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Vol. XV, No.3
SALVE REGINA COLLEGE.JNeport, Rhode Island
December- Januacy
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Mrs. . Catol Storez, Director of Extension Services, pauses brief~ ly amidst the . flurry of her, da.lly activitiee.
by Susanne Neely Moving swiftly across Salve's campus is : the · figure of MI'S. Carol Storez, Director of Extension Services, who graduated · with an A.B. in Political Science from the University of Chicago and came to Salve's Division of Community Education in Augus't of 1972. Mrs. Storez is herself typical of the diversity and expansion characterizing the people and efforts of the division. Community Education (C.E.) strives to offer 'the facilities of the college to the non-traditional t u d e n t , accomplishing this through various outlets. Mrs. Storez first ou'tlined the speci-
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fie needs of the part-Ume student pursuing a bachelor or !iSsociate degree. Two areas operating Jn conjunction under the degree programs are, first, a large number of educational opportunities organized specifically for veterans, co-ordinated by Karl Nykaza, and secondly the Law -Enforcement Division, coordinated by Sister Ann Nelson. Law-Enforcement enrollees comprise the majority of students within C.E. Common areas of minor concentration by this group are history, politics, sociplogy, and psychology. Fulfilling the special needs of unclassified s t u d e n t s desiring
certain courses, she continued, Salve's . non-credit offerings of reasonable cost. Registration for is also the concern of C.E. A-lready possessing a bachelors dethese courses is open to all ages, gree or not pursuing one, such whether a high schooler or senstudents are generally motivated ior citizen (who may participate by personal or professional beneat half-price) . Over 60 people . fit. These courses, often held in participated in the unique op,.. seminar form serve such fields portunity for personal enrichment offered by the first minias nursing interests as in fulfilling possible voluntary ·nurssemester. ing requirements; psychological .E xpanding into the community interests as found in the lecitself is the 'fourth field, that of tures of Dr. Darby on dealing , community associated develo~ with the dying; and educationaL ment in which she works with interests as found in the illSister V i r g i n i a W a 1 s h, Coservice training for teachers. ordinator of Community SerSuccessfully born this fall was vices. Here the college-communthe mini-semester, which has ity .liason directly benefits the commurdty. · brought much at t e n t i o n to
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by Regina Tracy At the risk of sounding un-American, un-Christian, and like a ·person who kick chihuahuas, I have a confession - I ·loathe and abhor Christmas shopping. People have pictures of Santa Claus - I treasure companion mezzotints of Ebeneezer Scrooge and Jacob Marley. My idea of Christmas shopping is to breeze 't hrough Lord and Taylor's or Tiffany's, deftly wielding a credit card with a liveried chauffeur in tow carrying exquisitely wrapped packages. However, .liveried chauffeurs are short in supply (to be fair, my friend, Rick, .:did offer to dress in his tuxedo, but we both 't hought he would look somewhat absurd prowling about in Woolworth's). My shopping forays are such things as nightmares and analysts' incomes are made of. When I cannot put it off any longer (like about 11:45 on December 24) I venture into the business districts. First, I I think I pick the wrong stores. They are rather unprepossessing, and the sidewalks leading to them are covered witl). varied and unappealing items like foaming cauldrons, skeletons of Dodo birds, and battered rabbits' watches inscribed "With love from the whole :Wonderland crowd." As ought to be expected, the interiors are somewhat "different" to employ the euphemism of this or any other century; I generally ·walk ou't with an antique automaton which warbles "The Critic's Song" from "II Literati", gaily festooned packages containing baby snakes, and a vague, undefined fee~ing of nausea. "Straight" stores are almost worse. Steering a path through mama dolls, papa dolls, and mama and papa dolls, I am invariably confronted by signs telling me that what my six year old sister rea.lly yearns for is her very own live giraffe. So now I gauge proximity of Christmas by the increasing severity of migraine headaches. While persuing the classifieds for unemployed chauffeurs I can't help but spare a thought for one of the great, unsung philosophers of our times - Ebeneezer, you were right!
Students' Projects Enhance lnteri.m Bicentennial Course The "Spirit .of '76", featured in Salve Regina's ·. January interim .course, will be especially spirited with the ·_added dimensimi of three student projects. Participating are Terri Kubit.schek, Regina Tracy, and Peggy decora.Munson . .in . the dramatic, .
tive and musical arts, respectively. Following research . of the .drama of the colonial period, Terri · Kubitschek will serve as production manager to director Miss Joan David and assistant Miss Paula O'Malley for the
'Majority ·of . Faculty Votes To Retain Modified Core In a majority vote at its November 28 meeting, the faculty . indicated its intention to retain the general education core curriculum for the incoming freshmen next .year. However, some 'modifications will be made. Discussion centered around a proposal submitted by the area chB.irnien and resource personnel of the GEC. Both parts of the proposal were accepted by a majority of the faculty present at the meeting. "The freshman year of the core is to be allowed to stand as is for the present. There will be subsequent cont!!nt modifications found necessary as mere
feedback data are available," the proposal read. "The sophomore year will be restructured so that all students will be able to participate in the core and also meet the demands of their individual disciplines. This restructuring is to be done by reducing the time allotment from 8 to 4 hours .per semester in the sophomore year. Other details will be charged -to the ECO core committee wi_th participation by interested faculty members," it continued. Prior 't o the meeting this proposal had b e e n unanimously passed by area chairmen .and resource personnel.
January 18 production of Royall Tyler's comedy of manners,· The Contrast. Tyler's play bears 't he distinction of being the first professionally p r o d u c e d native American comedy. In capturing the spirit of the times, the theatre division aims to brlng a bit of the early American stage to the corner of Leroy and Webster .Avenues. Regina Tracy ls planning a January 19 ·decorative arts exhibit which will display objects that would have furnished an upper-middle class household in N e w E n g 1 an d prior to 'the Revolution. In effect, the exhibit will show that aesthetics were important to the American colonists. Display objects will indude furniture, pewter textiles ,a nd Chinese export porcelain, all on, loan from the RISD Museum, the Newport Historical Society, and private donors. · With the assistance of· Sister M a r i a n n e Postiglione, Peggy Munson is coordinating a program of colonial music for a January 15 presentation. It is best described as a sing-along workshop, or a "hootenanny" 'w ith colonial music. ·
Co-ordinator of Comniunity Services by Kathy Stevens There is a new person on campus, Sister Virginia Walsh R.S.M., who is the co-ordinator for community services for Salve Regina College. Sister Virginia Walsh came to Salve Regina College this September and joined the Continuing Education Office. The purpose of her job, according to Sister Virginia, is to provide "a lia&.on between the college comm~ity and the general community." . The job of co-ordinator for comlnunity services emphasizes meeting, talking with people in the community, assessing . the needs of the community and then bringing an awareness of these
things to the college community. Sister Virginia is working wth the facutly, students, and administration to help meet 'these needs: The response of the faculty and the students so far has been receptive. The faculty and students,- Sister Virginia says, "recognize the need" to get involved with the community. The success of these programs depends on the efforts of the faculty and students. Students should reflect 191d consider if they could donate a small part of their time working in and with the community. Sister Virginia says, "No matter where one's talents lie, there is something for everyone to do." Types of services that the col-
lege might lend 'to the community are volunteer services, workihops, in-service programs, panel discussions and research work. The first event arranged by Sister Virginia . for the elderly in the community was the Senior Citizen's Night performance of The Prime of Mlsa Jean Brodie at Salve's Creative Arts .Center. Sister Virginia at the moment is trying to meet the faculty and students. She is working on a tutoring p r o g r a m for disadvantaged children at the Martin Luther King Center and the Catholic Information Service in Newport with the aid of faculty and students. At the present time a Meals On Wheels program is being arranged for the elderly in the community.
These programs, according to Sister Virginia, should "assist and improve the situation in the lives of others and help people achieve their human dignity in life." Before coming to Salve Regina College, Sister Virginia had a great deal of experience working with the people in a community, She was a principal at a large inner city grammar school in Providence. On Monday, Wednesday and Thursday Sister Virginia works out of her office in the Continuing Education Office on the second floor of Ochre Court. She also works at different schools setting up special programs for math instruction on Tuesday and Friday.
In this guickly paced life, how fortunate a person is 'to possess the soul of the Christmas season. For true Christmas spirit provides a refreshing opportunity for reorientation of thought. It provides a time to drift backward, to revel iq the · memories of softly colored lights, -the fragrance of evergreen, and a warmth that has pierced human . hearts for 2000 years. • Memories are the "stuff" that Christmas is made of. Best wishes for a memoryfilled - and memorable holiday! Terri Kubitschek
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