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U You're Not Part of Tbe SolutioD
You're Part of tbe Problem
Voice of the Student Body at Pacific Lutheran University PACIFIC LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1970
VOLUME XLVIII
NUMBER ONE
Wiegman Challenges University To Year of Active COllllllitlllent A "Year of Joy" ended, and a
President said, "Our faculty acts
"Year of Commitment" began on
as a propeller driving us forward,
September 10, as Dr. Wiegman set
yet remains a faithful anchor, re
the tone for a new year, and a
minding us of our tradition of ex
new decade at PLU, in his open·
cellence. "
ing
convocation
address
entitled
"Where are we going from here?" As the last few comments of the "Year of Joy" flew by, Dr. Wieg
globe as products of this age-not
cuIty and students.
the cause."
accomplish
complimented
them
on
through
in
the
last
few
give
continue
to
structure
greater
the
university
flexibility.
The
r. Jungkuntz Assumes ew Duties As Provost ity has a Provost. The creation of
this
office
en
ails a broadening of the responsi ,i1ities
and
powers
:xtinct office resident.
of
the
of
A cade mi c
now
Vice
1 he Provost will serve as coordi
ator for all academic aspects of
1e univ er sity and wi\l be the top ecutive in the absence of the resident. Filling the post is Dr.
jchar d Jungkuntz.
ecclesiastical and ministerial struc
ture encouraging ag reem ent am on g denOm inations. Dr.
Jungkun tz expressed as his
homework,
stated, "I know PLU students and
the
constant striving for technological
"progress," the President praised
students for recognizing "these ad vances for what they really are." The
concern
that
students
are
exhibiting has caused them to !l$k questions
outside
the
traditional
areas of academic inquiry. These new
questions in
nion
have
tion
to
Wiegman's opi "a
caused
Christian
re-orienta
social
commit
ment."
faculty. He feels it is necessary to
PLU
students
already
have
a
produce sound and vital changes ,
tradition of social action in such
while the various departments and
programs
schools work together to prevent
individual department changes di
as
CHOICE,
ban Coalition.
cessful with out change. He hopes
University
quality and structure of the pro
are genuinely
innovative, creative thinking in the
fessional school functions.
structive change."
The Provost also expressed a de to maintain and strengthen
sire the
liberal arts
while
focus within the maintaining
the
USSAC,
TACT, and the Tacoma Area Ur
verging from the general trend.
to be a catalytic agent to trigger
around
Criticizing his generation for its
goals a des ire to preserve and strengthen the good academic as pects of PLU while recognizing that
no insti tution is go ing to be suc
Wiegman
the year was attributed to the fa·
the
years. He also admonished them to
with a discussion of doctrine and
Claiming that these men h ad not
contemporaries
carried
Univer
students their perpetual scapegoats.
their
reviewed
the changes they had initiated and
Lutheran
who have made
ments of that year. The success of
Wiegman
For the first time in its SO-year
national leaders
w ith
issue
took
their
Calling them "the best .faculty"
tistory Pacific
Wiegman
done
man
DR. WIEGMAN addresses the eommunlty at opening convoeatIon.
Dr.
Wiegman emphasized the integral
relationship between the university ancll the community and reminded city
leaders
that
"PLU
slands
ready to assist those officials who committed
to
con
A troupe of young dan ce rs and
their 12th tour of the United States,
opens the 1970-71 Artist Series sea son at Pacific Lutheran Un iversity. The B ayanihan Dancers, the first of five series at tra ctions, appear in Olson Auditorium Friday, Sept.
18.
Also
scheduled
are
other nations who can draw from
such rich springs of folklore as the
Filipinos."
Reserved season tickets for the
five attractions at one-third reduc
tion over single admission prices
are available at the PLU Alumni
Schola r hip
All
Artist
Series
Fund,
by the poli tical
r
Wiegman encouraged stud nts w h o are interested in
the
elective
participation in
process,
but
asked
them not to request a Moratorium
on
c las se s. He emphasized that a
student
desiring
be
to
involved
"has the opti on of making his own
arrangements. .. The Pre ide n t later modified this
statement. He said, that in speak
ing
of
one of
a
Moratorium,
he
meant
the type wh ich the Yale
administration has granted. He sta
ted
that
a
Moratorium
sh or er
would be feasible, but in his opi nion should come now when stu
dent cam paigni n g would be most
helpful.
The difference between c ommit
ment in words and commitment In actions
was
also noted by Wie g
man. Students th r ough their com
mitted
source
actions
have
become
of i ns pir ation in a
"a
world
sorely in need of a little ide alism."
Church-University re lations were
also discussed. Dr.
Wiegman de
fined the role of the university as
one of
ch allenge r,
leader, and in
novator. "Through j oint- yet separ·
ate-commitments, we
m ai ntai n a
ideas ,"
churCh
constant flow of new life and new between
the
and
university communities. A dialo gue characterized
by honest criticism
Borrowing the ancient Indian de
finition of a great man as one who "does not slacken
in car rying out
what he has begun,
which
Performa nces
will be held in Olson Auditorium at 8:15 p.m.
com
activities of the fall months. Dr.
although obstacles tower
provides sch olarsh ips an nually for
PLU students.
traditional
to
fronted this ye
Office. Proceeds go to the PLU Alumni
addition
must be maintained.
Philippine Dance Troupe to Lead Off Artist Series musicians fr om the Philippines, on
In
mitments. PLU students are con·
thousandfold
unlil he has succe eded" he challenged all members of the
PLU
family
to fuum
this definI
tion, du ring the coming year.
soprano
Marni Nixon Nov. 13; pianist, I.e
rin Holl ander, Feb. 26; Canadian pantomimist Claude-S t. Denis. March 10; and the Denver Sym phony Orchestra, Brian Priestman conducting, April 21. The Bayanihan Comp an y, com posed of 27 young dancers and 12 musicians, is top rated among sev eral folkloric dance ensembles in the Islands. It first appear ed in ternat ional ly
Dr. Jungkuntz h as a strong aca·
-mic background in BibIJcal Lit
'at ure and the Classi cs, and bas d seven years of pastoral experi
Ice. Du ri ng the past five years l
served as Executive Secretary
. the Commission on Theology and
nurch Relations of the Lutheran hurch-Misso uri Synod. Jungkuntz
bas
served
on
the
)mrnittee of the National Faith ld Order Colloquium. He has thus tempted
to uni fy Christian de
}minations into 'ganizatio ns
one
concern
at
the
Brussels
World's fair in 1958 and enjoyed
DR. JUNGKUNTZ
body. Both themselves
sold out appearances in New York City
in 1959
and 1961.
In the past 10 years the troupe
has appeared t hro ughout the world, most recently at
Expo 70
in Osaka,
J ap an . Through folk dances and music the Bayanihan company portrays the regional cust oms of its Arabi c·
past, Ma layan-Spanish-American a s well as those of the tribal
ples of th? fslands. In
Israel.
a
critic
l aude d
the
beauty and movement of the Bay
performance. ad d ing, "It i s doubtful whether there are many
anihan
nlE BAYANIHAN DA."lCE COMPANY will appear this Friday nlgbt in Olson Auditorium at 8:15 p.m.