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| Thursday, October 1st |
10:00 a.m.
Room B-17
Smullin Hall
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The Symphony Video Series: The Symphony in Russia
A powerful sense of Russian musical nationalism developed in the 1830s and 1840s when composers turned to folk song, dance, and the Russian language itself for melodic and rhythmic inspiration. The impact of these composers–Balakirev, Borodin, Rimsky-Korsakov, Glazunov, Prokofiev and others–was felt well into the 20th century.
Our presenter is ICL member Virginia Corrie-Cozart.
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11:00 a.m.
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Oregon Poetry Reading
Oregon has inspired poetry from early on, but it has been collected and anthologized most widely in the past eighty years. ICL members Lois Rosen, Virginia Corrie-Cozart, and others will read the works of poets represented in the newly established Oregon Poetry Collection at the State Library and try to put them into the context of place and time, and the literary expectations of the day.
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1:00 p.m.
Room B-17
Smullin Hall
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Visit with WU International Students
Here is your opportunity to show support for Willamette students and to also meet some wonderful young people, who are spending at least a semester at Willamette on leave from studies in their home countries. In past years this has turned out to be one of our most interesting and enjoyable sessions, as we host several international students who are attending Willamette University, and their advisor, Chris Andreasen. ICL will also host a reception in the Smullin basement lobby to follow the student presentations, where you will have the opportunity to meet some delightful young folks. This session is guaranteed to make the world seem a bit smaller.
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| Tuesday, October 6th |
10:00 a.m.
Room B-17
Smullin Hall
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World Oil Supply: At the Turning Point?
Peak oil is the premise that world oil production has reached its maximum and will soon begin to decline, with major economic and social implications. This presentation discusses evidence demonstrating that the peak is imminent, and supply alternatives such as enhanced oil recovery, nuclear power, coal, oil sands and oil shale, hydrogen, and renewables need to be given immediate and serious consideration. It then explores the likely impacts of peak oil on society and concludes with possible demand-side solutions, including recommendations from Portland’s Peak Oil Task Force.
John Kaufmann is Senior Policy Analyst with the Oregon Department of Energy. John has led energy efficiency and renewable energy efforts with the department for 25 years, helping to make Oregon a national leader.
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1:00 p.m.
Room B-17
Smullin Hall
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ONAMI : Oregon On the Cutting Edge
Oregon can strengthen its economic base by encouraging high tech development. Today's speaker is Robert "Skip" Rung, President and Executive Director, Oregon Nanoscience and Microtechnologies Institute (ONAMI). He will discuss ONAMI's origins, mission and structure as collaboration between multiple universities, research institutions and private industry to conduct cutting-edge research. Data will show how State of Oregon support has leveraged greater amounts of funds from private and other public sources. Cases will be described where ONAMI participation has led to commercial success. He will offer a few current projects that hold promise for the future.
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| Thursday, October 8th |
10:00 a.m.
Room B-17
Smullin Hall
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How Denmark Achieved Energy Independence
In 1973, Denmark was dependent upon Mideast oil to supply 99 per cent of its energy needs. With the onset of the Yom Kippur war, and the oil embargo, these supplies were cut off. This led to a severe energy and economic crisis in Denmark and other countries dependent upon this oil source. The crisis led the Danes to embark on a new energy policy to achieve complete energy independence. This presentation will describe the political culture that enabled the Danes to make this change, and the policy measures that were put into place to achieve this energy goal. Information will also be presented on the sources of renewable energy that were developed to attain the goal of energy independence. Current efforts to reduce carbon emissions will also be discussed.
Bob Thomas is a retired, California community college biology teacher and a member of ICL since 2001. He has traveled in Denmark on three different occasions and has an interest in Denmark's culture and policies.
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1:00 p.m.
Room B-17
Smullin Hall
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Golden Age of Musical Theatre (1950s) American Broadway Musicals
The list of tuneful hits introduced during this decade reads like a music buff’s dream, and the librettos, in many cases, were as strong as the scores. Along with more Rodgers & Hammerstein, we have Lerner & Loewe, Leonard Bernstein, and Frank Loesser, with shows like Guy & Dolls, The King and I, Can-Can, Kismet, Pajama Game, Damn Yankees, My Fair Lady, The Music Man, West Side Story, and The Sound of Music. ICL member Sally Schriver, as presenter, will have the pleasure of choosing recordings to supplement this lecture.
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| Tuesday, October 13th |
10:00 a.m.
Room B-17
Smullin Hall |
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Oregon Sesquicentennial (Part 1)
ICL member Bill Devery will share the history of his great-grandfather's smuggling of his former slave into Oregon despite Oregon's exclusionary laws governing Negroes. The background of these laws will include Oregon’s attempt to withdraw its ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment. Other local ordinances and local actions will also be considered. Other bits of general information may be added such as the Celestials (Chinese), Native Americans and his grandmother's settling on the Nez Perce reservation when the tribe was removed.
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11:00 a.m.
Room B-17
Smullin Hall
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Oregon Sesquicentennial (Part 2): In the Very Early Days of Oregon's History
Meet natives of this inhabited land: Sea Captains, Trappers and Traders, Explorers, Soul Savers, and Federal Sleuths. Presented by ICL members Phil and Erin Hanni.
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1:00 p.m.
Room B-17
Smullin Hall
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Oregon Sesquicentennial (Part 3):
• The Oliver Beers House
Our presenter is ICL member Francie Witteman, who restored a house that has a connection to Willamette University. Alanson Beers, the blacksmith for Jason Lee's mission and one of the founders of W.U., bought the mission farm that included this house. It was originally built to be the hospital for the mission, although never used for that function. Parts of the house were damaged in a flood and re-built by his son, Oliver Beers, in 1860. It is on the National Registry of Historical Landmarks as "The Oliver Beers House on the site of the Mission Hospital." The house is one mile south of the Willamette Mission State Park on Wheatland Road.
• 150 Years of Oregon Agriculture
"What is that crop growing there?" "What's that big field of yellow?" "What are those tall, very tall trees growing on miles and miles of orchards along I-84 near Boardman?" "How many different crops are grown in Oregon?" ICL member Bob Mitchell will try to enlighten the taste buds of ICL members with bits and pieces of Oregon's crops!
• Selected Short Topics
As time permits, various ICL members will share a short story that will reflect on Oregon’s 150 year history.
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2:00 p.m.
Room B-17
Smullin Hall
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Oregon Sesquicentennial (Part 4):
Important Oregon Politicos You've Never Heard Of!
Tom Marsh, retired Beaverton District teacher and former Oregon Legislator, will give us a historical perspective on politics in Oregon with a discussion of these four colorful Oregon politicians: George Chamberlain; Sylvester Pennoyer; Oswald West; and John Mitchell.
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| Thursday, October 15th |
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Fall Semester Field Trip – "Oregon at 150" History Tour
Details, including cost of reservation, will be added as arrangements are made at multiple destinations in the local area. Amy Vandegrift, Marion County Historical Society Executive Director, will accompany us as a narrator for our bus tour to historic sites in the area.
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| Tuesday, October 20th |
10:00 a.m.
Room 122
Ford Hall
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Lights, Camera, Action!
Cynthia Whitcomb, board member of the Governor’s Office of Film and Television, will provide an overview of the film and video industry in Oregon and then talk about her career as a successful Hollywood scriptwriter, author and teacher, and now playwright. Cynthia has sold over 70 feature-length screenplays and 29 of those screenplays were filmed. Her scripts for television and screen include “Buffalo Girls,” “I Know My First Name is Steven,” “Degree of Guilt,” and many others. She is president of Willamette Writers, Oregon’s largest writing organization. She also has written a book titled “The Writer's Guide to Writing Your Screenplay” and teaches screenwriting workshops in the Portland area.
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1:00 p.m.
Room 122
Ford Hall
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Rock ‘n’ Roll Reaches Broadway - American Broadway Musicals Video
Despite the title, there is very little R ‘n’ R in this lecture. It starts with Bye Bye, Birdie and ends with Hair, but most of the time is spent exploring musicals such as The Fantasticks, Camelot, Hello Dolly, Fiddler on the Roof, Man of La Mancha, and Cabaret.
Our presenter, Betty Kasoff, points out that by the 1960s, Rock and Roll was well established and generally viewed by older audiences as trash or worse. She will introduce Rock and Roll in its historical and cultural context, play some sample pieces and provide guidelines for distinguishing this genre, while the video will illustrate how this radical music adapted to a wider audience in its merger with the Broadway musical.
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| Thursday, October 22nd |
10:00 a.m.
Room 122
Ford Hall
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Change in China During the Last 30 years
Our presenter is Jay Chen, Instructor of Trumpet at WU. Jay will take us on a journey following the modern history of China, based on his own personal experience. He will speak about how China has changed politically in the last 30 years, and how these political changes have brought about amazing economic development, ranging from basic needs such as food, to taking vacations abroad. Most of us only know Jay Chen through the fine programs he has played for us as Willamette's Instructor of Trumpet, or in the Portland Opera Orchestra. However he also is a very active speaker about his motherland, since he grew up in China during the cultural revolution in the 60s, and witnessed how China gradually opened its doors to the West during 80s. Now he returns to China every year, so he is witnessing another Chinese "revolution."
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1:00 p.m.
Room 122
Ford Hall
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Images of Parents and Parenting in Painting and Poetry
We will examine images of parents in painting and poetry. Beginning with the Renaissance, we will look at the Renaissance concept of ideal beauty and see how that ideal was applied to the parent most often painted then–Mary–in works of Madonna and Child. From there, we will work our way through painting and poetry that wrangles with what it means to be a parent, ending in the early 20th century with Yeats’s “A Prayer for my Daughter.”
Our presenter is Colette Tennant, Professor of Humanities, Corban College.
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| Tuesday, October 27th |
10:00 a.m.
Room 122
Ford Hall
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Who was John Brown?
Few historical figures are as intriguing and controversial as John Brown, who is variously described as a terrorist and a saint. By placing Brown into a broad historical context, this program will explore the ways in which Brown was a man rooted in almost every important movement and event of 19th century America. Our presenter is Jennifer Jopp, WU Assistant Professor of History, and Editor, Willamette Journal.
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1:00 p.m.
Room 122
Ford Hall
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An Introduction to Geology – Karst Topography
The Nature of Earth video series introduces you to physical geology, the study of Earth's minerals, rocks, soils, and the processes that operate on them through time. Our lectures this term concentrate on Groundwater – a non-renewable resource. Caverns and caves, sinkholes, underground streams and aquifers; this is karst, and you have probably visited some of these landscapes around the world. ICL presenter is Nan Rittall; lecturer is John Renton, Ph.D., West Virginia University.
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2:00 p.m.
Room 122
Ford Hall
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Favorite Books
ICL members will make brief reports on favorite books they have recently read. If you would like to make a report, contact our ICL Favorite Book coordinator, Erin Hanni.
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| Thursday, October 29th |
10:00 a.m.
Room 122
Ford Hall
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The Symphony Video Series: Charles Ives
With Charles Ives, America could finally claim a distinctly American composer, who acknowledged and represented the diversity of the nation in his music. Ives freely used the popular music of his youth and technical experimentation to create a musical language all his own.
Our presenter is ICL member Virginia Corrie-Cozart.
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11:00 a.m.
Hudson Hall
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Multi-instrumentalist - Part Two
Mitch Iimori, who gave us just a sample of his 40 or so instruments in March 2007, has been invited back to show us more of his professional "doubler's" equipment and skills. Mitch is well known in Portland and Salem as a musician who handles multiple instruments in one performance setting. The list of his instruments includes all the woodwind instruments (oboe, clarinet, flute, bassoon, saxophone, recorder, etc.); strings (banjos, guitar, mandolin, hammer & mountain dulcimers, etc.); and ethnic instruments (shamisen, shakuhachi, koto, erhu, suona, etc.).
Michinobu "Mitch" Iimori is a repair technician and Prof. of Oboe/Banjo at Lewis &Clark College, George Fox University, Corban College, and Willamette University.
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1:00 p.m.
Room 122
Ford Hall
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Making a Case for Nuclear Energy
The industrialization of China and India, in addition to increasing energy consumption in developed nations, is placing incredible demands on existing energy and natural resource reserves. Now is the time when we need to fully explore and embrace all viable forms of energy production and recognize the place each of these energy forms has in the overall solution to the world’s energy crisis. Many people would suggest that nuclear energy is an evil that should be avoided at all costs. Is it possible that there might be another side to that argument?
Ron Graham, will present his perspective, which is based on ten years as nuclear engineer and project manager at Hanford, and 24 years as an engineer and Vice President of Technology for our neighbor to the south, ATI Wah Chang, in Albany OR.
Click here for the issue of the Wah Chang publication Outlook containing the full article on "Making the Case for Nuclear Energy."
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