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Show The Tfumderbird Monday, September 26, 1983 Page 7 Ehrlichman steps in for first Convocation Eugene McCarthy cancels because of health; may be rescheduled later in year by ideas, concepts, and opinions. ..to round them out, Fletcher Matson John Ehrlichman, former counsel, special assistant, and domestic affairs adviser to President Nixon during the Watergate years, will replace former U.S. Senator Eugene McCarthy as the first speaker in the 1983 Fall Convocation series at SUSC. McCarthy, who served as one of Minnesotas senators from 1959 to 1970, was scheduled to speak about the nature of the presidency from the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration to the present, but had to cancel the engagement due to a recent heart attack. According to Mike Richards, assistant to the president, the coronary was not considered but McCarthy was hospitalized at Georgetown University. He canceled his September speaking commitments because his doctors considered them a health risk. Ehrlichman, who has often debated with the former senator and also happens to be a personal friend, visited McCarthy m the hospital and offered to fulfill McCarthys obligations until he could resume them himself. McCarthy is booked until Christmas, but he may be rescheduled for another quarter. A key figure in the Watergate scandal of the early 70s, John Ehrlichman has written two The Company and The Whole Truth, based on his experiences during the Nixon administration, and has just published his third book, Witness to Power, based on the same subject. tour of He has just recently returned from a China, .where he spent several days in a remote provincial village, as well as the more modernized areas. He is currently working on an article for best-seller- s, 12-d- says Richards. Ten different distinguished speakers will be presented each quarter. John Ehrlichman will open this years Convocation series. Parade magazine which will recount his adventures there. A Morning with John Ehrlichman will take place Thursday, Sept. 29, at 1 1 a.m. in the SUSC auditorium. Admission is free. Students, faculty, staff, and the general public are welcome to attend. Ehrlichman was convicted of three counts of break-i- n perjury and conspiracy in connection with the at Dr. Lewis Fieldings office during the Watergate trials. The SUSC Administration established the Convocation series to expose the students to other Two important changes were added this year to make the Convocations more attractive to students. The most visible will be the change in location; the Convocations will now be held in the SUSC Auditorium, which has nearly three times the seating capacity of Thorley Recital Hall. Also, SUSC students and interested townspeople have the option of earning one credit hour per quarter, up to four credits during a four year period, by attending Convocation programs, indicates Lana Johnson, Convocation coordinator. For each credit earned, students must attend seven Convocation programs along with three elective programs selected from Cedar City Music Arts, exhibits at the Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery or SUSC dance, theatre and music presentanons. The Convocation Course is offered on a pass-fai- l basis. Convocation packets are available at the SUSC bookstore. All Convocations will convene at 11 a.m. Thursday. No classes are scheduled at this time, so both students and faculty are free to attend. This quarters guest list includes such noteworthy personalities as U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Ellis L. Armstrong an SUSC alumnus. Also, University of Utah polincal science professor J.D. Williams, classical flamenco guitarist Santa Heredia, astronomer Mark Littmann, Navajo Tnbal Councilwoman Annie Wauneka, former White House Counsel John Dean, political columnist Jack Anderson, and Steven H. Heath, chairman of the SUSC Department of Physical Sciences and Engineering. Convocations scheduled to run entire year by Jay Hill One hour of credit may be earned by attending the Fall Convocation Series. It begins Sept. 29 at 1 1 a.m. in the Auditorium, and continues every Thursday at the same time and place until the conclusion of the series on Dec. 8. Those desiring the hour offered must register for- Arts and Letters reference number 20290 (Convocations 201). There will be no test or homework assigned, but attendance is necessary for credit. The Convocation series will have 10 guests. First on the senes will be John Ehrlichman, former chief of domestic affairs for President Nixon. He will discuss his current best seller, Witness To Power: The bhxon Years, a disclosure of the events that began with electoral triumph and ended in Watergate. Erlichman has just returned from a recent tour of China, which he will also discuss. On Oct. 6, Utah historian Dr. Leonard Arrington will bring the past to the present with his topic Bngham Young: Colonizer, Church Leader and Family Man. Arrington works as director for both the Joseph Fielding Smith Insntute for Church History Sind the Charles Reed Center for Western Studies at Bngham Young University. He is a senior research associate in a study of the Saints that Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daexamines the LDS church, its people, and the impact of the Mormons in the settlement and development of the Mountain West. Renowned Cedar City native and SUSC graduate Ellis L. Armstrong will discuss The Challenge of Todays World on Oct. 13. Armstrong will speak at the college following his participation in a World Energy Conference held in New Delhi, India. He has served as the U.S. Commissioner for the Bureau of one-cred- it y Reclamation and has been included in Edition One of the 5,000 Personalities of the World. The Beauty of Freedom is the Oct. 20 topic of Convocation speaker J.D. Williams, a prominent opinion leader and polincal science professor at the University of Utah. Williams received the U of Us Distinguished Teaching Award in 1983. Among his many awards and citanons are the Bnai Bnth Award for contnbuuons to human brotherhood and the Utah Bar Association Award for contributions to a free society under law. Classical flamenco guitarist Santa Heredia will I Convocation speakers topics will cover a great range of interesting subjects; Watergate, Brigham Young, freedom and space colonies to list a few. the Distinguished Service Award from the Middle Atlantic Planetarium Society. Navajo Tnbal Councilwoman Annie Wauneka will e visit SUSC on Nov. 10. Wauneka is a advocate of education and has received the Josephine B. Hughes Memorial Award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom Award and the Arizona Woman Achievement Award for promoting the health and welfare of the Indian people.' Blind Ambition author John Dean will talk about Watergate on Nov. 17. Newsweek is quoted as saying, He was the Presidents own prized whiz kid, a Brooks Brothers Galahad with a choirboys grin and an infallible formula for pleasing the boss: To get along you go along. The personal and professional problems he will discuss extend to the classic dilemma of middle management. Famed journalist and columnist Jack Anderson writes the popular Washington which wall be his topic on Dec. 1. Anderson held his first newspaper job at age 12 and by age 18 was working on the city desk for The Sale Lake Tribune After a stint as a war correspondent in China, he joined Drew Pearsons staff in 1947. When Pearson died in 1969 Anderson took over and continued his Washington The syndicated column is now carried in more than 1,000 newspapers. Steven H. Heath, chairman of the SUSC Physical Science and Engineering Department, will conclude the fall Convocation series by delivering the Faculty Honor Lecture on Dec. 8. This lecture senes was established by the Faculty Senate to recognize and honor faculty members for scholarly and noteworthy w'orks. As a recipient of a National Endowment for the Humanities Grant and through independent research efforts Heath has studied the entwining of history, science and religion extensively. His topic wall be Science and Religion: A Conciliatory View. long-tim- Merry-Go-Roun- d Merry-Go-Roun- appear at SUSC on (Jet. 27- - The fifth Convocation guest was born in Spam and has achieved tremendous acclaim throughout Europe. Pra;sed by Segovia himself, her album Sarica Heredia: Flamencn Fire has received first place awards. Astronomer Mark Littmann will discuss Space Colonies on Nov. 3. Littmann is the foimer director of the Hansen Planetarium in Salt Lake Ciiv. His impressive and varied accomplishments include the Service Award from the International Planetarium Society, the Ohio State Award for best radio documentary: Are We Alone in the Universe? and |