Ball State University - Orient Yearbook (Muncie, IN)

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SN cee te a te hye bs scsltahtaasinimemmmenen acumen re . ii ica ent A. Saturday Robert Coatie, assistant director of student programs, and Angie Holmes, student program graduate assistant, plan proposals to present before the assembly that afternoon. B. The University Senate group, composed of Alexis Olson, Alice Bennett, associate professor of biology, Polly Phillips, and KathyMack add amendments to the earlier proposals. C. Saturday morning started with breakfast and discussions in the dining hall. D. Relaxing from the planrting and discussion sessions, the group gets together Saturday evening for a hot dog roast.

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UNI-LEAD reviews now campus issues UNI-LEAD. Unity and leadership com- bined to encourage participants to improve their campus and community. It is as simple as that. For seven years students, faculty and ad- ministrators have gathered for a weekend every fall to discuss what leadership is, what it should be and what it can accomplish. It started in 1965 as a conference for stu- dent organization officers. UNI-LEAD now, in its second year, was opened to all inter- ested students. Through the exchange and development of ideas, those involved sought answers to campus and community con- cerns. This year’s conference at Epworth Forest in North Webster, Indiana, drew some 75 students and 20 faculty and administrators together to discuss problems facing Ball State. During Saturday morning's warm-up ses- sion, participants expressed artistically what UNI-LEAD meant to them. Ten colleges represented the hope that these 95 people would find some answers, if only partial, to the problems they would later attack. At mid-morning, the “University Game”’ was explained. The game’s purpose was to make participants consider the problems and potential of university ‘‘political’’ life, to show how power and status affect decision- making, to demonstrate how power can be exerted through groups and to build and de- velop analytical skills. Participants were assigned a role to play in one of nine groups. During the morning, groups developed proposals for improving the university and community which they thought their own and other groups would support. After lunch, the proposals were presented and explained. The parking problem around Ball State’s campus was an issue of the ‘“Stu- dent Senate.” The “University Senate’ wanted to see a raise in teachers’ salaries. And the “Student Pressure Coalition” was in favor of revamping the present faculty eval- uation system. At the final general session Saturday after- noon, the group proposals were considered and voted upon. “Should Ball State have a registered pharmacist to dispense prescrip- tion drugs?”’ ‘Should Ball State raise faculty salaries by five per cent?’ ‘Should the Health Center provide students with contra- ceptives?’’ To ‘‘win’”’ a group had to receive 45 influence points and the approval of the administrators and Board of Trustees. Saturday evening, participants again im- mersed themselves in some of Ball State’s and Muncie’s problems. Scott Fisher, assist- ant professor of natural resources, and Paul Gipe of ENACT explained what each parti- cipant could do to protect the environment. Tony Edgerton of ACTION encouraged stu- dents to get involved with the community while Mike White of Aquarius House dis- cussed the drug problem in Muncie. The 1972 UNI-LEAD Conference closed with a midnight service by Father Ron Voss. It was then, when all were gathered as one, that the reason for UNI-LEAD was realized. Only through unity will leadership succeed and problems be solved.

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Red, white and blue bunting poles sus- pended from the ceiling carrying delegate states’ names and caricatures of the Presi- dential candidates were used to convey the theme, “The Vote,’’ of the Folk Festival. The caricatures were later raffled off for ten cents per chance. During the Fest, the hall was converted into a convention center. The 700-strong audience sang, clapped and listened intently as some 30-40 groups and individual acts entertained with various talents. Music ranged from originals to Blue Grass, James Taylor and Peter, Paul and Mary. Some were left to sing in the darkness as the lights died several times due to an over- loaded fuse box. The sixth annual event was co-sponsored by the Newman Parish Council and the Friends of Folk. The Fest originally was designed to provide an outlet for those who made and those who enjoyed folk music. The 1972 Fest continued to express and re- music, the entertainers and those who cared enough to attend. Folk Festival ... the people’s choice ... use ‘political’ atmosphere juvinate the message that is carried by the To revive folk music