The Indigenous Women’sAlliance (IWA) and the EthnicStudies Department put on a suc-cessful Mills College Pow Wow, anevent aimed at celebrating NativeAmerican culture, on Saturday,April 16, despite cuts in funding.

The Provost’s Office reducedPow Wow funding from an intend-ed $5,000 to $2,500 this year given“dire economic circumstances,”according to email from EthnicStudies Professor Melinda Micco.

Shunkila Black Calf, an IWAleader, expressed her dismay at thedecreased financial support.

“We really had the rug pulledout from under us with the finan-cial situation,” Black Calf said. “Inhard economic times, it's always

the marginalized people who payfirst. They pay more dearly thaneverybody else. I see that playingout all over again on the MillsCollege campus where the priori-ties are for the Provost’s Office.We're definitely not a priority ontheir list.”

Provost Sandra Greer writes inan email that her office did notintend to send that kind of message.

“There has been no deliberatereduction in support for the PowWow. Our office is happy to helpand we do help,” Dr. Greer writes.

Dr. Micco, an Ethnic Studiesprofessor and one of the facultycoordinators of the Pow Wow, saidthat Dr. Greer and the Provost'sOffice is supportive of Native events.

The Art Department has decid-ed to keep ceramics as a courseoption for students next fall afterthe Mills community reactedstrongly to the March announce-ment of the course’s potential removal.

Faculty and staff members inthe Art Department felt ceramicswas a necessary subject to offerstudents, according to Mary-AnnMilford, the Art Department head.

“The faculty feel very stronglyabout this,” Milford said. “Wewant students to be versed in thebasics of all of the arts.”

The decision to keep ceramicson the schedule has been wel-comed by many students whofought to keep the medium art at Mills.

Sarah Knight, a Studio Artmajor, started a Facebook groupcalled “Keep Ceramics at Mills!”soon after the Art Departmentannounced its decision to removeceramics. The group acquired 65members in a little over a month.

“It was a starting point,” saidKnight of the Facebook group. “Itwas great to see so much supportand student involvement.”

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Alecia DeCoudreaux is in theroom, but she is almost complete-ly hidden by a group of facultyand professors swarming aroundher like bees. Finally sheemerges, slipping out of thecrowd, and says in her soft, clearvoice, “Let’s go over here,”pointing towards the RuskPresidential Conference room.

Much has been written aboutMills’ next president. The 56-year-old’s rise in the businessworld has been documented bymany, including the SanFrancisco Chronicle, whichreported on January 24th that“DeCoudreaux, 56, is generalcounsel for Eli Lilly USA inIndiana and chairs the board oftrustees at Wellesley College,another top women's school,from which she graduated in 1976.”

Mills’ own press releasedetails her professional history,which includes achieving herchildhood dreams. DeCoudreauxsaid that, when she was young,she wanted to be a nun, then alawyer. DeCoudreaux said, her

mother always told her that from“a very young age, I was rather argumentative.”

What many people don’tknow is the other side ofDeCoudreaux, the one who lovesto cook and bake for her family,listen to jazz and spend time withCape Verde-born painter JoseAndrade, who became her hus-band in March of this year.

Before she begins her tenureat Mills in July, DeCoudreaux

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Mills College Pow Wow expensesare paid each year through a collec-tion of gifts plus money from theProvost's Office, according to Dr. Greer.

Indigenous Women’s Alliance(IWA) leader Shunkila Black Calfsaid that the Pow Wow budget hastaken a nosedive over the years.

About 2-3 years ago, theProvost’s Office dedicated $8,000per year to the Pow Wow. Overtime, the annual $8,000 allocationgot cut down to $5,000 beforefinally settling at this year’s$2,500, according to Black Calf.

Black Calf said she’s not surewho in the Provost’s Office makesthese funding decisions.

"There hasn't been a lot of communication directly between

IWA and the Provost,” Black Calf said.

According to a representativeof the Provost’s Office, the IWA isone of the few student organiza-tions that receives special fundingfrom the Provost and the reductionin funding was necessary becauseof budget cuts within the adminis-tration.

A little less than three weeksbefore the Pow Wow, Black Calfand Cummings asked theAssociated Students of MillsCollege (ASMC) for about $2,500to cover the event’s remainingcosts, which they received.

IWA’s pride and joy

Cummings said that consistent,reliable funding is key to havingthe Pow Wow every year, and iskey to supporting the Native com-munity on campus and in the BayArea.

“By Mills having a Pow Wow,”Cummings said, "that's a reallybroad statement not only to its ownstudents but to the Oakland

community that it supports theNative community, it supportsNative students and this is a placethat’s welcoming to Native students. So things like our fundinggetting cut is a large-scale messageto us that we're not a priority.”

Black Calf sees the Pow Wowevent as an opportunity to reach outto the larger Native American com-munity in Oakland.

“Mills has struggled a lot withthe campus access issues,” BlackCalf said. “I really want Mills to beable to reach out to the communityand have a relationship with them.”

Many colleges, such asStanford University and CaliforniaState University, Long Beach, hosta Pow Wow if there's a NativeAmerican student group on cam-pus.

“That's kind of your capstone

moment during the year,”Cummings said. “All your nativestudents work towards thatthroughout the school year. That’sour pride and joy. That’s a time forour outside native community tocome into the campus and for us toall celebrate together.”

At the Pow Wow, native artistsand cultural practitioners show-cased their traditional crafts,dances and songs. The Pow Wowcoordinators offered participantshonorariums and prize money.

Black Calf said it feels good tohelp the native community carry onits traditions.

“In financially hard times, peo-ple can tend to neglect hobbies andthe art that they do and other extracurricular activities they participatein when they don't have that finan-cial stuff weighing on them,” BlackCalf said.

The Pow Wow is also importantwhen it comes to recruiting andretaining Native students, Dr.Micco said.

Cummings, referring to her firstMills College Pow Wow, said,

“That’s when I really felt like I wasa part of this community. I reallyfelt like I belonged here.”

Underrepresentation

Black Calf said she would likeMills to recruit more Native stu-dents so they can have a stronger community.

“It’s really lonely sometimesbeing (one of) the only Native stu-dent on campus,” she said.

One percent of Mills undergraduates have identified asNative American from 2006-2010,according to the Mills CollegeFacts and Trends 2010 report fromthe Office of Institutional Research and Planning.

The Office of UndergraduateAdmission recruits all students ofcolor, according to an email Media

Relations Manager Pam Scholtzsent on behalf of Dean ofUndergraduate Admission GiuliettaAquino. Several Bay Area highschools have been identified asschools which have significantnumbers of Native American stu-dents, and admission counselorsregularly visit and attend collegefairs at some of these high schoolsthroughout the recruitment season,Scholtz said.

Black Calf said she knows thereare lots of talented Native studentswho’d like to come to Mills, butthey need to have scholarships tomake it easier for them to choosethis college.

IWA is a really small group,Cummings said. She and BlackCalf are the two students whoorganized the event, and four otherIWA members help when they can.

Black Calf said that if this smallgroup can pull off a Pow Wow fortwo consecutive years, even greaterthings could happen if Mills hadmore Native students.

ceramics is a fundamental plat-form for studio art that cannot beexcluded from an art major’s studies.

“Ceramics is one of the oldestart forms in human history,”Knight said. “It’s kind of magical.”

Next year, artist MichaelSwaine, a professor at CaliforniaCollege of the Arts and memberof Futurefarmers, an artist collec-tive that uses art as a form ofactivism, will be teaching theceramics class at Mills.

Swaine has a background inceramics, he studied at AlfredUniversity in New York, but healso uses a variety of mediums inhis professional work.

“I have respect for the tradi-tional,” Swaine said, “but I have awide range of what I can offerstudents because I also appreciatethe unorthodox.”

Swaine will be also be joinedby one of his colleagues atFuturefarmers, Amy

Franceschini, whom Milfordselected as a visiting professor forsome of the New Genre classes tobe offered in the fall.

The hope is for the two pro-fessors to collaborate so studentscan get a feel for new mediawhile also getting the fundamen-tals of studio arts, according to Milford.

“We will overlap in someway,” Swaine said about workingwith Franceschini in the fall.

Knight, who graduates in2013, was excited about Swaineand Franceschini teaching this fall.

“Both professors seem welleducated and know what they aredoing,” she said. “There are a lotof ways they can collaborate andincorporate other things into their classes.”

Knight hopes that there willbe more student interest in ceram-ics this fall and sees the mediumas an art for all levels.

“You’ll end up creating some-thing you didn't think you could,”she said.

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When seniors CieraCummings and Shunkila BlackCalf asked student governmentto help fund the April 16 MillsCollege Pow Wow, they men-tioned that an alternative stu-dent newspaper ran a culturallyinsensitive review of SouthernCalifornia’s largest annual PowWow last month.

The March 14 UnionWeekly review, titled “POWWOW WOW YIPPEE YOYIPPY YAY,” calls the CalState University Long Beach(CSULB) Pow Wow “a large,Native American themed fleamarket” and likens fry bread, aNative American food, to “aMexican pizza from Taco Bell,but shittier.”

“It was pretty much one ofthe most blatantly racist, insen-sitive pieces of writing you canimagine,” said Cummings, aleader of the Mills CollegeIndigenous Women’s Alliance (IWA).

The Native American com-

munity at CSULB and beyondit expressed hurt and shock atthe offensive review. TheCSULB incident followed lastyear’s UC San Diego frat partymocking Black History Monthand last month’s UCLA studentYouTube rant “Asians in theLibrary,” but doesn't appear tohave gotten as much news coverage.

Black Calf, also an IWAleader, said she found theCSULB student review incred-ibly insulting and disappoint-ing, but not that surprising.

“It’s a confirmation of thekind of ignorance that still per-sists in the United States,”Black Calf said, “even inplaces that we think would bemore liberal in their thinkinglike college campuses. That’snot true for people of color. Iknow that people still havereally ignorant stereotypes andideas about NativeAmericans.”

In light of all this, there’s agreater need than ever for MillsCollege to support its nativestudent community, Cummingsand Black Calf said.

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Phi Alpha Delta’s Hope forJapan FundraiserWhat: Purchase a heart andraise money for JapanWhere: Mills, Adam’s PlazaWhen: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.Cost: $1

The Earth FairWhat: A fair with hand madecrafts and info about sustain-abilityWhere: Mills, Adam’s PlazaWhen: 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.Cost: Free

Afro-Cuban All StarsWhat: Juan de MarcosGonzález leads the Afro-Cuban All Stars in its mix ofcontemporary timba, swingingbig band and Afro-Cuban jazz. Where: UC BerkeleyZellerbach HallWhen: 8 p.m.Cost: $22- $54

“What do you do with a B.Ain History?”What: Learn how to pursue acareer with a history degreeWhere: Mills, GSB GatheringHallWhen: 4:00 p.m. to 5: 30 p.m.Cost: Free

A LectureWhat: A lecture by JensHoffman, a curator over threedozen exhibitions Where: Mills College, DanforthLecture HallWhen: 7 p.m.Cost: Free

Bike Workshop with theBikeryWhat: Learn the ins and outsregarding the parts of your bikeWhere: Mills, Toyon MeadowWhen: 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.Cost: FreeRSVP at recycmrg@mills.edu

Smoke and MirrorsWhat: The opening of the2011 MFA Thesis ConcertWhere: Mills, Lisser HallWhen: 8 p.m.Cost: Free for Mills

Film Screening: The Story ofStuffWhat: A film about sustainabili-tyWhere: Mills, TBAWhen: 12:00 p.m.Cost: Free

Power Down Day!What: Set out to conserveresourcesWhere: Mills, Meet at the sus-tainability centerWhen: 1:15 p.m. and 2:15p.m.Cost: Free

Community GardenGathering Part 1What: Solar CookingWorkshopWhere: Mills, CommunityGardenWhen: 10:30 to 12 p.m.Cost: Free

Community GardenGathering Part 2What: A talk about native bees Where: MIlls, CommunityGardenWhen: 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.Cost: Free

Community GardenGathering Part 3What: Harvest Party: enjoy themeal from the solar cookingsessionWhere: Mills, CommunityGardenWhen: 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.Cost: Free

Mills ExcursionsWhat: A day trip to the snowWhere: Sierra at TahoeWhen: All dayCost: $20 Last day to sign up is April 20@ Cowell 5 p.m.

Creek Care DayWhat: The closing event of theMills College Earth WeekWhen: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.Where: Mills, Oval BridgeRestoration SiteCost: Free

Oakland Neighborhoodclean-upWhat: Show up to beautify andgive back to the Laurel neigh-borhoodWhen: 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.Where: Mills, Meet at the shut-tle stop at 9:30 a.m.Cost: Free

Ana Mandara TrioWhat: Live JazzWhere: 891 Beach St.(Ghirardelli Square) S.F.When: 8 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.Cost: Free

Dancing with the QueersWhat: International Standardand Latin Ballroom dancingWhere: Lake Merritt DanceCenter 200 Grand Ave.OaklandWhen: 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.Cost: $13

Dock of the BayWhat: Sunday Cabaret SeriesWhere: Sinbad, Pier 2 TheEmbarcadaro Street S.F.When: 6 p.m.Cost: $20-$30

Easter at EpworthWhat: Feat. Music by BrassQuartet from SF conservatoryof music and moreWhere: Epworth UnitedMethodist Church 1953Hopkins St. BerkeleyWhen: 10 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.

Easter Sunday BrunchWhat: a brunch buffet, livemusic, and cocktailsWhere: The Bellevue Club 525Bellevue Ave. OaklandWhen: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.Cost: $17- $35; free for kids

Science at the Theatre: NewLight on Dark EnergyWhat: Three Berkeley Lab cos-mologists bring the latestinsights on nature’s greatestmysteriesWhere: Berkeley RepetoryTheatre 2025 Addison st.BerkeleyWhen: 7 p.m.Cost: FreePut some oomph in your omWhat: Meditation and mindful-ness classes intended for peo-ple who are living and workingin today’s chaotic worldWhere: Center for Healingand Expression, 1749 O’Farrell St. S.F.When: 7 p.m.Cost: FreeSusan FreinkelWhat: The author discussesher book, “Plastic: A Toxic LoveStory”Where: Books, Inc. 601 vanness Ave. S.FWhen: 7 p.m.Cost: Free

Robert Greenberg Lecture-Philip GlassWhat: Greenberg will give atalk about the influence of min-imalist movement of musicWhere: Herbst Theatre 401Van Ness Ave. S.FWhen: 7:30 p.m.Cost: $25

This week, focus on Friday’sevents. There will be threeopportunities to do somethingto give back to our mother earth and learn more abouthow to take care of her. It’llalso be a great opportunity totake a step back from thosecomputer screens andimmerse yourself in a moreorganic environment. HappyEarth Week!

Wearing bright orange Ralph Laurenpants, a straw hat and a bow tie, he strutsthrough San Francisco’s Westfield Mall. Hegives me a tour as if the mall is his own per-sonal mansion: pointing to designer storesand new spring collections as he passes by.He knows when the next shipment ofclothes will arrive ,new Spring collectionwill arrive or which pieces will be put onthe infamous – and often looked down upon– sales racks.

But, there is no shame in AntwainMitchell's game – he shops often the racksometimes. When he shops in Westfield’sJ.Crew, the menswear personal shoppersknow him by name and by his personal tastebecause he shops there frequently and withpurpose.

“He has great taste,” said Debra Morton,a menswear personal shopper at J. Crew.“He puts clothes together in an inventiveway. He mixes classics together.”

Mitchell, a barely 20-year-old fashionstudent at San Francisco's Academy of theArts, is carving out his own style-drivenlane in the gritty city of San Francisco withhis Baltimore gentleman style. With a fash-ion blog – "Another Fashion Book" – thathas over 10,000 followers and he has beenfeatured in fashion-forward blogs like "TheUrban Fashion Bomb Daily.”

Mitchell's blog is filled with fashion hedescribes as "hot," from urban wear to run-way looks, photoshoots to street style.Antwain credits the success of his populari-ty to his marketing class at CarverVocational Technical High School in WestBaltimore.

In addition, controversial singer M.I.A.’sprotégé Ra Ra had Mitchell style her redcarpet look. It’s no wonder why the SanFrancisco Chronicles’ “The City Exposed”has coined him as a local trendsetter.

“They (Antwain Mitchell and TrentWells) pride themselves on being up on lat-est trends and love to express themselvesthrough clothes. Mitchell's high top Fadehair cut was set off by an 80's inspired

sweater few could pull off properly. Theyinsist they dress this way to feel good,” saidMike Kepka, Chronicle staff writer, in “TheCity Exposed” article.

“I can make a thrift store outfit look likeit came from Barney’s,” Mitchell said in histhick Baltimore accent.

However, money is not an issue forMitchell, whose parents fully support himfinancially through his education. With asuccessful real estate agent as a mother anda social security building manager as afather, Mitchell has access to fashion in away that some starving fashion studentsmay not. While Mitchell acknowledged hisprivilege, he also recognized the importanceof working hard to buy the things worthsplurging on.

“Nothing is free in this world,” he said,and then added his fashion rule of thumb formen: “A man should never have a cheapbelt or a cheap watch.”

For women, Mitchell counsels againstthe unflattering, “I-have-a-boyfriend-look,”which he defines as the way women lookwhen they stop caring about fashion becausethey’re in a relationship.

As he walks the streets of Union Square,he passes by the Louis Vuitton store.Mitchell looks longingly at the designerbriefcase in the window display. Eventhough Mitchell has the money to buy thebriefcase, he says he hasn’t done anythingto deserve it, nor does he have a real use forit. Designer items, Mitchell explains, shouldbe treats, rewards for accomplishments.

Thinking of his accomplishments so far,it’s hard to see why Mitchell wouldn’t seehimself as worthy of a reward. According toMitchell, he isn’t ready for a Louis Vuittonbriefcase because he isn’t done with hisaccomplishments yet. When asked about hisaccomplishments so far, Antwain repliedwith a huge smile and said he wasn’t doneyet.

“Some people let their jobs hold themback from their dreams," Mitchell said. “Idon’t want to live a regular life, in a regularjob, doing regular things. I see so muchmore for myself.”

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and Andrade will take a month-long honey-moon to Africa.

"I feel like I found my soul mate,"DeCoudreaux said.

DeCoudreaux described her wedding as"small and simple." The ceremony was heldin what she described as a "beautiful" court-house in Indiana, over which DeCoudreaux'sfriend presides as a judge. The bride andgroom each had three family members in attendance.

"If it hadn't been small, it would havetaken another year to plan." saidDeCoudreaux. She met her now-husbandduring her first trip to the Cape Verde islandof Brava three years ago.

Adrade, a painter, mostly of landscapes,formerly ran a bed and breakfast on theisland - the same bed and breakfast at whichDeCoudreaux and her mother decided to staythree years ago. She was impressed by thepaintings decorating the wall, and was evenmore impressed when she found out thepainter was also the owner of the establish-ment. Because of the tiny island's remotelocation, only one boat comes to the island;when the weather is not ideal, the boat doesn't come.

The weather was on DeCoudreaux's sidehowever, "Each morning Jose would comeand say, 'Brava doesn't want to let you go,'which meant the boat wasn't coming,"DeCoudreaux said with a smile on her face.

It helps that the couple has similar inter-ests such DeCoudreaux also loves to entertain guests.

DeCoudreaux said she doesn't have a spe-cific food she likes to make, but does appre-ciate, "anything that has me in the kitchen."She said she loves to watch old films whileshe makes food.

The new president is a baker as well, herfavorite thing to bake is "chocolate comacookies," which can have nuts or dried fruit in them, but most importantly, lots

of chocolate.DeCoudreaux's niece, Mara Hruby

DeCoudreaux, said in an interview earlier inthe semester that some of her best memoriesof her aunt are in the kitchen. "She's a great cook."

Hruby DeCoudreaux lives in Oakland,along with Alecia DeCoudreaux's brother,Victor, and a cousin, who all live, "ten minutes away from Mills," according toAlecia DeCoudreaux

DeCoudreaux said she looks forward toliving in the Bay Area again. She last livedhere in the late 1980s when she worked foran Eli Lilly affiliate in Santa Clara.

"The restaurant scene couldn't be better." According to DeCoudreaux, when she

first visited Yoshi's, she thought she had"died and gone to heaven." The restaurantcombines both food and DeCoudreaux'sfavorite type of music: jazz.

DeCoudreaux said when she begins hertenure as President in July plans to live in thePresident's house on campus.

"I look forward to living on campus,"She said what attracted her to Mills was thecampus and the small student body, whichgives her the opportunity to connect morewith students.

One thing she looks forward to is takingdaily walks and hikes around campus, andshe's invited members of the MillsCommunity to join her, and joked "If you cankeep up."

Walking out of the interview,DeCoudreaux showed her down-to-earthnature as she collected the water glasses andreturned back to the reception are to depositthem at the dish-collecting table. She insistedwe take some more crackers and cheese fromthe faculty reception she was at before theinterview. "I hate to see it go to waste."

She exited out the front door of Millshall, then immediately returned.

"The library is that way isn't it?" she said,as she left again, this time in the right direction.

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When a 9.0 earthquake and124-foot tsunami struck Japan onMarch 11, I, along with the rest ofthe world, spent the weekendchecking for updated photos, arti-cles and videos of the damage.Like many people, I didn’t knowanyone living in Japan personally,but it broke my heart to see a coun-try losing thousands of innocentlives and whole towns.

My Asian Art history professorMary-Ann Milford was the veryfirst one to use her class curriculumto provide us with some hope aboutthe situation. Through aPowerPoint slide, Milford stunnedall of us in my Japanese Paintingsand Prints class with the very icon-ic image of “The Great Wave off

Kanagawa” by Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai.

You know the one: a wood-block landscape print made in 19thcentury that depicts a storm off theKanagawa, Japan coast. The printshows one huge, blue tidal wave,traced with white foam shaped“like claws,” as Milford describedthem, reaching hundreds of feetinto the air. Fearful of its destruc-tive power, tiny human figurescower on board the three depictedboats, expecting to be thrown offby the strong currents. In the distance, the beautiful, snow-capped dome of Mount Fuji – thetallest mountain and most popularsite in Japan – bears witness to the storm.

For me, “The Great Wave” wasjust that generic stock print foundon postcards and novelty mugs inevery gift shop in Asian art muse-ums. It’s been used in advertise-ments and reinterpreted in other

artworks so much that the print hasbecome synonymous for Japanese.But in the Powerpoint, the symbol-ic meaning behind “The GreatWave off Kanagawa” becameclearer and all of us felt a little less traumatized by the ongoing disaster.

Senior Alliah Gilman Bey alsosaw the “The Great Wave” inMilford's class. She’s the presidentof the Anime Alliance, a Mills clubthat features weekly Japanese ani-mation films and holds Japanesepop culture discussions. She foundthe image to be reassuring, espe-cially for people unfamiliar withindomitable Japanese spirit.

“Japan always had natural dis-asters. It’s the culture over there toaccept nature – how it’s both dev-astating and beautiful,” Bey said.

Milford has been teachingAsian art history at Mills since1982. While she didn’t have anycontacts there when the earthquake

and tsunami hit, Milford felt a spe-cial connection to Japan, havingdone years of research on its richartistic culture. When I went tointerview her last Tuesday, I wasdrawn to the Amida Butsu –Buddha – statuettes adorned in heroffice she collected over time.

“On the first day (when theearthquake struck), I was speakingto someone when they asked me ifI had heard about it,” Milford said. “I rushed to my computer and it was indescribable what’s happening.”

Milford found a photo in theNew York Times depicting dozensof cargo trains piled like toy bricksto be particularly disturbing.

“Trucks with containers alwayspass me by when I’m driving towork,” Milford said. “They’reenormous, and yet, they can bethrown over so easily.”

Milford’s eyes grew sad as sherecalled the Kobe Earthquake in

1995 that measured 6.8 on themagnitude scale. Milford’s daugh-ter was residing in Nara, Japan atthat time about 38 miles away fromthe place where it occurred.

“She was lying down (when ithappened), said it was like being inthe middle of an ocean,” Milfordsaid. “After that, she immediatelyjoined Red Cross and worked withthe Kobe victims. She was tellingme how amazing the people were.”

Milford stared at the photocopyof the “Great Wave” I gave her ofand traced a finger over MountFuji. It was then when I realizedthat, while the tidal wave was mon-strously huge in its depiction, thefaraway mountain was even bigger.

“(Mount) Fuji is where thekami (a Japanese word for the spir-its and natural forces) is believed tobe,” Milford said. “Fuji is watch-ing, acknowledging the surge of the current. Man cannot resist.And (the Japanese) accept that.”

Above: Mills professor Mary-Anne Milford looks at a black and white photo copy of “The Great Wave off Kanagawa.” Below: The print was made in the 19th century.

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Last Monday, France put intoeffect a new law banning wearingburqas (a loose enveloping gar-ment that covers the face and bodyand is worn in public) and niqabs(a veil for covering the hair andface except for the eyes) in public.Women violating the law can befined 150 euros, while any personfound guilty of forcing a woman towear a burqa or niqab will can befined up to the equivalent of20,000 USD as well as sentencedto one year in prison.

According to French PrimeMinister, François Fillon, the rea-son behind the law is that “con-cealing the face. . . places the peo-ple involved in a position of exclu-sion and inferiority incompatiblewith the principles of liberty,equality and human dignity

affirmed by the French republic.” Wait a second, so who exactly

is placing these women in a posi-tion of “exclusion and inferiority”again? Oh right, they’re doing itthemselves—certainly the Frenchgovernment is not creating them assecond-class citizens (if worthy ofcitizenship at all) with the new law.

The intent of the law seems tobe somehow legally mandating“true” French citizenship—youknow, the enlightened, progressivemodern, non-Muslim (and uh,white?) citizen. However, most ofthe 2,000 or so burqa or niqab-wearing women this law targetsare French citizens. Wearing thesegarments is not antithetical to“Frenchness,” as these women andwhat they do and wear is a part ofbeing French. The law delegit-

imizes their citizenship and pun-ishes them because they refuse toassimilate properly.

Contrary to convictions held byPrime Minister Fillon and manyothers (ahem, “feminists” wantingto “save” Muslim women fromtheir oppressive religion), the prac-tice of Islam in conjunction withwearing these garments does notequal compromised dignity.Feminism comes in many shapesand sizes, and there is many a rad-ical feminist to be found amongthose practicing Islam.

The law reinforces the racistbinary of “civilized Westernwoman” in opposition to“oppressed Muslim woman.” Itpoints the finger outward, saying:“look at how THIS cultureoppresses women!” Such a ges-

ture simultaneously claims thatnon-Muslim women in France aresomehow completely free fromsexism, rape culture, or anythingelse that stands in the way of being “liberated.”

However, these oppressions arenot eliminated—and they will notbecome eliminated by passing aracist, Islamophobic law punishinga small, specific group of women.

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I joinedFacebook dur-ing my fresh-man year ofcollege. I'dheard a lotabout it, ofcourse, but had never really feltcompelled to make that fateful click.

However, during winter breakof that year, I went to do hurricanerelief work in New Orleans with astudent group from Mills. Oncethere, I made some friendly con-nections with students fromOccidental College. At the end ofthe trip, everyone was asking me ifI had a Facebook so they couldkeep in touch. I told everyone I did-n't, and their reaction was, “Whynot? You should get one!”

Email seemed sufficient to mefor staying in touch with friends—but because everyone kept suggest-ing I get one, I figured, why not?After all, Facebook claims that it"helps you connect and share withthe people in your life". How badcould that be? So I joined.

I still remember the first fewdays on Facebook. I already felt itsstrange lure, it made me uneasy—suddenly, I could browse throughnewly acquired “Friends” photos,and see all their preferences andstatus updates, midnight escapades,drunken parties and best friendpics, plus the “likes” and “dislikes”of people I hardly knew.

The public nature of Facebookmade everyone on it seem so self-conscious; many pictures felt over-ly posed, the smiles a little toostrained, the hugs a tad too desper-ate, the red plastic cups of beer heldtoo jauntily, displayed too promi-nently in party pictures. The com-

ments on people's walls often feltlike the virtual equivalent of havinga loud conversation with someonein a crowded room in the hopes ofbeing overheard.

I remember some Facebookusers, particularly girls, leavingcomments about how other girlslooked in pictures (“Wow, you lookso pretty!!”), or worse, leaving dis-paraging remakes about themselves(“God I hate how I look in this pic-ture! I have a double chin/ my noseis so big/ I look so fat!”) in thehopes ofr e c e i v i n gcommentsfrom othersa s s u r i n gthem that itwas nots o — c o m -m e n t swhich theyw o u l dinevitablyreceive. Itseemed thateveryone was silently screaming,“Look at me! Aren't I so awesome,so sexy, so cute, so witty, so fun,so...cool?”

In the movie The SocialNetwork, actor Jesse Eisenberg(playing Facebook founder MarkZuckerberg) kept repeating that themost important thing, even moreimportant than making money, wasthat Facebook be “cool.” And whocould have guessed that beforeFacebook, Zuckerberg's big onlineproject was designing a program torate girls?!

As the weeks and months wentby, the world of Facebook stoppedfeeling novel to me. I felt myselfbecoming sucked into it, taking itscategories and standards for grant-

ed. I stopped thinking it wasstrange that the number of friends aperson had was displayed on one'sprofile, and, like everyone else, Iwould compare how many“Friends” I had in relation to oth-ers. I would sometimes spendhours mindlessly flipping throughrandom people's photos. Almostlike the virtual equivalent of eatingcheap candy or watching bad TV: awhole lot of nothing which, ulti-mately, left me feeling nauseousand slightly depressed.

Myactivitieson Face-b o o kmade mefeel inse-cure andbad aboutmyself. Inoticed Iwasn't theonly onewho wass t r u g -

gling, some people were facingmuch more serious situations;newspaper and magazine articlesconcerning harassment and hazingon Facebook were popping up everywhere.

I had been saying I wanted toquit Facebook for over a year untillast August when I finally pressedthe “Deactivate Account.”

Just a few months later, I metmy current boyfriend. During thetime we were getting to know eachother, he asked me for myFacebook information so he couldsend me some details about amovie we were planning on seeing.Relieved, I told him I wasn't onFacebook anymore; I knew that if Ihad been I probably would have

become just as obsessed with hisprofile as I had with been with allthe others. Knowing all his inter-ests and “favorites” too soonwould've made the pleasure ofgradually discovering them as wespent more time together impossible.

To this day, when we're nottalking in person (which, fortunate-ly, is mostly how we communicate)we either call, e-mail, or send textmessages, keeping the details ofour relationship just between us—the way I like it.

Yes, Facebook is convenient,and yes, some parts of it I enjoyed.For example, I was able to easilystay in loose contact with myChilean host sister, and others I hadmet during my experiences abroad.I was able to check in on peoplefrom elementary school whom Ihadn't seen in years, and marvel atthe fact that we were now all adults.

Still, I am much happier offFacebook. Sure it's not quite aseasy to send a missile composed ofa few short words to spontaneouslycatch up with someone.Communication takes a bit moreeffort, but I feel it makes theexchanges I do have that muchmore meaningful. Also, since leav-ing Facebook, I find I don't wasteas much time—although I still findmy ways . . . The Office, anyone?

Life without Facebook feelsgood; no more accumulatingfriends as if they were shares ofstock; no more wasting hours at atime numbly clicking through pic-tures and walls. After all, a wall ismeant to keep some people in andothers out. I suggest we tear downthose walls and start TALKING toeach other again. Who's in?

Farewell, Facebook: activating users to deactivate

Madeleine Anderson is a senior at Mills studying Spanish literature and in the process of completing the 4+1 Masters Education program in hopes ofbecoming an English teacher. When her face is not in a book, you can find her getting her dance on, schmoozing with friends, or lounging on Toyonmeadow—often accompanied by her lovely sister Thea, a first-year.

“I would sometimes spend hoursmindlessly flipping through randompeople's photos. Almost like the vir-

tual equivalent of eating cheapcandy or watching bad TV: a wholelot of nothing which, ultimately, left

me feeling nauseous and slightlydepressed.”

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Question of The Week

“Lucie, after Lucie Stern.The ‘ie’ instead of ‘y’would make herunique.”

— Liz Newman,

first-year

“Lorry I. Lokey. I wouldcombine the I and Lokey

to make it “Ilokey.’”

—Christina Williams,

first-year

“Hettie Belle Ege. Imostly like the ‘Bell’

part, not the ‘Ege’part—I don’t wantpeople to think mychild is a fried egg.”

—Sam Reisz,

grad student

“Ethel. It’s sweet andsimple and kind ofromantic.”

—Camille Kaslan,

first-year

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Trimming the financial fat: why changing our personal relationship with food is important to allWe all have to

make difficultchoices about whatwe eat in an envi-ronment overflow-ing with pooroptions, misinfor-mation and conflict-ing interests. OurAmerican custom ofseeking the cheapand convenient hassadly turned us intoan obese, diseased,lethargic nation.

Like lingering heartburn after afast food binge, our country isdazed and confused in the face ofsoaring healthcare costs and dimin-ished worker performance, as wewonder why we ever chose to putbad things in our bodies in the firstplace. While we’ve been gorgingourselves on subsidized corn,chemicals and cramped livestock,we should have taken the time torecognize that cheap food is a largeproblem—and will cost us dearlyin the long run.

Your food choices affect morethan your own personal health.Your personal decision to consumefoods high in sugars, trans-fats, andnon-nutritional calories has costly

effects for all Californians. Poordiet can lead to obesity and dia-betes, which incurs high health carecosts and losses in productivity.

According to the CaliforniaCenter for Public Health Advocacy,the social costs attributable to agrowing population of obese, dia-betic, and inactive persons amount-ed to $41 billion in 2006 alone.Specifically, society as a wholeloses out on the work productivityfrom more sick individuals needpaid and unpaid sick leave, absen-teeism, and premature death.

Additionally, treating risk fac-tors resulting from obesity and dia-betes drive up health care costs forboth private and public healththrough higher private insurancepremiums and higher governmentexpenditures for Medicare andMedicaid. As more and more of usbecome clinically obese, diabeticand miss out on work, the heavierthe financial burden for payingtaxes to support social health programs.

If this behavior continues,experts estimate that by 2023California will be treating a popu-lation of four million for avoidablediseases at a cost of $19 billion inmedical expenses, with an addi-

tional $100 million in lost produc-tivity; all this for a financiallyunsustainable state facing a deficitof roughly 26 billion dollars.

Choosing healthy options,though, is not easy. We are facedwith constant advertisementstempting us to buy unhealthy,quick, and cheap meals on the go,to match our hectic (yet sedentary) lives.

For those of us who have theprivilege to exercise choice, wemust increase the demand for nutri-tional food through our daily con-sumption. This shift will signal tocompanies that we want healthyfood at fair prices.

So, the next time you find your-self choosing between a seeminglyconvenient candy bar and a pieceof fruit, think about the larger costsassociated with that choice.Instead of anticipating the taste ofchocolate and nougat hitting yourlips, anticipate the feeling of cashleaving your pocket to pay for yourmedication or operation. Thinkabout asking your neighbor to payfor your next medical bill.

Choose the fruit, and togetherwe can begin to increase thedemand for healthy food at fair prices.

COMPILED BY LAUREN SOLDANO, JOANN PAK, PRISCILLA WILSON AND ANNA CORSON

“Vera, because it’s like‘Vera Wang.’ Vera Longis the only cute-sound-

ing building on campus.”

—Alhelí Cuenca,

first-year

Rose Sutton is from Arizona and is currently enrolled in the MPP program at Mills College. Being from Arizonashe has an interest in immigration policy and local government fiscal policy. She is originally from Venezuelaand enjoys sailing.

Jill Nevins is a California native who recently graduated from UC Davis with a degree in International Affairs.She currently is working toward her MPP at Mills and her policy areas of interest include education, health, andthe California prison system. She also really likes cats.Kim Kerry-Tyerman is a world traveler who has lived in various places across Europe and the United States.Before attending Mills MPP program she received her bachelors from Occidental College. Kim's focus on inter-national economic development is her primary policy area of expertise.

These three writers have collaborated on this article as an assignment for their public policy class.

Although traditional Easterfoods may include a leg of lamb orroasted ham, there are many vege-tarian and vegan options that high-light simple ingredients such asherbs and legumes.

Inspired by a combination ofhealthy standards and Easter clas-sics, these recipes could standalone or work as a side for your tra-ditional meat dishes.

Rice, peas, mint and fetasalad

This fresh side dish combinesthe peas' light sweetness with thefeta's slightly salty tang, deliveringa refreshing salad. In addition, thisdish packs in vitamin a and iron inthe peas, as well as calcium in thefeta. A go-to dish all around.

Ingredients:•1 and 1/4 cups vegetable broth•3/4 cup instant brown rice•1 and 1/2 cups frozen peas (6

ounces)•3/4 cup sliced scallions•1/4 cup finely crumbled feta

cheese•1/4 cup sliced fresh mint•Freshly ground pepperDirections: Bring the vegetable

broth to a boil over high heat. Addthe brown rice to the broth and let itsimmer, then cover and reduce tomedium-low, letting it cook for

four minutes. Add in the peas, letting it return

to a simmer over high heat. Coverand reduce the heat to medium-low,letting the peas and rice cook foraround six minutes or until the peasare hot and the rice has absorbedthe majority of the liquid.

Remove from heat and stir inthe scallions, feta and mint, addingpepper to taste. Cover and let it sitfor three to five minutes, or untilthe liquid has fully absorbed.

Recipe courtesy ofEatingwell.com, modified byBonnie Horgos.

Healthy hot cross buns

Hot-cross buns are often a sta-ple at Easter feasts, but with butterand white sugar thrown into thesesides, they aren't the healthiesthabit. These rolls reduce theamount of white sugar and useolive oil instead of butter, nixingthe dairy while maintaining a ten-der and moist texture.

Ingredients:•About 4 cups of plain flour•2 teaspoons of white sugar•Pinch of salt•Sachet of instant yeast•3 tablespoons olive oil•About 1 and 1/2 cups of warm

water•About 1 packed cup of raisins•Slightly less than half a cup of

brown sugar•3 teaspoons mixed spices•2 tablespoons candied peel

•Small piece of pastry dough(for the crosses)

Directions: Make a mound withthe flour, white sugar, salt andyeast. Dig a hole in the middle ofthe mound and pour in the warmwater. Mix the flour, white sugar,salt and yeast into the water, thenknead the mixture into a sticky dough.

Add the raisins, brown sugar,candied peel and mixed spices intothe dough, continuing to knead itfor another eight minutes. Place thedough in an oiled bowl and coverit, allowing it to rise for around 90minutes or until it has doubled in size.

Flatten the dough and cut it into15 pieces, shaping them into buns.Put the buns onto an oiled tray andallow them to rise for an additional45 minutes. Cut the pastry dough instrips and lay out in a cross shapeon top of the buns.

Bake at 450 degrees Fahrenheitfor around 15 minutes. While thebuns are baking, dissolve equalparts sugar into water and brush ontop of the buns as soon as they'redone baking. Cool on a rack.

Recipe courtesy of thehealthyrecipes.com

Vegan lentil shepherd's pie

This main dish delivers all ofthe heartiness of traditional Easterfare without meat or dairy.

Ingredients:•1/2 pound lentils, cooked and

drained•1 onion, diced•1/2 tsp crumbled fresh sage•1/2 tsp minced garlic•Pinch of dried oregano•1 tsp salt•Dash cayenne pepper•3 large potatoes, cooked•1/2 to 1 cup of hot soy milk•Margarine to tasteDirections: Mash the cooked

lentils in a bowl with the onion andspices. Place the mixture in anoiled casserole dish.

Mash the potatoes in a separatebowl and add the hot soy milk,margarine and salt. Beat by hand orwith an electric mixer until thepotatoes look fluffy. Gently spreadthe mashed potatoes on top of themashed lentil mixture and bake at400 degrees Fahrenheit for 20 min-utes or until the potatoes are dry ontop. Place the pie under the broilerto brown on top. Serve warm and enjoy. Recipe courtesy of vege-tarian.about.com

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This week’s Cyclone, Nicole Labarca, is a first year Track athletewho made an immediate impact on the team with her commitment andconsistency. Nicole runs the 200 meter, 400 meter, third leg on the4x100 relay, and throws javelin. Because she runs track and throws,Nicole is any coach’s dream student-athlete; she's a hard worker, openminded, and honest. Nicole was the only athlete who attended everythrows and running practice during spring break, which is part of whyshe is being recognized for her performance at the Ed AdamsInvitational in Salinas. Nicole clocked a personal best of 34 secondsin the 200 meter race and in her first ever javelin competition she fin-ished second place in her flight and captured fifth place overall in afield of over 20 throwers.

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