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

 - Class of 1985

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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.

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1 Renowned author of Roots ' Alex Haley speaks on The Family: Find the Good and Praise It. i Madalyn Murray O ' Hair fields questions from the audience. f Lynn Bundesen shoots Madalyn Murray O ' Hair a skeptical glance during their discussion of separation of church and state. Nobody in the world can do what a grandparent can, Alex Haley declared. Campus Life 29

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