the augustana college
MIRROR
sioux falls, south dakota
Vol. 52, No. 6
Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57101
October 22, 1970
Remaining undefeated after two debate tournaments were (left)
Steve Binger and John Myers, and (right) Morgan Simpson and John
Rechner.
Some of Yugoslavia's best cello, violin and string bass musicians will
appear with the Solisti de Zabreb Chamber Orchestra Oct. 29.
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Ralph Nader
Retreat seeks "Community
of Conviction"
by Marlene Hardick
and Loretta Anderson
"For about 36 hours, we
were able to think of people as
people instead of as students, or
teachers or administrators."
"I wish we could bring this
atmosphere back to campus."
"Always before, everything
has ended right here. I hope this
year we can take some action on
our ideas."
"I think we talked too much
about structures and not enough
about specific issues."
"There was a large amount of
communication between the
various participants, but not too
many concrete ideas were
formulated. Perhaps the time
was too short for definite
opinions to be formed."
These were a few of the
opinions floating about among
participants of Leadership
retreat Saturday and Sunday.
The weekend was held
informally at Lake Shetek, with
time out to attend the
Mankato-Augie football game.
A great deal of time was
spent in small discussion groups
consisting of students, faculty,
and administration. This was an
unique opportunity to express
ideas, concerns, and frustrations
to people in positions to act on
them.
A closeness grew within
groups which allowed for frank
discussion. There was much
discussion on Greg Olson's
position paper, which is printed
in part on this page. Some felt
that this sort of change was
badly needed; others did not feel
the need for change or did not
think that this was the right
change. Some alternatives were
proposed.
There was also discussion on
Dr. Martin's statement, "You
can have a community of
conveniece or a community of
conviction." One thought here
was that many students would
learn better in non-lecture
courses, but that it is easier to
come to class, take notes, and go
home, than to really get involved
in a course.
Other comments were that
students should have a voice in
the formulation of courses and
requirements for majors, and
that a student grievance
committee should be formed.
Another proposal, which had the
support of some faculty, was the
idea of a faculty evaluation by
students to be turned in to the
personnel board and printed for
the benefit of students.
Perhaps the most important
development of the retreat was
the ability of participants to get
to know each other.
Small clusters of people got
acquainted and shared opinions.
Students challenged faculty and
administration to a basketball
game. Ping-pong and pool games
were frequent. The atmosphere
is hard to describe, but was very
real to participants.
As Don Hazlett, chairman of
the event put it, "I felt • that
talking honestly with faculty
and administration in this
relaxed atmosphere offered us a
rare opportunity to decide if we
are content with Augustana and
if not, why! Next year I hope
that some of the board of
regents will be there, too."
"The United Nations was
purposefully structured to be
powerless, and the United States
has used it as an 'instrument' in
defense or in support of the
national interest," charged Dr.
Alfred Hotz, the speaker at
Wednesday's convocation.
The chairman of the political
science department, speaking on
"The United Nations, the United
States, and the Arab-Israeli
Wars" spoke on the 25th anniver-sary
of the U.N.
The U.S. has very successfully
used the U.N., said Hotz, "as a
'propaganda forum' to castigate
Russia for aggressive action" in
Greece, Berlin, Hungary, and
other areas. "The U.S. also uses
the U.N. to justify our actions in
circumstances such as Korea,
which was an attempt not to
safeguard Korea but to protect
Japan."
Hotz stated that in using the
U.N. for such reasons, three
questions must be answered: (1)
What is our national interest in a
specific conflict? (2) What is the
prevailing balance of power? (3)
What opportunities exist to gain
U.N. support for our action?
Hotz cited the Arab-Israeli
conflict as a classic example of
our utilization of the U.N.,
because the U.S. does not wish
to get involved and hopes for a
voluntary settlement.
Furthermore, we wish to
maintain influence with both
Arabs and Israelis.
The 1967 six-day conflict
upset our calculations of
non-involvement, Hotz said, and
the U.S. and the Soviet Union
must now apply direct pressure
on both sides. "Power-politics
diplomacy must immediately be
World-famous
chamber group
appears Thursday
Solisti di Zagreb, a
world-famous Yugoslavian
chamber orchestra, will appear
at Augustana College Thurs.,
Oct. 29, as part of its seventh
tour of the United States.
The Solisti di Zagreb,
founded in 1954, reached
international fame in 1956 at
festivals in Salzburg and
Dubrovnik. The orchestra,
acclaimed as "one
g to rious-sounding instrument"
by the London Daily Telegraph,
is a favorite in England, France,
Switzerland, Holland, Belgium,
and Italy. Its hand-picked
members represent the best of
Yugoslavia's string-instrument
musicians.
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forthcoming if a settlement is to
be reached," declared Hotz.
Ohio grand jury
indicts Kent
State students
By JIM NICHOLS
College Press Service
KENT, Ohio (CPS)—The
students of Kent State
University saw tensions heighten
after indictments were returned
last Friday against 25 persons,
none of them national
guardsmen, by the special Grand
Jury investigation of the
distrubances of May 4.
According to the official Grand
Jury report, "thirty indictments,
covering 43 offenses" were
returned against the twenty-five.
Student reaction to the
indictment has been varied.
Some feel the indictments were
too few. Others feel the number
was too great. But the majority
of students believe that the
entire Grand Jury report was a
whitewash of the May
distrubances. In Columbus,
Ohio, the Student Mobilization
Committee has announced an
emergency press conference on
the capitol steps and is calling
for "united massive action by
Ohio students" in response to
the Grand Jury "whitewash."
The report never formally
declares the May 4 disturbance a
riot; it refers to a "riotous mob"
and excuses National Guardsmen
from guilt in the fatal shooting
of four students and in the
wounding of eleven more.
The report states that the
Guardsmen fired their weapons
"in the honest and sincere belief,
and under circumstances which
would have logically led them to
believe that they would suffer
serious bodily injury had they
not done so."
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Debators maintain
perfect record
After competing in two
tournaments this year, two
Augustana debate teams still
remain undefeated. The two
teams, Steve Binger and John
Myers and John Rechner and
Morgan Simpson, compiled 4-0
records last weekend at the 23rd
Annual Kansas State Novice
Tournament.
Each team received a trophy
for its efforts at the 22-school
tournament. Only two other
teams at the tournament
finished with undefeated
records—one from Southwest
Missouri State and the other
from the University of Missouri.
Binger also captured another
trophy for Augie by tying for
first place in extemporaneous
speaking.
In other competition at the
tournament the team of Doug
Kraft and Steve Miller wound up
with a 2-2 record while Art
Aadland and Rich Duncan won
one and lost three.
This weekend the squad will
be sending teams to a
tournament at the University of
Nebraska at Omaha.
Nader to speak
here November 2
Ralph Nader, author,
lecturer, attorney, and leading
critic of the automobile
manufacturing industry; will
appear in the Augustana
Chapel-Auditorium at 8:15 p.m.,
Tuesday, Nov. 2.
Mr. Nader is best known for
his book Unsafe at Any Speed, a
scathing indictment of auto
industry safety practices. A
leading authority on auto safety
practices, he has been a
consultant to legislative
committees, government
agencies and university research
groups.
Ralph Nader Study Groups,
commonly known as "Nader's
Raiders," have issued reports on
such diverse topics as The
Vanishing Air, The Interstate
Commerce Commission and The
Chemical Feast.
Mr. Nader will share nis
knowledge and experience in his
address: "Environmental
Hazards: Man Made and
Man-remedied."
At special U.N. Convo ..
Hotz says U. S. has used United Nations
propaganda forum