Student government officialsdecided Monday to continue theAC Transit bus pass program forthe 2010-2011 school year.

At the Associated Students ofMills College (ASMC)Committees and ExecutiveMeeting Feb. 22, members werepresented with three pieces ofinformation to make their decision.

The first was results from anundergraduate survey that askedstudents whether or not they want-ed bus passes again next year.ASMC gathered votes throughoutthe beginning of February by send-ing out multiple e-mails with thelink to the survey question and bytabling with computers in AdamsPlaza and at Founders. Out of the

456 students who voted, 80 percentsaid they would like the EasyPassprogram to continue, while 20 per-cent said they did not want it tocontinue.

I think, based on the numbersand feedback, it seems to be an

important program. Were thevoice of the students and if it issomething important to the stu-dents, then we will do it, saidAmber Williams, Mills senior andASMC Co-President.

Internet outages swept MillsCollege the week of Feb. 8 due to aconflict between the campus twoInternet service provider routers,according to officials.

Senior Director of InformationTechnology Systems (ITS) BruceMcCreary explained that one of therouters hijacked network traffic.McCreary described the problem asa hardware logic error that causedthe guest network provider to pro-vide a bad path for our networktraffic. Its like a freeway workersending cars down the wrong road.

Although originally shutdownthree times, the guest network went

back online Feb. 17.Though administrators say they

have done their best to get the Millssystem in working order, studentson campus are becoming worried.

Its been difficult getting myquestions to teachers via e-mail andits just one week before exams,said senior Abigail Orona.

Senior Annie Peterson foundthe outages inconvenient for a dif-ferent reason.

It was my birthday and I endedup not getting a lot of my mes-sages. It was really frustrating, she said.

Despite community frustra-tions, Network AdministratorBabak Oskouian said shuttingdown the Internet was necessary to

Mills College President JanetHolmgren announced on Mondayshe will step down next spring after20 years in the position.

Holmgren made her decisionpublic to students, staff and facultywho filled the Concert Hall Feb.22. She sent out a sudden e-mailthat morning which stated she would be making a special announcement later in the afternoon.

19 years ago, I came out onthis Concert Hall stage for my firstpublic appearance as the electedpresident of Mills College. It wasan overwhelming moment, truly

exciting and some of you were herethat day and were here when I wasintroduced to the community by theBoard of Trustees, she began,reminiscing about her first day oncampus in 1991.

All of you have grown withthe institution, and you have grownwith me. I have to say that I am alittle fatter than I was 19 years agoand Im not any taller, but I am a lotmore experienced. And I am evenmore committed and even moreproud of the work I do today than Ihave ever had imagined when Ifirst came to Mills, she said to theassembled crowd.

Holmgren did not offer anyconcrete reasons for her departurefrom the presidency, saying only

that This is definitely a goodmoment for me, because I am at thepeak of my energy and my spiritand my sense of wanting to tell thestory of higher education, tell thestory about Mills, tell the storyabout womens education andwomens leadership.

She said she would like to con-tinue to teach at the College atsome point.

In a published message the nextday, Holmgren said she has beencalled to resume writing andresearch that [she has] put on holdfor nearly two decades.

After the meeting, she said shecame to the decision after a lot of thought.

I have been thinking about this

and Ive talked to my daughters.This is both for myself and forMills. There is never a right or per-fect time, but this is a good time,she said. She added she wanted tomake the announcement the rightway and on her own terms, beforeanyone came knocking on mydoor, she said.

Athletics Director ThemyAdachi has been at the College for28 years, and remembers whenHolmgren arrived.

Im sad in the sense that shehas had a tremendous leadershipfor much of the time Ive beenhere. Mills will find a strongleader, she said. I rememberwhen she first got here it was

In a class meeting last Tuesday,Mills College seniors discussed theidea of using their class gift to helpcreate a campus farm and possiblyextending the areas included inSenior Paint Night.

They gathered in theFaculty/Staff Lounge Feb. 23 todiscuss plans for the senior class asgraduation is less than threemonths away.

Along with discussing theprocess for choosing a commence-ment speaker, means of fundraisingand sponsoring social events,Senior Class President RebeccaWaterhouse introduced some ideasfor the 2010 class gift.

This is our chance to give backto this great institution that we are apart of, said Waterhouse.

Most of the seniors presentwere thrilled with the idea of theirclass gift fund - which currentlyholds nearly $6000 - being used tostart a fund for an on-campus farm.

I think its meant to be, saidsenior Katherine Kugay.

Waterhouse said she hopes therest of the Mills community willtake to the idea as well.

I think it could be one of thebest gifts to give, saidWaterhouse. It would be self sustaining.

According to ChristinaMcWhorter, Garden/Greenhouse

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s Mills College nears its20th anniversary of its

recommitment to womens educa-tion, it is an appropriate time tostart the search for a president tolead the institution in a new, posi-tive direction.

Janet Holmgrens presidency,which has spanned nearly twodecades, has encompassed manychanges to the College. At the startof her career the Board of Trusteeshad recently made the decision toremain a single-sex institution aftera 16-day strike organized by stu-dents. Throughout the followingyears Holmgren has proven herdedication to womens educationand diversity.

At the time of the strike, admin-strators made the decision to gocoed largely based on the Colleges

budget deficit. Even with todaysrecessionary economy, Holmgren,who encourages fundraising andmodes of generating money, hasensured that Mills stays fiscallysound. Enrollment is at an all-timehigh, and the amount of applica-tions is also record-breaking. TheCollege is continually recognizednationwide in reports that rankhigher education, including U.S.News and World Report andForbes, which placed Mills in thetop 50 colleges in the country.

It is in part because of Holmgrenthat Mills created new graduateprograms in business, public policyand education (and 4+1 programsare a great addition to our academ-ics). Several buildings have beenrenovated, including Mills Hall,and she has overseen the construc-tion of Vera Long, the EducationComplex, the Natural SciencesBuilding and most recently the

Graduate School of Business. Overall, Mills has flourished,

but there is always room for leader-ship improvement. In Holmgrenscase, two of the largest are in theareas of transparency and manag-ing personnel. Holmgren is knownto reward loyalty and act ruthlesslywhen it comes to firing employeeswho upset her, usually tying claus-es to severance pay packages thatforbid those fired from speakingout. In late 2008, controversy aroseafter she attempted to fire much-loved Nancy Thornborrow, Deanof the Graduate School ofBusiness, and students protested in2007 after then Dean of StudentsJoanna Iwata was abruptly let go.Holmgren recently announced sheis laying off her entire administra-tive staff because the PresidentsOffice is restructuring.

Similarly, lack of transparencydoes not look well for the College

as a whole. In national surveyresults from 2004 and 2008, Millsfaculty said the administration wasnot open about its policies and themajority said they did not feelinvolved in campus decision-mak-ing. In the 2009 CollegeSustainability Report Card, Millsexcelled in most areas of sustain-ability but received a F rating inendowment transparency andshareholder engagement, bringingthe total down. Students who workfor the Annual Fund report severalalums have refused their annualdonations in recent years becauseof Holmgrens refusal to explainmany of her decisions. There is noreason to lose out on alumnae sup-port and college rankings becauseof a presidents desire for ultimatecontrol and secrecy.

It is time for new leadership,and the upcoming presidentialsearch committee should find a

leader who values academic excel-lence and prestige in the same waysas Holmgren, but the new presi-dent should value the importanceof interpersonal connections andfostering an environment of inclu-siveness instead of the current cli-mate of fear and fragmentation. Apresident who actually lives andnot just entertains in the PresidentsHouse would also help the newpresident to build bonds to thecampus community and get toknow staff and students on a per-sonal level (Holmgren spends mostof her time these days in a privatehome off campus). As the Collegehas never had a president of color,choosing one might also be a stepin its mission to increase diversity.

All in all, Holmgren has had asuccessful career as president, butit is time for fresh administrativeleadership, which should usher in anew era in the Colleges future.

h ew i n -t e r s

can be fan-t a s t i c a l l ycruel. And thebasic idea isto cope with the very costly damageand deprecation which can occur.The Shining

The onslaught of frozen, pow-dery hell has ceased its incessantdownward drift. The Snow-rrific,snow-pocalyptic snow-tacular isfinally over. The giant, slippery,glaring white, crunchy mountainsare slowly melting into slushybrown pools of gelatinous guck.

It was the week D.C. stood still. My new friend the Washington

Post was like a two year old mes-merized with both bad snow punsand its own snowy image. Yousnow what I mean. It was snow-diculous. In case someone lived ina windowless box and could notsee outside, they had all sorts ofsnow themed articles and picturesand more pictures of snow-inspired, snowy snow scenes.There was snow escape. Snow-where was safe.

I tried to fight back the first twodays. Whenever a break in thesnow occurred, I threw on mydown, black, body-length jacketand went for walks around theblock where, set against the sharpshocking white, little puffy specksof people slipped and crawled, mit-ten first, in dazed, giddy awe.

Along what was once a blackasphalt road, little foot paths were

carved into knee-deep collectionsof snow by the people in front ofme, so I marched single-file behinda small pack of students to the cor-ner 7/11 which bravely stayed openthrough the storm.

With the federal government,schools and all other walks of busi-ness closed - even Starbucks - allone really could do was wanderand stare in awe. Side streets Idtraveled just a few days before dis-appeared, buried under endlessdrifts, and the only thing left visiblewere the tip-tops of the parkingmeters. For six days the Capitolcreaked by with streets nearly iso-lated and scattered, snowboundlocals on edge.

The police thought that it waswhat the old-timers used to callcabin fever. A kind of claustropho-bic reaction which can occur whenpeople are shut in together overlong periods of time. TheShining.

Monday was when it started toturn ugly.

All classes canceled, a dormfull of college students now sud-denly found themselves with noth-ing to do and nowhere to be andno way of going anywhere toescape it. With custodial staffbound in their homes by the snow,little piles of trash began to formaround the trashcans.

The halls, with heaters runningon high, began to smell like aspoiled-fruit-sour-milk-moldy-sock-beer-soaked-death. Voices inthe hallway got louder. The toneswent from giddy to urgent.

Then, Tuesday night thewomens bathroom on the fourthfloor ran out of toilet paper

Danny Torrance: What wasthe Donner Party?

Jack Torrance: They were aparty of settlers in covered-wagontimes. They got snowbound onewinter in the mountains. They hadto resort to cannibalism in order tostay alive.

Danny Torrance: You meanthey ate each other up?

Jack Torrance: They had to inorder to survive. The Shining.

This is when I found myselflying to my roommate, avoidingmy friends. That box of Kleenexyou ask? No, I have no idea whereit went! I found myself stuffing mybra, not to generously enhance myfigure but to hide valuable contra-band from my now tensely hystericfellow captives.

Wednesday the pipes began tofreeze and the cafeteria wasreduced to using paper plates andplastic utensils. Thats also whenthe toilets stopped flushing.

Then Thursday, the sun cameout, the trash was gone, the toiletsflushed and the toilet paperreturned. Returned as if nothinghad happened. Walking down thehall everyone greeted each otherwith big smiles and desperaterelief. As I walked down the stairs,the kid behind me hummed. Hewas humming as if the last fewdays had never happened. But Iremember.

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bypassing shutting down theInternet, but it would be too muchof a security risk. We had to stoptraffic to the Internet to protect our-selves from viruses and cyber-attacks, he said.

McCreary felt that, although thethree outages were an inconven-ience, the service provided byCisco Hardware is satisfactoryoverall.

The service is actually prettygood, he said. We call Cisco,they come and fix the problem.

Were pretty happy with the serviceweve had.

But some students arent on thesame page about the quality ofInternet service on campus. Somebelieve the systems could useimprovements from consistentserver outages during the pastweeks.

The Internet here isnt up topar with student needs. A lot oftimes it crashes if I have two orthree tabs up, said junior HeatherWilliams.

Junior Rebecca Shelton alsoadded, Even on the days when the

Internets working its still prettyslow.

Although Internet problemshave been an issue on campus,McCreary said such problems arelargely unreported.

We havent had any reports atthe help desk, and there haventbeen any complaints to ITS of anyproblems other than these out-ages, he said.

McCreary would like morefeedback from students aboutInternet services on campus.

The most important thing tostress here is that if students are

having problems of this nature theyreally need to get reported to thehelp desk. With that information,we can look into it to see if theresa real problem going on with ournetwork, he said.

Oskouian said he is pleasedwith the service as well, though hementioned that the department isthinking of upgrading from 50 to100 megabits of bandwidth, achange that would improve Internetspeed.

In August of 2007, we hadonly nine megabits of bandwidthand we upgraded to 50. Our plan is

to double that by this summer, hesaid.

Oskouian declined to commenton the exact cost of such a change,but said it wouldnt be much morethan what the college is presentlyspending.

Were already paying $4,500 amonth for 50 megabits now,Oskouian stated.

Some students would welcomethe change.

It would be really nice becauseI notice that around 6 p.m. the con-nection gets really slow, saidSenior Marit Coyman-Myklebust.

close after the strike and she wasreally saying that absolutely thatthere is a place for womens educa-tion. It was a really critical periodof time when she came. She wasnot only for leadership for women,but leadership for all women.

Many students are also con-cerned about the future of theColleges leadership.

I hope that the transitiondoesnt affect the students or thefaculty in a bad way, saidSophomore Zainab Shabbir, whoattended the community meeting.

Dean of UndergraduateAdmissions Giulietta Aquino, aCollege alumna from the class of1993, talked about seeingHolmgren when she was first wel-comed to the College.

I remember sitting in theConcert Hall, and she was intro-duced to Mills College. And I

remember feeling excited and justhave chills because I was just excit-ed. I feel very honored to haveworked with her and will continueworking with her, she said.

Director of Student ActivitiesCourtney Young-Law also com-mented on Holmgrens futureplans.

I think I appreciate her com-mitment to a thoughtful transition,and I appreciate her contribution tostrengthening the Mills communi-ty, she said.

Holmgren is the Colleges12th president. She took office dur-ing the summer of 1991 afteradministrators and staff exited inresponse to a failed attempt to turnMills into a coed institution.

In the history of MillsCollege, there are three importanteras: Cyrus and Susan Mills,Aurelia Reinhardt and JanetHolmgren. And those are the threemajor leaders in the history of

Mills College, said Provost andDean of Faculty Sandra Greer.

She currently serves on theBoard of Trustees at PrincetonUniversity, after graduating fromthe school with a masters in lin-guistics in 1971 and a Ph.D in thefield in 1974. She currently teach-es a linguistics course at theCollege.

According to staff in thePresidents Office, Holmgrensassistant was laid off in the begin-ning of February, and the officestwo administrative assistants willalso be laid off, one on March 1and the other on April 1.

Ramon Torrecilha, whose for-mal title is now Executive VicePresident, recently moved to thePresidents Office after being incharge of the Office of InstitutionalAdvancement.

Jennifer Courtneycontributed to this report.

Visiting Assistant ProfessorMartha Johnson was offered a per-manent position at Mills Collegeafter participating in job talks forthe department of government.

Applicants for the assistantprofessor of government with anemphasis in comparative politicsposition, each of whom specializedin a particular world region, pre-sented their research to a commit-tee of faculty and students in aseries of lunchtime lectures earlyin February.

Johnsons main area ofresearch focuses on developmentalpolitics in Sub-Saharan Africa.

In my talk, I addressed howdonor involvement in Senegalesepolitics has influenced the statebureaucracy, said Johnson. It ispart of a larger research project onthe challenge of building greaterstate capacity in Sub-SaharanAfrica in the face of widespreadclientelism.

The other candidates wereJennifer Piscopo, from UC SanDiego, whose expertise lies in thepolitics of gender in Latin America;Enze Han from George WashingtonUniversity, who spent over a yearconducting field research about

ethnic identity and politics inChina, and Nikki Velasco fromStanford University, who special-izes in political economy and pre-viously taught at Mills.

Johnson will join government

professors Fred Lawson and PaulSchulman in the department, teach-ing courses already offered as wellas new ones.

The new faculty member willbe responsible for developing thecurriculum in comparative politics,which makes a crucial contributionboth to the majors in government

and international relations and toPLEA, said Lawson. He alsoexplained that the departmenthopes Johnson will promote studyabroad programs and help buildlinks between the governmentdepartment and other departmentsthat deal with world affairs.

Students from last semesterssenior seminar who wrote thesesfor the government department par-ticipated in the selection process byspending time with the applicants,attending the presentations and giving feedback on the candidates.

Our job is to try and commu-nicate with the potential [candi-dates] to see if they fit into theMills community and see what wefeel they can bring to the depart-ment, said senior Clare Morterwho was part of the student panel.

Though the committee was notresponsible for hiring any of thepotential candidates, they recom-mended Johnson to the Dean ofFaculty.

Provost Sandra Greerannounced the decision to hire herwas by e-mail sent on Feb. 22.

Dr. Johnson has been a visit-ing professor at Mills since springof 2009, and has already provenherself to be an able teacher, Greersaid. We look forward to havingher join our community.

Seniors participate in meeting to determine a 2010 class gift anddiscuss locations on campus for Senior Paint Night in May.

Coordinator, the College had acampus farm in the early 1900s.

Bon Apptit, the catering anddining company on campus, hasagreed to purchase all of the pro-duce potentially grown on such afarm.

There are some potential prob-lems with the idea that need to beworked out. McWhorter said sheand a Mills MBA student are cur-rently working on a feasibility plan.

I want to know that its goingto work before I put a shovel in theground, said McWhorter.

If the senior class chooses tohelp fund the new farm,McWhorter said she plans to use

the money to prepare a plot of landfor farming. The process wouldinclude buying equipment, settingup a work shed and building clean-ing facilities.

A campus farm would alsocreate job opportunities for Millsstudents.

Seniors also discussed changesto Senior Paint Night, an annualevent during which seniors paintvarious areas around campus.

According to AssistantDirector of Student Activities andSenior Class Adviser MandyBenson, seniors will also haveaccess to an entire wall somewherein Rothwell Center this year.Benson said the wall can include amural or graffiti images.

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ASMC approves AC Transit EasyPass

ASMC also took into account.According to Cleo Goodwin,Senior Marketing Representativefor AC Transit, there has been anaverage of 400 users per month.

The numbers show Millscommitment, said Goodwin at themeeting.

Lastly, ASMC senators spoke tothe students they represent to get afeel for whether they wanted tocontinue the program.

Sunil Tara, Senior MarketingRepresentative for AC Transit, saidat the meeting that the program isgreat because of its low cost, con-venience and because it is environ-mently friendly.

After the information was pre-sented, ASMC deliberated beforevoting unanimously to keep theprogram.

Before the meeting,, Millssophomore and ASMC MemberAya Fawakhiri talked about theoriginal intention of the pilot pro-

gram, which began last fall.The idea was to have a pass

that allowed students to go all overthe East Bay and Trans-Bay, saidFawakhiri.

According to Fawakhiri, unlim-ited bus passes normally cost $132a month, but Mills studentsreceived the same passes for $96this school year.

The price of the passes will goup to $120 a year per student nowthat the program has been madepermanent.

ASMC showed great supportfor the program.

To be honest, I have only usedthe pass once, but I love it. Its con-venient. I would pay the money tohave it even if I didnt use, saidFawakhiri.

According to Goodwin, gradu-ate students get to vote in April onwhether or not they want the pass-es as well.

Nicole Vermeercontributed to this report

Internet outages on campus cause frustration for students and community

The new faculty memberwill be responsible for

developing the curriculumin comparative politics,which makes a crucial

contribution both to themajors in government andinternational relations and

to PLEA Professor Fred Lawson

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Modern dancetroupe offersperformancesfor community

A combination of original cho-reography, composition, costumingand culture makes up Dance Elixir,a local modern dance companyfounded and directed by MillsCollege alumna Leyya Tawil.

Tawil, who graduated from theCollege in 2003, was joined by fel-low alumna Isabelle Sjahsarn, a2002 graduate, in performingSaints and Angels Feb. 19 and 26at the Temescal Arts Centre.

According to Tawil, the pro-gram represents dance as a prac-tice of faith and giving, evokingimages of sainthood, sacrednessand angelic beings.

Im interested to see who turnsout for this show because itsnamed Saints and Angels,Sjahsarn said, concerned thatDance Elixirs typically very athe-ist crowd may not attend.

Tawil said the saints and angelsthat appear in the choreography arenot the religious type, though theshow makes plenty of spiritual ref-erences, including a bread and winereception in between acts.

Were not religious, Sjahsarnsaid.

We practice dance, Tawilinterjected. Thats like my reli-gionThe saints and angels Imreferring to are like the archangelsof dance.

Tawil and Sjahsarn think abouttheir choreography as if it weresacred scripture, their bodiesbecoming temples and their move-ments becoming prayer.Everything they do is dance.

Its very mysterious, danceand what we do all day, Tawilsaid.

We dont really come homewith a paycheck or anything tangi-

ble, she laughed. It has to be acalling. Otherwise you wouldnt[do it].

Dance is their calling in life andthey both said they have loved it aslong as they can remember.

My first memories are ofdancing and that being my dream,Sjahsarn said. Her first memoryinvolved dancing with her teddybear at the age of four.

I dont ever remember notdancing, Tawil said, who recallsmaking up dances to Madonna andMichael Jackson songs.

But neither of their parents sawdancing as anything more than achildhood hobby.

The concept of dance as acareer was so far beyond the realmof things that I was supposed to bewhen I grew up, Tawil said.

I just knew I wanted to dance.I loved to dance. I want to dance, Iwant to dance, I want to dance, andI didnt even know what thatmeant.

Tawil was attending theUniversity of Michigan, intendingto become an electrical engineer,when she realized that she couldnot live without dance.

I couldnt stop dancing, sheremembered.

Though she had been studyingdance very seriously for manyyears, Sjahsarns dream of a careerin dance was just as mysterious toher parents.

They thought I was going todo something in government,Sjahsarn said, who remembers hermom pushing her to attend a uni-versity instead of auditioning forlocal ballet companies.

Lucky for me, she added.The two met at Mills, where

Tawil earned her M.F.A. andSjahsarn earned her B.A. in dance.

The education I got [at Mills]balanced out what I received atUniversity of Michigan, Tawil

said. I was able to round out myeducation here.

The Colleges history wasincredibly important to both Tawiland Sjahsarn.

A lot of very important artistscame out of this program and alsovisited here, Tawil said. It hap-pened here.

Both dancers said they contin-ued to think about the other afterleaving Mills, leading to their even-tual collaboration.

She had never left my psy-che, Tawil said about Sjahsarn.

Tawil also feels particularlyclose to the Oakland community.She said she wants to give the citya chance to see this work beforeshe takes Dance Elixir on tour tothe Middle East.

The idea that its free is reallyimportant... I want to do as manythings to give back to Oakland aspossible, Tawil said. Its kind oflike an offering.

Members of the Dance Elixir company practice during their dress rehearsal for Saints and Angelsbefore their Feb. 19 performance for the Oakland community. Mills alumna Leyya Tawil, the directorand founder of the modern dance company, is pictured above in the dark blue costume.

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If you need a break from yourheavy course load, I recommendheading to Crown & Crumpet, a teasalon tucked away in San Franciscohot-spot Ghirardelli Square.

With everything from open-faced crumpet sandwiches to pota-toes with avocado and cheddar,Crown & Crumpet is a great placeto gather with friends over a nicemeal and a hot pot of tea.

You dont need to dress up toappreciate the tasty teas and delec-table cuisine, not to mention thedecor. No other tea room I know ofso successfully combines Victorianelegance with modern flair.

I was always obsessed withthe English thing, co-owner andnative San Franciscan Amy Deantold me over a warm scone withclotted cream and a cup of Crown& Crumpets private blend, brewedexclusively in the UnitedKingdom. Even before I lived inLondon, I was always going to tea

parties.Why, then, does Crown &

Crumpet feature polka-dottedlampshades, hot pink floor tiles anda televised fire in the fireplace?

[My husband and I] wanted toget the formula right, Dean said.We wanted to open a tea room inthe U.S. that was traditional but notstuffy like the Americanized tearooms with cats all over theirteapots. We wanted to create anaesthetically-pleasing tea experi-ence that mixed the old with thenew.

Thus the Deans used 18th cen-tury furniture sparingly and refusedto put a single piece of mismatchedchina on the table. Even the tearooms name caters to the quirky,modern look.

We wanted somethingcheeky, Dean said, so we chose aplay on words. Crumpet is Britishslang for a cute, little girlfriendwhile Crown, of course, refers tothe King.

Regardless of whether or notpeople get the humor behind thename, Dean said customers of all

walks of life fill up the vibrantly-colored cushioned chairs of Crown& Crumpet fast.

We get everyone from three to95 years old because so many peo-ple love the ritual of tea, Deansaid.

We get old couples, we getmothers and daughters, we get girlscelebrating their 21st birthdays...Everybody is welcome as long as atable is open.

Crown & Crumpet features 38types of tea, including popularblends like Paris, a black teainfused with bergamot and vanilla;Strawberry Fields, a Japanesegreen tea with sweet strawberrychips; and Blue Eyes, an herbalblend of hibiscus, rose hips, orangeand apple.

The tea salon also includes fourdifferent menus - breakfast, lunch,afternoon tea and evening - so thatyou can have tea time anywherebetween 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. onweekends.

Dean recommends that collegestudents bring their significant oth-ers to afternoon tea for Tea for

Two, which provides eight teasandwiches, four house-madescones, two toasted crumpets andtwo large pots of tea for $21 perperson, which is decidedly pricey,one of the restaurants downfalls.

Crown & Crumpet also offersmany Trolley Dolly tea optionsin which you can order whateveryou please, including tea with aslice of house-made cake for $8.50or tea with eight assorted sweetsand treats for $12.

In addition, Crown & Crumpetoffers more than its tearoom. Theboutique, located downstairs,stocks everything from scentedcupcake cards to Alice inWonderland tea sets.

Starting Feb. 22, Mills studentscan get 10 percent off their pur-chases from the tea room and a sur-prise if they show their Mills ID.Just be sure to call ahead so thatyour surprise will be ready.

Crown & Crumpet is located at207 Ghirardelli Square, 900 NorthPoint San Francisco, a tourist areaconveniently accessible by bothpublic transit and car.

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Crown & Crumpet Tea Salon in San Franciscos Ghirardelli Square offers a variety of teas, sandwiches, pastries and other treats. Weekends are busy at the tea room sobe sure to get a reservation if you want to enjoy afternoon tea. Mills students who bring their Mills ID during this next month get a 10 percent discount and a surprise.

STEPHANIE SCERRA

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Modern tea salon a treatWEEKEND GETAWAY

Upon hearing the wordEgypt, the famous pyramids ofGiza and the popular Bangles songWalk Like an Egyptian maycome to mind. But for junior inter-national relations major NicoleBeckerman, Egypt represents theopportunity of a lifetime, which iswhy she chose to use a scholarshipfrom an American nonprofit towardher tuition this semester as shestudies abroad in Cairo.

Anyone who knows meknows Ive been planning my tripfor a very long time, Beckermansaid. The scholarship was justicing on the cake.

Beckerman has been studyingabroad in the capital city of Egyptsince June 2009. She was recentlyawarded a $5,000 scholarship fromthe National Society of CollegiateScholars (NSCS), an honors socie-ty for college freshmen and sopho-mores with a 3.4 GPA or higherthat rank in the top 20 percent oftheir class. The organization inviteseligible students to take advantageof the resources they provide,which includes scholarships, lead-ership training and internships.

For NSCS Coordinator ofOutreach Communications JanineDeegan, it is common to see enthu-siasm like Beckermans in studentapplications. But seeing a passionfor Middle Eastern affairs is some-thing special.

Nicoles application reallystood out because her choice madesense since she has a MiddleEastern relations background,Deegan said.

Her desire to study EgyptianArabic makes it especially impor-tant to study in Cairo since Cairosthe only place to formally learn it.Nicoles application was goodbecause she actually wants [hertrip] to help in her profession ver-sus just for the experience.

At age 15, Beckerman beganstudying Egyptian belly dancingand what started out as a hobbyquickly turned into a passion. In theU.S., Beckerman owns her ownbelly dancing business that offerseverything from lessons to privateshows.

People who do the Egyptianstyle have the biggest, most realand human personalities on stage,Beckerman said. I find them togive the most dynamic and movingperformances with every body partengaged and present - from theirtoes to their hair - without oppress-ing or threatening the audienceand, therefore excluding them. Agood Egyptian dancer knows howto draw people in, how to be vul-nerable.

Beckerman even designs herown Egyptian-style belly dancecostumes both abroad and at home.

Im currently apprenticed to amajor designer here and learning alot, Beckerman said. From cou-ture sewing techniques to businessmanagement to Arabic words forcostuming terms, its an adventureand Im grateful to be learning somuch.

Nevertheless, Beckermaninsists that belly dancing isnt theonly reason she went to Cairo.

Dancing drew me into themusic, then the language, then theculture, then the politics and thenthe business, Beckerman said.Years later, I am now an IR majorlearning Arabic and eventuallywanting to do business here. I bare-ly dance here, as a matter of fact.Funny how things unfold, isnt it?

International RelationsProfessor Fred Lawson said he wasnot surprised that Beckerman wonthe scholarship, for she has alwaysbeen ambitious and highly moti-vated. As a first-year, Beckermantook an upper division course inMiddle Eastern politics, a challeng-ing feat given that the course wasintended for advanced students.However, according to Lawson,Beckerman put forth the effort tokeep up to speed.

Nicoles commitment tostudy in Cairo was both impressiveand reassuring, Lawson said.

She didnt take the easy wayout. There is nowhere in the worldlike Cairo. It has been the center ofthe Arab world for at least 100years and has a reputation for inno-vation. There are important anduseful books that can help studentsunderstand the Arab world, butimportant parts of the nuances andsubtleties usually dont get trans-ferred into them. The only way forAmericans to learn another lan-guage is somewhere else becausethe U.S. is so English-dominant.

As Lawson anticipated,Beckerman said she has gainedscholarly and worldly experiencesthat she couldnt have gotten any-where else.

People say immersion makesthings easier, which is completelyfalse, Beckerman said. It makesthings hard and uncomfortable byforcing you to work on the lan-guage. Its invaluable to actuallylearn a language, but it does notmake things easier.

Still, Beckerman said life inCairo has gotten less difficult overtime.

Everything has gotten betterand better as my Arabic hasimproved. Thats a major factor inhaving an easy time here or not,Beckerman said. It makes thingsgo much more smoothly.

Even when her Arabic wasntat its best, Beckerman said

Egyptians were easier to talk tothan the average American.

People in general are less iso-lated from each other here and theyreally help each other out,Beckerman said. Strangers cantalk to each other on the street andnot feel scared and you get to knowthe people in your neighborhood soyou do feel like part of the commu-nity.

Beckerman is also learning tofind her own favorite places off thebeaten path.

Azhar Park near the citadel isa lovely garden that looks overCairo and is great for just strollingand attending concerts,Beckerman said.

Behind the major suuq Khanal Khalili, there are some very oldmosques and buildings that are litbeautifully and look awesome bynight or day, she said. Actually,the place where I feel like I dontwant to be anywhere else in theworld is sitting in a plastic chair ina cheap street cafe, sipping sometea downtown under palm trees,just hanging out.

According to Deegan, there are60 Mills women who have earnedmembership to NSCS since theMills chapter was founded in 2009.NSCS receives between 150 and300 applications from its membersfor each semester fall, springand summer for the studyabroad scholarship. Of the scholar-ship winners, Beckerman is thefirst to travel to Cairo.

Beckerman said she is gratefulshe chose Cairo.

I could have [completed mymajor] at Mills and had everythingin order to meet my requirements;and actually, I had everything doneexcept a few electives,Beckerman said.

But this provides me with amuch deeper type of IR major. Ivegotten to gain a much richer under-standing of Middle Eastern politicsthrough language and socialimmersion than I ever could haveback in the U.S.

Through her own experiencesin Cairo, Beckerman illustrates thebenefits of studying abroad, sincethrough her studies, Cairo has gonefrom feeling like a foreign countryto being a home.

The expats constant refrainis, Ana mish khwaga. Ana saknahenna, which means, I am not aforeigner. I live here.

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Each issue this semester we will look at interesting things inthe Colleges past, going further back in time. This column,originally published on March 6, 1952, describes some of theunique social atmospheres of Mills at the time.

Mills through the decades

Mills student receives scholarshipwhile studying abroad in Cairo

Left: Beckerman (right) enjoys life abroad. Above: A cafe in Cairois one of the many places that Beckerman visits in her free time.

COURTESY OF NICOLE BECKERMAN

CalendarMARCH 1 14

9Tuesday

8Monday

Tacos y TelenovelasWhat: Enjoy authentic Mexican foodand telenovelas.When: 12:15 p.m.Where: Solidarity LoungeContact: Student DiversityPrograms, (510) 430-3165

Queer and Trans People ofColor Reel Vivid Film SeriesWhat: Enjoy a series of films fromthe Queer Women of Color MediaAccess Program.When: 7 p.m.Where: Faculty/Staff LoungeContact: Student DiversityPrograms, (510) 430-3165

1Monday

Alison Gopnik Speaks on ChildDevelopmentWhat: Alison Gopnik, a professorof Psychology at the UC Berkeley,will speak about child development.This event is open to all who give adonation to the Habitot Children'sMuseum.When: 6 - 8 p.m.Where: Habitot Children'sMuseum, 2065 Kittredge Street,BerkeleyContact: (510) 647-1111,or visit: www.habitot.org

Not Modern Art: An ExchangeWhat: Clark and Wagner will dis-cuss 20th century art.When: 7:30 p.m.Where: Lisser HallContact: Art Museum,(510) 430-2164

Songwriters UnpluggedShowcase at Yoshi's What: A free concert with JenniferKohWhen: 6 p.m.Where:San Francisco CommunityMusic CenterContact: http://sfcmc.org

4Thursday

5Fr iday

3Wednesday

Mills Undergraduate CatalogWorkshopWhat: Learn more about the Millscatalog and its many features.Hosted by the M Center.When: 4 p.m.Where: TBAContact: M Center, (510) 430-2000

"The Garden" DocumentaryWhat: Participate in a discussionafter viewing "The Garden."When: 6:30 - 8:45 p.m.When: Student UnionContact: Christina McWhorter,cmcwhort@mills.edu or (510) 430-2230

2Tuesday

Step Up to the Mic, KaraokeTimeWhat: Enjoy karaoke, games andrefreshments.When: 2 - 4 p.m.Where: 1301 Shattuck AvenueContact: Patricia Hirabara,(510) 981-6690

Museums on UsWhat: Free admission for Bank ofAmerica cardholders.When: All dayWhere:The Tech Museum, 201 S.Market St., San JoseContact:(408) 294-8324

7Sunday

Career Advice by Andy TeachWhat: Learn helpful tips about differ-ent career topics at this informativemeeting.When: 12:30 - 2 p.m.Where: GSB 109Contact: Kate Dey, (510) 430-3177

Signal Flow 2010: Music andSound Art FestivalWhat: A Music and Sound Art festi-val presented by the Mills CollegeMusic Department.When: 8 - 11 p.m.Where: Music Building Contact: Steed Cowart,(510) 430-2334

6Saturday

The Tech Awards Gallery:Technology Benefiting Humanity What: A showcase of technologicalworks that benefit humanity.When: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.Where: The Tech Museum, 201 S.Market St., San JoseContact: (408) 294-8324

The Booksmith Hosts a discus-sion on Half The SkyWhat: Come discuss Kristof andWuDunn's book Half the Sky.When: 6:30 - 8 p.m.Where: The Booksmith, 1644 HaightSt., San FranciscoContact: (415) 863-8688

Blood and Marrow DriveWhat: The American Red Cross,along with the classes of 2012 and2013, is hosting a blood and bonemarrow drive at Mills.When: 10:00 a.m. - 3 p.m.Where: Solidarity LoungeContact: 1(800) 733-2767 or visitredcrossblood.org (Sponsor Code:MILLSCOLLEGE)For volunteers, contact:AlexisRedeemer, akredeemer12@gmail.com

10Wednesday

11Thursday

Making the Most of a CareerFairWhat: Learn how to make themost of job fairs.When: 12 p.m.Where: Cowell Conference RoomContact: Pooja Sharma (510) 430-2694

Carrie Pilto on Henri MatisseWhat: Hear curator Carrie Piltosperspective on Matisses famouswork.When: 6:30 p.m.Where: SF MOMA, 151 ThirdStreet, San FranciscoContact:www.sfmoma.org

12Fr iday

Lecture by artist AnthonyDiscenzaWhat: Listen to media artist,Anthony Discenza speak.When: 7:30 p.m.Where: Danforth Lecture HallContact: Art Department,(510)430-2117

"Fair Trade Oakland" CampaignKick-offWhat: Learn about the campaign tomake Oakland a fair trade city.When: 6:30 - 8 p.m.Where: Old Town Square, 555 10thSt.Contact:www.fairtradetownsusa.org

Sunday Hip Hop ScrambleWhat: A fun mixer as part of theStudent Diversity Programs at Mills.When: 9 a.m.Where: GSB Great HallContact: Student DiversityPrograms, (510) 430-3165 or skwist@mills.edu

Battle of the Bands What: Listen to local bands and affectwhich band wins the battle.When: 5:30 p.m.Where: DNA Lounge, 375 11thStreet, San FranciscoContact: www.dnalounge.com

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"Nuclear Tipping Point"What: A panel discussion with theformer Secretary of State GeorgeShultz, former Secretary of DefenseWilliam Perry and PloughsharesFund Board member Gloria Duffy,CEO of the Commonwealth Club ofCalifornia. Following the panel, therewill be a screening of the documen-tary "Nuclear Tipping point.When: 6:30 - 8 p.m.Where: Cowell Theater at FortMason Center, San FranciscoContact: (415) 775-2244 orrsvp@ploughshares.org

13Saturday

Eemax and Zurnos AmazingCircus HumansWhat: Eemax and Zurno's AmazingCircus Humans presents a differentlook at the circus: where the humansare the animals! The show includespuppets, contortionists, acrobatics,aerialists, clowns and theatre.When: 7 p.m.Where: Kinetic Arts Center, 785 7thStreet, OaklandCost: $15 (adult); $10 Youth/Seniors(Under 13/Over 65)Contact:Info@KineticArtsCenter.com

14Sunday

Signal Flow 2010: Music andSound Art Festival (2nd Day)What: A Music and Sound Art fes-tival presented by the Mills CollegeMusic Department.When: 8 - 11 p.m.Where: Music Building Contact: Steed Cowart,(510) 430-2334

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Senior Kirin Khan is a rowerwith nine years of experience underher belt, but as of June 2009, shehas a new title: Student AthleticRepresentativeof the Assoc-iation of Divi-sion III (DIII)Independence.

Khan wasselected torepresent stu-dent athletes in DIII sports, actingas a liaison between allIndependence Schools and theNational Collegiate AthleticAssociation (NCAA).

As the acting representative,Khan must vote on issues thataffect DIII NCAA athletics. She isthe only student representative forthe Association.

Mills College is not part of asports conference. Instead, it is partof the Association of IndependenceSchools. Due to the minimal number of DIII schools in theregion, there is not enough compet-ing teams to make a conference.

The Association ofIndependence Schools consists of14 colleges and universities with asmall student population, whichranks them below conference stan-dards. Being part of the Associationgives small schools what someconsider to be an equal opportunityin the athletic world.

Conferences are for bigschools to compete against eachother, and the Association is for the

smaller schools to compete againsteach other, said Khan.

According to Mills AthleticDirector Themy Adachi, Khan isthe first athlete from Mills Collegeto sit on the NCAA committee.

In addition to being representa-tive, Khan is part the NCAAMinority Opportunities and InterestCommittee. She is the only DIIIstudent athlete representative forNCAA.

Khan was also nominated bythe National Student AthleteCommittee (SAC) to be part of theNCAA Management Council, onceagain, being the only student ath-lete on the council.

Every schools SAC asks theirstudent athletes opinions pertaining to sports issues, and thenreports back to the DIII NCAA.Part of Khans duty as representa-tive is to call other schools in theAssociation to get their opinions.

On top of chairing multiplecommittees and councils, Khan hasparticipated in the making of twovideos discussing hot topics for theNCAA, which will ultimately bepresented to California legislators.

Most often, DIII teams areassumed to be made up of averageathletes. However, DIII athleticsare based on not offering athleticscholarships, the schools geographical location and student population.

DIII schools are where students who pursue multiple inter-ests go, said Carrie Davis, headCrew Coach. At a DI school, youhave time for academics, yoursport, and that is it. You cant

actively be involved in society.Division I and Division III athletesdo the same exact things.

DIII athletes becomeOlympians and professionals, saidKhan. But, the vast majority ofthem arent going into pro sports.

Khan began her athletic careerin 2001 at the University ofSouthern California. After drop-ping out, Khan came to Mills.

I came back to crew at Mills.It has helped me get through somehard times. It made me take care ofmyself at times when I might nothave, said Khan.

Though crew has helped hermaintain a positive lifestyle, Khanis critical of the sports history.

While acting as the DIII represen-tative, Khans goal is to change theideals behind it all.

Rowing is a white upper-classsport. Historically it is a discrimi-natory sport, said Khan. I want tochange the perception of athletesand who they are. When peoplethink about crew I dont want themto see a face, but the act of rowing.

Taking notice of Khans efforts,Adachi said, Kirin understandswhat it takes to be a good athlete.She understands the benefit ofpushing yourself, gaining confi-dence to know one can do anythingyou set yourself up for.

Davis, inspired by Khansintense devotion to athletics said,

She has tenacity. She is outspokenand courageous and a team needsthat. The way she handles andspeaks about situations has animpact.

But like everyone, Khan is notimmune to lifes struggles.

When things seem to fall apartI go to Haas, said Khan. I havenever felt so cared about. These arethe people Im closest to on campus. They are the people whohave had my back for all theseyears. I am honored they would goall the way with me.

Humbled by her experience asrepresentative, Khan said, Forthem to think I could represent thewhole school is tremendous.

Give Mills a piece of your mind!The Office of Institutional Research & Planning conducts student surveys on behalf of the College. Your participation in these surveys is vital to the growth and improvement of Mills programs and services.

Living-Learning Communities Experience, January and April: A two-part survey directedtowards first-year students. This online survey is your chance to evaluate the LLC program, your RA and Advisor.

Graduate Services Satisfaction, February: An online survey aimed at evaluating your unique position at Mills as a graduate student and the services and supports available to you.

National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE), February: Help Mills improve the quality of theundergraduate experience by letting us know what academic and social activities you have partici-pated in and how youve grown as a result. Open to all first-year students and seniors online.

Multi-Institutional Survey of Leadership (MSL), March: Explores the role of higher education indeveloping leadership capabilities. All undergraduates are invited to participate online.

Your First College Year (YFCY), April: All first-year students are asked to participate in thisimportant survey about your experiences, what youve gained and how youve changed after completing your first year of college.

Senior Survey, April: All graduating seniors are encouraged to participate in this survey about yourcollege experience, your future plans and your personal and academic achievements.

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Please help Mills improve the experience of all students by participating in these surveys when they aresent to your e-mail account! Every voice heard increases the value of the information we receive. Be heard!

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Kirin Khan, third from left, practices with fellow team members at Briones Reservoir, located 20minutes from Mills College. She is the first student athlete from Mills to be a NCAA representative.

Khan impacts sports world as NCAA representative

This weeks CycloneSpotlight highlights junior tennis player Cheryl Sundheim,who understands that winningisnt just about what happenson the court.

Sundheim, a continuingcommuter and transfer studentfrom Foothill College, wonboth of her doubles and singlesmatches against Notre Dame deNamur University (NDNU),leading the Mills tennis team toa match win of 54 in team points.

By bringing her husband,son and friends to watch hermatch Sat. Feb. 20, theCyclone fan base outnumberedthe NDNU fans at their ownhome match.

Sundheim picked up tennislater in life but quickly excelledin the sport at Foothill College.There, she competed on thetennis team for two years, land-ing herself a position on theAll-Conference team in 2009.

Not only has she broughther experience as a progressingathlete to Mills, but also a positive attitude that has spreadto her teammates.

Cheryl played some of herbest tennis thus far Saturday,and I know shell keep

improving, said head TennisCoach Jesse Medvene-Collins.

When she wasnt doingeverything she could to winpoints, she was encouragingand cheering for her teammates. I think in anymatch but especially in aclose match like we had onSaturday the intangibles likesupporting your teammatesplay a huge role in what teamends up with the victory, said MedveneCollins.

Sundheim and her fellowtennis players competed againSat. Feb. 27 at DominicanUniversity. Their next homematch is Fri. March 12 at 2p.m. against Dixie State.

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