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Volume 117 - Issue 3
October 3, 2012
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Anthropologists tend to travel often to expand their knowledge on humans from different cultural backgrounds, including one professor at Pierce College who has traveled around the world. Anthropology professor Dr. J.S. Noble Eisenlauer has visited over 70 countries for recreational purposes and for anthropology research. He is originally from Palo Alto, Calif. and has been at Pierce College for 16 years teaching archeology, magic witchcraft and religion, and medical anthropology classes. “I enjoy teaching so much that it doesn’t matter. I will find a way to make it fun,” Eisenlauer said when asked what course he enjoyed teaching the most. A student from Eisenlauer’s magic witchcraft and religion class, Chrissy Helgager, 20, said she thought the class was interesting and fun.
“We try to observe cultural relativism where we look at each culture as a unique thing...” -Dr. J.S. Noble Eisenlauer “He teaches things you thought you knew, but you really didn’t,” Helgager said. “He doesn’t question anyone’s beliefs or religion, but questions what you know about it.”
Eisenlauer says that anthropology came naturally to him. “I think it chose me. Ever since I was a boy I was always fascinated in older things and was very fortunate because I traveled to many countries,” Eisenlauer said. “My mother would always seek out the museums and ancient ruins of every country we visited.” Eisenlauer has visited England, France, Germany, Mexico and Peru, along with many other countries around the globe. “We try to observe cultural relativism where we look at each culture as a unique thing and from that stand point there was something enjoyable that I found in every country, but I love Germany because of the family ties and the food.” Eisenlauer said when asked where his favorite place was. Another student from his class, Chanel Maldonado, 20, was very interested in his travels. “Professor Eisenlauer is very full of life because he has had a very interesting life. He has traveled to many places and is full of wisdom because of it,” Maldonado said. One of the most memorable experiences for Eisenlauer was in Wuppertal, Germany where he rode the famous monorail built in the 1800’s. “I remember it was quite an exited thing to be riding a train with a river right below me because the monorail is actually suspended in the air,” Eisenlauer said. [See ANTHROPOLOGY, RU online]
Dean resigns, still in district Michaia Hernandez/Roundup
As dean of Academic Affairs, on
One of Pierce College’s academic deans has resigned from her position to work at East Los Angeles College. Carol Kozeracki, dean of institutional research, planning and enrollment management, will begin her post as ELAC’s dean of Academic Affairs Monday. “I’m so excited but so sad,” she said. “We have superb faculty and students here.” At Pierce, Kozeracki controlled enrollment management analysis and institutional research, among other things.
of all instructional aspects of ELAC. “Usually, every five or six years, I get itchy to try something new,” she said. In addition to once working as the dean of architecture, she has been the faculty adviser for Alpha Gamma Sigma and the Leadership Club. “As a researcher, I don’t want students to just be a number to me,” she said. It is still unclear whether or not the college will be hiring someone to replace Kozeracki. Stay updated on all campus news at www.theroundupnews.com.
Top left: The eagle points East on the weathervane atop the roof of the Weather Station as the “Woodruff 1000” sensor array rises thirty feet into the air on Friday morning. Above: Director of the Pierce College Weather Station Jason Finley discusses changing out the paper and ink nubs on a cylindrical thermograph inside one of the station’s Cotton Region Shelter sensor array boxes. Right: Professor Emeritus of Geography/Meteorology and former Director of the Pierce College Weather Station William Russell stands under a 30-foot tall sensor array tower, known affectionately as the “Woodruff 1000” after station mentor and former Pierce College student Steven Woodruff Friday in Woodland Hills, Calif. Bottom: Van Nuys Airport weather office manager and former Pierce student Steve Woodruff focuses early morning sunlight into a Campbell/Stokes Duration-of-Sunlight Recorder, instantly burning a hole through the data recording card under the large glass sphere.
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Meteorology data utilized worldwide Globally known yet hidden at home, the 60-year-old Weather Station rededication next Wednesday
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At the Pierce Weather Station different generations of technology stand side by side, recounting a history of constant advancement. For that reason, the station has dubbed its Oct. 11 event the launching of “the newest/oldest weather station in the country.” Nestled behind overgrown bushes at the Southeastern end of the Mall, the Pierce College Weather Station has collected data for over 60 years,
and students will be able examine its newest advancements at the upcoming dedication event. The event will celebrate the installation of new technology that was funded by an $85,000 grant. Finding money for the grant was facilitated by Congressman Brad Sherman, who has been invited to the event. The station was founded July 1, 1949 by botany professor Lee Haynes when the college was still known as the Clarence W. Pierce School of Agriculture.
On the air Mon-Fri P I E R C E Noon–3:00 The Pierce College Weather Station has provided meteorological data to national agencies since 1949.
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Meteorology student Kevin Gabriel works with the Pierce College Weather Station and provides the 7-day forecast each week.
Throughout its history it has been directed by different professors of meteorology with assistance from student volunteers. “We have quite a following here because we have a very old station compared to many in the United States,” said Bill Russell, professor emeritus of meteorology and a former director the station. In addition to its history, the station prides itself on its consistency. “Ever since it began, there hasn’t been any misreport to the National Weather Service,” Russell said.
With its long history comes a record of advancements that have changed how looking at the weather is done. Steve Woodruff, who started out at the weather station as a student volunteer in 1997, has seen a number of those changes. Woodruff is currently a manager at the Van Nuys Airport weather office, and he’s worked on the weather stations that collect data from the Mars rover missions. Once a month though, he still returns to do maintenance at the
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Pierce weather station, and he has implemented many of the upgrades the station has seen. In 1997, it would take him fifteen minutes to record data manually and call it in to the National Weather Service. The availability of more automated instruments and the internet has reduced that time dramatically. “There’s no time now,” Woodruff said. “It’s instant.” Beyond just keeping up with the times, the weather station has garnered a reputation for being
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forward thinking. When the standard for recording data was once every hour, the Pierce weather station was the first in the valley to record data every ten minutes, which is now the current standard. “We’re the front-runner for the all the new technology,” Woodruff said. Its reputable history had led it to receive attention from not only weather services but also the US Navy and academic institutions in Europe and Asia, Woodruff said. [See WEATHER, RU online]
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