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Volume 68 Number 5
Southwestern University Georgetown, Texas 78626
October 11, 1974
Ideas and Issues
program underway
by Rebecca Jones
The Student Union’s Ideas and
Issues Committee has been work-
ing very hard on its fall program-
ming this year. Already underway
is a series of films by Ingmar
Bergman which show many
developments in his basic themes
over the years.
A Native American Seminar is
planned for October 29 and 30. This
includes talks, films, and dis-
cussions featuring as speakers,
two Indians: Tom Porter, who
goes by the name of
Sakokwenonkwas, and an educator
from Ft. Worth, Mr. Turnbull.
Following this will begin a three
week program of lectures on the
topic of “Watergate: An Historical
Backlook.” Each Monday night a
speaker will be featured on either
1) The Facts as Revealed at the
Time of Their Happening, 2) The
Facts as Later Revealed in the
Tapes, or 3) Some Social and
Governmental Consequences of
Watergate.
November 19 and 20 will feature
a seminar on Social Justice. The
first personality will be Grace
Halsell, author of Soul Sister and
Bessie Yellowhair. Both books
deal with her experiences in living
with other ethnic groups; the
blacks and the Navajo Indians. In
the first instance, she used drugs
to darken her skin like John Griffin
in Black Like Me. Ms. Halsell is
familiar with Southwestern, since
some of her relatives helped to
found the University. Charles
Morgan, Jr. will be the featured
speaker the second night of the
seminar. Mr. Morgan is the
national director of the American
Civil Liberties Union, and will be
speaking on “The Toppling of a
President”. Mr. Morgan is famous
in his own right as a lawyer, hav-
ing handled many civil rights and
civil liberties cases, including
Reynolds vs. Sims.
Although fall planning is still be-
ing implemented, spring planning
is underway. The committee has
already had a special brainstor-
ming session which has produced
dozens of ideas. Nothing will be
finalized until a survey is taken of
campus interests, however.
Suggestions from non-committee
members are also welcome.
Also in the mill are ideas for a
session or retreat to increase
group awareness of itself and in-
creased informality in meetings.
Future programming will stress
more innovative ways of presen-
ting subjects, such as panel dis-
cussions, films, activities, etc. A
major consideration at present is
an idea to revive debating
societies on the campus. The com-
mittee is enthusiastic about this,
and may sponsor its first debate by
January.
All in all, the Ideas and Issues
Committee seems to be headed for
an exciting year of programming.
Anyone interested in joining or
asking questions is urged to call
Chairperson Rebecca Jones or
Vice-Chairperson Thad Harkins.
FIRST PLAY-Mask and Wigs* first production of the year, ‘The Three Sisters,” will be performed
next Thursday, Friday and Saturday in the Fine Arts Building. Pictured here are Lori Stanton, Ann
Thomas, and Dee Spears who play the three sisters in Chekov's play.
Congress continues fair housing banter
By Liz Drake
Megaphone News Editor
The continued discussion of ac-
tivities for the proposed Fair
Housing Commission was the
focus of Tuesday night’s Student
Congress meeting. Student
Welfare Commission chairman
John Aleman expressed his hope
that the FHC would begin work
soon, noting that better day stu-
dent representation is needed “to
get the Fair Housing Commission
on the road”. Students’ Associa-
tion president Phil Bush outlined
an “Off Campus Handbook” which
is one major project being planned
by the Fair Housing Commission.
According to Bush, the handbook
would contain listings of available
housing in Georgetown, accom-
panied by a rating system derived
from evaluations of a day student
survey. The handbook would also
include information concerning
the legal rights and respon-
sibilities of landlords and tenants,
Bush said.
minutes_
The feasibility of distributing
Student Congress minutes to con-
debate at Tuesday’s meeting.
Congress president Betsy Brown
expressed her concern that
perhaps it was not economically
practical to duplicate large
numbers of pages of Congress
minutes to be passed out each
week to constituents. At the same
time, Miss Brown said she
recognized that the minutes were a
means whereby students would be
informed of Congressional ac-
tivities, and Congress members
could keep in touch with their con-
stituents. One suggestion, made in
this area was to print the minutes
on the front and back of one page,
thus eliminating some expense to
Congress.
ELECTIONS
Despite confusion over quorum
requirements, Tuesday night’s
Congress meeting also included
elections for three committees.
Only 19 of the necessary 21 voting
members of Congress required for
a two-thirds quorum were present
at the meeting. Nevertheless, elec-
tions took place after Miss Brown
ruled that a simple majority of
voting .members sufficient
Steve Cragg were elected to be
representatives on the Liason
Committee which works with the
Board of Trustees. John Foster
and Millie Massey were chosen for
the Admissions Committee, and
Phil Bush and Mario Olivarez are
to be student representatives on
the Development Council.
COMMISSION REPORTS
In his Congress report, Student
Welfare Commission chairman
John Aleman said that body is
currently investigating the long-
distance telephone situation at
Southwestern. Also, according to
Aleman, the previous plan to look
into the possibility of air condi-
tioner rentals for Ruter has been
replaced by what he deemed a mor»
pressing issue, that being re-
pair of the heating system in the
men’s dorm.
In addition, Chairman John
Quinius mentioned The
Educational Affairs Committee’s
current projects at the Congress
meeting. Course evaluation forms
to students at the end of the
semester, Quintus said, and EAC
providing a telephone for students, tion to an extension of library
study break room, and new hours, he added,
periodical subscriptions for the Student Congress meets weeklv
library. Quinius expects to conduct on Tuesdays at 7:00 pm in the
a poll to survey the possible reac- Panhellenic room.
Human Sexuality
Seminar continues
The Human Sexuality Seminar
got off to a great start Tuesday.
The program featured Tom Swift
speaking on masculine and
feminine roles. Discussion and a
simulation game followed his talk
and all who participated had a
worthwhile experience. The Wed-
nesday nights Homosexuality pan-
el disappointingly cancelled, but
the evening was very enlightening
by the conversation of homosex-
uality led by Dr. Roy Teele, a
linguistic professor at University
of Texas. Dr. Teele has served on
the Southwest Methodist
Conference Task Force on
been the Faculty Advisor to the
Gay Movement on the U.T. Cam-
evenings activities which resulted
in a well balanced preview for the
upcoming panel to be rescheduled
All in all, the first week's ac-
tivities have been fun. educational,
and a stimulating process for the
participants.
Next week holds to be equally as
exciting. The Tuesday nights
program deals with the topic of
pornography followed by the final
session dealing with definite
aspects and problems of sexuality,
centering on the human con-
sciousness movement. Different
films will be shown during the
night’s events with a flexible dis-
cussion to close the seminar.
The Association of Women
Students (AWS) has been the
stituents v^as another topic for representation. Thad Harkins and is also investigating ideas such as pus. A filmstrip started the
organization to sponsor this
seminar.
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