14 U. THE NATIONAL COLLEGE NEWSPAPER Dollars And Sense MARCH 1989 In the classroom No pay, no play Homeless help Savvy Senior d Find out about the latest Failure to pay student A student hunger relief A Dartmouth College classes, from oceanography loans has far-reaching team is feeding the senior is a little busier than to test taking. effects. homeless in Philadelphia. most students. Page 15 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Car contest challenges colege students * 15 colleges submit winning proposas, will enter road rally By Carol Vinzant The Daily Pennsylvanian U. of Pennsylvania She wore long hair, funky leather boots and peace symbol earrings. When she saw the cool guy with ripped jeans and a tie- dyed shirt across the room, she wanted to, like, get to know him better, wanted some insight into his soul, wanted to see if they would be compatible. "What's your sign?" That's what she would have asked a decade ago. But now we're too far grown up and sophisti- cated for that. Now there's a new opening line. "What's your major?" Replacing the astrological label, the major gives more in- sight but is still shrouded with su- perstition and stereotypes. It also can be used to tell a student's for- tune. Some of the fortunes and general traits might read as fol- lows: English Major traits - Perceptive, wise, laid-back, well-read. Have contempt, deliberate ignorance, fear and loathing of all things sci- entific and mathematical. Sexy. Compatible majors - History, philosophy, psychology (history and philosophy are on the cusps of the English major). Incompatible majors - Any- thing business-related and the natural sciences. Fortune - Although you will probably have no serious money, your personal depth will make you happy at whatever you do. Communications Major traits - Well-dressed and extremely social. Irrepressi- ble desire to speak in class. Compatible majors - Foreign languages, urban studies. Incompatible majors - Any- thing definite. Fortune - Shut up. International relations Major traits - Business fringe. This is a catch-all group. Saying you want to be an I.R. major as a student is like saying you want to be a firefighter when you are five - everyone wants to do it. See VINZANT, Page 16 By Janell Good University Daily Kansan U. of Kansas bile many college students are into buying and driving cars, there are a few who take a different interest. Last fall, college students partici- pated in The Metha- nol Marathon fuel competition, spon- sored by the Society of Automotive En- gineers (SAE) and General Motors (GM). The contest challenged students to redesign a car's engine by creating an alternative fuel system that runs primarily on methanol. 0 Six mechanical engineering students at the U. of Kansas redesigned a car's engine to run on methanol. Winning proposals were submitted by the following colleges and universi- ties: California State U., Northridge; Colorado State U.; Concordia U., Mon- treal; Florida State U.; U. of Maryland; U. of Michigan; Michigan Tech U.; New York Institute of Technology; Pennsyl- vania State U.; U. of Rochester, N.Y.; U. of Tennessee; Texas Tech U.; Washing- ton U., St. Louis; West Virginia and Wichita State U., Kan. The people submitting winning prop- osals drove to Detroit to pick up their car in November. They have until April 28 to complete engine modification and to drive the car back to Detroit, where a road rally will take place April 29. The rally, sponsored by the Sports Car Club of America, will begin in De- troit and, after a series of check points, finish in Washington, D.C. The cars will be tested on a variety ofsubjects, includ- ing how well they start in cold weather. Six U. of Kansas (KU) mechanical en- gineering students - Mark Egner, Chris Harper, Doug Queen, Randy Spector, Ron Moody and Jeff Pretz - submitted one of the proposals. And even though his team didn't win, Moody said he benefited from the project by learning how to turn in a proposal that was going to be reviewed by a panel of experts. "As an engineering student, you have to turn in a lot of proposals, but this proposal (wasn't) just another home- work assignment," Moody said. "We (had) a chance to work on a project that will have an impact on the transporta- tion of the future." Donald A. Gyorog, KU professor of mechanical engineering, supervised the project. He said about "50 or 60" projects were entered. The biggest problem, Gyorog said, was finding time to organize the project and obtain class credit for the project. Donald Postman, General Motors Corp. public relations director, said last summer SAE asked GM to help sponsor the fuel competition. "We were delighted to have the oppor- tunity," Postman said. "The competi- tion fit in with our ongoing test prog- rams to develop methanol as an alterna- tive fuel source. "Methanol is a replenishable fuel source, a by-product of oil and gas pro- ducts. Right now, there is little use for methanol, because there is no engine using this fuel," Postman said. COMMUNITY SERVICE Golfers hack away to raise money for university's extension campus By Darla Carter College Heights Herald Western Kentucky U. Amateur golfers raised $8,100 for Western Kentucky U.'s (WKU) exten- sion campus in Glasgow, Ky. last fall when they took to the links for the first WKU Scholarship Golf Tournamant. The money will go to a scholarship fund for students who will attend WKU, Glasgow. Students at the Glasgow campus are eligible for the same scholarships avail- able for students at the main campus in Bowling Green, Ky., but this is the first scholarship set up specifically for them. "The College Heights Foundation has been doing this for 10 years for the main campus," said Lee Robertson, coordina- tor for the event. "This is something the community wanted to do to let them know we're here for them." About 80 participants donated $100 each to play in the tournament, Robert- son said. Glasgow businesses paid for the tournament's expenses. From the money generated, one scho- larship will be awarded to a senior at each of the 13 high schools located in the eight-county Glasgow region. l "' 0