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M ' inn dnidlllinrtn will grip current issues and event* and i* hold them before the campus in order that member* of the Mundelein community may tense and direct history rather than bob in its wake. i wmm I V* I J ... - stimulate reaction Editors initiate weekly venture The Skyscraper's thirty-eighth year at Mundelein marks the be ginning of a long-awaited dream: a weekly student newspaper. Many things have contributed to the realization of this dream, including an increase in budget and a change of printing process. The old letterpress printing has been replaced by offset, which lends itself to journalistic experimentation in layout and photo- expand graphy. Since the offset process is less expensive than letterpress, a slight budget increase from the Output college plus an increased advertising revenue has enabled us to print every week instead of only twice a month. The most important factor behind this year's venture, besides the financial angle, Is a small core of loyal staff members who are willing to give up some sleep, study and recreation in order to meet weekly press deadlines. However, the core must be surrounded by more bright, young reporters (this is a plug for staff members.) A publication's staff must change as needs arises. A glance at the masthead on this page outlines the Skyscraper's new organization: the position of news editor, feature editor and production editor have been added to the roster to form a five member editorial board which plans each issue and votes on what stand the paper will take in its editorials. Our motive behind a more frequent publication is that the Skyscraper can give more in-depth coverage to both on-campus and off-campus events. It is our hope to stimulate a lively bull session among students and faculty through letters to the editor (and to raise a few eyebrows if necessary.) In former years, with two weeks between publications, no one could remember the article or editorial about which letter- writers might be commenting. Thus, replies to letters seldom came. This year the more frequent publication and increased coverage should prompt better response. In short, if you've got a gripe or a query, take the opportunity to tune in to the student body through the weekly Skyserapcr Petition reaction: refusal to think Last week on campus, students circulating the Negotiation Now petitions, which called for an unconditional end to American bombing of the war, discovered some frightening trends in students' political thinking. The vast majority of those petitioned refused to sign because they didn't know enough about the war and hadn't kept up with its developments in the press : more a case of political apathy than reserved judgement. If one desires the rights that pV-J. accompany citizenship, then one also should accept the responsibilities. One of these responsibilities is a knowledge of current issues, especially of the war ISSUe which affects American life in political, economic and social areas. Some students claimed the war was too complicated for their comprehension, yet with complication comes an added citizen respon sibility to understand the facts just because they are so much more complicated. It is too easy to be misled in a society of big business, big government, big education and big mass-media, if one neglects that time-honored, and hopefully not dead, art of thinking. A surprisingly large number refused even to look at the petition. They just turned their heads to the side and said, No, thank you. Certainly, no one should sign this petition, or any other petition, un less she is convinced of its validity. However, students who refused to look at the petition, evidenced their lack of inter est in learning something about an Issue that touches q q f the lives of every American. One petition-circulator found just one student . s who supported U.S. policy, but only with a vague T G p T I S O I Fm sorry, but my politicsaredifferent from yours. A small minority refused to sign the petition, because they might get in trouble for it later or they plan to work for the government when they get out of school. In a country where citizens are guaran teed freedom of speech and freedom of political action, one wonders how justified this attitude is. Or perhaps, as this minority leads one to believe, Americans have less freedom than they think. Another question arises: Do Americans want to support or work for a gov ernment which limits their freedom? -Jlie S nuScraner Vol. XXVUI October 5, 1967 No T 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, ni. 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 Mariane Fusillo Cartoonist Peggy Sieben Staff Julie Caruso, Kathy Cummins, Pat Devine, Aldine Favaro, S. Eileen Jack, Alice Johnson, Sheila McCarthy, Mary McMorrow, Janyne Quinn, Carol Ries, Peggy Sieben. Anatomy of racial strife by: Alice Johnson Ever look down at an express way at rush hour? There's the inevitable traffic jam, but only in one direction. Where's everybody going? Simple. The suburbs. Des pite the crab-grass, next door neighbors, and other people's dogs, the steady stream of city- dwellers-turned-country gentle men seldom slackens. The advantages of suburban living are obvious: space, fresher air, privately-owned homes. Just as important to many is the guar antee that a community far out side the city limits will harbor hundreds of families whose back grounds and incomes are similar. In a growing number of suburbs, too, characteristic age groups add to the security of belonging; the majority of adult residents range from 30 to 50 years of age, excluding the very old and the very young adult. Nationally, suburbs are a prime political target, religious ly the majority of residents re present one denomination. The greatest influence that the sub urbs exert, however, is proving to be a social one. As the civil rights movement has lately con centrated its efforts toward open occupancy, suburbanites see a reflection of themselves In the world's mirror. Because of the large percent age of Illinois and out-of-state suburbanite students here at Mundelein, a close scrutiny of racial tension In the suburbs serves a dual purpose. Through awareness of techniques and pro cedures the issues become iden tifiable, and at the same time judgements can be sensibly made and calmly acted upon. This sur gery on one suburb, then, may prove to be a panacea for others. The suburb under discussion is located on the far west out skirts of Chicago. It lives up to its description of middle-to- above average income groups with an adult median age of 40. Although all-white with a major ity of Roman Catholic residents, there are five churches and one synagogue representing five dif ferent faiths. Despite this congenial atmos phere, racial tension bobbed to the surface early in July of this year with the apparently unre lated appearance of ads in two subsequent issues of the weekly community newspaper. Authored by an anonymous group of the suburb's 'Concerned Catholics,' the advertisements urged boy cotts of Cardinal Cody's Project Renewal. They suggested instead that the donations be used to benefit 'your own children and community.' Reaction was slight, but signi ficant. In a letter to the editor, one couple supported the senti ments of the ad in a series of statements condemning Cody as a troublemaker and as a supporter of Martin Luther King. The tie- up was obvious-civil rights now had entered the discussion. As an attempt to stem the ten sion, the thirteen membersofthe clergy of the community pub lished a full page open letter to their congregations pointing to the possibility of a non-white family purchasing a home. The statement was typical of those being issued in many communi ties, presenting the ministers' confidence in the justice and charity of the citizens of their suburb. But good will was mis taken for something else. Continuing to use newsprint as a vehicle, the now 'Responsi ble Citizens' of the suburb re ferred to the letter signed by the clergymen as the first step in 'a planned manipulation of the races in the community.' Sug gesting the 'destruction', of their own neighborhood with examples of other deteriorating Chicago areas including Lawndale, East and West Garfield, and Austin, the Responsible Citizens urged community action. This action was to take the form of a panel discussion to which all the pub lic was invited. It was arranged to provide its audience with a clear view of clergy and com munity sentiment. The sentiment, however, would soon prove to ob scure the view. Part II: Complications Sneaky Fitch: wild and woolly spoof inaugurates Chicago players' series by: Kathy Riley Sneaky Fitch Sneaky Fitch Why, he's a no-good, low-down, yellow-bellied, rotten clear-through bum, with tomato-bulbed nose, scrubbrush beard and roadmap eyes. Yet this surprisingly grubby but loveable character provides a colorful focus for the Chicago City Player's fall opener, The Death and Life of Sneaky Fitch, currently running through Oct. 22 at the Baird Hall Theater, 615 W. Wellington. Yes, Sneaky is a bum, one uncomfortable bit of reality in a mythical western town. And of course, (.cipher Gulch, the quintessence of the Old West is peopled with all those won derful and courageous stereo types: sheriff with jaw and brain of rock, dance hall girl with heart of purest gold and morals of basest metal, drunken doc, snarling gunfighter and notable Christians - the undertaker, preacher and their gossipy wives. All is peaceful and unchanging in Gopher Gulch - except for one thing. What is to be done about Sneaky Fitch? Even Rack- ham, the fastest fun in the West, is perplexed: (Draw - you lily- livered crawlin' skunk . . . Aw, If he won't draw, how can I kill him?) Happily, Sneaky's fate is soon settled-more or less. Sneaky, who has dedicated his life to staying alive, is sleeping off the effects of doc's medicine when he is mis takenly tossed into a coffin by the rejoicing townsfolk. And lo and-behold, in the midst of the funeral service, the bewildered bum awakes immortal-or so every one thinks. Sneaky has become that one exception to the univ erse which, the narrator muses, is perhaps what life and drama are all about. Abounding with touches of Laurel and Hardy, swaggering oratory, the occasional tinkle of nickelodeon tunes and Johnny Cash-style refrains, the play continues to show Sneaky's rise to power as sheriff, mayor, banker and even preacher. Sneaky is truly invincible, but alas, he's unhappy. Nothing excites him; even the fear of death is gone, leaving him emotionally and spir itually empty. Ironically, Rack- hem, reduced to sheriffs assis tant, now wears the face of a happy man. I used to be all tensed up all the time, he re flects, now I'm just glad to be alive one more day ... and he and Sneaky salute that 'little old shack' called home a la vaudeville. Before long, however, doc re turns after a long absence from the play to reveal the hoax; and Sneaky receives the news-well joyfully while the townsfolk res ume their former fearless compo sure. But as in all westerns given to surprise endings, the now-frigh tened Sneaky soon meets his end. Sneaky, mortally wounded, speculates on his life: I al ways seemed to be what other people thought I was. Just put on my gravestone: He was born and died. He never knew who he really was but he died happy. That's too long? Well, just put 'Sneaky Fitch?' Directed by June Pyskacek and written by James L. Rosen berg, professor of dramatic litera ture at the Carnegie Institute of Technology, Sneaky Fitch is a very funny play. Jack Wallace, as the confused Sneaky, Peter Cole man, as the wry narrator-singer and Judy Jonassen, as Sneaky's girl, the seductive Maroon, deli ver especially entertaining per formances. The play offers more laughs than message and when the mes sage finally does come, it's very obvious; but the audience didn't seem to mind, for that loveable buffoon Sneaky manages to tell It like it Is. gt;
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1967-10-05 (2)
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