leith '37. The portrait now
hangs in the Bender Library's new .\l'
Archi\·cs and Special Collections section, which was made possible bv Leith's
$100,000 gift to the library.
On the same dav at a luncheon in his
honor, Leith received the Stafford I I.
"Pop" Cassell ,\ward, which goes to
alumni lettermen in recognition of outstanding professiona I accom pi ish men ts
or community service.
Leith retir~d in 1973 as chairman of
the board and chief executive officer of
Peoples Life Insurance after more than
thirty ) cars with the companv. Acti\·cly
mvoh cd wirh Al ' for more than fiftv
years, Leith was a mcmbcrofAl~'s Board
of Trustees from 1966-75.
''Bi ll\\ as \ ' Crv acti\ cas a student, and
he's ah\avs bc~n cxtremclv interested
in the un.ivcrsitv," says Jo~ Carlo '38,
Cyrus Ansary, left, AU Board of Tt·ustecs
chait·, congratulates William Leith at the
unveiling of Leith's portmit.
univcrsit\ trustee and a past recipient
of the c~;ssell award. "He's a \·erv comP<lssionatc person who \\ell deserves
these honors."
0
llenry Lampe
Berkeley, California and taught in the
Oakland school svstem, before moving
to Los Angeles and qualifying for a lifetime credential as an instructor in the
Los Angeles Community College System. Chavis-Butler received her Ph . D.
in education from the l lniversitvofBeverly II ills in 1982 and continues" to teach
part time.
Chavis-Butlcr has been active in the
Alumni Association for more than thirty
years and in 1982 received AU's flurst
Society award for her annual financial
support. Active in many organizations
and community affairs in the Los Angeles area, Chavis-Buder is a life member of both the National Council ofNegro
Women and the Los Angeles branch of
the American Association of l lniversitv
Women (AA ll\\') and serves as pres(denr of the Los Angeles chapter of the
American Institute of Parliamentarians.
She has received numerous awards, including the National Council of Negro
Women 's award for support in 1975 and
the .\Al l\\' California State Division
award f(H significant contributions to the
AAll\V Educational Foundation in 1984.
She will be featured in the twentv-tirst
edition of l\larquis's \l'ho's Who ";n the
H'e.'l (1987).
Iluberr ("Skip") Humphrey III, son
of the lare vice president, is attornev
general of the state of l\linnesota. I I~
has been an active supporter of AU's
admissions, recruitment, and university
development efforts. After receiving his
B.A. in political science from AU, Ilumphrcy earned his law degree from the
University of l\linnesota Law School.
WINTER 1987 25
He represented Minnesota's FortyFourth Senatorial District for ten years,
serving as the chairman of the State Senate Energy and Housing Committee and
Legislative Commission on Energy.
Humphrey had an active private law
practice for t\velve vears prior to his election as attorney general in 1982.
As attorney general, Humphrey has
worked for tougher laws against drunk
driving and illegal drugs and weapons
transactions, and for the cleanup of toxic
and hazardous wastes. He helped to increase public awareness about child
abuse, promoting programs for its prevention and creating new child protection laws.
Raymond ("Bud") Keith, who received his B.A. in public relations from
AU, is a senior equal opportunity specialist for the U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services' Office of Civil
Rights. Blind since the age often, Keith
was a member of the team that developed the first antidiscrimination regulations protecting the handicapped. A
member of the Subcommittee on Recreation and Leisure of the President's
Committee on Employment of the
Handicapped, Keith was a founding
member of the Vinland National Center, the first U.S. health sports center
for the disabled.
Tn 1975, Keith was elected to the board
of the newly formed organization Ski for
Light, which has become a model for
using sports to integrate blind and sighted
people. The program fosters fitness and
a level of social interaction that is
unparalleled, with more than a dozen
regional programs around the country
involving sportS such as hiking, tandem
biking, and canoeing, in addition to
skiing. Keith was elected president of
the organization in 1980.
Richard Pennington, director of the
community relations division of the
Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police
Department, has had a distinguished
seventeen-year career with the force.
Pennington enrolled as a full-time student in AU's criminal jus&ice program
while also working full-time as a detective. After graduating, he became assistant budget director in the department's
Office of Finance and l\Ianagemcnt.
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At a reception in November, the Real Estate Chapter of AU's Alumni Association donated
$1,400 for the purchase of a collection of Urban Land Institute (ULI) books for the Kogod
College of Business Administration's real estate center. In attendance were, seated, left to
1·ight, Nancy Chetkof '85, Walter Bretz '69, Diane Sappenfield '86, Stuart Bernstein '60, and
chapter president Peggy Brooks Smith '52; standing, left to right, John Urciolo '69, John
Hass '78, Sheldon Kamins '69, Carl Gerwin '54, Kenneth Luchs '66, Craig Young '71,
Susan Davis '85, former director of the real estate center Jerry Kirks, and ULI president
William Caldwell.
Recently promoted to the rank of inspector and assigned to the community
relations division, Pennington is responsible for planning, developing, and
administering crime prevention programs and improving police relations with
the community. Serving as public information officer, he is also responsible
for media relations and the supervision
oftheOfficerFriendlvProgram in D.C.
Public Schools. Pennington has worked
with many community groups on sensitive issues and is considered an expert
in the area of Black-Asian relations. He
has served as a panelist for such organizations as the Department of Justice
and the National Conference of Christians and Jews. His honors include the
Distinguished Service Award from the
Korean Business Association and the
GeorgetOwn University Communitv
Service Award.
·
Lampe, vice president of the brokerage firm Thomson McKinnon Securities, served as vice president of the
Alumni Association for seven years. While
a member of the Virginia General Assembly, Lampe was appointed bv the
Republican leadership to posts o~ the
State Central and Northern Virginia Finance Committees.
Lampe's dedication as a member, and
later chairman, of the Arlington Hospital
Board of Directors resulted in the hospital's expansion and improvement. I le
is currently a member of the Board of
Visitors of George Mason L' niversity and
the Arlington County Chamber of Commerce, vice chairman of Home llealth
Services of Northern Virginia, and a board
member of the Arlington Hospital
Foundation. During his twenty years as
a member of the Arlington Host Lions
Club, he has served in several officer
positions. In 1985, he was named Arlington Service Club's l\Ian of the
Year.
0
February 28-March 2
All-Colonial Weekend
in Williamsburg, Virginia
• Spend the days rouring and shopping in Colonial Williamsburg and
cheer the Eagles on to victOry in
the Colonial Athletic Association
Championship Basketball
Tournament.
• Discounted hotel room rates are
available as part of a special alumni
weekend package.
• For information or reservations, call
the alumni office at (202) 885ALUM.
AMERICAN_~-------------------------------
Class Notes
publishing company in Nashville, Tenn.
IJe is included in the 1986-~7 edition of
ohn Williams, BA'33, has retired Who's ll'ho i11 the South and So~t!hill·est.
Betsy Ashton, BA'66, is senior coras president of Buck Consultants.
Grover L. Hartman, MA'36, respondent for ''Today's Business," a
PhD'46, is a consultant to the Lillv En- syndicated television news program card<l\\ ment on Regional and Local Ecu- ried by 130 stations.
Frederick E. Wallin, BA'66, is dimenici~m and the program director of
the ~lidwest Ecumenical Center. I leis rector of mirror glas~ for PPG Industries
also the recipient of the DePauw l ' ni- Glass Group.
Suzanne Rattenne Pallastrone,
\·ersity Distinguished ,\lumni t\\\ a rd.
Carol Clendening Laise, BA'38, BA'66, has joined Shimer vonCanrz, a
was awarded an honoraf\· doctor of laws marketing communications company, as
degree from Bares Coll~ge at the ~fay vice president for corporate development.
19~6 commencement ceremonv. She was
Phillip R. Forbes, BA '67, is a lieucited for her distinguished career in the
tenant
commander in the l l.S. Navy
foreign service.
Donald G. Creech, BA'39, retired stationed at the Naval Dental Clinic,
as pastor of the First Congregational Norfolk, Va.
Edwin G. Streapy, Jr., BA'71 , is
Church, Spencerport, N.Y., after more
chief deputv at the Rappahannock
than fort\ \ears of sen·ice.
Mary L~onard Strong, BA'46, is a County, Va., sheriffs department.
Wrenne Timbedake, MA'71, has
social worker for the Los Angeles Counf!'
Department of Children's Services.
served more than twenty years as chief
Paul J. Seheips, MA'49, PhD'68, of the public affairs office of the Army's
retired as chief, Staff Support Branch. Global Information Svsrems Command.
Ruth E. Bodenstein, BA'72, and
l l.S . .\rm\ Center of ~lilitarv I Iistory,
Dcpartmc.nt of the .\rmy in 1\.J~rch 1986. Gary A. Greenberg, BA'72, anPatricia Beall Bach, BS'Sl, has re- nounce the birth of their second child,
tired from the Postal Service 1\.[anagc- Emilv Lauren, June 11, 1986.
St~phen C. Fink, BS'72, is vice
ment Acadcn1\.
Ed Walker: BS'S4, noted Washing- president of Southeast 1\lobile I lcalrh
ron, I) . C., radio personality, is emcri ng Services, Atlanta.
Jane Weitzman Luba, BA'72, is a
his fourth decade in radio. He hosts rwo
personnel manager for Presidential Airradio programs on \\'\\'RC .
Mary E. Mather, BA'S7, has writ- ways.
Nancy Berlin Buxbaum, BA'73,
ten a booklet about the hisrorv of St.
and
her husband, William, announce the
~lar{s I lospiral in Richmond.
Robert Newman, BA'57, is \'ice birth of their son, Daniel Barry Buxpresident of sales for.]. Lee Peeler. He baum.
Allyn Enderlyn, BA'73, married
specializes in tax-exempt financing.
Oliver
Dziggel, August 2, 19~6.
Thomas Kurtz Ill, BA'60, is an adCarolyn Peace Hayes, BA'73, and
\ isorv svstems analYst for IBl\.1.
Alice. B. Kuhn, BA'61, MEd'70, has her husband, Steven, announce the birth
been elected president of the \\'omen's of their third daughter, Caroline Jean .
Laura Goddard, BA'73, has joined
1\lissionarv l ' nion of Craig's Baptist
l\.ICI
Telecommunications in RochesChurch fo~ a third vcar.
Robert H. Koch: BA'62, is the min- ter, N.Y., as an account executive.
Charles Brush, BA'74, married
ister of the First Congregational Church
Kathleen
Bean, Julv 5, 1986.
of Etna in Pittsburgh.
Carol Muth Crockett, BA'75, is
Martin S. Rosenzweig, BA'62, has
been appointed associate professor of director of the Ofticc of \\'omen's Business Ownership for the l ' .S. Small Busimathematics at Brvanr College. Smirhness Administration, vVashingron, D.C.
·
tield, R. I.
Deborah Griffith Davis, BA'76, is
IIerman S. l.'. rey, BA'65, is owner
head librarian at l\.lanncs College of ~I uand pre.,ident of l·;rc) Enterprises, a
ARTS AND SCIENCE
J
m ew York Cirv.
Naomi Nemtzo~, MF A'76, had an
art show at the Bowerv Gallery in New
York Citv last fall.
.
Mindy Zegas Shedler, BA'76, and
her husband, 1\.lichael, announce the
birth of their daughter, Andrea Lauren,
July 4, 1986. Thcv live in New York
.
City.
Rose Mary Byrne, BA'79, is pursuing a graduate degree in speech pathology at Towson State University.
Deborah Kaplan, BA'79, married
John Sergi, June 27, 19R6.
Linda Boyd, BS'80, is the chief resident at Sr. Joseph's Family Practice
Residencv in Paterson, N.J.
Lee Fillak, BS'80, joined the navv.
lie is based with the First Force Servi~c
Support Group, Camp Pendleton, Ca Iif.
Karyi-Lynn Stone Zietz, MFA'80,
is an American correspondent for the
German television station ZDF.
Katherine Ann McCartney, BA'81,
serves as personal counsel ro New York
state senator Norman ]. Lcvv. She was
admitted to the New York S~arc Bar in
January l 985.
Eric Yoder, MA'81, married Patti
Black, June 28, 1986.
Miriam Keates-Reid, BA'82, had
an art show at the Shore Gallery in Edinburgh, Scotland, in October l986.
David Cohen, MF A'H3, Tom
Donlon, MFA'84, and She1·yl Massaro, MFA'84, participated in an alumni
reading as part of Al l's Visiting Writers
Series on November 19, 19R6.
Linda E. Goldfield, BA'8..J., is the
memberships and promotional director
of Club Desiree in Washington, D.C.
Keith Klischer, MS'84, married
Linda Parmelee, August 2, I9H6.
Rebecca Naklick, BA'84, married
James Frady.
Denise Sussek, BA'84, married
Russell Cabral, July 26, 1986.
Oliver Chamberlain, MA'HS, is director of the Center for the Performing
and Visual Arts at the L' niversity of LolAell, Lowell, 1\.lass.
Rosalyn Ingall, BA'85 , married
Russell Katz, June 21, 19~6.
Ross Levinsohn, BA'85, is an account executive for Lapin & Rose, a
public relations firm .
SIC
WINTER I 987 27
BUSINESS
Garrett, BS'63, is president
Rodger
of Commercial Office Environments.
Joseph Kelly, MBA'66, was named
1986 !\!ember of the Year by the Independent Petroleum Association of r\ew
~texico.
Robert L. Gero, BS'68, is president
of Sommers/Rosen Advertising.
Hugo Schielke, MBA'69, is founder, chairman, and chief executive officer
o f Ameri can & E u rnp ·an l nvt:s t rn t: nt
Corporation, an investmcm acl visory firm.
Sidney F. Strauss, MBA'70 , marril:d Rache l lkrn~win.
Joel Rosenhaus, BS'71, is president
and chief executive officer of Charles
River Hospital, Wellesley, ~lass.
Ron Gabriel, PhD'74, has been presented the Professional \\'ricer's Award
b\ the International Personnel t\lanage~ent Association 's Eastern Region.
Matthew P. Gonring, MS'78, is
manager of external communications for
l"nited Airlines.
Joseph Francis McDonald III,
BS'78, was ordained a deacon at the
Church of the Sacred Heart, Boise, Idaho.
T. Wayne Kirwan, MS'79 , is assistant vice president, public relations, for
l'nion Trust Bank, Baltimore. \!d.
Mitchell Gartenberg, BSBA'80, is
a manager at the accounting firm Seidman & Seidman. He and his wife. Robin Barsky, CAS/ BA'82, arc expecting their second child in February.
M. Houston Baker Ill, BS'82, married Toni \Iarine.
Joseph Friedman, MBA'82, is
presiden t of Oakleaf Deve lopment Corporation, Hanford, Conn.
Ann L. Kallen, BS'82, is national
direcror of training for CD! Tcmporar;
Service.
Ke\'in Rich, BSBA'82, married Dru
Renna, SOC/BA'82, Kevin is a tax
supervisor with Touche Rouse and Dru
is an account executi\·c with Keyes \fartin.
Peter Lefkowitz, BSBA'83 and
Susan Tarnowsky, BSBA'83, were
married September I, !9H6.
Lt. Philip E. Graham, MS'85, participated in the International :\aval Re28 :\~IERJCAi\'
view as part of the Statue of Libertv
Centennial Celebration. He is stationed
aboard the l'SS Iowa, ;"\:orfolk, Va.
COMMUNICATION
S
usan Cohen Silver, BA'73, moved
to Atlanta. She is an assistant field
manager of the southeast publicity and
promotion office of L'niversal Pictures.
Diana Gonzalez, BA'83, is manager of Corporate Video Sen·ices at Pvramid Video, Washington, D .C.
·
.JoAnn Pile~t~i . RA 'R5 . i ~ >1 mnrni n ~
David A. Sheinfeld, BA'76, is a
lawyer in a San Diego law firm .
Thomas Lunder, BA'80, married
Pamela Chafetz.
Pamela McCarthy, BS'80, WCLI
JD'83, married \liehael Deese, :\1av 10,
19R6. She has joined the Washington.
D.C., law firm of Robins, Zelle, Larson
& Kaplan. ller specialty is international
trade.
Lynn Korman, BA'81, married
Andrew Stone, KCBA/ BSBA'82,
julv 20, 1986.
Adam Ebhin, RA'H!;, j, ;tn a-.., i-. rant
anc:hor and reporrer for W:\IG:\I.T \ ',
acc:oum admi nistrator for rhc .\ dam s
Atlantic Citv, l\'.j .
Group, Rockville, 1\td.
David S. Johnson, BA'~S . i:, a regional analyst for the :--.!ational Republican Congressional Committee.
EDUCATION
P
hoebe Rockwell Krajewski,
BA'74, is a music teacher at Richard ~lontgomery Hi gh School, Rockville , :\1d .
GOVERNMENT
Schwartz, BA'47, MA'52,
Zoltan
is enjoying retirement from the IRS.
Gerald R. Hasty, MA'62, PhD'63,
is professor of history and political science at the Baptist College, Charleston,
S.C.
Rita Davidowitz Jacobs, BA'67.
law coordinator at Forest IIi lis I I igh
School, N.Y., received a fellowship from
the National Endowment for the Humanities for her research on ancient codes
of law.
Steve Keller, BA'69, was selected
by Serurity magazine as a securitv e-.:ecutive in the l l.S. who ha~ d c ;,,onstrated outstanding professionalism and
excellence. He and his wife, Kathy
Billman Keller, CAS/BA' 72, live in
Deltoona, Fla.
Jeffrey M. Freedman, BS'72, an attorney, was a featured speaker at the
Western New York Credit Association
seminar titled, "Credit Scope llJ86."
Martin L. Bearg, BA'73, has formed
a law practice in Livingston , 0-J .j.
Fred Deutsch, MPA'76, i~ a PhD
candidate at Catholic l ' niversity. I fe is
pursumg a degree in international affairs.
INTERNATIONAL
SERVICE
B
onnie Jo Oopp, BA'63, is chief of
the Biographv Di\·ision at the District of Columbia Public Librarv.
Charles W. Kegley, BA'66, is director of the Byrnes International Center and is Pearce Professor of International Relations at the L' niversity of
South Carolina.
Harold Molineu, Ph0'67, is associate dean of the College of ,\ns and
Sciences at Ohio University. Last summer he served as a visiting professor in
Western Europe in Boston University's
international relations program. His latest book, U.S. Policy To'JNtrd Larin ,I merira, was published bv West\·iew Press.
Gary W. Boyle, BA'70, is an attorney for Grafton County, N.ll. Ile li\·es
in Littleton, .I J.
Dean Kellerhouse, BA'72 , i'> the
First Rector of St. Andrew's Parish in
Harper's Fcrrv, \V. Va.
Pamela Beck Danner, MA'73 , has
joined the law firm of Ross & I Iardies
as a partner in the firm's Washington.
D.C., office.
John Lawton, BA'73, a senior analyst with Blue Cross and Blue Shield
of New Jersey, has earned his f\[B;\ from
Fairleigh Dickinson l ' ni\ersitv.
George D. Matzureff, PhiY78, is a
professor of management at I· erris St:tte
College, Big Rapids, f\1ich.
Brad Bradford, MA'79, is an internal communications officer for Life of
Geor~ia, Atlanta.
Guy Griffith, BA'82, received a
1\IDiv de~ree from Princeton Theological Seminary in June 1986 and was
ordained in the Gospel Ministry in August. He and his wife, also a Presbyterian minister, are together serving the
newly organized Presbyterian Church in
Alpharetta, Ga.
Susan Beller Colby, BA'83, graduated from Stanford Unive rsity Busin e ~s Sc hoo l b ~ ~ lun e . S he re<·e nd v
married Pe(er Colbv.
.
Bruce Gaston, BA'83, is an l\lBA
candidaw at Ohio State UniversitY.
Susan F. Evashavik, BA'S4, is
pursuin~ a law degree at the Dickinson
School of Law.
John Snowden, MA'84, is a communications officer at the American
Consulate General, Karachi , Pakispn.
George Wheelwright V, BA'84, is
the gene ral manage r of Quigley's Restaurant, Washington, D.C.
JUSTICE
C
atharine Veerhoff Bealor, SOJ/
MS'74, has remarried . She is attending Wesley Theological Seminarv
and hopes to become ordained and work
as a chaplain in an institutional setting.
Carl R. Harbaugh, MSAJ'73, retired from the l'vlaryland State Police force
with the rank of major. He is now the
director of Police Organizational Services with the International Association
of Chiefs of Police.
Jua nita E. Hoyle, MS'83, is a juvenile counselor for the state of 1\laryland.
Douglas Birkenfeld, BA'84,
is pursuing a law degree at Suffolk Unive rsitY in Boston . He has been selected
as bc~t Moot Court Oral Advocate and
to serve as a member of the school's
!\loot Court Board staff.
Janet Noble, BA'84, married Douglas Wood.
Robert Oberst, Sr., JD'65, president of Robert Oberst, Sr. and Associates, has been elected tO the Board of
Directors of the International Association for Financial Planning.
John E. Pruitt, Jr., JD'72 married
Theresa Srorke, August 2, 1986.
Steven I. Platt, JD'73, has been appointed District Court Judge for the Fifth
District of !\Ia ryland by Governor Harry
Hughes.
Kevin O'Brien, JD'75 , is clerk of
the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of the Distric t o f Ari:mna.
Nina Shea, JD' 79 , marri ed Adam
!\[everson , Septembe r 13, 1986.
Joa n ne Par·son s Unde rhill, J0'79,
has joined the law firm of Gorsuch, Kirgis, Campbell, Walker & Grover in
Denver. She specializes in banking litigation and regulatory work . Her husband, James Underhill, JD ' 79, has
joined the pri\·ate law practice of Sterling & !\Iiller as <1 civil litigator.
Louis S. Moore, JD'81 , married
Rachel Fine, June 14, 1986.
Lyle Bakst, JD'82, married Karen
Saunders.
Elise R. Axelbaum, JD'84 , is a rifle
platoon commander with the Fleet Marine Force.
George A. Long, LLM'84, is the
judicial clerk of the Superior Court of
Guam.
John L. Maska, WCL'85 , has completed the aval Lawyer's Military Justice Course.
Robert Barad, JD'86, married Taney
Zlotsky, August 17, 1986.
Stuart A. McCreary, JD'86 , has
joined the law firm of Bond, Schoeneck
& King in Sy racuse, N .Y.
D ean Milber, J D'86 , married Diana
Haber, CAS/BA'84, MEd'85 , August 10, 1986
TECHNOLOGY AND
ADMINISTRATION
C
ynthia K. Kegley, BSTM'82,
married James L. Hickerson Jr. , 1\tay
19, 1985. She is a systems engineer supervisor for Electronic Data Svsterns
Alexandria, Va.
·
'
Daniel K. Hatton, MSTM'85, is
chief of the University Computer Cen ter Administrative Support Division of
the Uniformed Services University of
the Health Sciences. He has also been
appointed to the gradua te facultv <IS assistant professor (adjunct fa<:ulty ) at the
University of Marvland.
Murk Kcvun, MSTM 'HS, is u n u1,
commander aboard the submarine USS
Guitarro.
DEATHS
A
lbert Grobstein, WCLJJD'27, on
May 25, 1984.
Arthur R. Murphy, CAS/BA'32,
on August 2, 19R6, in Caracas, Venezuela.
Irvin V. Gleim, WCLJ JD'39, on
July 24, 1986, in Dayton, Ohio.
John W. Kercheval, SIS/BA'58,
WCL/JD'64, on August6, 1986, in Falls
Church, Va.
Richard G. Colby, Jr., CAS/BA'65
on July 31, 1986, in New York Citv. '
Peter David Adelman, CAS/
BA'67, on June 23, 1986, in Niantic
Conn. , of cancer.
'
Katherine Alden Peaslee, SIS/
BA'79 and CAS/MEd'83, on December 25, 1985, in Philadelphia.
NURSING
C
arolyn Warren, BSN'74, is the
head nurse on the adult intermediate and acute psychiatric nursing units
LAW
of Washington I lospital Center.
Barbara McEntire Smith, BSN'78,
tacy L. Williams, JD'SS, is a lawyer is working at the Hospice of Northern
in private practice in Annapolis, Md. Virginia.
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WINTER 19R7 29
Sports
'86-'87 basketball: Aiming for
new heights
A
- - - U's teams are hoping to make
the '86-'87 basketball season a
memorable one.
"There's no question that we
have the talent to make the [ CAA]
tournament," says Linda Ziemke, head
coach of the women's ream, "but we
have to beat out some pretty tough teams
in the Colonial Athletic Association
(CAA) before we look that far."
The women are coming off their best
season ever with all of last year's starters
returning and a crop of promising new
recruits. Leading the charge will be allAmerica candidates senior Jody Thornton at guard, and sophomore Kelly Lane
at forward. Thornton is AU's recordholder for both assists and steals and is
a co-captain of the team. Lane was CAA
Rookie of the Year and the Eagles' leading scorer and rebounder last year.
The other returning starters are senior
Dana Diller, guard; and juniors Kia
Cooper, center; and Beth Shearer, forward. Last year, Cooper was a leader in
the CAA in rebounding, and Shearer averaged 11.5 points per game.
Co-captain forward Kathy Hughes '87
gets high marks from Ziemke for versatility. Guards Lisa Rosenthal, a senior, and Janine Lorimar, a junior, and
forward Shauna Walden, a sophomore,
also provide the team with quality depth
as do freshmen recruits Danielle Blackburn, Christina Valls, and Doreen Benes.
Benes, 6'4", was a high school all-AmerICa center.
AU's men's team is looking to improve last year's sixth -place CAA finish ,
and head coach Ed Tapscott says he has
the talent to make it, "our most com petitive Colonial season ever."
All-America candidate and senior
Frank Ross, guard, is expected to be a
key to the Eagles' offense. Ross was the
CAA's leadin g scorer last year with an
average of twenty-three points a game.
Tapscott, however, realizes that Ross
will now "draw the toughest defenders
from every team we play. We're counting on the contributions of some of our
other players to take the pressure off
30 Al\IERICAN
Frank."
Among other key players are juniors
Chuck West, guard/forward; Mike
Sampson, guard; and Tom Scherer, center; and freshman Mike Sumner, for~ard. (S~mner is taking the place of
JUnior Enc White , who was injured in
the Eagles first game and will be out for
the rest of the season.) Junior transfer
~ndy Bonsalle, ~orward, was a 1unior
College aii -Amenca selection and the
1unior College Player of the Year for the
state of Florida last year.
The teams have talent, but thev need
your support. Se~ the schedule. (page
32) for game locations, dates, and times,
and come cheer the Eagles on to
VICtory.
D
" At press time, both the women's and men's
records fll'ere 4-2.
Brady signs with pros
0
- - - - n ovcmber 5, l\lichacl Bradv
AU's soccer sensation of th~
eighties, signed a contract with
_.;;;;;;;;;;;....- the Baltimore Blast indoor
soccer team, making him one of the few
alums in AU's history ever to go on to
play a professional sport.
"I'm very excited ," says Brady, " It's
a perfect opportunity for me. "
Says Blast head coach Kenny Cooper,
"I stated from the beginnin g of training
camp that I thought l\1ichael could con tribute to the success of this franchise.
I hope he's a member of the Blast for
many years to come." Bradv's contract
is for one year with an optio.n for a second.
While at AU, Brady was named all -
Ed Tapscott, head coach of the men's b· k tb 11
·
TV's" ightl"
" II
d J> .d
,, . as c a team, speakmg from the audience of ABC. me.
can
res• ent "chard Bcrendzcn, backKrouud were amon several AU
reprbe1sentatlvcs11 who appc~1red on two September episodes which feat~•rcd discusstm of
pro ems
·
. . m . co cge
. ath letics such ·as· d ru g usc, d rug tcstmg,
low academic standards and
recrUitmg v1o 1at1ons.
''
st~iker
Michael Brady
Ame rica th ree times , and in 19RS , th e
year the Eagles went to the NCAA tina!,
he was named player of the year by both
the Colonial Athletic Association and
Sorrer Jlmerim magazine.
'Tm happy for him. He deserves it,"
says A soccer coach Pete 1\leh len. "IIe
makes a coach's life easier. I Je's the one
they'll count on to make goals, and he
does that very well." Brady played the
position for the Eagles; he plays
mtdfield for the Blast.
The Baltimore Blast, a member of the
l\1ajor Indoor Soccer League, is an upand-commg team in what is essentially
a new sport. Indoor soccer is very similar
to ice hockey. The playing area is smaller
than in traditional soccer and is surrounded by a glass wall. There is no outof-bounds except for over the wall. There
are six, rather than eleven players on a
team, and the pace is much faster.
"You run like a maniac for two minutes, then you rest for two minutes "
says Brady, who was used to playing the
whole game in outdoor matches. "You
really can't compare the two. I love the
outdoor game-it's what I grew up with.
But I ,~njoy the speed of the indoor
game, he says.
Blast coac h Cooper says that Bradv
"seems to be on the verge of making
the transttton from outdoor to indoor
soccer. " Indeed , Brady scored more goals
than any other player in the Blast's pre season games. Blast home games are held
in the Baltimore Arena in downtown
Baltimore. For ticket information call
the Ticket Center at (301) 432-0200.
D
The Eagle unmasked
F
or the last three years, Eddie Stern
'86 has been going to AU's basketball games, wrestling matches
pep rallies, and other function~
where school spirit is a main ingredient.
If you attended any of these events, you
undoubtedly saw him. He may have
shaken your hand or hugged your child,
and yet you never knew his name. This
is because Stern, who graduated from
the School of] ustice in December, has
appeared at these events in fifty-pounds
of yellow feathers as AU's mascot, the
Eagle.
"I loved it," says Stern, " Inside that
costume, you can do things you would
never do otherwise. You're in your own
little world."
The Eagle's main job at athle tic eve nts
is to "get the crowd motinted and the
team's adrenalin pumping, " says Stern.
. For example, basketball games begin
With the Eagle greeting the fans and
warming up with the team. With his
chest ~hrust out and his wing on his heart,
he mimes-the Eagle isn't allowed to
speak- a stirring rendition of the national anthem. Once the game begins,
Men's tennis team takes tourney crown
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or the first time in AU's historv
the men's tennis team has beat~~
local rivals to win the Capital Collegiate Conference (CCC) tournament.
"The guys really pulled together and
worked as a team, " says tennis coach
Larry yce.
With a team made up of six freshmen
and two seniors, the Eagles racked up
sixteen points (one point is awarded for
each match won). Second-place Georgetown finished with twelve points.
Tournament play is on flights: the top
two singles players from each school
compete on Flight A, the third- and
fourth-ranked players on Flight B, and
t~e fifth- and sixth-ranked players on
I· light C. With doubles teams, the top
team competes in A the second in B
and the third in C . '
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"I couldn't have had a better first day,"
says freshman Charles Hoots, AU's
number one singles player. Jloots made
it to the semifinals in his flight.
All of AU's doubles teams reached the
finals of their flights, with Flight A combination Hoots and freshman Greg
Paukstis pulling out an exciting win over
J!oward University 7-5, 6-4.
The tournament capped off an exceptional season. The Eagles won six
out of the seven season matches despite
having to practice and play all matches
away due to construction of the Khashoggi Sports and Convocation Center.
Beating George Washington in the
CCC tournament was especially sweet,
as it was GW that handed the Eagles
their only season loss. Says yce, "The
team just has a good blend of talent.
We' re looking forward to the spring
season ."
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Greg Paukstis, left, and Charles Hoots
A_U's Flight_A dou~les team, on the w;y to
wmmng their flight 111 the Capital Collegiate
Conference tournament.
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Men's Schedule
Eddie Stern
the Eagle must then help the cheerleaders keep spirits high with crowdpleasing antics.
While being a mascot is fun, the job
is also tiring and hot. Stern says he lost
as much as five pounds in water weight
during a typical game.
Stern fit mascotting inro a schedule
that also included working over twenty
hours a week and being a member of
the Coast Guard reserve in addition to
being a full-time student.
ow that he has graduated, Stern
hopes to find a job in justice, perhaps
as a police officer. The Eagle's wings
have been filled by a worthy replacement- the new person won a gold medal
at mascotting camp. The person's identity, though, will be known only tO a
select few, as was Stern's, in order to
let the Eagle maintain a personality of
its own.
In parting, Stern wanted ro pass on a
few words from the usually silent Eagle:
"Come on fans! Let's get out and support AU's teams!"
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