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HE DAILY SKIFF \ itlutne 74. Number 97 Texas Christian University Fort Worth. Texas 76/29 Tuesday. April 27. 1976 Poet to discuss ' *• creative writing Dr. Louis Simpson, left, will deliver the Cecil B. Williams Lecture at 7:30 p.m. on April 28 in Student Center 207. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, two Guggenheim fellowships and the Prix de Rome, Dr. Simpson will speak about "The Creative Life: A Discussion of the Writer's Life. Its Reasons, Ways and Ends." John Barth. right, will read from his fiction works at the Annual Writing Awards Convocation at 11 a.m. in Ed Landreth Auditorium. Barth, a professor of creative writing at John Hopkins University, received the National Book Award for fiction in 1973. Barth is the author of "Sot Weed Factor," "The Floating Opera" and "The End of the Road." The Annual Writing Awards Luncheon will be at 12:30 p.m in the Student Center ballroom following the con- vocation Awards for outstanding University writers and their works will be presented and the Sigma Tau Delta initiates honored under the direction of Dr. Jim Corder and Betsy Colquitt The annual program is sponsored by the English Department and Colquitt. The purpose of the two-day event is to gjve public recognition to literarv works of students and alurnni. The program began in the late 1930s I.OUS SIMPSON and includes the prizes in 18 categories. JOHN BARTH Food Day speakers discuss proble ms Limited resources require rationing Bj PETER POSS teach-m during Food Day last Thursday meaning we need not cope with it, he said. its grain to be destroyed every year. We need to move more toward positive ob- We must tram ourselves to ration our ■ moon "A doctor in India said the problem jectives," said Wortham. natural resources if \se are to survive, said "If we used our resources to their limit. there was so bad that they need food more Another problem concerning grain was Bill Hail associate professor oi missions some people would have to die in order for than medicine." explained Hall. Population is another area Hall feltnhe right here in the United States, where two m Brite Divinity School the rest to survive." said Hall People in the United States look at the overall world world would have to find a means to companies control the cost of transporting Kail .'■ ' four speakers to hold ■ hunger problem as being "out there." control "We are living in a finite world but it, explained Wortham. "These companies growing at an infinite rate," Hall said. are able to fix export prices and then make "We must make ourselves aware that we millions of dollars from their sales," he President's press aides are approaching the limit's end." said. Dr. Nell Robinson, chairman of the "Thinking the hunger problem is only Home Economics Department, explained abroad is like having a lifeboat with a hole not suspicious enough during her teach-in that the world hunger in one end with two men bailing away, problem creates the need for an increase while the two at the o'her end are saying B) >H \ I IU TTHY CBS News reporter Dan Rather agreed in food production by the developed Aren't we lucky!'," explained Wortham. Editor-in-chief with Johnson, saying the office of the countries to help counter the large Dee Simpson, coordinator of Inner City Presidential press secretaries "bear an White House press secretary has "in- population growths in the underdeveloped Co-op and the final guest speaker, said we enormous responsibility' for the creasingly become a propaganda pulpit." countries must act toward finding others interested alienation of the American public from As a result, the press secretary "has The health of a country's population is in cooperating and organizing controls politics, according to Tom Johnson, for- ceased to envision himself as an honest directly related to its specific nutritional over our most basic need—food. mer assistant press secretary to President broker of information" between reporters diet, she added. "Our goal is to control the means of Lyndon Johnson and the President, Rather said. Robinson explained that few people are production and distribution and to reverse Press secretaries too often "accept The press secretary's job should be to informed that many dietary foods are just the current situation," said Simpson. Food without suspicion" what they are told by "find out what's going on and tell the as saturated as the real thing. "A one-to- co-ops demand the control over the cost people in the White House and pass on lies people about it," he added. one ration ot saturated and non-saturated and quality of foods they sell, she added. to the public. Johnson said, although he Christian, who was Johnson's press foods should exist in one's consumption," "We are arguing for collectivization. said he never lied while in the White secretary, admitted his share of the she said. Right now, the consumers are powerless House, "to the best of my knowledge responsibility for creating Johnson's Dr John Wortham, chairman of the and cannot demand quality. In food co-ops, Johnson participated in a symposium on "credibility gap" and agreed with Rather Economics Department, questioned the we are not isolated and can control food, "The Presidency and the Press" in Austin that the press secretary's role should setting of values by many Americans. cost and quality," she explained Friday. With him on the panel were change. He pointed out how billions of dollars are Food co-ops could offer from 30 to 45 per present Press Secretary Ron Nessen: If he had the job again, "I think I would spent annually on pets, while people all cent lower prices since they purchase the former Press Secretaries Ronald Ziegler, completely change everything I did," said over the world are starving to death. products wholesale she said. However, a Jerald terHorst and George Christian, four Christian. "I would have put up a bigger Wortham pointed to other areas of capital shortage is the main problem other former White House press aides and and stronger fight for a different role. I concern to the world on the world hunger facing co-ops, Simpson said. Fort Worth has three co-ops— Como, Inner City and seven present and former White House could not disseminate the information I situation. "One big problem in India, correspondents. ( continued on page six) namely storage, causes 25 to 30 per cent of Center City Market. THK DAILY SKIFF Tuesday, April 27. 1976 Reader feedback Kditors note: Both students amusing and memorable en- married student housing. Joe Non-compliance would mean days before the hearing; and 4) involved in the letter below wrote counters with the Housing office. Claussen and I have both eviction and further action by the the right to appeal a decision. the Daily Skiff letters. We are The latest encounter is not received letters from the dean of Students. The letter Procedural "fair plav" is running Wallaeh's only because amusing: indeed, it amounts to a Housing office, each telling us continued by announcing that our guara i eed by the bill and it is the more detailed of the two. severe infringement of rights that we were to comply with a contracts would not be renewed detailed in specific terms None guaranteed under the 1973 of these rights was accorded to us Kditor: particular set of regulations at the end of the semester (June Student Bill of Rights. and now we must seek justice During my year and a half of regarding our stereos, which li. One could only conclude from through h-izy and undefined li .'ing in TCU rrarried student Due to a complaint received by were detailed explicitly in the channels housing, I have had several Mr Steve Johns, coordinator of letter the letter that no matter what our future action would be, we would Mr Johns stated in his letter Theatre review was disgusting, disgusting, disgusting be kicked out in a month anyway. that his mind was made up. I am confident that had we although he would sit and listen if you didn't mention It takes a without specific Kditor: been given the opportunity to we wanted to talk Having read the review of talent to immerse one's self in an Granted, y~u disliked present our cases before an Clearly, an arrrtrary and "Marat Sade" in the Skiff, I was alien role and to stay in "Marat." But you could point out objective body, our point would damaging decision was made filled Hith disgust. I cannot character for three hours. its redeeming characteristics. Be have been upheld What I protest solely on a letter of complaint remember a worthy review- The play's main fault is that specific in your greivances is that we were not awarded a Our first knowledg° of the coming from your pen. there is a little too much action against the play Also, give your hearing as guaranteed by the and the noise level is a little bit readers credit for the ability tc complaint came with the notice Granted, the play is not bill, although we were the too high to adequately hear all of r mentioned earlier amusing or funny, but it does decide for themselves whether or subjects o disciplinary action the important dialogue. The set is I do not understand how an make a social comment. One is not they like the play. Some Although this artion is not fabulous. administration which voices such left with a sense of disgust, but people will be offended by normally thought of as Your review is disgusting I to great concern for its students not at the director or the cast.