About 30 inner-city students from Ganesha, Garey and Pomona high schools will have a chance next month to "visit"
China--through a live, two-way video-conferencing hookup--as part of an innovative "Doorways to Asia"
program at Pitzer College.
Students on this side of the Pacific Ocean--many of whom have never traveled beyond their hometowns--will have a chance
to interact with their counterparts in China on April 2 in the Broad Center Performance Space. The "visit" will be facilitated by
Pitzer staff member Greg Taylor in China, who will interpret for students on both sides.
Before the videoconference, Pitzer College will help Chinese and U.S. students exchange information via the Internet.
This program is unique in higher education, says Carol Brandt, associate vice president for international and special programs.
"Other colleges use two-way video-conferencing for distance learning," she said. "But it's unusual to use it for intercultural exchange and to share that with the community."
Pitzer College received a two-year grant for $160,000 from The Freeman Foundation to establish the Doorways to Asia
program. The program's goals: 1) to increase teaching and learning about Asian countries, cultures and languages for students
in elementary and high school (K-12) and at Pitzer; 2) to reinforce understanding about Asia for students returning from study abroad
semesters while broadening Pitzer faculty's expertise in this region of the world; 3) to develop the College's capacity to facilitate
the sharing of resources and materials among a network of educators dedicated to Asian studies at all grade levels; and 4) to
increase the understanding of U.S. cultures and educational systems at institutions in China, Japan and Nepal.
The board of trustees last month approved the appointment of new trustees Terry F. Lenzner, a prominent attorney
and onetime assistant chief counsel to the Senate Watergate Committee, and Joel H. Schwartz, an investor and leader in
community-based educational programs and sports for youth in Los Angeles.
Lenzner is currently an attorney and chairman of Investigative Group Inc. (IGI), a high-level private investigation firm
that specializes in corporate and financial research and investigation. IGI's founding in 1984 marked an expansion of
Lenzner's investigative law practice, which began a decade earlier through his use of an in-house investigative unit at
Rogovin, Huge & Lenzner. Among other things, he has worked as an investigator for President Clinton's legal team.
Lenzner began as an attorney in the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Justice Department, became a federal prosecutor in
the Southern District of New York and eventually gained national recognition as assistant chief counsel to the Senate
Watergate Committee. The investigation of this committee lead to the prosecution of a score of top government officials in
August 1974, and to the resignation of President Nixon. He also has conducted training sessions on complex investigations
for the offices of the inspectors general at several federal agencies.
Lenzner is the parent of William "Willy" Lenzner, a senior at Pitzer. His wife is Margaret Rood Lenzner, a prominent artist.
Lenzner is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School, and was a member of the Board of Overseers from
1970 to 1976.
Joel H. Schwartz, an owner and investor in commercial real estate, is a native Angeleno and a product of the Los Angeles
school system. He graduated from San Jose State University in 1968, and subsequently joined the family's sportswear
business. In the 1970s, Schwartz developed the first printed polyester leisure shirt line, Joel of California, distributed
nationwide. Many of his shirts are featured in motion pictures of the era, like "Saturday Night Fever," and are again
fashionable as "retro" clothing. Schwartz' business was then acquired by the motion picture studio First Artists-owned by
Paul Newman, Barbra Streisand, Sidney Poitier and Dustin Hoffman-and he served on its board. First Artists was then
acquired by a large Australian conglomerate, of which Schwartz served on the board until his retirement in 1984.
Since 1984, he has dedicated much of his time to giving children access to a better education. He has also volunteered
for various public health efforts, particularly for cancer and AIDS research, as well as halfway homes and care for the elderly.
In 1992, Schwartz and his family moved from Los Angeles to Del Mar, Calif. Schwartz is the parent of Pitzer graduate Brinley Ann Schwartz '94, Dylon
McManus Schwartz and Natasha McManus Schwartz. His wife is Helen McManus, a prominent designer. FACULTY & STAFF NEWS
Faculty and staff participating in the TIAA-CREF retirement plan can meet with plan representatives on Friday at the
Scripps College HR conference room; on April 20 at Pomona College in the Spalding Room, Alexander Hall; and on
May 21 at the Claremont University Center, Pendleton Business Building conference room. To make an appointment to
talk with a retirement counselor, call (800) 842-2007.
If you participate in Fidelity Investments under the Academic Retirement Plan or if you use Fidelity through a tax deferred
annuity, you can make an appointment with a Fidelity retirement counselor on March 26. For an appointment call
(800) 642-7131. Representatives meet from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Meetings take place in the Spalding Room, on the second
floor of Alexander Hall, Pomona College. To help the representatives, please prepare a list of questions on topics you want
to discuss and bring your most recent statement from Fidelity or other retirement plan investment providers.
Ed Suarez, assistant director of admissions has accepted a position with Eli Lilly Co. in Indianapolis as an associate global
recruiter.
The deadline for the final round of faculty grants from the Claremont Mellon Project is noon on March 26. The project
officials are looking for proposals from faculty who use technology to improve teaching and learning. The details for the
proposal can be found here .
ANNOUNCEMENTS & O P P O R T U N I T I E S
Repairs at McConnell Center require an electrical outage at the center from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. tomorrow.
During spring break, the Gold Student Center is open from noon to 5 p.m. until Sunday. The Gold Mine snack
bar is open from noon to 4:30 p.m. through Sunday. The Grove House kitchen, which closed Friday, reopens with
regular hours on March 22.
The Pitzer College annual film benefit takes place at 7:30 p.m. March 29 at Paramount Pictures in Hollywood.
It features the world premiere of the movie "The Out-of-Towners" with Steve Martin, Goldie Hawn and John Cleese,
based on a screenplay by Neil Simon. Pitzer College faculty, staff and students are invited to attend at the alumni price
of $125 per ticket (regular ticket cost is $200). All proceeds from the event benefit Pitzer's scholarship fund. For more
information, contact Suzanne Zetterberg at x18130.
The Gold Student Center celebrates its fourth anniversary from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 30. Peter and Gloria Gold,
whose generous funding made it all possible, will be attending, along with their grandson. Other family members are also
expected to attend. Events scheduled for the fourth anniversary week include movies and sundaes from 7 p.m. to midnight
March 28; NCAA men's college basketball championship party during the games March 29; a Cesar Chavez memorial
celebration at 7 p.m March 30; a birthday celebration from noon to 2:30 p.m. on March 31, with live jazz and prizes; a
Lifting As We Climb ceremony at 6 p.m. April 1; and a fiesta, with food and music, from 4 to 6 p.m. April 2.
WEEK OF MARCH 15
MONDAY
TUESDAY
Tennis team plays Skidmore College at home at 2 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
Men's swimming and diving NCAA Division 3 championships begin in Minneapolis, Minn.
New York alumni in the Casual Events Committee meet at the ART Bar, 52 Eighth Ave. in Manhattan at 4 p.m.
Student senate meets at 8 p.m. in the Founders Room.
WEEK OF MARCH 22
MONDAY
Baseball team plays Lawrence University at home at 2:30 p.m.
A workshop on doing women's studies research takes place from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Honnold Mudd Library in the
Keck Learning Room. Call x73959 to sign up.
Gerald Uelman of the Santa Clara University School of Law lectures on "The Legal Struggle for Medicinal
Marijuana at 6:45 p.m. at the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum, Claremont McKenna College. For more information,
call x18244.
Harvey Mudd College Race Matters Film Series presents "Gai-Jin" at 7 p.m. in Galileo Hall. For more
information call x18478.
Open mic and spoken word reading takes place at 9 p.m. at the Grove House.
TUESDAY
The Pitzer Printed Word Forum sponsors a faculty seminar on "Black Modernism and Modernity in the
20th Century" with Es'kia Mphahlele, professor emeritus of English and African literature at the University of
Pennsylvania and University of Witwatersrand, South Africa, from 3 to 5:30 p.m. in the Founders Room.
Marjorie Perloff, Sadie Dernham Patek Professor of the Humanities at Stanford University, lectures on "Dada
Without Duchamp/Duchamp Without Dada: Avant Garde Tradition and the Individual Talent" at 4:15 p.m. in
Room 101, Crookshank Hall, Pomona College.
A panel discussion on "How Well Does the Media Cover Business?" takes place from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at the
Burkle Building, Room 16. Participants include James Michaels, group vice president for Forbes magazine;
Charles Munger, vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.; and Peter Passell, editor of the Milken Institute Review.
Dan Oliver, attorney and former chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, and Benjamin Klein, a UCLA economist,
present a lecture on "Antitrust in the 21st Century: The Microsoft Case" at 6:45 p.m. in the Marian Miner Cook
Athenaeum, Claremont McKenna College.
Harvey Mudd College Around the World film series presents "The Kitchen Toto" at 7 p.m. in Galileo Hall.
Chantal Ackerman's film "Jeanne Diehlman" (1975) is shown at 7 p.m. at the Broad Performance Space.
WEDNESDAY
Es'kia Mphahlele, professor emeritus of English and African literature at the University of Pennsylvania and University of
Witwatersrand, South Africa, gives a public lecture on "The Influence of the Harlem Renaissance on the South African
Sophiatown Renaissance" from 4 to 6 p.m. in Galileo Hall, Harvey Mudd College.
A dinner presentation by James Michaels, group vice president of Forbes magazine, on "The Media and Corporate
Leadership" begins with a reception at 5:30 p.m., buffet dinner at 6 p.m. and the presentation at 6:45 p.m. at the
Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum, Claremont McKenna College. For more information, call x18244. Students should
stop by the Athenaeum to make a reservation.
Russell Doolittle, professor at UC San Diego, lectures on "Searching for the Common Ancestor" as part of
Harvey Mudd College's Origins Of Life speaker series at 7 p.m. at Galileo Hall.
Anselm Min, professor of religion at Claremont Graduate University, lectures on "Dialectical Pluralism"
from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. in the Founders Room, Honnold Library.
Author Alexander Stille lectures on "Citizens and State in Italy: The Holocaust, the Mafia and the European
Community" at 8 p.m. in the Founders Room, McConnell Center. A dinner is served at 6:15 p.m. Respond by
March 19 by calling x18104. Part of the World Region Symposium: Italy and Concepts of Community sponsored
by the Center for Intercultural and Language Education and the European Center of California.
THURSDAY
The sociology field group dinner sponsored by the Student Alumni Relations Committee takes place from
6 to 8:30 p.m. in the Rapaport Room of the Gold Student Center. For more information, call Grace
Byun at x18814.
A workshop on doing research in a Web environment takes place at 6:30 p.m. in the Keck
Learning Room of Honnold Mudd Library. If you have a research or thesis topic, please bring it. Call x73959 to sign up.
Student senate meets at 8 p.m. in the Founders Room.
Artist, author and educator Samella Lewis, professor emerita of Scripps College, delivers the 1998-'99 annual
Sojourner Truth Lecture, "Visual Prophets of African Spiritualities in the Americas and the Caribbean,"
at 8 p.m. in the Humanities Auditorium of Scripps. The lecture, sponsored by the Intercollegiate Department of
Black Studies, is free and open to the public.
Grove House hosts live music beginning at 9 p.m.
FRIDAY
Miriam Golden, political science professor at UCLA, lectures on "Italy and the European Community" at
11 a.m. in Room 108, Gold Student Center. Respond by March 19 by calling x18104. Part of the World Region
Symposium: Italy and Concepts of Community sponsored by the Center for Intercultural and Language Education
and the European Center of California.
Softball team plays the College of Notre Dame at home at 1:30 p.m.
Marla Stone, a professor of history at Occidental College, lectures on "The Patron State: Culture
and Politics in Fascist Italy" at 1:45 p.m. in Room 108, Gold Student Center. Respond by March 19
by calling x18104. Part of the World Region Symposium: Italy and Concepts of Community sponsored by
the Center for Intercultural and Language Education and the European Center of California.
Baseball team plays University of Redlands at home at 2:30 p.m.
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
Alix Kates Shulman reads from her work from 4 to 6:30 p.m. in the Burkle Building, Room 12.
She is the author of "Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen" and "Red Emma Speaks: An Emma Goldman Reader," among others.
An open mic poetry and spoken word reading takes place at 9 p.m. at the Grove House.
F E A T U R E:
Pitzer Opens Virtual "Doorway to Asia" for Local High-Schoolers
P R O F I L E:
Watergate Counsel Lenzner and Community Leader Schwartz Named Trustees
COMING UP
Spring break begins.
Women's tennis team plays Amherst College at Hilton Head at noon.
Women's tennis team plays Transylvania University at Hilton Head at 8 a.m.
The Center for Process Studies sponsors a seminar on "Phenomenology of Kindness" by William Hamrick from
4:10 to 6 p.m in the Haddon Conference Center, Butler building, Claremont School of Theology.
Spring break ends at 8 a.m.
Allan Berube, a member of the National Writers Union and founder of the San Francisco Lesbian and
Gay History Project, lectures on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Look: Undressing the Military's Anti-Gay Policy"
at 11 a.m in Lyman Hall, Thatcher Music Building, Pomona College.
Tennis team plays Whitman College at home at 2 p.m. Women's tennis team plays Lewis & Clark at home at 2 p.m.
Work study time sheets are due.
Deadline to sign up for trip to the Getty Museum on March 28. A $5 reservation deposit is required.
For more information, call x74176.
Baseball team plays at University of Redlands at 11 a.m.
Pitzer Activities Committee sponsors a trip to the Getty Museum. Meet at the Gold Student Center at
11:15 a.m. For more information, call x74176.