University of Southern Mississippi - Southerner Yearbook (Hattiesburg, MS)

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October 1 4, 1 980 Alexander Ginsberg The Human Rights Struggle in the USSR. d ' Alex incler Ginsburg is a Russian dissident whose work for hum in rights in the Soviet Union resulted in his arrest by the KC B 1 state trial and imprisonment in a labor camp in 19 XX hile in the USSR he was the administrator of the Russi in Social Fund a charitable organization founded by him incl exiled author Alexander Solzhenltsyn to aid Soviet pristine rs and their families In 1976 Mr Ginsburg became one of the founding members of the Moscow Helsinki KX itrh C roup a citizen s organization committed to mom turing, the Soxiet Union s Adherence to the humanitarian prmlsmns ofthe Helsinki Accords Mr Ginsburg was serv ings the third xear of an eight year sentence when in April 1 3 J h intl sex er al other political prisoners were ex c h ings cl for two conx icted spies Mr Ginsburg was stripped of his Sm If t citizenship ind forced to leave the USSR with out his mile and children ,f , N 7 . Q K 145 ' i w r . . . . . , J , c c , 1 1. 2 , c K ,. .' 3 'Z . . . , . . , I . . . . c , J , L , C ' . . . . . . J 1 ' . I I . . r 1 . V . . , Y , Y -4 , . , ' ' ' l 1. ff r , , 1 , c A' Q i If , ' . . .1 , t. x . . . I I . . m , , 1 I ' .' ' , 2 , , . .ffl ffvfcnls October 21 1980 Davld Halberstarn The Po11t1oa1 and Soo1a1 Power of the Medla fi David Halberstam is a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and the author of two best-selling books The Best ond the Brightest about the men who made government policy dur- ing the Kennedy-Iohnson era of the 1960 s and The Powers Thot Be a book about the power of the media the influence of America s communications empires and the domination of the government by the media. Mr. Halberstam has worked on papers in Mississippi and Tennessee and for six years was a foreign correspondent for the New York Times. I-Iis reports from Saigon in 1962 and 1963 earned him a Pulitzer Prize. In 1967 Mr. Halberstam left New York Times and became a contributing editor of Harpers magazine a position he left in 1972 when he decided to devote his full time to work on The Powers That Be. 1 0 N . . . - 77 ' I 2 X , fff -,. le' ' r' v f , . :M 4' , 1' .. V l 0 , , , . nl. xii s, 0 xl 'W' I 1. X . - . C Y Y , . , , V . ' c c c C . . - 1 c , . 1

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September 30, 1980 Daniel Yergln Energy Future Daniel Yergln is the author and coedltor of the best selling book Energy Future He lectures at the Kennedy School at Harvard and directs the International Energy Seminar at Harvard s Center for International Affairs He is Associate Director of the Prolect on Energy and Politics In addition he serves as a consultant on energy to the European Common Market the U S Department of Energy and Transportation and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee The Wall Street Iournal has called Energy Future the most 1mpor tant and best work ever written on energy alternative re sources and the future of America s power O QQ 97 l 1 ' 'v - I I' , , ' . . . . . , . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . 9 ' ' I . . . Ll ' . . ' - ' Y V7 October '7 1980 Dr. Malcolm Andrew The Enghsh UD1VGIS1ty Dr. Malcolm Andrew is a member of the Department of lia in England. He is also in charge of the undergraduate admissions at the University. He is the editor of sex eral medieval texts including the works of the Gawain-poet. He is also a member of the Chaucer Variorum an international group of scholars formed to prepare a new edition of Chaucer s works. 9 Q Q ' ' ' 7 ' English and American Studies at the University of East Ang- Events 25

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November 4, 1980 R ' Chard B Egan The Writing of Richard Brautigann 5 7 QR tif' - 2 Richard Brautigan has been described as a gentle poet of the young, around whom a cult has grown, because of his preoccupation with Nature and with the gentle things in life. I-Ie is considered to be one of the most original writers of our time and many critics believe that several of his books will have a permanent place in American literature. Per- haps the most important of the nineteen books he was writ- ten are Trout Fishing in America and the Tokyo-Montana Express. November 18, 1980 1111am Price Fox Southern Folklore and I-Iumor -A William Price Fox was born in Waukegan Illinois and was educated at the University of South Carolina. He is a profes- sional writer at the University of South Carolina. He is a professional writer and has taught in the Writers Workshop University of South Carolina. He has written sex eral books including Southern Iiried Southern Fried Plus Six. 'ind Red Ruby and two screenplay s Cold Turkey' 'ind The Great Southern Amusement Company. He his 'ilso contributed 'irticles to Saturday Evening Post Holiday' Sports Illustrat- ed 'ind Southern Liying. f . f , 5 . my Q, I r at the University of Iowa and is presently' teaching at the ' c V v C I I C 1 c c ' , c . c Y 1 ' Events 27