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

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January 13, 1981 Charlayne Hunter Gault Changes 1n the World and the Media 4? Jr 1 fir o Charlax ne Hunter Gault is a correspondent for the Lehrer 'xIc'Ne1l Report on PBS and from 1968 to 1976 she was the New York Times Metropolitan reporter for the urban Black Community She has written numerous articles for MS Life Change Saturday Review Essence New York Times Book Review and other publications She won the 1979 National Commission on Working Womens Women at Work Award and the Newswomen s Club s Front Page Award for her report A Matter of Dignity which was ludged the best documentary of the year 1 ff ' ' Y, - l 1 .3- .-5f..I 6 . g,' ff' 7 R . 5, , . ., ..- g , Y, ' '-iq -- ,IJ ,. - . - e A 1 y . A' , J' 1 ' . 'ff 1 . . al ' 5 1 x 'ff' ' 1 - aff, - .kx'l1 .f '1' ' -l' - f s ' ' .-- ' ff, . , i',: 'T1-It It I 1' .- I-,gs- ' vfffja. 1,4 ,, fa- ,, . Q . 1 I, . - f I P. V 5 , 4 --ffl tl W' I. ' 'V -. 'ff ' I I- 1 1 1 q: Y .' 4- - 4, ,-p , F--1 . ., '. .1 1 1.1, ' .- ,,,,,.. 4 P ' 1 I, ' .' lfi I I 7' lrJ 'fV f lJf , 1 ' , rl I 'ag -' . . - I I I . , if 4' , 2 -1' 1 ,i , - ' ,. ' 1 , 1 '14 , 'n - v . . 1 , . . . . . . ., 1 I I I . . . , . . . . . , U H v r u F Y vi ,, . . ,, . Y I ZH Iiwfnts January 20, 1 98 1 J ack Anderson The Washington Merry-Go-Round lack Anderson IS the most widely read investigative reporter and syndicated Columnist in America. The stories in his column The Washington Merry-Go-Round are often months-sometimes years-ahead of the headlines. This Pulitzer Prizewinning columnist has made history shaken up governments rattled multinational corporations and has played an important role ln determining the direction of current events. He for example knew and reported as early as 1976 that the Shah of Iran would be replaced by a violent anti-American regime in Tehran. Two years later the CIA was still insisting that there was no problem in Iran. v 'ib- 4 : 0 1. 1 i - . . 1 . - u H 1 9 . 1 . - f - 1 - . . 1 Q - u . v 1 H ' 4 4 - - yy - - . - -

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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

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March 3, 1981 March 24 1981 Dr' Brian Dr. Herbert W 0'Lea,ry Exp1or1ng New Worlds in Outer Space Dr. O Leary is an astro-physicist who was trained in NASA s in the field of space exploration and a successful author. His popular book The Making of an Ex-Astronaut was award- ed best young adult book of 1970 by the American Library Association and his latest book The Fertile Stars will be published in February 1981. He is a contributing editor to OMNI magazine and is a special consultant to the U.S. House Subcommittee for Energy and the Environment. Q Q ' 7 ! I x Scientist Astronaut program. He is now a leading futurist Boyer Genet1c Eng1neer1ng Dr. Boyer is Professor of Biochemistry and Director of the Graduate Program in Genetics at the University of Califor- nia at San Francisco and Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Dr. Boyer and Dr. Stanley Cohen of Stanford University were the first researchers to splice genetic material from one species to another and in Nox em- ber of 1980 they received the first U.S. patent granted in the field of recombinant DNA research. He has set up a private company Genetech to find practical commercial uses for this discovery. Dr. Boyer feels that most of the fear and criticism of DNA research and genetic engineering is unawarded ln view of the numerous safeguards imposed in this field of research. 1 I Q' 1 4 0 ,Q , U O 1 . 4' Y ' x 44' pl . , x S 4' X 4 Y . . Y ' Y V Y V Events 29