University of Notre Dame - Dome Yearbook (Notre Dame, IN)

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Hard To Get Out Without Speaking Your Piece Utter Sensations M I ost of us grew up knowing that you never mentioned cer- tain topics over lunch or with new acquaintances. You were re- minded not to breach the sub- jects of religion or politics with your relatives for there was sure to be an argument. In an attempt to keep students informed of current thoughts and changes, however, Notre Dame invited speakers to address the very topics students were taught to avoid. Theologian Hans Rung spoke of controver- sial Catholic issues while author Eli Wiesel combined religion and politics in his remembrances and warnings about the Holocaust and anti-semitism. Former Senator George McGovern criti- cized the Moral Majority, a polit- ical group with religious foun- dations, and the effect it had on CONTROVERSIAL CATHOLICISM. Theologian Rev. Hans Rung spoke in De- cember regarding A Christian Orienta- tion in Disoriented Society. Some facul- ty members and students protested Kung ' s appearance on campus because of his stand on several Church issues. We must fight anti- semitism, we must fight it for mankind. Unless we re- member, the future is lost. Eli Wiesel Author of Night his latest political campaign. Activitist Ralph Nader spoke about the lack of consumer education and the rights of con- sumers. Photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt opened the Snite Museum ' s exhibit of Life photos and catalogued the religion and politics of World War II and Nazi concentration camps. Survivor of four Nazi concen- tration camps, Eli Wiesel is now the Andrew Mellon Professor at Boston University and author of the book Night. Discussing his latest book, Five Biblical Por- traits, Wiesel emphasized the humanity of biblical characters from which modern men could come to understand the world. Writing for future generations, Wiesel stressed, We must fight anti-semitism . . . we must fight it for mankind. In respect to both religion and politics, WiesePs wisdom was summed up in his words, Unless we remem- ber, the future is lost. A con- troversial theologian, Rev. Hans Kung delivered a lecture enti- tled, On what can we rely? A Christian Orientation in a Dis- oriented Society. In answer to this dilemma, Kung felt that Christians could look to Jesus Christ as an historical fig- ure. He told his Washington Hall audience that people need a fun- damental Christian orientation to guide them because ethical questions overpower possible human capabilities. On issues of priestly celibacy, women ' s ordination, and remarriage after divorce, Kung noted that if Jesus PHOTOGENIC. Legendary photo- grapher Alfred Eisenstaedt opened the Snite Museum ' s exhibit Life The First Decade which included many of his own photographs. Later in the week, his lecture included a slide presentation, entitled The First Fifty Years, cata- loguing his photography career. came back today, He would not have passed such harsh judge- ments on people, prohibiting them in the manner which the Catholic Church now does. Activist Ralph Nader spoke in October and encouraged greater student awareness. Warning against advertising tactics, Nad- er suggested that a course in consumer rights should be re- quired in a college curriculum. Nader also pondered the ethics of advertising and the role of government in protecting con- sumers. Addressing Conservatism in America, George McGovern, a former Senator from South Dakota, criticized the radical right movement in America. He questioned the methods used to ensure his defeat in his 1980 reelection campaign. Right wing activist groups organized a Target McGovern campaign and gave him a zero in a morality rating survey. McGovern con- tended that Moral Majority proponents are trying to set themselves up as a self- righteous group to judge com- plex problems with simplistic answers. In October, photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt appeared in concurrence with the opening of the Snite Museum ' s exhibit, Life The First Decade. Pre- senting about 200 slides of his photos, Eisentadaedt com- mented on his role as a photo- journalist while covering such events as the Holocaust and the Spanish Civil War. His presenta- tion, entitled The First Fifty Years, encompassed the first half-century of the photog- rapher ' s career. In addressing topics from theology to photography, from conservatism to activism, Notre Dame and its honored lecturers ventured to speak of what was traditionally unspeakable while broadening the academic scope of the University and providing some utterly sensational in- sights. Jane Barber Speakers 25

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HAND SIGNALS. Author and concentra- tion camp survivor, Eli Wiesel gestures a warning against anti-semitism and forgetting the Holocaust horrors for fear that it could happen again. OUT IN LEFT FIELD. Former Senator George McGovern spoke on Conserva- tism in America and atacked Moral Majority proponents for trying to set themselves up as a self-righteous group to judge complex problems with simplis- tic answers. 24 Speakers

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HARD TO GET OUT w ithout Meeting Deadlines A Review Session t . t J N otre Dame students are in constant review, whether it be reviewing a semester ' s worth of notes for a final exam or looking back over a disappointing foot- ball season. Graduating doesn ' t cure this tendency to review as proven at each football Saturday when droves of alumni return to relive their college years. In this tradition, the Dome 1982 year- book and the Scholastic maga- zine reviewed Notre Dame life constantly, recording its events and moods, and analyzing its issues and changes. The Dome 1982 staff, under the editorship of Ann Hardie, re- viewed the legends of Notre Dame. Living on no sleep and Huddle food alone, the staff met five deadlines spanning from September to February. Copy editor Barbara Bridges re- viewed endless sheets of rework- ed and retyped copy until each sentence said as much as it pos- sibly could. Business manager Tina Ross reviewed the books discovering the red truth that the University ' s budget alloca- tions were less than Hunter ' s bill. Sports editor Paul Mugsy Froetscher made the best of a bad football season and an even worse basketball season. Academics editor Jane Barber showed how hard it is to get into Notre Dame and how hard it is to get out without a little studying and involvement once here. Stu- dent Life editors Patty Jacques and Mary Powel Jabaley cata- logued extra-classroom life from concerts to coeducation, from Bookstore Basketball to Badin. Seniors editor Lou Ritten con- vinced as many seniors as possi- ble that they ought to be in pic- tures and intermingled features on the current N.D. legends among the Class of ' 82 ' s portraits and majors. Shooting almost 1500 feet of film, photography editors Chris Barlock and Jim Klocke answered to the editors ' calls to capture N.D. life in the click of a 26 Dome-Scholastic Our main emphasis is on providing the opportunity and freedom to talk more clearly about Christianity, its values and our growth in it. Chuck Wood Editor, Scholastic shutter. With the theme of A Legend On Our Own Street, Ann Hardie led the book to incorporate the little things on campus which are not always in public view, but which are also legendary. Notre Dame is not just a Golden Dome but the people who go here. New characteristics of this personality were an untradition- al cover and a weekend work- shop. With professionals in year- book journalism Nancy Pat- terson handling the copy depart- ment and Jim Sweeney impart- ing photographic wisdom and wit the staff learned to erase words that suck the life out of copy and to adhere to the theory of thirds in shooting and cropping. For the 6950 ordered copies, the Ed Board decided to have printed a dust jacket cre- ated by professional artist James Wainwright. Wainwright worked with the staff to high- light in a thematic mural the different legends of Notre Dame ' s past and present. The ten issues of the Scholastic magazine, Volume 123, reviewed the more timely issues and im- ages of N.D. life. Two-time editor Chuck Wood said, A lot of people refer to Scholastic as the literary magazine. It ' s actually more a mediating publication. The news is more thoughtful and analyzed deeper than is possible in The Observer. In its history it has ranged from a purely literary magazine such as the Juggler to a total sports orientation like an on- campus Sports Illustrated to an all-news magazine before the birth of The Observer. Advised by Father Mario Pedi and printed at Ave Maria Press, the Scholastic, under Wood ' s gui- dance, strove to reflect more directly that this is at least nomi- nally a Catholic institution or at least a Christian university. The staff of thirteen editors and twenty-five production people work on an approximately $40,000 budget and put out an issue of reflective essays and perspectives more personal than the news. Editor Wood indicates the magazine ' s mood is still ques- tioning but more positive than before. The main emphasis is on providing the opportunity and freedom to talk more clearly about Christianity, its values and our growth in it. Another innovation this year is the creation of the General Manager post. Clay Malaker, first to hold the position, over- saw the budget and advertising so Wood could devote his atten- tion to the writing editors in de- cisions about the magazine ' s content. With a circulation of 7300, the magazine does reserve about nine to ten of its 32 pages for creative writing. That leaves four pages for the Gallery and the rest is devoted to on and off-campus news, opinion and analysis. The Scholastic magazine takes a look at the way students live and comments on it, especially in the editor ' s popu- lar Last Word column. Reviewing traditional events or new happenings, year-long trends or month-long issues, the Dome 1982 and the Scholastic magazine offer a view of Notre Dame in retrospect. Putting in late hours, the staffs of the two publications funded by Student Activities, record and analyze N.D. life to ensure that life under the Golden Dome will be pre- served ten years from now. Jane Barber