Manchester College - Aurora Yearbook (North Manchester, IN)

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Convocations Values, Ideas And Arts Forty-one convocations were offered this schoolyear starting with President Helman ' s opening of fall term and ending with the South Carolina Theatre Company presenting one-act comedies. Some visiting lecturers included Dr. Thomas Harvey speaking on Some Notions About Creating Change , Mr. Deroy Murdock ad- dressing the topic of A Young Citizen ' s Role in America ' s Con- servative Resolution , Mr. Kevin Rhoades speaking and showing slides on The Yellowstone Griz- zly , and Rabbi Jonathan Stein an- swering the question Is Anti- Semitism Dead? ' The Artist Lecture Series in- cluded the Tamburitzan ' s singing and dancing, Dave Brubeck enter- taining with his music and the Norman Luboff choir helping MC celebrate Christmas. Movies such as The Bridge Over The River Kwai , Z , and Can Can were shown as For- eign Classic films. This year ' s convos were also composed of Senior Series, Facul- ty Series and other entertaining and educational experiences for the students of MC and its com- munity. Rebecca Bishop entertained with drama and theatrics during her Senior Series. The Zucchini Brothers perform budding Students who visited the Dominican Republic with Dr. Miller re-enact the church service flower during Al Tripp ' s Senior Series, they attended there during Miller ' s Faculty Series. 28 Convocations

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|im Boean raps with Rob Moon in Reader ' s ,. » .»• . . . «» Theatre BlacK HistoTy Motith AFFRO Club Celebrates During February, the campus was filled with activities that set out to celebrate Black History Month. It was a time to become exposed to the black culture while enjoying various forms of entertainment. Throughout the month, 1400 people attended the events, indi- cating a campuswide genuine in- terest to learn about each other and racial groups. Malcolm Kittrell, Jan Taylor, and Melissa Hamlette put on a skit about inter-racial families. Damon Logan charms the audience with Whitney Houston ' s hit song, Greatest Love of All. Double Take Al Herring, Coordinator of Minority Affairs, took part in AFFRO Club Reader ' s Theatre. He spoke of many things in- cluding his own personal ex- perience of growing up under the influence of Martin Luther King Jr.

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M ■ dnj ' - ' i ' ' • jH m» . iT - ' k - V — ■ ' -a ' ■ ' ■ .. ' Tf ,« ail .— - - f ; .v - V. - — ■ — «9r - w - - i. - - - ' .-« . A 1 a..«v - — - ■ . r 1 t 9tuJ- The student body looks on as President Helman delivers his opening address. Kevin Yaussy gets serious and tells some of his values and ideas as part of his Senior Series. Double Take Each year four convocations are reserved for Senior Series. From among their fellow classmen, four seniors are elected to give convos. I was surprised! was Malcolm Kittrell ' s reaction when he learned he had been chosen. Mal- colm used his time on stage to portray a translator for two inner- city rival gang leaders on a make- believe talk show and to talk about his father which brought tears to many ' s eyes.