TUE Michigan Daily Edited and managed by Students at the Uaiversity of Michigan Thursday May 16, 1974 News Phone: 764 0552 Letter from the editor: Diamonds are forever DEAR MRS. NIXON, I just finished reading about your gift of jewelry from the Saudi Arabian royal family in the New York Times and, contemplating my $26 class ring and my $3.50 gold plated chain from Bays Jewelers of Ann Arbor, I decided that a $52,400 diamond and emerald ditty could add a lot of class to my jewelry box. Since I am a citizen of the United States, and the jewels were given to my beloved country, I feel it only Fair and Democratic that I get a crack at displaying them. This matter is of special concern to me since I have just been invited to a pledge formal and emerald green and white will go with any corsage. I have long been an admirer of your exquisite taste and I can just hear the oohs and ahs and gollys of all my sorority sisters when they find out that I am sporting jewels which were once worn by you. I figure that they could do the same job of dressing up my Levis and tee shirts that they do for the Simplic- ity patterns which I hear you, Trish, and Julie whip up in the Oval Office after hours. I have often greatly ad- mired you for that. It's hard to believe your clothes are homemade! IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER gifts which you have left undisclosed. I would greatly appreciate it if you would send them along too. I don't want to be setfish about this, of course. I can just imagine how my mother's green eyes would twinkle with that stunning brooch, and she could finally stop bragging about that rhinestone nose ring she got from an old neivhbor of ours, And then there is my kid sister who has always dreamed of being a princess. If you have too much trouble parting with the gems, which seems likely since you kept them a secret for two years, you could always rent them out on an hourly basis. If you rent them out at a dollar an hour, in a mere 468,340,603,419 hours you will have paid off the national public debt with 15c to spare. Thank you for your time and consideration. I will be waiting to hear from you shortly. Respectfully, BARBARA CORNELL Welcome to the insect house: Remember the birds and bees,'? By DICK WEST WASHINGTON (UPI) - Controversy over the environmental impact of pesticides has stimulat- ed a search for alternate ways of doing in in- sects. Toward that end, a recent news release from the National Geographic Society may prove sign- ificant. 'The males of some species of moths and butterflies gather in swarms around mud pud- dles to sip water," the Geographic reports. "After spending several days in such a 'drink- ing society,' the males often fly off to look for mates." Does that remind you of anyone you know? Uncle Harry, for instance? I mean, here we have a behavior pattern that appears ideally suited to pest control. lOGIC TELLS us there must be many other Uncle Flarrys in the insect world besides moths and butterflies. Perhaps flies, mosquitos, horn- worms, boll weevils and some of the other more destructive or bothersome varieties. Now that they know what to look for, entomolo- gists can quickly determine which insects form male drinking groups that wind i4p "'chasing skirts," so to speak. Then it is simply a matter of using that in- formation against them. Do you see the potential modus operandi?, If their behavior pattern can be disrupted, mat- ing will be impeded and reproduction will decline. Thus achieving in the long run what DDT once accomplished. It seems to me an investigation of this nature should begin with 'the assumption that there is something about sipping muddy water with his buddies that turns a male moth on. Ditto the male butterfly. Two possibilities present them- selves. EITHER THE muddy water acts as a sort of aphrodisiac, or it causes male moths and butter- flies to lose their inhibitions. I suspect the latter. Chances are those moths and butterflies you see bellying up to a mudhole are too shy to seek feminine companiesship under normal conditions. But after a few sips with the boys, they are boasting about their conquests and pretty soon they work up enough Dutch courage to make a pass at some female. If I am ,on the right track here, the trick -vill be to change insects from uncle Harys to Uncle Clydes. ,Uncle Clyde, of course, can't spend even as much as an hour in a "drinking society" without getting into a fight. After which he is in no condi- tion to make love. WE NEED something to affect insects that way. Rather than flying off to look for mates, they would begin claiming "I can lick any moth in this mad puddle." Any good chemist should be able to devise such a formula. Just spray on muddy water and it starts a butterfly brawl. Strns 'Slaft HtEhiECCA WARNER Editor M1ARNIt E Ns tS(titriai Dirrctsr KEN FTNX Arts Editor Letters to the Daily --r GORI)ON ATCHEoON JEFF DAY CHERYL PILATE JUDY RUSKIN.. JEFFSORENSEN BARBARA CORNELL JANET HAT5SHM\AN ANDREA LILLY,. STEPHEN H .. DAVID wa3it"I\G Night Editor . . Night Editor Night Editor Night Editor Night Editor Asst. Night Editor Asst. Night Editor Asst. Night Editor Ass't. Night Editor ... Ass't. Night Editor fil To The Daily: IN LIGHT of the current film controversy I have written a letter of support for the student co-ops to President Fleming and would like to urge other ftim enthusiasts to do the same. Let's show the co-ops that we tave appreciated the opportunity to see both contemporary a a d classic films at low costs in con- venient (though not always com- fyl) locations. I for one can- not afford, culturally or financ-° ially, to see the student co-ops forced into non-existence. Des- pite our summertime numbers, let's rally together in support of the co-ops. -Kimberly Allen May 12 veterans To The Daily: IT APPEARS that Veterans of the Vietnam Era are getting the dirty end of the stick. The G.I. Bill is inadequate in meeting the costs of obtaining an education. Try paying tuition and rent and buying books, supplies; and gro- ceries with $220.00 a month. What is more, because the Fin- ancial Aids Office views t h e G.I Bill as a gift, most vet- erans are ineligible for any other assistance in financing their educations. On the job market many pros- pective employers discount "mil- itary experience" and no con- sideration is given to time lost because of military service. As most veterans of the Viet- nam Era did not freely choose to serve in the Armed Services they are victims of some very unfavorable circumstances. Some of the same countrymen who a few years ago *vere tell- ing young men to be "proud to serve America" are, now, the ones who do not want to provide compensation for those who did serve. VETERANS OF the Vietnam Era, we would like to see some changes made. If you have sug- gestions as to what should be done or complaints about what is being done, call Dan Fnrris- ter, 971-8138 from 10:00 p s. 'til 12:00 midnight or Calvin Luk =r at 426-4523 from 11:00 p.m. 'til 1:00 a.m. -Calvin Luker Daniel K. Forrister April 14 Chagrin To The Daily: LAST THURSDAY I went to the mailbox and was overjoyed to find the gold paper admitting me to the U-M graduate school. What an honor! After knowing that so many others had been turned down from this prestig- ious University, where even the freshman class is known to be smarter, more success-oriented, and more liberal than any school in Michigan and almost a n y school in the country (results of a recent survey), I was in. However, after reading ebaut Michigan's disgusting reception for one of their own, Vice-trcsi- dent Gerald Ford, I seriously question how smart, how suc- cessful, and how liberal U-M students actually are. Trying to prevent a man from speaking his piece sounds more like Fas- cism to me than anything G',said Ford has ever done, as sloes condemning President i i x o n without due process of law. IF THE STUDENTS who tok it upon themselves to do this do not see their gross lack of intellignce in this matter, I would suggest that the Univer- sity of Michigan revise its en- trance exams and qualificaons to keep the caliber of student at the level it once was. -Susan K. Maciak May 5 Letters to The Dt, vhoe.tt be mailed to the Editorial D i r e c to r or delivered to Mary Rafferty in the Student Publications business office in the Michigan Daily build- ing. Letters should be typed, double-spaced and normally should not exceed 250 words. 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