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& -k. f ^ W ) / : E B 7 1 9 ! f t 'f % * r * f > ^iS L A W R t r^SjJ VOL. XCV IIN O. 11 Lawrence university. Appleton, W isconsin 54911 FRIDAY. JANUARY 25. 1980 On campus retreat: assessment of L U ’s future session, the group addressed by Pete Schulze The two evenings focused on Lawrence?” deals with the groups. Former “CL” groups problems where initiative is Last Monday and Tuesday different types of problems. The symptoms rather than the have united students and faculty lacking and other sim ilar con evenings LUCC President Kevin first meeting sought an overall problems. We should appreciate around such common interests as cerns. Dean Taylor opened the Fritsche held an on-campus view while the second meeting our opportunity to examine the particular authors, Masterpiece meeting by discussing “The retreat intended to define focused on specific issues. “big picture”, and “let the Theater, and personal creativity Office of Campus Life: Past, Lawrence’s significant problems President W arch addressed the University be the University.” through fine arts Present and Future.” He gave and discuss ways of combatting age-old question of apathy at Questions from the floor Mr. Lauter also pushed for a the views of his office toward th e m . Lawrence. He suggested that a followed W arch’s speech. Frit “learning plan” for extra many issues, emphasizing im Members of LUCC and its feeling of “ennui” is a symptom sche asked for an explanation of curricular activities, an “extra provements since the Office of committees, University com of larger maladies which are the lack of a sense of com m unity curricular curriculum .” The plan Campus Life was developed. mittees, and heads of LUCC- plaguing the whole nation. W arch at Lawrence. Warch said that would outline the extra M r. Taylor said that four years recognized organizations were asked that, instead of questioning were the University taken for curricular participation of the ago Lawrence was experiencing invited to hear President W arch, such “self-serving” issues as the granted, a sense of community “ ideal” student at any stage of a a crisis situation, while today Dean of Student Academic Life parking situation, we broaden would be fostered. Discussing the Lawrence career. When asked, only minor problems remain to Lauter, and Acting Dean of our scope to issues of larger status of Lawrence’s sense of Lauter said that the plan would be confronted. Taylor later Residential Life Taylor speak, stature such as “the future of community only dampens spirits probably not involve credit, reviewed the areas he believes and later discuss questions that downtown Appleton.” and inflates or provokes reiterating that everything must need constructive progress. He had arisen. Warch says asking, “What is problems. W arch agreed that the not be done solely for credit. feels the Judicial Board needs future of Lawrence and the After President Warch and restructuring because of its lack question of whether Lawrence Dean Lauter had spoken, small of credibility and awkward will survive are legitimate group discussions were held. structure. He moved for a concerns. These questions form Eventually the groups joined and L U CC e x a m i n e s restructuring of the J-Board last an overview rather than a m erely ideas from each were tossed “ self-serving” one. around. The most significant year, and says he w ill continue to In an attempt to stick to the view developed was the general press for change in this area. Taylor also sees problems in judicial system planned agenda, the question and consensus that the “apathy the Housefellows Program. answer session was ended after problem” is often overblown. Admitting that the program Kevin Fritsche, LUCC appeals board. about twenty minutes so that “ Apathy” has become a catch-all started off on the wrong foot, he President, led on Monday an open Harriet Tippet, reference Dean Lauter could review term to which many problems said that artifically contrived forum which fielded suggestions, librarian, stated that there was a “ Extra-curricular Activities as a are attributed. Instead, an social situations will never be opinions, and complaints need for a less form al method for Learning Experience.” Lauter initiative problem may exist. successful anyway. Instead, regarding the present judicial c o m p la in t . divided Fritsche’s subject in half. Although students are not Taylor suggested that Ted Ross system at Lawrence. There have Fritsche suggested that the He first outlined the activities apathetic, they too rarely take should be invited to discuss been m any com plaints in the past group consider the construction that are or have been available to initiative when they could or California falling into the Pacific, about the structure and inactivity of the Honor Council, an ap Lawrence students, pushing a sh o u ld . or Sub Richm an should be invited of the board, and its inability to parently effective board. He revival of Community Life During the second evening to sing his phytoplankton song. deal with problems that do arise. noted that there are no faculty Taylor also addressed the Fritsche cited the main members on the Honor Council imbalance in the Greek system question in the revision issue: and that on the present judicial Carter address nation and a lack of leadership in the Does Lawrence need something board, there are only 5 students by Fred Bartol unwarranted restrictions on the fraternities. His mention of the other than the judicial board, and a n d 5 f a c u lt y . In his State of the Union Ad nation’s intelligence-gathering Delt House incident led him to dress Wednesday night. s y s t e m . comment on behavior in general. President Carter announced a With regard to the American Taylor notes that since Lawrence number of policy moves designed hostages in Iran, President is a community we can not be to face challenges, both foreign Carier pointed out that “ a severe immune to community problems, and domestic. Pledging to “ meet price will be paid” by Iran if the but he remains appalled at these challenges with the best hostages are injured. “ America campus vandalism and the that is in us,” the President said will not be blackmailed,” he drinking problem. Specifically, he will ask Congress to pass declared, and he urged the Taylor believes we should con legislation re-vitalizing the Iranians to realize that their chief sider whether we are somehow selective service system , in threat lies to the north, in the fostering these problems. cluding a move to reinstate Soviet Union rather than in the In conclusion, Mr. Taylor registration for the draft. Calling United States. explained that The Office of recent Soviet action in Campus Life has set goals Afghanistan the greatest threat r i regarding many of the Univer to world peace since the second m sity’s problems, but points out World War, Carter asserted his r ’M ; that the institution can only intention to m aintain the security provide opportunities. Students of other nations in the Middle must use their own initiative to East and Southwest Asia. “Any take advantage of the available attempt by an outside force will opportunities, and when be (regarded) as an assault on necessary, we must be prepared the vital interests of the United to take responsibility for our States and w ill be repelled by any a c tio n s . LUCC O FFICERS Doty, Abraham and Fritsche. means, including m ilitary for When discussion groups were Photo: Mark Roy ce,” he said. formed for the last tim e, Fritsche It was suggested that there Citing U.S.-Soviet relations as focused attention on imbalances wasn’t much m erit in having the the key in the choice between if so, what is that ‘something’? in the sororities and fraternities faculty members on the judicial peace and global conflict, the File Photo Several responses were of on campus. Most discussion board because they are “un President reviewed the history of fered. Mike Fogel, Head Resident Carter also addressed a eventually became a duel bet fam iliar with the attitudes and those relations over the course of of Trever H all, said that the head number of domestic issues, which ween Greeks and non-Greeks social lives of students.” the past thirty years. He residents should not be closely he feels are as crucial to over the problem of rejection of Fritsche suggested a jury characterized them as times of tied to the judicial system American strength as military freshman women from sororities system as a means for increasing “cooperation, competition, and power and foreign policy. He said as an inherent part of rush and that head residents were not student participation in judicial confrontation.” The SALT meant to be policemen, but, in that the high price of oil has been procedure Progress was slow, decisions. Random drawings agreements, he said, are in the the prim ary cause of inflation in but the sorority members finally stead, to be “guides and would be held and it would be an best interests of both nations, and recent years, and that this accepted the suggestion that programming people.” individual’s “civic duty” to he pledged not to abandon the Kurt Wittenberg, the small country’s dependence on foreign women participating in rush serve. At this point someone attempt to control nuclear oil constitutes “a clear and should be better informed of the houses representative to LUCC, jokingly brought up the issue of weapons. “ But the Soviet Union stated that the judicial board is present danger.” The President possibility of not being able to little Lawrence jails as the will have to answer some basic called on Am ericans to make 1980 join the sorority of their choice.

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