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Afro-American students: Stage 'Conference in Black How will we survive? by Willette Romious Loyola University Afro-American Student As sociation (LUASA) is presenting its first Con ference in Black , Feb. 23-Mar. 2. The confer ence will represent a merging of black thought in order to define black aesthetics and to examine means of black survival. The week-long conference will feature LeRoi Jones, widely acclaimed black poet laureate and playwright. His most well-known works include The Dutchman, The Toilet, Home on the Range and Preface to Twenty-Volume Sui cide Note. discuss black middle class The conference officially opens Sunday, Feb. 23 with a Tea and Black Fashion Show with models from the Loyola and Mundelein black student bodies. Sunday's speakers include Miss Rhonda Davis, writer and poet member of the Organization of Black Afro-American Culture, (OBAC), who will discuss the Role of Black Parents . Dr. M. Gordan, math professor at Loyola, will speak on the Role of the Black Middle Class in the Struggle . Monday begins with a lecture on aesthetics in black art. Workshops in creative writing, poetry and drama will be conducted. Later OBAC will present a poetry reading and drama production. create black awareness Tuesday's events will start with Sterling Stuckey, presently a Ph.D candidate at North western University, who will lecture on black history. Discussion groups after the lecture will consider such topics as: The Effects of Slav ery on Black Americans and The Distortion of African History . Bic Ijomah, instructor in sociology at Loyola, will lecture on the Re-so cialization of Black Americans. Wednesday will be Ron Karenga Day. He is the founder and chairman of US which seeks to create an awareness of who blacks are in comparison to white America. The entire day Wilson foundation honors academic affairs head Senior Russian major Nancy Kruse, Academic Affairs Com mittee chairman, was awarded a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, Feb. 6. One-hundred-fifty Woodrow Wilson fellows are announced annually by the Wilson Foundation and the award is regarded as the most prestigious in the nation. Designed to aid potential college teachers, Fellowship selection is determined on the basis of grade point average, an intellectual biography, an interview before a panel of professors and faculty recom mendations. Michael Fortune, English department chairman, nominated Nancy for the Fel lowship. Nancy hopes to attend Cor nell University next fall, spe cializing in 19th century Rus sian literature. Although her plans are tentative, she even tually hopes to teach Russian at a small women's college, preferably Mundelein. Nancy perceives a great need for this type of institution and the education it can offer. During her year as chair man of the AAC, the pass-fail option for electives was inau gurated and the possible ex pansion of the option for the basic studies program is cur rently being investigated. Nancy Kruse Nancy has also worked with student committee members on possible curriculum revi sions. The AAC is the student countercommittee to the facul ty committees on academic affairs and curriculum. will emphasize the black cultural revolution and the need to strengthen the black culture. probe economics, music Thursday a relevant analysis of politics will be led by James Boggs, author of many arti cles for the Liberator and other periodicals. He will analyze economic institutions from a Marxian point of view and pose some solutions. Other topics will be. led by Bob Rhodes, Ph.D candidate in political science at the University of Chicago. Black separation of the Republic of New Africa will be discussed by Brother Imari, author of War in America, and The Malcolm X Doctrine. Friday will be devoted to black music. The Pharoahs, currently appearing at Afro-Arts Theater, will trace black music from African to Soul. The night will end in a concert with a Motown Revue from Detroit, Michigan. Saturday will feature Black Survival . Top ics will range from the opportunist to armed struggle. Speakers will include Nahez Rogers, Diane Nash and Jeff Donaldson. Sunday, the last day of the conference, will close with readings and a drama production by Le Roi Jones and The Spirit House Movers. Hoyt Fuller, editor of Negro Digest, acted as advisor to the organizational committee. Nicho las Barnes, an accountant with the Office of Economic Opportunity, was the financial advis or who helped set the budget. Vince Cullers, president of Vince Cullers advertising agency, gave full cooperation in designing the posters and brochures. sfraner No. 11 Vol. XXXIX Mundelein College, Chicago, 111., 60626, February 21, 1969 .- m First graduate degree Theology department initiates ecumenical masters program Mundelein will inaugurate its first graduate program by offering a master's degree in Theology. The program v/ffl begin this summer by con ducting three courses: Reli gion and Contemporary Socie ty taught by Dr. Russell Ba rta, Social Sciences depart ment; Film and Society, a study of how the world's out standing film makers view spiritual crises team-taught by William Hill, Theology, and Michael Fortune, Eng lish; and Ecumenical Co operation in Religious Educa tion. These titles attest to what Sister Carol Frances Jergen, theology department chairman and director of the program, terms an urterdiscipUnary approach which is a first in theology graduate programs in the Chicago area. Up until the last decade only seminarians got this type of training, and most of it was straight theology, she said. To insure an ecumenical tone, an exchange plan of teachers, guest speakers and facilities with the McCormick Theological Seminary and the College of Jewish Studies is proposed. Sister Carol Frances expects the program to attract permanent additions to the Mundelein Theology de partment. Students will concentrate on Biblical Themes in Modern Times, and Contemporary Theological thought and elect courses in any six other areas; World Religions, Reli gion and Society, Moral Is sues, Theology and Communi cation, Religious Psychology and Crucial Questions in Reli gious Education. Thirty hours will be re quired for a Master's in Reli gious Studies. One consequence of incorpo rating such areas as Psychol ogy, Sociology and the Mass Media into an applied Theolo gy will be a growth from the attitude that theology is only for those in training for a religious vocation, Sister Carol Frances added. Since the program will presumably educate many future religion teachers, it is hoped that It will liberalize teaching meth ods in this area and prevent the present disillusionment with religion classes. The Master's program will continue on a part time basis during the academic year.
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1969-02-21 (1)
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