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^ October II, 1977 Volume XIV Issue 18 Wright State University Dayton, OhioJ

G r e w e f a c e s o p e n f o r u m

Evangelist Jed Smock "decadent hippie. "

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By RON WUKESON Guardian Staff Writer

Parking and Security Director, Richard V. Grewe. told students at an open forum yesterday that he doesn't oppose administrators paying only $54 for an A parking decal.

"I'm one of them." said Grewe. "(and) I don't intend to do anything about i t ."

The policy of letting adminis-trators pay less for the spaces was not made by him. Grewe said, adding "I accept it."

"Wouldn't you take it?" Grewe asked a protesting student at the Caucus-sponsored forum held on the quad. Caucus Chairer George Sideras started the forum explaining that it was being held in response to "complaints that parking here is unbearable."

The forum was held in tomp-etition with evangelist George "Jed" Smock's impromptu and uninvited sermon on the quad, and began only after Grewe

asked Smock to postpone his speaking until after the planned event."

Grewe began the forum with a statement that many factors con-tributed to the adverse parking situation on campus, the pre-dominant being the increase in enrollment, special programs held at the university, and the fact that class schedules cause periods of unpredicatablc attend-ance.

"We can't establish the use of the lot on a one-to-one basis.'" said Grewe. Decals are sold, he explained, not according to num-ber of actual spaces but rather on an "educated guess" based on numbers of part time and full time faculty members, staff, and students on campus at any given time.

Grewe estimated that about 8,000 decals were sold for approximately 5,000 spaces this year. Actual figures are 8,799 decals for 4.776 spaces, including all areas except K-lot.

Smith discusses impact of Bakke on WSU By TOM VONDRUSKA Guardian Staff Writer

In 1973 Allan Xakke was one of the thousands of students apply-ing for admission into the medi-cal school at the University of California at Davis. Like the vast minority of applicants he was turned dowm. Bakke then filed a law suit which has raised ques-tions as to wl-at constitutes dis-crimination.

Affirmative action programs are al the heart of the contro-versy raised by the suit filed by Allan Bakke.

It charged that quotas for minority admissions to the med-ical school set by an affirmative action program was the soie reason Bckke was refused ad-mission.

In »o effort to find how the R&r.ke decision would effect WHgh1 State, Alphonso Smith, director of Affirmative action programs was asked tow he riw affirmative action.

"It is a program designed to overcome the effect* of Past discrimination."

Affirmative action is not the same as equal opportunity. Smith said.

"Equal opportunity means that everyone who wants to apply for a job must have a chance to do 10.

"If all that you say is that everyone has an equal chance for a job but do nothing about making sure that everyone has the equal opportunity io learn the •kai for that job then you are only perpetuating a discriminato-

ry practice." he said. The opening up of ways in

which every one has the chance to accquire these skills is what affirmative action programs try to do he said.

"We're starting from behind. We're trying to catch up to where we should be." he said.

Smith said that one of the concerns of people who oppose such programs is that they will cause a lowering of standards.

"No affirmative action pro-gram requires the acceptance of unqualified applicants." Smith stated.

f W A three part* — smith said that there have been instances of this occiring. though usually in private indus-

' V is usually done by employ-ers who have done nothing in the past. A man may hire five blacks so when people ask he can say that h* practices equal opportun-ity, but the people he hired may have the job of keeping their mouth shut and nothing else," Smith said.

The question of quotas is often raised in dicussion of such pro-grams Smith said.

"There is a difference between quotas and goals. Quotas in the past have been used to exclude minorities from certain areas. A quota is a ceiling that you cannot go past...

"A goal is a target that you shoot at, but if you go over, you don't stop. If you don't meet it you ask yourself why and try to change things so you can meet It," he said.

Smith said that his office is concerned with severals areas, not just affirmative action alone.

"We try to insure an e< lal opportunity for every employee for any of the posit' t which become available. . also han-dle the complaints of dicrimina-tion which do arise from time to time," Smith explained.

He said that when complants are made he trys to handle them in a constructive manner.

"We try to show ways in which the situation can be improved."

Smith said that the areas in which his office h«s worked have t i r t sved over the years.

"When I started we were required by law to work in the

areas of race, religion, color and national origin, though we were doing some work on sex discrim-ination even though it was not required. Smith said.

Now the office must try to correct problems of discrimina-tion on the basis of age and physical handicaps, he said.

"We have just started doing work concerning handicapped persons..We are working to get all the programs the University spo isors accessible to the handi-cap-,wd so they can participate, he saii.

Smith said that much of the problems stem fro people not being sensitive to the problems of being handicapped.

Parkins Services Office Man-ager. Eddie Cooper, added that the figures are established by looking at parking attendance figures for each quarter for the three years prior to the quarter.

The method "has been fairly successful up to this quaner." Grewe said.

One student commented that he was ticketed for parking in the diit because he couldn't find a space. A person in parking serv-ices told him that, he said, "you just have classes at a bad time."

The most common student complaints were a lack of spaces in areas they had already bought decals for. and the problem of being ticketed when they were forced to park outside the zone for which they held a decal.

Grewe estimated that the majority of tickets given during a day are issued to cars with no decals that are parked in a decal zone, and not decal holders unable to find a space.

Sideras informed the audience that should they so desire they could obtain a prorated refund for annual parking decal if they had a Caucus member or the Ombudsman witness their peel-ing off the decal from their own car.

Grewe said that any ticket a student wishes to protest can be taken to the parking appeals board. The appeal, added Sideras, must be made wi'hin three days alter the ticket is issued.

Sideras said one s'i^gestion made to the parking services committee last, that of having all parking spaces equal in value and charging all students for a level parking fee when they pay tuition, was turned down by the committee as being "leasable but not cisirable."

Crowd guzz l e s 700 gallons of b e e r By DAVID McELROY Giurdlan New* Editor

When Wright Staters came out to the new site beneath the water tower for the annua) October Daze event, they were catered to by 41 of Inter-Club Council's constituents, entertained by four bands, and amused hy nationally known comedy team Edmunds and Curley.

October Daze vendors report that approximately 700 gallons of beer were dispensed from the beer truck, to wash down 2,480 hot dogs, 1.500 hamburgers. 500 burritos, 400 ponsos, 60 pounds of sloppy joes, five gallons of chili, 100 pounds of peanuts, 200 servings of gingerbread, and assorted cookies, cotton candy, sugar waffles, candy apples, soft

pretzels, and caramel com. SIXTY GALLONS of apple

cider were also sold. Most of the organizations sold out their wares.

iCC Chairer Linda Henry said, "the basic plans all wen: well. We had more help from the University and Physical Plant than ever before."

She said the major problems at this year's October Daze were "that handicapped students just can't gC jp the hill" and the lack of nrarhv restroom facilities.

"I'LL BE meeting with Robert Francis (executive director of Campus Planning and Opera-tions) to discuss making some improvements," Henry said. "There's a lot of little things to work out."

"The hill (by the water tower)

hasn't been designated as the permanent site, but if we keep this site we want io get a concrete slab put down for a stage." said Henry.

She is also working tp get bathroom facilities and improved access for Wright State's handi-caprvd students at future events.

Henry said the wind Friday wan responsible for the distort-ions emanating from the sound system.

"OVERALL I was pleased with the weather and how many people turned out, but it wasn't as big as last October Df te , " she siki.

The four bands-Strut, Wharf Rat, Quite Skye. and Satori-"had a lot of problems with the wind, but did real good,"she said. Soe OCTOBS* pw* 1.

2 October 11, 1977 THE DAILY GUARDIAN

D e m o s p lan lending bill COLUMBUS (UPI>—Democratic legislative leaden plan to name a special joint House-Senate com-mittee Tuesday to come up with a bill later this month to extend additional borrowing powers to Ohio's financially troubled schools.

The panel, to consist mainly of members of the House and Sen-ate Education committees, is to begin work Wednesday.

Semite President Pro Tempore Oliver Ocasek, D-Akron. said he and House Speaker Vernal G. Riffe Jr.. D-New Boston, want the committee to have a bill readv to go when the General Assembly reconvenes Oct. 19.

OCASEK SAID 77 Ohio school districts have been certified as unable to complete the calendar year because of cash shortages.

The legislature passed a bill 10 days ago expanding borrowing powers for school districts which approve operating levies this fall

Signed into emergency law by Gov, James A. Rhodes last week, the bill permits about 14 qualify-ing districts, if their levies pass, to immediately borrow money from next year's anticipated rev-enues, waiving the normal three-week advertising period on the notes to be sold.

OCASEK SAID he hopes the special committee will expand this even further to give immed-iate borrowing powers to districts which have not passed levies this fall.

He said the committee will have to decide whether to extend the immediate borrowing author-ity to districts which have tried and failed to pass levies, or even

further, to those which have not attempted new operating levies.

In any ease, Ocasek said, a provision would probably have tq be included allowing school dis-tricts to carry over their debts from one calendar year to ano-ther.

A SPECIAL proposal to that effect for C'leve' tnd failed late last month, bus Ocasek said it could be applied to all districts, provided they furnish the state Department of Hducation with a

satisfactory repayment schedule. The situation is especially criti-

cal for Cleveland's 110.000 pu-pils. Ocasek said, because state Auditor Thomas E. Ferguson has

recommended ah Oct. 17 closing date to keep that district from running out of money.

LOCAL SCHOOL officials have maintained Cleveland and has enough mo--»y to remain open through Oct. 28 by shifting funds.

Pue rto Rico re ady fo rfull statehood

DORADO, Puerto Rico (UPl)— Gov. Carlos Romero Barcelo said Monday the time was ripe for Puerto Rico to cast off what he called its semi-colonial political status and become a full fledged state of the union.

Addressing the 18th annual United Press International Edi-tors and Publishers Conference ai this resort 30 miles west of San Juan, the governor said the island was suffering from dec ades of neglcct and inferior political rights but has now-grown sufficiently to assert full equality with the SO states.

"We are disenfranchised Am-erican citizens." the governor told the 400 participants in the conference. He said the common-wealth constitution for the island adopted in 1952 was "semi-colonial" and "stmi antono-mous."

IT EXEMPTED Puerto Rico from federal taxes but did not

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"In the near future. I am convinced we shall formally peti-tion Congress to grant us the full range of rights and responsibil-ities that should accompany our American citizenship." he said. "And that means statehood "

Romero said the island of 3.1 million inhabitants had been "discriminated against geo-

graphically" in the past but now coifld count on support from President Carter, should it re quest statehood

HE SAID THE inclusion of Alaska and Hawaii into the un-ion. the growing liberalization of American society, and former President Gerald R Ford's en-dorsemcn* of statehood all contri-buted to a growing movement for enc into the union.

,mero said the island was ready to accept federal taxation gradually, but he said Puerto Rico would Veep its Spanish-language heritage.

"The nation already has 50 Fnglish-spcaking states." he said. "It needs a Soanish-speak-ing state."

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UC faculty pickets CINCINNATI (UPD— About 30 University of Cincinnati faculty members conducted "informational picketing around the univer-sity's Administration Building Monday, protesting stalled contract talks between university officials and the American Association of University Professors.

"I don't see an easy resolution of our economic differences with the university." said William Aeschbacher. chairman of the union's negotiating team. "We are very far apart. We need more persuasion than we've been able to bring at the bargaining tsblc."

AAUP members voted overwhelmingly Sunday to make their grievances public through picketing and other job actions, short of a strike. The AAUP is bargaining agent for some 1.600 faculty member, and librarians at UC.

THE OLD contract expired Sept. I. but faculty and librarians have worked while negotiations have continued.

The union is seeking an approximate 10 percent increase in salaries in each of the next two years, but the UC administration is offering about half that proposed salary hike.

Union members also voted Sunday to hold a rally on campus Thursday, lo explain the faculty's position to students.

Worn en win prizes OSLO, Norwav (UPl)—The Nobel Peace Prizes for 1977 were awarded today to Amnesty International for its worldwide fight to "defend the value of human life" and to a pair of Belfast women

waging a peace movement seeking to end the violence in Northern Ireland.

The HTti prize - which had been skipped last year - w as given by the Norwegian Nobel Committee to Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan. leaders of the Northern Ireland Peace Movement.

The 1977 prize, worth 5145.000, was given to the civil rights organization, Amnesty International, for its work ' t i defend th-value of human life against humiliation, violence and torture."

Ant i -Semi te s n i p e r s o u g h t ST LOITS (UPD—Police increased patrols around area syna-gogues in tiie wake of a weekend sniping attack which killed one mar. and wounded an Akron. Ohio, man at a Jewish temple in suburban Richmond Heights.

Nonetheless, most Jewish leaders Monday discounted the suggestion that the attack was a show of anti-Semitism.

"We don't think it was directed at us or to the Jewish community in general." said Rabbi Benson Skiff of the Brith Sholont Kneseth Israel Congretation.

A GUNMAN WITH A high-powered rifle Saturday opened fire on a small group of people leaving a bar mitzvah at Skoffs synagogue Gerald Gordon. 42. of suburban Chesterfield wai killed and William Lee Ash. 30. of Akron, Ohio, was wounded.

An intensive search failec' to find the sniper. Lt. Thomas H. Boulch, commander of the Ma jo. Case Squad investigating the case, said police are keeping an open mind regarding the motive.

"We don't vant to close any avenue," Boulch said. "W re following up on kooks. radical groups, anti-Semitic gn-ps . arivone."

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BY DAVE YETTER Guardian Staff Writer

Sir Robert Mark, former head of Great Britain's famous Scotland Yard, spoke to a group of reporters here yesterday morning.

Mark, who recently retired after 40 years with the law enforcement agency, spoke on comparisons of law enforcement between England and America.

Mark said that it is not possible to transpose one society into another.

"We are tired of Americans coming to our country and seeing the way we work, then going home and asking why it can't be done Che same way," adding that the police of any society his to be a reflection of the people.

"If you hav„- a heavily armed society such as yours you have to have heavily armed police."

Mark said that the four functions designated to the law enforcement agencies in England are the making of the laws, the procedure governing the police investiga-tions, the court procedure, and ihe sentencing of the people after having gone through court.

"The (English) police officer has complete authority without any question of political interference," Mark

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stated, adding ther- is complete operational indepen-dence for law, enforcement all the way to the judges.

"We do not have a proliferation of police forces that your country has," Mark said, "we have only 43 forces to serve 50 million people."

He indicated these police forces were identical in practice and conformity which is more effective and efficient, "No force loses its autonomy while intet-change between these forces is highly encouraged."

Mark said the police are cot servants of the government, but of the people. "Their objective is to enforce the law with the least amount of violence."

He said there are 180.000 firearms certificates now presently in circulation in England and while more than one gun can be used on one certificate, the rate of crime in the country is small.

"Last year we had 565 homicides. 1.094 rapes and 11,6! 1 robberies, most of which have been cleared up."

Also surprising is that within the last 32 years only four people have been killed by policemen within the line of duty.

Until recently the relationship between the law enforcement agencies and the new industry had been a little less than cooperative, according to Mark.

"We have no written constitution, therefore we have

no First Amendment." Mark said. "Up until 1972 we withheld from 'he press everything we Coufct. now we withhold only what is essential."

Mark said the press is not allowed to write anything that wou'd impair the trial of a suspect.

Before a tri-sl goes to court, he said that the press can only pr int the name of the accused. "They cannot nally print anything until the case has gone to court."

Mark said because of the system he is not sure he could be an American policeman. "I think you have to be an incrjdiebly brave man to wear mat shirt of blue."

"Youv history," he continued, "allows you to be a highly armed country and that means the police must show a higher degree of courage."

Mark believes if there are problems it is not the fault of the police, but the people.

"It is a society which makes the law s and determines the number of police." he said, adding, "the police are the most vulnerable part of society."

Mark was awarded the Queens Police Medal in 1965 and in 1973 he was m»de a Knight Bachelor, while in the 1977 New Year's honor list, he was made Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire.

(continued from page 1) "Satori kept the crowd" Henry said.

"I think Edmunds and Curley was one of our big pulls." Henry-said. "We hope to get them back for May Daze."

Joe Edmunds of the comedy team said their October Daze was "our 37th college since August 25." He commented that the act they did "takes a whole week to do. Edmunds said the comedians appear at lf>0 colleges per year.

TOM CURLEY, Edmunds partner, described Wright State as "a little piece of heaven."

Edmunds described WSU as conservative. He said, "On a scale of one to live, with five being conservative and one being liberal, you definitely have a four here."

"It was nice not having the moat" at the event, said Henry, also noting that people af the event alsc seemed to enjoy the

under the open grassy space WSU water tower.

WINNERS of the Veteran's Educational Organization raffle included Cindy Focht winning the 1965 Ford van. Matt Sauer winning the seven band radio, Steve McKibbin winning the TR-57 calculator. James Woolley winning the WSU beer mug, and Terry Nisbet taking the WSU T-shirt.

WSU students Dan Steffensen, Jim Dias. and Ed Porter were able to drop in on the festivities as member of the Greene County Parachuting Club. They landed in the old soccer field between Oelman Hall and the University Center.

Elder-beerman's beauty salons had Sandy Matton at work cut-ting students' hair (and beards) offr e WSU students discounts.

The day went smoothly, according to Security.

By SHELLEY WYSONG Guardian Staff Writer

According to he results of a recent faculty survey presented in Friday's Faculty Affairs com-mittee meeting, an overwhelm-ing majority of respondar.ts were in favor of some policy providing for the evaluation of Wright State University administrators.

With close to one third of the faculty responding. 160 out of 178 respondants agreed that ad-ministrative review was desir-able. Eighteen responded nega-tively. Of those responding. 32 were administrators.

Thomas Tiernan. chairer of the Faculty Affairs committee, told members of the committee that a process of administrative eval-uation used by a state university in New York was being looked at which consists of a process of interviewing plus a questionnaire to be answered by all adminis-

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Facul ty Affairs reviews evals trators.

The committee also dealt with faculty status for library person-nel.

According to sources, the ad-ministration has proposed that library personrel not be faculty members but rather unclassified employees.

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ed the arbitrary decision of ad ministrators to change personnel positions from faculty status to unclassified.

According to sources. Exec-utive Vice-President and Provost Andrew Spiegel has said that the library is an administrative unit and not a department as it doesn't do any teaching per sc.

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D i s h o n e s t y r e i g n s Security and Parking Services Director Richard Crewe enjoyed a

heaping portion of shoe-leather souffle yesterday after his unconvincing extemporizing at the Student Caucus open forum on the quad. Not only did Grewe supply two distinctly different sets of figures when asked by students and The Daily Guardian about the number of parking spaces versus the number of decals sold, but he flatly refused to allow reporters to see the computer print-outs which would either back up or prove wrong his estimates.

While Grewe quoted the number of decals sold this year thus far as being ' just over H, 000.'' the actual total is 8.799, which is closer to 9,000. Furthermore, he estimated that there are ' just under 5.000" spaces on campus, while there are truly 4,776. of which approximately .1,500 are in 'B' and 'C' areas. That leaves 1.276 A . b". 'H'. reserved, and visitor lot spaces to which average students do not have access. No wonder Grewe wouldn't allow the examination of the computer read outs, which in essence would have made his estimates look more outlandish.

Grewe claimed his "integrity was being questioned when it tame to the matter of the figures, but all we can say is. "What integrity?" We're talking about the same man who made no bones about the fact that he is able to purchase a resen ed A ' zone decal tor S54 annually, when Joe Blow student has to pay SiOO for one of comparable value.

If Grewe were to have complied with his normal insistence on accuracy, his guesstimates should have been closer. In fact. Grewe refuses to speak to any representative o / T h e Daily Guardian over i he telephone, preferring personal interviews in his office for "accuracy's sake." For someone who is so concerned about the accuracy of others, he doesn't seem to be too preoccupied with his own.

Parking Services Office Manager Fddie Cooper also commented on the parking situation, saying thai at this time last year, more decals had been sold than this year. We find that hud to swallow, with this year's enrollment being up and the parking seemingly tighter than ever.

What Wright State needs is a staff of administrators who will admit the Haws of the university and honestly try to do sometning about them, rather than covering up to those they affect most—the students

Flop we nt Oc t Daz e Let 's face it. Inlet -Club Council this year's October Oaze was a

Hop. Needless !o tiy. it h-il something to do with the n«w location beneath the water rower.

Certainly the entertainment wasn't lacking, as the hands were adequate aid the comedy great. And while the weather was somewhat of « deterrent, there is no more logical excuse lhan the fact thai people do not like to have to hike to the other side of the campus to enjoy something that was always within easy access before.

The general layout of the event may heve been a factor in its waning attendance with the booths situated in the parking lot. isolated from the entertainment, and muddy hill and wet drainage ditch in between. And rarely did the twain meet.

The wind whipping through the hollows of the hill also detracted from the bands performance, distorting their otherwise good sounds.

In addition, wheelchair students could not climb the hill to enjoy the festival ' which discriminately cut down on the number of the crowd.

Well. ICC. instead of asking for a concrete stage for the wa te r lower area, why not ask for the p rev ious site of Ocotober Daze back. The acoustics are better, the wind not so biting, and the crowds larger.

The quad would be sure to please all -except maybe the administrators. But then, whose festival is it?

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THE JUDICIAL PROCESS by David MrElroy

Steel s u n k e n t r e a s u r e I was t ravel ing about the

country a while back and h a p p e n e d to see one of our na t ion ' s resources which had been laid to rest , or rust . It was a Heel of mothbal led ships which the US Navy and the US Merchant Mar ine have stockpiled, probably to never •ig lin see du ty .

The sailors 1 met informed m e that the rus t ing relics were used for target practice by navy warsh ips .

I told them that this was wasteful in mv opinion.

W H E N THEY told m e that the navy ge t s prolonged use of the ba t t e r ed hulks by filling ihem with millions of p ing pong balls to keep them afloat longer .

That probably p leases p ing ponf til manufac tu re r s no end.

While the re have been re-ports that the US Merchant Marine is short of ships and that foreign ships have cap-tured the sh ipping market , many WWII Liberty ships and old US Navy ca rgo s l i p s lie unused . They have b. c dis-missed as economically unfea-sible to upda te or r t novate for active service.

T H E R E HAVE also been some though t s d i rec ted to-ward making these once reli-able old r.hips into floating t e n e m e n t s for the poor, to rep lace rot t ing ghe t to hous-ing.

And. of course , you have heard of more fash ionable ships, such as the Queen Mary and the Queen Eliza-be th . being p lanned for use as luxury hotels or f loat ing uni-versi t ies.

Out still the old mothballed ships find themse lves be ing sent to watery g raves by their owner , the US government .

IT WOULD seem to me in»t the government could possibly

solve several p rob lems if it would make wiser u se of t h e s e sh ips .

What 1 am s r n g e s t i n g is rec la iming t h e metal with which t h e s e ships a rc con-s t ructed . The re a re h u n d r e d s of these mothbal led obsole te ships, f rom heavy duty battle-ships down to small patrol boats .

By salvaging the sh ips ' metal . unemployment in coastal a r eas could be re-duced . millions of ton of s teel , iron, brass , copper, and more exotic me ta l s could be re-claimed and directed to the ailing US steel and metal indus t ry , allowing, at least for a while, t hem to sell at pr ices lower than their foreign com-peti tors.

THE STEEL and o ther met-als in most ships, especially warships , is of high g rade . A ba t t lesh ip has 18 inch thick armor plat ing. At t o d a y ' s prices, can we afford to s end these valuable metals to the bot tom of the sea just because they provide »~al t a rge t s for the navy?

Many men could N- em-ployed to d ismant le ships in dry docks, right in the cities where unemployment is so high, and il could keep them busy lor yea r s until the last old ship was being mel ted down piece by piece.

It would also be a wise thing to salvage these sh ips ' metal because America needs to reduce (and in some instan-ces el iminate) its dcpendance on foreign sources. Reclaim-ing the tril l ions of tons of sea going metal would s tretch our supply.

AMERICA'S STEEL mills and metal foundr ies have suf -fe red qui te a bit lately at t h e hands of foreign compet i t ion. The high g rade meta l s com-posing the obsolete warsh ips

and merchan t ships lying rust-ing in rows could easily yield a marke tab le product that could possibly be sold c h e a p e r than t h e foreign product . That could give the Amer ican metal industry a boost .

But- still t ons and tons of marke tab le metals a r e be ing sent to sea bo t toms at t h e p leasure of the US Navy and US allies.

it would s eem o ther t ypes of t a rge t s could be devised in order to conserve much-need-cd mater ia l s . ,

AND. O F course American tax payers footed the bill when t h e g o v e r n m e n t o rde r ed these ships to be built . It may-be t rue that the ships cannot economically be sent to sea again to serve, but is the u se of these ships dur ing target pract ices a wise inves tment of resources that could be used e l sewhere?

The c r e a t u r e s of t h e sea will apprec ia te fu r the r s inkings, as they apprec ia te the present sh ipwrecks , for they make excellent artificial r ee f s .

1 o f t en wonder how many o ther fo rms of gove rnmen ta l resources a re overlooked in b u r e a u c r a c y ' s sc l f -perpe tua t -ing. ineff icient adminis t ra t ion of every th ing it can br ing u n d e r its control . I t ' s t ime the public put a s top to waste .

IF AMERICA is to cont inue as a nation governed by the people , we people had b e t t e r use wha t eve r m e a n s we have to make it clear to tha t government what we want . If tf"ere is someth ing heavy on your mind take a few minu t e s to wri te or p h o n e your legisla-tors . and r e m e m b e r to vote. A silent majori ty is easi ly over-looked.

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on (his campus, and we want to counter the Revolutionary Stud-ent Brigade." said WSU chapter Vice-chairman Flwood Sanders II.

"I WAS upset because there was no conservative organization here." Sanders said. He added thai groups like the RSB which represent radical and liberal int-erests dominate the headlines even though they are in the minority.

He hopes to engage conserva-tive students in opposing the RSB here.

WSU's YAF Chairman Mark Bonekowski said out of the 250 demonstrators in the recent Kent State anti-gym protest. 189 were brought in by the RSB and other "outside agitators " I!c describ-ed tb': RSB as "Maoist tcrro* sts". THE YAF, founded in 1460 by

William F. Buckley Jr.. strives 'o reduce th« role of government in American life.

"The central problem of the '70s is the decline in importance of the individual. Government must be reduced in size and power if we are to preserve liberty in America." said nation-al YAF Chairman Jeff Kane, according to tlonekowski.

Sanders said the YAF supports human rights and is not reaction-ary or extremist in its ideals.

"The YAF is in favor of the B-l bomber, the neutron bomb, the cruise misslc, and opposed to bussing for integration," Bonek-owski said.

"We're anti-communist and believe the United States should . stress victory over, rather than cociistcnce with communism," Ssnders remarked.

Interested parties can contact the YAF at 43J-462J.

Mike Marcus, whose costume resembled a cross between the creature "Chewbacca" from Star Wars and something from Planet 0/ The Apes, emceed the eve-ning's activities and entertain-ment.

Various guitarists and vocalists supplied live music ranging from Simon and Garfunkel to Chicago. Forensic coach Kathy Bender anu student Brenda Gordon brought down the house with their tap-dance performance to the Godspell song All For The Best. Drawings for door prizes which ranged from T-shirts to motorized beer signs were held, along with prizes for the best costume.

Despite his impressive appear-ance. Vader's costume still had its drawbacks.

WING radio's Darth Vader was on hand to add to the mood ol the evening and to pose for pictures. A "sandman" from lagan's Run. a ship's officer from Star Trek, and two hooded jawas were just a few of the different costumes worn.

"It sure gets hot in here", Vader said about the black mask and helmet that completely covered h's head. "And we have to work on my batteries so my lights will light up", he added.

organization forming at WSU

The Young Americans for Freedom, a conservative youth organization hacked by such nat-ional figures as California Gover-nor Ronald Reagan and Senator Barry Goldwater, is establishing a chapter on the Wright State campus.

"We believe there are enough sufficiently conservative students

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Four bands entertained October Daze participants under Wright State's i-ater tower, site of the event. While a "lot of nuts " made the scene, and others found it a real bite, campus Security 's everwMching eye looked on.

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8 October 11, 1977 THE DAILY GUARDIAN Concerts Th« Thrw Pennr Opera

Vanguard Concerts will present the following artists for the 2977-78 season: Aston Magna on Friday. October 14; The New York Chamber Solo-ists on Saturday. November 19; The Emerson String Quar-tet. Saturday. January 28; The Tartini Trio, Saturday. Febu-ary 18; and Klaus Hellwig. on Saturday. March 11.

All concerts are held at the Dayton Art Institute at 8:30 p.m.

Tickets are available at Rikes. Hauers Music Co.. University of Dayton, and Wright Si«t University and at the Dayton Art Institute on the night of the concert.

Infertility Society

The Dayton Infertility Soci-ety. a self-help group for involuntarily childless coup-les. will meet at 7:30 pm October 1H at the State Fideli-ty Community Room. 2601 Far Hills Ave.

Discussion will be on "The Waiting Game."

For details call 299-6257.

Tac K»on Do

Wright State's Tae Kwon Do Club is open to men and women interested in develop-ing physical fitness and self defense. The club's workouts are held every Tuesday and Thursday from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the Wrestling room of the Physical Education Building.

For further information con-tact Dr. Randall Smith at 2013.

Squash Club

The Wright State Squash Club is being organized for squash enthusiasts. Anyone interested should contact Greg Bovcher at 426-0641 or Grant Jones at 873-2202 for de'iU».

A squash league commissi' at teams from the g>"eater Dayton area will begi- ' •• on Saturday Oct. 15. Play will be for all skill levels.

The second annual W.S.U. Squash Tournament will be held on Nov. 11, 12. and 13.

A Squash clinic will be held on Oct. 20 and 21. A visiting pro from Australia will con-duct the clinic.

Backpacking Program

A program on " Equipment for Backpacking" will be giv-en Wednesday. October 12 at 7:30 pm in room 109 of O'Reilly Hall on the Universi-ty of Dayton Campus.

A guest speaker from Wild-erness Outfitters will give (he presentation

The program is sponsored by the Miami Valley Council of Youth Hostels and is open to the public.

A cart of 24 will present the Three Penny Opera a! the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park October 11 thru Novem-ber 6, with previous October 7. 8. and 9.

Keith Prentice will portray Mack the Knife.

Subscriptions and informa-tion is available for the the-atre's 19th season by calling 421-3957.

Workshops

Career Planning and Place-ment will offer the following workshops:

"Selling yourself effectively on paper." Wednesday Oct-ober 12. 9-10 am.

"Job hunting techniques, old and new," Wednesday October 12. 10-11 am.

"Once you've got the job, how do you keep it?". Friday October 14. 1-2 pm.

Phone 873-2556 for details.

Nursing Open House

The Wright Stale School of Nursing will host an open house Thursday, Oct. 13. from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. in room 155 B and C of tfc • University Center.

The opr house is open to the publi. r-ersons wishing to attend should call 873-3131 for reservations.

Newman Conceit

Michael Newman, classical guitarist, will appear at Wright State October 13, as the second performer in She Artist Series.

He will perform at 8 pm in the Concert Hall of the WSU Creative Arts Center.

Tickets arc on sale at 'he Hollow Tree from 11 am to 4 pm.

Newman will entertain free of charge in the Upper Hearth Lounge at 3 pm October 12. in the University Center.

Wheel Chair Sporta Club

Physical Education Director Willy Oayle will speak at the Wheelchair Sports Club meet-ing October 11 at 7:30 p.m. in 045 University Center.

NAEA Meeting

All Art Education students are invited to attend the third chapter meeting of the Na-tional Art Education Associa-tion Thursday. Oct. 13 at 12 noon in 228 Creative Arts Center.

Alaskan Program

The Liberal Arts Lecture Series presents itf first speak-er Wednesday October 12. Roy Smith of Antioch College, director of the Challenge/Dis-covery Program, will present a slide illustrated talk emitted "Alaska: the Great Betrayal."

The progra.it will begin at 11 am in room .55 E and C in the University Center at Wright State.

Ombudsman Office

The Ombudsman's office .provides many different ser-vices to the students, faculty, and administration. As infor-mation source the office offers a trained staff who will try to assist you with any questions you may have about university services/or procedures. The office also offers many differ-ent information sources.

For example we have hand-books on:

Tenant's Rights. Going to Court in Small

Claims, Fair Housing in Ohio. — Keeping records; What to

discard. —Common sense in buying

a safe used car. and many others for your reference.

For further information con-tact the Ombudsman's Office, Allyn Hall.

Nexus Nexus is seeking poems,

short stories, topical essays from Wright State writers.

Deadline Oct. 28. 1977. Send to nexus Gwfice Via Campus mail. Include -.;:«d»n: mailbox.

Leadership Lab

Applications for the fall lab of Self Awareness/Leadership skills are now available in the Student Development Office in 122 Ailyn.

The lab. to be held the weekend of Oct. 28, will feature new learning and sharing experiences.

The application fee of $15 includes transportation, meals and lodging. Limited scholar-ships are available.

Application deadline is Fri.. Oct. 21 a! 5 p.m.

Book Sale

Books are needed for the Kappa Delta Ri book sale to be held on Oct 12.

3ring those books you wish to donate to room 321 Millett weekdays between the hours of 9 and 5.

Proceeds of the sale go to the KOP scholarship fund.

Monster Manor

The sixth Bcavercreek Jay-cees MonsSor Manor will open October 14 and remsin open until Oct. 31.

The house will feature 15 rooms, each with * different fright theme.

It will open from 7pm till 11 om Sunday thru Wednesday, and from 7 pm till midnight Fridays and Saturdays, being closed on Thursdays.

The Manor is located at 3609 E. Patterson Road in Bcavercreek. and admission is SI.

A children's matinee will be held October 16 and 23. from 1 pm to 4 pm. for only 50 certs.

For details, call 429-1422.

Harpsichordist

The first concert in the Vanguard Series will be per-formed by Aston Magna Fri-day October 14 at the Dayton Art Institute at 8:30 pm.

Tickets will be available at the door.

Psychology Club

The meeting of the Psychol-ogy Club will be held October 12 at 4 pm in room 229 Millett Hall.

Dr. Herbert A. Colle will speak on the subject of "Hearing yourself think."

Book Fair

A used Book Fair will be held October 15-17 from 10 am to 10 pm in the Montgom-ery County Fairgrounds. It is sponsored by the Planned Parenthood organization.

The grand opening of the fair will be held October 14 from 5-10 pm with an admis-sion charge.

Quad Concert

Wright State University Concert Band, conducted by Clark Haines. Faculty Associ-ate in music, will present a concert on quadrangle from 12:20 to 1 p.m., Wednesday, Oct 12-

In case of rain the concert will be he'd Friday. Oct. 14. during the same time period.

The band will also perform for the USA-Cuban voi'.pyball gz.mc on Thursday, October 13. at VJD Arena.

One of four bands withir. t h e MUSK D e p a r t m e r t . t h e Concert Band is a 70 member ensemble with students from all departments within the University.

Ninety-five percent of the students are non-music ma-jors. The group rehearses Monday, Wednesday, Friday from 12 noon to 1 p.m.

Anyone interested in per-forming with the group should contact Haines or Dr. Myron Welch, Director jf Bands, 148 CAC. cstisatoo 2545.

Medical Terfronolgy Conven-tion

Medical Technology stu-dents are invited to attend the i977 Region IV Convention of the American Society for Medical Technology to be held Oct. 13-15 at Dayton Convention Center at Stouf-fcrs Inn.

The convention involves medical technologists from In-diana. Kentucky. Michigan, and Ohio.

Students can attend the tiiree-day meeting or any part of it by showing a Wright State ID and by paying SI. The convention program is posted on the bulletin board for medical technology in the Biological Sciences Depart-ment,

Recital

The public is invited to attend a saxophone recital performed by Bruce Jordan at Blair Hall Theater. Sinclair Community College on Fri-day. October 21. at 8:00 p.m.

Jordan will be accompanied by Suzanne Scutt on the piano.

There is no admission charge.

Transcendental Meditation

The Dayton center for the Transcendental Meditation program will sponsor a special presentation entitled Break-through in Human potential. On Tuesday. Oct. 11 at 7:30 p.m. in 041 University Center.

Admission is free.

Recital

A Clarinet recital by Antho-ny A. Pasqualc will be held at Sinclair Community College in the Blair Hall Theater at 8:00 p.m.. October 27.

Pasquale will be joined be Carol Wasson Pasquale play-ing the piano.

The public is invited to attend free of charge.

For further information con-lact: Dr. Clarence Walls, chairman of the department of dance and music at 226-2541 or the division of fine and performing arts office at 226-2881

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