Wartburg College - Fortress Yearbook (Waverly, IA)

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As experiences become more specialized, people are less able to communicate with each other . . . Our society can ' t afford people who can ' t communicate with each other. Each person must be able to look at his specialty in relation with others, Dr, Franklin Williams, chairman, Project Examination Steering Committee — from the Wart burg Review, April, 1980. Integrative Studies Experiential Studies Foundational Studies 1 r Capstone (one course) T Integrative (one course) Faith and Reflection (three courses) Fine arts Literature Human Expression Human Expression Cross-Cultural Foreign Language Person and Society Person and Society ' New, improved ' Wartburg Plan The New, Improved Wartburg Plan (above), approved by the faculty Feb. 14, combines horizontal and vertical approaches. Solid lines depict horizontal layers of one-credit courses. Courses are aligned, however, in vertical cores, depicted by dashed lines. This plan was first presented to participants in the Project Examination retreat at Sinsinawa, Wl, Jan. 23 and 24. The new program was one of the decid- ing factors in the Northwest Area Foundation ' s move to fund phase three of Project Examination, whereby the college will receive $150,000 over the next three years for implementation of programs. Sophomore Dave Staude (upper right) casts his ballot for one of the duos running in the March student body presidential elections. Dr. David Hampton (lower right), chairman of the General Education Com- mittee, presents proposed requirements to an overflowing crowd of concerned students in Buhr Lounge Sept. 1 9. Natural World

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Students found more than the distance to their parking lot and the quality of the cat ' s food to be con- cerned with during the 1979-80 academic year. Residential life concerns made campus news throughout the year as students questioned the col- lege ' s visitation policies and the administration integrated Clinton and Hebron Halls. After several years of quibbling between students and administra- tors over the college ' s visitation hours, the Board of Regents in October adopted a student-initiated proposal for extension of hours via an order for administrative control of the policy. A surprisingly reactionary stance sur- faced from within the student body when Director of Residential Life Donna Hunter announced her proposal to inte- grate Hebron and Clinton Halls in order to accommodate overflow from the clos- ing of Wartburg Hall. Over 300 students attended an open forum on the coed housing issue Jan. 28 in Buhr Lounge. At that time, Hunter and the ad hoc committee on coeducational housing outlined the proposal and fielded questions from the audience. Many students voiced negative opinions toward the proposal and added their own ideas to be integrated into the program. Even though most students feared los- ing friends with implementation of such a proposal, the plan was put into effect and at spring room registration hun- dreds of men lined up to be the first to live in Hebron Hall for nearly ten years.

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oil ' Next move? National politics drew student atten- tion on campus as the national television audience was made aware of the Iowa caucus process. Ward Five caucuses were stationed on campus in the Student Union and hundreds of students turned out to cast their straw vote for their favor- ite. Closer to home, it was a tight race for student body president. Four duos entered the nominating convention in mid-March. Delegates pushed the teams of junior Dave Unmacht and Matt Harms and junior Kirk Kleckner and sophomore Mary Holtapp forward to the general election. Kleckner and Holtapp enjoyed a victory over the Unmacht-Harms ticket, and jun- iors Bill Henak and Bill Nolte captured seats as treasurer and recorder, respec- tively. Energy or the lack of it grabbed stu- dents ' attention several times. The col- lege once again made a plea for students to be acutely energy-conscious in the interest of efficient use of college funds. A task force was formed to invent and publicize new ways to conserve. The Iranian crisis hit home on the campus as news of the hostage situation was brought to the U.S. Kathryn Koob, a 1962 Wartburg graduate, was taken cap- tive in November at the stormi ng of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. A vigil light was placed at the top of Old Main as a remembrance of her captivity. Declining enrollment reared its ugly head in many facets of campus life, try- ing to gain control of things. It was met however, with defense from all directions — from students, faculty members and administrators. Beginning at the onset of Fall Term and continuing up to the final days of May, students of various depart- ments fought the reduction of the size of the faculty. Dr. Douglas Steeples, vice president for academic affairs, justified depart- mental cuts with a target student faculty ratio of 1 6: 1 . Steeples said reduction was a part of an effort to make Wartburg ' s academic program more cost efficient and effective. General education requirements received attention early in the year when the Project Examination Committee announced a plan to implement changes in Wartburg ' s program under the third phase of a grant from the Northwest Area Foundation. Students proved their concern for the academic side of life by voicing strong opposition to the GER committee ' s initial proposal. Many interest groups found the proposal unworkable in their disci- pline and, consequently, the proposal was defeated by a faculty vote. The committee realized the potential of a new general education program, however, and decided to rework the plan. The second proposal, the new, improved Wartburg Plan, passed the faculty Feb. 14 by a 51-20 margin and was unanimously accepted by the Board of Regents. Two issues came to a dramatic climax at the end of May Term. One, the end of the Chrysalis program, brought much disapproval from students and faculty. The program ' s demise was attributed to the loss of a quarter million dollars that the unique educational process is said to have incurred over its years of existence. The other issue, the presidential search, rolled on from its beginning in December at the resignation of President William W. Jellema to the final announce- ment of his successor, the Rev. Dr. Rob- ert Vogel of Minneapolis, May 24. Throughout the process, students were involved and informed. The advi- sory committee enlisted the help of several students in evaluating the final three candidates for the position, as well as many other students who participated in an interview process of the three men and provided input for the committee. Tensions m the Middle East and the related energy crisis manifested itself in several ways on campus. These cartoons and photographs appeared in the Wartburg Trumpet or its supplement, the Fanfare. The problems sent thermostats dipping to new lows and set banners flying outside dorm wi ndows.