Suffolk University - Beacon Yearbook (Boston, MA)

Text from Pages 1 - 200 of the 1976 volume:

SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY BEACON NINETEEN-HUNDRED AND SIX — NINETEEN-HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SIX 5 a patch of blue, hazy in the distance approaches slowly with the sun as good as bursting in your eyes, a promise, a patch of light and warmth a midst a dark and threatening sky. it come, and a chilly wind is warmed to a cool, a pleasant sort of compromise with it comes laughter and lighter feelings, and hope of changing bleak and mundane moods, and then the cover comes again, restores the gray to wishing fools. Alphonso Davis II Why dot ' s a man have to work two jobs to make ends meet And end up on his back just to keep us on our feet He gets us out of trouble and gives of things we want, when he And when I grow he sends me to school so I won 7 be like him — Frank Arnold US School is a hassle A heavy heavy thing It takes my life turns it upside down and gives back to me an empty nothingness . . . a bag of tricks which blows my mind — Martha Coston ■ As time passes, I ask myself: What does living mean to me? Should I be . . . Have 1 ever been . . . myself? .Or have 1 allowed myself to be sucked into the whirlpool of conventionalism and lost touch with myself, my mores, my sense of reality, my mode of compassion . . . Somehow, somewhere, someway I have lost out on living. I am drowning in that whirlpool. I feel my pebbled being hit the bottom as it joins in reveille with the other multitude of drowned stoned souls who have lost out in that treasure called living. You ask yourself why? But upon hearing the answer, it doesn ' t seem as though it has even come close to answering the question. You ask yourself why? — Karen Hairston Time — 7ou are will be my first and last. Which is good that you are a repeated performance that keeps on going — never stops or slows. For it will show me all my seasons That I won 7 see again. It has spared me spring and has guided me into summer to become colorful and to be harvested during the constant change So that my winter won 7 be cold. Thanks. You have shown me that the good outweighs the bad. You have shown me happiness. You have shown me extremes. Time, thank you for your experience because it was a definite necessity. And since I can ' t won 7 be able to say Good-bye as you leave, during the future, I am fortunate and very glad that we met. — Bobby A. Brooks 12 Suffolk University Office of the President Beacon Hill Boston, Mass. 02114 (617) 723-4700 TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF 1976: IT WOULD APPEAR FROM READING THE CURRENT PRESS THAT OPTIMISM IS NOT A PLENTIFUL COMMODITY AMONG RECENT GRADUATES. JOB OPPORTUNITIES HAVE NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED, GRADUATE STUDY PROGRAMS HAVE NOT BEGUN, AND OUR NATIONAL LEADERS, WITH AN EYE ON IMPENDING ELECTIONS, SPEND MOST OF THEIR TIME VIEWING PAST GLORIES WITH PRIDE AND PRESENT CONDITIONS WITH ALARM . THE MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF 1976 IN MANY SENSES ARE SPECIAL. THEY HAVE OVERCOME WAR, CIVIL DISRUPTION, INDECISION, RELOCATION AND NOW APATHY. WITH SUCH TEMPERING, IN TIME THEY SHOULD PROVE TO BE MORE ILLUSTRIOUS THAN THEIR PREDECESSORS, FOR THE DETER- MINATION, ZEAL AND ENTHUSIASM REQUIRED FOR CURRENT SURVIVAL SHOULD BE THE CORNERSTONE FOR FUTURE SUCCESS. I DO HOPE AND WISH FOR EACH GRADUATE A FULL MEASURE OF HAPPINESS AND FULFILL- SINCERELY , THOMAS A. FULHAM PRESIDENT SSTt40X$ Yearbook Portraits S E N io R s YEARBOOK PICTURES ARE BEING TAKEN IN THE FACULTY DINING ROOM 25 32 COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES Dr. Dion J. Archon 36 Chairman Government and Economics THOMAS J. BOYLE JOHN CARMICHAEL MICHAEL J. COVINO KA THLEEN MAR Y DONO VAN PETER M. FRANCIS RONALD GERANEO THOMAS J. HANLEY L YNN YVONNE KEEL RAYEANNEKING WILLIAM LANCASTER THOMAS J. LOUGHLIN JOSEPH ED WARD McLA UGHLIN ROBERT C. MULLEN JONI ANN MUSCHIETTE STEVEN ODONNELL Who ' s Who 56 Colleges and Universities University 76 CAROL EDMUNDS-PANTALONE MICHAEL J. PIEMONTE MICHAEL J. REILLY MARK C ROGERS RICHARD SCENNA MARY SHEA EVELYN M. SPENCER CHRIS SPINAZZOLA JOSEPH ARTHUR STASIO PHILIP J. TARALLO JAMES J. TORNEY, JR. MARIA TOVARES- ASHMANSKAS BRIAN G. WALKER MARJ ORIEL. WONG Beacon Yearbook Suffolk University Boston, Mass. 02114 July 7,1976 Dear Reader, The Beacon 1976, as you can see, is much different in both size and approach. The 76 book, although similar in content to those of past years, has a changed style. This book has much more color and different uses of this addition (i.e. Senior portraits). When publishing a yearbook it is important to remember that the purpose of it is to record events which have transpired between the start of school in the fall, up to the Commencement at the end of the year. One tries to avoid political issues, as well as other issues which would seem dated in future years. At this time I would like to thank the people responsible for the book, who, without them, there very possibly would not have been a book this year. I thank the book ' s other editor, Ron Geraneo, whose photography and technical assistance was invaluable; Diane Wrobel, layout editor, who set the style; David Coscia, who co-ordinated the book; Mary Ann Kiklis, the editor ' s assistant; all of the photographers: Chuck Kiklis, Aileen McClennan, Bruce Mclntyre, Art Smith and Martin Gavin. Thanks to Ken Kelly, the book ' s advisor, for his patience; Pam Strasen for technical assistance; to the S.G.A. for financial help, principally Mike Covino, for his lobbying techniques; Tony Perez, the business agent, for keeping the book out of bankruptcy court; Akosia Farrar for her poetry; Monica Duffy, the editor ' s personal advi- sor; Taylor Publishing and John Orall for printing the book; John and Daryll from Boris Studios for the photography; New England Air Photo for the cover and endsheets; President Fulham and Vice-President Flannery and all of Suf- folk University; the class of ' 76 for their efforts and this book ' s contents. And to the class of ' 76 — I hope you will appreciate the book which all involved have worked hard on. Thomas J. Boyle editor-in-chief Beacon 1976 CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS 76 63 CHESS CLUB FREE MONEY BAND 67 Editor-in-Chief SlJFfOtK JOURNAL News Editor Feature Editor Sports Editor Associate Sports Editor Arts Editor Photography Editor Graphic Arts Editor Senior Editors Production Manager Business Manager Mark C. Rogers Debbie Burke Johanna L. Roberts Stephen Corbett Joe Reppucci Patricia Fantasia Martin Gavin Nancy Kelley Bob Carr Brent L.Marmo Brian Walker Paul Donovan Cindy Feltch WRITERS: Carol Birmingham; Mary C. Buckley; Debbi Collar; Nanette Collins; Linda Comeau; Kevin T. Creedon; Fran Cullen; Lou DeLena; Patrica Gatto; Mary Griffin; Maryalice Guilford; J.G. Hayes; Jack Heffernan; Valerie Jamiol; Mark G. Mazzie; Maureen McGonagle; Barbara Ochs; Rebecca Pearl; Bob Reardon; Mary Kate Russell; Rick Saia Judy Silverman; Joanne Torraco; James K. Varga SPORTS: Gregory Brooks; Patricia A. Callahan; Jeff Clay; Brian Donovan; Tony Ferullo; Jon Gottlieb; Linda K. Johnson; Kevin Leen PHOTOGRAPHERS: Diane Costa; Michael Cuneo; Paul Darrah; Marie Doncette; Ron Geraneo; Bruce Mclntyr GRAPHIC ARTISTS: Michael Sereda; Steve White Earth Mother Faculty Advisor Publisher Pam Strasen William Ruehlmann SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY ALPHA PHI OMEGA PHI ALPHA TAU 70 71 76 77 A DOCTOR IN SPITE OF HIMSELF CAST IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE Sganarelle, a woodcutter Steve O ' Donnell Martine, his wife Andrea Harding Mme. Robert, their Neighbor Maggie McDonough Valere, Geronte ' s servant David Broeg Lucas, Geronte ' s servant Brian Walker Geronte, a rich landowner AlMigliorini Jacqueline, nurse maid Cookie McGuire Maid Maggie McDonough Lucinde, Geronte ' s daughter Joan McCormick Leandre, Lucinde ' s lover Ronnie Geraneo Thibaute, an old peasant woman Sara Johnson Perrine, her daughter J.C. Healy STUDENT ART SHOW FENTON BUILDING DEDICATION SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1975 87 8 91 CHRISTMAS PARTY FLORIAN HALL DORCHESTER, MASS. GET-TO-KNOW SUFFOLK PARTY SEPTEMBER 1975 SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY PRESENTS WOO-WOO GINSBERG SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY RECOGNITION DAY 1976 WHO ' S WHO AMONG STUDENTS IN AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES Thomas J. Boyle John S. Carmichael Michael J Covmo Kathleen M Donovan Peter M Francis Ronald Geraneo Thomas J. Hanley Lynn Y Keel Rayeanne King William Lancaster Thomas J Loughlin Joseph E McLaughlin Robert C. Mullen Joni A. Muschiette Steven W O ' Donnell Carol Edmunds-Pantalone Michael J Piemonte Michael J. Reilly Mark C Rogers Richard Scenna Mary M. Shea Evelyn M Spencer Chris C Spmazzola Joseph A. Stasio Philip J. Tarallo James J Torney, Jr. Maria Tovares-Ashmanskas Brian G Walker Penny Witt Manone L. Wong DEPARTMENTAL ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT CITATIONS ACCOUNTING Fred N Manning Joni A Muschiette Margaret M O ' Neill James F. Tobm COMMUNICATIONS SPEECH Susanne T LaCasse ECONOMICS James Bnghtney Peter A Gilman Robert Johnson Helen M Laub ENGLISH Kevin J Duffy Peter George Rayeanne L King Eugene A.J Lamoureux Paul J Lazarovich MaryE McCarthy Kevin J MacLellan Brent L Marmo Patrick L. Mullm Susan M O ' Brien imothy W Park Roy D Sanderson Elizabeth A Zolli FINANCE BANKING Theodore E Burke Francis X. Ciampa Robert G Clouse Anne Mane Coakley Bruce M. Cormier Joseph J. Czerwonka Marie R Guarnieri Dennis F Jackson Paul J Jenkins Thomas A McDonagh Gloria J Pallas Joseph A Regan Arthur L Smith Jeanette Wickstrom HISTORY Nicholas A Allessandroni Richard A. Collan Marion P. Donaghue Lynda J Edelstein Daniel N Ford Frank A Gigliotti Lynn Y Keel Steven W. O Donnell Frederick E Rackin Joseph A. Regan, Jr. Manone L. Wong JOURNALISM Stewart M Brooks Brent L. Marmo Rebecca Pearl nna M. Schnicker MARKETING James H Dennis Ronald J. Everett Gary E. Zurnbahlen MANAGEMENT Joseph E Duggan J oanne McTieman Dace D. Pupols Michael J. Selissen Tina P. Tardone MODERN LANGUAGES Randall K. Abbott (French) Diane E. Bisson (German) Maureen Carmain (Spanish) William Creighton (Spanish) Martin W Davis (Frer-h) Joan Descoteaux (French) Kevin J MacLellan (German) John D. McElhiney (French) Maryann McLaughlin (Spanish) Lawrence J Morency (French) Michael Mulry (Spanish) Jeanne A O ' Leary (French) Michel Pean (French) Gasil Pelkey (Spanish) Maryann Szczudluk (French) Audrey Tocci (Spanish) John V Toomey (French) PHYSICS Francis X Ciampa Robert W Garneai PSYCHOLOGY Deborah Cross SOCIOLOGY Parti B Cohen Karen S Harlan Peter M Gorczewski Thomas P Shamshak 99 105 SPORTS I SUFFOLK HOCKEY 75-76 B. Underwood E. Johnson B. Flannery R. Burke J. Bertrand T. Norris B. McDevitt B. Regan C. Devin B. Breslin T. Palie M. Sullivan G. Quilty P. Vatalaro K. O ' Neil B. Hefner T. Foley J. Davidson F. Wagget 834 a 1 If 109 CROSS COUNTRY CROSS COUNTRY MEMBERS 1975-1976 JOE WALSH (CAPTAIN) ROBERT BRESLIN STEVE TONRA LARRY VAN STRY DON PLETTS BARRY CLIFFORD WAKEL FETUGA TONYGONSALVES GREG QUILTY GERRY LAMB RICHARD FARMER Front Row (L-R): (Manager) — Steve Madden, George Kalogeris, (Capt.) John Howard, Bob Mello, Bob Ferrara, Aubrey Langford, Steve Forlizzi, Larry VanStry, (Manager) — Charles Melanson. Back Row (L-R): (Head Coach) Charles Law, Pat Ryan, Steve Barrett, Chris Tsiotos, Donovan Little, Steve Relihan, Jeff Blaisdell, Nick Tsiotos, (Asst. Coach) Jim Nelson. 116 118 CHEAPEST DATE I EVER HAD!! 119 120 124 126 i John Abdalah Marketing Stephen L. Achin Sociology Lucious Addison Business Administration Joanne M. Adduci Sociology Nich Alessandroni History Willie M. Allen Business Administration 130 William Cardenas Management Francis A. Cavanaugh Finance •pi Paul Daniels Donald Darcy Louis Delena Sociology Business Administration Journalism and Mass Comm. KathyDeveau Michael Devereaux Deborah Digiantommoso Biology History Crime and Delinquency Tim Robert T. Dluzneiski Accounting Marion Donoghue Government Joseph Dotolo Biology Victor M. DoCouto Sociology Spanish Kathy Donovan Accounting Elizabeth Doheny J ournlism English Stephen D. Dor ranee Sociology Carol A. Doucet Journalism Marketing Comm. Susan L. Dow- Government 137 Joseph E. Duggan Management Robert f. Fairneny Accounting William R. Festa Fulvio Fiermonte Brian R. Finlayson Management Government Journalism Marketing Comm. Susan D. Fisher Journalism Mass. Comm. Joan M. Foley Elaine Freimont Journalism Mass Comm. Biology Aileen L. Gelder Kathleen Gilmartin Government Psychology Ron Geraneo PrisciHa Gindi Accounting Chemistry Joanne Gochis Dale Goldthorpe Peter Grandmaison Biology Crime and Delinquency Management Lawrence C. Greco Louis Grimes Math Secondary Ed. Marketing 142 143 Virginia M. Kendall Sociology William Kilroy Accounting 144 Sheila Larkin Crime and Delinquency Norman C. MacLeod Marketing 145 Joan Malloy Accounting Richard N. Manfredi Accounting Thomas L. Marchant Biology Ronald J. Marquis Journalism Public Relations Carolle M. Marsh Accounting , 000 0 0 Maria Masirangelo Accounting Robert F. Matson Government 146 David Morgan Accounting Annuzio Muccini Marketing 149 Joni Muschiette Accounting Joseph Nelson Clarence Newville Joseph Normandy Journalism English Management Government Rachael Nyambi Journalism Bilingual Comm. Steven O ' Donnell English Innocent Okoli David Olsen Margaret O ' Malley Marketing Crime and Delinquency Government Donald Ouellette Biology 151 Janet Owens Government Nicholas G. Pappas Journalism English Janice M. Pascucci Psychology Maria A. Palie Biochemistry Frank W. Partsch Crime and Delinquency Gregory J. Pashko Accounting Theodore Papas Accounting Richard F. Parziale Management WM Michael J. Piemonte Accoun ting 152 George Pitts Accounting Gregory James Quilty Psychology Rebecca Pearl Journalism Mass. Comm. Joseph Quinn Accounting Dace D. Pufols Management Paul Quinn Crim e and Delin quency I L 1 Susan Ramsey Child Care Ann Marie Raponi Management Joseph A. Regan Government Steven J. Roberts C rime and Delinquency Richard Seen n a Crime and Delinquency Phillip J. Servidori Business Administration Eileen R. Shay Accounting Mary Shea Child Care Hedy Shechman Social Work Debra J. Shilo Mark B. Silvey Art Smith Journalism Public Relations Marketing Government David B. Smith Edward J. Smolak Government Management Deirdre Sullivan Jo urn a lism English Philip C. Swan Management Kathleen M. Sylvia Journalism Public Relations Michael Tallo Business Administration John Switlekowski Crime and Delinquency Philip Tarallo Accounting Stephen Tighe Accounting Audrey Tocci Child Care Paul W. Todisco Jo urnalism English 158 Gail Toft Journalism English Connie D. Torrisi Sociology Steven Tonra Accounting Paul Valeriani Crime and Delinquency James J. iorney Accounting Paul Vinci Philosophy Fredrick Waggett Psychology Brian Walker Journalism Donald E. Wallace English 159 William Walsh Finance and Banking Gary Wilson Accounting 7 , g Robert E. Zoila Finance and Banking Alan Wiedman French William Zemaitis Management Ross M Websfer Management Joanne F. Zevitas Urban Studies Jeanne C. Foti Biology 160 162 166 169 170 171 173 SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY COMMENCEMENT JUNE 13, 1976 177 EXIT I 181 EDITOR ' S NOTE: ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES IS THE FULL COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS GIVEN ON JUNE 13, 1976, BY ROBERT C BERGEN- HEIM, PUBLISHER OF THE BOSTON HERALD AMERICAN THE ADDRESS SIGNALS MANY POINTS RELEVANT TO TODAY, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT SIGNALS POINTS WHICH ARE RELEVANT IN SHAPING THE ACTIONS OF OUR LIVES FOR THE FUTURE. MR. BERGENHEIM STRESSED INVOLVEMENT AND QUESTIONING OF AND IN THE WORLD AROUND US AND NOT TO HIDE OR SURROUND OURSELVES IN OUR OWN LITTLE WORLDS OR ENVIRONMENTS, AND BE TOO CYNICAL TO SEE WHAT IS GOING ON AROUND US. IN THE LONG RUN, WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE WORLD WILL EVENTUALLY AFFECT US OR OUR FAMILIES. ALTHOUGH SOME OF THE EXAMPLES IN THIS ADDRESS WILL SEEM DATED IN THE YEARS TO COME, THE MESSAGE IN THESE EXAMPLES WILL NOT, OR HOPEFULLY NOT, BE EVER DATED. TJB 184 Today is your commencement. By definition, it is a time to begin. But. you began a long time ago. You are graduating today, and we can assume that you have laid a firm foundation for the beginning of a professional career. So. in a very real sense you will be entering a new phase of your life. I ' m sure you already realize it is a highly competitive world. Some of you already have jobs waiting. Others are still looking. To a large degree, however, most of you will be moving from the academic to the real, or from theory to practice. It is natural that many of your new employers or associates will ridicule your professional virginity. They wi ll put down your theories and your ideals. Somehow, they will try to con- vince you that cynicism is the badge of experience. To a degree, they are right. What kind of skepticism, however, depends on you. And, not only on the job, but in society and your role in it. What do you want out of life? What did you get out of Suffolk? How much will you compromise in order to get along? What are you willing to fight for? These are not idle questions. They are well worth dwelling on in the privacy of your own mind. Students of my generation are noted for their idealism; for their rigidity; for lofty goals which other generations ignore or forget. Will you go along with the establishment just to get ahead? How practical will you get to please the boss? Will you be too busy trying to get ahead to bother about the other guy? These questions are no easier for you than they are for me. Life is a constant compromise, but it need not be hypocritical. We all change. We mature. We understand. We forgive. We help. But we don ' t have to sell out. I want to suggest to you today that you don ' t sell out. That you have an obligation, not only to yourself and to your family, but to our society and to our way of life. As you start out profession- ally, you still have an obligation to the world around you. If you were indignant over Vietnam and Watergate, for exam- ple, you should stay indignant. Don ' t get so involved with your own little world that you say, The hell with the rest of them. I ' m going to get mine. It won ' t work. At least, it shouldn ' t. But again, it all comes back to you. What do you real ly want out of life? Naturally, you will have to bear down on your new job. Many of you will assume family responsibilities which will eat up a lot of your time and energy. You are also entitled to some fun and relaxation. But there is a satisfaction in meeting broader commit- ments. In paying our dues. In fighting for the common good. Too many of us do not realize until it is too late, and we seldom learn from our past mistakes. We gloss them over; defend our actions or inaction. Take Vietnam, for example. What did we learn? The minority of Americans who opposed this action from the beginning were ridiculed, maligned and punished. It was an illegal, immoral and stupid war, but how many of us took a stand against it? Espe- cially of my generation? Too many of us accepted the political propaganda and lies while we attended to our personal needs. Watergate was not so unbelievable that only a handful of newspaper reporters stuck with it. Now, we can all go to the movies and applaud a couple of guys who fought the power structure and won. Now that it is all over, we, as a nation, want to punish those who got caught. That way our own conscience will be clear and we can go back to doing our own thing. But, if you think Vietnam and Watergate were bad, there is another tragedy at our doorstep. It is our inept approach to an equal public education for all races. This has not only affected your generation, but it will influence the lives of your children and grandchildren. Like a nation of sheep, we were herded together in support of Vietnam. Now, we are herding our children together, shoving them into little yellow buses, because we think we can give them a better education on the other side of town. In the name of equality, in certain key schools, we have lowered the standards instead of raising them. Instead of diluting differences of race, we have emphasized them. Instead of bringing ethnic groups closer together, we have started a civil war. Instead of strength- ening neighborhoods, we are destroying them. Court-ordered busing, or forced busing, whatever you want to call it, was con- sidered a tool to racially integrate our public schools. Instead, it has become a weapon tearing us apart. Close to $30 million are being spent each year in Boston on buses and police in a vain attempt to artificially bring equal education to all our children. Have you, any of you, ever been to Charlestown, for example? Have you seen the schools in this all-white neighborhood? They are outdated, worn out and dilapidated. Who in his right mind would want to g o there, even if he lived across the street? Then we add insult to injury and tote the poor black kids over there and say: This is it. Whether you like it or not, get in that yellow bus and the cops will take you to school. It may be a dump, but it ' s equal. At the same time we say to the Charlestown mothers: Fair is fair. Now we are going to take your kids to the black neighborhoods to equalize our education system. And to all parents we say: Obey the law, and with a little bit of luck, your child will get home alive. There is a parallel in Boston which we might look at for a moment. I am refer ring to Boston ' s Combat Zone. The city fathers found that they were embarrassed by the amount of smut, pornography and strip joints which were sprin- kled throughout the city. So, what did they do? They created the Combat Zone. There, anything goes. Dump it all around Wash- ington and LaGrange Streets. Keep the rest clean. The only trou- ble is that it doesn ' t work. It slowly, but surely oozes out and there are today pockets, or little combat zones, just as we have little City Halls. The theory is, however, that Mr. Clean can take his pleasure in the Combat Zone. He can get drunk, watch a filthy show, have sex with a teenager, or whatever, and then head for home in the suburbs and respectability. Now we have found that we can use our Boston schools as a combat zone. Shuffle the kids around, but keep them in the city. Don ' t contam- inate the suburbs. Contain these kids. Let them fight. And, above all, let ' s be patriotic and law abiding. An equal education is what the Constitution says. What is equal about downgrading a whole generation of children in our cities, while those who can afford to move to the suburbs, look the other way? Professor James S. Coleman of the University of Chicago was the architect of court ordered busing. In 1966 he did a study for the U.S. Office of Education. The report stated that children from disadvantaged backgrounds performed somewhat better when they attended schools with children of affluent homes. Now, he has testified before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee that the whole program is a mess. He never envisioned black cit- ies and white suburbs. Whether or not he envisioned it, that is what is happening. Not all because of forced busing, but that cer- tainly has speeded up the process. In the last five years, the num- ber of whites in the Boston Public Schools has dropped from 62,000 to 36,000. 53% of the students in Boston ' s schools this year are non-white, although the city is a whole is still 75% white. In ten of the largest cities in the U.S. the percentages of white stu- dents in the last twenty years have changed as follows: Balti- more, from 58% to 27%. Chicago, from 70% to 37%. Philadelphia, from 61% to 33%. Milwaukee, from 97% to 60%. Washington, from 36% to 3%. Houston from 77% to 37%. Dallas, from 84% to 41%. New York City, from 72% to 32%. Los Angeles, from 76% to 40%. Detroit, from 71% to 22%. What is it going to take to wake us all up? How much longer can the citizens of Massachusetts look the other way, while Bos- ton goes down the drain? What do people of Greater Boston think is going to happen to them when Boston becomes a city of a few rich and a majority on welfare . . . mostly black? When Bos- ton hasn ' t any middle class to speak of . . . when there aren ' t enough whites in any school to classify it as being balanced? Federal Judge W. Arthur Garrity did not want to take over run- ning the Boston Public School system. He was forced into a vac- uum of social and public leadership. For decades, there wasn ' t a voice in Boston raised above a whisper to give minority children a decent education. And that is only a part of it. The minorities could live in squalor and nobody cared. And they were effec- tively barred by both labor and management from getting a decent job. What kind of human being is it who says today: Leave the minorities in the Combat Zone to fight it out with the poor whites who can ' t escape either. We on the Herald American have advised our readers to stay calm — obey the law of the land — avoid violence. It is the only sane advice anyone can give. We told our readers to look to the courts for salvation; look to better schools; look for better leadership; look to the judges. They look and what do they see? Disillusionment, with success the excep- tion, rather than the rule. When violence breaks out, another committee is formed; another study is made; the policeare blamed for not keeping order. It is Vietnam all over agair- Busing was seen as a panacea. But, of course, it is not. The problem is immense and complicated. Busing is only one tool, but it has become a symbol which causes fury among the races. I ' m against forced busing, bit . . . has become a phrase which infu- riates many blacks. They aren ' t in love with it either, but without this trump card, they see themselves back where they were ten years ago when blacks got the short end of the stick in education, just as they did in everything else. Busing has got to go. It is counter productive. But, we just can ' t cancel the busing contracts and go back to where we were. There must be action which guar- antees minorities in this city equal rights to a decent education. How do we get there? If all the committees formed in this city would address themselves to this question and stop wringing their hands in pious despair, we would find the answer. Now that increased taxes are involved, perhaps we can look for some tangible results. It is a sad commentary, but most of the progress in this country has been tied in with the profit and loss concept, rather than in helping mankind. Now, busing is embroiled in the Presidential election. Some complain about that but election time seems to be the only time that politicians give a damn about what is happening to the voters. Let us hope that elected officials at some level start to assume the responsibilities of their office. As I said earlier, Judge Garrity would not be run- ning the Boston Public School system today if the elected School Committees, City Councils, and Mayors for the last fifty years in Boston had done their jcbs. But, damning the past is not going to help us today or tomorrow. And remember, if it took us this many years to get into this condition, it will be many years before it is corrected. If we start now, perhaps, there will be a semblance of a decent, equal education for your children when that day comes. So far, however, those in Greater Boston have been able to contain this forced busing problem in the city. Here, in our equal education combat zone, we battle it out while the more affluent suburbs ignore it. In the meantime, everyone who can afford to, moves or pulls his children out of the Boston Pub- lic School system. Despite this loss in students, however, the costs keep going up. The cost per high school student in Boston today is $2,300. When I suggested recently to some black leaders 186 that the entire Boston metropolitan area had to take part in the public education of all students, they responded: Are you kidding? We can ' t get anywhere with the whites in the city, and now you want us to take on the whole state? Another suggestion was that the blacks need representation on the Boston School Committee. Realistically, this is not going to happen, as long as five School Committee persons are elected at- large. But. if they were elected from districts, there would be some minority representation on the Committee. Such a bill should be passed by the State Legislature. This would be one step in the right direction, but it is not enough. Judge Garrity has already taken steps to get more minority representation in the school system. He has ordered that teachers and administrators be hired on a one-black-for-one-white basis until the percentage of black professionals in the school system equals the percentage of black students. But. this will take time. Jobs in the Boston School Department have hung on a patronage system for far too many years. In addition, there are white-controlled unions at all levels, and our Civil Service system guarantees the status quo for generations. Another avenue also addressed by the U.S. District Court is to allow parents to have more say in the operation of the neighbor- hood schools. Judge Garrity has set up bi-racial parent councils and has included parents in screening committees which help select principals and headmasters. This parental participation could be expanded to all aspects of school life. To guarantee decent buildings and books, for example, parents could work closely with School Committee members elected from their dis- tricts. Also with close to S30 million each year now going to buses and police, there should be a way that this money can go to new schools with priorities being given to minority areas. On another level, a system should be established whereby parents have some say in which schools their children attend on a volun- tary basis. The magnet school concept should be combined with a network of regional schools like those already existing in parts of the state. Remember the G.I. Bill which came into existence after World War II? Many of you have shared in it. The same type of program could be adopted in Greater Boston. It has been referred to us as a voucher system. Here is where the suburban schools would be involved. For example, if 50 qualified Boston students elected to go to Newton, the City of Boston would pay to Newton so much per pupil. This helps Newton meet its financial commitments. It also helps Boston, which now spends many times more for buses and police. At the same time, it is entirely possible that some stu- dents in Newton might elect to go to one of the successful magnet schools in Boston. They may wish to go to Madison High to study Music, to English High for Art, or to Coply Square High which offers experimental, rather than traditional styles of teaching. These proposals for district representation of the School Com- mittee, a quota system for hiring minorities, priorities for more schools in minority neighborhoods, a G.I. Bill-type of enrollment in Boston and its surrounding communities are proposed for one purpose only — to indicate that there are many ways to equalize a good education without relying so heavily on forced busing. Busing is only a small part of the problem, but it is taking the brunt of abuse from those who favor the old neighborhood schools. It is a rallying point for opponents of Federal Court intervention. But we cannot get rid of the buses or the judges without working programs which will prove neither of them is no longer necessary. Tremendous strides have been made in Bos- ton ' s Public Schools in the last several years, but they are over- shadowed by the busing issue. And this brings it all back to you and me. If the voters do not insist on a better Public School system, it will not come about. It will not be long before you may have children ready for elemen- tary school. Unless you intend to leave Massachusettes, you will be right in the middle of one more catastrophe created by your elders, but inherited by you and allowed to continue. Even if you do leave Greater Boston, you might well have the same problem wherever you settle. To the best of my knowledge, no city, town, state or country has accepted the Golden Rule as a way of life. But today is your day. We are all here to honor you. You have made it. You are now part of the elite. Less than 10% of our popu- lation has a college degree. This doesn ' t necessarily make you smarter than the other 90%. It only means that you are more for- tunate. Undoubtedly, somebody helped you along the way. Beginning today, however, most of you will be on your own. You must make a living, and you are entitled to what you earn. But. don ' t be like sheep. Don ' t believe everything you hear or everything you read. At the same time don ' t ignore everything you hear or everything you read. Don ' t leave it up to someone else. Think for yourself and act on your convictions. To paraphrase a former President: If you don ' t, you won ' t have anyone to kick around anymore except yourself and possibly your children. f THE EDITORS AND STAFF OF VENTURE 1976 CONGRATULATE THE EDITOR AND STAFF OF BEACON 1976 188 VENTURE 1976 SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY EDITORS: Carol A. Douce t Evelyn M. Spencer Copy Editor: Donna Maresca Photography-Layout Editor: Brent L. Marmo Technical Editor: Marji Wong Advisor: Dr. Robert Johnson Photography: Cover: Barbara Ochs Carol A. Doucet Martin Gavin Brent L. Marmo Barbara Ochs CONTRIBUTORS: Mary C. Buckley Fran Cullen G.T.G. Nancy Kelley M. J. Leavitt Lily Leslie Robert T. Marsilia David Mehegan Robert C. Mullen Barbara Ochs Jeanne O ' Leary R.J.R. Clee Snipe Jr. Brian Gordon Walker 189 PRIMO ' S Italia Sub Shop and Eating Place 28 Myrtle Street Beacon Hill, Boston Phone 742-5458 Congratulations to the Class of 1976 Thank You For Your Continuous Support E. A. SPRY CO. INC. MOVING Local Agents For Wheaton Van Lines Inc. Boston Long Distance Record Storage Overseas 6 Howard St. Boston, MA 02119 442-0660 190 BEST OF LUCK TO THE CLASS OF 1976 THE UNIVERSITY BOOKSTORE Personnel Express Their Thanks, Congratulations and Wishes for a Successful Future to the Graduating Class. Campus Bookstores, Inc. 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