Brown and White Vol. 98 no. 14

              the brown and white lehiqh university bethlehem pennsylvania 7 1 758-4181 vol.ob n0.14 tuesday october 28 1986 lacocca speaks at sculpture dedication by john fleming m-.'ith h ii m v i . hlllvl ili lit of his friend juy dugan dugun focused his remarks on the nature und purpose of his art * ab stract urt is to be experienced not to be analyzed my work has no secret meaning meaning comes from you the viewers not from the artist he said in explaining why he donated the plaza for the sculpture lacocca said l.chigh gave me discipline and the professors pushed me and pushed me until i got it right i'm here to express my gratitude he called the whole idea a joint effort with artist jay dugan who phoned lacocca to ask for his participation i said yes and that was it lacocca also said that the work had special meaning for him because of his lomk relationship with the artist i've know/i lay for 35 year lacocca aid he u.scd to write xpeeche for me when i a&ked him to write mine for today he afd that he wa bufy with ht own lacocca called dugan a man of ideas but not only idea hc a man that can make thing happen it was lacocca who told the tudience of dugan \ he doe all hr work for nothing he donate hh sculptures to various univermtu exchange for scholarship { students lacocca explained after the speeches and a reception where he was beseiged by studenu and guests asking for autographs lacocca toured the plaza which bears hii name president peter llklns and chrysler motor corp chairman lee lacocca a lehlgh alumnus both spoke sunday at the dedication ceremony of lacocca plaza and the new sculpture located there wwwtob y r.«ak,.mof*r program set to teach lu on apartheid bylizcarr hhimii null wmlt i i'm ::,.•■■ < in vslri ( oip i'lcsulcnt ami i hiigh alumnus i cc im-oivn spokr siiiulttv til 11 itirmoiiv ilciluuling the sculpture iiiul ihc lucoccm imm/h lv i'roiil l thr i w itiiuhiul miimliultilcl ihiury i he ceremony origliutlly iutriuled to he hrlil ouulooin at the sen ipi lire knowlcilgc a.m-riuliiik whs moved indoors lo neville mull due to in dement weather imesidcnl i'elei i ik mis vice i'msulciii l dcvclopiueiil paul iran the rev hugh llcslicr university chaplain and the rev dean stevenson retired hishop ol the central pennsylvania i'piscopal diocese and nieiuhei l i he lehinh hoaicl of iruslees also spoke at the ceremony the 12 foot high 25-ton statue was donated by artist lav dugan also a i ( lufli alumnus dugan shipped the sculpture ol polished bluck granite und travertine marble m eight crates from his studio m italy me labored for ik months along with three artisans who helped him cut and shape the mw marble likins prefaced his remarks by thanking both dugan and lucoccu who donated the pla/.a and went on to praise the new work of art ' knowledge ascending will grace our campus for generations to come that's the way we want it to be...un integral part of our campus likins said likins also praised the new lacocca plaza which provides exactly the right environment for knowledge ascending and we're grateful to lee lacocca of the class of 45 for providing this perfect place to honor his parents nicola lacocca now deceased and antoinette as well as iiuivr-ff./ly i haplain f)d av.r.f;inf r;irr of ju'knl i;niri w;>luvi ftfld sfltfofl bfowfl hgvf brj/un i < offjffuh to lu';it lfhigh itudtfltf about p;if jhrul ui'l sotftjl afn | according o vi ff-.tdrtii • t tuf]r,,t mtt&n marfbi duncan v/ho i over§€tlng tht program fh mam purpoff fj to l-»y ouf io;/jt fdwatloflfll program thai wjjj bent/ft tv ftjl " i be eoaunkui bat ptaijmd a kfiff of film ar/'j fpcftkfff ■-. jucvjay an'j w'yjn'rvjxjy of that week joseph ■ atlanta japti%f church will ifcttftc on tfcf ornp<>ntofl bet ween mvj rffhfi m the untied btat and apartheid the nest nifcht kanhum ctccle a rut§tr univerwty profewor will tailr about the effect ol economic tanctiom orj apartheid wednesday ; fobf m nkomo a lincoln university profenor mil ipeak r/n pof apartheid south africa f ampbku awd other form of information will auo be distributed f/lwattrof ttk*fwf may inspire them to get involved hayes tells midnight express tale by steve morenberg brown and white copf uilot this shell hardened around me every day billy hayes said describing his five-year ordeal m a turkish prison for drug possession hayes spoke before an audience of about 250 m packard lab auditorium wednesday night hayes said that from the day he arrived all he thought about was escape i kept saying tm too smart i didn't even learn turkish for the first year once he grasped the reality of the situation he took the advice of a japanese prisoner — live for the minute not m the future i discovered my reason for being — to love it took me 25 years to realize it he said to make people smile and keeping your heart open — iha changed my life i discovered god vnthin me the story of this american tourist who was arrested m 1970 for possession of two kilograms of hashish is told m a book and movie both qtkd midnight express of prison life m turkey hayes said violence became part of your orld you became aodinv&:eo to it according to hayes everyone caurwvi i knife and frustrations mounted quickly because e*«r>\»e took drugs there as total paranoia m ail no<m trusted anyooe hayes sod goanfc fiuffd administered beatings to keep the peace prisoners were kept m 6-4>y-i foot oefc — ihe claustrophobia was horrenckms — aad wirfcwf m a common sink conditions wut even tone ac a menial hospital that haves bribed sa s mto bo ges an insanity report he belexed m wonm be ease - : t.-.-if ft hayes stated i dktw*i apprecant as*t&m on ac i zt r i i 1 :■":■:■ '. ■- '-■ '- : •->: : ' t v appreciate fcai . *~-- : ~ ' ; 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