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Seattle nivU ersity ScholarWorks @ SeattleU The peS ctator 1-9-1980 Spectator 1980-01-09 Editors of The pS ectator Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.seattleu.edu/spectator Recommended Citation Editors of The peS ctator, "Spectator 1980-01-09" (1980). The Spectator. 1588. http://scholarworks.seattleu.edu/spectator/1588 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks @ SeattleU. It has been accepted for inclusion in The peS ctator by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks @ SeattleU. issue Inside this fah i A leakinggasmain forced theevacua- mbm tionofstudents and faculty fromS.U.s flff'fTlf'P* m fc^vL /] fJU nursing building Monday and Tuesday: U^iUl W UVlVlll^ g^ see page two. Jf H C j^A\ TheCanadianrockgroupAprilWineis A ** €> 1 W .AW beginningtogain recognitionintheUnit- # k ■ M ed States, after 10 successful years in RllSSiail WOnieil meet, MF M & , Canada:see page six. £ c_ , . M country nnw Only three programs in the iXCtCSX O.U. team /^"^ m m*- traintechniciansinthediagnosticmethod Wm m — Mxj.^.,^^ m %***-<■ ofultrasound andS.U.isone ofthem: * k* see page Ihree. p LAm k*^ ■ GeorgeBurns heads thecast of"Going *^^ Jfc 1 in Style," a new movie which demon- ■ ■ aceSpp pnOIOnhoto ieailirc,feature pagenagp 121^ J-f^W O~' IAJiJ ...^AnI stratesthatold ageis a stateofmind.The Mf^VM-, V 1 by * * comedy is reviewed John Miller: see I ■T fitffcil page four. I_l_H^gE3!l S Wk Km M r Vol. XLVIII,No. 12 TheSeattle University Spectator the spectator Wednesday, January 9, 1980 SeattleUniversity, Seattle, Wash. The '70s at S.U. Decade of demonstrations, dances, debts ends Ninedaysintothenewdecade,allkindsof magazinesandnewspapershavealreadydug through their files to writea review of the '70s.Not to beoutdone, theeditorsof The Spectatorhavedugthroughtheirfilestopre- sent aunique,if not comprehensive,viewof the decade at S.U. Most significant in our research wasthe year1970.Thebuildingboomof the'60shad endedinNovember,1969, with thecomple- tion of Connolly Center. The University faced debts for building Barman, Bellar- mine. Campion, Lemieux and Connolly, whileenrollment continued on a slide that didn'thitbottomuntil1972.Student unrest and administrative shakeups combined to make1970atroublesome year for— S.U.,and theproblems began withabang literally. The first Spectator of 1970 featured the resignation of John A. Fitterer, S.J., presi- dent ofS.U. since 1965. He wasreplacedby Kenneth Baker, S.J., who was replaced in November by Louis Gaffney, S.J. S.U.'sstudentswerealsointurmoil,asthe BlackStudentUnioninJanuary threatened a strikeofblackbasketball playersunless their demands for $1,500 for a separate black homecoming weremet. A special, two-page editionof The Spectator reported the sen- ate's allocation of $1,025, but the BSU re- jectedthemoneyaweek later,for reasonsof principle.NeilDiamondsanginSeattle Cen- against ter as part of the homecoming festivities, Thisposter fromspringquarter,1970,beckonedS.U.studentstojointheapproximately 150 whodemonstrated Era," and black titled "Dawn of a New the Vietnam war oncampus andthen marched with thousandsof Universityof Washingtonstudents down highway 1-5 to homecomingeventsincluded afashionshow Seattle. and dance. issue quoted Tabard Inn manager Mike middleof thehomecoming furor, a Mayor Wes Uhlman for a "closed city." Marian Hall, dorm for 85 upperclass Inthe Moothart assaying, "Idon'tthink a girlcan explodedon the steps betweenGar- TheNewStudentCoalition,a pro-ternor- women, was closedin summer for painting bomb handle the job" of running the Inn. randand the LiberalArts building. Doors ganization formed after the riot at Kent and repairs. in his After 1970, life began to calm down at '' 1973: ASSU sponsored its first annual were damaged and windows shattered State,occupiedBaker'sofficetodemand Honey Night"— presence of ROTC on S.U., at least for the students. No more PieBoogieRockandRoll the blast Jan. 20. statement on the style war into minor damage to the demonstrations occurred, though several a '50s dance. The expansionof the Vietnam campus. After some Day opened killing four at weresuspended for a bombs wereexploded.Somehighlights fol- 1974: The S.U. CareCenter Cambodiaandthe of students office, the protestors children.En- prompted S.U.s first week, Earlier,theirattempts low. witha classof eightpreschool Kent State in Ohio thenreinstated. a rebound 3,700 stu- May, 150 studentsat- weremet 1971: A bombexplodedat the First Hill rollment showed to protestin whenabout to takeover The Spectator office dents,up a ofunder 3,000 in1972, early-morning doors McCusker near Lemieux Library. Twenty- from low tempted to halt an ROTC with locked at andalerted substation though the University still operated in the drill.Failing that,they met with S.U. Presi- campus security and Seattlepolice. twoprofessorslost their jobs, victimsof the telegramNixonand joined the West financialcrunch.Non-Seattleresident soph- red. dentBakertodemandhe Also that spring, S.U. 1,000 and they S.U. Conference,afterplayingas a omores,whowithfreshmenwererequiredto Over delegates from90 colleges protestthe war.Later, and more CoastAthletic session of students college AnS.U. chapter liveinthe dorms, werepermittedtoliveoff- universities attended the XXII students joinedthousands ofU.W. major independent. of the Far West, highway to petition marketing fraternity, campus for the first time. The death of the Model United Nations marching down 1-5 if Pi Sigma Epsilon, by S.U. The S.U. formedintheNorthwest.Anda U.W. yearbook,Tyee, caused Aegis editor hosted inSeattleCenter wasthefirst chapter AmericanAssociationofUni- 10-page spreadin April's "Seattle" maga- Mike Penney to say he felt his publication ofthe versity Professors, in its stormy attempt to zine on "The Waning of SeattleU." drew safe frombudgetaryproblems. Six elected formacollective bargaining unit, failedin a protestsofunfairness from studentsandad- 1972:Amidnewsoffeminist paneldiscus- to ASSU posts ministrators. sions and women'slib debates,a January [continued on page eight] Threesenateseatsand threejudicialboard Anonymous donor positionswerefilledinthe ASSU fallquarter electionsinNovember. Fromthe seven senate candidates, Kath- S.U. given stocks worth $340,000 Benson,GeorgeBoyko andToddMon- leen given charhook,S.U.s directorof plannedgifts. First.theentireamountofthegiftisremoved werechosenand willbegintheir senate Ananonymousdonorhas S.U.stock ohon $340,000, increasing the univer- Theunitrust isthe firstKocharhook's of- from the donor's estate and thereforenot terms this quarter. valued at after the donor's sity's endowment fund to $9.9 million. ficehashandledfromstart tofinish,hesaid. subject to inheritancetax BellarmineHallcarriedthelargest number six months to death.Second,thedonorcanclaimhisgiftas two-day madeDec.28inthe formofa The arrangements took over ofthe4ls votescast inthe election. The gift was a deductionon his incometaxreturn forthe Broderick,WillieEsperoandGeof- unitrust,whichmeansthat S.U. acts as trus- complete. Marie University president William Sullivan, year in which the gift was made. frey will form the judicial boardthis tee forthestockuntilthedonor'sdeath.S.U. J. Peace J., specific trustees tomanage quarter.The fourth member, Gloria Scott can managethestock asit chooses, but can- S. willchoose The endowmentfund, to whichthestocks stocks,Kocharhooksaid, addingthat he resignedsoonafter theelection.Glenn not use principal from the stock. the willbe added, comprises property, stocks Cole, Parks, vice president for fi- Nelson, ASSU first vicepresident,said Cole Southern California donor will re- and Virginia andcash thattheUniversity investstogener- The nance, will probablybe appointed. quit for personalreasons. ceivealifetimeincome fromthestocksofap- ateincome.Theprincipalofthe fundisnever Nelson said he was not sure if the fourth proximately five percent or about $7800- Makingagiftasaunitrust has twoadvan- used,but the incomeis used as part of the position wouldbe filledby appointment or -$7900 annually, according to Steven Ko- tages forthe donor,Kocharhook explained. yearly operating budget. election. 2January9, 1980/TheSpectator Fellowships for Gas leak closes S.U.building faculty The Seattle Fire Department evacuated five S.U. students and faculty fromS.U.s School of Nursing building Monday afternoon, after byJodyBrannon detectinganaturalgasleak.Theleak was lo- Five S.U. professors have been awarded cated on the building's east side, facing facultyfellowshipsfor thissummer, William Xavier Hall, and was caused by a holein a Guppy, past academic vice president, an- corroded gas line, said John Dow, area nouncedlastmonth. supervisor of Washington NaturalGas. Fourteen candidates submitted applica- tions and letters of recommendation anon- "The pipewas probably put there in the ymously.Therecipients areDrs. C.Patrick early 1900's,so themetalhas corroded,"he Fleenor, Steen Hailing, Leonard Mandel- said. The leak was very strong outside the baum, C.BradleyScharfand WilliamSum- building,butonlyasmallamount hadleaked mers. inside, saidKip Toner, S.U. business man- The fellowships allow the professors to ager. concentrate on research and writing during Agassmellwas noticedin andaroundthe summer quarter instead of teaching, while buildingfor afew days beforethe gascom- stillearningasalaryequivalentto teaching10 pany wascalled,said Toner. He added that credits. Last year, the first year that such S.U. constructionon the buildinghad no- funds wereavailable, four fellowships were thing do with the leak:"The