Students end fast at Saturday meal By RICH LOVETT After four days without food, about 20 students met at the Wesley Foundation Saturday afternoon to eat soup and sandwiches and discuss what they had gained from their fast. The Rev. John Simmons, chaplain of United Campus Christian Fellowship, said he and approximately 45 students began the "Fast for the Rebirth of Compassion," Wednesday. Some broke the fast before Saturday, and others could not attend the supper, he said. Collegiates determine obscenities "Welcome to Pornography 211," said the Rev. John Culley, Methodist Wesley Foundation director at Kansas State College of Pittsburg. Rev. Culley and the Rev. Tom Rehorn, KU Methodist Wesley Foundation director, were conducting a seminar aimed at trying to define obscenity. The nine participating students were first shown 38 magazines and newspaper clippings. Most were pictures of people, variously posed. THEY RANGED from a nude "bunny" and various nudist magazine clippings to a grotesque pile of corpses evenly spread on a Calcutta street. Some were famous art works and others depicted dehumanizing acts of violence. One was of a nude child drinking a bottle of milk and another showed a radiation deformed baby of Hiroshima preserved in a glass case. The students were then asked to classify the clippings as being not obscene, slightly obscene, definitely obscene, or neutral response. COMPOSITE RESULTS showed only one of the 38 clippings received a unanimous consensus. Later, they were asked to read an excerpt from "Toward a New Definition of Obscenity" by Howard Moody. After discussing Moody's concepts Rev. Culley talked about the illustrations. He asked the students why they made their classifications and how they compared with Moody's ideas on obscurity. NO EXACT DEFINITION of obscenity was made, except possibly within the individuals themselves. They concluded that obscenity was an individual matter and found they gained a newer and more exact perspective as a result of the meeting. One of those who participated in the fast, Sara Paretsky, Eudora senior, said the group began the fast for varied reasons. "SOME WERE FASTING because of the war in Vietnam," she said. "Others did it as kind of an acknowledgement as Americans. They wanted to involve themselves in the issues of the day. "Some, who are concerned just about what it means to be a person, did it for the experiential value." she said. "The central reason was that we might come together and discover some things," Rev. Simmons said. SOME FELT THEY were too caught up in middle-class values, he said. They had a "desire to be more committed to the problems of overpopulation and starvation" or to "the values of all mankind." Rev. Simmons said the students at the Saturday supper expressed several reactions to four days without food. Some noticed "how preoccupied we as a people are with eating." They said lack of food caused them to become inefficient and withdrawn. "Personally, if I fast again, it won't be during a time when I have such a hectic schedule," he said. Others felt they had gained a better understanding of the problems of the poor. Several said they should have given the money to charity which they saved by not eating. "FASTING MAKES YOU become more sensitive to others who can't respond as full human beings," Miss Paretsky said. "You can't respond to things going on around you if you're in need." Rev. Simmons said some of the group broke the fast before Saturday because they could not see any meaning in it. One student had the flu, and his doctor advised him to eat. "If you've ever fasted," Miss Paretsky said, "you know that if you're doing it for a specific purpose, you're not hungry. If there is an end in view, it's not hard to do." 4 Daily Kansan Monday, March 20, 1967 Open Wednesday Evenings Malls Shopping Center Plenty of Free Parking WAYNE COUNTY ROAD COMMISSION CIVIL ENGINEERING OPPORTUNITIES Design and construction of streets,sewers,bridges,pumping stations, buildings, Traffic & Safety,and Urban Planning Campus Interviews March24 See your Placement Office for an appointment UDK-FIRST WITH CAMPUS NEWS THE EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE presents AN EVENING WITH DYLAN THOMAS March 21,22,28,29,30,31 Tickets on Sale at the Box Office 317 Murphy Hall Admission (KU Students): 75ยข Plus Certificate of Registration A & W DRIVE-IN 1415 West 6th SPECIAL! CHILI DOG 15c REGULARLY 30c EVERY TUESDAY ONLY UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE A & W DRIVE-IN Open Daily 11:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m. Open Fri. & Sat. 11:00 a.m. - 11:30 p.m.