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fO Unbinding Prometheus: Education for
the Coming Age (Pegasus Press.
March 1988). Dr. Louise Cowan
will speak Thursday night on “The
Transforming Power of the Imagi-
nation." Also a founding fel-
low of the Dallas Institute of
Humanities and Culture, Dr. Louise
Cowan is Director of Education for
the Institute as well.
“As I said when I spoke to Dean
9 Miller initially. I think that the pro-
position of having an alcohol-free
Kk Groundhog would be received by
Hk the student body as laughable." said
|k Bob Rooney. Student Government
president. "Alcohol is a part of
| Groundhog, both historically and
traditionally. The idea that a non-
alcoholic Groundhog could be suc-
cessful is absurd.
“I guess you could say my ap-
praisal of the latest announcement
is that it’s a death blow to
Groundhog,” said Rooney, who
stated that roughly half of the funds
needed to stage Groundhog this
year were used to meet the safety re-
quirements of the administration.
But for Miller, those safety re-
quirements have not been success-
ful enough to prevent a reevaluation
of the practice by the administra-
tion.
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Alcohol policy reviewed
Groundhog
by Lisa Caughlin
This year marked the 25th anni-
versary of one of UD's w'ell-known
traditions. Groundhog -- but it also
may have marked a change from
the way Groundhog has been con-
ducted in the past, and the way it
will be conducted in future years.
After recently discussing the prac-
tice of Groundhog with the Univer-
sity’s legal advisors in light of
changes in the law over the past two
years, the administration was ad-
vised that the legal, liabilities of
Groundhog warranted a review of
the University's policy with regard
to serving alcohol at the school-
sponsored event.
‘The response we got from legal
counsel is that the University is at
significant risk regarding the way in
which Groundhog is currently or-
ganized and presented. " said Don
Miller. Dean of Students. “What is
very, very clear is that the University
is liable when alcohol is being
served -- and that’s liable in the
fullest sense of the word. In some
way we're really no different from a
becoming
bar in that regard.
‘There are really two university-
wide concerns." said Miller. “Cer-
tainly the moral issues associated
with the irresponsible use of alcohol
are important. The liability issue
connected to that is also of concern.
Two years ago when Texas changed
the legal drinking age. that was a
time of test cases and really a differ-
ent posturing with regard to the use
of alcohol in the state of Texas.
There have been some rather cele-
brated decisions that have emerged
from various conn cases in that two-
year period of time.”
According to Miller. El Chico vs.
Poole. 1987. and Otis Engineering
Corp. vs. Clark. 1983. are just
two cases in which the server of al-
cohol was held legally responsible
for the actions of those who had
been served alcohol by them and as
a result had caused injury to others.
Miller said both of these cases have
implications for the University.
"Raising the issue is in no way be-
ing critical of student leadership.
They have been resposible, consci-
by Kelly Donovan
The University of Dallas'
McDermott Lecture Series contin-
ued on April 5. and concludes April
7 with the arrival of Drs. Donald
and Louise Cowan. Founding fel-
low of the Dallas Institute of
Humanities and Culture. Dr.
Donald Cowan spoke of “Educa-
tion. Technology, and the Coming
American Crisis." which is the ba-
sic theme of his forthcoming book.
during the program.
According to Dr. Robert Wood.
Graduate Dean, this program was
created to fill an interest that gradu-
ate students expressed in the Rome
program. It also serves as a way to
introduce secondary school teach-
ers to the UD program. When the
program is taken as part of the Mas-
ter of Humanities course, students
can earn up to six hours of credit to-
wards that degree. For a slightly
lower cost, a student may audit the
course.
The schedule of events runs from
June 13-June 24 on the Irving cam-
pus and from June 27-July 11 on the
Rome campus, which is located just
outside the city itself. Transporta-
see page 5
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Groundhog.”
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Dr. Donald Cowan Dr. Louise Cowan
Cowans lecture at UD
Dr. Donald Cowan served as
President of The University of Dal-
las for fifteen years, from 1962 to
1977. Formerly professor and
chairman of the physics
department. Dr. Cowan was ap-
pointed to the post of University
president only three years after
joining the UD faculty.
The University of Dallas is more
than indebted to Dr. Louise Cowan.
Along with serving as professor of
English and chairman of the Eng-
lish Department . Dr. Cowan con-
tributed the Literary Tradition se-
quence and the Junior Poet project.
She acted as Dean of Braniff
Graduate School and as Director of
the Institute of Philosophic Studies.
history
entious and honest.” continued Mil-
ler. “But anytime we have a large
event or activity it’s customary to
evaluate our success, to modify and
make changes. It’s not as though
this evaluation is an isolated thing.
We always do that for every prog-
ram. The context here is rather that
of a changing posture regarding le-
gal ramifications associated with
large events where alcohol is being
consumed."
Meanwhile, the current consider-
ations have been met with re-
sistance by Student Government of-
ficials. who were first made aware of
the possibility of changes in
Groundhog during a committee on
Student Life meeting held late
March.
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by Judy Kerber
The Eternal City, a four week in-
tensive study of Rome, is being of-
fered by the Braniff Graduate
School. This program consists of
two weeks on the Irving campus
and two weeks in Rome. The work
to be studied includes classical
texts such as Virgil, St. Augustine,
and Plutarch, and focuses on issues
surrounding the founding of the
city.
Similar to the Master of
Humanities program at UD, the
Eternal City is arranged in chrono-
logical order, proceeding through
the six different world periods that
can be experienced in Rome. Pro-
fessors Lyle Novinski and Bruce
MacQueen will lead the investiga-
tions into these and other works
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