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Student Productions Prepares "Guys and Dolls' for Opening The all-college musical Guys and Dolls opens next Friday, Mar. 28, at 8:00 p.m. in Memor- ial Auditorium. This year the show will run for three consecu- tive nights through Sunday, Mar. 30. Under the auspices of Student Productions, the musical has be- come an annual event at Con- cordia. Every aspect of the show, with the exception of choreography, is being done by students. Directing Guys and Dolls is Bill Hoverson, junior from Mal- ta, Mont. Loren Solberg, junior from Scobey, Mont., and David Hetland, junior from Grand Forks, N. D., are producer and Student Productions Commis- sioner, respectively. Frank Loesser's musical com- edy centers around Nathan De- troit (Reeves Cary), who claims to run "the oldest established permanent floating crap game in New York" and Adelaide, his fi- ancee of 14 years (Paulette Cal- len). Added romance enters the pic- ture with gambler Sky Master- son (Steve Erickson) and Sarah (Bonnie Reid), his Save-A-Soul Mission sweetheart. Songs from the show include "A Bushel and a Peck/' "Sit Down, You're Rocking the Boat," "Luck Be a Lady/' and "I've Never Been in Love Before." Tickets for the musical are now on sale for $2.00, $3.00 and $3.50. They may be purchased at Daveau's in either Fargo or Moorhead or from Student Pro- ductions (post office box 105). A section of seats has been specially reserved for Parents' Day on Saturday. THE CONCORDIAN VOLUME LIX CONCORDIA COLLEGE, MOORHEAD, MINNESOTA, MARCH 21, 1969 No. 24 Proposal Enables Students to Magnusson Faces Gaetz Assume Position With Faculty Nancy Edmonds In Presidential Run-off A proposal to include three include six faculty members as Final balloting for Student As- Miss Magnusson tallied 556. Ter- students on each of several fac- well as the three students; the sociation president today finds ry Hokenson and Bernard Jones ulty committees was approved Long Range Planning Commit- juniors Terri Magnusson and trailed with 362 and 270, respec- by the faculty last Friday after tee, however, will have eight Don Gaetz squaring off after tively. several weeks of debate. administration, eight faculty and both piled up clean-cut primary Both candidates hold positions According to Dean Paul Dov- three student representatives. victories Friday, Mar. 14. in this year's administration. re, the proposal in its present Dovre said that he believed Polls opened at 10:30 this Gaetz is Student-Faculty Affairs form will be included in the fac- "that the general consensus of morning and will close at 6:00 Commissioner and Miss Magnus- ulty constitution now being the faculty was in favor of stu- p.m. Off-campus students vote in son is Development Commission- drawn up, to come before the dent representatives, with disa- the post office and on-campus er. faculty at large for approval in greement coming over the spe- students in the Commons. its completed form. cific proposals rather than the Gaetz led all candidates in the The current action thus has no over-all issue itself." Outgoing editor Chris Ward primary with 623 votes, while immediate impact, depending * upon acceptance of the final draft of the constitution. Friday's move was mainly a standardization of the number of students on faculty commit- Gruss Appointment Receives Consent Gaetz Magnusson tees, which formerly were to Appointment of Roger Gruss, a junior politi- Ward pointed out that Gruss brings "a year Everett Hall received 14 prim- include either two or three stu- cal science major, as editor of The Concordian of experience working on The Concordian, coupl- ary write-in votes to fill the dents. was confirmed this week by the Faculty Com- ed with an appreciation of the responsibilities of other vice-presidential spot A proposal to include four stu- mittee on Extra-Curricular Activities. a newspaper in a liberal arts college." against Ron North, who had dents on each committee was Gruss, who has been a columnist for the Joining* Gruss on the new staff will be busi- gone into the primary unoppos- narrowly defeated, with the paper for a year, was recommended by outgoing ness manager Larry Werder, who will also handle ed. compromise measure of three editor Chris Ward. advertising. Werder has served as sports editor Also on today's ballot is a representatives passing by a Several other names were also considered by for the last year. constitutional amendment chang- vote of 38 to 37. the committee, among them Steve Tweed, editor ing the relationship of the Stu- Committees to include students of The Young Guardian. With most of the present staff leaving the dent Exchange Commission to are those of Long Range Plan- Criticism of The Concordian through the year paper, Gruss points out that a considerable num- the rest of student government. ning, Curriculum, Student Af- and disagreement with some columns Gruss had ber of posts will be open for interested students. The primary election for sen- fairs, Library, Lecture, Fine written among students, faculty and administra- Among the positions are managing editor, ators will be Tuesday, Mar. 25, Arts and Academic Regulations tion necessitated a more extensive examination news editor, sports editor, feature editor and with the final Mar. 28. Deadline and Procedures. of the editorship post, according to committee general news writers. Applicants should contact for filing for these offices is Most of these committees will members. Gruss or Ward. noon on Mar. 24. Page 2 THE CONCORDIAN March 21, 1969 Editorial Awareness Lacks Completeness The racial crisis that confronts America today is no longer isolated from the Concordia campus. Events of the last seven months have brought to this campus an awareness that something is happening between blacks and whites these days, not just in the South or in the cities but in Moorhead. An awareness is here, yes, but it would be dangerous to see this as an awareness of the problems, frustrations, and aspirations of black people on the part of Concordia's students. Rather, this awareness is only superficial for most: it is the realization that "somebody's making noise again." The awareness is deep enough to make many people uneasy about themselves, their values, and their relations to minorities. However, it is also shallow enough to make many more react defensively, or even hostilely, to the exposure of deficiencies in minority programs and of white society in general that have been given by both black students at Concordia and speakers that have appeared here. At the same time some progress has begun. In fact, compared to previous years, the examination that has been given the minor- _ . _ . ity programs and the curriculum has been extensive and worth- DOng! DOng! — Student Production secretary Shirley Hanson and Pam Wahlberg fire away while. While all involved admit much more muct be done, a start in the Fargo City Commission meeting to publicize "Guys and Dolls." has been made. Yet, despite the beginnings in the re-evaluation of programs and the initiative, mostly by black students, toward a broader LETTER TO THE EDITOR minority program, the basic tension remains unsolved: whites To the Editor: Questions crowded my mind talk and be honest to the point have yet to admit that what black people are saying about white to the point where this letter racism is correct. I'm white. Until a few months of an open dialogue with them. ago I never really thought about was planned to be written in Black students have worked The reaction by many whites to black demands is the most direct opposition to Minnie's. obvious symptom. Instead of trying to bring themselves to see the fact that I was. hard to beat our system, and we the black man's point of view, white people react defensively. It was no big deal. As far as Then, in a moment of what haven't even stopped to take an They go overboard in and see "black power" or "black con- the black students on campus, now seems almost a gift, I honest look at the problem—yet sciousness" as a danger to their own safety, rather than as a they were black. managed to muster the courage we try to solve it by letting positive step in the area of race relations. It was no big deal. Then Min- to talk with an exchange stu- them come to our school and Other white students, perhaps the largest group, see and nie McMullen wrote a letter dent and ask the question I'd so attend our classes. recognize black grievances, but then submerge them under their cutting down Concordia and the often wondered about. Then we're hurt because they everyday worries and concerns. To these people pretending prob- exchange program and I was In doing so my pride was hurt, criticize our techniques, al- lems don't exist becomes the cure for the pain of self-examination. shocked. and I was made to stop and though most of us have serious- Thus the crux of the problem at Concordia is deeper than It was hard for me to imagine think a lot of things over. I ly thought of what we might be dealing with specific proposals for changes in curriculum or im- why it was necessary to "ex- realized for the first time what doing, by doing nothing we are provements in the social situation. change the two cultures." I it is like to feel guilty for an act just as bigoted and prejudiced Rather, it is how attitudes of a white majority must be changed mean what were the two cul- that for so long I never imagin- as we pretend not to be.