Architecture graduate goes to Croatia on Campbell scholarship
■ AWARD: M 1y h
the first woman to win the
Campbell Traveling
Scholarship
By Ryan Frank
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little did Minds Mur I bnl know
whi'ii shit look art lessons at the
age of five that they would even
tually lie worth $5,000
In 1>)1»4 Muribul be< ante the
first woman to ever win the
Richard A Campbell Traveling
Scholarship, which allows an
architecture graduate to study
abroad Hurlbut's destination
Croat ia
"My grandma is from Croatia,
and my mom is Croatian." Hurl
hut said ”1 had dreamed of learn
mg about the an.htlm.tuTO of their
homo land."
In ordor to win tho trip to Crtw
lia. Hurlhut had to submit \an
on* works of her art in a proposal
She put a lot of effort into that
proposal. Mindv s mother. Pat
ti Hurlhut. said
Ore e in Croatia. Hurlhut spent
thi* first three months of this year
staying with relatives, fellow
architect* or in hotels
"I spent a lot of time wander
ing around and making sketch
es of the architecture there
Hurlhut said
Fortunately while she was
wandering around she did not
encounter much of the war in
Croatia
There was not mut h Fighting
where I spent most of the three
months." Hurlbut said. “But there
was one city that 1 was in for a
week that was bombed a lot
Hurlbut had to fly into Zurich.
■Sw itzerland, then travel It) hours
by train to Zagreb, the Croatian
capital, because of the fighting
{Croatia was not what 1 expect
ed." Hurlbut s.mi "Thera were
big corporate towers, and it was
an industrial, post-communist
type atmosphere 1 was exporting
a simpler lifestyle '
l.tfe was simpler when Hurl
but began her art lessons lb years
ago Hut now, at the age of 2* -.tie
has a decision to make whether
to attend graduate school.
If I do go to graduate si hoot.
I would want to < onto hat k to the
Pacifu Northwest," she said
Either to Washington or leu k to
Oregon."
Uurlhut also has ties to Wash
ington Hit parents. Haiti and
Roger, still livii in hi*r hometown
of Tacoma. Washington.
At Bellannine High, in Taco
ma. Hurlhu! won the most artis
tii award and competed in
hasketludl. trai k and cross i oun
tr\. qualifying for the state chain
pionships in trai k and cross
country
When she was a freshman at
the University. Uurlhut tried out
for the trai k team Hut oventu
ally her architecture studies
began to i onflict with her prat ■
tii es
"Bet rinse the an iutei tore
si hool is so demanding. 1 wasn't
able to do both." Uurlhut said
"The alhletii direi tor told me
ihrtt I had t« < house an hitot Hire
or trai k And of i ourse. I stayed
with art hitocture 1 will not ever
regret that choti"
Presently Hnrlfnit. and her
boyfriend of unit war. i all a ski
resort in Tnllurido. (ado , homo
"Mindy is working for an an In
lecture firm m felluride." Roger
Hnrlfnit said "She made a mod
el of a lunik for her firm and they
ended up winning tlm bid "
When Hurlhut was in kinder
gnrten she show ed her dad signs
of her future career in nrt.hitec
turn
'When she was five years-old
she huilt a dull house that was
something on the level of an 11
or year-oldHuger Hurlhut
said
file rest. as they say. is history
UO student publishes child abuse anthology
■ WRITING: Local editor s
book helps survivors
break the silence and
begin healing
By Anne Moser-Komfeld
Entertainment t&for
"Child abuse has too long
hern a dark, hidden secret liv
uniting, survivors bring their
painful experience to light H\
writing, survivors begin to
emerge from the dark and begin
to heal " —Elizabeth daman,
editor.
Elizabeth daman, University
I*h I) candidate and fiction edi
tor for tlie Northwest lleview.
founded the Queen of Swords
press in 1992. Since then, she
nos self-published three
anthologies, the latest being
Writing Our Way Out of the
Dark, an Anthology by Child
Abuse Sun Ivors.
The above dedication daman
wrote for her anthology
explains why she published the
collection of poems, stories and
short essays — they give testi
mony to the power of language
in bringing healing for sur
vivors
Nicole Bennett, executive
dirtu (or of Von os of Oregon
which provides support ami
education for survivors of
childhood sexual abuse, said,
“Child abuse thrives in an
atmosphere of secrecy and
shame."
Bennett said Von os of
Oregon helps survivors disi ov
er they ciin talk about abuse
and know that people will
embrace them She said the
response is very different from
what a survivor expo< ts
Both Glaman and Bennett
said child abuse occurs every
where. regardless of gender,
income, ethnic and religious
hilt kground and sexual differ
ences.
Writing Our Way Out of thv
Dark is divided into part sec
tions. "This Cun is Real: What
We Know to be True” and
"From My Window. I See
Mountains: The Journey
Toward Healing."
Clatnan said the healing
process is not easy and liegiits
with recognition and memory
She encourages not just women
but anyone who has suffered
from child abuse to find a safe
plat e to explore the issue
One safe pirn e thot will offer
an introduction for those unfa
miliar to the issues or to those
who have not ln*gun their own
healing, is a poetry reading tak
mg place Nov -t
Writing Our Wav Out of the
Dark, an livening of Poetry for
Healing" will tie held at Mother
kali's Hooks, 720 K 1.1th Ave .
at H p in
l.ot.nl authors, including
daman. Quinton Hatkett.
Dorianne Laux and Amanda
Powell will read poems from
the new anthologv Following
tfie reading is an open micro
phone and forum to allow for
feedback, discussion and a
book signing
A portion of the hook sales
goes toward supporting Voices
Bennett plans to emcee the
reading.
"Voices is pleased to lie as,so
t inlet) with the event." Bennett
said "It's very brave of every
one involved to do this
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