The Michigan Daily-Friday, September 24, 1982-Page 5 Preps needgreen to stayin the pink :- / through Sept. 30 copies NEW YORK (UPI) - There is a problem among preppies that has even the alligators on their shirts crying. More and more dyed-in-the moccasin preppies are discovering that they cannot live on their trust funds or good breeding and must-they could d-i-e-go to work for a living. "ONE OF THE great maxims of preppyhood is 'You don't touch your capital.' But most of the old ,money is now so old, it's all split up-or it's gone," said Carol McDonald Wallace, a co-author of "The Of- ficial Preppy Handbook." Even the wealthiest of preppies now hope for the big financial score. "Here are people who now have material worries. They're all motivated by the fear there's not enough to go around," she said. AND INSTEAD of sipping sherry on cool verandas, preppies find themselves chugging diet colas and working late in the mean streets of finance or business. Wallace, 27, is also the author of a new book, "Welcome to Mount Merry College," which spoofs a typical, 'absolutely nowhere" college. A bonafide preppy who was brought up in the broad-lawn leisure of Southport, Conn., Wallace is a product of the exclusive Green Farms Academy and Princeton University. "I GRADUATED from Greens Farms in a class of 30. We were extremely innocent. The biggest thing was when two girls were suspended for smoking- cigarettes. No one was dealng dope or blowing up a gym or anything," she said. Wallace speaks in a clipped, rapid manner and mixes preppy idioms with the jargon of the almost- scholar. "Preppyhood also implies a staggering complacency and a sense of conservatism too but it is converatism in the sense of stewardship, i.e., you have to think about the next generation. But, oh well, sic transit," she said. The main thing, however, is to do things and revere things that, "as John Gardner says, 'keep the trolls away.' " "But you no longer can sit back and say, well, my bone structure will carry things off. Not entirely anymore. The irony is young preppies live an old existence and John Cheever-land is filled with people who believe in the powerfully nostalgic and the con- cept of gracious living and how to preserve it," she said. t O 1/2MV 7 SAT. 1a-S SUN. 12-S ner Maynard & Liberty) 761-4539 kinkos c 540 E. Liberty tcorr EMU says e enrollment, graduates decreased Led by a 12 percent drop in the number of students who actually graduate, overall enrollment at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti declined by 306 students this fall, or 1.6 percent. A 2 percent increase in undergraduate "enrollment offset the graduate school ,decrease. Graduate enrollment, which has been 'declining since 1979, dropped largely because fewer students enrolled in WEMU's College of Education, according to Kathy Tinney, director of Infor- mation Services and Publications. "UNLIKE THE University of Michigan, we have a large part-time -graduate student population," she said. Consequently, with the economy being so poor and large number of teachers already having their certificates and master's degrees, graduate enrollment declined, she said. Even with the graduate school decline, EMU is still meeting its goals, according to EMU president John Por- ter. "Even though the number of studen- its has .-gone down," Tinney said, "students are taking more credit ;hours." Porter, who was state superintendent Of public instruction for 10 years, has predicted that beginning with next fall the number of college-age students will decline significantly over the next five years. That decrease is because most of the "baby boom" generation has already come of age, she added. -Kent Redding r -al * MAIL TO: S.I.M.S., INC. 9910 HENRY RUFF 1 ® LIVONIA, MICH. 48105 i NAME: 1 ADDRESS * CITY STATE ZIP Daily Photo by BRIAN MASCK Dog day afternoon Spike, whose owner is busy studying, has given up all hope of a friendly game of "go fetch" as he curls up to fret over his own most tedious course, Intro, to Fire Hydrant 101. Cheaper gas, food slow inflation From AP and UPI WASHINGTON- Inflation's hold on the economy weakened in August as consumer prices rose by only 0.3 per- cent-a modest 3.3 percent annual rate, the government said yesterday. Prices at grocery stores and gasoline service stations actually dropped and automobile loans and federally insured mortgages became slightly cheaper during the month, the Labor Depar- tment said. THE WHITE House welcomed the latest Consumer Price Index as "clearly encouraging news." Deputy press secretary Larry Speakes said August "indicates the in- flation figure has returned to the ex- cellent performance we had in the first four months of the year.' . The 0.3 percent rise in the index last month compared to a full 1 percent climb in both May and June and a 0.6 percent increase in July. IF INFLATION were to continue at the August !pace, the rate for the next 12 months would be only 3.3 percent. The Labor Department said the in- flation rate for calendar year 1982 would be only 5.1 percent if, as most analysts predict, the final four months are no worse. That would not only be a significant improvement over the 8.9 percent in- crease of last year and the 12.4 percent "double-digit" inflation in 1980; it is far better than suggested by the previous three months. LARGELY responsible for August's slow pace were the 0.1 percent decline in gasoline prices and the 0.3 percent fall in food costs. Gasoline prices had risen in the three previous months, advancing a total of 8.4 percent, the department said. In July alone, they were up 2 percent. Lower food costs were driven by falling prices for beef, eggs and fresh fruits and vegetables. Pork and poultry prices rose, while dairy prices were un- changed, the report said. Supermarket food prices tumbled 0.6 percent, but prices for meals in restaurants and for alcoholic beverages climbed 0.5 percent. Food prices, which were unchanged in July, last declined in March, when they were off 0.3 percent. The report also said housing costs were up 0.4 percent last month, com- pared to 0.5 percent in July. Koch faces close primary NEW YORK (AP)- Combative Mayor Edward Koch faced professional Lt. Gov. Mario Cuomo in what was ex- pected to be a close race for the Democratic nomination for governor yesterday as New Yorkers voted in primaries for dozens of local, state and national offices. Republicans chose between millionaire businessman Lewis Lehr- man and former U.S. Attorney Paul Curran as their candidate to succeed Democratic Gov. Hugh Carey. Recent polls showed Lehrman with a huge lead. MORE THAN a million New Yorkers were expected to vote, and New York City officials said at noon that the tur- nout appeared heavy. In 1977, Cuomo, then New York's secretary of the state, battled Koch, congressman at the time, for the Democratic mayoral nomination. Koch 'beat Cuomo and then beat him again in the general election with Cuomo run- ning on the Liberal Party line. In 1981, Koch won re-election with more than 75 percent of the vote-the largest plurality ever for a New York City mayor. He had run with both Democratic and Republican backing. CUOMO, A Roman Catholic father of five, had earned a reputation as a skilled mediator who was happy to work behind the scenes. As often as not, Cuomo would slip into discussions of philosophy while supposedly talking politics. 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