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Former Israeli minister cites grounds for Mid-East peace by KATHY RILEY Israel belongs to no community; we are alone, commented Shimon Peres, former deputy defense minister of Israel at a faculty-student reception in McCormick Lounge Nov. 22. AND WITH those words, Peres succinctly summarized the current political situation of the 19-year-old Jewish state which less than four months ago managed to defeat a powerful Arab block in a costly, six-day war. Skyscraper photo by Jennifer Joyce NEWS EDITOR, Janet Sass stresses her point for Kathy Flynn, editor, and feature editor Mary Beth Mundt at SKY SCRAPER planning session for this issue. Editors relinquish reins to successors Starting with the Dec. 1 issue, the Skyscraper will be under Ihe editorship of Kathy Flynn, assisted by the current news editor Janet Sass and feature editor Mary Beth Mundt, announced co- editors Jennifer Joyce and Kathy Riley. A junior psychology major from Kansas City, Kan., Kathy Flynn was a delegate-at-large on the MSC and a Skyscraper staff member last year. Janet Sass, who assumed the position of news editor in Oc tober after a year on the staff, Is a junior majoring in Eng- lish. . Feature editor Mary Beth Mundt, a junior sociology ma jor, lives in Niles, 111. Mary Beth served as a page editor on the Skyscraper last year. The current three editors and the out-going co-editors comprise the major portion of the editorial board (five out of the seven members). Mary McMorrow. a senior in tne po litical science concentration, and senior representative to the Academic Affairs Commit tee, and Mary Kate Cooney, a junior MSC representative ma joring In sociology, occupy the remaining seats. The editorial board votes on all editorial stands and plans each issue of the Skyscraper. Presently a member of the Knesset (Israeli parliament). Peres sees no easy solution for solidifying the tenuous peace currently restraining Israelis and Arabs from further all-out conflict. Arabs are disunited except In their hostility toward Is rael, he said. The greatest hope for Israel is that Arabs will develop education, so they'll be aware of what they can and can't do to maintain peace. ASKED TO define what Is rael might be willing to com promise in peace talks, Peres replied that territory Is not an absolute. A boundary is a meaningful thing during war but not in peace, and we are willing to pay a price for peace. However, Peres continued, Israel's treatment of thou sands of Arab refugees with in its borders could be the first important step towards Middle East unity. I feel it's our responsibility to provide houses for them, but I don't know If we could Integrate them. Throughout history national feelings have proved strongest. he con tinued; on the other hand, a divided nation doesn't succeed. We would like to see the Arabs responsible for their affairs and us for ours. Perhaps they (the refugees) would like to create their own state. PERES' MENTION of the possible creation of a state composed of Arab refugees touches upon a central prob lem in Israeli internal policy. The Arab birth rate is cur rently double that of the Is raelis, whose immigration boom has been declining re cently. Consequently, If the displaced Arabs do not sep arate from or federate with Israel, Jews may face the eventuality of becoming a mi nority in their own land. While the outcome of any peace negotiations is yet un certain, Peres indicated that Israel is definitely not about Vol. XXXVIH Mundelein College, Chicago, 111., 60626, December 1, 1967 AAC ponders goal of liberal arts education, basic studies Novak gives view on Viet Nam 'truth' Although slated to discuss The Truth in Viet Nam, Dr. Michael Novak, author and professor at Stanford Univer sity who recently returned from southeast Asia for the National Catholic Reporter, ad mitted to the Nov. 20 Hearsay audience that truth is always relative. Through the discussion with Sister Mary Griffin, academic dean and the audience, Dr. Novak conceded that support ers of the war may make a good case and may eventually be proven right. Nevertheless, he said that if you believe in the war, you've got to stom ach eveiything that's going on there. In answer to a question re garding troop morale. Novak asserted that the Vietnamese troops are difficult t o motivate be cause they lack a sense of national- Ism. They are ready t o sacrifice their lives, not for the nation, but for their own sou. by S. Eileen Jack The Academic Affairs Committee discussion, Nov. 28, on Why a Liberal Arts College? rapidly evolved Into Why a Basic Studies Program? as more than 150 students snd faculty mem bers confronted panel members. Sister Terese Avila Duffy, Span ish and Portuguese department, Mrs. Myrtle posmantur, English, Dr. Russell Barta, Sociology, and Anne Boylan, AAC chairman. in McCormick Lounge. CAUTIONING the panel and audience that this was not de signed as a general gripe ses sion, Anne Boylan opened the discussion by questioning the values, or goals, of a liberal arts college. Sister Terese Avila responded that one im portant value is an openness to necessary change, a relat ing of what one is learning to the present and the future. To this Mrs. Posmantur added the concepts of Individuality, intimacy, variety and Identity. Although the discussion was intended as a more theoretical analysis of the nature of a lib eral arts college in general, it quickly generated Into a ques tioning of Mundelein's inter pretation of a liberal arts edu cation as reflected in the basic studies program. Three prob lem areas emerged from fac ulty and student comment: a need for better integration of courses, the problem of stu dent attitude, and the ambigu ity In understanding the ob jective of basic studies. Michael Novak The U.S. troops, on the other hand, are motivated by a great sense of loyalty to their buddies, by a respect for the cleverness of the enemy, and by ihe knowledge that they will return home after one year of combat. Most soldiers, he said, don't seriously ques tion the war; it would be psy chologically impossible to con tinue fighting if they did. Novak declared that the av erage soldier dislikes the peace movement because it is re garded as disloyal to the Amer ican troops. He attacked this view, saying that if we want to support the boys, we should get them out of there. The United States can begin to pull out of the war by an unconditional cease bombing, followed by negotiations, he explained. But before negotia tions can be effective, Novak maintained, a civilian govern ment will have to replace the current military government in South Viet Nam. In 10 to 15 years, Novak pre dicted, the North and South Vietnamese government would gradually merge to form a so cialist nation with Its capital in Hanoi. VARIOUS faculty members analyzed the problem of course integration from sev eral aspects. Integration should occur not only among courses but also with what is going on in the world today. Integration is also seen as a blend of knowledge and expe rience with the desire of the student for exploration and growth. One instructor pointed out that What we need is a program integrated by per sons with different views, not an integrating program. A student picked up this idea with her comment that the actual integrating has to come from the students. The faculty gives the opportunity for integrating, but seeing the co-ordination has to come from the student. Another stu dent, who had to take Com munications I in her sopho more year, graphically em phasized the immediate prag matic need for Integration. She spent three terms writing term papers before taking the course Intended to teach her how to write a term paper. CONCERN about students' attitude to all classes, as well as basic studies courses was repeatedly expressed by facul ty and students. Several stu dents agreed with Instructors who feel that too many stu dents view basic studies courses as something they must get over with. How ever, a senior charged that the lackadaisical, uncreatlve role of the student is due to the aristocratic attitude of some teachers and urged that more emphasis be placed on teachers and students learning together. CLOSELY connected with the problem of attitude was the ambiguity In faculty and student understanding of the nature of a basic studies course. Student frustration on this point was summed up in one junior's plea: Can't I go in and learn? Just learn? Faculty members readily agreed that they must get away from the idea of cov erage and stop trying to stuff a semester's content into elev en weeks. Rather than stress ing bodies of knowledge, one sister said, the emphasis should be on learning and ap plying knowledge to life. The objective of a basic studies course, another faculty mem ber pointed out, should be learning how to learn. Skyscraper photo by Janet Sass Shimon Peres to negotiate itself out of exist ence. Replying to a question challenging the legality of the creation of the Jewish state, the former deputy defense minister replied: ONE DOESN'T ask a law yer for the right to exist; who is to be the super judge? For 2000 years Jews were attached to the Palestine area; the fact that they were exiled doesn't impair that claim; we are not Just a displaced people . . . Jewish people have suffered; we don't want to turn over our fate to others. Standard Oil presents grant The Standard Oil (Indiana) Foundation recently presented the college with a 5,000 check for the Learning Resource Cen ter In Its first unrestricted gift to a Catholic woman's college. Albert Fraser, regional manager of Standard Oil Com pany, Indiana and a represent ative of the Standard Oil Foundation, made the presen tation to Sister Ann Ida Gannon, president, at a cere mony, Nov. 22, at the Chicago headquarters of the Standard Oil Company. The only stipulation on such a grant is that it be spent cur rently, applied, as the college chooses, toward research, fac ulty salaries, libraries, train ing teachers, operating costs and building programs. Announce frosh election results Officers elected by the fresh man class, Nov. 17, are: presi dent, Liz Gamble; vice-presi dent, Joanne Delia; secretary, Kathy McGrath; treasurer, Jeanne Tracy; MSC represent ative, Teri Blough; rules com mittee, Chrys Boettger; social chairman, Mary Kay Horner. Elections were conducted by the MSC rules committee.
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