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March I, 1990! Western Maryland College! Page 3 Dr. Chambers Announces Plans On The Horizon For Studies Of The Land Of The Rising Sun by Claire Thevenoux year with a large group of Japa- This semester, there are four American teacher at a junior col- cemed with the language prob- "You're not truly educated if nese students coming to WMC JapanesestudentsatWMC: Chie lege in Nagasaki. lems that the students faced. you have not lived for some time and one American student going Nogami and Terumi Tanimoto Blubaker asked if WMC Therefore, he visited abroad", President Robert H. to Japan, from Nagasaki College, Nabuhiro would welcome a couple of his Nagasaki College last fall, and he Chambers declared. In fact .. Japanese students Taguchi from Tokyo, and Shiho students for the year. Dr. Cham- met twentyormorestudems there Last November, he went to have been part of Western Takemori, a graduate student in bers, who had been in Nagasaki who were interested in coming to Nagasaki, Japan, to sign a written Maryland'scampus lifefor a long education. and had faJlen in love with Japan the United States, showed them a agreement establishing an ex- time. Moreover,the first foreign "When I arrived here, there on his first trip there in 1982, slide show about WMC, and change program between West- student on the Hill was Japanese. was not much interest in Japan," greatly welcomed this offer. checked their English level. ern Maryland College and Since then, the College has Dr. Chambers explained. TwoJapanese students came He then signed a formal Nagasaki wesleyCollege. welcomed several visitors from Two years ago, hereceiveda from. Nagasaki last year. Dr. agreement with the president of The program will start next the land of the Rising Sun. letter from Laurel Blubaker, an Chambers, however, was con- Continued on page 8 Newman Talks Photography ~When Icall Mom, she either wants Continued from page 1 not the only way orthe best way...it to talk art or tbotball. is the way I think," Newman contended. Usually tbotba1l?' . Throughoutthelecture,New- man emphasized the need for art- ists to constantly explore new techniques and ideas. Newman himself has devel- oped new styles in his photogra- phy, including portraiture, ab- straction, and still life. His photos have appeared in numerous magazines, such asLife, Look, Esquire, Holiday, and Ba- "Honesty is the key in photogra- phy. I'm interested in what people do. How I perceive them and interpret them is part of my life." zaar, Often he shirked the Go ahead, ClII her up and let publisher's idea for a shoot and her know the score used his own instead. A lu-minute coast-to-coast call, "When told by teachers there dialed direct anytime, an)' day with is only one way todoit-. and only AJ&T, costs less than $3.00."And one,the 'best' way-run like hell," with fast connections and immedi. Newman advised. ate credit for wrong numbers, how "All the great photographers can you miss' are the most adaptable." fur more information on According to Newman, such ;:L~ITI~~i~I~~tr~~;I,:l~~~:[ advice holds trueforallaspects of 1 800 525·7955, Ext. 100. life. ·Md"I'I~'C:LI>k-t""-":lfld;UR·ll.Il):<">. "We're influenced by every- thing we see from birth, even the. bad things. ATilT "Use the past as a spring- boardtothefutufe,"Newmansaid. The right choice. His philosophy has been a successful one for him. "We don't take pictures with our cameras," Newman estab- lished. "We take them with our hearts, we take them with our minds."