United States Military Academy West Point - Howitzer Yearbook (West Point, NY)

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student Conference On United States Affairs Vicc-Chairman Rill Kaisor served as a moder- ator during one of the opening sessions. Don Renner explains the nuances of West Point life to his visiting counterparts. LEFT CENTEB: Washington Post journalist Haynes Johnson emphasizes a point during one of the panel discussions. ABOVE: Ambas- sador Vernon Wallers. COL Oivey and BG Moellering wait for the conference to begin. LEFT: Jim Hamilton wails his turn to speak out.

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RIGHT: Round table discussions comprised a major porlion of ihc conference. BELOW: 1980 Presidential Candidate John Anderson candidly addressing the issues during the banquci. LEFT MIDDLE: One of the visiting delegates addresses the assembly. Mr John B Anderson U6 BIGHT CENTER: Vicky NiUes takes part in a friendly debate during one of the round ta- ble discussions. The Student Conference on United States Affairs, an annualevent at the United States MiHtary Academy, brings together students from throughout the country to discuss pertinent international issues. The theme of SCUSA XXXIV was Emerging Social Forces: Chal- lenges for American Foreign Poli- cy, and was highlighted by two contrasting speakers. The keynote address was given by Amb. LTG Vernon Walters, while the banquet address was given by former presi- dential candidate John Anderson. The main emphasis of the confer- ence, however, was the round table sessions. Thirteen in all, and chaired by prominent foreign policy schol- ars, they gave students a chance to discuss, formulate and present a policy statement to the assembled delegates. Almost entirely run by cadets, this year ' s conference was an outstanding success. ABOVE: Tom Swanton socializes between panel discussions at Eisenhower Hall.

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The guitar pickin ' of Roy Clark helped the Cadet Fine Arts Forum began its fifteenth season with a big bang. With its eight diversified seminars, the Forum has something for everyone. From the foreign clas- sical music of the Gewandhaus Or- chestra of Leipzig to the good ol ' Southern classical from Atlanta, from Amadeus in the fall to Evita in the spring, from the vaudeville com- edy of Milton Berle to the hilarious Robert Klein, the entire spectrum of the performing arts was covered. With solid leadership at the top from LTC Turner and Todd Hann, the Fine Arts Forum has given West Point another year of top flight en- tertainment. 338 ABOVE: Harvey Evans plays the legendary showman P.T. Barnum in the Broadway Musical Hit Barnum . LEFT: Linda Ron- stadt thrilled West Point when she appeared in an Army cheerleader uniform. RIGHT: ..38 Special kicked off the Dialectic Society sea- .son with a dazzling show. OPPOSITE: P.T. Barnum (played by Harvey Evans) and his wife (Jan Pessano) from the hit show Bar- num. The anticipated slump in the music and entertainment industry did not affect the success of this year ' s Dia- lectic Society ' s concert season. The Dialectic Society, under the leader- ship of President Todd Wendt and the advice of Cultural Arts Director Bill Yost, was able to draw seven major contemporary artists to per- form at West Point. First semester was filled with great groups includ- ing. 38 Special. Juice Newton, Linda Ronstadt, Chicago and the Charlie Daniels Band. Second semester brought Joan Jet t and the Black- hearts with David Johansen, and Jimmy Buffett rounded out the sea- son. All of this year ' s presentations were very well accepted and most of the groups played to near capacity crowds in the Eisenhower Hall the- ater. Dii h