Iti focus —
I Mike Kepler — A man with style
BBdike Kepler, College English
infcuctor. is a man with style,
^■s the eldest child in a family
of five, he discovered at an ear
ly age, “There must be more
^^Biey.” D.H. Lawrence.
jK^ith good intentions and
^■serverance, Kepler set out
to be an architect, but the
^Hthematics involved proved
to be quite a problem and
HHpler steered toward den-
^Hy. It soon became evident
^■t this profession was not
I Wse t0 his interests and Kepler
^■clared himself an English Lit.
^■jor. At this time, it was
^■cessary for him to relearn
studying.
■After several years of travers-
from teaching jobs at both
tie high school and college
^■els, Kepler secured a job at
Kc where he has been
I ■aching for approximately 10
^Bars now.
■Kepler uses methods of “trial
I Bid error” in his teaching, and
|®s found that he is no longer
^■t and nameless (as he felt
^■hen teaching at Lake Oswego
^Kgh School).
From a teaching Aspect,
Kepler has found the College
English staff a very good
department. Compatibility and
collaboration are a must. Com
mented Kepler, “The teachers
here genuinely care about the
students and aren’t trying to
teach themselves.”
Life in the Kepler household
is quite hectic, he said. “Home
is no longer a retreat. I find I
am living in the public eye all
the time now.”
Staff photo by Duffy Coffman
CONCENTRATION-Instructor Mike Kepler listens intently to English student Jerri
Hale.
In his classes, Kepler at
tempts to draw out the “back
row” student, and turns passive
students into analytical
thinkers.
Early in his teaching career
Kepler found the book, “1 try to get the students to be
“Teaching As A Subversive Ac
tivity,” quite influential. One thinkers instead of memoriz
Kepler primarily enjoys con chapter in particular which has
temporary literature compared received a good deal of
scrutiny is entitled , “Crap
to traditional.
Loverboy’ rockets skyward
By R.W. Greene
■ The Print
■The first and only band I ever
got fired from was in Toronto,
so 1 always watch the valiant at-
Bmpts of Canadian bands to
■ake it into the American rock
■ega-buck scene with a certain
■distic glee. This little thrill has
■one down the tubes,
Bowever, in the last week,
Because somebody played me
■.overboy’s” first album, and
I’m hooked.
■
■ Loverboy is a Vancouver-
Based band, which looks like it
Bill soon be an L.A.-based
Bne. The album, about four
Bonths old, has climbed to 13
on the Billboard chart, and
Bom the amount of airplay it
Bceives, won’t be going down
■ery fast.
I Strangely enough, as far as
Broduction, lyrics, or hype go,
Bothing
really
should
distinguish this ' album from
thousands of others formulated
on the same ear-blasting
parameters. Singer Mike Reno
The second side is not quite
as consistent—the first tune is
vaguely new wave in direction,
if the cheesy Farfisa in the
background is any indication;
has his ripped-throat anguish
down cold, and aside from a
. but somehow the Elvis vocals
certain hysterical range, you
couldn’t tell him apart from any don’t quite make it. Nor does
the endless repitition of “falling
Orange Peel band. The lyrics,
in love.”
in a word, stink.
So I don’t know why, but
there’s not a clinker on the
whole first side. The first song,
“The Kid Is Hot Tonight,” is a
tremendously exuberant dog
kicker about Young Lust.
“Turn Me Loose” is a little
slower paced, but lacks nothing
for eerie power or egocentrici-
ty. My favorite cut is called
“Lady of the Eighties,” which
hums along like a beat up 924
with.no mufflers.
“Prissy, Prissy” is great
quasi-funk stuff, and Reno’s at
tempts at Johnny Guitar Wat
son vocals are amusing rather
than offensive. “D.O.A.” is,
one supposes, Loverboy’s
attempt at social commentary
—the commentary isn’t worth
much but the tune cooks.
I don’t know if I really like
this album, but I do know it will
be on the tape deck a lot this
summer, and it’ll be cranked.”
Student artists display unique works
The most unusual of the
sale.
demonstrations was the icon
Chickens were wrapped in painting done by a 15-year-old
I Question: Why did the foil, then clay, before they were boy. An icon is an image or
Bhicken cross the road?
appropriately baked in a kiln symbol of religious belief.
" Answer: To get away from for three hours. The chickens These paintings were created
he Art Department’s annual were consumed at the lun through a process which in
thicken Rip and Student Art cheon, where art instructor Les volves using egg yolks, vinegar
■how.
Tipton presented Bud Rimmer, and pigment applied to a wood
I Epilogue: He didn’t make a jewelry and metal smithing board. Some pieces were
It.
student, with the Art Merit highlighted with gold leaf.
■ About 120 art students and Award “for thé help he has
Contributors included Betty
■heir friends turned out Mon given to the people in the Tribe with her bronze sculpture
Bay to devour several lapidary group,” said instructor and a ceramic relief plaque;
paintings by Susan Benson;
leathered critters at the annual Nancy Travers.
thicken Rip. The festivities in-
Demonstrations of candle jewelry by Terry Shane, Bud
Buded demonstrations by “The making, wool spinnng, belt Rimmer and Sandi Langman;
B)ld Believers” (Russian craft- weaving, spoon casting and 3-D scuptures by Norm Bur-
Bmen from Woodburn), egg tempera icon painting were sheim’s Basic Design class and
presentations of an art award, provided by . the “Old drawings by Erik Sandgren’s
Bnd the student art show and Believers.”
classes.
By Sandi Langman
■X The Print
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Wednesday, June 3, 1981
Detecting.” Explained Kepler,
ing
and
regurgitating
the
material.” And this has. proven
quite successful.
Kepler describes himself as
basically multi-pérsonality. His
warm personality and quick wit
have been successful in
building his rapport with his
Students. It is a group of at
titudes and styles that took
Kepler 10 years to develop.
Grinned Kepler, “I am a good
instructor, very good, about a
Bs I’ve been told.”
arts briefs —
Raymond Saunders Col consultation.
lages, on view at the Museum available.
Art School’s Wentz Gallery
through July 8, includes 12
works by this internationally
known painter and draftsman.
Saunders will be in Portland
to conduct a workshop in “Ad
vanced Studio Practices” as
part of the Museum Art
School’s summer session, from
June 8-12.
Known for his paintings, col
lages, prints and drawings,
Saunders has exhibited his
works throughout the U.S. and
Europe. His work in included
in the permanent collections of
many major museums.
Saunders studied at the Pen
nsylvania Academy of Fine
Arts, the University of Penn
sylvania and the Barnes Foun
dation in Pennsylvania. He
received a bachelor of arts
degree from Carnegie Institute
of Technology and a masters of
fine arts from California Col
lege of Arts and Crafts.
Saunders has received many
awards, among them the Ford
Foundation Purchase Award,
the Guggenheim Fellowship, a
National Endowment for the
Arts grant, a National Institute
of Arts and Letters award, and
the Prix de Rome.
Credit
is
International Photographer
Peter Schutte will conduct
severe! workshops through.
Linfield College this summer.
Thé first workshop will be of
fered June 28 to July 3 at
Yachats, and will focus on
training the inner eye to ex
perience, feel and see which
will enable the development of
creative photography. In addi
tion to daily instruction, time
will be allowed for individual
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