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By CAROL HILDEBRAND
Hackneyed jokes about dormitory
food have been a staple of college
humor for generations. But, despite
all the snide remarks, the giant dorms
keep filled up as students keep coming
back for more.
A special discussion series on as-
trology or the friendly housemother
may be partly responsible for the
dorms continued popularity.
"We are, like Avis, trying harder,"
says Miss Helen Tanner, assistant di-
rector of education planning for the
housing office. "We make a real effort
to give students the kind of things that
will help them succeed."
Instead of taking the attitude that
"we should do the kids a favor," Miss
Tanner believes in providing dorm res-
idents with the services they want.
Miss Charlene Coady, assistant di-
rector of staff training, notes that
$690,000 is spent annually from state
funds for counseling to "make the en-
vironment better for students." In ad-
dition, sixty cents a term from each
student's room and board fee goes to
an educational fund.
The counseling fund pays for house
mothers, resident directors, resident
advisors, tutors and dorm libraries.
And while the 400 people in counseling
positions are responsible for certain
administrative functions, their specific
obligation is "to advise and counsel
individual residents."
Miss Tanner notes the great im-
portance of personal attention for
freshmen who choose dorm life to
speed their socialization into university
life.
On the academic side, tutors some-
times can make the difference for a
harried freshmen between surviving
the academic maelstrom and getting
pulled out with the tide.
Any house wanting a tutor simply
tells the housing office what kind they
need. The housing office advertises
this opening, and a house staff selec-
tion committee interviews those who
apply and then chooses its tutor.
The dorm tutorial program has
snowballed from one tutor in winter
1966 to 17 tutors this term.
Miss Tanner notes that across the
academic spectrum, from English to
engineering, students are taking ad-
vantage of the available tutorial serv-
ices more than ever before. "Before.
kids had a hang-up about going to a
tutor." she says. "Now they beat a
path to their doors."
In-dorm classes are another recent
innovation. There are only seven such
classes this term, but 22 are planned
for the winter. Anyone may organize
or offer an in-dorm class if the de-
partment involved agrees to accredit
it. Some of these classes are now
taught by tutors.
The dorm educational fund, assessed
at 60 cents a term per student,
amounts, for example, to a total of
$800 each term for Markley and $622
for South Quad. The money is gen-
erally divided among the individual
houses if there is no special education
committee in the dorm.
The Black America film series,
rented from CBS, has been the biggest
educational expenditure so far this
year. Last year's projects varied from
hiring teaching fellows for pre-exam
reviews to paying for bus trips to the
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Miss Tanner is anxious to change
attitudes about education programs
in the dorms. "It needn't be boring,"
she proclaims.
One boy, she recalls, was very inter-
ested in roadside plants. He was de-
lighted to find a "Roadside Plant"
speaker listed in her office's Pro-
gram Hand book of speakers and
topics.
Since the boy couldn't interest any-
one else in invited the speaker to the
dorm for dinner, relates Miss Tanner,
he simply invited the man himself.
The two reportedly had a good talk.
This year, notes Miss Tanner, some
fr shman and sophomore academic ad-
visors have been assigned to the hous-
ing units, as part of the continual
effort to get better services for under-
classmen in the dorms.
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"I don't care how much the black power boys scream,
I don't care how much the Ku Klux Klan screams, we
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in anybody fooling themselves. We in Mississippi,
whites and Negro, are going to have to work out our
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zvous.
Initial information indicated that the new satellite, called Inter-
cosmos-l, was not connected with the mission of the three manned
Soviet space capsules.
Tass, the Soviet press agency, indicated the unmanned satellite
was a co-operative venture with the other Warsaw Pact nations. Tass
said the satellite was intended for studies of solar radiations and their
influence on the structure of the upper atmosphere of the earth.
Two of the Soviet manned craft, Soyuz 7 and Soyuz 8, carried
out a rendezvous yesterday but did not dock. Meanwhile the Soyuz 6
made visual observations and tested navigation systems.
The seven-man space flight has been reported to be part of a pro-
gram to build the world's first orbiting space station.
THE SENATE passed yesterday a two-year, $4.78 billion ex-
tension of the antipoverty program.
The final passage came after the Senate adopted a Republican
amendment to cut the total which had been recommended by the
Senate Labor Committee by $292 million. Another amendment which
was adopted by a 45-40 vote, gave governors a veto over legal service
programs funded by the Office of Economic Opportunity, but a sec-
ond amendment gave the President the power to override such vetoes.
As it cleared the Senate, the bill would authorize over $2 billion
to finance OEO activities for the current fiscal year, which was ap-
proximately the amount endorsed by the Administration. This is about
$100 million more than was spent for these programs in the preceding
year.
CZECH PARTY LEADER Gustav Husak declared yesterday
his regime would adhere to a moderate course.
Speaking to party workers, Husak said that Czechoslovakia would
return "neither to the bureaucratism of Novotny nor to the anarchy
of Dubcek."
Husak was replying to critics who fear that the end of liberal pol-
icies launched by ousted reformer Alexander Dubcek will mean a re-
turn to the oppressive regime of Dubcek's predecessor, Antonin Nov-
otny.
A GENERAL MOTORS VICE-PRESIDENT denied yester-
day that auto service and repair costs are generally excessive.
Testifying before a Senate antitrust subcommittee which has
been investigating the high cost of auto service and repair, Mack
Worden rejected proposals that mechanics be licensed. He called
it a "marginal assurance of performance" and said it would do little
or nothing to eliminate the estimated one-third of all auto repairs;
that are done badly or not at all.
Worden also responded to charges by safety experts that carsj
are constructed too delicately to withstand the minor collisions which
account for well-over three-fourths of all insurance claims.
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES yesterday passed a
bill which would provide annual pay raises for federal employees.
The bill, which would also provide an additional pay raise this
month for postal workers, now goes to the Senate.
President Nixon strongly condemned, the bill before the House
vote, saying it would cost an additional $4.3 billion annually, and i
would undercut his fight against inflation. t
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Boston prepares f or the bigay
Welfare demonstrators rally at Boston army base to emphasize their demands for a rechanneling of
national wealth away from the military and toward satisfying the needs of the poor. The demon-
stration was billed as preparation for today's national protest against American involvement in
Vietnam.
CONTINUE HEARINGS:
Judge upholds Collins' arrest
'Nixon to
ask easier
"pot' laws
Admniustration
Fproposal would
reduce penalties
WASHINGTON VP) - The Nixon
administration has drafted an al-
ternative proposal for marijuana
possession penalties that would
be "far less harsh" than its ori-
ginal plan, Congress wvas t o 1 d
yesterday.
Without disclosing details, a De-
partment of Health, Education
and Welfare official indicated the
proposed penalties for possession
of marijuana would be non-man-
ditory - meaning judges would be
free to impose lesser penalties or
none at all.
But while disclosing this, a wit-
ness before the Select House Com-
mittee on Crime stressed that
marijuana use has both recog-
nized and potential dangers and
that its possession should not be
freed of all criminal penalties.
Dr. Sidney Cohen, director of
the National Institute of Mental
Health's drug abuse division, said
countries in which marjuana has
been used 5,000 years report "pro-
longed use seems to lead to apa-
thy, loss of motivation and in
some instances emotional disturb-
ances."
Cohen said NIMH plans to study
whether those findings are valid,
but he said there already a r e
"known hazards" of marijuana
use.
Cohen said however that the
administration's original penalty
proposal is "excessively harsh" and
would impose a punishment on
the marijuana possessor that can
be more damaging to him and
I society than his use of the drug.
The earlier legislation proposed
by Atty. Gen. John N. Mitchell
July 15 would class marijuana
with heroin and other "hard"
drugs for which possession could
draw a two to ten year prison
term, a maximum $20,000 fine or
both.
The alternative proposal with
nonmandatory penalties w a s
drafted at the request of a Sen-
ate committee, said Theodore El-
lenbogen, assistant HEW general
counsel for legislation.
Ellenbogen refused to character-
ize it as a change of position. He
said the administration made
clear from the start it was "open
minded" on penalties.
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Judge John W. Conlin yesterday
denied a defense motion to quash
the arrest warrant issued against
accused murderer John Collins.
Conlin also denied a motion to
suppress certain evidence intro-
duced by the prosecution which
led to Collins' arraignment last
August for the murder of Eastern
Michigan University coed Karen
Beineman.
The defense has maintained
that Collins was arrested "solely
for the purpose of obtaining fin-
gerprints.,"
However, at yesterday's pre-
trial hearing - the fourth since
Collins' arraignment - C o n li n
ruled that the arrest procedure
was based on reasonable grounds
that Collins had committed a
felony.
In denying the motion to sup-
press evidence, Conlin upheld the
legality of the search warrants
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Summer hangover on South
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used by police to obtain the evi-
dence.
The defense has charged the
warrants were faulty because they
were not specific in reference to
the evidence which the police ex-
pected to find.
Both rulings were issued after
two witnesses were called to tes-1
tify by Asst. County Prosecutor
Booker T. Williams.
State Police Capt. Walter W.
Stevens testified that the arrest
was made after blood and human
hair, which matched samples
taken from Miss Beineman's body,
were found at the home of Col-
lins' uncle.
Collins reportedly had sole ac-
cess to the housedduring the time
of Miss Beineman's death.
Conlin scheduled another pre-
trial hearing for next Wednesday
to consider several additional de-
fense motions which have not
been disclosed.
Cops veto pop Lest
PARIS (P -.Paris police have
vetoed a proposed four-day pop
festival involving 60 bands, 200,-
000 bottles of soda - for starters
- and audiences of perhaps 100,-
000. Festival organizer J e a n'
Georgakarakos then set out by
road for Belgium, hoping to stage
his show at Tournai.
By JOAN MORROW
"Just look at it," says an
angry barber, pointing to some
long-haired students, "it's turn-
ing into a skid row, just lik e
Michigan Avenue. Respectable
people won't come down here
any more."
The 'South University' inci-
dents of last summer have left
their mark on the merchants
who own stores on the now-le-
gendary street. And stores that
depend mainly on the patron-
age of local townspeople have
been affected most severely.
Most managers interviewed
agreed there has been a very
noticeable decrease in the num-
ber of townspeople who h a v e
been patronizing their stores
since the "riot".
At the Pipe and Tobacconist
shop, Alfred Schwind claims his
business has dropped over 50
per cent. Schwind voiced dis-
gust over the summer's disorder
and said he now wants to move
out.
Some store-owners note that
more townspeople than before
call first to ask if particular
items are in stock before ven-
turing down the infamous street.
The manager of Barnard's
Campus Casuals says many of
her own friends are apprehen-
sive about coming onto South
University, fearful that trouble
may break out again at any time.
But she added her personal
view that there is nothing to
fear these days. Mrs. Barnard
says she has noticed a difference
in students who come into her
shop.
She maintains they are better
dmessed and more friendly than
they have been in the last three
years.dPreviously, said M r s
Barnard, students wouldn't talk
to her employes and were "a lit-
tle dirtier looking."
"I think kids are up to here
with all this monkey business,"
she added.
Shops that cater to students
have experienced few adverse
effects.
Clothing stores such as Came-
let Bros. and The Village Store
have been unaffected. Discount
Records has noted a slight drop
in classical sales, but otherwise
business is thriving.
The manager of one dry
cleaning business reports that,
besides a few inconveniences
this summer - "wondering if
you'll have a store to open up
the next morning," - there has
been no decrease in his busi-
ness. Students, it seems, a r e
still getting their clother clean-
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