1984-02-10

              Senate President Mizerk not
By Ian Schmitz
Student Senate President Don
Mizerk announced at the January
22 meeting that he will not seek
another term as president. Also,
FAB presented the report on a
budgetary inquiry on the Wesley-ana,
which started controversy
that continued at the February 5
meeting, and many senators
commented on a recent "Gadfly"
article in a Senator Speak-Out.
Mizerk began his remarks at
the first senate meeting by quot-ing
from an article on the Student
Senate that recently appeared in
National On-Campus Report. He
said that he was "very proud" of
senate's accomplishments with
entertainment, SWHR, and media
and called his term "a fantastic
learning experience." But
Mizerk then said that he would
not seek another term and in-stead
looks forward to "new and
different experiences."
DURING HER treasurer's re-port,
Genevie McKeithan presen-ted
F.A.B.'s budgetary inquiry on
the Wesleyana, along with four
proposals. Acacia senator James
Gungor objected to one proposal,
which stated that last year's
Wesleyana editor, Donna Rekau,
should have her account charged
for the amount that the Wesley-ana
went over budget. Gungor
called the proposal a "great
mistake." Ferguson senator
Jessica Curtis disagreed how-ever,
saying that it was "time
people were made responsible for
their actions."
Sigma Chi senator Tim Brophy
questioned whether a discussion
of the amount charged was ap-propriate
and asked whether the
Dean of Students had been con-sulted
about the legal ramifica-tions
of such a charge. McKeith-an
said that a copy had been sent
to the Dean. Dean Swichtenberg
said that he would have to read
the report before he could issue a
statement, saying "It would be
presumptuous at this time to dis-cuss
what we would or wouldn't
do."'
Gulick senator Kevin Maffet
said that Rekau should have been
fired and that it was "not right to
charge her now." McKeithan said
that "once she had accepted the
budgeted amount, it was her re-sponsibility."
TKE senator Dave Lautz (also
on FAB) clarified by stating that
the bulk of the Wesleyana prob-lems
came from increased
charges on color pictures that
were submitted four months past
deadline. Melissa Packard, cur-rent
Wesleyana editor who was
acting Media commissioner in
Greg Ohlendorf's absence, said
eeking re-election
that "no one could approach her ed for a motion to be made to get
[Rekau] until February 1, the the minutes of the FAB meetings
first deadline," and that she was, to the senators. Magill senator
as Wesleyana editor, "responsi- Andy Best made the motion,
ble for every cent that I go over." which passed unanimously.
GUNGOR THEN said that dis- MILLER ALSO HAD a big sur-cussion
shouldn't continue with- prise in his report - the possibili-out
Rekau present, and Brophy ty of Maynard Ferguson coming
said that he wanted statements to Wesleyan. Because they had to
from Mike Hackleman (yearbook act fast to confirm the appear-company
representative) and the ance, Senate voted the money at
photo editor before voting on the that meeting. The $3,500 cost for
issue. Ferguson, which senate approv-
Ferguson senator Maureen ed unanimously, came from the
Walsh, also a member of FAB, following areas: Culture Week,
then said that senators hadn't $2,000; Dad's Day, $625; Home-had
adquate time to read the coming, $215; and auxiliary fund,
report to be discussing it. "We $610.
spent an awfully long time on The Jan. 25 meeting concluded
this," she said, "and nobody with a Senator Speak-Out on a
seems to realize it." Lautz added Gadfly article which graded
that FAB did not operate with a senate, the president, the vice-
"let's get Donna attitude." president, and the executive
The discussion ended when IPC
commissioner Randy Miller ask- Turn to page 7
ILLINOIS WESLEYAN
DEVOTED
"Old elephants limp off to the hills to
die; old Americans go out to the high-ways
and drive themselves to death
with huge cars."
-Hunter S. Thompson
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
TO THE CONCEPT OF FREE PRESS
Volume 90 Bloomington, Illinois 61701, Friday, February 10, 1984 Nur
Emmy winner to address convocation
Adato receives honorary degree
tuber 17
Perry Miller Adato, award win-ning
public television film pro-ducer
and director, will be the
featured speaker Wednesday,
Feb. 15, at the annual Founders'
Day Convocation at Illinois
Wesleyan University.
The program will be at 11 a.m.
in Westbrook Auditorium of
Presser Hall.
Adato will receive an honorary
Doctor of Humane Letters
degree.
A 20-year veteran of public
television, Adato won an Emmy
in 1968 for outstanding achieve-ment
in cultural documentary for
the first film she produced and
directed, "Dylan Thomas - The
World I Breathe." She had joined
WNET, New York, four years
earlier as film co-ordinator and
associate producer.
She gained added prominence
with the first national television
series to recognize women ar-tists,
focusing on seven Ameri-cans.
She also directed a series of
films about Mary Casset, Helen
Frankenthaler and Georgia
O'Keefe. She won numerous
awards for the latter two.
Another Emmy nomination
was given for her film portrait,
"Picasso - A Painter's Diary,"
which she did in France and
Spain, where the artist lived and
worked. It included his own
words with comments by family
members, close friends and
childhood companions.
Two of Adato's films will be
shown before her appearance
Feb. 14. They are "Georgia
O'Keefe" and "Frankenthaler -
Toward a New Climate," which
will be shown Feb. 9 and 10,
respectively, at noon in the A-V
room of Sheean Library and
again at 6 p.m. in the Turfler
King to speak on racism
By Randy Miller Donahue shows, and a one hour
Dr. Charles King, Jr. will speak program shown in 18 cities.
at Wesleyan on Thursday, Feb. He has served as an analyst on
16. He will present his address, President Lyndon Johnson's
"In Pursuit of White Racism," in Commission on Civil Disorders,
the Main Lounge at 8 p.m. His chairman of the International
visit is sponsored by Student Association of Official Human
Senate. Rights Agencies, a Baptist
King is the founder and presi- minister, a university professor,
dent of the Urban Crisis Center in and director of the Civil Rights
Atlanta, Georgia. He has written Commission of Gary, Indiana.
an autobiography, Fire in my Currently, King is under con-
Bones, and will release another tract with major corporations
book this spring. and government agencies, in-
King is famous for stunning but cluding Western Electric and the
effective methods of changing C.I.A., and he has conducted
white attitudes, and has been "Racial Awareness" seminars at
featured in an ABC White Paper over 100 colleges and univer-documentary,
three Phil sities.
Room.
At 8 p.m. Feb. 14, Adato will be
in Buck Memorial Library for a
public showing of "Carl Sand-burg
- Echoes and Silences."
Following the film, she will offer
comment and answer questions.
Growing up in New York City,
Adato studied acting and worked
on the stage and on radio and
television for a time. She became
restless, wanting somehow to
reach more people and to teach
them as well as entertain. The
medium that captured her in-terest
was documentary films.
As she likes to refer to this new
direction in her life, "I created a
field for myself." She persuaded
organizations to use documen-tary
films as educational tools.
She had done some dramatiza-tions
of social issues for com-munity
groups, so she worked
with social organizations. Later,
when the United Nations wanted
someone to put together an inter-national
catalog of social welfare
films, Adato stepped right into
the job. Aided by her many con-tacts
in Europe, acquired while
working for the U.N., she formed
the Film Advisory Center in New
York, which helped create a
greater awareness and interest in
such films. It was through the
work of the Center that Adato in-troduced
Jacques Cousteau's
films to the United States in 1952.
In 1954, she joined CBS (Colum-bia
Broadcasting System) to pro-vide
films and film clips for such
programs as "Adventure,"
"Odyssey" and "Conquest."
In 1964 she moved to public
television.
Hurrah!
The Titan victory over North Central (see story p. 10) gives the
cheerleaders something to cheer about. Photo by Kenney Brook
Siblings Day approaches
Registration deadline nears
By Kathy Greenholdt
"Siblings Are: A Bear Necessi-ty"
is the theme of this year's
Siblings Day, to be held Satur-day,
February 25.
The day's events begin with
registration, a doughnut hour,
button making, and pictures in the
morning. Cartoons and a magic
show will follow. After a buffet
style banquet, the women's gym
will be open for recreation. Also,
siblings 10 years old and up may
participate in jazzercise while
children under 10 attend a story
hour. The movie Herbie Rides
Again will be presented in the
late afternoon, and the day will
end with a "make-your-own sun-daes"
hour and an evening
presentation of Star Trek II.
T-shirts in royal blue with a
gold design of a teddy bear and
the Siblings Day theme may be
ordered for $3.50 apiece. Orders
must be made by February 14 to
receive shirts on Siblings Day.
However, Judy Piarulli, Siblings
Day chairperson, said that orders
will be taken through February
25 and should arrive 10 days
later.
Registrations for Siblings Day,
accompanied by fees of $4.20 per
sibling and $2.80 per student with
a meal ticket, will be accepted
through February 17. Cancella-tions
must be made by February
24 in order to receive refunds.