Illinois Wesleyan University - Wesleyana Yearbook (Bloomington, IL)

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ul am somebody is not enough, it is the who and the what. Speaking in convo- cation, former Cornell University poet- in-residence Don L. Lee urged black stu- dents to sustain and further create an ongoing and working black culture. Culture is the sustaining force of any nation, and we black people have let others guide us . . . White nationalism is our teacher and white nationalism is our philosophy . . . The most effective weapon against us is education . . . We are Africans who for the most part have been controlled and directed by white European culture. Everything the white world does concerns us, however remote. A culture must control itself. That is why the most important factor is the next generation of black college students. There must be a committment in college. There may be courses that are irrele- vant, but it is going to take some of that irrelevancy for survival. That is what we are talking aboutf' Stop romanticizing the black revolution. Can you create as well as you can wreck? Can you teach as well as you dress? . . . Change is the on-going process of the definition of the soul . . . The watchword is culture . . . We need producers of positive change, No one is going to do it for us. ln every area of American life, housing health, education, transportation, the welfare state does much more for the rich that it does for the poor. The Politics of Poverty was the topic of Dr. Michael Harrington's convocation. In welfare, only one-third of the people entitled to welfare receive it, and those who do get only half of what they need. In health, the Medicare and Medic-aid programs have the effect of driving up the cost of medicine, thus improving the health of one group at the expense of another. Also with the uneven distri- bution of health funds, the quality of health in the United States is going down. The infant mortality and child- hood morbidity rates are rising, and it is the poor who feel the effects first and most seriously. Every American should have the right to work and the right to a decent income. We should not look on the poor as a burden on society. They are a tremendous resourse we are wasting?

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Ti-Grace Atkinson spoke to 500 people in the Main Lounge one September eve- ning. The former head of the National Organization for Women dealt with the issue of sexism in American society, in its law enforcement, religious institutions educational establishments, and in the mind-sets of the vast majority of its citizens. Exploitation, sexploitation, the need for extra-uterine reproduction, HAH churches will have to go . . . What has religion ever done for women? , the womanis image slandered in advertising, police brutality practiced upon prostitutes for whom no one will fight or to whom no one will offer real help, the social crime of marriage, and more. Where are your heads at, girls? Will you acknowledge your sisterhood? James Farmer was the Founder's Day Convocation speaker. The former head of the Congress on Racial Equality and recent Undersecretary of Health, Educa- tion and Welfare told how everything has changed, only everything's the same. Conditioned racism is a fact of American society. People must be made aware of this effect. It is impossible for a white to grow up without some feeling of supremacy, blacks are taught self-rejec- tion and self-hate. The young have changed that inferior feeling to Black is beautiful. One needs to love one's self to love others. America is a pluralistic culture, not a melting pot. We are a country of hyphe- nated people. Americans need to sense their heritages and be willing to work together. From a letter in the ARGUS from the Black Student Association: . . . To our great dissatisfaction, unlike other Founder,s Day speakers, flames Farmerj was not awarded an honorary doctoral degree. It strikes us as being quite strange that this particular year would be chosen to dispense with the customary ritual . . . It seems it, uh, didn't occur to them what makes the choice.

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Lujack graces campus An ARGUS Feature, by Linda Rourke: In the hope it will preserve for you the flavor of the occasion. Cool, heavy sounds permeated the surrounding atmosphere of the fieldhouse Saturday night emitting vibrations pierc- ing the souls of those listening to the 6'Shotgun Expressf, Literally layers of audience: Sitters, onlookers and dancing participants were awed by the harmony and instrumentality of this rock group as they played Pay My Dues and Crosby, Stills and Nash's Long Time Gonef' Seven members jamming and using a tambourine, maracas, drums, trumpet, sax bass guitar, flute and electric guitar produced a sound which flowed with a fierce beat ebbing into a sweet rhythm. One of the backup singer's voice actually flowed into the flute music producing such an effect as it was difficult to distinguish between the two. When the first set was over the emcee, WLS,s Hlovable Super Jock Larry Lujack initiated a Hpick up the survey on the floor with Chris Stevens' pic and you win yourself a Bobby Sherman Christmas Album contestf, He then introduced the rock group Alice and Omarf, Alice and Omar on organs, two guitar- ists and a drummer beat out the notes of Stoned Soul Picnic? Screeching emitted from long blond-haired Alice was drowned out by the ego tripping, ear splitting drummer. Her supposedly sexy gyrations did nothing to improve the situation as her stiff imitation of Janis fthe greatj Joplin came off as the epitome of a sick little Alice in Wonderland. Once, while sitting and gyrating through a short song, she appeared to be attemting to break loose from her chair. Lujack reappeared, his old effervescent self, and gathered up volunteers for a talent contest. The first contestant balanced a paper airplane on the tip of his nose and received a round of applause. Super Jock, a new Eewoo tradition, introduces Mr. Muscles, at top, then confides his findings to Linda Rourke. Entertainment of the highest calibre is the order of the day when WLS Chicago radio DJ Lujack hits campus.