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Show The Activities Board consisted of the chairman of every committee, the studentbody activities vice-president, Terry Hale, and the student activities coordinator, Judy Willmore. Together they worked out the problems they faced and tried to come up with new ideas for activities that would interest and involve a larger percentage of the studentbody. The arts and crafts committee under the direction of Sharon Fuhriman started out the year by involving everyone in making God's Eyes. The dance committee under the auspices of Greg Kemp organized a number of successful dances. Glen Curtis and the films committee brought old flicks to campus viewers. Mike Eldredge and his co-workers brought a number of exciting lecturers to campus. Special events were conducted by Kim Kowall and her committee. Games and recreation was headed by Shirley McDougal, while the married students were brought together by their chairman, Rex By-bee. Other committees included the hospitality committee with LeAnn Painter, the exhibits committee with Susan Gibbs, and the music and talent committee with Dee Fuhriman. ACTIVITIES BOARD The Vietnam moratorium - one of the largest war protest demonstrations in the history of the United States - swept the nation October 15 as hundreds of thousands attended protest rallies in major cities and assembled in small towns to mourn the Vietnam war casualties. The tide of impatience swept through Congress and culminated in a late-night session on the eve of the protest, pitting staunch moratorium supporters against members vigorously opposed to the October 15 move. The moratorium attracted substantial Congressional support in and out of Washington. Over 50 members spoke to antiwar rallies, and more than 80 formally endorsed the movement as a "peaceful demonstration for peace." But the antiwar protest also encountered strenuous Congressional objections that it appeared as a gesture of support for the enemy and could therefore prolong the war. Ironically, what seemed a unified outpouring of feeling against the war in reality was a broad and confused mixture of opinions and hopes. The protest originally began as a moratorium, or halt, on college classroom attendance of those participating. Many of them supported the President's policies and his efforts to end the war, while others repudiated the administration's stand as being "more of the same" and called for immediate unilateral withdrawal. A few members (of Congress) accused the demonstrators of aiding the enemy. They pointed to the Communist's public endorsement of the moratorium. But as the rallies were being held across the nation, leaders of both chambers introduced bi-partisan resolutions repudiating the "attempt of (the North Vietna-mese) to associate those Americans who demonstrate for peace with the cause of our enemy. . . ." from CONGRESSIONAL QUARTERLY Weekly Reports Dee Fuhriman, Music am Susan Gibbs. Exhibits Greg Kemp, Dance Glen Curtis, Films Mike Eldredge. Lectures |