University of Texas Austin - Cactus Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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Focus on wom en, communication fid language at American universities. During another Texas Union sympo- ,ium, one dealing with immigration to he United States, state representative Matt Garcia of San Antonio said he was Jooking forward to the biggest chal- lenge of the 1980s establishing a national immigration policy. Garcia, who was nominated by Presi- lent Carter for the position of commis- sioner of the U.S. Immigration and Natu- ralization Service, said he favored some type of amnesty, but opposed raising the number of Latin-Americans allowed to enter the country. Garcia later declined President Carter ' s nomination and asked that his name be removed from consideration. Discussions of the problems of Vietmanese and Cuban refu- gees were also held during the sympo- sium and views on the state ' s role in edu- cating children of illegal aliens were questioned. SPEAKERS The Ideas and Interactions Committee also sponsored an Images of Women symposium which featured Gloria Steinem, founding editor of Ms. maga- zine. Speaking to the primarily female audience that packed the Texas Union Ballroom on October 15, Steinem said, We are becoming the man we wanted to marry. Steinem expounded on the progress of the women ' s movement, add- ing, It matters less what we choose than what we have the power to choose. Steinem ' s speech was only one of a myriad of lectures held on campus that same week. Other University depart- ments sponsored talks on the Unitarian church, architecture and recent archaeo- logical discoveries that have shed light on aspects of the Bible. The Ideas and Interactions Committee sponsored an Elections ' 80 symposium featuring a panel composed of William Rusher, publisher of National Review: former senator Dick Clark of Iowa and Doris Kearns, Lyndon Johnson ' s biogra- pher, who gave the keynote address. Lisa Long Matt Garcia, who was nominated by President Carter for INS director, favors an amnesty plan for immigrants. Attorney rney General Mark White boosts the Democratic Party at the Texas Union ' s Elections ' 80 symposium. Speakers 81

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Speakers No one in any of several offices throughout the University would try to guess how many lectures were presented during the year or how many people traveled to the University to give speeches or attend conferences. A September seminar on Science and Literature: Two Cultures or One? spon- sored by the Texas Union ' s Ideas and Interactions Committee featured eight experts in the sciences and humanities, including Nobel prize winner llya Prigo- gine, University professor of physics and engineering. Representatives from Middle Eastern countries met with University educators that same month to suggest ways Ameri- can businessmen could be better pre- pared for careers in the Arab world. That seminar, The Role of the University in Cross-Cultural Communication, included discussions on the domestic role of higher education in the United States, academic training in Middle Eastern studies at American universities, the role of universities in advising international students and teaching English as a sec- Gloria Steinem shares a light moment during her address on women ' s equal rights at the Texas Union. Nobel Prize winner llya Prigogine defines the connection between science and literature during a symposium which featured experts in the sciences and humanities. 80 Speakers

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Native Texans Speak at UT Because the University of Texas is so large, symposiums and seminars on cam- pus are quite frequent. From September to November, many of the speaking slots were filled by prominent native Texans. The first speaker to disprove Thomas Wolfe s statement, ' You can ' t go home, was U.S. Secretary of Education, Shirley Hufstedler. Hufstedler, whose department administered federally man- SPEAKERS] dated education programs, was in Austin on Sept. 6 to announce a $28,000 grant to the University Art Museum for its art education program. At the Michener Galleries, Hufstedler commented on an issue that had been smoldering in the Texas Legislature: educating the children of illegal aliens. She was quoted in a Daily Texan article as saying, We have to take a good, hard look at a fair and comprehensive policy, not only undocu- mented workers from Mexico, but refu- gees from all over the world. On Oct. 3, U.S. Secretary of Labor, Ray Marshall, a former professor of eco- nomics at the University, spoke to stu- dents at the Lyndon Baines Johnson School of Public Affairs. Marshall, whose department promoted the welfare ol wage earners, explained President Car- ter ' s plan to introduce government plan- ning into the steel and automobile indus- tries. Marshall also voiced his support ol a government loan to the financially unstable Chrysler Corporation. Gov- ernment-guaranteed loans, like the one given to Chrysler, are cheaper in the long run for the economy as a whole, than allowing the corporation to go under, Marshall said. On Oct. 18, the Joe C. Thompson Conference Center was the scene of a symposium entitled China: The Decade Ahead. The keynote speaker, Texas Lt. Gov. William P. Hobby, focused his address on the oil and gas industry and its relations to Texas and China. Whil he labeled Texans as experts in the o and gas business, he had reservation about the ability of the Chinese to carr out their economic policies. In conck sion, he described Texan-Chinese trad as having the greatest undevelope potential in the world. On Oct. 31, an excited crowd crarri med the lobby of the F. Loren Winshi Drama Building to greet actress-comedi enne Carol Burnett. Burnett, who greJ up in San Antonio, was in town to visi her daughter, Carrie. While in town, Buij nett held an informal question an answer session at the drama buildinc Topics included the bumpy road to sho business, Burnett ' s own career and help ful hints for those pursuing actin- careers. After the session, she and hej family attended the Department o Drama ' s production of the musica Working. Amanda Collie Brian Vanice Secretary of Labor Ray Marshall speaks to students at the LBJ School. 82 Speakers Bill Hobby addresses the symposium on China: The Decade Ahead.