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university of portland Portland, Oregon 97203
Volume 83,
Number 25
April 1, 1982
Liddy amazes crowd with humor, experience
by Joe Daltoso
Staff Writer
Renowned Watergate
political figure G. Gordon
Liddy spoke to a near capaci¬
ty crowd Tuesday night at
Howard Hall on the U of P
campus. Liddy spoke and
answered questions on the
topic “Government, Percep¬
tion or Reality.” With a
biting wit and years of
Washington “inside” ex¬
perience, Liddy 's perception
made for a very interesting
three hours.
After a brief introduction
by Associated Students of the
University of Portland Presi¬
dent Tim Callicrate, Liddy
started in on the “illusionary
visions” which he feels the
American public seems to
have about their government
and the world around them.
His first area of concern was
military preparedness. He
feels that there will be a
return to the draft as the all¬
volunteer army is not work¬
ing. Liddy often referred to
the Soviet Union as our
“enemy” and outlined to the
crowd just how far advanced
they are in military activities.
According to Liddy, America
is being perceived as a “little
old lady” by the rest of the
world in terms of military fire
For president
power. telligence Agency and
Another major area of con- Federal Bureau of Investiga-
cern to Liddy is the recent tion. Liddy, a one time FBI
shakedown of our intelligence agent himself, believes that
bureaus, the Central In- “a nation’s spies are its eyes
and ears to the world” and
felt in today’s world it is
something that should be en¬
couraged and not eliminated.
Liddy then went one step fur-
“COUNTRY LIVING” sing these per¬
formers in last weekend’s Hawaiian Club
presentation, “Voices Across the Pacific.”
Photo by Moby Oliver
They are, left to right, Steve Chung, Cindy
Kawamoto, Randy Chang, Glen Kusaka, Gar¬
ret Saiki and Jeanne Miyamoto.
Committee narrows candidates to five
The University of Portland
Presidential Search Commit¬
tee met on March 15 and nar¬
rowed a list of candidates
from the Holy Cross Com¬
munity from 10 applicants to
five.
The candidates chosen by
the committee are, in
alphabetical order, Rev.
Richard Berg, Rev. Thomas
Oddo, Rev. David Schlaver,
Rev. Charles Sherrer, and
Rev. James Watzke.
Fr. Berg is the only can¬
didate that is presently
employed by the University
of Portland. He currently
holds the position of College
of Arts and Sciences dean and
was religious superior of the
Holy Cross Community in
Oregon from 1974-78. Fr.
Berg has a Ph.D. in
psychology from the Univer¬
sity of Portland.
Fr. Oddo is presently an
associate professor and chair¬
man of the department of
religious studies at Stonehill
College in North Easton,
Mass. He also holds a Ph.D.
in Christian theology from
Harvard.
Fr. Schlaver has a Ph.D. in
higher education from the
University of Michigan, and
currently is director of cam¬
pus ministry at the Universi¬
ty of Notre Dame. He was
also vice president of Notre
Dame College in Dacca,
Bangladesh from 1979-81.
Fr. Sherrer was president of
King's College in Wilkes-
Barre, Penn, from 1974-81.
His affiliation with the
University of Portland was
from 1969-74 when he was an
associate professor in the
department of English. He
has a Ph.D. in English from
the University of North
Carolina.
Fr. Watzke is currently a
registered psychologist in the
state of Illinois working as a
consultant to several
dioceses. He was director of
the Day Hospital Program in
Chicago from 1973-79. He
holds a Ph.D. from Harvard
in sociology.
According to Dr. Robert
Albright, secretary of the
search committee, the stu¬
dent leaders, particularly the
Associated Students of the
University of Portland,
should organize a group of
students to voice input
toward the selection of the
president. Solicitation of
ideas can be voiced to
Albright, who is a professor
of engineering at the Univer¬
sity of Portland, or Lawrence
Rockwood at Electro Scien¬
tific Industries in Portland,
Ore.
ther and wholeheartedly
recommended that
clandestine operations, such
as disposing foreign leaders
who pose a threat to
America’s security, be used
when ever deemed necessary,
as was once the policy. He
sighted Iran as a prime exam¬
ple of American ineptness in
in telligence matters.
Also in his speech, Liddy
talked about balancing the
national budget and the
American correctional system
for criminals. The 52 year old
Liddy considered himself
some what of an expert on
prisons as he has spent time
in nine different ones while
serving time for his
Watergate conviction in 1973.
Liddy also had several com¬
ments on former Judge John
J. Sirica, his trial judge in the
Watergate proceedings. He
accused Judge Sirica of being
“hypocritical” and covering
up trial documents to make
himself look better.
During a lively question
and answer session, Liddy
praised our current President,
Ronald Reagan. “If we would
let him (Reagan) work on he
problems, he might be able to
solve them.” Liddy however
had stinging criticisms of
former President Jimmy
Carter, who he felt
destroyed military operations
and all but wiped out the U S
intelligence network, and
newspaper columnist Jack
Anderson, whom at one time
he had suggested be
eliminated for national securi¬
ty reasons.
News shorts
Art show features Dente
One of the events that will
take place on campus in con¬
junction with the forthcom¬
ing outdoor sculpture show is
a sculpture demonstration by
fine arts faculty member
Michael Dente.
Friday, April 16, from noon
until about 2:30 p.m. Dente
will do two pieces in clay: a
head (either man or woman
models), and a figure (woman
model). The finished pieces
will become part of the
University’s permanent art
collection.
The Office of Cultural Pro¬
grams invites any U of P stu¬
dent who would like to serve
as a model for this demonstra¬
tion on April 16 to submit
his/her name to the recep¬
tionist in Student Services by
April 13.
The drawing of the two
names will be done at noon on
April 14, in conjunction with
sculpture show events.
Tickets
April 2 is the last day to
pick up commencement
tickets. Beginning April 5, all
remaining tickets will be ran¬
domly distributed to those on
the waiting list. Pick up your
tickets in the Office of Stu¬
dent Services in BC 161.
Book sale
The Spring book sale by the
library will be happening dur¬
ing the week of April 5-9. This
sale will be held in the
Buckley Room of the Library,
and will be open 9 a.m. to
noon, and 1-4 p.m. daily. THe
morning hours are open to the
University studnets, staff,
and faculty, and identifica¬
tion is required. The after¬
noon hours are open to
everyone. Prices are as
follows: $1 per book Mon., 50
cents on Tues., 25 cents on
Wed., 10 cents on Thurs. and
free on Friday.
Board
A campus bulletin board
was accepted by the student
senate at Monday’s meeting.
The board was purchased for
a price of $300.
The board will probably be
located in the Buckley Center
Foyer but, according to Jim
Kane, publications adviser,
the location is still not finaliz¬
ed.
Current events will be
posted on the board, and
changed after every Sunday,
says Senate President
Dimitri Vareldzis.
