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Show DAILY UTAf I HRONICLE rmruNivEirnrDKDfnr VOL. 4 NO. 70 asm 3 to TODW The commemoration of King will be highlighted by a keynote address at noon in the Olpin Union Ballroom by by Darren Hawkins Chronicle staff Rep. Louis Stokes, U.S. congressman from Ohio. Stokes was the first black member of Congress from the state of Ohio when he was first elected in 1968. In 1982, he was to his eighth term in Congress, and now serves as chairman of the House Ethics Committee. He will be welcomed by U. of U. President Chase N. Peterson and introduced by Rabbi Eric Silver of the Congregation Kol Ami. The address is free and open to the public. His appearance is by ASUU. A panel discussion of King's legacy to society is scheduled from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Olpin Union West Ballroom. The moderator will be Howard Ball, dean of the Several speeches and activities will mark the University of Utah's official commemoration of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jrs birthday Monday. The events include an address at noon in the Union Ballroom by Louis Stokes, the chairman of the congressional House Ethics Committee, and a birth&tiis Jan. 15, the national fall will on the third Monday in January Beginning holiday " in 1986. Although King's U. observance demonstrates our commitment on civil rights issues. "King had that dream about freedom and justice for all men and women, black and white, hispanic and native American, etc.," writes Ball in The Great Montgomery, Alabama Bus Boycott of 1955: The Emergence of Young Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as Civil Rights Leader. "While Martin Luther King, Jr., like all of us, had his imperfections, his dream is the lodestar we all can accept as our own dream. His vision was a world of freedom, peace and harmony. We are, all of us, black and white, bearers of the legacy of this decent, kind, courageous and human person," he writes. "We all, I believe, would agree with Dr. King that it would do ourselves and our posterity well if we were able to say, with truth, that we were free at last, free at last, thank God almighty, free at last." The panelists for the discussion will be comprised of minority leaders who will discuss the impact of King's efforts to achieve a measure of social and political and economic justice in our society. The three speakers will be Michelle Kourouma, executive director of Black Mayors; Leslie B. McLemore, dean of the Graduate School and director of research administration at Jackson State University; and Lennoris -- Bush, executive director of Utah Opportunities inmost through the snow across campus, students, faculty and staff can ride from University of Utah shut- tle bus. Richard Dalley, the member of the School of Medicine Dean's office in charge of the shuttle Jesus Christ of y dents and instructors from the Medical School to the main part of campus. The bus, which is free, leaves the Medical Center on the hour and half-hoand travels around campus to the Park Building. it On the quarter-hou- r, runs from the Park Building to Research Park. ur t HI Dalley said students 1 H who don't necessarily need to go to the Medical Center can also use the Here comes the bus. Or more specifically, the U. shuttle. The bus will stop of U. shuttle bus, which transports students, at anyplace along the faculty and staff across campus each half hour. iv approximately 400 people use it everyday. During peak hours, the van is so crowded a follow-u- p van is used to transport other will take over the shuttle passengers. route sometime between Motor Pool purchased a which S27,000 mini-bu- s, will arrive this spring. Dalley said the new bus, which holds 28 people, The new bus will replace the Motor Pool van that is being used now and will eliminate the need for a follow-u- p van. To solve crowding problems, the U. of U. . , vn JJ March and May. 'w ju Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. talks with J.D. Williams, a political science professor at the University of Utah, in this 1966 photo. King, described by Williams as "one of two or three of the most important men of the 20th century," held a huge U. audience spellbound when he spoke on campus in 1966. v ir SOSOTS u Utah and the state's system of higher education suffered a double loss Friday at the deaths of two leaders. Arvo Van Alstyne, commissioner of higher education and law professor, died Friday morning after a yearlong fight with cancer. G. Homer Durham, member of the First Quorum of the Seventy of the Church of class to class on the system, said it originated about five years ago as a way of transporting stu- s Death takes 2 of Utah's Instead of trudging last year showed that v er shuttle bus gives students a ride route as long as it is safe. Although many people aren't aware the shuttle bus exists, a survey done t r yf I College of Social and Behavioral Science and a scholar-writ- to Dr. King's ideals," said Martin Chemers, chairman of the U. department of psychology, who is directing plans for the occasion. "We feel such an observance is appropriate now rather than waiting for administrative details of the national holiday to be taken care of. So far as is known, this is the only observance of its kind." J.D. Williams, a professor of political science at the U., characterizes King as "the George Washington of the civil rights movement. One of two or three of the most important men of the twentieth century." Williams, who gave an impromptu speech when King was late for an appearance at the U. in 1966, says King's leadership in the civil rights movement is desperately needed today and KmgTcara great American who is sorely missed. "King was one of the most effective orators I've ever listened to," said Williams, who also called King an inspiring example and one well worthy of a national holiday. , red rrE "This early continued on page two re-elect- ed performance by Maya Angelou, celebrated poet, author and actress in Kingsbury Hall at 7 p.m. The observance, titled "Martin Luther King Day: The Heritage, The Legacy, The Promise," precedes by one year the national holiday that will honor the civil rights leader and Nobel Prize winner who was assassinated in 1968. Industrialization Center. Responding to their remarks will be Robert Archuletta, 5 Latter-da- y Saints and former commissioner of higher education, died shortly before midnight Thursday of a heart ailment. Van Alstyne, who directed the state Board of Regents, died at the University of Utah Medical Center Friday at age 62. Even while hospitalized the past couple of weeks, the commissioner kept close contact with his office and hoped to make his annual budget presentation to the Utah Legislature next week, said Kem C. Gardner, regent chairman. He, former Gov. Scott M. Matheson and Van Alstyne's former boss, University of California President David P. Gardner, edch described Van Alstyne's death as a deep personal loss, as well as a profound loss to the state. "I have enormous respect for him," the regent chairman said. "He was such a warm, loving person that he engendered a rare affection." Gardner recommended Van Alstyne for the commissioner's job when Terrel H. Bell was appointed U.S. secretary of education in 1981. Matheson, who worked with the commissioner on education funding and n Headers reform, described Van Alstyne as an "intellectually bright, sensitive and capable human being" whose loss leaves "a void not only in higher education but in the entire community." Van Alstyne was a member of the board of directors of the Utah Common Cause and had served on the organization's national governing board. He was a commissioner of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education and lectured annually at the Academy of American and International Law in Dallas, Texas. Regents have assigned C. Gail Norris, associate commissioner for budget and finance, to act as commissioner during the upcoming legislative session. Gardner expects regents to meet next week to launch a national search for Van Alstyne's permanent replacement. Durham, 73, a Mormon Church official, historian and former educator, was admitted to LDS Hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest Thursday in his doctor's office. He died shortly before midnight that day. He became a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy of the church on April 2, 1977, and a member of the presidency of that quorum on Oct. 3, 1981. Durham retired in 1976 after seven years as the first commissioner and executive officer of the Utah System of Higher Education and returned to the University of Utah as a research professor of political science. Non-Prof- it Org. U.S. Postage Paid Permit No. 1529 Salt Lake City, UT |
