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1978  TALON 

THE  AMERICAN  UNIVERSITY 
WASHINGTON,  DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA 


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CONTENTS  FOR  1978 

Color  Section  1 

Special  Features  21 

Academia  47 

Habatats  51 

The  Student  Confederation  57 

Sports  67 

Greeks  75 

Graduates  93 

A  Closing  Look  and  The  TALON  Staff  191 


TALON  is  published  yearly  as  the  official  yearbook  of  The  American  University 
Student  Body  by  the  Confederation  Media  Commission,  the  media  and 
publishing  division  of  The  American  University  Student  Confederation,  Room 
319  Mary  Gradon  Center,  The  American  University,  Washington,  D.C.  20016. 
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WRITTEN  PERMISSION  OF  THE  ORIGIONAL  SUBMITTER  IS  PROHIBITED 
BY  LAW. 


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THE  AMERICAN  UNIVERSITY 

WASHINGTON.   DISTRICT   OF  COLUMBIA  2001fc 

Office  of  the  President 

April    6,    197! 


Yearbooks  by  tradition  are  for  the  graduating  class. 
Yet,  I  address  my  remarks  to  all  students  at  The  American 
University  who  have  been  with  us  this  year  and  have  partic- 
ipated in  the  rebirth  of  a  university  dedicated  to  excel- 
lence and  academic  rigor. 

As  students,  you  have  witnessed  the  beginning  of  many 
exciting  changes  which  will  shape  the  university  in  years 
to  come.   The  changes  have  added  to  American's  national 
prestige.   They  have  also  given  a  fresh  identity  to  Amer- 
ican University  as  a  school  in  the  forefront  of  academic 
reform. 

This  has  been  a  year  in  which  we  have  made  substantive 
academic  and  physical  commitments.   The  library  has  become 
a  reality.   For  those  of  you  graduating  this  year,  I  hope 
you  will  come  back  to  use  the  library  when  you  are  alumni. 
For  those  continuing  at  American,  you  will  be  able  to  use 
the  facility  that  you  and  your  predecessors  have  needed  and 
deserved  for  so  long.   Our  new  library  is  part  of  our  new 
program  of  academic  advancement. 

This  academic  year  has  seen  a  new  American  University 
student.   You  have  experienced  all  of  the  fun  and  excite- 
ment of  the  college  years,  while  at  the  same  time  having 
studied  and  applied  yourselves  to  your  education.   You  have 
proved  what  we  have  long  known:   that  you  are  indeed  seri- 
ous about  your  education  and  that  you  demand  academic  qual- 
ity.  It  has  been  an  unending  source  of  pride  to  see  more 
study  halls  than  we  have  ever  had  in  the  past  used  to  capa- 
city throughout  the  year. 

This  has  been  a  year,  too,  when  commitment  to  academic 
change  and  improvement  has  passed  from  the  talking  and 
committee  stages  and  taken  form.   True,  for  those  of  you 
graduating,  you  will  not  benefit  directly  from  our  basic 
skills  exit  testing,  the  credit-hour  system,  the  new 
distributive  program,  or  the  honors  program.   But  it  has 
been  through  your  observations,  through  your  comments  and 
through  your  ideas  that  these  major  changes  have,  in  part, 
been  effected.   And,  the  initiation  of  these  changes  over 
the  next  year  will  enhance,  in  the  future,  the  value  of 
your  degrees. 


The  Talon  Page  2  April  6,  1978 


You  have  been  a  part  of  The  American  University  at  a 
time  when  its  use  of  Washington,  D.  C. ,  as  a  classroom  has 
never  been  surpassed  or  as  effective.   The  real  campus  of 
this  university  is  our  Nation's  Capital.   The  vast  number 
of  you  who  have  participated  in  our  internship  and  cooper- 
ative education  programs  have  brought  prestige  to  The 
American  University  while  you  have,  in  many  cases,  built 
the  impressive  beginnings  of  promising  careers.   Many  of 
you  have  taken  classes  in  which  your  guest  lecturers  have 
been  prominent  government  leaders,  chief  executive 
officers,  world  renowned  artists  and  widely  respected 
international  representatives.   You  have  had  the  rare 
opportunity  of  mixing  the  world  of  action  with  the  world 
of  ideas  in  the  nation's  most  dynamic  city,  of  experi- 
encing practice  and  principle,  and  that  is  a  blend  which 
should  be  of  much  help  to  you  in  the  years  ahead.   It  is 
education  both  for  life  and  for  your  future  work. 

In  my  first  year  as  president  of  The  American  Univer- 
sity, I  spent  much  of  my  time  looking,  listening  and 
learning.   Sometimes,  our  progress  seemed  slow,  because 
there  was  much  to  be  done  and  I  was  determined  to  see 
action.   In  this  second  year  as  president,  while  I  ani 
still  learning,  I  have  felt  the  pride  of  accomplishment  -- 
not  merely  of  my  own  but  of  those  of  an  entire  university 
community  in  which  each  of  you  has  been  a  contributor  and 
vital  part. 

For  those  of  you  graduating  now,  my  best  wishes  for 
your  success.   For  those  continuing  your  education  here,  I 
look  forward  to  another  exhilarating  and  productive 
academic  year. 


\ 


B^d  Smith,  1978  Student  Confederation  President. 


STUDENT  CONFEDERATION 

THE    AMERICAN    UNIVERSITY 

OFFICE  OF  THE  PRESIDENT 


Room  321  Mary  GravOon  Cf-nu-t 
The  American  Universily 
Massachusetts  and  Nebraska  Aves.  N.W. 
WASHINGTON   DC  20016 
Pnones  244  3003 


A   MESSAGE  FROM    THE   PRESIDENT   OF    THE   STUDENT  CONFEDERATION 


The   Student   Confederation  is   the   academic  and  political   arm  of  our 
student  body.    The   legitimate  objective   of  the   Confederation   is,   as  with   any 
government ,    to  achieve  by   team  efforts   that   which   cannot  be   accomplished  by 
individuals   alone.    Working  together   this    year,   we,    the   students   have   forged 
a  working  relationship  in   order   to  meet    the   requirements   of  that   effective 
government. 

Student   activism  and  criticism  of  recent   years  has   stressed   the 
importance   of  responsible   and  open   government .    Students   have   learned   that 
we  have  a   commitment   to  our  society   as   well   as   to  ourselves.    The   Student 
Confederation,   which  is   essentially  students   in   government,   has   made   the 
necessary   steps    to  insure   active  student  participation .    We  strive   to  sponsor 
programs    that   will    allow  American   University   students    to  help  others   while 
helping  themselves . 

As   the   Student   Confederation  pursues   its   goals,   we  watch   for   the 
internal    and  external   signs   of  change  which   signify   growth   and  progress . 
We   offer  an   oppertunity   for  each   student    to  broaden  his   or  her  horizons 
through   meaningful    extra-curricular  involvement . 

The  potential    for   the   Student   Confederation    to  be   an   innovative , 
receptive   student    force   is   inherent.    This    year,    that   potential ,   has  been 
turned  into  reality . 


THE  BA 


3KE  CASE 


THE  DECISION 


THAT  WASN'T 


The  Supreme  Court's  decision  in  the  "Bakke  Case"  was  supposed  to 
he  an  earth-shattering  one.  In  reality,  after  all  the  bally-ho,  nothing 

has  really  changed. 


The  year  of  many  decisions  .  .  .  and  no  less  this  .  .  . 
American  University  students  have  deep  concern  for  the 
security,  safety  and  equahty  of  all  students.  There  was  a 
time  this  year  when  debate  and  controversy  ran  high  .  .  . 
and  .  .  . 

It  all  started  when  Allen  Bakke  was  denied  admittance 
to  the  medical  school  of  the  University  of  California  at 
Davis  because  the  space  he  sought  was  reserved  for  a 
"minority  student." 

When  a  minority  student  with  lower  grades  entered  the 
medical  school  instead,  Bakke  then  sued  the  University 
of  California  claiming  he  had  been  discriminated  against 
because  of  his  race  and  that  his  rights  under  the 
fourteenth  amendment  had  been  violated. 

The  case  was  heard  in  Superior  Court  where  Bakke 
won.  He  won  again  when  the  University  of  California 
appealed  the  case,  and  again  before  the  California 
Supreme  Court.  By  this  time,  the  case  had  attracted 
national  and  international  interest  .  .  .  both  from 
well-wishers  and  a  few  with  newly  generated  hatred. 

The  case  soon  had  passions  running  high.  Many 
people  saw  it  as  a  way  to  correct  the  "unfair  advantage" 
minority  students  had  over  white  students  who  were 
better  qualified  for  admission  to  the  nation's  universities. 
Others  saw  as  one  white  racist's  attempt  to  reverse  all  the 
civil  rights  advances  gained  through  the  struggles  of  the 
last  two  decades.  By  the  time  the  case  was  brought  before 
the  United  States  Supreme  Court,  tempers  in  the 
"minority"  communities,  civil  rights  and  assorted 
"leftest"  organizations  were  high.  Marchs, 
demonstrations  and  threats  were  the  order  of  the  day. 

The  confusion  in  the  streets  extended  into  the  halls  of 
Congress  and  our  government.  One  case  in  point  was  an 
incident  concerning  the  United  States  Department  of 
Justice  and  the  President.  There  were  times  when  their 
statements  openly  differed. 

It  has  been  reported  that  after  long  hard  legal  research 
and  extrapolation,  the  Department  of  Justice  wrote  an 
Amicus  Curiae  (Friend  of  the  Court)  Brief  to  be  submitted 
to  the  Supreme  Court  affirming  Bakke's  contention  that 
he  was  better  qualified  for  admission  to  the  University  of 
California  at  Davis'  Medical  School.  It  was  reported  to 
have  said  that  Bakke  was  denied  admission  because  U.C. 
Davis  had  used  a  "Quota  System"  to  establish  an 
"affirmative  action"  admissions  program.  In  essence,  the 
Department  of  Justice  was  reported  to  have  said  that, 
Bakke,  the  better  qualified  prospective  student,  was 
denied  admission  to  medical  school  because  his  skin 
color  was  white.  This  brief  was  never  submitted  .  .  . 
allegedly  by  Presidential  Order. 

The  news  media,  caught  in  the  middle  as  always, 
managed  to  keep  their  emotions,  bias  and,  at  times, 
confusion  off  of  the  "Front  Page"  and  on  the  "Editorial 
Page."  One  of  the  stories  that  did  hit  the  front  page 
however,  was  how  the  news  media  handled  the  story 
itself  .  .  .  reporters  all  but  camped  out  with  their  camera 


crews  on  the  steps  of  the  Supreme  Court  Building,  others 
had  written  two  stories;  one  with  the  Supreme  Court 
finding  for  Bakke  and  the  other  with  the  Court  finding 
against  Bakke,  all  they  had  to  do  was  fill  in  the  details  of 
the  decision. 

Some  radio  newsmen  had  telephones  stashed  in  locked 
drawers  .  .  .  The  men  and  women  of  the  Fourth  Estate 
knew  the  moment  the  decision  was  announced,  the 
ensuing  "charge"  to  contact  editors  would  make  for  a 
strained  situation  at  best.  While  some  reporters  waited  in 
the  pressroom  of  the  Supreme  Court,  others,  across  the 
nation,  covered  demonstrations  by  minority,  civil  rights 
and  leftist  groups  opposing  any  decision  favorable,  in 
any  way,  to  Bakke. 

When  the  United  States  Supreme  Court  handed  down 
its  decision,  the  case  that  was  supposed  to  be  a  legal 
hydrogen-bomb  turned  out  to  be  a  wet  firecracker  with  a 
soggy  fuse  that  wouldn't  burn.  The  Court  did  find  in  a 
five  to  four  split  decision  that  Bakke's  equal  rights  under 
the  law  had  indeed  been  violated,  but  not  as  Bakke 
contended  under  the  14th  Amendment.  The  confusion  of 
the  people  was  also  evident  in  the  summations  of  the 
Supreme  Court's  Justices  which  were  .  .  .  well  .  .  . 
confusing.  The  court  then  proceeded  to  uphold  the 
validity  of  affirmative  action  programs  (A  position 
reinforced  in  a  subsequent  "reverse  discrimination"  suit 
against  a  telephone  company's  hiring  practices).  Both 
sides  claimed  victory  in  the  case,  due  to  the  ambiguity  of 
the  Court's  decision. 

The  Bakke  Case  will  be  argued,  pro  and  con,  for  years 
in  the  legal  profession  and  class  rooms.  It  will  be  debated 
and  second-guessed,  folded  and  stapled,  and,  finally,  it 
will  be  religated  to  the  musty,  time  encrusted  tomes  of 
the  stacks  of  the  nation's  law  libraries.  The  decision  has 
not  laid  down  any  truly  new  guidelines  for  affirmative 
action  programs  as  the  Presidential  Letter  on  the 
following  page  shows,  so,  for  now,  at  least,  it's  business 
as  usual  on  the  subject  of  affirmative  action. 

But  the  question  of  "affirmative  action"  verses  "reverse 
discrimination"  and  where,  and  at  what  point,  do 
affirmative  action  programs  discriminate  against  whites 
is  far  from  settled.  There  are  a  number  of  reverse 
discrimination  suits  winding  their  way  through  the 
judical  system  and  probably  more  waiting  to  be  filed.  The 
Bakke  case  is  over,  but  the  question  still  has  yet  to  be 
answered. 

But  the  bottom  line  of  the  Bakke  Decision  is  finally 
settled  .  .  .  Allan  Bakke,  who's  only  wish  was  to  have  the 
chance  to  become  a  Doctor  of  Medicine  (while  the 
Committee  to  Overturn  the  Bakke  Decision  demonstrated 
outside),  attended  his  first  lecture  as  a  student  of  the 
Medical  School  of  the  University  of  California  at  Davis. 

The  demonstrators  never  even  recognized  the  man  who 
had  lent  his  name  to  the  decision  they  so  violently 
opposed  as  he  walked  past  them  to  classes. 


THE   WHITE    HOUSE 

WASHINGTON 

July  20,  1978 


MEMORANDUM  FOR  THE  HEADS  OF 

EXECUTIVE  DEPARTMENTS  AND  AGENCIES 


Since  my  Administration  began,  I  have  been  strongly 
committed  to  a  policy  of  affirmative  action.   It  is 
through  such  programs  that  we  can  expect  to  remove 
the  effects  of  discrimination  and  ensure  equal  op- 
portunities for  all  Americans. 

With  your  help,  this  Administration  has  been  able  to 
develop  and  implement  meaningful  affirmative  action 
programs  throughout  the  Federal  government,  and  as 
a  result  minority  employment  has  increased  to  its 
highest  level  in  history. 

The  recent  decision  by  the  Supreme  Court  in  Bakke 
enables  us  to  continue  those  efforts  without  inter- 
ruption.  That  historic  decision  indicates  that 
properly  tailored  affirmative  action  plans,  which 
provide  minorities  with  increased  access  to  federal 
programs  and  jobs  and  which  are  fair  to  all  Americans, 
are  consistent  with  the  Civil  Rights  Act  of  1964  and 
with  the  Constitution. 

I  want  to  make  certain  that,  in  the  aftermath  of  Bakke, 
you  continue  to  develop,  implement  and  enforce  vigorously 
affirmative  action  programs.   I  also  want  to  make  certain 
that  the  Administration's  strong  commitment  to  equal 
opportunity  and  affirmative  action  is  recognized  and 
understood  by  all  Americans. 


That  "Mad  Cartoonist" 
yeah,  Andrew  Pollack 
was  "mad"  all  right;  mad 
at  the  injustice  he  saw  in  the  world  and  here  at  A.U.  We 
didn't  always  agree  with  Andy  and  his  sharp  rapid-o- 
graph  pen,  but  he  did  know  how  to  stick  a  blade  in  and 
twist  it  a  bit. 

Over  the  past  couple  of  years  Andy's  been  hitting 
tender  spots  in  the  soft  underbelly  of  our  beliefs.  Some- 
times he'd  made  us  angry  with  the  whole  situation  and 
other  times  with  just  him  and  his  characterized  opinions. 
He'd  make  us  laugh  but  invariably  he'd  make  us  think,  if 
only  to  think  up  new  and  inventive  ways  to  do  away  with 
him  after  a  particularly  nasty  cartoon. 

Andy's  cartoons  would  be  pretty  critical  at  times,  not 
many  of  us  around  S.C.  can  forget  Butch  Stein  as  "Da 
Boss".  This  year  Andy  reserved  his  nastiest  import  for  the 


pending  Bakke  decision.  That  didn't  mean  he  ignored  the 
S.C.  and  school  politics  ...  oh  no,  he  had  some  gems 
reserved  for  the  denizens  of  the  sporatically  murky 
waters  of  the  S.C.  goldfish  bowl. 

Andy's,  er  ah  .  .  .  shall  we  say  slightly  left-of-center 
.  .  .  political  views  were  sometimes  evident  in  his 
potshots  at  society.  We  didn't  always  agree  with  him  but 
we  had  to  acknowledge  that  he  had  strong  convictions 
and  a  firm  sense  of  what  he  felt  was  right  and  wrong  in 
this  mixed  up  world  of  ours. 

Andy  is  no  longer  with  us.  He  graduated  in  June  this 
year  and  moved  out  into  the  "real  world".  We  wish  him 
luck  wherever  he  goes  and  in  whatever  he  may  do.  But 
whatever  happens  we  have  a  feeling  there's  always  going 
to  be  more  than  enough  virulent  ink  in  those  damned 
pens  of  his  just  waiting  to  draw  more  of  his  sulphurous 
characters. 


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''Sorry,  kiddo,  but  da  S.C.'s  hard-up  for  moolah.  However,  should 
youze  make  a  small  purchase  from  Stein  Enterprises,  Inc.,  perhaps 
we  could  offer  you  protection  from  untimely  budget  cuts " 


'That  reminds  me,  Jerry  .  .  .  There's  another  subject  we  must 
remember  to  leave  out  of  our  debates!" 


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We'd  love  to  put  you  on,  fellows,  but  time  is  money,  and  we  don't 
have  time  for  you,  if  you  know  what  I  mean!" 


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America  is  all  about. 


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"Go  on  in!  It's  all  yours  now!" 


/^r\alr-eui  Qliack 


Finals  time  in 


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"Your  Honor,  you  get  rid  of  those  Affirmative  Action  programs, 
and  we  promise  to  give  every  last  nigra  .  .  .  er,  Black  person  ...  a 

fair  shake." 


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"Mister  Rabin!  Mister  Hussein!  Good  news! 

The  trustees  of  The  American  University  have  awarded  you 

honorary  degrees  for  bringing  peace  to  the  Middle  East!" 


''CaHfano  hired  you? 
What  a  coincidence  —  he  put  me  back  to  work  too!" 


PinJreiu'pollack 


"On  our  right,  our  School  of  Government,  and  on  our  left .  .  .  uh 
er  ,  .  .  our  alternative  school  of  government." 


"And  so  I  said  unto  my  agent,  'Ye  have  the  poor  always  with  you; 

but  me  ye  have  not  always.'  And  he  replied,  'Alright,  alright,  I'll 

only  take  five  percent  off  the  top.'  " 


THE 

FINAL 

FRONTIER 


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"Space;  The  Final  Frontier.  These  are  the  voyages  of 
the  Starship  Enterprise;  her  five  year  mission  to  seek  out 
new  worlds  and  new  civilizations  .  .  .  to  go  where  no 
man  has  gone  before." 

Those  words,  spoken  by  veteran  actor  William  Shatner 
as  Captain  James  T.  Kirk  opened  each  episode  of  STAR 
TREK  since  its  debut  in  1967.  Those  words  and  what  they 
represented  have  become  are  now  a  part  of  American 
popular  culture. 

Created  during  the  hey-day  of  the  United  States'  space 
program,  the  Viet  Nam  "police  action"  and  growing 
unrest,  STAR  TREK  stood  out  as  a  bright,  optimistic 
vision  of  the  future  during  an  age  of  growing  pessimism 
and  distrust. 

Now  more  than  a  decade  later  we  are  beginning  to  take 
the  first  tentative  steps  toward  that  future. 

Another  Enterprise  (NASA  101),  a  Space  Shuttle 
Orbiter,  has  begun  the  journey  that  may  lead  toward  the 
next  stage  of  Man's  evolution;  the  breakaway  from  the 
planetary  cradle  of  our  racial  infancy  and  our  migration 
to  the  stars. 

When  Neil  Armstrong  first  stepped  onto  the  lunar 
surface  in  1967,  he  said  it  was  "a  small  step  for  a  man;  a 
giant  step  for  mankind."  He  was  right,  the  first  manned 
lunar  landing  is  and  always  will  be  a  milestone  of  mans 
conquest  of  space  but  it  may  be  that  it  will  have  less 
significance  in  the  long  run  than  the  first  flight  of  the 
Space  Shuttle. 

On  August  12,  1977,  the  Space  Shuttle  Orbiter 
Enterprise  flew  for  the  first  time,  her  inert  engines 
covered  by  an  aero-dynamically  shaped  tail  cone.  Carried 
aloft  by  a  modified  Boeing  747  mothership  to  an  altitude 
of  22,100  feet  where  the  Enterprise  separated  from  the 
framework  that  had  secured  her  to  the  mothership  and 
began  her  short,  unpowered  down  to  the  runway  on 
Roger's  Dry  Lake  Bed  at  Edwards  Air  Force  Base  in 
California. 

The  Enterprise  flew  with  an  easy  style  and  grace.  Her 
crew  said  she  "handled  like  a  dream,"  and  while  she 
looks  like  the  huge,  lumbering  cargo  carrier  she  is,  her 
command  pilot  said  she  handled  with  the  quick  response 
and  agility  of  a  fighter  plane. 

The  Enterprise  finished  her  first  test  flight  like  a  great 
majestic  bird  settling  down  and  finally  coming  to  rest 
amid  a  great  cloud  of  California  desert  sand. 

Since  August,  the  Enterprise  has  undergone  further 

THE  SPACE  SHUTTLE  IN  FLIGHT.  An  artist's  concept  of  the  Space 
Shuttle  in  flight.  The  vehicle  is  launched  with  all  engines  burning;  a 
configuration  called  parallel  burn.  The  two  solid  fuel  rockets  (attached 
in  a  skewed  fashion  to  the  larger  liquid  propellant  tank)  are  jettisoned  at 
approximately  100,000  feet  altitude.  The  solid  rockets  are  parachuted 
into  the  water,  recovered,  refurbished  and  used  again.  The  airplane-like 
orbiter  discards  the  larger  propellent  tank  just  before  insertion  into 
Earth  orbit. 


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Dry  den  Flight  Center,  California  —  The  Space  Shuttle  Orbiter  Enterprise  separates  from  the  747  carrier  aircraft.  October  12,  1977.  The  Enterprise, 
with  dummy  rocket  motors  mounted  in  the  aft  section  of  the  spacecraft,  was  piloted  by  astronauts  Joe  Engle  and  Dick  Truly.  Photo  courtesy  of  the 
National  Aeronautics  and  Space  Administration. 


testing  and  so  far  she  has  performed  each  task  as  well  or 
better  than  expected.  She  now  faces  more  testing  before 
she  is  finally  declared  fully  operational  and  ready  to 
enter  full  service  sometime  in  late  1980  if  the  National 
Aeronautics  and  Space  Administration's  (NASA)  time 
table  any  unforeseen  snags. 

At  present,  the  most  serious  threat  to  the  shuttle 
program  and  possibly  to  the  entire  space  program  may  be 
a  Proposition  13  fearful  Congress.  Even  though  the  space 
shuttle  is  approaching  full  service,  a  funding  cut  would 
be  most  unfortunate. 

Already  the  Space  Shuttle  Program  has  suffered  from  a 
budget  decision.  Originally,  NASA  had  proposed  a 
two-stage  system  designed  for  quick  re-use  with  a 
minimum  of  expendable  parts  referred  to  as  the  "F-1 
Flyback." 

The  Flyback  design's  first  stage  would  be  a  manned 
vehicle.  It  was  to  have  boosted  the  second  stage,  the 
orbiter,  into  space,  separate  from  the  orbiter  and  piloted 
back  to  a  landing  field  on  Earth. 

Stage  two,  the  orbiter,  would  then  continue  on  to 
complete  its  mission  for  that  flight,  re-enter  the 
atmosphere  and  flown  by  her  crew  to  the  landing  field. 

There  both  would  be  refueled  and  redeployed  for 
another  flight. 

F-1  Flyback  would  have  cost  $1.2  billion,  the  Nixon 
administration  however  decreed  that  the  project's  cost 
could  not  exceed  $1  billion.  The  result  or  this  budget 
decision  was  a  compromise  in  design  to  keep  the  shuttle 
project  alive. 

The  result  is  the  Enterprise.  Instead  of  using  a  vehicle 
similar  to  Flyback's  stage  one  to  boost  her  into  space,  the 
Enterprise  will  be  attached  to  a  large  liquid  fuel  tank  with 
two  solid  fuel  booster  rockets  attached  to  either  side  of 
the  tank. 

These  boosters  were  another  cost-cutting  concession  to 


the  Nixon  White  House.  Liquid  fuel  rockets  which  could 
be  shut  down  in  an  emergency  are  many  times  more 
expensive  than  solid  fuel  rockets  which  can  not  be  shut 
down  once  ignited. 

The  shuttle  will  be  launched  in  a  "parallel  burn 
configuration,"  all  three  of  the  shuttle's  main  engines 
burning  fuel  from  the  large  belly  tank  in  addition  to  the 
two  solid  fuel  boosters. 

At  approximately  100,000  feet,  the  boosters  will  drop 
away  and  parachute  back  to  Earth  to  splash-down  in  the 
Atlantic  where  they  will  be  recovered  by  waiting  ships 
for  reuse  during  future  flights.  (There  is  the  possibility 
they  may  sink  before  they  are  recovered,  hence  the  use  of 
the  'cheaper'  solid  fuel  rockets.) 

The  shuttle's  engines  will  continue  to  burn  until  just 
before  the  liquid  fuel  tank  is  jettisoned  just  before  the 
shuttle  enters  orbit.  The  tank  will  then  fall  back  into  the 
atmosphere  to  burn  up  on  re-entry  somewhere  over  the 
South  Atlantic. 

Even  with  all  the  compromises  made  in  the  Space 
Shuttle's  design;  the  Enterprise  and  her  sister  ships  to 
come  are  masterpieces  of  technology  and  monuments  to 
Man's  determination  to  explore  the  unknown. 

The  Space  Shuttle  Program  may  also  hold  part  of  the 
key  to  Mankind's  continued  survival  on  "Spaceship 
Earth." 

Our  Earth  is,  according  to  some,  going  to  hell  in  a 
handbasket.  Most  of  us,  of  course,  would  agree  things  are 
not  as  good  as  they  could  be.  One  group  who,  like 
Professor  Norton  over  in  the  Beegly  Science  Building 
could  be  best  referred  to  as  "short  range  pessimists  — 
long  range  optimists."  These  people  believe  things  are 
going  to  get  worse  before  they  get  better,  but  things  will 
get  better  eventually. 

The  Space  Shuttle  Program  may  shorten  the  "getting 
worse"  period  considerably. 


Our  world  is  rapidly  running  out  of  open  space, 
resources  and  energy.  She  is  also  losing  her  ability  to 
rejuvenate  and  cleanse  herself  of  the  effluents  of  modern 
man.  The  Earth  is  a  sealed  environment,  whatever  is 
dumped  in;  stays  in  and  she  is  rapidly  approaching  the 
point  where  she  will  not  be  able  to  handle  the  pollution 
we  daily  pour  into  our  environment. 

At  present,  our  most  critical  problem  is  the  search  for 
new  sources  of  energy,  but  in  trying  to  solve  it  we  have 
begun  dumping  the  deadlist  form  of  pollution  into  our 
biosphere;  the  radioactive  wastes  from  nuclear  fission 
reactors. 

It  has  been  generally  admitted  that  alternative  sources 
of  energy,  such  as  solar,  wind  or  geo-thermal,  power,  can 
not  supply  more  than  a  quarter  to  a  third  of  our  energy 
needs  so  many  turned  to  nuclear  fission  reactors  as  the 
answer  for  dwindeling  supplies  of  petroleum  fueled 
energy  sources. 

As  the  public  learned  about  the  dangers  of  the  wastes 
from  fission  reactors,  pressure  mounted  to  find  other 
sources  of  energy.  Some  advocated  a,  at  least  partial, 
return  to  coal.  But  to  get  the  coal  we  would  have  to  strip 
and  scar  large  portions  of  the  United  States  and  burning 
coal  would  dump  millions  of  tons  of  chemical  pollutants 
and  soot  into  our  atmosphere. 

Two  alternatives  to  coal  and  nuclear  fission  seem  to 
have  great  promise  for  the  future,  if  we  will  make  the 
commitment  to  develop  them. 

The  first  is  nuclear  fusion,  a  remarkably  pollution  free 
energy  source  derived  from  the  fusion  of  the  heavy 
isotopes  of  hydrogen.  The  isotopes  are  separated  out  of 
hydrogen  gas  that  is  obtained  from  the  electrolysis  of  sea 
water. 

Since  the  isotopes  are  found  in  quantities  of  one  part 
per  millions  of  'normal'  hydrogen  molecules;  once  the 
isotopes  are  separated  out,  the  'waste'  hydrogen  could 
then  be  used  to  fuel  the  economy.  In  many  instances, 
hydrogen  gas  can  replace  hydrocarbon  based  fuels  like 
oil  or  natural  gas. 

Hydrogen  also  burns  cooler,  cleaner  and,  in  some 
cases,  is  less  explosive  than  some  fuels  now  in  common 
use.  If  fusion  reactors  for  the  production  of  electrical 
energy  become  a  reality,  the  amount  of  hydrogen 
produced  as  a  by  product  of  the  separation  process  could 
fuel  our  economy  for  years  to  come. 

Fusion  reactors  are  still  in  the  "basic  research"  stage  of 
development.  As  of  this  writing,  a  controlled  fusion 
reaction  has  not  been  attained  and  current  projection 
projections  do  not  call  for  a  working  fusion  reactor  to  be 
supplying  power  to  the  public  before  the  mid  21st 
Century,  although  some  believe,  if  there  is  a 
breakthrough,  we  may  have  fusion  power  by  the  year 
2000. 

The  other  alternative  is,  as  far  out  as  it  may  sound, 
within  the  ability  of  modern  technology. 

We  have  the  knowledge,  materials  and  ability  to 
construct  "Power-Sats;"  electrical  generating  plants 
placed  in  geosynchronous  orbits  above  the  Earth. 

Solar  energy,  in  the  form  of  light,  would  be  gathered  by 
vast  arrays  of  solar  cells,  up  to  five  miles  across,  which 
would  convert  the  light  energy  striking  them  directly 
into  electrical  energy. 

A  second  type  of  solar  power  satellite  has  been 
proposed.  This  type  would  use  giant  parabolic  mirrors  to 
concentrate  sunlight  into  boilers  to  generate  superheated 
steam  to  drive  turbine  generators  to  produce  electricity. 


In  both  systems,  the  electrical  energy  would  be 
converted  into  micro-waves,  beamed  to  vast  arrays  of 
receiving  antennas  in  the  uninhabited  regions  of  the 
Earth.  Here  the  micro-waves  would  be  re-converted  into 
electrical  energy  which  would  feed  into  the  world's 
power  web  for  distribution  to  the  world's  homes  and 
industries. 

The  two  great  advantages  of  the  proposed  space  power 
system  are  one,  the  source  of  power,  the  Sun,  is  for  all 
intents  and  purposes,  inexhaustible  and  two,  the  system 
will  not  pollute  our  environment. 

At  present,  growing  shortages  of  certain  natural 
resources  that  furnish  the  raw  materials  for  our  industries 
and  therefore  our  society  are  not  going  to  go  away  or  get 
better,  no  matter  how  great  a  commitment  we  make  to 
recycling,  unless  we  find  new  sources. 

True,  recycling  does  help  matters,  but  it  is  not  possible 
100  percent  of  everything  100  percent  of  the  time, 
therefore  new  material  must  constantly  be  added  just  to 
maintain  a  steady  level  of  products,  let  alone  meet  the 
expanding  demands  of  a  consumer  oriented  economy. 

It  is  probable  we  could  find  and,  eventually 
economically  obtain  most  of  the  vital  materials  needed  by 
our  advanced  tecnological  society  by  mining  the  lunar 


SHUTTLE  SPACE  MANUFACTURING  —  This  artist's  concept  depicts  a 
beam  builder  (B-2)  at  work  fabricating  a  large  structure  in  earth  orbit  as  a 
development  step  for  proposed  space  solar  power  system  (power-sat).  The 
Space  Shuttle  Orbiter  would  serve  both  as  a  means  of  transportation  and  work 
base  for  the  construction.  Here,  the  beam  builder  fabricates  the  fourth  and  final 
member.  Photo  courtesy  of  the  National  Aeronautics  and  Space 
Administration. 


surface,  the  asteroids  and,  possibly,  the  other  planets  of 
our  solar  system. 

The  problem  of  industrial  wastes  and  the  pollution  of 
our  ecosystem  could  be  solved  if  we  moved  our  heavy 
industries  into  space,  either  into  Earth  orbit,  the  lunar 
surface  or  onto  some  of  the  larger  asteroids. 

Many  things  manufactured  on  the  surface  of  the  Earth 
could  be  better,  eventually,  more  cheaply  made  in  space 
due  to  the  lack  of  gravity. 

Sine  the  beginning  of  time  much  of  the  energy 


expended  in  manufacturing  most  items  has  been 
expended  in  combating  the  effects  of  gravity.  This  is  no 
more  evident  than  in  the  production  of  the  integrated 
circuit,  better  known  as  an  "I.C.  chip,"  the  heart  of 
modern  electronics. 

At  the  heart  of  the  "chip"  is  a  wafer  thin  silicon  crystal 
that  has  to  be  "grown."  The  problem  is  that  the  crystal 
has  to  be  perfect  and  gravity's  effects  on  the  growth  of  the 
crystal  distorts  it  after  a  certain  size. 

It  has  been  theorized  that  in  an  orbital  factory,  silicon 
crystals  measuring  hundreds  of  square  feet  could  be 


Shuttle/Space  Station  Activity  —  This  artist's  conception  depicting  activity 
at  a  possible  manned,  modularized  space  station  in  Earth's  orbit.  The  modules 
would  house  various  equipment,  functions  and  activities  of  the  space  station. 
The  modules  could  be  carried  to  Earth's  orbit  by  a  Space  Shuttle  Orbiter.  An 
Orbiter  is  at  upper  left.  Photo  courtesy  of  the  National  Aeronautics  and  Space 
Administration. 

grown  instead  of  cookie-sized  silicon  wafers  used  as  the 
basis  for  the  I.C.  chips  of  today. 

Any  materials  or  product  that  would  benefit  from 
orbital  manufacture  could  be  produced  there  then 
dropped  to  Earth  in  specially  designed  cargo  re-entry 
and  recovery  vehicles. 

A  number  of  corporations  have  already  expressed 
interest  in  having  experiments  taken  aboard  the  shuttle. 
While  no  private  corporation  has  the  capitol  to  finance 
the  conquest  of  space  alone,  when  government  finally 
opens  the  door  to  the  exploitation  of  space,  they  will  be 
there. 

We  have  already  gone  beyond  peeking  through  the 
keyhole  afforded  us  by  our  relatively  clear  atmosphere 
and  partially  opened  the  door  our  manned  space  flights 
and  unmanned  probes  to  the  outer  planets  and  the 
interstellar  space  beyond,  but  the  door  will  only  be  truly 
opened  with  the  establishment  of  permanent  manned 
habitats  in  space. 

The  concept  of  permanent  space  habitats  was  proposed 
by  Dr.  Gerard  K.  O'Neil  of  Princeton  University.  Dr. 
O'Neil  has  since  become  the  leading  proponent  of  the 
colonization  of  space. 


The  National  Areonautics  and  Space  Administration 
sponsored  the  10-week-long  Ames-Stanford  study  of  the 
space  colony  concept.  Held  at  Nasa's  Ames  Research 
Center  at  Moffet  Field,  California,  not  far  from  Palo  Alto's 
Stanford  University,  Dr.  O'Neil  and  a  group  of  experts 
and  specialists  from  various  universities  met  to  study  the 
various  proposals  for  such  colonies  and  found  that  they 
were  indeed  feasible. 

While  there  was  general  agreement  among  those 
knowledgeable  about  the  subject  that  there  will  be 
permanent  colonies  in  space  some  day  and  that  the 
technology  to  build  them  already  exists  and  only  needs  to 
be  applied  in  slightly  different  ways,  many  disagree  over 
when  the  colonies  will  be  built. 

Some  say  that  if  we  were  to  make  a  total  commitment, 
the  way  we  did  when  then-President  John  F.  Kennedy 
vowed  to  put  a  man  on  the  Moon,  we  could  have  at  least 
one  viable  habitat  in  space  by  the  end  of  the  1980's, 
others  insist  we  won't  even  be  able  to  consider  beginning 
construction  until  at  least  the  early  21st  Century. 

If  and  when  construction  on  a  permanent  orbital 
colony  begins  it  will  probably  be  very  similar  to  the 
design  conceived  during  the  Ames/Stanford  study. 

The  Ames-Stanford  design  calls  for  the  construction  of 
a  wheel-shaped  colony  capable  of  supporting  10,000 
inhabitants  within  its  outer  torus  while  heavy  machinery, 
power  generation  and  ship  docking  facilities  would  be 
housed  in  the  central  hub  which  could  be  reached  by  the 
colony's  residents  through  any  one  of  the  six  tubular 
spokes  that  join  the  torus  to  the  hub. 

The  Ames-Stanford  study  indicates  that  all  the  raw 
materials  needed  for  the  construction  of  a  colony  of  this 
design  could  be  obtained  from  the  lunar  surface  or  the 
asteroids. 

According  to  the  study,  the  raw  materials  could  then  be 
refined  and  used  to  manufacture  the  building  materials 
and  parts  needed  to  build  the  colony  by  using  power 
generated  from  solar  energy. 

The  Ames-Stanford  design  calls  for  the  outer  torus 
which  would  house  the  living  and  agricultural  area,  to 
have  an  internal  diameter  of  150  feet  with  the  outer  or, 
due  to  the  centrefugal  force  generated  by  the  rotation  of 
the  colony,  'ground'  half  of  the  torus  to  be  a  solid 
structure  with  a  thick  layer  of  lunar  slag  to  act  as  a  shield 
to  protect  the  colony's  residents  from  the  effect  of  cosmic 
radiation. 

The  inner  or  upper  half  of  the  torus  would  be 
composed  of  100-foot-long  window  strips.  Mirrored 
louvres  would  prevent  cosmic  radiation  from  entering 
the  habitat  through  the  glass  while  admitting  sunlight. 
By  varying  the  angles  of  these  mirrored  louvres  the 
inhabitants  of  the  colony  will  be  able  to  simulate  the 
day/night  cycle  as  well  as  the  different  seasons. 

The  inner  surface  of  the  outer  half  of  the  torus  will  be 
divided  into  six  sections,  alternating  between  living 
areas  and  agricultural  and  farming  sections. 

The  interior  of  the  torus,  according  to  the 
Ames/Stanford  design,  will  be  landscaped  to  closely 
simulate  the  natural  environment  of  Earth,  minus  the 
negative  aspects  of  today's  world. 

The  colony's  living  areas  are  similar  to  a  large,  well 
designed,  condominium  village  with  large,  spacious 
apartments,  gyms,  recreational  areas,  shops  and 
entertainment  facilities. 

The  living  areas  would  also  include  large  amounts  of 
open  green  areas  with  lawns,  shrubbery  and  trees  in 


addition  to  the  obligatory  flowers.  Besides  creating  a 
more  relaxed,  home-like  atmosphere,  the  abundant 
greenery  would  form  an  important  part  of  the  ecological 
and  support  systems  of  the  colony  by  removing  carbon 
dioxide  from  the  habitat's  atmosphere  and  replacing  it 
with  oxygen,  thereby  minimizing  the  need  for  the  colony 
to  depend  on  mechanical  and  chemical  air  scrubbers  and 
cleaners  to  rejuvenate  the  colony's  atmosphere. 

The  large  agricultural  areas  would  also  help  to  keep  the 
necessary  levels  of  oxygen  in  the  habitat's  air  supply  in 
addition  to  supplying  enough  food  to  support  the 


the  water  and  start  all  over  again." 

Because  of  this,  it  would  be  nearly  impossible  to 
eradicate  'hostile'  micro-organisms,  should  any  reach  the 
torus.  It  is  probable  a  decontamination  and/or  quarentine 
facility  would  be  used  to  shield  the  colony  from  the 
threat  of  hostile  biologicals  entering  the  ecosystem. 

Also  the  planned  nature  of  the  colony's  sealed 
environment  and  the  economic  realities  of  delivering 
raw  materials  and  finished  products  to  an  orbital  colony 
from  the  deep  gravity  well  of  Earth  would  require  the 
colony  to  recycle  everything  it  could  and  dispose  of  what 


Dryden  I-light  Research  Center.  Calitunua  —  The  Space  Shuttle  Orbiter  Enterprise  makes  its  landing  approach  during  the  third  free  flight  ot  the 
spacecraft  at  the  Dryden  Flight  Center,  September  23.  1977.  Astronauts  Gordan  Fullerton  and  Fred  Haias  at  the  controls.  Photo  courtesy  of  the 
National  Aeronautics  and  Space  Administration. 


colony's  many  inhabitants.  In  addition  to  the  various 
crops  that  would  be  grown,  there  would  be  some  raising 
and  breeding  of  fish  and  animals  to  supply  the  animal 
protein  needs  of  the  inhabitants. 

It  should  be  noted  that  all  these  factors  will  comprise  a 
fairly  complex  ecosystem,  one  that  will  need  to  be 
established  with  great  care  because  of  its  small  size, 
(when  compared  to  Earth's  own  biosphere)  it  will  not  be 
very  forgiving  of  pollution  or  mistakes. 

The  space  habitat  and  its  environment  could  be  likened 
in  a  way,  to  that  of  a  fish  tank.  Both  are  essentially  sealed 
environments  which,  once  the  varied  factors  effecting  the 
environment  have  stabilized  you  have  a  hardy,  yet 
delicate,  system  of  biological  checks  and  balances 
keeping  the  environment  viable. 

If  one  or  more  of  the  links  in  the  ecological  balance  of 
the  hypothetical  fish  tank  were  to  be  overloaded  to  the 
point  where  they  could  no  longer  function,  the  whole 
ecosystem  may  break  down.  Should  this  happen  the 
water  would  become  too  foul  and  kill  the  fish  in  the  tank. 

While  the  ecosystem  of  the  space  colony  would  not  be 
as  fragile  as  that  of  the  fish  tank,  the  same  biological 
principles  would  apply.  The  important  difference  to 
remember  is  that  if  a  space  habitat's  ecological  system 
went  foul,  it  would  be  exceedingly  difficult  to  "pour  out 


it  couldn't  either  by  giving  the  refuse  to  orbiting  factories 
that  could  or  dump  it  into  space  in  a  way  that  would  not 
endanger  the  colony  or  anyone  in  the  vicinity. 

The  Ames-Stanford  Study  showed  that  a  permanent, 
orbital  space  habitat  could  be  built  with  slight 
adaptations  of  today's  technology  and  that  there  weren't 
any  problems  that  couldn't  be  solved  in  its  construction. 

The  Ames-Stanford  Study  has  also  accomplished  one 
other  important  step,  the  study  brought  the  proposition 
of  the  space  colony  directly  into  the  public  eye  where 
before  it  was,  in  general,  relegated  to  scientific  papers, 
back-room  brainstorming  sessions  at  the  nation's 
universities  and  research  confers  and  articles  in  science 
fiction  magazines  that  are  ignored  by  80  percent  of  the 
public. 

But  even  now  that  the  space  colony  concept  has  been 
exposed  to  the  public,  the  concept  is  just  too  far  out  for 
most  people  to  accept  as  feasible. 

The  most  serious  threat  to  the  permanent  space  colony, 
the  Space  Shuttle  Program  and  maybe  even  the  entire 
space  program  and  possible  basic  research  itself. 

In  the  case  of  the  conquest  of  space,  there  has  been 
growing  criticism  of  the  colony  concept  and,  for  that 
matter,  the  entire  space  program. 

Many  so-called  social  critics  condemn  the  space 


10,000  INHABITANT  SPACE  COLONY  —  A  segment  of  the  torus-shaped  space  colony  is  shown  during  final  construction.  This  colony  was 
conceived  by  the  10-week-long  Araes/Stanford  summer  study.  The  colony.  150  yards  in  internal  diameter,  is  visable  through  the  100-foot  strip 
windows  encircling  the  wheel-like  colony.  Shown  in  this  artist's  conception  is  an  agricultural  area  with  a  lake  and  a  river.  These  farming  sections  are 
interspersed  with  three  more  populated  areas  and  would  be  protected  by  a  shield  of  lunar  slag,  attached  to  the  outside  of  the  colony  shell.  The 
louvres,  shown  being  installed,  would  absorb  cosmic  radiation,  while  allowing  sunlight  to  be  reflected  inside.  Artificial  gravity  would  be  provided 
to  the  10,000  inhabitants  by  a  1  rpm  rotation  of  the  space  colony.  Photo  courtesy  of  the  National  Aeronautics  and  Space  Administration. 


program  of  the  United  States  as  a  wasteful  extravagance. 
They  contend  that  there  are  too  many  problems  and 
suffering  people  right  here  on  Earth  for  The  United 
States  government  to  go  galavanting  off  into  space. 
There  is,  they  insist,  absolutely  no  way  that  the  conquest 
of  space  can  benefit  the  starving  millions  of  Earth  or, 
depending  upon  the  political  viewpoint  held  by  the 
speaker,  the  proletariat. 

Some  have  even  gone  so  far  as  to  suggest  that  the 
habitats  would  become  haven  where  the  super-rich  and 
powerful  will  live  in  safety  and  comfort  while  the  rest  of 
humanity  will  be  left  to  rot  on  the  surface  of  the  Earth. 

What  these  people  either  do  not  realize  or  deliberately 
ignore,  are  the  direct  and  indirect  benefits  of  the  space 
program  and  basic  and  applied  research  programs  that 
put  a  man  on  the  Moon. 

Almost  everywhere  you  look  there  is  a  "spin-off"  of  the 
space  program  and  we  all  benefit  from  them.  The  teflon 
that  coats  the  bottom  of  frying  pans  and  other  cooking 
utensils  was  originally  developed  early  in  the  manned 
space  flight  program  for  use  in  capsule  re-entry  heat 
shields.  The  thick  pane  of  plastic  that  protects  the  teller 
who  works  at  the  drive-in  window  at  the  bank  could  be 


made  of  Lexan,  an  extremely  tough  plastic  that  was 
originally  developed  for  use  in  astronauts'  helmets. 

Lexan  is  an  excellent  choice  for  protecting  the  teller 
since  a  one-inch-sheet  will  stop  a  ,44  caliber  bullet 
propelled  by  a  mangnum  cartridge  dead  in  its  tracks, 
even  if  fired  from  point-blank  range. 

Much  of  the  consumer  electronic  devices  are  available 
because  of  a  spin-off  mentioned  earlier,  the  integrated 
circuit  chip. 

This  marvel  of  modem  sub-miniaturization,  smaller 
than  the  end  of  a  pencil  eraser  yet  containing  the 
equivalent  of  thousands  of  separate  electronic 
components  is  the  result  of  research  started  to 
miniaturize  the  components  of  airborne  computer  and 
guidance  control  systems  because  of  the  severe  weight 
and  size  restrictions  of  space  flight. 

Without  the  chip,  hand  calculators,  home  computers, 
digital  watches  and  a  great  deal  of  the  small  electronic 
devices  we  take  for  granted  would  only  be  the  dreams  of 
science  fiction  writers. 

The  chip  has  also  made  its  presence  felt  in  medical 
technology  with  not  only  smaller,  but  more  sophisitcated 
and  reliable  equipment. 


New  medical  monitors  when  teamed  with  a 
micro-computer  with  the  date  processing  ability  of  what 
would  have  been  a  room-sized  computer  only  a  few  years 
ago,  allows  one  nurse  to  monitor  the  vital  signs  of  an 
entire  ward  from  a  central  location  and  if  properly 
programmed  the  computer  could  sound  an  alarm  if  any 
one  patient's  vital  signs  deviated  outside  a  preset  group 
of  parameters.  The  unit  could  also  produce  a  written 
record  of  the  patient's  vital  functions  via  an  impact 
printer  or  teletype  machine. 

Not  only  is  the  size  of  this  unit  much  smaller  than  it 
would  have  been  only  a  few  years  ago,  but  it  is  also  less 
expensive,  all  due  to  I.C.  chips. 

Another  application  of  chip  technology  is  a  startling 
unit  called  the  "superprobe."  Stanley  Moss,  an 
electronics  engineer  who  developed  it  at  the  University 
of  Utah,  foresees  the  day  when  it  could  be  inserted  in  a 
patient's  arm  and  provide  a  complete  and  continuous 
readout  of  the  patient's  blood  chemistry,  antibodies,  and 
enzyme  content. 

The  superprobe  measures  only  one  millimeter  across. 

Another  area  of  medicine  that  has  greatly  benefited 
from  space  age  materials  and  research  is  the  field  of 
bio-medical  engineering,  more  popularly  known  as 
bionics. 

While  cyborg  Steve  Austin,  television's  Six  Million 
Dollar  Man,  is  still  only  a  figment  of  a  science  fiction 
writer's  imagination,  bioengineers  are  developing 
replacement  parts  for  a  variety  of  human  parts  and 
organs. 

Bioengineering  teams  at  the  University  of  Utah  have 
begun  testing  of  a  fully  functional  artifical  arm  controlled 
by  a  small  computer  that  gets  its  orders  through  an 
interface  with  the  wearer's  own  nervous  system. 


The  Utah  teams  are  also  testing  functional  artifical 
versions  of  the  eye  and  inner  ear  on  human  subjects. 
While  both  units  feed  percieved  information  directly  into 
the  brain,  much  research  still  remains  to  be  done. 

Other  'replacement'  parts  that  bioengineers  are 
working  on  across  the  country  now  include  the  heart, 
lungs,  liver,  kidneys,  breasts,  testicles,  bladder,  fallopian 
tubes,  bone,  all  the  major  joints,  diaphragm,  trachea  and 
even  the  very  river  of  life  itself,  the  blood,  and  almost  all 
owe  something  to  research  related  to  manned  space 
flight. 

The  question  now  where  do  we  go  from  here?  Our 
involvement  in  the  conquest  of  space  has  not  always  been 
easy  nor  successful.  In  the  early  days  the  only  consistant 
result  was  rockets  that  exploded  on  the  pad  and  no  one 
had  ever  heard  of  Dr.  Werner  Von  Braun. 

After  the  Russians  successfully  orbited  Sputnik,  all  of  a 
sudden  the  American  public  was  very  aware  of  our 
'rocket  gap.'  Newspaper  headlines  like  "Davy  Crockett, 
Where's  your  Rocket?"  set  the  mood  for  the  'space  race" 
that  eventually  would  lead  us  to  the  lunar  landing  in 
1967,  ten  years  after  Sputnik  first  beeped  its  way  around 
the  Earth. 

The  "space  race"  has  been  over  for  more  than  a  decade 
now  and  most  people  have  lost  interest,  the  great  space 
spectaculars  are,  for  the  present,  things  of  the  past, 
replaced  by  the  slow,  methodical  pace  of  research,  and 
exploration  of  the  heavens. 

There  is  no  doubt  that  there  is  much  to  be  gained  from 
continuing  the  space  program,  new  tools,  techniques  and 
materials  developed  for  it  will  generate  beneficial 
spin-offs  for  those  of  us  who  remain  planetside. 

If  we  choose  to,  we  will  be  able  to  conquer  the 
challenge  The  Final  Frontier  and  I  think  we  will. 


SHUTTLE  ALT  FF-2  LANDING  —  The  Shuttle  orbiter  101  "Enterprise"  stirs  up  a  cloud  of  desert  sand  and  dust  as  it  lands  to  conclude  a 
five-minute,  28-second  unpowered  flight  during  the  second  free  flight  of  the  Shuttle  Approach  and  Landing  Tests  (ALT)  conducted  on  September 
13.  1977  at  the  Dryden  Flight  Research  Center  in  Southern  California.  The  Orbiter  101  crew  was  Astronauts  Joe  H.  Engle,  commander  and  Richard  H. 
Truly,  pilot.  The  ALT  free  flights  are  designed  to  verify  Orbiter  subsonic  airworthiness,  integrated  systems  operations  and  pilot-guided  approach  and 
landing  capability  and  satisfy  prerequisites  to  automatic  flight  control  and  navigational  mode.  Photo  courtesy  of  the  National  Aeronatics  and  Space 
Administration. 


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TWENTY-FIRST  CENTURY  SPACE  COLONY  —  A  resident  of  a  21st 
century  space  colony  might  view  this  vista  of  Earth-like  landscape  from 
inside  his  home  in  space.  All  the  materials  used  to  construct  such  a 
space  colony  would  come  from  the  Moon  or  the  Astroid  Belt  and  be 
manufactured  in  space  using  solar  power. 

A  concept  of  a  space  colony  orbiting  between  the  Earth  and  Moon  is 
suggested  by  Dr.  Gerard  K.  O'Neill  of  Princeton  University  who.  with  a 
group  of  university  and  NASA  experts,  have  studied  such  colonies  at 
NASA  Ames  Research  Center.  Moffett  Field,  California.  In  this 
settlement  proposed  by  Dr.  O'Neill.  Earth-like  gravity  would  be 
produced  by  centrifugal  force  of  rotation  of  the  large  wheel  around  its 
axis.  At  the  hub  of  the  wheel,  an  inhabitant  would  be  weightless. 
Sunlight  coming  through  the  glass  "windows"  would  be  controlled  by 
mirrors  outside  so  that  days,  nights  and  seasons  would  result. 

Photograph  courtesy  of  the  National  Aeronautics  and  Space 
Administration 


JACK  PITT 

By  Jonathan 
(with  apologies  to 


Listen,  my  children,  to  the  tale  of  the  hitman 

Who  rallied,  courageous,  in  the  name  of  Jack  Pittman. 

On  the  thirteenth  of  April,  in  'seventy-eight; 

Hardly  a  freshman  shall  forget  that  date 

When  the  valiant  amoung  us  took  the  sword  over  pen. 

Jack  said  to  his  friend,  "If  the  trustees  march 

By  stealth  or  by  fraud  from  Korea  tonight, 

Hang  a  flashlight  aloft  from  the  uppermost  arch 

Of  the  Radio  Tower  as  a  signal  light,  — 

One  of  by  stealth,  and  two,  if  by  fraud; 

And  the  campus  beneath  you,  embittered  and  awed. 

Ready  to  rally  and  cry  out  the  word 

That  we,  as  the  students,  intend  to  be  heard 

For  tuition,  as  imposed,  is  unfair  and  absurd." 

Then  he  said,  "Good  day!"  and  with  rabbit-like  speed 

Rushed  to  the  dorms  to  prepare  his  fair  deed, 

Just  as  the  sun  rose  over  the  pillers 

Where  worked  the  helmeted,  cherry  tree-killers; 

The  Library,  grim  visage  of  inflation, 

A  skeletal  hulk,  a  gross  abomination  — 

Yet  the  symbol  to  end  academic  degradation, 

And  a  burdansome  price-tag  that  was  magnified 

By  the  prime  interest  rate,  which  likewise  had  skied. 

There  an  the  quadrangle  lay  the  oppressed. 

In  their  day-encampment  in  the  noon-time  sun, 

Engaged  in  the  practice  of  frolic  and  fun 

With  no  place  to  read  a  book  or  prepare  for  a  test; 

The  Watchful  Provost,  as  he  crept  along, 

Oblivious,  it  seems,  to  what  had  gone  wrong. 

And  seeming  to  whisper,  "All  is  fair!" 

Unknowing  of  the  plans  of  our  revolutionary  hare, 

Who  even  now  was  preparing  plans  to  take  seige  on  the  square 

The  suddenly,  a  hurry  of  sneakers  on  gravel 


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MAN'S  RIDE 

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As  a  fiercely  proud  band  went  out  on  a  lark, 

Hoping  to  arouse  and  ignite  like  a  spark 

Struck  out  by  the  indominable  spirit  of  that  armed  rabble. 

That  was  all!  Spurred  on  by  the  knowledge  that,  indeed,  they  were  right  — 

That  the  spirit  of  a  University  could  be  brought  into  light, 

and  the  spark  struck  out  by  the  brave  in  their  fight 

Kindled  the  torch  of  knowledge,  that  causes  the  lessons  of  history  to  unravel. 

You  know  the  rest,  in  the  Eagle  you  have  read 

How  the  bearers  of  apathy  were  shown  to  be  dead; 

How  true  students  found  heart,  with  not  a  grievance  denied 

By  a  good-natured  Provost,  who  was  jokingly  "pied." 

In  this  hour  of  darkness,  and  of  financial  need, 

The  savage  indignation  of  a  few  was  laid  bare. 

As  the  will  of  the  students  was  finally  freed 

By  the  efforts  of  a  radical  hare. 

And  from  this  Revolution,  for  those  willing  to  hear  it, 

I  am  now  pleased  to  report  to  the  reader 

That  American  U.  has  a  brand  new  spirit; 

A  better  one  —  thanks  to  a  Leader. 


POSTSCRIPT:  In  that  this,  the  Talon,  of  my  final  year,  it  follows  that  these  are  my  final  words.  But 
the  American  Revolution  is  far  from  complete.  Too  many  students  belittle  their  college,  not 
realizing  that  they  are  only  demeaning  themselves.  American  can  do  nothing  more  than  we  are 
willing  to  make  it,  precisely  becuase  it  is  our  school.  Or  as  Soloman  professed  in  the  Book  of 
Proverbs  .  .   .  "He  that  troubleth  his  own  house  .  .  .  shall  inherit  the  wind." 

*Also  known  as  Ros  Susswein.  (editor's  note) 


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Finally  we  were  going  to  get  the  new  library. 

For  years,  when  questioned  about  the  subject,  the 
administrations  had  said,  "next  year,"  and  nothing  had 
happened,  but  last  year,  the  situation  came  to  a  head. 

While  the  university  was  having  its  accreditation 
reviewed,  the  accreditation  committee  said  that  the 
facilities  of  the  Battele  Memorial  Library  were  inadequate 
for  a  university  of  A.U.'s  size  and  if  the  situation  was  not 
remedied,  then  our  accreditation  would  be  vwthdrawn. 
They  gave  the  administration  one  year  with  which  to 
comply. 

While  most  of  us  jaded  students  walked  around 
snickering  up  our  sleeves  about  seeing  the  library  being 
built,  things  were  happening. 

In  May  of  1978,  President  Sisco  broke  ground  for  the 
new  library,  and  when  we  returned  in  September,  there 
was  literally  one  helluva  big  hole  in  the  ground  where 
the  west  end  of  the  quad  was. 

Even  so,  there  were  some  of  us  who  did  not  believe. 

But  even  the  most  ardent  non-believer  had  to  put  aside 
his  or  her  scepticism  when  the  construction  of  the  libraryo^ 
began  in  October.  M 

As  of  this  writing,  the  outer  walls  and  facade  of  the    ^ 
new  building  are  in  place  as  are  some  of  the  windows. 

The  new  library  was  a  blessing  in  disguise.  The 
students  needed  more  study  facilities,  more  research 
facilities;  in  face,  we  needed  everything  that  this  new 
library  has  to  offer. 

The  first  thing  a  freshman  learns  from  an 
upperclassman  is  not  to  study  in  the  library  at  certain 
times  of  the  year.  These  times  are  during  a  concert  at 
Woods-Brown  or  during  mid-terms  or  finals.  Another 
time  is  when  you  are  writing  a  paper.  Every 
knowledgeable  upper-classman  will  tell  you  to  go  to  the 
Georgetown  University's  Library,  George  Washington's 
and  even  the  Library  of  Congress. 

Besides  the  new  research  and  study  facilities,  the  new 
library  will  have  a  research  center  on  World  Jewry  which 
is  under  the  auspices  of  the  Jewish  Studies  Program. 
There  are  also  some  offices  that  have  not  been  assigned  to 
other  parts  of  the  university  community. 

The  university  says  that  all  is  proceeding  on  schedule 
and  the  new  building  will  be  open  and  ready  for  business 
in  January  1979. 

Everything  looks  great  and  everybody  is  looking 
forward  to  the  spaciousness  of  the  new  complex  as 
opposed  to  what  we  had  to  suffer  through  with  poor  ol' 
Battele  Memorial.  We  are  looking  forward  to  using  it. 


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f   ome  people  made  it  look  so  damned  easy,  (didn't  you 
t  hate  people  like  that?)  but  for  most  of  us,  like  the 
ddent  in  this  picture  (Andy  Simmons  to  be  exact)  good 
"rades  were  a  matter  of  lots  of  hard  work. 


For  us,  even  though  there  were  many  things  to  divert 
us  from  our  studies,  we  were  at  The  American  University 
to  get  a  good  education  and  that  meant  hitting  the  books 
for  long  hours.  Staying  up  late  at  night  preparing  for  a 
test  the  next  day.  It  meant  studying. 


When  it  finally  came  down  to  the  bottom  line  for 
giving  the  reason  that  we  all  came  here,  to  The  American 
University,  we  all  had  to  agree  that  it  was  to  get  the  best 
education  that  we  could. 

Though  sometimes  the  books  and  the  studies  were 
temporarially  forgotten  at  a  party  or  during  the  heat  of 
passion,  they  were  always  there  to  remind  us,  in  the 
sobefiiig  light  of  morning,  that  we  had  come  to  The 
American  University  to  learn  and  advance  ourselves  in 
lis  world.  *^ 

For  a  few  of  us  it  was,  or  at  least  it  seemed  that  way  to 
'the  rest  of  us,  so  easy,  these  four  years  of  academic  toil, 
now  behind  us.  For  others,  it  was  so  difficult,  worrying 
about  the  paper  that  was  due  or  if  they  were  prepare4ior  ~ 
the  next  test. 

But  whether  it  was  easy  or  not,  the  knowledge  we  have 
taken  with  us  as  we  left  dear  A.U.  to  our  new  lives  is 
worth  every  second  of  the  long  hours  of  labor  th 
brought  it  into  our  lives. 

Algebra,  biology,  chemistry,  drama,  economicsj 
forensics,  graphics,  history,  interdepartmental  stiidi 


and  lournalism.  Evt'r\^hing  from  there  to  elementary, 
pxcuuuuse  me,  Introduction  to  zoology. 

Wi  th  the  different  school  and  departmental 
requirements,  we've  taken  ju^t  a  little  of  everything  that 
ol'  A  U.  had  to  offer  to  us. 

We  may  not  have  liked  to  take  all  those  requirements 
that  didn't  look  like  we  would  ever  have  any  use  for  or 
that  we  swoSBup  and  down  to  our  faculty  advisor  had 
absolutely  n^^ng  to  do  with  our  |^ajor,  but  you  never 
.know.  Soffneday  we  just  might.     "i>  "^"''^ „ 

We  Had  teachers  who  we  liked  and  ones  that  we  didn't; 
some  who  realltt  knew  how.  to  teach  and  some  who 
didn't.         "       ^ 
-"^IVe  had  teachers  who  ran  their  classes  like  scholastic 
concentration  camps  and  others  who  ran  their  classes 
like  the  fti^iSS^gy  professor.  Doctor  Anthony  Riley; 

"Hi!  Everybody  here  for  Intro,  to  Psychology?  No? 
You're  not?  Oaky,  everybody  that  isn't  in  psych.,  raise 
your  hand.  Well,  this  is  Psych.  One,  guess  one  j^f  us  is  in 
kihe  wrong  room." 


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"OK.  Now  is  everybody  here  in  Psych.  One?  Great? 

"My  name  is  Doctor  Anthony  Riley.  You  can  call  me 
Dr.  Riley,  Anthony,  Tony,  Just  about  everything  you 
wish,  just  don't  call  me  fat-ass,  I'm  a  little  self-conscious 
about  my  weight  and  .   .   ." 

As  you  may  guess.  Dr.  Riley's  class  was  fun  to  be  in,  but 
you  had  to  know  your  stuff  to  pass.  But  then,  he  made 
learning  so  easy. 

TALON  is  also  happy  to  report  Tony's  weight  problem 
isn't  a  problem  anymore. 

But  no  matter  what  the  teacher  was  like,  we  all  got 
down  to  the  basic  life  in  university  soon  enough,  intro.  to 
studying,  advanced  studying,  still  more  studying  and  I  — 
gotta-study-'cause-I-really-don't-know- 
it-well-enough-yet-and-there-is-not- 
enough-time-to-get-it-totally-into-my- 
head-even-if-I-study-round-the-clock- 
until-finals-but-I'll-stay-up-all-night- 
tonight-and-study-because-there's-always- 
the-chance-that-it-will-make-a- 
difference-on-tomorrow's-final  type  of  studying; 
better  known  as  cramming;  that  end  of  the  semester  rite 
that  is  so  faithfully  observed  here  during  our  stay  at  ol' 
A.U. 

And  there  were,  we  must  admit,  times  when  the  Letts 
Hall  Screamer  really  did  have  something  to  scream  about. 
We  all  had  classes  that  made  us  want  to  scream  about,  but 
how  we  got  so  many,  we'll  never  know. 

And  so  it  went,  each  of  us  in  our  chosen  major  and  the 
specializations  (tracks)  thereof,  all  studying  hard,  some 
for  the  grades,  some  because  they  enjoyed  it,  all  of  us 
studying  to  get  the  education  that  we  would  be  able  to 
use  to  advance  ourselves  in  the  "real"  world. 

But  now  that  we  are  out  of  school,  graduated,  going  on 
to  "bigger  and  better"  things,  there  is  one  fact  that  we 
should  remember. 

Learning  is  an  on-going  process;  it  never  ends.  There 
are  always  new  things  to  learn,  knowledge  is  ever 
growing,  ever  expanding  and  if  we  don't  keep  up  with  it 
we'll  get  left  behind.  Learning  and  growing  are  life  — 
long  processes  that  never  end. 


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^worked  all  the  time  .   .   .  except  that 
aer  morning  when  you  tried  to  move  into  your 
room  up  on  the  top  floor  .   .   . 
That  would-be  disk  jockey  next  door  who  bragged  his 
new  quadraphonic  system  could  put  out  500  watts  r.m.s. 
per  channel  then  did  his  best  to  provide  KISS's  new 
album  to  the  entire  dorm  .   .  . 

And  remember  that  so-in-so  who  flushed  the  toilet 
when  you  were  in  the  shower  without  giving  adequate 
warning  .   .   .  (but  then  you  have  to  admit,  there  was 
water  that  morning)  .   .   . 

Then  of  course,  there  was  our  truly  efficient  dorm 
climate  control  system.  It  always  functioned  superbly. 


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The  air  conditioning  never  worked  better  than  it  did  back 
in  December  and  the  heating  system's  performance 
reached  new  highs  in  April  .   .   . 

And  what  about  the  guy  next  door  who  kept  bringing 
his  girlfriends  home  to  show  them  his  etchings,  but  never 
had  time  to  oil  his  bed-springs  .   .   . 

Or  the  time  some  fraternity  pledges  ran  into  the  hall 
covered  with  .  .  .  well,  you  never  were  able  to  figure  out 
what  could  smell  that  way  .   .   . 

Then  there  was  the  time  when  the  toilet  overflowed 
and  the  ceiling  in  the  downstairs  bathroom  fell 
down  .   .   . 

And  last,  but  definitely  not  least,  Macke's  glo  glorious 
food  .   .   .  well,  the  less  said  about  Macke,  maybe  the 
better  .   .   . 


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All-in-all  life  in  the  campus  housing  facilities  here  at 
or  A.U.  was  different  from  anything  most  of  us  had  ever 
known  before.  Above  all  else,  maybe  it  could  have  been 
called  an  experience  in  endurance  and  getting  along  with 
your  fellow  man,  even  if  they  didn't  look  human  the 
morning  before  a  final  or  just  "the  morning-after." 

For  some  reason  or  other,  although  the  facilities  of  all 
the  various  dorms  were  basically  the  same,  each  had, 
over  the  years,  developed  a  special  identity,  or,  if  you 
will,  reputation. 

Letts-Anderson  was  supposed  to  be  the  "high-rent 
district"  and  its  residents  scoffed  at  Leonard,  McDowell 
and  Hughes  as  escapees  from  a  urban  redevelopment 
project. 

Both  Letts  and  Anderson  had  the  reputations  of  being 
real  hot  party  dorms,  a  image  that  they  did  their  best  to 
live  up  to  and  maintain,  though  Anderson,  by  far, 
supposedly  did  a  better  job. 

McDowell  was  supposed  to  be  a  really  "off-the-wall" 
place  to  live  beside  being  the  best  source  of  contraband 
pharmaceuticals  for  your  stash  when  you  were  inclined 
to  stock  up. 

Now  Leonard  was  reported  to  be  a  far  different  story. 
Leonard  was  supposed  to  be  a  real  down  home  place  to 
live  .  .  .  redneck  style,  that  is. 

And  Hughes  was  supposed  to  be  down  right  kinky  .  .  . 
interpret  that  any  way  you  will. 

and  last,  but  not  least,  the  Grover-Tunlaw  and  Marian 
Hall  Apartments,  A.U's  experiment  in  "off-campus" 
living  quarters  for  students. 

Poor  ol'  Marian  Hall  was  reputed  to  be  a  continuously 
malfunctioning  monument  to  Murphy's  Laws  . 

Well  anyway,  whatever  you  thought  about  your 
respective  dorm,  ("mine  was  better  than  the  rest,  I  hope") 
many  of  us  did,  if  you  will  pardon  the  expression,  call 
them  home  for  the  four  years  we  spent  here  at  "Camp 
A.U." 


They  were,  for  the  most  part,  warm  friendly  places, 
where  we  spent  a  good  deal  of  our  time  here  when  we 
weren't  in  class;  studying,  enjoying  our  friends,  doing  a 
bit  to  much  partying  now  and  then,  or  just  trying  to  get 
enough  sleep  to  look  real  bright-eyed  and  bushy-tail,  or  at 
least  enough  so  that  you  hoped  you  could  fool  the 
professor  into  thinking  you  really  were,  honest  to  God, 
truly  awake. 

Most  of  the  things  we  remember  about  those  days  in 
the  dorms  were  the  unusual  events,  like  the  days  when 
Murphy's  Laws  reigned  supreme,  or  the  happy  things 
that  happened  within  their  walls,  the  funny  things  and 
the  whacky  outlandish  things.  All  those  things  that  made 
dorm  life  here  at  The  American  University  what  it  was. 
All  those  moments  we  will  have  in  our  hearts  long  after 
we  have  left  these  S.N.A.F.U.  ridden  dorms. 

Memories  of  events  and  the  friends  who  we  shared 
them  with,  will  always  be  with  us,  bringing  back  the 
laughter  of  days  gone  by.  Days  we  wish  we  could  go  back 
and  capture,  to  live  again  those  light-hearted  moments  of 
our  college  days.  Times  that  will  live  forever  in  our 
hearts. 


N.'''^-'':"'^':Sv^*^ 


1977 


The  1977-'78  school  year  here  at  ol'  A.U.  wasn't  the  best 
year  for  the  Student  Confederation.  There  have  been  crisis 
and  problems,  one  after  another,  ranging  from  financial 
and  political  scandals  to  a  riot  at  WAMU-AM  for 
broadcasting  an  interview  with  the  head  of  the  American 
White  Peoples'  Party  (American  Nazi  Party)  by  the 
"Committee  Against  Racism." 

Most  of  this  year's  problems  stemmed  from  a  lack  of 
sufficient  operating  funds  to  run  the  varied  S.C.  functions 
and  services.  The  trouble  stemmed  from  an  over-optimistic 
forecast  for  student  enrollment  for  Fall  1977.  It  lead  the 
S.C.  General  Assembly  to  pass  a  budget  that  they  were 
unable  to  underwrite. 

In  the  Fall  when  the  enrollment  figures  were  in  and  the 
summer  auditing  of  the  S.C.  was  completed;  the 
Comptroller's  office  realized  that  the  S.C.  was  in  a  difficult 
situation,  not  only  was  there  a  short-fall  but  the  restricted 
accounts  didn't  have  enough  to  cover  its  debts  from 
previous  years. 

To  cover  its  debts',  the  S.C.  borrowed  money  from  the 
University  and  was  forced  to  cut  its  budget  severely.  In  late 
September,  mostly  everyone  knew  that  their  organizations 
were  in  for  some  reductions  of  funds.  When  the  initial  13 
percent  across  the  board  cut  came,  it  spelled  hard  times  for 
everyone  and  doom  for  some,  such  as  the  AMERICAN 
MAGAZINE  FOR  THE  ARTS. 

What  most  of  us  involved  in  the  S.C.  didn't  see  was  the 
handwriting  on  the  walls  of  our  hallway  up  on  third  floor 
Mary  Graydon  Center. 

When  money  is  tight  and  everybody  is  in  need  to  keep 
going,  emotions  run  high  and  tempers  grow  short.  Add 
these  ingredients  to  the  witches  cauldron  of  politics  that 
the  S.C.  must  cope  with  and  the  result  can,  and  did,  get  a 
bit  anxious  at  times.  There  were  times  when  angry  words 
flew  in  S.C.  meetings  and  in  private,  letters  demanding 
resignations  and  impeachments  were  sent  in  fury.  Letters 
came  in  to  the  senders  of  the  aforementioned  telling  them 
"no-way"  or  "just-you-try-and-see-what-happens-to-you" 
were  sent. 

Charges  and  counter-chargers  bounced  around  up  in  the 
S.C.  offices  while  Iranian  students  tore  up  literature  at  the 
Young  Socialist  Alliance's  table  down  in  the  lobby. 

All  in  all  it  was  a  hectic  year  but  through  all  the  troubles, 
crises,  messes  and  screw-ups  our  fearless  leaders  Brad 
"Brad  Bags"  Smith,  Harvey  Leader,  Leonard  }.  "Butch" 
Stein  and  Diana  Downey  worked  together  well  and  kept 
our  poor  ol'  beleaguered  Student  Confederation  working 
providing  us,  the  students,  with  those  services  we  have 
come  to  expect  and  that  makes  life  here  at  ol'  A.U.  what  it 
is. 

But  even  though  there  were  problems,  your  elected 
representatives  somehow  managed  to  get  along  with  each 
other,  most  of  the  time,  and  keep  the  S.C.  in  business  this 
year  so  it  could  continue  to  serve  student  needs  here  at  The 
American  University. 


1978 


AMERICAN 

i 

A.  U.     STUDENT 

1 

SUB  COMMISSIONS 

COMMUNITY    AFFAIRS 

GENERAL 

BIG    BUDDY 

DC    RAPTIST 

MAP     AREA   LOCATIONS 
ST.  ELIZABETH  'S 

STUDENT 

HEALTH   AND   WELFARE 

UNION    BOARD 

DAYCARE 
FOOD  SERVICE 

HEALTH   SERVICE 

PARKING 

TAVERN   BOARD 
SOCIAL  ACTIVITIES 

STANDING  COMMITEES 

CINEMA 

EXECUTIVE 

COFFEE   HOUSE 

PRESIDENT 

CONCERT   COMMITTEE 

CHAIR  VICE    PRESIDENT 

STUDENT   AFFAIRS 

COMPTROLLER 

ATHLETIC   CLUB   COUNCIL 

SECRETARY 

FOREIGN   STUDENTS  ASSOC 
INTER  CLUB  COUNCIL 

SUB  CHAIRPERSON 
PARLIAMENTARIAN 

INTER  FRATERNITY   COUNCIL 

FINANCE 

INTERNATIONAL  WEEK 

GOVERNMENT  OPERATION 

TRANSPORTATION 

UNIVERSITY   BUDGET   STUDY 

AUTOMOBILE 

PROGRAMATIC   REVIEW   BOARD 

BUS 

CONSTITUTION 

PARLIAMENTARY  CHAIR 

SUB  CHAIRPERSON 
PRESIDES    OVER 

ORGANIZATIONS 

STUDENT    UNION    BOARD. 

OASATU 

JEWISH   STUDENT     ASSOCIATION 
ORIENTATION 

UNDERGRADUATE  SCHOOL 
COUNCILES 

FOOD  COOP 

CONFEDERATION 

RECORD  COOP 

MEDIA  COMMISSION 

HOT   LINE      COMPANION 

THE    EAGLE 

WAMU 

TALON 

JEWISH    PICKLE 

PHOTOPOOL 

UNIVERSITY 

CONFEDERATION 


ASSEMBLY 


SECRETARY 


EXECUTIVE 


PRESIDENT 


CABINET 

ASSISTANT  TO  THE    PRESIDENT 
DIRECTORS  OF 

ACADEMIC  AFFAIRS 

BUREAU   OF  STUDENT  COMPLAINTS 

COMMUNITY   AFFAIRS 
COMMUNITY   RELATIONS 
DEVELOPMENT  AND      MARKETING 
PUBLIC   RELATIONS 
THE    KENNEDY   POLITICAL   UNION 
STUDENT   AFFAIRS 

BOARD  OF   ELECTIONS  CHAIRPERSON 


COMPTROLLER 

ASSOCIATE  COMTROLLER 
ASSISTANT  COMPROLLER 
BUDGET  DIRECTOR 
INTERNAL    AUDITOR 
SECURITY  AND  SAFTY 


PUBLICITY 


STAFF 


PARLIAMENTARIAN 


VICE   PRESIDENT 


OFFICE   OF    INFORMATION 


THE    PRESIDENT    PRESIDES 
OVER    THE    GENERAL    ASSEMBLY. 

THE     STUDENT    CONFEDERATION 

IS    A    FULL    TIME 

STUDENT    BODY    STRUCTURE. 


The  American  University  Student  Confederation 

Roster 


CLASS  OF  1978 

Christina  King 
Jack  McCarthy 
Ed  McKenzie 

CLASS  OF  1979 

Mitch  Goldstein 

Sheila  Quarterman 

Chuck  Wheeler 

CLASS  OF  1980 

Deby  Kravitz 

Karen  Franklin 

Jon  Krongard 


PRESIDENT 

Brad  Smith 

VICE  PRESIDENT 

Harvey  Leader 

COMPTROLLER 

Leonard  J.  Stein 

SECRETARY 

Diana  Downey 

S.U.B.  CHAIRPERSON 

David  Eisner 

PARLIAMENTARIAN 

Les  Gminski 

CHAPLAIN 

The  Reverend  Lee  McGee 


C.P.A. 

Pamela  Parson 

S.G.P.A. 

Paul  Kennedy 

S.B.A. 

Gary  Bazel 

Lynne  Fetters 

Michael  Heitner 

C.A.S. 

Marci  Cohen 
Gil  Hazelwood 

Liz  Shapiro 
Lisa  Shimberg 

S.O.N. 

Sue  Kohl 

s.o.c. 

Nancy  Suchoff 

S.I.S. 

Bennet  M.  Spetalnick 


The  Student  Confederation  General  Assembly  is 
responsible  either  directly,  or  through  its  various 
subcommittees  and  semi-independent  commissions,  for 
all  phases  of  the  S.C.'s  operations  .  .  .  from  this  TALON 
you  are  reading  to  the  posters  for  the  Karla  Bonoff  concert 
back  in  the  fall.  The  S.C.  provided  you,  the  A.U.  student, 
with  entertainment,  transportation,  food  at  reduced 
prices,  medical  and  birth  control  counciling  and  kept  you 
informed  through  the  various  arms  of  the  student  media. 

This  year's  General  Assembly  was  presided  over  by 
S.C.  President  Bradford  Smith.  Brad  took  his  job  very 
seriously  and  worked  hard  to  carry  out  the  wishes  of  the 
students  he  served. 

Brad  went  out  of  his  way,  more  so  than  his 
predicessors,  to  get  student  input  into  his  dscisions  and 
programs.  He  did  this  in  two  ways,  the  first  earned  him 
the  name  "Brad  Bag,"  from  the  informal  brown  bag 
lunches  he  would  have  with  students  to  get  their  views. 
He  would  also  hold  formal  meetings  open  to  the  student 
body  on  controversial  and  pressing  problems. 

Unfortunately,  Brad  hadn't  counted  on  our  famous 
apathy!  Brad  said  he  was  very  disappointed  at  the  poor 
turnout  for  these  functions.  At  times,  hardly  anyone 
showed  up.  This  was  a  great  disappointment  for  someone 
who  was  only  interested  in  doing  the  best  job  he  could  to 
help  his  fellow  students. 

The  second  input  Brad  had  was  from  a  trusted  group 
of  advisors  drawn  from  inside  and  outside  the  S.C.  who 
would  meet  with  him  to  discuss  the  pressing  issues 
pending  in  the  S.C,  the  administration  or  just  anything 
in  general. 

S.C.  Vice  President  Harvey  Leader  was  just  about  the 
least  visable  of  the  executive  committee  this  year.  He 
shared  the  V.P.'s  office  with  his  pet  rabbit.  Jacks  Pittman. 
Harvey  was,  none  the  less,  a  very  hard  worker  and  a 
"mover"  in  the  Student  Confederation.  You  could  see  his 
serious,  bearded  visage  in  the  G.A.  and  University  Senate 
meeting  discharging  the  trust  we,  the  students,  of  The 
American  University,  placed  in  him. 

One  of  the  toughest  and  about  the  worst  job  in  the 
Student  Confederation  this  year  was  that  of  the 
Comptroller.  It  was  also  a  job  that  Leonard  J.  "Butch" 
Stein  attacked  with  a  vengence. 

Butch  inherited  a  financial  disaster.  Amid  rumors  of 
missing  funds.  Butch  discovered  that  there  wasn't 
enough  money  in  the  Confederation's  coffers  to  cover  its 
debts  from  1976/77  so  he  arranged  for  a  loan  from  the 
University  administration  to  cover  the  S.C. 

However,  the  proviso  on  the  loan  was  that  the  S.C.  get 
its  financial  house  together  or  else  the  administration 
would  close  the  S.C.  down. 

The  overly  optimistic  forecast  for  Fall  1977's 
enrollment  and  the  accompanying  activities  fee 
projections  combined  with  the  debts  of  years  past  to 
make  for  a  situation  where  money  couldn't  have  been 
tighter  or  the  Comptroller's  job  more  difficult  .  .  .  and 
what  could  be  more  difficult  than  knowing  exactly  how 
badly  an  important  organization  needed  money  to 
continue  serving  the  student  body  and  then  having  to  say 
"No"  because  you  knew  there  really  wasn't  any  to  give 
them. 

One  of  the  first  unpleasant  duties  Butch  oversaw  just 
after  the  year  began  back  in  September  was  an  across  the 
board  cut  of  everyone's  budget  of  13  percent.  Every  S.C. 
organization  was  forced  to  cut  back  on  services  or 
products.  The  screams  of  protest  and  "cut  somebody 
else's  budget  .  .  .  just  leave  mine  alone"  were  heard  all 


V,4  \V»  rt  \     . 
HARVEY  LEADER,  VICE-PREaDENT 


DAVID  EISNER,  S.U.B.  CHAIRPERSON 


over  campus,  but  deep  down,  many  knew  that  it  was  the 
only  possible  solution,  given  the  financial  state  the  S.C. 
was  in. 

Many  times,  over  and  over  again,  the  door  to  Butch's 
office  would  be  closed  as  he  sat  in  conference  with 
organization  leaders,  other  members  of  the  executive 
committee,  the  G.  A.  of  members  of  the  Administration  as 
problems  with  the  S.C.'s  budget  were  hashed  out.  How 
many  times  Butch  would  regretfully  say  "No"  to  even  the 
most  needy  and  deserving. 

Butch  saw  his  job  in  simple  terms  .  .  .  keep  the  S.C. 
financially  solvent  by  ensuring  that  nobody  overspent 
their  budgets  so  the  S.C.  would  be  around  in  1979. 

Butch's  dedication  didn't  earn  him  many  friends  and  it 
made  him  a  number  of  enemies.  More  than  once  he  was 
raked  over  The  Eagle's  editorial  coals.  Andrew  Pollock, 
the  editorial  cartoonist  for  The  Eagle,  seemed  to  have  a 
special  poison  pen  just  for  Butch  at  times.  But  Butch 
struggled  through  and  left  the  S.C.  in  better  shape  than  he 
found  it. 

Two  reasons  that  Butch  was  able  to  do  such  a  fine  job 
were  the  fact  that  Butch  kept  such  a  close  "eye"  on  the 
various  S.C.  organizations.  So  close  in  fact,  many  times 
he  knew  more  about  what  was  going  on  in  an 
organization  than  did  the  organization's  head.  Because  of 
this,  not  only  was  he  able  to  be  a  better,  more  effective 
Comptroller,  but  he  was  able  to  better  understand  and 
sympathsize  with  the  organization's  problems  and  deal 
with  them  swifter  and  more  deciscively  than  he  could 
have  done  otherwise. 

The  second  reason  was  Ken  Eisenberg.  While  Ken,  as 
the  Associate  Comptroller,  wasn't  part  of  the  Executive 
Committee,  he  difinately  deserves  mention  here  as  he 
was,  in  more  ways  than  one,  Butch's  right  hand  man, 
personal  emissary  and  chief  trouble  shooter. 

Butch  and  Ken  handled  the  Comptroller's  office  almost 
like  partners  at  times.  There  were,  of  course,  matters  that 
Ken  didn't  have  the  authority  to  handle  or  mediate,  but 
more  than  once  they  operated  as  a  team  handling  all  the 
problems  that  arose:  keeping  the  S.C.'s  financial 
ship-of-state  on  an  even  keel. 

The  duties  of  the  Student  Confederation  Secretary 
made  that  a  tough  job  too,  requiring  very  long  hours, 
good  ears,  devotion  to  duty  and  a  willingness  to  endure  a 
permanent  case  of  writer's  cramp. 

Of  all  the  members  of  the  General  Assembly,  the 
Secretary  began  her  career  in  a  "baptism  of  fire  ..."  the 
budget  hearings  and  the,  at  times,  verbatum  transcripts 
that  must  be  kept.  Diana  Downey  met  this  and  all  other 
challenges  squarely  and  overcame  all  obstacles  in  her 
path  to  do  an  absolutely  fantastic  job. 

Many  times  she'd  be  in  her  office  looking  up  old 
records  for  us  to  refer  to  at  the  next  G.A.  meeting  or 
editing  a  crucial  transcript.  Add  to  this  she  organized  the 
S.C.  archive's  files,  served  on  the  Constitutional  Changes 
Committee,  coordinated  all  S.C.  publicity  and  still  had  to 
make  time  to  act  as  a  part  time  receptionist  for  the  S.C. 
Office's  front  reception  desk. 

Her  drive,  determination  and  dedication  to  her  post, 
many  times  executing  her  duties  with  only  a  minimum 
amount  of  sleep  to  get  her  through  the  day  sets  a  fine 
example  of  the  hard  working  officers  that  serve  the 
student  of  The  American  University.  The  new  Secretary 
has  a  very  hard  act  to  follow. 

David  Eisner  was  the  Student  Union  Board 
Chairperson  during  1977  and  '78.  As  Chairperson, 
through  the  Student  Union  Board,  Dave  was  responsible 


DICXL  HARE 


for  creation  and  administration  of  all  "projects  and 
pro-rams  relating  to  social  and  community  affairs." 

The  S.U.B.  is  the  most  independent  wing  of  the 
Student  Confederation.  It  oversees  almost  all  of  the 
services  the  S.C.  provides;  the  CO-OPs,  Hot  Line  and 
Chi-Wara  being  directly  under  the  S.U.B  . . .  Concerts,  the 
Health  Services  Committee,  Big  Buddy  and  the  S.C. 
Buses,  now  known  as  A.U.T.O.  —  the  American 
University  Transit  Organization,  (First  G.U.T.S.,"  the 
Georgetown  University  Transit  Service,  now  A.U.T.O. 
Oh  well,  Washington  always  was  the  capitol  of  the  "Great 
Gobbleygook  Alphabet  Game  .  .  .")  and  Dave  was 
ultimately  responsible  for  the  smooth  functioning  of  it 
all. 

Keeping  everything  working  smoothly  wasn't  always 
easy  during  1977/'78.  For  a  while  it  looked  like  there 
wouldn't  be  a  Spring  Concert  because  of  tight  finances 
and  there  was  a  controversey  over  the  purchase  of  the 
second  S.C.  Bus,  but  in  the  end  most  of  the  problems 
were  resolved  and  thanks  again  to  Dave's  leadership,  the 
S.U.B.  and  its  departments  continue  to  provide  valuable 
services  to  the  students  of  The  American  University  and 
the  residents  of  the  surrounding  Washington,  D.C. 
community. 

Les  Gimiski  was  probably  the  least  noticeable  official 
of  the  Executive  Committee.  He  could  usually  be  seen 
sitting  quietly  during  General  Assembly  meetings  and 
yet  while  he  was  rarely  called  upon  to  speak,  his  word,  as 
Student  Confederation  Parliamentarian,  was  law  in  the 
General  Assembly  and  throughout  the  rest  of  the  Student 
Confederation. 

Les  was  the  defender  and  interpreter  of  the  S.C.'s 
Constitution  and  he  carried  out  his  duties  with  the 
conviction  and  security  of  a  man  who  knew  his  job. 

Thanks  to  Les,  order  was  maintained  throughout  the 
Confederation  even  when  one  organization  attempted  to 
overrule  him  and  supercede  the  S.C.'s  Constitution,  a 
move  that,  fortunately,  collapsed. 


S.'''^8^W      '^    ';  '■'  „,        "•> 


1978  was,  as  usual  a  poor  year  for  sports  here  at  A.U.  The 
school,  overall,  repeated  its  past  history,  of  a  very  low 
committment  to  any  type  of  formalized  team  sports 
program. 

The  young  men  and  women  who  participated  in  our 
various  teams  did  their  all  but,  no  matter  how  well  they  did 
or  how  much  effort  they  put  out,  general  student  interest 
always  has  been  low.  This  is  unfortunate  because 
sometimes  the  athletes  who  carry  our  banner  to  different 
competitions  wonder  if  any  body  cares  and  only  their  love 
for  their  particular  sport  that  carries  them  through. 

Our  main  problem  is  the  lack  of  truly  adequate  sport 
facilities  i.e.  a  field  house.  Many  students  who  would  go  to 
basketball  games  don't,  it  is  just  too  much  trouble  for  most 
of  us  to  drive  all  the  way  to  the  Fort  Myer's  gymnasium  to 
view  a  league  game,  if  they  can  find  transportation. 

We  need  a  strong  sports  program  here  to  pull  the 
generally  divided  student  community  together,  to  provide 
a  focal  point  for  building  spirit,  but  to  do  this  we  need  the 
proposed  new  field  house.  Not  only  would  this  solve 
where  to  hold  major  concerts  and  dances  but  also  and  most 
importantly  it  would  provide  the  teams  with  an  arena  that 
would  be  quickly  accessable  to  the  students.  And  more 
student  at  games  mean  not  only  more  support  for  the  teams 
but  more  schbol  spirit  here  and  an  all-encompassing  tie  to 
bind  all  our  students  together  in  one  common  goal.  Why,  if 
we  got  the  fieldhouse  we  might  even  get  football  back  on 
our  campus  .... 

So  here's  to  the  dedicated  athletes,  the  unsung, 
unrecognized,  unheralded,  and  unappreciated  men  and 
women,  who  have  carried  our  banner  into  the  arena  and 
come  out  winners.  Thank  you  for  giving  your  all  to  us  and 
your  chosen  sports. 


Basketball 


Super  frosh  Russel  "Boo"  Bowers  and  senior  Jewish 
Ail-American  Howie  Lassoff  led  coach  [im  Lynam's 
Eagles  to  their  third  16-win  season  in  the  last  five  years. 

Included  in  the  16  wins  were  road  triumphs  over 
George  Washington  and  William  &  Mary  as  well  as  a 
home  courter  over  Navy.  Maryland,  Clemson  and 
Georgetown  were  among  the  12  teams  to  beat  AU.  Bowers 
led  the  team  in  scoring  with  a  16.9  average,  shot  54 
percent  from  the  floor  and  was  the  team's  second  leading 
rebounder.  grabbing  6.8  per  game. 

Lassoff,  one  of  only  two  seniors  on  the  team  (Donald 
Kelly,  a  backcourt  spark  plug  was  the  other]  was  second 
in  scoring  with  a  12.0  average  and  led  all  rebounders 
with  7.9  per  game. 

Bowers  was  the  leading  vote  getter  in  the  Washington 
Post's  All-Metropolitan  team  and  was  named  East  Coast 
Conference  Rookie  of  the  Year  in  addition  to  making 
first-team  all-conference. 


ROSTER 

Michael  Abner  '80 
Rodney  Adams  '79 
Russell  Bowers  '81 
Mark  Garlitos  '79 
Leon  Kearney  '80 
Donald  Kelly  '78 
Stanley  Lamb  '80 
Howie  Lassoff  '78 
Joe  Mitchell  '80 
Tom  Pfotzer  '80 
Ray  Voelkel  '79 


Bowling  Club 


The  AU  Bowling  Club  is  a  unique  sports  organization 
because  it  provides  an  opportunity  for  everyone  to  join 
and  participate  at  competitive  and  noncompetitive 
levels. 

The  club  was  organized  as  a  mixed  team  again  this  fall 
and  like  previous  leagues  it  was  a  great  success.  A 
number  of  the  team  members  will  again  compete  in  the 
spring  DC  Intercollegiate  Conference. 

We're  hoping  this  year's  younger  team  members  will 
be  able  to  match  last  year's  successful  season  of  8-3.  If  all 
goes  well  (especially  hoping  we  don't  have  any  financial 
difficulties)  our  team  is  looking  forward  to  a  great 
weekend  trip  to  participate  in  one  of  the  up-coming 
collegiate  tournaments. 

Roster 

Edward  Nass,  President 

Tim  Cofer,  Vice  President 

Stefanie  Grigsby,  Secretary-Treasurer 

Joe  DeSouza 

Michelle  Logan 

Kathy  Albert 

Allen  Roth 

Ross  Klavans 

Louise  Pisano 

Tony  Hall 

Tony  Diogo 

Thelma  Jefferson 

John  Long 

Eric  Hood 


SOCCER 


Unpredicable  is  the  only  word  that  can  describe  the 
Eagles  performance  in  1977.  Despite  finishing  only  9-8 
overall,  the  soccer  team  plowed  through  the  East  Coast 
conference,  east  section,  to  win  the  division  (a  first  in  the 
school's  history).  The  taste  of  this  championship  was 
made  sweeter  by  two  1-0  decisions  over  5th  ranked 
Temple  University.  Unfortunately  for  the  Eagles,  a  heavy 
schedule  including  three  nationally  and  six  regionally 
ranked  teams,  and  several  untimely  injuries  to  key 
players  (most  noticeably,  Doug  Dugan)  proved  to  be  the 
team's  ultimate  downfall.  Senior  new  comer  Rolf 
Nietzel's  13  goals  led  the  conference  and  also  gave  him 
All-Conference  honors  along  with  Luis  Calderon,  and 
another  senior  Garn  Anderson.  Calderon  and  Anderson 
also  made  the  All-South  team. 


W^l 


Roster 


(from 
Bottom  row: 

Robert  Choen 
Keith  Tabatznik 
Aidan  Cunningham 
Eric  Berezin 

2nd  row: 
Mario  Kerby 
Rolf  Neitzel, 
David  Janeczek,' 
Tony  Vecchione 
John  Pasela 
Garn  Anderson 
David  Wells 

Top  row: 
Steve  Wartenberg 


left  to  right) 

Danny  Beyers 
Scott  Turner 
Jim  Piedmont 
Bryan  Hoath 
Andy  Days 
Alex  Kozlov 
Doug  Dugan 
Luis  Calderon 

Not  included  in  portrait: 

John  O'Neill 
Attila  Gyenis 
Gerald  Parker 
Hank  Newman 


Track 


The  Cross-Country  season  was  marked  by  the 
consistency  of  senior  Steve  Weinstein,  top  Eagle  placer  in 
every  meet  he  finished  (he  did  drop  out  of  one  meet  due 
to  injury),  as  well  as  the  return  to  bigtime  competition  for 
American  University. 

In  addition  to  the  traditional  foes  such  as  La  Salle,  St. 
Joseph's.  Delaware,  Temple  and  Catholic,  the  Eagles  ran 
against  such  major  power  houses  as  Manhattan,  Navy, 
Auburn,  and  William  and  Mary. 

"Regretably,  we  didn't  have  the  talent  to  match  the 
schedule,"  says  coach  Steve  Lurie  of  the  0-11  team. 

Winter  saw  the  return  of  Eagle  relay  teams  to  such 
indoor  meets  as  the  Millrose  Games,  the  Philadelphia 
Track  Classic  and  the  CYO  Invitational  after  an  absence 
of  many  years.  With  proper  recruiting,  AU  could  be  very 
competitive  in  these  meets  next  winter. 

Outdoor  season  was  marred  by  injuries. 

Roster 


Garn  Anderson 

MD 

1978 

Richard  Braver 

MD 

1981 

Frank  Carver 

D 

1978 

Donald  Ford 

D 

1980 

Edward  Horowitz 

SFR 

1981 

Mark  Jaeckel 

MD 

1979 

Robert  Lee 

SPR 

1981 

James  Morgan 

MD 

1981 

Charles  Schwam 

D 

1981 

Bennet  Spetalnick 

SPR 

1979 

Steve  Weinstein 

D 

1978 

Clark  Woods 

MD 

1978 

Robert  Young 

MD 

1981 

Head  Coach:  Steven 

Lurie 

Associate  Coach:  Wilbert  Smith 

Golf 


Led  by  juniors  Hal  Arost  and  Bob  Hannigan  and 
sophomore  Richard  Harmon,  the  1977-78  gold  team 
enjoyed  a  successful  season.  The  Fall  schedule  was 
highlighted  by  a  second  place  finish  in  the  1st  CCC 
Tournament  despite  an  intramural  football  injury  to 
Arost,  the  leading  scorer.  The  DC  III  Spring  tourney  was  a 
runaway  as  the  Eagles  topped  Georgetown  by  30  and 
George  Washington  by  86  strokes.  The  team  finished 
with  a  combined  13-8  dual  match  record.  The  EGG 
traveling  squad  was  composed  of  Arost,  Hannigan, 
Harmon,  senior  Leo  Neikrie,  junior  Rich  Rosetti  and 
freshmen  Doug  Hacker  and  Tracy  King. 


Women's  Field  Hockey 


The  Women's  Field  Hockey  team  started  their  1977 
season  off  with  nationally  ranked  Maryland  University 
this  year  and  played  a  beautiful  game,  though  losing  2-0. 
Although  the  score  showed  a  loss,  it  was  one  of  the  best 
games  the  women  played  the  entire  season.  One  of  the 
reasons  for  this  was  the  experience  of  the  older  players 
and  some  of  the  new  talented  players.  They  played  a  12 
game  season  and  at  times  it  proved  to  be  a  frustrating  one 
to  the  A.U.  women.  The  team  had  a  great  deal  of  talent 
but  sometimes  things  just  wouldn't  click.  Goach  Barbara 
J.  Reimann  often  called  the  team  a  "second-half  club" 
because  it  took  them  the  first  half  to  warm  up.  She  often 
stated,  if  the  game  was  90  minutes  long,  we'd  be  a  super 
team. 


The  women  were  in  good  physical  condition  this 
season  as  a  result  of  hard  training  during  the  summer  and 
practices  every  day  for  two  hours.  You  could  often  catch 
the  women  at  the  track  running  laps. 

This  year  the  team  has  four  graduating  senior:  Gaptain 
Jann  Garson,  who  played  a  link;  Athena  Argyropoulos, 
who  played  on  the  forward  line;  Ghris  Kind,  the  sweeper; 
and  Heath  Thomas,  a  defense  player.  They  have  played 
together  on  the  varsity  team  for  the  past  four  years.  When 
A.U.  loses  them,  they  are  losing  four  of  their  key  players 
and  will  find  them  hard  to  replace  in  the  future.  This  is 
the  first  year  in  many  the  team  will  lose  this  much 
seniority  and  talent. 


Swimming 


Eric  Yakuchev  ended  his  four-year  career  by  leading 
the  American  University  swimming  team  to  a  16th  place 
finish  in  the  Eastern  Intercollegiate  Championships  at 
Brown  University  in  Providence,  R.I. 

He  placed  fourth  in  the  100-yard  freestyle  in  a 
school-record  time  of  46.41  seconds,  one  of  17  individual 
school  records  he  set.  In  addition,  Yakuchev  was  a 
member  of  all  three  relay  teams  which  set  records.  He 
was  chosen  Most  Valuable  Swimmer  all  four  years  he  was 
here. 

Graduating  seniors  James  Bronson,  Douglas  Dean,  Bill 
Howard  and  Yakuchev,  all  will  be  missed.  But  Coach  Joe 
Rogers  has  had  a  banner  recruiting  year  and  his  Eagle 
swimmers  should  be  even  more  potent  next  year  than 
they  were  this  past  year. 


Rosters 
Men's  Varsity  Team 


William  Howarth* 
Douglas  Dean*** 
Eric  Yakuchev*** 
James  Bronson 
Michael  Kirks 
Robert  Stone 
Thomas  Ugast 
James  Anderson 
Frank  Scollins 
David  Bucknell 
Joseph  McHugh 
Juarez  DaPreitas 
Chris  Dauler 


Women's  Varsity  Team 


Lynn  Kimmel* 
Barbara  Dyer 
Mary  Malin 
Wendy  Harris 
Sarah  Syfan 
Martha  DuVall 


Mrs.  Ann  Culver 
Joe  Rogers 
Alan  Weisberg 


1978 
1978 
1978 
1978 
1979 
1979 
1980 
1980 
1981 
1981 
1980 
1980 
1981 


1978 
1979 
1981 
1981 
1980 
1980 


Diving  Coach 

Swimming  Coach 

Manager 


*Captain 
***Tri-Captain 


Women's  Tennis 


The  women's  tennis  team  compiled  a  2-2  record  during 
the  fall  in  a  season  shortened  by  rain  and  cancellations. 

The  team  won  two  of  its  first  five  matches  this  spring 
and  was  hoping  to  win  at  least  two  of  the  remaining  five. 

Freshperson  Lori  Berg  has  been  playing  in  the  first 
singles  position  with  veteran  Ellen  Brafman  doing  a 
creditable  job  at  the  second  spot.  There  are  three 
freshpersons  in  the  starting  line-up,  and  with  only  one 
senior  graduating,  the  future  looks  bright. 

A  good  recruiting  year  could  make  the  women's  team 
the  finest  in  the  area. 


Roster 


Nina  Pala  '78 
Ellen  Brafman 
Lisa  Maisi  '80 
Lisa  Berke  '80 
Lori  Berg  '81 
Stacy  Wyman  '81 
Gigi  Arnold  '81 
Laura  Mandell  '81 


Head  Coach:  Larry  Nyce 


Varsity  Tennis 


After  compiling  a  2-5  mark  in  the  fall  against  local 
competition,  the  Eagles  tackled  the  tougher  teams  of  the 
East  Coast  Conference  this  spring. 

They  lost  a  tough  opener  to  Towson  State,  5-4,  and  are 
winless  through  their  first  eight  matches. 

A  bright  spot  for  coach  Larry  Nyce's  netters  has  been 
the  consistent  play  of  freshman  Jim  Callan.  Jim  has  won 
four  of  his  eight  matches.  Junior  captain  Doug  Marshall 
and  sophomore  Wayne  Feldman  have  split  duty  at  first 
singles. 

With  three  freshmen  in  the  starting  line-up  and  only 
one  senior,  the  prospects  for  next  year  looks  promising. 


Roster 


Dave  Blake  '78 

Doug  Marshall  79 

Mark  Zwetchkenbaum  '79 

Wayne  Feldman  '80 

Jim  Callan  '81 

Tony  Diogo  '81 

Kurosh  Naseri  '81 

Head  Coach:  Larry  Nyce 


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The  Greek  Alphabet 


ABFA 

Alpha/al'fa  Beta/ba'ta  Gamma/gam'a  Delta/del'ta 

EZH0 

Epsilon/epsi-lon  Zeta/za'ta  Eta/a'ta  Theta/tha'ta 

IKAM 

lota/io'ta  Kappa/kap'a  Lambda/lam'da  Mu/mu 

NSon 

Nu/nu  Xi/zi  Omicron/om'i-kron  Pi/pi 

TT 

Rho/ro  Sigma/sig  ma  Tau/taw  Upsilon/up'si-lon 

Phi/fi  Chi/ki  Psi/si  Omega/o-me'ga 


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The  fraternities  and  sororities  of  our  campus  greatly 
contribute  to  life  here  at  ol'  A.U.  But  "THE  GREEKS," 
shrouded  in  secrecy  to  most  American  University 
students,  are  often  subject  to  ridicule. 

For  their  brothers  and  sisters,  the  fraternities  and 
sororities  are  focal  points  of  their  college  years.  This  can 
be  especially  true  for  those  who  choose  to  live  in  their 
respective  houses  instead  of  in  the  dorms  or  off-campus. 
While  the  "Greek  societies"  may  be  the  centerpoints  of 
their  stay  here,  this  by  no  means  reflects  a  withdrawal  of 
their  members  from  campus  life.  Quite  to  the  contrary, 
the  Greeks  are  among  the  most  active  students  on  our 
campus.  For  example,  this  year's  Student  Confederation 


Vice  President,  Harvey  Leader  and  the  S.C.  Comptroller, 
Leonard  J.  "Butch"  Stein,  are  both  brothers  of  Alpha 
Epsilon  Pi.  Dean  Fullerton  (Alpha  Sigma  Phi)  and  Jon 
Krongard  (Alpha  Tau  Omega)  served  on  the  Student 
Confederation's  General  Assembly,  Keith  McKenzie, 
Lamott  K.  "Smitty"  Smith  and  Peter  Brewington  (all 
Alpha  Sigma  Phi)  served  on  the  Confederation  Media 
Commission  this  year.  Ken  Eisenberg  (Phi  Sigma  Kappa) 
did  an  excellent  job  as  the  Student  Confederation's 
Associate  Comptroller. 

The  year  1978  has  been  good  all-in-all  for  our  campus 
Greeks,  although  life  at  The  American  University  hasn't 
always  been  so.  During  the  late  60's  and  mid-70's, 
fraternities  and  sororities  became  victims  of  the  times; 
rebellion  was  the  watchword  of  the  day:  "down  with  the 
establishment"  and  "out  with  the  old  and  in  with  the 
new."  Unfortunately,  the  traditional  orientation  of  the 
Greeks  was  often  viewed  as  representing  "the 
establishment"  and  Greek  membership  suffered  a 
disasterous  drop. 

What  most  of  our  peers  over  these  last  few  years 
haven't  known  was  the  Greeks'  own  history  of 
revolutionary  thought.  The  fraternal  greek  organization 
is  a  uniquely  American  invention  dating  from  the 
revolutionary  period.  The  first  recorded  general 
fraternity  was  "The  Flat  Hat  Club,"  organized  in  1750  in 
Williamsberg,  Virginia,  at  the  College  of  William  and 
Mary.  Its  jnembers  met  in  a  room  above  the  old  Raleigh 
Tavern  over  a  bowl  of  punch  to  discuss  the  issues  of  the 
day.  It  was  said  that  their  laughter  would  shake  the 
house.  The  subjects  of  their  discussions  were,  more  often 
than  not,  banned  by  the  college.  Among  their  number 
was  a  certain  Thomas  Jefferson  who,  16  years  later, 
would  draft  the  Declaration  of  Independence  and  help 
plunge  the  original  thirteen  colonies  into  the  fires  of 
open  revolution  against  Great  Britain. 

This  tradition  has  persisted  throughout  Greek  history. 
There  is  hardly  a  national  Greek  society  that  hasn't  had 


one  or  more  of  its  chapters  involved  in  conflict  with  the 
administration  of  their  different  schools  over  the  years. 
Some  chapters  have  been  thrown  off  or  banned  from  their 
campuses.  For  example,  in  an  act  of  editorial  bravery,  the 
editors  of  the  Alpha  Sigma  Phi  newspaper,  "The 
Tomahawk,"  then  with  only  one  chapter  in  1852,  took  on 
the  faculty  of  Yale  University  over  a  ban  of  several 
student  traditions.  They  were  expelled  and  "The 
Tomahawk"  banned.  Participating  in  incidents  like  this 
and  leading  student  change  over  the  years  show  a 
progressive  trend  that  persists  to  this  day.  Indeed,  we 
have  Alpha  Epsilon  Pi's  Harvey  Leader  to  thank  for 
American  University's  student  revolt  this  year.  Harvey 
was  the  brains  behind  Jacks  Pitman  and  S.T.U.D.E.N.T.S. 
Talon  has  often  wondered  if  Provost  Berenzden  liked  his 
custard  pie. 

Care  to  comment.  Doctor? 

Now  lest  you  start  thinking  that  becoming  a  brother  or 
sister  qualifies  you  for  membership  in  an  older,  more 
traditional,  ivy-covered- walls  version  of  the  Students  for  a 
Democratic  Society  (S.D.S.,)  it  must  be  pointed  out  that 
Greeks  have  always  preferred  to  work  within  the  system 
or,  at  least,  peacefully  co-exist  with  the  administrations 
of  their  respective  campuses.  Even  so,  before  the  60's  and 
widespread  student  radicalism  and  the  rise  of 
organizations  like  the  SDS,  the  Greeks  were  sometimes 
the  most  radical  organizations  on  campuses  in  the  United 
States. 

Here  at  ol'  A.U.  before  the  late  60's,  the  fraternities  and 
sororities  were  forces  to  be  reckoned  with.  They  were 
powerful  and  would,  on  occasion,  flex  their  muscles.  It  is 
rumored  that  during  a  period  of  campus  dissatisfaction 
with  the  Eagle,  the  Greeks  started  mumbling  about 
starting  a  rival  publication.  The  Eagle  is  said  to  have 
cleaned  up  its  act  fast.  The  Greeks  of  that  time  were  well 
entrenched  in  the  Student  Association,  the  forerunner  of 
our  present  Student  Confederation,  and  one,  an  Alpha 
Sig.,  was  crucial  in  the  establishment  of  the  original 


WAMU  on  the  upper  floor  of  the  Broadcast  Center. 
(Today's  WAMU-AM  is  but  a  shadow  of  its  forebearer 
which  was  taken  over  by  the  administration  to  become 
the  core  of  WAMU-FM.  88  +  .) 

While  the  term  "Greek"  is  commonly  applied  to 
members  of  all  fraternities  and  sororities,  it  is  a 
misnomer.  Most  fraternities  and  sororities  use  classical 
greek  letters  to  identify  themselves  but  there  are  some 
very  notable  exceptions,  such  as  Farm  House,  Acacia  and 
Triangle. 

The  first  fraternity.  Phi  Beta  Kappa,  was  founded  at 
William  and  Mary  during  a  secret  meeting  of  its  founding 
brothers.  While  not  a  true  fraternity  in  today's  sense,  it  set 


sororities  have  always  been  relatively  strong  at  A.U., 
notably  Alpha  Epsilon  Pi  and  Phi  Sigma  Kappa 
fraternities  and  Alpha  Chi  Omega  and  Delta  Gamma 
sororities.  Other  groups  were  less  fortunate,  such  as 
Alpha  Sigma  Phi  which  was  down  to  three  brothers.  But 
with  the  renewed  interest  in  Greeks,  Alpha  Sigma  Phi  has 
increased  its  brotherhood  more  than  sevenfold  in  the  past 
18  months. 

Two  relatively  new  Greeks  on  campus  are  the  black 
fraternity  Alpha  Phi  Alpha  and  the  black  sorority  Alpha 
Kappa  Alpha.  Both  are  nationally  affiliated  Greek 
organizations  and  we  are  very  happy  and  proud  that  they 
are  joining  us  here  at  The  American  University. 

Most  of  today's  sororities  and  fraternities  are  socially 
and  service  oriented.  Many  engage  in  charity  work  and 
fund  raising  activities  for  such  causes  as  Muscular 
Dystrophy  and  cancer  research.  But,  most  importantly, 
they  provide  an  atmosphere  of  friendship, 
companionship,  love  and  shared  purpose  with  their 
members.  There  is  a  sense  of  belonging,  not  just  to  a 
group  of  close  friends,  but  to  something  bigger, 
something  good,  something  stretching  back  for  more 
than  one  hundred  years  and  enveloping  thousands  of 
brothers  or  sisters  who  have  handed  down  their 
traditions  to  you.  It's  crying  on  your  Big  Sister's  shoulder 
after  losing  that  first  love  affair.  It's  instructing  your  Little 
Brother  in  fraternity  history  and  traditions  for  tonight's 
Pledge  Court.  It's  a  lot  of  good  things.  It's  knowing  you 
have  friends  who  will  back  you  up  and  not  let  you  down 
when  everyone  else  is  out  for  your  blood.  It's  having 
somewhere  to  go  to  study  in  peace  or  just  to  be  alone.  It's 
a  quiet  gathering  with  just  you  and  your  brothers  and 
sisters  and  a  few  specially  invited  friends.  It's  living  with 
15  other  guys  in  the  House  and  getting  along  even  though 
"so-in-so"  spilled  coffee  into  your  scrambled  eggs  this 
morning.  It's  everybody  checking  out  the  night  life  in 
Georgetown  on  Friday  night  until  four  in  the  morning. 

But  most  of  all,  it  is  something  that  will  be  in  the 
hearts,  minds  and  memories  of  our  Greek  Brothers  and 
Sisters  forever.  It  is  love  and  fellowship.  It  is  a  bond  of 
companionship,  of  shared  trials  and  joys  and  friendships 
that  shall  never  die. 

Truly,  "Something  Special." 


sororities  have  always  been  relatively  strong  at  A.U., 
notably  Alpha  Epsilon  Pi  and  Phi  Sigma  Kappa 
fraternities  and  Alpha  Chi  Omega  and  Delta  Gamma 
sororities.  Other  groups  were  less  fortunate,  such  as 
Alpha  Sigma  Phi  which  was  down  to  three  brothers.  But 
with  the  renewed  interest  in  Greeks,  Alpha  Sigma  Phi  has 
increased  its  brotherhood  more  than  sevenfold  in  the  past 
18  months. 

Two  relatively  new  Greeks  on  campus  are  the  black 
fraternity  Alpha  Phi  Alpha  and  the  black  sorority  Alpha 
Kappa  Alpha.  Both  are  nationally  affiliated  Greek 
organizations  and  we  are  very  happy  and  proud  that  they 
are  joining  us  here  at  The  American  University. 

Most  of  today's  sororities  and  fraternities  are  socially 
and  service  oriented.  Many  engage  in  charity  work  and 
fund  raising  activities  for  such  causes  as  Muscular 
Dystrophy  and  cancer  research.  But,  most  importantly, 
they  provide  an  atmosphere  of  friendship, 
companionship,  love  and  shared  purpose  with  their 
members.  There  is  a  sense  of  belonging,  not  just  to  a 
group  of  close  friends,  but  to  something  bigger, 
something  good,  something  stretching  back  for  more 
than  one  hundred  years  and  enveloping  thousands  of 
brothers  or  sisters  who  have  handed  down  their 
traditions  to  you.  It's  crying  on  your  Big  Sister's  shoulder 
after  losing  that  first  love  affair.  It's  instructing  your  Little 
Brother  in  fraternity  history  and  traditions  for  tonight's 
Pledge  Court.  It's  a  lot  of  good  things.  It's  knowing  you 
have  friends  who  will  back  you  up  and  not  let  you  down 
when  everyone  else  is  out  for  your  blood.  It's  having 
somewhere  to  go  to  study  in  peace  or  just  to  be  alone.  It's 
a  quiet  gathering  with  just  you  and  your  brothers  and 
sisters  and  a  few  specially  invited  friends.  It's  living  with 
15  other  guys  in  the  House  and  getting  along  even  though 
"so-in-so"  spilled  coffee  into  your  scrambled  eggs  this 
morning.  It's  everybody  checking  out  the  night  life  in 
Georgetown  on  Friday  night  until  four  in  the  morning. 

But  most  of  all,  it  is  something  that  will  be  in  the 
hearts,  minds  and  memories  of  our  Greek  Brothers  and 
Sisters  forever.  It  is  love  and  fellowship.  It  is  a  bond  of 
companionship,  of  shared  trials  and  joys  and  friendships 
that  shall  never  die. 

Truly,  "Something  Special." 


ALPHA  EPSILON  PI 


NATIONAL  FOUNDED:  November  7,  1913,  New  York 

University 
LOCAL  FOUNDED:  September  15,  1969 
LOCAL  CHAPTER:  Sigma  Pi 

LOCATION:  Room  222,  Anderson  Hall;  dedicated  3/26/78 
COLORS:  Gold  and  Blue 
NOTABLES:  Singers  Paul  Simon  and  Art  Garfunkel, 

Journalist  Carl  Stern,  Former  National  Football 

League  wide  receiver  Lance  Wrentzel,  Maryland 

Politician  Walter  Olinsky. 
CHAPTER  HONORS:  Greek  Songfest  Champions  six 

times  over  the  last  eight  years  including  the  last  two 

years  straight. 


Sigma  Pi  Chapter  of  Alpha  Epsilon  Pi  Fraternity  takes 
great  pride  in  the  majority  of  our  Brothers'  campus 
activities:  the  Student  Confederation,  the  Campus  Media, 
student  organizations,  intramural  and  varsity  sports. 
Alpha  Epsilon  Pi  is  primarily  a  social  fraternity  but  we 
have  had  several  fine  service  projects  throughout  the 
years. 

Many  area  AEPi  alumni  have  gone  on  to  bigger  and 
better  things  like  high  management  positions  in  the 
White  House,  Capitol  Hill  and  Washington,  D.C.,  Metro 
Area  businesses. 

Many  of  our  alums  remain  in  close  contact  with  our 
Chapter  after  graduation. 


ALPHA  KAPPA  ALPHA 


BY  MELBA  LUCAS 

Alpha  Kappa  Alpha  Sorority  was  founded  in  1908  at 
Howard  University  in  Washington,  D.C.  It  was  the  first 
greek  sorority  established  among  black  college  women. 
Alpha  Kappa  Alpha's  purpose  is  to  provide  "Service  to 
All  Mankind." 

Alpha  Kappa  Alpha  carries  out  its  commitments  to 
service  through  Job  Corps,  the  Center  for  Women, 
Co-educational  Scholarships  and  Grants,  Alpha  Kappa 
Alpha  Heritage  Series,  Reading  Experience 
Workshops,  United  Negro  College  Fund  Drive  and 
Consumer  Education  and  Trade  Shows. 

Lambda  Zeta  Chapter  of  Alpha  Kappa  Alpha 
Sorority  was  charted  on  February  26,  1977  at  American 
University.  The  Lambda  Zeta  Chapter  has  given 
benefits  for  the  N.A.A.C.P.  the  United  Negro  College 
Fund  Drive,  National  Council  of  Negro  Women  and 
The  Urban  League. 

Lambda  Zeta  Chapter  of  Alpha  Kappa  Alpha  has  a 
reading  program  and  participates  in  an  ongoing  service 
project  at  the  Southwest  Washington  Community 
Center  in  conjunction  with  O.S.A.T.A.U. 


ALPHA  SIGMA  PHI 

The  Brotherhood 


NATIONAL  FOUNDED:  December  6,  1845  at  Yale 

University 
NATIONAL  FOUNDERS:  Louis  Manigault,  Stephen 

Ormsby  Rhea  and  Horace  Spangler  Weiser 
LOCAL  FOUNDED:  May. 1940 
LOCAL  CHAPTER:  Beta  Chi 
COLORS:  Cardnal  and  stone  (red  and  grey) 
LOCATION:  The  Alpha  Sigma  Phi  House  is  located  in 

back  of  Anderson  Dorm  between  the  Center  for 

Applied  Technology  and  the  Phi  Sigma  Kappa's 

House. 

ROSTER  FOR  1978 

Dean  "Dream"  Fullerton,  Chris  Bickford,  Peter  "Brew" 
Brewington,  William  "Laundry"  Longhi,  Keith  "Irish" 
McKenzie,  Robert  "Rocky"  Rothacker,  Paul  "Jap" 
Williams,  Bob  "Swede"  Ahlstrom,  Craig  William 
"Kamakazie"  Carter,  Eugene  "Folock"  Foley,  John  "B.J." 
Martin  IV,  Hank  "Jewish"  Newman,  Rick  "Wick 
Wubans"  Rubans,  Steve  "Seagull"  Seigal,  Greg  Sperr, 
Lee  "T-Bomb"  Tannenbaum,  Rich  "The  Wind"  Wilson, 
Keith  "Casey"  Cuomo,  John  "Shat"  Shatenger. 


If  there  is  one  word,  other  than  Brotherhood,  that 
describes  the  Beta  Chi  Chapter  of  Alpha  Sigma  Phi 
Fraternity  during  the  past  years,  that  word  would  have  to 
be  "Growth."  Over  the  last  two  years  "Alpha  Sig,"  as  we 
are  affectionately  known,  has  grown  from  a  fraternity  that 
had  only  a  handful  of  active  Brothers  to  the  most  rapidly 
growing  fraternity  on  The  American  University  campus 
with,  we  feel,  the  best  "quality"  Brothers. 

While  our  fraternity  is  a  social  and  service  fraternity, 
we  feel  that  scholastic  achievement  is  also  very 
important.  We  feel  that  we  are  here  at  The  American 
University  to  learn  so,  accordingly,  we  place  a  high  value 
upon  scholastic  achievement  during  our  college  years. 

Next  to  our  Brotherhood,  which  we  all  feel  is  truly 
"something  special,"  we  are  proudest  of  our  chapter's 
fraternity  house  which  has  a  full  kitchen,  including  a 
microwave  oven,  dishwasher  and  beer  tap  system  for  two 
kegs.  There  are  eight  bedrooms  completely  furnished 
with  accomodations  for  16  roomers.  Of  all  the  house,  we 
are  proud  of  our  Chapter  Room,  with  its  antique 
furniture,  paneled  walls,  trophy  cases  and  our  piano. 
All-in-all  we  feel  that  our  house,  like  Our  Brotherhood  is 
indeed,  "Something  Special." 


The  little  sister  pin 


The  pledge  pin 


ALPHA  SIGMA  PHI 


The  Little  Sisters 


BY  DEAN  FULLERTON 

A  new  phase  of  growth  of  the  Beta  Chi  Chapter  of 
Alpha  Sigma  Phi  began  on  April  28,  1978  when  the  first 
pledge  class  of  Little  Sisters  was  duly  initiated.  Eleven 
dedicated  women  were  inducted  to  begin  the  first  and 
only  active  little  sisters  program  at  The  American 
University. 

Our  Little  Sisters  are  active  in  the  social  and 
community  relations  aspects  of  our  fraternity.  About  one 
half  are  Sisters  in  one  or  another  of  our  campus' 
sororities.  Already  the  Little  Sisters  have  proven 
themselves  as  assets  to  our  fraternity  with  their  much 
welcomed  help. 

The  Little  Sisters,  like  our  pledges,  have  Big  Brothers 
and  go  through  a  formal  pledge  period  and  are  initiated 
in  a  secret  ceremony.  They  all  proudly  wear  the  Little 
Sisters'  Pin  of  Alpha  Sigma  Phi. 

Little  Sisters  . . .  just  one  more  big  step  in  the  continual 
growth  of  the  Beta  Chi  Chapter  of  Alpha  Sigma  Phi 
Fraternity. 

ROSTER  FOR  1978 

Kathy  "The  Petaluma  Kid"  Baisden,  Sharon  "Pong" 
Beckman,  Valerie  "Cuddles"  Bogacz,  Leslie  "Grin" 
Derman,  Marty  "Fuzz"  Duvall,  Karen  Rea  "Toots" 
Friedman,  Wendy  "Peaches"  Melillo,  Debbie  "Bogels" 
Regenbogen,  Donna  "Muse"  Shire,  Mary  "Blazer" 
Vallely,  Sue  "S.C.  —  2"  Wanner. 


ALPHA  TAU  OMEGA 


NATIONAL  FOUNDED:  1865 

LOCAL  FOUNDED:  January  30,  1943 

LOCAL  CHAPTER:  Epsilon  Iota 

COLORS:  Azure  and  Gold 

NATIONAL  NOTABLES:  Howard  K.  Smith, 

Representative  Jack  Kemp  (New  York),  Senator  Birch 
Bayh  and  NBC  commentator  Curt  Gowdy. 

LOCAL  NOTABLES:  Ace  Spaulding,  Asst.  V.P.  for 
University  Development;  Charles  Schools,  past 
Director  or  A.U.  Physical  Plant;  Joe  Rogers,  A.U. 
Swim  Coach;  former  Dean  Col.  Charles  Van  Way  and 
A.U.  Trustee  Paul  Berry. 


ROSTER  FOR  1978 


PRESIDENT 

VICE-PRESIDENT; 

TREASURER 

SECRETARY 

REMAINING  BROTHERS 


Randy  Gleit 

Roger  Petrocelli 

Jon  Krongard 

Lee  Potter 

Scott  Crosby,  Steve  Kahn, 
Bob  Morrison,  Dean  Combee,  Mike  "Dopey"  Fier, 
Scott  Fitzgerald,  Jeff  Gordan,  John  Hampford,  Artie 
Hennick,  Dave  Hennig,  Harry  Halt,  Vic  Kaulins, 
Steve  Redisch,  Mark  Rothman,  Pete  Schriver,  Roy 
Serarsky,  Bob  Singer,  Jeff  Stewart  and  Mark 
Weinberg. 


ALPHA  PHI  ALPHA 


NATIONAL  FOUNDED:  December  4,  1906  at  Cornell 
University,  Ithaca,  New  York 

LOCAL  FOUNDED:  May  21,  1977 

LOCAL  CHAPTER:  Nu  Beta 

COLORS:  Black  and  Gold 

NOTABLES:  Brother  Doctor  Martin  Luther  King,  Jr., 
Brother  W.E.B.  DuBois,  Brother  Paul  Robeson, 
Brother  Thurgoog  Marshell,  Brother  Senator  Edward 
Brooke,  Brother  Adam  Clayton  Powell,  Jr.,  Brother 
Andrew  Young,  Brother  Maynard  Jackson,  Brother 
Ernest  M.  Morial 

Alpha  Phi  Alpha  has  a  traditional  program  of 
scholarships,  community  service  and  localized  political 
pressure.  Alpha  Phi  Alpha  also  engages  in  one  million 
dollar  fund  raising  drives  in  progress  for  the  N.A.A.C.P., 
the  National  Urban  League  and  the  United  Negro  College 
Fund. 


ROSTER  FOR  1978 

PRESIDENT:  Edgar  Oliver 
VICE  PRESIDENT:  Daniel  Robinson  IV 
TREASURER:  Donald  DeVille 
CORRESPONDING  SECRETARY:  Adrian  Brevard 
RECORDING  SECRETARY:  Mark  Trice 
PARLIAMENTARIAN:  Anthony  Williams 
REMAINING  BROTHERS:  Benjamin  Bowles,  Donald 

Edwards,  Joseph  Ferguson,  Earl  Jennings,  Robert 

Kelly  and  Darion  Thomas 


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ALPHA  CHI  OMEGA 


BY  VALERIE  BOGACZ;  EDITOR  AND  HISTORIAN 

Alpha  Chi  Omega  was  founded  at  DePauw  University 
in  Greencastle,  Indiana,  on  October  15,  1885.  It  was 
originally  founded  as  the  first  music  sorority,  but  shortly 
thereafter  broadened  its  membership  to  all;  still  keeping 
its  musical  base. 

Our  founders  chose  the  lyre  as  our  badge  and  the  colors 
scarlet  red  and  olive  green. 

The  Beta  Rho  Chapter  here  at  American  was  founded 
on  June  3,  1937.  Our  room  is  located  at  220  Anderson 
South.  Some  of  our  traditions  include  the  pumpkin  sale 
in  the  fall  for  Cystic  Fibrosis  and  the  daffodil  sale  on  the 
first  day  of  spring  for  Easter  Seals.  Other  important  dates 
are  Hera  Day  .  .  .  March  first.  Founders'  Day  .  .  .  October 
15th.  The  month  of  February  is  dedicated  to  McDowell 
colony  which  is  a  colony  of  artists  which  Alpha  Chi 
Omega  supports. 

Alpha  Chi  Omega  emphasizes  scholastic  achievement 
as  well  as  social  activities  and  friendship. 

Some  past  Alpha  Chi  Omegas  who  have  made  a  name 
for  themselves  include  Peggy  Fleming,  Goldie  Hawn  and 
Mrs.  Neil  Armstrong. 


ROSTER  FOR  1978 

Sharon  Beckman,  Leslie  Derman,  Marsha  Feldman, 
Karen  Rea  Friedman,  Candace  Hunt,  Debbie  Regenbogen, 
Ellen  Tucker,  Harriet  Weintraub,  Julia  Evangelista,  Laura 
Laib,  Lorri  Braunstein,  Valerie  Bogacz,  Debby  Feld. 


DELTA  GAMMA 


NATIONAL  FOUNDED:  March  15.  1873  at  the  Lewis 
Girls'  School  in  Oxford,  Mississippi 

LOCAL  FOUNDED:  March  21,  1936 

LOCAL  CHAPTER:  Beta  Epsilon 

LOCATION:  Greek  Row,  second  floor  bridge,  Anderson 

COLORS:  Bronze,  pink  and  blue 

NOTABLES:  Eva  Marie  Saint,  Carmen  Neuberger;  A.U.'s 
Dean  of  Students,  Patricia  Reilly  Hilt;  Assistant 
Secretary  of  Health,  Education  and  Welfare  under 
Nixon,  Judith  Ann  Ford;  Miss  America,  1969,  Sarah 
Tilghman  Hughes;  the  judge  who  administered  the 
Oath  of  Office  to  President  Johnson  after  Kennedy's 
death. 

HONORS:  Highest  Grade  Point  Average  of  all  sororities. 
Two  Sisters  in  the  Who's  Who  of  American  Colleges 
and  Universities,  One  Sister  on  the  Mortor  Board, 
One  Sister  is  a  Dorm  President,  Ten  Sisters  work  in 
various  governmental  offices  and  agencies,  Various 
sisters  are  officers  in  campus  organizations,  such  as 
Pan  Ethnon,  Model  U.N.,  etc. 

ROSTER  FOR  1978:  Not  Available 


DELTA  GAMMA  SORORITY  is  a  group  of  individuals 
who  channel  their  talents  by  means  of  strength  in  unity. 
Together  we  generate  an  enthusiastic  team  spirit,  ready 
for  participation  in  a  variety  of  activities.  The  tie  that 
binds  us  together  is  a  strong  one,  and  it  is  this  strength 
that  makes  Delta  Gamma  the  sorority  that  she  is. 

Membership  in  Delta  Gamma  stimulates  and 
encourages  active  participation  in  all  facets  of  campus 
life.  The  pride  which  each  girl  takes  in  her  university  is 
utalized  in  such  areas  as  residence  and  class 
governments.  Delta  Gamma  are  also  active  members  and 
leaders  for  a  wide  spectrum  of  campus  and  national  clubs 
and  honoraries  which  seek  to  recognize  and  promote 
both  scholarship  and  leadership. 

Beta  Epsilon  Chapter  seeks  to  assume  an  active  role  in 
community  endeavors  as  well.  Our  National  Foundation 
Project,  Sight  Conservation  and  Aid  to  the  Blind,  has  us 
busily  raising  money  for  much-needed  braille  library 
books. 

Because  of  the  growing  need  for  improved 
faculty-student  relations.  Delta  Gamma  has  had  the 
privilege  of  working  with  a  past  professer  and  current 
advisor  to  university  groups.  Mr.  Carlton  Savage,  the 
Delta  Gamma  Faculty  Associate,  has  served  not  only  as 
our  faculty  "link"  but  also  as  an  intermediary  for  such 
governmental  offices  as  the  State  Department. 

Delta  Gamma  has  leadership.  She  has  unity;  she  has 
honors,  but  she  has  much  more.  She  exemplifies  a  perfect 
"channel"  for  each  individual  Sister  and  for  a  group  of 
individuals  to  achieve  a  sense  of  relevance  and  meaning 
to  their  lives,  to  their  campus,  their  country  and  to  their 
world. 


DELTA  SIGMA  THETA 


Delta  Sigma  Theta  Sorority,  Inc.  was  founded  in  1913 
at  Howard  University,  in  Washington,  D.C.  Delta  Sigma 
Theta  Sorority,  Inc.  is  a  public  service  sorority  with  a 
national  membership  of  over  90,000  women  with  565 
chapters  located  in  43  states,  Haiti,  Virgin  Islands, 
Liberia  and  Washington,  D.C. 

Nu  Alpha  Chapter  was  chartered  on  American 
University's  campus  on  April  22,  1976.  There  were  12 
chartered  members:  Deborah  Barnes,  Andrea  Blackwell, 
Yvette  Britt,  Diane  Carter,  Angela  Green,  Deborah  Green, 
Vera  Johnson,  Antoinette  Jones,  Sharon  McEaddy,  Sherill 
Morton,  Jacqueline  Scott  and  Jacqueline  Wyatt.  Nu  Alpha 
presently  has  22  active  Sisters. 

Delta  Sigma  Theta  Sorority,  Inc.,  Nu  Alpha  Chapter  is 
located  in  room  210,  Anderson  Hall.  Our  colors  are 
crimson  and  cream. 

Delta  Sigma  Theta  Sorority,  Inc.,  has  many  notable 
women.  To  name  a  few  .  .  .  Representative  Barbara 
Jordan;  Representative  Shirley  Chisholm;  Secretary  of 
Housing  and  Urban  Development,  Patricia  Harris; 
Actresses  Ruby  Dee,  Mary  McCloud  Bethune;  Judith 
Jamison,  Ellen  Holly;  Singers,  Nancy  Wilson,  Leslie 
Uggams,  Dorothy  Height,  Thelma  T.  Daley;  Journalists 
Phyl  Garland  and  E.  Fannie  Granton;  Consumer  Advocate 
Ester  Peterson  and  many  more. 


WHY  DELTA  SIGMA  THETA  IS  SPECIAL  TO 
US 

BY  PRESIDENT  VERA  E.  JOHNSON 

Delta  Sigma  Theta  Sorority  holds  a  very  special  and 
significant  place  in  the  lives  of  the  sorors  of  Nu  Alpha 
Chapter.  To  us,  it  is  not  just  a  name  which  brings  us  local 
fame  with  perhaps  a  friend  or  two.  It  is  winning  a  smile 
from  doing  many  of  those  things  worthwhile.  It  is  to  love 
and  to  serve  as  we  perserve  high  ideals  and  receiving  an 
inner  joy  which  warms  our  hearts  and  keeps  them  pure 
and  clean. 

Being  involved  in  a  greek  organization  which  engages 
and  serves  in  areas  such  as  Educational  Development, 
Economic  Development,  Community  and  International 
Involvement,  Housing  and  Urban  Development  and 
Mental  Health  makes  this  sorority  very  special  to  us 
because  we  are  closely  bound  together,  fulfilling  very 
positive  goals. 


PHIMU 


NATIONAL  FOUNDED:  March  1852,  Wesleyan  College, 

Macon,  Georgia 
LOCAL  FOUNDED:  November  1933 
LOCAL  CHAPTER:  Gamma  Delta 
LOCATION:  Greek  Row,  Second  Floor  Bridge,  Andreson 

Hall 
COLORS:  Rose  and  White 
NOTABLE  SISTERS:  Carol  Laise  Bunker,  first  woman  to 

serve  as  Director  General  of  the  U.S.  Foreign  Service. 
ROSTER  FOR  1978:  Not  Available 


Phi  Mus  are  politically  active.  On  campus,  they  work 
for  The  Speaker's  Weekend,  The  Student  Confederation 
General  Assembly  and  Finance  Committee.  Off  campus, 
they  are  involved  in  community,  state  and  national 
campaigns. 

Phi  Mus  are  active  in  campus  activities.  They  work  as 
resident  advisors,  for  the  Living-Learning  Center,  in 
internships,  with  Pan  Ethnon,  and  are  involved  in  sports 
such  as  field  hockey. 

Phi  Mus  work  for  social  service.  Their  national 
Philanthropy  is  Project  HOPE  .  .  .  Health  Opportunities 
for  People  Everywhere,  in  which  trained  medical 
personnel  teach  advanced  skills  and  medical  technology 
to  under-privileged  people. 

Phi  Mus  know  how  to  enjoy  themselves.  They  interact 
with  fellow  Sisters,  fellow  Greeks  and  the  campus 
community  in  general;  whether  it  be  as  initiators  or  just 
joining  in. 

Phi  Mus  have  an  eye  to  the  future.  They  study  public 
administration,  health  sciences  and  communications. 

Phi  Mus  see  their  sorority  as  special,  their  campus  as 
special  and  people  as  special. 


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PHI  SIGMA  KAPPA 


NATIONAL  FOUNDED:  March  15,  1873,  University  of 

Amherst,  Amherst,  Mass. 
LOCAL  FOUNDED:  November  15,  1936 
CURRENT  HOUSE  BUILT:  1962 
LOCAL  CHAPTER  NAME:  Epsilon  Triton 
COLORS:  Silver  and  Magenta 
NOTABLE  BROTHERS:  Frank  Gifford,  Don  Knots,  Tom 

Smothers  and  Martin  Milner 
HONORS:  Host  Chapter,  Regional  Conclave  Party,  April 

8,  1978 
ROSTER  FOR  1978:  Not  Available 


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PHI  SIGMA  SIGMA 


FOUNDED:  Hunter  College,  New  York  in  1913  as  the  first 

non-sectarian  sorority 
NATIONAL  PHILANTHROPY:  The  American  Kidney 

Foundation 
PRESIDENT:  Sonda  Mayer 

VICE-PRESIDENT:    Ann  Polski 
TRIBUNE:  Pamela  Parson 

TREASURER:  Ilene  Lituak 


ROSTER  FOR  1978 

Sonda  Mayer,  Ann  Polski,  Freddie  Klingerhoffer,  Pamela 
Parson,  Elise  Wolfe,  Gail  Hadburg,  Maria  Chanin,  Melissa 
Angerman,  Becky  Blatt,  Debra  Brown,  Cathy  Grim,  Ilene 
Lituak,  Cindy  Miller,  Jody  Moss,  Debra  Shifrin,  Linda 
Vogelman,  Laurie  Weiss,  Linda  Dunivan,  Renee  Markle, 
Robin  Marko,  Annette  Veeman. 


""^Vi«^\^ 


'The  Great  PIu^ig]|iSi  Kappa  Pledge  Hell  Night  Streak"  around  the  island  in  the 
middle  of  Letts-Andeiwin  Qiyc  before  admiring  on-lookers,  including  many  females. 
Sandy  Cowan,  our  stmf  gbatographer  who  took  these  photos  says  it  was  cold  enough 
to  freeze  the  "you  know  whats"  off  a  brass  monkey  that  night.  P.S.  When  we  censored 
this  picture  (we  didn't  think  the  administration  had  that  much  of  a  sense  of  humor.)  we 
were  all  out  of  fig  leaves  .  .  .  Sorry  'bout  that! 


Graduation  .   .   .  It's  the  cumulation;  the  time;  the  day  that  every 
college  and  university  student  looks  toward  .   .   .  yearns  for  .   .  . 
works  and  studies  for  during  many  a  long  sleepless  night  in  a 
small  dorm  room  all  too  far  from  home.  It  is  the  final  "rite  of 
passage"  for  these  young  men  and  women  who  have  spent  four  or 
more  years  here  at  The  American  University.  After  this  day,  they 
step  into  the  world  as  better  equipped  adults  ready  to  begin  the 
rest  of  their  lives. 

It  is  commencement;  the  long  awaited  for  moment  when  those 
young  men  and  women,  our  finest,  have  for  the  most  part  ended 
their  college  experience.  It's  a  moment  of  pride  in  themselves  .   .  . 
and  their  accomplishment  ...  a  thanksgiving.  It  is  also  a  bitter 
sweet  moment  of  nostalgia  .  .   .  leaving  a  home  they've  made  here 
for  four  years  .   .   .  friends  they've  worked  with  .   .   .  and  maybe 
closer,  a  love  or  two.  No  more  the  same  now,  to  walk  these 
hallowed  halls  of  knowledge  .   .   .  Never  again  to  stroll  across  the 
darkening  quad  at  sunset  with  someone  special  on  a  warm  spring 
scented  night  .   .   .  not  ever  .   .   .  the  same  way. 

For  everyone  that  walked  upon  that  stage  and  shook  his  or  her 
dean's  hand,  there  were  different  and  special  feelings  .  .   .  we  all 
shared  them.  It  would,  indeed,  be  foolish  for  us,  your  humble 
editors,  to  try  to  put  into  words  the  depth  of  each  special  thought. 
We  won't  try.  We'd  rather  let  the  pictures  we  took  tell  the  story  for 
us,  and  maybe,  just  maybe,  we  can  bring  back  these  joyous 
memories  for  you  sometime  .   .   .  in  a  day  long  past  .   .   . 


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THE  AMERICAN  UNIVERSITY 


SIXTY-SEVENTH 

COMMENCEMENT 


MAY  FOURTEENTH,  NINETEEN  SEVENTY-EIGHT 

THE  UNIVERSITY  CAMPUS 

MASSACHUSETTS  AND  NEBRASKA  AVENUES, 

NORTHWEST 

WASHINGTON,  DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA 


THE  NAMES  OF  GRADUATES  HAVE  NOT  BEEN 
INCLUDED  IN  THIS  COMMENCEMENT  PROGRAM 

The  official  Commencement  Bulletin  will  be  mailed  to 
all  graduates  in  July  and  will  include  the  complete  listing 
of  names  and  appropriate  honors. 

The  University  regrets  that  it  is  impossible  to  prepare  a 
totally  accurate  program  in  time  for  the  Commencement 
Ceremonies  because  recording  of  grades  and  honors  con- 
tinues to  the  final  hours  before  graduation. 


COMMENCEMENT 

1978 

Commencement  events  were  inaugurated  on  May  13  with  an  Honors  Con- 
vocation. This  University-wide  event  recognized  those  graduates  who  were 
named  to  honorary  and  professional  societies  and  those  who  achieved  dis- 
tinction during  their  years  of  study  at  the  University.  Also  recognized  were  the 
recipients  of  University  Awards  —  students,  faculty  and  staff  —  and  selected 
alumni  who  were  given  The  American  University  Alumni  Association  Alumni 
Recognition  Award. 

Commencement  Day  is  devoted  to  individual  School  and  College  Com- 
mencements, preceded  or  followed  by  informal  receptions.  President  Joseph  J. 
Sisco,  accompanied  by  University  Provost  Richard  Berendzen  and  Chairman 
of  the  University  Senate  Donald  R.  Thomas,  will  confer  degrees  and  present 
special  citations  at  each  Commencement  ceremony. 


Schedule  of  Commencements 

Sunday,  May  14,  1978 

Page 

Lucy  Webb  Hayes  School  of  Nursing 9:30  a.m 4 

Abraham  S.  Kay  Spiritual  Life  Center,  on  campus 

College  of  Arts  and  Sciences 1 1 :00  a.m 6-7 

and 
Division  of  Continuing  Education 

D.A.R.  Constitution  Hall 
18th  and  D  Streets,  N.W. 

School  of  Business  Administration 2:30  p.m 5 

The  National  Presbyterian  Church 
4101  Nebraska  Avenue,  N.W. 


College  of  Pubhc  Affairs 3:30  p.m 8-9 

D.A.R.  Constitution  Hall 
18th  and  D  Streets,  N.W. 

Washington  College  of  Law 4:30  p.m 10 

Washington  Hebrew  Congregation 

Massachusetts  A  venue  and  Macomb  Street,  N.  W. 


LUCY  WEBB  HAYES  SCHOOL  OF  NURSING 

Laura  B.  Kummer,  Dean 

Judith  K.  Sands,  Marshal 
Charles  W.  Casque,  Trumpeter 
Phillip  J.  Rittman,  Trumpeter 

PROGRAM 

PROCESSIONAL 

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INVOCATION Josephine  Gimble 

Associate  Professor 

WELCOME Laura  B.  Kummer,  Dean 

INTRODUCTIONS Judith  K.  Sands,  Marshal 

Dr.  Joseph  J.  Sisco,  President 

Dr.  Richard  Berendzen,  Provost 

Dr.  Donald  R.  Thomas,  Chairman,  University  Senate 

CONFERRING  OF  DEGREES Dr.  Joseph  J.  Sisco,  President 

PRESENTATION  OF  HONOR  AWARDS Laura  B.  Kummer,  Dean 

Lucy  Webb  Hayes  Award 

Laura  Beth  Kind 

Laura  Reckman  Memorial  Scholarship 

MiCHELE  Mileo 

PRESENTATION  OF  DIPLOMAS Laura  B.  Kummer,  Dean 

INTERLUDE 

ADDRESS Garland  K.  Lewis,  Administrator, 

"Communication,  the  Key  to  Nursing"  Episcopal  Church  House  for  the  Elderly 

PRESENTATION  OF  PINS Doris  Y.  Mosley,  Assistant  Dean 

BENEDICTION Helen  U.  Black,  Assistant  Professor 

RECESSIONAL 

(Audience  will  remain  standing) 


(An  informal  reception  for  the  graduates  and  their  faculty,  their  family  and  their  friends  will 
be  held  in  the  School  of  International  Service  Lounge.) 


SCHOOL  OF  BUSINESS  ADMINISTRATION 

Dr.  Herbert  E.  Striner,  Dean 

Dr.  Robert  W.  Kopprasch,  Marshal 

Lawrence  Savage,  Organist 

PROGRAM 

PRELUDE    "Grand  Choeur  Dialogue" 

Gigoiit 

PROCESSIONAL    "Rigaudon" 

Andre  Campra 

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THE  NATIONAL  ANTHEM 

INVOCATION The  Reverend  Eleanor  Lee  McGee 

Assistant  Director,  Campus  Ministries 
Episcopal  Chaplain 

WELCOME Dr.  Herbert  E.  Striner,  Dean 

INTRODUCTIONS Dr.  Robert  W.  Kopprasch,  Marshal 

Dr.  Joseph  J.  Sisco,  President 

Dr.  Richard  Berendzen,  Provost 

Dr.  Donald  R.  Thomas,  Chairman,  University  Senate 

CONFERRING  OF  DEGREES Dr.  Joseph  J.  Sisco,  President 

INTRODUCTION  OF  SPEAKER Dr.  Herbert  E.  Striner,  Dean 

ADDRESS Bertrand  de  Jouvenel 

Author  and  Lecturer 

PRESENTATION  OF  DIPLOMAS Dr.  Herbert  E.  Striner,  Dean 

Dr.  Sterling  D.  Whitley,  Assistant  Dean 
Francis  J.  Girard,  Assistant  Dean 

PRESENTATION  OF  CLASS  GIFT    Mr.  Neil  T.  Young,  President 

School  of  Business  Administration  Undergraduate  Council 

BENEDICTION The  Reverend  Eleanor  Lee  McGee 

RECESSIONAL "Final"  (Organ  Symphony  I) 

Louis  Vierne 

(Audience  will  remain  standing) 


An  informal  reception  for  the  graduates,  their  family  and  their  friends  will  be  held  following 
the  Commencement  at  the  Faculty  Dining  Room,  Mary  Graydon  Center. 


COLLEGE  OE  ARTS  AND  SCIENCES 

AND 
DIVISION  OF  CONTINUING  EDUCATION 


Frank  Turaj 
Dean 

Ruth  E.  McFeeter  Nina  M.  Roscher 

Associate  Dean  Associate  Dean 

Robert  L.  Norris  Judith  S.  Sunley 

Associate  Dean  Associate  Dean 

Thomas  F.  Cannon,  Jr. 
Marshal 

Stephen  C.  Grebe  Josephine  W.  Hubbell 

Marshal  Marshal 

Maury  J.  Greenberg  Laurie  Margarite  Litzenberg 

Flag  Bearer  Flag  Bearer 


PROGRAM 

PRELUDE   Jack  Edwards,  Organist 

PROCESSIONAL 

(Audience  will  rise  and  remain  standing  through  the  Invocation.) 

THE  NATIONAL  ANTHEM 

INVOCATION The  Reverend  R.  Bruce  Poynter 

University  Chaplain  and 
Assistant  Provost  for  Student  Life 

WELCOME  Dr.  Frank  Turaj,  Dean 

POEM    Henry  Taylor,  Professor 

Department  of  Literature 

ADDRESS    George  Stevens,  Jr. 

Director,  The  American  Film  Institute 

CONFERRING  OF  HONORARY  DEGREE    Dr.  Joseph  J.  Sisco,  President 

I.  F.  Stone 
Doctor  of  Humane  Letters 

PRESENTATION  OF  CITATIONS  Dr.  Joseph  J.  Sisco,  President 

Dr.  Richard  Berendzen,  Provost 

Katherine  Spencer  Halpern  Ralph  Whitfield 

Professor  Emerita  Professor  Emeritus 

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CONFERRING  OF  DEGREES Dr.  Joseph  J.  Sisco 

President 

FRAGMENTS  FROM  THE  SONG  OF  SOLOMON Elizabeth  Vrenios,  soprano 

Professor,  Department  of  Performing  Arts 

Music  By  Haig  Mardirosian,  Professor  String  Ensemble  from  The  American 

Department  of  Performing  Arts  Camarata  for  New  Music 

in  residence  at  The  American  University 

PRESENTATION  OF  UNDERGRADUATE  EXCELLENCE  AWARD.  .Dr.  Frank  Turaj 

Dean 

RECOGNITION  OF  DOCTORAL  DEGREES 

RECOGNITION  OF  MASTER'S,  BACHELOR'S, 
AND  ASSOCIATE  DEGREES 

American  Studies  Program Professor  Kay  J.  Mussell 

Department  of  Anthropology Professor  Ruth  H.  Landman 

Department  of  Art Professor  Helene  M.  Herzbrun 

Department  of  Biology Professor  Richard  H.  Fox 

Department  of  Chemistry Professor  Matthew  F.  Norton 

School  of  Communication Professor  Robert  O.  Blanchard 

Department  of  Economics Professor  Pham-Chi  Thanh 

School  of  Education Professor  Basil  P.  Korin 

Department  of  History Professor  James  A.  Malloy,  Jr. 

Jewish  Studies  Program Professor  Gershon  Greenberg 

Interdisciplinary  Studies  Program Professor  Romeo  Segnan 

Department  of  Language  &  Foreign  Studies Professor  Bruno  F.  Steinbruckner 

Department  of  Literature Professor  Rudolph  von  Abele 

Department  of  Mathematics,  Statistics 

and  Computer  Science Professor  Mary  Gray 

Department  of  Performing  Arts Professor  Charles  F.  Crowder 

Department  of  Philosophy  &  Religion Professor  Theodore  R.  Rosche 

Department  of  Physical  Education Professor  Robert  H.  Frailey 

Department  of  Physics Professor  Richard  B.  Kay 

Department  of  Psychology Professor  Elliott  M.  McGinnies 

Department  of  Sociology Professor  Muriel  G.  Cantor 

Division  of  Continuing  Education Assistant  Dean,  Michael  J.  Orlando 

BENEDICTION The  Reverend  R.  Bruce  Poynter 

University  Chaplain  and 
Assistant  Provost  for  Student  Life 

RECESSIONAL 

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COLLEGE  OF  PUBLIC  AFFAIRS 

A.  Lee  Fritschler 
Acting  Dean,  College  of  Public  Affairs 

Richard  A.  Myren 
Director,  Center  for  the  Administration  of  Justice 

John  M.  Richardson,  Jr. 
Director,  Center  for  Technology  and  Administration 

Glynn  D.  Wood 
Acting  Dean,  School  of  Government  and  Public  Administration 

Gregory  B.  Wolfe 
Dean,  School  of  International  Service 

Earl  H.  DeLong,  Marshal 
Dean  Emeritus,  School  of  Government  and  Public  Administration 

Robert  Tennyson,  Music  Director 
The  American  University  Symphonic  Wind  Ensemble 


PROGRAM 

PRELUDE    "Concerto  Grosso" 

Opus  6,  Number  1 1 

Arcangelo  Core  Hi 

"Canon" 

Johann  Pachelbel 

PROCESSIONAL    "Coronation  March" 

The  Prophet 

Giacomo  Meyerbeer 

"Air"  (The  Hunters  and  the  Peasants) 

Jean  Baptiste  Lully 

(Audience  will  rise  and  remain  standing  through  the  Invocation.) 

THE  NATIONAL  ANTHEM 

INVOCATION Captain  O.  Ray  Fitzgerald 

Chaplain,  United  States  Navy 

WELCOME Dr.  A.  Lee  Fritschler,  Acting  Dean 


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INTRODUCTIONS Dr.  Earl  DeLong,  Marshal 

Dr.  Joseph  J.  Sisco,  President 

Dr.  Richard  Berendzen,  Provost 

Dr.  Donald  R.  Thomas,  Chairman,  University  Senate 

CONFERRING  OF  DEGREES Dr.  Joseph  J.  Sisco 

President 

MUSICAL  INTERLUDE    "Ritoumelli" 

Jean  Baptiste  Liilly 

INTRODUCTION  OF  SPEAKER Dr.  A.  Lee  Fritschler 

Acting  Dean 

ADDRESS Dr.  Alan  K.  Campbell 

Chairman 
U.S.  Civil  Service  Commission 

PRESENTATION  OF  SPECIAL  AWARDS 

PRESENTATION  OF  DIPLOMAS 

Center  for  Technology  and  Administration Dr.  John  M.  Richardson,  Jr. 

Director 

Center  for  the  Administration  of  Justice Dr.  Richard  A.  Myren 

Director 

School  of  Government  and  Public  Administration Dr.  Glynn  L.  Wood 

Acting  Dean 

School  of  International  Service Dr.  Gregory  B.  Wolfe 

Dean 

BENEDICTION Captain  O.  Ray  Fitzgerald 

Chaplain,  United  States  Navy 

RECESSIONAL "Jesu,  Joy  of  Man's  Desiring" 

Johann  Sebastian  Bach 

(Audience  will  remain  standing.) 


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WASHINGTON  COLLEGE  OF  LAW 

Nicholas  N.  Kittrie,  Interim  Dean 
Robert  G.  Vaughn,  Marshal 
Herman  Berlinski,  Organist 

PROGRAM 

PRELUDE "Toccata  &  Fugue  in  D  Minor" 

Johann  Sebastian  Bach 

"Ciacona  in  D" 

Johann  Pachelbel 

PROCESSIONAL "Trumpet  Tune  in  D  Major" 

(Audience  will  rise  and  remain  standing  through  Invocation)      Henry  Purcell 

THE  NATIONAL  ANTHEM 

INVOCATION Professor  Robert  B.  Lubic 

WELCOME Dr.  Nicholas  N.  Kittrie,  Interim  Dean 

INTRODUCTIONS Professor  Robert  G.  Vaughn,  Marshal 

Dr.  Joseph  J.  Sisco,  President 

Dr.  Richard  Berendzen,  Provost 

Dr.  Donald  Thomas,  Chairman,  University  Senate 

PRESENTATION  OF  CITATIONS Dr.  Joseph  J.  Sisco,  President 

Dr.  Richard  Berendzen,  Provost 
Dr.  Nicholas  N.  Kittrie,  Interim  Dean 
A.  Allen  King 
Professor  Emeritus 
Sean  MacBride 
Nobel  Peace  Prize  Recipient,  1974 

CONFERRING  OF  DEGREES Dr.  Joseph  J.  Sisco,  President 

INTRODUCTION  OF  SPEAKER Professor  D.  Barlow  Burke,  Jr. 

ADDRESS The  Honorable  Brock  Adams 

Secretary  of  Transportation 

PRESENTATION  OF  CANDIDATES Professor  Robert  K.  Goldman 

PRESENTATION  OF  DIPLOMAS Dr.  Nicholas  N.  Kittrie,  Interim  Dean 

Emalee  C.  Godsey,  Associate  University  Registrar 

PRESENTATION  OF  AWARDS  TO  STUDENTS Dr.  Nicholas  N.  Kittrie 

Interim  Dean 

PRESENTATION  OF  AWARDS  OF 

SPECIAL  RECOGNITION James  M.  Cameron,  Jr. 

BENEDICTION Professor  A.  Allen  King 

RECESSIONAL  "Psalm  20" 

Benedetto  Marcello 
(Audience  will  remain  standing.) 

An  informal  reception  for  graduates,  faculty,  family  and  friends  will  be  held  following  the 
Commencement  in  the  Connecting  and  Study  Lounges  of  Hughes  Hall. 

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ACADEMIC  REGALIA 

Originally,  academic  costumes  were  those  worn  by  members  of  the  religious 
orders  which  established  most  of  the  early  universities.  They  consisted  of  the 
customary  clerical  robe  and  a  hood  (which  actually  served  as  that).  There 
was  a  general  similarity  in  these  costumes,  but  different  orders  frequently 
modified  their  gowns  and  hoods  and  some  officials  also  wore  insignia  or  other 
adornments  which  identified  their  positions. 

When  universities  achieved  identity  as  educational  institutions  rather  than 
as  extensions  of  the  activities  in  which  religious  orders  engaged,  the  design 
and  the  symbolism  of  their  regalia  began  to  change.  Universities  in  Europe 
(and  in  overseas  areas  culturally  tied  to  Europe)  developed  colorful  gowns 
and  caps,  and  the  hood  became  a  designator  of  degrees  instead  of  a  piece  of 
headgear. 

Institutions  in  the  United  States  were,  until  recent  years,  rather  conservative 
in  the  matter  of  academic  garb.  This  was  true,  in  part  at  least,  because  the 
doctor's  degree  did  not  play  a  significant  role  in  American  higher  education 
until  late  in  the  1 9th  century,  and  it  was  on  the  embellishment  of  the  doctor's 
accoutrements  that  designers  had  concentrated  their  attention.  Tendencies 
in  the  other  direction,  which  began  to  manifest  themselves,  were  also  checked 
temporarily  when  a  conference  of  institutions  in  1895  agreed  that  the  basic 
academic  garb  should  be  a  black  robe  and  cap,  to  which  was  added  a  hood 
designed  to  indicate  the  wearer's  degree  and  the  institution  from  which  it  was 
received. 

During  the  past  two  decades,  an  increasing  number  of  American  institutions 
have  adopted  gowns  and  caps  which  incorporate  their  ofllicial  colors.  The 
pace  of  this  change  was  accelerated  when  Harvard  University  introduced  its 
crimson  doctoral  gown.  Harvard  had  previously  been  most  inconspicuous  in 
this  respect.  The  hoods  for  all  its  degrees  had  been  almost  the  same,  and  it 
did  not  even  authorize  the  use  of  gold  tassels  on  doctors'  caps.  The  impact  of 
the  new  crimson  gown  on  observers  of  academic  processions  thoughtout  the 
nation  was  such  that  other  institutions  felt  challenge  to  match  its  resplendence. 
While  embellishments  were  first  limited  to  the  doctor's  attire,  there  is  currently 
a  trend  toward  the  use  of  colored  gowns  and  caps  for  bachelor's  and  master's 
degree  recipients  as  well. 

Participants  in  academic  ceremonies  normally  wear  the  academic  regalia  to 
which  they  are  entitled  by  virtue  of  the  degrees  they  hold.  Members  of  boards 
of  trustees  may  wear  doctoral  gowns,  but  the  hoods  must  be  appropriate  to 
the  degrees  they  actually  hold. 


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The  field  of  study  in  which  a  degree  was  earned  is  identified  in  accordance 
with  a  standard  code  of  colors.  These  colors  are  used  as  the  edging  of  hoods 
for  all  degrees  and  they  may  also  be  used  as  part  of  the  decoration  of  doctor's 
gowns  and  are  sometimes  also  used  for  tassels  on  caps.  The  standard  color 
code  is  as  follows: 

Agriculture Maize 

Arts,  Letters,  Humanities White 

Commerce,  Accountancy,  Business Drab 

Dentistry Lilac 

Economics Copper 

Education Light  Blue 

Engineering Orange 

Fine  Arts,  including  Architecture Brown 

Forestry Russet 

Journalism Crimson 

Law Purple 

Library  Science Lemon 

Medicine Green 

Music Pink 

Nursing Apricot 

Oratory  (Speech) Silver  Gray 

Pharmacy Olive  Green 

Philosophy Dark  Blue 

Physical  Education Sage  Green 

Public  Administration,  including 

Foreign  Service Peacock  Blue 

Public  Health Salmon  Pink 

Science Golden  Yellow 

Social  Work Citron 

Theology Scarlet 

Veterinary  Science Gray 

THE  MACE 

THE  MACE,  carried  by  Chairman  of  the  University  Senate  Donald  R. 
Thomas,  was  a  gift  of  the  Class  of  1953  and  since  that  date  has  been  in  use  at 
all  Commencement  Ceremonies  and  Convocations.  Today,  at  the  individual 
Commencement  Exercises,  the  entry  of  the  Mace  hearlds  the  arrival  of  the 
President  and  the  Provost  to  confer  degrees  and  to  present  special  citations. 

The  original,  handmade  Mace  is  kept  in  the  University  Archives. 


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I  guess  you  all  know  that  the  College  of  Arts  and 
Sciences  is  a  complex  and  various  entity.  Within  it  we 
research  and  study  what  goes  on  in  the  mind,  between 
minds,  among  people,  among  things,  even  among  the 
stars.  It  is  at  The  American  University,  as  at  every 
university,  the  foundation  and  the  bedrock  of  higher 
learning.  All  professions,  without  exception,  are  based 
on  what  we  learn  and  teach. 

To  put  it  into  a  generalization,  we  deal  with  learning,  a 
skill  that  conquers  materials,  with  promotmg  a  faculty  for 
ideas,  and  with  examining  and  developing  values.  That 
is  why  all  professions  and  all  professionalism  is  built  on 
what  we  do.  That  goes  for  students  and  professors  ahke. 

Whether  the  work  you  do  now  or  will  do  later  has  to  do 
with  words,  numbers,  signs  and  symbols,  time  and 
places,  laboratories  and  computers,  business  and  law, 
bodies  and  minds,  emotions  or  thought .   .   .whatever  the 
work  its  success  will  be  predicated  upon  the  skill  you 
have  built  up  and  the  understanding  you  have  attained. 
Everything  rests  on  skill  and  understanding  and  on 
another  thing:  your  values. 

And  do  not  think  that  values  are  something  apart.  They 
depend  on  what  you  are  able  to  understand  and  what  you 
should  do  with  your  abilities.  There  are  two  paths  you 
can  take  toward  building  your  value  system.  One  path  is 
easy  and  comfortable;  the  other  is  difficult  and 
sometimes  tiresome.  The  easy  way  is  to  accept  without 
question,  without  rigorous  analysis,  without  challenging 
your  natural  mindset.  You  need  only  form  your 
viewpoint  on  a  basis  of  murky  sentimentality.  Forget  it! 
That  way  lies  personal  frustration  and  social  disaster. 

The  harder  way  is  to  follow  the  method  of  intelligence, 
you  need  to  analyze  and  know  enough  to  analyze.  You 
need  to  know  when  words  are  solid  and  clear  or  when 
they  are  tendentious  and  misleading.  You  need  to  know 
when  numbers  are  used  to  inform  and  when  they  are 
used  to  dazzle.  You  need  to  be  able  to  separate  art  from 
message  and  the  past  from  the  present.  You  have  to 
mistrust  your  assumptions,  which  is  hard,  and  your 
feelings,  which  is  even  harder.  In  fact,  the  game  is  lost 
unless  you  work  every  single  day  of  your  whole  life 
increasing  your  skills  and  enhancing  your 
understanding. 

That  is  the  bottom  line.  That  is  why  you  take  every 
course  you  take,  whether  it  be  science,  art,  history,  or 
anything  else.  That  is  why  there  is  a  College  of  Arts  and 
Sciences.  We  are  all  here  together,  professors  and 
students,  to  get  you  off  the  easy  path  and  onto  the  hard 
one.  And  to  keep  you  on  the  path  for  the  rest  of  your  lives. 


Samuel  Adams 

Lori  Adoff 

Marian  Aiken 


Olyfunmito  Akinjiola 

Michael  Alston 

Carlyn  Dawn  Anderson 


Dynnia  Anderson 

Ted  Appel 

Anita  Arndt 


Maria  Bach 

Anita  Baron 

Ruth  Bass 


Suzanne  Beam 

Arlene  Berger 

Eric  Berman 


Sanford  Bigelow 

Stephanie  Boyd 

Joseph  Boyer 


jpsi-^v^; 


Debra  Buckman 
Melinda  Campbell 
Andre  Carley 


Raymond  Castro 
Daisy  Jean  Cathcart 
Barbara  Caufield 


Betsy  Cobrin 
Edward  Cockrell 
Debra  Cohen 


Eric  Cohen 
Michael  Cohen 
Donald  Conwell 


Jose  Crespin 
Elizabeth  Cressman 
Perry  Curtis 


Sean  Daly 
Margot  Davis 
William  Davis 


Maureen  Degnan 

Deborah  Dowell 

Gerry  Dubin 


Carmelia  Dues 

Lisa  Dunst 

Linda  Dusman 


Dori  Ellen  Eden 

Darlene  Edwards 

Joseph  Edwards 


Gloria  Ercolani 

Betsy  Erlich 

Victor  Eskenazi 


Bruce  Feinerman 
Russell  Feinmark 
Susan  Fieldhouse 


Florence  Fleishman 

Jill  Frank 

Steve  Freedmen 


Amy  Gann 
Leslie  Gminski 
Mark  Goldman 


Mark  Goldstein 
Barbara  Goodman 
Joshua  Gottlieb 


Joyce  Gradziel 
Joan  Green 
Brad  Greenbaum 


Lori  Greene 
Lolita  Grillo 
Jinny  Grinspan 


Laura  Grove 
Seth  Herbst 
Mollis  Hines 


Richard  Hirsch 
Richard  Hirsh 
Yung  E.  Ho 


Margaret  Hoagwood 

Ellen  Hoffman 

Tyrrell  Holthouse 


Laurie  Jackson 

Thelma  Jefferson 

Carol  Jeffries 


Sung-Orn  Johnson 
William  Jolley 
Diane  Kaplan 


Janeen  Kaplan 

Lois  Kent 

Karen  Kinney 


Jodie  Klavans 

Sondra  Klein 

Kim  Kravits 


Karen  Langfelder 

Lynn  Latson 

Han  Young  Lee 


Neal  Lerner 
Frances  Levy 
Melba  Lucas 


Eric  Macbeth 
Teruhisa  Makara 
Judy  Maler 


Lu  Anne  Manister 
Jeffrey  Mantel  man 
Patti  Marcus 


David  Marshall 
Cindi  Mathews 
Stephanie  McClain 


Richard  McClelland 
Jana  Mclntyre 
John  Mclntyre 


Jamie  Medina 
Susan  Menchle 
Martha  Mizzi 


Andrea  Moller 

Mary  Moore 

Renee  Nappier 


Catherine  Nguyen 

Nancy  Nusbaum 

Belinda  Orr 


Dedorah  Ostrow 


Stephen  Paderofsky 


John  Pasela 

Kathleen  Patterson 

Moira  Paz-Istenssoro 


Ethel  Perry 

Carmen  Petrowitz 

Anita  Petito 


William  Pfundt 
Ana  Victoria  Posse 
Judy  Pugatch 


Nancy  Ray 
Joseph  Redmiles 
Linda  Reinisch 


Jane  Rollins 
Barbara  Roseman 
Kathryn  Rudlin 


Carol  Scheuerman 
Patricia  Schuyler 
Jane  Sears 


Sharon  Segal 
Adrieenne  Segall 
Arthur  Seiden 


Joan  Sehzer 
Adrea  Senzer 
Gregory  Sharp 


Bita  Shashanni 

Saundra  Shepard 

Lisa  Sherer 


Alicia  Silverman 

Shiela  Simon 

Larry  Smith 


Micheal  Smith 

Leslie  Spencer 

Jill  Stanton 


Sherry  Star 

Susan  Stark 

Lisa  Stein 


Robin  Stein 

Bonnie  Stephenson 

Bernard  Struelens 


Randi  Stumacher 

Richard  Suydam 

Shannon  Swett 


Kenji  Takeuchi 
Ellen  Taub 
Herman  Taube 


Ramsay  Teviotdale 
Heather  Thomas 
Sarah  Tirmazi 


Oanh  Thi  Tran 
Sydney-Carrol  Turner 
Nicole  Vames 


Eleanore  Wells 
Shelia  Whitaker 
Anita  Winfield 


Michael  Wipf 
Robert  Wixted 
Robin  Yarmark 


Christina  Young 
Katherine  Zimmerman 
David  Zisman 


SCHOOL  OF 
COMMUNICATIONS 


Amy  Agulnek 

Simon  Applebaum 

Cynthia  Arnold 


Barbara  Beck 

Marianne  Bernhard 

James  Bindeman 


Daniel  Bishop 

Andrea  Blackwell 

David  Blake 


Sheryl  Bloom 

Steven  Bornn 

Yvette  Britt 


Karen  Brownstein 

Elizabeth  Byrne 

Adrienne  Carr 


Nelvis  Castro 
Tanya  Champion 
Debby  Chapnick 


Michael  Clemente 
Anne  Colt 
Douglas  Dean 


Jean  Doherty 
William  Donald 
Karl  Dresing 


Cynthia  Edwards 
Ann  Fearey 
Eugenia  Fitzgerald 


Sandi  Frazier 
Joyce  Freedman 
Deborah  Fricka 


Christopher  Gerrity 
Munoz  Gonzalo 
David  Gourevitch 


Angela  Green 

Vera  Harris 

Gilbert  Hazelwood 


Karen  Heatly 

Cliff  Hecht 

Peter  Heimsath 


Tracey  Ann  Hensler 

Patrice  Higgins 

Lisa  Kalb 


Judy  Kantrowitz 
William  Karpf 
Judith  Kessler 


Phoebe  Lawson 

Joanne  Levitt 

Jay  Linthicum 


Janice  Mahan 

Philip  Margolis 

Randi  Markowitz 


Denise  Marshall 
Brenda  McCain 
Michele  Minor 


Warren  Nahan 
Pamela  Neiwirth 
Ross  J,  Newman 


Kofi  Yusef  Owusu 
Stephanie  Fallot 
Jeffrey  Panzer 


Tracy  Pilzer 
Melinda  Puree 
Maribeth  Ralston 


Roni  Resnick 
Paul  Rogoski 
Barry  Rosen 


Ellen  Rosenstein 
Michele  Ross 
Richard  Rothschild 


Tina  Rothschild 

Ellen  Ruben 

Fernando  Sandoval 


Selma  Sayin 

Nancy  Schenker 

Cheryl  Segal 


Ayda  Seyhnn 

Katie  Shellenberger 

Amy  Silverstein 


Sharon  Stern 
Stewart  Straus 
Nancy  Suchoff 


Robert  Sugar 

Susan  Tanenbaum 

Philip  Tardif 


Tony  Tishler 

Louise  Tyson 

Penelope  Walker 


Phillip  Wells 
Chelsye  Williams 
Valerie  Yarborough 


Mohammad  Yazdanfar 
Herman  Zacharia 


SCHOOL  OF  EDUCATION 


Cindy  Arons 
Camille  Ayala 
Hillary  Baron 


Bernita  Blunt 
Tanya  Clark 
Joanne  Cole 


Karen  Esposito 
Bonnie  Feldgoise 
Sandra  Gallner 


Lisa  Glickstein 

Wendy  Goldman 

Pat  Hizer 


Debra  Lublin 

Charlese  Points 

Beth  Polsky 


Phyllis  Powell 

Angie  Rodriquez 

Robert  Rosenberg 


Lenore  Schwartz 

Sharon  Saltzer 

Inga  Spann 


Karen  Spielman 

Edie  Steinbauer 

Linda  Stout 


Abbe  Weinerman 
Janis  Zamier 


TO  THE  SB  A  GRADUATES  OF  THE  CLASS  OF  1978 

Some  of  you  who  have  just  graduated  will  read  this 
copy  of  the  TALON  shortly  after  having  Ifeft  the 
University.  Others  may  not  sit  down  to  read  through  this 
volume  for  some  years.  And  I  suppose  some  of  the  Class 
of  1978  may  never  get  around  to  looking  through  this 
book.  Contrary  to  what  is  usually  written  by  Deans  for 
this  sort  of  article,  I  am  not  writing  for  those  of  you  who 
will  read  this  message  shortly  after  having  graduated. 
You  have  had  a  surfeit  of  messages  of  good  wishes  or 
visions  of  you  going  out  to  conquer  whatever  world  you 
are  interested  in  conquering. 

By  now,  three  or  four  years  after  having  left  the 
Business  School,  you  have  been  confronted  with  real 
deadlines  and  real  bosses  who  have  not  always  been  fair 
or  tolerant.  If  you  have  been  competent  and  highly 
motivated  in  your  work,  some  of  you  may  have  benefited 
by  an  adequate  response  and  a  promotion  or  higher  pay. 
But  some  of  you  may  have  received  no  such  response  and 
may  have  gone  unrewarded.  And  some  of  you  who  really 
were  less  than  competent  or  sufficently  hard-working 
may  have  received  your  just  reward  and  been  fired.  But 
others  who  did  deserve  such  a  harsh  fate  may  have  played 
the  political  game  so  well  that  you  were  promoted 
instead.  I  truly  believe  that  by  and  large,  however,  in  the 
"real"  world  into  which  you  went  following  graduation, 
most,  but  not  all,  people  really  do  get  what  they  deserve 
based  upon  performance.  If  you  feel  you  have  succeeded 
in  your  career  because  of  your  sincere  and  honest  efforts, 
then  I  congratulate  you.  And  I  congratulate  you  for 
several  reasons.  First  because  you  have  achieved  what  we 


all  hope  for,  a  job  well  done  and  properly  rewarded. 
Second  because  a  well  earned  track  record  lays  the  basis 
for  further  success,  in  every  field. 

Now  for  those  of  you  who,  in  looking  back,  feel  you 
have  not  achieved  what  you  had  hoped  for,  either  in  your 
job  or  in  your  personal  life,  I  offer  these  words.  Some  of 
you  have  simply  been  "unlucky."  That  is  you  may  really 
have  done  everything  right,  but  you  have  truly  been 
unlucky.  Events  or  conditions  have  simply  not  been  "on 
your  side."  I  hope  you  will  persist,  however,  though 
honestly  asking  yourself  if  there  is  anything  to  be  learned 
from  your  past  experiences  which  may  change  your 
fortune.  Try  to  learn  from  the  past  rather  than  merely 
deprecate  it. 

But  there  may  be  others  reading  this  brief  not  who  have 
failed  in  their  efforts  and  properly  so.  To  you  I  suggest 
that  not  so  very  deep  down  in  your  conscience  you  are 
really  aware  of  the  fact  that  you  may  have  contributed 
strongly  to  your  own  failure.  I  hope  you  will  have  the 
strength  and  ability  to  ask  yourself  some  very  honest  (and 
distrubing)  questions  about  your  own  efforts.  And  I  hope 
you  will  have  sufficient  courage  (and  wisdom)  to  answer 
these  questions  honestly  and  take  appropriate  steps  to 
change.  Unless  you  do,  I  doubt  that  what  you  call  "luck" 
will  change  very  much.  And  you  will  continue  to  deserve 
your  "luck,"  for  you  will  have  made  it. 
Best  Wishes, 

Herbert  E.  Striner 

Dean 

School  of  Business  Administration 


Adikelana  Adiwoso 

Domingo  Akerele 

James  Albrittain 


Ruth  Allweiss 

Harold  William  Anderson 

Curtis  Arnel 


Randy  Aronoff 
Ronald  Assoian 
William  Asugus 


Constance  Ayers 
Cynthia  Baker 
Bruce  Balsam 


Gary  Balsamo 

Linda  Barberi 

Ellen  Bardy 


Craig  Barnard 

Richard  Baumer 

Richard  Beck 


Lauri  Begun 

Brian  Bell 

Neil  Blumenfeld 


Maxine  Bohnet 
Michael  Braun 
Sherri  Brenner 


George  Brox 
James  Bryan 
Deborah  Bush 


Randy  Cagan 
Patricia  Campbell 
Moylian  Cheung 


Heiri  Cho 
Amy  Cohen 
Jeffrey  Cohen 


Laurie  Cohen 
Michael  Cohen 
Lawrence  Cott 


Samuel  Crowell 

Karen  Daniels 

Elma  Dicostanzo 


Terence  DiGiovanni 
Stephen  Drucker 
Caran  Eisenberg 


Clifford  Feldman 

Paul  Fields 

Douglas  Fight 


John  Fink 

Neil  Fischer 

Gregory  Ford 


Arnold  Foster 
Carlos  Freitas 
Gloria  Garrett 


Patti  Gelb 

Brian  Giganti 

Jonathan  Gladstone 


Hugh  Greenglass 
Lester  Gruda 
Kebede  Haile 


Harold  Hall 
Meryl  Handis 
Veron  Hanshaw 


David  Hastings 
Lee  Heller 
Sydney  Hirsch 


Peter  Hirsh 
Herbert  Hoffman 
Richard  Honig 


Jacqueline  Jaar 
Andrew  Jarchin 
Debra  Johnson 


Walter  Johnson 

Thomas  Nelson  Jones 

E.  Antoinette  Jones-Farley 


Ronald  Kalafa 

Elizabeth  Kamens 

Stephen  Kaplan 


Roy  Karch 

Sharon  Kesser 

Kune  Woo  Kim 


Susan  Kligman 

Stuart  Kosh 

David  Kotler 


Kerry  Kuzma 
Allan  Leeds 
David  LienofT 


Robert  Levin 
Fred  Lewis 
Eddie  Liang 


Mabel  Lum 
Martha  Mackall 
Saberi  Mahmund 


Paul  Massaro 
Jonathan  Maultasch 
Joseph  McDonald 


Anne  Melson 
Nancy  Meyer 
Rodolto  Morales 


George  Murphy 
Gisele  Murphy 
Trasinchai  Napalai 


Leonard  Neikrie 
Frederick  Niehoff 
J.  Vance  Norwood 


Dorcas  Nwoke 
Bamidele  Oyebola 
Frederick  Pacifici 


Dominick  Pampillonia 

Alfredo  Piedra 

Mary  Anne  Puleio 


Arline  Quintavell 

Timothy  Ranney 

Neil  Reiff 


Moyses  Ribeiro 

Steven  Rieder 

Carolyn  Roberts 


Sanford  Rodgers 

Michael  Rosen 

Nancy  Rosenberg 


'^'^A-M 


Steven  Rotter 
Bruce  Rowland 
Gail  Rubenstein 


Jon  Salmon 
Douglas  Schartberg 


W  M 


rrm- 


Larry  Schwimmer 

Cassie  Selby 

Gary  Simel 


Edward  Skarbnik 

Stuart  Sorkin 

Sreng  Chanthol  Sun 


Michael  Swerdlick 
Svitri  Tangkanangnukul 
Jonathan  Chima  Ukachu 


Thuy-Anh  Vu 

Lori  Warner 

Terri  Wax 


Ee-Chao  Wee 

Ruth  Deanna  White 

Jerry  Williams 


Michael  Williams 

Heather  Wolf 

Neil  Young 


Dear  American  University  Graduates: 
I  would  like  to  extend  congratulations  to  each  graduate  of 
the  American  University.  You  have  completed  a 
significant  milestone  in  your  educational  development. 
We  in  the  Division  of  Continuing  Education  hope  that 
achieving  this  milestone  will  serve  as  a  catalyst  to  assist 
you  in  meeting  your  personal  and  professional  goals. 

Traditionally  educators,  graduation  speakers,  and  even 
the  word  commencement  itself  suggest  that  the 
beginning  point  in  life  is  when  one  completes 
educational  preparation  and  begins  a  life  of  work  and 
service.  I  would  suggest  that  you  have  demonstrated  that 
you  can  successfully  complete  a  course  of  studies  which 
is  an  interval  in  a  life  of  continued  study  and  preparation. 
In  a  rapidly  changing  environment,  study,  education, 
ap.d  training  never  terminate.  Goals  are  constantly 


modified  by  changing  circumstances  and  more  realistic 
understanding  of  individual  talent,  skills  and 
knowledge. 

I  wish  you  success  and  ask  you  to  consider  that  the  basis 
of  success  for  an  educated  person  is  a  lifelong  process 
which  requires  that  person  to  continually  evaluated  goals 
and  to  continuously  seek  to  discover  new  resources  for 
meeting  these  goals  through  an  enrichment  of  knowledge 
and  an  improvement  of  technical  and  professional 
qualifications. 

Sincerely, 


Dr.  Thomas  A.  Coffey 
Dean,  Division  of 
Continuing  Education 


Evelyn  Betts 


Eunice  Lewis 


Collette  Miller 


Robert  Rosen 


Louella  Thomas 


Vera  Williams 


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The  faculty  and  I  would  like  to  take  this  opportunity  to 
wish  you  continued  professional  success  and  much 
personal  happiness  following  graduation  from  the  Lucy 
Webb  Hayes  School  of  Nursing. 

On  looking  back,  the  years  spent  as  a  student  in  the 
School  have  gone  by  rather  quickly.  Now  the  time  has 
come  for  you  to  become  independent  practitioners  in 
your  chosen  field. 

We  believe  that  you  have  an  excellent  base  on  which  to 
build  your  future.  We  hope  that  you  will  not  only  expand 


your  experiences  but  also  will  go  on  for  further 
educational  preparation. 

We  will  remember  each  of  you  from  our  many  personal 
contacts  and  experiences  shared  while  in  the  School.  The 
University  welcomes  each  of  you  in  the  Alumna 
Association.  We,  in  the  School  of  Nursing,  urge  you  to 
actively  participate  in  the  Alumna  Association.  Our  best 
wishes  to  each  member  of  the  class. 

Laura  B.  Kummer,  Dean 

School  of  Nursing 


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Karen  Blocher 

Debi  Goldman 

Laura  Kind 


Susan  Kohl 

Denise  Kressman 

Nanci  Mandell 


Melissa  Mascia 

Michele  Mileo 

Susan  Ohngemach 


Camilla  Pearson 

Nancy  Plummer 

Mindy  Price 


Marcia  Prudden 

Jo  Ann  Redding 

Stella  Ross 


Deborah  Siegel 

Susan  Sproch 

Mary  Templeton 


A.  LEE  FRITSUHLJiK 
Acting  Dean  of  College  of  Public  Affairs 


The  College  of  Public  Affairs  (CPA)  at  the  American 
University  is  one  of  the  largest  schools  of  public  affairs  in 
the  nation.  Since  its  creation  in  1972  through  a  union  of 
the  Center  for  the  Administration  of  Justice  (CAJ),  the 
Center  for  Technology  and  Administration  (SGPA),  and 
the  School  of  International  Service  (SIS),  the  College  has 
come  to  be  looked  upon  as  one  of  the  leading  institutions 
in  the  United  States  for  public  affairs  education.  After  the 
Spring  semester  ended,  CAJ  became  the  School  of  Justice. 

In  terms  of  enrollment  CPA  is  the  second  largest 
teaching  unit  in  the  University;  it  has  some  1800 
undergraduate  students.  In  terms  of  degrees  granted,  the 
College  awarded  just  over  1,000  degrees  in  1977.  Of  this 
amount,  600  were  aw^arded  at  the  undergraduate  level. 

The  College  of  Public  Affairs  is  on  the  frontier  of 
governmental  education  in  the  United  States.  It 
represents  an  attempt  to  pull  together  the  several  closely 
related  disciplines  most  important  to  public  affairs  and 
governmental  administration. 

It  seeks  to  give  to  its  students  a  truly  interdisciplinary 
and  multidisciplinary  education;  the  kind  of  education 
that  modern  public  service  demands.  The  programs  of 
the  College  are  designed  to  capitalize  on  our  Washington, 
D.C.  location.  As  a  single  College,  CPA  is  able  to  exert  a 
greater  impact  in  the  nation's  capital  than  any  of  its  four 
teaching  units  could  be  operating  independently.  The 
bringing  together  of  public  affairs  disciplines  in  the 
College  provides  a  stronger  academic  program  and  a 
more  well-rounded  education  for  our  students. 

During  the  past  years,  CPA  has  become  nationally 
recognized  as  a  leader  in  the  development  of  new 
programs  in  public  affairs  education.  This  kind  of 
national  reputation  does  a  great  deal  to  enhance  the 
prestige  of  the  College  and  the  value  of  its  degrees. 

The  basic  philosophy  of  the  College  of  Public  Affairs  is 
that  each  of  the  Schools  and  Centers  can  better  achieve  its 
maximum  potential  by  being  part  of  a  comprehensive 
college  than  would  be  possible  if  it  were  separate  and 
independent.  The  College  seeks  to  function  so  that  each 
of  the  units  reciprocally  supports  the  others.  For  this 
reason,  the  College  stresses  a  decentralization  of 
administration  to  teach  of  Schools  and  Centers  and  seeks 
to  maximize  the  prestige  and  status  of  each  of  these 
teaching  units.  Each  of  the  CPA  units  looked  upon  as 
having  a  strong  growth  potential  that  will  be  a  valuable 
assest  for  the  future  of  The  American  University. 


CENTER  FOR  THE 

ADMINISTRATION  OF 

JUSTICE 


Athena  Argyropoulos 

Charles  Bacon 

Susan  Baranoff 


Gary  Baron 

Ardian  Bean 

Willie  Borden 


Alexandra  Boyle 

Jonathan  Buff 

Francis  Carver 


Betty  Cash 

Donna  Chapman 

Anne  Clancy 


Kathy  Cook 

John  Dawley 

Gary  Drent 


^       Cornelius  Dwyer 
Heidi  Fernbach 
Marsia  Fogarty 


Valerie  Foster 
Karen  Franklin 
Jeffrey  Gaskins 


Barbara  Ginger 
Luther  Glenn 
Raymon  Gonzales 


Jerome  Gooden 
Laura  Grove 
Robert  Haggerty 


Rangsan  Hongladarom 
Philip  Howe 
Aurora  Imbriaco 


Angela  Jones 
Christina  Kind 
Ellen  Kuperman 


Howard  Lassoff 

Susan  Levine 

Greg  Marchessault 


Robert  Marino 

William  McCree 

Alfred  Miller 


Celia  Peckover 

Karne  Peterson 

Mark  Porter 


Lillian  Ann  Quigg 

Len  Ross 

Robin  Schindler 


Nancy  Schulze 

David  Strom 

Stephen  Vaurick 


SCHOOL  OF  GOVERNMENT 

AND  PUBLIC 

ADMINISTRATION 


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Bernard  Apperson 
Gail  Arbesfeld 
Abby  Asbell 


Janet  Barrett 
William  Belcher 
Pamela  Bell 


Stephen  Best 
Larry  Bitterman 
Howard  Bramson 


Jamed  Bromson 
Jeffrey  Brooks 
^||      Nancy  A.  Buttitta 


Louis  Caggiano 
Robert  Callender 
Jann  Carson 


Larry  Ceisler 
Ernest  H.  Chijioke 
Beverly  Christian 


Kathleen  Cook 

Jeffrey  Coplan 

Marianne  Coulton 


Kathy  Davenport 

Robert  Doherty 

Alan  Doloboff 


Susan  Eddy 

Scott  Ehrenberg 

Susan  Ellis 


John  Engber 

Burton  S.  Fienberg 

Jason  Fienberg 


Burr  Ferguson 

Bryan  Frankel 

Robert  Fried 


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Art  Gasparik 

Paul  Gentile 

Jo  Ann  Jacqueline  Giam 


Mark  Glueck 
Terrye  Goldberg 
Howard  Goodman 


George  Griggs 
Kenneth  Gwyn 
John  Hildreth 


Larry  Imhoff 
Vera  Johnson 
Barry  Josephson 


Victoria  Kaczynski 
Mark  Kaffee 
Clement  Kahende 


Karen  Kartzmer 
Debbie  A.  Kaufman 
Paul  Kennedy 


Bruce  Kraft 
Michael  Kremins 
Suzanne  Kopacz 


Louis  Leone 

Mark  Levin 

Marie  Levins 


Hope  Levy 

Candace  Lindquist 

Ellen  Litman 


Daniel  Logan 

Laurie  Londoner 

Jacqueline  Lumley 


Roman  Lyniuk 

Frank  Magnoli 

Colleen  Mahoney 


David  Mandel 

Howard  Mankoff 

Sheila  Manning 


Ann  Martino 
Jody  Mazer 
Melvin  Christopher 


Kevin  Micchelli 
Lynn  Miller 
Rhonda  Miller 


Bradford  Minnick 
Julie  Mogenis 
Elizabeth  Murphy 


William  Myhre 
William  McCarthy 
Thomas  McDonald 


Edward  McKenzie 
Scott  E.  McMurray 
Edward  Nass 


Richard  Nusblatt 
Susan  Ogdan 
Myra  Amy  Oltisk 


Robert  Piccone 

Andy  Pollack 

Kieth  Powell 


Mary  J.  Pumphrey 

David  Pyser 

Rebele  Roeth 


Max  Rosen 

Mark  Bryan  Rosenfeld 

Mark  Schaefer 


Stephen  Schofel 

Debra  Shifrin 

Theresa  Singleton 


Deborah  Spann 

Leonard  J.  Stien 

Paula  Stienweiss 


Lisa  Stolaruk 

Ronald  Susswein 

Eva  Maria  Svoboda 


Curt  Swartz 
Randy  Tarnofsky 
Diana  Thrift 


Elaine  Tomchik 
Linda  Vogelman 
Lynn  Warren 


Randy  Weiss 
Donna  Welke 
Carolyn  Wilcox 


Eric  Wisler 


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CENTER  OF  TECHNOLOGY 
AND  ADMINISTRATION 


Deborah  Barnes 

Kelly  Duke 

Tony  Ribeiro 


David  Sinkfield 
Cheryl  Williams 


SCHOOL  OF  INTERNATIONAL 

SERVICE 


Ashk  Adamiyatt 

Liliana  Ayalde 

Barbara  Baldoni 


Brenda  Barbuto 

Janet  Benjamin 

Marguerite  Berger 


Paula  Berliner 
Alfred  Bernstein 
Anne  Bertussi 


Meg  Biggins 
Neal  Bliven 
Leslie  Brant 


Jeffrey  Breeding 
Luis  Burnat 
William  Callaway 


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John  Cartafalsa 
Suphanika  Charoephoul 
Mark  Corda 


Adrienne  Davis 
Rupert  Davis 
Deborah  Diamond 


Andrew  Dry 
George  Durna 
Fernando  Gomez 


Mary  Goodman 

Mark  Haber 

Laura  Henderson 


Vanessa  Hepburn 

Carlos  Herrera 

Barbara  Kaufman 


Steve  Kolodny 

Daniel  Latt 

Teresa  Limpouch 


Craig  MacDonald 
Mark  Masters 
Sonda  Mayer 


Paula  Milbourne 

Jeffrey  Miller 

Abbe  Mittler 


Carter  Montgomery 

H.  Houston  Moore 

Eileen  Morrill 


Suzanne  Miller 
Monica  Nolte 
Samuel  Olens 


John  Palien 
Pamela  Phillips 
Massoud  Rahnavard 


Maria  Rebeck 
Catherine  Roberts 
Renee  Romanowski 


Lucy  Ryan 
Mark  Sargent 
Susan  Scheeren 


Bradley  Smith 
Brenda  Smith 
Kirk  Soxman 


Jill  Stein 
Stephen  Taylor 
Alina  Tejera 


Robert  Valdez 

Judy  Ward 

Michael  Weiss 


Doug  Wilson 
Jacqueline  Wyatt 


SENIOR  BIOGRAPHIES 


CAS 


BUCKMAN,  Debra:  CAS;  Psychology. 


ADAMS,  Samuel:  CAS;  Biology:  Phi  Theta  Kappa; 
Volunteer  lab  tech.,  Mobile  Medical  Care  Inc. 

ADOFF,  Lori:  CAS;  Biology. 

AIKEN,  Marian  K.:  CAS:  Interdisciplinary  Studies; 
Delta  Sigma  Theta  Sorority;  Girls  Basketball  1; 
Administrative  Director  of  OASATAU  4;  NAACP; 
President  of  Pledge  Line  of  Delta  Sigma  Theta. 

AKINJIOLA,  Olyfunmito:  CAS/SIS;  Economics  and 
International  Studies;  BA. 

ALSTON,  Michael:  CAS;  Sociology. 

ANDERSON,  Carlyn  Dawn:  CAS;  Art. 

ANDERSON,  Dynnia:  CAS;  Sociology;  Alpha  Kappa 
Alpha  Sorority;  Big  Buddy  Program. 

APPEL,  Ted:  CAS;  C.L.E.G. 

ARNDT,  Anita  M.:  CAS;  American  Studies;  RHA 
Hughes  Hall  President  1;  Resident  Advisor  3,4;  Campus 
Tour  Guide. 


B 

BACH,  Maria:  CAS;  Design. 

BARON,  Anita:  CAS;  Performing  Arts  and  Theatre; 
Transfered  from  Towson  State  University;  "Curse  of 
Scarlet  Albatross"  and  "Laughs." 

BASS,  Ruth  L.:  CAS;  Biology;  Delta  Gamma  Sorority 
3,4;  Assistant  Treasurer  4;  Big  Buddy  1,2,3; 
Undergraduate  Advisory  Committee  2,3,4;  Hillel  1;  Food 
Co-op  3. 

BEAM,  Suzanne:  CAS;  Physical  Education;  Marjorie 
Webster  Junior  College  Athletic  Association,  Archery 
1970,  1971;  Field  Hockey  1,2;  Volleyball  1,2;  Basketball 
1,2;  Softball  1,2;  Lacrosse  1,2;  Tennis  1,2;  Outstanding 
Field  Hockey  Player  —  M.W.J.C;  Miss  Neal  Scholarship 
—  M.W.J.C;  Department  head  and  Physical  Education 
teacher  at  the  Washington  International  School, 
Washington,  D.C. 

BERGER,  Arlene:  CAS;  Art  and  Sculpture;  Intramural 
Volleyball  2,3,4;  Arts  Council;  Concert  Committee. 

BERMAN,  Eric:  CAS;  Distributive  Science  and 
Psychology;  Secretary,  Treasurer  and  Historian,  Alpha 
Epsilon  Delta  (Pre-Medicine  Honor  SocietyJ;  Mortor 
Board;  Lacrosse  Club  1,2,4;  Commissioner  of  Student 
Health  and  Welfare  3,4;  Resident  Advisor  3,4;  Senate 
Committee  —  General  Education;  Consumer  Review 
Board. 

BIGELOW,  Sanford:  CAS;  Biology;  A.U.  Food  Co-op 
Initiator. 

BOYD,  Stephanie  F.:  CAS;  Psychology. 

BOYER,  Joseph  N.:  CAS;  Micro. 


CAMPBELL,  Melinda:  CAS;  Economics;  Mortor  Board; 
CAS  Student  Senator  on  the  University  Senate  2,3,4. 

CARLEY,  Andre  R.:  CAS;  Design;  Junior  Varsity 
Basketball  1;  Intramural  Basketball  2,3,4. 

CASTRO,  Raymond:  CAS;  Psychology;  Foreign 
Student  Association;  La  Casa  (Latin  Association). 

CATHCART,  Daisy  Jean:  CAS;  Design. 

CAUFIELD,  Barbara:  CAS;  Medical  Technology. 

CORBIN,  Betsy:  CAS;  Psychology;  Supervisor, 

American  University  Hotline. 

COCKRELL,  JUNIOR,  Edward  N.:  CAS;  Cinema 
Studies;  Staff  Writer,  EAGLE  3;  Arts  Editor,  EAGLE  4; 
Student  Confederation  Bus  Coordinator  2;  Projectionist, 
Student  Union  Board  Cinema  4;  Head  Projectionist 
Cinema  Studies  4;  Record  Librarian  and  Assistant  Music 
Director  WAMU-AM  2,3;  Music  Director,  WAMU-AM  4; 
Coffeehouse  Committee  2;  S.C.  and  R.H.A.  Orientation 
2,3,4;  Foreign  Admissions  Office  2. 

COHEN,  Debra:  CAS;  Art  Education;  Basketball 
Cheerleader. 

COHEN,  Eric:  CAS;  Psychology;  Intramurals  1,2,3,4; 
Director,  Complaints  Bureau. 

COHEN,  Michael:  CAS;  Psychology;  Commons  Group 
Newsletter;  Peer  Counselor  in  the  PEACE  Program. 

CONWELL,  Donald:  CAS;  Painting. 

CRESPIN,  Jose:  CAS;  Biology;  Alpha  Epsilon  Delta 
(Pre-Medicine  Honor  Society). 

CRESSMAN,  Elizabeth:  CAS;  American  Studies;  Phi 
Sigma  Sigma  Sorority;  Student  Confederation  Cieneral 
Assembly  1976-1977;  Undergraduate  Studies  Committee 
1977-1978. 

CURTIS,  Perry:  CAS;  Concepts  in  World  History;  Air 
Force  Reserve  Officer's  Training  Corps;  Air  Force 
Officers'  Association;  Rugby  Club  1976. 


D 

DALY,  Sean:  CAS;  Psychology  and  Sociology. 

DAVIS,  Margot  S.:  CAS;  Design/Medical  Illustration. 

DEGNAN,  Maureen  L.:  CAS;  Psychology;  Delta 
Gamma  Sorority. 

DOWELL,  Deborah:  CAS;  Graphic  Design. 

DUBIN,  Gerry  M.:  CAS;  Distributive  Science, 
Chemistry;  Intramural  Softball,  Basketball,  Football;  A.U. 
Concert  Committee. 


DUES,  Carmelia:  CAS:  Interdisciplinary  Studies  in 
Literature  and  Performing  Arts:  Lambda  Zeta  Chapter  of 
Alpha  Kappa  Alpha  Sorority. 

DUNSET,  Lisa:  CAS;  Jewish  Studies;  Representative  of 
Jewish  Studies  Department. 

DUSMAN,  Linda:  CAS;  Music;  Mu  Phi  Epsilon 
(Honorary  Music  Sorority).  Music  Student 
Representative  to  Faculty:  University  Chorale  3,4; 
University  Brass  Choir  2,3,4. 


EDWARDS,  Darlene:  CAS;  Music  Education;  Mu  Phi 
Epsilon  (Honorary  Music  Sorority);  President.  Music 
Educators'  National  Conference,  American  University 
Chapter. 

EDWARDS,  Joseph:  CAS;  Sociology. 

ERCOLANL  Gloria:  CAS;  Graphic  Design. 

ERLICH,  Betsy:  CAS;  Design;  Anderson  Desk 
Receptionist. 

ESKENAZL  Victor:  CAS;  History. 


FEINERMAN,  Bruce:  CAS;  Chemistry;  Vice-President, 
Alpha  Epsilon:  \'ice-President,  Alpha  Chi  Sigma; 
Academic  Aide,  Chemistry:  Undergraduate 
Representative  to  Chemistry  Faculty. 

FEINMARK,  Russell:  CAS:  History. 

FIELDHOUSE,  Susan:  CAS;  Anthropology  and  German 
Studies:  Intramural  Volleyball;  Antheopology 
Undergraduate  Council;  Resident  Advisor  3,4;  Letts  Hall 
Vice-President  2;  German  Club  1,2,3. 

FLEISHMAN,  Florence:  CAS:  Spanish. 

FRANK,  Jill:  CAS;  Physical  Anthropology. 

FREEDMAN,  Steve:  CAS;  Chemistry  and  Psychology. 


GANN,  Amy:  CAS;  Russian  Language. 

GMINSKL  Leslie  N.:  CAS;  Economics;  Intramurals 
1,2,3;  Sailing  Club  2:  Rugby  4;  Student  Confederation 
Parliamentarian  4;  German  Club  1,2,3;  Pan  Ethanon  3,4. 

GOLDMAN,  Mark  S.:  CAS:  Psychology:  Who's  Who 
Among  Students  in  American  Universities  and  Colleges: 
WAMU-AM  and  FM;  Record  Co-op  Manager;  Intramural 
Football:  Concert  Committee:  Floor  President  in  Dorm. 

GOLDSTEIN,  Mark  H.;  CAS:  Economics. 

GOODMAN,  Barbara:  CAS;  Medical  Tech.;  Alpha  Chi 
Alpha. 

GOTTLIEB,  Joshua:  CAS:  Psychology,  Business  and 
Philosophy;  Who's  Who  Among  Students  Among 
American  Universities  and  Colleges:  The  Dean's  List; 
Football  2,  Intramural  Football,  Basketball,  Volleyball 
and  Softball  1,2,3;  Chairperson,  Student  Union  Board; 


Student  Confederation  Executive  Committee;  The  S.C. 
General  Assembly  2,3. 

GRADZIEL.  Joyce:  CAS;  Microbiology. 

GREEN,  Joan:  CAS:  Psychology  and  an  Associate 
Degree  in  Administration  of  Justice. 

GREENBAUM,  Brad  A.:  CAS:  American  Studies; 
Freshman  Advisory  Council:  Hotline;  R.H.A.  Security 
Representative:  Floor  President  2:  Dorm  Vice-President  2; 
R.H.A.  President  3;  President's  Tourguide  Association; 
Cinema  Studies;  Student  LInion  Board  Cinema 
Concessions  Manager  4. 

GREENE,  Lori:  CAS:  Psychology  and  Administration 
of  Justice. 

GRILLO.  Lolita  M.:  CAS;  Graphic  Design;  Internship, 
Rockville,  Maryland  City  Hall. 

GRINSPAN,  Jinny:  CAS;  Sociology. 

GROVE,  Laura:  CAS;  Psychology  and  Criminal  Justice; 
The  Dean's  List:  Hotline  and  Companion  Program. 
Internship  and  a  Probation  Officer. 


H 

HERBST.  Seth:  CAS:  Distributive  Sciences. 

HINES,  Hollis:  CAS;  Psychology  and  Sociology. 

HIRSH,  Richard:  CAS;  Administration  of  Justice  and 
Sociology:  Varsity  Wrestling  Team. 

HO,  Yung  E.:  CAS;  Biology. 

HOAGWOOG,  Margaret  J.:  CAS;  Literature. 

HOFFMAN.  Ellen  B.:  CAS;  Psychology  and  Sociology; 
Thomas  Jefferson  2,3;  Jewish  Identity  Project  3. 

HOLTHAUSE,  Tyrrell:  CAS:  Interdisciplinary  Studies; 
German  Club:  College  Republicans. 


JACKSON,  Laurie:  CAS:  Anthropology:  Grants  and 
Development  Committee  3,  Anthropology  Department 
Council  Representative  4. 

JEFFERSON,  Thelma  J.:  CAS;  Computer  Science. 

JEFFRIES,  Carol:  CAS:  Statistics. 

JOHNSON,  Sung-Orn:  CAS;  French. 

JOLLY,  William  H.R.:  CAS;  Psychology  and  Sociology. 


K 

KAPLAN,  Dianne:  CAS:  Psychology  and  Marketing: 
Concert  Committee;  Coed.  Intramural  Volleyball  1.2,3. 

KAPLAN,  Janeen:  CAS;  Performing  Arts;  Internship, 
WTOP-TV,  WASHINGTON,  DC;  Theatre  Productions. 

KENT,  Lois:  CAS;  Delta  Gamma  Sorority. 

KINNEY,  Karen:  CAS;  Physics;  American  Association 
of  Physical  Anthropologists. 


KLAVANS,  Jodie:  CAS;  Literature:  Undergraduate 
Literary  Society. 

KLEIN,  Sondra:  CAS;  Interdisciplinary  Studies, 
Bilingual  Education  and  Social  Studies. 

KRAVITZ,  Kim:  CAS;  Economics. 


N 

NAPPIER,  Renee  D.:  CAS;  Physical  Education; 
Vice-President,  FrenchySpanish  Floor;  President, 
French/Spanish  Floor  4;  Academic  Aide. 

NGUYEN,  Catherine:  CAS;  Biology. 

NUSBAUM,  Nancy:  CAS;  Psychology;  The  Dean's  List; 
Peer  Counseling;  Senior  Aide. 


LANGFELDER,  Karen:  CAS;  Performing  Arts;  Dance, 
Theater  and  Music;  Tennis;  Sking;  Scuba  Diving;  Diving; 
Bicycling;  Sewing. 

LATSON,  Lynn:  CAS;  Design. 

LEE,  Han  Young:  CAS;  CAS;  Design;  Ski  Club;  Dorm 
Council;  Chairperson,  K.S.A.A.U. 

LERNER,  Neal  B.:  CAS;  Computer  Science;  Alpha  Tau 
Omega  Fraternity. 

LEVEY,  Frances  A.:  CAS;  Jewish  Studies;  Art 
Coordinator  for  THE  JEWISH  PICKLE. 

LUCAS,  Melba:  CAS;  Performing  Arts;  Alpha  Kappa 
Alpha  Sorority;  Cheerleader  3,4;  Academic  Aide  for 
Freshpersohs;  Recording  Secretary,  Alpha  Kappa  Alpha 
Sorority. 


M 

MAKARA,  Teruhisa:  CAS;  Fine  Arts. 

MALER,  Judy:  CAS;  Music  Therapy;  Mu  Phi  Epsilon 
(Honorary  Music  Sorority);  National  Association  for 
Music  Therapy. 

MACBETH,  Eric:  CAS;  Biology. 

MANTELMAN,  Jeffrey:  CAS;  Psychology. 

MARCUS,  Patti:  CAS;  Psychology. 

MARSHELL,  David:  CAS;  Computer  Science. 

MATHEWS,  Cindi:  CAS;  Psychology. 

McCLAIN,  Stephanie:  CAS;  Applied  Mathematics. 

McCLELLAND,  Richard:  CAS;  Psychology  and 
Sociology. 

McINTYRE,  Jana:  CAS;  Anthropology;  Treasurer, 
Mortor  Board;  Anthropology  Council;  Presidential  Tour 
Guide. 

McINTYRE,  John:  CAS;  Chemistry;  Alpha  Chi  Sigma; 
Wrestling  Team. 

MEDINA,  Jamie:  CAS;  Economics. 

MENCHEL,  Susan:  CAS;  Psychology  and 
Administration  of  Justice. 

MIZZI,  Martha:  CAS;  Biology;  Freshperson  Advisor; 
Undergraduate  Council. 

MOLLER,  Andrea:  CAS:  Psychology. 

MOORE,  Mary:  CAS;  Art  Education. 


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ORR,  Belinda:  CAS;  Design. 

OSTROW,  Deborah:  CAS;  Fine  Arts  and  Painting; 
Treasurer,  American  University  Arts  Council;  Volunteer 
for  Record  Co-op. 


PADEROFSKY.  Stephen  F.:  CAS;  Psychology;  Saint 
Louis  University  Rugby  and  Radio  Station. 

PASELA,  John:  CAS;  Psychology;  Varsity  Soccer. 

PATTERSON,  Kathleen:  CAS;  Art  Education. 

PAZ-ISTENSSORO,  Moira:  CAS;  Sociology  and 
Economics. 

PERRY,  Ethel  D.:  CAS;  Performing  Arts  and  Dance. 

PETROWWITZ,  Carmen:  CAS;  Interior  Design; 
"Women  and  Her  Education";  Ballet  and  Modern  Dance. 

PETITO,  Anita:  CAS;  Sociology;  TALON;  Pan  Ethnon; 
Academic  Aid. 

PFUNDT,  William  N.:  CAS;  French  and  Spanish 
Studies;  Guitar,  Sking. 

POSSE,  Ana  Victoria:  CAS;  Economics. 

PUGATCH,  Judy:  CAS;  Psychology  and  Sociology; 
Vice-President  Resident  Housing  Association  2;  Concert 
Committee  3,4. 


R 

RAY,  Nancy:  CAS;  Psychology. 

REDMILES,  Joseph:  CAS;  Music. 

REINISCH.  Linda:  CAS;  German. 

ROLLINS,  Jane:  CAS;  Physical  Education  and 
Psychology;  Tennis  Team  2,3,4. 

RUDLIN,  Kathryn:  CAS;  Psychology. 

ROSEMAN,  Barbara:  CAS;  Psychology. 


SCHEUERMAN,  Carol:  CAS;  Psychology. 

SCHUYLER,  Patricia:  CAS;  Spanish  Studies. 

SEARS,  Jane:  CAS;  Design;  Phi  Mu  Sorority;  Campus 
Crusade  for  Christ;  TALON  Staff. 


SEGAL,  Sharon:  CAS:  Anthropology:  Pan  Ethnon  1: 
Jewish  Student  Association;  Hillel;  Anthropology 
Undergraduate  Council  3,4;  TALON  Yearbook  Staff  4: 
Orientation  Committee  2:  The  Dean's  List;  Intramural 
Volleyball  3,4;  Internship,  Smithsonian  Institution  3,4. 

SEGALL,  Adrienne:  CAS:  Art  and  Philosophy:  The 
Dean's  List. 

SEIDEN,  Arthur:  CAS;  Physical  Education:  Dorm 
Vice-President:  Concert  Committee;  Dorm  Council; 
Varsity  Baseball  1,2,3;  Intramural  Sports;  Desk 
Receptionist. 

SELTZER,  Joan  B.:  CAS;  History  and  Administration  of 
Justice. 

SENZER.  Adrea:  CAS;  Design. 

SHARP,  Gregory:  CAS;  Fine  Arts. 

SHASHAANL  Bita:  CAS:  Design. 

SHERPARD,  Saundra:  CAS;  Psychology:  Alpha  Kappa 
Alpha  Sorority;  Karate  Club;  Big  Buddy  Program. 

SHERER,  Lisa:  CAS:  Sociology. 

SILVERMAN,  Alicia:  CAS;  History. 

SIMON,  Shiela:  CAS;  Psychology:  O.A.S.A.T.A.U. 

SMITH,  Larry:  CAS:  Mathematics. 

SMITH,  Michael  J.:  CAS;  Economics  and 
Environmental  Management. 

SPENCER,  Leslie:  CAS;  Design;  1977  TALON; 
American  University  Sailing  Club. 

STANTON,  Jill:  CAS;  History. 

STAR,  Sherry:  CAS;  Sociology. 

STARK,  Susan:  CAS;  Music. 

STEIN,  LISA:  CAS;  Psychology. 

STEIN,  Robin  J.:  CAS:  Psychology  and  Sociology; 
Assistant,  Department  of  Sociology. 

STEPHENSON,  Bonnie:  CAS:  American  Studies. 

STRUELENS,  Bernard:  CAS;  Biology. 

STUMACHER,  Randi:  CAS;  Psychology. 

SUYDAM,  Richard  E.:  CAS;  History:  Army  Reserve 
Officers'  Training  Corps. 

SWETT,  Shannon:  CAS;  Design;  Swim  Team;  Field 
Hockey. 


THOMAS,  Heather:  CAS;  Literature  and  Education; 
Manager,  Womens'  Basketball  Team;  Womens'  Field 
Hockey  Team;  Floor  Treasurer;  Athletic  Council;  Judicial 
Representative. 

TIRMAZI,  Sarah:  CAS:  Economics. 

TRAN,  Oanh  Thi:  CAS;  French. 

TURNER,  Sydney-Carroll:  CAS;  Psychology  and 
Administration  of  Justice;  Alpha  Kappa  Alpha  Sorority; 
Cheerleader. 


V 


VAMES,  Nicole:  CAS;  Spanish  Studies. 


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WELLS,  Eleanore:  CAS;  Psychology. 

WHITAKER,  Sheila:  CAS;  Psychology. 

WINFIELD,  Anita:  CAS;  Design. 

WIXTED,  Robert  J.:  CAS;  Economics;  Western 
Connecticut  State  College  Radio  Station:  Mountaineering 
and  Climbing  Club;  Intramural  Football. 


YARMARK,  Robin:  CAS:  Psychology. 

YOUNG,  Christina:  CAS;  Literature;  Volleyball:  Food 
Co-op;  Sailing  Club;  Organizer  of  Women's  Group: 
Literature  Department  Committee. 


ZIMMERMAN,  Katherine:  CAS:  Religious  Studies; 
Student  Confederation  General  Assembly;  University 
Senate;  Who's  Who  Among  Students  in  American 
Universities  and  Colleges:  Student  Relations  Committee; 
Student  Representative  to  the  Presidential  and  Provost 
Search  Committee. 

ZISMAN,  David  A.:  CAS;  Physical  Education;  Alpha 
Epsilon  Pi  Fraternity:  Softball  Intramurals;  Basketball 
Intramurals;  Football  Intramurals;  WAMU-AM. 


TAKEUCHI,  Kenji:  CAS;  Sociology. 

TAUB,  Ellen  M.:  CAS;  Sociology. 

TAUBE,  Herman:  CAS;  Literature;  "Author 
Remember,"  "Empty  Pews,"  "The  Last  Train"  and 
"Books  on  the  Second  World  War." 

TEVIOTDALE,  Ramsay:  CAS;  Art  History  and 
Philosophy:  Iguana  Club. 


CAS-SOC 


AGULNEK,  Amy:  CAS-SOC:  Communications. 

APPLEBAUM,  Simon:  CAS-SOC:  Broadcast 
Journalism;  Public  Affairs  Director,  Campus  News 
Director,  Anchorman  and  Reporter  for  WAMU-AM; 
American  University  Singers:  A.U.  Arts  Council. 


ARNOLD,  Cynthia:  CAS-SOC;  Broadcast  Journalism; 
Sigma  Delta  Chi  (Society  for  Professional  lournalists): 
Who's  Who  Among  Students  in  American  Universities 
and  CoUges;  The  EAGLE;  WAMU-AM;  Chairperson  of 
the  Student  Confederation  Media  Commission. 


EDWARDS,  Cynthia:  CAS-SOC:  Print  lournalism. 


B 


BECK,  Barabra:  CAS-SOC:  Communication. 

BERNHARD,  Marianne:  CAS-SOC:  Print  lournalism; 
American  News  Service. 

BINDEMAN,  James:  CAS-SOC:  Broadcast  lournalism; 
WAMU-AM:  "Expressions"  (Talk  Show,  WAMU-AM); 
Internship.  WAMU-FM. 

BISHOP,  Daniel:  CAS-SOC:  "Masterbatters";  Terrace 
Corporation. 

BLACKWELL,  Andrea  D.:  CAS-SOC;  Communications 
and  Psychology;  Delta  Sigma  Theta  Sorority:  A.U. 
Hotline;  Junior  Princess  Homecoming,  1977:  Resident 
Advisor,  4:  President,  Nu  Alpha  Chapter,  Delta  Sigma 
Theta  Sorority,  3. 

BLAKE,  David:  CAS-SOC:  Visual  Media:  EAGLE; 
Varsity  Tennis:  Intramural  Basketball, 

BLOOM,  Sheryl:  CAS-SOC;  Public  Communications: 
Public  Relations  Student  Society  of  America  3,4, 

BORNN,  Steven:  CAS-SOC:  Journalism:  Intramural 
Football:  Inaugural  Concert  Committee  3;  TALON. 

BRITT,  Yvette:  CAS-SOC:  Public  Communication: 
Marketing  Club;  Public  Relations  Student  Society  of 
America;  Black  Cultural  Society  for  Performing  Arts. 

BROWNSTEIN,  Karen:  CAS-SOC:  Visual  Media. 

BYRNE,  Elizabeth:  CAS-SOC:  Public  Communications 
and  Communications;  Phi  Mu  Sorority. 


CARR,  Ardienna:  CAS-SOC;  Print  Journalism. 

CASTRO,  Nelvis:  CAS-SOC:  Communications  Media 
and  Foreign  Language;  Public  Relations  Student  Society 
of  America;  Volleyball;  Dancing. 

CHAMPION.  Tanya:  CAS-SOC:  Communications. 

CHAPNICK,  Debby:  CAS-SOC;  Visual  Media. 

CLEMENTE,  Michael  S.:  CAS-SOC:  Broadcast. 
Journalism;  Production  Manager,  EAGLE  2,3:  Student 
Confederation  Media  Commission  3;  Internship,  WMAL 
Radio,  Washington,  DC  4;  Democratic  National 
Committee  3. 

COLT,  Anne:  CAS-SOC:  Broadcast  lournalism. 


D 

DOHERTY,  Jean:  CAS-SOC;  Communications: 
American  University  Scholar  3;  Public  Relations  Student 
Society  of  America. 

DONALD,  William:  CAS-SOC;  Visual  Media. 

DOUGLAS,  Dean:  CAS-SOC;  Broadcast  Journalism: 
Swimming  3,4. 

DRESING,  Karl:  CAS-SOC;  Public  Communications; 
Concert  Committee. 


FITZGERALD,  Eugenia:  CAS-SOC:  Broadcast 
Journalism. 

FRAZIER,  Sandi:  CAS-SOC:  Communications. 

FREEDMAN,  Joyce:  CAS-SOC;  Communications. 

FRICKA,  Deborah:  CAS-SOC:  Communications; 
Young  Republications,  WAMU-AM. 


GERRITY.  Christopher;  CAS-SOC;  Visual  Media. 

GONZALO,  Munoz:  CAS-SOC;  Public 
Communications:  Vice-President,  Public  Relations 
Student  Society  of  America, 

GOUREVITCH,  David:  CAS-SOC:  Communications. 

GREEN,  Angela:  CAS-SOC:  Print  lournalism:  Delta 
Sigma  Theta  Sorority:  Sigma  Delta  Chi  (Society  of 
Professional  lournalists);  Black  Cultural  Society  for 
Performing  Arts. 


H 

HARRIS,  Vera:  CAS-SOC;  Communications;  Public 
Relations  Student  Society  of  America. 

HAZELWOOD,  Gilbert:  CAS-SOC:  Communications; 
Sigma  Delta  Chi  (Society  for  Professional  Journalists); 
Advertising  Manager,  EAGLE  4;  CAS  Representative  to 
the  Student  Confederation  Ceneral  Assembly;  Sailing 
Club. 

HEATLEY,  Karen:  CAS-SOC:  Visual  Media  and 
Psychology. 

HECHT,  Cliff:  CAS-SOC;  Visual  Media;  A.U.  Film 
Festival;  Coffeehouse;  Filmmaker  for  A.U.  Admissions 
Office. 

HEIMSATH,  Peter  R.:  CAS-SOC;  Broadcast  Media  and 
Visual  Media;  Phi  Sigma  Kappa;  Sports  Editor  and 
Photographer  for  TALON,  1977  and  1978;  Staff 
Photographer.  EAGLE;  Student  Confederation  Bus 
Co-ordinator:  Master  of  Ceremonies,  American  Freedom 
Train;  President,  Photography  Club:  WAMU-AM: 
Orientation  Tour  Guide  4. 

HENSLER,  Tracev  Ann;  CAS-SOC:  Print  Journalism; 
THE  AMERICAN  MAGAZINE:  Women  in 
Communications. 

HIGGINS,  Patrice  R.:  CAS-SOC;  Broadcast  Journalism; 
Producer.  "INPUT  '71"  (Phone-in  talk  show  on 
WAMU-AM) 


K 

KALB,  Lisa  S.:  CAS-SOC:  Visual  Media;  Volleyball  2; 
Floor  President;  Concert  Committee  4;  Internship. 
American  Film  Institute,  Washington,  D.C. 

KANTROWITZ,  Judy  H.:  CAS-SOC:  Print 
Communication;  EAGLE;  NORTHWEST;  WGTB 
news-staff. 


KARPF,  William:  CAS-SOC;  Communications;  Alpha 
Tau  Omega  Fraternity;  Disk  Jockey,  WAMU-AM. 

KESSLER,  Judith  A.:  CAS-SOC;  Visual  Media;  Student 
Union  Board  Cinema  Chairperson;  SUB  Concert 
Committee. 


LAWSON,  Phoeba:  CAS-SOC;  Journalism. 

LEVITT,  Joanne:  CAS-SOC;  Public  Communications; 
Chi  Omega;  Tour  Guide;  Public  Relations  Club. 

LINTHICUM,  Jay:  CAS-SOC;  Communication. 


M 

MAHAN,  Janice:  CAS-SOC;  Visual  Media;  Phi  Theta 
Kappa. 

MARKOWWITZ,  Randi:  CAS-SOC;  Broadcast 
Journalism;  Student  Confederation  Orientation 
Chairperson  4,  Women  in  Communication;  Sigma  Delta 
Chi  (Professional  Journalism  Society). 

MARSHALL,  Denise:  CAS-SOC;  Visual  Media;  Alpha 
Kappa  Alpha  Sorority;  Engineer,  WAMU-AM  4;  Honors 
Internship  4. 

McCAIN,  Brenda:  CAS-SOC;  Print  Media;  Proud 
Voices  3;  Educational  Policy  Committee  of  the  Faculty  of 
Community  Studies;  Outstanding  Scholar  Award. 

MINOR,  Michele  M.:  CAS-SOC;  Visual  Media;  Chi 
Omega;  Dance  3,4;  Tour  Guide. 


RALSTON,  Maribeth:  CAS-SOC;  Broadcast 
Journalism;  Sigma  Delta  Chi  (Society  of  Professional 
Journalists);  Women  in  Communications;  NORTHWEST. 

RESNICK,  Roni  S.:  CAS-SOC;  Public  Communications; 
Delta  Gamma  Sorority;  Public  Relations  Student  Society 
of  America. 

ROGOSKI,  Paul  A.:  CAS-SOC;  Public 
Communications;  Public  Relations  Student  Society  of 
America. 

ROSEN,  Barry:  CAS-SOC;  Journalism;  EAGLE; 
NORTHWEST;  TALON;  A.U.  Pilot  Club;  Aircraft 
Piloting;  Street  Hockey;  Resident  Housing  Association. 

ROSENSTEIN,  Ellen:  CAS-SOC;  Communications; 
Tennis  3;  Public  Relations  Student  Society  of  America. 

ROSS,  Michele:  CAS-SOC;  Print  Journalism;  Who's 
Who  Among  Students  in  American  Universities  and 
Colleges;  Campus  News  Editor,  EAGLE;  University 
Senate  3,4;  Board  of  Trustees  Representative;  Consumer 
Review  Board  Chairperson;  Student  Faculty  Relations; 
Resident  Advisor. 

ROTHSCHILD,  Richard  L.:  CAS-SOC; 
Communications;  EAGLE;  Music  Director  for 
WAMU-AM;  Production  Assistant,  WAMU-FM  (PBS); 
Concert  Committee. 

ROTHSCHILD,  Tina:  CAS-SOC;  Communications  and 
Design;  Intramural  Softball;  Basketball. 

RUBEN,  Ellen:  CAS-SOC;  Print  Journalism;  TALON. 


N 


NAHAN,  Warren:  CAS-SOC;  Communications; 
Intramural  Basketball  3,4;  The  Punk  Rock  Fan  Club. 

NEIWIRTH,  Pamela:  CAS-SOC;  Public 
Communications;  President,  Public  Relations  Student 
Society  of  America;  Disk  Jockey,  WAMU-FM  (PBS)  and 
WAMU-AM. 

NEWMAN,  J.  Ross:  CAS-SOC;  Print  Media. 


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OWUSU,  Kofi  Yusef:  CAS-SOC;  Public 
Communications;  OASATAU;  Editor,  UHURU; 
Communications  Director  for  OASATAU;  Photography 
Editor  for  TALON,  Fall  1977. 


PALLOT,  Stephanie:  CAS-SOC;  Visual  Media. 

PANZER,  Jeffrey:  CAS-SOC;  Visual  Media;  Assistant 
Manager,  A.U.  Coffeehouse. 

PILZER,  Tracy:  CAS-SOC;  Visual  Media. 

PURGE,  Milenda:  CAS-SOC;  Broadcast  Journalism; 
Alpha  Kappa  Alpha  Sorority;  EAGLE;  WAMU  2; 
N.A.A.C.P. 


R 


SANDOVAL,  Fernando:  CAS-SOC;  Film. 

SAYIN,  Selma:  CAS-SOC;  Communications  and 
Economics;  Sigma  Delta  Chi  (Society  of  Professional 
Journalists);  Debate  Club. 

SCHENKER,  Nancy:  CAS-SOC;  Visual  Media. 

SEGAL,  Cheryl:  CAS-SOC;  Print  Journalism;  Sigma 
Delta  Chi  (Society  of  Professional  Journalists);  EAGLE; 
Assistant  Editor  for  the  EAGLE;  Editorial  Page  Editor  for 
the  EAGLE. 

SEYHUN,  Ayda:  CAS-SOC;  Visual  Media;  Tennis; 
Swimming. 

SHELLENBERGER,  Katie:  CAS-SOC;  Public 
Communications:  Public  Relations  Student  Society  of 
America;  Women  in  Communication;  Campus  Crusade 
for  Christ. 

SILVERSTEIN,  Amy  C:  CAS-SOC;  Communications; 
Varsity  Tennis;  Intramural  Sports;  WAMU;  N.B.C. 
Employee. 

STERN,  Sharon:  CAS-SOC;  Public  Communications; 
Public  Relations  Student  Society  of  America;  EAGLE; 

Bowling  Club;  Literary  Magazine. 

STRAUS,  Stewart:  CAS-SOC;  Communications;  The 
EAGLE. 

SUCHOFF,  Nancy:  CAS-SOC;  Visual  Media:  TALON; 
CAS  Representative  to  the  Student  Confederation 
General  Assembly,  SOC  Representative  to  the  S.C. 
General  Assembly;  WAMU. 

SUGAR,  Robert:  CAS-SOC;  Communications;  Mortor 
Board;  Who's  Who  Among  Students  in  American 
Universities  and  Colleges,  Dean's  Advisory  Council; 


Editor-in-Chief,  1977  TALON;  Editor-in-Chief,  1978 
AMERICAN  MAGAZINE, 


BLUNT,  Bernita:  CAS-SOE;  Elementary  Education  and 
Special  Education. 


TANENBAUM,  Susan:  CAS-SOC;  Print  Journalism; 
Swimming;  Photography. 

TARDIF,  Philip:  CAS-SOC;  Print  Journalism;  Sigma 
Delta  Chi  (Society  of  Professional  Journalists);  Lacrosse 
Club;  Transfer  from  Ohio  University. 

TISHLER,  Tony:  CAS-SOC;  Broadcast  Journalism; 
NORTHWEST;  The  EAGLE;  Sports  Editor,  EAGLE; 
Intramural  Football,  Basketball;  WAMU-FM;  Television 
Studio. 

TYSON,  Louise  P.:  CAS-SOC;  Visual  Media. 


CLARK,  Tanya:  CAS-SOE;  Early  Childhood  and 
Elementary  Education;  Alpha  Kappa  Alpha  Sorority. 

COLE,  Joanne:  CAS-SOE;  Elementary  Education. 


ESPOSITO,  Karen:  CAS-SOE;  Elementary  Education; 
Secretary,  Dorm  Council  4;  Big  Buddy;  SNEA;  Student 
Teaching. 


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WALKER,  Penelope:  CAS-SOC;  Communications; 
Public  Relations  Student  Society  of  America. 

WELLS,  C.  Phillip  III:  CAS-SOC;  Public 
Communications;  Phi  Sigma  Kappa  Fraternity; 
Intramural  Football,  Basketball,  Softball,  Volleyball: 
Public  Relations  Student  Society  of  America. 

WILLIAMS,  Chelsye:  CAS-SOC;  Broadcast  Journalism. 

WIPE,  Michael:  CAS-SOC;  Communication. 


FELDGIOSE,  Bonnie:  CAS-SOE;  Elementary 
Education;  Delta  Gamma  Sorority;  Big  Buddy. 


GALLNER,  Sandra:  CAS-SOE;  Elementary  Education 
and  Special  Education. 

GLICKSTEIN,  Lisa:  CAS-SOE;  Elementary  Education 
and  Special  Education;  Big  Buddy;  Volleyball, 

GOLDMAN,  Wendy:  CAS-SOE;  Elementary  Education 
and  Special  Education. 


YARBOROUGH,  Valeria  A.:  CAS-SOC; 
Communication  and  Sociology;  Judicial  Representative, 
Letts;  WAMU-AM;  OASATAU;  Chi-Wara;  American 
University  Gospel  Choir. 

YAZDANFAR,  Mohammad  R.:  CAS-SOC;  Visual 
Media. 


H 

HIZER,  Pat:  CAS-SOC;  Early  Childhood  Education. 


LUBIN,  Debra:  CAS-SOE;  Elementary  Education. 


ZACHARIA,  Herman  I.:  CAS-SOC;  Broadcast 
Journalism;  Sigma  Delta  Chi;  (Society  of  Professional 
Journalists);  The  EAGLE;  NORTHWEST;  WAMU-AM; 
WAMU-FM;  WROP-TV;  WRC-TV. 


POINTS,  Charlese:  CAS-SOE;  Early  Childhood  and 
Special  Education. 

POLSKY,  Beth:  CAS-SOE;  Elementary  Education. 

POWELL,  Phyllis  A.:  CAS-SOE;  Elementary  Education. 


CAS-SOE 


ARONS,  Cindy:  CAS-SOE;  Elementary  Education. 
AYALA,  Camilla:  CAS-SOE;  Elementary  Education. 


R 

RODRIGUEZ,  Angie:  CAS-SOC;  Elementary  Education 

ROSENBERG,  Robert:  CAS-SOE;  Elementary 
Education  and  Psychology. 


B 

BARON,  Hillary:  CAS-SOE;  Elementary  Education  and 
Special  Education. 


SCHWARTZ,  Lenore:  CAS-SOE;  Elementary  Education 
and  Special  Education. 

SELTZER,  Sharon:  CAS-SOE;  Elementary  Education 
and  Special  Education. 


SPANN,  Inga  Matisse:  CAS-SOE;  Elementary 
Education  and  Special  Education. 

SPIELMAN,  Karen:  CAS-SOE;  Elementary  Education; 
Intramural  Softball,  SNEA;  Wizards'  Club;  President,  247 
Gameroom  Club  3,4. 

STEINBAUER,  Edie:  CAS-SOC;  Elementary  Education; 
Ski  Club. 

STOUT,  Linda  R.:  CAS-SOE;  Education. 


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WEINERMAN,  Abbe:  CAS-SOE;  Special  Education  and 
Elementary  Education. 


BELL,  Brian:  SBA;  Marketing;  Marketing  Club. 

BLUMENFIELD,  Neil:  SBA;  Intramural  Football, 
Softball  and  Basketball. 

BOHNET,  Maxine:  SBA;  Marketing  and  Economics. 

BRAUN,  Michael:  SBA;  Accounting. 

BRENNER,  Sherri:  SBA;  Marketing. 

BROX,  George:  SBA;  Accounting. 

BRYAN,  James:  SBA;  Marketing;  Alpha  Epsilon  Pi 
Fraternity;  Business  Manager  for  The  EAGLE;  Floor 
President;  Vice-President,  School  of  Business 
Undergraduate  Council;  Assistant  Student  Confederation 
Comptroller,  Pan  Ethnon;  Social  Action  Council. 

BUSH,  Deborah:  SBA;  Personnel  Management;  Delta 
Sigma  Theta  Sorority;  Varsity  Basketball;  OASATAU; 
A.U.  Black  Cultural  Society  for  the  Arts. 


ZAMIER,  Janis:  CAS-SOE  Elementary  Education  and 
Special  Education. 


SBA 


ADIWOSO,  Adikelana:  SBA;  Marketing. 

ALBRITTAIN,  James  S.:  SBA;  Finance. 

ALLWEISS,  Ruth:  SBA;  Marketing. 

ANDERSON,  Harold  William:  SBA;  Business. 

ARNEL,  Curtis  Craig:  SBA;  Accounting;  Alpha  Epsilon 
Pi  Fraternity;  Financial  Management  Association  Honor 
Society;  Editor,  "THE  STUDENT  BUREAUCRAT";  The 
EAGLE;  Intramural  Football,  Basketball  and  Softball; 
Vice-President,  Student  Confederation  Inter-Club 
Council. 

ARONOFF,  Randy:  SBA;  Marketing. 

ASSOIAN,  Ronald:  SBA;  Personnel  Management  and 
Finance. 

AYERS,  Constance  E.:  SBA;  Accounting. 


B 

BALSAM,  Bruce:  SBA;  Finance;  Alpha  Tau  Omega 
Fraternity. 

BALSAMO,  Gary  Jay:  SBA;  Accounting. 

BARBERL  Linda  A.:  SBA;  Finance. 

BARDY,  Ellen  J.:  SBA;  Accounting. 

BARNARD,  Craig  D.:  SBA;  Marketing;  Transferred 
from  Northern  Virginia  Community  College. 

BAUMER,  Richard:  SBA;  Accounting,  Intramural 
Basketball  and  Softball. 

BECK,  Richard:  SBA;  Accounting;  Intramurals. 

BEGUN,  Lauri  J.:  SBA;  Marketing. 


CAGAN,  Randy:  SBA;  Marketing;  Intramural 
Basketball,  Football,  Softball  and  Volleyball;  Kennedy 
Political  Union;  Marketing  Club. 

CAMPBELL,  Patricia:  SBA;  Marketing,  Intramural 
Softball;  Marketing  Club;  Wizards'  Club. 

CHEUNG,  Moylian:  Personal  Management. 

CHO,  Heiri:  SBA;  Accounting. 

COHEN,  Amy:  SBA;  Personnel  Management  and 
Economics. 

COHEN,  Jeffrey:  SBA;  Accounting;  Intramurals; 
Accounting  Club. 

COHEN,  Laurie  A.:  SBA;  Accounting  and  Finance. 

COHEN,  Michael:  SBA;  Accounting. 

COTT,  Lawrence  J.:  SBA;  Marketing  and  Finance; 
Student  Union  Board;  Marketing  Club. 

CROWELL,  Samuel:  SBA;  Accounting  and  Finance. 


D 

DANIELS,  Karen:  SBA;  Personnel  Management; 
Cheerleaders. 

DICOSTANZO,  Elina:  SBA;  Accounting. 

DIGIOVANNL  Terence  A.:  SBA;  Personnel 
Management  and  Computer  Science. 

DRUCKER,  Stephen:  SBA;  Marketing;  Intramural 
Baseball,  Basketball  and  Football;  Marketing  Club. 


EISENBERG,  Caran  D.:  SBA;  Marketing;  Marketing 
Club. 


FELDMAN,  Clifford:  SBA;  Accounting;  Accounting 
Club. 


FIELDS,  Paul:  SBA;  Marketing. 

FIGHT,  Douglas:  SBA;  Marketing. 

FINK,  John:  SBA;  Professional  Accounting; 
Accounting  Club. 

FISCHER,  Neil:  SBA;  Marketing;  Marketing  Club; 
Intramural  Football,  Basketball  and  Softball. 

FORD,  Gregory  R.:  SBA;  Finance  and  Marketing; 
Intramural  Football,  Basketball,  Baseball  and  Bowling. 

FOSTER,  Arnold:  SBA;  Finance  and  Accounting; 
Intramural  Softball,  Football  and  Basketball;  Marketing 
Club. 

FREITAS,  Carlos:  SBA;  Business  Economy. 


GARRETT,  Gloria:  SBA;  Marketing  and  Accounting; 
Accounting  Club;  Women's  Varsity  Volleyball; 
Intramural  Softball. 

GELB,  Patti:  SBA;  Business  Economics  and  Marketing. 

GIGANTI,  Brian:  SBA;  Accounting;  Accounting  Club. 

GLADSTONE,  lonathan:  SBA;  Marketing  and  Urban 
Development;  Market  Studies. 

GREENGLASS,  Hugh:  SBA;  Marketing. 

GRUDA,  Lester:  SBA;  Accounting;  Accounting  Club; 
Intramural  Basketball  and  Football. 


H 

HAILE,  Kebede:  SBA;  Personnel  Management. 

HALL,  Harold  S.:  SBA;  Finance. 

HANDIS,  Meryl:  SBA;  Marketing. 

HELLER,  Lee:  SBA;  Marketing;  Terrace  Corporation; 
Marketing  Club;  Masterbatters;  Hockey;  Aristo. 

HIRSCH,  Peter:  SBA;  Accounting. 

HIRSCH,  Sydney:  SBA;  Business. 

HOFFMAN,  Herbert:  SBA;  Finance. 

HONIG,  Richard:  SBA;  Economics;  3918  Club;  607 
Fraternal  Order;  Intramural  Football;  Acting 
Representative  and  Vice-President,  A.U.  Frisbee  Club. 


JAAR,  Jacqueline:  SBA;  Economics. 

JARCHIN,  Andrew:  SBA;  Marketing. 

JOHNSON,  Debra:  SBA;  Accounting. 

JOHNSON,  Walter:  SBA;  Finance;  Finance  Club;  Radio 
Announcer:  Political  Consultant  for  Senate  Foreign 
Relations  Committee. 

JONES,  Thomas  Nelson:  SBA;  Marketing;  Marketing 
Club. 


JONES-FARLEY,  E.  Antoinette:  SBA;  Personnel 
Management;  Delta  Sigma  Theta  Fraternity;  Volleyball; 
Social  Activities  Committee;  OASATAU:  Chi-Wara; 
Co-op  Program. 


K 

KALAFA,  Ronald:  SBA;  Accounting;  Intramurals; 
Dorm  Council;  Big  Buddy;  Accounting  Club. 

KAMENS,  Elizabeth:  SBA;  Marketing. 

KAPLAN,  Stephen  B.:  SBA;  Accounting. 

KARCH,  Roy:  SBA;  Marketing  and  Finance. 

KESSER,  Sharon:  SBA;  Marketing  and  Personnel 
Management;  New  Library  Committee. 

KIM,  Kune  Woo:  SBA;  Marketing. 

KLINGMAN,  Susan:  SBA;  Marketing;  Semester 
Honors. 

KOSH,  Stuart:  SBA;  Marketing;  Alpha  Epsilon  Pi 
Fraternity;  Bowling  Club;  Marketing  Club. 

KOTLER,  David:  SBA;  Marketing. 

KUZMA,  Kerry:  SBA;  Marketing. 


LEEDS,  Allan:  SBA;  Finance  and  Urban  Development. 

LEINOFF,  David  J.:  SBA;  Marketing;  Marketing  Club; 
Intramural  Sports. 

LEVIN,  Robert:  SBA;  Accounting;  Accounting  Club. 

LEWIS,  Fred:  SBA;  Accounting. 

LIANG,  Eddie  H.:  SBA;  Marketing;  Alpha  Epsilon  Pi 
Fraternity;  Volleyball. 

LUM,  Mabel:  SBA;  Accounting. 


M 

MACKALL,  Martha  B.:  SBA;  Accounting. 

MAHMUND,  Saberi:  SBA;  Marketing. 

MASSARO,  Paul  J.:  SBA;  Accounting;  Food  Co-op; 
Resident  Housing  Association;  Alpha  Epsilon  Pi 
Fraternity;  Student  Confederation  General  Assembly; 
Accounting  Club;  Floor  President. 

MAULTASCH,  Jonathan:  SBA;  Accounting;  Big 
Buddy. 

McDonald,  Joseph:  SBA;  Marketing;  Phi  Sigma 
Kappa  Fraternity;  Inter-Fraternity  Council;  Big  Buddy; 
WAMU;  American  Squares;  Varsity  Swim  Team; 
Intramural  Volleyball  and  Basketball. 

MELSON,  Anne  H.:  SBA;  Business  Management. 

MEYER,  Nancy:  SBA;  Personnel  Management;  Pan 
Ethnon;  Campus  Crusade  for  Christ;  American  University 
Chorale;  Floor  President. 

MORALES,  Rodolto:  SBA;  Business. 


MURPHY,  George:  SBA;  Business. 

MURPHY,  Gisele:  SBA;  Marketing;  Volleyball; 
Marketing  Club;  Secretary.  Marketing  Club;  Phi  Sigma 
Kappa  Fraternity;  Inter-Fraternity  Council;  WAMU; 
American  Squares;  Varsity  Swim  Team;  Intramural 
Basketball;  Big  Buddy. 


N 

NAPALAI,  Trasinchai:  SBA;  Business. 

NEIKRIE,  Leonard:  SBA;  Marketing;  Golf  Club. 

NIEHOFF,  Frederick:  SBA;  Accounting;  President, 
Accounting  Club;  Swimming  Team;  Intramural  Sports. 

NORWOOD,  J.  Vance:  SBA;  Finance  and  Marketing. 

NWOKE,  Dorcas  T.:  SBA;  Accounting. 


o 

OYEBOLA,  Bamidele  A.:  SBA;  Marketing;  Marketing 
Club. 


PACIFICI,  Frederick:  SBA;  Finance. 

PAMPILLONIA,  Dominick:  SBA;  Marketing; 
Marketing  Club;  Studies  Abroad  Program;  WAMU. 

PIEDRA,  Alfredo:  SBA;  Marketing. 

PULEIO,  Maryanne:  SBA;  Marketing  and  Finance; 
Finance  Honorary  Society. 


ROWLAND,  Bruce:  SBA;  Accounting. 
RUBENSTEIN,  Gail:  SBA;  Marketing. 


SALMON,  Jon:  SBA;  Finance  and  Marketing;  Food 
Co-op. 

SCHARFBERG.  Douglas:  SBA;  Marketing;  Marketing 
Club;  Hillel  1,2. 

SCHWIMMER,  Larry:  SBA;  Accounting;  Intramural 
Softball  and  Basketball. 

SELBY,  Cassie:  SBA;  Accounting  and  Finance. 

SIMEL,  Gary:  SBA;  Marketing. 

SKARBNIK,  Edward:  SBA:  Accounting  and 
Marketing;  Accounting  Club;  Marketing  Club. 

SORKIN,  Stuart:  SBA;  Accounting  and  Finance; 
Editor.  SBA  Newsletter;  SBA  Rank  and  Tenure 
Committee;  SBA  Undergraduate  Council;  Marketing 
Club;  Accounting  Club. 

SUN,  Sreng  Chanthol:  SBA;  Accounting  and  Computer 
Systems. 

SWERDLICK,  Michael:  SBA;  Finance;  President, 
Resident  Housing  Association;  Commissioner,  Social 
Activities;  Student  Confederation  Finance  Committee. 


TANGKANANGNOKUL.  Savitri:  SBA;  Personnel 
Management  and  Management. 


Q 


V 

VU,  Thuy-Anh:  SBA;  Accounting. 


QUINTAVELL,  Arline  G.:  SBA;  Finance;  American 
Society  of  Women  Accountants. 


R 

RANNEY,  Timothy:  SBA;  Accounting;  Accounting 
Club;  Ski  Club. 

REIFF,  Neil  D.:  SBA;  Marketing  and  Finance; 
Marketing  Club;  Accounting  Club. 

RIBEIRO,  Moyses:  SBA;  Finance  and  Economics; 
Soccer;  Karate. 

RIEDER,  Steven:  SBA;  Marketing. 

ROBERTS,  Carolyn:  SBA;  Accounting. 

RODGERS,  Sanford  F.:  SBA;  Marketing,  1978  TALON; 
Intramural  Softball  and  Volleyball;  Vice-President, 
Hughes  Hall  2. 

ROSEN,  Michael:  SBA;  Personnel  Management. 

ROSENBERG,  Nancy:  SBA;  Marketing. 

ROTTER,  Steven:  SBA;  Finance  and  Accounting; 
Bowling  Club. 


w 

WARNER.  Lori:  SBA;  Marketing;  Tennis;  Marketing 
Club. 

WAX,  Terri  F.:  SBA;  Marketing;  Marketing  Club. 

WEE,  Ee-Chao:  SBA;  Accounting  and  Finance. 

WHITE,  Ruth  Deanna:  SBA;  Marketing;  Pan  Ethnon  2; 
A.U.  Chorale  1;  Accounting  Club;  Marketing  Club; 
Gospel  Choir;  Cheerleader;  Floor  President. 

WILLIAM,  Michael:  SBA;  Marketing;  Intramural 
Basketball  and  Track;  Marketing  Club. 

WILLIAMS,  Jerry  C.:  SBA;  Urban  Development. 

WOLF,  Heather:  SBA;  Accounting  and  Finance. 


YOUNG,  Neil  T.:  SBA;  Finance;  Alpha  Epsilon  Pi 
Fraternity;  Mortor  Board;  Student  Confederation 
Publicity  Director  2;  EAGLE  Accountant  4;  President, 
Undergraduate  Council,  Student  Confederation 
Comtroller  3;  University  Senate  3,4. 


DCE 


B 


BETTS,  Evelyn:  DCE;  Science  and  Public 
Administration. 


MASCIA,  Melissa:  SON;  Nursing. 

MILEO,  Michele:  SON;  Nursing;  Secretary,  SON 
Undergraduate  Council;  University  Senator. 


o 

OHNGEMACH,  Susan:  SON;  Nursing;  Ski  Club;  Bi 
Juddy. 


LEWIS,  Eunice:  DCE;  Continuing  Education. 


M 

MILLER,  Collette:  DCE;  Social  Sciences. 


R 

ROSEN,  Robert  H.:  DCE;  Marketing;  Alpha  Tau  Omega 
Fraternitv;  Tennis. 


THOMAS,  Louella:  DCE;  General  Studies. 


PEARSON,  Camilla:  SON;  Nursing. 
PLUMMER,  Nancy:  SON;  Nursing. 
PRICE,  Mindy:  SON;  Nursing;  Tennis  1. 
PRUDDEN,  Marcia  C:  SON;  Nursing. 

R 

REDDING,  Jo  Ann:  SON;  Nursing;  OASATAU. 
ROSS,  Stella:  SON;  Nursing;  Private  Duty  Nurse. 


w 


WILLIAMS.  Vera  L.:  DCE;  Social  Sciences. 


SIEGEL,  Deborah:  SON;  Nursing. 
SPROCH,  Susan:  SON;  Nursing. 


SON 


B 

BLOCHER,  Karen:  SON;  Nursing. 


TEMPLETON,  Mary  S.:  SON;  Nursing;  Student 
Represzntative  to  the  Curriculum  Committee  for  SON. 


CPA 


GOLDMAN,  Debi  M.:  SON;  Nursing;  Editor  SON 
Newsletter;  SON  Undergraduate  Council;  Intramural 
Volleyball;  DCSNA. 


CPA-CAJ 


K 

KIND,  Laura:  SON;  Nursing;  Field  Hockey  1,2;  Tennis 
2,3;  Basketball;  President,  SON  Undergraduate  Council; 
Student  Representative  to  SON  Faculty  Committee. 

KOHL,  Susan:  SON;  Nursing,  SON  Student 
Confederation  General  Assembly  Representative; 
DCSNA;  Student  Representative  to  the  Grievance 
Committee  for  SON. 

KRESSMAN,  Denise:  SON;  Nursing;  Intramural 
Volleyball,  Softball  and  Basketball;  SON  Big  Sister. 


M 


ARGYROPOULOS,  Athena:  CPA-CAJ;  Administration 
of  Justice;  Sports  Writer,  EAGLE;  Varsity  Field  Hockey 
and  Basketball;  Intramural  Volleyball  and  Softball,  Rush 
Hostess  for  Phi  Sigma  Kappa  Fraternity. 


B 

BACON,  Charles  R.:  CPA-CA};  Administration  of 
Justice. 

BARANOFF,  Susan:  CPA-CAJ;  Administration  of 
Justice  and  Sociology. 

BARON,  Gary:  CPA-CAJ;  Administration  of  Justice; 
Phi  Kappa  Theta;  Phi  Beta  Theta. 


BEAN,  Gary:  CPA-CAJ:  Criminal  Justice. 

BORDON,  Willie:  CPA-CAJ:  Administration  of  Justice. 

BOYLE,  Alexandra:  CPA-CAJ:  Administration  of 
Justice. 

BUFF,  Jonathan:  CPA-CAJ;  Administration  of  Justice; 
Cross  Country  Tracls^. 


HAGGERTY,  Robert:  CPA-CAJ:  Criminal  Justice: 
Intramural  Football. 

HONGLADAROM;  Rangsan:  CPA-CAJ; 
Administration  of  Justice:  Soccer  Team;  Vice-Chairmen 
of  Thai  Student  Association  of  American  University; 
Security  Officer. 

HOWE,  Philip:  CPA-CAJ;  Administration  of  Justice; 
Varsity  Wrestling. 


CASH,  Betty:  CPA-CAJ:  Criminal  Justice. 

CHAPMAN,  Donna:  CPA-CAJ:  Administration  of 
Justice. 

CLANCY,  Anne:  CPA-CAJ;  Administration  of  Justice. 

COOK,  Kathy:  CPA-CAJ;  Criminal  Justice. 


D 

DAWLEY,  John  HI;  CPA-CAJ;  Police  Science. 

DRENT,  Bary:  CPA-CAJ;  Criminal  Justice;  Sigma  Tau 
Gamma. 

DWYER,  Cornelius  J.:  CPA-CAJ;  Administration  of 
Justice;  Phi  Sigma  Kappa  Fraternity;  Softball. 


IMBRIACO,  Aurora:  CPA-CAJ;  Administration  of 
Justice;  Intramural  Volleyball;  Dorm  Council  3. 


JONES,  Angela  B.:  CPA-CAJ;  Administration  of  Justice; 
Delta  Sigma  Theta  Sorority;  OASATAU. 


K 

KIND,  Christina:  CPA-CAJ;  Administration  of  Justice; 
Basketball;  Hockey  1,4;  Intramural  Basketball.  Tennis 
and  Softball;  Student  Confederation  General  Assembly 
Representative  for  Class  of  1978;  Big  Buddy;  AU  Record 
Co-op;  AU  Food  Co-op;  Campus  Crusade  for  Christ. 

KUPPERMAN,  Ellen:  CPA-CAJ;  Administration  of 
Justice;  National  Honor  Society. 


FERNBACH,  Heidi:  CPA-CAJ;  Administration  of 
Justice. 

FOGARTY,  Marisa:  CPA-CAJ;  Administration  of 
Justice. 

FOSTER,  Valerie  N.:  CPA-CAJ;  Administration  of 
Justice. 

FRANKLIN,  Karen:  CPA-CAJ;  Administration  of 
Justice. 


GASKINS,  Jeffrey  E.:  CPA-CAJ;  Administration  of 
Justice. 

GINIGER,  Barbara:  CPA-CAJ;  Criminal  Justice;  CAJ 
Undergraduate  Council,  Social  Action  Council;  Social 
Action  Council  Tutoring  Project;  A.U.  Coffeehouse  Staff. 

GLENN,  JR.,  Luther:  CPA-CAJ;  Administration  of 
Justice;  National  Society  of  Scabbard  and  Blade;  Hilltop; 
R.O.T.C.  Cadet  Bulletin;  Orientation  Club. 

GONZALES,  Raymon  M.:  CPA-CAJ:  Administration 
of  Justice. 

GOODEN,  Jerome:  CPA-CAJ;  Police  Administration. 

GROVE,  Laura:  CPA-CAJ-CAS. 


H 


LASSOFF,  Howard:  CPA-CAJ:  Administration  of 
Justice. 

LEVINE,  Susan:  CPA-CAJ;  Administration  of  Justice. 


M 

MARCHESS AULT,  Gregg  A.:  CPA-CAJ; 
Administration  of  Justice;  Criminal  Justice  Council; 
Georgetown  University  Varsity  Rifle  Team. 

MARINO,  Robert:  CPA-CAJ;  Administration  of  Justice; 
Intramurals;  Marketing  Club;  Pan  Ethnon;  College 
Republicans. 

McCREE,  William  L.:  CPA-CAJ;  Administration  of 
Justice. 

MILLER,  Alfred:  CPA-CAJ;  Administration  of  Justice. 


PECKOVER,  Celia:  CPA-CAJ;  Administration  of 
Justice. 

PETERSON,  Karen:  CPA-CAJ;  Criminal  Justice. 

PORTER,  Mark  A.:  CPA-CAJ;  Administration  of 
Justice. 


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Q 


QUIGG,  Lillian:  CPA-CAJ;  Administration  of  Justice. 


BUTTITTA.  Nancy:  CPA-SGPA;  Government:  Phi 
Sigma  Sigma  Sorority. 


R 

ROSS,  Len:  CPA-CAJ;  Administration  of  Justice;  Rugby 
1,2,4;  Performing  Arts. 


SCHINDLER,  Robin:  CPA-CAJ;  Administration  of 
Justice. 

SCHULZE.  Nancy:  CPA-CAJ;  Administration  of  Justice. 

STROM,  David:  CPA-CAJ:  Administration  of  Justice. 


V 

VAURICK,  Stephen  J.:  CPA-CAJ;  Administration  of 
Justice. 


CAGGIANO,  JR.,  Louis  N.:  CPA-SGPA;  PoliticaJ 
Science;  Pi  Sigma  AlpJia;  Vice-President,  SGPA 
Undergraduate  Council  3,4;  CPA  Academic  Policy 
Committee. 

CALLENDER,  Robert:  CPA-SGPA;  Political  Science; 
Intramural  Football,  Basketball  and  Football. 

CARSON,  Jann:  CPA-SGPA;  Political  Science;  Varsity 
Field  Hockey;  Basketball;  Intramural  Volleyball  and 
Softball;  Chairperson,  Student  Union  Board  Committee 
of  the  Student  Confederation  Finance  Committee. 

CEISLER,  Larry  A.:  CPA-SGPA;  Political  Science: 
WAMU;  College  Democrats:  Chairperson;  Student  Union 
Board  Concert  Committee. 

CHIJIOKE,  Ernest:  CPA-SGPA;  Public  Administration. 

CHRISTIAN,  Beverly:  CPA-SGPA:  Political  Science. 

COOK,  Kathleen  M.:  CPA-SGPA;  Political  Science  and 
Economy;  Pi  Sigma  Alpha. 

COPLAN,  Jeffery:  CPA-SGPA;  Political  Science. 


CPA-SGPA 


APPERSON,  Bernard:  CPA-SGPA:  Political  Science; 
President,  Thomas  Jefferson  Society;  Parliamentarian, 
College  Republicans. 

ARBESFELD,  Gail:  CPA-SGPA;  Political  Science:  Phi 
Sigma  Alpha;  Student  Union  Board  Concert  Committee. 

ASBELL,  Abby:  CPA-SGPA:  Political  Science. 


B 

BAKER,  Cynthia:  CPA-SGPA;  Political  Science  and 
Economics. 

BELCHER,  William:  CPA-SGPA;  Government  and 
Economics;  Bowling  Team;  Rugby;  Elections  Committee; 
President,  SGPA  Undergraduate  Council. 

BELL,  Pamela:  CPA-SGPA;  Political  Science. 

BEST,  Stephen  R.:  Government;  Fencing  Club. 

BITTERMAN,  Larry:  CPA-SGPA;  Political  Science. 

BRAMSON,  Howard:  CPA-SGPA;  Political  Science 
and  Psychology;  Rugby;  Football:  Bowling. 

BRONSON,  James:  SGPA;  Political  Science  and 
Economics;  Swimming. 

BROOKS,  Jeffery  S.:  CPA-SGPA;  Political  Science; 
Intramural  Sports;  President;  Dorm  Council  2. 


D 

DAVENPORT,  Kathy:  CPA-SGPA;  Political  Science. 

DOHERTY,  Robert:  CPA-SGPA;  Political  Science; 
Alpha  Pi  Sigma;  SGPA  Undergraduate  Council;  Student 
Union  Board  Commissioner  of  Transportation. 

DOLOBOFF,  Alan:  CPA-SGPA;  Urban  Affairs. 


EDDY,  Susan:  CPA-SGPA:  Political  Science. 

EHRENBERG,  Scott:  CPA-SGPA;  Political  Science. 

ELLIS,  Susan:  CPA-SGPA;  Political  Science  and 
Psychology;  Pi  Sigma  Alpha;  Resident  Advisor:  Student 
Confederation  Newsletter;  Faculty  Relations  Committee: 
Big  Buddy. 

ENGBER,  John:  CPA-SGPA;  Political  Science. 


FEINBERG,  Burton  S.:  CPA-SGPA;  Political  Science 
and  International  Relations. 

FEINBERG,  Jason:  CPA-SGPA:  Political  Science, 
Economics  and  Business  Administration:  Pan  Ethnon; 
Marketing  Club. 

FERGUSON,  Burr:  CPA-SGPA;  Political  Science; 
College  Democrats. 

FRIED,  Robert  B.:  CPA-SGPA:  Political  Science:  Junior 
Varsity  Basketball,  Intramural  Football  and  Basketball; 
Floor  President. 


GASPARIK,  Art:  CPA-SGPA;  Political  Science  and 
Urban  Affairs:  Alpha  Epsilon  Pi  Fraternity,  Student 
Confederation  Publicity  Office,  SGPA  Undergraduate 
Council;  Representative  to  SC  Finance  Committee. 

GENTILE,  Paul  J.;  CPA-SGPA;  Political  Science  and 
Urban  Affairs:  A.U.  Jazz  Ensemble. 

GLUECK,  Mark:  CPA-SGPA;  Political  Science  and 
Economics:  Undergraduate  Economics  Council. 

GOLDBERG,  Terrye:  CPA-SGPA;  Government. 

GOODMAN,  Howard  B.:  CPA-SGPA;  Political  Science; 
Pi  Sigma  Alpha. 

GRIGGS,  George  J.:  CPA-SGPA;  Urban  Affairs. 

GWYN,  Kenneth:  CPA-SGPA;  Political  Science; 
Resident  Advisor:  Chi-Wara;  OASATAU;  Intramurals. 


H 

HILDRETH,  John:  CPA-SGPA:  Political  Science: 
President,  Mortor  Board;  Assistant  Director, 
Undergraduate  Advisory  Committee;  American 
University  Senate  Committee  on  Undergraduate 
Admissions. 


KOPACZ,  Suzanne:  CPA-SGPA;  Political  Science;  Pi 
Sigma  Alpha. 


I 


IMHOFF,  Larry:  CPA-SGPA;  Government. 


JOHNSON,  Vera  E.:  CPA-SGPA:  Administration  of 
Justice;  Delta  Sigma  Theta  Sorority;  OASATAU:  Big 
Buddy;  N.A.A.C.P. 

JOSEPHSON,  Barry:  CPA-SGPA:  Political  Science: 
Basketball,  Baseball  and  Football. 


LEONE,  Louis:  CPA-SGPA;  Political  Science;  Alpha 
Epsilon  Pi  Fraternity:  Intramural  sports  2,3,4;  Security 
Guard. 

LEVIN,  Mark:  CPA-SGPA;  Government;  Debate  Club; 
Forensics  Society;  College  Democrats. 

LEVINS,  Marie  K.:  CPA-SGPA:  Administration  of 
Justice. 

LEVY,  Hore:  CPA-SGPA:  Government;  President, 
Debate  Club;  Food  Co-op:  Dorm  Council;  Freshperson 
Advisor. 

LINDQUIST,  Candace  M.:  CPA-SGPA;  Political 
Science. 

LITMAN,  Ellen:  CPA-SGPA:  Political  Science, 
Economics  and  Urban  Affairs:  Who's  Who  Among 
Students  in  American  Universities  and  Colleges;  Student 
Confederation  1,2,3:  Undergraduate  Studies  Committee. 

LOGAN,  Daniel:  CPA-SGPA;  Political  Science; 
Kennedy  Political  Union;  Undergraduate  Psychology 
Curriculum  Committee. 

LONDONER,  Laurie:  CPA-SGPA:  Political  Science: 
Resident  Advisor. 

LUMLEY,  Jacqeline:  CPA-SGPA:  Urban  Affairs. 

LYNIUK,  Roman:  CPA-SGPA;  Political  Science  and 
Economics:  The  EAGLE;  Sailing  Club;  Academic 
Advisor. 


K 

KACZYNSKI,  Victoria:  CPA-SGPA;  Political  Science 
and  Economics:  Pan  Ethnon;  Public  Interest  Research 
Group  (PIRG) 

KAFFEE,  Mark  A.:  CPA-SGPA;  Political  Science; 
Kennedy  Political  Union:  Intramural  Basketball,  Softball 
and  Bowling. 

KAHENDE,  Clement  C.N.:  CPA-SGPA:  Government 
and  Public  Administration. 

KARTZMER,  Karen:  CPA-SGPA:  Political  Science. 

KENNEDY,  Paul  J.:  CPA-SGPA;  Political  Science; 
Alpha  Epsilon  Pi  Fraternity;  Pi  Sigma  Alpha:  Student 
Confederation  General  Assembly  3,4;  SGPA 
Undergraduate  Council  2,3,4  College  Democrats:  Pan 
Ethnon;  Undergraduate  Advisory  Committee  of 
Admissions. 

KRAFTE,  Bruce  I.:  CPA-SGPA;  Political  Science: 
Manager,  A.U.  Record  Co-op. 

KREMINS,  Michael:  CPA-SGPA;  Political  Science  and 
Economics:  Pi  Sigma  Alpha. 


M 

MAGNOLI,  Frank:  CPA-SGPA:  Political  Science;  Phi 
Sigma  Kappa  Fraternity:  Chairman,  Tavern  Board: 
Intramural  Football,  Baseball,  Volleyball  and  Basketball; 
Housemanager,  Phi  Sigma  Kappa  Fraternity  House:  Bar 
Chairman,  Alumni  Chairman  and  Vice-President.  Phi 
Sigma  Kappa  Fraternity. 

MAHONEY,  Colleen:  CPA-SGPA:  Political  Science: 
Delta  Gamma  Sorority:  Mortor  Board:  Pi  Sigma  Alpha; 
Resident  Advisor:  Dorm  Council:  Secretary;  SGPA 
Undergraduate  Council. 

MANDEL,  David:  CPA-SGPA;  Political  Science. 

MANKOFF,  Howard:  CPA-SGPA:  Political  Science 
and  Urban  Affairs;  Pi  Sigma  Alpha;  Pan  Ethnon;  Public 
Interest  Research  Group  (PIRG):  Intramural  Basketball 
and  Softball. 

MANNING,  Sheila  D.:  CPA-SGPA;  Political  Science. 

MARTINO,  Ann:  CPA-SGPA;  Political  Science  and 
Economics;  Big  Buddy:  Cheerleader. 


MAZER,  Jody:  CPA-SGPA;  Political  Science. 
MELVIN,  Christopher:  CPA-SGPA:  Political  Science. 

MICCHELLI,  Kevin:  CPA-SGPA;  Political  Science; 
Intramural  Basketball;  Government  Affairs  Committee. 

MILLER,  Lynn:  CPA-SGPA:  Kennedy  Political  Union; 
Vice-President,  International  Floor. 

MILLER,  Rhonda:  CPA-SGPA;  Political  Science; 
OASATAU;  UHURU;  Chi-Wara;  Confederation  Media 
Commission;  Economics  Undergraduate  Council. 

MOGENIS,  Julie  A.:  CPA-SGPA;  Political  Science; 
Womens'  Varsity  Tennis. 

MURPHY,  Elizabeth:  CPA-SGPA;  Government. 

MYHRE,  William  D.:  CPA-SGPA;  Political  Science; 
Vice-President,  College  Democrats;  President,  Young 
Democrats. 

McCarthy,  William  (Jack):  CPA-SGPA;  Political 
Science;  Rugby;  Athletic  Club  Council  3,4;  Student 
Confederation  General  Assembly  4. 

McDonald,  Tom:  CPA-SGPA;  Political  Science; 
Student  Confederation  Board  of  Elections;  Swimming 
Team  1,2;  SGPA  Undergraduate  Council;  American 
University  Committee  on  Faculty  Relations;  Director, 
Undergraduate  Advisory  Committee. 

McKENZIE,  Edward:  CPA-SGPA;  Political  Science; 
Alpha  Epsilon  Pi  Fraternity;  Pi  Sigma  Alpha;  University 
Senate;  Student  Confederation  General  Assembly; 
Chairman.  SC  Finance  Committee. 


McMURRAY,  Scott  Earnest:  CPA-SGPA;  Political 
Science;  Alpha  Epsilon  Pi  Fraternity;  Editor.  Resident 
Housing  Association  EXECUTIVE  MEMO;  Editor, 
Resident  Housing  Association  NEW  STUDENT  RECORD; 

Sailing  Club  1;  Big  Buddy  Tutoring  Program  1;  Executive 
Assistant  to  the  Chairperson  of  the  Student  Union  Board 
1,2;  CPA  Representative  to  the  Student  Confederation 
General  Assembly  2;  Author,  REPORT  ON  CLUB 
FOOTBALL  2;  Club  Football  Steering  Committee  2; 
Reorganized  Composition  of  the  Student  Union  Board 
through  General  Assembly  legislation  2;  Secretary, 
Student  Union  Board  2;  A.U.  College  Republicans 
1,2,3,4;  Volunteer,  G.O.P.  Senatorial  Campaign 
Committee  1;  Co-Chairman  for  Policy  Matters,  Tavern 
Board  3;  University  Senator  3,4;  University  Senate, 
Consumer  Contract  Review  Board  3,4;  University  Senate 
Faculty  Facilities  Committee  4;  Alpha  Epsilon  Pi 
Fraternity;  Pledge  Class  Treasurer  1;  Assistant  Rush 
Chairman  1;  Assistant  Social  Chairman  1;  Secretary  3; 
Life  Member  4;  Alpha  Epsilon  Pi  Representative  to  the 
Interfraternity  Council  (IFC);  IFC  Projects  for  expansion 
and  integrity  2,3;  Candidate  for  Student  Confederation 
President  3;  Associate  Student  Confederation 
Comptroller  3;  Special  Assistant  to  the  Comptroller  — 
Programmatic  Review  and  Oversight  4;  White  House 
Correspondent  for  WAMU  2;  Producer,  The  Joe 
McDonald  Talk  Show  2;  Secretary,  Residence  Hall 
Association  3;  Chairman,  Committee  on  Academic 
Atmosphere  in  the  Dormitories  3;  Member,  University 
Coordinating  Committee  on  Central  Dormitory  Study 
Facilities  3;  President;  Resident  Housing  Association  4; 
Member,  University  Drafting  Committee  for  the  New 
Conduct  Council  4;  Operations  Staff  Member,  White 
House  Council  on  International  Economic  Policy  (CIEP) 
and  Economic  Policy  Board  2,3;  Special  Projects  under 
CIEP  and  the  Economic  Policy  Board:  The  Puerto  Rico 
and  Rambouillet  Economic  Summit  Conferences,  CIEP 
Annual  Reports;  Internship  3;  Staff  Assistant  and 
Legislative  Aide  to  Congressman  Thomas  Corcoran  of 
Illinois  4. 


N 

NASS,  Edward:  CPA-SGPA;  Political  Science;  Alpha 
Epsilon  Pi  Fraternity;  Bowling  Club;  Undergraduate 
Advisory  Committee. 

NUSBLATT.  Richard:  CPA-SGPA;  American 
Government  and  Print  Journalism;  THE  JEWISH  PICKEL. 


o 

OGDEN,  Susan:  CPA-SGPA;  Urban  Affairs. 


PICCONE,  Robert:  CPA-SGPA;  Political  Science;  SGPA 
Council;  Academic  Aide. 

POLLACK,  Andy:  CPA-SGPA:  Political  Science; 
Assistant  Editor,  The  EAGLE;  Editorial  Cartoonist  for  The 
EAGLE. 

POWELL,  Keith:  CPA-SGPA;  Political  Science;  Black 
Student  Union;  College  Democrats;  Big  Buddy. 

PYSER,  David  J.:  CPA-SGPA;  Political  Science  and 
Business  Administration;  The  EAGLE;  Intramural 
Basketball;  Orientation  Committee;  Vice-President, 
Anderson  Hall  2;  President,  Anderson  Hall  3. 


R 

ROETH,  Rebele:  CPA-SGPA;  Criminal  Justice. 

ROSEN,  Max  S.:  CPA-SGPA;  Urban  Affairs;  Desk 
Receptionist;  Ski  Club. 

ROSENFELD,  Mark  Bryan:  CPA-SGPA;  Political 
Science  and  Economics;  "Masterbatters;"  President, 
Terrace  Corporation  4. 


SCHAEFER,  Marc:  CPA-SGPA;  Urban  Affairs  and 
Political  Science;  Alpha  Epsilon  Pi  Fraternity:  Student 
Confederation  Complaints  Bureau;  Intramural  Softball, 
Football;  Curriculum  Committee. 

SCHOFEL,  Stephen:  CPA-SGPA;  Political  Science. 

SHIFRIN,  Debra  S.:  CPA-SGPA;  Political  Science;  Big 
Buddy;  Secretary,  College  Democrats  2,  Pan  Ethnon; 
Hillel;  Thomas  Jefferson  Society  2;  Public  Interest 
Research  Group  (PIRG). 

SINGLETON,  Theresa:  CPA-SGPA;  Political  Science; 
Delta  Sigma  Theta  Sorority;  N.A.A.C.P. 

SPANN,  Deborah:  CPA-SGPA;  Urban  Affairs; 
OASATAU. 

STEIN,  Leonard  J.  (Butch):  CPA-SGPA;  Political 
Science;  Who's  Who  Among  Students  in  American 
Universities  and  Colleges;  Metro  Editor  for  The  EAGLE; 
The  Confederation  Media  Commission;  WAMU;  Student 
Confederation  Comptroller,  1978;  Student  Confederation 
General  Assembly;  Student  Confederation  Executive 
Committee;  Alpha  Epsilon  Pi  Fraternity. 

STEINWEISS,  Paula:  CPA-SGPA;  Political  Science. 


I 


STOLARUK,  Lisa:  CPA-SGPA;  Political  Science; 
Commissioner  of  Academic  Affairs  for  SGPA 
Undergraduate  Council:  Curriculum  Committee. 

SUSSWEIN.  Ronald:  CPA-SGPA;  Political  Science; 
Alpha  Epsilon  Pi  Fraternity;  Pi  Sigma  Alpha; 
Commissioner  of  Publicity.  SGPA  Undergraduate 
Council. 

SVOBODA,  Eva  Marie:  CPA-SGPA;  Political  Science. 

SWARTZ,  Curt  J.:  CPA-SGPA;  Political  Science; 
Vice-President,  Alpha  Epsilon  Pi  Fraternity;  Pi  Sigma 
Alpha;  London  Semester. 


RIBEIRO,  Tony:  CPA-CTA;  Technology  Management. 


w 

WILLIAMS,  Cheryl:  CPA-CTA;  Technology  of 
Management;  OASATAU;  Black  Cuhural  Floor. 


CPA-SIS 


TARNOFSKY,  Randy:  CPA-SGPA;  Political  Science. 

THRIFT,  Diana:  CPA-SGPA;  Political  Science. 

TOMCHIK,  Elaine:  CPA-SGPA:  Political  Science  and 
Urban  Affairs. 


ADAMIYATT,  Ashk:  CPA-SIS;  International  Studies. 

AYALDE,  Liliana:  CPA-SIS;  Language  Area  Studies; 
Latin  American  and  Carribbean  Student  Association. 


VOGELMAN,  Linda  L.:  CPA-SGPA:  Political  Science; 
Secretary,  College  Democrats  2,3;  Public  Interest 
Research  Group  (PIRGJ  Thomas  Jefferson  Society  2,3;  Pan 
Ethnon  1,2,3. 


w 

WARREN,  Lynn:  CPA-SGPA;  Political  Science. 

WEISS,  Randy  A.:  CPA-SPGA;  Political  Science  and 
Administration  of  Justice;  Vice-President.  Mortor  Board; 
College  Democrats;  SGPA  Undergraduate  Council;  Who's 
Who  Among  Students  in  American  Universities  and 
Colleges;  Student  Confederation  General  Assembly  2,3,4; 
Chairman.  SC  Finance  Committee;  SC  Constitutional 
Committee. 

WELKE,  Donna:  CPA-SGPA;  Government. 

WILCOX,  Carolyn  B.:  CPA-SGPA;  Political  Science; 
Intramural  Basketball;  Floor  President. 

WISLER,  Eric:  CPA-SGPA;  Political  Science  and  Urban 
Affairs;  College  Democrats;  Student  Advisor. 


CPA-CTA 


B 

BARNES,  Deborah:  CPA-CTA;  Technology 
Management;  Delta  Sigma  Theta  Sorority. 


B 

BALDONI,  Barbara  L.:  CPA-SIS;  Language  Area 
Studies. 

BARBUTO,  Brenda:  CPA-SIS:  International  Relations; 
Ran  Ethnon. 

BENJAMIN,  Janet:  CPA-SIS;  International  Relations; 
Mortor  Board:  Vice-President,  German  Club; 
Co-Chairperson,  International  Week  3,  TALON  Yearbook 
Business  Staff  3;  Pan  Ethnon. 

BERGER,  Marguerite  S.:  CPA-SIS;  International 
Studies  and  Economics;  Mortor  Board. 

BERLINER,  Paula:  CPA-SIS;  International  Relations; 
Phi  Alpha  Theta. 

BERNSTEIN,  Alfred:  CPA-SIS;  International  Relations. 

BERTUSSI,  Anne:  CPA-SIS:  Spanish  and  Latin 
American  Studies;  Pi  Sigma  Alpha;  Manager,  Club 
Football  1,2,3;  Intramural  Basketball;  Student 
Confederation  General  Assembly  2;  Dorm  President. 

BIGGINS,  Meg:  CPA-SIS;  International  Relations. 

BLIVEN,  Neal  W.:  CPA-SIS;  International  Studies:  Pi 
Sigma  Alpha;  Rugby. 

BRANT,  Leslie:  CPA-SIS;  Spanish  and  Latin  American 
Studies;  Bowling;  Dorm  Council  3:  President,  Anderson 
Dorm  4. 

BURUNAT,  Luis  R.:  CPA-SIS:  International  Studies. 


K 

KELLY,  Duke  A.:  CPA-CTA;  Computer  Technology. 


R 


CALLAWAY,  William:  CPA-SIS;  International 
Relations  and  Latin  American  Studies:  Pi  Sigma  Alpha. 

CARTAFALSA,  John:  CPA-SIS;  International  Studies; 
Alpha  Epsilon  Pi  Fraternity. 

CHAROENPHOOL,  Suphanika:  CPA-SIS;  International 
Relations  and  Economics;  Pi  Sigma  Alpha. 


185 


CORDA,  Mark:  CPA-SIS;  International  Relations. 


D 

DAVIS,  Adrienne  P.:  CPA-SIS:  International  Relations; 
Womens'  Basketball  4;  Pan  Ethnon. 

DIAMOND,  Deborah  C:  CPA-SIS;  International 
Relations;  Pi  Sigma  Alpha;  Sailing  Club;  Pan  Ethnon. 

DRY,  Andrew:  CPA-SIS;  International  Relations;  Pi 
Sigma  Alpha;  Intramural  Basketball  1,2:  Pan  Ethnon 
1,2,4;  College  Democrats  1.2;  Student  Confederation 
Board  of  Elections  4;  Debate  Club  4. 

DURNA,  George:  CPA-SIS;  Language  Area  Studies, 
International  Relations  and  Performing  Arts;  Lysistrata. 


GOMEZ,  Fernando  P.:  CPA-SIS;  International 
Relations. 

GOODMAN,  Mary:  CPA-SIS;  Latin  American  Studies; 
Pi  Sigma  Alpha:  TALON  Yearbook:  Field  Hockey:  Pan 
Ethnon;  SIS  Undergraduate  Cabinet:  Marketing  Club;  Ski 
Club;  Student  Confederation  Bus;  Society  for 
International  Development. 


H 

HABER,  Mark:  CPA-SIS;  International  Studies. 

HENDERSON,  Laura:  CPA-SIS:  Language  Area 
Studies. 

HEPBURN,  Vanessa:  CPA-SIS;  International  Relations. 

HERRERA,  Carlos:  CPA-SIS;  Economics:  Karate  Club. 


K 

KAUFFMAN,  Barbara:  CPA-SIS;  International  Studies 
and  Anthropology:  Pi  Sigma  Alpha;  Mortor  Board; 
Publicity  Chairperson  —  International  Week. 

KOLODY,  Steve:  CPA-SIS;  International  Relations. 


MILBOURNE,  Paula:  CPA-SIS;  International  Studies; 
Alpha  Kappa  Alpha  Sorority;  OASATAU;  SIS 
Undergraduate  Cabinet;  Pan  Ethnon:  A.U.  Food  Co-op. 

MILLER,  Jeffery:  CPA-SIS:  International  Relations  and 
Economics:  A.U.  Record  Co-op. 

MITTLER,  Abbe  H.:  CPA-SIS;  International  Studies; 
Delta  Gamma  Sorority:  Pan  Ethnon. 

MONTGOMERY,  Carter;  CPA-SIS;  International 
Relations. 

MORRILL,  Eileen:  CPA-SIS:  International  Studies  and 
Marketing. 

MULLER,  Suzanne:  CPA-SIS;  International  Studies. 


o 


OLENS,  Samuel  S.:  CPA-SIS;  International  Studies  and 
Economics:  Vice-President,  McDowell  2;  Faculty 
Relations  Committee;  SIS  Undergraduate  Cabinet; 
WAMU-AM. 


PALIEN,  John  M.:  CPA-SIS;  International  Studies: 
Intramurals. 

PHILLIPS,  Pamela:  CPA-SIS:  International  Relations 
and  Economics;  Pi  Alpha  Alpha;  Pi  Sigma  Alpha;  Phi 
Theta  Kappa:  Student  Confederation  Board  of  Elections; 
Food  Service  Committee;  A.U.  Womens'  Newsletter; 
Vice-President:  SIS  Undergraduate  Cabinet:  Pan  Ethnon; 
Resident  Advisor:  Thomas  Jefferson  Society. 


R 

RAHNAVARD,  Massoud:  CPA-SIS:  International 
Studies  and  Political  Science. 

REBECK,  Maria:  CPA-SIS:  International  Relations  and 
Economics;  A.U.  Chorale:  Tour  Guide:  College 
Republicans. 

ROBERTS,  Catherine:  CPA-SIS;  International 
Relations;  Pan  Ethnon:  College  Democrats. 

ROMANOWSKI,  Renee:  CPA-SIS:  International 
Relations  and  Marketing. 

RYAN,  Lucy  S.:  CPA-SIS;  International  Relations;  SIS 
Undergraduate  Cabinet;  Vice-President,  Pan  Ethnon. 


LATT,  Daniel:  CPA-SIS;  International  Relations. 

LIMPOUCH,  Teresa:  CPA-SIS;  International  Relations 
and  Latin  American  Studies. 


M 

MASTERS,  Mark  A.:  CPA-SIS;  International  Relations; 
Pi  Sigma  Alpha;  Intramural  Basketball  and  Softball  3,4; 
Sailing  Club;  Pan  Ethnon. 

MAYER,  Sonda  L.:  CPA-SIS;  International  Relations; 
President,  Phi  Sigma  Sigma  Sorority;  Treasurer,  SIS: 
Chairperson,  Undergraduate  Elections  Committee;  Pan 
Ethnon;  Committee  on  Womens'  Affairs. 


SARGENT,  Mark  K.:  CPA-SIS:  Spanish  and  Latin 
American  Studies:  Alpha  Sigma  Phi  Fraternity:  College 
Republicans:  Pan  Ethnon. 

SCHEEREN,  Susan  M.:  CPA-SIS;  International 
Relations  and  Economics;  Delta  Gamma  Sorority:  Pi 
Sigma  Alpha;  College  Republicans;  Pan  Ethnon. 

SMITH,  Bradley:  CPA-SIS;  International  Relations  and 

Public  Administration;  President  of  the  American 
University  Student  Confederation,  1978;  Vice-President, 
Student  Confederation,  1977;  President,  Letts  Hall;  SGPA 
Undergraduate  Council;  Resident  Advisor. 


SMITH,  Brenda:  CPA-SIS;  International  Relations  and 
Economics;  Pi  Sigma  Alpha. 

SOXMAN,  Kirk:  CPA-SIS;  International  Studies  and 
Marketing;  Alpha  Epsilon  Pi  Fraternity;  Director.  Student 
Confederation  Board  of  Elections;  Big  Buddy;  Pan 
Ethnon. 

STEIN,  Jill:  CPA-SIS;  International  Relations. 


TAYLOR,  Stephen:  CPA-SIS;  International  Studies; 
Intramural  Softball;  SIS  Model  United  Nations;  A.U. 
Chorale;  Opera  Workshop;  Society  for  International 
Development. 

TEJERA,  Alina  M.:  CPA-SIS;  Latin  American  Studies. 
Language  Area  Studies  and  Art  History;  Delta  Gamma 
Sorority. 


V 

VALDEZ,  Robert:  CPA-SIS;  International  Studies. 


w 

WARD,  Judy:  CPA-SIS;  International  Relations. 

WEISS,  Michael:  CPA-SIS;  International  Relations  and 
Economics;  Student  Advisor. 

WILSON,  Doug:  CPA-SIS;  International  Studies. 

WYATT,  Jacqueline  D.:  CPA-SIS;  Latin  America,  Area 
Studies  and  Spanish;  Delta  Gamma  Theta;  Resident 
Advisor;  N.A.A.C.P.,  Chi-Wara,  Volleyball,  Basketball 
and  Bowling. 


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Dear  Graduate  and  Reader, 

What  you  are  now  reading  is,  so  to 
speak,  the  beginning  of  the  end  of  this, 
your  1978  edition  of  The  American 
University  TALON,  the  final  chapter 
before  this  edition  comes,  as  all  things, 
good,  as  well  as  bad  must,  to  an  end. 

It  is  also  where  I  finally  have  a 
chance  to  communicate  to  you  my 
feelings  about  this  edition  of  the 
TALON,  my  involvement  with  it  and 
the  year  gone  by  in  general. 

First,  editing  and  publishing  your 
1978  TALON,  has  been  both  a  pleasure 
and  a  "Paine"  (as  in  Thomas  Paine). 
There  was  many  a  time  (more  often 
than  I  care  to  admit)  when  as  far  as  I 
was  concerned,  this  edition  of  TALON 
could  burn  in  the  deepest  pit  of  Hades. 

Times  like  these,  I  am  happy  to  say, 
passed  rather  quickly  because  the 
commitments  I  had  made  to  you  kept 
me  working  on  your  TALON  even 
though  there  were  serious  problems 
dogging  the  heels  of  the  TALON  from 
the  very  beginning. 

Actually,  there  were  two  things  that 
kept  me  working  to  finish  your 
TALON:  the  first  was  a  commitment  I 
made  to  you,  dear  reader,  back  in 
March  of  1977  when  I  was  selected  as 
the  new  editor-in-chief  of  the  TALON 
by  the  Student  Confederation  Media 
Commission  .   .   . 

I  made  a  promise  to  publish  the  best 
damned  TALON  that  The  American 
University  ever  had  because  you,  the 
student,  deserved  the  very  best  job  that 
I  could  do  and  nothing  less! 

Secondly,  there  was  the  fact  that  you 
had  trusted  me  to  do  a  job  that  would 
mean  more  and  more  to  you  in  the  years 
to  come.  There  was,  and  still  is,  no  way 
that  I  could  have,  in  good  conscience, 
let  you  down. 

But  before  I  go  on,  there  are  a  few 
people  who  I  would  like  to  show  my 
appreciation  to,  and  to  thank  them  for 
all  the  help  and  support  that  they  have 
given  me,  now  and  in  the  past,  and  in 
doing  so,  have  been  responsible,  in  one 
way  or  another  for  helping  me  to 
successfully  fulfill  my  pledge  to 
successfully  complete  your  1978 
TALON. 

Some  of  these  fine  people  never 
worked  on  the  TALON,  but  their 
support  meant  a  very  great  deal. 

To  Student  Confederation 
Comptroller  Leonard  J.  "Butch"  Stein: 
For  all  your  support,  advice  and 
understanding  the  difficult  position 
and  circumstances  the  TALON  and  I 
sometimes  found  ourselves  in.  Many 
Thanks. 


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Time, 

Like  the  melting  snow 

Of  yesterday, 

Is  flowing  silently  away 

To  join  the  hazy,  grey 

Shadow  seas  of  our  yesterdays. 

Our  college  days 
Now  past; 

We  go  on  to  another  day, 
To  our  future 
Wherever  it  may  lie. 

But  no  matter  where  we  may  roam 
We  once  called  dear  A.U.  home; 
And  she  will  always  be 
Burning  bright  in  our  memory 
Until  our  dying  day. 

It  is  so  very  hard  to  say  good-bye 

To  you,  my  dear  friend 

When  I  truely  believe  the  good  times 

Outweigh  the  bad. 

So  remember  me 

And  all  the  good  times  we  had. 


The  following  companies  were  directly  involved  with  the  production  of  the  1978  TALON. 

All  printing,  binding  and  final  in-plont  production  services  for  the  1978  TALON  were  done  by: 


HUNTER 

PUBLISHING 

COMPANY 


HUNTER  PUBLISHING  COMPANY 

2475  South  Stratford  Road 

Post  Office  Box  5867 

Winston-Salem,  North  Carolina  27013 

Customer  service  (toll  free)  —  Telephone  (800)  334-1988 

Local  company  service  representative:  Mr.  John  Bailey 


Senior  portroits  for  the  1978  TALON  were  done  by; 


^'CDe^^^'ta^   ^ijuubjTA 


INC. 


DELMA  STUDIOS,  INC. 

937  Pershing  Drive 

Silver  Spring,  Maryland  20910 

Telephone  (301)  585-5994 

Company  service  representative:  Mr.  Daniel  Webster 


All  custom  color  photographic  processing  and  printing,  except  for  senior  portraits,  in  the  1978 
TALON  were  done  in  the  Atlantic  Offices  and  Laboratories  of: 


MEISEL  PHOTOCHROME  CORPORATION 


CORPORATE  OFFICES 

9171   King  Arthur 
Post  Office  Box  22149 
Dallas,  Texas  75222 
Telephone  (214)  637-0171 


ATLANTA  OFFICES  AND  LABS 

325  Great  Southwest  Parkway 

Post  Office  Box  4002 

Atlanta,  Georgia  30302 

Customer  Service  —  Telephone  (404)  691 


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All  About  Alligators  and  Other  Critters*  Continued 

To  Student  Confederation  Associate  Comptroller  Ken 
Eisenberg:  For  your  sage  advice  and  help  behind  the 
scenes;  many,  many  thanks. 

To  Student  Confederation  Secretary  Diana  Downey: 
Thanks  for  listening  and  understanding  TALON's  varied 
problems  and  for  getting  our  ads  into  EAGLE  at  the  last 
minute. 

To  Lamott  K.  "Smitty"  Smith  and  Keith  McKenzie: 
who  at  one  time  or  another  did  fine  jobs  as  TALON's 
representatives  to  the  Confederation  Media  Commission. 
Thanks  a  million  guys. 

To  Joe  Fowler,  ex-Station  Manager  of  WAMU-AM,  who 
helped  me  fight  for  TALON  when  times  were  the 
roughest.  Thanks  for  your  help  and  understanding  and 
good  luck  with  your  new  sportscaster's  position  down  in 
Texas. 

To  howlin',  prowlin'  Jon  Krongard  of  the  Student 
Confederation  General  Assembly:  thanks  for  your  advice, 
support  and  for  just  shootin'  the  breeze  with  me  once  in  a 
while. 

To  Bob  Bradicich,  good  ol'  B.J.B.:  Many  thanks  for  your 
support  and  friendship. 

And  the  same  goes  for  you  too  Skip  Lane! 

And  now  there  is  a  group  of  very  special  people  that  we 
all  owe  a  deep  debt  of  gratitude  to.  They  are  the  real  die 
hards  of  the  1978  TALON  Staff,  who,  dispite  great 
obstacles  and  pressures  to  quit  TALON,  hung  in  there  for 


as  long  as  they  could. 

Richard  Alan  "Rick"  Rubens;  Business  Manager  and 
Photographer:  a  great  guy,  a  great  friend  and  a  fine 
Fraternity  Brother.  Your  work  and  support  helped  more 
than  you  know. 

Your  photography  is  real  good  and  you  did  an 
excellent  job  as  Business  Manager.  Thanks  for  sticking  it 
out  until  the  end  of  your  stay  here  at  A.U.  You  were  the 
best  friend  a  man  could  ask  for  and  "Wick,"  stay  in  touch, 
huh! 

Mark  Goldstein;  Photographer:  an  excellent 
photographer  and  a  great  guy.  You  always  managed  to 
see  the  bright  side,  even  when  people  said  there  wasn't 
one. 

Steven  Bornn;  Photographer:  a  great  guy  who  managed 
to  see,  and  photograph,  A.U.  in  a  way  that  really  brought 
out  the  beauty  of  our  alma  matar. 

Sanford  "Sandy"  Cowen;  Photographer:  Thanks  for  all 
your  good  work.  It  was  a  pleasure  to  work  with  you. 

Robert  "Brother  Dominic"  Braff:  a  great  friend,  a 
special  thank  you  for  a  special  bit  of  help.  Keep  On 
Truckin'  there  "Little  Bro!" 

Lee  Stewart  "Mushmouse"  McKenna  Carter;  Special 
Assistant  to  the  Editor:  you're  quite  a  Lady,  you  know 
that?  Thanks  for  all  the  love,  support  and  extra  work. 

Thanks  also  for  doing  all  the  tedious  "go-fer"  jobs  for 
TALON  and  myself  that  I  couldn't  con  anyone  else  into 


doing  or  that  I  couldn't  do  myself  because  I  was  trying  to 
get  three  other  things  done  at  the  same  time. 

To  Micheal  Gibson,  Alf  Horrocks  and  John  Furgeson, 
the  long  suffering  guys  down  in  the  A.U.  Purchasing 
Office.  Many  thanks  for  all  your  help. 

To  John  Bailey,  the  even  longer  suffering  company 
representative  for  Hunter  Publishing  Company.  Thanks 
for  all  your  help  and  advice. 

And  thanks  also  to  Daniel  Webster  of  Delma  Studios 
who  handled  all  the  arrangements  for  the  1978  TALON's 
Senior  Portraits. 

To  "Willie",  Delma's  senior  portrait  photographer, 
thanks  for  the  fine  work  you  did  and  for  being  so  patient 
during  those  long  weeks  of  work  in  the  office. 

And  finally  to  everyone  whose  name  that,  for  one 
reason  or  another,  I  have  forgotten  to  mention,  please 
accept  my  sincerest  apologies.  A  lot  of  fine  people  helped 
TALON  in  small,  but  vital  ways. 

I  thank  each  and  everyone  of  you. 

As  for  me?  Well  now  that,  for  the  most  part,  the 
TALON  is  finished  and  my  involvement  almost  over  and 
this,  the  final  chapter,  is  almost  finished  and  about  to  be 
shipped  to  the  printer,  there  is  a  feeling  of  relief.  There 
were  many  times  when  TALON  felt  like  the  "Sword  of 
Damocles"  hanging  over  my  head,  it  won't  be  missed. 

Another  thing  I  will  not  miss;  the  clock  on  my 
bookshelf  tells  me  it's  4:21  a.m.  During  the  editing  of  the 
TALON,  I've  seen  far  too  many  early  morning  hours. 

Producing  the  TALON  has  not  been  easy.  It  has  meant 
many  sacrifices  and  missed  opportunities,  hardship  and 
grief,  not  only  for  myself,  but  also  for  those  friends  who 
stuck  it  out  with  me  to  the  end.  One,  Lee  is  yelling  that  I 
should  go  to  bed  as  I'll  never  be  able  to  get  up  for  work. 
I'll  never  be  able  to  anyway  so  I'll  just  stay  up  all  night 
.  .   .  again. 

But  there  is  also  a  great  sense  of  accomplishment  in 
successfully  completing  the  1978  TALON. 

The  circumstances  surrounding  the  1978  TALON  were 
poor  at  best.  From  the  very  start,  the  TALON  was  beset 
with  severe  problems.  The  Student  Confederation  found 
itself  short  of  money  so  it  was  decreed  that  the  TALON 
would  no  longer  be  free,  and  that  was  just  the  start.  The 
financial  problem  was  soon  compounded  by  political  and 
other  various  problems.  By  early  November,  because  of 
these  problems,  the  TALON  had  lost  all  its  production 
and  all  but  two  of  its  photography  staff. 

Due  to  these  problems,  work  on  the  TALON  grounded 
to  a  halt  until  most  of  the  problems  were  sorted  out  and 
work  could  start  again.  Unfortunately  that  took  several 
months  and  by  then,  there  were  only  two  people  working 
for  the  TALON  "full  time"  and  two  photographers  part 
time  and  even  this  wasn't  to  last  long,  when  the  end  came 
and  I  was  putting  the  finishing  touches  on  the  TALON, 
only  Lee  and  I  were  there. 

In  many  ways  the  editing  of  the  TALON  has  been  a 
loneliness  and  blind  determination. 

More  than  once  in  my  elongated  term  as  editor,  many, 
many  of  my  friends  have  told  me  that  I  was  nuts  to  keep 
trying  to  beat,  what  they  saw  as  very  long  odds  that  I 
would  complete  TALON. 

I  started  hearing  these  things  when  I  returned  to 
American  University  in  the  late  summer  when  the 
short-fall  in  S.C.  funds  was  confirmed  and  I  have  heard  it 
ever  since  then. 

My  answer  has  always  been  that  the  TALON  was  my 
responsibility  and  that,  come  hell  and  high  water,  I     ,_^ 


would  finish  the  TALON,  and  with  a  little  help  from  my 
friends,  it  got  done. 

As  I  write  the  final  paragraphs,  I  am  looking  to  a  few 
days  of  vacation  during  which  I  can  relax  and  try  to  get 
my  life  back  into  a  somewhat  normal  pattern  now  that  the 
TALON  is  done. 

Doing  the  TALON  has  been  an  experience  I  will  never 
forget  and  one,  that  I  hope,  I  shall  not  want  to  repeat  but 
one  that  I  wouldn't  have  missed  for  the  world. 

It  has  been  a  year  in  which  my  life  has  been  radically 
changed,  partially  due  to  my  involvement  with  the  S.C. 
and  the  TALON. 

But  maybe  the  biggest  thing  that  changed  in  my  life 
was  that  I  started  as  a  single  editor  and  left  a  very  married 
one. 

I  have  known  Lee  for  just  over  two  years  now  and  we 
were  married  on  November  2,  1978.  Lee  started  working 
with  me  on  the  1977  TALON  about  two  months  after  we 
began  going  together  and  she  has  been  working  at  my 
side  ever  since.  Without  her  strength  and  faith  I  would 
not  have  made  it. 

Live  Long,  Prosper  and  Be  Happy,  Always 


Yours  Truly, 


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Craig     William     Carter, 

Editor-in-Chief  of  the  1978 
Edition  of  The  American 
University's  Yearbook; 
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