Eighty-Seven Years of Editorial Freedom 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Thursday, November 4, 1976 News Phone: 764-0552 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan President-elect Carter: You hardly have a mandate M1ICH I CAN SIr TIMMY CARTER has finally made it into the White House after 22 long and grueling months on the campaign trail, and Gerald Ford becomes the first incumbent Presi- dent since Hoover to retire early. It was a good struggle, in retrospect, but Mr. Carter can hardly say he has a clear mandate from the Ameri- can electorate to conduct this coun- try's affairs for the next four years. The vote was closer than it has been for some years: Carter got about 51 per cent of the vote while the former Grand Rapids Republican managed 48 per cent. That's a vote spread of less than two million and Eugene McCarthy got almost 700,- 000 votes that, if it had been larger, could have made more of a differ- ence. And it could have been closer, to be sure. Many persons, in a moment of truth, voted for the Georgian - and not for a third party candidate - because a vote for Carter was a vote for jobs and a desire for a bet- ter overall economic picture. Still other skeptics voted for Car-, ter because of his running mate Sen. Walter Mondale. They believed that putting him in office would be an investment In. the future, a solid path towards some honest progres- sivism in this country. REGARDLESS, each and every voter had his or her reason for vot- ing the way they did. The results, however, show that the States are far from being United. It will be a Editorial Staff /I The President-elect Rob Meachum Bill Turque Co-Editors-in-Chief Jeff Ristine...................Managing Editor Tim Schick...................Rxecutive 1ditor Stephen Hersh............. ...Magazine Editor Rob Meachum................Editorial Director Lois Josimovich . ... Arts Editor STAFF WRITERS: Susan Ades, Susan Barry. DanaBaumann, Michael Beckman, Philip Bo- knvoy, Jodi Dimtek, Chris Dybdale, Blainec Fletcher, Larry Friske, Debra Gale, Tom Go- dell, Eric Gressman, Kurt Harju, Char Heeg, James Hynes, Michael Jones, ani Jordan, Lois JoslmoviCh, Joanne Kaufman, David Keeps, Steve Kursman, Jay Levin, Ann Marie Lipinski, George Lobsenz, Pauline Lubens, Stu OcConnell, Jennifer Miller, Michael Norton, Jon, Pansius; Ken Parsigian, Karen Paul,. Stephen Pirkover, Christopher Potter, non Rose, Lucy Saunders, Annemarie Sohisvi, Kar- en Schulkins, Jeffrey Selbst, Jim Shahin, Rick Soble, Tone Stevens, Jim Stiron. David Strauss,'Mike Taylor, Jim Tobin, Lnorn Walker, Laurie Young, Barbara Zahs. Photography Staff Pauline Lubens...... . Chief Photographer Brad Benjamin............Staff Photographer Alan Bilinsky................Staff Photographer Scott Eccker .........Staff Photographer Andy Freeberg...... Staff Photographer Christina Schneider.........Staff Photographer Business Staff Beth Friedman ............. . .Business Manager Deborah Dreyfussa..........Operations Manager Kathleen Mulhern ... Assistant Adv. Coordinator David Harlan...............Finance Manager Don Simpson....................Sales Manager Pete Peterson .......... Advertising Coordinator Cassie St. Clair,.. .......... Circulation Manager Beth Stratford............Circulation Director Sports Staff Bill Stieg.............Sports Editor Rich Lerner ............Executive Sports Editor Andy Glazer ..........,.Managing Sports Editor Rick Bonino.,.......... Associate Sports Editor NIGHT EDITORS: Tom Cameron, Enid Goldman, Kathy Henneghan, Scott Lewis. Rick Maddock, Bob Miller, John Niemeyer, Mark Whitney. STAFF WRITERS: Leslie Brown, Paul Campbell. Marybeth Dillon, Ernie Dunbar, Henry Engel- hardt, Jeff Frank, Cindy Gatziolis, Don Mac- Lachlan. Rich Ovshinsky, Jim Powers, Pat Rode, Johns Schwartz. Hfealth Sc By SYLVIA HACKER and NANCY PALCHIK Question: What is dental plaque? What does it do to your teeth and what can you do about it? Answer: According to American Dental Association publi- cations, plaque is a sticky, colorless, nearly transparent film which continuously forms on your teeth. It is primarily made up of bacteria, along with saliva and debris. When ordinary sugars in the foods you eat come into contact with certain bacteria found in plaque they form acids and other irritants. The sticky bacterial plaque then serves to hold the acid to the tooth surface, allowing it to attack the tooth enamel. If the enamel breaks down, the bacteria can gain access to the body of the tooth and cavities may result. Thus, a cavity is not just a hole in the tooth; it is also a bacterial infection. In ad- dition, if you do not remove plaque by daily cleaning, it can begin to thicken and, by mixing with the salts in your saliva, change into a hard deposit on your teeth below the gumline and when it accumulates may begin to force the gums away from the, teeth. This may leave deep pockets which may become filled with bacteria and pus, and which if left unchecked, may attack the tissues and bones that support your teeth, leading to tooth loss. So what can you do? Make sure you eat a well balanced to keep your supporting bone and gum tissues healthy. Cut down on in-between-meal intakes of sugar, especially the types of sweets that may stick to your teeth (the greatest damage is done within the first twenty minutes after eating sweet foods). Make sure to thoroughly clean your teeth daily to remove all plaque. A good cleaning includes-flossing in addition to brush- ing. As we noted in one of our early columns, even the most efficient toothbrushing technique fails to remove all plaque from the surfaces of the teeth adjacent to each other since it is physically impossible for the bristles to reach deep into the inbetween spaces. Dental floss, gently passed between the teeth and underneath the edge of the gum tissue, aids in removing dental plaque from the approximating sides of the teeth beneath the contacting area. It is important to note, however, that neither toothbrushing nor flossing can remove calculus once it has formed. This requires a dentist or dental hygienist. So make sure you have regular dental check-ups. Finally, check, your mouth for the following warning signs which may mean you have gum disease. If you have any of these symptoms, you should consult a dentist as soon as pos- sible: bleeding gums when you clean your teeth; persistent bad breath: soft, swollen or tender gums: pus between the gUms and the teeth: loose teeth: gums shrinking away from the teeth: any chances in the snaces between your teeth or in the way your teeth come together. Question: Is it true that sterility can be caused by some kind of an immune reaction in the woman to her partner's sperm? Answer: We know it may sound strange but yes, some partners can be "alegric" to each other physically as well as emotionally. The vaginal secretions of many sterile women contain a substance (not found in most normal women) which inactivates sperm, and the evidence is fairly strong that this substance is an antibody. It has been found that if some sterile women are removed from contact with sperm for a prolonged period of time through abstinence or by use of a condom, conception may subsequently be accomplished. It has also been observed that prostitutes are relatively infertile, and that this infertility does decrease over a period of months following discontinuation of frequent intercourse with a variety of males. These observations suggest that there is antisperm activity which is antibody-like in nature since the removal of the antigen (any substance which stimulates antibody produc- tion) seems to lead to a loss of the activity. rvice' Health Educators \.UM Health Service 207 Fletcher Ann Arbor, Mich. SpringLe bElham Elahi 6 (erald R. Ford hard task for the President-elect to bring together the pieces. The message is perfectly clear, Mr. Carter. It is now up to you to give us the jobs, the security, the health care, the tax and criminal justice re- form, the environment and, yes, the honesty that . we have been without under the Nixon/Ford Administra- tions, but that we so desperately need. Handbook Very recently a University of Nebraska researcher induced infertility in female test animals by giving them a chemical substance containing sperm antibodies. In order to restore the fertility the female animals had to abstain from intercourse for a period of time. Other researchers are exploring the possibility of using locally applied substances to suppress the sperm antibodies, so contact with sperm need not be.avoided. Although still in its infancy, the future of immunocontraception and conception looks interesting. Please send all health related questions to: Letters should be typed and limited to 400 words. The Daily reserves the right to edit letters for length and grammar. The Price of Gold T GRADUATED the other day and saw a copy of the diploma I would get in the base- ment of the LSA Building. The diploma wasn't gilded and that bothered me because the Clas- sics Department had taught me all important declarations and documents had to have a bare minimum of gold edges, preferably in a lace design. However, I managed to reconcile my- self to an ungilded diploma. But then I was told it would take four months to get it be- cause my credits had to be checked for LSA distribution. So I looked in the paper for a job. The only one my 147 credits of coursework fitted into was enveloping 500 letters a day for $10. I thought I'd give it another try and check some places myself in the vicimt y. Thenext day I waited forty minutes for a dial-a-ride until I called again and found out no one had been sent for me. I walked to State Street and tried to hitch a ride. A bus enveloped me with carbon monoxide, two grade-school children in a station wagon stuck out their tongues, and one young woman was polite enough to tell me she really would like to help me but had seen FBI statistics about rape and assault in Ann Arbor. 'FINALLY, A FELLOW in a VW, looking more like a platypus than a bug, gave me a ride. I found out he had just gotten a Ph.D. in Nat- ural Resources and had found a job with the State Forest Service. I asked him if he would be preserving our flora for future generations. He told me that the Forest Commissioner re- cently decided Mother Nature knew the ins and outs of keeping forests better than humans who didn't have even one viable molecule of chloro- phyl or cellulose in them, even though in his case his Ph.D. diploma was printed on cellulose fibers. then, more enlightened about Mother Nature and wondering why natural resource majors don't learn more about the art of gate-keeping. I got to a prestigious research institute studying fusion in Ann Arbor. I spoke with the person- nel manager and told him I majored in physics and math and that I was willing to do any kind of work. The gentleman told me he thought I was quite qualified but since I only had a bachelor's degree that wouldn't do. I thanked him for his help and said that I may come back if I ever get a Ph.D. 14E THEN SAID that was the thing to do but that I should apply for the job just before I get my Ph.D. because without the de- gree I wouldn't be too qualified for a job. He told me the suicide rate for Ph.D.'s was too high and the only position I could hold with one would be the gate-keeper. He was kind eough to explain that the gate-keeper suicide rate was extremely low since the guard-booth was too short to hang oneself with one's belt and that's the only position they'd feel safe giv- ing them. I got up and shook hands, thanking him for explaining the situation in such de- tail. Just as I was leaving the room, he called me and said, "Your application form says you're a University graduate. I didn't see that. The National Science Foundation funds us and in their fine print there is a clause to the ef- fect that graduates from institutions of higher education without gilded diplomas are not eligi- ble to be on NSF-funded projects. That's the /way the atom boinces you know." At that point I cursed myself for not ever having been able to get into an art class at the Art School be- cause they were always filled and painting courses didn't fall within the category of "lib- eral arts" education espoused by the college of LSA. If I had had such a course, I could have gilded my diploma myself. That afternoon I went to The Daily and man- aged to get a job as a columnist in exchange for 5-cent cokes. I thought O.D.ing on sucrose might help me to forget the auriferous limita- tions' of man and cellulose. Editorial positions represent a consensus of The Daily Editorial staff. 4 TODAY'S STAFF: News: Bill Turque, Jeff Ristine, Jim Tobin, Pauline Toole, Bill Yaroch Editorial Page: Rob Meachum, Jon Pansius Arts Page: Lois Josimovich Photo Technician: Pauline Lubens Also, slashed before. tendant the governor had happened to have just the Forest Services' budget the week I found out he was to be a gate at- at a state park. I promptly got off by Non-e lec tion lett( title IX Te The Daily: AT TODAY'S meeting of the univer- sity's Women's Commission, I presented the following resolution: "The Women's commission of the Uni- ver~ity of Michigan wishes to reaffirm their commitment to equal educational opportunity for women. "In this regard, we support the cur- rent Title IX complaint filed against the University for its continued support of Michiguama, an all male senior recog- nition society." ABOUT A MONTH ago, I signed up for a LS&A Student Government Com- mittee appointment.. Each time I con- tacted them, I was told they would call me back to arrange an interview appointment. I never once received a call. I am disgusted with the operation of the LS&A Student Government. It dem- onstrates a lack of enthusiasm and ef- ficiency, and portends overall ineffec- tiveness. How can such an organiza- tion, which aims at improving relations between the University and its students, accomnlish anything if it is not hia of Issues." Indeed it took me back to my first term on campus back in fall 1969. Was this because the article viv- idly recreated the radical movement which animated life in those days? Not exactly. Actually, it reminded me of an essentially similar article which you published in September 1969 - and, I believe, every year since. The theme is always the same: "Students are apa- thetic" and "The Sixties are over." The evidence is always the same, too. Students are indifferent to electoral poli-. tics. They subordinate their own desires and ideals if anv. to the demands of f ersto ply because they have to transform themselves into the human capital which we must all exchange for the right to survive. This reality used to be obscured by "issues," but not any more. We're all going to spend the rest of our lives in the world of work - a system of forced labor without even the pretense of democracy, equality, privacy, dignity or personal freedom. Students have re- sponded as we have been schooled to respond, as isolated, interchangeable competitors - individuals without indi- viduality - but it turns out you 'may The Da decide not to decide is to decide. Don't waste your vote - don't cast it! Bob Black, '73 October 24 geo To The Daily: ON FRIDAY, October 29 and Satur- day, October 30, The Daily published certain statements about GEO. On Fri- day, it was said that we had put a drastically revised and reduced econom- ic proposal on the bargaining table. This is not true. Bob Milbraith expressed only his personal sentiment on this is- sue. The nronosnl "nnted" hv Mr. Mil- il ly committed 4o educational quality, af- firmative action/non-discrimination, and economic equity. Whether these objec- tives are achieved in the long-run and by degree in the short run is also im- portant to our membership. Lastly, GEO's structural backbone is its representative steward's council. Ste- ward's deal directly with membership, and communicate positions and opinions. Steward's provide the essential commu- nication link - they deliver informa- tion, and they inform the Union of mem- bership sentiment. Steward's this fall have been very active and in touch with