Page Six SCARLET AND BLACK Friday, February 5, mo Senate Appoints New Committee Bureaucratic Octopus Flourishes by Tom Greenfield Greg Vranicar launched a thirty minute hoopla about student power last Tuesday when he denied the much accepted notion that the student power push of last semester had died with Steve Schwartz’s grade point. While perceptively acknowledging that students seemed apathetic toward the student power issue, (why should this issue be different?) he forces fully asserted his own interest inthe student steering committee negotiations, and requested that the Senate find out what has been happening in the meetings, Andy Loewi and Phil Mears defended the closed meeting of the steering committee and Mr. Betts’ faculty committee. (“They have been hacking out things for quite a while and it Will waste time to go back and explain things over and over again to new people sitting in.”) However, the Senate decided to assign Jim Lew and Frank Thomas to attend the meetings and report back to the Senate. The student power discussion grew out of a Senate report on its recent dinner With President Leggett. At the dinner, Dr. Leggett announced to the Senate that Dean Kimbo will take over as Dean of Students next year. The Senate announced to Dr. Leggett that they were ”ticked” at the administration for not allowmg students to participate in the selection of Mrs. Low’s replacement. When Dr. Leggett assured the senators that the students would participate in the selection of the assistant dean, the students stated that they were not'sure that they even wanted an assistant dean per se. Con~ sidering the fact that Saga was serving chicken and mushroom sauce that night, one can only surmise that it was a fairly depressing dinner all the way around. In response to the procedure of Dean Kimbo’s selection, (The Senate was careful to note that they were raising no objections to Mr. Kimbo personally or professionally) the Senate issued an “offical protest” on the matter and urged the students on the student affairs committee to start working on a system which would allow students to par ticipate in the “decision making process“ of the Dean's Office. Andy Brill announced that he is looking for a poobplaying biologist With a knowledge of lewd stories and Hebrew to fill a vacancy on the finance cunb mittee. The position is open to allstudents. In a surprise move, Frank Thomas announced that as of 3: 00 yesterday, no posters could be placed on the library walls or doorways Without Mr. Alden's approval. Although Frank in- sisted that the.rationale for this rule was that posters harm the “aestheticbeautyofthelibrary,” nobody believedhim. Moving from the ridiculous to the sublime, Frank called on students to register their ar- ticulate gripes about the foreign language requirement with his office, so the SGA can “do something about it." (the Crowd roared.) Further discussion led to a motion to take an already established committee of students concerned with the problem and make them (drum roll) AN OFFICIAL COMV MITTEE OF THE STUDENT SENATE WITH ALL THE OF- FICIAL POWERS AND PRIVILEGES AND PRESTIGE. Drunk with its own power, the Senate took the student com- mittees on grades, residents halls, freshman curriculum, and counseling and rendered them all official committee of the Senate Jayne West then proposed that the Senate create three new committees, thereby bringing the total to 1649. Jayne said that this figure represented a new ACM record and that the money gained from this prestige would help defray the cost of the Physical Education complex. Alter ap- proving a committee on residence halls, health center, and (get this) the student hand- book, everybody went home. Youth in America is not euthanasia. —’|'im Purges Kramer Jewelry Student Reviews Admissions Promotion Film The new film Griniicll recently released by the Admissions Department nicely serves the purpose of recruiting new students. The iilm presents all that one would expect of a college public relations effort 7 smiling faces, earnest' eyes, industrious students, dedicated teachers, a busy and happy campus. Aiter a rather pretentious beginning of the Star Spangled Banner, the Vietnam War, and Riots in the Street, the film settles down to describing the advantages ,of a liberal arts college. Classified as the same type of school as Porno» na, Swarthmore, and Oberlin, Grinnell is presented as a socially liberal, politically active, and academically flexible institution whose primary goal is the development of the proverbial “wellsrounded personality.” Students who are “eager to test their ideas" are encouraged to come. The ideals of change, growth, and (almost) enlighten ment are suggested. And over and over again the necessity for “involvement" in the social and academic environment of the College is stressed. Grinnell College in the eyes of a potential student must seem an attractive challenge. The many remarkably un- staged episodes of the movie exhibit most aspects of college life. Classes, of course. get their share oftilm coverage. The many scenes of Central Campus and the Forum suggest a friendly and relaxed atmosphere. Music, dance, and art serve to em- phasize the creative element of education, Dormitory existence is embodied in lounge parties and cozy bedroom chats. By pres senting a section on student government, the film introduces by Peggy Morrison the concept of student respon- sibility in dectsion making. “Drugs, free sex, and drinking” become symbols oi a new and unexplored world of personal freedoms to be found on the Grin- nell campus Jesse Fuller and B. E, King represent the tormal social activity of the college. Two surprises arise in the film. First, the shots of the lowa countryside are amazingly attractive, and second. Grinnell’s relatively small athletic department becomes an asset to the college’s scholastic reputation, Even the problems of civil rights, racism, radicalism, and student unrest are touched upon. No one could accuse this film of not showing the view of almost every type of usual college activity. 15 it an “honest” film? Does it accurately portray the atti- tudes of students, faculty, and TURNEki cont. from page 1 Mr. Turner would tell a group of women just that, were he so inclined. Certainly, Mr. Turner is not a clever semanticist and would never risk employing tact in lieu of trenchant commentary. Naturally l inquired into the Turneresque interpretation of factual events surrounding the involvement at the Attorney General's office in file Grinnell ailairs of last year, le. nudesin and Pterodactyl. Few on this campus are unaware of the issues and general substance of these administrators? Does it convey the various kinds of experiences at Grinnell" Perhaps. At least, as far as any public relations film could ever be honest or accurate, this film is both. The benefits of the smallness of the school are voiced repeatedly. Even the advantages of being located in Iowa receive much attention. However, there are some things missing, There are no “freaks," there are no unbeautilul, un- diligent people. While there is great importance accorded to the demands students may make upon professors. little is actually said about changing curriculum. Most of all, there is an expected lack of anguish, of nonssuccess, of failure. Life comes too easily in the movie. The film conveys only a very pleasant and sometimes amusing picture of me“goodness"oflife at Grinnell. cases. Mr. Turner claimed however, that he neither i vestigated the nudein nor seized the Pterodactyl. Supposing that the Attorney General's profound legal mind had discerned these facts from the maze of con- troverting opinion held by nearly everyone else, i sought the eternal truth, apparently known only to Mr. Turner. Said he, the county attorney is the wicked sorcerer who prosecuted those beautiful bodies. not me. Then why were your henchmen ins cunt, on page 1 WOULD YOU LIKE TO BECOME A MINISTER? ORDINATION is without question and for life. LEGAL in all 50 stale: and most foreign countries. 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