U Magazine, Winter 1986

Rebirth of peace movement? USO taking a campus-wide look at the issue

By John L. Nunes

demonstrations, building takeovers and draft card burnings. Instead, indications are USD's movement will be more socially acceptable, more intellectual and, perhaps more sophisticated. The goal is an ambitious one: to instill a lifelong commitment to peace in the hearts and minds of students. The movement comes at a time when there is growing concern for the nuclear arms race, the proliferation of global conflicts, apartheid and world hunger. The idea for a peace curriculum started with Sr. Sally Furay, provost and vice president. In 1983, she queried the five academic deans about a social

A college campus peace movem ent in the 1980s? Unheard of, you say? Not only is lhe movem ent unde r way, but it's la king place throughout this spring sem este r at USD, an institution that normally maintains a low profile when it comes to poli tical causes. And the peace effort is campus-wide. involving s tudents. faculty and administrators. The re will be undergradua te classes, evening fac ulty forums open to the public, guest speake rs, liturgies a nd other spec ial eve nts focusin g on peace. Although it may conjure up m emories of the a nti-wa r, ··give peace a cha nce"' 1960s. do not expec t violent

And the peace effort is campus-wide, involving students, faculty and administrators.

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