U C S A N T A C R U ZR E V I E W

FALL 2004

MakingMoviesand other stories, inside

U C S A N T A C R U ZU C S A N T A C R U Z

Features

Teaming Up to Save

California’s Oaks. . . . . . . . . . . 8

Making Movies . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Bringing Organic Produce

into the Mainstream . . . . . . . 14

On the Verge of a

Medical Breakthrough . . . . . 16

Child’s Play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Studying the Edges . . . . . . . . 22

Departments

From the Chancellor . . . . . . 1

Campus Update . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Alumni News. . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Alumni Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

UC Santa CruzReview

Acting ChancellorMartin M. Chemers

Vice Chancellor, University RelationsRonald P. Suduiko

Associate Vice ChancellorCommunicationsElizabeth Irwin

EditorJim Burns

Art Director/DesignerJim MacKenzie

Associate EditorsMary Ann DeweyJeanne Lance

WritersLouise Gilmore DonahueJennifer McNultyScott RappaportDoreen SchackTim Stephens

Cover Photograph of Aaron Platt and Irene Gustafson by r. r. jones

Office of University RelationsCarriage HouseUniversity of California1156 High Street Santa Cruz, CA 95064-1077

voice: 831.459.2501fax: 831.459.5795e-mail: jrburns@ucsc.eduweb: review.ucsc.edu

Produced by UC Santa Cruz Public Affairs.9/04(04-046/75M)

UC Santa Cruz (USPS 650940)Vol. 42, No. 2 / September 2004UC Santa Cruz is a series of administrativepublications published in August, September,November, and March by UniversityRelations at the University of California,Santa Cruz. Periodicals postage paid at SantaCruz, CA 95060. Postmaster: Send addresschanges to the University of California, SantaCruz, University Relations, 1156 High Street,Santa Cruz, CA 95064-1077.

CONTENTS

Erika Zavaleta and

Brian Fulfrost are using

state-of-the-art GIS

technology to plot the precise

locations of two California

varieties of oak trees—and

in the process, are identifying

the environmental factors

that may be responsible

for the trees’ declining

numbers.

Aaron Platt’s seven-

minute“short,” which

began as a project in his

UCSC film production class,

was honored—and shown

five times—at the 2004

Sundance Festival, the

prestigious event that each

year showcases the very best

in independent

cinema.

Graduate student

Cynthia Hays, whose

research has been

supported by the ARCS

Foundation, is studying

marine algae in order to

understand a question that

has confounded ecologists:

What determines an

organism’s natural

geographic range?

8

10

22

When alumnus Drew

Goodman cofounded

Earthbound Farm

20 years ago, he couldn’t

imagine that the company

would one day be producing

packaged organic salad

mix—a product that would

be on the shelves of more

than 70 percent of

U.S. supermarkets. 14

jim

mac

ken

zie

r. r

. jo

nes

jim

mac

ken

zie

r. r

. jo

nes

CONTENTS

defining characteristic

of UC Santa Cruz’s faculty,

students, and alumni is an in-

tense desire—and the ability—

to make a positive difference in

the world. Consequently, the results

of our campus’s teaching, research,

and public service have significant

impact in a variety of fields and often

drive progress in important ways.

This orientation toward meaning-

ful achievement is exemplified in the

stories you will find in this issue of

Review magazine. You’ll read about

faculty research to prevent extinction

of oak species and to bring new treat-

ment for diabetes; you’ll learn how

our students already are contributing

to social commentary through their

award-winning films and are stretch-

ing boundaries to understand ecolog-

ical puzzles. And, you’ll meet an

alumnus whose organic produce has

become a household standard and

another alumnus whose best-selling

children’s books have enchanted a

generation.

These stories and others presented

here represent just a few examples

of achievement by members of the

campus community. It was to this

dynamic organization that I arrived

as social sciences dean in 1995—

and I was delighted and honored

first to accept appointment as inter-

im campus provost and executive

vice chancellor last fall, and then,

in April, to welcome the duty and

honor of serving as your acting

chancellor.

Since then, building on the

exceptional accomplishments of for-

mer chancellor M.R.C. Greenwood

and working in close partnership

with Interim Campus Provost and

Executive Vice Chancellor Margaret

L. Delaney, faculty representatives,

and others, I have strived to maintain

the momentum of our progress as a

leading campus. At the top of my list

of priorities: maintaining academic

excellence and highest quality in all

our endeavors, building strong and

productive relationships with our

neighbors and research partners

throughout the region, and solidifying

gains from organizational planning.

My efforts are widely shared, both

on and off campus. This past year,

generous donors boosted campus

progress with gifts totaling a record-

setting $32.2 million. On November 6,

many campus friends will attend the

Second Annual Scholarships Benefit

Dinner, and students will be able to

continue their education as a result of

the support generated there. More

than ever, as costs increase and public

funding is reduced, private support is

essential for our continued success.

In brief, UC Santa Cruz—your

UC campus—is thriving. I invite

you to enjoy this publication, and

I thank you for your continued

interest and support.

With best regards,

Martin M. Chemers

Acting Chancellor

UC Santa Cruz Review / Fall 2004 1

By Martin M. Chemers

FROM THE CHANCELLOR

At the top of my list of priorities:

maintaining academic excellence

and highest quality in all our

endeavors, building strong and

productive relationships with

our neighbors and research

partners throughout the region,

and solidifying gains from

organizational planning.

dan

coy

ro

FROM THE CHANCELLOR

AA

UC Santa Cruz Review / Fall 2004 3

Aprestigious Knauss Fellowship in marine policy has given grad-uate student Kristan Blackhart the opportunity to spend a yearworking at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

(NOAA) offices outside Washington, D.C. One of Blackhart’s tasksduring the fellowship is coediting the sixth edition of “Our LivingOceans,” a status report on the nation’s living marine resources.Blackhart, right, is shown with Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher,who is head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminstration.For Blackhart’s story—and profiles of other current students—go to: www.ucsc.edu/students/profiles/.

This ‘spring break’ trip supports Mexican community

Spring break just isn’t whatit used to be. For 51 UCSCstudents, a trip to Mexico

this past spring meant buildinga house one day, and repairingroofs, digging trenches, in-stalling toilets and showers, andpainting for another two days.

Instead of lounging aroundin a hotel, the students slept onthe floor of a community centerwith no indoor plumbing—until they installed it themselves.

Despite the lack of ameni-ties, the students said theirtime in Tecate, Mexico, wasbetter than the typical spring-break trip. “I think this is morefun. This is so much more rewarding. We’re making ourmark on Mexico, and they’remaking a mark on us,” saidJennifer Low, who was a first-year student at College Ten.“It’s one of the best experiencesI’ve had.”

The students—mostly fromCollege Nine and College Ten—

participated in an unusual proj-ect that was part work programand part cultural exchange. Onthe trip arranged by the non-profit Corazón organization,the students got to know thetownspeople by working along-side future homeowners andother local residents.

News of the students’ efforts caught the attention ofCalifornia governor ArnoldSchwarzenegger, whose Officeon Service and Volunteerismfeatured the project on its website and honored the studentswith awards in a campus cere-mony in May.

cour

tesy

of

noa

a

luke

bot

zhei

m

Study finds Dutch drugpolicies don’t increasemarijuana use

In the first rigorous studycomparing marijuana use inthe Netherlands and the

United States, researchers havefound no evidence that decrimi-nalization of marijuana leads toincreased drug use. The resultssuggest that drug policies mayhave less impact on marijuanause than has been thought.

The findings appeared in the May issue of the AmericanJournal of Public Health. Craig

Reinarman, professor of soc-iology at UCSC, coauthored the article, which compared the cannabis (marijuana andhashish) habits of users inAmsterdam and San Francisco totest the premise that punishmentfor cannabis use deters use andthereby benefits public health.

“We compared representativesamples of experienced marijua-na users to see whether the lawfulavailability of marijuana did, in fact, lead to the problems crit-ics of the Dutch system haveclaimed,” said Reinarman. “Wefound no evidence that it does.”

The Netherlands effectivelydecriminalized marijuana use in

1976, and it isavailable for pur-chase in smallquantities byadults in licensedcoffee shops; inthe United States,marijuana use car-ries stiff criminalpenalties, andmore than720,000 peoplewere arrested formarijuana offensesin 2001.

Students (l-r) Hamza El-Falah,Margot Brown, and Junko Nakajimabuild housing in Tecate, Mexico.

In Amsterdam, coffee shops can be licensed to sellhashish and marijuana in small quantities for personalconsumption by adults.

jan

ice

tetl

ow

Scholarship dinnercoming on Nov. 6

The inaugural UCSCScholarships Dinner took place last October,

contributing morethan $500,000 in support for students.

The second annual dinner will be held on Saturday,November 6, atthe UniversityCenter. Membersof the UCSCcommunity are invited to participate in

the event, which will include a silent auction, an elegant re-ception and dinner, and a pro-gram of student performers.

In the process, participantswill be supporting scholar-ships and fellowships badly

needed by deserv-ing students.

At this year’sevent, formerUCSC chancellorM.R.C. Greenwoodwill be honored asthe 2004 recipientof the UC SantaCruz FoundationMedal.

For more infor-mation, please callJennifer Wood at(831) 459-2489.

The UC Santa CruzFoundation Medal

Biologist tells story ofadventure, discovery in Antarctica

In six trips to Antarctica, biologist Terrie Williams endured brutal conditions on

the coldest, driest, windiest con-tinent on Earth in order to learnthe secrets of the mysteriousWeddell seals, the only wildmammals capable of survivingAntarctic winters.

In her new book, TheHunter’s Breath, Williams inter-weaves two amazing storiesfrom those expeditions: One isthe story of the seals and theirremarkable adaptations to lifeon and beneath the Antarcticsea ice, while the other is a hu-man story of adventure and dis-covery in one of the most pun-ishing environments on Earth.

The scientific question thatWilliams and seven fellow scien-tists set out to answer was a sim-ple one: How do Weddell sealssurvive in the Antarctic? A pro-fessor of ecology and evolution-ary biology at UCSC, Williams

was particularly interested inhow the seals hunt for food beneath the ice.

The researchers used an arrayof high-tech equipment to gainaccess to the hidden life of theseals beneath the ice. A compactinstrument package, including a small video camera mountedharmlessly on the backs of the seals, revealed scenes neverbefore witnessed by humans andprovided the first physiologicalmeasurements from activelyhunting seals.

2 UC Santa Cruz Review / Fall 2004

CAMPUS UPDATE

cour

tesy

ter

rie

wil

liam

s

Keeley, Maitra speakers kick off UCSC lecture series

Ucsc’s “Thinking at theEdge” Lecture Series resumes this fall when

Bruce Babbitt, former secretary of the interior andgovernor of Arizona, comes to campus. He will be the featured speaker at the first annual Fred Keeley Lecture on Environmental Policy, onOctober 5 at 7:30 p.m. in theMusic Center Recital Hall.

Later in the month, the

Sidhartha Maitra MemorialLecture will take place. Thisyear’s lecture will featurerenowned ethnomusicologistNazir Jairazbhoy, who has focused his research on India’sclassical and folk music. His lecture—on October 17 inthe Recital Hall at 5:45 p.m.—will be preceded at 3 p.m.by a screening of the SatyajitRay film The Music Man.Following the lecture, NorthIndian vocalist PurnimaChaudhuri will perform.

For updated informationon these and other lectures,call (831) 459-1438.

CAMPUS UPDATE

Terrie Williams’s book, The Hunter’sBreath, chronicles her expeditions toAntarctica to study the mysteriousWeddell seals.

UCSC dedicates newisotope laboratory

Uc santa cruz dedicatedthe W. M. Keck IsotopeLaboratory in June with a

symposium on isotope analysis.The naming of the facility rec-

ognizes a $1 million grant from the W. M. KeckFoundation that enabled thecampus to buy a state-of-the-artmass spectrometer for isotopeanalysis of trace elements.

With the addition of thispowerful new ThermoFinniganNeptune mass spectrometer tothe existing array of sophisticat-ed spectrometry instruments at

UCSC, the campus’s analyticalfacilities are unrivaled on theWest Coast.

“Thanks to the generosity of the W. M. Keck Foundation,UC Santa Cruz’s research capabilities have achieved a new level, making the campus a center of excellence in the re-

gion for trace metalanalysis,” said ActingChancellor MartinM. Chemers at thededication ceremonyand symposium.

Trace metals in-clude toxic elementssuch as lead andmercury, as well as biologically essential elements,such as copper andmanganese, that canbe toxic at high con-

centrations. UCSC scientists in many different fields, from environmental toxicology tooceanography, are interested inprecise measurements of traceelements. In particular, the ability to measure accurately the relative abundances of different stable isotopes of thesame element in a sample is important to many researchers.

Graduate student Mara Ranville and Jugdeep Aggarwal, director of UCSC’s W. M. KeckIsotope Laboratory, show off the lab’s new ThermoFinnigan Neptune mass spectrometer.

jim

mac

ken

zie

tim

ste

phen

s

Acting Chancellor Martin M. Chemers and InterimCampus Provost Margaret L. Delaney unveil a plaque atthe dedication of the state-of-the-art laboratory.

Scientists investigateimpact of geneticallymodified plants

As an environmentalscientist, DeborahLetourneau believes policy

decisions should be based on thebest information available at thetime. That’s why she’s trying tofill an information gap with herlatest research on geneticallymodified plants.

As insect-resistance is bredinto major crops, Letourneauwonders how those crops’ wildrelatives might be affected ifthey pick up the new traits.

“There’s been a lot of research on crop-to-crop movement,” said Letourneau,referring to the contaminationof organic corn grown adjacentto genetically modified (GM)corn. “But we don’t know thatmuch about the biology of wildcrop relatives. If genes trans-ferred, would it make themmore weedy, more hardy, moreinvasive?”

To address these questions,Letourneau, a professor of envi-ronmental studies at UCSC,along with doctoral candidateJoy Hagen and Ingrid Parker, an associate professor of biology,have begun a three-year study to see what the consequenceswould be if GM genes trans-ferred from Brassica plantsthrough cross-pollination totheir wild relatives.

Plants in the Brassica, or cole,family include many vegetablecrops, such as broccoli, Brussels

sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower,and kohlrabi, as well as com-mon weeds like wild radish andwild mustard.

A growing number of cropsare being genetically modified to increase insect resistance.More than 25 percent of corngrown in the United States hasbeen genetically engineered tocontain the toxin of the Bacillusthuringiensis (Bt) soil bacterium,which disrupts the digestive sys-tem of a caterpillar. Transgeniccotton and potatoes also pro-duce Bt toxin.

Little is known about therole Bt-susceptible herbivores,including caterpillars, play inregulating the health and spreadof wild crop relatives. In theirresearch project, team membersare protecting wild relativesfrom caterpillar damage to seewhat could happen if modifiedgenes moved from Brassica cropsto their wild relatives.

The three-year project isfunded by a $335,000 grantfrom the U.S. Department ofAgriculture.

UCSC to offer master’sdegree in new field ofsocial documentation

Anew master’s program in social documentation willteach students to translate

academic knowledge into visual,audio, and print media that willhave an impact on the worldoutside academia.

The program is a first in theUC system. UCSC will beginenrolling students for fall 2005.

“This program is a way tobridge the gap between the ivorytower and social activism by rec-ognizing the power of documen-tary media to integrate the two,”said Mary Beth Pudup, chair ofthe new program’s host depart-ment, community studies.

In addition to documentaryfilms and videos, students willproduce oral histories, audio productions, photographic essays, historical presentations,Internet, CDV and CD-ROMprograms and digital archives,and written ethnographies.

Deborah Letourneau, surrounded by wild radish

Alumnus selects newtranscription by artsdean to open festival

The san francisco–basedchoral group Chanticleergave the premiere perform-

ance of Arts Division dean andprofessor of music EdwardHoughton’s new transcriptionof Johannes Ockeghem’s MissaEcce ancilla domini at the OjaiMusic Festival in June.

UCSC alumnus KentNagano—the music director of the 2004 Ojai Festival—decided to open this year’sevent with the new transcrip-tion by Houghton because ofthe success of Nagano’s firstconcert four years ago as music director of the German

Symphony Orchestra. At thatperformance in Berlin, Naganomade the unprecedented anddaring programming choice tocombine works from the 15thand 20th centuries—juxtapos-ing Houghton’s transcription of

Ockeghem’s Renaissance massMissa Au travail suis withMahler’s Ninth Symphony.Houghton has been researchingand translating works by 15th-century composers for 25 years.

A former student of

Houghton, Nagano graduatedwith degrees in music and sociology from UCSC in 1974. He is currently musical directorof the Los Angeles Opera, the Berkeley Symphony, and the Deutsches Symphonie.

left: Kent Nagano, right, and Edward Houghton, backstage at the Philharmonic Hall in Berlin. right: The original manuscriptof 15th-century composer Johannes Ockeghem’s Missa Ecce ancilla domini, on display in Rome at the Vatican Library.

jen

nif

er m

cnul

tyco

urte

sy e

dw

ard

ho

ugh

ton

cour

tesy

vat

ican

lib

rary

UC Santa Cruz Review / Fall 2004 5

Grant aids innovativefoster youth program

An innovative UCSC program that supports thecollege aspirations of or-

phans, foster youth, wards of thecourt, and homeless or runawayyouth has received $150,000,the first installment of a three-year $450,000 grant request,from the Stuart Foundation.

The funding is an enormousboost for the Page and EloiseSmith Scholastic Society, analumni-driven, volunteer-based program established in1999 that provides financial, academic, and emotional support to students before andduring their years at UCSC.

“In the five short years sinceit was established, the SmithSociety has reached out to nearly

100 young people who are on their own, helping them navigate the bureaucracy of theuniversity and become successfulstudents,” said Francisco J.Hernandez, vice chancellor forstudent affairs at UCSC. “Thiscollaboration with the StuartFoundation will allow us tobuild a model program that canbe replicated at other universitiesand colleges.”

With the grant, the societywill become an established uni-versity program.

The Page and Eloise SmithScholastic Society was foundedby Bill Dickinson, one ofUCSC’s first graduates and a veteran of the foster care system,to honor the founding provost of Cowell College and his wife.Dickinson’s goal was to makehigher education a realistic option for foster youth, most

of whom grow up without any-one making their education atop priority. His mission res-onated with fellow UCSC alum-ni, faculty, and staff, who havebanded together to nurture theeducational aspirations of youthwho live largely on their own.

“What drives me is the imagi-

native, loving, daring quality ofcommunity I had as an under-graduate at UC Santa Cruz,”said Dickinson.

People who want to get in-volved with the Page and EloiseSmith Scholastic Society shouldcontact Dickinson at (831) 588-5839 or wcdcamb@aol.com.

UCSC Ph.D. in musiccomposition is UC first

Ucsc will be the firstUC campus to offer aDoctorate of Musical Arts

(D.M.A.) program in musiccomposition. Enrollment in theprogram will begin in fall 2005.

Although some private institutions currently offer thecomposition D.M.A., the newUCSC program will distinguishitself by focusing on two sub-specialties: computer-assistedcomposition and world musiccomposition. It will also be thefirst doctoral program estab-lished in the fine arts at UCSC,marking a significant milestonein the expansion of arts graduateprograms on campus.

“The music compositionD.M.A. will develop accom-plished, active, and articulatecomposers with a broad aware-ness of the diverse styles, culturalinfluences, and technical meansavailable to them in the 21st century,” noted Margaret L.Delaney, interim campusprovost.

4 UC Santa Cruz Review / Fall 2004

Bill Dickinson (back row, fourth from left) founded the Smith Society.

vict

or

sch

iffr

in, u

csc

phot

o s

ervi

ces

Humanities launchesnew DistinguishedProfessors program

Ucsc’s humanitiesDivision celebrated thelaunch of a new program

to recognize the academicachievement of its faculty atan April awards reception.

Wlad Godzich, formerdean of humanities, announced the selection of Professors James Clifford (history of consciousness),Carla Freccero (literature),Gail Hershatter (history),David Hoy (philosophy), andGeoffrey Pullum (linguistics)as the first recipients of the UCSC HumanitiesDistinguished ProfessorAward. Each professor will receive an unrestricted $5,000per year research stipend forfour consecutive years.

“Astonishingly, some of ouroutstanding faculty are wellknown to the rest of the

world, but are not known tothis campus,” Godzich said inhis awards ceremony intro-duction. “So we wanted to acknowledge them and markon campus who they are.”

All of the award-winningprofessors said they would primarily use the funds to sup-port graduate students in their departments. Clifford notedthat because graduate programsrepresent the cutting edge ofresearch, the work of graduatestudents is intimately related to

the work of professors.“Graduate students are

crucial to a healthy researchenvironment,” Clifford observed. “Often what gradstudents are doing for theirdoctorates is pushing the limits of our own research.”

The five DistinguishedProfessors were selected from a group of 11 faculty nominat-ed by departments in theHumanities Division, as well as by individual members ofthe division’s faculty.

From left, Professors David Hoy, James Clifford, Carla Freccero, Gail Hershatter,and Geoffrey Pullum, with Acting Chancellor Martin M. Chemers and former Dean of Humanities Wlad Godzich, at a University Center reception for the newHumanities Distinguished Professors program.

HarryBeevers,one of theleading plantphysiologistsof the 20thcentury and a

professor emeritus of biologyat UCSC, died in April at hishome in Carmel, California.He was 80.

Harry Beevers joined the UCSC faculty in 1969 as a professor of biology after19 years at Purdue University.

Beevers made major contributions to the under-standing of plant metabolismand plant cell biology. Heand his coworkers worked outimportant pathways of plantmetabolism and showed thelocations of key enzymes forthe conversion of fats to carbohydrates in fatty seedtissues. His discovery of theglyoxysome, a small structureor organelle within someplant cells, led others to discover similar organellescalled leaf peroxisomes andstimulated further under-standing of the role of peroxisomes in animals.

Beevers was also appreciat-ed as a mentor to young biol-ogists and a brilliant lecturerwho could electrify an audi-ence with his eloquence andwit. Many of his students andpostdoctoral fellows went onto become leaders in the field.

Contributions in memoryof Harry Beevers may be made to the UCSCArboretum, 1156 High St.,Santa Cruz, CA 95064.

Laurence Veysey, a social historian and professor emeritus at UCSC, died inFebruary. He was 71.

Veysey came to UCSC in 1966 and was a fellow

of Stevenson College; he retired in 1987.

Veysey’s work focused onthe history of education andexamination of communallife. He was the author of The Emergence of the AmericanUniversity (1965) and The Communal Experience:Anarchist and MysticalCounter-Cultures in America(1973), which was nominatedfor a National Book Award.

Eric Thomas,a UCSCFoundationtrustee andalumnus,died in Juneof a heart

attack at his home inSacramento. He was 43.

A 1984 Oakes Collegegraduate in economics,Thomas was deputy execu-tive director of the CaliforniaState Treasurer’s Office. He had been a member since 1997 of the governingboard of the UCSC AlumniAssociation and served as president from 2002 to 2003.

Thomas also helped organize UCSC’s first AfricanAmerican Alumni Reunionand cofounded Black Escargotfor African American alumni.

A student scholarship fund has been established atUCSC in his memory; contributions may be madeto the UCSC Foundation andsent to University Relations,1156 High Street, SantaCruz, CA 95064. A fund onhis children’s behalf has alsobeen established; donationsmay be directed to the EricThomas Memorial Fund, in care of the Golden 1Credit Union, 1109 L St.,Sacramento, CA 95814.

UC Santa Cruz Review / Fall 2004 7

Isotope analysis showsexposure to depleteduranium in Gulf War vets

U.s. veterans who were exposed to depleted urani-um during the 1991 Gulf

War have continued to excretethe potentially harmful chemicalin their urine for years after their exposure, according to astudy published in the journalHealth Physics.

The study indicates that sol-diers may absorb depleted urani-um particles through inhalation,ingestion, or wound contamina-tion, said Roberto Gwiazda, anenvironmental toxicologist atUCSC and lead author of thestudy, published lastJanuary.

Fine particles of depleted uranium arecreated when muni-tions made with thematerial strike a target.The study did not address the health effects of exposure todepleted uranium, asubject of ongoing debate, but focused ona technique for detect-ing past exposure.

Gwiazda andDonald Smith, profes-sor of environmentaltoxicology, developed a sensitive analyticaltechnique to detectdepleted uranium in urine sam-ples. By measuring the relativeabundances of different isotopesof uranium in the urine sam-ples, the researchers were able to distinguish between natural and depleted uranium.

“This is the only unambigu-ous way to determine past exposure and uptake of depleteduranium,” Gwiazda said.

The analysis of samples fromGulf War veterans was performedin collaboration with theBaltimore Veterans AffairsDepleted Uranium Follow-up

Program, which is assessing,treating, and monitoring veteranswho may have been exposed todepleted uranium during the war.

The researchers applied theirtechnique to three differentgroups of Gulf War veterans.The first group of soldiers hadshrapnel in their bodies as a result of “friendly fire” incidentsin which their tanks or armoredvehicles were hit by munitionscontaining depleted uranium.The second group consisted of soldiers who did not haveshrapnel in them but were in-volved in the friendly fire inci-dents, either because they werein the vehicles that were hit orbecause they participated in recovery operations. The third

group, for reference, consistedof soldiers who participated in the war but not in combat operations.

As expected, the soldiers withembedded shrapnel had highconcentrations of depleted uranium in their urine.

A more striking finding wasthe presence of depleted urani-um in the urine of a significantnumber of soldiers in the secondgroup, without embedded shrap-nel but with potential exposurethrough inhalation, ingestion, orwound contamination.

In Memoriam

phot

o c

our

tesy

un

ited

nat

ion

s en

viro

nm

ent

pro

gram

These munitions are made with depleted uranium.

ucsc

ph

oto

ser

vice

s

Department representsunique approach to biomedical discovery

Ucsc has established a new Department ofBiomolecular Engineering

within the Baskin School of Engineering. The department is the newhome for UCSC’srenowned programs in bioinformatics, and includes faculty and researchers with inter-ests in nanotechnology,protein engineering,and DNA microarrays(also known as “genechips”).

The department’sunique interdiscipli-nary blend of engi-neering, computerscience, biology, andchemistry representsa powerful new ap-proach to biomedical discovery,said David Deamer, a professorof chemistry and biochemistryand acting chair of the new department.

“We are the only departmentlike this in the country,” Deamersaid.

Biomolecular engineeringrefers to engineering “of, with,or for biological molecules,”said faculty member KevinKarplus.

Examples include protein engineering (the computationaldesign of proteins to enhance or modify their functions),

the development of sensors that integrate biomolecules with electronic components, and new laboratory devices and analytical tools for study-ing gene regulation, protein expression, and other complexbiological systems.

Gifts to UCSC increaseby 42 percent

Ucsc raised a record$32.2 million from privatedonors in 2003–04, an

increase of 42 percent over the total raised the year before.

“This record level of supportfor UC Santa Cruz could nothave come at a more criticaltime,” said Acting ChancellorMartin M. Chemers. “It will beinvaluable in building on-campusachievements in cutting-edge research and undergraduateteaching.”

The largest single contribu-tion was a $17.5 million grantfrom the Gordon and BettyMoore Foundation toward theconstruction of the world’s mostpowerful telescope, the Thirty-Meter Telescope.

The largest gift ever for schol-arships in UCSC’s Baskin Schoolof Engineering was made inmemory of software engineer and alumna Amy Snader. The estate of Barbara Snader, AmySnader’s mother, donated $1 mil-lion to the Amy Beth SnaderMemorial Scholarship Fund forwomen studying engineering.

The New Teacher Centerdrew grants from the Williamand Flora Hewlett and StupskiFamily Foundations; and PISCO, a long-term researchproject involving the study andmonitoring of coastal ecosystems,continued to receive fundingfrom the David and LucilePackard Foundation.

Individual donors also continued to provide crucial support. The Telephone Out-reach Program raised a record $1.16 million from alumni andparents of students, and UCSCFoundation trustees contributed$467,874. Alumni celebrating reunions raised more than$245,000 to support the collegesand campus programs, and theAlumni Association ScholarshipFund raised $109,130.

Acting chancellor leadsmath, science study

Responding to a criticalshortage of young peoplewho are interested in math

and science, the federal govern-ment is investing $1.5 million atUCSC to identify the strengths ofprograms that encourage under-represented minorities to pursuebiomedical research careers.

Led by Acting ChancellorMartin M. Chemers, the projectis funded by the National Insti-tute of General Medical Sciences,a component of the NationalInstitutes of Health (NIH).

The scope of need is stagger-

ing: The National Science Boardestimates the United States willneed to prepare 1.9 millionworkers in the sciences over thenext 10 years. In 1998, only 37percent of undergraduate degreesin science, math, and engineeringwent to women, and a paltry 12

percent were awarded to under-represented minorities. The proj-ect is part of a larger NIH initia-tive aimed at understanding theefficacy of educational interven-tions to promote entry of minor-ity students into careers in bio-medical and behavioral research.

“We need to identify whatworks in two areas: improvingstudent skills and inspiring themto stay in the fields of math, science, and engineering,” saidChemers, a professor of psychol-ogy. “We want to weigh the benefits of different program ele-ments, like laboratory internshipsand faculty mentoring, so we canput our resources where they’llmake the biggest difference.”

m. a

keso

n

dan

coy

ro

Research in biomolecular engineering includes thedevelopment of the nanopore instrument for DNA analysis. This molecular model shows a DNAmolecule passing through the nanopore channel.

Acting Chancellor Chemers

6 UC Santa Cruz Review / Fall 2004

UCSC senate adoptsPatriot Act resolution

Objecting to whatthey contend are thePatriot Act’s “attacks on

civil liberties,” UCSC facultyvoted overwhelmingly inMay for a resolution thatwould have the campus de-cline to cooperate with feder-al agencies seeking informa-tion under the Bush admin-istration’s antiterrorism law.

History of consciousnessprofessor Barbara Epsteinsaid the many people whoworked on the resolution be-lieve there is “space” betweenthe information the federalgovernment requests aboutfaculty, students, or campusemployees under the PatriotAct and actually enforcingcompliance in the courts.That is the area the UCSCresolution targets, she said.

Based in part on a draft resolution prepared by theAmerican Civil LibertiesUnion, the UCSC measurejoins anti–Patriot Act resolu-tions adopted by more than300 U.S. cities, Epstein said.

Don’t it always seem to go

That you don’t know what you’ve got

Till it’s gone

They paved paradise

And put up a parking lot.

Lyrics from “Big Yellow Taxi”

by Joni Mitchell

For three decades , theEndangered Species Act has helpedconservationists fight for environ-

mental protections. But ecologists now recog-nize that waiting to intervene until a species isendangered can be “too little, too late.”

“Long before species go extinct, popula-tions can decline to the point where they’re

not performing ecologically,” says UCSCconservation biologist Erika Zavaleta. “We lose a species functionally long beforewe lose it absolutely.”

In a new trend, ecologists have begundocumenting the plight of plants and ani-mals as soon as they show signs of vulnera-bility. By heeding the early warning signs,ecologists hope to identify the sources ofstress and inform policy makers about intervention and protection options.

Among the plants that are dwindling innumber are two gems of the California land-scape: the blue oak and the valley oak. Thesemajestic trees, found only in the CentralValley and the foothills of the Coast Rangeand the Sierra Nevada, are not succumbing tothe epidemic of Sudden Oak Death that is

ravaging tanoaks, coast live oaks, and blackoaks. Rather, something appears to be inhibit-ing their regeneration. Zavaleta is determinedto find out what’s causing the problem andhow big a threat it poses.

“Almost all the trees we see today are 100 or more years old, and the concern isthat as they die off, there won’t be youngstersto replace them,” says Zavaleta, an assistantprofessor of environmental studies and a rising star in conservation circles. “We knowthe conversion of oak woodlands to vine-yards, croplands, and subdivisions is hurtingthem. If we lose them here, we’re not goingto have them anywhere else.”

Blue and valley oaks serve an “incrediblyimportant” ecological role, says Zavaleta.Their acorns are a major food source for

birds, mammals, andinsects, and they trans-form grasslands intothe more biologicallydiverse California sa-vannah, creating patch-es of shade, structure,and cooler temperaturethat provide habitat formany species.

The cultural valueof oaks is evident inpaintings, photogra-phy, and literature, andin the names of com-munities from Oaklandto Oak Grove.

“These trees are not rare on the land-scape yet,” says Zavaleta, who received aprestigious David H. Smith ConservationResearch Fellowship in 2001 from theNature Conservancy that helped fund heroak research. “It’s nice to do something at this early stage.”

Working with graduate student re-

searcher Kris Hulvey, Zavaleta discovered atreasure of information had been gatheredabout the two species of oaks. “I wasamazed how much literature was out there,”Zavaleta recalls. “There were about 100 dif-ferent experiments looking at the regenera-tion of blue and valley oaks, and more than30 surveys over the past 30 years.”

With so much historical data, Zavaletaknew it would be foolish to launch yet another experiment without first compiling the existing results into a comprehensive pro-file of oaks in California. She turned to BrianFulfrost, coordinator of UCSC’s GeographicInformation Systems (GIS) Laboratory, tocollaborate with her on the project.

GIS software produces eye-catching maps,but it is also a powerful analyt-ical tool, says Fulfrost. “A lotof people think you push abutton and get a map, but it’sthe opposite of that,” saysFulfrost, who teaches classeson the environmental applica-tions of GIS technology. “GISis a problem-solving and deci-sion-making tool. Making amap is only one of the thingsyou can do with it.”

GIS enhances data analy-sis the way word processingfacilitates the writing process.Fulfrost and Hulvey createdmultiple databases, plottingthe presence of oak trees onmaps and creating overlays forkey variables like temperature,precipitation, elevation, longi-

tude and latitude, and seedlings-per-adult.With all the information in one place,Zavaleta was able to analyze tree populationsrelative to different environmental variables.

Preliminary patterns showed some regeneration in almost 80 percent of blueoak sites studied but less than 50 percent of valley oak sites.

“That confirms there really is a statewideproblem for the valley oak,” says Zavaleta.The status of blue oaks will remain unclearuntil researchers learn more about the extentof regeneration taking place. “It might beenough, depending on the site, but if there’sonly one seedling per 300 adult trees, they’ddefinitely be in trouble,” she says.

Poring over maps, Zavaleta was able todocument that valley oaks statewide aremore likely to regenerate on reserves than onland that is used more intensively. She alsosaw many sites with seedlings of about 12inches in height that had no teenage trees,suggesting that the challenge for oaks isn’tjust germinating and surviving the first yearor two, but making it into their 20s.

Zavaleta’s next task is to enrich the data-base with details about specific reserves. She wants to map roads and development,north- and south-facing slopes, and landownership classifications. Then she’ll look atthe maps again, searching for commonalities.

Despite the time-consuming nature ofGIS analysis, a growing number of socialscientists are embracing the technology,which can also be used to illuminate net-works and relationships that don’t have geo-graphic links, like U.S. nonprofits dedicatedto children’s health, or the flow of corporatemoney to politicians. For Zavaleta, who enjoys bridging the gap between academiaand policy, Fulfrost’s maps will be the centerpiece of her outreach to conservationadvocates and policy makers.

“I see science as part of a continuum of what I do as a person and a citizen,” says Zavaleta. “I want to take our researchfindings and communicate them to conserva-tion groups and government agencies thatmanage the land. That’s my goal. Some scien-tists see getting published in journals as theend of their work. I’m too impatient to stopthere. I want to get that information into thepublic arena where it can do some good.”

—Jennifer McNulty

UC Santa Cruz Review / Fall 2004 9

�eaming up to save California’s oaks“s

leep

y h

oll

ow,”

oil

on

can

vas,

kat

hle

en l

ipin

ski,

b.a.

, art

, co

lleg

e fi

ve (

port

er c

oll

ege)

, 197

7

8 UC Santa Cruz Review / Fall 2004

UCSC researchers use GIS technology to investigate declining populations

Conservation biologist Erika Zavaleta and GeographicInformation Systems specialist Brian Fulfrost

jim

mac

ken

zie

UC Santa Cruz Review / Fall 2004 11

r. r

. jo

nes

r. r

. jo

nes

One of those students wasAaron Platt, whose 7-minute filmThe Cold Ones screened five timesin January at Sundance, universal-ly regarded as the premier show-case for American independentfilms. But Platt’s Sundance success wasn’t limited to his ownfilm; he also shot the footage for fellow student Cam Archer’s 10-minute short, Bobbycrush.Their films were made as projectsin UC Santa Cruz assistant professor Irene Gustafson’s filmproduction class.

Like Sundance, UCSC’s Filmand Digital Media Department isdeeply committed to nurturingoriginal, innovative filmmakers,helping them to develop and adapt

their creative vision in the rapidlychanging world of film production.

“In many ways the films arerepresentative of what we try toengender in our classes,” notesGustafson. “They are structurally and narratively inventive and illustrate young and talented filmmakers finding their ‘voice.’”

A graduate in June 2003 with a bachelor’s degree in film and digital media, Platt describesUCSC as a place where film students receive valuable exposureto a widely diverse range of filmstyles and genres. He says this approach provides a remarkableamount of creative freedom, at thesame time offering students a thor-ough and rigorous critical back-ground in theory and production.

“The professors basically lay out this palette of what’s out there,

but they never push you in any onedirection,” observes Platt. “Theyjust open the doors for you.”

“If there’s one word that summarizes the Film and DigitalMedia Department on campus,it’s ‘competitive,’” he adds. “Butit’s a great atmosphere for studentswho are really driven to makefilms. It makes you work harder,and you know you have to keepyourself organized or you’re notgoing to make it.”

Platt’s The Cold Ones is a partly autobiographical look at two pre-teen siblings who are confrontedwith abandonment by their mother

Making Movies

“If there’s one word that

summarizes UCSC’s Film and

Digital Media Department,

it’s ‘competitive.’ But it’s a

great atmosphere for students

who are really driven to make

films.” —Aaron Platt

More than 3,300 people submitted their original short films to

this year’s Sundance Festival—the prestigious annual celebration of

independent cinema founded by actor Robert Redford in 1981.

After a rigorous screening process, the final

cut for the 2004 festival included only 86

films, 53 of which were made by American

filmmakers. Two of the accepted films were

created by students at UC Santa Cruz.

10

One film student’s journey from Santa Cruz to Sundance

by Scott RappaportFacing page: Aaron Platt and film

professor Irene Gustafson

Every weekday morningduring the winter of 2004,Dan Hancox took the

subway from an apartment inBrooklyn, past the Statue of Liberty, to a small office in the heart of Manhattan. A 21-year-old film student at UCSanta Cruz, Hancox was com-muting to his temporary job asan intern for Michael Moore’slatest film, Fahrenheit 9/11.

One of only five interns inMoore’s New York productionoffice, Hancox spent his timeconducting research for thefilm, an unprecedented docu-mentary of post–9/11 Americaand the Bush administrationthat broke box office recordswhen it opened nationwide inJune. The film had previously

won the top honor at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival for Moore, who received the2002 Academy Award for bestdocumentary with Bowling for Columbine.

Housed in close quarterswith the film’s editors, Hancoxhad a front-row seat to themaking of the first blockbusterelection-year documentary in the 90-year history of the American feature film.Surrounded by storyboards of the entire film, he verifiedbackground information, assisted editors with varioustechnical projects, was privy to stunning, previously unseenfootage from Afghanistan and Iraq, and generally soaked up the mechanics

of putting the film together. One of Hancox’s responsi-

bilities was to screen tapes ofFox, CNN, and other majorTV networks, searching fornews footage that Moorecould use in the film.

“I looked at quite a bit oftape,” Hancox recalls. “Theywould have different assign-ments for me each day. Onemorning they would say: ‘we’re

looking for clips about U.S.troops in Iraq not gettingenough funds to supply every-one with Kevlar flak jackets.’The next morning they wouldask me to look for a specificstory about a governmentwarning to watch out for mod-el airplanes because they couldbe used in terrorist attacks.”

Hancox was pleased to see that some of the clips hehad personally tracked downwere woven into Moore’s final footage. He also had the opportunity to meet and talkwith the director himself dur-ing his first week on the job. “I had this image of MichaelMoore before I got there—thathe would be super-slick andrunning more of a Hollywood-type production. But instead, I found him to be very nice,relaxed, and down-to-earth.”

Hancox’s internship wasarranged by community stud-ies professor Paul Ortiz, who

had recently met one of theproducers of Moore’s Bowlingfor Columbine. Ortiz advisesHancox in the Page and EloiseSmith Scholastic Society, acampus organization created to provide financial and men-toring support for UCSC stu-dents who are orphans, fosteryouths, or wards of the court.Hancox was born in Koreaand adopted by a family in

Michigan, before mov-ing to Santa Cruz toattend UCSC.

An aspiring film-maker now in his senioryear at UCSC, Hancoxsays that the internshiphas opened his eyes tothe documentary artform—a facet of film-making that he had received little exposureto in the past.

“The main reason I took this internship

was that I had no work experi-ence with documentary or independent films,” saysHancox. “I was under the impression that those types of films were from a differentworld—that they were less interesting and rarely watched.But I think Michael Moorehas done a remarkable job of bringing the political independent film into themainstream. He’s demonstrat-ed that you can make a very entertaining movie that stillmakes you think about important political issues.”

Hancox added that work-ing on Moore’s film has alsoinspired him to reconsider thecontent of his own films. “Theinternship has motivated meto become a more responsiblefilmmaker—not just someonewho makes films only for theirentertainment value. It was an extraordinary experience.”

—Scott Rappaport

and the death of their father.A powerful and surreal tale offamily dysfunction, the filmwas included in the experi-mental Sundance category“Shorts on the Frontier.”

Since his film screened atSundance, Platt was awarded$500 and named “mostpromising filmmaker” at theAnn Arbor Film Festival inMichigan. He has also been offered various projects—including a music video he recently shot in Los Angeles,and the opportunity to filman interactive installation for a summer art fair inSwitzerland.

“Sundance definitely opensdoors,” says Platt. “Now, in-stead of worrying about send-ing your film out to 50 differ-ent festivals, 50 film festivals

are coming to you say-ing they want to seeyour movie.”

The route to Sundance acceptance,however, was anythingbut easy for Platt.After having his previ-ous film rejected byprogrammers in 2001, he worked as a volun-teer for the next twoSundance Festivals,meeting countlessother filmmakers andabsorbing the scene ashe continued to make filmsand study at UCSC. He also learned how to copewith the time-consumingmaze of logistics that goeshand-in-hand with makingan independent film.

“You often spend a whole

day just to get a few seconds of footage,” Platt notes. “Forexample, in The Cold Ones,you only see a train for about10 seconds, but I spent hourschasing trains and findingschedules just to film andrecord them. When you’remaking an indie film with a

two-man crew, you can’t justcall up and arrange to have a train come.”

Although Platt now has aday job to support his film endeavors, he continues to devote endless hours tomaking movies. The compe-tition is brutal, and achiev-ing success in the film busi-ness is never guaranteed, but receiving that call fromSundance definitely im-proves the odds.

“When you get a call likethat,” Platt says, “it’s tellingyou that all you’ve gonethrough—the dollars invest-ed, the phone conversations,the scheduling, all theheadaches that go with making a film—it shows you it’s all worth it, that it’s paying off.”

How a UCSC film student helpedMichael Moore make film history

Mean Creek , a new feature filmwritten and directed by UCSCalumnus Jacob Estes , openednationwide as the Review wasgoing to press in August.

An official selection of both the Sundance and CannesFilm Festivals, the movie tells a chilling story about a groupof teenagers who set off on aboat trip down a river thatsoon evolves into a harrowingjourney into the wilderness. An allegorical tale, the filmprobes the moral dilemmasteens face in the anxiety-ridden21st century.

Estes began writing scriptsand making films at UC SantaCruz more than a decade ago, gradu-ating in 1994 with a bachelor’s degree in media studies.

He went on to earn his master’s degree in film directing at the AmericanFilm Institute (AFI) where he wrote and

directed several short films. While at AFI, Estes’s

script for Mean Creek won the Nicholl Fellowship inScreenwriting, an internationalsearch for new talent adminis-tered by the Academy ofMotion Picture Arts andSciences. He also met the film’seventual producers there, whoturned out to be the chair ofthe directing program at theAFI’s Center for Advanced Filmand Television Studies and twoof Estes’s fellow classmates.After receiving critical acclaimat the Sundance Festival, Estes’sdebut feature was picked up for distribution in North

America, the U.K., and Australia byParamount Classics.

—Scott Rappaport

Fahrenheit 9/11 intern Dan Hancox

‘Thumbs up’ to another UCSC–Sundance connection

jim

mac

ken

zie

lio

n’s

gate

fil

ms

cour

tesy

jaco

b es

tes

12 UC Santa Cruz Review / Fall 2004 UC Santa Cruz Review / Fall 2004 13

Film critic Roger Ebert, with alumnus Jacob Estes

major retailers to expand theirdistribution and make organicfood as available as conven-tional fruits and vegetables, atan affordable price. If a high-quality organic option is available and the price is competitive, many shoppers will choose organic, says Drew.

“We really feel like peopleshould have the option availableto them, regardless of locationand income level,” says Drew.“And that means getting organ-ic into mainstream stores wherepeople shop. Most people arenot going to go to another store

to buy organic produce.”Growing food organically

costs more, but the Goodmansare able to offer a competitive-ly priced product by pursuingeconomies of scale in farming,harvesting, transportation, anddistribution. They’re constant-ly expanding their farmland,facilities, and partnershipswith farmers, enabling them tobroaden the range of productsthey offer.

“We’ve learned enoughabout farming to know we’renot set up to be the best carrotgrower or the best citrus grow-

er,” says Drew. “But we dis-tribute products under ourbrand to all these retailers whodo business with us becausewe have the volume, variety,and quality they need. What’simportant for the retail indus-try is being able to rely ontheir suppliers year-round.”

In addition to giving peoplemore choices when they buytheir food, the Goodmans takepride in seeing conventionalfarmers adopt organic tech-niques simply because theywork so well. “Our successshows that organic farming is

viable on a large scale,” saysDrew. “We’ve proven that it’spossible to produce top-qualityproduce without relying onchemical pesticides. We’re helping to protect the planet forfuture generations. That’s a verysatisfying accomplishment.”

—Jennifer McNulty

UC Santa Cruz Review / Fall 2004 15

Drew GoodmanCofounder, Earthbound Farm

B.A., Environmental Studies, 1983

Drew and Myra Goodman at Earthbound Farm’s Carmel Valley operation

14 UC Santa Cruz Review / Fall 2004

r. r

. jo

nes

Goodman and his wife,Myra, didn’t know they wouldcontribute to a culinary revo-lution when they cofoundedEarthbound Farm in 1984,planning to grow organic raspberries and greens for local restaurants.

Today, Earthbound Farm’ssignature organic salad mix is available in more than 70percent of supermarkets in the United States. With annualsales expected to top $300 million in 2004, EarthboundFarm is the largest organic pro-duce brand in North America.

The Goodmans have come a long way from theirroots on a two-acre parcel inCarmel Valley.

“We were going to spend a year living on a farm andthen get on with our lives andcareers,” recalls Drew, whoearned a bachelor’s degree inenvironmental studies fromUC Santa Cruz in 1983.

But customers quickly developed a taste for theGoodmans’ mixed babygreens, and they loved theconvenience of buying pre-washed salads in resealable

bags, an innovation the couplecame up with when a sale fellthrough and they were facedwith a field of lettuce that wasgoing to go bad.

Demand for the salad mixoutpaced supply, prompting theGoodmans to team up withlarge-scale, Salinas Valley–basedfarmers whose winter opera-tions in Arizona and Mexicoenabled Earthbound Farm tosatisfy consumer demand.Today, Earthbound Farmproduce is grown on morethan 15,000 certified organicacres. Higher volumes dictat-ed the development of newways to harvest, clean, bag,and ship delicate baby greens,putting Earthbound Farm atthe forefront of organic farm-ing, processing, and packaging.

“It wasn’t until a few yearsago that we realized it wasn’t go-ing to slow down. It’s like we’vebeen sprinting nonstop to keepup with it,” says Drew. “Peoplesay ‘That’s a good problem tohave,’ and I say, ‘Easy for you tosay!’ It’s not like we planned tohave a business on this scale. Itjust evolved, and we grew alongwith it.”

Drew and Myra Goodmangrew up a block apart inManhattan and attended thesame high school, but they re-connected at a Grateful Deadconcert during their collegeyears in California. Myra wasat UC Berkeley, and Drew wasenrolled at UCSC, where heappreciated the freedom to try new things. “You can’t beafraid to fail, and that was thenice thing about UCSC,” recalls Drew. “You learn by experimenting and succeedingand failing. Education is aboutbeing taught how to think,

rather than how to do some-thing.” It’s a lesson the couplehope to convey to their sonand daughter.

The Goodmans share astrong commitment to growingorganically, avoiding chemicalpesticides and using compostto enrich the soil. Drew, whoworked in the field every dayuntil the mid-1990s, now devotes most of his energy to

running the company’s busi-ness affairs, splitting time between the company’s head-quarters in San Juan Bautistaand offices in Carmel. But hestill enjoys spending time on atractor at home, in the two-acrebackyard garden where theyfirst began growing produce.The success of EarthboundFarm has opened the door to organic food at big-name retailers like Costco, Wal-Mart,Safeway, and Albertsons.

“Costco was an interestingprogression, actually,” saysDrew. The big-box retailer

initially shied away fromthe organic label, afraid itwould “send the wrongmessage.” But times havechanged. Now customersembrace organic products,which Earthbound Farmis able to offer at a pricesimilar to conventionallygrown greens. “Now, ifthey substitute conven-tional, they get a lot

of comments from customers and requests for organic,” says Drew.

Earthbound Farm now markets more than 100 organic products, from saladsto a cornucopia of fruits andvegetables, including carrots,potatoes, apples, tomatoes,and grapes. The Goodmanshope to build on their rela-tionships with farmers and

The next time you tear open a plastic bagand pour a fresh green salad in a bowl, give a nod to Drew Goodman, the man whomade salad mix a household staple.

Bringing organic produceinto the mainstream

Dozens of other research groups,many of them large and well funded,have been working for more than adecade on various approaches to the glucose monitor challenge. In fact,Singaram, a professor of chemistry andbiochemistry, says that if he had knownmore about the competition, he wouldn’thave even tried to tackle the problem.

But progress made by these other

groups has been limited, andSingaram’s lab, six years into its work, now finds itself at theforefront of this exciting area

of medical research.Singaram’s sensor produces an optical

signal—a fluorescent green glow—thatchanges intensity in a chemical response tofluctuations in the concentration of glu-cose. The challenge now is to incorporatethe sensor into a device that diabetics canhave implanted under their skin. The de-vice would include a transmitter to relayglucose readings to an external monitor.

“We have tested the sensor under con-ditions that are as close as possible to thephysiological conditions under which acontinuous glucose monitor would haveto operate,” Singaram says. “There maybe another five or six years of develop-ment ahead before we have a viable devicefor continuous glucose monitoring, butwe are very excited about the prospectsfor this technology.”

Four UCSC graduate students have nowearned Ph.D. degrees while working withSingaram on the glucose sensor project.

Singaram seems amazed by the

16 UC Santa Cruz Review / Fall 2004

By Tim Stephens

On the verge of a medical breakthroughAn innovative UC Santa Cruz

research project brings new hope

to the treatment of diabetes

DIABETES is a chronic disease that affects the body’s ability to

produce or respond to insulin, the hormone that allows glucose

(“blood sugar”) to enter the body’s cells and be stored or used for

energy. Many diabetics require insulin injections, and all must carefully

monitor and manage their blood glucose levels. For millions of diabetics

this means drawing blood several times a day, usually from finger pricks.

While insulin pumps offer a less painful alternative to daily insulin

injections, drawing blood remains the only reliable means of monitoring

glucose levels. Unfortunately, glucose levels can fluctuate dramatically

throughout the day, making it difficult to know when to draw blood for test-

ing. In addition, many diabetics don’t test their blood glucose levels as often

as recommended because of the pain and inconvenience of the procedure.

But research that originated in Bakthan Singaram’s laboratory

at UC Santa Cruz offers a promising route toward a long-sought goal—

a continuous glucose monitor to replace the finger pricks that are a

part of daily life for so many diabetics. In addition to helping diabetics

manage their blood glucose levels, the glucose sensor could also be

used to monitor glucose levels in hospitalized patients.

jim

mac

ken

zie

jim

mac

ken

zie

Left: Some samples of the highly fluorescent dyes used by the Singaram group for glucose-sensor research. Below: Graduate student Soya Gamsey(right) and undergraduate Nichol Baxter purify a dye using column chromatography.

17

port was crucial, says Wessling, carryingthe project through the early stages whenthe researchers were struggling to figureout how to make the system work.

After that, the UCSC team got anotherlucky break. A few doors down the hallwayfrom Singaram’s office in the ThimannLaboratories building is the office of ToddWipke, a professor of chemistry and bio-chemistry who has also served as the cam-pus liaison to the UC Office of TechnologyTransfer. Wipke saw the potential ofSingaram’s research and wanted to keep theproject going. He also knew about UC pro-grams that support collaborative projectswith industry, and he had firsthand experi-ence in starting a company to developproducts based on his own research.

So Wipke founded a new company,GluMetrics LLC, using his contacts to puttogether a group of investors and a man-agement team. GluMetrics is now devel-oping a line of products based on the opti-cal glucose sensor, and Singaram’s researchon the sensor is being funded by UC’sDiscovery Grant program in collaborationwith GluMetrics.

“It is a great example of successful tech-nology transfer from the university to acompany that can commercialize this,”Wipke says.

The first marketable product likely tocome out of this venture is a catheter device, called GluCath, for monitoringblood glucose levels in hospitalized patients.

Glucose levels must be regularly moni-tored in patients in intensive care unitsand others being fed intravenously withglucose drips. Research has shown thattight control of blood glucose levels cansignificantly reduce mortality of ICU pa-tients, but the only way to do this current-ly is by taking frequent blood samples foranalysis, which is painful for the patientand expensive for the hospital.

“The GluCath catheter is inserted into a blood vessel and gives a continuousreading, and it can sound an alarm if the glucose level goes too high or too low.GluCath should reduce pain, reduce

costs, and reduce deaths,” Wipke says. An implantable glucose monitor for

diabetics is the next product in thepipeline. While other companies haveused different technologies to develop glucose monitors, there is currently noth-ing on the market that is effective enoughto replace the standard blood tests.

“That’s not to say that something won’tpop up tomorrow from another compa-ny,” Wipke says. “Millions of dollars havebeen poured into this problem. A lot ofpeople are working hard on it, and the potential benefits are enormous, so it’shighly competitive. But we’re definitely in the running.”

One of the biggest challenges for animplantable device is the body’s tendencyto encapsulate any foreign substance.Encapsulation could affect the ability ofglucose to reach the sensor. If this problemcan be overcome, however, an implantableglucose monitor would provide the crucial“missing link” in the development of anartificial pancreas.

In concept, at least, an artificial pan-creas is simply a continuous glucose moni-tor connected to an insulin pump that isprogrammed to deliver appropriate dosesof insulin to maintain healthy blood glucose levels.

“That is the holy grail that many peo-ple have been pursuing,” Singaram says.“It won’t cure diabetes, but it would make management of the disease a lot easier.”

UC Santa Cruz Review / Fall 2004 19

jim

mac

ken

zie

“We have tested the sensor

under conditions that are

as close as possible to the

physiological conditions

under which a continuous

glucose monitor would have

to operate.”

—Bakthan Singaram

serendipitous combination of people, tal-ents, and relationships that came togetherto advance his lab’s sensor project. Theinitial impetus for the group’s work camefrom Paul Levin, founder of Palco Labs, a Santa Cruz–based company that makes products for diabetics. Levin, alongtime supporter of the campus whosewife, Anne, is a trustee of the UCSCFoundation, mentioned his interest in developing a glucose sensor to the dean of physical and biological sciences, DavidKliger. A professor of chemistry and bio-chemistry, Kliger knew Singaram had theexpertise needed to tackle such a project.

“When Dave Kliger stopped by myoffice to talk about glucose sensors, I immediately thought of a paper I had justread that morning that suggested a way to

approach the problem,” Singaram says. After further discussions, Palco Labs

began funding Singaram’s lab to work on the sensor project. “It was the easiestfunding I ever got. We didn’t even have to submit a written proposal,” he says.

Singaram’s work on the glucose sensorhas benefited greatly from the contribu-tions of visiting scientist Rich Wessling, a renowned polymer chemist who retiredfrom Dow Chemical Company in the1990s. After moving to Santa CruzCounty, Wessling was itching to get backinto the laboratory. He knew Singaramthrough mutual friends at Dow and hasbeen working in his lab since 1996.

The glucose sensor project offered aperfect opportunity to combine Wessling’sexpertise in polymer chemistry with

Singaram’s knowledge of organic chem-istry. While Singaram developed the com-bination of chemicals needed to producean optical signal in response to glucose,Wessling figured out a way to immobilizethe chemical complex in a “thin-film hydrogel,” a biocompatible polymer similar to that used in soft contact lenses.

The result is the first system of itskind, providing optical sensing of glucoseconcentrations with durable and biocom-patible materials. It works well underphysiological conditions, the responsetime is very fast, and the compounds arestable and don’t degrade over time.

“This could be the biggest thing I’veever done,” Wessling says.

Palco Labs funded the first two years ofresearch on the sensor. That initial sup-

18 UC Santa Cruz Review / Fall 2004

The Glucose Research Team: (l–r) Bakthan Singaram, Lacie Hirayama, Rich Wessling, SoyaGamsey, Dave Cordes, Nichol Baxter, Zach Sharrett, Luba Pasumansky, Chris Watts, AaronMiller, and Praveen Thoniyot.

jim

mac

ken

zie

Watching graduate student Zach Sharrett and postdoctoral researcher Praveen Thoniyot (l–r, foreground) carry out glucose-sensing experiments ona spectrofluorimeter are (back row, l–r) Rich Wessling, Nichol Baxter, and Bakthan Singaram

UC Santa Cruz Review / Fall 2004 21

kris

tian

qua

ark Teague,best-selling children’s authorand illustrator

of more than 40 books, includ-ing the now-classic How DoDinosaurs Say Good Night?, is adoodler who credits his successto “dumb luck.”

But his fans know better.Take the premise of his

recent—and favorite—book,Dear Mrs.LaRue: Letters fromObedience School, about a wire-haired terrier named Ike whosepranks prompt his owner totemporarily banish him to a“canine academy.”

In daily correspondence, Ike pleads with his owner forrelease: “You say I should bepatient and accept that I’ll behere through the term. Are youaware that the term lasts TWOMONTHS? Do you know howlong that is in dog years?”

Ike’s expressive language ismatched by Teague’s irresistibleillustrations, featuring lush,full-color renderings of daily lifeat what looks more like a dog-gie spa than a kennel, wherewhite-jacketed waiters servegourmet meals to pups seated at tables adorned with freshflowers and white linens. Theseimages are juxtaposed withgrim, black-and-white depic-tions of how Ike is experiencinghis confinement. (On the bookjacket, Ike warns readers not to be fooled by the cheery colorpictures and to pay attentioninstead to the noir-esque portrayals of his suffering.)

“I was telling two differentstories, and I had to make sureany kid could see a strong visualdifference between what’s inIke’s imagination and what’s

really going on,” said Teague.The technique worked, and theillustrations resonate with read-ers of all ages.

Teague, 41, finds inspiration for his books in daily life. Dear Mrs. LaRue started out as abook of mournful letters writ-ten from summer camp by ahomesick child.

“But the story really wasn’tgoing anywhere until I startedwriting it from the dog’s perspective,” said Teague, who incorporated the antics of two beloved real-life dogs in the character of Ike. A sequel, Detective LaRue,has just been published.

Teague has enjoyedsteady success in the field ofchildren’s publishing sincemoving to New York short-ly after graduating fromUC Santa Cruz with a degree in history in 1985.

“I took courses withprofessors I liked, peoplelike John Dizikes, PeterKenez, and Gary Miles,more than by subject,” saidTeague, who grew up inSan Diego. “I don’t regretit. I read history all thetime. Having that time tolearn interesting things is really valuable.”

Teague wrote and illustratedhis first children’s book, TheTrouble with the Johnsons, whiledesigning window displays forBarnes & Noble in New YorkCity. “One of the editors whoworked upstairs, where theyhad to wear suits, used to comedownstairs to the art depart-ment and hang out, because wegot to play loud music and havea good time,” recalled Teague.“He saw what I was working on

and liked the book. That’s how I got my foot in the door. Thisis all dumb luck.”

That first book, published in1989 about a homesick boywho returns home to find that(friendly) dinosaurs have movedin, earned Teague a spot inPublishers Weekly, where he wasnamed one of 11 prominentnew authors. It was the first ofmany hits, including Pigsty,about a kid whose room is somessy that pigs actually movein; Baby Tamer, inspired by thebirth of his first daughter, Lily;

and The Secret Shortcut, abouttwo boys who are always late forschool. In addition to Teague’ssolo ventures, his art adorns thebooks of many other acclaimedchildren’s authors, includingAudrey Wood, Cynthia Rylant,and Jane Yolen.

The books with Yolen, HowDo Dinosaurs Say Good Night?and How Do Dinosaurs Get WellSoon?, published in 2000 and2002 by Scholastic Press, bothbecame fixtures on the NewYork Times Best-seller List and

brought Teague even greaterrecognition. (It was Teague’sidea to feature dinosaur chil-dren with human parents andto showcase different kinds ofdinosaurs in these delightfultales of tantrums, bedtimestalling, sniffles, and fevers.)

“Overall, illustration is easierthan writing,” said Teague, whouses acrylic gouache to createhis fantasy worlds. “It’s kind ofmeditative. With writing, I real-ly have to concentrate. But it’svery rewarding to me when astory comes together well.”

Teague’s studio is a convert-ed room in the 19th-centuryVictorian home overlookingthe Hudson River that heshares with his family inCoxsackie, New York. Hisdaughters, Lily, 9, and Ava, 4,sometimes join him, drawing at his side while he works.

He gets a lot of fan mail, including a request from a 10-year-old Cleveland boy to illus-trate a story. “He wrote to metwo years ago and asked me toillustrate it,” said Teague. “He’sgot his own publication. I sub-scribe, actually. But he’s beentalking with other writers sincethen. I don’t know if he’s goingto be a writer, but he’ll probablyrule the world.”

Teague has helped promote childhood literacy with the U.S. Department ofEducation’s Read*Write*Nowprogram, and he occasionallyvisits schools to read books tochildren or attends a book signing. But for the most part,this hero of children’s literatureleads a quiet life. “I guess this is what you do with a historydegree,” he quipped.

—Jennifer McNulty

M

Teague’s latest book, the sequel to Dear Mrs.LaRue: Letters from Obedience School

Child’sPlayHistory grad Mark Teague has found his niche in the rarefied world of children’s book writing and illustration

20 UC Santa Cruz Review / Fall 2004

Parker, a terrestrial plant ecologist, is co-advisingHays along with marine ecologist Peter Raimondi.She says Hays is conducting cutting-edge researchon one of the classic, fundamental questions in ecol-ogy—and building a national reputation for herselfin the process. Now in her final year of graduatework, Hays has earned the recognition and supportof the ARCS Foundation, an unusual organizationdevoted to rewarding exceptional students like her.

ARCS—Achievement Rewards for CollegeScientists—was established by a small group ofwomen in Los Angeles in 1958 to provide scholar-ships for students in science, engineering, and medicine. The foundation is still run by womenwho volunteer their time for fundraising, so that allof the money they raise goes directly to scholarships. Since 1976, the foundation’s Northern CaliforniaChapter has given over $1 million in scholarships toUCSC students. Hays is one of seven UCSC gradu-ate students who each won $10,000 scholarshipsfrom the ARCS Foundation this year alone.

“The ARCS Foundation is one of the very raresources of unrestricted funds for graduate students,and it has provided incredible support over the yearsfor the training of scientists and engineers,” saysDavid Kliger, dean of physical and biological sciences.

This kind of support is especially critical now, as graduate programs throughout California feel therepercussions of the state’s budget problems “Ourmission is probably more important than it has ever been since our founding,” says Linda Millard,then–president of the Northern California Chapterof the ARCS Foundation.

For Hays, the ARCS scholarship means she willhave more time forher research duringthis critical final year of graduate school.

“It makes a big difference,” Hays says.“This will free me up to focus more on my research, so it’s reallywonderful to have theextra support.”

—Tim Stephens

UC Santa Cruz Review / Fall 2004 23

Often struggling to meet the competing demands of coursework, teaching, and research, graduate students are the unher-alded workhorses of research universities. While UCSC has a

growing number of master’s and Ph.D. programs and the campushas made it a priority to enroll more graduate students, supportingthose students is a serious challenge at a time of lean state budgets.

Compounding the problem is another reality: The vital role of graduate students in helping the university fulfill its mission in the stateis not widely appreciated, says Bruce Schumm, professor of physics andchair of the Graduate Council of the UCSC Academic Senate.

These postbaccalaureate students represent the next generation ofhighly trained professionals in their fields, and in the course of theirgraduate training they conduct much of the day-to-day research activities on campus, provide crucial support to the faculty as teachingassistants, and contribute to the intellectual vitality of the campuscommunity. Through their contributions to both teaching and research, they are an enormously beneficial resource for the state ofCalifornia.

“Graduate students provide intellectual capital for the state andsupport the development of technologies and policies that benefitthe state by improving the economic climate and the way we live ourlives,” Schumm says. “If we cannot remain competitive in our abilityto recruit graduate students, the implications go beyond the univer-sity. It’s a potential threat to the economic and cultural vitality ofCalifornia.”

Increases in graduate student fees and tuition are effectively reducing the pool of funds available to support graduate studentsand cutting into the ability of departments to make competitive offers to prospective students. The campus is responding by makingstudent support a major focus of fundraising efforts. A two-yearcampaign will be announced formally on November 6 at the SecondAnnual Scholarships Benefit Dinner (see page 3), which last yearraised more than $500,000 to benefit students. The new campaign’sbroad goals will include support for both undergraduate scholarshipsand graduate fellowships, says Ronald P. Suduiko, vice chancellor forUniversity Relations at UCSC.

In most cases, fees and tuition for students in doctoral programs arepaid either internally, by their departments, or by external grants andfellowships. This makes it even more difficult for UCSC to enroll out-of-state and foreign students, who face the biggest increases in tuitionand fees. But according to Schumm, it is shortsighted to make it moredifficult for these students to attend graduate school in California.

“We need to recruit nationally and internationally to bring thebest and the brightest to California,” he says. “It is important forpeople to understand what an asset these students are for the univer-sity and for the state.” —Tim Stephens

Supporting grad studentsCampaign will fund vital fellowships

jim

mac

ken

zie

22 UC Santa Cruz Review / Fall 2004

Why doesn’t that wildflower growa little further north or a bit higher up on the mountain? How far will those “killer

bees” spread? What will happen at the southernedges of northern forests if the climate keeps gettingwarmer? Questions like these have long challengedecologists trying to understand the factors that deter-mine the natural geographic ranges of organisms.

Cynthia Hays, a graduate student in ecologyand evolutionary biology at UC Santa Cruz, istackling this problem with a detailed investigationof a type of marine algae common along theCalifornia coast. Silvetia compressa, commonlyknown as rockweed, grows attached to rocks in the middle of the intertidal zone, where its tougholive-green fronds are alternately submerged beneath the waves and exposed to the air.

Hays is interested in the upper and lower limitsof rockweed’s distribution within the intertidal zone.She has found, for example, that rockweed plantsgrowing near the edges of its range show geneticadaptations to local conditions, such as prolongedexposure at the upper edge or prolonged submersionat the lower edge. This raises a fundamental questionfor Hays: What keeps the algae from adapting tomore extreme conditions just beyond the edges? Her preliminary findings suggest that one importantfactor is the flow of “wimpy” genes coming from themasses of algae living comfortably in the middle.

“There has been a lot of theoretical work usingmathematical models to show that gene flow caninhibit local adaptation under certain conditions.But no one knows how significant this phenome-non is in natural systems,” Hays says.

Her project involves extensive fieldwork as wellas long hours in the laboratory. Hays is studyingthe genetic makeup of rockweed populations acrossthe full geographic range of the species and hastraveled up and down the coast, from Baja tonorthern California, collecting samples for molecu-lar analysis back in the laboratory. She has also conducted a variety of field experiments at sites indifferent habitats along the coast.

“Her dissertation research is a huge body ofwork,” says Ingrid Parker, associate professor ofecology and evolutionary biology.

Studying the Edges

ARCS scholar Cynthia Hays with the object of her research: Silvetia compressa

ARCS scholar’s research takes on a fundamental issue in ecology

Recording data at Pigeon Point

jim

mac

ken

zie

Your e-mail address cansave time, money, trees

The UCSC Online Communityhas e-mail addresses for rough-ly 16,000 alumni, or about

25 percent of the alumni popula-tion. If your e-mail address isn’t yet in the Online Community,now’s the time to add it to ensurethat old friends can find you—and that you’ll hear about eventsfor “banana slugs.”

Environmental considerationsas well as budget cuts have led thecampus to use e-mail for invitationsand news. Future UCSC reunion

invitations, for example, will onlybe sent by e-mail.

Alumni Association chapters inLos Angeles, the San Francisco BayArea, and Boston have used e-mailexclusively to invite locals to happyhours, lectures, and other gather-ings. Events with low budgets orshort lead times can succeed as never before with the use of e-mail.

Sharing your e-mail addresswith friends and the campus is easy. Go to the AlumniAssociation’s Online Community(alumni.ucsc.edu), e-mail it toalumni@ucsc.edu, or call theAlumni Association toll free at(800) 933-SLUG.

Calling all grads:Celebrate UCSC’s 40that your alumni reunion

Reconnect with treasuredfriends and faculty at BananaSlug Spring Fair campus

reunion weekend, April 15–17. The 2004 event broke all previousrecords for alumni involvement(2,420 attendees), faculty atten-dance (over 100), and number ofreunions, receptions, lectures, andother events (42). Generous alumnicelebrating reunions gave $245,000to the campus, including a $45,000challenge donation from threealumni that matched fellow grads’contributions to the colleges dollarfor dollar.

At BSSF 2005, all graduates andfriends can celebrate UCSC’s 40thanniversary at the All-AlumniReunion Luncheon. The classes of’00, ’95, ’90, ’85, ’80, ’75, and ’70will receive special recognition asthey celebrate their five- through35-year reunions.

Reunion invitations will be sentonly via e-mail. Make sure theAlumni Association has your current e-mail address. You can

update it online at alumni.ucsc.edu,send e-mail to alumni@ucsc.edu, orcall the Alumni Association toll freeat (800) 933-SLUG.

UC Santa Cruz Review / Fall 2004 25

UCSC benefits–and sodo you–when you jointhe Alumni Association

Support your alma materwhile taking advantage of greatbenefits for yourself by joining

the UCSC Alumni Association. Through the association, gradu-

ates give back to the campus. Lastyear, the association gave out$73,000 in scholarships, generallybased on financial need (see photo,right). Thirty percent of each mem-ber’s annual dues support specialprojects and activities at the colleges;the association disbursed $40,000for these purposes last year alone.

Membership offers exclusivebenefits for you, including a free affinity e-mail account (yourname@ucscalumni.com), free

borrowing privileges at all UC campus libraries, invitations to special events, the Banana SlugBulletin alumni newsletter, andmore. You also get substantial sav-ings and discounts on such servicesas the campus OPERS recreationalfacilities (including the Olympic-size pool and fitness center), theCareer Center, UCSC Extension,Bay Tree Bookstore online purchas-es, Shakespeare Santa Cruz,Seymour Marine Discovery Center membership, the KaplanEducational Center (offering gradschool test preparation), the SanJose Repertory Theater, and others.

Joining is easy, convenient, andaffordable. Annual dues are $35,and life memberships are $450.Join online at alumni.ucsc.edu orcall the Alumni Association at(800) 933-SLUG.

dan

coy

ro

2003–04 Alumni Association scholarship recipientsback row, l–r: Mary Close, Steven Alvarez, Eric Hafen; middle row: David Louagie, Talia Stoessel, Jason Haynes,Ernesto Maldonado, Richard Adams; front row: PrarthnaNaidu, Alison Cail, Marisa Infante

SAVE THESE 2005 DATES:R Alumni Association Awards Luncheon, February 5 at the

University CenterR UC Day (legislative advocacy for higher education), January or

February in SacramentoR Banana Slug Spring Fair, April 15–17: Reunions for the classes

of ’00, ’95, ’90, ’85, ’80, ’75, and ’70; celebrations of UCSC’s40th anniversary; receptions, panel discussions, and more

R Alumni Vintners Wine Tasting, July 30 at the UCSC BaskinVisual Arts Center

alumni.ucsc.edu

Walking to the Banana Slug SpringFair 2004 Oakes College reception is founding Oakes maintenance supervisor Lowell Burton (left), recently retired after 35 years at the college, with J. Herman Blake,founding Oakes provost, who taughtat UCSC from 1966 to 1984.

ucsc

ph

oto

ser

vice

s

College support fundlaunched by graduates

Anew alumni-led initiative,the Alumni Colleges Fund,seeks to enhance one of

UCSC’s most distinctive features:its colleges.

“Whether we were discussingclasses or the swirling political issues of the time, the friendshipsforged at Merrill are some of thestrongest that we have today, 35 years later,” said Ken Doctor(Merrill ’71), president of theUCSC Alumni Association.“Proximity helped students findone another and make informalconnections with faculty. Sociallyand intellectually, the collegesadded something unique that is not available to undergraduates in most university settingsthroughout the U.S.”

With leadership from Doctorand UCSC Foundation presidentKen Feingold (Cowell ’71), thisspring the Alumni Association established the Alumni CollegesFund to provide annual and endowment funds to collegeprovosts. The monies will supportvisiting faculty, artists, and otherdistinguished speakers; specialevents, lectures, and College Nightprograms; service learning andcommunity outreach projects;

and other initiatives. “These re-sources will make a big difference,”said Doctor. “Even $500 here andthere can enable a project to go forward that would otherwise beimpossible.”

Feingold still remembers aCollege Night when the renownedprimatologist Jane Goodall spoke atStevenson College. More than 30years later, activist Jesse Jackson’s visit to College Nine made a lastingimpression on alumna NidhiChanani (College Nine ’02).Though separated by three decades,

these two grads’memories suggestthe lasting impactof college-basedprograms.

Today, onlyfour of every tendollars needed forUC’s operationcome from publicfunds, down fromalmost seven 40years ago. The statehas never allocatedincreased funds tothe Santa Cruz

campus for its unique college structure. Over the past four yearsthe campus has experienced a reduction of approximately 17 percent in state funding. The cutshave affected every area on campus;the colleges are no exception.

All alumni are invited to make a gift to the Alumni Colleges Fund.Graduates from the classes of ’00,’95, ’90, ’85, ’80, ’75, and ’70 arewelcome to make a gift honoringtheir reunions, which will takeplace April 15–17. Donations tothe fund will be directed to the col-lege of the donor’s choice. Alumni may also “purchase” a tile for eachdonation of $1,000. Each six-inchsquare tile, engraved with thedonor’s name, college, and year, will be installed and permanentlydisplayed at the donor’s college.

“Administrators have reaffirmedthe value of colleges, even in thecontext of budget cuts,” Doctorsaid. “As alumni, we want to helpthat renewal and support the outstanding college-based educational experience that connects the campus’s foundingwith the 21st century.”

Alumni AssociationCouncilors, 2004–05. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

CowellAdilah Barnes ’72, Vice President

for External AffairsGregory Canillas ’90Karen Rhodes ’77Allison Tom ’93

StevensonDavid Brick ’69Amy Everitt ’92Sandor Nagyszalanczy ’77,

Vice President for Administration Joan Fitting Scott ’69,

Vice President for Internal Affairs

CrownJerry Ruiz ’77Rick Simpson ’73Stacey Vreeken ’83

MerrillKen Doctor ’71, President Patrick R. A. Ford ’93Dominador Siababa ’75, Executive

Vice President

PorterMary Doyle ’74John Gutierrez ’73Rob Sawyer ’72, Vice President

for Finance

KresgePaul D. Seeman ’76Sharif Traylor ’85

OakesFilomena Trindade ’85Patrick Walker ’84

College EightSusan Brutschy ’80Aaron Cole ’91

Ex OfficioMartin M. Chemers, Acting

ChancellorCarolyn Christopherson,

Executive DirectorAlison Galloway, Chair,

Academic SenateJessica Pierce, Chair,

Student Union AssemblyKai Pommerenke, President,

Graduate Student Association

24 UC Santa Cruz Review / Fall 2004

ALUMNI NEWS

do

reen

sch

ack

ALUMNI NEWS

Addressing more than 300 alumni at the 2004 Banana Slug Spring Fair All-Alumni Luncheon, UCSC Foundation president Ken Feingold (at podium)and Alumni Association president Ken Doctor, both ’71 grads, announced thelaunch of the Alumni Colleges Fund. At this past year’s five- through 35-yearreunions, generous alumni donated $80,000 to their colleges.

At Banana Slug Spring Fair 2004, Alumni Associationpresident Ken Doctor (left) presented Acting ChancellorMartin M. Chemers with a ceremonial check showing thetotal amount of reunion giving from alumni.

ucsc

ph

oto

ser

vice

s

UC Santa Cruz Review / Fall 2004 27

In June they built a memorial sculp-ture with staff and clients ofSkillQuest, a day-support programoperated by the Department ofMental Retardation of the City ofVirginia Beach. Trisha also exhibitedher ceramic sculpture during thesummer at Grounds for Sculpture inHamilton, N.J. ’94 Susan MINTZ married PeterSchmitz in July 2003; she received anM.A. from Washington University inSt. Louis in 1997 and is now pursuingan M.S. at Portland State University.’99 Meredith OBENDORFER isin the M.B.A. program at San JoseState University while working full-time as a market research analyst forSeagate Technology in Scotts Valley.’00 Judith BANDERMANNRandle received her M.A. in sociolo-gy at San Jose State University in2003 and is now working toward aPh.D. in jurisprudence and socialpolicy at UC Berkeley.’01 Colleen FLYNN earned her lawdegree from Southwestern UniversitySchool of Law in Los Angeles in May.

Crown College’74 Richard HOGAN is the authorof The Failure of Planning: PermittingSprawl in San Diego Suburbs 1970–1999 (Ohio State University Press,2003); he is an associate professor ofsociology and American studies atPurdue University.’77 Christopher FLICK is workingas a sound editor in Los Angeles; inFebruary he received the 2004Motion Picture Sound Editors’Golden Reel Award as supervisingfoley editor on Master andCommander: The Far Side of theWorld; his screen credits can befound on the web at IMDb.com.’84 Erika FERGUSON Suekerhas founded a progressive nonprofitelementary school as a communitylearning center for Golden, Colo.;her two children and 14 others attended the first year.’86 Jennifer BUNDY is busy thesedays singing at church, guiding hersons through scouting adventures,and working as a first-grade teacherand beginning teacher-supportprovider, as well as being the assistanttrack coach for the district highschool in Yuma, Ariz. She celebratedher 40th birthday in December2003, is running three times a week,and planned to compete in some10K races this past summer.

’90 Jason MIDDLEBROOK is an artist and has shown his workthroughout the U.S. and Europe; heand his wife, Kate NEEDHAM(Porter ’90), had a baby girl in July2003; they live in New York. EricSTEFFENSEN is practicing as anoral and maxillofacial surgeon inNapa, Calif.’92 Celeste DeWALD has beenhired as the executive director of theCalifornia Museum Association; previously, she was the education director at the Steinbeck Center inSalinas.’93 Jennifer WALTERS was award-ed an Emmy as producer of the BestDaytime News Show for one of theABC7 Morning News shows onKGO-TV, San Francisco. ’96 Caroline DINGLE has beenawarded a Gates Scholarship tostudy for a Ph.D. in zoology at theUniversity of Cambridge, England,beginning this fall; the scholarshipsare funded by the Bill and MelindaGates Foundation to educate leadersfrom around the world who will ad-dress inequities in global health andlearning.’98 Julie DURANT is living in theSacramento area and recently pur-chased her first home.’01 Erik WASHBURN is a medicalstudent at UC Davis; he and JessicaHOWELL (Merrill ’01), a Ph.D.candidate in English literature at UCDavis, are planning to get married.’02 Lisa Marie REIFKE is workingas an intern for the NatureConservancy in Naples, Fla., whereshe is involved in the conservancy’seducation program. HeatherSIUDZINSKI’s boyfriend of fouryears proposed to her at the top ofthe Eiffel Tower on January 18; theyare planning their wedding for thisOctober.

Merrill College’77 Barbara QUICK’s fourth book,Even More/Todavia Mas, a bilingualpicture book for children and theirmothers, illustrated by Liz McGrath,has been published recently byRaven Tree Press; she’s working onanother book, The CommitmentDialogues, with Matthew McKay,which will be published byMcGraw-Hill in February.’79 Jill FEHLMAN works for San Diego Kaiser Permanente as apatient educator; she also collects an-tiques and has many fond memoriesof her days at UCSC.

’80 Zona GRAY-Blair teaches stu-dents with severe disabilities; she hasreceived a grant to create a garden to develop authentic friendship between students with and withoutdisabilities, which is also the topic ofher master’s project.’85 David KORDUNER and hiswife, Joan Krimston, welcomedNoah Ilan in August 2003; Noahjoins brothers Zach (8) and Ben (5)in the Future Slugs Club. Davidcontinues to work in labor relationsfor Touchstone Television and ABC.’90 Eric PESIK is an adjunct pro-fessor of law at Monterey College ofLaw and a corporate lawyer withSeagate Technology in Scotts Valley.’96 Emilie CATE is a counselor at the Sonoma State UniversityCounseling Center; she planned tocomplete her M.A. in counseling in May and begin doctoral studies in counseling psychology at theUniversity of Oregon this fall.Friends may send e-mail to emcate@hotmail.com.’00 Christopher ALLEN currentlyhas an office job and is a private tutorwhile working toward his teachingcredential in high school English.Melissa BARTHELEMY is attendinglaw school in San Francisco and miss-es the beauty and social activist envi-ronment at UCSC.’01 Joseph SOLORIO is workingon a master’s degree in counselor ed-ucation at San Jose State University.’02 Coast Guard Ensign MichaelNORRIS earned a position on theCommodore’s List in January inrecognition of flight and academicexcellence as a student aviator duringnaval flight training.

Porter College’74 Robert KUBEY is the directorof the Center for Media Studies atRutgers University and recently had his book, Creating Television:Conversations with the People Behind50 Years of American Television, published by Lawrence ErlbaumAssociates. In the book, Kubey men-tions the influence that three UCSCpsychology professors—Michael Kahn,Pavel Machotka, and Frank Barron—had on him in the early 1970s.’76 Michael McLAUGHLIN iscompleting his second novel, “Gangof One”; he has written three booksof poetry and was recently appointed2004 Poet Laureate of San LuisObispo, Calif., where he lives withhis partner of four years and his 13-

year-old trumpet-playing son. ’77 Thomas POSTER is acting (hisagent is Howard Talent West) andworking on the water as captain of atrawler.’81 Tracey SCHUSTER is head ofSpecial Collections and VisualResources Reference at the GettyResearch Institute in Los Angeles; sheand her husband, Chris, were mar-ried in January and share their WestLos Angeles home with their beauti-ful purebred Ragdoll kitten, Theo.’82 Sarah ALLISON lives in SantaRosa with her husband and daugh-ter; she is an occupational therapistand director of rehabilitation withthe geriatric population.’84 Kristina JONES Carey lives inTerra Linda, Calif., and is a writer,gardener, and mother of a five-year-old. Angela BOCAGE Gildenhas a solo practice in asylum law inManhattan; she has teenage kids, is amember of the Association of PetDog Trainers, and writes about mar-riage equality and the law for theACLU and marriageequalityny.orgwith her partner, Helen Richardson.She celebrated her Bat Mitzvah in2002 and welcomes e-mail from oldfriends, especially fellow Leviathanalums, at pups2cats3@hotmail.com.’88 Susan FLEISHER-Parkerwrites literature for a Santa Cruzcompany; she is married and has ababy daughter born in 2003.’92 Susannah COPI and JimDAVIS (Porter ’91) were planningto be married in June; Susannah re-cently finished a documentary, titledRue des Juifs, and Jim is in featurespublicity at Disney.’98 Leslie HOLEMAN has beenaccepted to the UC Davis School ofVeterinary Medicine. AdrienneMILLER received a B.S. in 1999from UC Berkeley and an M.S. in 2001 from the University ofWashington, both in civil and envi-ronmental engineering, after whichshe was a guest researcher for a yearat the Swedish Royal Institute ofTechnology; now she lives inBerkeley and works with NativeAmerican water rights.’01 Joseph DePAGE writes that he “spent last Saturday listening toold Dean Martin records and drink-ing dry martinis.” MacKenzie SANTIAGO is living in Santa Cruz,paying his student loans, and break-ing his back as a tow-truck driver; hewrites that he has no time to surf orskate and is still looking for a girl-friend in Santa Cruz.

26 UC Santa Cruz Review / Fall 2004

continued from page 23

Cowell College’69 Richard SHAFFER is attendingRoswell Museum and Art Center inRoswell, N.M., on a residency grantas a senior artist in 2005–06.’70 Sandra KATZMAN coau-thored a monograph about NorthKorea and Japan, soon to be pub-lished in Japanese; now she is writingabout learning Japanese.’71 Father James GRAHAM pre-sented his reconstruction and analy-sis of the “Byzantine Christian serv-ice of making brothers” at the ninth annual conference of the NationalAssociation of Catholic DiocesanLesbian and Gay Ministries inSeptember 2003.’73 Bruce FEINGOLD is a clinicalpsychologist with a private practicein Walnut Creek, Calif.; a collectionof his haiku was published this yearby Red Moon Press; he lives inBerkeley with his wife, Madeline,also a psychologist, and his twoteenage children.’76 The fourth edition of RichardLEITER’s book, National Survey ofState Laws, won the 2003 Joseph L.Andrews Bibliographical Award, theoldest award given by the AmericanAssociation of Law Libraries; Leiterhas been the director of the law li-brary and professor at the Universityof Nebraska College of Law since2000. Steve LIPKE is an art instruc-tor at Mendocino College.’78 James O’CALLAHAN waschosen recently as one of southernCalifornia’s super lawyers by LosAngeles magazine and Law & Politicsmagazine.’79 Pete PARKINSON is the director of the Sonoma CountyPermit and Resource ManagementDepartment; he and his wife,Cecilia UDALL Parkinson (Cowell’89), live in Santa Rosa.’80 Mark PADILLA has beennamed provost and vice chancellorfor academic and student affairs atthe University of North Carolina atAsheville; prior to this appointment,he had held the position of vicechancellor for academic affairs sincecoming to the campus in 2002.’85 Elizabeth BURKE earned anM.F.A. in painting at BostonUniversity and then for five yearshad her own business as a freelance

editor and book designer; she foundthis work too lonely and went on topursue a career in psychology, earn-ing a master’s in social work in 2003.Janet GROSSMAN is the author ofLooking at Greek and Roman StoneSculpture (J. Paul Getty MuseumPublications, 2003) and is coeditor,with J. Podany and M. True, ofHistory of Restoration of Ancient StoneSculptures (Getty Trust Publications,2003).’87 Lucia Lynne SMALL teamedup with director/producer MaureenFoley (Home Before Dark) to produceher second feature film AmericanWake (www.americanwakefilm.com),which had itsworld premiere atthe DemocraticNational Conven-tion July 28; allproceeds of thescreening went tothe DemocraticParty. ’90 AlbertCHANG worksfor the AmericanAcademy ofPediatrics as a pre-ventive medicineeducator and is ageneral pediatri-cian in OrangeCounty; he re-ceived an award at the 2004 InjuryPrevention Summit for his work inchildhood injury prevention and fortraining the pediatric residents atUC Irvine and the Children’sHospital of Orange County. He appears regularly on a weekly PBSparenting program called Help MeGrow.’96 Bruce ROCKWELL is livingin San Francisco and working as amusic educator and composer(www.brucerockwell.com) and as thedirector of the San Francisco SongFestival (www.sfsongfestival.org); hewas planning to marry his girlfriendin an outdoor ceremony in theCarneros region of Napa County insummer 2004.’00 Gayle (Coleen) SCOTT earnedan M.F.A. in costume design fromBoston University in May 2004 andwon a prestigious Kahn Award,which is given to one design studentannually.

’01 Jane ROSENTHAL splits hertime between being an instructor atthe University of Pennsylvania andan evaluator for K–12 ESL andbilingual programs for the SchoolDistrict of Philadelphia.

Stevenson College’69 Susan TRIMINGHAM is anartist and teaches art to adolescentsin juvenile hall and to elementaryschoolchildren through residencieswith the Cultural Council of SantaCruz County SPECTRA art pro-gram; recently, she has become amentor for the Bay Area California

Arts Project’s workshops and institutes. ’71 JonathanKIRSCH, a bookcolumnist for theLos Angeles Timesand an attorneyspecializing in publishing law, isthe author of GodAgainst the Gods:The History of theWar BetweenMonotheism andPolytheism (Viking),his 10th book; hisnational book tourincluded an event

at the Capitola Book Café.’72 Karen LINDVALL-Larson hasbeen the Latin American studies librarian at UC San Diego since1975.’77 Peter KOSENKO works for asoftware company, where he pro-grams and does technical editing; inthe last year, he has been writing guitar pieces and playing them at theUnUrban Coffee House in SantaMonica.’78 Karl BROWN performed onhis cousin Rusty Anderson’s debutsolo album, titled UndressingUnderwater; he also built a web sitedocumenting his former band,Automatic Pilot, with many mp3sat www.automaticpilot.org. Dirk VANDER ENDE, under the penname of Dirk Gerrit, has publishedan aviation crime thriller titled Sting of Justice; after serving 12 yearsin the U.S. Navy, Dirk is now a pilot for a commercial airline and

lives in northern Kentucky.’83 Sue BERG Lim is the motherof two-year-old twin boys and hasrecently received approval to shareher job as senior environmentalchemist at East Bay MunicipalUtility District in Oakland.’84 Shari ANDERSON Allisonwas one of the more than one million people who participated in the March for Women’s Lives inWashington, D.C., on April 25; sheis vice president of the MesillaValley, N.M., chapter of theNational Organization for Womenand president of the Tonali LegalAlliance of Women in Las Cruces,N.M. Shari recently had a significantvictory in the United States Court ofAppeals for the Tenth Circuit,United States v. Lucio-Lucio, 347F.3d 1202 (10th Cir. 2003).’86 Stacy HANDELMAN Starkand her husband, Brian Stark, have ahappy six-month-old baby, Sam;Stacy teaches kindergarten in Seattle.’87 Katrina BLEDSOE finished adoctorate in psychology in 2002 andis now an assistant professor at theCollege of New Jersey in Ewing.After finishing a Ph.D. in oceanogra-phy at Scripps in 2000 and a post-doc in Amsterdam, P. GrahamMORTYN is an assistant professorat Fresno State University with atwo-year-old daughter; he’s planningto take a research position in Spainat the Universitat Autònoma deBarcelona.’89 Stephanie FISHKIN Darkand her husband, John DARK(Stevenson ’89), live in WalnutCreek, Calif., with their two chil-dren, ages two and a half and five;John is the marketing manager forGlobalstar Satellite Telephones, andStephanie is taking a leave of absencefrom working full-time to raise thechildren, volunteer, and do part-timeconsulting in health research.Martha LONGSHORE recentlypublished her fifth novel, Dark of theMoon, under the pseudonym of TessPendergrass; the novel is a romanticmystery set in northern California.’90 Trisha KYNER married fellowsculptor David Friedheim in May;for the past three years they havebeen making collaborative sculpturewith groups of adults and childrenunder the name Grendel’s Mother.

We’d like tohear from youR Use the card in

the middle of the magazine to send us your class note

R or send e-mail to dewey@ucsc.edu

R or submit a note via the web at alumni.ucsc.edu(go to Class Notes)

ALUMNI NOTES

’02 Roland POSADAS is workingas a senior editor/production directorfor 360 Media Group, which pro-duces a series of automotive lifestyleDVDs; he is also in charge of devel-oping a new men’s-interest DVD series along the lines of “Maximmeets MTV.”

Kresge College’75 Bobbi HOOVER facilitates atwice-monthly support group forwomen whose breast cancer hasmetastasized for the Bay Area BreastCancer Support Network; she hasbeen doing this emotionally difficultwork for over four years.’76 Les FRIED and his wife, RikiRUDOLPH Fried (Cowell ’80),have landed in Ramat Beit Shemesh,Israel, where they are raising Yoey(14), Elisheva (12), Avrami (10), andAvigayil (8); Sara (20) is a junior atUCSD; they can be reached atrfried@shemesh.co.il.’87 Elisa LYNCH is the globalwarming campaign director atBluewater Network, where shecowrote and championed theCalifornia law to require reducedgreenhouse gas pollution from pas-senger vehicles; she was planning toget married in March.’96 Jennifer BERNSTEIN-Lewishas a wonderful husband and adaughter, Rebecca, and she works for Guide Dogs for the Blind(www.guidedogs.com), managingseveral programs for the volunteerdepartment; one of her memories ofKresge has been published in a bookcalled It’s a Chick Thing, edited byAme Beanland; friends may reachher at jblewis@guidedogs.com.’97 Giorgia CUSCINO Diomedeswas married in May 2003 and wasexpecting her first child in May; shehas a master’s in special educationand is teaching in a high school inLos Angeles.’99 Julie KUSHNER Marovishearned an M.A. in communicationstudies at California State University,Chico, in 2001; she and her hus-band, Eric Marovish, were expectingtheir first child in June.’00 After receiving her M.F.A. inpoetry from the University of Iowain 2003, Genevieve KAPLANis teaching English at TruckeeMeadows Community College inReno, Nev.

Oakes College’90 Ralph PORRAS has been ap-pointed assistant superintendent ofSanta Cruz City Schools; prior tothis appointment he was principal ofSanta Cruz High School.’95 Achelle ACEDERA Lara wasmarried in September 2003 and isliving in southern California, whereshe works as a contract manager atLong Beach Memorial MedicalCenter.’96 Dawn THORNTON graduatedfrom medical school in June and isbeginning her residency in internalmedicine in Philadelphia.’03 Ashleigh LYMAN is workingon a research vessel assessing coralreef health in the main Hawaiian island chain. Quressa ROBINSONis the volunteer coordinator at 826Valencia, a nonprofit writing centeroffering free services to children ages8 to 18 in San Francisco. DennisSOLIS is an editorial assistant withFreedom Press in Topanga, Calif.,and a freelance writer.

College Eight ’77 Eric NEE was recently namededitor of Stanford Lawyer magazine.’80 Marney STROUD retired in2001 after 32 years as a special edu-cation teacher in Monterey County;she divides her time between herRancho de la Maestra in CalaverasCounty, Calif., and caretaking atRefugio de las Tortugas, along withserving as a planning commissionerin the City of Del Rey Oaks, Calif.’81 Lisa GARBER delivered a paper at the April conference of the American Popular CultureAssociation based on her doctoraldissertation, titled “Women WhoRide: The Psyche of the FemaleMotorcyclist.”’84 After years spent as a field research assistant tracking wildlifefrom whales to weasels, Leslie OSBORN now lives in the ColoradoRocky Mountains and works in anAntarctic program.’86 Karen DeBRAAL earned amaster’s degree in traditional Chinesemedicine from Five BranchesInstitute in Santa Cruz in 1997; shemoved to New Mexico last year,where she is working in a no-kill animal shelter.’90 Charly RAY still lives on theSioux River in northern Wisconsinwith his wife, Julie Buckles; theirfamily has grown to include nine sled

dogs and toddler Caroline Sadie Ray;Charly is general manager of theLiving Forest Cooperative, workingfor sustainable forestry.’91 Stacy REISCHMAN is chair ofthe Department of Theatre andDance at the University of SouthernMississippi and writes she is stilldancing. Dennis SULLIVAN is liv-ing in New York City and working as director of business and legal affairs for a television productioncompany; he planned to be marriedthis past summer.’93 David FEDERICO is servingas a private consultant to Fortune500 companies in security and datamanagement; he is married with onechild.’95 Melissa BOES is living in SanFrancisco and working at Genentech;she founded and is serving as presi-dent of the San Francisco Chapter of the Association for Women inScience, www.sfawis.com.’96 The Journey, a film directed, coproduced, written, photographed,and edited by Edwin AVANESS,received the Milan International Film Festival Audience Award inNovember 2002; the film is a lovestory that takes place in Armenia inthe early ’90s—a period of tumul-tuous events in that nation’s history.’99 After five years as a biomedicalresearcher at UC San Francisco,Manuel BRAVO is back in schoolworking toward a doctoral degree in pharmacy at UCSF. JonathanSMITH has been an EMT/beachlifeguard for the City of Santa Cruzfor the last four years; he was plan-ning to begin paramedic school inLos Angeles in August.’03 Rebecca HAMMAKER is agraduate student in math at TexasA&M University.

Graduate Studies’87 Diane RAYOR (Ph.D., litera-ture) is a full professor and chair ofthe Department of Classics at GrandValley State University in Michigan;her fourth book, The HomericHymns: A Translation, withIntroduction and Notes, was pub-lished by UC Press in February.’92 Richard BEHL (Ph.D. EarthSciences) was one of three professorsat California State University, LongBeach, chosen to receive a 2003–04Distinguished Faculty TeachingAward; an associate professor of geo-logical sciences, Behl is involved inresearch on global climate change

and on marine sedimentary rocks.Edward DIMENDBERG (Ph.D.,history of consciousness) is the au-thor of a new book, Film Noir andthe Spaces of Modernity (HarvardUniversity Press, 2004), which looksat the noir films of the ’40s and ’50sin tandem with historical develop-ments in architecture, city planning,and modern communication sys-tems; he teaches film and video stud-ies, German studies, and architectureat the University of Michigan.’94 Heather MIETZ Egli (certifi-cate, education) is on the board of aSanta Cruz animal-advocacy non-profit and very involved with severalanimal groups; she serves on the StaffAdvisory Board at UCSC and iscochair of the campus’s Women atWork Retreat.’95 Beth HUFNAGEL (Ph.D., astronomy and astrophysics) hasbeen promoted to associate professorin the Astronomy Department atAnne Arundel Community Collegein Maryland.’00 Helmut LANGERBEIN(Ph.D., history) is an associate profes-sor of history at the University ofTexas at Brownsville; he is the authorof Hitler’s Death Squads: The Logic ofMass Murder, published by TexasA&M University Press in 2003.’02 David SHORTER (Ph.D., history of consciousness) is a MellonPostdoctoral Fellow at WesleyanUniversity and has been hired as anassistant professor of folklore atIndiana University in Bloomington.

In MemoriamSteven ALLISON (Kresge ’76), a programmer analyst withCommunications and TechnologyServices at UCSC, died of cancer in June; he was 55.Eric DAUB (Stevenson ’91), a physi-cian, died in April; he is survived byhis wife, Elizabeth DEAN Daub(Stevenson ’89), and two children.Eve DUNN Gorn (Stevenson ’82), adedicated family physician, wife, andmother of two, died of cancer at herhome in Half Moon Bay in March;she was 43.Lynette LINDEN (Merrill ’72), whoearned an M.S. and a Ph.D. in elec-trical engineering at MIT and was anactive participant in UCSC alumnievents, died of natural causes in Aprilafter a long battle with schizophrenia.Daniel PECK (Oakes ’78) died frommetastatic cancer in December.

continued from page 27

28 UC Santa Cruz Review / Fall 2004

Serving the UC Santa Cruz campus community since 1965 831.459.4544

slugstore.ucsc.eduSHOP ONLINE

Your Source for Booksby Alumni and Faculty

We feature a large selection of books from our prestigious

faculty and noted alumni, including the titles shown below.

Please see the story about Mark Teague on page 20.

Celebrate your class reunion and UCSC’s 40th Anniversary!Celebrate your class reunion and UCSC’s 40th Anniversary!

Visit us @ alumni.ucsc.eduVisit us @ alumni.ucsc.edu © 1997 UCSC

1156 High St., Santa Cruz, CA 95064, alumni.ucsc.edu (800) 933.SLUG

JOIN YOUR CLASSMATES FOR Banana Slug Spring Fair on Saturday, April 16, 2005.

CELEBRATE REUNIONS FOR 1970, 1975, 1980, 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000Details will be sent only by e-mail—Give us your current e-mail address online or at the phone number below.

GIVE TO UCSC! Your scholarship donation will make a diffference for deserving students. Please see giveto.ucsc.edu

185

University RelationsUniversity of California1156 High StreetSanta Cruz, CA 95064-1077

Periodicals