Seton Hall University - Galleon Yearbook (South Orange, NJ)

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individuals of the community with an instructional format. It was also recommended that all activities should be open to all individuals for participation. The creation of a steering committee appointed by Msgr. Fahy to establish guide-lines for health, safety, and maintenance was also asked for. The committee report was passed by the senate and the problem was finally resolved. This previously stated action created an incentive for involvement at the Community House and in the spring of 1975, the Community House and Free University were going strong with a wide variety of activities offered to all. Classes resumed, coffee houses were highly successful and social and community involvement began to again revolve within the Community House. This is all being done by indivi- duals working together from all factions of the University Community. And as a publication of the Community House states, While we rec- ognize that different communities have diffuse interests and social viewpoints, we hope to provide a structure within which people can begin to explore those ideas and values which unite, rather than divide, them. The Community House is you and for you; plug in and participate in a cooperative environment, a Community. 10

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by the Math Department— representing the I.F.C.-I.S.C. and Reverend Robert Antczack— representing a group of at least 340 people who, sign- ing a petition, presented a concern that the Community House should remain without structure and in the hands of no sole group or organization. It is here that the term, “Community House People 77 began and ended. To preserve the philosophy and physical building itself, individuals were forced to be represented as a “group 77 . This is also the spark that re- kindled the philosophy and use of the Community House once again. But it seemed as though the confusion of terms made the entire situation much more tense than necessary. The I.F.C-I.S.C. was a well defined group with defined plans for the building, which included exclusive meetings. The “Community House People 77 were trying to preserve for the com- munity at large the right to have an alternative, open to all people. The problem grew in proportion and after many attempts at discussion Msgr. Fahy relinquished the Community House struggle to the Senate. On October 25th a Senate resolution calling for an ad hoc committee to study the problem was passed by the Senate and after much investigation and open hearing, the Senate committee reported its findings to the Senate on October 31st. This committee recommended that the Community House should retain its philosophy as an alternative, open to use by all 9

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•J INGRID BENGIS by Bill Grau I think that if the book had been writ- ten at a different time or a different place it probably would not have been pub- lished. The message of the book is a contemporary one, that can only be ap- preciated by people experiencing the modern times of today. This statement summed up the feelings of Ingrid Bengis, author of Combat in the Erogenous Zone , towards the outstanding success of her 1 973 released novel. Bengis lectured in the main lounge of the Student Center in early October. The surprisingly shy and reserved au- thor of the feminist novel confessed that it was difficult to talk about such an inti- mate book with such a large group of people. While reading the book is es- sentially a private dialogue between the author and the reader, Bengis attempted to portray her intensely personal dialogue to the audience by avoiding the formal lecture and relying on questions or thoughts supplied by the group. Among the topics discussed, during the two-and-a-half hour lecture, was her idea of the feminist movement. Her sense of apartness from contemporary women writ- ers was aptly portrayed when she replied that I am an individual and I will not let myself be defined as a part of any move- ment. She continued with the thought that contrary to what people may think, the only thing I am militant about is the ne- cessity for struggling to become as fully human as possible in my own personal and distinct manner. The author also commented upon the need for every person to create his or her own philosophy of life. Bengis emphasized, Only by defining what your limits are, will you increase your capabilities as a complete person 7 Bengis further ex- plained, that through understanding the confrontation of your inner self, will you be able to set up your most suitable phil- osophy of life. 11