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Cultural Forum changing course
■The EMU Cultural Forum
may need to re-evaluate
its goals, officials say
By Beata Mostafavi
Oregon Daily Emerald
After administrators decided not
to renew the EMU Cultural Forum
director’s contract last year, forum
members raised concerns that this
would negatively impact the pro
gram’s future. Some have especial
ly worried that many forum events,
such as the Willamette Valley Folk
Festival, will be in jeopardy.
But administrators continue to
say the Cultural Forum is headed in
a positive direction and will not
lose successful programs — even
with a new director.
For 17 years, Linda Dievendorf
has directed the Cultural Forum.
But in May, EMU administrators
Gregg Lobisser and Dusty Miller
terminated her contract for undis
closed reasons, giving her one more
year as forum director.
Cultural Forum members have
said that without Dievendorf’s in
herent memory and guidance, stu
dents would not be able to coordi
nate events as successfully. Last
year, the Cultural Forum hosted sev
eral events and speakers, including
film director Spike Lee, comedian
Norm McDonald and former profes
sional wrestling superstar Rowdy
Roddy Piper coming to campus.
“Linda has been the glue that has
held us together,” heritage music
and Folk Fest coordinator Kurt
Catlin said. “She knows so much
about how to do this, and that’s re
ally made this program work. ”
Dievendorf said the definition of
her job description appeared to be
the biggest conflict between her
and her supervisors. Administra
tors told her to change her leader
ship style and “tell students how to
spend their money,” she said. But
because her position and the Cul
tural Forum are both funded by stu
dent incidental fees, she said she
has always let students determine
programming events by consensus.
“If students lost control, a lot of pro
grams could be changed,” she said.
Dievendorf said one issue that
caused problems last year was that her
supervisors wanted the Cultural Fo
rum to facilitate more late-night pro
gramming. Butthey didnot “articulate”
how they wanted this done or how it
would change current programming,
making their expectations unclear.
“(Administrators) want to focus
on campus events, and give espe
Emerald
Dusty Miller says that he has ‘concerns’ about the Willamette Valley Folk Festival, seen
here in spring 2001, continuing under the EMU Cultural Forum’s new director.
daily underage people positive and
frequent choices on campus that
don’t include alcohol,” she said. “I
think late-night programs could
work. But if they’re really serious
about this, they need to throw some
money at it and make a commit
ment to work with all entities on
campus. We also have to see if this
is something students want.”
Miller, who is the EMU director,
said the Cultural Forum is seen as
the campus-wide programming
board that serves students. And as
the student population grows and
evolves, Miller said, all EMU pro
grams need to make sure they are
still meeting students’ needs.
“I think all of us are challenged
to reinvent ourselves and reevalu
ate how we achieve our goals,” he
said. “All of us have to say, ‘There
are 19,000 students, what are things
this population wants that maybe
people in the past didn’t want?”’
Late-night programming appears
to be something more campus
members want, Miller said. ASUO
Executives Nilda Brooklyn and Joy
Nair put out a brochure that lists
“more programs on campus after 6
p.m.” as a goal, and other boards
have also expressed this interest.
Miller did not say that deterring
students from off-campus “parties”
was a specific goal, but said it could
be a positive outcome of more late
night programming.
The annual Willamette Valley Folk
Festival is one of the events Dieven
dorf has helped coordinate. She said
she has heard administrators say it is
not an event they want on campus.
“I don’t think there’s a real strong
appreciation for the work students
do on the Folk Fest and how it
brings the campus and community
together,” she said.
Miller said he would like to see
the festival continue, but he had
some concerns. Last year the event
lost money — less than $7,000 —
and people have complained about
noise and disruption around the res
idence halls. There have also been
concerns about ground impact and
alcohol and drugs at the festival.
“There may come a time when
the event gets to a size that we can’t
host it anymore,” he said. “I want
the Willamette Valley Folk Festival
to continue in a financially sound
and safe manner. We have to under
stand that we are a part of a larger
community. The Cultural Forum
has worked hard to address these
issues, but there are still concerns.”
After Dievendorfs termination,
some Cultural Forum students formed
the Student Empowerment Program
(STEP) to strengthen communication
between students and administrators.
Recently, two STEP members met
with Miller and discussed their goals
and the administration’s goals.
The forum’s performing arts coor
dinator, Windy Borman, said stu
dents should help administrators de
fine the new director’s position to
avoid misunderstandings next year.
Miller would not comment on how
the job description will be determined
or if students would be involved.
He did, however, say students
will be involved in the process of
hiring a new director, which is ex
pected to begin winter term.
“After talking to Dusty, I’m defi
nitely encouraged,” Borman said.
“The biggest thing we’re going to
lose is all of Linda’s expertise and
experiences.”
Beata Mostafavi is the student activities
editor for the Oregon Daily Emerald.
She can be reached at
beatamostafavi@dailyemerald.com.
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