Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better. Albert Camus CGA meetings end for spring semester BU class officers elected by Melissa Harris Staff Writer President Ed Gobora said his goodbyes to the Community Governmen t by Cindy Hurst Association Senate on Monday at the Staff Writer final semester meeting before his Bloomsburg University students graduation. Gobora, who has served elected new class officers on Tuesday. four years on the senate, said that "the April 26 in the Kehr Union Building most important aspect (of this univerand the Scranton Commons. sity) is not the buildings or books, but The results are as follows: the students." •Senior Class - John Walker, presiHe listed the senate's achievements dent; Dave Shafer, vice president; during his office term , including esEric Bowman , secretary; and Dave tablishment of a student seat on the Kowalski, treasurer. Bloomsburg University Foundation , •Junior Class - Jeff Dennis, presialleviation of the parking problem and dent; John Shafer, vice president; and the large student donation of Marganne Nye, secretary. to the new library. "These 5250,000 •Sophomore Class - Cliff Aulicio, accomplishments will be our legacy president; and Ed Miller , vice presito the students," he said. dent. Gobora also thanked advisors, The positions of junior class treasCommunity Government Association Executive Council members, past and presen t, are shown above. Next semester, David Dean Robert Norton , assistant viceurer and sophomore class secretary Gerlach (center bottom) will govern the board and senate. Photo by Melissa Harris provost, and David Hill , BU compand treasurer remain open because troller. nobody ran for those offices. He then inducted the new CGA According to Karen Cameron , officers: David Gerlach , president; CGA Trustee representative, petiRay Matlcy, vice president; Jim tions will be available in the fal l for the Shevlin , treasurer; Kathy Adams, , women by Michael White from roofs Sunday night program hosted by Stuntmen leap John vacant positions. secretary; and Kath y Pctrucelli , histoWalsh , L.A. Times Washington Post Service scream. a handsome , pleading figure Candidates will be required to obThe blood in the gory scenes is not who'sc own son , Adam , was kidnap- rian. Gerlach then introduced his The hottest -and slickest- new TV tain 20 student signatures and the appointed senate cabinet members: signature of Robert Norton , dean of show gripp ing the United States is real. But unlike Miami Five-style cop ped and murdered. In the 12 weeks since it first aired on shot with the rough immediacy of shows, the dramas are. Student Life. "America ' s Most Wanted" has the 7 stations owned by Rupert "I'd encourage any freshman or news film , sometimes in grainy black and white. taken traditional police reconstruc- Murdoch' s fledgling Fox TV netsophomore to get involved with the In badl y lit back alleys and te- tions of the crime to their logical work, it has become a hit show now student government ," said Cameron. naments, victims are raped or beaten conclusion: "tabloid television." carried by 118 stations natiowidc. to death with baseball bats. To jog the public memory, actors Copycat programs arc already "Cop-killers" fire guns at cameras. re-enact lurid crimes for a half-hour planned. Critics complain that trials will be prejudiced by such violent - and vo- by Michele Bupp Staff Writer yeuristic - techniques. Members of the Phi Sigma Sigma But the initial reluctance of police pledge colony were given voting departments to cooperate has melted in the face of the effectiveness of privileges as members of the InterAmerica ' s Most Wanted: no fewer Sorority Council at a meeting held than 11 major criminal fugitives or Monday night , according to ISC The Bloomsburg University percent counted, Bush took 79 percent suspects netted for the FBI, among president. by Robert Shogan School of Extended Programs is With the membership, the new soof the Republican vote. L.A. Times - Washington Post Service them a drug-dealer suspected of 5 sponsoring two one-week College rori ty has gained voting privileges on Dole won 12 percent and former murders. Massachusetts Gov. Michael S. Sampler programs during the Dukakis won a smashing victory over religious broadcaster Pat Robertson , "The public is saying: 'We've had such controversial issues as the hazuniversity 's summer sessions. the Rev. Jesse Jackson in Tuesday 's who conceded several weeks ago that it. We're sick of the inability of the ing policy. The sessions are July 10-15 and In addition , the members can make Pennsylvania primary , moving sig- Bush would be the GOP nominee, criminal justice system.' July 24-29. suggestions for new policies made for nificantl y closer to his goal of gaining received 9 percent. "People are basically saying: 'It The program , which has been Dukakis's lead in the competition could happen to me''' says Walsh , 42, sororities, according to Mary Ann the delegate majority needed for ihe very successful in the past, is diPatton , president of ISC. Democratic presidential nomination. for the Keystone State's 178 pledged to whom it did happen. rected toward the rural high school Patton says she and the ISC comVice President George Bush , who delegates to the national convention youth who will have completed mittee felt that Phi Sigma Sigma was has been running virtually unopposed was even greater than the more than 2their junior year. qualified for acceptance. The comsince Kansas Sen. Bob Dole dropped 1 margin he enjoyed in the popular It is designed to provide sludents "Critics comp lain that out of the Republican contest last vote, a so-called beauty contest that wilh an exposure to various aspects month , appeared to have locked up the had no bearing on the award of the trials will be prejudiced by of college life, both academic and Republican nomination with his win delegates. Dukakis won an estimated such violent- and voyeurisco-curricular. 164 delegates to 12 for Jackson in here. Students will be involved in With 78 percent of the precincts Pennsylvania, giving Dukakis a total tic - techniques. " classroom experiences , workreporting, Dukakis had 65 percent of of 1,261 delegates so far compared to shops, field trips and special activithe votes, compared to Jackson 's 30 850 for Jackson, according to the ties to make them aware of the by Michele Bupp percent. Tennessee Sen. Albert Gore Associated Press. To gain a majority opportunities of higher education. Staff Writer "Remember all your calls are confiJr. and Illinois Sen. Paul Simon , who at the Democratic convention , 2,081 Thecostis$10 for the week-long About 60 BU undergraduates redential," he tells viewers. have both suspended their campaigns, delegates are needed. session. For more information , ceived college scholarships at the "Pedro, if you want to come to us Bush won an estimated 75 convenreceived 3 percent and 1 percent recontact the School of Extended Annual Awards Reception held this he tells a there are FBI agents here," him over the spectively. tion delegates, putting Programs at (717) 389-4004. past Sunday evening in the fugitive hitman. On the Republican side, with 78 1,139 needed to assure nomination . "We'11do the best we can to see you President's Lounge, KUB. Relatives and friends of the recipiare treated fairly." In one of its most spectacular coups ents were also present. Scholarships, ranging from $300 to Paul Mack was shown luring a young woman to a house in California and $500, were awarded to students excelkilling her with an overdose of pills in ling in various majors and sports and also in need of financial assistance. her drink. Three BU groups donated the funds Walsh told viewers Mack constantly chewed peppermints because for the scholarships, including the "he's obsessed wilh fresh breath ." Alumni Association with presenter, But it was his reference to a 1981 Mary Anne Klcmkosk y, president, murder in Ohio for which he was also and Tom Lyons, Financial Aid represuspected which produced a tip to sentative. BU President Harry Ausprich propolice in Salt Lake City. The FBI justifies handing over hard vided opening remarks. cases to Fox TV. They explain that According to Doug Hippenstiel, this is because of falling public re- director of the Alumni Association, sponse to its weekly "ten most each scholarship recipient was sewanted" photos - a 1950 formula - lected on the basis of academic performance (primaril y GPA) and finanand by results. "We're not in the entertainment cial need. "Either one or both factors are a part business." Michael Linder, the show 's pro- of the selection process," Hippenstiel ducer, insists it is vetted carefully. He said. explains that this is because "if our Recipients this year were selected show resulted in a killer being set by departments, deans and the Office free" because of pre-trial publicity it of Financial Aid sub-committee. would be judged a failure. Most of the scholarship funds were Some criminologists predict the donated by past alumni, members of "tabloid television " formula will end the college community, " and in some I Elections for class officers took place at the Kehr Union Building and at the Scranton Commons on Tuesday. Check the top, lefttragically with an innocent look-alike instances, the family of a student who Photo by Chrii Lower hand story of the front page for the results. being shot by eager cops. has died," Hippenstiel added. l_ 'Tabloid j ournalism' hits TV 'College Sampler ' Dukakis wins a offered smashing victory Chris King, execuve assistant; Kns Rowe, project coordinator; and Mark Beaudoin , parliamentarian. In other CGA business, the Executive Board announced a plan to re- \ serve a block of tickets for football I patrons to buy. If patron tickets are still available 15 minutes after kickoff, students car. have access to the section. A proposal requiring faculty to purchase summer privileges for activities and facilities was passed by senate, as well as the CGA budget and the Celebrity Artists Series budget for next fiscal year. During Parents' Weekend, parents will have the opportunity to buy tickets for the Marvin Hamilisch Concert at a discounted price, and students would have the opportunity to sit with their parents, according to an announcement. The Concert Committee, in conjunction with the Program Board, announced the Living Earth free concert will be Friday , May 5. The two new committc members to be appointed will be non-voting, but active members, and will report to CGA. Phi Sigma Sigma admitted to ISC mittee consists of two representatives from each sorority. "They, more than adequately, completed service projects and got to know other sororities. The forming of the constitution was done well too. They did all that we require and we were very pleased with their performance." Patton said. She pointed out that the sorority is now permitted to wear their letters. Phi Sigma Sigma is still considered a pledge colony because they do not have a pledge class under them. They will officially become a sorority next semester. Including Phi Sigma Sigma, ISC now consists of 10 sororities. ISC governs these sororities. BU students receive college scholarships _ The scholarship money will be deducted from the students' college bills for next fall. Index Bloomsburg Army ROTC wins awards. Page3 Illiteracy i$ the result of faulty education. Page 4 BU softbal l is ready for playoffs, Page & ?¦»—- »¦*»«» « » Commentary Features Comics , Sports W IIIWI page 2 page 4 page <$ page 8 Commentary Parking nig htmare is still a growing concern For the last 16 consecutive semesters, I've run a student concerns survey in class sections taught. This informal poll relies completely on student inputs: What they like and dislike about BU. Both the qucstionairc items and the percentage listings of specific concerns are exclusively those of the students, not mine. The list of likes remained identical after the spring 1988 questionnairerevision process. The lirt of dislikes, however, changed considerably. Topping the list of student likes arc the "University Store" and "accessible campus buildings ," both 80 percent, closely followed by "small classes with a personalized touch ," 78 percent, "a good college of business, 77 percent, and a "small enough school to allow a person to be an individual ," 76 percent. The top two dislikes were "registration or scheduling problems" and "inadequate parking, " both 94 percent. The spring 1988 and fall 1987 "registration orschedulingproblcms " were the highest percentages cited in the last eight years, wilh the exception of fall 1984. Sludents also cited "frustrating drop-add procedure ," 87 percent , "finals period needing to be spread out ," 85 percent , and insufficient sections of required business courses and electives," 81 percent. Concern wilh "inadequate parking " IRr New Student Concerns Listed on Questionnaire "...ill-timed off-street parking and no reserved spots by Health Center, " 94 percent "Finals period needs to be spread out or reading days added to relieve pressure ortstudents," 85 percent "Phones should be in every campus building," 81 percent "Business minors, dual majors and concentrations not formally recognized," 77 percent "Temporary 'Business Office ' needed at Kehr during registration," 63 percent "Health Service doctors should be on duty more hours per day, " 63 percent "Information phone always seems to be busy," 63 percent "Snow removal is too late and too little, " 58 percent I \ K^ rose from 85 percent in fall 1987 to 94 percent this spring, reflecting student annoyance at the many unused parking spaces on streets adjacent to the campus which are now off-limits. Concern that "business minors, dual majors and concentrations not formally recognized" also rose during the same period from 57 percent to 77 percent. Any questions on methodology, requests for questionnaire copies or survey sets for the 16 semesters are welcome. Pete Venuto Professor of Organizational Behavior and Management ^^ An open letter to students On behalf of the Bloomsburg University Council of Trustees and the Bloomsburg Univeristy Foundation , Incorporated , we would like to take this opportunity to extend sincere thanks for the students ' $250 ,000 pledge to the Library Enhancement Fund. This advance pledge for the forthcoming Sesquicentennial Campai gn will certainly serve as a catalyst in discussions of this fund with other individuals. This pledge and others that will follow will benefit not only present students , but those Who follow in your footsteps at Bloomsburg. Once again , our deepest appreciation to all of you. Sincerel y John Dorin Chairperson Council of Trustees "Too many TBA s listen in the class schedule, " 55 percent Jane S. Gittler Chairperson The Bloomsburg Univeristy Foundation , Incorporated "Red tape , hassles and inadequate facilities exist f o r handicapped ," 44 percent Don 't like the mud. much! v wnM fu?mm ' i STILL siar ^ HE UPS HO To the editor: An interesting thing happened to me on my trek to lower campus from my night class last evening. What you may ask was this event that compelled me to write a letter to the editor so soon after it happened. On my way from McCormick I was passing Bakeless and thought to myself, with all the rainfall I bet the mud from the hill next to Bakeless would run down and cause an awful mess. What I did not think about was the fact that with the m uddy sidewalk also came a slippery sidewalk. This realization would not have come to me except that the person walking in front of me slipped and nearly fell in the mud. I thoughta university thatspends so much money on replacing flowers to beautify the campus could at least replace a slap of ground removed for their steam project to protect the safety of its sludents. While tonights scenario was not tragic, in the future the university and its students may not be quite so lucky. I hope the university decides to replace the ground it removes with sod or something comparable so the students of Bloomsburg do not have to risk health and limb by taking a simple walk from upper to lower campus. A Concerned Studen t Beyond the three Rs of education BOSTON — There was a time when people believed they could know it all. An educated person could read every book ever written , learn every equation ever devised. Knowledge was seen as a kind of pie. You could keep slicing away at it until you had eaten the whole thing. We have no such illusions anymore. Education in the information age is something quite different. Every time we find an answer it leads exponentially to lists of new questions. It 's rather like mapping the universe as it keeps expanding. We know more than our ancestors and yet we know a much much smaller percentage of the sum total of what is known. Once you get beyond the three Rs, learning today becomes a process of specializing. Those who want to know a great deal study deeply rather than broadly. The best and brightest of one field may be ignorant of another, unable to communicate. In the explosion of information , the center doesn 't hold. This is why we have such raging debates right now on college cam- puses about what every graduate should know. It's an argument about creating a core, about reconstituting common wisdom. There is much agreement that we need something to hold onto in this centrifuge. There is the belief that people who inhabit the same country or community need to share some body of knowledge the way they need to share a body of laws. But it 's much harder to agree on what put in that core. We are, after all , arguing about what is most important in our culture , struggling for intellectual power. One small piece of this struggle has gone on at Stanford University this year over the conten t of a required course on Western civilization . For eight years, this class focused on 15 books, classics of Western philosophy and literatu re. Not surprisingly, the authors were all white men. To many in the university community, the subjecthadasubtextthatsaid our civilization was at root a white male civilization , and the body of knowledge worth knowing then and now was European and male. It passed along this tradition with other values in those texts. After much debate, sometimes heated, sometimes thoughtful, the Stanford Faculty Senate voted at the end of March to open up this hard core a bit. They renamed the course "Cultures, Ideas and Values," and added "works by women, minorities and persons of color." They added the study of one non-European culture and of race, gender and class. Into this situation walked Secretary William Bennett last week. Bennett has honed the skills of reverse negotiation over these years. He is an expert at "getting to no." He claimed that the faculty had been intimidated into lowering their standards and, in effect, letting down the side. The side being Western civilization. Bennett seems to regard the inclusion of women and minorities, of nonWestern cultures, into the inner circle of learning the way many like him rgard affirmative-action programs. It means an automatic sacrifice of excellence to political pressure. He was surely one of the few who thought civilization was actually threatened by a Standford student chant last fall: "Hey, hey, ho, ho, Western culture 's got to go." But the debate raided in California is not just about the West or the Great Books (by White European Men) Tradition. It's about agreeing on a central core of knowledge in a society that is pluralistic in its information as well as its population. We need shared texts to communicateacross the information explosion. But cries for unity, whether they are for family unity or national unity, can often be a call to silence diversity into one traditional voice. In an era of specialization, can we identify a common wisdom without retreating to a narrow mind? Like many other institutions, Stanford is try ing to do something quite difficult: to pass on tradition without perpetuating it as an exclusive club. Going back to basics doesn 't mean going back in time. A core curriculum that left a European male spine would, with apologies to Allen Bloom, close the American mind. Kehr Union Building Bloomsburg University Bloomsburg, PA 17815 Editor-in-Chief Karen Reiss Managing Editor Tom Sink News Editors Lisa Cellini , Tammy J. 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Submissionsshouid besent toThe Voice office, Kehr Union Building, Bloomsburg University, or dropped off at the office in the games room.The Voice reserves the right to edit , condense or reject allsubmlssions. Soviet p ress agency recognizes fail ures by Charles P. Wallace L.A. Times-Washington Post Service With the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Af ghanistan scheduled to begin in three weeks, the Soviet press is starting to acknowledge the failures of the Kremlin-backed revolution in the country. The Soviets previously have not engaged in the kind of public handwringing that surrounded the American involvement in Vietnam. Most Soviet officials have been content to express satisfaclion wilh the Geneva accords signed April 14 by Afghanistan and Pakistan, with the United States and the Soviet Union as guarantors . The accords provide for the estimated 115,000 Soviet troops to begin pulling out of Afghanistan May 15 and complete the withdrawal in nine months. The Geneva accords did not include a cease-fire, and the Kabul government still must face seven Afghan guerrillagroups, which have vowed to ignore the Geneva agreement, set up their own transitional government and fight on until the last Soviet soldier leaves. Tuesday, the 10th anniversary of the so-called April Revolution, when Soviet-backed leftist officers overthrew the regime of President Mohammed Daoud, the country 's defense minister, Lt. Gen . Mohammed Rafie, told a parade in Kabul lhat his government was prepared to keep fi ghting. "Our army is ready to fighl for peace and territory we will never allow the opposition to put their dirty plan into action," he said. Some observers question whether the Afghan army, which was hardpressed by the guerrillas even when it was backed by Soviet troops, will be able to survive when the Soviet units are withdrawn. The Afghan ambassador in Moscow , Mohamadullah Subhani Safi , told a news conference here Tuesday that after Soviet troops leave, he felt sure that Afghan army soldiers "will be able to repulse the bandits." But Afghan officials admit serious political problems in the country after a decade of Soviet intervention and Marxist leadership. In an interview published Tuesday, the head of the Democratic Youth Movement of Afghanistan , Farid Mazdak, said, "We failed to unite the people under the banner of revolution , but wc shall be able to unite people under the banner of peace." Among the failures of the revolution noted by Mazdak: seizure of land from middle-class peasants; trying lo impose a state economy when 85 percent of the industries were privately owned; the attempt to "put parly activists in opposition to the mullahs ," the Moslem holy men. Filing deadline for the PHEAA grant is May 1. Failure to comply with this deadline could result in loss of your State Grant award. Applications arc available at the Financial Aid Office in the Ben Franklin Building. •••••••• • The 14th Annual Club Day of Champions Banquet will be held Sunday May 8, in Ihe Scranton Commons at 6 p.m. Come and join us when we honor BU's outstanding student athletes , coaches, and teams. Cost is $14 per person ($7 of which pays for a student-athlete) . For more information please contact the Husky Club at 389^4663. ••••••••• The Student Internshi p Service offers a listings of summer internships in major fields . Placements are available with sponsoring companies in New York City and on Long Island. Many of these internships are either salaried or offer stipend. Write for further information: Student Internship Service, P.O. Box 1053, Kings Park, NY, 11754. Anyone interested in being a photographer for The Voice in the fall semester should contact Chris Lower at 389-4457 or 389-2279. June 1, 1988 is the deadline for the McDonald's Literary Achievement Awards for Writing on the Black Experience in America. Categories include Fiction, Poetry and Playwriting. Winners may receive an honorarium of $2,000, a trip to New York to participate in a celebrity reading of their work and a literary reception. For more information stop in The Voice office. ••••••••• The Paul Douglas Teacher Scholarship is a federal ly-funded college financial aid program administered by PHEAA to encourage academically talented students to enter the pre-school, elementary or secondary teaching school fields. The scholarships are for up to $5,000 each. Applications and further details are available in the office of Dr. Howard Macauley, Room 3106, McCormick Building. The deadline is May 1. Students graduating in August or December 1988, may use their Pell Grant for the Summer 1988 semester if they arc enrolled in at least six credits of course work. If you have not already done so, please notify ihe Financial Aid Office at 389-4499. QUEST Outdoor Adventures will be displaying their outdoor equipment and many brochures at the downtown Renaissance Jamboree, Saturday, April 30. Also on that day, QUEST will have a drawing, where one can win two free passes to go on any QUEST 1988 day course. For more information , call the QUEST office at 389-4323. ••••••••• BACCHUS general meeting tonight a Multi Room at 7 p.m. Officers will be elected. Positions are open for receptionists this summer at the Information Desk, KUB. Please submit your application as soon as possible, or contact Mrs. Purscl at 3900 for more information. Applicants must by qualified for work study. ••••••••• Interested members of the Society of Collegiate Journalists who wish to be officers for ihe 1988-89 year should submit an application for candidacy by today to: Society of Collegiate Journalists, Box 30, KUB. Elections will be held tonight in the Green Room at 8 p.m. All members must attend . The Scholars in Education Award (SEA) Program is a special program created by the PHEAA to encourage students with high scholastic qualifications in mathematics and the sciences to enter the teaching profession. At BU, each SEA is about $ 1,500 per academic year. For application forms and further details, students should contact the office of Dr. Howard Room 3106, Macauley, McCormick Building. The deadline is May 1. •The Annual Appreciation Days sale begins May 9 and ends "May 14 in The Univeristy Book Store. Book Buy Back is located in the lower level of the store. Please enter though the Law Enforcement office. The First Anual Commuters Spring Banquet will be held Sat., May 7 at 6:30 p.m. in the Pennsylvania Room in the Scranton Commons. Communters must pay five dollars to attend. Commuters are urged to atten d this event. Tickets are available at the Information Desk in the Kehr Union. Smartfood: A natural gift Summer vacauon is just around the corner and you war^t your father to foot the bill of your trip to Europe. Extortion just hasn't worked. Well, what are you waiting for? Bribe him on Father's Day with Smartfood. If he doesn 't sign over a rather large check after literally nibbling the addictive cheddar cheese coated popcorn , then you'll finally have proven what you've suspected all along, he is definitel y from outer space. Smartfood is the all-natural snack food sensation that is so good even fathers will Iikeit.Just$17.95 will buy you all the inducement you 'll ever need: half a dozen four-ounce bags of all-natural Kentucky popcorn , a pair of Smartfood's totally natural all-cotton boxer shorts and a personalized gift card. Gift packs are available directly from Smartfoods, Inc., (Attn: Father's Day Gift Pack), 259 Cedar Hill Street, Marlborough , MA 01752. Send a check for $17.95 along with Dad's boxer short size (32, 34, 3, 38) and a personalized note and we will send it Broqram l to him wherever he is in the United States. A junk-less junk food , Smartfood is the smart choice in the snack food market. Smartfoods, Inc.was founded in 1984 and Smartfood Popcorn and Cheese, with its zany black package, was introduced to the New England market in 1985. Smartfood is now available in New England , New York, New Jersey, Pennsy lvania , Mary land , Ohio , Michigan, Washington D.C, Bermuda and Japan . Kehr Union nunynanBam ^ Members of the Mass Communications department produced BU's first Studio A Dance Part; last night. The show was broadcast I on cable 13 in the Bloomsburg cable system and simulcast on WBUQ. Photo by TJ Kcmmertr \ ROTC cadets awards p resented by Drew Whittock for The Voice Bloomsburg's Army ROTC cadets received awards for outstanding performance in leadership positions as well as their academic achievements over the past year in an awards ceremony held at Buckncll University this past Saturday. The following list identifies the award and the cadet or cadets who received it: Superior Cadet - Julie Tewksberry, Bruce Schriner, John Deck, Ed Boyle; American Defense Preparedness Award - Cadet Nilles; AUSA Award - John Deck; Reserve Officers Association Award - Mike Morrissey, Paul Mellon , Scott Baer; American Legion Award - Gail Gamble. VFW Award - Ed Boyle; American Veterans Award - Barron LeGault; Sons of the American Revolution Award - Greg Inns; Military Order of World Wars - Rebecca Aten, Candy Nicholas , Brian Garner, Gail Gamble; Daughters of the American Revolution - Bob Karnes; Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America Award - Jim McCormack; AUSA History Award - Ed Boyle; Retired Officer Association Award - Paul Mellon; Society of the War of 1812 Delbert Roll; National Guard Association Award and the General Dynamics Award - Jim Unger. by Saul Friedman that won the nomination such as declining to be specific on the issues and wrapping himself in Ronald Reagan's popularity will notbe enough to win in the November general election. Walter DeVries, a political consultant and director of the North Carolina Institute of Politics, said: "Reagan is not as popular among general election voters as he is among Republicans, which means Bush cannot simply agree with the president on every issue. He must say something different. And Bush needs to demonstrate that he is his own man. ..." oard v i ^ Bloomsburg University Rich Bond , the political director for Vice President George Bush , took quiet satisfaction Tuesday as he ticked off the numbers on his loose-leafbound , computerized "national delegate status report" that put Bush over the top for the Republican nomination. It is a measure of the organization of Bush's campaign that he won more than the 1,139 delegates needed for the nomination nearly a month ahead of the schedule in the status report that Bond delivered to the vice president March 1. On that day Bond told Bush and his high command at a hotel meeting in Greenville, S.C., that the race for the nomination would be over by May 24. Two weeks earlier , Bush had defeated Dole in New Hampshire, and the vice president's managers were certain they would all but end the threat from Dole as they did on March 5 in South Carolina and on Super Tuesday threedays later, and cruise to the nomination. In wrapping it up Tuesday, Bond said, "Going back at least 20 years, this is the earliest a candidate in a contested nomination contest in either party has gone over the top." But even as Bush headquarters quietly celebrated, his strategists and independent political experts warned that several of the important factors NURSING ! It's Never Too Early To Get Started on Your Career! YORK HOSPITA L, a 588-bed acute care medical facility ser- 1 ving the communities of south central Pennsylvania announc^exciting SUMMER PRO- CLINICAL CARE ASSISTANTS _ ^^c^W\fl ^m^ ~->.^<^r^i ^ , .^rrV/i v • 7 IT^f^ -¦¦p -ri^^ivS ' f-h^ . ') I -/•£-f\f-/ ' V £? 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I Equal Opportunity Employer, M/F. f /y ^ s) Downtown Saturday 4/ 3D 10 a.m.-S p.m. mmmmms' urnm- simmSPLIT (TICKETS AT INFO.DESK ) [{ Bush clinches nomination L.A. Times-Washington Post Service Presents... SuitE§ UngConissi ! M Magic with TRASH by Sieve Richerson ,... j ENTERTAINMENT ON THREE STAGES ; JDSH WHITE JR. BARBARA BAILEY HUTCHINSON CLIFF EBERHARDT g n J Sign up fnr theO UT RACEOUS OBSTA CLE COURSE at into, desk iMiliydyy]!^ BfiaxiBr w Utf« mi ibe Tramp " Hauiian Heal Wave Barice Compuier Port rails Juggling f eatures Illiteracy a result of faulty education Jamboree marks eleventh ye ar Renaissance Jamboree '88 becomes the eleventh annual Bloomsburg celebration of Spring. The festival is again co-sponsored by the Bloomsburg Area Chamber of Commerce, the town of Bloomsburg and Bloomsburg University. The first spring celebration , in 1978, was called Renaissance Day and was held to mark the return of trees to Main Street by the Trees in Bloom project as part of the renewal of Bloomsburg's downtown area. In 1979, BU offi cials, who had been sponsoring Spring Jam boree on campus, united with B!oorn>burc ' > downtown celebration commir.ee and the cooperative effort ha> continued since then. The festival has grown from having hundreds in attendance to thousands and over 230 exhibitors will show their wares this year. This year the entertainment ranges from singers to magicians and jugglers. One of the sineers/sonewriters that will be performing this Saturday is Cliff Eberharcu. Ke has been writing songs since he was 14 and is still going strong, recently completing the vocalsfor two N' olson ad> that will be airing soon . Ebcrr.aru: enjoys touring the country ar.a play ing at nightclubs , colleges and concerts. Kis explosive lyrics and melodies make for one of the greatest acts to be heard. Al Grout is another performer who will also be performing Saturday afternoon to entertain with his juggling magic. His act includes juggling fire torches , balls, rings and much more. Grout performs close to 200 shows a year and always leaves his audience in awe. The day will be filled with many performers and enjertainers as well as food and craft stands. Come on out , enjoy the day and help Bloomsburg celebrate Spring! For more information , contact Jimmy Gilliland at 389-4344. Singer Cliff Eberhardt will be one of the many performers appearing at the Renaissance .Jamboree this Saturday. Pholo Thom WoItc h <^Dadwasright. YQU get what youpayfor.^ { \\ ' ¦' ,, » - , ^SswKfifflHHiL* (( {( {{ )) )) Y) \\ (( - "'- over any' other long distance ! 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Other data has shown more than 10 million adults have completed less than six years of schooling. Functional illitera tes can be grouped in four categories: 1) people more than 40 yearsof age; 2) people living on farms; 3) people ; - ^^^ j sm ^ ..Jay ty ^f^umaLmit^ : ^? : ;\ ^;^^.r ^^^' 'L lit \ j| p^ ^$kfe If you'd like to know more * "-":; about our products or services, * / ¦• *w**"^l ' * ^ -i|P*~ ^J& H AT&T * V 7 i The right choice. from rural backgrounds who have moved to dues; and 4) migrant farm workers and other deprived groups. Improving levels of education is the primary action for fighting illiteracy. A good fundamental education is imperative for even the least amount of success. Practically all job-training programs require some amount of reading and writing skills, which illiterates visibly lack. Some literacy education programs have been initiated, but it is still not enough. According to a report done by the Office of Education , of the 15,200 school systems studied , only 4,840 have reported any type of adult education program , and of these onl y 160, or 3.3 percent, offer instruction in basic literacy education." Despite the increase of educational program s, the problem of illiteracy is still too large. The Advertising Council airs various commercial messages about illiteracy on television for the public 's awareness. The commercials let people know that they can help fight illiteracy in the communities by volunteering. The commercials also let illiterate people know they are not alone. Illiteracy is a problem involving more than those who cannot read and write. It hurls society because more than 70 million people cannot contribute. Final ly, and probabl y most important, illiterate people can never realize how good life can be without an education. Group visits Toronto byJoniSindlinger forTheVoice Phi Beta Lambda (PEL) made a social trip to Toronto April 23. and 24, 1988 where 42 members, nonmembers and an advisor could sight see the fastest growing city in Canada. Jon Goodman planned and organized the weekend. According to Goodman, the trip was organized to increase participation in PEL, experience a different culture, and have a fun and relaxing weekend away from college and work. The eight hour trip brought the students to the Quality Inn Essex Park at approximately 12 p.m. on Saturday. The afternoon was free to spend exploring the city, and the evening to experience the nightlife and nightclubs in Toronto. Students were free to sec anything and go anywhere in the city. "It was a liberal trip with no restrictions," said PBL member Wayne Johnston. Some sights that were seen during the day were the Eaton Mall, CN Tower, the Parliament Building, McClaughlin Planetarium , University of Toronto, and Exhibition Stadium. In the evening, Mr. Crump 's, Pete and Marty 's, PM Toronto, and Hard Rock Cafe were popular spots for entertainment. Sunday included a ride to Niagara Falls on the way back to Bloomsburg . Students enjoyed the falls, souvenir shopping, going up the Skylon and looking out the observation tower. According to Ms. Kcil , an advisor for PBL, this was the first social trip of its kind planned by PBL. Phi Beta Lambda is a national business organization which offers sludents a great opportunity to expand their knowledge about the business world through membership. The Nu Omicron chapter at Bloomsburg has the largest PBL membershi p in the nation with 223 members. The response from studen ts who went on the tri p was positive. " I reall y had a good time," said Jill SpriiiKinaii . Possible social trips for next year irmy include Washington/GeorHC I OWII and Boston. | Wage increase resisted by Danial Nase for The Voice One year ago this month congressional Democrats, led by Sen. Edward Kenned y of Massachusetts and Rep. Augustus Hawkins of California, introduced legislation to Congress that would hike the minimum wage by nearly 40 percent. The Kennctly-Hawkins bill would increase the hourly wage from $3.35 to $4.65, within 25 mon ths. But since its introduction , the plan has met with strong resistance,from the Reagan Administration , many Republican legislators and business lobbyists . Opponents contend that this bill' would reduce the number of low-wage jobs available , especially part-time work for teenagers. According to Labor Secretary William Brock , "We need to concentrate on how lo get our teenagers into the work force rather than a new way to keep them out. " The feel the United States has been plagued by escalating unemployment rates for years, especially for the youth and minorities. If Ihe wage goes up, less people will be hired. Mark A. Bernardo, law attorney for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, states, "For every 10 percent increase in the minimum wage, there is a loss of 50,000 jobs." His statement was based on a study conducted for the Minimum Wage Study Commission of 1981. To this day, many economists have backed up the Commission's findings. One economist estimates that the federal minimum wage increase proposed by the Kennedy-Hawkins index could go over S7 per hour by 1995. Employees earning more than the minimum wage would expect to get raises to maintain their historical differentials. "It is unacceptable that the current minimum wage does not permit full time workers to provide the bare necessities for their families" -Sen. Edward Kennedy If the increase is too drastic, opponents argue that the value of the dollar will drop, and inflation could rise. They believe a minimum wage increase would only have negative effects on this country, on its unemploymen t rate as well as on its economy. Proponents of raising the minimum wage argue that it is a national disgrace for a person to work 40 hours and earn only SI34 weekly, or 56,968 a year. According to Sen. Edward Kennedy, "It is unacceptable that the current minimum wage does not permit full-time workers to provide the bare necessities for their families." The minimum wage of S3.35 an hour , earned by nearly 3.5 million American workers has stayed the same for the past seven year. They believe it is time for the minimum wage to keep up with the cost of living increases.. Other arguing for an increase in the minimum wage are organized labor groups. They feel that employers are not always willing to hire and train inexperienced workers because they believe their output isn't worth it. They accuse businesses of supporting the current minimum wage because money can be saved on labor costs. If they hire workers at such a low rate, they will avoid paying a real wage to anyone. For the most part, those workers earning the minimum wage are young, about one-third are teenagers, and 59 percent are less than 25 years old. Many are students, some of whom are classified in governmen t statistics as head s of household. Besides being the largest group earning the minimum wage, the young are also the largest buy ing groups in our economy. If the wage cannot be increased, it could mean less spent on retail. Therefore , opponents of the current minimum wage say it could be damaging to the economy in die future. Overall , a higher minimum wage could be vital to American business. It would allow young people to enter the working world earlier, without any fear of low wages. A higher income will mean more dedication to work, and in return , higher and better productivity. Proponents of this bill argue that seven years is too long for no change in the minimum wage. If these 3.5 million people are to survive in today's world , they need this increase. There is a third view in this debate over raising the minimum wage. Some economists believe that both sides arc looking at the wrong thing. They believe a mandated raise for everyone is an inappropriate way to help the distinct minority whose sole livelihood is the minimum wage and public assistance. They insist that there are only two alternatives in helping these low income people. The working poor can best be helped by raising the federal earned tax credit. By raising this , corporations would not be getting the various tax breaks they are getting now. The other alternative is the training wage. The Reagan Administration has long advocated a lower minimum wage for teenagers. The training wage would lower, but it would apply to any new worker, regardless of age. After several months ' training, the new worker 's pay would be increased to a level that would reflect greater productivity. Now one year later, the bill is close to being passed. But there is still strong opposition. 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