Wednesday, September 2, 1970

THE MICHIGAN DAILY

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Wednesday, September 2, 1 970 THE MICHIGAN DAILY

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UAC: A

changing image?


By EDWARD ZIMMERMAN
UAC is changing its image.
In response to many criticisms
of its past programs, the Uni-
versity Activities Center (UAC)
is working to erase the reputa-
tion it has earned of being a
"social club," and is striving to
become a more relevant organ-
ization in terms of stud. nts'
intellectual and cultural needs.
UAC is a student-manned or-
ganization which sponsors many
of the entertainment and extra-
curricular activities on campus
each year. A year ago, it was
being criticized for sponsoring
such "establishment" people as
Johnny Carson, Bill Cosby, and
Dionne Warwick.
But the UAC agenda has
changed , considerably. Among
.the speakers and entertainers
sponsored last year were poiit.-
ical satirist Al Capp, Sen. Ge-
orge McGovern, Sen. Edmund
Muskie, William Buckley, Laura
Nyro, Richie Havens, and Bloody
Sweat and Tears.
* A creative Arts Festival in-
cluded the Louis Falco Dancers
and author of Look Homeward
Angel, Thomas Wolfe, and a
Jazz Festival was also presented,
featuring Miles Davis and Ca n-
nonball Adderly.
This year, scheduled speakers
include Chicago 7 lawyer Wil..
liam Kunstler and Reveiend
Jesse Jackson, head of Chi-
cago's Operation Breadbasket.
UAC president James Sandler.
71 LSA, says UAC is trying to
broaden its spectrum and get
away from just the straight and
conventional.
The UAC year centers around,
major social weekends, Home-
coming and Michigras. Home-
coming includes the football
game, a parade with floats,
alumni. events, a major artist
concert, and other programs.
S .Michigras is a similar event in
the spring which features a skit
night.
Homecoming has been a sur-
prising source of controversy.
The Homecoming Central Com-
mittee last year decided to drop

the queen contest. In fact the
reaction has been favorable,"
Sandier said.
UAC has about fifteen staff
committees concerned w i t h
overall operations. It also has
coordinating committees f o r
Homecoming, Michigras, Soph
Show, and Musket.
Soph Show is a UAC-sponsor-
ed th e a t rica performance,
usually a musical comedy, per-
formed and produced by soph-
omores.
MUSKET stands for Michigan
Union Show and Ko-eds Too
and is a musical production
open to all students.
UAC is entirely student-fi-
nanced and student-run. The
organization receives an alloca-
tion from the Michigan Union's
share of student fees of 50 cents
per semester for each enrolled
student.
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the three-year-old homecoming
queen contest.
Sandler, said the decision not
to elect a queen was made pri-
marily because of a general lack
of inte est in the contest.
"A Homecoming queen doesn't
have a place on this campus,"
said last year's UAC Executive
Vice President Richard Boren-
stein.
Two years ago, Kappa Alpha
Psi, a black fraternity, with-
drew its candidate, Janice Park-
er, of Delta Sigma Theta, be-
cause of "overt discrimination
in the judging."
The withdrawal occurred after
Miss Parker said she "was being
judged as a black, and not as
Jan.
"They (the judges) kept say-
in7 things like, 'As a member of

the minority, how do you feel
about the white soy ority sys-
tem?' " Miss Parker said.
Sandler also cited difficulty
in determining criteria for se-
lecting a queen as a reason for
eliminating the contest. In the
past, the queen was elected for
beauty, talent or both.
"There are different critei a
of beauty for everybody, incluc -
ing blacks and whites," said
Sandler, adding that there are
no objective criteria for judging
talent.
UAC and Homecoming offi-
cials consulted the Office of
Student Affairs, past Homecom-
ing queens and members of thb
Black Students Union concern-
ing the decision.
"So -far no one has raised any
complaints over the absence of

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