University of Santa Clara - Redwood Yearbook (Santa Clara, CA)

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' one of the happiest experiences in santa clara history 9 is how one student expressed gratitude to kathy von der ahe, christy power, pam ficco, celine ellet, and mary ann chalmer s, for organizing a thanksgiving mass in late november. with the Oakland cathedral choir providing the music, the mass was a combination of old latin hymns, modern songs and slide shows, and love that left people singing, laughing, shouting, clapping, and wishing that it could go on forever. non-tenured faculty got new grievance procedures . . . ocsa sponsored ice-skating . . . senate committee formed to seek abolition of parietal hours . . . students fast to help bangladesh refugees . . . people still talking about butch whacks . . . coalition for personal freedom sponsored 4 f orum on abortion ' . . . dear ronnie column debuts in the sa nta clara. american political parties class simulated 1980 demo convention . . . community council held its first meeting, with students, faculty, and administration joining to advise father president . . . students march one more time for peace . . . east Oakland deliverance center youth choir returned for third year to present rousing, enthusiastic thanksgiving love revival ' . . . ' twelfth ni hr opened dramatic arts season at lifeboat . . . the santa clara sponsored bike registration to deter thefts . . . william calley ' s attorney, george la timer, defended calley again during scu speech . . . new asusc constitution failed again (and again, and . . . )

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K Dorothy Day, social worker, organizer, and activist for more than four decades, spoke to a new generation of socially minded students at Santa Clara in early November. She called for an active commitment by Christians to the ' anarchism of Jesus Christ, ' and spoke about her work as editor of The Catholic Worker ' in terms of reaching the common man in the street with the issues of war and poverty. Those who attended her program were treated to a surprise song by Ms. Day ' s long time friend, Joan Baez.

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What ' s Happening] Before anyone at Santa Clara had even met him, Father Stphen G. Olivo was a controversial figure. When he was selected as the new Dean of Students in May 1971, many students Ibjected that student opinion had not been consulted before his hiring. They soon found, however, that the method of his selec- tion was not all they would have to complain about, and by May 1972, Fr. Olivo ' s arrival was complete as he was publicly ' executed ' by popular demand at the Lusty Days of May. The first salvos were fired during Orienta- tion Week in September. The sophomore orien- tators were having a kegger in the Buck Shaw parking lot when Olivo arrived and confiscated the keg. The war was on. Among a student body accsutomed to the open consumption of beer, the change was viewed as reactionary, if not downright traitorous. Despite all the hot air, however, the new dean had never intended to bring back prohibition to SCU; he recog- nized that such a policy was both unnecessary and impoosible to enforce. In an interview in The Santa Clara early in the year, Olivo talked about his policy by asking rhetorically: Why should the Joe who doesn ' t know how to drink and who throws bottles in the Mall and shopping carts off the roof of Swig or dis- charges fire extinguishers be a threat to my safety? I have as much right to live in peace as he does to throw benches. ' The attempt to end abusive drinking was only a small part of Olivo ' s attempt to improve dorm life, however. ' People who live on campus have the right to live in an environment which is pleasant and conducive to their develop- ment, ' noted Olivo. In summing up his philoso- phy about the university, the winner of the execution popularity poll reflected, We ' re all here for the same thing; we ' re searching for truth, trying to find out what life ' s all about. '