al LOOKING FOR MEDIA EXPERIENCE? The Public Interest and Research Group in Michigan (PIRGIM) is looking for persons '7 interested in radio, TV, Video Production,z , Journalism, or Public Relations to serve as media task force coordinator. Earn credit . ' while gaining practical experience! For more information call: PIR GIM: 662-6597, Page 2-Tuesday, January 15, 1980-The Michigan Daily MORE WOMEN SMOKERS IS REASON: Lung cancer on the rise From UPI and AP WASHINGTON-Lung cancer among women is growing so fast it could sur- pass the death rate for breast cancer by 1983, Surgeon General Julius Richmond said yesterday. "An epidemic of lung cancer among women has now begun, the result of smoking initiated during World War II and in the years immediately following," Richmond told a news con- ference. HE SAID WHILE men began smoking intensively during the first world war, "women began in significant numbers during World War II and the years immediately after- ward. "Because of the long latency period of lung cancer, other cancers and. P~ J. A chronic obstructive lung disease, the full consequences of cigarette smoking by men began appearing 30 years ago. They are just now beginning to appear among women." Richmond said the lung cancer death rate among women has tripled from fewer than five deaths per 100,000 in the early 1960s to 15 deaths per 100,000 in 1978. "This translates into ap- proximately 25,000 deaths per year," he said. RICHMOND ALSO said there was ''new evidence of the harm which cigarette smoking during pregnancy exerts on the fetus and the newborn baby." Women who smoke while they are pregnant have lighter weight babies and are more likely to suffer from pregnancy complications. He also said they have a higher percentage of premature babies and risk the deaths of newborn infants. Concerning pregnant smokers, Richmond said changing the warning label on cigarette packs and adver- tisements to specifically warn pregnant women of the dangers of smoking "might be a good idea." Connie Drath, director of com- munications for the Tobacco Institute, the industry's lobbying group, questioned whether a change in the warning labels was necessary. "You would have had to have been a cave-dweller to have missed the anti- smoking warnings and messages during the last 15 years," she said. THE TOBACCO Institute issued its own report on female smoking and health this month, challenging any con- crete link between smoking and lung cancer or birth defects. "An initial question is whether the reported increases in lung cancer is real, or is due to factors such an enhan- ced detection capability," the institute said. "Almost certainly, improved diagnostic techniques and heightened concern about lung cancer have con- tributed to the increase. Thus, it may be too facile to blame the 'increase' on a greater popularity of smoking among women.. "Clearly, suspects other than smoking must be considered in lung cancer development. Among these are air pollution, occupational exposure and family history of lung cancer." '80-'81 dorm rates may see 13.2%jump, (Continued from Page 1) UPON APPROVAL by the Regents, residents living in converted rooms would take over the lease of a resident in another room should the resident decide to move out of the residence hallO Because this could cause a greater vacancy rate, an increase of dorm rates of $14 per student, .07 per cent rate in- crease, would be necessary. Among the proposals which were considered but rejected by the commit- tee were the addition of breakfast and Sunday evening meals, paper towels and electric blow dryers in the bathrooms, and increases in the wages of student employees. Snustad, a non-voting committee member, said he favors continuing weekend food service consolidation. "I think the cost of housing here is high," he said. "We tend to offer ser- vices that are very expensive. I support weekend consolidation as one step in cutting the cost of housing rates." -yr IF HOUSING DIVISION RESIDENT STAFF JOB OPENINGS FOR 1980-81 INFORMATIONAL MEETINGS Monday, Jan. 21-Thursdayi Jan. 24, 1980 COUZENS-January 21, Monday, 7:00-8:00 P.M.-Main Lobby OXFORD-January 21, Monday, 7:00-8:00 P.M.-Seeley Lounge SOUTH QUAD-January 21, Monday, 8:30-9:30 P.M.-West Lounge ALICE LLOYD-January 22, Tuesday, 8:00-9:00 P.M.-Blue Carpet Lounge BURSLEY-January 22, Tuesday, 9:00-10:00 P.M.-West Dining Room WEST QUAD BARBOUR & NEWBERRY-January 22, Tuesday, 7:00-8:00 P.M.-Dining Room No.1 EAST QUAD-January 24, Thursday, 7:30-8:30 P.M-Room 126 MARKLEY-January 24, Thursday, 6:30-7:30 P.M.-North Pit STOCKWELL-January 24, Thursday, 7:30-8:30 P.M.-Main Lounge MINORITY PEER ADVISORS BURSLEY-January 23, Wednesday, 9:00-10:00 P.M.-Minority Lounge SOUTH QUAD-January 23, Wednesday, 7:00-8:00 P.M.-Afro Lounge COUZENS-January 23, Wednesday, 7:00-8:00 P.M.-Minority Lounge The above informational sessions for prospective staff applicants have been scheduled to discuss the dimensions and expectations of the various staff positions, how to apply in the buildings and/or houses, who to contact, criteria to be used in the selection procedure and the number of positions that are likely to be vacant. 1 F Pot use declining among high school students, ISR s JANUARY 17, 1980: STAFF APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE IN HOUSING OFFICE, 1500 S.A.B. JANUARY 24, 1980: DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION FORMS FOR REAPPLYING STAFF DUE In housing office, 1500 S.A.B. JANUARY 30, 1980: DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONFORMS FOR NEW APPLICANTS DUE IN HOUSING OFFICE, 1500 S.A.B. (Continued from Page 1) Patrick O'Malley. "A large proportion of seniors have tried marijuana and a saturation level has been reached," Johnston said. "Most of those who want to try it have already done so." Results indicated that sixty per cent of high school seniors have used pot at least once, while half had used it in the previous 12 months and 37 per cent had used it in the month prior to the survey. THE SECOND explanation for the leveling is increased media attentioin to health risks from regular pot smoking. Significantly more seniors in 1979 than in 1978 believe that regular pot users run a "great risk" of harming them- selves, the researchers said. Ad- ditionally, the proportion of seniors saying they personally disapprove of regular use of the drug hasx been in- creasing gradually over the past two years. Marijuana usage by students plan- ning on four years of college is lower than those who do not plan on con- tinuing their education, the study said. Females indulge less often than males. The notion that marijuana leads to harder drugs was not upheld. The proportion of young people in the study who turned to other illegal drugs has not changed appreciably during the studied interval. BUT ONE specific drug - cocaine - has seen a dramatic increase in popularity, the researchers found. The annual rate of use doubled from six per cent in 1975 to 12 per cent in 1979. "(Cocaine) usage is following a traditional pattern. We largely see the spread of drug behavior from older persons to younger," Johnston said. The number of seniors disapproving of cocaine diminished since 1975, although the research shows that 75 per cent of all seniors still disapprove of experimenting with it. Only one in six or seven has ever tried sniffing coke. COCAINE - priced at approximately $100 per gram locally - often is con- sidered a rich person's drug, but nonetheless; high school seniors are managing to purchase the white powder. "(Many) underestimate the amount of the students' discretionary income," Johnston said. Money not earmarked for a specific purpose often is spent on tudy says drugs, he said, and the perceived availability of the substance has in- creased. Other drugs showing increased popularity over the last few years ar inhalants and amphetamines. Nearl one-fifth of the seniors have used an inhalant at some time, and one in every nine surveyed have tried amyl and butyl nitrites - "snappers" and "pop- pers." Drugs showing a decline were sedatives, tranquilizers, and heroin. Opiates, other than heroin, have had a steady usage since 1975, and the use of hallucinogens has stabilized after 4 decline. One out of eight seniors repor- ted using PCP, or "angel dust." Since beginning the survey, Johnston said those favoring decriminalization of marijuana has increased. He said- 12 per cent said pt should be completely legal, 30 per cent favor decriminalization, 25 per cent though it should remain a crime, and 14 per cent said they had no opinion. Survey results are published i "Drugs and the Class of '78" and "197 Highlights: Drugs and the Nation's High School Students." 4L " 11 7 14 SLIM SCIENTIFICS THAT ARE EASY ON YOUR POCKET AND ON YOUR POCKETBOOK FROM y r ": .;:k , . '. ' i$?c ,, '; ifi;;{ 'ti'p.? :: { ti .:.: }.. : } .;. . 1 . ., ";Y. " :{{1} ::" ,'tpr'"' 0.d? :8"'"tvy: A.'. .x} .{:r. ' :::+}"r}''Miry. .,}" ;iy .};s.'.+';+y.{" 'a'te yv}{s; Nader calls admission tests fraudulent. biased EL-5813 j 'o- LIST $40.00 OUR PRICE $33.00 Scientifc ca/cu/ator EL5813 ONE YEAR WARRANTY PROTECTION FROM -_ T 'THE CELLAR hYpIncsJnj ~rv 7 MEMOIE S 30 PR~OGRiAMMING STE PS SCIENCE F=UNCTIONS STATISTIC S In a front page photo in Sunday's Daily, Michigan basketball player John Garris was incorrectly identified as Thad Garner. The Purdue player was Arnette Hallman. In the same issue, it was reported that Dr. Gerald O'Connor was injured while carrying tackle Dale Keitz off the field. The physician was actually Dr. Robert Anderson. The Daily regrets the errors. Daily Official Bulletin Tuesday, January 15, 1980 Daily Calendar WUOM: King Commemoration, 'Missplaced values," Reverend Martin Luther King, Sen., spoke at the University of North Carolina last year, 10:05 a .m. Physics/Astronomy: J. R. Chelikowsky, U- Oregon, "PSeudopotential Methods of Bulk and Sur- face Structure of Semiconductors," 2038 Randall, 4 p.m. Museum of zoology: Philip S. Ward, "Systematic & Genetic Relationships in a Species Complex of Pnerine Ants," 1033 Kellogg, 4 p.m. Bioengineering: Elden Frisch, "Consideration for BiomedicalMaterials for Implants of Silicone," 1042 E. Eng., 4 p.m. Great Lakes & Marine Environmental: Clifford P. Rice, "PCBs in the Great Lakes," 165 Chrysler Ctr., 4 p.m. Geology & Minerology: Arvid M. Johnson, "Forms of Folds," 4001 CC Little, 4 p.m. Aerospace Eng./Computer/Info & Control Eng.: Bernard L. Walsh, "Hughes Communications Satellites: RF Electronics, Present and Future," 1504 E.,Eng., 4p.m. Computing Center: Brice Carnahan, "An In- troduction to Digital Computers and Computing Languages," Nat. Sci. Aud., 7:30 p.m. C5&SEAS: Tobarak Hossain, Bangladesh Am- bassador, "Bangladesh and the Burmese Refugee Problem," Rackham Aud., 8 p.m. (Continued from Page 1) He claimed the ETS tests "exclude a disproportionate number of minority applicants who are capable of suc- ceeding," and perpetuate class distin- ctions "in the guise of merit." Nairn said ETS should abandon its claims of measuring aptitude or "its future should be called into question." THE COLLEGE Board recently reported that in 1977, whites averaged 449 on the SAT verbal exam and 490 in math, while blacks average 329 in ver- bal and 355 in math. The exam is scored on a 200-to-800 scale. Turnbull said grades rise even more sharply than SAT scores as family in- come goes up. THE MICHIGAN DAILY (USPS 344-900) Volume XC, No.85 Tuesday, January 15, 1980 is edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan. Published daily Tuesday through Sunday morn- ings during the University year at 420 Maynard Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109. Subscription rates: $12 Septem- 'ber through April (2 semesters) ;$13 by mail outside Ann Arbor. Summer session published Tuesday through Saturday mornings. Subscription rates: $6.50 in Ann Arbor; $7.00 by mail out- side Ann Arbor. Second class postage paid at Ann Arbor, Michigan. POST- IASTER: Send address changes to THE MICHIGAN DAILY, 420 Maynard Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109. He claimed some minority and rural students from obscure schools would be hurt if the tests were eliminated because colleges would no longer have a common yardstick to measure them against. Turnbull said parents want standar- dized tests to measure their children's performance. "If testing is weakend, education and society will be losers,'@ he said. Nader said colleges and professional schools should place more weight on students' grades, extracurriculars, in- terviews and actual achievements out- side school. More students would engage in community organizing if they knew it would affect their admission to law school, he said. Another test critic, Dr. Warner Slac* of the Harvard Medical School faculty, said at the Nader news conference, "Why should the test-writers' ex- perience with little-used words and tricky math be used as the basis for judging other people's aptitudes?" New York State recently adopted a law mandating disclosure of college admission test questions and answers after the exams are scored. A similar bill is pending in the House and in at le asj seven states, according to Bob Ohlopa of the Public Interest Research Group. 1. ni/ v s 7/ ' a /s vm.s ./ s .r --,- sC)+i -! -/ 1980 HOPWOOD Underclassman Awards Academy of American Poets, PoAtrv Awards. Bain-Swiggett, & Gutterman ;.. U