Empath News, 1979 December 19

              N A T I O N
POLITICAL CLUBS SHOULD
RECEIVE NO FUNDING
Politically oriented clubs shouldn’t
receive student government funding,
according to 54.7% of students polled
at the University of Arizona. A student
organization devoted to the decriminali­zation
of marijuana has been denied
student funding because it made a politi­cal
endorsement.
PHYSICAL EXAM CHANGED
TO QUESTIONNAIRE
A physical exam for enrolling students
was replaced by a lengthy health ques­tionnaire
a year ago at Memphis State
University. Now, because of objections
to some of the personal questions asked
on the form, it has been replaced by a
shorter questionnaire prepared by a cam­pus
committee. Filling out the new
form probably won’t even be a require­ment,
says one member of the com­mittee,
because the national rehabilita­tion
act 504 says that health information
is inappropriate for purposes of college
admission.
PUNISHMENT FITS CRIME
Making the punishment fit the crime,
Rider College officials sentenced three
students found guilty of causing a minor
fire to the chore of implementing a fire
awareness program on campus. The
program was to be funded with $520 in
fines also paid by the three pranksters,
who set the dormitory fire when they
threw two smoke bombs into an oc­cupied
room.
BIRTHDAY PARTY
WARRANTS S500.00
A birthday party for five student
senators warranted a $500 appropriation
from the Southern Illinois student senate.
On an eight to two vote, the senate
passed the resolution after reconvening
its regular Senate meeting at a local bar.
One of the senators to be honored voted
against the resolution and says he won’t
attend his own party.
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STUDENT GOVERNMENT
ASSOCIATIONS
Student government associations wish­ing
to avoid campus election problems
may want to enlist the aid of their local
League of Women Voters in organizing,
running and even tabulating the returns
of elections. Such assistance can help
eliminate controversies such as that
experienced this fall at Mississippi State
University, where the entire, student
senate election had to be repeated be­cause
of voting irregularities. The elec­tion
commission there ruled that secret
ballot counting and a shortage of voting
boxes rendered the first election invalid.
PENN STATE OFFICIALS
PUBLISH MAP TO CUT DOWN
ON CAMPUS ASSAULTS
In an effort to cut down on campus
assaults, Penn State University officials
are publishing a map that will highlight
well-lit, well-traveled paths as well as
emergency telephone locations. The maps
will be hung on campus bulletin boards
and made available to students.
CANADIAN STUDENTS SHARE
VIEWS OF COUNTERPARTS
Canadian college students apparently
share the liberal views of their 1960s
counterparts, according to a poll con­ducted
recently which showed 60% of
the students favor fundamental changes
in society. Ninety percent of those
polled admitted disillusionment with
the current system and more than 90%
were critical of oil companies and big
corporations. Today’s students are better
able to cope with their frustrations
internally, the poll indicated.
TEXAS A&M STUDENTS HAVE
INPUT INTO OPERATION
OF FOOD SERVICES
Texas A & M students have con­siderable
input into the operation of the
campus food service. Students comprise
Menu Boards which have the authority
to add or delete menu items (within
economic bounds) to approve brand
names purchased and to consider student
complaints. In addition, students are
chosen at random each week to offer
suggestions or complaints, which are
then discussed by the food service man­agement.
“MEL-PRACTICE IN
NEW HAMPSHIRE”
Cartoons satirizing New Hampshire’s
Governor Meldrin Thomson won t be
found in the University of New Hamp­shire
bookstore. The book “Mel-Practice
in New Hampshire” reportedly won’t be
stocked because of a lack of space. How­ever,
the bookstore manager said he
works for the governor and for the state
and the book’s political nature alone
is reason enough not to stock it.
INTERRACIAL CONTACT NOT
WHAT IT SHOULD BE
Interracial and inter-class contact
among students at Princeton University
is not what it should be, according to a
high-level university committee studying
undergraduate residential life. Committee
'findings are de. d in an 11-page report
available throiu ie dean of student
affairs office.
STAR-GAZING BECOMES POPULAR
Star-gazing may become more popular
at the University of Minnesota now that
the Astronomy Department is offering
a taped-message phone service describing
night sky phenomena. The four-minute
message is compiled and updated by
astronomy students and faculty mem­bers.
COLLEGE EDUCATION RATED
“VERY IMPORTANT”
A.college education was rated “very
important” by 36% of those taking part
in a recent Gallup Poll and “ fairly im­portant”
by 46%. Among non-whites,
those with less than a high school educa­tion
and those earning less than $7,000
annually, an even higher percentage con­sidered
college very important.
100 BICYCLES STOLEN IN
A TWO-HOUR PERIOD
Bicycles aren’t that hard to steal at
the University of California-Santa Bar­bara,
according to one student test. A
hundred bikes were “ stolen” by a single
man, armed only with a flashlight, in
a two-hour period at campus area apart­ment
buildings. The perpetrator, working
between 1 and 3 a.m., left notes saying
“ this bike was stolen” on every unlocked
bike that could have been ridden or
wheeled away.
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“DANTE S INFERNO”
RUSH PARTY
A “Dante’s Inferno” rush party at
Carnegie-Mellon University went over
with a bang. Traditionally, the Sigma
Alpha Epsilon fraternity builds a simula­ted
volcano, complete with smoke and
flames. This year’s volcano was a bit
overpowered, however, and when it
was touched off, the blast broke $2,700
worth of windows. The SAE’s will pay
the damages as well as a $1,000 fine
levied by the university.
HIRED STRIPPER PERFORMS
SEXUAL ACTS WITH STUDENTS
An incident involving a hired stripper
who allegedly performed sexual acts
with students at a Rutgers University
fraternity rush event is currently under
investigation by the dean of students
office in conjunction with the fraternity
council board of control. The investiga­tion
may result in criminal complaints
along with revocation of the fraternity’s
liquor license.
FREE FOOTBALL GAME TRIP
CONFLICT OF INTEREST . . .
Is a free football game trip a conflict
of interest for a student body president?
A former University of Oregon student
government official charges the current
student president should not h^ve ac­cepted
a free ride on the team plane to
an out-of-state game because the student
president has a say in budgeting student
fees for the athletic department. The
student president says the trip was only
“ one of the benefits of the job” but his
accuser says in the past all presidents
have turned down such free offers.
Rust Never Sleeps
Neil Young
Well let me tell you out there who
still appreciate good old rock and roll,
don’t give up the ship. Neil Young’s
Rust Never Sleeps is truly a rock and
roll lover’s dream. Neil Young’s Rust
Never Sleeps is a record that defines
rock, expands it, explodes it, and then
burns it to the ground. Rust Never Sleeps
tells the world about life and about
the country. Rust Never Sleeps offers
to the real fan of rock and roll music a
chance to say, “Hey, this is what the
music today is all about.” I f you have
been following rock and roll music all
your life, you will be able to truly con­nect
with this album. It is for most
people ‘ a summary of what rock has
stood for all these years. The lyrics
provide the strength and hope for all
who want to see rock live. Rust Never
Sleeps makes good on everyone of Neil’s
early promises. Too often we are taken
in by new groups that have nothing to
offer rock and roll music but good
looks and a fast way of selling records.
Young on the hand has been faithful
and has kept to everything he stood for
in those early years. R u s t Never Sleeps
is something every rock and roll fan
should be proud of. See you next se­mester.