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IN THIS DAY and age of dorm lot-
teries and rent strikes what is
it that the University needs most?
A new dorm.
It just so happens that there may
be one available. No, not the contro-
versial Waterman Gym, but St. Joe's
Hospital.
The St. Joe property is up for
grabs and the University is sure to
jump on It. University officials are
reportedly considering are extention
of U-Hospital, possibly' a psychiatry
ward: But, what would be the logi-
cal thing to do with a place that
has so many rooms? A dorm of
course. A little renovation and poof.
Its many features include parking,
close proximity to campus, a cafe-
teria, high ceilings (for lofts of
course), and a built-in sanitary ef-
fect unlike many of the current
dorms,
The University feels that it has
a committment to provide sufficient,
IM buildings to keep the campus
community fit. With the addition of
the two new IM buildings, it has now
become easier to get a locker in the
IM building than a dorm room.
WHILE THE BUILDING may no lon-
ger be suitable to operate and care
for patients, it is suitable to ease the
pain of being kicked out of your room
and into the world of operating land-
lords. While the dorm rates may be
high, nothing beats Ann Arbor rents.
Dorm life is part of going to school
and students deserve the right to at
least have the choice to live in a
dorm, for as long as they like. If the
administration feels that it should
help ease life at the University it
should not place housing burdens on
its students.
If the University buys the St. Joe
property (it would be, a waste not
to), and uses it as a hospital annex
when the current U-Hospital site can
be renovated, the students should be
outraged.
The St. Joe property is the last
possible site within miles of campus
that could be used for a dorm, and
we just can't afford to pass it up.
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Health
Ser vice
Handbook
By SYLVIA HACKER
and NANCY PALCHIK
QUESTION:
My fingernails are very
brittle and tend to chip easily.
Is it true that drinking gelatin
mixed with water will
strengthen them?
ANSWER:
The notion that drinking gela-
tin solutions will strengthen your
nails is essentially a myth.
Nails are almost pure protein
and so is gelatin, and it is this
relationship that probably ac-
counts for the persistence of the
myth. But the nail itself is dead
material, produced from skin
tissue at the base of the nail.
The problem with ingesting gel-
atin is that it doesn't affect the
skin from which the nail grows.
According to a recent article
by Dr. Jonathan Zizmor in
Family Health, nails that are
flaky, prone to chip, full of white
spots, slow growing or pitted
can result from such nervous
habits as flicking your nails or
from skin diseases (like psoria-
sis), fungal infections or poor
circulation. If an obvious skin
problem is involved you might
want to consult a physician for
appropriate medication. In some
instances, iron supplements may
also be helpful. But you should
know that increased brittleness
may also be a natural result of
the aging process-as a person
grows older more calcium gath-
ers, in the nails.
For temporarymhardening of
your nails you might want to
try soaking them in a double
strength gelatin and water solu-
tion. This differs from the myth
that drinking gelatin will cause
permanent improvement, since
nails are extremely porous and
How should we stop Amin?
AFTER NEARLY a week of agoniz-
ing suspense, Uganda's President
Idi Amin finally annouced yesterday
that Americans living in Uganda
would be free to go anywhere they
wished - inside or outside of the
country. Their nightmare, at least,
seems to be over for now.
The world's newspapers have been
filled with editorial thunder over the
past week, charging Amin over and
over with being the barbarian he so
obviously is. But what effect has all
this bombast had on the situation
in Uganda? Scarcely any, we suspect.
Condemnation of Amin is like com-
ing out against sin and selfishness-
one is unlikely to find any argument,
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Editorial Staff
certainly, but the exercise is totally
irrelevant. The fact is, the world
community is going to have to use
something a lot stronger than public
censure to stop madmen like Amin.
It is going to have to overturn a
few cherished dogmas in the pro-
cess.
Amin, and many others like him,
have been able to carry on reigns
of terror around the world precise-
ly because anyone disposed to chal-
lenge them immediately runs the risk
of being condemned for violating "na-
tional sovereignty." Consider the mass
condemnation of Israel, for instance,
in the wake of the Entebbe Airport
raid.
THE NATIONAL sovereignty concept
has received extra sanctification in
recent years, especially after the reve-
lations of covert CIA activities in fore-
ign countries. But it is inherently a
false and pernicious belief, and serves
to shield tyrants like Amin as often
as it protects the interests of a dis-
tinct national group.
What is national sovereignty? Is
it not, in essence, a sort of inter-.
national segregation, separate but
equal facilities and all? In a -world
which is steadily growing smaller and
more dependent on cooperation be-
tween' its component peoples, is it
not the last gasp of nationalism?
No one can seriously suggest that
arbitrary invasions or interventions
such as the U.S. intrusion in the
Dominican Republic are to be en-
couraged. But some sane political
body with real. international clout
should and must be established by
commonvconsent to sweep aside the
cobwebs of national sovereignty when
the situation demands.
Until such a body is formed and
empowered, the Idi Amins of this
world will continue to run their na-
tions in the manner of' private es-
tates.
Editorial positions represent a
consensus of The Daily Editorial staff.
TODAY'S STAFF:
News: Ron DeKett, Jay Levin, Stu
McConnell, Mike Norton, Sue War-
ner, Margaret Yao, Laurie Young
Editorial P a g e: Michael Beckman,
Brian Blanchard, Ken Parsigian
Arts Rage: Lois Josimovich
Photo Technician: Alan Bilinsky
Letters to The Daily
NUBS
To the Daily:
I read both the original article
concerning NUBS ("Computer
students go nuts at NUBS") and
Brian Smith's reply to it. First
let me compliment you all for
arriving at such a delightful
topic for a humorous article.
Second, let me specially com-
mend Brian Blanchard for a
very well-written article-and a
well researched one, too. I hope
that some of the people who
read Smith's letter will realize
that all computer engineers are
not as humorles as he.
Some of his criticisms were
particularly poor. Of note is his
comment on the title of the orig-
inal article. Granted, no one
actually becomes mentally dis-
turbed or changes into an al-
mond; but, even among other
engineers, I have found that the
electrical and computer majors
are jokingly referred to, as
"nuts." I have often felt that
the "god-like MTS" is making
a personal insult to me when
at one in the morning it returns
my programs for' the umpteenth
time with just one little error
(or worse yet, one little typo-
graphical error)! I also must
admit that I have felt a special
affection for the multi-million
dollar system when it finally
performs flawlessly for me. It is
not the same affection that I
feel for my cat; but it is an
affection all the same.
Finally, I found the facts in
the article to be generally true
with just one exception: an in-
finite loop, although theoretical-
ly it might, does not use up all
of a student's time. On the
$SIGNON card one can specify
a maximum time the computer
can use fan a job. This is usually
of the order of one or two sec-
onds and is assumed to be three
seconds if nothing is typed. It
is indeed possible to find good
news (if such a thing exists) in
a stack of cards even though
the cards are not the output
from the computer. If you are
as bad a typist as I, then it
is especially hearteningto be
rid of the last typo, since you
cannot erase a hole in a card.
Smith is right; there are no
wires that run from NUS to
the Computer Center on North
Campus-if the, telephone lines
are not considered wires. And
if I remember correctly, when
I took Engin. 102 (Basic digital
computing) we were often given
only five dollars for an individ-
ual problem. And each run of
a program often cost 35 cents.
I think "Nuts at NUBS" was
an excellent article. More of
the same about other peculiar
aspects of our campus would
definitely be in order. And I,
for one, am proud to be a_
"NUBSite." Although computers
are not the only thing in this
world, they do play an impor-
tant part in all of our lives.
-Art Zemon
February 21
Letters should be typed
and limited to 400 words.
The Daily reserves the
right to edit letters for
length and grammar.
will absorb liquids directly. You
might also try some of the num-
erous combination harder-polish-
es available at most comestic
counters.
QUESTION:
I have had oral sex with a
man, and have done just about
everything else other than "go
all the way." Am I still a
virgin?
ANSWER:
The word virgin is often used
in literature to denote "unex-
plored," as in "virgin territory,"
"virgin snow," etc. Therefore,
if you choose to interpret vir-
ginity in that context, since you
have done some sexual explor-
ing, you might possibly be con-
sidered as no longer a virgin.
However, according to one of
the highest authorities, e b
ster's New Collegiate Diction-
ary, a virgin is "one who has
not had sexual intercourse" or
"a female animal before copu-
lation." Using these definitions,
you are home-free, and can defy
even the most persistent prose-
cutor! ,
It used to be, eons ago. t-iat
the presence of a hymen was
the prime indicator of virginity.
On one's wedding night it was
expected that the hymen would
be broken by penile penetration
and that bleeding would oc l-r.
Consequently, the bridal bed
sheet was examined (often by
the mother-in-law) for blood
stains as proof of the virtue of
the bride.This sometimesmled
to the shrewd practice by ome
.fomales of bringing a smal vial
of animal blood to the bridal
chamber as a security measure.
With increasing m e d i c a I
knowledge, it was found that
hvmens differ considerably in
size and toughness among d'f-
ferent females. Many young wo-
men stretch or break their hy-
mens just by normal physical
activity before reaching adoles-
cence. Thus, this structure is no
longer a measure of anything
except perhaps discomfort in
some females if it happens- to
be thick and to remain impene-
trable even with intercourse.
Under such circumstances, a
simple surgical procedure can
correct.
As you seem to have found,
sexuality has numerous aspects
which can be enjoyed in many
ways without penile penetra-
tion. These activities are per-
fectly healthy and do offer op-
tions to those women who (for
whatever reason) may wisn to
delay actual sexual intercourse.
While we're on the subject of
alternative approaches to en-
joying sex, we'd like to say that
knowledge of the fun and enjoy-
ment of techniques other than
intercourse can act as a great
contraceptive method. Those of
you waiting for contraceptive
treatment (an appointment for
which sometimes takes several
weeks) or those finding them-
selves in a spontaneous sexual
encounter without birth control
can derive a great deal of sexual
satisfaction without actual in-
tercourse. You can have a sexy,
rewarding time and avoid the
risk of pregnancy. As a starter,
consult The Joy of Sex by Alex
Comfort.
Send all health related
questions to:
Health Educators
UM Health Service
Division of Office of
Student Services
2W7 Fletcher
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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ANN MARIE LIPINSKI
Editors-in-Chief
Repression, and pH fallacy:
Invitation to a mud-sling
JIM TOBIN
KEN PARSIGIAN.............. Editorial Director
LOTS JOSIMOVICH.................Arts Editor
JAY LEVIN................... Managing Editor
GEORGE LOBSENZ............Managing Editor
MIKE NORTON................ Managing Editor
MARGARET YAO......... ..Managing Editor
SUSAN ADES ELAINE FLETCHER
Magazine Editors
.SrAV WIITERS: Owen Barr, Susan Barry,
Brian Blanchard, lPiichael Beckman, Phillip
Bokovoy, Linda Brenners, Lori Carruthers, Ken
C hotiner, Eileen Dale; Ron DeKett, Lisa Fish-
' cr, David Goodman, Marnie Ileyn, Robb Hahn-
es, Michael Jones, Ln y Jordan, Janet Klein,
O:egg Kruppa, Steve Kursman, Dobilas Matu-
Lonis, Stu McConnell, Tom Meyer, Jenny Mil-
ler, Patti Montemr-tri, Tom O'Connell, Jon
Parisius, Karen Paul Stephen Pickover, Kim
Potter, Martha Retallick, Keith Richburg, Bob
Rosenbaum, Denoais S'abo, Annrnarie Schiavi,
Eisabeth Slowik, '1om Stevens, Jim Stimpson,
Mike Taylor, Pauline Toole. Mark Wagner. Sue
Warner, Shelley Woys'on, Mike Yelin, Laurie
Young and Barb Zahs.
Sports Staff
KATHY HENNEGHAN .............Sports Editor
TOM CAMERON.........Executive Sports Editor
SCOTT LEWIS .......... Managing Sports Editor
DON' MacLACHLAN. Associate Sports Editor
Contributing Editors
JOHN NIEMEYER and ENID GOLDMAN
NIGHT EDITORS: Ernie Dunbar, Henry Engel-
hardt, Rick Maddock, Bob Miller, Patrick Rode,
Cub Schwartz.
ASST. NIGHT EDITORS: Jeff Frank, Cindy Gat-
ziolis, Mike Halpin, Brian Martin, Brian Miller,
Dave Renbarger, Errol Shifman and Jamie Tur-
ner
By Marnie He yn1
UNTIL THE APOCALYPSE (or a worldly facsi-
milethereof), I suppose we will all get our
jollies laughing at the foolish notions of other
people. Xenophobia makes for both laughter and
pogroms. Just think of all the funny people inthe
world: the Poles, the Irish, the Mexicans, the
Japanese . . . and the hilarious Russians. In the
past week, lots of papers and magazines and
broadcast stations have been yukking it up at
the expense of the silly Soviets: poor fools, they
think there's political repression outside the USSR
-even in the land of the free and the home of
the brave. TASS, Pravada, and Isvestia have
stepped up their reporting. of the repression of
non-Russian dissidents to counter Western stories
about repressed Soviet dissidents. Ho, ho, ho.
The Detroit Free Pres jumped on this band-
wagon last week with a front page Associated
Press blurb entitled "American Dissenters Re-
pressed, Soviets Say." The tone of the article is
tongue-in-both-cheeks and slightly incredulous.
After all, since 1776 all repression has happened
elsewhere. That's why we had a revolution,
right? And the Constitution, like a mother hen,
protects us all.
THE PROBLEM with this attitude, besides its
obvious naivete, is that it suffers from the logical
flaw which my former teacher Sherman Blau
used to call the pH fallacy. In chemistry, it is
possib'e (and necessary) for a substance to be
extremely acidic and very slightly basic at the
same time, or to be extremely basic and only
slightly acidic simultaneously, orto balance
nimbly at nvH 7 and he equallv acidic and basic.
human" misery, there is only one scale, and it
is absolute: if things are bad, they are not good.
Rotten is rotten." To paraphrase Sherm, bad is
not better than worse.
IN THIS MATTER, as in so many others, Sherm
was right. When repression exists, it is a fact,
not a poker chip. There is no Nobel Repression
Prize-yet-for which nations total their chips
and the winner takes all. The only ways to
treat repression are to denounce it and, eradi-
cate it. And we need to do those things at home,
in addition to insisting that others do them
abroad.
With the passing of the Black Panthers and the
anti-war movement, repression in America is not
so blatant as it was five years ago. Ellsberg,
Leary, Cleaver and the Berrigans are out doing
their eclectic things. The activist people who are
still behind bars are there mainly for legisti-
mate sentences. Domestic repression has be-
come a lot more subtle. Consider a glutted job
market, plea bargaining for the poor, prisons,
mental hospitals, nursing homes, juvenile deten-
tion facilities, nuclear families in tract homes,
and, God help us, military academies. There are
plenty of dead-end holes to bury inconvenient
people in.-
IRONICALLY, THE LAST page of the same
section of the Free Press which carried the Rus-
sian humor story had two very interesting ar-
ticles. The first was about nursing home profiteer-
ing; the second was entitled, "Foreign Agencies
TERMINATING A UNIVERSITY department is not a pleasant
matter. Valuable research, jobs, and future careers may be at
stake. But if a department has major academic weaknesses and
cannot obtain adequate funding, that extreme step may be
necessary.
In the case of the Department of Population Planning (DPP),
it probably will be necessary., A Committee of Review reported
in July of 1976 that the DPP has "serious internal problems"-a
fetish with third world vs. domestic problems, with family plan-
ning vs. population control, and other misallocations of em-
phasis. Independent reviewers from John Hopkins a d the Uni-
versity of North Carolina had reached similar conclusions months
before.
These critiques-coupled with the news last November that
the DPP will lose its Agency for International Development (AID)
funding in 1978-made it necessary for Dean Richard Remington
and the executive committee of the public health school to recom-
inmend the department's termination.
WHAT IS TO BLAME for the DPP's plight? Curiously enough,
the blame lies largely in a growing realization of the complexity
of population growth.
With the advent of oral contraceptives in the late 60's, many
people believed that a quick solution to population problems had
been found. Visions of trucks full of pills rumbling through Cal-
cutta, disgorging their cargo on streetcorners, were rampant. All
that was really needed, many thought. was to design and imple-
ment education and distribution programs.
These schemes proved chime'rical. The real problems of popu-
lation control involved far more than distributing birth control
devices and educating people in their use. In India, for example,
there are good reasons for having many children-they will help
you in your work. support you in your old age, and shower grace
upon you. In third world areas where tribal power and survival
require manpower, a stronger reason for high birth rates exists.
SUCH INCENTIVES to reproduce can be eliminated by pro-
found social change, or by crude compulsion. But third world
leaders do not need a DPP to inform them of such obvious facts.
This does not mean that DPP research and family planning
programs are worthless, or that they have no effect. They do
Contact your reps
Sen. Donald Riegle (Dem.), 1205 Dirksen Bldg., Washing-
ton, D.C. 20510
Sen. Robert Griffin (Pen.). 353 Russell Bidu.. Canitol lill.