hool board vetoes by Jim Klick second Davis request After the Appleton School Du~ing the school b Board voted down 4-2 a renewed meeting, Hill talked about Doa~~ if public · facilities ·are made , reported that when ,Davis was A re)'.lresentative of Ronald motion to allow Angela Davis to background and what she avi.1 available to community groups at asked which of her roles were 1 Reagan, identified as Mr. Long, speak at Appleton East .High spea_k about in Appleton. "Sh:\ all, they must be made available m?re important: being a woman, stated that if the school board School last Mo11day, The coming here to talk about h : on an equal basis to all people . .. bemg a black person, or being a allows Angela Davis to speak at Lawrence University. Bicen- she believes to be proble w ~ I am satisfied that if the matter me~ber of the communist party Appleton East, then he would also 1 has to be litigated there is no Davis replied, "I do not separat~ tennial Commission (LUBC) filed, this country ." "R~s 1. ~ make a request to rent school -suit against the school board repression" and "womi ~ question about. the ~utcome. I do the three. I see them as facilities for Ronald Reagan's yesterday morning. ~}ghts" were two su:~ not say that as a threat. It is what o~ganically integrated .'' appearance in Appleton . Long ~acked·. by the . Appleton ·problems." Hill added that I found when I researched the 0 Connell felt that if Davis could question." noted that the schools had the chapier of ·ttie Amer1c:an Civil both. these topics were non- not spearate her role as a best facilities for holding this Liberties Union (ACLU) the part1~an. Therefore, the policy of He went on to say, "The courts member of-the communist party type of event. He added that he LUBC hopes to. overturn the refusing to rent school facilities have said: in this country when from her other roles in life, she had not previously requested to school board's decision through to partisan spe;tkers would. not someone wants to talk that you do could not be considered a non­ rent school facilities for the tbe courts. So that -Davis can apply to Angela Davis, ap- not agree with, the response is partisan speaker. Reagan speech because he knew speak some time this spring. pea~ance, according to Hill. not to shut them l!P or shut them of the school board's policy on · Legal resprsentative for LUBC, _Hill also presented the board off; it's to let them talk and if you Hill retorted that the board had partisan speakers. Menasha- attorney James Hill with_ a summary of his in- do not agree with the111, then you no right to deny Davis' right to Vera Wigglesworth '77 stated, "The decision by th~ vestigation into the legal aspects go ~head anf! talk yourself in the speak on school grounds based on speaking for LUBC, and other LU board is unconstitutional and is ?f the matter. The document belief, which we all have that the what the board might speculate students stressed that Davis' morally wrong. We are going to mclud~d synopses of four court truth will emerge." ' about her political beliefs. Hill political ideas and political sue them,, and the only way we cas_e~ _involving the use of school John O'Connell cha.llenged interpeted non-partisan to mean - background were irrelevent can put on this program is to have facilities. Hill remarked, "The Hill's contention that Angela soI?eone who is not running for because she would be coming to a court tell them that they have cases are uniform one hundred Davis' talk would · be non­ .office nor supporting a candidate .. He added that Davis did not fall got to do it. That is what we are percent · · · and they all stand for partisan. O'Col')nell quoted from (continued on page 4) going to do." · the same proposition; that is that into either one of these a Chicago Tribune article, which categories. m t mawrtntian Vol. XCV-No. 18 · Lawrence University ,.Appleton, Wis_c_o_n_s:-in-.-:5:-:4::9~1':"~-------=--------------- ·--­ Friday 12 Mai-ch 1976 New visiting professor David Feldshuh, who was held more frequently than a associate director of and ·actor normal University course. with the Guthrie Theater in Feldshuh did his un­ Minneapolis from 1968-74 , will be dergraduate work at Dartmouth on campus during the first half of College and received his doctoral third term as an artist-in- degree from the Uni versity of residence. He will direct the Minnesota. He studied mime with _ major production third term, and Jacques Lecoq, stage-fighting will teach a course entitled" with Bary Jackson, and received Creativity and the Actor." training at the London Academy Feldshuh plans to use mime of Music and Dramauc Art. physical and vocal exercises: Nearly twenty Guthrie Theater karate techniques, - theater productions featured Feldshuh as games, and Zen meditation to either an actor or director. He give students tools for expanding_ also created the first touring their acting capacity. The course pr.oduction of the Guthrie, will deal with some facets of "Fables Here and Then " which acting which hinder the creative played at Lawrence Uni:ersity in response (s tage fright, self- the fall of 1972. Feldshuh has consciousness, mannerisms, directed a feature film entitled physical and vocal tension, "Just Be There" and has worked emotional blocks), introduce the on award-wi nning commercials concepts of energy, stillness 9nd and film shorts. release, and explore the Registration for Feldshuh 's relationship between , emotion, course, is now open . There are no Photo by Mott Brockmeier mind, and body structure. pre-requisites for the course, THE A,PPLETON SCHOOL BOARD-left to right Karl Becker, Kenneth Gibson, Although the course will only which is open to anyone. More John O'Connell and our own Ken Sager with his back to the camera. meet for the first six or seven information may be obtained weeks in a term, the class will be from Mark Malinauskas, Lauter responds to student criticism on recommendations by Pete Copeland the planning team. He has served success." Lauter is afraid "it " I have pulled back in the last at such proposals. He feel s it /\ Letter to the Editors in last on previous Planning Teams, but may come down to not writing few years" and he agrees that his would be a mistake, however, to week'·s Lawrentian accused this years' team met during the detailed recommendations at 111embership on LUCC and a few turn away students with Charles Lauter, dean of student first two weeks of winter term all." other committees is not essential. problems that are not under the . affairs, of inefficiency' " instead of in the summer or early Co-authors of "Lauter McCulla agrees with Langer dean's jurisdiction. " I'm· not "negligence" and a " thoughtless fall . He also cited the fact that he lauded?" Ed Langer, '76, and that Lauter is "extremely con­ going to tell a student 'that 's not disregard for the needs of is in· charge of the London Clare • McCulla, '76 , each cerned and he works well with my department. ' " Laut er feels students.: ' The . letter described Seminar for next year .. Both of suggested a few ways to help students; he's just overworked." the dean 's office should be open several case studies of students these duti~s greatly added to Lauter run his office more ef­ She feels a solution would lie in a to anyone with any problem . He who have had problems dealing Lauter's work load this year. / fectively. -Langer feels Lauter " reorganization of the dean's will point a student to · another with , Lauter's office. Lauter A main responsibility of the should ; 1) anticipate the office- a balancing of respon­ office, but only if the student's - . admitted that the facts cited in dean of student affairs is writing recommendation rush and plan sibilities." She feels the functions problem will be solved more the case histories were student recommendations . his schedule around it. 2) record of the dean's office should be quickly. "essentially correct." Lauter said he begins to receive due dates on the recom- carefully defined so that McCulla pointed out that " this Lauter went on to point out that recommendation forms as early , mendations and file them more problems that do not fall within is not a personal attack. We just the specific cases listed in the as October and he continues carefully. 3) be responsible for this definition should be chan­ want him to know we feel he letter have been taken care of. He getting them until mid-April. remaking appointments, and 4) nelled to other. offices. Respon­ could be doing his job better." stated that he is more concerned Lauter said he receives be responsible for phoning the sibilities of the deans should then She is confident that Lauter will with things currently piled on his recommenda~ion reques.ts schools who have not yet received be equally divided among the do his best to improve the desk : '.'stacks of things I literally fromabout 60-75 individuals for recommendations. deans. · situation. " Now that he's aware haven't even had a chance to about 100-125 letters annually. Lauter feels he should budget Lauter stated that the Com­ of the problem I don't think there read." Lauter feels a major "There are a lot of things you can more tim~ for recommendations, mittee for the Review of the will be a problem," Mc Cull a said.