Lake Forest College - Forester Yearbook (Lake Forest, IL)

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1- 'W - .-.-.4 2 A i im' 'Q' Where Were You on Tuesday Morning at 10:30'? The 1986-87 Convocation Series in- cluded a diverse selection of speakers who addressed significant and often controversial issues. En- thusiastic student responses reflected the growing popularity of this tradi- tional weekly series. During the fall semester, a special Visiting Historians sequence brought to the college Professor Leon Litwack, a Pulitzer Prize win- ning author, who presented a multi- media show. A sports historian, Professor Benjamin Rader of the University of Nebraska, presented Where Have You Gone Joe Dimaggio? Modern American Heroism Revisited. Another Convocation highlight in the fall was a reading by Rita Dove, the 1986 poet-in-residence, Annual events included student. govern- ment debates in November and a Town Meeting with President Hotchkiss and Members of the Senior Staff. Many of the Spring Convocations dealt with pertinent contemporary issues. An especially popular speaker was Jimmy Piersall, an ex- The College's own Professor .Ieong addresses a spring semester crowd. major league baseball player, who presented a program on drug and alcohol abuse. Another current issue was addressed in A Discus- sion on the Relationship Between the Church and Apartheid in South Africa, led by Frederick Hale of Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary. Adding diversity to the schedule was Dean Bailey Donnally's Photographic Tour of the Animals of East Africa, which was particu- larly well received. Two very interesting visiting speakers were Professor Nikola Koljevic, of the University of Sarajevo, and Professor Katsuhiko Ochida, ofTokyo University. Ochida, in a program with Professor David Strauss of Kalamazoo College, addressed perceptions of Japanese and American college students in the final convocation of the academic year. Student and faculty alike have gained and will continue to gain from these convocations, which provide an informative and enter- taining supplement to academic life at Lake Forest College. Sophomore Pam Bonnie delivers her campaign speech at the annual Student Government convo. Visiting historian Benjamin Rader makes a point. 29