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Page Two - THE SKYSCRAPER - October 26, 1967 THE SKVSCRflPER f I H t t) K Y j) U K H P t H wiu ariP current issues and events and bold them before the campus in order that members of the Mundelein community may sense and direct history rather than bob in its wake. Alice's dilemma: define her future The Beatles said it in '67, How does it feel to be one of the beautiful people? And yet Mundelein's beautiful people lived over 100 years ago in Lewis Carroll's lmaginery Wonderland at the court of the Queen of Hearts, playing their game of conform ity to the Queen's Off with her head With winter setting in, the playing cards with class of '68 rings on can be seen scurrying to their places on the croquet field, all the while smiling and bowing to the eapL Queen's paper power. The idea that a senior must be socially secure with an engagement I ring or fraternity pin need only be tested by a SGCUllTj visit to Lewis Center on any given afternoon. There can be found the Queen of Hearts ruling any group as she flashes a diamond that Is deftly displayed in a new found art of hand play directed at maximum exposure In minimum time. An Alice entering this cardboard world with a questioning mind as to the whys of this rush into security, can only be answered with an Off with her head, for digressing from the rules of the game. Looks of pity are cast at the poor Alice who cannot join In with words of weddings and babbles of boys. And whenever a big dance comes up, someone always ventures the inevitable, Can you get a date? Like the Cheshire cat who floats partially visible and partially Invisible, Alice's future is ordered beheaded by a Queen who does not allow such goings on in her court of cards. H marriage cannot be seen somewhere in the near or distant future, but nevertheless seen, then of course everyone in the court know Alice is one of those scheming heart less career women. Yet any Alice who persists with her pursuits and does not rush headlong into a security of conformity will not find herself trapped in five years because of a court of cardboard characters who demanded happiness on delivery '68. Suggest revamp of Who's Who voting Election to Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities should be the pinnacle of a four-year struggle, an honor recognized by both students and faculty. Unfortunately, this attitude does not prevail at Mundelein. Several factors have contributed to the complacency with which students view the Who's Who elections. The first problem lies In the procedure for selection of can didates. The only criterion is that the student obtain a grade point average of 2.0. No mention is made of extracurricular activities, community service or leadership. According to the book's publisher, H. Petus Randall, the students elected should be those in good academic standing who demonstrate usefulness to society through their activities and leadership. Another Inconsistency is the number of candidates elected. Mundelein elects the maximum number of students allowed, perhaps on the premise that it will bestow more honor on the college. But how is it possible to judge each candidate Individually when confronted with such an enormous list? The thoughtful voter will, very likely, feel inadequate. A final flaw in the election procedure Is the absence of an activities record of the candidates posted near the voting box. The argument that seniors know their fellow-classmates well enough to recall their achievements is not true in every in stance. What about students whose activities are centered outside of the college? If future Who's Who elections are to be a meaningful recog nition of achievement, three changes must be introduced? 1) The criterion for candidates should include the display of extracurricular activity and leadership, in addition to the present grade point average requirement. 2) The number of candidates elected should be substantially reduced. 3) The candidates' achievement records should be posted in the vicinity of the voting box. who's who ELECTIONS Record probes depth of lite; blends philosophy, music by Kathleen Flynn I'm just a man Who needs and wants Mostly things he'll never have Looking for that thing hardest To find, himself A confession, a philosophical commentary, a dream, a plea about man's relationship with himself and his search for an other; that's what the record album The Sea, a Warner Brothers release, is all about, Alfie. And if you listen closely to Rod McKuen's perceptive and sensitive accounts of daily life blended with Anita Kerr's contemplative music, you might say as he did I still believe in love, it's hard these days, you know, and yet it still is a great adventure, bet ter than blowing bridges, or a bus ride to Chicago. Alfie, the music might bother you at first. It's not exactly the popular beat you find in a cellar bar. Instead, the music is peaceful, a pic ture book for your ears that says go slow, the sun is years away from going down and we have time to watch it every mile. You have time, Alfie, Do you like the rain or do you think about it much . . . wake up. An excellent job and fine clothes aren't everything. You see people in bars and places: they look at each other just look, they don't do anything about it; suddenly it's two o'clock and they don't do anything about it; let's be different . . . never mind the world, let's not miss each other. You know, Alfie, because you don't love you have been missing a lot of life. Don't be afraid, I love the sea but it doesn't make me any less afraid of it. I love you but I'm not always sure of what you are and how you feel. I would like to crawl behind your eyes and see me as you do . . . maybe I'd be sure then. Pentagon march promotes peace-makers' unique view by Kathy Riley In contrast to other 1967 anti-war protest marches, last Saturday's assault on the Pentagon hardly seemed remarkable at all. 60,000 people under the direction of the National Mobiliza tion Committee attempted to accost the warmakers in Wash ington and a group of that size is always impressive. But the mood, the temper, the personality of the march hardly dif fered from smaller anti-war demonstrations which have punc tured both the patience and the complacency of the nation during the past year. One out o* etveny TWO - Mot bad -for a distirvKjui.shc'J Auxxr*// DESPITE numerous banner headlines, the usual stereo typed pattern of a 1967 pro test prevailed at the Pentagon: (ideological fragmentation from pacifists to radical left ists: hard-hitting graffiti Are you Bombing With Me Jesus?; the decision by some to trangress a law mr ordi nance; the confrontation; the tear gas, the clubs or the ar rests. Nevertheless, the Pentagon did seem different, if not re markably different from the civil rights demonstrations of the early sixties, such as the 1965 Selma to Montgomery march where Martin Luther King led thousands in a non violent appeal to America's conscience. Non-violence was a cardinal rule and any breach of that dictum symbolized a betrayal of faith that we shall overcome. The marches into Montgom ery and other parts of the south never represented an at tempt to wrest power from an unresponsive straight so ciety, but rather a plea and a challenge to them: you are re sponsible for the world you live in. The Selma march and its offspring were really only a witness: the nitty-gritty of the movement still had to be planned and worked out in gov ernment and in community or ganizations. PERHAPS the confusion be tween witness and active rev olution in the peace movement has created a mood of shocked disillusionment among straight society. Thousands of Ameri cans have been allowed to be lieve that the thrust of the peace movement lies In semi- violent demonstrations. If that is so, then the results of last Saturday will no doubt be regarded as scandalous, in effectual and boring. But if each of the 60 000 who gath ered at the reflecting pool rep resent a commitment to con structively promote their con victions hopefully through the electoral process then It would be fair to say that the march on the Pentagon was truly remarkable and King's congratulatory telegram to the marchers was well-deserved. Admittedly, it's hard to be sure, Alfie; but your lack of compassion makes you insen sitive to the little things that make and permit love. Tomorrow I'll buy you presents: pomegranates and bread sticks, tickets around the room and back . . . every body has a diamond ring and Sunday shoes . . . but we've got us. You are going to have to make an effort to forget your self and relate to others, at least one other. We'll go naked in the afternoon and then you'll see I am only me. Have you ex pected something else all this time? You are important, Alfie, but we are also meant to be kind and give more than we take. I have never been able to push the clouds away by myself, help me, please. Forget the world, as if this beachtown population was but two, let's not miss each other. Your love doesn't have to be lasting, just as long as you love. People drift apart, but if it comes that time of leaving, maybe the sea will say to us, they loved, one Sunday, the tide came in, the tide went out. You have to make the good times yourself, take the little times and make them big times and save the times that are alright for the ones that aren't so good. Walk with your heart, Alfie, and you will find love. Can't you see yourself in The Sea, Alfie? Haven't you met someone or wouldn't you like to meet someone that would say I was drifting be fore you? Don't you feel glad that you are alive and don't you want to love? You know that's what it is all about, Alfie. Sounding Board I was very interested to read your predictions of my posi tion on Vietnam. I want you to understand that I have never had any talks with Mary Pat Kelliher and therefore she is in no position to state what my thoughts on this subject will be at next week's panel discussion. The only person I ever communicated with was Janet Sass and my impression was that she had predeter mined my stand and that was the reason I was invited to speak. In the future It might be wise to wait until the speakers have had their say before committing them to a position which they might not consider tenable. Ann B. Matasar Department of Political Science DLSh Scraper uicrap Vol. XXVIII October 26, 1967 NO. 4 Member of The Chicago Area Student Press Association The United) States Student Press Association The Catholic School Press Association The Skyscraper is published weekly, October to May inclusive except during exam and vacation periods, by the students of Mundelein College, 6363 N. Sheridan Road, Chicago, 111. 60626. Entered as second-class matter Nov. 30, 1932 at the U. S. Post Office, Chicago, 111., under the act of March 3, 1897. Letters to the editor must be signed. The Skyscraper reserves the right to cut letters in case of limited space. Co-Editors ', Jennifer Joyce, Kathy Riley Business Manager Theresa Ebenhoe Production Editor Kathy Flynn Feature Editor Mary Beth Mundt News Editor Janet Sass Photographer Marianne Fusillo Cartoonists ... Peggy Sieben, Rita Raible Staff Kathy Cummins, Mary Cooney, Pat Devine, Aldine Favaro, S. Eileen Jack, Alice Johnson, Sheila McCarthy, Mary McMorrow, Sally Nakai, Carol Ries, Maureen Sexton, Peggy Sieben. Reporters Karen Appelt, Rosemary Beales, Micky Carlson, Sherry Cruz, Janelle Donovan, Zoe Hillen- meyer, Alex Jajowski, Terry Killiker, Rose McKiernan, Vera Milenkovich, Terry Nachtrab, Mary Nachtsheim, Mary Ann Novak, Chris Russick, Maggie Smith, Linda Sullivan, Carol Summers, Nancy Vydra, Sandy Webb.
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