Creighton University - Bluejay Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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welcome week Sunday evening of Welcome Week was reserved for a concert by the Byrds in the Music Hall. Dissatisfied with the country-rock music the Byrds were sing- ing, some students walked out during the concert. 24

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Freshmen and transfer students arrived on campus Sunday, Sept. 7, with orientation beginning the next day. The annual President ' s Reception was held Sunday in the East Quadrangle for the students and their parents. Parents ' orientation was in the gym. Organization heads explained their groups and tried to interest the frosh. Campus leaders spoke to the new students at several luncheons, group sessions and informal gatherings. The week ' s evenings were filled with a movie, mixers. Casino Night and A Night at the Bitter End. The first all-university concert featuring the Byrds was held on the last night. Fitted between all the scheduled activities was fall registration. Welcome Week ' 69 ended with the beginning of classes and some freshmen still complained of Omaha, regis- tration, too many speeches and the length of the orientation. Use only a ballpoint pen. Print on all forms. Fill in all blanks. Pick up an activity card. May I see your I.D.? IMevtf students wined, dined and then some The annual fall and spring registration rusfi is held in the gym. Students must work out their own schedules by working around closed sections and filled classes. Faculty signatures are required for all upper-division courses. 23

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Representatives of the faculty, Student Board of Governors and the administration stand for the presentation of the flag in the Music Hall of the Omaha Civic Auditorium. All univer- sity classes were dismissed for Convocation. Fr. Linn, Hobbins call for new awareness The President ' s Convocation was held Oct. 7. Talks were given by the late Rev. H. W. Linn, S.J., university president, and Bob Hobbins, president of the Student Board of Governors. Nineteen men were named to Alpha Sigma Nu and 34 women were named to Gamma Pi Epsilon, the two national Jesuit student honor societies. Strong statements on racism and a call for continued communication between all segments of the univer- sity highlighted the afternoon. Fr. Linn said the time has come to admit openly, freely and in the hope of future understanding that racial bigotry exists at Creighton. He said our common task this year must be to erase it from the institution and to make ourselves Christian in the most fundamental sense of the word. He pledged Creighton to a continued dialogue between faculty, students and administrators in the free search for truth. I feel that the curricular offerings of our university need further study and evaluation to meet the chal- lenges of our time and to measure up to the needs of our student body, he said. Hobbins said student attendance at Convocation was especially important. Those in student government saw it as a great point of departure for increased stu- dent influence in university planning. The late Very Rev. Henry W. Linn, S.J., university presi- dent spoke out on the campus racism issue. 25