PSU Magazine Winter 2004

T H E The Exploding Whale and Other Remarkable Stories from the Evening News By Paul Linnman (1966-68), WesLWinds Press, Porlland, Ore., 2003. As rookies for KATU-TV back in 1970, newsman Linnman and photographer Doug Brazil covered the now cult– classic explod ing whale. They caught on film the Oregon Department of Transportation's dynamiting of a beached sperm whale carcass on a Flo– rence, Oregon, beach and the resulting rain of blubber chunks. The Lille story is just one career highlight for Linn– man, who in an easygoing style pre– sents some of the feel-good stories and the many interesting people he has fea– tured. Today Linnman is a part-time KATU news anchor and morning host on KEX radio. Three Star Fix By Joseph Jablonski '99, Gardenis Press, Milwaukee, Wis., 2002. Jablonski uses his experiences as a for– mer U.S. merchant marine and captain of a container ship that traveled Pacific, Indian, and Arabian waters in his first novel. The book te11s the story of Jake Thomas, a 19-year-old cadet on his first sea voyage in 1967. lt is a tale of maturation, as Jablonski's fictional character faces the bad and good influ– ences of shipmates, exotic ports and their brothels, and learns the naviga– tor's art of the "three star fix." The Adult Student's Guide to Survival & Success By Al SieberL and Mary Karr '84, MS '87, FifLh Edition, Praclical Psychology Press, Porlland, Ore., 2003. Going back Lo school can be a fear– some undertaking. Siebert and Karr show adult students how to success– fully overcome both academic and nonacademic challenges. Karr writes from expe1ience; she earned her degrees after raising four children. A specialist in nonverbal communication, S H E L F she has been on the facu lty at Maryl– hust University since 1989. Her contri– butions to the guide include sections on learning college acronyms and terms, creating a support group, and raising a family while in school. Siebert, an expert on resiliency, taught management psychology at PSU for many years. Luba:The Angel of Bergen-Belsen By Michelle R. McCann (English JaculLy), Tlicycle Press, Berkeley, Calif., 2003. ln December 1944, Luba Tryszynska– Frederick, a young Jewish prisoner in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, smuggled 54 abandoned children into her barracks. For the next four months , despite the danger, Luba cared for the children as if they were her own. Fortunately they all were freed in April 1945. The book gives child readers a gentle introduc– tion to the Holocaust through Luba's story and luminous oil paintings by illustrator Ann Marshall. McCann includes photos of Luba with the children just after liberation and at a reunion held in her honor 50 years later. This is McCann's seventh book for children. Reviews are of faculty and alumni books, recordings, and Web publica– tions. To have a work considered for this page, please submit pertinent information to PSU Magazine via email to psumag@pd.x.edu , or fax to 503-725-4465, or mail to PSU Maga– zine, Office of Publications, Portland State University, PO Box 751, Port– land , OR 97207-0751. The New Account Manager By Don Dickinson (advertisi ng management Jacu/Ly), Copy Workshop, Chicago, 111., 2003. After almost 30 years as an advertising executive and now an educator, Dickin– son wrote this book because he believes advertising agency account management is simply too important a job Lo be done without a comprehensive, yet entertaining book dedicated exclusively to it. The book is written for senior– level college students, for people who are new to account ser– vice, and for the exec– utives in charge of account management inside ad agencies. Sticking to the Union: An Oral History of the Life and Times of Julia Ruuttila By Sandy Polishuk (women's sLudies fac– ulty), Pa/grave Macmillan, New York, N. Y, 2003. Although married four times , Julia Ruuttila claimed that the love of her life was not a man but a union. From the lndustrial Workers of the World to the ClO and from the International Woodworkers of America Lo the Inter– national Longshore and Warehouse Union (lLWU), Ruuttila stuck to unions throughout her long life in Portland (1907- 1991). A self– educated freethinker, Ruuttila sup– ported herself and a va riety of fami ly members on the small income she earned working at the ILWU and reporting for various leftist newspa– pers. Her story unfolds in her own words, with Polishuk placing the nar– rative in its historical context and pointing out where other sources con– flict with Ruuttila's account. The interplay of voices provides a woman's perspective on American labor history of the 20th century. D WINTER 2004 PSU MAGAZINE 5