: i. a’ Outlook Mixed | { 2) Clips Campus by Ray Wight q The U.S. should seek world Weber State College’s Kenneth A. (Kay) Randall, who went from a position as student body president at Weber State ‘College to a brilliant career in | banking and international economic research and analysis, has received Weber State’s Distinguished Alumni Award for 1980, and in.a visit with faculty and students, '‘& given them an insight into some of complexities and stresses of leadership in the role of a senior. found to the energy crisis within forensics team won “‘school honors’”’ in the senior division of the Western Speech Association forensics tournament held in San the next two decades or free Jose Calif., under the enterprise may have difficulty remaining as a viable economic system, he said. sponsorship of San Jose State University, Randolph J. Scott, WSC forensics, coach, reported. Clashes over such vital energy sources as petroleum could develop - states took part in the tournament. Four “school honors’’ awards are made in the senior and junior division of the tournament. Mr. developing international trade. A workable answer must be Forty-eight schools from nine partner who listens to and works with others and does not try to make decisions all by itself, Andrew Young, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said in a WSC convocation. We must learn to deal with people as brothers and learn to protect the interests of one ‘ the honor during a visit to the and redirect the whole course of human events. For their own best interests, this country and its allies need to be _ WSC campus in mid-March, even though it had been awarded him during the previous fall. He had able to phase out oil and natural gas use in the next decade for anything but mobile units, he said. The junior division team also earned enough awards for “school honors,’ but was ordained minster. _ Too often the U.S. has found itself in an adversary position leadership. Both Vietnam and divisions. not continue to take the side of problems facing the free enterprise system. Mr. Randall officially received + | been unable to come to Ogden at Homecoming time because of ’ ; binding business commitments. ‘ Mr. Randall, : : ) 1 ? an Ogden native, and hopes for a major change State, then a junior college, he went on to receive a degree in business fom Brigham Young University. He went into banking with what is now the Central State Bank in Provo. Currently he is president of the internationally known Conference Board of New York City, an economic analysis group set up by the larger manufacturing industries of the country. It now works for 8,200 large firms across the whole non-Communist world, Mr. Randall said, doing research in the areas of economic analysis and forecasting, _ management research, corporate _ government, public affairs, and emerging economic and political trends. Speaking to faculty and students in a campus seminar before he left, Mr. Randall expressed mixed | optimism and pessimism about the outlook of the capitalistic system | | ashe sees it. The pessimism comes from the magnitude of the problems faced, such as the energy crisis, the challenges of Communism and developing nations, and the in direction. The Pacific Basin is going to be a major area of economic and political change in the years immediately ahead Mr. Randall believes. Japan and Australia have already assumed leadership roles there, and Japan definitely on a world scale. The Chinese and what they do will be the big factor in the Pacific area, he believes, but they have an immense job of building and modernization before they can become a really top power militarily and economically. The Soviets have major internal and external problems they must solve, but because of their immense resources, both in manpower and natural resources, they must not be downplayed, he said. Like the Chinese, they have a large population, the will to work, and the brainpower potential. Demands for power sources mean that the U.S. must take calculated risks with such sources as nuclear energy, he believes. Europeans thought Alexander Haig, whom they knew and respected, would have made the strongest U.S. president, Mr. Randall said. Former hostage... on terrorism Nations of the world must work for an international consensus on how to handle terrorism so that incidents such as the holding of the American hostages in Iran can be avoided, Richard Morefield, one of the top } ranking American their country, and if they fail there is at present little other really effective help. hostages, told 'aWSC convocation audience. +} past decade. Host governments must supply the basic protection for diplomats and others working in Mr. Morefield, who was U.S. consul general in Iran at the time the hostages were seized, said the fear of terrorism is common among those who serve abroad, and multi-national corporations have paid a heavy _ price to terrorist activity in the Probably the U.S. can lessen some of the dangers in the future by “‘reducing the target”’ through streamlining of its - staffs, and strengthening buildings, but he emphasized again that the host government and the protection it offers is the critical things: piatissnders t6dny vail’ ao thi ee t Pacuoht ee who is also an with other nations when it needn’t have been, and we must aggressors, said. he The country cannot solve its “a The Reagan election and moves brought a resurgence of optimism, Young, the found honored, and later became After graduating from Weber ) they to assert strong leadership have was president. y 1 things Corporation during the Johnson chairman of the board when Nixon _ j were hard to understand, he said. presidency, the only Republican so { Watergate was appointed to the board of the federal Deposit Insurance ) ineligible because schools may Our European allies have been upset by the apparent loss of U.S. |] not win team honors in both another, not work mostly from selfish economic motives, said : of es fi basic economic problems until eae ae eee : ati Palestinians, he said, exert president of Rocky Mountain tremendous influence throughout the Middle East, enough to Helicopters, Provo, told an Executive Lecture Series oil. years ago, James B. Burr, audience at WSC. substantially control the price of with no financial assets and no ability at flying helicopters and today heads the fourth largest helicopter service in the U.S. and probably the sixth largest in the Best route for the U.S. to go in working for world leadership is through its technology and ability to raise the economic standards of the world’s underprivileged countries. The production methods and world. achievements of the U.S. have Mr. Burr started 20 years ago One of the newer services is provided by the 15 helicopters his company has at hospitals — been and still are the standard of the world, he said. | across the country, he said. The “a machines provide service on a 5-minute notice and are ready 24 hours a day. Mr. Burr urged students wanting to go into business for themselves to get a good basic education, decide what they want to do, and then give it their full-time attention without worrying about fringe benefits and working hours. Being in business for oneself not only provides an income in large or small amounts, but it provides a variety of fascinating experiences, some of them traumatic, he said. “a Timing is one of the more important things in launching a business venture, Brian C. Swinton, president of Sweetwater Diversified, Inc., said in an Executive Lecture Series talk. He said launching his sale of recreational properties in the Bear Lake area in 1969 came just at the time when the country was showing a special interest in more and better recreation facilities. Picking the right time requires foresight, business acumen and perhaps a measure of luck. Workable answers to the world’s overpopulation and energy problems lie as close as the asteriod belt in our universe, Dr. Bryan O’Leary, scientist, author, former astronaut and college professor, told a WSC convocation. Dr. O’Leary said the sun could solve the world’s energy problem by the end of the century if solar collectors are set up in space where they can receive energy without hindrance from an atmosphere, then beam it to receiving stations on the earth by microwaves. Asteriods appear to represent workable sites for such collectors, and could furnish much of the material needed for the stations, he said. Minerals could also be obtained from the asteroids and sent back to earth in giant space shuttles. a S, Page 5