PSU Magazine Winter 2000

Inside the Klavern: The Secret History of a Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s edited by David Horowitz (history faculty) , Southern Illinois University Press, 1999. Inside the Klavem is an annotated collection of the minutes of a thriving Ku Klux Klan chapter in La Grande, Oregon, between 1922 and 1924. The notes illustrate the inner workings of a Klan chapter of more than 300 members at a time when the national membership of that organization cl imbed into the millions. Horowitz provides an introduction to each installment of the minutes, allowing readers to make sense of each entry. Writing and Eco-Consciousness by Greg Jacob (English faculty), CAT Publishing, 1999 . This 130-page book provides princi– ples of good writing with examples from and reference to environmental issues. An adamant proponent of a biocentric view of the world , Jacob is providing a framework for writers to foster an ethic, which asks readers to live heedfully within our natural world . Getting Started With the Internet by Floyd Fuller and William Manning (business faculty), Dryden Press, 1999. The Net started in 1969 with the link– ing of researchers at four universities to military scientists in the U.S. Department of Defense. Today there are 60 millio 1 n users in the United States alone. Getting Started immerses 2 PSU MAGAZINE WINTER 2000 students in this field of changing tech– nology-showing processes, opportuni– ties, and implications for the future . Smokin' Java music CD by Darrell Grant (music faculty), Lair Hill Records, 1999. With more than 60 minutes of soulful jazz, 24 pages of photographs highlight– ing the people and places of Portland, and his own original short story, Grant makes Smokin' Java a creative tribute to his adopted home. Pianist Grant is joined by saxophonist Donald Harrison, vibraphonist Joe Locke, bassist Bob Stata, and drummer Brain Blade. Together they play some of Grant's own original and some classic jazz standards like "If I Should Lose You." The Doomed Empire: Japan in Colonial Korea by Ma-Ji Rhee (foreign language faculty) , Ashgate Publishing Ltd., 199 7. Rhee investigates the generally neglected circumstance of Japanese colonialism in Korea from 1910 to 1945 . Japan's ideology of assimilation was to eradicate Korea's sense of autonomy as a nation-state-an approach that resulted in widespread resistance. Looking at this past rela– tionship leads to a better comprehen– sion of Japan today, as well as its present relationship with Korea. Whatever It Takes: Women on Women's Sport edited by Joli Sandoz '74 and Joby Winans; Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999. This collection of essays and poems celebrates the power of sports in the lives of women. From boxing to rowing, baseball to swimming, each story is told with passion. Sandoz and Winans, who together have more than 50 years of athletic and coaching experience, set out to share the thoughts of sports– women. They di covered hundreds of tales of unquenchable joy, often in the face of outright opposition. A Richer Harvest: An Anthology of Work in the Pacific Northwest edited by Craig Wollner (University Studies faculty) and Tracy Dillon (English faculty) , Oregon State University Press, 1999 . This collection of fiction, poetry, and songs starts with tales told by loggers, miners, and mill workers from the early part of the 20th century. The voices change from one world war to the next, and include Pat Koehler '74 recounting her time as an electrician in the Kaiser Vancouver Shipyards, where, at 19 years old, she worked on ship guns. The selections continue through the present day to include pieces by Kent Anderson, Sherman Alexie, and Eileen Gunn. The Acoustic Era, Volume 1: Clarinet Recordings 1898-1918 produced and released by Stan Stanford (musicfaculty), 1998. Stan Stanford has collected clarinet record ings along with old wind-up phonographs for years. A clarinetist himself, Stanford decided to share his collection of discs and brown wax cy linders on a compact disc. The mu ic runs toward military and small– town bands, but also includes a perfor– mance by Charles Draper, who is well-known today to clarinetists. Stanford and recording technician Glenn Sage kept their cleanup of the recordings to a minimum, preferring to preserve the unique and imperfect sound of the medium. D Reviews are of facu lty and alumni books, recordings, and Web publica– tions. To have a work considered for this page, please submit pertinent information to Mary Ellen Kenreich, PSU Library faculty, via e-mail kenreichm@pdx.edu , by fax at (503) 725-5799, or mai l to Portland State University, PO Box 11 51, Portland, OR 97207- 1151.