Formidable task ahead for SIU Chancellor Shaw
The piece critiques the SIU board's hand in naming Kenneth Buzz Shaw as chancellor, noting suspicion from faculty and the board's past actions. It urges Shaw to adopt a firm leadership style, push for needed changes, and rally university support to navigate budget, enrollment, and governance challenges in the 1980s.
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SIU
Shaw
SIU Chancellor Search Assistance Council
Keith Sanders
Board of Trustees
Kenneth
Buzz’ Shaw
Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville
Siu-E
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
University Oflinois
John Corbally
SIUE
SIU Board of Trustees
Illinois
Marvin Kleinan
SIUC
Nice Guy
Pollster should go the way of ex Cabinet members
Rep Paul Simon laments polling driven policy in Carter era Washington. He argues pollsters shape leadership and urges leaders to ignore public opinion when making hard choices, noting foreign policy fares better than domestic policy under heavy polling influence.
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Paul Simon
Washington
Federal Reserve
Department of Energy
Carter
Pat Caddell
Camp David
Secretary of the Treasury
Michael Blumenthal
Chicago
Congress
House
Senate
Executive
John C. Gardner Publisher Peter W. Selkowe Editor
John C. Gardner serves as publisher with Peter W. Selkowe listed as editor in the byline, reflecting the newspaper leadership roles associated with the period.
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John C. Gardner
Gas profits up sensibility down in oil debate
An editorial criticizes big oil profits rising 50 to 120 percent while driving miles down and prices up 30 to 40 percent. It mocks public-relations excuses and questions the Energy Department’s plan to negotiate a settlement with Exxon over a $95 million overcharge from 1973 to 1976, suggesting only a small fine.
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Southern Illinois
Oil
Energy Department
Exxon Corp
Exxon
God-fearing Americans target oil firms and aid to duffers
A Carbondale letter criticizes inflation blamed on government subsidies to oil companies and welfare, accusing politicians of shifting costs onto ordinary working people while accusing others of laziness. It portrays frustration with rising bills and suggests the nation is misled about who bears the burden.
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H. H. Mendenhail
Carbondale
IYC threatened by liberal aims, Christian readers warn
A Southern Illinois Reader letter argues against the International Year of the Child, accusing organizers of seeking to liberate children from parental authority, traditional morals, nationalism, religion, and capitalism. The writer, a parent of three, insists children belong to God and urges vigilance and documentation.
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Southern Illinoisan
IYC
America
U.N
IYD
Women’s International Democratic Federation
Soviet Union
TYC
Plase
Teaching By Carl T. Rowan on Black English Debate
Carl T. Rowan argues against labeling ghetto Black English as a separate language. He notes lawsuits seeking special bilingual instruction for Black students and critiques the idea of courts declaring Black English a derivative of Bantu languages. He highlights how limited exposure to standard English hurts test performance and asserts schools should address the cultural environmental context.
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Carl T. Rowan
Chicago
Michael
Education Defends Black English Against Linguistic Segregation
The author argues against labeling Black English a foreign tongue and urges teachers to require daily reading of newspapers and viewing news programs. He contends that black children must master standard English to compete in American society and calls for targeted remedial programs and better access to media for empowerment.
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America
Martin Luther King Jr
Whitney Young
Mary McLeod Bethune
Jesse Jackson
Ann Arbor
Mich
U.S
Fuel stamps shell game proposal lamented by miner critic
A coal miner criticizes a proposed fuel stamp program as a political shell game to tax workers. He argues past food and housing programs failed to help the poor and instead created economic dependence and burdens on producers.
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