Graceland University - Acacia Yearbook (Lamoni, IA)

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30! Year in Review MfAfSi'H Ends February 28, 1983, was the end of an era. After 11 years as one of the most popular television series ever, M A S H came to an end. When it was first shown on September 17, 72, people were caught in the senseless horrors of the Viet Nam war, and M Ai'S'tH was a way to explore war's effects on human lives in a less threatening context. Alan Alda, Loretta Swit, Iamie Farr, and the rest of the cast showed humor used to cope with suffering, and grew in under- standing of themselves and each other. Through them, viewers could explore their own needs and desires, and M A S'tI-I made its way into people's hearts. But all good things must come to an end. After 11 years, 14 Emmys and 99 nominations, and numerous changes in the cast, the Korean war finally came to an end. The 21!z hour final episode was surrounded by public- ity and pageantry throughout the country, and Graceland was no ex- ception. COSA sponsored a MASH BASH dance, and showed the final episode on a giant screen in the The Year in Movies This year, like any other year, the movie industry had its way with us at the box office despite high un- employment and inflation. I guess here in the United States we are lured by the mystery, reality, and excitement that the industry uses to entice us. However, we don't al- ways take the bait. There are good movies, poor movies, excellent movies, and movies that are good . . . but nobody hears about. TOOTSIE My favorite movie this year had to be Tootsie It was funny, serious, and dealt with a controversial subject in such a subtle manner that if you didn't realize what was going on you might have missed the point. I'm sure it was a real chal- lenge for Dustin Hoffman to play the role of a female soap opera star. He's been around a long time, but there is just something magical WX, 1 Q Rob Reid and Terri Bozarth visit Rosie's Bar at the MASH Bash. iPhoto: Rob Andersonl MSC. IPC videotaped it, and showed it again for history students and playcast members who had classes scheduled during the broad- cast. M A S H captured attention because M A S'H spoke, in some way, to everyone. and funny that is created when a man puts on women's clothes on TV, in a skit, or in a movie, espec- ially when it's incongruent to the man's image. I thought this movie was the best I've seen all year. What else can be said? GANDHI This movie will become a classic of our time that will rank right up there with The Ten Command- ments. It did deserve the Oscar that it won, but it had to be a close race. This movie shed new light for those of us living in paradise on another part of this world that isn't so fortunate. It also told the story of oneof the greatest men that ever lived, Mahatma Gandhi. E.T. One of the films of the summer of '82 that retained its popularity on into the fall and winter was E.T. This movie had a subtle message, a few surprises, and if you

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In Review '5'44'fl1f N0 NUKES!!! .. 00111 2 04149 Y Q Q aeolllillmgl ee, 2 61, Q, 0 neo GK , Yi Q v Q-N Push for Nuclear Freeze Graceland students Cindy Beebe and Karen Maxam participated in a nationwide Citizen's Lobby effort in Washington, D.C., in support of a nuclear freeze on March 7th and 8th. Karen and Cindy took with them over 200 proxies and several letters from other Graceland stu- dents who also support the freeze. The lobby was held to encourage congress to pass a freeze resolution. The nuclear freeze movement is a grassroots effort on the part of ordi- nary citizens who are concerned about the safety of the world if nuclear arms proliferation contin- ues. Under the proposed resolution, the U.S. and U.S.S.R. would agree On an immediate freeze of nuclear weapons arsenals, and be urged to Sign a verifiable nuclear freeze treaty. Supporters of the freeze contend that United States and So- viet stockpiles of nuclear weapons are approximately equivalent. Con- sidering that either country has 9f10Ugh power to destroy the world Several times over, the thought of being able to win a nuclear war is inconceivable, and the only sane approach is to quit making weapons. Opponents of the freeze, led by President Reagan, say that there is not a balance of nuclear power at the present time. The United States is inferior in quantity and quality of weapons, and a freeze at the present time would lock us into that inferior position and be a serious threat to national security. In addition, a commitment to the freeze would undermine bargaining efforts with the Soviet Union. It is unclear which set of assump- tions is correct. We will probably never be sure how U.S. and U.S.S.R. arsenals compare. But it is clear that the freeze movement has demonstrated a deep concern about nuclear arms. In November of 1982, over 500 towns, several dozen cities, and 9 states adopted referen- dums calling for a freeze. Church groups, including the RLDS world conference, the American Catholic bishops, and the Iowa United Methodist conference, have demon- strated their support for the freeze. If the movement keeps the people's concern for the world evident to the administration, and prods government officials into pursuing negotiations more energetically, it will be successful. Year in Review!29