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THE OONGDRMAN CONCORDIA COLLEGE SEPTEMBER 3, 1976 VOL.69 NO. 1 Actions taken on Blacks' demands After last year's strike by held to deal with the charge of Concordia's Black students, ac- atheism, racism and incompet- tion was taken or committees ence in the editorship; however, formed to deal with each .those specific charges were not demand. Here is where the dealt with and the Editor was progress toward answering each charged with insensitivity. Ms demand currently stands: Evridge (Editor-in-Chief) has Cultural Center: Repairs and asked the Student Affairs Com- maintatnance were performed mittee to deal with the specific during the summer in a general charges. As yet, the committee fixing up effort for the Center. has not responded. Human Relations Department: Cultural Center: Repairs and Assistant Dean Shelby Nieber- maintainance were performed gall is currently establishing a during the summer in a general Human Relations Committee to fixing up effort for the Center. work on a complete Human Minority Student Recruitment: Relations Program. The admissions office will be Social Responsibility Board: The making trips to areas of high SRB Review Committee submit- minority concentration but min- ted proposals to the Student ority students must also assume Affairs Commission (they are Last year's Casina Night was a part of S.A. Week. For more details on S.A. Week a large amount of responsibility now reviewing these proposals beginning Monday, Sept. 6th, see page 3. in Black recruitment. and will then submit the results Athletic Department Racism: to the Appropriations Board This was reviewed by former which will submit its findings to Associate Dean Bob Homman in the President. a closed door investigation (the Black History Week: Events are Record frosh class, Beyond 76 results of which are pending still being planned but the action by the new athletic scheduled Black History Week is director). Feb. 6-13. Kick off CC Bicentennial bust Minority Studies: A committee SFARB: The SFARB Review Concordia College welcomed 86th academic year and to met last spring and will continue Committee is still assembling its largest freshman class in contemplation of*"Beyond 76" dom, justice and equality. to meet under new Associate recommendations which they history and was presented the theme" given Concordia's Bi- "Let us combine grace and Dean David Cring to consider expect to finish this month. nation'sofficial Bicentennial centennial observance. Dr. commitment," he concluded, establishment of these studies. Racist Professor Charge: The flag at opening convocation Dovre called it "a welcome "with a new sense of reason and Black Student Publication: The charges were investigated and ceremonies Monday, August 30. discipline so that the nation's Student Association is currently* statements of finding were The flag, symbol of Bicenten- theme for an academic com- dreams of excellence may be- responsible for review of this released to the involved parties. nial communities and colleges, munity bent on shaping a better come our working agenda." issue and their proposals will be Orientations Presentations: world in Cod's behalf." presented to the Student Affairs was presented by Minnesota There was a series of presenta- Referring to the seventeenth- Traditional gold beanies nave Committee (the campus Board American Revolution Bicenten- tions titled "Let's Share Our - and eighteenth-century theolo- been obvious during the past of Publication). nial Commission official Robert week on the heads of the 1,004 Cultures" for all incoming stu- gians' quest for "new sight and Human Relations Commission: Aronson, who is also" assistant Concordia freshmen and trans- dents. new sense,".Dovre called-for "a A proposal forthis commission executive secretary to Lieuten- fer students. Classes resumed new sense for the years beyond has been developed and will ant Governor Rudy Perpich. Monday, and all college offices 1976-a sense of commitment, a soon be considered by the Human Relations Day: Human Concordia was designated a and departments have returned sense of grace, a sense of Board of Commissioner (impli- Relations Day has been sched- Bicentennial college based on to their regular hours from 8 its plans for the country's 200th reason--and finally, a sense of mentation will require a vote of uled for Sept. 22nd. The main birthday. discipline." This can be a- a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through the student body to ammend lecturer will be Harvard Univer- chieved, he said, by a rededica- FridaY- At this kickoff event, Presi- the constitution). sity's Assistant Dean of Students dents Paul J. Dovre welcomed tion to the principles on which The Concordian: A hearing was Dr. Alvin Poussaint. the Concordia community to its the natl0n was founded: free- Gjersvig announces pool schedule Pool Schedule-All Times are open swim for CC students **COBBER SWIM designates open swimming times plus and staff, faculty and spouses unless otherwise noted. families and alumni. SUNDAY SATURDAY i MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY > 3 Jj Available 6:30-8:00 a.m. 6:30-8:00 a.m. 6:30-8 00 am 6:30-8:00 a.m. Available for O- for groups groups before O contact Twila 11:00 a.m. Amundson 12:00-12:45 p.m. 12:00-12:45 p.m. is Pool Manager 12:00-12:45 pm 12 00-6:00 pm I - - 11:00 a.m.-8:30p.m. • 1 .-- 12:00-6:00 p.m. 3:00-7:00 pm 7:00-11:00 p.m. s 4:00-8:30 p.m. 1:00-5:00 p.m. , 4:00-6:00 p.m. -i 4:00-6:00 p.m. 1 - i COBBER SWIM* / • COBBER SWIM** . 4. > After 8:30 Available for Available 7:00-11:00 p.m. • 7:00-11:00 p.m. 7:00-11:00 pm . groups after for groups f 8:30 % r t - f 4 • • •- - . ' , • • • Editorial I hesitate to address the first year students as Freshmen, freshwomen or even freshpersons - they have enough hassles as it is and this is the group of students I hope to encourage. You aren't as conspicuous as you feel. Look around you. There are many groups of people that voluntarily do Certain things to identify themselves as a certain type of person. The comical thing is that these things are often done in the name of individuality. These groups have their sects in the Normandy mostly. Others can be identified out on a sidewalk simply by the statement they are making about themselves communicated by clothing, a style of hair, walk, and eye contact. The Organic Wholesome Mother Earth's people: They are extremely bland looking. The women (needless to say) the men, refuse to wear blush and strive to maintain a peaceful expression on tneir faces. Usually clad in ddl corduroys with large tan book bags slung over a shoulder, they walk with a most peculier tilt because of their Earth Shoes. The Aspiring Young Executives have a brisk walk, and never take their eyes off the straight line they walk in. Trench coats, (whether Welcome backl " in season or not) are always buttoned and snuggly cinched. A briefcase is a necessary accessory, once again, it doesn't matter if it's filled with important documents or just several reams of blank paper. Student Government types all wear poyester double knits and on Johnny's Jargon Sundays, leisure suits and puka shells. They say hello to anybody. by John Miles The Jocks, of course are muscle bound and bull-legged. No one has ever witnessed a spoken word to come out of one of their Here's a weekly exercise fpr Pulchritude." Or better yet, rhea. mouths, only abusive grunts. It remains to be verified if they your vocabularies. The first "After ruminating whether or I n any case, you would actually do use forks, spoons and knives at meal time. person to translate it wins a not to accost you I suddenly felt -indubitably end dp at your The Touch-Feely Sector-Proteges de Mancini, Lee and Elaine glorious prizes Send you transla- that we would inexorably tryst Lexicon looking up some of Verdugo, go around whispering hot fuzzies and shaking hands tions to The Concordian to be before long!" those sesquipedalian words longer then anybody would ever want to. printed. P.O. Box 104. With a bit of rancor, you which that pedant so glibly The Theater People, (Pronounced THEE-OTTA) and Music majors How would you reaxt if, while would probably conclude that used. After a few definitions and have an unwritten contract with the school that.they can be more queuing up for the refectory, this person is either a concupi- as the obfuscation began to rude and depressed than anyone in ^another department. They can that contiguous person breath- scent lobster or else is being dissipate you slowly realize that be recognized by their chain smoking, creatively knitted eyebrows, ing down your back licentiously parasitized by the incipient that esoteric, weirdo wasn't so and the way they push through the lunch line. whispered, "You're a Paragon of stages of malignant verbal diar- flagitious after ali. The Scholars are learning to smoke pipes and cough frequently. Also, an inquisitive tilting of the head is a nice mannerism to practice. Since they are usually adorned with a scraggly beard, that might imply that only men can be scholars - maybe the girls will just stop bleaching their moustaches. The act of stereotyping is obviously and ferociously unfair. Those Drink For Your Education who have ears will realize how the new students might feel. The Dull Spear Meanwhile, here are a few ways to occupy those first lonely Western Illinois University weekends.