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Blind faith
The mysterious leader of section 11 of Sociology 100 on Friday has
remained so to the 25 students he lectured, as well as Soc. 100 Prof. Gayl
Ness. Ness-said he expected it was a hoax when students inquired about
the legitimacy of the bearded senior who removed the class con-
cellation notice and assumed the podium. The bewildered students
were told the section would center on the natural sciences and that
grading would be easier on pre-med students because "they are not
sociologically minded:" The performance must have been somewhat
btlievable since several students turned in the short paper he assigned
for Monday. Ness said, "It was the decent thing for them to do, and the
TA's will go through it (the papers)." The drop notices haven't been
pouring in yet, according to Ness, so maybe the Big Bang theory of the
creation of the universe and the calculus integral on the board ap-
pealed to the Sociology types after all. Ness said he will explain the
caper in today's lecture, but the guest lecturer may remain
anonymous.
Actions speak louder than words
Helen Newberry has apparently declared war on the Daily by putting
up a sign on Saturday reading "Hotel Helen-Home of the Hellions. Put
that in your paper and stuff it!" Resident advisor Ann Rasheid said
the sign was a response to an article describing dorm reputations in
Thusday's paper, which called Newberry and Betsy Barbour "quiet
and boring". Rashid said Newberry is trying to change its image.
"We're not quiet and boring. There are a lot of talented girls and a lot
look like models," Rashid said. "They're a real lot of fun." Referring to
the residents' active social lives, Rashid added that the dorm has many
"parties with Adams and Allen-Rumsey, two male houses in West
Quad." Go for it Rumsey House!
Wheelings and Dealings
University holdings of common stock in corporations that do business
in South Africa declined during the past four months. As part of the
routine investments it continually makes, the University purchased
$556,924 of common stock in corporations such as Warner Lambert,
Monsanto, Caterpillar Tractor, General Electric, American Express,
and Dow Chemical, according to Norman Herbert, the University's in-
vestment officer. But during the summer the University sold $1,380,000
worth of similar stock, Herbert said. As of June 30-the latest figures
available-$44,800,000 of the $62,000,000 of common stock in the Univer-
sity's $106.9 million endowment fund is invested in corporations that do
business in South Africa.
High-spirited
Hamdrinking Michiganders drn
a lot more hard liquor than the
residents of 44 other states, according
to a survey in the wine and spirits
marketing bulletin of U.S. News and
World Report. The survey ranked
Michigan the seventh most-populated
state in the union-sixth in consumption of hard liquor and eighth in beer and
wine consumption in 1978.The state's boozers guzzled 4.1 per cent more alcohol
lat year than in 1977-1.1 per cent more than the nationwide increase. For the
first time in Michigan history, vodka was the most.popular drink, with resients
quaffing 3,472,034 gallons of the firewater. Meanwhile, a poll by Investment
Statistics Co. of Grosse Points Woods, shows that Miller High Life Beer has
climbed to first place as the state's most popular beer. A decade ago, Miller
occupied the number 10 position and Pabst was atop the hops heap. Currently,
Pabst Blue Ribbon, Budweiser, Lite, Stroh's, Carling, Old Milwaukee,
Michelob, Busch and Olympia complete the top ten. Bottoms up.
Conversion tactics?
Students crossind the 'M' on the diag between morning classes
yesterday were greeted with "Are you Jewish?" by the bearded mem-
bers of the Lubavich chapter of Chassidic Jews based in Southfield. A
"Chabad House" on wheels, bearing a sign that read "Mitzvahs on the
spot for people on the go" serves as a billboard of sorts for the
Chassidics and their recruiting efforts. Of course instilling a conscience
in Jewish students which might prompt them to attend upcoming High
Holy Day services was probably a higher priority than converting the
gentile University population. But surely the blessings were bestowed
indescriminately.
Happenings
FILMS
Ann Arbor Film Co-op-Autumn Sonata, 7, 10:20 p.m., Aud. A.,
Angell Hall.
Cinema II-One Sings, The Other Doesn't, 7, 9 p.m., Aud. 3,
MLB.
Cinema Guild-The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, 7, 10 p.m.,
Old Arch. Aud.
MEETINGS
Academic Women's Caucus-Prof. Rosemary Sarri, "Promotion
and Tenure Issues from an AAUP Perspective," noon, 3050 Frieze.
Bio-Engineering Program-Timothy Kriewalt and John Banas,
"Ultrasonic Imaging," 4-5 p.m., 1042 East Engineering.
National Organization for Women-David Horn, Ph.D. candidate
in business, will speak on portrayal of women in the media. 7:30 p.m.,
Unitarian Church, 1917 Washtenaw.
Jewish Joggers of Ann Arbor-Organizational meeting, 7 p.m.,
Hillel House, 1429 Hill.
U. of M. Women's Glee Club-Mass meeting and tryouts, 6:30 p.m.,
Studio Room, Michigan League. Call 764-7029.
L-5 Society-Meeting at 7:30 p.m., Conference Room 3, Michigan
Union. For persons interested in space industrialization and utilization.
Open to public.
University Hospital-College volunteer program organizational
meeting, 7-8:30 p.m., Sixth Level Amphitheater, Main Hospital, 1405 E.
Ann.
MISCELLANEOUS
Work Study Job Fair-9 a.m.-4 p.m., Kuenzel Room, Michigan
Union. Interviewing and hiring. Come early for best job selection;
Father of MSU whiz
believes son is alive
From UPI and AP
EAST LANSING - The father of a
missing teenage computer whiz yester-
day said he believes his son is alive but
might have been injured in games with
"far out" groups whose members could
now be concealing his whereabouts.
Meanwhile, police consulted a
psychiatrist and an astronomer yester-
day in their search for James Dallas
Egbert III, a 16-year-old Michigan
State University student whose IQ is
estimated at 145.
JAMES EGBERT - a Dayton, Ohio,
optometrist - described his son, James
Dallas, as a youngster susceptible to
the lure of the off-beat and questioned
whether Michigan State University
(MSU) officials supervised him closely
enough.
Egbert also questioned the campus
police investigation into the boy's
disappearance, but added, "I'm not
really llooking to cause problems. I'm
just concerned with trying to get my
boy back."
The precocious 16-year-old
sophomore computer science student
was last seen Aug. 15 in a dormitory
cafeteria.
A WEIRD FANTASY game Egbert
played called Dungeons and Dragons
remained a major focus of in-
vestigators' attention despite a week of
frustration.
initials which had strong religious over-
tones, hinted at the author's homosex-
uality and discussed dying to punish
Satan. The note is not in Egbert's han-
dwriting, however.
Egbert was known to be involved with
campus homosexual groups and in-
vestigators have in the past suggested a
possible link involving them.
THE ELDER Egbert, who came to
Michigan with his wife to discuss the
case with investigators, said he does
not believe his son committed suicide.
He also discounted another police
theory - that the disappearance is a
hoax.
"What I- think might have hap-
pened . . . if some of these far out
groups were playing some sort of game
or acting out some of this stuff and he
got hurt or injured, then I could see,
easy, someone thinking 'Here's a 16-
year-old, underage. I've worked hard to
get myself through school. If it comes to
light it could blow everything I worked
for."
It would be "a panic-type
situation.. . they get together as a
group and say 'Hey, we're not going to
say anthing to anybody'."
"THAT'S ALMOST what it seems
like. We can't get information out of
any of these groups," he said.
MSU officials said staff members at
the school tried to keep an eye on
Egbert. A counselor reportedly told his
parents early last year he was ex-
perimenting with alcohol.
The elder Egbert described his son as
"a very complex sort of person.
"He could assume many
roles ... and was also interested in
anything unusual let's say."
JAMES AND Anna Egbert, parents of missing MSU computer whiz Jam
Dallas Egbert III yesterday criticized MSU's handling of their son. Egbe
also said he believes the 16-year-old stu dent is alive.
I'm not
to cause
really looking
problems. I'm
just concerned with try-
ing to get my boy back.'
-James Egbert
WIlliam Dear, head of a Texas-based
investigative team hired by Egbert's
parents, said he is returning to Dallas
to follow up on a promising lead. The'in-
formant is unwilling to contact him in
Michigan for fear of "repercussions" if
the conversation might be monitored by
the police, he said.
Dear said the tipster "acted like a go-
between" for someone investigators
had dealt with earlier.
"IT SOUNDS LIKE something in-
volving a particular game
played ... and that possibly as a result
of the game. . . that Dallas might have
had an accident," he said. He stressed,
however, that the go-between did not
actually mention the game.
Dear also said investigators received
a bizarre letter bearing Egbert's
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