Illinois Wesleyan University - Wesleyana Yearbook (Bloomington, IL)

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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.

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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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An organist sang of what to do when she forgets to take her pillf' Third was a bad comedian. We were then confronted by the next entrant's tap dancing to Do Wa Diddy. One muscular embodiment was asked by Lujack, You've got a nice body. What do you do with it? We then suf- fered through IO one-handed pushups and two-handed warm-up pushups fol- lowed by muscleman poses. When ap- pealed to by the crowd to cause desist to this display, Super Jock shouted back, I'm not going to tell him to quit, did you see his arms? You tell him to quit. He can stay up here all night as far as lim concernedf, Following this display of epidermis came the one and only female contestant. Explaining that she had composed her poetic contribution that afternoon while taking a shower, Lujack commented, Probably if you came out as you were when you wrote it you'd have been a lot betterfl Next came an imitation of John Wayne's walk and voice as well as John- ny Cashls Orange Blossom Specialfl followed by another's struggle to walk like a chicken. Introducing the next entry, Lujack stated, Watch closely as these gentlemen pick their respective noses, or is it each other's? Two students then proceeded to do so, first touching their noses, then their chins with the tips of their tongues. Final act was of a Hampshire hog in heat which in actuality was a hog call. A run off of the top three contenders ended in the hog caller taking first place and the airplane balancer running a close second. Shotgun Expressn emerged playing a good instrumental version of I Get By With a Little Help From My Friends. The title was sung in high Tiny Tim fashion by one singer whose question, f'What would you do if I sang out of tune? was accompanied by a funeral dirge from the organ, perhaps prophetic of what we'd do if he did. One silver-slippered older woman was spotted doing something reminiscent ofa cross between the Twist, Frug and shak- ing ants out of her dress. Together she and her partner looked like they were Lujack again, here flanked at left by Chester Finney and on right by Lyle Schopp, both former Eewoo Security Officers, now County Sherriffs men. working out for the next track meet. Alice and Omer dared to show their faces again. Alice playing a cowbell, was accompanied by a guitarist who kept lifting his leg as if at a fire hydrant. Once, we actually heard singing voices. I couldn't make out what they were singing, but who cares, I heard them! My deceiving eyes noticed many bodies departing as Alice continued to gurgle at the mike. Near the end they beat out a good song and the drummer cooled it for awhile, but suddenly he rampaged, break- ing a drumstick in the process. Unfortunately, he had a spare. Just before I left they had a fairly good jam session with Alice smacking sticks together, the guitarist pounding amplified bongos, lead fingered Omar on the organ, a musician nimbly plucking guitar strings, and Drummer Boy doing his thing. My only comment of leaving was swiped from Larry Lujack: This whole experien has enriched my life immeasurablyf'