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Show Year's Convocation guests bring enrichment to campus BY JAMES VLASICH Stuart Riley has been at the center of the BSU, as in this photo. Stuart Riley chosen senator SUSCs recent Student government "This job will be a great elections, Stuart Riley, BSU president, responsibility for me," he says, "but was elected to the office of senator. my parents have given me the He will be representing the School of background that will help me to take Arts and Letters. The Senate has another step into a leadership position. appointed him to be the Chairman of "My association with the Black the Task Force for Higher Education. In Student Union and the his new position he will be working Center has been a great one. have with Academic Vice President Steve learned what it means to work together as a team, and feel that my Wright in improving the educational environment of students. leadership abilities have grown, Stuart Stuart feels that there are many says. With his appointment to the task improvements that can be made. For one thing, he says, it would be helpful force on higher education, Stuart will for students to know what progress not be able to continue as Black Student Union president. At the next they have made on a quarterly basis. This is why the quarterly progress BSU meeting on Tuesday, April 10, report was introduced in the campaign. elections will be held to choose a new Many other things have been planned president, and plans will be made for club so everyone please be including improvements that can be made in the library. there. In Multi-cultur- al I I The initiation of the Convocation series on the SUSC campus has offered students an opportunity to view a wide variety of speakers. Included in this diverse group were three minority guests, Gloria Duce of the Navajo Tribe, Martin Luther King III and Dr. Carlos Cortes. As representatives of three major ethnic groups, these lecturers added to cultural awareness of the campus and the community. Gloria Duce was not originally scheduled as a series speaker, but she served as an excellent substitute for Dr. Anne Wauneka who was too sick at the time to make the journey to Cedar City. In an emotional speech, Ms. Duce paid tribute to the Navajo Tribal Councilwoman. At an early age Dr. Wauneka began to study the problems of health and tuberculosis on the reservation. In 1 956 she was appointed to the on Indian Health. Committee Advisory Some of her major concerns have focused on better cooperation between Medicine Men and doctors, and the education of young people concerning drugs and alcohol. Martin Luther King III was sponsored by the Black Student Union. He touched on a variety of topics ranging from health to racism. King stressed that Blacks have made great strides over the last year with the election of the first Black as Miss America (Vanessa Williams) and the appearance of the first viable Black candidate for the presidency (Rev. Jesse Jackson). Although King was a child of 10 when his famous father was assassinated, he is still greatly influenced by the principles that were established in his non-Indi- Shepherd elected to council Alex Shepherd, an SUSC junior majoring in Police Science, was elected to the Paiute Tribal Council last week. Alex has been taking leadership roles since he was Seminary class president in junior high school. At Cedar High School he was Indian Club President, has also served as Title IV Parent Committee Chairman, and was organizer and planner for the first Annual Paiute Restoration Gathering. At SUSC he was elected vice club during president of the Inter-Trib1982-8and this 1983-8- 4 year he is club activity coordinator as well as Activity Coordinator for the Cedar Band of Paiutes. Alex has been M.C. for the SUSC al 3, Earth 8 Soul SUSC Center Box 365 Cedar City UT 84720 Editor: Anna Braithwaite. Reporters: Aaron Sampson, Stuart (Riley, Betty Alexander. Typists: Shelley Olsen, Anna Braithwaite Artist: Kelvin Yazzie. Indian Princess Pageant several times and is also expert at organizing and planning basketball tournaments. He is also very much involved with the Quail Creek and Clear Creek Damsite project, preserving and protecting Indian writings and artifacts which might be destroyed by the new dam. Alex will have office hours at the Paiute tribal building Monday through Friday from 1:30-4:3- 0 p.m. He will also be attending classes to complete his Police Science Certificate in Multi-Cultur- al Minority speakers add to the cultural awareness of the community early films viewed minorities as evil villains or buffoons. After World War this image began to change, and II Cortes observed that the modern film focuses on individuals rather than dealing with typical stereotypes. While the aforementioned people enhanced the lecture series, they are not the only minorities who have enriched the program. Dr. Afesha Adams, assistant vice president of academic affairs at the University of Utah, gave a series of talks to commemorate Black history month. In addition, Carl Gorman, a former Navajo Code Talker, will be a guest speaker for Indian week on April 26th. Alex Shepherd, who's been at the forefront of innumerable Multi-cultur- al S5 ar June 1984. The Intertribal Cluo and Center wish to thank Alex for all the organizing, planning and work he has contributed and we wish him every success in his new position. Multi-cultur- home. Following a lunch for Mr. King, students gathered for an afternoon discussion session at the Center. What followed was a three hour interchange of ideas between students, Mr. King and his representatives. This was a rewarding experience for all who attended. The final minority speaker was Dr. Carlos Cortes, who serves as the chairman of the history department at the University of California at Riverside. His subject was the negative depiction of minorities in film. He emphasized how films have been responsible for developing attitudes that most Americans have concerning minorities. Dr. Cortes explained how al Center activities over the past few years, has been elected a member of the Paiute Tribal Council and will have daily hours at the council center in Cedar City. Tribal Building acquires historical Indian boulder from BLM display Have any of you noticed the big black boulder in front of the Tribal Building in Cedar City? Perhaps many of you havent, and if you have, maybe you didnt notice the Indian writings on the front. The Tribe acquired this after Clifford Jake called Travis Benioh about his concerns as he saw this rock in front of the BLM and Forest Service Maintenance Shop next to the auction building on Main Street. Travis then called the directors of both BLM and Forest Service and inquired as to how they got possession of this boulder. Apparently, some family in town hauled the boulder off some property and put it in their backyard. When this family began to have some spooky experiences they asked the BLM to come get it. BLM then went to get the boulder and it has been sitting in back of their storage sheds for a number of years. Then they decided to display it by putting it out on Main Street. BLM The tribe asked them if they could have possession of it to put the Tribal Building for display. BLM gave approval, and now you know the rest of the story. in front of |