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Show THE THUNDER8IRD MONDAY NOVEMBER 10, 1986 PACE 3 Clements discusses award winning book BY DANA JOHNSON Clements set up maternal and child clinics. woman During this time he met a f She had eight children, three still alive. The children were dying because bad weather andoi flooding. The farmers could only live off 50 percent of . N what they produced. Twenty-fiv- e percent of all children died before the age of five. He later met 3,000 women whose lives were the seme. "Statistics seem to be a way to understand," he i said. "Misery was not a result of Cod, but of human greed," said Clements. The people he worked with were starving to death. It was hard to see them die especially thef children. Their stomachs, arms and legs would I swell until "like a flickering candle they would I go out," said Clements. "What has made this nation great is our Charles Clements related his experiences with the conflicts in commitment to human improvement," said Central America at Thursday's Convocation. Clements. ld War no matter where it is should be a concern to us all, said Charles Clements Thursday, because someday our children may have to fight in one. Clements, author of the book, Witness to War, presented an eyewitness report on his experience in El Salvador, Nicaragua, and the conflicts in Central America, in Thursday's Convocation. Clements is a distinguished graduate of the Air Force Academy and was a pilot in Vietnam. Witness to War, his award-winnin- g book, explains his experiences in detail. We have choices now we didn't have in Vietnam," said Clements of the conflicts in Central America. He worked in El Salvador from March 1982 to 1983. While there, he worked with 10,000 peasants whose government had labeled them "bad." Thompson reaches out to students BY JULIE SACOS It is said that the best way to help yourself is by helping others. If this statement is true, Georgia Beth Thompson is one of the more people on campus. Thompson is the new acting director of Upward BoundSpecial Services here at SUSC. The program is for students, disadvantaged and and has been in operation for 19 years. Her duties include overseeing grants, getting specific help to those students who qualify, and being a friend to all. Thompson has worked on and off for the school for many years. She served as dean of women for five years and acting dean of students for one. She's also taught sociology and English 101. She sees her new position as "a very interesting challenge," and says shes "in a position to get people launched while the momentum's there, nipping any problems in the bud, in other words, not letting a problem get out of hand before it's too late to salvage self-fulfill- Marvin Bell put the audience into an introspective mood with his poetry reading here Wednesday night. Marvin Bell at SUSC: 'Tree Poet' in review BY GRACE SNELL "Poets always look into nature to see if it's a mirror." With this opening statement, and a bit of wit, Marvin Bell set a definite tone for last Wednesday's poetry reading. Bell's selections of poetry ranged from comical commentaries of life to very personal, introspective poetry reflecting the man himself. Bell set the audience in a pensive mood and there was a definate feeling of satisfaction in the room. Bell expressed himself best within his nature poems, saying that "Ideas don't go into poems, but ideas come out of poems." The use of trees and tree imagery in his poems has won him the informal title of "the tree poet"by many of his loyal patrons. The Mulberry Tree depicts his identification of himself with various species of trees. Green Going To Yellow related to the observance of a Ginko tree within the midst of a large city, and the marvelous description of the leaves which resembled old men's hands. To An Adolescent Weeping Willow was the poet's own search to master the art of crying without tears. Bell balanced the evening with a number of light poems, in To Dorothy (which was a Christmas present to his wife) it began with "You are not beautiful, exactly You are exactly beautiful." (Bell said that he was prepared to buy her candy if the poem didn't work) She loved it; however, and he "got by on that poem for years." Bell's new book, New and Selected Poems, is expected to be out this May. He is also the head of the Writer's Workshop at the University of Iowa, one of the most prestigious writer's workshop in the nation. a she says, "So, instead of just letting the student become overwhelmed, we get him the basics, into our classes that and give him the confidence he needs." She says she is extremely pleased with the exceptionally skilled staff she works with and sees the program as a great success. She refers to the government loans as, "an investment in our culture," and believes that "the whole nation gains from these people who now have more to contribute. "I guess ideally I'd like to work myself out of a job, but don't see that as happening in the near future," she says, "so in the mean time will just continue to watch the students learn and grow and enjoy myself while I'm I I class." Thompson says that traditional students don't realize how difficult it is to return to school after being in the work force for some time. "People suddenly realize," she says, "that the things they want in life are unattainable in their present situations, so they come back to school and find that their study skills are rusty." She also includes students from small community schools where the teachers are often required to teach subjects they aren't really qualified in, so students are underprepared in some subjects. "It isn't that they the teachers don't care, its just that they haven't enough knowledge of these subjects to teach them efficiently," Iroc-n-Ro- ll sweepstakes are announced SUSC Cable Nine, in conjunction with NCTV, presents the Chevrolet Heartbeat of America, ll Sweepstakes; a three week promotion beginning Nov. 3 and continuing through Nov. 25, 1986, on 190 NCTV affiliated campuses. The grand prize is a 1987 Chevrolet Camaro Iroc Z and will be given away on Dec. 4, 1986. The winner will be drawn randomly from all entry blanks received and will be announced live from Boston, via satellite at "The Chevrolet Heartbeat of America Satellite Concert", presented by NCTV, explained Nancy Dalton, SUSC Cable Nine community relations and promotions director. Iroc-n-Ro- The winners of additonal prizes which include a 1987 Chevrolet Turbo Sprint Hatchback Coupe, 10 NCTV jackets, and 50 NCTV will be announced on NCTV programs during the week of Feb. 2, 1987. College students, 18 years of age or older and have a valid driver's license, are eligible to participate in the sweepstakes drawing. Students must fill out an entry blank that can be found in the SUSC Student Center, or they can send a ll postcard to: NCTVChevrolet Sweepstakes, 114 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10011. Iroc-n-Ro- |