Hall Joins Alumni Staff

Julie A. Hall joined the Alumni Office at Eastern this fall as assistant director of alumni relations. "We are delighted with the tremendous talent and experience that Julie is bringing to the EWU alumni family," says Terry Flynn, director of alumni relations.

Hall comes to Eastern from Washington State University, where she served as assistant director for community relations with the Office of Multicultural Student Services. Prior to that, she was director of programs, marketing and intramurals at Cal Poly Pomona. Julie's husband, Lorenzo, joined EWU in June as assistant men's basketball coach. They are proud parents of a one-year old daughter, Brianna.

Hall's degrees include a bachelor of science in recreation and a master of public administration, both from California State University, Hayward.

Nominations Being Sought

The Eastern Washington University College of Business and Public Administration is seeking nominations for the Distinguished Alumnus of the Year Award. The winner will be recognized at a college awards event in the spring of 2000. Nominations must be received by February 27, 2000.

Nominees must hold an undergraduate or graduate degree from EWU in business administration, business education, public administration, urban and regional planning or health services administration. Selection criteria includes innovative accomplishments, professional achievements, leadership and community service.

Please mail, fax or e-mail nominations and reasons why you believe the individual nominated should be selected as the Distinguished Alumnus of the Year (along with the nominee's name, address and your name, address and phone number) by February 27, 2000 to:

Distinguished Alumnus of the Year Office of the Dean College of Business and Public Administration Eastern Washington University 668 N. Riverpoint Blvd., Suite A Spokane, WA 99202-1660 FAX: (509) 358-2238 e-mail: djennings@ewu.edu

For more information about the Distinguished Alumnus of the Year award, please call (509) 358-2237.

Thanks to Alumni Hosts!

The Office of Admissions would like to extend a heartfelt THANK YOU to all of our supporters who graciously hosted our Fall "Sneak Preview" Information Night programs!

Our success is complemented by your continuous support!

Gail and Eric Spolar - C-TRAN, Clark County PTBA, Vancouver WA
Jerry Litt - Lacey City Hall, Olympia WA
Donna Magruder - Battelle Pacific Northwest Labs., Tri-Cities WA
Randy Templeton - Central Kitsap High School, Silverdale WA
Dennis Worsham - Snohomish Health District, Everett WA
Rob Cross - Micron Technologies, Boise, ID
Charles H. Collins - Boeing Flight and Safety Center, Renton WA
Spencer Sherwood - Baumgardner Imaging, Inc., Yakima WA

Summer 2000 - Join Students in these Special Summer Programs:

Evolution of British
Cities How do cities evolve, from their early beginnings to present day? How does a historic city change and progress through the passage of time to meet dynamic new demands on their structure. Travel with students to Great Britain (Liverpool and Bristol) to learn more about cities and how they grow up. (A pre-travel session (lectures and field trip) looking at Spokane's South Hill is optional.)

• Pre-travel session - July 5-7, 2000
• Travel session to United Kingdom - July 10-21, 2000
• $1232 for alumni/staff (includes bed-and-breakfast/dormitory type lodging, and ground transportation, does not include airfare, lunch or dinner). You will be traveling with students who will be taking the course for credit. EWU instructor Bill Grimes will lead the group.

Theatre in Great Britain
The theatre scene in London is like no other in the world. You will view seven plays in four distinct venues (West End, Fringe, nationally sponsored theatres, e.g., Royal National Theatre of England, Globe) plus three guided tours (London, London backstage, Theatre Museum). Travel with students and soak up the theatrical London atmosphere.

• Travel dates July 26-August 2, 2000
• $1195 for alumni-staff (includes bed-and-breakfast lodging (with a full English breakfast each day) and theatre tickets; does not include airfare, ground transportation, lunch or dinner). You will be traveling with students who will be taking the course for credit. EWU faculty Edie Evans will lead the group.

Summer Writing Workshop in Dublin, Ireland
The Summer Writing Workshop is located at the Irish Writer's Centre in Dublin, Ireland, next door to the Writer's Museum, which records Dublin's unique history as home to some of the world's greatest literary figures. The Workshop features intensive discussion of participants' work in a supportive, individually-tailored setting, including small-group tutorials and conferences with core faculty members. Workshop sessions are in both verse and prose. A writing sample is due at time of application.

• Tuition is $825; housing is available at Trinity College for $663.
• Class dates: August 7-18
• EWU faculty John Keeble will lead the group.

Note: This travel program is only available with the for credit option.

For details on any of these three programs, call 1-800-999-8363, (509) 623-4334, or fax (509)623-4354.

EWU Night at the Chiefs

As an EWU alumnus, you're invited to attend EWU Night at the Spokane Chiefs on March 10 at 7 pm in the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena. Cheer on the Spokane Chiefs Hockey Team, sit with other EWU alums, and get $2.50 off the price of your seats! To order tickets, call the Spokane Chiefs at (509) 328-0450. Ask for Jim Peterson and indicate you are part of the "Eastern Night" group to obtain your discount.

L.A. Hall Memories

In the last issue of Perspective, we asked former residents of Louise Anderson Hall– recently renovated and reopened as a residence hall – to tell us about their experiences there. Below are the nostalgic responses received.

Louise Anderson Hall. Well, the mental picture of this old place really brings me back. It brings me to a time long ago, 1980, when life was full of excitement, change and challenge. Life was so easy and hard all at the same time.

I was a freshman at Eastern in 1980. I had graduated from Bremerton High School in June of that year. Within a week of graduation, my parents packed up and moved to Maryland to stay. I was asked if I would like to go. But, given that I was going to be starting my university football career in a few months, I declined. I was also very much in love with my high school sweetheart.

In the second week of August of 1980, I first showed up in Cheney to stay.

It was hot and dry, unlike the conditions of western Washington. I was nervous, excited, scared and home sick all at the same time. I was only 18 years old and had really never lived on my own. Then again, the life that I had known for so many years was now changed forever. I could not go back and really didn't want to.

When I showed up for training camp that first year, I was met by my new parents, at least for the next five years: Dick Zornes, Larry Hattamer and Jake Cabell. They took me in and introduced me to their training program, the rest of the team and LA Hall.

I walked into LA Hall with all of my worldly possessions, which were limited to the back of my '67 Pontiac. The rooms were dark and smelled as though they had been closed up tight for some time. Although the rooms were large, sort of, there were four beds, four night stands and four chairs. I later found that there were three other football players who would be my roommates for the duration of training camp.

In the summer the campus is deserted. We were the only ones there, other than a few international students who weren't able to go home for the summer. So, we had the place to ourselves. This included Tawanka. This is a good thing, for the rest of the students. No one wants to be around a bunch of nasty, over worked, hormonally enriched football players at feeding time. About half way through our training camp, there came a very pleasant surprise. The volleyball team showed up. Girls. At last life was going to start again.

When we had finished our two weeks of training camp, hell, we were able to celebrate a little. We had a rookie night. If you haven't seen a rookie night for a bunch of 20 something males who have been penned up and worked into the ground, you would be in for a real treat. Or, shock, whatever the case may be. As a rookie, it was your job to hold the bags in tackling drills, stand in the right formation, memorize the plays of other teams and to provide entertainment on rookie night.

You, as a rookie, had to come up with a skit, song, dance, limerick or just about anything that would make fun of yourself or someone else. I had not realized that there was so much talent on our team. (This, of course, excluded me.) I was, however, fortunate enough to share a room with a couple of jesters who managed to come up with an idea for a skit that was more than hilarious, at least we thought so. The skit was based on a men's razor commercial. The gist of it was to have a test comparison between two razors. Our show included a Vanna White lookalike (except for the fact that Vanna is not 6'4" 200+ with a mustache). We found the key to a successful skit is timing and placement of your props. I did not mention the props, or volunteers, who had to receive the razor blade. The volunteers, me being one of them, were to have the blade to their cheek. Not funny enough? Well, the cheeks were of the posterior type. Our friend Vanna enjoyed this skit too much for my liking (Aaron Voelker). The commentator (Jimmy McEllwayne) did his best to make it through his lines without bursting into laughter with the rest of the crowd. All of the antics of rookie night took place in the commons room or TV room in LA Hall. With all the blinds drawn on its large windows. We did have some pride.

Your mention of LA Hall brings me back to a place nearly 20 years away. I now sit back, while sitting behind this rather hectic desk with its mounds of papers, phone calls and stresses, and think of a time where I had no gray hair, no cares and no money. Boy did I have fun.

Thank you for listening to my rambling nostalgia.

– Paul Chase
'85 Claims Manager
The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia Vancouver, BC

I lived in LA Hall for the four years I went to school. Mrs. Allen was the director and called the Dorm Mother. Her helpers were called the "Mouse," what are now known as RAs.

I liked LA Hall, because you could move the furniture around. I had a room with two roommates, which if one was mad at you, there was still someone to talk to! The ones living next door to me were from a town next to my home town. We realized how small the world really was! We had to be in our dorm by a certain time or we were locked out and got in trouble for not being in! Then later our room key was able to unlock the front doors. We also couldn't have males in our rooms and they could only be in the lounge area. My, how times have changed.

– Linda Cloke, '89

I lived in the dormitory from 1951-1952 and then it was really called "New Dorm" and not "The Women's Dorm" as stated in the article. Even the yearbooks for those years call it "New Dorm."

I wore a turquoise uniform trimmed in orange and a little white apron when I worked in the serving line of New Dorm's dining hall for fifty cents an hour. This was enough money to pay for my room and board.

Men were not allowed in the dormitory rooms and on weeknights we had a ten o'clock curfew, when the front door was locked. Last-minute goodnights were said in the entryway.

My marriage to Bob Kalal, in March 1952, was the first wedding to take place in New Dorm's living room.

– Awanna Laughlin Kalal
class of 1953