Assateague Island Roundup is one of 46 photographs featured in the exhibition "In Praise of Wild Horses: A Photographic Journey by Audrey Frost" currently on display in the Ethel H. Blum Gallery through January 6. Frost '95, from Calais, Maine, completed her college internship at a wild horse preserve in North Dakota. For her senior project she visited four preserves to create a photo-documentary on feral horses. INSIDE: COA NEWS President's Message 2 Dr. Elijah Anderson's 1995 Commencement Address WINTER 1995/1996 COLLEGE OF THE ATLANTIC BAR HARBOR, MAINE 3 Issues of Community Empowerment COA in the Yucatan 6 by Peggy M. Shepard A Tribute to Dr. Elizabeth Russell Last spring, Taj Chibnik '95 organized a lec- naccessibility to power is a factor in the 7 ture series devoted to environmental justice. politics of pollution, and the lack of politi- Hiroshima: Then and Now Titled "When Environmental and Social Con- cal power has turned some communities by William cerns Coincide," the speaker series featured into dumping grounds for life-threatening Sloane Coffin, Jr. Peggy Shepard, executive director of West 8 toxins and pollutants. A functional and Harlem Environmental Action; Cathy Hinds, significant link persists between racism, Dormitory Dedication director of the Military Toxics Project; John poverty, powerlessness and the assault on 13-14 Banks, director of the Department of Natural certain communities. Poor communities The Prints of Resources for the Penobscot Indian Nation; and tend to be less informed, less organized Richard Estes Beverly Paigen, senior staff scientist at the Jack- and less politically influential. Such com- 15 son Laboratory in Bar Harbor. munities are prime targets for abuse from In Memoriam: Shepard, who spearheaded a successful suit polluters, both public and private. Such Daniel Kane against the city of New York regarding the sit- communities suffer from environmental 17 ing of a sewage treatment plant, gave the racism, which results when policies lead to keynote address on April 6. An excerpt from her Commencement 1995 the siting of potentially hazardous facili- 22 talk follows. continued on page 10 COA's logo: What does it mean? President's Message On Wednesday, September 6, 1995, in the Thomas S. Gates, Jr. Community Center auditorium President Steven K. Katona welcomed 85 new undergraduates, the largest incoming class in the college's history. The students hailed from 26 states, as well as from Turkey, Israel, the Czech Republic, the Bahamas and Nova Scotia. The following h is an excerpt from President Katona's convocation address. is the symbol for tree At College of the Atlantic, as at most institutions, five- or ten-year plans are for humans and the most common denominations in the long-term planning arsenal. Attempts to see much farther into the future are usually confounded by unexpected for the ocean. developments, such as changes in personnel or financial status, technological innovations that render existing methods obsolete, or even by new intellectual The three signs are paradigms. It is unlikely that the good founders of our college could have fore- intertwined in a circle seen, for example, the enormous new roles for computers and information symbolizing the earth and the universe. processing. For these and other reasons, five- or ten-year plans are reasonably appropri- ate for colleges and universities. Most degree programs take four or five years to complete; buildings take about four years to plan and construct; and new areas of academic interest, such as women's studies and environmental justice, arise every decade or so. As it happens, several things have coincided to guarantee that 1995-1996 COA News will be a year when the College of the Atlantic campus community will be The Newsletter of intensely involved in such planning and evaluation activities. College of the Atlantic First, we are up for reaccreditation in 1997 by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC). Following the most recent visit of the Winter 1995/1996 NEASC team in 1987, the college received a 10-year accreditation, the longest EDITOR AND DIRECTOR that the association awards. Now it is time to review all aspects of our opera- OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS tions and progress, refine our goals and configure our plans for the next decade. Carl Little Second, the trustees are planning a capital campaign for endowment to cel- PRESIDENT ebrate the college's Silver Anniversary. Capital campaigns are most successful Steven K. Katona when potential donors can see a strategic plan that describes where the institu- tion is going and how it intends to get there. Such a plan will also help us make CHAIRMAN OF THE optimal use of new opportunities, such as the chance to expand the summer BOARD OF TRUSTEES Clyde E. Shorey, Jr. continued on page 16 DEAN OF INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT Karen Cadbury WRITERS: Steven Katona, Carl Little, Alice Lukens, Nancy Stevick COA News is published twice a year. It is circulated to alumni, students, parents, and friends of College of the Atlantic. PRINTER Downeast Printing and Graphics DESIGNER CHARLENE MARSHALL Z Studio Left to right: College of the Atlantic Trustee Edward McC. Blair, President Steven printed on recycled paper Katona and George Page, host of the PBS program Nature, boarded Mr. Blair's boat the Lucy Too to search for whales in the Gulf of Maine in August. COA NEWS 2 WINTER 1995/1996 Affirmative Action: Toward Diversity Commencement Address, June 1995, by Dr. Elijah Anderson It is a privilege to address you today as you move out into blacks benefitted as well. Truman continued to pursue gov- the world beyond this beautiful, peaceful campus. It is a ernment's interest in social policies, especially in terms of world that may not always live up to your expectations, but race relations, by opening up the military to blacks. Eisen- one that you particularly, as educated members of society, hower expanded rights have the opportunity to shape. still further. You are beginning your adult lives at a time of social "The nation's leaders In the 1950s and transformation-in the United States and the world-and such times are always challenging. The issues with which must understand 1960s, the civil rights movement, which had we as a society are currently grappling will have a profound that, in failing to begun in the days of Roo- impact on your experiences in the workplace, in public sevelt, became more spaces and even at home. acknowledge the vocal. Spurred on by the Among the thorniest of problems is the issue of race leadership and example relations. This is a tough period racially as many people are forces that programs of people such as Rosa trying to push back the social gains made by the civil rights Parks and Martin Luther such as welfare and initiatives of the 1950s and 1960s. King, blacks began The wholesale slashing of programs that benefit minori- affirmative action are demonstrating in earnest ties and the poor imposes a great risk that has yet to be for full citizenship. Civil addressed by those who espouse the Contract with America. holding in check, they disorder and riots ensued. Such people seem to have forgotten what inspired these These events coincided policies in the first place. Franklin D. Roosevelt's concern in are playing with fire." with important United developing the New Deal was to give people a new shot at States geopolitical consid- equity, to make the system appear open at a time of clear erations arising from com- inequity, i.e., the Great Depression. In addition, the alpha- petition with the Soviet Union for spheres of influence in bet programs of the New Deal sought to stave off negative the Third World. To WOO populations of color into emulat- thoughts and actions among the poor, such as riots and ing or supporting the U.S., it was important for the Ameri- even organized rebellion. can system to be seen as open and egalitarian in contrast to The New Deal programs were mostly aimed at whites, but the repressive Soviet system. As Roosevelt had done before them, Kennedy and Johnson responded to the need to defuse a volatile and potential- ly damaging situation with ameliorative social programs. Your generation has grown up since the days when super- power politics dominated the world scene. Those who lived through the Depression are now senior citizens. One might argue that as a result of these demographic changes, society has forgotten why pro- grams such as welfare and affirmative action were insti- tuted. However, the despair engendered by poverty and alienation that the New Deal and Great Society programs NOREEN HOGAN '91 helped to alleviate is now recurring for a new reason: de- industrialization and the growth of the global economy. A significant portion of the Dr. Elijah Anderson and Dean of Institutional Advancement Karen Cadbury gather with population again finds itself in College of the Atlantic community members in the Thomas S. Gates Community Center auditorium prior to commencement. continued on page 14 COA NEWS 3 WINTER 1995/1996 Edward McC. Blair Honored for Chairmanship On Friday, July 14, 1995, College of the Atlantic hosted a reception and A Sea Chantey in Honor of dinner in honor of its outgoing chair- man of the Board of Trustees, Mr. Chairman Edward McC. Blair Edward McCormick Blair, Sr. For ten (to be sung to the tune of "The Greenland Whale Fishery") years Mr. Blair served on the board, nine of them as chairman. In nineteen hundred and eighty-four Mr. Blair assumed chairmanship of On a fine clear day in July, The tower lookouts at Mt. Desert Rock, the college's Board of Trustees in A drifting boat did spy, Brave Boys, 1986, not long after the college suf- A drifting boat did spy. fered a devastating fire. College Presi- dent Steven K. Katona credits Mr. Lucy was the name she showed, Blair's financial savvy and leadership And Northeast Harbor the hail, with enabling the college not just to In the boat stood a solitary man, survive, but to become the thriving With his eyes made fast to a whale, Brave Boys, institution it is today. "Every aspect of With his eyes made fast to a whale. the college's operations has benefitted Dressed in crimson sweater, topped with from his stewardship, guidance and pure white hair, outstanding business expertise," In a yellow slicker if it rained, Katona said. Every day at ten they saw him once again, A life-long yachtsman, Mr. Blair is Drifting slowly near the whales, Brave Boys, dedicated to preserving the beauty of Drifting slowly near the whales. Mount Desert Island and its surround- ing waters. He first became acquainted He picked us up at sea one day, Asked us what we did out there, with College of the Atlantic through He must have liked what we said, Allied Whale, the college's marine for soon he joined the Board, mammal research center. He has used And quickly became the Chair, Brave Boys, his boats to support many Allied And quickly became the Chair. Whale expeditions to study whales, seabirds and other marine life. A Trustee's work is never done Mr. Blair is a senior partner at And a Chairman's most of all, But he never forgot the whales he loves William Blair & Sons, a Chicago invest- CARL LITTLE to watch ment banking firm founded by his Or the sound of the shearwater's call, father. He is a life trustee of the Uni- Brave Boys, versity of Chicago and the Rush-Pres- The sound of the shearwater's call. byterian-St. Luke's Medical Center. He Edward McC. Blair takes the also serves on the board of the George helm of the Lucy Too during a He hauled food and water to the Rock M. Pullman Educational Foundation Champlain Society trip to Petit Thick of fog or high of wave, and of the Art Institute of Chicago, Manan Island this summer. Our hungry researchers working there where he is chairman of the Trustee From starvation he did save, Brave Boys, From starvation he did save. Advisory Committee on Prints and Drawings. The friends he made were many, Mr. Blair graduated from the Gro- And also very large, ton School, Yale University and Har- "Scarlip O'Hara" and "Tumbleweed," vard Business School. He served in the "Elvis," "Squid" and "George," Brave Boys, United States Navy during World War "Elvis," "Squid" and "George." II, as an apprentice seaman, a special- The Chairman's duties behind him now, ist in mine disposal and on Admiral He'll go whaling all along the coast. Nimitz's staff as an intelligence officer Drink to breezes fair and whales everywhere in charge of keeping Allied ships away And send him off with that toast, Brave Boys, from enemy mine fields. Send him off with that toast. Mr. Blair and his wife, Elizabeth, spend their summers in Northeast -Written by Steve Katona, Harbor, Maine. They have two sons, Stephanie Martin '93 Francis and Edward Blair, Jr. This past and Jennifer Rock '93 June, Mr. Blair was awarded an hon- orary Master of Philosophy degree in human ecology at the college's 23rd commencement. COA NEWS 4 WINTER 1995/1996 Shorey Elected Chairman of College of the Atlantic Board of Trustees Mr. Clyde E. Shorey, Jr. was elected chairman of the Board of Trustees of College of the Atlantic, replacing Edward McC. Blair, who stepped down after nine years in that position. The announcement was made at the college's annual board meeting in July. Mr. Blair remains a trustee of the college. "I'm pleased to continue in the footsteps of Ed Blair," Shorey said, "to further the effort to achieve excellence, which has been the mission of College of the Atlantic since its inception." Shorey added, "I'm looking forward to work- ing with the outstanding faculty and highly committed students at the college." Mr. Shorey, who has been a member of the COA Board of Trustees since 1985, received his A.B. from Yale University and his J.D. from Columbia University. He was a partner with Shorey, Shorey and Floberg of Chicago from 1949 to 1963, at which point he became deputy general counsel for the Agency for Internation- al Development. After working as counsel for Vedder, Price, Kaufman and Kammholz in Washington from 1966 to 1974, Mr. Shorey assumed the position of vice president for public affairs for the March of Dimes, serving in that capacity for ten years. In 1983, he was named "Man of the Year" by Philanthropy Monthly. He is former president of the Citizens Association of Georgetown and is a board member of People for the American Way. Shorey previously served as vice-chairman of the college's Development and Public Affairs Committee. He and his wife, Joan, divide their time between Washington, D.C., and Great Cranberry Island, Maine. In other elections, John Kelly, of Yarmouth and Portland, and Maurine Rothschild, of Isles- boro and New York, were elected as vice chairs of the board. Henry Sharpe, Jr., of Kingstown, CARL LITTLE Rhode Island, and Sorrento, Maine, was elect- ed chair of the Development and Public Affairs Committee and Sherry Huber, of Falmouth, as Clyde E. Shorey, Jr., newly appointed chairman of the College of the Atlantic Board of Trustees, serves as master of ceremonies at the Blair- chair of College of the Atlantic's Annual Fund. John Kauffmann, of Somesville, and Leslie Tyson dormitory dedication in August. Brewer, of Bar Harbor, were reelected as, respectively, secretary and treasurer. fundraising activities for such organizations as United Way, The trustees elected Mrs. Anthony D. Marshall to the Habitat for Humanity and the American Heart Association. board. Mrs. Marshall is the former director of development "An extraordinary Board of Trustees has sustained Col- and public affairs for the Mt. Desert Island Biological Labo- lege of the Atlantic from its very beginning," said Steven ratory and the Mt. Desert Island Hospital. She recently held Katona, president of the college. "Our academic programs the position of executive director of the Garden Club of have benefitted enormously from their wisdom, dedication, America. Mrs. Marshall serves on the Wildlife Conservation experience and generosity." In welcoming the new officers Society's Education Committee and the board of the French and members, President Katona expressed his confidence in American Foundation. She has been involved in volunteer the future of College of the Atlantic. COA NEWS 5 WINTER 1995/1996 College of the Atlantic Establishes Human Ecology Program in the Yucatan College of the Atlantic received a grant of $112,000 to Faculty member in develop a program in language studies and a human ecol- "Throughout the graphic design Douglas ogy curriculum in Mexico, on the Yucatan Peninsula. This Barkey, who helped write two-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education's developing world the grant proposal, believes Center for International Education will support language that the exchange of stu- training and the preparation of 16 to 24 courses at the there are many dents and faculty will great- college. The courses will focus on a range of natural and ly enhance the college's cul- social sciences and arts and design issues that are posed coastal region tural resources. "This pro- by human ecological problems. These issues include eco- issues that fit in gram will increase the col- logical conservation, environmental justice, resource man- lege's diversity through agement and sustainable development. well with international travel and The first phase of the grant includes the implementa- through personal intercul- tion of a training program in functional Spanish designed the college's tural experiences," he said. around the working needs of faculty and students at Col- curriculum." Barkey was formerly direc- lege of the Atlantic. Cultural and educational materials tor of the Altos de Chavon, related to the Yucatan will be integrated into college a design school in Santa courses. The grant will also help establish on-campus cul- Domingo, Dominican Republic. tural activities in Spanish and support language immer- According to Academic Dean Richard Borden, College sion study, internships and senior projects in the Yucatan. of the Atlantic faculty members have been working on a Comentoring relations between College of the Atlantic number of projects in the Caribbean and Latin America and Yucatan professors will be part of the exchange pro- for many years. "Throughout the developing world there grams and partnerships established with environmental are many coastal region issues that fit in well with the col- and higher education institutions in Mexico. lege's curriculum," he said. "The Yucatan program will Project Director Gray Cox, who teaches political eco- enable the college to increase its involvement to help nomics and history at the college, explained that the address these concerns." intent of the program is to "develop a human ecology pro- This fall, several elements of the program were initiat- gram in the Yucatan that mirrors what College of the ed, including Spanish language courses and a variety of Atlantic has established in Maine." dialogues and informational programs. Dr. Federico Dick- inson, director of the Department of Human Ecology for the Centro de Investigacion y Estudios Avazados del IPN (CINVESTAV-IPN) in Mérida, Yucatan, Mexico, spent two weeks at the college meeting with students, staff and faculty. As part of his visit, he gave a slide talk on "The Human Ecology of the Yucatan." Dr. Dickinson is assisting with program planning, evaluation and coordination of site development and partnership exchanges in the Yucatan. In November, an all-college confer- ence on "Human Ecology in the Yucatan" was held in the Gates Cen- ter. The two-day event, moderated by Gray Cox, featured student presenta- tions on the Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, ecotourism in the Yucatan DOUG BARKEY and Mayan culture. "This is a chance to once again rein- vent human ecology," Cox observed. "The program offers a great opportuni- Gray Cox (seated, left), director of the College of the Atlantic Yucatan pro- ty to focus and develop the college's gram, and Dr. Federico Dickinson, director of the CINVESTAV Department of commitment to thinking globally. Human Ecology, sign a collaborative agreement between the two institu- tions. Looking on are Dr. Jose Peña (left), director of CINVESTAV, and College of the Atlantic Academic Dean Richard Borden. COA NEWS 6 WINTER 1995/1996 From left: Gerald MacFarlane, Raye Sandy and Jefferson Davidson from the government of Tobago study the uses of Geographic Information Sys- tems (GIS) with landscape design professor Isabel Mancinelli and Gordon Longsworth, director of the col- lege's GIS lab, as part of their four-day information-gathering trip to Maine. The three-person delegation from the Tobago House of Assembly came to Maine at the invitation of the PAYMENT Maine Education and Training Export Partnership (METEP). PETER TRAVERS/BAR HARBOR TIMES A Tribute to Dr. Elizabeth "Tibby" Russell by President Steven K. Katona Last spring, members of the College of the Atlantic community, Decision-Making" and "The Future of Sub-Saharan along with family, friends and colleagues from the Jackson Labo- Africa." The course titles give some indication of the ratory, honored Dr. Elizabeth Russell for her many years of dedi- extraordinary range of her interests. cation and service as a teacher, mentor and board member at Born in 1913 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Elizabeth Rus- COA. She was awarded the title of Life Trustee. sell received her B.A. from the University of Michigan in 1933, followed by an M.A. from Columbia University in Dr. Elizabeth "Tibby" Russell joined the Board of 1934 and a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1937. Trustees in the college's first year, 1972-73. Dr. Seldon Her career at the Jackson Laboratory began that year. Bernstein, the chairman of the board, was her colleague at Following the Bar Harbor fire of 1947, Dr. Russell over- the Jackson Laboratory. Dr. Russell taught her first course saw the enormous task of rebuilding the laboratory's genetic that year, "Genetics and Population," to be followed later treasure of purebred strains of mice from stocks contributed by "Evolution," "World Population, Human Ecology and from all over the world. From 1957 to 1978, she was a senior staff scientist; her investigations into physiological genetics, hereditary disease, pigmentation and the genetics of aging received international acclaim. Since retirement, she has remained a senior research associate at the laboratory. Among the honors Dr. Russell has received are a Guggenheim Fellowship and election to the American Academy and the National Academy of Sciences. In 1990, the Jackson Laboratory named the building that houses its precious stocks of mice in her honor. The next year she was inducted into the Maine Women's Hall of Fame. ANNE KOZAK/BAR HARBOR TIMES Dr. Russell's years of trusteeship at the college and also at the University of Maine at Orono show her love of edu- cation. She expressed that love internationally, too. She organized shipments of books and materials to students at Cuttington University in Liberia and taught courses in biology there. College of the Atlantic has been blessed to have Dr. Left to right: President Emeritus Louis Rabineau, Chairman Russell as a trustee, teacher, advisor and friend. Her of the Board Edward McC. Blair, President Steven Katona, extraordinary reputation contributed to public confidence Founding President Edward Kaelber and former COA stu- in our fledgling college. We salute Dr. Russell for her com- dent Edwin Geissler join in celebrating the contributions mitment to the mission and soul of this college. of Dr. Elizabeth Russell (seated) to College of the Atlantic. COA NEWS 7 WINTER 1995/1996 Hiroshima: Then and Now by the Reverend William Sloane Coffin, Jr. To commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the bombing of Hiro- Also, it was natural for Americans to be more con- shima and of the founding of the United Nations, residents of cerned for the safe return of our pilots than for the whole- Mount Desert Island organized "World Community Day," an sale destruction of human life that resulted from the suc- international peace celebration held on Sunday, August 6, on the cess of their missions. And, finally, as the Germans had first campus of the college. The celebration opened with a parade of bombed Rotterdam, Coventry and London, giving them a flags, and included music performed by children and adults from taste of their own medicine was to many of us emotionally, many countries, poetry readings, and a peace fair with exhibits, if not morally, satisfying. Without question, by war's end booths and a variety of activities. Hitler had won a significant victory: his means had become Through these events, the organizers and participants wanted ours, the saturation bombing of cities was accepted as a to acknowledge past suffering, commemorate important achieve- legitimate means of undermining enemy morale. That being the case, it wasn't hard for me to join in the general rejoicing that followed the dropping of the first atomic bomb. It helped that President Truman called Hiroshima "a military base." Also, there was no report of lingering effects: radiation wasn't even mentioned. The bomb was certain to shorten, if not end, the war, which-we never forgot-was started by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor, and continued with such horrors as the Death March on Bataan. Since an invasion of the fortified mainland of Japan was unnecessary, it was possible to claim that the bomb preserved more lives than it destroyed- Japanese lives included. In short, the bombing of Hiroshi- ma was, in Winston Churchill's words, "a miracle of deliver- ance." Not for a moment did I suspect that wise diplomacy could have avoided the carnage. For a long time, I remained uncritical. For one thing, in WILLIAM HARRISON/THE ELLSWORTH AMERICAN those days we trusted our leaders. For another, it's always more comfortable not to raise questions. For example, even as I escorted Soviet dignitaries to the Nuremberg tri- als, it never occurred to me to wonder how only the van- quished in a lost war are tried for crimes. It was the same with the atom bomb: I resisted all threats to the simple clarity I craved. Together with so many other Americans, I wanted to believe that the deci- sion to drop the bomb on Hiroshima was judiciously con- ceived, morally tenable and unquestionably necessary. The Reverend William Sloane Coffin, Jr. delivers the So it is the recollection of my own experience, as well as keynote address at World Community Day held at Col- that of so many others, that convinces me now that Robert lege of the Atlantic in commemoration of Hiroshima. Lifton and Gregg Mitchell, authors of Hiroshima in America: 50 Years of Denial, have it right: "From the time of Hiroshi- ments in peace, celebrate present resources and share different ma, Americans have assigned themselves the task of finding visions of the future. The celebration culminated with a concert virtue in the first use of the most murderous device ever arranged by the Acadia Music Festival, under the direction of created. We have felt the need to avoid at any cost a sense Masanobu Ikemiya, and with the following message offered by the of moral culpability for this act." Reverend William Sloane Coffin, Jr. That's why no president, while in office, has publicly When the Japanese finally surrendered on August 10, questioned dropping the bomb. That's why it was inevitable 1945, I was stationed in Europe, a second lieutenant in the that the proposed Smithsonian exhibition of the Enola Gay infantry about to begin a two-year stint as a liaison officer would cause such an uproar. When it comes to the bomb- ing of Hiroshima, even fifty years later, we Americans want with the Red Army, first in Czechoslovakia and then in Ger- no debate. For most of us the book is closed. many. I had just turned twenty-one. It pains me now to recall that the allied bombings of But the fact is, the book is not closed. More accurately, German cities such as Hamburg, Berlin and Dresden had there are some pages as yet unread. And the importance of troubled me not one bit. The targets to be sure were invari- studying these pages can hardly be exaggerated if ever we ably described as military and the bombings as "precision," are to rid the world of nuclear weapons. but if any of us had stopped to think, and few of us did, we What do these as yet unread pages tell us? What do would have known that the civilian casualties were heavy. books such as Gar Alperovitz's Atomic Diplomacy: Hiroshima COA NEWS 8 WINTER 1995/1996 and Potsdam and Donald W. Schriver, Jr.'s An Ethic for Ene- technologically exceptional." And I am glad that if some- mies reveal? one had to discover the bomb it was our scientists who did. They tell us that while there were perhaps as many as But I also recognize that for Americans to be grateful that 40,000 soldiers based in Hiroshima, the bomb was aimed at we were the first to get the bomb suggests that its use by a the center of a city of some 350,000 people. Of the more decent people against evil forces was morally acceptable. than 100,000 dead, only about 250 were military personnel. To my mind, that use was not acceptable. Never did I They tell us that military censorship-lifted only in Octo- think the bombing of Nagasaki was justified. Now I am per- ber 1949-made sure that no Americans saw photographs suaded that the bomb over Hiroshima should also never of Japanese doctors and nurses at work or any photos of have been launched. immolated and radiated bodies. This censorship also One of the most forceful early critics of the Hiroshima helped to hold back the publication of John Hersey's bombing was writer Lewis Mumford. He felt the bomb's Hiroshima for more than two years. power "was too absolute to be entrusted to human beings," Further, these pages disclose that Generals MacArthur, and the very fact that we used it proved that human beings Eisenhower and Air Force commander "Hap" Arnold, are "neither intelligent enough nor morally sound enough Admirals King and Leahy, Ambassador Grew-these among to be in charge of this weapon." other military and political leaders either believed at the I agree. Only God has the authority to end life on this time, or shortly thereafter came to believe, that the bomb planet. All we have is the power-the power now to turn was not necessary to end the war. not only whole cities into crematoria, but whole continents The Japanese air force, after all, was finished, likewise into gas chambers. the navy. Japanese leaders had put out peace feelers, their Deterrence is not a justifiable policy, for deterrence only condition for surrender being that the Emperor be depends upon the credible prospect of use. Besides, what is retained. The Soviets were about to enter the war, and any to deter us, those entrusted with the deterrence, when to planned invasion of Japan was still months away. Inciden- save American lives apparently excuses any atrocity? tally, for this invasion the highest casualty estimates before Nuclear proliferation is an enormous threat. There is no Hiroshima were 63,000 dead. Only afterwards, as we way in the world that nuclear science can long be kept walked the treadmill of justification, did they steadily climb secret from other nations and people. Furthermore, we to well over a million. cannot have it both ways: either the nuclear nations relin- quish their right to possess nuclear weapons, or any nation I concur with those who hold that dropping the bomb on Hiroshima did not make America "morally unique-just continued on page 23 WILLIAM HARRISON/THE ELLSWORTH AMERICAN For World Community Day, the Mothers Chorus from Shizuoka Prefecture in Japan performed at the evening gathering on the college campus. Founded 35 years ago, the chorus is dedicated to encouraging peace through singing. COA NEWS 9 WINTER 1995/1996 Empowerment, from page 1 ties in low-income communities and communities of five landfills are located in black neighborhoods, and in color because of their relative inability to effectively small towns, such as Emelle, Alabama, a rural community mobilize against the siting. with a 79 percent black population and the nation's largest Research indicates that people of color face a dispro- landfill, minority populations bear the burden of unwant- portionate impact from environmental problems. The ed waste deposits. racial composition of a community is closely correlated to Although case studies of rural southern activists fight- the existence of a potentially hazardous facility in a com- ing for environmental justice are most common, urban munity. This condition is called environmental racism. concerns also merit great attention. The social integrity of Another factor that may influence the siting of potentially many urban neighborhoods is undermined by callous land hazardous facilities is a community's lack of judicial access. use policies. Such neighborhoods are often bereft of aes- The white, middle-class-dominated environmental thetically developed open space, littered with poorly main- movement of the 1960s and 1970s built an impressive tained parks and overrun by highways that hurt local busi- political base for environmental reform and regulatory ness and isolate neighborhoods. Further, the increasing relief. It did not, however, address the disproportionate incidence of asthma-related death and illness in many com- burden carried by low income communities and communi- munities of color appears to be linked with high levels of ties of color. Few activists realized the implications of the air pollutants in those communities. Not In My Backyard (NIMBY) phenomenon, namely that The environmental policies and concerns of local, state many hazardous waste facilities, garbage dumps and pollut- and federal governments have failed to protect citizens. ing industries would end up in poor, powerless black and More particularly, the nation's environmental agenda Latino communities, rather than in affluent, white sub- neglects to account for the urban environmental problems urbs. This pattern persists even though the benefits of people of color. derived from industrial waste production are greatest for the affluent. The dynamics of environmental racism take a number of forms that include decisions affecting land use, siting of In some respects, the environmental justice movement of facilities, enforcement of regulations, and employment in the 1980s culminated in the First National People of Color mainstream environmental and policy-making boards and Environmental Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C., commissions. Communities of color and poverty struggle in October 1991, which was sponsored by the Commission for, at a minimum, significant participation in the decision- for Racial Justice of the United Church of Christ. More making process and, ultimately, self-determination regard- than 300 people of color delegates from 50 states, as well ing environmental issues. as from Central and Latin America, Puerto Rico, the Mar- To achieve this goal, community activists must mobilize shall Islands and Canada, affirmed 17 Principles of Envi- neighborhood residents, by developing leadership training ronmental Justice. The summit called for a global "Call To programs and political organizing skills. Many environmen- Action," based on grassroots concerns. tal strategies that the environmental justice movement uti- Self-determination is a crucial aspect of improving the lizes are rooted in civil rights strategies. These include voter quality of life in many communities of color. Uncontrolled participation, community protest, litigation and negotiation toxic waste sites litter the communities where 15 million with local, state and federal authorities. blacks and eight million Latinos live. In large cities, such as Disenfranchised communities rarely have advocacy sys- Houston, where six of eight municipal incinerators and all tems to substantively and effectively affect policy develop- ment. As a result, policy makers do not con- sider the issues and concerns of whole impacted communities. Advocacy and administration are both necessary. While it is important to work at the community level to develop viable pro- grams, it is also crucial to build, at the same level, an advocacy base to bring the issues, concerns, needs and ideas of communities of color into the policy-making and decision- making process. This strategy allows com- munities to impact public policy at the front end rather than being in a reactive mode. Institutions need to be developed to fulfill the long-term need for education, training, planning, technical expertise and an under- C. DEJESUS standing of how to utilize local resources to maximize community benefit. To fully uti- lize local, state and federal resources, both Peggy Shepard delivered the keynote address for the environmen- long- and short-term strategies are required. tal justice series at College of the Atlantic. Communities and grassroots organizations must plan and act to gain political and legal COA NEWS 10 WINTER 1995/1996 authority over planning, land use and zon- ing decisions in their neighborhoods to ensure community representation and input in privately-developed and tax-aided projects. The lack of attention that mainstream environmentalists have traditionally paid to the unique problems facing communi- ties of color and poverty must be rectified. Mainstream environmental organizations must understand and recognize the nature and dynamics of racism, so they can work together with grassroots organizations to fight for economic and social justice in cities like New York. Most importantly, objectives must foster greater community activism in the development and mainte- nance of a community's quality of life. The environmental justice movement has established the moral high ground and, as a result, is gaining momentum. The efforts by activists to network and partici- pate with various boards and mainstream environmental groups has resulted in the formation of alliances. Such alliances have broadened the range of parties interested in these issues and, thus, raised the envi- ronmental justice issue to the city and civic agenda and positioned environmen- tal justice as a funding priority. After struggling to attain this new funding category for environmental justice activities, however, low-budget, communi- ty-based environmental justice groups find themselves shut out once again. These groups often submit proposals only to dis- cover that mainstream and non-communi- ty-based environmental groups and large non-profits are rushing to submit propos- als for these limited funds. KARA FANNING '96 The power to effectuate change is still maintained by the permanent govern- Environmental law faculty member Kenneth Cline lends a hand in the ment. The media, major law firms and lob- cleanup of Card Brook in Ellsworth, Maine, last May. One and half tons of byists, Wall Street financiers, real estate debris were hauled from the brook, which runs through downtown developers, multinational corporations, Ellsworth. The cleanup, organized by students at the college, was held in elite civic groups, foundations, and com- conjunction with National River Cleanup Week. missions play a large role in establishing a city's environmental policy. If communi- ties are not represented in these organiza- tions, they will continue to be locked out of the real deci- Peggy Shepard is executive director and cofounder of West sion-making process. Harlem Environmental Action (WHE ACT). Shepard cofounded The debate over policy is the debate over resources, WHE ACT, a community-based advocacy group, in 1988. In power and strategy. A united community holds the power. December 1993, the group won a million dollar settlement of its Communities of color and poverty must establish partner- lawsuit against New York City regarding the North River sewage ships with community-based institutions and forge coali- treatment plant. Shepard is also president of the National tions with ethical mainstream environmental organizations Women's Political Caucus of Manhattan, an organization com- and non-profits. Then we can work together to improve mitted to electing more women to public office. She was honored the quality of life of our urban environment by collaborat- by National Wildlife Magazine as one of the "People Who ing on solutions and strategies that will achieve environ- Make a Difference." mental justice for all. COA NEWS 11 WINTER 1995/1996 Or n August 2, 1995, College The housing complex resem- of the Atlantic dedicated its new bles a small village, with a 19,000-square-foot, 56-bed dormi- medieval European-style court- tory. Construction on the housing yard in the middle. The landscap- complex began in October 1994. ing, which includes a grove of At the ceremony, the two birch trees, herringbone- wings of the building were dedi- patterned brick walkways and a cated to Mrs. Elizabeth I. Blair, of cedar fence with curved wooden Chicago and Northeast Harbor, gate, was designed by Coplon and to Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Associates of Bar Harbor. Tyson, of Ambler, Pennsylvania, The Blair-Tyson dormitory and Somesville. Mrs. Blair and the allows the college to house all Tysons are long-time benefactors first-year and international stu- of College of the Atlantic. dents on campus for the first In his remarks at the dedica- time ever. The dormitory was at tion, President Katona thanked 95 percent occupancy for the Mrs. Blair and the Tysons for their fall term. enthusiastic support of College of the Atlantic and its programs. He praised Mrs. Blair for her commit- ment to helping the college recov- er after the 1983 fire and become "the place of beauty and academ- ic productivity that it is today." He saluted the Tysons for their more Dedication C than 20 years of encouragement and dedication to College of the Atlantic. In a profile published in the Bangor Daily News, architect Caivano, who taught at the col- lege from 1974 to 1980, empha- sized the livability of the new housing complex. "The design is attentive to the students who may be away from home for the first time," he said. In Caivano's opin- ion, the building's difference from the traditional brick dorms found on many college campuses is "symbolic of the uniqueness of the COA community, a community founded on the ideals of group decision-making." The Blair-Tyson dormitory was built by Nickerson and O'Day of CARL LITTLE CARL LITTLE Bangor, the same firm that con- Maine State Senator Rochelle "Chellie" Pingree '76 (center) shares a Architect Roc ( structed the Thomas S. Gates, Jr. moment with President Steve Katona and Mrs. Elizabeth Blair at that went into Community Center. The v-shaped complex is composed of two three- the dedication of the Blair-Tyson dormitory. Pingree was this year's third member - story wings with mullion windows Champlain Society Distinguished Speaker. design a buildi and peaked and dustpan dormers. Eight students share a suite, each of which is equipped with a kitchen and a common room. COA NEWS 12 WINTER 1995/1996 PETER TRAVERS f the Blair-Tyson Dormitory ### CARL LITTLE ivano describes the collaborative design process First row, left to right: Charles and Barbara Tyson and Mrs. Eliza- e building of the new dormitory. Caivano is the beth Blair join members of the College of the Atlantic community the Yale School of Architecture's Class of 1970 to for the dedication of the college's new dormitory. The building is g for COA. named the Blair-Tyson dormitory in their honor. Above: This wide-angle view of the Blair-Tyson dormitory was taken from the Route 3 side of the new housing complex in the early fall. COA NEWS 13 WINTER 1995/1996 Anderson, from page 3 an unresponsive socio-economic environment. Of course, Without affirmative action, the recently created black there are differences in the plight of the poor today. The middle class would shrink. It is also important to under- poverty and alienation are more deeply entrenched. In addi- stand that the incorporation of blacks into the middle class tion, guns are much more prevalent, and the line between has a ripple effect. Most middle-class blacks continue to legality and illegality is fuzzier than ever. A small, but signifi- have social connections with relatives and friends who are cant group has come to consider crime a legitimate way of still among the ghetto poor. Those who "make it" are thus getting what they cannot get through legal means. potent role models for those in the inner city who have the The economy in severely distressed inner-city communi- option of striving for success either in mainstream society ties is delicately balanced between the earnings of solid or on the street in the world of drug dealers and other, working people, welfare subsidies and drug profits. A cer- often armed, hustlers. A two-pronged attack is thus tain amount of crime and drug dealing is reflected in this required, discouraging the disruptive "street" element on system, but on the whole it is relatively stable. A sudden the one hand and bolstering the middle-class aspirants on cut-off of welfare funds, however, would upset this precari- the other. ous balance and put pressure on those who are marginally Clearly, affirmative action has evolved into a broader ini- law abiding to make up the shortfall through criminal tiative than it was at its inception. Increasingly, major bene- means-with the use of guns. ficiaries include white women as well as Hispanics, Native The rising tide of crime and violence across the nation Americans and Asians. In that sense, it can be said that the is already partly the result of a lack of legitimate opportuni- successes of the civil rights movement have served as a cata- ty among the poor and unskilled. To deal with these prob- lyst for fundamental change toward more egalitarianism. lems, which are in fact rooted in structural poverty, our government plans to increase the number of police and Those who are now raising the cry against "handouts" and build more prisons. "reverse discrimination" should reflect on the history which This line of thinking is shortsighted. Those benefitting preceded these social policies. Simply dismantling welfare from the new world economic order would be wise to see and affirmative action programs would imperil race rela- the acts of crime and violence as a reminder of the social tions and contribute to alienation and polarization. The control aspects of policies of inclusion. Affirmative action nation's leaders must understand that, in failing to acknowl- and welfare have lessened alienation and given many of the edge the forces that programs such as welfare and affirma- traditionally disadvantaged hope-a sense that there is, in tive action are holding in check, they are playing with fire. the widest sense, a place in the system for them. There is a role for you, too. It is the responsibility of Of course, at the same time, these policies have alienat- ordinary citizens to become informed, to become engaged ed numerous white people who feel that their privileges in these issues that affect the quality of all our lives. Against have been abrogated. Although it is true that changes, per- this background of successful rebellion and, now, increas- haps fundamental ones, should be made in these programs, ingly successful counter-rebellion, your generation will have they must be gradual and provide viable options. If the cur- the task of reconciling competing ideologies in a country- rent programs were simply cut out, some of the most des- indeed, a world-much more crowded, complicated and perate people would see no alternative to crime, violence interconnected than that in which our forebears first and disorder. The effects of this turmoil would be felt far claimed for all Americans the rights that today some take beyond poor communities. for granted while others find more elusive than ever. It must be understood that many inner-city communities I would urge you to think seriously about these prob- lems as you go forth to take your places in the world. Ulti- and even some rural ones-black, white and Hispanic-are mately, it is the actions of individuals that define the society in a depression, not just in economic terms, but also in we have. Make your voices heard-by standing up to divi- terms of the spirit. As in the Great Depression of the 1930s, siveness in your own lives and by voting for leaders with many people are demoralized, and they need clear oppor- vision, true leaders who will place the nation's good above tunities for independent income. partisanship. Perhaps public works projects could again be instituted, focusing, for example, on the crumbling infrastructure of Dr. Elijah Anderson is the Charles and William L. Day Professor our cities. Programs to alleviate rural poverty could be of the Social Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania, where he developed. Corporations might go above and beyond the has been a member of the sociology department since 1975. Dr. call of duty and develop on-the-job training programs, not Anderson was graduated from Indiana University and received just because it is the morally right thing to do, but also out graduate degrees from the University of Chicago and Northwest- of enlightened self-interest. ern University. His doctoral thesis, on a Chicago neighborhood A particularly important aspect of the debate over affir- bar, was the genesis for his first book, A Place on the Corner: A mative action is its implications for race relations. Affirma- Study of Black Street Corner Men. Dr. Anderson's latest book, tive action is a tool to incorporate blacks as full citizens in Code of the Streets, is forthcoming. He has also written the fore- American society. The cornerstone of the process of incor- word to a new edition of W.E.B. DuBois's The Philadelphia poration was the dismantling of segregation, but that was Negro. only the beginning. Society must continue to address the Dr. Anderson was a member of the National Academy of problems of inequity that still nurture alienation among Science's Committee On the Understanding and Control of Vio- both those who cannot get a foothold in the occupational lence from 1989 to 1991. structure and those who hit glass ceilings. COA NEWS 14 WINTER 1995/1996 The Prints of Richard Estes by Alice Lukens At first glance, they appear to be photographs. But close with a city until age 16 when his family moved to a suburb inspection reveals that they are much more than that. outside Chicago. "To me it was very exotic and different Everything is too focused for a photograph. The sky is too because I had grown up in a very rural area," Estes says. "I blue, the reflections too strong, the geometry too perfect. think things that you discover at that age tend to have a There is an eerie, and unlikely, absence of human forms stronger impression than if you grow up with something." from the crowded city streets. Cities continue to make their impression on Estes. He Richard Estes, who divides his time between New York paints from color photographs, and each print or painting City and Northeast Harbor, Maine, is recognized as one of represents hours of close observation and minute atten- tion to detail. the leading realists of the 20th century. His work hangs in such prestigious collections as the Guggenheim Museum, "You take a lot of photographs," Estes says. "Some of the Museum of Modern Art, and the Whitney Museum of my best pictures I think come from photographs I've American Art in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago taken simply to use up the film so I could send them off to and the Academie Française in Paris. In August and be developed. Essentially, I use my camera like artists used September, 25 of his prints were displayed in the Ethel H. to use small sketches. They wouldn't necessarily use all of Blum Gallery. them, but they'd use those that worked." The prints, drawn from Estes' personal collection, Estes works four to five hours a day. He says he paints depict scenes from New York City, St. Louis, Venice, San better in Maine than in New York because he has more Francisco, Rome and Paris. In many of the prints, Estes room here. In his Northeast Harbor house, he has not plays with the reflective and transparent properties of glass. He depicts the modern city through a labyrinth of one, but two studios. One of them, in another age, served images and partial images reflected in, glimpsed through as a ballroom. It is large, spacious and so immaculate that or distorted by glass windows and mirrors. it hardly looks like a studio at all. It is here that Estes adds Estes is a quiet, private man who avoids talking about the finishing touches to his work-as if, to create a perfect his work when he can. "I guess people have been trying to painting, he needs a perfect setting. figure out [the purpose of art] for about 2,000 years," Estes brings to printmaking the same high standards Estes says with a laugh. "I mean, everybody knows what he brings to painting. He produces his prints in collabora- the purpose is, but you can't put it into words." tion with one of the best printmaking companies in the Estes grew up in a small Illinois town and, though his world, Domberger in Filderstadt, Germany. Each print prints are of urban landscapes, he didn't come into contact takes months to complete, and he oversees the whole pro- cess, which requires frequent trips abroad. The final touches are always his own. "It's mostly a question of giving my own touch to the thing," he says. "Because they'll cut things out, and it'll be almost right, but it won't be quite right." The prints exhibited in the Blum Gallery were more than "quite right." They were as special as their creator is modest, as provocative as he is reticent. Alice Lukens, from Philadelphia, is a recent graduate of Princeton University where she majored in religion. For the past two sum- mers, she has interned at the Ellsworth American, where this article first appeared. CARL LITTLE Artist Richard Estes (left) and College of the Atlantic Trustee Donald Straus at the open- ing of "Richard Estes: Selected Prints" in the Ethel H. Blum Gallery. COA NEWS 15 WINTER 1995/1996 Artist Joan Spaulding Cobb (third from left) is joined by her husband, architect Harry Cobb (far right), daughter Pamela and John Holverson, former director of the Portland Museum of Art, at the open- ing of the "Maine Island Invita- tional" exhibition in July. One of Mrs. Cobb's untitled sculp- tures is displayed in the fore- ground. Other artists featured in the show were Patricia Ingersoll, Maryann Starbird, Wilson Fletcher and W. West Frazier. CARL LITTLE President's Message, from page 2 program as a result of the increased housing provided by broad spread of disciplines, and including a range of out- the new Blair-Tyson dormitory, or the chance to expand standing universities, among them, Oxford, Harvard, Yale the marine program through use of the college's new and Boston Universities. One of the most frequently-heard research vessel, the Indigo. questions in the college's early days was, "Will my son or Underlying all the five-year plans and accreditation daughter be able to get into graduate school with a College studies has always been the larger and ultimately more of Atlantic degree?" The data on alumni answers that important mission of College of the Atlantic, which is to question with a resounding "Yes." prepare and encourage students to use their educations Most encouraging of all is my sense that the graduates for helping to solve social and environmental problems are still carrying out the college's mission, dedicating their and to train them to think broadly, inclusively and syntheti- careers to solving social and environmental problems. For cally. Our goal is to help them range freely among disci- example, graduates in the legal profession have largely plines, applying all types of knowledge and experience and chosen environmental law or public interest law to practice all parts of the brain toward promoting cooperation, con- while graduates in business are suppliers of high efficiency sensus-building and other approaches to collaborative electrical equipment or consultants in organizational prob- problem-solving. lem solving. Last April, the college's Office of Internship and Career College of the Atlantic graduates in science are study- Services polled all of our graduates, about 700 at that time, ing topics such as the conservation biology of seabirds or to find out what they were doing and how their careers marine mammals, the physiology of female athletes and were progressing. About 520 graduates replied to the ques- the development of pharmaceutical products from the rain tionnaire and the results are encouraging. The sciences, forests in cooperation with native peoples. Graduates in arts and architecture, and education each contained the arts not only produce beautiful paintings, photographs approximately 20 percent of our graduates. Fourteen per- and music, but also useful and lovely buildings, boats, cent were in social services, law, religion, politics or govern- parks and gardens as architects, naval engineers and land- ment; 12 percent in business; and six percent in medicine scape designers. and health sciences. A few percent listed homesteading or Before long, you will join that remarkable list, carrying raising families as their primary occupation; a small per- out the college's mission while you put your own special centage work in communication or computers; and-of par- stamps on your careers. Your learning here will be your ticular interest-another small percentage have careers in most significant preparation for that task. I wish you great areas that we never would have predicted College of the joy and enormous fun during your years here, but I also Atlantic graduates would enter, including commodities hope that each of you will take yourself seriously, take full trading, commercial aviation and law enforcement. advantage of the extraordinary faculty and remarkable These numbers suggest that students can enter most educational opportunities available at the college and career fields after graduating with a B.A. in human ecolo- explore the natural splendors and cultures of Maine. gy, something that was not immediately obvious in the May you share the feeling of students who have preced- early days to either prospective students or their parents. ed you that this college represents an extraordinary chance Approximately 35 percent of the graduates are enrolled to begin to build your dreams. All of us are here to help in or have already completed graduate degrees, again in a you to succeed in that endeavor. COA NEWS 16 WINTER 1995/1996 In Memoriam: Daniel Hipwell Kane, Jr. (1940-1995) JEAN FERNALD A host of family and friends-many of them with College of the Atlantic ties-joined Dan Kane (top row, second from left) and his wife, Marion (leaning on post), last spring at a ceremony establishing the Daniel Kane Trail as part of the Somes-Meynell Sanctuary on Somes Pond in Somesville. More than 50 alumni and friends helped to clear the trail. The College of the Atlantic commu- Coast to take up the position of vice Kane was never far from a canoe, nity was saddened to hear of the president at the recently founded a backpack or telemark skis and was death of Dan Kane on June 14. Born College of the Atlantic. In 1972, happiest exploring the nooks and in New York City, Kane attended Kane accepted a full-time teaching crannies of Sargent Mountain, the Yale University, where he majored in position as a founding faculty mem- glaciers of Mt. Rainier, the mangrove physics and philosophy, and Harvard ber at the college. He taught a vari- swamps of the Everglades and the Law School where he received his ety of subjects, including environ- winter hills of central Labrador. His J.D. During his third year at Harvard mental law, anthropology, physics, passion for the outdoors was conta- he met his wife, Marion, and they philosophy and invention. He also gious. He inspired his family, friends were married in 1967. helped create the college's Outdoor and students to join him in many Kane's first job after law school Orientation Program. memorable adventures. was with his father's patent law firm After he returned to patent law in The college extends its condo- of Kane, Dalsimer, Kane, Sullivan and 1979, becoming the first full-time lences to Marion Kane, sons Daniel Smith in New York City. In 1967, he practicing patent attorney in Maine, and Christopher, and their family and and Marion began one of their many Kane continued to teach at College of friends. Dan Kane will be missed by adventures together. They moved to the Atlantic and the University of all who knew him. San Francisco where Dan became a Maine at Orono. In 1981, he became partner in the patent law firm of Gifts in Kane's memory can be made to associated with the Fenton law firm in Townsend and Townsend. Their the Daniel H. Kane, Jr. Memorial Fund Bar Harbor. He helped prepare sons, Danny and Christopher, were at the college. Contributions will support patents for such diverse inventions as born in 1968 and 1971. a Daniel H. Kane, Jr. Award to be given road surface ice detectors, radon While in California, Kane became annually to a graduating senior for removal systems, fuel burners, canoe achievement in conservation or conserva- active in the fledgling field of envi- equipment and baby seats. ronmental law. He was a founder of tion law. Funds will also go toward the Two years ago, Kane was diag- the environmental law section of the purchase of books on conservation and nosed with amyotrophic lateral San Francisco and California Bar conservation law for the Thorndike schlerosis (Lou Gehrig's disease), a Associations. His interest in environ- Library at College of the Atlantic. degenerative and eventually fatal dis- mental law led to his first part-time order of the nervous system. He con- teaching position in the newly created Tributes to Dan Kane by President Steven tinued to enjoy his family, friends and environmental studies department of Katona and Johannah Bernstein '83 will whatever activities his increasing San Jose State University. appear in the next issue of The Pere- physical limitations allowed, including In 1971, Kane met Samuel Eliot, grine. -Ed. his last trip to the office the day who was preparing to leave the West before he died. COA NEWS 17 WINTER 1995/1996 News Notes College of the Atlantic faculty located in Santiago, Domini- and staff members John can Republic, and the Centre Anderson, John Visvader, for Educational Technology Richard Borden and Melville (CET) in Israel. These groups Coté attended the VIII Con- are developing an interactive ference of the Society for Spanish reading comprehen- Human Ecology (SHE) at sion program for fourth Lake Tahoe in October. through eighth grades to be Anderson gave a paper on distributed to public and pri- "Conservation Biology and vate schools in Latin America. Human Ecology: Umbrellas, Flagships and Keystones"; Faculty Associate William R. Visvader spoke on "Nature Booth has published The and Human Ecology"; and Mountains Are Waiting: Poems Borden organized a session on Human Ecology, his second on human ecology education. volume of verse. "His images Coté, who is executive direc- disclose convincing intu- itions," writes COA Academic tor of SHE, organized the Dean Richard Borden in a meeting and conducted mem- note to the book. The book, ber and business meetings. which is $12.95, is available Trustee Donald Straus and COA seniors Rick Galena from the author at 4 Old Norway Drive, Bar Harbor, ME 04609. and Harry Cabot also attend- CARL LITTLE ed. Straus and Galena will be Faculty member in marine team-teaching a course in the biology and director of Allied Bar Harbor attorney Nathaniel Fenton registers in the winter titled "World Popula- Whale Moira Brown gave a Tour de Cure, a bicycling event organized to raise tion from a Human Ecology slide talk highlighting her money for the American Diabetes Association. Behind Perspective." They will be research on right whales to him is Judy Books, a second-year student at College joined by Robert Kates, pro- the Bangor Rotary Club in of the Atlantic. More than $35,000 was raised. fessor emeritus from Brown November. She was intro- University and an authority duced by Martha Dudman, William Carpenter read from Hall). A Keeper of Sheep, a on world hunger. president of Dudman Com- his work at Harvard Universi- novel he published in 1994, munications in Ellsworth, Douglas Barkey, director of ty in October in conjunction has just been released by Lit- Maine. Brown was also inter- the college's graphics labora- viewed in Toronto for a Cana- with the publication of The tle Brown in the United King- tory, is art director of Proyec- Best American Poetry 1995 dom and from Penguin Books dian Broadcasting Company to Lectura, a collaborative (Simon & Schuster). Some of in Australia. Carpenter read show called "Quirks and project sponsored by the Pon- his poems also appear in the with Doris Grumbach at the Quarks." tificia Universidad Catolica latest edition of Literature: A twentieth anniversary of the Madre y Maestra (PUCMM), Faculty member in literature Critical Introduction (Prentice Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance at Wolf Neck Farm in Freeport last summer. Using only native materi- The college's faculty member in mathematics Martha Dick- als and traditional tech- inson attended the Mathemat- niques, Steve Cayard (in ics Association of America's picture), Barry Dana, Lori annual meeting in San Fran- Dana and Angela DeRosa cisco. High points of the four- constructed a birch bark day conference included canoe as part of the workshops on graphing calcu- Native American Festival, lators and a discussion of cal- held for the second year culus reform. This fall, Dickin- running on the College son and chemistry professor of the Atlantic campus. Donald Cass teamed up to This festival was one of teach "Mathematics for many educational and Human Ecologists," a new cultural events facilitated offering at COA. by the Summer Program office, under the direc- President Steven Katona deliv- tion of Ted Koffman. ered the keynote address at the CARL LITTLE annual conference of the Island Institute, held at the Maine Maritime Academy in Castine, Maine, in October. COA NEWS 18 WINTER 1995/1996 The theme of this year's gather- Chris Peterson, faculty mem- ing was "Linking the Bays." ber in marine ecology. Peter- Also speaking at the confer- son has been studying coral ence was Scott Dickerson, who reef fish that can switch gen- received his Masters of Philoso- der. In August, Petersen pre- phy in human ecology degree sented a paper at the Second from the college this year. Dick- Biennial Larval Biology Meet- erson is currently employed as ing held in Ft. Pierce, Florida. a natural resources analyst at the Island Institute. Steve Ressel, director of the Natural History Museum, gave Faculty member Martin a talk on the "Ultrastructural Koeppl was one of 106 artists Design of Frog Muscles" at the chosen for Maine Coast University of Maine, Orono, in Artists' 17th Annual Juried November. The talk was spon- Show, held in June in Rock- sored by the zoology depart- port, Maine. Six hundred ment. Ressel also serves as artists submitted work for the president of the Mount Desert competition. Island Association of Museums and Historical Societies. Susan Lerner, faculty member in women's studies and litera- Trustee Maurine Rothschild ture, wrote the catalogue for a was speaker at the 55th retrospective exhibition of the reunion of her class at Rad- work of Walter Compton cliffe in June. Her talk, on (1941-1995) that was mounted "Empowering Women," at the Massachusetts College was based on her experience of Art in Boston in June. She teaching a seminar on "Build- also participated in an invita- ing Democratic Institutions" tional art show in Bar Harbor to African women leaders in in August, which benefitted Nairobi, Kenya, last year. Humanity for Gardens, an Ari- CARL LITTLE zona-based organization. Trustee Carol Wishcamper graduated this past spring Director of Public Affairs Carl For his senior project at College of the Atlantic, Dion from an 18-month program in Little will be reading at the Organization Systems Devel- Olmstead renovated the gazebo overlooking Frenchman Live Poets Society in Rock- opment at the Gestalt Institute Bay. Supplies for the project, which is now complete, land, Maine, in April. His of Cleveland. were underwritten by Ellsworth Building Supplies (EBS). newest book, Winslow Homer and the Sea, has just appeared from Pomegranate Artbooks. A PAIR OF ENOS The book is $19.95 and is avail- able from the Natural History Amos Eno made a guest appearance in biology professor John Anderson's "Conserva- Museum gift shop. tion of Endangered Species" class last spring. Mr. Eno is executive director of the Dean of Graduate Studies National Fish and Wildlife Foundation in Washington, D.C. Alesia Maltz served as a study Armed with binoculars, Trustee Alice Eno, mother of Amos Eno, takes in the view- circle leader for a National and the birds-on Petit Manan Island during a college-sponsored Champlain Society Conversation Roundtable on trip this summer. "What Does It Mean To Be an American?" at the college in October. A joint project of the Maine Humanities Coun- cil and the Maine Council of Churches, in cooperation with the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram, the roundta- bles have been set up to encourage a national conver- sation on the question of American identity. The October 21 issue of Sci- ence News includes an article, "Fishy Sex: Uncovering the Wild Ways of Fish," which CARL LITTLE SARAH ROBINSON highlights the research of COA NEWS 19 WINTER 1995/1996 Allied Whale News College of the Atlantic's Stellwagen Bank-twice as acquisition last year of the many samples than in any 34-foot research vessel previous field season when R/V Indigo enabled Allied sampling was concentrated Whale to expand its geo- around Mount Desert graphic range. The new Rock and in the Bay of vessel made it possible to Fundy. collect genetic and photo- These samples provide graphic data on finback valuable DNA from indi- whales in the Southern vidual whales outside the Gulf of Maine during the local waters. They also sup- 1995 summer field ply the data necessary to research season, and to conduct intra-Gulf compar- ALLIED WHALE start a new project on isons among groups of fin- whale habitats. The boat, back whales that frequent Left to right: Allied Whale researchers Stephanie Martin '93 which is powered by a 310- the area in the summer. and Peter Stevick '81; volunteer Yan Kit Tam (seated); horsepower diesel motor, student Elizabeth Neils; and seal researcher Gale McCul- is capable of speeds of 18 In addition to finding many lough conduct whale research aboard the Indigo. miles an hour and can new whales, Allied Whale study, thanks to a $12,000 Maine in conjunction with remain at sea for three researchers also identified grant from the Davis Con- the finback genetic project, days at a time without many known whales, includ- servation Foundation, a but was concentrated in refueling. Researchers ing some from the adop- public charitable founda- the Schoodic Ridges region were able to travel more tion program that had not tion founded in 1989 by and Jeffrey's Ledge, the than 5,000 nautical miles seen for years. For exam- Mr. and Mrs. H. Halsey two areas where humpback this summer. ple, Spike, number 0137, Davis of Falmouth, Maine. and finback whales were Access to areas of the was sighted twice, once on Allied Whale staff under- seen together most often Gulf of Maine where little the Outer Falls and then took a pilot study of habi- during the season. sampling had occurred in later on the Fingers area of tat use and resource parti- This project promises previous years, along with Jeffrey's Ledge. Researchers tioning between humpback to open up a whole new favorable weather and had feared this whale was and finback whales in the area of inquiry at Allied abundant whales, com- dead as it had not been Gulf of Maine. The study Whale and will add consid- bined to create the most sighted since 1989. Lunch, examined oceanographic erably to our understand- exciting finback whale number 0045, was spotted conditions and distribution ing of what whales are biopsy field season in with calf, the first con- of the two species to deter- doing in the Gulf of Maine. Allied Whale's history. firmed offspring she has mine how separate the -Nancy Stevick '81 More than 100 biopsy sam- had in the 13 years she has whales stayed when they ples were collected from been studied. A research associate at Allied were found together. whales ranging from the This summer also saw The study was conduct- Whale, Stevick edits the Fin- Inner Schoodic Ridges to the launching of a new ed throughout the Gulf of back News. Whales-on-Wheels visits Washington A group from College of the Atlantic, led by Dianne Clen- daniel, director of education programs for the college's Natural History Museum, traveled to Washington, D.C., in September to present the "Whales on Wheels" program at the Smithsonian Institution. Nancy Stevick '81 and Stephanie Martin '93, research associates with Allied Whale; Judy Allen, director of computer services; and Melita Peharda, a third-year student from Croatia, pre- sented four programs as part of the Smithsonian's "Ocean ALLIED WHALE Planet" exhibition's environmental awareness program. Dianne Clendaniel, director of education for COA's The total number of visitors for the day was reported at 28,757. Natural History Museum, helps children assemble a minke whale skeleton at the Smithsonian Institution. COA NEWS 20 WINTER 1995/1996 COA Offers Best Quality of Life According to New Guide College of the Atlantic received the highest rating-100-for quali- ty of life in the Princeton Review's 1996 Student Access Guide to the Best 309 Colleges. COA students were ranked the happiest in the nation and, for the third year in a row, the college received the number one spot in the guide's "Beautiful Campus" category. College of the Atlantic's faculty members received high marks for making themselves accessible (number 6) and for bringing materials to life (number 7). The college's overall rating for inter- esting professors was an impressive 98 out of a possible 100. In other listings, College of the Atlantic came in fourth in the "Most Politically Active" listing; sixth in "Gay Community Accept- ed"; and seventh for "Students Most Nostalgic for Eugene V. KATHRYN HOUGH '95 Debs." And once again the college's kitchen starred in the "Great Food" ranking: number four in the country. Subtitled "the buyer's guide to college," the Princeton Review guide surveys students at colleges across the country. More than Annette Watson '95 reads from her writings at a 56,000 students filled out questionnaires this year. COA talent show. This and many other student events enrich the quality of life at the college. Nancy Colter, pianist, and Eliz- abeth Brunton, cellist, per- formed pieces by Bach, Beethoven, Schubert, Schu- mann and Vaughan Williams at a concert in the Gates Com- munity Center auditorium in September. The concert, part of Parents Weekend activities, honored Thomas Walsh of Bar Harbor, who contributed funds for an extensive rebuild- ing of the college's 1915 Steinway Model A. The piano, an ebonized New York model with spade legs, is considered to be an exceptional concert instrument. It was given to the college by former COA trustee Elizabeth Thorndike. Other notable events in the Gates Center this fall included appearances by Papa Loves Mambo, G-Spot Diesel and other bands; slide talks on loons, photo-voltaics and the PETER TRAVERSITHE BAR HARBOR TIMES Arctic Wildlife Refuge; and a performance of Hamlet by the Shenandoah Shakespeare Express. COA NEWS 21 WINTER 1995/1996 COA Celebrates 23rd Commencement College of the Atlantic held its should see our role in the world, Swann '86, a graduate student who largest commencement ever on Sat- beyond any other, to be that of com- has been studying the effects of urday, June 3, 1995. Around 800 munity-building," Brady said. Watson observers in seabird research. Swann people were in attendance to witness wove her address around a poem by and Scott Dickerson were the two 67 students receive Bachelor of Arts the German writer Rainer Maria recipients of Master of Philosophy and Master of Philosophy degrees in Rilke. degrees. human ecology. The William H. Drury, Jr. Prize in The conferring of degrees was fol- Keynote speaker Dr. Elijah Ander- Natural History, named for the lowed by a closing address by son, an eminent social scientist, esteemed ornithologist and former Michael Kattner '95; a recessional, spoke of the social responsibilities College of the Atlantic professor, was accompanied by the music of John the graduating students face as mem- shared by Dana Drake '95, who has Cooper and the COA Winds; and a bers of a world community. [An conducted extensive marine turtle reception in the Newlin Gardens. excerpt from Dr. Anderson's address research in Costa Rica, and Scott appears on p. 3.] Dr. Anderson was introduced by Sara Yasner '95. Honorary degrees in human ecolo- gy were conferred on Walter Litten, an adjunct faculty member in mycolo- gy, and on Edward McC. Blair, who served for nine years as chairman of COA's Board of Trustees. Jill Barlow- Kelly, the director of the Internship and Career Services Office, hailed Lit- ten's "outstanding devotion to the col- lege's internship program," while Rebecca Clark '95, a researcher at Allied Whale, praised Mr. Blair's long- time dedication to College of the Atlantic and his reputation for "bring- ing good weather and whales" when carrying supplies in his boat to college research teams in the Gulf of Maine. CARL LITTLE NOREEN HOGAN '91 Following a blessing by senior Diane Bowler, and welcoming remarks by President Katona and Left: John Piergallini and his mother look through his senior project, a photo- Elizabeth Rousek '95, student per- documentary about the island of Barbados, in front of the Gates Center. spectives were given by Eric Brady Right: Steve Ressel, faculty member in biology, his wife, Karen, and their daugh- '95 and Annette Watson '95. "We ter, Emma Rose, enjoy the commencement festivities. NOREEN HOGAN '91 The Class of 1995 assembles on the College of the Atlantic pier for their picture following a festive final week. COA NEWS 22 WINTER 1995/1996 Hiroshima, from page 9 can claim that right, and more and more of them will. The only way to halt nuclear proliferation is through the world- wide abolition of nuclear weapons under the strictest possi- ble international control. That the nuclear nations cannot see this is, to me, a measure of the madness to which we have succumbed. In 1946, a commission of the Federal Council of Church- es condemned the saturation bombings of World War II, and especially the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Twenty-two church leaders urged "active penitence," includ- ing aid in rebuilding "the two murdered cities." In so doing, they recognized "a crucial linkage: to acknowledge the truth of the past can be a first step to altering our approach to the future." The future they envisaged contained no more atom bombs-ever. I wish that 50 years ago I had shared the remorse of these clear-sighted Christians. Had enough of us done so, we'd all be living today in a far saner and safer world. Former Yale University chaplain and rector of the Riverside Church in New York City, Coffin now serves as president of the advisory board of National Peace Action, an organization devoted to the abolition of nuclear arms. COURTESY THE ARTIST Shedding Eden, a cliché verre and X-ray print by Maggie Fos- kett, was one of the featured works in the exhibition "An Eye for Nature: Photographic Works by Maggie Foskett and Dorothy Monnelly" in the Ethel H. Blum Gallery in October. Name Contest Extended The contest for a new name for COA News, announced in the summer 1995 issue of The Peregrine, has been extended to May 1996. While we have received a num- ber of submissions, some with graphics included, the judges of the contest-myself, Karen Waldron, the col- lege's new literature faculty member, and John Ander- son, faculty member in biology-have yet to find a name that does the trick. Several suggestions followed the example of "COAst- lines" given in the call for entries. "COAstal Views," "COAction" (two people sent this one in), "COAgulum," "COAlition," "COAxial," "COAlesce," "COAtales"-even "COAgulation." And there were a number of variations on this format: "COAwake," "COArk" and "COAnchor." Faced with these titles, the judges suffered COAngst! Other suggestions fit poetic, philosophical and nature categories. "Leaves from Eden," "On the Wind," "COA Koan," "The Precipice," "The COA Compass," "Sphere," LAURIE BREWER '96 "The Conch Calling," "The Spout" and "Ripples" (two for this one) are a few of them. One correspondent, declaring herself a firm believer in the "keep it simple, stupid" school of thought, suggested "News from COA." Contestants included alumni, trustees of the college, Deborah Soule, COA class of '81, led a medicinal herb Elderhostel participants and alumni parents. We thank one walk on the College of the Atlantic campus as part of and all for the submissions and exhort you to keep trying. the Maine Conference on Natural Health in August. -Carl Little, Director of Public Affairs She is the author of the recently released The Roots of ckl@ecology.coa.edu Healing: A Woman's Book of Herbs. COA NEWS 23 WINTER 1995/1996 Theatre Workshop Presents Tenth Anniversary Performance For its tenth anniversary world suddenly intruded performance, College of upon the fairy tale. the Atlantic's Theatre One such jolt occurred Workshop, under the in the opening scene, direction of adjunct facul- when the play's narrator, ty member Lucy Bell Sell- played by Jen Hobbs, ers, presented The King announced that she was Stag by Carlo Gozzi (1720- Jackson Gillman, a well- 1806), a minor Venetian known Maine storyteller nobleman. and a 1978 graduate of Gozzi's plays are fairy the college. tales, encompassing the "It was our hope," world of kings and queens. director Sellers stated, Yet, since he employed an "that while laughing at the existing Commedia maskers, people would be dell'Arte troupe to per- able to feel some of the form his popular plays, he disquiet that underlies all retained many elements fairy tales, which trade in from the older genre: the nightmares and uncon- masks, the different scious fears." dialects, the slapstick com- Masks were designed edy. To these three strains by Skip Buyers-Basso, he added a fourth: satiric Kate Francis and Ernie references to contempo- McMullen; costumes by rary people and issues. Ann Bohrer; and sets and The COA ensemble pre- lighting by Annika Gins- served Gozzi's mix, even berg and Larry Sweet. going to the length of John Cooper wrote the updating his contempo- musical accompaniament. PETER TRAVERS/BAR HARBOR TIMES rary Venetian references William V.P. Newlin, a so that the audience could trustee of the college, experience the same jolt made an appearance as Theatre Workshop Director Lucy Bell Sellers (right) coaches Ben that the Italians had felt the bear. Lord and Amy Wellnitz, two members of the cast of The King when the present real Stag, performed at College of the Atlantic in mid-November. COA NEWS Nonprofit Organization College of the Atlantic U.S. POSTAGE PAID 105 Eden Street Bar Harbor, ME Bar Harbor, Maine 04609 Permit #47 ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED