Marquette University - Hilltop Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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16 It's Wednesday, July 1,1970! Gather up Jimmy, Jack and Joe, join the talent round-up. Round ’em up, bring 'em in. Everybody is sure to win. Step right up, here we go. Oh, what a rodeo! Bring along Eddie, Bob and Bill. Ask everybody on the hill. We’re going to have a great big thrill. Join the talent round-up. Roll call. Count off now. Number 1 July 9th Six hundred thousand 19 year olds’ futures were determined Number 2 December 24th in a scientifically devised lottery. Number 3 July 25th Two capsules at a time. Red—birthdate, green—order of induction. Number 4 July 29th Numbers one through 185 consider yourselves eligible. Number 5 October 21st There are hopes of compulsory service ending by 1973. Number 6 November 17th Faulty equipment delayed the scheduled drawing. Number 7 June 8th Otherwise the ceremony ended without incident, unlike last December. Number 8 April 21st Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you ...

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The summer also bore witness to Marquette's first Faculty Forum. The theme of the meeting was generated by the issues which precipitated the spring strike. For the first time, the faculty gathered to discuss an issue of vital importance to the future of the university. Those involved questioned the extent to which our “commitment to intellectual and moral excellence warrants an official university stand on publicly disputed issues. Re-directing the nation's priorities has become the newest cliche of our time. Students who harbored a genuine concern for that cause remained disorganized and helpless until the establishment in May of the Movement for a New Congress. Following its birth at Princeton, MNC blossomed to include 322 campus chapters. Its purpose was to organize voter support for peace candidates through massive student drives. It had vowed to work within the system for constructive political reform. The Marquette chapter of MNC was established in June. Its first step was to support Bus. Ad. assistant professor Les Aspin in his bid for a seat in Wisconsin’s first congressional district.

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Sometime over the summer, the Coordinating Committee reviewed the experimental “doors closed” intervisitation policy of the 1970 spring semester and presented a revised policy to Marquette University president John Raynor, SJ. This revised policy designated specific intervisitation hours on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. It also established that lights must be on, doors ajar and a counselor on each floor plus a student host assigned to supervise the signing-in of guests. Raynor approved the revised plan which went into effect for the fall 1970 semester. The Coordinating Committee is strictly an advisory body to the president of the university. There are ten people on the committee representing University Relations, Business and Finance, Academic Affairs and Student Affairs. Unfortunately the only reoresentative of the students is Dr. James Scott, vice-president of Student Affairs. It makes one wonder where the university's priorities lie. The student body left the campus last spring assuming that the same experimental policy of intervisitation would be in effect upon their return. Over the summer the administrative mind hashed over intervisitation; at times the thought of not extending intervisitation arose. The Coordinating Committee was reluctant to extend intervisitation without first investigating the entire residence hall program. But, alas, the summer was not an adequate time to study residence hall problems. The Coordinating Committee seemed to ignore the fact that the parents consented to intervisitation by responding to approval forms sent out by the Student Affairs office last year. The Committee on Student Life also approved the intervisitation plan. Why then did the Coordinating Committee skirt these opinions and devise a plan that restricts rather than encourages the community spirit that personifies “home ? Perhaps the Coordinating Committee did not comprehend the depressive dormitory atmosphere. A more open-minded intervisitation policy would provide the student with the opportunity to identify the dormitory as a home rather than just a place to stay. Perhaps the cement jungle would then become a pleasant place, a home that encouraged a relaxed atmosphere. With this policy of intervisitation, students living in dormitories have very little opportunity to practice hospitality that is such an integral part of home. 17