Louisiana State University - Gumbo Yearbook (Baton Rouge, LA)

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Rocky Holland lets the Free Speech Alley audience know that one ex-D.A. tried everything to get elected, in his opinion. ThisFree! putt money Alley participants are familiar with hearing The Sound and The Fury by Hope Snell 1984 marked the 20th anniversary of a univer- sity tradition Free Speech Alley. The Alley has served as an open forum for numerous and varied speakers. From pacifists to Ku Klux Klan advocates to evangelists, the Alley has offered them all an avenue for speech. Football seating was the biggest thing that happened this semester, said Alley Moderator JeffDuhe. Unhappy with the administration ' s change of policy on student seating at football games, about 1,500 students gathered at the Alley. Chancellor James Wharton appeared at the Chancellor James Wharton hangs around on campus . in effigy. The uncensored rhetoric of Free Speech Alley leaves Eudoro Van Der Biest smiling in disbelief. gathering to answer questions on thepolicy, but students who were not satisfied with his explana- tions marched to the office of Athletic Director Bob Broadhead to protest. Shouting, heckling or applause may greet anyone who elects to address the Alley. Simply by signing your name any Wednesday afternoon, you can join the line of speakers and take your chances. Peter Zwick, chairman of the Department of Political Science, has seen changes in the character of Free Speech Alley during his years at LSU. The times generate the content of the Alley. he said. Regardless of the content, Zwick added, the most important aspect of the Alley is that when an open forum is needed, it ' s there. 26 Campus Life -

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No publisher ever went looking under the bed for talent, Kurt Vonnegut warned would-be writ ers. Guest speakers on campus shared their ideas on different worlds of experience, giving students fresh insights and Unexpected Glimpses by Mary Beth Kammann The Perspective Speaker Series featured a broad group of interesting people during the year. The series is sponsored by the Ideas and Issues Union Committee, who invite people of national and international repute and drastically differing points of view to provoke thought and stimulate interest within the university community. Alex Haley was the first speaker who came to campus. He emphasized the importance of the family. Try to create within your family a history, he advised. The family historians become the most honored members of the family. Novelist Kurt Vonnegut spoke on How to Get A Job Like Mine. Vonnegut is the author of such sarcastic and witty works as Jailbird, Slaughterhouse Five, and Cat ' s Cradle. He addressed a sold-out crowd in the Union Theatre, as latecomers asked ticket-holders to sell their tickets for up to 20. Madalyn Murray O ' Hair and Lynne Bundesen discussed the separation of church and state. O ' Hair began her struggle for church state separation in 1959. Bundesen writes a popular column on Women and Religion. The U.S. ' s toughest customer, Ralph Nader, spoke on Corporate Power in America. He talked about the growing imperialism of multi-national corporations. Nader urged con- sumers to step beyond reform and aim for economic self-determination. The series concluded with a debate between anti-feminist Phyllis Schlafly and former senator Eugene McCarthy on women ' s issues. 28 Campus Life Novelist Kurt Vonnegut advises students on the short-cuts to getting a job like his.