For the third straight year, students and staff of the early academic outreach program are helping the Pitzer community help needy children through the “Shoes That Fit” program, which collects clothing and other items for distribution to local schools.
“It’s a really good opportunity to help someone in need,” says Alicia Hernandez, the Pitzer junior who is coordinating the program this year. Hernandez, a sociology and environmental studies major from Pomona, Calif., has been involved with the program for the past three years. This year, she heads a coordinating committee of 10 Pitzer students, all of whom work at EAOP.
This year, “Shoes That Fit” has “adopted” Madison Elementary School in Pomona, according to Rochelle Brown, director of EAOP. “The school identifies students in need and sends us a list of each student’s particulars, like shoe size and clothing sizes,” she says.
Donors this year are being asked to buy three items for the child they select: a jacket, pants and shoes. The EAOP staff is chipping in to buy socks and T-shirts for each of the approximately 50 kids identified as underprivileged by the school this year. “Our goal is to give each student a complete outfit,” Brown adds.
How does “Shoes That Fit” work? Each child’s name is written on a “shoe card” and placed on a bulletin board in one of five locations: Scott Hall, the dining hall, the mailroom, the office of Chicano/Latino Student Affairs and the Office of Black Student Affairs. Anyone wishing to make a donation may choose a “shoe” and purchase clothing and shoes for the child whose name appears on the card.
The cards and clothing will be collected in person this year (rather than placed in boxes, as in the past) by members of the EAOP staff. A collection schedule will be sent to the community via e-mail closer to the donation deadline of Nov. 19.
In some ways, Drew Doyle fits the profile of a gangster--the Pitzer sophomore got yanked out of school for fighting in the second grade, and he looks a little like actor Marlon Brando in his younger days.
In most ways, though, Doyle’s nothing like the notorious lowlife he plays in The Claremont Colleges’ production of “Guys and Dolls,” which opens Thursday night at Seaver Theatre.
“Acting is basically going against your instincts,” says Doyle, who plays Nathan Detroit, one of four lead characters in the show. His attitude seems appropriate for “Guys and Dolls,” a musical comedy in which gangsters are the unlikely protagonists who sing and dance their way into our hearts.
“Guys and Dolls” has been a study in incongruity since it was written as a series of short stories by Damon Runyon in the 1930s. By telling the outlaws’ stories with a light, sincere touch--and in perfect bad English--Runyon managed to transform dangerous villains into quirky heroes. Twenty years later, Frank Loesser turned Runyon’s tales into a Tony Award-winning musical with such memorable numbers as “Luck Be a Lady Tonight,” “I’ve Never Been in Love Before” and “Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat.”
Doyle, who will soon declare himself a theater major, originally came to Pitzer to study human behavior on the advice of a high school guidance counselor. It wasn’t a huge leap from psychology to acting, he says. “Acting is all about knowing yourself,” he says. “The better you know yourself, the better an actor you can be.”
First bitten by the acting bug as a kid, he attended and performed in school productions at the Gooden School in Sierra Madre (his hometown), the Bernhart School in Arcadia and the Webb School in Claremont. He adds: “I haven’t really done musical theater since pre-puberty. Last time I sang, I had a rather high voice.”
Today, he says, his life revolves around the theater. In addition to his upcoming role, he serves as a “Druid”--a student-faculty liaison who helps schedule and run auditions and organizes the Bottom Line Theater (BLT) for students who want to direct plays during the semester.
Needless to say, it keeps him busy. “It’s a lot of time,” he says. “Time is a big issue in my life right now. I’m always running around doing something.”
Presented by the Department of theatre and dance at Pomona College, the central theater department for The Claremont Colleges, “Guys and Dolls” runs this week and next on the main stage of Seaver Theatre. Curtain is at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and at 2 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Tickets are $4 for students, faculty and staff of The Claremont Colleges and $8 for the general public. For ticket information, phone the box office at x18525.
Faculty and Staff News
Don’t forget--open enrollment ends Friday!
Russ Schiefelbein, retirement adminstrator for Claremont University Center, presents a pre-retirement briefing for staff on Thursday from 11 a.m. to noon in the Weingart Room of Alexander Hall at Pomona. To register, call the human resources office at x18175.
Tony Pennington, environmental health and safety manager for Claremont University Center, presents a workshop for executive staff, academic department chairs and supervisors on workplace confrontation on Nov. 18, from 11 a.m. to noon in Room 132 of Pomona’s Smith Campus Center. To register, call the human resources office at x18175.
The Libraries of The Claremont Colleges host a faculty workshop, “Doing Research in the Web Environment,” on Nov. 19. The workshop focuses on three types of Web-based resources: Web sites, library catalogs around the world, and indexes and full-text sources for journal articles. For more information, check the Web or contact Gale Burrow, coordinator of library instruction, at x73987 or gburrow@rocky.claremont.edu.
Congratulations to Heather Gillespie, faculty services assistant, on winning this month’s TRIP prize of $25. Heather carpools to work.
Professor Jeff Lewis and his wife, Mara Winnick, welcomed daughter Hannah Lewis on Oct. 25.
Frankie Houchins, former faculty assistant for the Intercollegiate Department of Black Studies and mother of Sue Houchins, who taught at the colleges for many years, died recently. Sue can be reached at: Sue Houchins, Carmelite Monastery, 1318 Dulancy Valley Rd., Baltimore, Md. 21286.
Patrick Lee, director of public information, leaves Pitzer College at the end of the month to take a position as an editor and writer with a private Web company. Nina Ellerman Mason, the College’s publications editor and Webmaster, will handle media relations, the Pitzer Press, the Participant and Web editing functions until a new director is named.
Pomona’s office of information technology warned that e-mail attachments might contain viruses. “Even if you receive an e-mail attachment from someone you know, many hours of frustration, lost files and productivity can be consumed by a seemingly fun or harmless mail attachment,” said Melanie Sisneros, manager of student services for the office of information technology. “ In addition to file/productivity loss, some viruses, such as PrettyPark.exe, can send personal information from your computer to the virus writer via the Internet. An e-mail attachment is any file attached to a text message and sent via e-mail.” Viruses can transport themselves in Word documents, Excel documents or executable files (usually ending with .exe), all of which can be attached to e-mail messages. “If you do not know the sender, you should delete the file attachment immediately,” Sisneros advises. She also recommends installing a virus scanner, such as McAfee ViruScan for Windows or Virex for Macintosh, and keeping your software up to date. “Despite having a virus scanner installed, you should still never open unexpected attachments without confirmation from the sender, as new viruses can spread before virus scanning software can be updated to remove them.”
In recent weeks, numerous laptop computers have been stolen from student rooms at Pitzer, CMC and Pomona, according to campus safety. Students are urged to be concerned about their personal safety and property; keep residence hall doors closed and room doors locked at all times; not admit strangers into residence halls or rooms; and, if they encounter a suspicious person or see any suspicious circumstances, to call campus safety at x7200.
Pitzer’s Program in American College English is looking for students to lead small-group discussions for international students. Responsibilities include helping PACE participants gain conversational fluency in English and assisting with campus tours, orientation sessions and recreational activities. Work begins Jan. 19. Pay is $7 per hour. For more information, contact Keith Hay at x18308.
Health Education Outreach offers free and anonymous HIV testing every other Tuesday. Appointments are available every half-hour from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. For information and appointments, call x73602.
If you would like to receive information about upcoming programs sponsored by Pomona’s Asian American Resource Center and related events, e-mail sulee@pomona.edu and ask to be added to the AARC e-mail list.
Thursday is the deadline for students who wish to register for the Minority Undergraduate Career Forum, to be held in Los Angeles on Dec. 10. This event, sponsored by Crimson & Brown, allows students to participate in a networking and interviewing program designed to bring minority juniors and seniors together with the nation’s top employers. For more information, visit the Web.
Do you want a stronger, leaner, healthier body? Personal trainer Erica Denessen is offering free one-hour sessions on Tuesdays from 6 to 8 p.m. and Thursdays from 7 to 9 p.m. in the fitness room of Gold Student Center. Private sessions also are available for a fee. Contact Erica Denessen at erica_denessen@pitzer.edu for more information.
Pomona’s Coop Fountain is back in business! Hours are 9 a.m. to midnight, Monday through Thursday; 9 a.m. to 1:30 a.m. on Friday; noon to 1:30 a.m. on Saturday; and noon to midnight on Sunday.
Week of Nov. 8
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
Pomona’s program in public policy analysis presents “Coffee and Conversation” with Peter J. Harris, poet, writer, editor, radio host and associate dean of OBSA, at 4 p.m. in Room 101 of the Carnegie Building. Harris, who will read his poetry, is the author of many works, including “Hand Me My Griot Clothes: The Autobiography of Junior Baby,” winner of the 1993 Oakland PEN Josephine Miles Award for Multicultural Literature.
Francis Edward Su, assistant professor of mathematics at HMC, discusses “How to Cut a Cake (and Other Things) Fairly: Mathematical Methods for Dispute Resolution” at 4:15 p.m. in the Founders Room of Honnold/Mudd Library. Refreshments are served at 4 p.m. For more information, please call x73986. Sponsored by the libraries of The Claremont Colleges.
THURSDAY
Amin Malik, a visiting scholar from Sudan, discusses “The Role of the United Nations in Development: The Experience of Sudan” at this week’s international place lunch and conversation at 12:15 p.m. in McKenna Auditorium, CMC. Sudanese food is served starting at 11:45 a.m. Admission is a meal card or $4 at the door.
Students have another chance to engage in an open and honest dialogue on diversity from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the multipurpose room of Gold Student Center.
Terry Sejnowski of the Scripps Institute answers the question, “Is the Cerebral Cortex a Time Machine?” at 7 p.m. in Galileo Hall, HMC. A dessert reception follows.
Ethiopian-born director Haile Gerima’s film “Adwa: African Victory” screens at 7 p.m. in Pomona’s Seaver Auditorium as part of the IDBS “Cinemas of Resistance” series. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call x73070.
Pitzer math Professor Jim Hoste discusses knot theory for the non-specialist from 7 to 9 p.m. in Broad Hall 207. Those who wish to do some reading in advance can pick up a 20-page handout from Heather Gillespie in Bernard core.
The curtain rises at 8 p.m. on “Guys and Dolls,” a musical fable of Broadway directed by Professor Betty Bernhard (and starring Pitzer’s own Drew Doyle), on the main stage of Seaver Theatre. Tickets are $4 for students, faculty and staff. See Profile, above, for details.
FRIDAY
Acclaimed Ethiopian-born director Haile Gerima leads a student/faculty seminar at 10 a.m. in Pomona’s Seaver Auditorium as part of the IDBS “Cinemas of Resistance” series.
The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call x73070.
This week’s Friday Noon Concert Series presents “New Music and Video by Bill Alves” (HMC faculty) at 12:15 p.m. in Humanities Auditorium at Scripps. For more information, call x18081.
The curtain rises at 8 p.m. on “Guys and Dolls,” a musical fable of Broadway directed by professor Betty Bernhard (and starring Pitzer’s own Drew Doyle), on the main stage of Seaver Theatre. Tickets are $4 for students, faculty and staff. See Profile, above, for details.
Pomona-Pitzer men’s water polo SCIAC tournament at Caltech, TBA.
SATURDAY
Pitzer’s Alumni Council meets in the Founders Room of McConnell Center at 10 a.m. For more information, contact Meg Perry ’72 at AMPerry@gte.net.
The curtain rises at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. on “Guys and Dolls,” a musical fable of Broadway directed by professor Betty Bernhard (and starring Pitzer’s own Drew Doyle), on the main stage of Seaver Theatre. Tickets are $4 for students, faculty and staff. See Profile, above, for details.
Pomona-Pitzer men’s water polo SCIAC tournament at Caltech, TBA.
SUNDAY
PAct Sunday Night Movies screen at 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. in Avery Auditorium.
Week of Nov. 15
MONDAY
TUESDAY
THURSDAY
Pitzer’s Bay Area alumni chapter holds a networking and happy hour at the Thirsty Bear Brewing Company, 661 Howard Street, San Francisco, from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. For more information, call x78123 or RSVP Kristin Kasper ’91 at (415) 931-7041 or kristinkasper@yahoo.com.
Patricia Churchland, a philosophy professor at UC San Diego, discusses “Ten Problems in Neuroscience” at 7 p.m. in Galileo Hall, HMC. A dessert reception follows the lecture. For more information, call 624-4146.
The curtain rises at 8 p.m. on “Guys and Dolls,” a musical fable of Broadway directed by professor Betty Bernhard (and starring Pitzer’s own Drew Doyle), on the main stage of Seaver Theatre. Tickets are $4 for students, faculty and staff. See Profile, above, for details.
FRIDAY
Harpsichordist Stephan Moss performs music by Buxtehude at 12:15 p.m. in Balch Auditorium, Scripps. For more information, call x18081.
The curtain rises at 8 p.m. on “Guys and Dolls,” a musical fable of Broadway directed by professor Betty Bernhard (and starring Pitzer’s own Drew Doyle), on the main stage of Seaver Theatre. Tickets are $4 for students, faculty and staff. See Profile, above, for details.
SATURDAY
Pomona-Pitzer men’s water polo Western WP Assn. Tournament at CMS, time TBA.
SUNDAY
Pomona-Pitzer men’s water polo Western WP Assn. Tournament at CMS, time TBA.
PAct Sunday Night Movies screen at 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. in Avery Auditorium.
Comings and Goings
Opportunities and Announcements
Coming Up
Pitzer’s New York alumni leadership meets at 6 p.m at the home of Dave Neubert ‘88. For more information, contact Greg Saks at x78123 or Greg_Saks@Pitzer.edu.
Obee Landrum, head of the Irvin Landrum Jr. Justice Organizing Committee, and Professor Halford Fairchild speak on “The African American Experience, Race Relations and the Irvin Landrum Jr. Incident,” at noon in Broad Hall 210.
New England area alumni and parents attend a reception with President Marilyn Chapin Massey at the Boston home of Pitzer parents Susan and Howard Levine. For more information, contact Jennifer Bale-Kushner ’87 at jbalekushner@hotmail.com.
The admission office holds its annual fall On Campus Day for prospective students and parents from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
“Methods in Sociolinguistics: A Conference in Honor of Ronald Macaulay” begins with refreshments at 9 a.m. Sessions continue until 4:30 p.m. For details, visit the Web or contact Tracy at avancort@hmc.edu.
“Methods in Sociolinguistics: A Conference in Honor of Ronald Macaulay” begins with refreshments at 9 a.m. Sessions continue until 4:30 p.m. A banquet at Pomona’s Smith Campus Center Ballroom begins at 6:30 p.m. Please RSVP in advance for the banquet. For details, visit the Web or contact Tracy at avancort@hmc.edu.
“Methods in Sociolinguistics: A Conference in Honor of Ronald Macaulay” kicks off today at 9 a.m. and runs through Sunday. The event is sponsored by the Pitzer College Printed Word Fund, the Council of Academic Deans, The Claremont Colleges, the Pomona College Public Events Committee, the Dean of Pitzer College and the Dean of Pomona College. For information, e-mail sociolxconf@pomona.edu, call Carmen Fought, x74535, or visit the Web.
The curtain rises at 2 p.m. on “Guys and Dolls,” a musical fable of Broadway directed by professor Betty Bernhard (and starring Pitzer’s own Drew Doyle), on the main stage of Seaver Theatre. Tickets are $4 for students, faculty and staff. See Profile, above, for details.
Winston Frost, dean of Trinity Law School, addresses the question, “Is Abortion an International Human Right?” at 8:30 p.m. in Room 108 of Gold Student Center. For more information, please contact David Duran at x77239 or davidduran@apexmail.com.
Pitzer’s student alumni relations committee, student development programs and joint sciences host a dinner for science students, faculty and alumni from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Founders Room of McConnell Center. Please RSVP to Grace at x18393 or grace_byun@pitzer.edu by Nov. 12.
The Chicano/Latino Student Affairs Center, the Pitzer College student alumni relations committee and the office of student affairs hold a dinner for Chicano/Latino students and alumni at 5:30 p.m. in the Founders Room of McConnell Center. Please RSVP with your meal card number, if applicable, by Tuesday to Grace Byun at x18130 or grace_byun@pitzer.edu.
Pomona-Pitzer men’s water polo Western WP Assn. Tournament at CMS, time TBA.
The curtain rises at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. on “Guys and Dolls,” a musical fable of Broadway directed by professor Betty Bernhard (and starring Pitzer’s own Drew Doyle), on the main stage of Seaver Theatre. Tickets are $4 for students, faculty and staff. See Profile, above, for details.
The curtain rises at 2 p.m. on “Guys and Dolls,” a musical fable of Broadway directed by professor Betty Bernhard (and starring Pitzer’s own Drew Doyle), on the main stage of Seaver Theatre. Tickets are $4 for students, faculty and staff. See Profile, above, for details.