i Eighty-Seven Years of Editorial Freedom 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109 AV~ Xf'ARTM~Yr HEAP? (011 S . Wednesday, March 2, 1977 News Phone: 764-0552 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan Students need another dorm-how about St. Joe's? WTeIilM- A SWECOF A CU4FF WK A CSR CHIASE. MY' W(F6 IATNI 0 A ~'kI(KARATE CQtP TO TNT OAUCK O t MY$ ' 1IM1UATE'S M . SIM LJ6&- Z-ZT ~ (#77 %s* '~I~Z-~. m?. PW NOOkwMOV 40 m4y moj CR mc. my r&-WtR 1QlHPNU HIM. TO RE ?6)W'k)C. I 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. ' '1 MN. I 5' 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, Buiness Staff !MMORAH DREYFUSS .... Business Manager KATHLEEN MULHERN Ass't. Adv. Coordinator DAVID HARLAN .............Finance Manager DON SIMPSON.. .,............Sales Manager C A1IE ST. CLATRc........Circulation Manager BETH STRAATFORD ......,..Circulation Director Photrgraphy Staff PAITLINE LUBENS ..Chief Photographer ALAN BILINSKY .........Picture Editor BRAD BENJAMIN ....Staf Photographer ANDY FREEBERG . .... Staff Photographer CHRTSTINA SCHN2IDT#R .... Staff Photographer 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 TO TI MARC IE RIGHT, bH U 'by CHUCK ANESI I 2i.4fa/ I ® 1 1 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.