Worth looking info A -·. To hunt or ~ tomrnt'ntonanartkleintheNO\'tl!lbtr 21. 1r.'Sissueof0. Pei.t« andateply 10 IN! artltle In the D«tmbtr 5. ~~~l1itlewu~lfoiU."To llun! Oifnot lollunl!'' ltatureandwu ..-nuenbyProffSIOr CaUII:olcoftht Phi\o&opllylltpl. ltmadtanatttmptto looll;objedivtlyaltheluueofhunUnc . The rtply wa1 from Prol'tUOr Norm. aC.O of the Philo5ophy Drpt. a nd , it Video T~ Praent1tt• : THE CHlf1KEN LnTLE COMEDY SHOW,Uam-Spn( Deboi:,AIJen, lhlwnlty Center> uAB 0.0. Exctwtse • 1M()' and tell <Sol. Bootb-UC) Studio Tbea l re preseota I M· PORTANCE 01" BElHG EAR· NEST, 2 pm cnoe Artal lbdripl Dlaoer. Artl Courtyard) a:• UAB nlm : nfELIFEAND TIJIES OF' JUDGE ROY BEAN, 7:30 p:n (Pnlp'am Ba.oqutt Rm.-UC) ......,. Dtftallta' 12 STUDY D~Y Studio Tbealre.. presen~ IM- PORTANCE OF BEING EARNESI', 2 pm <Flne Artl) JbdrfcaJ Dinner, f ::IO pm (.,.. AtU Courtyard) -.,.~Mic: ler, 7::10pm (H) UAB 8N : Nlltlolal FtD1Js. Rodeo, ... . (Col!'~ UCI . . . .,.Oece•Mrtt Hockey, IUcAieller, I :JO pm <HI Madrip.l [)(n.ner, 1 :30 pm cnne Ani CouftJard) ~ UAB AV Proiram, Wil. Video 1'heltre (9.ammary • &ne7 fll Electronic Vldeo.rtJ, IJ-10 pm CCoaunwUe.IUoa R.o.m.UC) M.-.1. De«aNr 1S ~2~~-:uboob, FINAL EXAMS UAB VkSeo: Football, Jetl VI. Qarpn,l-11 :30pm (COO'~ UCI T'MIIUJ, o.tu.W II FINAL EXAMS ~s!X:.~~-~,.u bolb, campus TV Collett-, •11 pm CColJeebcue.UCJ w-.. 1 • Oece•ll« nNALEXAMS n • 8oali; Kxcbanp-buy and .u boob, 11·2 pm (Sol Booth .... UC) FINAL EXAMS c..,.. ..., c-p~.&M '' c-•uttJ Alfalu Edll• Mary Plotta'. ~e!~'.: ~'1.'.~ ~~ll~n:~ dDnnotrt~rowontreet . llaveyOLie.-1'1' Vft. Unlt~~~you 'rea v~daria n aGnot e\'rr ~kahunter. Whtrtdo)'OUthlllk )'OIIt bttf comN from that you t'llt : It IOtallyla~td lhtlwo ma]Grpoinl:llhat I'Tof. Caltkot!clevtlopftl. t'iratofatl. !hedl&nilyanducrfdllt!QofA LL)IIe: ) would like to ki'IOW how )'GU tan ,..Uf)' daalfylri:!htlii·Noflhe»<alledwikl tri!\IIIUtS U 5Uptrior ID UM.e of domftUtannnalt.n,_. , ,,ft!l:,etc.. de ., adinfinilum . 111"~~=::..~=~~~~!: of doll\stk t1'talurn. One trip 10 a - • pKkl~tt pll.nl.c-Jd bt su~rlriftll to.alitul, cntdoubluponthatamue ralion:lllution, II III abo~ l!Yt plantll have no lrtlinp, but they haYe ::;~~~=~=~·::.:::e~~.= ~lddyyou toli$1anylhirw.ye~. ::r.~~:fe'::!!.~=)'=~~!::.::: :tf:;e:;·:~~ :::~-.':,:i:;,'j; &I I' i~..,. walt!na. ttunti"'lt•m&Ntgrmrntlool.l atse Alpf)CIMJOUhavetheii'IOfleytop.:~ y for .,.-ikllife m•naltmenl . Tht hunten bHn lrell ltd with Chlorine to kill 8atleria,l5,~lheykill you. The II«''nd polni whirl! Prot, Callkott madt-, .,.-hich w;u 50mtlo.-ha t addrtutd lo. wu the d11lifttlion btl.· w~the"bloodktlt"hunttrll htl»d guylandtht"b;u:k ·l o-~tw-e",l~t - 5tt~Jnhullttrtthecoodlluyl , ToPi'of. Norrn 'tpoint ol view lhtf'llliton ly !he lormtr. li e Illi te. lht wd l wwn li~ about "'' alb in the "''OOCI:I bring tom munlnl •nd mud! safer, tt<:. than hunt1111. llownarrowdo)'OII tahthe hunln 10 be~ Allhil point l ift~ that I mUIIJ.tlllt lhat l amahunlrrlltiCir'C!«iftal. Ust yurwasmyfintyurolb.m!ingand , althQ.uchldidn'lpa rt klpattlhbyea r, l pll.nlotonUn~loh~omt. Billlhlll fatt lhat!d~ 'lhunlthit)'ta rdidn't kftp mtoutolthe .,.·oodlorfrommlo)'inlthr beaulyof~~at~n J It H<m~J lo me that the anti ·hwllin& fwce~lrdlhatththuntf'l'ldJ:hiswhtr jMawre My oul of kiUi"'. ltutlli"'lt lor me. n ills lot many others like me. butonelormbywllidl lrdunototne " natural " wayoflile. flftllhal , tombtllitd .,.·ith cam pln1, hlltittg, or .,.·ha teYerdlillyoultkeloclolnthewoodl tlidd1~ I, hunlin,tt il a valuablt. m .loyable w•y ol td lll'nlniJ 10 1111tun Th01 mixtw-t o1 e~~ea~ from in· O..r.trlaliullon-er.-etot"nhanceont't pe~tionofthetauolityofn.atureand of-'t placeonlifeanddealh. Jtrry" IA""'" Hourbon~Lah. AU Mf'-A pltllllf'll l 1 On hunting Talh, l'oi•Uor, l ano wr lttnttl n t rlP<!Mt towardllthe ll(n«a~ofasmallmonori t yofantl· hunt"" l paid~~eVrndoiJan/wa hunhnahct"Methltye.:~r, and l didnot n ·en ftte my gwn Was the ~ea-. "'"Sit~ • I dolllnl thtnk 10 ha1·r had a doe A1ndm1 li\-e IH'I from )"W,oc- .,.·atdltda mlnkfrolltarvund• t1'erllbed furanhow l tcdllmtoutto ...... thd~rkt , lftW,KJ-.btJIVff, lo.-. nu~ animaltlhal ~p«oplehavetocoto -or and manyotMr IIIUI.Nmtto~ l llprfttaii 'T\IrktyDay p;l) rorot, b.lttourist•. ·'"'*'!ltrs. hikers, binlwaldlcnt. 1nd ewm )'IIU p;u-t.ake lnow-.,.·ikDift. ls thlalalr~ l am Mlrlll la.lpa)'ff11 would wan! allllllhl'f rai-einUtxn. . To awn up my lttlintP on detf- hull ti.nl: lwoukleont i-141Mlttletr """ if the)! bfol:a meextln~:t..,.·hirfl Q.,h.:lt .,.-illhappenil)"'llha Ve)'ourway\'• 11ft 1 kovr 11111\U't, not my -n f~onp aboul c-rrta inthlnp. ~brio. K•pfl.l tttP,.y c.Tta\Uff, t :vtntMIUitr)'OU drinli;has ~U ~'Ifill 'lll'f bHntoa atodtya rdaftd ltt'n COIO"ll ptll'd l at.-)'OUwhtrl.,.·nthelast lime you MerTyCiritt-.u l'll adml tl havelhatacou!ft lfdft.. waulcl prd~ 10 make It u &implit lor ltmlt'd tomt,il lookalf on tht ~l 'RIW1411y, Dfte•Mr II FINAL EXAMS Boot Exchanp-buy and sell boob, u am-2 pm (SOl. Booth·---UCI Frid•y, Dece•t~oer n ' =!J tack of !ht anli-buntirc loren while evadinl lht iiOIId iNus thatProfessor Callieott!tlediOprtKnl. II bto Prol. Norm. and all lhoM who •11~ wl!h him. that I would li~e to addnu lhi1 ~~~~ppeara I .,.-holedaywith natun= lir.trning!o!lat - • falllmtan.llyoulttoutlfUtt cily Into the woodl you tan actually htarthe-rau. wiklifeas!MI'IIlble. Tlliadotsnotmran sUtrvaliM. II..-e)'OUe\'tr ~a llarvin& dtf'I'!Vouc:a.n - thent.• them , lhtyan=tooweaktowalll,alllhat Jho.,.-sb theirblgbro.,.·n tyN . I'ohhol• to lh if ot.ervu thai lht bull ot your arcutmm l hu a lmoe.t en.. pra whtawuthelutllmeyouha\'t~a &i\'tn P"rWWI)'. Dt«..W u boclb,ll am - 2pm ltunli"'and ldldntlt- adeft.blt not to hunt T•Uw Ptli•~B, J•·ouldlike lotUethisopportunl tyta More on hunting On the cover Endangered species throu.gh th•s >«t1on. thc-numbn'ofa~otk-<11~ rfduo.•1njt Aft er 36 hours of good e nlert.n.inmtnt and a mlnlmun of begging and pleading the Dghth Annual WWSP Telethon rca('hes its goa l or $8,000. PhotogaphtT Doug Wojcik catches the action Sunday night just five minuteS before the end of teletholt weekend . A rtp0rt on telethon and more photos ean be foundinth is ...·eek'scenters.ec:tlon. thus rua tiiiiUIIIlli. Tothr l'viqlf-r. l.ookouthuni~Tt.youma)·beon thr ~a f~PV~' C'l>etUII!II'rfd 1peocin liA Ocn' t lrrespaniblelluntft'lpulanmdtoall huntin~C- I"ublk tnflic opposition. pos!C!d land andoutcbtC!dllunting~laticln$could uop all huntlrc if tlu.l anli·hunting attitu~ Jll""'iSts amo113 AIMrkans. I'd WetookaSUr\'l')'llfaP!IrOXm ... td) 1110 peopleandlhf"jt\'IIPf'alt'OIK'I."'ISU!;ofl~ pl'oplrv•efllr'\'t')tod istoerNtt' th15 block:ldc either tempiJI'anl)' or pl'r· mant.'flti)·. C'•cr....S C'lthn~ lor Sr~-.1 Under the cover Str<'1'1 Sa l•t)' There11 be some changes on cam pus nex t semester; a new student government vice-president was named~ lllte, a likelolft5CIIIleo1Germany·s~pts ola l u.antinaanitudeaspointC!dOUiby Dr. Oariel Trainer in a P oin ter artkle Nov . Zl Most ,.·ildlilt- needs very sptcilie hab i lal . !lilt ha..blta t decrenn t"''C'I'}'ib)', lack ot h.abtt;u kills ,.·hole 5pKilos of w11dhfe . W1th natural prrd.UaniOO".huntinRialheonLy,.·ay tocontrolwo\dlifepi)P'IIali-.Afterall. ....~t'sbrlterfor,.·ildhle.thralowu&l)' deathofstanationaraqulekerprocess by bullets and llrrows'! AI for birth rontrol for ~r. it Hems highy im· prob;obh.•. Mancll n't t n •nmaintalngood birthcontrol forh15o"·nkind. ltunt ing IM:ft\$e ""'·mue providn much ol thr pme·mana.cemm t lind W11dlde 1tudict in Wisconsin. This mont')' also buyt publk land for ::i'JI'7n :::an";;..;~~~": or';n~~~!s~ l>uclu Vnhmi trd, ric :. and an con· ('ft'JW(!,.·oth..,·ildliftmanagC"ment. lt untl'n,\eu.pUtourw\\·ebKkinlhe public'sto)·tasacontributmKtlemtnt to ,.;ldhlt· mana gtmentand k~phuntel':!l rolflhl'l'ntbllgi'I'C'd5pt'1:1HI151 Slr•r ~~,.· arlr ltoom u: K1111l~ To!lw' l'oi ntrr Stall'mC'1115hke l pr.,;.rnthrreanonot ,.·orthltu 111 thr1r ronteM or un · lk·rst4tndlngtot~cllizl'll$,.ho trul y r~lms of re;ohzr the n•a50ft5 and hunhlll{·-bullo tJit. lwd 1'11>1ronmentalosts . mouth piNdo· ~l~tt·mo'fllS Wllh r~J:f'l ul t'oillt .... prmt5holhlldtsoftheo!>5Ut'.for hrrt'll\':lnbe read 111 pnm the foohsh wlf·~~ t bfy mll t.'11fTIIIItlll\ t~· lloobtore,nolbanks . 11 amount l>:.i ly. we lla•·e a ecrt.;oin of fundsto,.·ork..,·•thand ,.·henlheyare gonratiSC'I'\'i('('$¥ufler. Ch«kcuhrng ~~ pr<J I'idl'daii a service to thelludf"nu fur tht"Or rotl'o·~-nil'ntto. ltu;notnt'tftSolryforanychertstobe casho:d.bullhey:~re. llisllt'ffll3ryto J>UI:~Iiml t onboth thenmountllfmonl'y J)t'r ciM.oc kea~and a hmi t mtoull oll"hcoelu th:ll ;anu)t.UIL ra$hed $0 more ll udr-nt s•••lllbeabletocotliohchec:kl. Whorn thf lunil is rr:~thl'd It is im · ~bletoo:ontinucloeash chl'<:kldue· to tht of n1oney on the r~ister Tho• U C Information Orsk .11bo prond~'S XI'I'OX se r>il'tl, gi•·ts cha ngr. olfen Dloploe:~llnt,~: t.ervin:s and If <"hm1 "erecashtod eonhnuously ,.... ,.·ootdhal'l"OOth:ingt"too:ontmuethn;e --t•nonos 1'llc lnformauonl>e!rk tr i~ to~:>ser<'fl')'ont" , of,.·•l'an 't..,·e clln ml~ ap<JI<tglll', chf't·k~ also m:lkl" I ;mtl l'm<-c rlaonl'mlarfromaiOIIl' , tlwt 100 )II'T'tl"'lt appro.-at ..-ould """~ thl' .. orthy suggestions ol an)'t>!>l' to hnn11 about add1t1onal <'COOOmieat l~'t· l .1r>drt":Uon~bt.-wa)stnstrmgthrn:.nd bu t <llh« po.q~le ( 'hrt.liad,ll.l"yll.( '$,.\1 . I'S Tho: llnobton'OO..Shokl l'otsh Cnritr-:.c-rpt"·rs• Th .... hil'k<'r iiiJ:"IIlgoonandoti. it 15 flul unhl the cby comn ..,.hm popub11nn< ahkt>. I ,.111 proud\)' con· llnlll'lllt'IIJO) . <Uilportandpilrll('l p.lte llld>t'rt'C' ttahonothunllnft Ton1 ! ' '"""·~ l H l'n,l' .Unsafe corner .,. ................. nurt'I'OIC<'I'nt~for tho·~fcl ) of h•·n •••:-.<·CtNKIStrai.ho:l""''n('lark and 1\l~in :;, ....>($ Thrrc h:"t' b<'t'fl hw ~;;~·;!_~~,:;!';'' t':.~~";':': Sl~~: ro-..ul!l.'dm,....,l<'i)pc"fho~pllahl:lll"" ltftbt_...,,. f•••rollflc<u ll:"•pp<'tlt"d on ,.,,..krnd~:.Mfwrhappt'fl<odaft,... 10 ;;:~~: ~~:;..~;s'~:U,t~r~:..~·~~~~": ,,..,... s:!OO d:lmaae ,\nolhf"r poont ol '"'"'""''~th:lt-;,loft~lllxe~nts h.<ppe~d on Thur:ld:l) . Fr>dll)'. or S.:.turday0Utnft~l0.13Q(('IIrr«<on Thund.<y. t'nd:i ) or S;oturd:ly •llllot Uur rt"MMIUIIOI\tolhi!Oprob\l'miiiOioet upabklo;kadeonS«ondStrettbrl,.·em Oukandll ain· Streets. ~,..el."'l, pm and z :om on Thursday. ~·roda y ;ond ~tu rday n1ghtl Th10 " 'ould ehmu.alt' thelh~wisemen . • · In the envl ronmeo~ l seCuon we give y011 a loolt at popular winler twO sports. OeMis Briebman examlnea KatTOU Bohnak dl~ussea cross-country :u::obilin& while On the rqular pqes area Marr l.altft hla turn ~~~~i~i=~~~,~:rs!d'~~~~:~== ~m appears for the last time undtr the pen of gra pitl~ editor Dennis Jensen. Jensen will beat.ayingon in his polition as ('OOrdina tor or graplllc artists but wm be fo rced ttl discontln~~e the l q runninl (over 50 instaUmenta to da te I cartoonstripbeca useof tim elimitatlons. Thla, by the wa y , i1 the last Poin t« or the semester. We hope y011've enjOyed reading these pages as m iJCh u . we've enjo¥ed brln&lng them to )'011 . It 's beef\ long bollrJ and hard work but a lot of fun for all o r liS . We11 be bac k a t the begin· ningof nextsemester . . Have good luck with exam• and happy celebrations... Psuedo event ,., the all!lurd IRUoJo '''1'111 the Ch3n· n•llo>r ha~ cn·all'd "11h h1~ mtddhn11 do:l'i~1on on 21 hnur \'IS<I:O t1on but "hl'tl I r .. a.tJ<MPh lbrn•'lelll!r ln)oor L:i.'>t •.<5111' ll""'*ht, " EIMIIldlll C'f>OLIIKh" II1 Md11ftcuJI h>t'Otnnl~~lon lhl'll'lll'f ht•o'a""''ll ,;ni<ISII)'III<"I~t·tt'll l babblt•, hulhl'r<'antlthoorrl"llhgr""lefforll ..tlallfT,. :o'<.Wmphon le.lds.of<'OUI'll('.to Wnh,.h:lt~ ~t:!;~~~~~.~h!~::.1o:~ ~r~~lh Thrlastlhl\11:1"'-;,.nttotkl~S('Omnlt"nt ~t~•c;,.~"l lhlnrNson • f>rferll lu.ation' scWnNIIIt" thl,.lofbeller~nethodsto sau~l~ hoth man ami ;on1m~l r::.= Jill UnYffUgt rillaln the retl ol the student activi ty lee pkt loa& runlllna: seriea on where ywr this week emcludilll her T11 lh" l'vi ntrr ~•·anttetarhmml'l'of,.hott lluril :~biiurd 1 r r~:ular ~tablhtt" tl'w' Jword \\'boctl by !hi' ,.·ay, .. ouldm<.on·thanh kcl) bcfundt_odbytb(o """'" po:•aplc,.·hopr~<!iently!upportlhl~ pr~ram.huntcnBut·-dothele~e 8 :;;,1urday hutll':!l from 10 am unt1 l 2 pm an~r :ag:nnstusso-cal~" :\l"<'llessklllen" <"aUSI' l~r more cbmal(e than an~ "II;Un llbSt1n11 1)\ood ~ ~~~~~1111 hum"" of thto "'IOds l•a m jt!ad a fin~ p;!pc!f' hkc tho.· :~:ee~ ~'d a';~~ ~:~":t~-:=~ .-.To::l~~~ Cealer Polley Board members was elecled Moaday. Det&Us on the news pages. ..,..;1\tn commenting. or rathl' r , <'Omplaini ng about th~ Unlvenity Cen ter ~h«k cashi ng polil"y. AI a Student ll a~~ager attheU .C. I ,..ish to k'nd somt of my own remarks to this IS4ut . The Univer11ty C~'llttr In· formation Orsk andtht l.loolr.$10rean J11$t th:r.t, an lnlonnation Oak and a amnunt Merciless hunters? 'l'hl'l r Just checking T~~~~/~~~ oltht Pol • tt-r a lette~ ,..u Series 9, Vol. 18, No . 76 lONIIS. IIe:O.SOCI:Itt'SSI'Xllnd ,.-iSitllllon fi t• ~,...., llsnl UM! l~m~ aJ nbs1~u!t•l) S)nt.,}n,;mh.,set'<llldpar.ljlraph This ''"''"'""'''"lll'nn<:lu•""' · SifM't> ilarns """"""'0:1 "111 ••• of th:ot th1· W~l)' ~~~ntt ~tudcnts : t hour '''"'"11011 ,; :olio" l!'d ~• l.,..,.,.,lwbl<'llltlhth<>vrsform~r.uhon "1'\UOII llarros t•rl<'fUII\I~!"li k,..,..~ th1" Itt' mUSt a!i,SUllll' .,,..n rron1 h11 l'll · Jlt'tK'fln_• and"" m.... t tho:t'f'fdre con<'h><k•th:u ~.~ I!IWon ty thl,.htuseJ the l\ll!.hl ho>ul'll lnr t ~ho,,....-i!IC' ~t·h:ot •~ II~ ti;,t:o "" .. t.eh ht' tblalottJst ,......, ,, ~ , ~ b;roo;o~ t.,. a..,;umpt1oow" Ill ~ i<•ll<•r and the JI"''IIH'HI II lake~ ~nnt i up ltlt" I'Sl;t•nh~l IMbhty ~ Pl'""ll"hkt"tlarr.<.tht"f'hall('t"llor. :.nd noan)•tthrrlacult) , tn•-• •udrnts a, :t.r~~t~:;:..·~)':~~-:·:~~:.~~~h·~tZ!: lnllvb"'· ..-uhl(randrhriunc:aboutoor hllt')ounlt•tuo:Wnt .. Tht'll"hl-n,.·e,.·IIJ! IUJI'-.,''''f'tth<-l:t"'"rdn!!Ooh)' lrc:lhnl( >tu'"''~' as 1mn1~ltll'l' :~dol.....:mts ,..hn "Ill do l>lllhllllo: t-ndl~ly '''"1M cupulatr 11 ,.,. :.11"" them ball1c lro.,_>do,nlli 1n lht>1< hllle dorm room ca>lin '>\ luc:ll katbo n1e to;,. furthl'r potnt Wh;ot tSII about th"' un~l!l'of ) IIJdf:nl l >IUl<' llljlaruundootopolonc:onnther th:ot,..,Upw'l!l llarros and h1J olk~ Why sochamorbod •·oe,.·oflil'li• Pencanally. l . .• more next page •Pol• ler ' 11 1 • l• d .,.l ,.,,......., • pub ll n llon fo r t h Ua l••• tlly • I \111se_ .. Si.t'VU I Petal C-•--'ty. _ - -- ·-··--- ... ··- ...... _, ...._,. ....... ... ... ..... ......,_,......._.,,,_,_ ,.·.;.;:;:s.,-:~-:!O:.:t~::~;._-..;.-;~-;:,:-.::~.;:::~:: ~ ~·-· . ~--;~ ....=...--:.::.:--.:.~ -· ·- ..._ ...... ..... ~-· ..- ' :".:.:::·= - ""·· ·-co... .......... - ~ ........- ............ ;~~~0:::-:!:.;·E~t:=;~ •·:;;!."":"...:,<'..!.=-~:. ~r.: :;:.:~7;t~==-=E:.:.:.~-::;;:~= n..... mloul!. lt15 . .t l l'el llt t r ... more letters Ir-----~-------------------, EDISON'S MEMORY INC. ~'llrlht'Tmure. the Cl\an~llor hoi aprftiedeonc:f"mo•·erthefact tNt tht "T)·rann~· ofthemajlllr1ty ,.·ould 1M d · f«"tbrf'urnsedO"o"M"thtmlnonty'" lill"· uunly absurd' Mrrely111point fll ordi'T, allo>o· l!lf'tOpCIIntGUtlhallhll brli~·t•!4hour•'lllt.IUOnmlfl,hlbt'u$«1 b)• _,..~ only lor iC"ll , by othen k · casion:ally for H?t . and by .-111 others .,.,..,for~ . butr~tMI'fort.allun&or plr'IYUI& lall>l' all,... lfO""JI·IIpl. Ap-pltefttly studenUrnlki.. Joo·eaf"OIIRS morbid 1rna11rs in the minds oliiOill~ PI'OP~ "h~e·h amaze~ 1M bKalde on or051(Nl.•·hen l thinkaboutit , lthink1 am mO\'tcl towa rd ,ioy ralhl'l' tluon anJ"" It is 111M tNt lludenlll quit allowln& thue u l n111~ hous1111 rountryisrontrolledbymajorltyn~le ll.'hatlh<luldbtronlldft"«<~enmore II d.utardl)' • rethe dktat.or l•lnl if'Ufrem thr minor it y f'\f"Hhl ns ty nn lul renl.-.111\"ff !Jit" ma)arh y! lnaimplt ttl'ml. the Cha~rilor amockl rnajllr1 ty SUW'JI'I !U tlduiMted by 1M PIIC qur.itKinnaire l 11 1m~na hu dill~ maral•·aiutSonamajorltyun•lUi.. to xct"ptlhem. Afterronslderinc•lllhi•. ~ulau-tobt'•·wteduponthtm M..)· braJotroncJtudtntt"OIIIi~lhould approach the lesisJ.atun~ ,.·1th a biU c 11(1 campu5 how1"1 code~ and in&lludents nshuequaltootlwr ltlollrampus I II ourChancrllor &ll llha~thegallto&pNk II ti'lt '"ty raM)' of 1M majority'". ~-::.·~~: ~!..;"t~t;:ce:· ~ lrre~tol'~ '''A"hyJohcLnyn.n't•Tite." Oae ~the lftJOftlpointedoutbytheattidellllMI JoMny's teadwn r•n 't ,.·rite. Dlaup Wt•·eft "l f>olller.p.4. l.ookatthe J OIC9h llarrlt let\("!". It lin'! onl)' Johnny ,..ho ~n·t \OTite. J oey ran'! Ill tilt mnd alont--lhat beinc the quHCiG'I o( roghttoprovaey . With !hi! background I I)ONHI olv;uiou5orot«tkllllf~inlhe8W olftipiS, Suffle<e\\IOM.t,thlil WC'&I lrud ..nlhc reatlntert'ltlheNov. 14 iM!roflhe Polw."' t alnrincpaper l mi&Jit alldt •·hid! covt~ the u.bour .-blolutt,butnthtrthen&htiOprivacy VISotationpo.llcy:~~ndt.hrdtO.tetwar~l il•~~tuponthed!ojft ao.·er it The c.all to armt hu ~~em JOO.mdedbythe P .. al.ff,and l onlyhope Chaneelkr ~fu. will not Jive bt to !hne toclre 141c:tk&. The whole contrcr.·eny maniiHU once apln wluu 1 c:vmid« a distwbin& trend on UV.' ampull8, name!)', a fea.r Ill 1Wdenta ol tM p;~ rt kulu individiW. Ri&ht 10 privK)' limply means that an in· dividull l may dloole towtult ~rw or how,otltn he-the wW\a; to Invoke IML . ri&ht. It is up to the Individual how lonll ~istobeac:cnuble. Therulmol :U !lour visiLition is ~ _,-«11)1 " "llhintNt"-"1. I applaud )'O&lr CGUnseIt is further m)' uncknlandinc that ctlancellor for 1\avinc the l\lt.l to final!)' unckr no drtumsU.nca tall "Ill" chw the lill!f: and Ia)' "na" t ,,..a,.·· his·her Inalienable righu.' The Tbe morality Ill t.he Issue. which qufttlon might lriM, thm wluot Ill lhouldbelheare;tettaraumentap l contnct...al obllptlcns! The contta« :U·hourvislu.tion.unfortunatelywes wesi&n lorunlvtnity rrlidenceluo lls toarT)" theleut,.,·eiJbL Nt'V. . .!al:,--'"""ip.aiii.H tluot we follow lb.! NIH and lam«ladto5eethl t morallsrelllll a r ulltiorafllthehllll. Nowhere does roMiders\xln in tNt "bution of the find the statfment, " I• lwf"dl)l \~.ctoriln aae" whkh II UWSP. M)' minquishm)'ri&htstodetenninationol KUeH Ia Wt most pilrmtl would like to the C"OMtitutiorYII)' bued ri&ht to -moruuchbntioni,.·here!Mre!Ja t p-lvaey". In lhort, to dtny adulta the lul l I ahfM of COMem lor the mora l bliit freedornJ!hey poa.IHI U dtiUTII atma&phere. not to mmtlon the phy$1a l ollhiiCGUnlf)' b)l tallin& lorth the &ulie ulttyofthe51Udtnta. I would think ol tontntt ual obliptionl, is of enrollmmt would 10 up, if an)"thins. Ugnilicant que5tion lepll)'. and is once the word ~u out adadtmially Af!oeakirc., tantamaunt to c.,.ay• M• y satriltge. Toll«ludoe-.duluwithlnthe :!lllC...all•h"rllu ronfines of the university. purportins S.)Hf"iw, ""ll .~ prot«tionolmoraldevriopment snd lhe like . thoujjh undrntandlblc. l1 andaluoJtetoaquimcetotbeirt'¥~ oe..hl »f BsW.I•IIIII llm.phtreilpncludtclbyanattib.ldt ol riandnll.w conservaU1tn n n· Chl~llor d K . V.'N:4" this I. Th,~=~~n:,::: It d h.ud lor me to eomprriwnd the o, loJ~t ol the Cbanceilor'l prior liberal rftlrtOfic: and his more rftmt n.pc~U~o~.is ronn"r'n!~!4 hclur vllli tst lon. Tbe Ill· niiiiJ"IOenC"Ielarealmosttooobnousto warNIIIIpolniUIISOIII. iletluotasitrnay, ,.·hatllatissue!Ji thiJ,If, atthe Ch~~llor has sUited on nt~JT~er«D Ott-. lheobj«tivedauniver~~ty lltOdiK"ha"einlll&oeMI)'Indiv~ll whll. uroOerthe~flthla unlvHS!t)' . are_. pt"rpa!"ed to auwne roletllll!lellfttuallyllldtoria lly l r~d IIIGI"ally l re.~ponsible a6ulu-why tMn -.lhe Chanullor 1,.111 upon Ornylna • •e sdulu the m~ana of aocruln& that reJPOMibllit(" Am I to uncttnund tNt IMCNncdlor~!Mbettn)'IO respon~.~bllty is to ka-p it from lnrn ~· ::::::~~~::~ =~: s;~~:~~~ ~~r:: ~~;~~:.. • •. Reg. $249.95 NOW $210.00~ J . .. .. . ..•• . TUNERS Pioneer ·TX-7500 .. ~=~~ ~~ I I Reg. $499.95 NOW $375.00 I Reg. $500.00 NOW $325.00 ~ ::... . I Reg. $109.95 . Reg. $229.95 Reg. $129.95 . Reg. $60.00 HEADPHONES Supere1 TL·3 .. . . . • . SupertJCiassicCL·1.J s.uperex Electro Static , . Pioneer SE·5DD I Reg. $139.95 NOW $110.001 Rft. $299.95 NOW $250.001 . ..• Reg. $249.95 NOW $190.ooJ Micro Acoustics FRM·2 Harmon / Kardon HK·20 . of morally responJ1ble adulb. but un· dtnlable u an e~~.t~,.lon ol our rivll hbertiel. Beo::aUKofthatbrlilrf.itis lul'!bel-my p)t.ltion thaJ.IheatlainmentofiVCh an I .•.. Reg. $249.95 NOW 5190.00 I Pklnttr Pl55X SPEAKERS accademlt $210.00 I S33D.OOI $155.DOI $139.95l !URNTABLES AMPS & RECEIVERS Pioneer SA·5200 . .-. Pioneer SA·7500 ,. Pioneer SA·9500 Pioneer Ol-646 respomibll!y, it is m)' pa5it>on tNt the JmplhMII(It>o!lof:Uhour V!ail.llionis not~~nlyinhtrenltolhcdrvelopment Tuc A·110 • • . . . . • • .••• Reg. $239.95 NOW Teae A-3605 • . •• • •• •• • • • ••.. Reg. $389.95 NOW Sankyo 1510 • • , . •. . , Reg. $239.95 NOW Sankyo 1410 . ,, , ... Reg. $199.95 NOW Thorens lTD·1600 . Therefore. ill keorpinc ""'lh the hbe!Urian tnmtion of the IIIIIYenily aJ cvnccernJ J odsl and .:::: Rr::~!::::~ =~: ~~~:::~ I . .........•. Reg. 5329.95 NOW szao.oo 1 Tuc A·•oo . . i ilil("l"rntlyillrgalandunrrallstlc. Feor of flying? Tlt.llr Pol•t.n". lt i:f; m)lbelilrlthatthelunctlallolany univerlityistoprO¥idelncomlnaadWII WltllanstmOiptlereeonshlentwtlhtbe ~\)II ol intel lfC"tusl adll~·em~nt , ~ .. I!Niurity, and-or rnponaibility. p-t'IHd by the UIIIYfflity . I I I (I demand - ~_. I~~=~ ~~::!:! . thlltphra5ehaabeenbllntft"edabout. l beli~e it Ia t ime for a mudl·nr~ dl r lrtcation. The phrl5t ··ricJ'It to pr lncy"ilnoltobeundlontoodaa an Llmlled O u•ntltletl FACTORY SEALED CARTONS I CASSETIE DECkS privacy. O«auseoflhe•.-ar lnwhkh To U.. ... .w . !Good Till December 24 , 1975 - I .:.~arec~ rantftdtheri&hllo Fear ond loathing Check These Prices I tllmitfdthowighthtmaybel.itismy Ulldertt.andlngthli\III'I!UCil.izensartln pos.asionofl'ft'taininalien.bleriahla. Wt AI nliun. &n! flll1hH in pc:uoruim """' Fantastic savings on NAME BRAND AUDijl_ I I I I afQrftll~nl iOMd IM,...,Illotnois-polntlbdoe•-em,.t tn~totutiGnalpnx:etSe~ announces the CHRISTMAS SPECIALS! I NOW NOW NOW NOW $90.00 ra. J $175.00 ta.l $75.00 ra.l $38.00 u.l II R... $40 DO NOW $27 DO ·••· -·· · · :::: I . . .• Reg. $50.00 NOW $34.00 I :~: ~~~:~~ :~: ~~:~~ Wood Cabinets lor Pioneer SA·7500 SA-8500 TX·7500, TX·95DO •. . . ' . •..•. : . •• .. i Rq.$35.00 NOW $24.00 ~ DON'T MISS THE CHRISTMAS SPECIALS FROM less - lOnger letters allowed ol Ed. discretion 2. AU letlers ·,o be signed - nome wilhheld upon requesl 3. Deadline: Monday noon before Friday issue IN U>-<> ~c/"1 (tsrs IN -1. K,v" 0 w-~' 1404 STRONGS AVE . j STEVENS POINT 341·6450 OPEN WED .. THURS. & FJU. NIGHTS TILL 9 P.M. TILL CHfliSTMAS -------------------------- · . Miskovsky replaces Alverez as VP As or December t'J. Student Government \'ice-prnident Maria Ah·a re~ ·s resignation becomes effective. She:annou~herplans st<~ ting that she felt it was time to gradu.:ate and back in Sqltembc!r. lc;we .sc:hool : she's been I'M!re for ~ years . " I feel that I should graduate . rather than continue and lea\'t' the position to someone ci!H.' bemoreefrective." ~~o·ho would Stepp.ng in as 1M ~· viceprtsident is Mike MiskO\·sky from Washington D.C.. With a homet~· n likethat. isitanywondeihe's into go\·emml'tlt~ But more about him later. M:ariawasinofrtceforMarlyont yca r . Sheinher itedthepositionvio. the~lacementroutelastMarch, then was elected back to another ter m in May . Jn lookinll:backover hertermof ofrice.Mariaf~lsshedidmanyof the things she and president Bob Bad1inski ~I out to do. "In clllm· p:aigning with Bob, ....-e em phasized the issue or communication a nd interaction between students and stude nt gO\•ernment. I think voe accomplish£({ our aim in tllat voc open£({ ne"'· channels. Changes that M:aria "''ould like to seedeaUwithaftcrsheisgoneare: the Phy. Ed. requirement. the proposed tenant' s union for students living off-campus. and more st udent input Into how their inJi\•KIUiJI department$ are run twlthrega rdtotheirmajor l. Making a few final parting comments , Maria said, "I'm pleased with the ac tive par· ticipa tion that the assembly :md studentscnatehaveshovm. lre:..lly belicveMikcisgoingtostepinand do a good job." l\liskOI'Sky is:ajuniorwhoh:as lil•t'dintovm"moreorleu"forthe lasttlu'eeyears . Whc.>n asked wh:at his aims a~ oncehcisinoffice.hereplied," l 11o01nt tg Set> better housing for students atlovoer costs . I'd like to see an end to the blatant discrimination against students by many of the landlords ." Commenting r;~n the Phy .. Ed. rs..~ue. the new \'i~e·president said, " ldon ' tadvocatcanendtr;~lhePhy . Ed. prq;ram, but the student shlluld benblctodecidcwhetherhewants totakepartinitornot ." In addition tohandlinl! the major issues. Miskcwskyplans to handle thl' students' more immedi:atc problems. He feels tllat 0\'er· crowding of the dorms and "the a tr ocious food se rvi~e " arc problems on ~nmpus that ueed attention . Miskovsky added tnat he'll be stayingu phereoverChrist mns "to get better acquainted "''ith the issuesthatarcgoingtr;~beaffccting the studentJ. " As a fina l note, he commented on the contrO\·ersia l a lcohol issue. " I don't want to impose my morals on anyoneelse,butifthcreweremore alternati1·es for UWSP students otherth:an the square. it would alle1•iatc much of the student drinkingproblem .l'msure." At r~slfationthispast Monday, 1.996 studenU cast votes in the Student Senate and Unh•ersity Cente r Policy Board eltoelions. In the senate. tlu'ee of the winneu "''ere ....Tite·inc:andidatl':';andinthe UCPB. <4 of the 10 winners !lad I or less votes. In dislfict I Jeff Morinski . a write·in candidate. won the Student SenatescatandFTedSkalitzi...,·on the UCPB position with I voles . In district2ThomasJollietakesO"Yera onryearassignmenttothesenate .,.·hile Reese \Tell. l Simon will be seatedfor aonesemesterterm . Six I'Otes "'~re enough for Bill Cro....·n to win the district's UCPB ap· oointment. In dlslfkt 3 Etane B. Sak· "''t' .... on a one·year term by a very la rge margin, the one semester scat thatwli'soptnremainssobecause no other candidates got enough ~~~~o 1~ rde:!:~~~~n!,.,~: ~presentath•e . Laurie Svoeek is the newstudentsenatorfrom dislfict 4 and Carol Oswald will join the · policyboarrl. Dlstrl<'t 5 filled both of its vaean t seaL~. Don Weedon lakes a one-yea r term while w r ile ·i n Dave Odahr;~w ski will serve for one semester . Lisa Marschal will be the district 's vlli~e on the UC PB. In district 6 anr;~thcr· write·in can· didate. lli~k VanDehey. won the sen;~te seat :and Ken Lane won the policy board seat "'ittl6 votes. In diMi'ict7neitht'r of the two senate seatsweredecided...,·ith2:Jwrite-in ~andidat es getting votes but not meeting the minimum of to. Bob Shaver will t.akeon the UCPB duties rn this distri~t . Bill Manthey is the new distr ictS st udent seBator and Ras:s Rohde is the UCPB member . In dis t ri~t 9 J im 1-:agon ...·on a fairly tight race for st udent senator and Cheryl Bonk will be seated on the UCPB. Chuck Bomhoeft ...·on easily inthedislfict Hl senate ra« and Steve Kahler usedhisli'Otestot.a keoverapolicy boardscat. · All of the open seats left in the scna tewrllbefillednextscmester bythescnators. App licalionsfortht' positions are now avail:lble 10 anyone in those di s tri~ts who ask for them Williams replaces Vickerstaff U. w . RtgentMaryWilliamsofN . Green Avenue Stevens Point. an· nounced hu resignation Friday Dt<:. $, at the Boarti or Regenu monthly meeting in Milwaukee. Mrs Williams will be assuming the new position o( exeoeutive s«retary to the Cha~llor. replacing the acting administra tor . Leon' E. Bell Jr. who !las been fil ling the ad· ministrative post si nce William Vi~kerllaff retired last year to go · into private business. Mrs. Williams presently tea~hes fo:Oglish at Benjamin franklin Junior Hig h School in Stevenl Pllint . Mrs. Williams was appointed Regent in t965 by Cov . Knowles and 51 nce than has g;~ined a reputation as a "liberal" Republi~an . because of her support of mergu and notable work with minority and dis:advantagededucat.ion . lna ' preparedstatement printed in the Dec. 5, F'riCay Stevrrm Point lbilv J .,_.r n3 t Chancellor Drevfus said ~tr s . Williams "is full y c r;~nversant with all gf the problems of g r owth. me r ge r and budget restr aints and therefr;~ r ebringslnvaluable to her new post as my executive sec retar y . She a Is g has se r ved as a direct soor~e of com· mumc:allon for both fa~ult y and students and is a longtime member of this community, known tQ business people as voell as the community at large :· experien~e r I New senators and policy board members elected Sentry discloses details of delay 'The Sentry lMurance Company task force of engineers, builders, consultant$ and :architeciJ th:at lx-gan Oct. 2~. to look into ~on­ Si11.1~tionproblemsattheircompl ex north of ~ampus are still in the procns of trying to.._ster mine ~~at's wrong and "''hat to ~o about lt'sbeenovc r a month sinceVi~e · President Tom Leech was quoted in the Stev.,ns Poi nt Da lly J ou rn3 \, sayingthetaskfor~ewouldhavean answer to the problem "in 3 week to tO days ". Sin~e then. the Nov . 1975 Stntty s .. w~. Ia monthly new letter published for employees in Stevens !'!lint ) ~a.,.ied a 4 pa ragraph ex· planalion"inresponsetostClries and rumors about the new building tn Stevens Poi nt " . In the :article, Sentry President Joanlssaid th:at "with the building so percent um pleted , eleoetronic and chemical tl':';!s had revealed stress problems in some of the welds of the huilding expansion joint system" A prr;~fcssiona l debate is still gOtngonas tohowtheprClblem ...,ill be co rrcctl.'d according to Pu bltcatir;~ns Manager George ;\IIIIer . • W1lh the burldlng SO ~r~ent completed and t.argcted onginally to be ~omplcted the first quarter of t!ITI . Mr Joonts ~a utioned that a " fe ....· v•ecks delay ttus fall means thl.' budding will cost us con· ~truc u on dtolays and mcwe the completion date closer to a mid· yea rt977". Written correspondence with Mr . MillerveririedJoanis'sstatemeniJ. With only 168construdionworkers on the site now as compared to;~ over 400afcwmonthsago.thebullding structureh41son lybeenpartially enclosed to-d ate. As a result Mr . Miller stated there probably .,..'{lu]d be construc tion delay. Ue said it "''ouldbedlfl'iculttogiveapreeise time figure . Millerdlstr;~unted Pc>intersources that bl:amed bad s tet>! for the problcmbutdldnamethe USS!e1!J Corporation as the material con· tractor for that metal at the site. Miller said Senlfy had no in· !ormation on US Steels insurance ea rner. Pointer reporters arc Jtit l beinll denied occess to the site. because a~cordlng to Mr . ;\tillers written rl.'ply. " Wt"an.• worncd th:at a guest visitor may be ac~identally in· jured", lnresponsetoJ>ornterassertions that Sentry didn 't llal'e the right to m:anagethenews. :O.Ir. Millerst.ated that "when we have precise in· formation and when the probltom has been full y resolved,. .. all representatives of interested media shoold be lnfr;~rmed':' lle prr;~mised further th:at "when the moment :trri\'es "'· ewillbepleasedtollave you I'ISit Sentry Center . " S 2 .50eech Q s*"" • 1 J'I' 1checks payable to : Wisconsin ,..._..~~< .. •-r People':d;,;,0;;;,;;;;;-- ..:42_!~:lh!!'· ·.::a ::o';_Wi~:~....J."!.aJ!1d .f!!!mf!!!jat~ f'ur lht• ji:JS1 lht('(' )'i'ar~ Ilk· Ws~•IINII I 'l'Ofll l•'" lhstol'l l 'rujt't·t h.1,1tt,•nnii\'T'1:u•'4mt:.r?i·arr•hm~ot lookm11 at o~d phoh~~:r;s ph~ :md rununagrnjol thruugh hs~lorit-al "'ll-'li'llt"lr.andhhr:srt~-sma•satlempt to rt"t';rpturo.• .ultf fl'l-"ortl t~ ,.,;1] h\·•nt-: :md ~o~o.-kmtt rxpt'l'}l'ftt'l"' rJ( tl\.(·tll"'1llt' ... h11111;1kt•!ht· hl~\f .. \ '"' \\ 1...:11n~m A lui oJ( tlllfllll'i:ont hi~IOI')Ilo 111.1! l:tughtmll('hfiOh 0111' c l11~lhl) . • • • • THE VILLAGE Completely furnished Dishwasher and garbage di sposal Heat and water included One block from campus /) Stop in and inquire about our lea se options. 301 MICHIGA N AVENU E 341 ·2120 ludin~ Ill rlo;lrl t'>o : :ll',',~ur~~ nmcring ·~ .~ t•. 1"'"1'1 ~·or ill<' third CIII1Sl<t:U1I It ~~ o·;dt"ndar_ prt> sc n t1n~ tl• rt'lhM:on•rt'l l lus torn"!< h.•~ I• product'(! ·rht•ro• :L rl.' mkr<· h tact... lor most or thr d01lf' • .•. ~o tor il'll\ i! IJI>Ul jWIIj•li• ,11 • mdudt.'d 'rh\.•;o('I'UUill>.t no.·.,. and old Tht'l'f" IS tlw ,[,~\ .John Oll'll :111d h1s ranul~ " '·'''"' up to thto lumhrr trusL~ m 1'00 ·'' t:tho.-:ard Klt'SSI!I and lll'o rill lll.'lghtJtlfli tlc.'(cndmg tlwtr f,onh a~11mst :1 l!r.'6 rreeway TIK"T't'" ltlll'n•lc10. 11lth :1 V!Citl:llll II'' •' t'H' II IIi •or•gm,ol s.mg :ond :.t;\1('111 1'111 h1 t 'u x \'alit')' WOIJH.' tl 'lo J:fl~l[l ,ol ~oWr iet~ 11/)out / U.t'IIIC jumor hut ~otll(/f'ni~ . F rnmsh co~•l<Ufll'llll'lh turn rJ( tl11.• «ntur) .tnk• o~hkush :•nd lhr " • ..,. Mt'I'IOftlll'k't'"'ru!IBit" nlt·r.tfefld:rriSo'l \':Jiiabf<>lhr tht.· THE VILLAGE rs l~tlo(·nwn~.bnrn:>,~o ll;ljt-hnb.tll'l IU:Ill ) · Leasing for Second Semester ? _ ..... ,,,,.lllllhllllk!> 1\\!>S[J)t'O!Jlt••lil, >lrt' m·1·cr .,..r,ttt•ndm~rl Tl~·•r" l'o.'Opl('~ Sf~11J:hl St. W! ..COil"ut l'ruJl'('\, 11-12 fl, '• \l,ul Wilil.'llft.m S.TiO~ rur $2 ;;(! cat"tr !'.iltl't' th• s 1~ an mtgom); flllU''• hdp' nt'(>ffl-d rrom an}r lflt' ""'" IMIIIIc .md ·phowgra phs tu n ,·.,n mt'l'll: lllfUI'III:JhOO IO ~ro·' expr;·rlf'ncn to rt"late ahou t tho h nll'$ old and , _. I J An 18-year.old woman from Hyer ~II was grabbed !lorn behind and rut"k in the face about tO : t!> pm 1ursda y as sM -.·alked from the lien Center to Hyer H:aii . Shesaid man ttrabbed both her arms from •hind -.·hen she was :about at the A!('()f'nerof the tennis courts •tll't't'ntlyerllall:andtheAllen •nter. Lt . Cole Kuehl of protecti\·e n ·iC't'SS:Iidth:atthewoman-('1). I S"A1.mg around and delivered a owtothewould-br:assailant. The oan then relea.Kd her. and pun1l'd hl'r in the face bd'ore neeing 1 foot east along the tennis-court II('C, tuv.·:anl, Illi nois Avenue. Tht' a bq\·e t·ompa$ile -."as put ogethl'r-.·iththeUWSP · idt>nti·kil londay a fte rnoon by the victim a ll UWSP Protecth·e Sen·ic~ if ou ha \' e mfo on the ~lleged ~sa ilant Phonl' : J.t&!2368. ~adlineforentryofpa~rsis llousing('on trart Hiu c-s Until recently it has been against the llousingOif'ice's policy to allow junior:~ndseniorstuden tstocanccl theironeyeardorm contr:tcl! . But now. due to the effor ts and propo5ltionofMarkStein, anuppcr dassman will be al1011o-ro to bre:1k his :agreementifheis obletobring in :another junior or senior who is w111ing to mO\·e fron1 off-campus :tnd tak e over th e con lracl. Mel K.1rg of the housing orfk1! :«tid this policy was ne«Uary to keep the hous ing depar tment from h.wmg fiscal deficits such as the $2.8.000lllt'y hadlasc year. l:all' Caut"a5t:an '9".Scock y build ..:1 rgc amount of ac nt' on face \'t•am~gBiueandoranttl'Alrl''~ ··pep:ark.a , blue jeans and lite rown boots. ;l''l:tbook Kt:"turn ll vun .londa y. l)(oocem~r 1!>...8 am-US ""\Jesday. Decembe r 16...8 \'edn~a)'. ~ · t :. am..,. ~I S [)(>cembt>r t7.. .1am · pm ~ursd:1y . December 18...1 am -S:30 ~ ·'nday. December 19...8 am -!>:30 \11 texts must be noturned by the astd:l)• offin:~ls . AiatefeeofSJ.OO ~·•II be e h:tfl!rd for the1r non -return. March t. 1976. The ess:ay con test "'inners wJllreeeivetheirawardsat a presentation ce re inony in Was hington. D.C. e11rly In May, 191"6. News Notes Sc h ot:~uhlp l'olnll'r's llatTrlck The l'otn&.t r l'ft'l'i\'eda first-(:IIIM rating by th e Associllled C'o lleginte Press t ACP I for the s pring semester of 197S. This is the third ~nwstermarowthatthe l'ointrr "h:a s re-cei\'ed Sucha r:~ting . maklng ilone ofthetopcampusne-.-spapers intltecountry . Theonltawardth..11 l:o hlghl'ris the "t\iiAmerk:tn". t\ CI' is the major nati onal tuuwrs tt v press :associalioninthe llnttt'(\ siatl'!l, wtth:~ membership ofStJmc 600 public:alions . Judg ing is tlone by nc ~·s p..'lperprOil'Utonals in t•nmpt•titlDh rt~:::h scmt-s ter . Patrick Durs t . ajuniormajoring in forH tl)' ha~ been :awarded a SL .600 s cholars hip ,s ponsored joinll )' by 411 and llomelile. An· OOUfl('('ment of the award was made Wednesda~· in Chie:ago where the annual 411 Congress is con\'ening. Durst was one of four college fore>~tl)' s tudent s from acr oss the n:~tionwho!'«"el\·edthehonor ''" :~cth·e ~II ml'mber for $1!\'eral ye:trs. tlx>20•)'t'ar-oldDu rs t, Jivt'5 WJth his p:arcnl!l. ~lr . :a nd ~Irs l'' raoc is Du n11 . and fi \'t' Slslcrs and brothers on a d.'l il)' fnrm in Hichland Center I HI . 21 lleis at'DJgradu:tt e oflth.1ca !Ugh School and att.ended the UW· Center at Bichland Cente r bl'forc transfe rring 10 UWSP l.as t s pring. l'oUs h t\ut um n Mter completing it s firs t 5Cmes ter program in Poland. UWSP has made plans to enroll twent y penons for next fall. Students in college have :an op· portunity of win a lop award of The tra \'el ~· ithin Poland next year -.ill btduringthefirst two to three ~'fl'ks of the program . For this. two Polish educators and tOto IS Polish WJi\•ersi ty st udents will JOin the UWSP group. A Polish languagecour.seandoneotherclass will bot t.:lught during the s tudy tour and continue afte r the students .settle in for the remainde r of the semes t e r in re&idency at Jagielloman Un'h·ersity in Krakow . travelgrantinanessaycooteston welfare reform sponsoc-ed by the Institute for Socioeconomic Sl:udies. The award will be made for the bt.'!lt tO.OOOword pape:r on thesubje<::l " Income Supplementation-A Solutio n to America's Welfare · Oisls." A second prite ol SI,OOO cash and up to IOron50iation prius of $100 each wHJ also be awa rded. The staff and trustees ol The In· stitu te will be judges. ,\bllin ~uft'tudrnt l':.~~· .. hl'c ks Timc Ca rds forpa ypen od Dee . 7 thru llt'l: 20 MUsr be returned to Office nfScudcnt l>a )· rollby9am . J)l'(:ctnbc r 22. t97S in onler for c hecks to be da led Jan. !!. t976. Time Cards recl.'i vl.'d laic ~ill be processedlorpaymcntonJiln . 16. Sludents w)shing IO ha\' t checks mai ll'll during Otris tmas break must leave stamped addressed en\•elopes ~it h the Cashier. t~ayCon tell $2.SOOcashplusaS2 ,500~earchor { Politlcal•~:ncc The Association and the Student Leg:al Society will beholding :an informa l meeting at EJla's on f'Tiday Dec . 12th at~ pm . Allthosemajorsandminorsinthe Political Sc:ience Dept are en· cou r aged to come and aet acquainted with their Prof~ fornel[tUf\lester. there~ no experience like it Nor<ik 10\lrins offen n.dlfftl~nt, tM buuty~f'ntlt'l', •ffonLoble pricn, 1~ fr«dom to tour ~lmoll .anywhere th.ore's sno .and ~ put time for th.o whole bmily. Rosht •bout now, everybody'• ina you thu thqr h..ove the btit shop .and !ht bH1 K!Uipmtnt . y.'e 'd like you 10 think •bout OMmorelhins-lr.nowlflltl'. We dodn't I" to ~ !he ll'•dins tourmg <enter in thi• uu •imply by puttinapeopkonski•. Wedod,tby •pplyinaourl.nowl.-dseoftht•pOrtto the unique nl'td• of our u otornerJ. w~ dod 11 by offerln& sound ~dvin, f•~oluoe• •nd ~ re•l lovt of the 81UIH-t of •II INintu ~pOt!~ tmportM by ~bu sen , our full io n.. of .1cruipment i1 un.Jformly th...l>fit of:"l.torw• y - • nd th<""'Or! d upefl insuu<hon, (Omplert SOUTH POINT BEER & UOUOR . 2100 t.: HUR CH S f , IIWY , 5 1 SO UTH. S TEVENS POINT OPENDA tLV Tl l 900P.M. (. ~ -· ~· 'I H i OU w~n t mor.. cu t of tounn~~: th.&n 1 11 ~ 1 ~ p•ir of •!.os - comt Where your dollars go The student activity fee !\o,..·pt's tim~ to !'imsh the pi~ . Throughout tht semtst~r . .... ~ hne been describing some of the organiutions that spend your Ac:tl\' ttr ft-c' mone)' and how ther doit Thislastartlctft.,.·illshov:hov.• the~m:unsofthepie,andyours.4S , are sp('nt. lie~ is the complete brukdo.,.· n. Incl uding the orjamtatiON a lready mentioned Acti\'tl)' and ID SIH60 St-46 AIRO 1900 ....,. S .l3 . Artsandl..«t\U'a I Si.:5 Black Student Coalition Day Ca re $16700 11.32 Poinlff Eo~'Q; lntt:mHitallte .,_ """' "·" ..... MI.L'S ic ~750' St . Activ. Adm. .,,., ...., St. Coo.·ernment .... r v• .... ""' """" .,..., ... WWSP·FM 90 M PACKAGE ....... SI5HO S .St ..... L 21 ,,_., Chancellor's Reserve UAB 12.22 St . Group Mon ies moo 12.61 1$. 11 ..... . '""' lntramurals · Uni ver. Wri ters Univ. Theatre """"' .. "·" "·" 11 .24 'fhls ln formatlonhas~ngt•·en to me by Student Go\·trnment rO-l a Steak Bonanza :g ~ :R • K2 233 Skis .•• • Solomons Bindi ngs • K2_Poles .••.•••..•..•. Evlfy Sunday NJQht l ~ CHOICE SIRLOIN STEAK TEXAS TOAST HOMEMADE ONION RINGS CHOICE OF SALAD fhoicrofoutfomouthOmfm...., drnsin~• BAKED POTATO & SOUR CREAM ····~ •Mounting Purchlled S.par1tllty •..•......... S241 .85 ~ ::i :R FR 8 My~ <M~~,. .~.~~~0 m<" andwt" munlr ! ~ ill ~ : tnuuntntntntntn il ~ !111111Ui~WMI)3111il lrOIIIU M E• I ' IO f. AD O UAIIU:II -llllo\lll rTIUIT _ ntVUIS,_,., ~ _, at 3 SUNDAY1Featurlng NIGHT ·DANCE LIVE ENTERTAI'NMEIH ~ ~ of Beth-lehem 1:> by Marc Vollr:l llh, ll11mor fi!llor Ashinlnastarhovered highabo\·e the small \'illage of Bethlehem. Pennsyh•ania . The brightness of lhatstarhadservt'dasabeaconfor thrft' wise men who had «Nne all the way from Mil.,.·aukee. ~:!king turns drivu11. Six cas-rs of beer, two quarts of oil, and one water pump later , the triohitthe~nnsylvaniaturnpl kc . ~they reac:hedtheoutskirtsof Bethlehem , the &oin& ~~~~as pretty stow . Traffic jams caused by slghlset'n, herd5 of ·sheep,' and IJ"t't'dy conceuionairs made them lit motionless for bours. , When the wise men were finally in sightoftheirdestlnation,astable just off lfilthwav t35 , they were fa«dwithanotbt'l'di lem ma ; findin& a place to ~rk . 1bey w«md up sht'llinc out two bucU apit'« to park on some guy's front lawn. It remindtd them of lhelr last trip to a Badger football game. Wbrrllhewisemeaslqlpt'dout of their T«ino Elite a pushy pen nant SOiiesman confronted them asking, " llcy. Any of you guys \ll'llona buy an ' I was at the Messiah ' s Birth day' bumper sticUr!" "Get los!, du mm y," said one of tht' wise men as he snapped open the trunk of the-car . "I hope that our presents dktn 't get ban&ed up back here". another wise man stated as he pulled packagesoutfrombehindthe spare tire. The lhrft' had brouaht presents con51$tin& of gold. frankincense , and muhr · presents fgr someone who has everythine . None of them knew what frankinceoseormuhrwas~for , but they figured that it waukt be better than thei r original gifts whkh they had purchased back in Milwaukee. They exchan&ed them forthefrankincenseandmuhrafter It was di.K'ovend that all three had l»u&htto;asters. It was a good distance to the stable where the Messia h was asleep In a manger. The bright object that had led them to this spot still linge red high above the Mesaiah 's birthplace. UpGQ cl05Cr inspection, the wise men noticed that the bright object that had guided them there wasn't really a star. Instead, it was the Goodyear blim p. As the three walked closer to the stable, one of them wondered out loud why the Meuiah wu born in a stable. Theyhadseenahospitlljust a mile up the road. "Maybe the kid's father didn't ha\·e ~allhinsurance, "oneofthe wisemenans ...·ered. When the wise men reached the edge ol the stable, they bt<:ame engulred In a sea or towistl, ln· stamiltia in hand. "Hey, Edith ! Get one of me standing nut to Mary and the kid ," one of the mob CQffimanded, while another yelled that someone had picked his pocket . The wise men nnally made u , lnslde the tta ble,butnotbeforethey hadbribedaS«uritygua.rd stan· dingatthedoor. Oiit:einside,away from the turmoil, they found a strange peace c-ome over them as they~rvedasmall infantu!eep onstr in amanger. At he baby's side, a smillng molher sat beamit!J with pride. The boy'sfathersatoff tolhe left, smoking a pipe. Thewisemen s tood around in awe forawhile,thenslidtht'ir presents beneath the manaer, and left as silenUy as they had entered . Hounlater,bacll on the turnpike twistincitsway to Milwaukee, the threehadnotyetspoken. F'inally, oneoflhtmbrollethesilente. "Someday, somebody is &oiflltO make a mint off of this," one of the wise men sighed. Your Complete Cross-Country Headquarters- in Stevens Point THE SPORT SHOP C~me in and see our complejj! line of X-C skis, boots , poles and bindings. Swix X-C wa.x just 88¢ tube Asnes X-C Package Asnes Marka Wood Skis.. . $45.00 Haugen Boots . . . . . . . . .. $29.95 Bamboo Poles. . . . $7.95 Rottefella Bindings . . . . . . . : $7.95 Mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4.00 Value $94.85 Add these words to your basic vocabulary now, whether or not'you're planning a trip to Mexico soon. SfANJSH chocho gargarizando sacamuelas bUlla manteca pantufla =u.s.tJ childish old man ga rgling quack dentist soft coal lard bedroom s li pper ~;~fa~~ ;~~~~;~s~~eve informed consumer. PACKAGE s69 95 coMPlETE IMI"OIIfCOASD.J:!itt.bL~:~·~~'.~:!-~:.~ I< A"ITOIIO.COII/0. IW~I'm bo-r n , IY.~ P" ltl' ' Talking with Tom Chapin All~rlh;idl~mypa~konthe b;u.• at and s lid lnto lhu frlendh :'\~· Jt'n:rian's old Ramble!" , 1M! lumed 10 me a~d s.1id , ··You ain't plan•n ' 10 '•:ml k 1nto the C11y 101\h _" thatthingonyourback , :an!yil"' ' lie read the pwzlt'd expreuion on m)' r~ and added , " Buddy. th1s ain'l Corntov."'I , IOV.'lll or something I don't mean no off~e but rm tt lling ya for )'t'r ov.n good if thtoy ' ~h):~~~~~~~':~~:-.~~~~= look . ya ain' l&onna last a mmute They 'll clean ya out·· Welcomt' to New York City. Fortun:ltt'ly, I didn't get cleanfd out . lh.:Jdgoooto~· Yorkwiththe usualprejOOienandarrh·ed y,ith this m:~n 's final wa rnin g. ! wa lked mto the City on a line edge ol p3rllnoiathnlhadmcsuspect/ng81). )'ear-old women in wheel c hai rs as polenl!al muggers. Ne-stled away safely here in the l'\Orth Woods IO'e tend IO view NN' York in rather vague terms. Con mt'n, c:riminals , pimps, whores, junkies and win01. Garbage piled tugh on the streets. Police on the take. Gnfitll scratched on the insides of the Lady of UMrty. We think of it as some sort of mysteriOU5 flll'rign country. I didn't get mu gged, propositioned, conned, raped or witMSSany heiDOUS crimes while in New York. What I NoW llo'a l the mad , frantic , hi& h-si)Hd ex citement ofthe lllr&es t cities In the or Unfortul\ltely. the onlyne is n~ufarasthe medill Is , so our ' impreui~ of Ne.• V a re usua lly negath·e. B.ackhere v.·escldom aet toseell&oodsideoftheOty. Last S. turday niaht we were f~nch.~:Ji:epe~fs ':he'J~ ;i:; New York er unwilling t.o help othcrs. He hasapentm Oitofhis life in New von and 1111 w~kend he went 3JOO miles out of his way to help out a few people he doesn't even know in centra l Wisconsi n. Why did he come here? Christmas around the world by lk"ki>JtCioa• On Main Street USA, the lights and decorations art already up to =~~ 1~aY:!:;-~1-e~~~~~i~ 1 New Delhi. India, Addis Ababa In Ethiopia or in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, December 25 is proc lai med a nllional holiday . Indeed, 0\risti..anity has spread to almost every nook and eraMy of this world so that a lm011t all foreign st!Jtkonts on this campus know itJ signincance and pruence upon thrir respective countTin. In spite of diverse languages, distinc t rxia l •nd. cultural difference s fr Om one count ry to another, one thing is univerul ; that is man's nature and desire to be festiviousonsuchana.-picious occasion. 11le difference lies in the mode ol celelwatlon. "Ethiopian Christmas falls on January7th. lt lsnotostentiously celebrattd u a wetttn Ouistmu but a special game called GENNA is played on this day," said Yig.letu Debrile. a Communiutions s tudent from Ethiopia. '111is is a primith·e ldndofhoc-keyplayedby men wi th a wooden ba ll and bent cants ; it is extruneJy rough and genen.lly louts the whole day," he added. Like 90 percent ol his countrymen , Yigletu is an Orthodox Olristian. Ethiopia as I understood from him , is unique from othe-r Alrican eou~trin . 'I'M origin of l.llnsliaruty dated back to the yea r 350 A.D. when a Kina Ez.ane, was converted lo Christianity, which hasbeenthe Staterel!gionever si nre. The religion was not brought in by the white man through colonialism Of" vii mislionaries. ··On Olristrnas mom ins. children gofromdoortodoortog~tneigh ­ bors-the first person to receive them would give presents of bread or candy, the rk h afford suits ol cloth:· said Yigletu . Yig letu explainedlhatlheoriginoflhiscust.om is not known but he believes that it ~nac:ts thebiblica i J toryofthe shepards' visit from ansels telling them o f C hri s t 's birth . Significantly. the children -..-ou.Jd wake up their neighbors to an·nouncethetldings . " T he 13 Santa Clauses are tr aditional in Iceland:' said Ben:ti JohanntSSOO and Jon Palsson, two lctlandic s tudents a t UWSP. ' "111ir1Hn different Santa Oa usn appea r 13 days before Olristmas . TMre is one for eao:h day. the lut one arrives on the %4th-of December . and leaves on the 6th of January. This marks the end of Olristmas." said Benzi . Another Icelandic myth is the Olris tmas Cat who will eat anyone -..·ho did not have new clothes for the occasion. llowever . Benzi fHls that lhis Is indl rt-ct advice for people lo give usdul items like clothing as gifls. II is interntilll to know that Dettmber 2$ wu celebrated long before Olristlanity wu acttpted in lcl'land durina 1100 A.D. " Oirist· mas occurs at lhe. same time when the day was getting longer . ~mber %1wutheshort tsl . -..i th th~ hours of daylight. Since the 2Slh marked the beginning of longer and warmer days. il was a reason to be joyous. t:ventually Otristmas took ,,..e_r and ISCC"iebrated in pia«. Germans prefer to deck thtir Otristmas trees wi th real ca r.dies of whiteand red.said Bernhard Aurin from Germ•ny. A !Undu. Paul Oloudhury from India , explained the soci•l distinction s of Chr istia ns and nonIndia. ' "111e m•jority of Christians are from the lower strala of society who were once known as the untouchables," he said. Paul added that when the European missionar ies came, these lower caste people were readily co nve rt ed ben ust Chr is tianity preached the equality of human beings. The rest of the Christians aretheAngio-lndians , offspringsof English-India n intermarri• ges. Th e mode o f ce le b r atioil de-pended on to whic h s lrala of societyonebelongs. ln •bigcity li ke Nt-w Delhi. wealthy cltiuns •ttend Em~y recey tions: high tea is sen·ed in the Country Oub briore fireworks. dancing •nd coc ktails. T h e middl e clus p r e fer reslaurants, hotels or night clubs Olristi•~· in whichoffertheirrespectivep.~rties. The lower middl e clns. illaffo rding s uch costly merrymaking , may retire to Olristmas Specials on the television. Exchange of gifts is popular • nd food inevi tably accompnies the festi\·ity. According to Yigletu , afl~tr Mass and chl#ch serv i«s, Ethioplans return home to ex· change gifts ud a s peci•lly pr~red meal with lnjera, the Ethiopian bread. Wa lk ing down Ma in Stree t . StevensPoint,lobsotrveanobvlous characteristic ol• modem style Olrilltmu-the commercialism that hu not s pared countries like Si ngapore, lndi• or Hongkong. II amuses me to recall Singapore's shoppirc CC" nten where depa.rtment stores wou ld slm ul.te tbe •tmosphere of western Olristm.s. Cottonballs strung on strings from CC"ilings simulated genUy f4lllling snow; styrofoam snowmen • nd of course, S. nta Cl•us with his reindeer, • II to Incite the spi rit of Olristma.J in thei r shoppen. Glfta and party dothina were hot selling items. ll•muses me further when I suspe-cttl\at Christ might h411V'e been .A 3 • FRE.E BE ER § '\!I bornonactJC!I·•ndnotcoldmiddle· eastern night. n.e western tndiUonal snowy Olristmas scene wu ma rketed to ~ loca lpeopl ewholea m to place pr.stic wreathes ol mbUetoe lXII their doors •nd s pu y thei r Olrlstm.ls !rea with u-tilld&l mow fnxn aerosal c.&DJ. Nevertheless, they do enhance the CC" lebratlon and festivityin•crescmdo. n.ere Is one upect of Christmas that may belostinaUihegUtterof ti nsel. Pe•c~ on Elrth, Goodwill towuds sll PeGple... be they of whstever race, color or rel!glori. Merewords--or•gioba.llhemetN.t ::~~~pert i nent and nects~~~ry In 1 PIWO NIC NIE KOSZTWE•::i ; : Shrimp i ! Bonanza s~ _Every Tuesday Night a: A Bounty of Golden B.ltut" Fried Gulf Shrimp ~ GARDEN GREEN SALAD "Tej. lJ golden \\i ne is served. Made from fermented honey, it is traditional and nationa l and those who un ~ afford Tej will have Talla a beer made from tnrley," hec~tinued . "Often , therewi\lbea mi1'111ttel who playstheMasenko.a one-1 tt ing fiddle : he sings a sor! of satirical calypso IOOChing upon Chris tmas," he added. Seemingly. • mong Chr is tians . everywhere. Ol ristmas is a ti me for fa mily reunions. In ~i ger ia. a bi religiousAfrican nation, the mass movement is so apparent that comme:rcial bU5lnessts c411ter to specificservices lhat coincidewith homecoming needs and auraction.s. Non-Otri5ti31'111 who are not invol\•ed with the relig ious i mplications of Christmas opt for the festivillesthatgowithit. Tothemit 15 a com mercia l holiday when there 11 a gre:ater choice of action to partake of in the town 's nightc::l~ . reslaurtlnts or homes of friends. choiCII of our homem.S. dreain~JJ CHOICE OF POTATO b411k.d, hllh browns or golden french fries HOMEMADE BREADS WISCONSIN GRADE A BUTTER ~ • ~ "' ;; "' ;;; The Christmas Telethon P Pacelli's world fomous Yoyevmbo (?) bond feotudng on inverted Kazoo player. Telethon coordinator Tree Marie and friends visiling Sonro. photos by Paul Regnier, Doug Wojcik and D. Zuege ?oto Album A largl" ,.-hite bi rd mys teriously appeared on campus Monda y morning. The c.:re:lture l belit\'ed to be a s nowy owl I itst>lf on the antenna .-( campw~ radio station WWSP. perc:~ 1lN,o unexplained observanc-t occurred just hours after the alation SUCC65full y complet t<d its eight h a nnual tele thon for local chaTitics. ,. Tllete1ethon.whlchlasttd3Cihours. sol icit ed ol;er S8.000in • pledges . The money re«ived las mueh as 1 ~ per «nt of !No pledges ha,·e not beoM honored in past telethons I ....;n br distnbuted bet~~o·ec>n the Portage County Association for lteta rded Citizens. the Olild and Learning Care ~nte r and the Portage Count y Council for Aid and Rehabililatinn ; Oper ation Bootstrap. The three chariUes do not r~ive aid from the United Way or othu common sources. ln the midst of la te' .emester v.:orkload telethon aMually brir~~s together dh·erae factions of the Wliversity community for the atl41iMlenl of a a:oal. Coordinalion of the f'\'ml is handled by WWSP· F'M whkh broadcasu the preceedings along with cable channels 2 aod 3. Talfttt Is pn~vided by uni,wsity and local groups. Bfoadcutina: ~ation and ~tt design is provided by the campl.tS television organiution and engine-er ing help Is provided by University !k011dcasting. on~~~'r~~~~::::;e!~~~ ::~~~~=~ !~: d:!~ . played , instead observers were P':')Yided with an abundance of quality entertainment. Nationalldevisionstar Tom Otapin appea~ alona wit h Tony Kubek , a former profenional ba.sebaJI player a!MI currently an NBC sporttcuter. F'und raising gimmk:ks this )"ear included the traditional auctioning of Chan«llor LeeS. Dreyfus ' red vrst, aucliorli ng ofautograpt!Nsportaequlpment , beardshavlnastat least6 people shaved including folk si nger Paul Matty and English profnsorRlchard Doxtater I, various "talent"erposltion.s, a ~~o"ei•ht-4osimt coolest between Dreyha and Stevens Point Mayor Jim !o"dglt1011 and a new asp«t of telethon called sc ubathon . ScubJ.UIOflfeatu~threediflel'flltteamsofUW· SP SludenU doing bps of the univ~ity 's pool unda- water. Pie-dies were re'«<ved for each lap accompli&hed. Thetelethonwa s held i nlbecoff~ap i n thisyear. Backg.rCUJd seu Wft'e designed by Jack C.ldwell , a grad ll udents in commwllcations . Talent was coordln.aled by Tom Chapman . Pledies lagged slightly this year . The goal of SI,COO was reached however juJt minutes before midnlght 1nd houn before the a rTival of the mysterious II'IOW'yowl. [..___ ~rv_(S_.__·_•_·_r_·-----·] - ~~~ . . o~ ~b.JJ r ""'-' MR.iJr," Plr~11~1 111iJ; MW.Uit,M } OJ"PIW. · T~e n~w Ameri.can pastime by l~1111ili tlrtlllmlln This past deer hunting St"ason 1 hunted the wmi-primith·e area oort h of llayward, Wisconsi n. Ont crisp morning I was' sitting on a !:(.&:~~~r~~-~rf~:i~ a~~~ 00 clearing next to a tag alde r s wamp. Se\·eral dots and ra ....·ns paSS('d undtr my vant;;Jge point, but it wasn't deer that ca~ht my attention on !hat morn1ng. it was coyotes. On all sides of me, co)-otes we~ howli ng like th ey werecastl n a 8 - grade ,,,.estern. and for a neeti ng momen t . !let myse lf drift back,..ard in time. For that mom~t. 1 v.·asnotinthecente rofthemuskietouristcapitalofWisa'lMin. l wasin the Gr eat North brought back to Woods. 1 was ~ality rather 14.1ddenly though , by a sound that reminde-d mco of a nock of Phantom fighter jrts passing high ove r head. Th is lime 11 was n't a n airplane, ho1o1ever. Thi s lime it was a Nl~·mobile . ~ Now. a snowmobile bleoch In with the forest ~vi ronment abou t as n;~turally as a n Insurance ~om­ pany's br,aclquarten, a nd lor the nex t liftren or twtnt y minutrs . T couldn'thavetieardacoyotelfhe 'd been blowing a buale . Sno wmobil es--a r e they th e e<:onomi~ saviors or Wisconsin 's undt rpopulaltd . sem i-wi lderness areas and the ~old and snowbound rtsidtnts tha t oc~upy thtm , or art' they simply dangerous , wasttlul . and unnatu ril l o•·ergr!lwn tllys? 1 suppose thtansv•er to that qut:Stkln depends on whether or not you own a snowmobile . Admitted ly, snowmobil es a re a grea t ~on•·enienu to pt<lple livi ng m a reas of heavy snowfall . Also, theyhavebtfll.wi thoutq ues tion,a boost for thestate'stconQlTiy . Man y oftheresor t owntrs I spoke to said tha!Jhe.,_,inttrmonthsnowbring in a major por tionofthti r income. and _a few )'tan ago th ese same people elosed their rt$0rts from Labor Day to Memo r ial Day . F'inally , s nowmobi les a r e fun . The exhilara ting feelingonegetswhtn eruising o••er the pov;der at sixty miles per hour appeals to al most e•·eryone . . llowt\'t r .SnO'A'mobiles also cause a lot or problems. esptcia ll y in the a reas or energy consum ption, Jitter, •·andahsm . aest/w,tie pollution. as -..·ell n plantlllnd animat damilgt. l.tttt r ing, lo rm e r lyauociated prtmarily -..ith automobiles , has long been a problem in the United States but with tlw ath•tnt ol the snowmobile a ne-..• problem has a risen In the past , litll'r -..-as generally ~onlined to roadsides but thesnowmoolle has made it possible lor the p ubl i~ to lit ter tn a reas that -..ere rorme-rly ina«n.sible . This has e<:ooomi~ as well as aestheti~ tmplical.ions. Senator Alan Bible. Cha irman o r the Se nate sub· eommitteeon parks and rtcr ea tion, reeogniles problems ol a "serious Pelnt"" P..l\•14 Dftt'm~r t 2, 1r.i naturt'" in•·olving snowmobilesilnd litter . He especially Mted the eritka\problemolbudgetina: lunds to hire tbe additiona l personnel needed lor dea n -up e rews In -..ildemess and bac k<ilUiltry a l't'as. The problem of vandalis m by snO\II·mobilen i.laserious ont,11nd seems to be on the irocrease, a~­ cordi na toil surny ol park and forest ranien . Some or the in s tan~es or va nda lism art ex tremely serious. For example, a t the Wilderness Research Foundation in E ly, Minnesotil , 600.1100 pi ne seedlings wtre methodiu lly destr!lyed by snowmob ile rs. Milny peoplearguethatthis dtstructioois done by 11 minori~ ol s nowmobilers and I'm sure that is correet , but I also reel it is irreleva nt . n,e damage is beina: done, 1\0 matte-r how many individuals are involved, a nd snowmobiles are designed so a loot rider ~an do a lot of damage in averysbor1 period of time. The problem or snowmobiles and the eneray shortilge is a basie one. II seotms more than a little ridieulous thiltlas t winter, whe n we "'tre restri~ted u to the amount ol iaswe eou.Jd buy lor our cars and v.'tre bein& asked to lower the temperatu res in our homes, that 0\'et a miUion snowmobiles were burning up petroleum . I think it should suflice to say that ,as lar as ene r g y ~o n s umpti o n goes , snov.·mobiles should be put in the same eategoryds outboa rdmotors, snow blowers , m ini -bikes , and ele-etrie toothbrushes. Ats th e ti e pollu t io n. o r t he defilemen t or the ~auty ol our en\·ironment , is anothe r problem assoeiated with snowmobiles . Not ooly do thf, maehines the mselves det raetlromthtbeautyofanarea. butthenolseeanolten~hear dl!lr mi lesandthet raeks arele ft tobt seenbyt'l·e ryoneuntil the next snowfall-..•htntheywillbe replaeed by lresh trac ks . The problems invoh·ed w1th the sharing or habitat by wildlile and ):(lOWmobilts a rt severe. Although ma nyu per tsfeel tha t thenoise , air pollution . andhabitatdtst r i.J('tion ca used by snowmobi les art' h.arm - rut. and resear~h is c urre ntly being cond ucted inthese areas,vtf)'littl e ha s bee n publis hed as or yet. H owever, th e probl e m s o l harassmentandovt'r~arvestingof wildlile. wi th t h e aid o r snowmobiles. art' more disct'r· nable. Complaint s o r s nowm obilers harauina: game have been l't'ported in most of the canadia n provinces and all of the snowbelt 's tates in the Uni ted States. In s.ome instances, the hal'ilssment ol animals is encouraged by s nowmobile cl ubs and otherornnfzal.iom lor thesakeol sport, allhough th is type of event see,p15 to be on the- decrease. In northern Minnesota. a snowmobile rodeo COflta intd an event which called ror the contestilnts to ~hast lox with snow mobiles until the lox was tired e nough to be ~aptured by hand or with lish landing nets. The unbelievable penalty I{N' a~~idently killingafoxwas tht lorfeitureolthe ~~~e:!:~ ~~-:~ ·:::~c:a~~r,~~ the physical e nvironment , as well ~fa.ft~:.~l~l.l yw:ane~3 f!s ~~:c:~ eluded that eotftpa(.tion or the soil by s noWmobiles l a rre~ts s oil m ierobes. whieh In turn alltct nutrient~yeltsa ndavailabili ty . He also s tilted that , "By compacting the s now , the rna~hines make the soil benea th It signinean tly colde r , t h us harm i ng many pl a nt sys tems." Whatis probablythtmostserious exa mple or damage to wildlile by 5nowmobilers took plaee in the SUper ior Na tional Fores t in nor thern Minnesota . In a th ree week per iod in thespringllf t9W. 46deer were found shot a nd-or run down by snowmobilers . None of the deer , whiehhadbeenbrO'A-slng along the edits or the snowmobile !rails, "'trebuteheredbut rather . they -..·ere si mply len In the snow to rot . A linaland very serious I)Nibltm wit h s nowmobilt'S that I will note, and this one is based upon personal observ a tion , is th11 t s nowmobiles are contribut ing to the developmtnt of a generation or mtchanically supported , unnatural natul'illists, who eoo tend that ma~ hines a rt' ntcessary fortherenne mtntolan a pprec iation o r na ture . Most snowmobilen I have tslked to seriously belleve ' that by ridin& their machines through the woods, they are beeomlna: much ~ loser to nature. One ma n. the ra ther ol lour from Minneapolis, whom I met a nd di!CUS~ s nowmobiling with in Spoone r , Wisconsi n, became vi.sl bly exei ted -..·hen he told me of how be and his ramily, wh ile trail r idi ng through the woods , had ae tually seen a grea t homed ow l. When I· F'ishpopulalions a re alsoarree ted by snowmobiles. n,e U.S. Fores t Ser viee has sho-..·n ~ooeem ove r the po55ible over-ba r\·ts ting or lish in lakes tha t we-re previously inacctsSiblei nthewi nt e r. f'or example . Minnesota Departm ent or Coo· ser vation personnel reported 67 !ll!O"'mobiltsand 1201isherman on l>ien: l.ake,Mi n nesota,ona si ng.le winter alter noon . They reported on that afte rnoonthat 5.Sfipoundsof hs h. a mass equal to a n e ntire >:~a r '!l production, were removed . Pierz l...ake Will lormer ly reached only by a si x hQur ~anoe tr ip involving seve-ral portages. wha t he might see if he wa lked through the woods, he replied , " I couldn 't get th e m this lamllyllnto the ""'oods il it wasn't lor the machines .'' ! sense a danger in tha t typeol .!ilillement.a nd It is being kindled by the pr ese nce o f snowmobilts. I rea lize that snowmobiles wi ll not be banned-not u loniJ as there Is fuel to pour into them , but I do think we need to propose furthe r restri~tionson their use. Ptrhapa lt is time we begin to wOrry about somrt hlng besides our right to hilve run. SS e ntryf~ . ~ Snowmobiles a re not on ly harm· ful to wi ldlile, they ~•n also do damage toplantlife. Dr. WallaceJ. Wa ne k of Btmidgi Stillt Coll~t. asktdhi m i fhehad~er cooside-red X - country ski ing an a lternative b) !Urroll Rol'ln:~k So maybe you' r e not inlo snowmobiltng because of en- •·•ronment.11 N"aSOfls and maybt> you'IX' noL t'\'1'11 mto risking life and hmb da..mtul! sknng. If you s(IIJ Vl3nt someoutdooracttHI) '" t~ ""'nter months, maybe cross t'OUlltryiknng u; thr thing for)o..; Cross counlry skuug 11 pi'OtMbly the fastest gn:M·mg ... nutr sport hert' Attonling lo t'lCpc'Tit'Ol'ed to learn The motions US<.od in cc sknng are not ~k•ers,tt's qu.it ee;u;y thattnuchd•fferentfromth~us~ In 111-alkmg Na>'ig.ltmg and controlli"l the " h•·e foot shoes .. art' probabl)' the b.l~dtst ttungs to learn. s.11d one are.;~ · ctr-aWr, but thoR mO\'t'ITitnl s are CGm· parable to thOM" ust'd for •«skatmc. l .'r uss country s kiing can be done llllalmostanyopen , unpostedarca '!'he count ry rOiidS JUS! north of f'\'tn Shop satd there's a large t~rea of l>tatt· land off county tnmk ''Q'' ncar C.'ustcr that dra11~ large numlx·r~ of ~ku~rs {0.- Uin~: ~t.:arlfll II.,.. du )OU get ~tarted"' Probabl~· thcbe.it,.a) ofmtroducmg~oui"SI'II tu the sport ,.ould be to r~nt ~nu.• »1111> and tr~ 11 out 111ere are at le:ast thrl't'l'lttabhJ>hmentsth;ttllllirent crt"II!>Jo count f) slu parkages 1n lhtl> an•;t The Camp~a Cycle and Sport Shop rent~> a package containing sl.b.boo\,,poles3ndbmdmgs(or-$J :1 da) and~ for a ,.lticnd llo=.trl Shoppe Ud nml!i ski pacbg~ lor s.; a da} and S9 on Wfl•kends If ~·ou rent a t«~ple ol t:mes from lloslt'l. the niGne)' can IX' puttu-..ardthepurchaseol"your ~nJ>kipiickage c-.mpusare an ideal starting place. Tile area country clubs allo prcwtck> kJn& stretche5 o( open land : and an t'nUIUS13SIIcpromotcrofskitounng at tl'k" Camous C)'cle •nd Sport :r <>- _4!:. ~.. "' ' A~ -' ' . _/: "(_•I 7, / . ' ;r / ~- ~ ~ "' ""' / The Ht'fr~·aiiOnal St>rnnos in thrbas.emt·nl (ll tht.' l'nt\"C'f$11~· Ct'ntcr for $J ;.~day 3nd ll t'l.'kcnd~ Tl~q wtll 3]50 ''"~ tu 111 tht• s no" C"Of1 dlhtni.Hmtht• tL~ ~·JoU prek thl.-m up Tht.""~ rt'pOrll•d JU~t bt•fore Th;,nk...~(!.hllltllhat ren1.1 1,. o( tht'tr s:!U Jl.1~'kU!;t' fl•r tht- C1mstmn 1.-\•a" "'''"' \IT) l>t-a\~, but that ~~~,~~':x7 ~uJJ :l\";nl3blt· for the loog 1'\'Ub p.ul..ag~">~ s;, :;o lllr ,..,,. tno.· l f~nt.t'n•mthcut<~rkt'tforhu~· lng , lht'l'l".lr<'fi'IUrare;tdt•alers that sell raflRIIIi: m prH:e f rom 56.9 9:> up 111 SH9 Tiwn• tl> a CCII'! ~tTJhklang\·ltf Q'..JJIII~ and st~ft'" found 1n thtli pru:l! rangt' A:. l;~r ::~~ ,k.., J:u. they 're e1ti"H:r mudc of .. ood ur S}nth~IIC m:ctCrii11S The bt'ner ~~·""ooden s kit's u.-.uaU~ han• a !mrd-..·ood htckory botlom or !Wit• -..h1rhran lllke a lot of pumshment A deaWr at ll l)§t('l Shoppt' Ltd \lollfrt~d that th(' 110tent1al b~er should make su~ that tht• wood on thr bottom •s tuckOI'). and noc a son "'' ood hke btn·h\lohlchunbtd.:lmaged easily The ~~ h1ekor) JOlts also h.'H"e hgnostont' ('dgt•s I.Jgf!QStone is a 11.1ekag~ ~~i;s~~rd br:~~~·~';',ad~ltof ~~~~; dt'alers •ag reed t/\31 the hickory soles'-l·ithlli!llOlitoneedaf'S•oerethe be$t skis for the money. No-,.·u: likil The syn thelie ski with th~ prepared sole set"m~ a debat.able buy. "deal~r at the campus shop recommended lhe s ki for the begmnerbecauseitdoesn'tneedthe constantwaxlngt hatthewooden s ki needs. The dealer added that there ~=·:.hi~il~!::et~id:c!!i! :-:;: from sl1pp ng backv.;~rds. On the other hand. ~-. cuuntr) ,.k1~ng chnics on Fru;b y l'\('mngs"'hleh"lllex plaln \~·axing pr01.""1.-duri'S llooL'i arc an-other lfllflorlant it~m ln(onsl<k>r TIM-> ean be bought for a~ httlc as Sit or as much as Wa p.11r ll,;e.em ~ob\"IOusthat theskl('r '-1111 ,.ant a bttter quality, .,..·aterproofed boot. because. as a !iaii'Sman at thr C:lm pus Shop put 11 ...you t·:tn get them for $11, but whenyou rfeetj;ct cokllt's nofun." Ttl grt a good quality boot }'OU'II haH!IOpl3nunsJ)(!nd lngatleast$l5 :1 p31r tf ~ou buy them 5eptra tely frum the sins • 11le cheapes t com pf~te packal!e at S69.9S "''as found at the One Stop Sport Shop oo Main St It tntluded :~t ~, ~~ ~~desa'?:. :-:ite~ woodt"nskl couldbe5Ub5titut~ in tht' piltUge with an inrrease in price The Campus C)'cle and Sport Shop utd that their paekagH start at $81. This packAge included a~~ ol pretty good \lo'ooden skis that alone "'"ould c:pst S.W. Uun ters Corneroffer~apatkage forS89.9S. It contained a hic kory soled J anoy s k• without the lignostone edaes. ~!~~c~<tq:~~~~~:~o~~~i': extn !lotte! Shoppe Ud. reported that the ir lusc expensiv~ package (.'(ISis ~- It Included a \'M"Y good ~t or Boona skis -..ith ~;;a:~f~!.~~~~k~!t':~: f!~~.·.?'·> ·~ :_~n;~ :lt~.ore durable Kongsberg -~ J>l "Ws l)on'tGo ,\ ..Oa) A task force involvma agenciH fromMinnesota . ¥.'iKonsinand thf ftdera f gO\·emment has filed a report diK'OUrltmg induSCrial plants and,sev.•age treatm ent facilities as major sources of poi)"C hlorinated bi_phen yls tPCBsl in the Mlssissippt Ri\·er . .::;~1t :~;, ~~~~!'~jl :~·~=~~~~~ 5%0 llostel ~oppe rn:ommends the syn thetic ~ ~~·only to those who plan on skiing fnr short di st:mc~ They said the s~n!het lc solt'lscxtre mcly s luggish on mll!it sn~W~·.condthons, ark! that thr ~:o.ng lx-contto,i exhausting aftt'r :on) long dtsta~~ee Tht-~ h;tstcned to addtllataftt'r;uthuururtwoonskts tiM.- begmner •s not a hr-gmner :m~more .Ufortt.r ..~;~llanttthattht \lot.OOen skt,. need. flustel reports Eco-briefs ThetaskforcewasorJanit.edlast spring to i nvHtiga t ~ r~.uons for h1gh PCB eone~ trat ions in fish caug!Jt •n Lake Pepi n . a -..·idt pc:~~nt m the Mississi ppi se\·enty miles ~·nstream from the 1'A1n Cihes. ~rlit'r this ye3r the fDA seited ~.OOOpoundsofcarptaken from the fa ke beea!JSt' or exceul\'e PCB lev~ls -..·ell above the recommended one part per trillion. Si m ilar ac· hons hav~ taken place elsev•here. espec~ally •n the C~at Lakes Basin. fortheum~~ason . PCB s are a famil y ol" partially or wholl y c hlorinated isomers of biphenyls whic h. like DDT. belong to the c hlorinat~ bydroca rbon VOUJI' of t1m1pounds . Unl1ke DDT v;hich persists about fifteen )"ea rs in the envtronment. PCB's may Ialit lndriinitely and so far as is krtool·n tanonlybedHtroyed In a ap«ial Incinerato r at 2.700 decr~es Jl"ah~heit. A partial list of produelll made with PCB"s il'l(ludn piaSCiclterS. p;11nts, hydraulk nuids, adhesives !brake hning and clulch faces l. seafanl!l tasphalt and corK"r~le l. and printing pm:lucl!l !carbonless urbon l);lpt'r and paprr coating). n......... -.u. ••a ,.. ...., ~'-'""" Sator 's skaters slaughter two b) l'r..,r Ut..,nki In last wet"k 's Pointtor UWSP's )OURS hockt')' co;~;ch Tl.'d Sator !ij)f'Culated about tus team 's upromHl(I:Jllmewtth£auCiulrr. ··tt 's going to be 0-0ay for them ," he 5atd .. We'll bf' thtoYoinge,·e rything wt'h:wcat them '' Wtll. no one threw any of the chft>r lea<k-nat them.justalotof huc-k~· pucks. To be exac t . the Potnterstook48shOI:!ion goallast Sundayand!6ofth~shotsmadrit p.llstttw: Eau Olure goalies. leadin& ..- to a lopsided 16 to ~victory for Poin t This ' 'ictory along 11.ith Satunby's t:>tol rompoo.·er Hal'pf1' Jun tor College of Plainfie ld . llhn01s,gi••es thep\11Ckersa4and $ rtocordthisseasonandext ends lhelr voin st~aklothree . Sport Shorts WrnLIIIIJ : lJWSP fi11klled sueath Ina tlekloll!s.choolsatllw: LM'· Parlukle lournamli'nl. WhUewalet' "onlhem«lwitb IOI•lt polnllaaod Parkslde plac:fll le<'oad •ith $.1 . l.'WSPhad,pointll . IUckPeackock ll:lel wutheonly Poi nter .,.,.ho won more than one match. He pinned his opponent in 1 : 1 ~ in h1s preliminary bout. lie then beat a V.'hit.ewater wrestler on a IH decision. before losing his quarte1'"-final to Parkside. C. l Tackes 113-1 1 won a 6-0 deC' IIIGn In his first bout, tK.itiOSt his next . ScOit Woodruff u ~u was beaten in his next bout by his li'\'entualdaJSthampion . Both of last weckt>nd's games "'ere n•ry physK'al contnts. There ,.,.renost>nousfightsbutthere ...·as :t Jot of twa••y con lacl :as pla)'l.'f'S colttded ll'ilhtachotheror else slamml'<l into thl• boards. Sticks :md gloo.'Mi were dropped fai rly oftenbut onlyonei ncldent rt'ally came t oblov."S. resultina:inag:~me miscondu.:trulinga2:1lnstlhe Point p layer . Commen ti ng on the roughnes.JofthegamesSatorsaid. .. We shovof'd bot h or th()R teams th.:atyoucan'tcomeinhrreandbeat us by trymg to lntimld:lte us. We ean pby as roua:has they can and shll...,i n at the goal:· When 1t comes to lis ting Poi nrs sta ndou ts OI'Cr the w~kcnd you mia:ht as Wli'lllook at their team S11·immlng : UWSP swimmers did " ·ell at an unofficial meet at Ripon , Saturday December &. Point had 4 first places and 6 seconds. Pat McCabe, Matt Ry an and Ted l.iull:'!ek swam a 4: 10.2 winnina timem thc4000y. Teammates Jim f'allon , Bryan F'ahrenbachand Bill Stoltenberg fin is hed second in 4: 1S.S for the "B" tum. McCabe. llullslek, Scott Schrage ~nd Mike Slatle won the 400 frff 5tyle for Point in J :2i.9. Ryan , SchrageandSJaglr.wonthe900free stylein9:03. Jo'ahrtnbach. Steve Schuster and Mark Randall placed leCOIId for lhe " B.. t~am.,.,·it ha9 : 07 . 7 l nthc900 ros ter on the program In terms or offense sophomore Paul :'llartins ' ha t trick' agains t Harper on S.:.turdays.houldha n•madc himthe heroofthelo!fl'kcnd. butthcne,:t d.:ly Paul ScOit more Uwn doublf'd luseffortwi th sen!ng o.11sagninsta 11·ea k F.:au Claire defcns.e. Scott ·~ performance established a new !SChool rt'rord a nd "'ith his t"·o auisLSi ttoolchim onlyont!gameto almost double his season poi nt lOla I. Poi nt wasatso strona:on defense 1n both games. They protected their goalies skillfull y and kept the puck on the opponenll' end ol the Ice most ol the tim e. When the puck did makeit toPoint 's endof theiceboth goalies . Bob Gutner and Joe Baldarolla, prOitedqulteeapable ol k~ping them outof thenets. In recogni:tna the lop-sided scores in this w~k's games Sator noted that he was already putting tO@:ether a much more balancf'd schedu.lefornexlyear'swasons. 1ft said that Point b: now in the process of joining a new Collt~iate hockey confH"ence which will in· Su.c:hadeal Hockey coach Ted Sator has announced that at tomorrow night's gnme agaiMt St. Xavier any guy who brinp a date to Ule game gels in free. The ol'fk ial title ror this evrnt is "Lib Melling Night". .,.,... S.·lmminj!: and DlvinJ : The men 'a swim team is atlendina the WSUC relays at Eau Claire today. Gymnutlu : ~ new Pointer J.Ymnaslic dub fthc old va~ity teaml opened Its tm-76season agail151 Ule varsity tea m ol U.W. Whitewa ter las t Friday. The Pointers lost the opener 97.5 to!OUI5. fr~ . John Walsh and Ken Kul:dck had 386.64 poinll for a first in diving. The Pointers travel to the WSUC relays at Eau Caire today. The n~xt wrestlin'g meet is away on J anu.1ryt. Point's first m~l performance was an u:cellen t one a nd Pointers placed in all evenllexceptvaulting. The &eorlng was led by Gary Schneider with Norm Olsen placing :c:n: ~:~~:::~~~~~~r~n:! t'reeExcerelsewithanimprwlve 5eoreof7.9. Pommel Horse shooo:ed to be the ~rongts t event for the Pointers, sweeping the event . Gary Peterson winning. follov;ed by teammates • Schneider second and Olsen third. Other s trong performances came fr om Rick Martin, second on r ings :md Geo rg e Heck . second on horironta t bar a nd third on pa rallel boB. M1n's &, CITY Women' s HIKER SHIPPY SHOES ::T., The POinters ,.,·ere .,., ithout the pe r form ances of thei r leading scurer ollast yea r , Dan Courtney. Couttney was out because of •llness ea r litrin theSC"asonbut plan!ltohe bac:k for tht Pmntcrs next com · petition the Du !•age invi tationa l .... hichwillhosttco:•m!llromallover the coun try. cludli' Mank.3to IMinn. ), St. Ooud. UW Stout. UW River "' 11lb and Iowa State The Poin ters ,.,'Ill play each ol thc:q: schools in four games next yea r . plus they will play Chicago Statl' in twottames . Sator also discussed the poor attend.:lnce thnt the hockey te:am has had :at 111 past four home: games lle reeottniled that games O\'er the Than~glving Wfl'kend and gamt"S in the afternoon are the re!u h of poor sc heduling a nd some. hat a va lid cause lor poor a ttend.:lnc:e, but he also stressed that despi te the bid schedule his team st ill needs "'etter support and a llendanc:e to assure the team's continued success. This w('C':kend the Pointers hos t St. Xavier in two games at the lce·O· Drome . Tomorr ow night's game starllat7 : ~mwhi leon Sunday the games rta at 1:30 in the afternoon . Coac tor has announced that Saturd y's game ...,;u be held on " Lib Melting Night" and that all men who bring a date ...,;u be admitted free to the game. Pickers call it a year byTimSullinn,ltl ndy \\l~•· rt,and We hope somcr of you readers had fun St"eing what the Superpickeu had to sa)' about the Nt"L this ~::'io ~::u~joyid bringing ou r :\li kr ll abrrman Si~lhisisthelast Pclill~issue oltM semffin, ""-e11&h·e )'ou a quick rundOOA'n of hoY.· ...,.e picked no...· this year and let you know we think the remaindtr" ol the Nt'L Here are our pidts for the NFL 's Week Thirteen : schedule ...;u 10· TM Su~i<:ktn ~~~~e 1-4 for We.k 12. Countin& the gamts last S,\S UI EGO 0 \' t:K S t: w YORK n:-rs · 'The Monday r\ighter. This has to be one of tM bes t games llollooardCost"lle\·erhadthehonorol reporting. Unltssanyof )'OU ha\'C I rclath•e plmylng in this game, it might not be 1 bad time to get outside and rakt> lea,·es during this one. Otargen by 3. Sunday.. ...... rinilhed "'ith toe ...;ns and :Jii losses. The results ol We-ek 12 brought us toane•.. n75pH"ctnton the year . Sulli••an won the t055Up dh·ision with an 1--t tally·, follO\I't'd by Wie•·d 'a 7·S and Haberman's 5-7. Lookinafaraheadattheschedule for the 14th and final .,.,«k. voe think thertsultawi ll be : Was hingtonO\·er Philadelphia : Oncinnati ovet' San Di~o : Oeveland undno Houstm : 5I Louis o•·er Detroit ; Oakland over Kansas City : Baltimore pver ~· En& land : Atlanla over Gr~ Bay : San Francisco over the GtaniS : Dallas o••er 1M Jets : KEI.)SKIS S ,\ Gt\ISST CO WBOYS · Tht> ~~o·eekJy tossup. Actually, all three or us want to go with Wuhington . but 5i net> \\1e\·el's not around r1g.ht IlOilo', v.~ ·re stieking him ~~o•• th Dallas. By the ~~o•ay, Carnae said th is one ddinitely wi ll not go into sudden-vietory O\ 'et· time P ttti.,\Dt: LI•III A OVER DE.~\'ER · The Eagles have always had a dangerousfootball tt>amt hisyea r . Trouble is, they ,.oaited 10 long to pr.,·e it. Whether !My get any treaks or not , they're &till gonna Mmn~ao•·erBuffa lo ; Pitt.sburgh 0\' t'l" Oen•·er, and Chic:;~go o•·er l"t'Yo' 0\'t'r Los Angelel : Miami Orleans Carnac said the Pittsburah Ste-elers '<'ill again 11dn the Super IJoo,l.·l The Su~rpickers . hv.-.·"er. are ref~JSI"i to &o along ,.,; th tM sh•t>k 's diOict"forthefinttimt>all yea r . Wievt>l thi nk s the New Orleans Sainl5 ~~o·ill win the fina l Big Bowl, ,.,·hlle Sullivan is baeking the Clevela nd Br ow ns . Habe rm an thinks,.,·tf reall nuts ... he's ta king theChugers . ~~o·i th \6 po~nts . Steve Meruel and Bob Omelma eaeh had 15, Bob Kepka chipped'" 12:. In the Ostlkosh shoot4Ut, ten players 5eored in double figures . R.:llph Sims was the sur of the g.amefor theTitans. lleleored33 points, had I assists :and pulled Tht' Pointers agai ns t Milton d011o•n tO rebounds . Bun Soderman eomm1tted 32 fouls and U tu r · had 13 points, Larry carpente r 12:, 110\"erT. Miltoneonvertedonly 13ol and Ron Bndgt>water and Mike . 3:! free·thtowl, many when the DeBakkt'r eaeh had 11 points. bonusrulev.'ilsr neffect. Loyd Thornton :again led the The Poin~n led only by one 3t Pointt'rs 1n scoring with 20 points. h3lftime. 39·31, but out seort>d Bob Rt-pka had 17, Bob Omelina 15, ~11\ton 1%-2: opening up a Sl--40 lead t3rl)' in the H<"ond ha iL Ah\ton • l\hkt' McDamels 13 and Paul Woita ~·ergoteloserthanfh·epoi ntsa s 10 The Pornters are now 2-2: on the theysufferedthe~rthirdlouilias man)' games. year under first )'ear eoach Jerry Lo)·d Tllornton led 1M Pointers Gol"'m ,.,... TO 1 Way fi. UIHlerdMe, Ra. Phoenix, Ariz. Colo. Springs. CcMo. Oaylona Beach, Ra. Hew Or1eans, la. 81.60 90.60 55.55 72.10 53.30 Round Trip 155.05 172.15 105.55 137.00 101.30 undl\lean~Greeneononeside . ll am . dy Russell , and Jae k L.amber1 . Where do the Sengals figure on &3lnlng any yardage'? Sleele rsb)' IO. ) II SSt:SOTA 0 \'t~ lt DETROIT · The only thinp the Uons really do well ISbloek punts That aint gonna IH;>lp them any , since the V1kings nel·er kiek ~ We don' t even know if they eury a p~o.W~ter. Vikinp~~oin.1~ to 2:, as Detroit ~~o·il\ score on a safety. HUl' t' .U.O 0\'E it PATIUOTS ~ew England's numbtf' nrno thrent , Jim Plunkett . is injured. ~ew England's number two threat, Maek Herron , is in Atlant.1. This muns the Patriots will be playing defenie a lot. Against Simp· son ...Bnxton ... mu ...ete . t"orgetit. Bills by 17. •\ TLANT,\ 0 \'ER S ,\ N FRAN· (' 1 St.'O - The ~9ersarethe third-best pro team In California . The Falcons are definite ly num be r one In Georgia. Our geogra phkal ratings gi\"eAtlant a thetdgein this one by .'· G REE N 8Al' OVER •L OS ASG ELES • For one lhinJ, the Paekl"f1: are a hell of a lot bet ~r tha n most ol the ~ams the Rams played this year . f'or another , ~~o·e ea n't wait to wateh Willard Harrell bum those guys with anothe r bomb to Odom . And finally, v.•e said beforet hat~~o·t'rt" t aking t hePaekin the rettolitsgamts. Gf'een Bay.by 7. 11,\J, Til\IOKE 0 \'EK MI AMI There 's nobody ... abso lutely nobody ... tha t theeolls would rather beat than Miami . They're gnnna do it too, 3nd ~g . By 20. Remember , you saw it hert". ('I IIEFS 0 \' ER BROWNS • I( this one was played In Kansa.s Oty's Arrowhead Stad i um.~~o~'dtake the Chiefs by IO. Uv.-.·e\·er ,theaameis in Oeveland , 10 we're taking the Oliefs by ll . UAK L \SD O\'EK II OUSTOS · How ' ean ~~o·e pk k against a ~am li ke the Raiders who saw t~~o·o ol their a uys throwfootballsintothestandsarter seo ri ng touehdo~~o·ns? If Bum Phillips n~~o· them do it , he'd pt"obablymakethemgeterev.'C\Its ft:uden by H . For More lnfrmation On Prices and Times of Departures Call: R.G . WURL- 341 -4740 1725 West River Drive ·AND ALSO U of Wis . Allen Center! Travel Time 401'1fS. 54hrs. 36hrs. 3811rs. 28 titS. . Un iversity of Wi scon•in ,) :: ,'7 - Stevena P oint UW.tp ,,,'~~ POINTER ~~ \( '" ORU:,\ SS · one big bux ol Alphabet eerraland they sill\ ~~o·oWdn 'I t>nd up in a ny bo,.·lgames. Giantsbyl. I'I'ITSIIU IU; Il 0 \ ' t:lt . RESGt\I..S · This IS a Saturday game. The way weloolt3t 1t .yougot Olloight \\'hite, t.:rnie Holmes, L.C . Greenwood. Uuekln~huseguy s upareJaek BASKETBALL 'tJ U y__A , \' · Leave 4:00p.m. 4:00p.m. 7:45a.m. 7:45a.m. 7:45a.m. :-.· ~:W You could put 311 of the Saints into n.e f! GREYHOUND VACATION PRICES 1 t:t ,\ ,YTS 0 \' t: R I.UCIS 0\'t:R t1 1ft '•\ GO · l1le Ucars h:n•e too many WFL refugi.'tS aroundtomakeanestablished NFL gam e plan ~~o·ork . onl\' blu.eeh•ppers s till with them :aie Doug Buffone and Wall y Chambers . Chreago ihould nl.'l"er ha\'e traded !ton Santo and Don Keuingl't' Cards by 9. ~~o·hiptheBroneosbyat lt>astiO. Po inter five split two byWa)neWaoll 111ePointer Basketball team split t..·o games on the road this pas t ...-ee~t . Wf'dneSd.ayOrecember-4. they deft'ated Milton Collt'ge, 79-&". and Saturday Dee . 6, they lost to Oshkosh in theireonferenceopener. ~~. UW-SP VS· Dec:. 20 Carrol (T) 8 P.M. Dec. 22 Wh it ewater IT) 8 P.M. Dec: . 27 & 28 Sentry C la ssic Cf:xc/usivel)"'" oq Wl85 in steree .. . l or all of Central Wisconsin 103 .3 FM 103.3 FM 103 .3 FM .. .Intra please h,•Ju.hn ,\ l aC'I)onald Jhadthepleil5uretht-othtrdayto t;1lk 10 one of the mort non - trudJ!Jona l non-tradltional s tudcnts. Jo\.'lrl(;an;onarr•\·f'donthiscampus :•bout a yea r and hill( ago di rect fro m a .S IK"et:5Sful tou r or 1~1hat so rn;my of us are aiming for , " the I'Orld" Karl was ''in'' hospita l munagement ta field that I happen loknov.· cs ..·Jdeoptnlwithnoplace logo but up. as ··they" say . Instead ho.•tu rnedleltatthc~tscorntr andh(·~ hels. Jfyou'veH-en or heard any or his work you know "h)' Karl IS a maker of poems and dependingonhowyouasreadersof h•s w'Or k judge il he 's ~\her an app r entice or a JOU r neyma n workinghan:ltogainmasteryofa dJfficu ll s kill. I ;:asked Karl how a poem s t.uts. fo'or him it s ta r ts as a feeling or emolional rf'Sponse to his world. The slimulusmig htbean~·er .a beet~. a lo•·er . or even the Golden 1sanrmportanttool for """" the poets so asked Kar l about it. CTiticJsm I ~·or him there are t...·o kinds : the ··thtsstinks"".·· Lhat "snice" "school. and the ""t his stinks. \hats nice hCreswhy··schooi. Onlythesecond tsofanyrealusetothepoet. "What rhehellcanyoudowith'thisslin ks'. Whercdoyoulook inthepoem for problems "' ith a commellt like that ·· Criticism goes hand in hand Wis.eottsifl Rapid S StaveflS p oi nt " "•th re.,.·rillngob\'tously.so I asked Karl about the process. "Let's say l'n• got somethrnll. I'm working on . l seesomeex.cessso l begin tocurn awordhercaphrasethcretilll can begrntosee thees.senceofwhat l want.Sometimt'S 1\•e gone too fa r .,.;th this slashrng and I lose somf'lhing. l set ltasideforowhile because l don'tlikewha t lha\'e now and the firs t draft wasn't r ilht ~ thf'r . 111 gf't back to It later working from 2 or l for ms that I ha\'e to tha t point. I'm working on sometlung now I slarted eigh t yearsago. ltseemedworthitM fa r . If I get it ri gh t I'll be sure it was worth it. Look John let's face il. Somet hing a s insign ifica nt a p · l)l"a ringasa n artlcle c:mmake the di fference in a llne or an image. Ul timately the poe m res ts on ge tting the right words in the right places. Tha t la ktst imeandenergy, andl ca n'tseea nybod y doi ng it the fi rst ti me through. Even the so called spon ta neous poe ts a re edi t iJ~~inthei r hea ds . They have to be. The other as!)K t of critkism and rewril ifll it tha! I have to be cumforlable wi th that rewrite. If I ta ke someo ne else's advice wholesa le and I'm not comforla ble wi th the poem. it's not my poem . It 's a carbon of that advf'iOr. Sothat the decision about lhe words is finally and completely mine no matter~m~ J gather." My fi nal question: why, to do what? "To expres.s my fUirage. my jo)•, wha tevc r emotion is the re. To show wha t I feel so that a readet yeah, thats all. just yea h:· S.,)'$ Arts notes ~ The fin;tl a rt exhibition of the semcs terlsc urrcnt lyon\'le"' lnlhe l-:dna Carlste n Gn llery at UWSP. Jt comists of two separa te shows whic h will be in the gallery through · Dt-c. l9. The major portion of the ex hibit consists of;~ documcnt.ation or an earth "'ork ex.ecutf'd in Maine. called the " P ran fa r m Turf Maze." The gallery show is made up or t:! photog raph$ of the site, th r ee posters tma p , plan. Inscription!. three BIHiide ca rousel traysofcolorslides. • The .,.,-ork and doc umentat ion wcreexec ut edbyDr . Ja mes Pie rce of the Unive rsity of Kentucky art depar tment. whobeg un dlggi ngthe turfmaze at Pra ttF'arm inCiinton. Me., in August of 1972 and com· pleted it in July, 1 !17-f~ The maze thereformsa'nequila teral tr iangle mea5uting 120feet on each side. 11 is.ineffect.a largesunkreliefwith boardf'rs dug to a dept h of one root. The maze may be vlt'A'ed from a three -root high . doub l e·r<:~m ped obscf'\·a tory built or sod cut from the maze as "'ell as wa lke!d through. The artist desc r ibes it as " the mO& t recent foll y"inagrou pof eart h wo rk s. ind uding a tri a ngu lar redoubt.aci rculurredoubt . and a buria l 'lllound . Pierce hus had his wor k e:\'ltib ited in universit y ga lleries throughout the nat ion and has wr ith:n ex tcnsh·ely in ar t journals . lleisthcpastcha irma n of the U.K . ar t depa rt ment . ~·or the show here a one-sixth S('alercproductionofthetu rf maze h:&s been recons tructed wi th la pe on the ga llery noor and visi tors to the ex hibit are invi tf'd to w.:~ lk the maze. The othe r pa r t or the ell hibition inc ludes2t fra medposte rs fr om the llopkins Design Studio a t Dar t· mout h College in New Ham pshire. up~~ J::~:eo7thi! ~~:~:~~ ~en~: .. a nd is open from tO a m to 4 pm Monday · Saturday, a nd evenings from 7 to 9 Monday ·Thu rsday. "fomesl" opens " The Im por tance of Bei ng Earnest ," a c:omedy by Ost:a r Wi lde, will be staged today a nd tomorrov.· at the fo'i ne Ar ts Center Studio Theat re. The produc tion 11 di rec ted by se ni or theatre ar ts major Rob Schoenbohm of Appleton a nd Includes a c:as t or ni ne students. Ma tin ee pf'r form a nces will be stagl>dat2 pm t' rldayandSa turda y 1Dec, 12 & 13 1. Wilde's play. "'ritten in t895. is a witty and sa tirical comf'dy about the obsLules face!<! by two young men!ftkingthehandsoft.,.·oyoung l11tlit.~ 11.hc• feel they can only chc:r>shamannarned F:rrf.:-st. Slud•o Thc:atn: prnducuoos arc Jltlt vn S(! ~·cra l lim('!l d\trin!( the: .·('ml""t (• r h) f' ludcnt.o~ ('n rolh.•d in a tht•atn:• a rt s dep.1rlmem cQUfse .unwd ;u ~~~·•·n pr;tcti('al produ~·ti~J!~ ••xpcrrcllce 1(1 the ~ tudenll! . FREE STUDENT CLASSIFIED$ $1.50 per line lor comm ercial uenture• .'iOT ICES · Th~ voill ~ an org:amtalional mt'etin& oft~ Sci~nce F'ktion aub at 4 pm . WN . lilt 11th :111 the Gridiron Oasses for !he novi~ amat~r ndiolk'ensewillbfljnJan :!land runforiO,.·ks Anommlllfeoev.illbe cha rged to cover bks. s tudy material and cassette tapn . Rt.-g1strati011 and payment mu.st be done' Jan 7. For more infor. contac t Ra)' Sommns, D-HI Science Bldg. 346-:!~or592-4!36. All 1tems !vaporize rs. crutches. cane1i. ace bandagu. etc . t borrOOA'ed from the Health Center must be returned bf-fore Christmas l'lll."3tionon0r-c. t9 ,t!:l75 1lernstlitl out:atltmt hmcwill be billed to the !l'tudcnt ' 3ceount through the cashin"'~t office W,\STI.:O St.'edone .. omantolill:a•·aca~~e)' '" a great place t ..·o block5 from campus SM can mO\·e in for the firsthalrorfort.hetotalsemester . ,lu•r.o To buy UKd books. I( you'd like to sellanyoftl'lefollov.ing.ca ii Cindy at:J.Il-4074orlea,·eamessageatthe Pointer om~ : Holman 's Handbook toUterat~ . SoYouW•nt t obea Writer , The Horse's Mouth. People oftl'leDeoer . Wl' lll.'ed a pia~ to u,·e next semester that has two bdrrns. l.s l'('lalll'e) )' close to c11mpu1 a nd v.·uuldallowforonefurrydog. Help: Call JOf' at 3-14-6-491 or Mike at 3-U· -l-089. 1•.s We' renottoorieh. I~ an u~r clusman to take o..·er my sin,gle room doc'm contrac1 forS«ondsemesterso l canmO\·e off<ampus . Clllll Mark Stt'm at 3-46:!:437. ~ Thompsoo Hall SfUDENTS: Shop TOPS .. PAf<oo'TS Wlore you go home. fo'antastic SAVINGS!! 132:6 Strongs Ave. Weathered barn ...ood and posts. Will cut 10 re~11on able spt"Ciricatioot. Caii TimatJ.41""83'1. One person NEEDED to live wi th two othef' males in a 3 bedroom house 5eeond semester . Call Louie or Mikeat346-3209.:J.I&-2017.or:WI· 3-192 or stop in at 231 in CN H. Loolangf;,c· aplaecto live2ndscm . orr campus . Call Barb l*-3212. Fourv.~ldrh·e,·chide-anythmg c:ons•derc-d .r 11 ,is in nl('l.'l\;;lnicalc<IOII. 34.f-S616. llt~ I.IG IU~ lllt>t:\angehcalt-'t't't'Churl."h · RCI' t-"red ~IOOf'C Pastor 34 1.0013 Sunda) St•r ~ lO am - Coll~e Clau and 10 JU am v.·or.tup YMCA Bldg O.~m·er ECKASKAR The Anc•ent S....IC'Ilce of Soul 'I'Ta•·el r m :!61 l'WSPCent('l' 341-6815 Tnmt r J.u1heran Churchcor!'ll'l' of O:trkand Hogt'f'lli · Sundayv:orship 1130 &\1 good Sonwone to le~se an apt close to campliS for 2nd sem. It IS complete!) furmshed. dishwuhe r , disposal. a1r cond.. two bdr ms Was her & dryer located In bast'ment Ca ll l~I·JS.loO G.rl v.uhes roommate to share lg. furnished apt . near ·.w. (ho.·n lxlroorn l~Hil!l33 LEVIS CORDUROY JEANS . J>leasereturntanNortht'Kt-Scrow pckettoMikc.I709CiarkSt. orcall lH ·OI06. It III'U a ehristmas present.Hevo·ard ..·ithnoquestions askt.>d UJST One gold SE IKO watch v.·ith l."racked c:rystn l . of grcilt s.entJmtntal '' 1111~: Call Bob at :H6-Z530 nn ~- Lost on 1st noor of CNR. Reward : t'Oit SA U ; U• tach• stereo. Garrard SLSSB turnable and tuner all in Qf1C Plus I!Jtach• stereo cassete recorder v.ith mics . 1\r.·o Sony li P &tO speaker sys tems. !Utachi 12" b·w T V set. t-4" window fan with stand. ,\JsoAir Forcepa rko, movlng must seli. Contrnc ttrncy346-4117rm . 408. L:• nge dov.·nhill ski boots . Ust'd lw Jcc·sizea•1'9 1 !. S4034 t-6835aftcr 'Pm ' Cum pletc set of "Great Hooks oft he Western World " by 8ritbnn•e - N 1·olurne5 plus bookcase. Ust.od very fflle $t:i0 ·. 341-45JL rnr. S,\LJ: : One backpack contairung books & notebook m EUa'J between -1-6 t-'ri 12·$-75 Any mformation call J .R SK I ~: RO~ I c.:;nl ~\TO :?07 Clll, t:' ITII 'W.t.:tr. D I:\11! '-;C.~. CAL L i41 - C.843 .. S4S . UO ~t-5517 Your Complete Cross-Country Headquarters in Stevens Point THE SPORT SHOP Jarvinen X-C Ski Package ! _,_ In A Host Of Colors And In Sizes To Fit Your Body ~ Onl y $1400 - '----.Main Street Men's Wear Jarvinen Fiberglass Skis . Cross-Country Boots ... . Bamboo Poles .... . Trak 3·Pin Bindings . Mounting .... . .. . Value $92.85 - than any other, the chancellor has decided to run for then! . At tha t age I would welcome and appreciale advice from a man like Oancellor Dreyfus. At that age I made a few mistakes wit h rqard to my relalion!lhips but they 111•ere my dec:1110fiS ~nd my mistakes and I hne learned quite ~~~-ell from ITlOl"e ~~f::Jg~::~~~~e~:~tt::~l~tr:~th~rei~t:fsi~:ib~~ :·~ 11:ou~~erc~haer!ti~ ~:~5mstJt!~in:~m:~n~eli::C~~!'h~ tQKetherornot . l wouldnotlll'llnttoimposelljlolicylikethisonallstudent.s . There Is lldC(tunte donn sp.1ce that tho:sc wishing the c urrent policy could be accommodated . That is thei r right. Open Channel A weekly from student government by)likl'i\\itkOYJ ky "be problem of student housing ... there is a definite shortage of housina for stOOent.s in Stev~ Point. Many saudents are livin& In substandard d~~llmp . 'f'!le rent charged s tudents is in many cases tXOI"bitant, espeaally for the type of homing v.·hich it leased. Tlw:re rampant discrim ination against students by landlords while many of these dirflculties can be solved by rattonal renter-landlord !s ~~~~~~':: ~~;i:! ~~e:'~e:r: ~~ ~=~~ns~x~ clusil·ely to s tudents for thesolepurpoRofexploiting them to the fullest degree. . . lfeel oneof themOitviablemtthodsforallev\llUn& this problem is the formation of a t~nt union. Ano!Mr = Allu(her thing that comes to mind when talking about moral stnndard&ls thcrec:entrcactiontoacondomadlnthe Polnttr. II is impo-Mlble to prinl 11 paper that does not contai n 10methlng offensl\•e to someone. An ad for a condom Is a plea l or responsible sexuality . What I could see asorfensl\'e would bcanadroranabortionclinicor a call rorabstinance. The l'ulntrr is a publication read by adults. Sexual relatlonstUps a re entered into by these sa me adul ta 11nd they should be awareoftheconseqtllt'nCftof thcseacts. The Polntrr doesnot ad~ocate everyone buyinS a gr055 of rubbers but 111'1! f~l this Information should be available to those 111•anting to know about it. One las t thing . Alotof space lnthlspoper hasbeendevot t'd toproblemsofdrinkinaanddNg.s. Once11gain alii can say Is that I am an adult okl tnOUgh and able to make my own dtcisions l"f''arding both. I app-edate the advi~<> ­ peritn« of others but si mply bfe~use somt(lne has bad time wit h pot or alcohol does not gin• the"! the right to cl im thednwisbadfOf all. I believe people act l'ftponsiblygt\'en the opportunity . But that is the catch. They must be gh·en the opportunity . =~~~:~e~~.~~~::~~= !ruc~e::Oa:'~i~ .!!:fi~ ::~~f:f':~'d:ir:· ~ h=~:~:m!tla~ ~;! h!: sene:~~~&est problem Student Goveminent faces is re«lving stOOent input. Every full -time s tudent at UWSP pays about se\·enty-flve dollars per semestt r for certai n s tudent ser'''ces. These include a fee for the University Center, healtJt services, and others. 'J"he tot.alamou nt Student Goverrunent11 res pons1bleforisS312:,000 per semester . It a lso has review power over more tha n $500.000 per semeste r of s tudent dollars. To aet student Input would greatly enhance the manner 1n 111·hich these funds are spent. V.'hile the student budget is a major ~ason for the exiilence ofStudtn t (io\·ernment , it .isalso~nedwitheveryaspe<"t of betterinastudent lire. "''hilt VI«-Presldent of Student Government, 1-willa ttempt to accomplish whatevtf' I can to further the1r goals. In tum Poinler saaffers klke by Kober! Honkl Th011e or yOUtWhoa re ~gula r readeu ol this column should not flnd it too s urprisi na when I admit I' m not particularly fond of Christ mas. I have a reputation for cynicism and not only disli ke mOlt festive occusions in general, but especia lly dislike the blgle that fa lls on Oc«mber Zth; as far as holidays go, It ranks roc k bollom on my list of ra~orites . Bah, humbug, and all that s tuff. But before I get totally carried away with my Impersonation of Scrooge and stomp on nny nm right before your eyes, maybe I 5hould exp la in a little 111·hy I find Christmas so objec:lionabie. Let's start wi th the obvious : it. crass commercialism. If I didn't know better, I'd 1111ea r Otristmas was devised by a bunc:holcorporateblgwlgsto«lebratecapitalism. Every yea rwe ·~ exhor tednotonlytolavisheachotherwithgi ft., turns by GrtJ .\ tarr In making my dec:iaions, I have to take what information is available to me and make up my 0111-n mind . ,...obody can do thisforme Thislsespedallytrueinmattersof moralsand lifestyles. I do not try to impose my moral sta ndards on othersandexpec tt hesame t~atmentin retum . l oflen seek advice in making moral judgment5 but the ultimate decision rests111ithme . Unfortunately . a number of people on this campus feel they ha\·e the right to make others' decisions for them . The most prominent exam ple of this has been some of the atti tudes ex~ldo~o~Yu~ean~~~~~d~fZ~~t\~-er:S~:~:a~~fon:e my penonal moral sU ndards on all s tudents" said ~yf~ in a SO\·ember H letter to the Polnttr. He continued. relative to theU hour visitation policy " ...suc h a polley would. in fact. force the moral sta ndards of so~estudent.s upon others, while the c urrent pohcy doer; not ."' I respe-ct the chancellor as an i nteiiJ~tent. lll'tll meaning 1nd1'-:tdu:~l doin1 111·hat he feels it is best to do. Unfortunately the fact s do not s upport the chancellor's position. A recent poll of dormitory residence s holll·ed that a majority would 5Upport the 2-1 bour visi tation policy In other III'OI'ds , the current policy is. in fact. 1m~1111 the moral sta ndards of the mmorityon the ma}onty and with thech~ncel\or 's support of the presocnt pobcy. he is 1mposing his standards on the majonty The cllanallor su pports hts decision by s taling that the "soc1al problems In a 2-1 hour VISitation policy ~re not read1ly handled by many of the freY\ men and sophomore ~ge group. Tht:Se people a re recogntled by law as bctng able to enter into marrloges , makebi ndinglegalcootracts, voteinelections. hold publtc oUice , right m w.rs but not , in the eyes of ou r ch<lnc:ellor. ma~ge the1r 0111·n personal affairs The one a rea that they dlould by allowed to determine for themselves but also buy a Olristmas tre-e. Christmas ca rds. Olristmas decorations,etc .. etc . lnotherwordsthemercl\antscleanup. Allyouha\·e todois talte a lookattheir sales recei pts for the period dating from Thanksgiving to Olristmas and you'll see why , when they go to bed at night. there ~re dol la r signs danc:ing in their heads instead of visions of suga r plums. Or , to putlt In the more familiar : did you know , as of today , there · are only twelve mOI'e 5hoVPing da ys till Christmas'! ~nthere'sthespec:la l occaslonarw le : beca~.~Se ,i ntheory , we' re ac tually celtbrali ng the bi r th of Je5 W1Qiri s t twho was IMII born in Dece mber , accordi ng to our best ast ronomical data a nd s tudy of the Christmas sta r I, all of us good O!risli a n fol k a~ supposed to make merry a nd f~l giving towa rd each othe r . This strikes me liS profligacy : instead of setting a cert ain time or the yea r for gener ousness and good cheer , I would rathe r see bolh di &trlbuted over a pe riod of twelve months . Why,after all.dowehave toresen·egivingp~nts to someone fOI' bi rthdays, anniversa ries. and Christmas'! And why should we force our~lves to be happy If we're just notln the mood'! The latter causes a lot of di fficulties as well. I'm fairly certain it's a myth that most people com m it suickle during holiday periods, but there is ~h a thing as Christmas blues. It results from telling yourse lf you're s upposed to be 1\avi ng a good time when you don't particularly feelli kesmllinc . Olristmas also tends to intensify loneliness and alitnalion : watchinc everyone else enjoying themselves can be ct. consum~te downer for people who are basically unhappy . about some facet ofthetr day-tiH!ay existen«. As a result, you'll find many people pouring their cup of holiday c hcer from a bottle and anesthit.lng themselves to the whole affair. I could go one and on, of course, citing pe rhapa the expenditures of time and energy in~olved with Christmas, or voic1ng other complaints. But ultimately it's too depressina and l'm runningoutolroom . lncloslng l would liketosay th is isthelastChautauqua.oftheyear . l'll beback next semester and III'Ofkinl for the t'ohl ter . ..bttt I'm not sure in what capaci ty In -a ll likelihood , howeve r , It'll probably incl ude doin1Jthiscol umn : so probabl yseeyou lhen . lnt hemea ntime , takeca reond try to enjoy your vacation. And wa tc h !lUI ror those Chris tmas blues Con- Pro ~!!~ :!!t'.~~~ ~:l'~r'.~~ ::~!~~~=~~~~ non1)fescri plion tr1nqullzers and sleepin1 pills like Sominu and Compor. are not only ineHect.ive as Hdatives, but can be deadly. In lhe next month or so, the FDA panel studyirc the drup will get arNid to teUin& t'Vtl')'one me. And the bi& drill companies that 1\a~ been tndan&trirc the American publicfor yearswillprotlably,etolfk1)tt-and loss.free. pje«d tocetMr from a &OW~ on lht FDA panel and pa nel minutes obtain~ under federal frtoedom of information f:~~~!tet~"=~~~~O:~'i:t::J.',~ls::u:, compani~ un we the FDA's mdhodlcal sllady ~ures for their own bendit. Admit~ly , studtnt. m•y have m<ft trouble findill& the time to sleq~ than actually doing the dcnin& ofr. yet the eduutiiiNil prenurecookerhasdrivenanwnber olstudcnU I've known to ovtT-the<OUnter doll.·nen for chemiulsolace. lbeymi&htas...,·cllllavcaonerightfortheunder-the<'OIInler ltuff,becausethedn.~padverUsinc'~fc~md restlulsleep" iUJt c.1n be u dan&er-. l'ola}or m&redients In day and nl&hltimt" wdatives-now taken by more than 30 m1llion Amcricans--<an noc only u~ dtalh. but also blindnes& and pilralysis, the f'OA panel 1\as found.andnoneoftheincrt<lienuunbeproventocause naturalsleepatthedou.gt5prescribtdbythemanuf.clurer. f'oralmoc.lthl'ft)'Urslhef'DApanelhasstudiedsedatlves andsleepaidsw hichcanbebought..,ithoutpresai pllon ln anysupermarketordrugstore. BulltsmostdamninCfinds ..,~ dorlernuned u early as June 1971. Beiween then and now. lhe f'DA h15 made no ••amine stalt'ment despite whit some would consider a compeUing need to inform the public of the <bncer. In parlicular. two map- ingredients weft designateddangcrousandputonthe "remove" lis t b)' tbe panel'sfourthmeetina. Theyare: 1. H.romides !sodium Bromide, polUJium bromide, amcwnum bromide!, contained in Ne!'\ine and ReuU 's Sleep Tablets. The FDA panel found that bromides 'll'l:l't' effec:tive u loedatives only "'hen taken rqularly for a week or more. At that dole, however , they wtre found to be pobonoc.. Aai~edOM can rema~n in tbe body for ll d.,;'I,JO that n ~ the dru& accumulates OV« a few weeks, a person may first find himwlf ConfU5ed, diuy, and irtitable. Then he may suffer from thick speech, stageri ng. delir ium, mania, hallucinations a nd tremors. 'Tbne symptoms can easily be mislaken for other disenes like mU:Kular sclerosis or alcoholism, which makes a doctor'1 diagnosis difficult "Oeath5 hne OC'CUI"t'd because of the deLay," ~id the panel. 2. Stopotamlne,lncluded as a maJor Ingredient in Compoz, Sominex Capsules, Somi~x Tablell, Nile Rest. San-Man. Sure..Sleep, Quiet World, Sleep Capsules and Sleep·Ete ProbolblylhemOil insidious ol all the ingredienu studied, scopulaminelsactWiily not aKdatlve.butan halluclqen like 1.-'iD, an extract of lhe belladona or "deadly nighiShade" plant. The panel found that this drug..,·as not only ineffective u a lleepaidintbedCIIIt'Srec-ommendedbythemanufacturer .but C'OI.IIdbehighlydangti'1M.IIinonlyllightlylargeramounts. ~·or instance, a person taking Somi~x capsules may find he'lnotatallsleepyafte"rtaklflllwotablets. Onlya((IUpleOI the upsules can prvd~ hallucinations, agitated delirlwn, bellignllnct',and-.iolenceln•ome~e. Mfewult'Vfllto eightcapsi nthe i P't"eofafe-whourswillprvdua"thet-eef· fec:ts in most people and can lead to paral}'lil. coma and death,espeeiallyinchil~.otdpeopteandthesick. Asfarbacka~t969aruearcher for the National Institute for Mental Health INIMII I noted that people poisoned by acopolamine have been mistakenly comm lued to psychia tric lr~~ti tutions anu being diagnoaed as K'hlwphrenlcs. If acopolaminepoi.soninclsnotdiagnolt'dcon-ec:tlyin48 houni, the penon may entet P'rll}'ld and fatal coma, NIMH 11id. II that weren 't enou&h. 1 study by - F DA ~nei!Mmbn" ear ly in 19'73 found that rrtulat uae of scopolamine dn.ip can also bring on att.aclal of alaucoma , an eye disease which now accounts foc- I4Pt'f'C't'nlofall bllndllt'ISinthe US and affeclli more than 1.1 million Amerlu111 . .,.(:: No daubllbe druc industry will r:r:nnew ingredients with ~~~e"~ha~. w:::e f'DA ~~::·re:;: comes out,-tbe'Y can point to their packages, like the bureaucrats who rt""'TOte history Jn 1'1'1-1, and aay , "Oh, -.o;erepl.acedthoselngredients; lonaago." For whatlt'l worth, I ~~o-ent down to my neighborhood drug slono last \lo'ftk and found them all still sitting there,grinning from the Wit. At such times l lmagiM a film P'nNng 1'0\VS androwso!boctleslinedupandthevoiceolJack Webbinhls best"Dragnet " t_.narratin&, ' 'Tlllsisthe:foodanddrug indU5try. There are millions ol drugs and chemical1 in your diet . You 'reabou ttohearthestotyof-olthem ." The Adventures of Red .,_.11~ tl l'olt>l...- tlld So. I Gu\· Oark Itt:,\ Al'lt· lll:l Who'! lo Kleu and Who's to Hlame Krl5 Krlsto(f.,uon :\lonument l'l 33li9 llotes;andMclla.ltotl$ Gabr iel Kaplan • It 's Only 1,0\"e IIIIa Coolidge •\i'llltecord! s••-n:n t\HC lt i'COnb D·toS b)' Tom !tush. Kita COOlidge and JerryJeUWalker. Clark.soundsa bitlikeWa lkerbutlsnotascoa~ Hl'•ie,.til by (;re~ \l arr According to Jerry Jeff Walker. Tovmesvan Zandt . Guy Clark and he>. go back about ten years to some broke and busttd da ys of maktng music for fun and not for money while li••tng in the Jess prest tglous netghbor h oods o r Jloust on . Ciarkwas m;~kingguitars whtlc Jerry Jeff and TO..'I'K'S weno ,.·ritmg songs Since those days <.1arkhaswriuenagoodnumberor song~ but has not been able to record until recently . His songs are about lonely people. drifters , old folks and old times. Although>~.Tillen ina country style, Dark's songs' avoid the usual cliches and mundane lyrics that seem,..toprev ail in this type or music .' There is a sense of having lh·td these songs that is both refreshingandenjoyatKe. Quite a number or the songs on ..Old No. , .• !lave been recorded elsewhere. most nolably onalbums and harsh as Walker. Four or the albums'tencuts ha•·e appearedas Walker re<:ordinjls . Of these " L\ Fr eeway" and "Desperados Wailing For !he Tuin " ar e prob.'lblythemostrecogniu.blcand acoopleofthestrongeslcut5on any of Walker's albums. These songs aregoodbutthi!twa.stobeexpecttd having .heard them before. The surpri$l'S come with the soogs r.a••ed forthisalbum. E•·erysongis wfee~~~~~~~d . ~~~s,tan~feor:: ~ne-nigh t ·s t and songs that ! have ever' heard. " Let !lim Roll " is a ballad of an old dr ifter who had fallen in IO\·e with a D;JIIaswhoreyearsbefore. !lad Tom T. Ha ll or Charlie Rich tritd this one it would ha\·e come off as trite and maybe a little silly . Oarkturns .. intoa believable and moving tune. Clarkhascomcupwithsongs thc likesofwhichhavcn"tbcenheard sinceJohnJ>rine's firstalbum . The songs arc sensi tive, emotional i!nd attimes humorous ,showlngagreat dealofcreativitya ndUIIcnL It will be mteresting to St.>e if Clark escapes the "sophomore jinll " so ' muny others ha vebecome victims of. One of these others is Kr is Kr is tofferson. Aftcrhisfirstcouplt' of a lbums Kr is ca me under attack bycrit icsfor thctypeandtJUalityof the music he was prOOucing . It r.ct"ms as though he tried to go past his limits as both singer and Uis strength has songwritt'r. always~ninhardlucksongsand his weakness has bee~ in not recognizing his strength. With hi5 success as si nger and actor . it :st.-ems as though Kris forgotwh cre his best material came from or chosctoigmwei t Withthis latest album he back-tracks to a style more like his better earlier stuff. He finall y se ems t o be recogni:dng his limits. His !)"Tics are more bas ic and his voice and dcli\'erythebcs t l ha\'eCverhcard. I f Kris tofferson has ;~!wa ys 0\"erc~cnded his limits, his wife. Ritu lidge, has always failed to produce to er abilities. Her new album iscvldencelnlhntwe see a side of her that has been hidden all these years. Known primarily as n cbuntr)'· orientedperformersheoffer.~more ••a rietyandbettermusic thane\·cr before. She does a beautiful job on twoblues·jautypetunes " Meanto Me"and",\m l Biuc". On these she is :1ccompanied by only drums, bau. and piano. llerv oice i5strouger undhas morcrangethanpreviouslyhcard. She is surrounded-by most of her ~u.1l musicians with the most noted omission being husbank . Kr is. This album finally puts Coolidge in a class with LinUa Ron.stadt, Ma ri:t Maldaur and Emmylou llarris . ;1s a fl'm<~le •·ocalisL lthas~n sal dth.atour .re•·iews concentrate too much on country music and shun other type$ of records. This cannot be denied but it ca n be defended. fo'or instunce. l had intended to include a f<!V ie-v.• of the l;~test !Jachmnn Turtwr O•·crdrivc ulhum in here tu offset the country music but I had a problem . The re\•icw ,..ould h.:t\·e been too short . All I h.:t"d ,..,.5 " It sucks" andthatdidn 'lquiteseemto be enough :•1\hough it said a ll ttl.1l c~lll be said about the album Whatl'•·e dec ided to do to placate someofywislncludea rcvlt.'"• of iln album by Gabriel Kaplan. the originatorand sta r oftheTV sh~· .. Welcome B:tck Kotter... great. It ~ BighTimes ~ SotdJ' The Magazine of High Society k/u ''<:<-"/ ~~!~ .i~l!J HIGH TIMES HEADQUARTERS -~ COM MON HOUSE RECORDS . Movies SASII\' ILLE Direckd by Robert A.Jtl:l(an Untied Artbls Revle•·ttt by CW Ptlrick "Nashville" twet'Ud into town last wtdi, six months after It ~ n!luwd aDd after sill months of fani&Slk hype. 1be: question about "Nuhville'' is: Does it live up to the advance billinc! Well , yes it does, but it has its naws. The movie is marred by a confusion of 24 s iJ'ange and not._. stTan&tdaaracterswhoseem to pop up I!'Vtrywhere throu.ghout the entin!twoanda hair hours (pl~o~~ lol the movie. Tw~ty-fOUT characters ruultsinanambitiousOVfflappina quilt of t\'enl5 through which major characlers now. Unfortunately, the viev.'t'r never geu a ddinlte sense of ""'ho the characters In! and v.·hy they act the way tMydo. I have trouble trying to undenUind why Barbara Jean, a famous country-1r;estern si naer t pla yed very well by Ronnee Blakcly l,iss holatapolitiulrally byaseemlnglysaneperson. ~character tidbits director RobertAitmanoffersaretoovague and obKure to signal how and .,_-by a cl\aracter milht act. AltiiUin. particularly in '"Tbie-ves Uke Us", obvHliAiyrNni pul.atesthepeoplein his movie. lie seems to fOI"« eharacterstoget~ totieup1005e ends of the plot. "Nastl\'ille" is not the drii nite Robert A.ltman movie. II rellft oo old A.ltman Slilndb)'S Shelley Duvall ca &roupie l, Keith carndine Ia rock si nRtr i J~ndeameosby Elliot Gould and Julie OuUtie. It also reprtSents a culmination of Al tman's previous movies. " Nuh· ville" o..·es to " M +A+S+ II ", "Bre wster McCloud ", " McCabe and Mrs. Miller " and "Galifomia Split '', . A.ltman fine tuMS his technical \1riUOIIty. u puctked in eatlif'l" films, 1nto a mootace of images. tangle d voices and flu i d c•nematography. '· Nuhvine''is not as prettily photographed u " McQibeand Mrs. M•ller"but issharp and senslti\'e to character detai ls . Quite a lot of " Nashville" ended up on the cutti nc room noor, which IS perhap& the reason for such uns~rp characters. but ,.,e will be abletos.eewhenAJtmanreot\IISihe m0\·1e. all· I hours of it , fOI' TV 50f11etimenutyear . "Nashville" is an excellent movM!. ltlsmuchbetttrthanmost, but is not Altman at tus most in\"entive. I think "Nuhville" is simply the m01t recent movie by Altlruln and will be roots for his next. lt is partoftheartistic&rowth of a huReiY talented director and is exc:itif!l to watch parUy beca~.~R of !hot. "Nashville" does live up to its hype, but it shouldn't be taken as the &realeSt movie of the decade. Altman still has other movies up hit site\" e. ABDUCTION On Jut Wed!IH(by e\•enifll the Stevens Point Sym phony Or · c:hes tra, under its I'I('W cooductor Donald E. Gre-ene, presented Its l'il'$lformalc:oncet"toltheseason fn Michelson llall . As befits such an e«ulon , theprc~~ramwaseatlrely orchestral and included Aaron Copland's ' 'Outdoor Overture" : an orchestral transcription ol selected pi«es takea from Zoltan Kodaly's ' 'Gyer mektancok "; the Soviet composer , Aram Khatchaturian 's " Masquerade Sui te " ; and the Symphone No. 8 in t-• major of Ludwi& von Beethovea. The playil18 "Abduction" is a quickie Oick but 1tpaclua lotof stulfinitscompo~ct tOO minut es. Muchhasbf<enmadeoftheclose ~mblance of " Abduction" to the Patty llearst case. Jndet<l. the name olthe kidnapped female in the mO\-ie is Patricia , but the truth is thatthemm...,.sbastdona novel ..Titten a \ ' EAR before Pally lltoarst was abducted by the SI..A. One othtr point that should be made is that " Abduction" started out to be a porno feature . The producencNncedthrirmindsbut not the Kripl. They just ..Tote out the hard cor-e sex and faded out potential pom01faphy. It is apparent in watchif'll the movie th.at It wn cheaply made 111-ith non-actors. 1be interior scenn appeartobeshotlnthedirector's house and theex~orslna local park. SUII, the movie works. It is rawandfOOJh. lt isanhooest look at political kidnapping even if the det.ailsareslighllyin~iblt' . The pc'Gple ..,.ho abduct Pa tricl1 closely reKmble the SI..A in make up but not kte<llogy. The &roup want , u ransom for Patricia, a building constructed by her father-a rich and intlucntial californian di stinguished looking man, blown 'P· fo' or quic::lties, this one Isn' t bad. It's nice to s-ee tNt the 'B' movie stillexistsaodlhatuploitation ca n still tum a buck. ~nelofthe SPSO t'OI'ISists of music faculty members of UWSP, tM SleveM Point Area Public Schools, thdr respective J tudents, and central sta te a rea cililtns from various prnft"Ssions, but moetofalt, people with varylnJ dearees of professional mUJic training in their backgrounds. AsisnecessarilythecaseinmOit community orchestru , not all sec tions of lhto orc hest r a are equally blessed with restor ve strength of per10nnel and u:perieroce .• Three sections, however, must. be cited for particularly . satisfying wo rk -t he oboes , bassoons, and double basses, all of which conta in at least one prolessional virtuoso together ~~oith outstandina Jtudents. Alter a tentative beginning in the Copland Ovtrture, the orchestra . settled into a securto evening of music makina. The Kodaly pieces, though \'et)' short, provided a &Jimpse ol the early t ..-entieth century mutf'!"'s ethnic personal style . Khatchatur ian 's " Masquerade Suitto" provided the orchestrawit h itshappiestvehicle ol the evtonln&. ConductOr and ensemblewtore incommandofthe music and the stylto . The beautiful violin tone of concert mistress Maraery Abet was \ ' et)' much in evidenceinthesolopassagesofthe llo"'O'k . - • The major ~~o·ork of the evenin& was the Eighth Symphony or B«tho\'t'fl , The sunny and charmingF.majorpieceltaneniamatic throwbacktoastylereminiscentof the first and second symphonies. Grt't'nelavethe ..·orkastylistically soundandviaorous rtoadin&and the audience ret:ist~ ita pltoasure v.ith prolonged applause. This reviewer hu not ttad the opportunity to hear the orchestra In pail seasons but remarks hurd indicatelhat theorcht'stra may be enjoying iu best muslul year in recent memory-t. condition which c;~~n beattributt'd to the leadership of the cooductor. Donald Gre-ene is nostran&tr to Stevens Point, being the head of the uniVfl'sity music dcP;aftment and cooductor of its prelti&ious Wind Ensemble. He Is a quitotbutauthoi'itatlvefi&ureonthe podium with a clauic baton tec:hniquc. His&esturesarespare and intended entirely for the or· c:hes tra,a fact which stands in sharp c:ontrut to the overhtoated namboyan« tnCGUntered in 10 manyconductorsofourtlme. Greene's appointmentisdeartya happy choice and the orchestra can look forward to significant musical development in every way . It deservesthecommunlty'sunselfish support and encour•1ement . ."NORTHERNERS" THE HOT ONES FOR COLD WINTER DAYS Live music tuvitiO'ecl by Jon Horewka Director of Unlvus ity Sym pllon.)l )l~k IHpt . luulty mtrnber The C\lltural-artistic:: dq>th ol 1 community can be determined by the quality . variety. and n:trnt ol art it Is ca~ble of prod udn1 from itsowni'HOW'ces. •nd all COLLEGE STUDENTS: - f o r JOUI'Odf-b7wwkln& with us! 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