Trustee Hisham M. Nazer, the former Petroleum Minister of Saudi Arabia and now an internationally known businessman and writer, comes to the College this week as a Distinguished Visiting Fellow sponsored by the Durfee Foundation. During his stay today and tomorrow, Nazer will discuss his upcoming book, “Power of a Third Kind,” an analysis of the way global electronic media are being used to advance Western political, cultural and economic values. He will also participate in seminars and meetings with Pitzer faculty, students and staff. On Tuesday, Nazer lectures at 7:45 p.m. in the Broad Center Performance Space. Call x18289 for information.
Nazer, chairman of the Nazer Group of Companies, based in his home city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, has been active in the development of higher education in Saudi Arabia and abroad, and has served on the boards of many Saudi universities. He joined Pitzer’s board of trustees in 1997. Nazer is also a life member of the Chancellor’s Associates at the University of California, Los Angeles, and sits on the Board of International Advisors at Columbia University. He is also a Councilor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C.
His distinguished 38-year career in public service included tenure as the Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources in Saudi Arabia from 1986 to 1995. During that time, he was instrumental in the creation of Saudi Aramco, the Saudi-American oil company that is the largest energy concern in the world, and served as its first Board Chairman. Previously, starting as a minister under King Faisal, Nazer was a driving force in the economic development of Saudi Arabia. Before that, he was a key player in the creation of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, or OPEC.
As head of the Nazer Group, Nazer works closely with his family as they participate in the growth opportunities of Saudi Arabia’s private sector. With time now for reflection and study, Nazer has also taken on the long-dreamed challenge of putting his ideas and experience into books and articles for publication throughout the world. Known for his elegant and provocative lectures, he has also continued to address groups throughout the Middle East and the West.
Mablean Ephriam ’71, a veteran Los Angeles lawyer, is winning widespread attention in her new role as a television jurist, presiding over Fox’s new “Divorce Court” program.
"Divorce court is where you see the average citizen at his worst, and criminal court is where you see the worst person at his best," she told reporter Irene Lacher in a Los Angeles Times feature story on Aug. 30.
Following her graduation from Pitzer, Ephriam, who has raised a family of four, got her law degree in 1978 after attending Whittier College of Law at night, the Times reported.
In the early '80s, Ephriam was a deputy city attorney battling domestic violence on another front--she helped start the Domestic Violence Prosecution Unit of the L.A. city attorney's office.
In 1982, she started her own firm, which now deals with family law, personal injury and criminal law, the Times reported. During her career, Ephriam has served as the president of L.A.'s Black Women Lawyers group and received the 1995 California Woman of the Year Award from the state Assembly's 48th District.
When Ephriam heard through the lawyer's grapevine that Fox was looking for a judge for "Divorce Court," she saw it as a fresh challenge. "I'm 50. Why not change going into my second part of the century by doing something new and different?" she told the Times.
But for all her close encounters with divorce, Ephriam told the Times that she's still a strong believer in marriage. "I think it's wonderful. And I hope to do it again sometime soon. I'm not jaded. When you're married, you have a partner, a friend, someone to talk to, to laugh with, to share your joys, your disappointments, your fears, your successes, all of that. It keeps you from running around in the streets. It's just good."
COMINGS AND G O I N G S
Leah Herman, a member of the PACE faculty, and her husband, Eric, welcomed a new daughter, Elizabeth Mae Herman, on Aug. 12.
Doug Northrop and Michelle McClellan welcomed a son, Jeremy Padraic McClellan Northrop, on Aug. 27.
Intramural basketball starts this week and continues on Tuesday evenings. Teams are determined by the residence hall in which you live. Sign up at Gold Student Center.
Today is the submission deadline for the year's first issue of The Other Side. Students, faculty and staff are welcome to submit art, photos, stories, letters, poems, articles, cartoons or other forms of expression. Submit your stuff in one of the following ways: envelope in the mailroom, envelope in The Other Side office in Gold Student Center, e-mail to otherside@pitzer.edu or submission to Pitzer Box 823. Those who want to help put the magazine together should call x77093.
The Echoing Green Foundation is offering two-year, $60,000 fellowships to individuals interested in creating innovative public service organizations or projects that seek to promote positive social change. This is the first year that Pitzer students and alumni are eligible to apply. Candidates must submit a concept paper to the Echoing Green Foundation by Nov. 1. For more information, visit the foundation's Web site or contact Karen Suarez in career services at x18519.
Forty-one freshmen from Matsuyama Shinonome College in Japan are on campus this week to participate in Pitzer's American language and cultural program. Now in its second year, the program is a study-abroad experience for the Japanese students. The students, accompanied by four faculty members, are staying at the Claremont Inn and taking English classes in the morning. Afternoon sessions focus on research projects on some aspect of American culture. Please help make them feel welcome!
The Intercollegiate Department of Black Studies has immediate openings for work-study students. Duties include general office support, archival research and assistance with events. Creativity, self-motivation, computer and keyboard skills a plus! Flexible hours; pays $6-$7 hourly. Contact Maya at x73030 or mhernand@scrippscol.edu for more information.
Pomona-Pitzer athletic teams now have their own Web site, with regular updates and additional information for any and all Sagehen fans: Pomona.edu. Games are listed in Coming Up, below.
COMING UP
WEEK OF SEPT. 13
MONDAY
The European Union Center of California sponsors a lecture by Esko Antola, Jean Monnet Scholar at the University of Turku in Finland and scholar-in-residence at the European Union Center of California, on the topic, "Modernizing the Machinery of the European Union," at 4:15 p.m. in Wilbur Hall at Scripps. For information, call x78103 or e-mail eucenter@scrippscol.edu.
TUESDAY
Frank Gibney, author and former journalist; discusses "The Unraveling of Japan, Part III,” at an Asian studies lecture at 4:15 p.m. in Room 101, Hahn Building, Pomona. Gibney is now a professor and president of the Pacific Basin Institute at Pomona.
The Student Alumni Relations Committee hosts a reception for first-year students from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the multipurpose room of Gold Student Center.
Greenpeace Foundation founder Paul Watson discusses "Individuals Can Make a Difference" at CMC's Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum at 6:45 p.m. The talk is part of an environmental activism series. Call x18244 for more information.
Hisham M. Nazer discusses his book, “Power of a Third Kind,” at 7:45 p.m. in the Broad Center Performance Space. A reception takes place from 5 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. in the Intercultural Garden outside the Broad Performance Space, followed by dinner in the Founders Room at 6 p.m. All events are free and open to the Pitzer community. See this issue's Feature for more information about Nazer's visit. Call x18289 for information.
Basketball intramurals start at 7 p.m. on the Gold Student Center courts. Games will be played Tuesday evenings. Sign up at the GSC service desk.
Women's volleyball against Life Bible College at 7:30 p.m. at home.
The Marquis Library launches its Faculty-Student Fireside Chat series at 9:30 p.m., with tips on applying for Watson Fellowships by professors Tom Ilgen, Jim Lehman and Paul Faulstich. The library is located inside Mead Hall.
WEDNESDAY
Come play intramural pick-up soccer every Wednesday at 4 p.m. on the Gold Student Center playing field.
Pomona-Pitzer women’s soccer against Redlands, 4 p.m. at home.
The Intercollegiate Department of Asian American Studies holds an open house at 4:30 p.m. in Oldenborg Center, Pomona College.
Last day to sign up for the trip to Glen Ivy Hot Springs on Friday. Cost is $17 (cash only) and must be paid by 5 p.m. at the Gold Student Center service desk.
Pomona-Pitzer men’s soccer at Southern California College at 7 p.m.
THURSDAY
International Place celebrates Mexican Independence Day with a luncheon talk by Aldo Flores-Quiroga, professor of political economy at CGU, in McKenna Auditorium, CMC. Mexican food will be served at 11:45 a.m. The talk is titled "Mexico After the Election." Lunch requires a meal card or $3.50 at the door.
"Black Women Writers" is the topic of a round-table discussion at 7 p.m. in the Humanities Auditorium, Scripps College. Participants include Ruth Forman, author of "Renaissance" and "We Are the Young Musicians"; Carolivia Herron, author of "Nappy Hair" and "Thereafter Johnnie"; and Sapphire Push, author of "A Novel" and "American Dreams." Valorie Thomas of Pomona College moderates. Call x18326 for more information.
Gold Student Center is open for midnight snacks from 11:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. Come enjoy pizza and watch the big-screen TV.
FRIDAY
Spend the day at Glen Ivy Hot Springs. Deadline to sign up (and pay the $17 admission cost) is Wednesday at 5 p.m. Contact the GSC service desk at x74176 for more information.
The Friday Noon concert series presents a performance of Laurence Rosenthal's "Songs to the Beloved" by soprano Kerry Walsh at 12:15 p.m. in Balch Auditorium, Scripps College.
SATURDAY
Pomona-Pitzer women’s soccer at California Lutheran, 11 a.m.
Pomona-Pitzer football against Occidental College, 1 p.m. at home.
Pomona-Pitzer men’s soccer at UCSD, 7 p.m.
Alicia Gaspar De Alba, feminist lesbian cultural critic and novelist, reads from her new novel, “Sor Juana's Second Dream” (UNM Press), at 4 p.m. at Borders bookstore in Montclair. A reception follows at the Chicano Studies Center at 5:30 p.m.
Take a trip to funky Venice Beach. A $5 deposit and sign-ups are due by Thursday at the GSC service desk. Call x74176 for details.
SUNDAY
WEEK OF SEPT. 20
MONDAY
TUESDAY
Last day to sign up for the PAct trip to Magic Mountain on Friday.
WEDNESDAY
Pomona-Pitzer men’s soccer at Caltech, 4 p.m.
Sociology Professor Peter Nardi discusses "The Role of Friendship in People's Lives" at 4:15 p.m. in the Founders Room of Honnold/Mudd Library. Nardi is the author of a new book, "Gay Men's Friendships: Invincible Communities," and the editor of Sociological Perspectives, the official journal of the Pacific Sociological Association.
New transfer students are invited to a "Surviving and Thriving" dinner from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Founders Room of McConnell Center. RSVP with meal card number by Sept. 16 to Grace Byun, x18130, or Micki Clowney, x74176.
The Intercollegiate Department of Black Studies and the Office of Black Student Affairs hold a joint open house from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the OBSA House, corner of 11th and Dartmouth streets.
Pomona-Pitzer women’s volleyball against Chapman University, 7:30 p.m. at home.
THURSDAY
It's midnight snack time again. This time it's "Gremlins," games, cereal and cookies. Wear your pajamas! For more information, call x74176.
FRIDAY
The Friday Noon concert series presents a performance of 20th-century music for flute and guitar by Rachel Rudich (flute) and Jack Sanders (guitar), both of the Pomona/CGU faculty, at 12:15 p.m. in Balch Auditorium, Scripps College.
Pomona-Pitzer women’s volleyball at Caltech, 7:30 p.m.
SATURDAY
Pomona-Pitzer women’s soccer against Occidental College, 11 a.m. at home.
Pomona-Pitzer men’s soccer against Occidental College, 11 a.m. at home.
Pomona-Pitzer football at Oberlin College, 12:30 p.m.
The Cypress Quartet performs chamber music by Mozart, Stravinsky and Beethoven at 3 p.m. in Balch Auditorium, Scripps.
SUNDAY
F E A T U R E: Hisham M. Nazer Speaks at Pitzer
P R O F I L E:
Pitzer Grad Takes on “Divorce Court”
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND
O P P O R T U N I T I E S
Proposals for paper and poster presentations are being sought for CGU's "Inaugural Inter-Disciplinary Student Research Conference: Unpacking the Rhetoric within Minority and Diversity Theory and Practice," to be held Jan. 28 and 29. Proposals are welcome from graduate and undergraduate students of The Claremont Colleges, as well as McNair Scholars. Applicants must include three copies of a 100- to 200-word abstract or a one- to two-page description of the presentation, along with two self-addressed, stamped envelopes. Deadline is Oct. 15. Address inquiries to blanca.guillen@cgu.edu. E-mail proposals to desiree.crevecoeur@cgu.edu.
Pomona-Pitzer men's soccer against George Fox at 1 p.m. at home.
Gloria Anzaldua, feminist lesbian theorist and children's book author, speaks at 11 a.m. at the Chicano Studies Center.
The office of student affairs hosts an open house from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. in Mead Hall courtyard.
Last day to sign up for the PAct trip to Venice Beach on Saturday. Call x74176 for details.
Pomona-Pitzer women’s volleyball tournament here, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Also Saturday.
Pomona-Pitzer men’s water polo against Whittier, TBA. Also Sunday.
This week's PAct Sunday Night Movies are “Pulp Fiction” at 7 p.m. and “Go” at 10 p.m. in Avery Auditorium.
Billy Harper blows a tribute to John Coltrane on his sax at 6:45 p.m. at Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum, CMC. Call x18244 for more information.
Come play intramural basketball from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Gold Student Center courts.
Come play intramural pick-up soccer every Wednesday at 4 p.m. on the Gold Student Center playing field.
International Place presents lunch and conversation at 11:45 p.m. in McKenna Auditorium, CMC. Admission is $3.50 without a meal card.
Take a trip on the PAct magic bus to Magic Mountain from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Cost is $22 (cash only). Sign up at the Gold Student Center service desk no later than Sept. 21.
Pomona-Pitzer men’s water polo mini-tournament against Cal Baptist, TBA.
This week's PAct Sunday Night Movies are “Saving Private Ryan” at 7 p.m. and “Braveheart” at 10 p.m. in Avery Auditorium.