Colman McCarthy with Elena Tuhy '90, who helped coordinate McCarthy's visit in October. about what countries are doing to each other when my father beats my mother and abuses me?" His point was that the chal- lenge of overcoming violence must be car- ried out on a personal level. The violence in our daily lives is as important, if not more so, than the battles between nations. This is not an occasional philosophy, but one you must live on a daily basis: "If you want to be a disciple of peace, you must practice it." He describes non-violence as prevention before a crisis and violence as the interaction after the crisis. To over- come violence, he says, "We must use prevention among our families and preven- tion among our governments." During the course of his talk, McCarthy showed a slide show which had been put together by one of his students a few years ago. The overall theme of the slide presen- tation was non-violence and included sec- tions on war, whaling, and meat consumption. Many of the images of war were disturbing in their explicit portrayal of the effects of violence on a human body. The slide show also contrasted the views of warmongers and pacifists through quot- ing people such as George Patton and Phyllis Schafley, and Sargent Shriver and Anne Frank. COA NEWS McCarthy explains that our society is not gearing our children towards being peaceful: "We preach 'successism' and 'get- aheadism.' We're afraid to tell our FALL 1990 COLLEGE OF THE ATLANTIC BAR HARBOR, MAINE children about service, that it will never get them ahead. We should be teaching them early that we expect service from Colman McCarthy, Washington Post them. It will be where they find their joy and meaning." He told of going to a Columnist, Speaks on Peace at COA woman's shelter, where a nun suggested that if he really wanted to help, he should Surrounded by a bloody sea of whale car- August, he spent a few days on campus talk with a homeless woman: "We have casses, a child smiles at the camera as he talking with various community members. enough people cutting up carrots, but not stands in a small boat. In his right hand he Upon his return to Washington, he wrote enough people to relate." holds a piece of flesh carved from a dead a very enthusiastic column about COA McCarthy says there is a more effective whale. which appeared in The Washington Post way of protecting yourself than with "fists, Through this image and many others, and several other newspapers across the guns and violence": ideas are a form of Colman McCarthy showed a COA continent. defense. "Go out and learn what others audience the extent to which violence has In his talk, McCarthy offered advice to have learned about non-violence," he become ingrained into our lives. Mc- those who want to work for peace and urges. He rattles off a list of pacifist Carthy, a columnist for The Washington non-violence: you must have a sense of teachers, such as the well-known but not Post and a noted peace educator, spoke at prayer, a sense of service, and a sense of often read Gandhi and Martin Luther the College on October 4 as the first exorcism. He explained exorcism as "a King, and those who are less well-known, speaker in COA's Distinguished Lecture medieval word that means driving out evil. such as Jeannette Rankin, the only Con- Series for 1990-91, which is being coor- And evil is anything that is violent." gressperson to vote against United States dinated by faculty member John Buell. His argument against violence is not entry into both WWI and WWII. The topic of McCarthy's talk was "How to limited to war between nations, but in- To advance the study of peace in be an Effective Peacemaker." cludes war between people and war schools, McCarthy founded the non-profit This was McCarthy's second visit to against animals. He told how a young per- Center for Teaching Peace in Washington, the College. During his first visit in son asked him, "How can I be concerned D.C., which is devoted to educating continued on page 2 continued from page 1 "If Plato were to return and take a professorship, people in the practice of non-violence. The Center supplies colleges and high I'd bet my copy of The Republic that he would settle in schools with advice and materials, and oc- to teach at the College of the Atlantic." casionally teachers, to begin or broaden -- Colman McCarthy The Washington Post peace studies courses. McCarthy himself has taught a course entitled "Alternatives to Violence" to an estimated 2,500 stu- dents over the past eight years in high schools and universities in the Washington, D.C. area. He teaches the class at Bethesda High School each morn- ing before going to work at the Post. He told how his students ask him how he heard of pacifists, and why they have never heard of them. His answer is, "Be- cause you go to American schools." McCarthy believes that every college, high school, and grammar school in the United States should have at least one course in alternatives to violence. "Why shouldn't the study of peace be as much a part of the curriculum as math, English, and social studies?" he asked. Throughout his talk, which often dealt with very serious and intense issues, Mc- Carthy retained a sense of humor. At one point, when discussing how much humans need to learn, he said, "Twentieth century humans could not be the height of evolu- tion. Unless it's some sick cosmic joke." McCarthy ended his talk with an ap- peal for action. He said, "Once you strip away everything else, there's only one word that matters in peace: start." ELENA TUHY - Elena Tuhy Champlain Society Celebrates Third Successful Year The Champlain Society marked its third The summer season ended on a festive year this past summer by sponsoring an in- note with the "Lobster Quadrille", a tradi- creased number of special events and gain- tional lobster bake and contra-dance at ing many new members. which the entire COA community and Through the enthusiastic and dynamic their families were feted. This event was leadership of Chair Alice Eno, and the preceded by a brief dedication ceremony coordination efforts of the Development to celebrate the completion of the new 120 and Public Affairs offices, a total of nine foot single-span steel pier which will be events were sponsored by the Champlain used to enhance the College's marine re- Society, which included the three lectures search and other educational programs. of the Summer Distinguished Lecture The Champlain Society was founded in Series. Each of the special events was well 1988 to honor individuals and organiza- attended, including a Wildflower Walk tions who contribute $1,000 or more an- conducted by Professor Craig Greene; a nually to support the College's programs field trip to Petit Manan, led by Richard CAROLYN DOW through the Annual Fund. As of October Schauffler, COA '83; a Garden Tour of 1990, the Society totals 135 memberships, three noted Mount Desert Island gardens; nearly double the number at the same time Chairman of the Board of Trustees Ed- the third Annual Candlelight Dinner; and last year. ward McC. Blair is serenaded by an the annual whalewatching cruise con- - Charles Hesse oversized lobster during the pier dedica- ducted by COA and Allied Whale staff. tion ceremony in late August. 2 munity. He likens the idea of an appropri- releasing of eggs. The mechanisms worked New Faculty ate core curriculum to a comprehensive out in this interplay include a fascinating town plan: "As in planning, there needs to game called "Tit-for-Tat," in which the Martin Koeppl discovered College of the be some compliance with collective public partner playing the female role will release Atlantic in Munich, Germany, while breez- interest of the community and some com- only a few eggs in expectation of the other ing through a copy of The Chronicle of mon ground upon which knowledge can fish following suit. If the second is un- Higher Education, where he came across flourish so people can carve out individual cooperative, the first will leave to find an advertisement for a teaching position in spaces for personal development." another, perhaps more cooperative, mate. educational studies at a small interdiscipli- Koeppl is excited about teaching media Another strategy used among large fishes nary college in New England. Attracted by arts and educating teachers within a is the intimidation of smaller fish into a the brief description of the school, he in- human ecological framework. With a "harem" where they are forced to assume vestigated the place further and eventually general research interest in environmental the female role. However, one of the wound up joining COA's faculty. cognition and landscape aesthetics, he will harem may intrude suddenly on the Trained in Germany and the United continue his previous projects, which have mating practice of the dominant fish by States, Koeppl holds a Ph.D. in Geography dealt with educating the senses and ex- speeding to the site and dumping sperm from Clark University. His over the eggs of the doctoral research examined dominator's partner. This the role of aesthetics and practice of aggressively visual thinking in environ- acting as a male in mental education and plan- another's mating is called ning. "streaking." The lessons Koeppl brings to COA to be learned from these his interests in education, activities apply to media arts, and community theories of cooperation design. He believes that en- in animals, a subject in vironmental education which Petersen continues should have three main to consolidate his re- qualities: activeness, in that search. the education ought to be Petersen plans to self-directed and originate bring his insights from from within the student; ex- this unique line of re- pressiveness, in that the search into the COA cur- student be exposed to a riculum. His course variety of artistic media "Evolution of Coopera- with which he or she can Martin Koeppl Chris Petersen tion," scheduled to be relate an issue and/or an taught this winter term, opinion; and anticipation, with a focus on ploring art as another language for learn- will bring some of his work into the discus- the future. He believes that students ing. He plans to develop further projects sion of the overall topic of cooperation in should guide their own education, with the which explore the status of art and aes- animals. Petersen says it is safer to apply teacher acting as "a sort of clinical thetic reasoning within social and educa- ideas of cooperation based on animal re- psychologist, asking the right questions at tional institutions as a means of fostering search to animals than to humans. "When the right time" and allowing the natural citizen participation in community plan- you apply these things directly to humans, diversity of the classroom to develop more ning issues. I think that you have to be very cautious." or less uninhibited by traditional teaching Chris Petersen joined the COA faculty Asked jokingly whether his work on the conventions. this fall and is teaching marine ecology subject might be applicable to COA's Currently, Koeppl is developing a and ichthyology. He received his B.A. in governance system, he smiled and project at Mount Desert Island High Aquatic Biology and Zoology at the responded, "Eventually, perhaps." School that will engage students with the University of California in Santa Barbara, Petersen sees his teaching at COA as environmental and social issues of their and his Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary taking two bents. One is a lot of field biol- communities. "The students will raise Biology at the University of Arizona. His ogy, which will put students in the ocean questions, do research, and express dissertation was entitled Mating systems in and the fields doing their own research answers through a variety of media," ex- tropical marine fishes: theory and case projects. He is very familiar with the plains Koeppl. He continues, "As part of studies of simultaneous hermaphroditism power of such self-education and applied the project, they will present their findings and paternal care. theory from his own educational back- to the local community." Koeppl believes Much of Petersen's research has been ground. Another bent will be interdiscipli- that learning is a two-way street, and that studying different aspects of her- nary courses focused on fisheries, in which adults and especially professionals should maphroditism in fishes and in parental he will teach not only the biology of the realize they can learn from children, and care of eggs, as his dissertation suggests. particular species, but the many other not only the other way around. Eventually What interests him about her- areas on which the practice of fisheries he would also like to see adults using the maphroditism is the way in which her- touches. Another interdisciplinary ap- children's multimedia-based ways of ex- maphrodites cooperate in their mating proach is "Evolution of Cooperation," ploring their "life-worlds." practices. Petersen explains that her- which, although based in science, in- Koeppl is interested in the discussions maphrodites prefer to assume the male tegrates many other disciplines. about COA 's core curriculum, which he role in mating, as the excretion of sperm is Mark Tully believes can enrich an academic com- much less exhausting for them than the 3 Human Ecology Meets New York College at New Paltz. From New Vice President 1978 to 1987, he was Director of Biological Ecology Development and Alumni Affairs at the Appointed University of Massachusetts at Am- herst. Other institutions at which he has This past August, two COA faculty mem- bers traveled to Yokohama, Japan, to try Dallas Darland has been appointed served as chief development officer are: to bridge the gap between human ecology Vice President for Development and Howard University in Washington, and biological ecology. The occasion was External Affairs at College of the Atlan- D.C.; Five Colleges, Inc. (a consortium the 5th International Congress of Ecology tic. He assumed the position on Sep- serving Amherst, Hampshire, Mount (INTECOL) which, for the first time, in- tember 1. Holyoke and Smith col- cluded a day-long symposium devoted to Darland brings to leges and the University human ecology. Richard Borden, COA twenty years of of Massachusetts at academic dean and professor of psychol- administrative ex- Amherst); and Concord ogy at COA, was a co-organizer of the perience in higher Academy in Concord, symposium, and William Drury, COA's education, chiefly in Massachusetts. renowned ecologist, represented the link the management of A graduate of between contemporary ecology and development and in- Howard University with human ecology. Both received special in- stitutional advance- a B.A. in political vitations from Frank Golley, the president ment programs. An science, Darland of INTECOL. important aspect of received his M.A. from The conference brought together his work has been Rutgers University, several thousand of the world's leading that of building the where he was a Fellow ecologists and human ecologists in one in- capacity for private at the Eagleton Institute ternational forum with the purpose of ex- sector fund raising at of Politics. panding and integrating both disciplines. private and public in- COA President This integration stemmed from the recog- stitutions of diverse Louis Rabineau says, nition that ecology -- the study of the size, mission and in- "We are very pleased to relationship between an organism and its stitutional culture. He Dallas Darland have Dallas as part of environment applies to humans as well. has extensive experience in the develop- the COA community. His impressive ex- "We are also ecological in our lives," said ment of corporate and foundation sup- perience in fund raising and public rela- Borden, "and it is necessary to include port, in annual giving, major gifts and tions will be a great asset to College of humans in the ecological perspective." capital projects fund raising, as well as the Atlantic." It is also important for human in the planning and management of Darland and his wife, Ursula, an in- ecologists to be aware of the new ideas in public affairs, communications, publica- terior designer, live in Southwest Har- ecology. "Ecology has been around for a tions, alumni relations, special events, bor. Their son, Christopher, is a long time," said Borden, "but over the past and constituency and state relations member of StageWest Regional Theater few decades some of its basic premises programs. Company in Springfield, Massachusetts. have changed. Human ecologists, in study- During the past year Darland served Darland replaces Charles Hesse, ing humans as participants in ecological as an independent communications and who has served as Vice President for systems, need to keep up to date on these fund raising consultant, most recently to Development and Public Affairs for changes if they are to solve complex the Chancellor of the Board of Regents nearly seven years and played a key role human ecological problems effectively." By of Higher Education in Massachusetts. in rebuilding the College after the incorporating a special symposium on From 1987 through 1989, he served as devastating fire of July, 1983. Hesse has human ecology, this year's Congress of Vice President for Development and assumed the position of Consultant to Ecology provided the opportunity for Public Affairs at the State University of the President for Special Projects. human ecologists to increase their aware- - Carolyn Dow ness of contemporary ecological issues. At the human ecology symposium, there were participants from Spain, Korea, China, The British Commonwealth, In- "Still," says Borden, "there are more human ecologists' awareness of ecological donesia, Japan, the Philippines, the Nordic than 100 degree- granting programs in issues, and to organize human ecologists and Central European countries, and the human ecology worldwide." At the con- internationally. The influential role that United States. Presenters at the sym- ference, human ecologists discussed the faculty members Borden and Drury played need to improve communication between in the conference illustrates COA's vital posium spoke about the development of human ecology in their particular areas, these and non-degree granting programs. commitment to human ecology. giving first a conceptual review and then a They seek to establish an association While in Japan, Drury and Borden also modeled after INTECOL which would case study to illustrate how the principles spent time with Greg Stone '82 who is cur- of human ecology are being applied. bring together regional societies, facilitate rently working on an NSF post-doctoral the establishment of research institutes, Borden presented College of the Atlan- fellowship doing deep sea research at the tic as a case study. In the U.S., Borden and decide goals for education in human Japan Marine Science and Technology said, the broadest application of human ecology. Center. Stone met them at the airport and ecology is in education. In other count- This year's INTECOL conference was helped them find accommodations. The ries, it is used predominantly as a tool in a significant step for human ecology. It was three spent a day together touring the solving problems which concern humans' a beginning effort to integrate human ecol- Yokohama Bay region. relationship with the environment. ogy with biological ecology, to increase - Wendy Doherty 4 Non-Trustee Giving 300 250 ANNUAL FUND NEWS 200 $250,000 1990-91 Annual Fund Goal Thousands of Dollars 150 100 For Non-Trustee Giving 50 At its July meeting, the College's Board of Trustees established current year goals 0 88/89 89-90 90-91 goal of raising $475,000 from Trustees and Fiscal Year $250,000 from friends outside the Board. "It's going to be a stretch for us, but we're on a roll," said President Louis 1989-90 Fund Rabineau. "So much progress is being Shorey to Chair made in all areas of the College's Sets Non-Trustee Annual Campaign development that I believe we have a very strong case to take to our constituencies." Record of William V.P. Newlin, Chairman of the The campaign is already mobilizing on several fronts to achieve an 18% increase $212,000 Development and Public Affairs Commit- tee of the College's Board of Trustees, in contributions from non-trustees. "Trus- has announced the appointment of fellow tees and volunteers will be calling major A record number of gifts helped boost trustee Clyde "Ev" Shorey, Jr. to the new donors in their home cities over the 1989-90 non-trustee giving to $212,186 position of Chairman of the Annual Fund. winter," explained Dallas L. Darland, up 17% from the $181,000 raised in 1988- "The Annual Fund is the College's Vice President for Development and Ex- 89. largest source of revenue after tuition -- ternal Affairs. "The key to success will be Describing the Fund's success, Gary some $475,000 from trustees and $250,000 friends of COA carrying our message to Friedmann, Director of Development, from other friends. Ev's leadership will donors in person." said that the College give a real boost to this campaign, which According to received 726 non- calls upon the continuing generosity of in- Michael Kaiser, Trustee gifts to the dividuals, businesses, and foundations," Alumni Trustee, The Annual Fund Fund, up from 678 in said Newlin. the Alumni As- 1988-89. "Gifts in the supports programs Shorey, a resident of Great Cranberry sociation has range of $1,000 and up Island and Washington, D.C., has been pledged to increase such as from members of The active with a number of non-profit or- its commitment by visiting artists, Champlain Society in- ganizations. He is a Director of People 40% to meet its teacher education, creased by over for the American Way and former Vice goal of $25,000. $25,000. In addition, international studies President of the March of Dimes. A "The Alumni Alumni giving in- graduate of Yale University and Colum- Fund Committee and cultural exchanges, creased by almost bia University Law School, Shorey served decided to push for and the 40%." as Deputy General Counsel for the Agen- 10% of the non- Geographic Information Including Trustee cy for International Development. trustee goal. That's contributions, the An- "My priorities are to expand the num- $7,000 more than System nual Fund provided ber of donors to the College, concentrat- we raised last year, for regional planning. 20% of the College's ing Oil increasing membership in The but it is an impor- $3.8 million operating Champlain Society and working to attract tant statement for budget. corporate contributions to a larger de- the alumni to make The Annual Fund gree," Shorey said. to the Board and to others who support underwrites faculty salaries, student Fifty-seven donors gave Annual Fund the College," Kaiser explained. financial aid, scientific equipment, and gifts of $1,000 or more in 1989-90, qualify- "Last year one third of our graduates library operations. It also provides sup- ing them for membership in The contributed to the Annual Fund," Kaiser port for the development of new Champlain Society. Corporate and busi- said. "Our fall phonathon is aimed at in- academic programs, and for the improve- ness contributions comprised about five creasing participation," he added. ment of existing resource areas. percent of the total. 5 Education, enabled her to be a member of a history of the farm which is scheduled to Faculty/Staff the accreditation team who visited Nor- be published in the local newspaper. wich University in late October. Newsnotes Don Meiklejohn's current research is Gary Friedmann was recently ap- on "The First Amendment: Concept of pointed by the Bar Harbor Town Council Public Forum." Karen and John Anderson, Rich and Cyn- to Bar Harbor's Conservation Commis- Ann and Arden Peach have once again thia Borden-Chisholm, Beth and Steve sion. He is also a member of Bar Harbor become grandparents: Kristen Margaret Thomas, and Charlie Hesse will soon be 2000, the town committee responsible for Peach was born on August 8, 1990. neighbors. The seven bought land developing the Comprehensive Plan chart- Lou Rabineau continues as a member together in Town Hill last year and now ing Bar Harbor's future growth and of the National Association of Inde- all but the Andersons will soon move in to development. their newly- or soon-to-be completed pendent Colleges and Universities Com- In March, Charlie Hesse travelled to homes. mission on Public Policy Analysis. He was Japan to attend son Stephen's marriage to elected as President of the Association of Allied Whale was awarded a grant of Naoko Sugiyama in a Shinto ceremony. $13,000 from the Davis Conservation Maine Independent Colleges for 1990-91 Steve, who specializes in environmental Foundation to fund finback whale re- and has joined the Advisory Board of the law, is teaching at the University of search in the Gulf of Nova Scotia. The five Center for the Study of Commercialism in Yokohama. Steve and Naoko frequently researchers Bob Bowman, Lydia Bar- Washington, D.C.. Lou also represented meet with Greg Stone, COA '82, and his nes, Megan McOsker '90, Tim Cole '88 COA at the inaugurations of the presi- wife, Austen, who are in Yokohama while and Kim Robertson '88 spent six weeks dents of Bates and Bowdoin Colleges. Greg is on a research fellowship. Adding on Grand Manan Island in New Ander Thebaud joined the Admissions an usual twist to romance and COA's in- Brunswick studying the distribution and staff as Assistant Director of Admissions fluence, Steve and Naoko returned to visit population abundance of finbacks and in June. Ander led the OOPs kayaking MDI in September and reaffirmed their doing photo identification. trip around Mount Desert Island this fall VOWS in a double-ring ceremony on top of with the assistance of student Robert De- In other Allied Whale news, the or- Cadillac Mountain at sunrise. Robert ganization was awarded an equipment Forrest and Drew Maples of Acadia Bike Dworak, spouse of COA's Marcia and Canoe. grant of a Sparkstation 330 computer, Dworak, officiated. which will assist in photo comparison of Steve Thomas represented COA at a Ellen Hawkins joined the staff in April humpback whales. reception for alumni and prospective stu- as Secretary to the Academic Deans. A dents in Seattle on October 19. Steve was Elliot Benjamin, on loan to COA this Mount Desert Island native, Ellen former- fall from Unity College, hopes to soon in Seattle as part of a two-week West ly worked as a secretary at LSRobinson publish his book, Number Theory, Develop- Coast recruiting trip. He also visited Real Estate on the island. mental Mathematics, and the Discovery Ap- Portland, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, In September, Russell Holway was proach, for use in the public school and Los Angeles. hired as a night watchman for the COA system. He is currently developing an in- Clint Trowbridge has had four essays campus. Russell joins Don Klekotta, who dividualized Ph.D. program in mathe- published in the Maine Times during has been working as a night watchman at matics and mathematics education at the 1990, and is looking forward to his book, the school since earlier this year. University of Maine. Island Dwellers on the Coast of Maine, Steve Katona just returned from a lec- Trisha Cantwell has been assisting stu- being published in 1991 or 1992 as part of ture series in Australia. He presented two dents and faculty at the library as the eve- New England Folklore Press' series of lectures at a conference on Humpback ning and weekend librarian since publishing one book per year. whales held at the Queensland Museum September. Trisha will receive her Robert Tufts, who is teaching a course in Brisbane, and also gave lectures for the Masters of Science degree in Library on American Foreign Policy at COA this general public at Sea World on Science from Clarion University of Pen- term, is currently researching America's Australia's Gold Coast and at the nsylvania in January. National Security Policy. Queensland Museum. Steve is also Bill Carpenter and Donna Gold are scheduled to present the banquet lecture the proud parents of Daniel Carpenter- at the American Cetacean Society's 4th Gold, born August 29, 1990. Biennial Symposium in Monterey, Califor- COA News is published three times a In early November, Sally Crock par- nia, on November 11. year. It is circulated to Alumni, ticipated in a panel discussion on Craig Kesselheim, new to the teaching "Academic Advising" for the New Parents, Faculty, and other friends of staff this fall, was awarded the 1990 Ted England Association of Collegiate the college. and Joan Major Award for employee Registrars and Admissions Officers in dedication at the Teton Science School in Editor: Elena Tuhy Sturbridge, Massachusetts. Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, Reporters: Wendy Doherty, Carolyn Marla and Millard Dority are the where he was Director of Education for Dow, Gary Friedmann, Charles happy parents of a son, Maxwell Lee, three years. Hesse, Heather Sisk, Mark Tully born May 9, 1990. Alesia Maltz spent part of her summer Darkroom Manager: Jason Devine In late September, Marcia Dworak protecting from development the Connec- Design Consultant: Cynthia Borden- travelled to Wellesley to attend a training ticut farm on which she grew up. Through Chisholm session for people involved in the New their participation at the planning, zoning, Editorial Assistance from: Charles T. England Association of Schools and Col- and wetland commission meetings, she Hesse leges reaccreditation of academic institu- and several townspeople were able to tions. The workshop, which was presented reduce the number of lots the property printed on recycled paper by the staff of the Commission on Higher could be divided into. She has also written 6 of Don's Shop 'n' Save in Bar Harbor, New Trustees Elected which he has owned since 1962. Previous to that, he worked for Hannaford Brothers and spent four years in the Edward McC. Blair, Chairman of the United States Air Force. Board, recently announced the election of Susan Storey Lyman and Donald D. Allen Allen currently serves as a director of the First National Bank of Bar Harbor to College of the Atlantic's Board of Trus- tees. and of the Kid's Corner Day Care Center. Susan Storey Lyman is a past Chair- In addition, he is treasurer of St. Savior's man of the Board of Trustees of Radcliffe Episcopal Church and a member of the College and the first woman president of Mount Desert Island Rotary club, of the Massachusetts Society for the Preven- which he is a past president. Allen lives in Bar Harbor with his wife tion of Cruelty to Children. She graduated cum laude from Joan. They have three sons: Donald Jr is a Radcliffe in 1949 and Harvard Graduate Susan Storey Lyman manager at Don's Shop 'n' Save; Gary is School of Education in 1963. In addition, Assistant Director of Financial Aid at she received a MTP Certificate from the Tuffs University in Massachusetts; and Harvard-Radcliffe Program in Business youngest son Richard is in his second year Administration in 1950. A past Director at Bryant College in Rhode Island. of the Radcliffe College Fund, Lyman Speaking on behalf of Board Chair- taught nursery school for three years, and man Blair, COA President Louis also served as Acting Dean of the Rabineau said, "We feel extremely for- Radcliffe Institute. tunate to have two such outstanding A summer resident of Great Cranberry people become Trustees of the College. Island, Lyman lives in Charleston, South Each brings valuable experience and Carolina. She has three children (one knowledge to the Board that will further deceased) by a previous marriage, and enhance the very strong trustee leader- three step-daughters and one son by her ship the College enjoys." late husband, R.T. Lyman, Jr.. - Elena Tuhy Don Allen, well-known to Island resi- Don Allen dents and visitors alike, is the proprietor Residential Life Assistant Brings the Mid-West to Maine Even before she visited the campus, Mar- Martha and David hope to someday tha Greenley, the College's new Residen- run a Christian retreat or conference cen- tial Life Assistant, says COA was her first ter. "Our faith is very important to us," ex- choice of job possibilities. That feeling plains Martha. "It gives us meaning and was confirmed during her interview: "The keeps us going," she says. If David goes to people were great, the setting was great, Bangor Theological Seminary as planned, and I loved the environmental awareness he will become an ordained pastor. of the school." For the present, Martha is enjoying Martha and her husband David came being a part of the COA community. She to Maine from Iowa, where she served as works with the RAs (residential assis- Director of Residence Life at Buena Vista tants) in the college-managed housing, College for three years. "David had sits on the Student Activities and Student planned to study at Bangor Theological Affairs Committees, and serves as the ad- Seminary after he graduated, so we visor for the Outing Club. The Outing looked in Maine for a job for me and a Club is a new experience for Martha, and college for him," she says. David, who had one she relishes: "I love mountain climb- been a student at Buena Vista, transferred ing, hiking, camping, and other outdoor to COA this fall. Martha also worked for activities. And I've never been into or- two years in Student Services at her alma ganized sports, so I feel like this is a fit." mater, Coker College in South Carolina. Perhaps because of her own experien- She received her Masters degree in Stu- dent Services from Azusa Pacific Univer- ELENA TUHY ces as a student at small undergraduate and graduate institutions, Martha likes sity in California. COA's small student population: "I like Another attraction was COA's unique- Martha Greenley the closeness of a small campus and know- ness and philosophy. She says, "Instead of ing that I'm not just another ad- trying to be like other colleges, COA has teaches students to get an education so ministrator. Because of that closeness, I found a niche and a specific purpose, and they can make a positive impact on the think I can have a direct, positive in- it is striving to meet that purpose. COA world." fluence on students." - Elena Tuhy 7 The Maine Coast Scenic Workshop Natural History COA in Summer also sought answers to environmental Museum News Becomes a Common problems, but with a wider geographical scope than the state of Maine alone. The Ground for Dialogue more than 100 participants gathered to ad- dress the issue of coastal preservation in- cluded conservationists, planners, and This summer, COA hosted two conferen- environmental action workers from ces aimed at resolving conflicts between England, New Brunswick, two Caribbean environmental and economic interests: islands, and numerous coastal New "Eco-Eco" and The Maine Coast Scenic England communities. Workshop. In each of these countries and regions, Eco-Eco (which is shorthand for "Ecol- the scenic beauty of the coastal areas is ogy and Economy") focused on mitigating threatened by economic development, yet the present conflict between the interests the economies of these areas depend large- of business and the interests of environ- ly on tourism. Peter Mansfield, a regional mentalism. This conference brought land agent with the National Trust in Craig Kesselheim together leaders of Maine's environmental England, said, "Tourism is a major and business communities for two days of With the departure of Museum Director employer in an area of high unemploy- intensive discussion in early August. Fielding Norton to attend graduate ment. Unfortunately the contrived attrac- Representatives from the Natural school, and an increasing interest in the tions and tacky 'tourist traps' which Resource Council, Maine Audubon museum and its programs, the Board of constitute a major source of employment Society, the Nature Conservancy, and Trustees appointed a task force of trus- are spoiling the tourist industry's greatest Maine Coast Heritage Trust spoke for tees and faculty in June to look into the fu- asset: the area's natural beauty and cul- Maine's environmentalists. The business ture of COA's Natural History Museum. ture." Trustee Peter Sellers was appointed chair community was represented by executives Participants in the three-day workshop of the task force and has also been meet- from Bath Iron Works, Central Maine discussed some of their common problems ing with interested community members Power Company, the State Chamber of and various methods for identifying and for their input. Commerce, Sawyer Environmental, and preserving scenic coastal areas. Among The daily operation of the Museum Georgia Pacific, among others. the methods suggested for preserving land has been assigned to Craig Kesselheim Also in attendance were State govern- were: change property tax systems to en- '76, who was chosen to serve as the Inter- ment representatives from the Depart- courage low impact use; establish land im Director of the museum for the 1990- ment of Environmental Protection, the trusts and enact conservation easements; 91 year. Kesselheim's background is Department of Economic and Community involve the Department of Transportation primarily in the biological sciences and Development, the State Planning Office, in the protection of scenic resources along teaching. A founding member of Allied the Office of Waste Management, the highways; and encourage ecologically Whale while he was a student, Kesselheim Land Use Regulatory Commission, and sound land improvements. went on to earn his Master of Arts in the Public Utilities Commission. To prevent degradation of both the en- Teaching from Bridgewater State College The purpose of the conference was to vironment and the economy, Richard in Massachusetts, and taught in the find a common ground from which to Lloyd, head of the National Parks and Wyoming school system for six years. begin the process of problem-solving. Col- Planning Branch of the Countryside Com- Before returning to Maine, Kesselheim laboration and negotiation were em- mission in England, states that, "Economic served as Director of Education at the phasized. Discussion of key issues such as growth must be sustained." Participants Teton Science School in Wyoming. state energy policy and procedures of the agreed that education is a must: long-term Kesselheim sees in the Natural History Environmental Protection Agency, al- reconciliation between conservation and Museum's programs and exhibits an un- though not entirely harmonious, was posi- economic development will require an tapped resource for the Teacher Educa- tive and constructive, according to educated and concerned public who will tion Program. He and Etta Mooser, conference co-chair, Warren Cook, Presi- support preservation efforts. Associate Academic Dean and Education dent of the Sugarloaf Corporation. College of the Atlantic has Professor, are considering team-teaching Working groups were established to ex- demonstrated deep commitment to parts of their respective methods courses plore ways to develop trust between en- facilitating the resolution of problems vironmental and business communities in the winter term. Those portions that which are fundamentally human ecological focus on science methods will probably be and to priortize and address environmen- by sponsoring these two conferences, held in the museum. During spring term, tal and economic issues. William Haggett, which sought to increase public awareness Kesselheim will be supervising student Chairman of Bath Iron Works and co- of local and international issues. teachers, and in the fall he plans to teach chair of the conference, acknowledged The environmental and economic the Museum Outreach Practicum, a that the conference at COA was "The first problems facing Maine are complex, but course frequently taken by students in the time in memory that leaders on both sides the fact that they are shared by com- Teacher Education Program. of these issues sat down and began to talk munities throughout the world will help Kesselheim has developed a "Career out their differences." This summer's con- solutions come easier if individuals can Speaker Series" at COA which addresses ference will not be the last; the group come together and discuss the issues. Eco- concerns and explores possibilities for stu- decided to meet again in six months to Eco and the Maine Coast Scenic dents who plan to be teachers. Speakers continue discussion and review proposals Workshop provide models of successful are scheduled throughout the year on a in detail. This will be followed by a third collaborative efforts to solve human variety of topics. meeting next summer at COA. ecological problems. - Elena Tuhy - Wendy Doherty 8 and three men; seven fresh out of high school and three transfer- OOPs! ring from other institutions; ages 17 to 29; residents of Connec- ticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Editor's note: The following is a personal account by Gary Friedmann, Rhode Island and Vermont. Director of Development at COA, of his OOPs experience. Backpacking a portion of Maine's "100-mile Wilderness" -- a Each September, one week before classes begin, COA introduces stretch of the Appalachian Trail connecting remote lakes, entering students to the splendors of Maine's streams, gorges, ridges, peaks, and seldom-travelled logging natural places and to each other through a roads provided the context ritual known as the Outdoor Orientation for our introduction to Col- Program or simply, "OOPs". lege of the Atlantic. We had This year, ten experienced staff, faculty, five goals (beyond having a trustees, and upperclassmen led 45 new stu- great deal of fun in the dents in several small groups: canoeing the process of delivering oursel- Allagash Wilderness Waterway; kayaking ves, packs on backs, safely around Mount Desert Island; bicycling from back to the trailhead in Mon- Nova Scotia to Maine, and backpacking on son): the Appalachian Trail. provide an open, free- "There's a certain magic of shared adven- wheeling forum for dis- ture," says Ted Koffman, director of the Out- cussing academic and door Orientation Program. "Prevailing student life; help each student realize that she or he is not alone in feeling anxiety or fear about starting a new (college) experience, and ad- dressing those feelings; build self-confidence and coopera- tive problem-solving skills that can be applied to academic assign- ments and other challenges; develop a support network of friends strong enough to last through their years at COA; and connect the intellectual study of human ecology with experience in the wild, unameliorated splendor together through the challenges of the of the natural world. trip, students who might not have be- Perhaps the ultimate value of come friends often form life-long OOPS lies in its unspoken message to new bonds." students: The path to a human ecology de- Over the course of six days, Mike gree begins with striving toward deeper Whitehead '91 and I hiked, climbed, campfires with 10 new students. They were a diverse group: seven women GARY FRIEDMANN knowledge of oneself -- and rediscovering cooked, ate, swam, talked, and shared the innate human ability to cooperatively achieve mutual goals. - Gary Friedmann On a sunny Sunday afternoon in For several days preceding the ser- Memorial Service August, family and friends held a vice, there had been intermittent fog memorial service in tribute to Tom at Held For Tom Hall and much rain. Sunday, August 12th, the Asticou Azalea Garden in Northeast began in a similar gloomy manner, but Harbor. Mary (Mrs. Thomas S.) Hall by noon the sky had begun to lighten. Early this summer, the COA community and the family were assisted by friends Magically, a half hour before the service was deeply saddened by the death of Dr. and members of the College staff in ar- was scheduled to begin, the grass and Thomas S. Hall, who died at age 81 on ranging the service, which they called "A trees of the Asticou Gardens' north June 12, 1990, in St. Louis, Missouri Concert of Thanksgiving." The after- lawn were glistening brilliantly in the (COA News, Summer 1990 issue). Chair- noon was filled with reminiscences by sun. As the gentle music of the strings man of the Board of Trustees from 1984 Neva Goodwin and August Heckscher; filled the small glade, approximately 125 to 1986, Tom Hall was friend, mentor readings by Mimi Tompkins Houghton, friends and family gathered to pay and colleague to so many at the College, Tom's daughter; and musical pieces per- tribute. They knew that Tom would have as he was to countless others across the formed by the Composers String Quar- been as moved as they were by the com- country who had the good fortune to tet and mezzo-soprano Mary Ann Hart. ing together of all elements so beautiful- know him. A blessing was given by the Reverend ly to achieve this memorable occasion. Paul Gilbert. - Charles Hesse 9 April Fossum oil on canvas 1990 (below) ALIVE AT COLLEGE OF THE ATLANTIC John Cooper, professor of music, rehearsing with JP-700 students for the fall production of Iolanthe, which was Jason Devine directed by photograph Lucy Bell Sellers 1990 (left) (above) TIM CASE work: "He gave me new ways of living and A Parent's Perspective of COA thinking. I studied his books, was a par- ticipant in his workshops, and then later I was a staff person in the workshops." De events: Gilbert's retirement, their 30th Marginac was impressed that there were wedding anniversary, and seeing Jean for few differences between what Rogers the first time since Christmas. "It's always wrote and what he was like in person. "He a feast when we can meet Jean again," his was so honest in his books that you mother explained. The de Marginacs had couldn't be disappointed," she said. Over joined Jean in San Francisco, where Jean their years of working together, de Mar- was finishing his internship. All three then ginac became friends with Rogers and his flew together to Bar Harbor so Mme. de daughter, Natalie, who has continued her Marginac could finally see the place she father's work. had heard and read so much about. De Marginac is very interested in "It is so beautiful here," she said. Human Ecology and spent much time dis- "When I read about this college, I thought cussing the subject and reading up on it that Carl Rogers could have started it, it while she was at COA. She says she was was so close to his thinking. From what I surprised to find no mention of meditation Solange de Marginac read, COA has a very humanistic ap- in all that she has read on COA's ap- When Solange de Marginac of Switzer- proach." De Marginac worked with proach to human ecology: "Meditation land first heard of College of the Atlantic, Rogers for many years, up until his death would be a valuable approach to human she knew she wanted to visit. But it wasn't last year. Rogers, a well-respected ecology because of its power to help until nearly four years later, when her son psychologist, advanced the idea of people explore themselves, and life." She Jean was a fourth year student, that she humanistic psychotherapy. One of his bet- indicated that she wouldn't mind being the finally was able to come. "My husband, ter-known books is On Becoming a Person. one to teach such a course, saying, "Young Gilbert, retired and the next day we were While she was at COA in October, de people are so fresh and open to under- on the plane," she explained. Marginac spoke with Richard Borden's standing these ideas." The de Marginac's trip to the United psychology class about Rogers. She ex- - Elena Tuhy States was planned to celebrate three plained how her life was influenced by his 10 enemy out of any of them." Although he linois for eight days while his bike was COA Student Bikes had the opportunity to meet many fixed. bicyclists, he didn't ride with others for From Illinois to Bar Harbor on the Across the Country more than an hour at a time. He did ride Northern- Tier Route, Jeff averaged 110 with two of his uncles on different oc- miles a day. At the base of the Kan- This summer COA student Jeff Miller casions. One uncle met him near Eugene, camagus Pass in New Hampshire, Jeff ventured to cross the United States by Oregon and they rode together for two met Mark Griffith, who Jeff affectionately bicycle. On June 5, 1990, Jeff and his trus- days. After the Pacific coast, Jeff rode the refers to as his "saving angel." Mark's com- ty Trek 600 Touring bike boarded a bus in Transamerican route, stopping in Boise, panionship was an exception to the trip. Petersburg, Illinois and headed for San Idaho, for a family reunion. Then he They rode together for three days, arriv- Francisco. Ninety-six hours later the man passed through part of the Great Parks ing in Bar Harbor August 20th. Once they and his bike arrived on the west coast, and route and stopped in Denver to visit reached Bar Harbor, they made a victory on June 11 Jeff set off on his 5,400 mile another uncle, who biked with him to the journey to Bar Harbor, Maine. Kansas border. lap up Cadillac Mountain, where they Prior to this endeavor, Jeff had been By this time Jeff was biking about 100 were greeted by a group of cheering COA community members. an avid bicyclist, although he had never ridden more than fifty miles in one day. His goal was to pace himself at sixty-five miles a day in order to arrive back at COA in time for the start of fall term on September 10. He followed the bike routes mapped by Bikecentennial, an or- ganization which has mapped bicycle routes throughout the United States. The first leg of the journey took Jeff north from San Francisco along the Pacific coast toward Oregon. The first three days were the most physically demanding for Jeff because of the chal- lenge of getting his body in shape and the strain of facing a stiff headwind. On the west coast, the wind always blows from north to south. Jeff found himself facing not only a head wind for ten straight days, ELENA TUHY but also the remarks from California bicyclists he met along the way who told Jeff Miller cruises down Cadillac Mountain after biking across the country. him he was crazy. Jeff claims that if it was miles a day. He usually camped in the less Jeff said that ending the trip on the top not for the intense beauty of the Pacific expensive state and city parks, which of Cadillac Mountain "was like putting a coast, the wind would have broken him. average no more than three dollars a period on the end of a sentence." And a He says he plans to return to that gor- night. He spent a few nights in backyards big sentence that was. In the end, Jeff had geous area, although next time he will be and one in a church basement. He figures traveled 500 miles by car and 4,900 miles sure to be riding in the opposite direction. he didn't spend more than forty dollars on on bike. The most he covered in one day Jeff says, however, that the physical camping, although he spent twice as much was 138 miles, and his fastest speed was stress was nothing compared to the emo- on maps. 54 miles an hour. Says Jeff, "It was like tional stress of being alone. For the first For the first part of his journey, Jeff breaking the sound barrier." two weeks he would have an emotional got his food from grocery stores, where he Highlights of the trip include "riding" crisis at least once a day, thinking of the would shop twice a day: once in the morn- into COA professor Ken Cline at a park weeks ahead: "I'll die first. Something will ing for breakfast and lunch foods, then in Oregon and passing fellow student go wrong before I can see my friends again for dinner and early morning Michelle Brigham on a road in Wyoming. again." This led him to strike up conversa- snacks. He would prepare dinner on his These encounters shocked him into realiz- tions with just about anyone he met on the stove wherever he set up camp. ing that maybe the country wasn't so vast road. Riding the established bike routes Between San Francisco and Denver, after all. In addition, he had interviews meant security in meeting other bicyclists he ate in restaurants only three times. with radio and television reporters, an ar- and the reassurance that the local people However, after his uncle treated him to ticle in his hometown newspaper, and his along the routes were accustomed to such dinner at a restaurant in Denver, Jeff was photo in The Bar Harbor Times. activity. He met many friendly people hooked. From then on, for every 100 miles Since his return, Jeff has continued to along the way, but he claims that Kansas accomplished in a day he treated himself ride his bicycle. He bikes to and from was the friendliest state because the to a meal on the town. Between Denver town, and in late September he par- people were the most hospitable. and Bar Harbor Jeff cooked for himself ticipated in the Tour d'Acadia, in which Jeff made a point of being nice to only three more times. he placed 11th out of 145 cyclists. everyone. He said, "You could never be Jeff's fears of his bike's breaking down When asked if he would advise others sure who was going to be in the next Win- become reality on the Missouri/Illinois to bike across the country, Jeff said, nebago moving up along side of you in the border en route to his hometown. His "Don't think about whether you can do it. road; you sure wouldn't want to make an father picked him up and he stayed in Il- Think about how you can do it." - Heather Sisk 11 brought by a thriving tourist economy. Bali Through the Eyes of a Human Ecologist From the historical perspective, it is quite obvious that Balinese culture is not static. It is dynamic, adopting outside elements to Editor's note: Laura Cohn '88 returns to Bali in Interacting with these diverse varying extent, as long as those elements December. She is currently applying to graduate landscapes are the Balinese. An unusually do not directly attack the existing basic schools with the intention of studying geography. outgoing and friendly people, they share Laura can be reached at: P.O. Box 44, Ubud concepts. As one Balinese told me, "My the small island with the gods and spirits, 80571, Bali, Indonesia. relationship with my gods is older than tourists and expatriates alike. Through capitalism and greed." The inherent wis- In the archipelago-country of Indonesia their mystical Hindu culture shines a sits the province of Bali, a small volcanic dom in the people's understanding of reverence for life expressed with grand island eight degrees south of the equator. dynamic change is the foundation rituals and for both traditional and modern To reach Bali, I fly half-way around the subtle ges- earth, 12 hours back in time, across the Balinese society. tures. Fes- dateline into tomorrow. For the third con- I experience Bali through the tivals, secutive year I am preparing to leave our eyes of a human ecologist. Although ceremonies, Eden to spend the winter and spring on the Balinese terminology and con- art, dances, this other, comparably magical and stun- ceptual framework may differ from temple ning island. My choice arouses people's my own, I am convinced that a processions, curiosity and I am constantly bombarded human ecological philosophy is the and other ac- with "Why Bali?" There is no easy answer. foundation of this dynamic place. tivities take The reasons are multi-layered; some readi- The Balinese culture is a unique and ly understandable, others less tangible, place almost rich blend of ancient rituals com- more abstract. On the surface, it is a continuously. bined with new ideas and influences. beautiful and fascinating Religion per- Their religion is Balinese-Hindu place. Below the surface, it is coupled with components of even more so. Animism and Buddhism. Upon my Indonesia, the fifth most first visit I was impressed with a populous country in the world so integrated that it disclosed world, consists of 13,677 is- little or no fragmentation between lands stretching 3,200 miles meates Balinese the people's work, ritual, religion, play, along the equator. Bali society; it is dance, life. Everything seems interwoven, claims only a tiny minority of everywhere. Like compatible. In the West, one may aspire to Indonesia's citizens, with 2.5 rice and tea, it is a balanced, integrated lifestyle, yet our million on an island about their sustenance. conditioning is strongly rooted in the per- four times the size of Mount There is much to ception of life having polar opposites, Desert Island. It challenges learn from a culture mutually exclusive choices: good/bad, most Westerners' imagina- seemingly so idyllic work/play, masculine/feminine. For Hindu- tions to envision a land so yet filled with com- Balinese, the separations are not so lush and picturesque yet in- plexities and con- divisive or exclusive. Instead there is a habited so densely. Bali's tradictions. I fly into third position balanced between the two: terraced landscape imprints a land where yester- the "center." This notion of three forces, breathtaking images in the minds of all day and tomorrow are at once the same. In overlapping and interdependent -- the who have seen them, and also provides one many places, surprisingly little has three together constituting a whole lies of the most abundant rice harvests changed since European visitors first came close to the center of Hindu theology. anywhere in the world. The beaches and in the 1930's. Today, in transition, Bali is Everyone and everything strives for warm emerald blue waters lure interna- confronted with modernization. New balance. It is this human ecological prin- tional tourists for inexpensive, decadent money and technology challenge the pace cipal of holistic thinking that attracts me to retreats, while 10,000 foot volcanoes soar at which time can absorb change. My Bali. To witness this concept in living prac- up through the clouds to the heavens. generation is the first to grow up in the tice compels me to return again and again. presence of contemporary material values - Laura Cohn COA NEWS NON-PROFIT ORGANIZ. COLLEGE OF THE ATLANTIC U.S. POSTAGE PAID BAR HARBOR, ME 105 Eden Street PERMIT #47 Bar Harbor, Maine 04609 ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED