University of Redlands - La Letra Yearbook (Redlands, CA)

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What does a semester in Salzburg mean? Students selected for the program spend a full semester of study in Salzburg and travel in various areas of Europe such as London and Paris enroute to Salzburg. They also take a two-and-half-week trip to Italy and Greece and a two week tour to the Eastern Soviet block and West Berlin. The program offers a rich curricular experience; courses offered include Art History, English, European History since 1918, Austrian culture, as well as courses in the area of the discipline of the university faculty member in residence for the year, and of course, German. Students in attendance first semester were: Karen Abele, Mike Allison, Nancy Andrews, Rushean Andrews, Mary Ellen Azada, Leslie Barakat, Diana Brown, Randal Bryson, Jim Chapman, Nelson Char, Lance Cope, Pam Cordry, Glenn Cunliffe, Susan (Lisa) Day, Clare Fitzpatrick, John Grant, Jim Harms, Nancy Hayden, Patrice Heinrichs, Holly Hill, Cathy Hird, Diane Hutt, Anne Kartun, Rhoda Kealoha, Debbie Kleinwachter, Sherri Larson, Tori Lee, Jeanne MacKinnon, Cindy Moorhouse, Dave Mullins, Lauri Murakami, Rob Petris, Connie Pezoldt, Leslie Saint, Susana Salas, Marie Scannell, Donna Smith, Steve Smith, and Jeanneen Tilley. Dr. Richard Kushner and his wife, Gail, and daughter Rachael were also there, with, of course, Dr. Peter Madler, Resident Director in Salzburg and their bus driver, M. Matthais Haslauer. Second semester students in attendance were: Tom Aplin, Pam Bartol, Monique Briault, Dan Blair, Marnalee BuUard, Lori Dachtler, Marcus Earle, John Edwards, Jennifer Lauer, Lynn McCart, Leonard Bruce Mills, Chris Monson, Ted Parker, Rebecca Patterson, Hung Pham, Meredith Price, Heather Sanderson, Janet Siegel, Heather Smith, Joyce Spidle, Holly Swanner, Kelli Teague, Nicolette Visser, and Susan Werbelow. Dr. John Wilson, his wife Nancy and their daughter, Jennifer, were also in Salzburg along with Dr. Madler and Matthais Haslauer. 1. Salzburg sights. 2. Haus Wartenberg where students hve during their stay in Austria. 3. Dr. Madler, Director of Salzburg program and UR students. Activities 53

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Salzburg, Fall ' Sd 1. Connie Pehzoldt. 2. Di Broun. Andy and Rushene Andreus. .1 Dick Kushner. 4. Leslie Saint. Diana Hut: and Jim McClellan. 5. Nancy Andreus and Cindy Moorhouse. Activities 32

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1980-81 A Year of Change and Hope What Happened this year? 32 Hostages 1980-81 has brought about many changes both happy and earth- shaking. For this reason. La Letra has decided to cov- er some of the happenings that effected our lives. Daily we saw a rising inflation rate, unemployment, recession, riots and terrorism, along with natural disasters of drought, earthquakes (Greece and Italy), and volcanos (Mt. St. Helen ' s). We saw the fall of the Carter adminis- tration and the rise of Reagan with a dramatic swing in political philosophy. Probably the most memorable and possibly most agonizing happening for 1980-81 was the 52 American Hos- tages held as prisoners in Tehran, Iran for 444 days. From November 4, 1979 to elec- tion day, January 20, 1981, 52 Amer- icans (53 before Richard Queen was released) were held as political prison- ers when students took control of the U.S. Embassy for the astrocities Iran had suffered at the hands of the Un- ited States. The public and probably even the U.S. government thought that the situation would be over in a matter of days. But as the days passed by, Amer- ican concerns grew and the govern- ment found itself in a very serious Election 1980 situation. On January 28, 1980, Canadian consular officials in Tehran helped six U.S. embassy officials escape. Bill- boards went up all over the country thanking Canada for the heroism. Public cries sounded louder for ac- tion by the government to affect the release of the hostages. On April 24, 1980 a secret rescue mission was launched in an effort to release the hostages. The rescue mis- sion ended in a bit- ter tragedy which f . ' ' dama ged the U.S. jCC JS - reputation for technical superior- ity and for military resolution as well. A diplomatic and political disaster occured after three helicopters broke down during landing procedures. A fiery crash took place when the 90 commandos started to leave the Ira- nian desert and a helicopter blade rip- ped into a C-130 transport leaving eight U.S. servicemen dead on the de- sert airstrip. On Inauguration Day, January 20, 1981 the hostages were released and flown to Weis- baden. West Ger- many. A week la- ter, after their release, the American returnees were met with a Presidential Welcoming Ceremony, ticker-tape parades and hometown celebrations. In May, 1980, Mt. St. Helen ' s in Washington started to rumble and shake after 123 years of deceptive in- activity. Turning beautiful landscape into land of waste on the mountain ' s northern and west- ern flanks, the mountain ex- ploded with a force 500 times greater than the Hiroshima A-Bomb. In all-toll, sixty-one people died or were missing and scores of others escaped in what some feel was pure luck. Ancient glaciers melted as 150 square miles of Douglas Fir forests were leveled and 1 ' 2 cubic miles of rock and dirt from the top of the mountain became rivers of boiling mud and towering clouds of ash. The ash fell thickly on roads, fields and towns — traveling as far east as Mon- tana and the Atlantic Ocean. Experts say that it will take 300 un- interrupted years for the mountain to Mt. St. Helen ' s regain its vegetation as it was before the eruption. At the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, the U.S. Hockey team miraculously tied the score at 2-2 with the man-eating Soviet players and pushed on to beat them 4-3. The American victory over the Russians brought world-wide exaltation and shouts of U.S. A! U.S.A! Six congressmen faced Abscam trials this year after the FBI lured them in front of hidden video cameras and played a game of take the carrot. FBI agents posing as Arab Sheiks offered several officials bribe money, which ended with their appearance in court under serious charges. The whole affair came toa quiet end when a U.S. District court judge over- turned the bribery convictions against two Philadelphia councilmen. A national and international pass- time this summer was the constant speculation over who shot J. R., a ficti- tious TV character who was hated and loved at the same time by millions of people. The whole situation boomed into a multi-million dollar roust by bumper- sticker and tee shirt sellers throughout the country. So, who shot J. R..- It was J.R. ' s wife ' s sister, Christin. In a world of science and space, 34 Activities