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■ « « t • . *“*. T *• ' * . . • . •»: • r » . ?»• '• t JU LY 8,1998 Page A5 Œbe ^Jortlanò (Dbseruer .■ ■■ H i- ? B i. '■'¿''•K. Anchorage resident Sienna Horton receives top honors L ew is & C lark C o lleg e honored S ie n n a H o rto n o f A n c h o ra g e , A lask a, w ith its R ena J. R atte A w ard, th e C o lle g e ’s top academ ic honor. A 1998 grad u ate o f L ew is & C lark, H orton m ajored in history w ith a m in o r in L atin A m erican stu d ies and a co n cen tratio n in art. “G rad es d o n ’t reflect total m as tery. I t’s not o rn am en tal honors that a re im portant. It’s d eveloping rela tio n sh ip s w ith professo rs and k n o w in g w hat a g rad e stands for. At L ew is & C lark, I had am azing p ro fe sso r,” H orton says. “ I enjoy the th rill o f studying an issue, try ing to u nderstand it and p utting it in h isto rical co n tex t.” H orton attended S tellar S econd ary S ch ool, an altern ativ e school in A nchorage, w here stud en ts w ritten ev alu ations o f th eir w ork instead o f letter grades. “T h e h ig h lig h t o f m y academ ic life so far w as m e etin g Icabod F lew ellen. T he eld erly historian w ith his shock o f ‘D on K in g -h a ir,’ tren ch coat and b riefca se jam m ed w ith h istorical d o cu m en ts, cu t an im p ressive fig u re ,” H orton recalls. “ M y initial cu rio sity o v er his e c cen tric, stooped ap p e aran c e gave w ay to sh e er aw e w hen I realized •ir •> -d H E /# V -. ■ i ■ ■ ? ... ■ t e ♦*.. »• » v|'* y 3 , - , ',v /‘ .< * a « V : L LITER CDK the breadth and depth o f the k n o w l edge he p ossessed and w as so w ill ing to share. M eeting Icabod and seeing how he integrated sc h o lar ship, activism and com m unity ser- ous m isadventures upon his return to B urundi after years o f studying abroad. On July 16, sum m er film goers will have the rare opportunity to view H arvest 3,000 Years, an early film by H aile G erim a, best know n for his recent film Sankofa. This beautiful and com pelling film d ra m atizes the story o f a peasant family struggling to survive in the face o f E thiopia’s feudal system. A m ong the sum m er lineup are three film s that have never been shown before at the Cascade Festival o f African Films, PCC’s annual A fri can film event in February. On July 2, Saaraba (Utopia), a film from vice w as in sp irin g .” Horton hopes to com bine her love o f historical research w ith art and to pursue a career as a public historian or an archivist for a m useum . Senegal exam ines each character’s misguided search for saaraba or “uto pia.” On August 13, QuartierM ozart, a highly original film form Cameroon, tells about a young schoolgirl whom a local sorceress helps enter a young m an ’s body so she can see for herself the real “sexual pol ¡tics” o f the neigh borhood. M apantsula, hailed as the first anti-apartheid feature film by, for, and about black South Africans, will end the sum m er festival on A u gust 27. All the film s are free and open to the public. Free parking will be available in the cam pus parking lots. For m ore inform ation, phone 503- 244-6111,ext 3630. '• > Reward yourself for joining the fight against bland chicken! Take home a FREE 2 Liter Coke when you buy 12 pieces or more of Popeyes’ favor-full, delicious New Orleans Spicy™ or Louisiana M ildT chicken at regular menu price. H urry in to Ä O » ^ S c ^ ^ * P ° P eyes-' because a deal this cool can’t last forever, especially in this heat! ©è Check Out These Cool Deals! 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Foundation chair Gwyneth Gamble Booth proactively approached interim superintendent Diana Snowden about finding a solution to Jefferson’s dilemma. Ibe Foundation’s grant will restore the program to its full potential while allowing Jefferson time to find stable funding in the future. Students and parents have vowed to seek additional funding to support the celebrated program beyond the upcoming school year. “Thisgrant does more than savea unique diince program for gifted dancers," says Gwyneth Gamble Booth, chair of the PGE-Enron Foundation. "It helpscontinuethescnseof pride the Jefferson Dancers have instilled in the school, the community and the state. It would be a shame to lose it due to lack o f funding.” Jefferson has agreed to maintain their F l E instructors while the Foundation’sgrant will provide funding to cover production costs, costumes, and costs associated with touring. “The PGE-Enron Foundation has come to the rescue o f the Jefferson Dancers,” said Diana Snowden, interim superintendent for Portland Public Schools. ‘"Their gener osity has given as some breathmgnx>m to work with parents ;ind the community on finding stable resources to fund the program.” The mission o f the PGE-Enron Foundation focuses on improving the quality oflife for all Oregonians by support ing programs and services that promote healthy families, provide educational opportunities, clean up and preserve the environment encourage the arts and cultural diversity and revitalize Oregon communities. Since Enron and Portland (ieneral Electric merged in July, 1997, both companies have contributed $ 10 million each to the Foun dation, increasing its assets to $25 million. » J e ' •. Sienna Horton Images of Africa: Summer Festival of African Films at PCC Cascade Im ages o f A frica: Sum m er F esti val o f A frican Film s at PCC C as cade w ill be held on the C ascade C am pus o f P ortland C om m unity C ollege, 705 N orth K illingsw orth, in T errell Hall, Room 122. The festival will run for ten w eeks, from June 25 to A ugust 27, w ith screen ings on T hursdays at 12 noon. T h e popular com edies w ill be am ong the festival highlights. On July 9, La Vie E st B ell (Life is Rosy) stars the leg en d ary Z airian pop singer, Papa W em ba, in an upbeat rags to riches story set in K inshasha, C ongo/Z aire. O n July 23, G ito the U ngrateful, the first feature film from Burundi, fo llo w sG ito ’s hilari «i BUY ONE, GET ONE FREE! 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