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Art museum renovated, soon to reopen

The Mills College Art Museum is undergoing a renovation or ‘retro-fit’ to stabilize the building, according to Assistant Dean and Director of the Art Museum Stephanie Hanor. It is scheduled to reopen Sept 12.

The building and its interior have been around since 1925. After so many years, coupled with the earth-quakes that the area of Oakland ex-periences, stone structures within the building were beginning to crack and separate from the walls, presenting a safety hazard, Hanor said.

The retro-fit, which has cost the school $175 thousand according to Associate Vice President for Opera-tions Linda Zitzner, is designed to combat this separation by temporar-

ily supporting, i.e. “shoring,” the large stone face above the back arch-way of the gallery. Hanor said this in-volves removing the stones on either side, building and installing a ladder-type structure called a steel armature and then securing the stones to the armature, which will then safely hold the stones in place.

“The work insures the longevity of the structure, makes the area safe for the museum’s staff and visitors and helps preserve the historic integ-rity and aesthetics of the building,” Hanor said.

Once completed, the goal is that no one will be able to tell that the building has been refurbished, Hanor said.

“It’s wonderful that the Mills ad-ministration is so committed to pre-serving this building and others like it,” she said.

Ruby WoodsStaff Writer

The Mills Art Museum underwent renovations this summer in order to stabilize the 87 year-old building and strengthen its structure in case of earthquakes.

COURTESY OF MILLS COLLEGE

Left: A detail of the Art Museum’s original filligree on its central archway. Right: A view from above the retrofitting construction happening in the Museum.

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Sept 5, 2012

Incoming class statistics

Ages of students are from

16 — 58

24 other states represented, including Rhode Island, Hawaii and North Dakota

27 students were a captain in a sport

4 first years were valedictorians

339 is one of the largest classes in recent years

(last five years)

Most transfers are from local

community colleges

Census data is not final until Sept 19. All info provided by Giulietta Aquino.

2 were salutatorians

Most students are from California

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ASMC Student Government Fall Elections Timeline

•Friday, Sept 7: ASMC Applications due to the Cow-ell Front desk by 5 p.m.

•Monday, Sept 10: Mandatory Candidate Meeting at 6:30 p.m. in the Cowell Conference Rooma proxy may be sent in your place if you have other commitments

•Tuesday, Sept 11 — Monday, Sept 17: Campaigning

•Tuesday, Sept 18 — Thursday, Sept 20: All campus undergraduate voting

•Friday, Sept 21: ASMC Candidates Notified of Results

•Saturday, Sept 22: Mandatory ASMC Leadership Retreat for all elected Full Board members

Community action fair hosts local organizations

In an attempt to break the Mills bubble and increase campus in-volvement in Oakland, the Center for Urban Schools and Partner-ships, founded at Mills last fall, will be holding a community ac-tion fair on Sept 6.

The fair will be the center’s first initiative this fall to bring together Mills and local organi-zations in an effort to promote a sustainable partnership of Mills students, faculty and staff and the wider Oakland communi-ty, said Ingrid Seyer-Ochi, the center’s director.

“Mills has been doing a lot of this work already,” Seyer-Ochi said. “But it hasn’t always been integrated. We want to make this more sustained.”

The fair on Thursday will host a number of Oakland orga-nizations, including the Alameda

County Food Bank and the Bay Area Girls Rock Camp.

The hope is that students at Mills will learn about the ways they can get involved with the surrounding community, Seyer-Ochi said.

In addition to the community action fair, which Seyer-Ochi said will be hosted again throughout the year, the center will be show-ing a weekly film screenings at Founders Commons. The films will focus on social justice issues around the bay Area.

“We want to put our roots down more into the Mills commu-nity,” Seyer-Ochi said. “We want first-years and other students to be excited about being at Mills and about being in Oakland.”

“We want to put our roots down more into the

Mills community”

Mills senior finds passion in travel, music, psychology

Molly Shapiro, 21, has led an exciting life so far, traveling to ex-otic locations such as the Caribbean and Israel, and will soon journey to China following her graduation in the spring.

Originally born in Los Angeles, Shapiro lived in the Caribbean for four years. Her mother worked in the hotel business and was trans-ferred to Nevis, part of the Lee-ward Islands chain in the West Indies. Shapiro was very young at the time, and her main concern was when she would go to the beach. When not at Mills, Shapiro lives in Orange County.

For her first year of college, Shapiro studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Is-rael. After two years at Saddle-

back Community College in Or-ange County, Shapiro transferred to Mills.

Shapiro was drawn to Mills be-cause of the small class sizes.

“The campus sucks you in, in a good way, with such nice and warm faces around campus and all of the possibilities for my future that Mills provided. There were so many things that I could become in-volved in that I just fell in love with Mills,” she said. “I wouldn’t have heard about Mills had it not been for my community college, so I truly appreciate studying two years at a junior college to eventually find my way to Mills.”

Now a senior preparing to graduate in the spring, Shapiro is majoring in Psychology and Mu-sic and hopes to combine her two interests, possibly in the form of music therapy.

“I want to provide children and

teens with a healthy and fun edu-cational and social environment,” Shapiro said. “I don’t know how yet, but I’ll figure it out.”

Her professors praised Shapiro’s dedication to her schoolwork and her future beyond Mills.

“Molly is a determined young lady. She transferred to Mills last year and already knew that she would like to major in Psychol-ogy and Music. She has done very well in my Human Memory class and is always a joy to talk to,” said Christie Chung, a professor of psychology.

In keeping with the life of travel that she has led so far, Sha-piro is planning a trip to China following graduation.

Shapiro is optimistic about her future.

“This last year should sum up what I want to do and help me on a journey to find a career,” she said.

Ruby WoodsStaff WritEr

RUBY WOODS

Molly Shapiro has a passion for travel, music and psychol-ogy. She hopes to mix her love of music and psychology after graduation by offering children and teenagers music therapy.

World and Local NewsSexual assaults in Oakland

Oakland police are currently in-vestigating reported sexual as-saults in Fruitvale. Police have said that the victims are typically Latina and range in age from 18 to their early 50s. The assaults begin when men try to rob the victims, when the women don’t have items of value, the attackers then sexually assault them, said Police. Fruitvale residents are encouraged to be aware of their surroundings and urge victims or family members to report any in-cidents to police.

Lockdown at Lockwood lifted

An allegedly precautionary lock-down was lifted from Lockwood Elementary after police deter-mined a suspect was not in the area. The East Oakland campus was put on lockdown at 12:45 p.m. on Aug 30th and lifted at 2 p.m. the same day. No evacua-tion was ordered and no one was in imminent danger, police said.

Global stocks on the rise

World stock markets rallied Fri-day after Federal Reserve Chair-man Ben Bernanke promised that the central bank could do more to stimulate the U.S. economy. The boost came after Bernanke spoke at an economic forum in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Expectations for new stimulus had been low after an economic survey ear-lier in the week sounded a fairly positive note.

Government message in a bot-tle found near Scotland

After 98 years, a message in a bottle was discovered on Aug 30 east of the Shetland Island off Scotland’s northern coast, set-ting a new world record. It was among 1,890 released all at one time in a government experiment to map the undercurrents of the seas around Scotland, the BBC reports. Only 315 have since been found.

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Upcoming at the Mills College Art Museum

A piece from Karen Kilimnik’s World of Ballet and Theatre, Prince Siegfried arriving home from Vienna 1800’S, to Versailles, will be displayed at Mills starting Sept 12.

PHOTO COURTESY OF 303 GALLERY AND MCAM

SEPT 12, 2012OPENING RECEPTION FOR DANCE REHEARSAL: KAREN KILIMNIK’S WORLD OF BALLET AND THEATRE

6:00 — 8:00 P.M., ART MUSEUM

SEPT 13, 2012LECTURE BY DESIRÉE HOLMAN

7:00 P.M., LISSER THEATER

SEPT 24 — DEC 3, 2012MONDAY NIGHT TIGHTS: BALLET FILM SERIES

7:00 P.M., DANFORTH LECTURE HALL

OCT 5 & 6, 2012PAULINE OLIVEROS’ 80TH AND JOHN CAGE’S 100TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION WITH MERCE CUNNINGHAM’S EVENT WITH CANFIELD

8:00 P.M., LITTLEFIELD CONCERT HALL

OCT 29, 2012SLEEPING BEAUTY AND FRIENDS: TALK AND SCREENING

7:00 P.M., DANFORTH LECTURE HALL

SEPT 19, 2012Abelardo Morell

Mills College Art Lecture SeriesOCT 10, 2012John Chiara

OCT 30, 2012Michael Robinson

NOV 5, 2012Greil MarcusJay DeFeo and All That JazzLisser Theatre

All lectures are free and open to the public.

All lectures start at 7 p.m.in Danforth Lecture Hall

For updates and more info be sure to check out millscollegeartlectureseries.blogspot.com or

follow Mills MFA on Facebook.

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Weeks of WelcomeMills Events Guide!

SEPT 5Religion: Does it Help or Hinder

Women’s Empowerment

Cafe Susie 5:15 — 6:30 p.m.

SEPT 6Mills Block Party: Club Fair

Adams Plaza 12 — 1 p.m.SEPT 6Community Action Fair

Toyon Meadow 11 a.m. — 1 p.m.

SEPT 8Mills Life 101

Student Union 7 — 9 p.m.Every Monday until Nov 19.

Second Saturday

Adams Plaza

SEPT 10

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le Leaf Book Exhibition

“Leaf books repurpose incomplete or defective copies of books by in-serting a leaf from the original work into a new book. The resulting book is generally a fine press limited edition with additional scholarly commentary and information. This exhibition features a number of ex-amples from Special Collections in the F. W. Olin Library with leaves ranging in date from the fourteenth to the twenty-first centuries. In-cluded is a 1420 specimen from Korea, which predates printing in Eu-rope by several decades, as well as two ‘matched’ leaves that compare Samuel Johnson’s celebrated Dictionary of the English Language (1755) with the first American dictionary (Noah Webster, 1828).”

Janice Braun Associate Library Director & Special Collections Curator

The exhibition is held at the F.W. Olin Library on campus Mills College.From August 1 to October 5

The Leaf Book Exhibit includes a wide variety of rare leaf books curated from the Olin Library’s Special Collection.

ALL PHOTOS BY CHANTELLE PANACKIA

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Health & Sports

Ansura Yoga PE016DAn in-depth yoga class where three disciplines of yoga

are highlighted: attitude, alignment and action.

When: Mondays and Wednesdays 9-10:40 a.m.

Bowling PE 036 The basics of bowling rules and techniques.

Bowling shoes are provided at the bowling alley!

When: Thursdays 1-2:40 p.m.

Food For Health and Pleasure PE061Students are given the opportunity to get hands-on

experience in nutrition, food preparation and healthy eating habits. The class fee of $50 covers the food

preparation and food sampling throughout course.

When: Fridays 10-11:40 a.m.

Mills is offering several exciting new classes to help you get back into the swing of the school year!

Finding time to eat amidst the start of the school year can be dif-ficult. Finding time to eat healthy is almost impossible. Almost.

Eating and eating right comes easily when knowing what kinds of foods to introduce into your daily life. Kale has gained popularity in recent months for its exceptional nutrient richness, health benefits, and delicious flavor.

One cup of kale contains 36 calories, 5 grams of fiber, 15 per-cent of your daily required calcium and vitamin B6, 40 percent of mag-nesium, 180 percent of vitamin A, 200 percent of vitamin C, and 1,020% of vitamin K.

Kale also serves as a good source of the minerals copper,

potassium, iron, manganese, and phosphorus.

The carotenoids and flavonoids found in kale are antioxidants as-sociated with anti-cancer health benefits. In addition to reducing the overall risk of cancer, kale is also rich in both lutein and zeaxanthin compounds, which promote eye health. Kale is high in fiber con-tent, which help bind bile acids that lower blood cholesterol levels and reduce the risk of heart disease.

Most fruits and vegetables only thrive during particular seasons. However, kale is one of the only dark green leafy vegetables that survives through the winter. As we move from the summer season into colder days, kale will continue to be there for us.

Baked kale chips are a quick, easy, and delicious snack to make, especially when you’re on the move and pressed for time!

Amount Per Serving

Calories: 58, total fat: 2.8 g, cholesterol: 0 mg

Ingredients

1 bunch kale1 tablespoon olive oil1 teaspoon seasoned salt

Directions

Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F. Line a non-insulated cookie sheet with parchment paper.

With a knife, carefully remove the leaves from the thick stems, and tear them into bite-sized pieces.

Wash and thoroughly dry kale (with a salad spinner if possible).

Drizzle kale with olive oil, and sprinkle with seasoning salt.

Bake for about 10 to 15 minutes or until edges are brown.

Eden SugayHealtH & SportS editor

FREE Hardstyle Kettleball ClassesStrength training provided outside of the gym, for those who

are intimidated by fitness environments.

When: Fridays 9:15-10:15 a.m.Where: The Botanical Garden next to the Gaia House.

Pan-African Aerobics PE 012JA workout derived from African dance styles and music created to improve cardio respiratory conditioning and

muscular strength.

When: Tuesdays and Thursdays 4-4:50 p.m.

Flow Yoga PE016CClass aimed at teaching basic yoga positions and alignment in

one flowing movement.

When: Wednesdays 9-10:40 a.m.

Support your Mills Cyclones at their upcoming games!

Cross CountryWhen: 9/8/12

Where: Sacramento, CATime: TBA

SoccerMills vs. Academy of Art

When: 9/6/12Where: San Francisco, CA

Time: 1 p.m.

VolleyballHOME GAME!

Mills vs. Pacific UnionWhen: 9/5/12

Where: Oakland, CATime: 7 p.m.

Cal Lu TournamentWhen: 9/7, 8, 9/12

Where: Thousand Oaks, CATime: TBA

Easy back to school recipe: Baked kale chips

New year, new classes, new youKale is an incredible vegetable rich in color, nutrients, and flavor and can spice up any recipe!

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Opinions & Editorial

It has become more and more apparent that media plays an enor-mous role in shaping how a society functions. It not only influences how outsiders think and feel about places they do not know, but it also influences how we feel about our-selves, about our homes and about our existence.

Very few of us who live, work and attend school in Oakland are actually ashamed of its reputation, or even its reality, and most of us are actually proud to be a part of this city. But, somehow, we still

show signs of Oakland shame when discussing our choice of residence and education with outsiders.

Maybe it truly is because Oak-land is statistically less safe than most Bay Area cities.

Maybe it is because its increas-ingly present poverty has made parts of it devoid of joy, of culture, of humanity.

Maybe it is the pothole so big a turtle could live in it outside of 7/11 on MacArthur Blvd., or the half washed away graffiti on the Fruit-vale freeway exit sign, or the bars

on the windows of every home and business lining the Laurel, High St., International Blvd., you name it.

All of those things contribute to the little lies our family and friends hear and repeat about where we live: “I’m not in Oakland proper, I’m in Oakland Hills,” “Mills isn’t really Oakland, it’s its own place,” and, perhaps most common, “I live in the San Francisco Bay Area.”

This last lie is the most det-rimental to Oakland-lovers, and it is one that Mills College itself promotes.

Oakland is it’s own place. It is not San Francisco’s sidekick, it is a superhero all on its own.

Most people here know this, feel this, believe this. And yet, we are still bombarded with our very own institutions telling us we are San Francisco’s strange cousin no one wants to talk about.

We are the purposefully forgot-ten sister, the one that maybe needs some cleaning up after, but who truly has a mind of her own.

Why not embrace that identity

for ourselves, Mills? Why not embrace the weird-

ness, the dirt, the love, the art, the horror, the beauty. That is who we are. How are we sup-posed to be proud of that if our school cannot?

I hope one day I can look at the Mills College website and see a photo of the Laurel district, or the Fox Theatre, or one of our myriad of farmer’s markets, or a skyline view of our port. And I hope I will see the words “In the heart and soul of Oakland.”

STAFF EDITORIAL

From the Desk of the Editor in ChiefDear Mills Community,

A year ago I welcomed the Mills community to The Campanil as its new Editor in Chief. Now, I am wel-coming you all to my second and final year as this paper’s leader.

I am fumbling for something new to say, as my relationship with this newspaper and the field of journalism remains very much the same. But, in light of it being my last year at Mills, I suppose I can get a little sentimental.

Running a newspaper and lead-ing a team of amazing journalists to produce an award-winning product is both rewarding and exhilarat-ing. I am not a religious person, but being a part of this newspaper is about as close as I’ve come to feeling blessed.

Our newsroom is sacred to me. It is a safe place where we can attempt to tell the story of Mills College through the lens of its community.

We take our space. both its privacy and its inclusion, very seriously.

It is what allows us to tell the tough stories, to make our sources and our collaborators feel safe shar-ing their secrets and their work, to have a space for our writers and editors to brainstorm without pry-

ing eyes and to shield them from any form of potential censorship lurking outside.

Since the Daily Californian’s un-fortunate fiscal crisis this summer, I have debated sharing with the Mills community (and the Oakland com-munity) our own budget.

The journalist side of me wants to embrace our community and be as open as possible about where we get our funds and how we use them. The other side of me (admit-tedly, the “business” persona of my job title) worries that the threats we already face of losing our space, los-ing our readership and losing our freedom of expression will double or triple in light of what I want to share with you all.

But, the journalist side of me wins, as it usually does. We will be publishing our own budget from last school year on our website. This is the same budget we presented to the student government at the end of last spring during our appeal for an increased stipend from the stu-dent government. Please take a look at it, I want you all to know where your money is being spent and why.

As many of you know, The Cam-panil is funded both by the Associ-ated Students of Mills College and advertising revenue. You may also be aware that we receive the largest sum offered out to student organi-

zations by ASMC. This means that we are funded in large part by the student activity fee that all under-graduate students must pay.

I do want to clarify that this does not mean we are funded by Mills College or its administration.

The amount of money we re-ceive, indeed, the money all student groups receive, is discussed and voted on by our student govern-ment. Another reason why getting involved in ASMC is so important for all students.

This is a long winded way of say-ing, thank you. Our readership is quite literally our source of income. You are making this paper succeed just as much as our editors and our writers. We are so grateful that the student body continues to under-stand our significance and impor-tance on campus and off.

Even though it is clear to me that this community is committed to maintaining an excellent news-paper, I would like to reiterate why it is so important for this campus to have a student-run publication like The Campanil:

Journalism is more than seeing your name in print. It is learning something new about the world, your community and yourself with each article and interview. It is the collaborative environment inherent to the newsroom. It is knowing that

someone, somewhere has benefited from your research and presenta-tion. It is knowing that you, your-self have made some small differ-ence somewhere in the world, even if it’s only for one person.

We at The Campanil are eager to share all of these qualities with the rest of the Mills community. Journalism is not just for the writ-ers and editors; it is for the readers. As a journalist, I want to know what my readers want to read. I want to know what stories have moved my readers — what stories have made them cry, scream, smile or giggle. Knowing your readership is the first step in creating a meaningful com-munity newspaper, which is what The Campanil is striving to be.

Even though my staff and I pride ourselves in our professionalism and journalistic integrity, we are all students. We are all still learn-ing what it’s like to be reporters and editors, and we all still make mistakes. However, we encourage pressure from our peers, our read-ers and our educators — from you — to right our wrongs and to learn from every misstep we take.

In other words, we rely heavily on community support and collab-oration. We cannot improve our-selves and our publication without the voices of the community telling us what they want to see.

What is your favorite activity to do when you are feeling down?

“ Sing.”

— Bridget Nixon, first year

Q U E S T I O N O F T H E W E E K

“‘I like to go for a walk in the woods.’”

“‘I like to read.”

— Jordan Louque, first year

“Dance.”

— Ashley Yee, second year

“A lot of times I like to go on long runs. It’s very cathartic and meditative. I also like to choco-

late after a run.” — Emily Dickens,

second year

— Chris Luna,second year

graduate student

Check us out on Twitter or Facebook for breaking news and tid-bits about the goings on of our community. Come share with us every Monday night at 5 p.m., The Campanil‘s weekly pitch meetings, which are open to the Mills Community. Learn more and leave comments at www.thecampanil.com.

Sincerely,Lauren-Marie SliterEditor in Chief

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Tessa LoveChief News Editor

Ruby WoodsStaff Writer

Annie O’HareAsst. News Editor

Lauren-Marie SliterEditor in Chief

Joann PakFeatures Editor

Jen Mac RamosOnline Editor

Eden SugayHealth & Sports Editor

Alheli CuencaMultimedia Editor

Bridget StagnittoDesign Editor

Chantelle PanackiaStaff Photographer

Amber MendozaManaging Editor

Elizabeth RicoCopy Chief

Diana ArbasCopy Editor

Fatima SugapongStaff Writer