Seattle University - Aegis Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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Cesar Chavez UFW Strains of Spanish folk songs, redone to United Farm Worker (UFW) messages, set the stage tor the Seattle appearance of Cesar Chavez, UFW president, and the premiere showing of Fighting for Our I ives in April in Pigott Auditorium. Michael Moore, SU vice-president for finance and business, stepped on the stage. SU supports the free flow of information but totally disclaims responsibility, he said. Boos. Tomas Ybarra-Frausto, master of ceremonies, introduced Chavez. Every day, solitary individuals negate the crudest trends of history, he said. Cesar gives a new sense of what being human is all about. Standing ovation. Chavez thanked those who helped with publicizing the premiere of the movie which recounts the grape strike in Coachella. I'm sure Gallo is going to have difficulty peddling its non-kosher wine, he said. Applause. People like you and I won't be buying grapes, Chavez continued. Applause. The boycott has received eight endorsements from city mayors and one from a state legislature. The governors of Pennsylvania and Massachusetts have also endorsed the boycott, Chavez added. Applause. Referring to the movie, he emphasized, People must want a union to put up with what they did. Applause. The hour-long movie was c ulled from 35 hours of film. A reception in Chieftain followed and Chavez met many supporters in the crowd: Here's Cesar already, God bless you. Cesar had arrived. TOP RIGHT: Symbols surround the enigmatic Cesar Chavez. RIGHT: Songs from the heart musically voice La Ra a. ABOVE: Chavez takes refreshments at a reception in Chieftain following his appearance. 26 Special Events

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Iff] Chesterton Week i L An imago of Gilbert K. Chesterton which was filled with his laughter, Victorian manners, piety and journalistic wonder of the world, was presented by British a tor, author and critic. Robert Speaight on October 29. Speaight's lecture in the A. A. Lemeiux Library Auditorium proved to be the highpoint of SU's three-day festival honoring the centennary of Chesterton's birth. Chesterton wrote because he couldn't help it; he gloried in the trade of journalism, Speaight said of his fellow British journalist, author and publisher. His skeletonal sketch of Chesterton was quickly brought to life by personal memories and anecdotes which he shared with the audience. Chesterton was a very Victorian c haracter which is perhaps why he wrote so well about his fellow writers, Speaight said. He shared Dickens' capacity for surprise and was a romantic, par excellence, in his own right,” he added. Chesterton, the creator of the Father Brown novel series, was a late-in-life convert to Catholicism. Speaight explained Chesterton's piety as one which embraced illumined dogma with the energy of his imagination. THE INCREDULITY OF FATHER BROWN j GILBERT K. CHZSTERIVN f ABOVE: The Chesterton Festival spurred a new interest on campus in the works of the English writer. I EFT SERIES: Robert Speaight, British actor, author and critic, gives his impressions of Chesterton. Special Events 25

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Phil Berrigan: Vietnam America was the only country with the nerve to kill par ents, scatter families, ravage and then kidnap children in a vicious sentimentalism, stated Phillip Berrigan, a controversial figure of the 1960's anti-war movement, to a large' audience in Pigott Auditorium in May. Together with his brother Daniel, the priest-activist had poured blood over draft cards in a gesture of protest of blood spilled each evening on television. Berrigan said that as a Christian, human lining and a c ilizen of this country he still believes it is his duty to re'sist the government, e spe e ially the military. In war, the first casualty is truth. If the American people really knew the truth, they would have stopped. Instead, activists were c riminals, Bc rrigan stated. Concerning his much-publicized marriage with a Sacred Heart of Mary nun. Sister Uizabeth McAlister, he said, What was precious to us and what we have clung to is responsible conscience, inte grity of conscience. Our view of ourselves has not changeci at all. TOP LEFT: Phillip Berrigan emphasizes the duty which prompted him into his controversial activities during his SU appearance in Pigott auditorium. IFF T AND ABOVF: Seattle IV cameras capture Berrigan and his audience. Special Fvents 27