Brown and White Vol. 105 no. 32

              the brown and white lehigh university's student newspaper founded in 1894 vol 105 no 32 friday february 27 1998 all the lehigh news first by chris litman news writer poet gives insight to works and experiences the u s poet laureate robert pinsky read several of his poems tuesday night in baker hall at the zoellner arts center pinsky also shared his thoughts on jazz history his processes of writing pol itics in his poetry and the boundaries of his poetry he encouraged audience participation and responded to various questions and requests to read poems the poet laureate read a poem entitled shirt a meandering work first describ ing the actual article of clothing and then focusing on a shirt factory fire that killed 146 people in 1911 he then discussed what was going through his mind when he conceived the poem the triangle shirt factory fire in 1911 was an interesting turning point in american politics in relation to labor laws pinsky said the victims in the fire were mostly women in their mid-teens and there were these photographs of a cop standing on the sidewalk next to all these burnt bodies of women mostly eastern european pinsky said the victims were trapped inside the building on the ninth floor with no fire escapes exit or hydrants the women had to jump out of the window to the street below according to pinsky it was this event the photographs and ensuing movement around the nation to reform labor laws that partially captivated pinsky to write his poem but he also said that the poem began more fundamentally pinsky commented on the nature of poetry and language saying that poetry is essentially made up of sounds of words and how the sounds come together to make meaning he said the poem shirt began with b&w photo by andrea pope robert pinsky shared his poetry with the audience attending his tuesday lecture the poet also talked about his personal experiences with volunteer work arts center director named by michael panagako news writer eva bornstein an internationally renowned performing arts administrator and experienced producer has been named executive director of the zoellner arts center interim president william c hittinger 44 to whom bornstein will directly report recently made the announcement bornstein has 20 years of performing arts management experience she started her career in performing arts administration at the university of west ontario where she directed and coordinated cultural events bornstein enjoyed the universi ty setting and working with students it was important to me to get students involved bornstein said the university is a most formidable time for students i feel that being exposed to culture in these years you will become better on later in life after 12 years in ontario she moved to the united states to take the reigns of the woodstock opera house outside of chicago in chicago bornstein produced and coordinated the opera house's first mozart festival among other cultural events her next job brought her back to canada as a dance curator in toronto she became educated in the modern dance and had the opportunity to expand her responsibili ties to an international level her job required extensive travel and bornstein brought 22 international dance com panies to toronto her most recent jobs executive director of the fairf ield orchestra and director of the greenwich choral arts society broadened her experience in marketing finance and management of the performing arts deborah sacarakis the current director of zoellner is looking forward to working with bomstein sacarakis has spent 23 years at lehigh working mostly on programming including the conceptual design of the school's events horizons program i have spent my time promoting and supporting cul tural life at lehigh university and i plan to continue doing so sacarakis said i am looking forward to working with mrs bornstein and her new and exciting plans for the center bornstein is excited about the opportunities lehigh has in the performing arts field and is anxious to make zoellner a facility for the entire campus as well as a cul tural center for the lehigh valley lehigh has always been known for its engineering school bornstein sail my hope is that soon it will be famous for the performing arts as well bornstein will use her experience from the university of west ontario to work with students i want to work closely with students and faculty to promote the zoellner arts center bornstein said i like to work with an open door policy and welcome input from everyone she hopes students and faculty of all subjects and col leges will be able to appreciate lehigh's strength in the arts the zoellner arts center belongs to everyone study shows reality of first impressions by janine gallo news writer most of our first impressions are incorrect according to michael j gill from the university of texas at austin who spoke last monday about studies he conducted concerning the accuracy of our impressions of others what makes people feel like they know another per son gill asked that was the driving question of his research his stud ies focused on exploring the relationship between one's confidence that they know another individual and how accurate their beliefs about the other individual actually are gill predicted confidence in one's beliefs and the accu racy of those beliefs are not commonly associated people may be confident in their impression of another person but their confidence could be based completely on miscon strued information gill said he further hypothesized that the sources of confidence are dependent on the amount of information that is attained about the other individual see poet page 8 see gill page 8 about once a year a person is killed painting a highway stripe in the state of texas source texas department of transportation cttfdrffewi wrestling team beats lecturer relates past professors take time university of stories of alcohol to work with students g^j pittsburgh 21-14 abuse and 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