Asian-American art shown on campus ■ ART: A Japanese American curator travels the Northwest putting on exhibits and slideshows By Regina Brown Hightu f dOc^tfeon ^Mporipr Asian-Ameru an art does not always follow traditional Asian art style, said a well respected curator who will In? giving a lecture on Asian-American art on Friday Mavumi Tsutnkawa will pre sent a slide show and give n disi ussion about Asian Ameriians whose works repre sent the modem era. and who use modern mediums such as acrylic paints and the use of photographs in their art The slide show will begin at 7 p.m in the Church Room of 1 he Knight Library The show. "They Painted From Their Hearts Pioneer Asian Ament an Artists." fra lures only Northwest artists from the first phase of the mod ern period, which began around 1900. Tsutakawa said The most recent works in the show date lull k to 191)0. hut the majority were created before World War I! The works follow the same genres ns the works of other modern artists Lhey move from prewar social realism to post war ahst rat t ion "(The exhibit) is part of a Northwest art tradition,” Tsutaknwa said "The subjects (in the artwork) might he Asian, but thin still will be a form of ■ modern! art media The slide show is a result of another Asian-American art inhibit Tsulakavvu organized in Seattle list year for tht> Wing l.uke Asian Mutuum That inhibit prompted a book alHiut contemporary Atuii Ameru an artists that will be for sain at iho slidti show i lutikm• a i bird ganai i turn Japanese Ameri< an, lias a wide rangn of i*xpenem o in working with Asian American art She is former dm* tor of the King County Arts Commission and has edited several antholo gies of Asian-Ament.an litera ture and art Tsutakawa has also worked as art art reporter for the Seattle Times She is now a free-lance curator Princeton professor speaks about feminism ■ LECTURE: Gender differences in history was the mam sub|ect of this year's Pierson Lecture held Wednesday By Jamie D. Pope Ffottt&nce fiopotiw Socially constructed gender roles and sexual differences was this year's topic of the history department's Pierson Lec ture titled. He-Reading the History of Feminism." presented by Joan Scott last Wednesday. Scott, a history professor for the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University, used the feminists of the French Revolution and early twentieth century as a model to illustrate the struggles women had gaining political and eco nomic equality with men. Physic al and gender differences disallowed women to vote, partici pate in the democratic process and to hold politi cal office in the past, she said. Feminists have historically challenged that these gender differenc es deny the individuality of woman as people This disallowance of tndi vf duality is i a used by the six mi construction of a woman .is half of a heterosexual couple and her male counterpart as a unique person, she said Feminists, especially those of the French Revolution, were accused of trying to steal the role m six iety that men enjoyed The ixtst mod em example of this is Rush t.imlwiugh's critic ism of women by using the term, femma/i.' she said “Rush l.imbaugh can compared to people who have a fear of losing something." Scott said She also said Liniliaugh represents the fear many men have of losing confirmation of their mas culinitv Attitudes such as this have been a primary cause of the gender differences and socially con structed gender roles, she said, but there is a solution to the corn apt of sexual differences tu our society, "We need to find out what we have in com mon." Scott said When we look at our similar! lies rather than our differences, vse can hove a greater sense of community Children: New center will serve 100 kids ■ Continued from Page 1 Community College student parents are given fifth priority, followed hv community par ents. Kristen I.eudem. a co-op teacher and University gradu ate. said the last few months have taken its toll on the kids ' It's Ixten intense lor the kids being on the playground and watching their apartments being demolished, but it's important we did stay here." siie said. "It’s important they haven't lost the physical space of their day-care, and we have also made them a part of the process." To help fund the center, par ents and teac hers are drum ming up ideas for fund raisers In addition to sponsoring c ar washes, they will also be sell ing 1996 calendars full of pic - tures of the co-op kids after Thanksgiving. In the spring (hoy plan to soli vegetarian cook-books complete with the meals prepared at the t outer The children took tours of tint construction site over the last lew months and will also he helping to potk boxes in preparation for the new build ing They will he able to unpack their own boxes upon arrival in the new i o-op as a form of participation and own ership. Blanchard said. I.i'iidem said that while the under-enrollment has con tributed to tense times at the center, the binding crunch has also brought c ommitted fami lies even closer "The finam ial problems have been incredibly stressful, and if this were a retail store or some thing, we probably wouldn't all be working so hard." I.eadem said "But we're all putting in the extra time together It's brought committed families together and we're working as a team to got through this." l'hir farmIms who are occupy ing the remaining BO units at the north end of the i omplex must he out hy March it for Phase two of the reconstruction plan However, the co-op has until June 21. tit which time it will he temporarily housed by the first Methodist Church until niid-Septumbor. when the new building is expected to lie completed. Bet a use the new center will lie serving 100 kids — double the number of kids currently enrolled — Blanchard said she will be asking the ASUQ for an increase in funding Currently. Iti pen ent of the co-op's budget comes from student lees. "We're committed to contin uing to provide family living wages for the staff and low-cost child care for student parents." Blanchard said Regulation: Keynote speaker will be John Perry Barlow ■ Continued from Page 1 issues surrounding the internet need to he approac hed different!) than simply more regula tion. Because : e Internet is so expansive, it is difficult to regulate, she said "It's like trying to put a Band-Aid on a ampu tated ley,." she said. The conference, which is sponsored by the Law and h'ntrepreneurship program, will do more than jusi dim uss the issues, said Chui k O'Ktdiey , dean of tint law school "It signals to the rest of the nation tliat the University is on the cutting edge in relation to entrepreneur things." he said. The keynote speaker for the conference is for (.rutehi! Di-ad Urn ist John |Vrr\ Barlow FIND STUFF IN ODE CLASSIFIEDS (BICYCLES, PETS, CARS. JOBS. ROOMMATES, APARTMENTS, CONCERT TICKETS, PLANE TICKETS. STUFF YOU LOST, TYPING SERVICES, ON-CAMPUS OPPORTUNITIES) WORKING !■ STUOS TIRKil A4iff in ihe tWriHy TKc*»<* DctfldtapHMtnt ititxr 41^1 it lr*M i«rv w