Battalion/Page 3 December 1, 1982 y att and rid: what a uni wed, s from ast studtm ern of n es, bont thicken, ve some* ir of doinj y here, _ :epted,tlia hat it t manysiii it’s c aeing diffa Committti hibitw )ably is, k iecidefor acre confu ntroversiil on liiarteiki Satirist’s art shocks group by Carol Smith Battalion Staff The MSC Arts Committee knew James W. Johnson, a painter from Lubbock, was a social satirist when they ordered an exhibit of his paintings for the Memorial Student Center gallery. But committee members weren’t prepared for what they saw when the paintings arrived. Theresa Chiang, adviser to the committee, said Johnson’s paintings were chosen on the basis of a pamphlet he sent to universities throughout the nation. But she said the paint ings they received were com pletely different from those in the pamphlet. “We thought the paintings would relate to the same things in the book,” Chiang said. The paintings are social satires, Chiang said, but they weren’t projected in the same way that the ones in the book were. The paintings, done in muted colors, depict grotes que characters. Some of the paintings, though somewhat abstract, portray graphic nudity. Chiang said the committee voted in a closed meeting Monday night not to display the paintings. She said that the decision is now up to the MSC Council, which will meet tonight. Each year the arts commit tee receives applications re questing exhibit space in the gallery. The gallery selection committee, a subcommittee of the arts committee, narrows the applications down to 15 or 16 and recommends them to the arts committee, Chiang said. One of Johnson’s paintings shows a baby crib with a large head rolling across the floor. A quote beneath the picture penciled in by the artist says ‘‘Catch the baby, rollin cross the floor. Seems she’s been kicked but she’s just Laughin at Life.” ‘Fix the system, ’ Hansen says U.S. business lead said lost by Robert McGlohon Battalion Staff System Chancellor Arthur G. Hansen said Tuesday night that the United States has lost the lead in competition for the world market and that national decisions will have to be made to meet the challenge of foreign competition. Hansen told the student chapter of the Society of Manu facturing Engineers that one way to make those decisions is to look at the systems of other countries and see what worked — and what failed — for them. One such country to look at is Japan, he said, because it is one of the countries which has taken a substantial share of the market from the United States. It has done so by long-range planning, employee education, collaborative research and sacri ficing short-term profits for a long-term market share, Han sen said. However, because of the so cial, historical and cultural dif ferences between the two coun tries, it isn’t enough simply to copy Japan in order to become more competitive, he said. In stead, Americans must concen trate on problems that are indi genous to the United States. One such problem is the adversary relationship between labor and business. They need “less of the cut-throat and more of the cooperative” in their re lationship, Hansen said. In dealing with problems such as the labor-business re lationship, he said, decisions will be made which will alter the poli tical, economic and social system of the United States. Therefore, today’s students, who will be tomorrow’s leaders, need to ex amine the basic assumptions upon which that system is built. “We don’t have to change,” Hansen said. “But if we do, what do you want for our society? What values do you want to up hold? What are the trade-offs? The entire structure will have to be looked at.” Refering to the system, he said: “Fix it. Change it. Alter it or there will be serious consequ ences in the future. “(Foreign competition) is something we’re going to have to put up with ^nd accept or compete against. We are being challenged. And I hope we’ll re- Dr. Arthur G. Hansen spond to that challenge.” He compared the present situation to a war in which every one needs to pull together. “There’s a lack right now, and staff photo by Jorge Casari that (lack is) a common goal,” he said. “If you have an ethic, a na tional goal, that pulls you together.” Senate to discuss bicycles The Texas A&M University Student Senate will discuss the bicycle situation on campus and how it relates to parking and the traffic flow tonight at 7:30 in 204 Harrington Center. The Student Services Com mittee is recommending that a ommittee be formed to re- earch the bicycle situation be- ause of frequent bicycle acci dents and pedestrian-bicyclist disagreements, said Gilbert Gonzalez, head coordinator for 'the Student Services Com mittee. Furthermore, the committee hopes to form a crime stoppers program to cut down on bike theft, Gonzalez said. He added that the committee also would ■like to see bike registration made mandatory and more bike trails added around campus. During tonight’s meeting, senators also will discuss reap portionment of the Senate and revision of current election reg ulations. In addition, the Senate will discuss a recommendation that advisers and pre-registration workers stagger their lunch hours so they are available to re gister students during the noon hour. 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