FRIDAY, December 4, 1959
Senator Johnson Speaks Monday; First In Series. United States senator Lyndon B. Johnson, Texas Democrat and majority leader of the upper house, will address University students at noon Monday in the Law School auditorium.
Sen. Johnson, considered a potential candidate in 1960, will not be making a strictly political speech because of the nature of the meeting, a spokesman from his office said. The address will be Johnson’s first major speech outside Texas since Congress adjourned last September.
Sen. Johnson is the first in a series of nationally prominent political leaders who will speak at the University in the coming months, John Mahota, Student Conclave president, said.
“The purpose of the series is to acquaint the students with national issues and to encourage them to take an active part in matters relating to government,” Mahota added.
Besides being majority leader, Sen. Johnson is chairman of the Senate Aeronautical and Space Science Committee, the Senate Preparedness subcommittee and the Senate Democratic Policy Committee.
FRIDAY, December 7, 1974
Great Issues Plans For Spring. The Great Issues Speaker’s Series is alive and well according to Dr. Gerald Fowler, vice president for Student Development. The series, which operates under the auspices of the Student Development Office, has undergone major changes this year to insure student support of speakers brought to campus, and Fowler said that he is pleased and encouraged with plans being made for the spring semester.
According to Ed Wahl, chairman of the series, an attempt is being made this year to involve departments, organizations and individual students and faculty members in the program by inviting them to submit proposals for speakers they would like to see come to the University. “The reasoning behind the open policy of speaker proposals is that if an organization or department works to bring a speaker to campus, then they will support that speaker and attend his presentation,” Wahl said. Wahl noted the series is intended to be educational not only for the University community, but also for the community at large.
Proposals submitted would then be reviewed by a board of students, faculty and alumni.
FRIDAY, December 1, 1989
Labs Use Animals Carefully. Many people connect animal research with white mice, but laboratory work has grown to include larger animals and huge protests.
Animal research labs, including those facilities on college campuses like Saint Louis University, have long been targets of the animal rights movement.
But the SLU School of Medicine has never been a target of these protests, said Dr. Richard Doyle, chairperson of the department of comparative medicine.
“We are concerned about security (of the research labs) and are on the defensive, having to explain our actions to people,” Doyle said.
“SLU does not use animals for research and testing, and we have the obligation to the animals we use to care for them and provide them with clean environments,” he said.
The department of comparative medicine was created for the sole purpose of caring for research animals, he said.
In addition to the standard laboratory mice, rats, guinea pigs and rabbits, Doyle said that SLU’s Medical School uses monkeys, dogs, cats, sheep, goats and frogs.