Saint Ambrose College - Oaks Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

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GAPIBLING m N9 M Q. xi 'N z Nm. Two smiling Ambrose students, Nancy Blough and Brigid Duffy fpictured to the leftj, exchange real greenery for gambling Billy Bucks while Patty Kil- lian flaunts her wares.' Cigars! Cigarettes! Mike DeWol1f card dealer fpictured belowj, gets ready to show the determining card to the anxious players. The C Notes I pictured below leftj performed several broadway hits before an appreciative crowd. These soon to be famous stars include, from left to right, Ed Nemmers, Teresa Thomas, Steve O'Connell, Carol Ann Chouteau, John Ruess, Christine Martin. 5118155

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MARDI GRAS FF - vue ' ' SAA---2 f -Q eg, DR I, 2 98 5 so HUN 1 Q, 1' 0 G Y? 1: l yr X5 ,g , 3' 1 rg :,- ,L ONE. 882 U - i Nt., rn Q Q r Y I . lg? In the Spring of 1982, the Alumni Associ- ation andthe Student Government Associ- ation joined forces to sponsor a Mardi Gras Fundraiser on campus. The night's festivities included a buffet dinner, music, gambling, dancing, a silent auction, and just plain socializing. Ambrose students worked busily as waitresses, bartenders, and card dealers, using Billy Bucks fpic- tured abovej as the monetary denomina- tion. Prizes for the silent auction ranged from three credit hours at St. Ambrose College to a gourmet meal aboard a house- boat for twenty. The proceeds made were for the new athletic center to be built in the far corner of the campus. JP , , g .L w...nQ ann l '1i n!0Mlil W 1 f Li l l 'Y i , we ., X 'll . l l 1 W IX 1 M - .gsm .--f- '-'i F ' ' A' or F-fe S ---' : ffdgag' 'giffi' 8 he ll? Ci Miyuki It ' MT5- -,...1fQ' gig!!-,

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I N CR EASE PAC. Both St. Ambrose College and its stu- dents participated in efforts to demon- state their concern about the arms build-up going on within the U. S, Out of the many events that occurred, Eve were of great importance and demon- strated a growing number of students' concern for this issue, Although these Eve events were unrelated to each oth- er, they all possess a common theme: the U,S, must stop the senseless nuclear arms escalation that is taking place in America today. These events included a speech given by former U. S. Senator Dick Clark, the invitation of World Peace Marchers to SAC by St. Am- brose Students for Peace, the presenta- tion of the Pacem in Terris Peace and Freedom award to George Kennan, a petition for a nuclear armaments freeze, and a sitdown protest on the Arsenal bridge. The message of Dick Clark was that the U.S. under the Reagan administration has taken a shift in the direction of foreign policy. A shift which if left un- altered, can only have disastrous re- sults. Clark said, We are now exper- iencing a reversal in United States for- eign policy. No longer is talk of any cooperation, conciliation or negotiation heard. When this is combined with Reagan 's statements about the possibil- ity of limited nuclear warfare, the im- minence of the anonymous terror be- coming a reality becomes truly fright- ening. Clark called for college students to demonstrate their support for nucle- ar limitation, since in the past two dec- ades, it has been the college students of America that have brought about the major political changes such as occured in the Viet Nam war, Professor George Kennan, Pulitizer prize winning author, and former U.S. Ambassador to Russia and Yugoslavia, received the Pacem in Terris Freedom and Peace Award, given by the Quad Cities Peace and Justice Coalition. The award celebration took place in the Al- laert Auditorium. Kennan urgently feels that the U.S. should commit them- selves to a no Hrst strike pact, with the ultimate goal being a freeze and eventual reduction of nuclear weapons. All of these proposals were rejected by the Reagan administration. Of the anti- nuclear movements taking place around the world, Kennan says, It strikes me as being a nonpartisan movement, founded in a very real, growing aware- ness of the terrible dangers these nucle- ar weapons present. The World Peace March carries this same idea, The march was originated by the Japanese Niponzan M yohaji Or- der of Buddhist monks and nuns. The purpose of the walk is to call attention to the growing disarmament movement around the world. It is a call to people everywhere to listen. This international march has routes in Europe, Japan, and four routes in the U,S. The 25 people in the route passing through SAC ga ve an urgent message at Christ The King chapel before a 200 person Audience. The message was clear: the nuclear arms race is the preparation of ultima te global war. St. Ambrose Students demonstrated their willingness not only to listen to peace proposals, but also to act for them. More than 200 SAC students signed petitions calling for a nuclear freeze. Six SAC students blocked the path of a tank crossing the Arsenal Bridge for a display at the Moose Lodge in Davenport. The six were ar- rested, charged, and barred from the Arsenal for one year. While these incidents do not by any means represent the entire student body at SAC, they do show that there is a growing number of students who are moving out from under the Oaks, look- ing realistically at whatls going on in the world around them, and saying stop it . ,. -