23 Board of Directors agrees to ban smoking in all meeting sessions 1986 CCAS begins charging a registration fee ($25) to attend the annual meeting. Previously, fees were collected only for meals Committee on the Future of the Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences issues its report 1987 fees were collected only for meals Gary KRAHENBUHL ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY I found these words in my presidential address: “Liberal education is the key to the future. In saying this, I am not referring to the content areas that make up general education, but rather to the arts of under- standing—of inquiry, resolution, interpre- tation, evaluation, and communication. These were the arts that were suitable for a citizen of ancient Athens; these are the arts that are necessary for an effective citizenry in a functional democ- racy. They are the arts that contain, within them, the skills that will be needed for the uncertainties of the twenty-first century.” As I observe the impoverishment of human interaction caused by technology, I believe more strongly than ever in the sentiment expressed in this paragraph. 1993-1994