Financial Aid director predicts 'serious situation '

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Bloomsburg
University
students stand to lose more than
$3 million in college funds in the
coming year because of recent
changes in the federal law that
authorizes financial aid programs.
Tom Lyons , BU' s director of
financial aid , said that 75 percent
of BU students are receiving
$11.2 million in financial aid this
school year.
The impact of the new law , the
higher Education Amendment of
1986 signed by President Reagan
Oct. 17, will cause what Lyons
calls ' 'a situation I consider more
serious than at any time since I've
been here," and Lyons is working with Congressman Paul Kanjorski to make changes in it.
The law , which will be in effect for five years, "very clearly
demonstrates against us, the stateowned sector of higher education , he said .
While leaving the financial aid
programs intact , the law makes
major changes in areas such as
eligibility requirements , Lyons
said. One major change is the
Guaranteed Student Loan (GSL)
program, for which all applicants
must now qualify on the basis of
financial need.
Lyons said this change means
that many students at BU will experience either the tota l loss or a
substantial reduction in their loan
eligibility .
Jerry Davis , director of
Research and Policy Analysis for
the Pennsylvania Higher Education
Assistance
Agency
(PHEAA) agrees. "Borrowers at
the public sector institutions and
self-supporting students at all
schools can expect to lose the
most dollars of loan eligibility ,''

he said. "Middle-income borrowers, those from families with
incomes between $24,000 and
$30 ,000 , will also suffe r
disproportionate losses."Lyons
worries that BU could lose
students whose parents fall within
that income range."That $24,000
to $30,000 income category is
bread and butter at BU. "
Davis points out that 14.7 percent of students applying for
GSLs at state universities will be
eliminated from the program . At
Bloomsburg , this means that approximately 367 students in the
upcoming school year will lose
$797 ,500, according to Lyons.
In addition , 58.7 percent of BU
students apply ing for GSLswill
have a partial loss of eligibility ,
totaling nearly $1.6 million , he
said.
Lyons said student employment
also is negatively affected by the
new law. Because of the needbased nature of GSLs, students
who chose to borrow may have
their eligibility for student
employment either reduced or
eliminated , he said . Lyons anticipates that approximately 50
percent of students wishing to
work on campus, on either
federal or state work-study, may
not be eligible for the program.
"At BU , this represents a
potential loss of $561,000 of oncampus employment earnings for
720 students," he said. ' " ' "'
The new law also provides a
new definition of the independent
student that will be effective for
all federal financial aid program
starting this summer. Students
who have applied for GSLs in the
spring semester this year already
have felt the effects of this nev

definition of an independent stu dent , Lyons said.
Currently, there are 459 independent students enrolled at
BU who are receiving approximately $1.6 million of financial
assistance for the academic year.
Conservative estimates of the impact of the new regulation are that
at least 50 percent of the students
now considered independent will
be considered dependent for the
coming school year, and will be
required to submit parent 's data
on financial aid documents ,
Lyons said.
Under the new definition , an
independent must meet one of the
following criteria:
- At least 24 years old by Dec .
31 of award year.
- An orphan or ward of the
court.
- A veteran of the armed forces
of the United States.
- An individual with legal
dependents other than a spouse.
- A graduate or professional
student who will not be claimed
as an income tax exemption by
parents on 1987 Income Tax
statement.
- A married person who will
not be claimed as an income tax
exemption by parents on 1987 Income Tax statement.
- A single person with no
dependents who was not claimed
as a U.S. Income Tax exemption
in 1985 or ' 1986 - and who
demonstrates self-sufficiency for
those years .
The new law provides that a
student may be considered as an
independent student if the financial aid administrators determines
and documents the student's in-

dependent status based on unusual
circumstances. Lyons notes ,
however , that there is confusion
regarding interpretation of this
provision , and it is not clear if the
financial aid administrator 's
discretion will apply to all programs such as Pell grants or college work-study programs.
Non-degree students are not
eligible for federal financial aid
under the new law , Lyons said .
To receive any grant , loan or
work assistance, a student must
be enrolled or accepted for enrollment in a degree or certificate
program , he said.
Also under the new law ,
students requesting any type of
financial aid (grants, employment
or loans) at BU must submit the
Pennsylvania State Grant and
Federal Student Aid application
as a prerequisite for consideration
of eligibility . Non-Pennsy lvania
residents must ask their respective state grant agency about
availability of state grant
assistance, Lyons said.
Parents and BU students will
get the picture that financial aid
is going to be a test of resolve for
many of us ," Lyons said, but his
office is committed to helping
students work throug h the
process.
In the meantime, Lyons and
other financial aid directors are
working to try to change the law .
Rep. Paul Kanjorski has pledged his support in helping let people know and understand the implications of the new law , and he
has offered to submit to the Labor
and Education Committee of the
House of Representatives Lyon 's
suggested change in the law.

CGA Elections
Held Today

CGA Elections are being held for CGA President s Vice
President , Treasurer, and Secretary.
CGA voting will take place in the Kehr Union Building
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and in the Scranton Commons from
4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Editor 's Note: The following statements were made by the
CGA Presidental candidates. Both candiates have g iven equal
coverage so that you, the students, can make an informed decision when you vote today.

Junior Jeff Truitt seeks help from a student tutor in Old Science Hall.
Tutors are available for a wide variety of subjects. (Voice photo by Alex
Schillemans)
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Robert Anthony

Hometown: Brodheadsville ,
PA
Class: Junior
Major: Computer Science
Leadership Qualities: President of Husky Ambassadors,
Executive Council CGA
86-87, Quarterback in high
school .
"By extending the services
of Centennial Gym, we will be
satisfying our societies demand
for physical fitness.
"I don't believe in worrying
about problems that have existed for 20 years and will probably exsisted for another 20
years!"

Edward Gobora
Hometown: Levittown, PA.
Class: Junior
Major: Finance
Leadership Qualities: President of Tau Kappa Epsilon ,
Vice President of CGA, Varsity Track and Field.
' 'I plan to strive to think of
a solution for the parking problem on campus...I have
studied reports , which deal
with new ideas for the parking
situation.
"I hope these ideas and innovations
will
hel p
Bloomsburg University grow
and expand on its tradition of
excellence."

Public Law 99-498, called
the Higher Education Amendment of 1986, makes major
changes in the financial aid
eligibility status of a large
number of students attending
universities
such
as
Bloomsburg University . What
might this mean to you? Tom
Lyons, BU' s director of financial aid , gives this senario :
¦ Suzy Smith is in a middleincome family of four.
She is the first child in her
family to go to college.
Both parents work, and their
adjusted gross income is
$28,000 per year.
Suzy is accepted as an incoming freshman for the fall
semester of 1987 at BU.
She applies for financial aid
available at the university .
She applies for a Guaranteed
Student Loan (GSL) , workstudy employment, and grants.
Under the new law , due to
the need-based nature of the
GSL, Suzy is eligible for only
$1,000 instead of the $2625
maximum for freshmen that
Suzy applied for.
Suzy is also infomed that she
is ineligible for any workstudy employment at BU.
She and her parents are further informed that they are not
eligible for any federal grant
assistance , but Suzy can
receive a Pennsylvania state
grant for $200 per semester.
Suzy has learned that costs
for room , board , tuition , fees
and books for one semester at
BU amount to $2000.
Her GSL will pay for $500
per semester, and her grant
will give her $200 per
semester, leaving Suzy and her
parents with a $1,300 debt for
her first semester.
What can they do?
Lyons says the new financial
aid law provides for a program
called Parent Loan for
Undergraduate
Students
(PLUS), in which a parent
may borrow on behalf of each
eligible student up to $4,000
per academic year.
This $4,000 is an increase
from $3,000, he said . The
PLUS aggregate loan limit for
each student is $20,000, and
these limits do not include
amounts borrowed by the student under the GSL or another
program called Supplemental
Loans for Students (SLS).
The SLS program allows
graduate and professional
students and independent
undergraduate students to borrow up to $4,000 per academic
year , with an aggregate loan
maximum of $20,000. The
SLS loan limits do not include
amounts borrowed under the
GSL or PLUS programs ,
Lvons ooints out.

Tutors aid troubled students
by Imtiaz Ali Taj
Staff Writer

Students who need assistance
beyond the classroom can turn to
the Tutorial Service Office in Ben
Franklin to obtain the help of a
peer tutor.
Tutors are assigned to students
seeking help in areas such as
Computer Science, Economics,
Business, Chemistry , Political
Science > and others. An English
lab, a math lab, and an accounting lab is also availible.
Dr. Abha Ghosh, Coordinator
of Tutorial Services since 1984,
said an increase of 55 percent has
been recorded in tutorial use from

1985 to 1986 and. "signs show
it will grow even more. "
Ghosh said that even' semester
60 to 65 students are employed
by the service
"We try to help on a one to one
bases but there have been instances when there are more people seeking help than we have
tutors ," Ghosh said .
To qualify to be a student tutor ,
an applicant needs a department
recommendation and at least a B
in the class tutoring in.
' 'There are a lot of advantages
of being a tutor ," Ghosh added.
"It's good to write down in a
resume... and most important,

they can learn the subject indepth ."
Michelle Frye, a junior Computer major , said tutoring "is a
great job because you get satisfaction after providing help to the
people who need help. "
"This work really keeps me up
on the subject," Frye added.
"The only thing I hate is when
people come in late to get help
and do not try hard enough to iniT
prove ."
Aside from aiding university
students , the Tutorial Service
Center also provides local high
school students with help in
Algebra , Geometry, and various
other subjects.

The SLS rate of interest is
currently 12 percent.
The GSL program , often the
first choice in loans for
students, loans money at eight
percent interest, a limit of
$2,625 per year for first and
second undergraduate years
and $4,000 per year for the remaining undergraduate years,
with an aggregate maximum
for undergraduate years of
$17,250.
It's even worse if the student
chooses to* go on for
undergraduate or professional
studies, Lyons points out.
Graduate students may borrow up to $7,500 per year ,
with an aggregate maximum a
student can borrow in the GSL
both
program
for
undergraduate and graduate
school at $54,750.
Lyons calls this "mortgaging your future ," pointing out
that parents and students could
have as much as $94,750 in
college loan debts to the GSL,
PLUS and SLS programs at
the end of the student's higher
education years.
A basic problem for students
and parents applying for the
newer loans (PLUS and SLS),
said Lyons, is that many banks
do not participate in the PLUS
program , and the SLS is so
new that it is not clear how the
program will operate.
He also pointed out that the
two programs will have higher
interest rates than the GSL.
will be "in repayment immediately " and possibly will
be subject to some type of
credit check to determine
eligibility .
On top of all this , Lyons
said , the Reagan administration has proposed either to
eliminate or to redesign all
financial aid programs, causing families to borrow through
a new program - the Income
Contingent Loan (ICL).
The ICL furthers the administration's assertion that the
students and parents , not the
federal government , should
pay for higher education ,
Lyons said.
The program would be costly, exteremely complex
bureaucratically and is not yet
fully tested, he said. Interest
rates will be variable, with the
loan itself more costly than
programs currently in place.
' 'Some have called the program the Student Lifetime Indenture Program , or SLIP for
short," Lyons noted , adding :
"Has America forgotten the
G.I. Bill and what it did for
this country? The increasing
indebtedness of American
youth is a very short-sighted
national policy ."

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Bloomsburg University's
men's basketball team
stays alive in the PC
playoff hunt with a victory over Mansfield. For
story, see page 8.

Bacchus and TKE combine forces to combat
alcohol abuse. For story,
see page 4.
Former national security
advisor Robert
McFarlane makes an apparent suicide attempt .
For story, see page 3.
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Let the readers decide

The CGA elections are today
and bring to mind an issue that
has plagued the relationshi p between this newspaper and the
Community
Government
Association this semester.
The problem stems from the
negative comments appearing in
The Voice in two recent issues.
This newspaper has been giving
CGA some somewhat unappreciated coverage .
Before the rumors become accepted as truth , or as one CGAer
put it , true facts , the record must
be held up to a discriminating
eye.
For those of our readers who
do not know , I was a CGA
Senator , Chairman of the Kehr
Union Governing Board , and
even ran for CGA president last
February .
The fact that I lost must be , to
say the least , obvious. Had 1 won ,
I would never have become
editor-in-chief of this paper.
After losing the election , I continued to write "Student at
Large ." At the outset of last
semester, I was not an editor. I
had no influence on the news end
of this paper ' s content and
nothing to do with the absense of
CGA coverage .
This lack of coverage , unfortunatel y, did not result from the
almost total inaction of CGA.
Floundering in a lack of experience , it suffered . Though

Writer wrong in
idea of a star

Editor:
This letter is directed to Lisa
Cellini , staff writer of The Voice.
Dear Lisa Cellini:
You have a serious misconception about what a true hockey star
is. A hockey star is an individual
blessed with an extreme amount
of natural ability .
We are talking about the ability to skate , shoot , and score . Not
punch , bite , and scratch.
Your article on hockey and the
movie Young blood was so
distorted. You imply that a true
hockey star is the equivalent of
Rocky Balboa. It simp ly isn 't
true. Ask Wayne Gretzk y.
David Templar

Data \x\ story can
be misconscrued

I wns disappointed in the article on Jan. 29 , concerning proicosors with accents. Aside fro m
the errors in the article , the
generalizations and data used are
subject to many different and
misleading interpretations.
In an academic community we
must strive to be accurate , explore alternative hypotheses, and
avoid invalid arguments , particularl y those which lend support
to racism.
This article and survey quoted
did a disservice to Bloomsburg
University and to those instructors who work hard at providing
a quality education.
Peter Bohling

there was no coverage last
semester , which was not right ,
the fact is , there was very little
to cover.
Following the changeover at
The Voice in November, the lack
of a news editor to assign stories
limited us in what we could do as
far as news coverage was
concerned .
The spring semester brought an
increase in staff , the arrival of
two news editors and a CGA Columnist who was a vocal CGA
Senator and a member of many
influential committees.
Initiall y, it was supposed that
our columnist could both cover
CGA for news as well as for his
opinion. This proved not to be the
case.
There is a misconception on the
part of the CGA president. He
believes that I have a vendetta
against him. He goes as far as to
say that although comments in the
paper about CGA have other
peoples ' names on them , he
"knows " the source is yours
trul y.
I , personally, have yet to com-

ment on CGA this year because
I did not want any comment of
mine misconstrued as sour grapes
about the election. This was a
mistake because I failed to bring
several issues to the eyes of our
readers.
Now that the issue is out in the
open. I leave the decision up to
our readers. Over the next few
weeks , CGA will be covered by
not onl y the columnist , but a
reporter as well. Aside from this,
a second reporter will be looking
into the activities , objectives , and
performance of CGA this year.
Apathy is a major factor contributing to the apparent demise
of CGA this year. At the election
last year , 13.5 percent of the student population voted. This year ,
there is onl y one candidate running for each of three positions, including vice-president.
Student apathy, a lack of
coverage , and a lack of experience have contributed to the
current state of CGA. We
acknowled ge our responsibility
and add that this will not be the
standard from now on.

Commons disgusts
Recentl y, as I was standing in
the lines of the Commons, I
struck up a conversation with the
guy next to me. This may sound
normal until you consider that he
was in line A and I was in line
C. What is the problem with the
Commons?
We 're only a few weeks into
the semester and each ni ght has
been like a steak ni ght , doubled.
The lobby of the Commons is
standing room only .The wait to
get the' food that we paid for can
run from 3/4 of an hour to 1.5

hours. And I ask you , is the food
reall y worth it?
I know that everyone loves
waiting in line for so long j ust to
get yesterday 's ham steak and
chicken and beef from the day
before , disguised as today 's ham
steak and tomorrow 's veal
scallopini.
There are those students who
have class schedules that do not
allow them to spend so much time
waiting to eat. Also , isn 't ham 17
times a month enough?' ¦
A disgusted student

Editor:
This letter is directed to Joe
Denelsbeck , CGA Columnist for
The Voice.
Mr. Denelsbeck:
Apath y in any form is
undesirable. You show your
dislike for apathy in CGA in your
recent article in the paper. I question your approach considering
your own apathy toward investigative journalism.
Are you aware that your count
of 11 senators is wrong and only
four were absent? Did you realize
that each senator is allowed one
absense without proxy per year
before they are relieved from
their office?
As for the senators just sitting
there voting without asking questions , first I believe this is inaccurate information, that there are
many questions asked .
Second , I raise the question to
you - the so-called CGA Columnist - how many CGA meetings
were covered by the paper last
semester? The Voice sure is doing a lot of talking lately, why not
last semester when the students

were hardl y informed , throug h
the student funded paper , of
CGA' s actions.
Now let 's move on to the raised bud get minimum. It was raised frorp $300 to $500. First , to
ease the workload on Community Activities , and second , to keep
up with inflation rates. Also , did
you know that the university 's bid
policy starts at $1,500, not at
such a small sum as $300.
To the band , CGA gave
$11 ,900 basically for new
uniforms and CGA voted against
g iving them the other $2,300 for
instruments. However, you did
not take into account that the
band' s apathy for fundraising was
probab ly the main cause of them
not receiving the full amount.
In the future , maybe The Voice
should app ly some journalistic
procedures and reveal the true
facts.
I also hear there is not enough
room for the CGA candidates
profiles in the paper. How are
students supposed to know who
the candidates are?
Hugh Oneill

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BU Health Center failing

Editor:
This letter is in reference to the
care provided by the Bloomsburg
University Health Care Center.
One Sunday, a couple of weeks
ago, I found myself coming down
with a pretty bad cold. I had the
typical symptoms: coughing,
headaches , runny nose , etc .
I decided to take advantage of
the self-help unit of the Health
Center. I took their cough
medicine , ty lenol , and sudafed
until Wednesday , when I found
my sinuses were extremely pain r
ful , my ears hurting, and my
g lands swollen and sore .
It was then that I tried to make
a doctor 's appointment. Unfortunately, I was told I would have
to see a nurse first.
I'll admit the nurse was friendly and tried to help, but her advice was to keep going for a couple more days. If I didn 't feel better then, I could make a doctor 's
appointment.

Saturd ay came around and I
was still feeling rfiiserable , so 1
decided to ' go ' bacli' to' rftake an
•' - lc
appointment.
But much to my surprise , after
trud ging all the way up to
McCormick , the Health Center
was closed for the entire day . So
I was forced to walk all the way

up there again on Sunday .
When I got up there, I was told
only nurses were on duty , so I
had to see another one. Her advice was to make an appointment
with the doctor, the thing which
I had been trying to do for the last
week.
I approached the secretary and
told her I would like an appointment. I was told the doctor was
booked for Monday , forcing me
to wait until Tuesday .
Finally, I saw the doctor and
after a quick examination , he
determined I had a chest and head
cold , a real surprise to me.
Anyway , he wrote out a
prescription which I took to a
local drugstore to .have filled.
After a few minutes wait , the
pharmacist informed me I could
have a choice between two drugs ,
both derivatives of penicillen.
The doctor at the health center
had prescribed these drugs to me
when it is clearly stated on my
records that I have a severe
allergy to penicillen. Years ago ,
I had to be rushed to a doctor
because of a severe reaction arid
it was specifically recorded on all
my medical records not to have
the drug prescribed.
I admit I don 't know that much
about drugs , so I just assumed the
doctor would look at my records

to see if I was allergic to any
medication.
If the pharmacist hadn 't asked
my preference, I would have probably ended up in the hospital
thanks to plain carelessness.
The point of my letter is this.
I had to make four trips to the
Health Center to see the doctor
over a span of ten days, only to
be to have a drug dangerous to
me prescribed.
If a person feels really sick ,
why should he have to see a nurse
first? Why should there be a two
or three day wait to see a doctor
after a nurse advises it? Why is
the Health Center closed on
Saturdays when it seems that this
day would be the most popular
day for students to seek medical
attention after a long week of
classes?
Why aren't there enough doctor 's hours scheduled for each
day? How can a doctor look at a
student's records and prescibe
medicine that the student has a
severe allergic reaction to?
,1' think the Health Center
shbulcf give considerable attention
to this matter because me students
of this university deserve to have
competent medical care for the
dollars they pay for health fees.
Finally , a healthy student

Cataloging a future mate
by David Ferris
Staff Commentator

It is Valentine's time again. I
overhear men and women complaining bitterly about the shortage of suitable dates. This is
common year-round , but Valentine 's Day seems to put special
emphasis on the subject.
I like to think that I am currently dateless by my own choice ,
that my singlehood is my own doing, that my present lack-ofmain-squeeze results from some
important decision I made long
ago. The sad fact is that I ain 't
got nobody .
I conveniendy forget that I have
classes from 8 a.m. unitl noon
and then work until midnight , so
that I could not go out on a date
if my life depended on it. I also
tend to neglect the fact that I have
no money .
Still , it would be nice to have
someone to forget to get a present
for on Valentine's Day .
All that aside, it 's hard to find
the elusive Miss Ri ght/Mr .
Ri ght/Individual Right. I spent
years looking for that special someone who was an old-fashioned
girl yet knew how to solder a
68000 microprocessor from
scratch without a-schematic . No
luck , though . Sigh.
I think the main problem is in
meeting the right sort of person.
You can go through all the
games, like trying to impress her
with your knowledge of a foreign
language.
That never worked for me.
Usually all I could remember on
the spur of the moment was
"Bitte , deine Fallschirmjager
gewehr ist eine schwagen kuh. "
I would then have to pray the lady
didn 't speak German , or she
would realize that I just told her
that her paratrooper 's rifle is a

pregnant cow.
You can hang around places
where herds of singles roam, trying to find a person of similar
tastes by chatting about music. If
you go around publicly admitting
that your favorite new album is
"The Defeat of the Persian Empire " by Alex and the Phalanx ,
you have a chance of meeting that
dream girl , but you also have a
chance of being th rown out the
nearest exit.
No , a new system is in order.
I propose that a new law be passed requiring that all sing le people wear a plastic name tag indicating their interests, status, expectations and so forth.
The tags should include the
UPC bar code symbol , as used in
grocery stores , This would make
things much more interesting at
parties. The bachelor or
bachelorette would wander about
the crowd , scanning people's

name tage with a bar code wand.
Data presented on the name
tags must be honest and correct ,
of course, to insure proper matches . Honesty would have to be
enforced by law; males and
females alike might not like it to
be known that they have no admirers hanging on to their every
whim, nor would some like it
known that they are dating a
dozen people simultaneously .
Anyone who presents false or
incomplete data should be locked in a room and forced to listen
to elevator music. Anyone who
refuses to wear the tag would be
assumed to be married or a
member of some obscure
religious sect .
I believe this scheme would
work . Then all I'd have to worry
about is how to alter my name tag
to exaggerate the data on my
yearly gross income.

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Membersof student body offer
their opinions of The Voice
by John Oswald
Staff Writer

Editor's note: The follo wingis
ap ublicopinion poll dealing with
what Bloomsburg University
students think of The Voice. This
will give The Voice a better
understanding of what the
students want in their newspaper.

''The Voice is a very good , informative newspaper except
when it worries about image. " Bill Fisher

I like it , but it needs more student input. " - Lisa Hannum

"The sports sections are really descriptive. " - Karen
Leichleitner

"I like it because it covers
Bloom County. " - Jim Allen

It s nice to have a newspaper
on campus. " - Michele
Machamer

"They should have more comics and less sports. " - Adrienne
Carlton

'I' think The Voice is very informative making each student
aware of what 's happening on
and off campu s, with the ROTC
issue as an example. But there are
certain opinions brought forth that
should be kept non-biased. " Mike Morrissey

"It's interesting and the commentaries are good. " - Megan
Reilly

"The Voice is the center of the
Bloomsburg information system.
- John Tolledano

' 'I think it 's a very good paper
covering a lot of things . It's informative. " - Sony a Tatarek

' 'It needs more comics and the
sports section needs help . Other
than that , it's informative. " Scott Hoffman

"It has good sports coverage
both nationall y and on campus. It
presents timely topics of importance to college students. I like
how it can be both serious and
lightsided at the same time. I
think , in general , the reporting is
fair to both sides involved. " Phil Hoeflich.

"I feel it is a good paper
because it has a variety of information in it from both on and off
campus. " - Rafael Canizares

"I think it is a fairly good
paper. " - Doug Rapson

Students hurry to and from class on a sunny but still very cold February day. (Voice photo by Alex
Schillemans)

Former security advisor makes suicide attempt
by Jim Schacter
and James Gerstenzang

L.A. Times-Washington Post Service

Robert C. McFarlane, President Reagan 's former national
security advisor and a key figure
in the administration 's Iran arms
sale operation , took an overdose
of 25 to 30 Valium tablets Monday morning in what police said
was a suicide attempt.
The overdose occurred about
three hours before McFarlane
was to testify before the Tower
commission investigating 'the
operation of the National Security
Council staff in light of the armssale scandal.
McFarlane was taken by ambulance to Bethesda Naval
Medical Center, minutes from his
home in suburban Bethesda, Md.,
just after 7 a.m., according to
Detective Lauren Acquaviva of
the Montgomery County, Md.,
Police Department .
He said paramedics were called by someone at the home and
were told that McFarlane had
swallowed 25 to 30 tablets of the
prescription tranquilizer .
"We investigate overdoses and

the former national security ad- headaches , suggesting that he
may have been taking the drug for
visor has "certainly been under
intense pressure - personal as well that condition.
Before the police statement on
as public ."
Another source - an associate the attempted suicide finding,
of McFarlane 's - said that as a longtime McFarlane friend Gene
result of the strain of the Iran M. Counihan said that he did not
scandal , "He's obviously been believe the overdose could have
been intentional .
operating on two cylinders. "
"Bud McFarlane is just such a
McFarlane was to have made
his second appearance Monday strong individual and so confimorning before the investigating dent. I'm just sure nothing has
panel headed by former Texas been self-induced there with any
intention of doing harm. He's
Sen. John Tower.
held
up very well under the
Presiappointed
by
The panel ,
dent Reagan in the wake of the pressure he's been under in recent
Iran-contra arms disclosures , is months , " said Counihan , a
reviewing the role of the National member of the Maryland House
Council , where of Delegates.
Security
Hospital officials declined to
McFarlane served from 1983 unthe
reason
for
til his resignation in December discuss
McFarlane's hospitilization or
1985.
McFarlane's attorney , Leonard comment on the suicide report.
Henshaw said only that
Garment, said no one can know
at this point whether McFarlane McFarlane "apparently (had) an
adverse reaction to a prescribed
tried to commit suicide.
"Who knew what he knew medication he took. " The White
about if (the nature of Valium)?" House would not comment on the
incident, other than to say that
he said.
Earlier , Garment had said , "I President Reagan had been
don 't know what his intention notified early in the day of
was. Valium is a strange drug . McFarlane 's hospitilization.
You cannot commit suicide with
Valium , a trade name for the
Valium."
drug diazepam , is prescribed for
He said McFarlane had been physical pain or anxiety. Officials
' 'laid up for three days," suffer- at Hoffman-La Roche, the drug's
ing form hack snasms and
manufacturer, said it is "verv

make determinations as to the
classification," Acquaviva said.
"In this particular case, we are
of the opinion that it was an attempted suicide. "
Acquaviva said that police had
not determined a motive for the
episode. He said he did not know
if McFarlane had left a note, and
he added that a police investigation is continuing.
Lt. Vernon Sanford , a hospital
spokesman, said: "His condition
is good. " A McFarlane aide,
John Henshaw , added : "He's
awake, under observation. "
; , According to Acquaviva ,
McFarlane, a father of three, was
conscious when paramedics arrived . His wife, Jonda , on leave
from her high school job teaching
English, was "upset," he said .
She spent the day at the
hosp ital , a medical center
spokesman said .
Some of McFarlane's closest
associates disputed the notion that
he would have tried to take his
own life. But one Reagan administration official who worked
closely with McFarlane - a central figure in the effort to unravel
the Iran-contra affair - said that

Students chosen for
forensic fraternity
by Tom Hutchinson
for The Voice

This past week , six BU
students were chosen to join the
National Co-ed honor Forensics
Fraternity , Pi Kappa Delta. 18
BU Professors and 14 BU
students are members of PKD .
Pi Kapp , as it is called by its
members, is the honor Fraternity for those students who have
shown a talent for public speaking and oratory. Its exact purpose
is stated in the Pi Kappa Delta
Constitution:"It is the purpose of
this fraternity to stimulate progress in and to further the interests of intercollegiate speech
activities and communication in
an effort to provide functional
leadership training for life, to
foster beneficial competition in
intercolleg iate speech and communication activities , and at the
same time, encourage a spirit of
fellowship, brotherly cooperation , and incentive to achievement."
The pledges chosen by the present members must meet the PKD
requirements; they must also prove their public speaking ability to
the members. One way the
students show their talent is b y
competing in speech tournaments
against other colleges with similar
Forensics programs.
Bloomsburg is ranked 91st out
of over 800 colleges with active
Forensics teams. Many of these

safe " and that overdoses are
uncommon.
If too much is taken , "Primarily, you would fall asleep, " said
Dr. Bruce Medd , the company ' s
assistant vice president and director of professional and marketing
services.
Medd said that side effects include drowsiness, stumbling of
gait , confusion - "usually more
with the elderly " - and dizziness
- "the effects of sedating the
brain. "
Valium is dangerous only if
mixed with alcohol or certain
other medications , he said.
"That 's where you could have
problems , " Medd said. "That
could potentially be much more
harmful. "
Acquaviva said there were no
signs that McFarlane had ingested
alcohol or other drugs.
Although some individuals are
allerg ic to Valium , "they
primarily get a rash ," Medd said .

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Bacchus and TKE throw a party
pretzels were provided by the
fraternity
Music was provided by disc
jockeys Micheal Morgan and
Crai g Berger. Party-goers kept
dancing until 11:30 p.m
TKE invited administrators
Dean Robert Norton and Dr. Jerrold Griffis to attend the
festivities. Griffi s was unable to
attend the party , but Norto n , who
arrived at 9:30 p.m. met with
party-goers and enjoyed the party for half an hour.

by Jeff Smith
for The Voice

Bacchus , a campus organization , and Tau Kappa Epsilon , a
social fraternity , co-sponsored a
non-alcoholic party last Friday at
the TKE house.
Approximately 30 Bloomsburg
University students and 50 TKE
brothers attended the party which
started at 9:00.
Admission was free and kegs
of birc h beer and chi ps and

TKE officers, president Ed
Gobora and vice president Jeff
Smith , met with Griffis and Norton early last week and the administrators urged the fraternity
to host a non-alcoholic party .

TKE , currently on probation ,
hop ing to help their situation ,
decided the sooner they went
ahead with it the better , and
started planning a party . TKE
notified the officers in Bacchus
that they would be willing to hojrt

a non-alcoholic function. The
president of Bacchus , Tim
O'Konsky , gave his approval and
with short notice , the party went
on as scheduled .

Lack of student response may
well have been due to this short
notice and a lack of communication between the sponsors and the
campus about the party . Flyers
went out Friday and notices of the
party were announced in all the
dorms but it wasn 't enough. Bacchus vice president Karen Heuser
said , "It was a great idea but
there wasn 't enough time to get
the word out. "
Poor student turnout may also
have been due to the many other
activities such as the air band
competition and the wrestling
match between Bloomsburg and
Pittsburgh that were going on that
night.
Numbers , or the lack there of ,
however , did not hamper good
spirits. Mary Dougherty an officer in Bacchus said , "It was
good to see that some students
could have fun without alcohol. ''

Dean Norton dances with members of TKE and Bacchus last Friday at the TKE house. (Photo by Richard
Hogg)

Squealer 's Corner

Winning in the love game
that delves somewha t deeper into some peop le 's ideas about
relationships and the methods of
keeping their mates.
Since this article is unusually
long , a two-parter is in order; but
the content is quite characteristic
of many college attitudes, even
though f e w of us are honest
enoug h to relate any connection
between it and our own lives.
I think that quite a f e w of you
will find something to relate to.
But judge f o r yourselves, folks.
Some people actually find enjoyment in hurting others . It can
be seen almost anywhere , but it
is probabl y easiest to see in a relationshi p between a male and
female who are in love— a time
when they may be most
vulnerable.
Lately, everywhere I look , I

Dave Burian
Valentine 's Day is just about
here , and feelin gs about
boyfriends and girlfriends will
dictate what cards, gifts , etc. will
or will not be exchanged.
At such a romantic time of
year, I thought it appropriate to
reprin t an article by 'Artie
Rubinstein '(a.k.a. Joe A llison)

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time when their emotions are left
so unguarded . You 've got to
learn to get in there and crush that
heart which is so easil y
accessible.
Once it has been crushed , it has
to be broken into so many tiny
pieces that it could never be put
back together. By knocking that
'special someone' from a mound
of happ iness , you can place
yourself above that person and
feel satisfied about it.
Obviously, the first thing to do
is start a relationship, preferably
with someone who has absolutely no backbone. It may take
awhile, but a person of this type
can be fou nd and is necessary .
A person with a high selfesteem probably will not allow
himself to fall into the trap, and
therefore make the attempt unsuccessful , leaving us with the choice
of giving up or finding someone
new.
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thoughtful cards, telephone calls ,
or by creating an overall tone of
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Students recently gave musician Steve Mullen a warm
welcome to campus where he
performed
on
Sunday .
Mullen 's performance was
sponsored by the Kehr Union
Program Board in the President's
Lounge at 8:00 p.m.
Mullen played a variety of
music rangin g from his own
melodies to several renditions of
popular artists. Using only his
voice and a keyboard , plus his
audio equipment , Mullen created
his contemporary musical atmosphere in two 50-minute sets .
At first, his style of music
could be labeled as too mellow
and on the borderline of depressing. Mullen sang about broken
dreams, alcoholism , and getting
back home
However , his interpretation of
U2' s "New Year 's Day ", The
Beatle 's "Revolution ", and The
Police 's "Message in a Bottle ",
kept his show on the more vibrant
side.
The music shifted th roughout
the concert to artists such as Bob
Dylan , Jonathan Edwards , Paul
McCartney , Bruce Hornsby and
The Range , and then Mullen
presented his own music.
"I was impressed by the way
he was able to interpret other artists. His own music was really
relaxing and mellow ," said
concert-goer Carolyn Maclaren.
Mullen successfully combined
his amiable personality with his
performance of James Tay lor 's
"Steamroller " to obtain audience
participation . The performance of
Taylor 's song ended the concert
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Ohio Ballet set to
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OBERLIN , OHIO-Ohio
Ballet-heralded by the New
York Times as one of the top
ballet companies located outside New York-will conduct
an audition class Feb. 24 at
Bloomsburg University for
"Ohio Ballet at Oberlin , " an
intensive summer program of
ballet and modern dance training to be held at Oberlin College June 28-August 1. A
three-week session also will be
held Jul y 12-August 1.
The Feb . 24 audition for advanced/intermediate and intermediate students of ballet
ages 12-20 will take place
fro m 9 to 11 a.m. in Room 13
of the University 's Centennial
Gymnasium on Second Street.
Brenda Steady , ballet mistress
of the Ohio Ballet , will coordinate the audition.
Approximatel y 60 dance
students will be chosen to take
part in "Ohio Ballet at
Oberlin. " They will attend
two ballet classes and one
modern dance class each day ,
six days per week; a weekly
music class; dance films; and
classes conducted by guest artists from the comprehensive
"Performing Arts at Oberlin-Summer 1987" program
(PAO). During a week's
residency , Ohio Ballet will
present two open-air evening
performances on Oberlin 's
Tappan Square July 16 and 17.
Applicants are asked to
bring pointe shoes and dance
attire to the required auditions.
Videotaped auditions depicting
center and barre work also will
be accepted and should be sent
by March 30 to "Ohio Ballet
at Oberlin ," Warner Center,
Oberlin College , Oberlin , OH
44074
(telephone :216/775-8050) .
The dance school is directed
by Heinz Poll-founder , director ,
and
princi pal
choreographer of Ohio Ballet.
Poll teaches a minimum of two
ballet Ohio classes, which are
available to all students , and
directs a select faculty of three.
"Ohio Ballet at Oberlin "
faculty members are Francoise
Martinet and Ann Parson ,
ballet; and N ancy C.

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Tuition for the "Ohio Ballet
at Oberlin " June 28-August 1
session is $925; the insurance
and room and board fee-which includes three daily
meals and secure dormitory
accomodations—is $785. Tuition for the July 12-August 1
session is $600; the insurance
and room and board fee is
$510.
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located on a 440-acre campus
in a rural area , 45 minutes
fibin . Cleveland and 30
minutes from ClevelandHopkins ' International Airport. Performances open to the
community and PAO studnets
will be presented by the
Oberlin Theater Institute and
by 10 music institutes and
workshops offered through the
Conservatory of Music at
Oberlin College.
Since its inception, Ohio
Ballet has performed in 154
cities and 34 states. The com-

pany made its European debut
in 1980 at the presti gious
Festival of Two Worlds in
Spoleto , Italy. Heinz Poll
began his professional career
in 1946 as a soloist at the
Municipal Theater in Goettingen. After coming to the
U.S. in 1964, he became a
dancer with the American
Dance Festival in New York
in 1965 and in 1968 founded
Ohio Ballet with a student
ensemble of eight. He has
since worked to bring his own
sty le to ballet and has
developed and maintained a vision, that of presenting a company with unique character.
His style comprises elements
that are known distinctively as
Heinz Poll's aesthetic.
Auditions also will be held
in Chicago (Feb . 22);
Schenectady , N.Y. (Feb. 25);
New York City and Lancaster,
Penn. (March 7); Oberlin, Oh.
(March 14); and Columbus,
Oh.
(March
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Program Board to hold BU
Valentine's Dance Saturday
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Valentine's Day is approaching
and love is in the air. Saturday
night the Program Board will be
sponsoring a semi-formal Valentine 's Day dance. The dance will
be held in Kehr Union from
8:30-11:30 p.m.
The mood to be set for the
dance is one of love r~ d romance.
As you walk in , the dance floor
will be surrounded by tables on
either side. Each table will be

draped with a red and white table
cloth , and a soft candle will be
placed in the center. The music
will be provided by a DJ. You
will hear all your favorite top 40
hits as well as all of your favorite
love songs.
A contest will be held for the
cutest couple and prizes will be
awarded to the winner and runner up.
Join in on all the fun and
romance this Valentine's Day at
the Kehr Union. It will be a night
you definitely don't want to miss!

Some advice for leadfoots

by Lynne Ernst
Features Editor

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Today, I'd like to inform you
of some of the do's and dont's to
remember when being pulled
over for speeding. If this article
pertains to you because you have
been pulled over for speeding at
some unfortunate moment in
time, read carefull y. And if you
are in the minority that has never
experienced receiving a speeding
ticket, read it anyway for future
reverence (and knock on wood).
Try and envision the following
imaginary scene in your mind .
Lisa and Tom are driving along
Route 80 and Lisa 's in the
driver 's seat .
The weekend back home with
the parents was relaxing , but Lisa
is anxious to get back to B.U.
With the radio turned up full
volume and thoughts of unfinished work on her mind , Lisa is
hardly aware that she has put the
"pedal to the metal ."
And Tom , he just bummed a
ride off of Lisa , who's he to tell
her that she's going 25 m.p.h.
over the speed limit. So Tom
rests his head against the back of
the seat and drifts into a semiconscious state.
Meanwhile, behind the left

"Officer , "she says , "i
wasn 't... ".
Mistake number three is made.
Always let the officer talk first.
He pulled you over to tell you
what you did wrong, not vice versa. If you find yourself to be the
type of person who can 't seem to
refrain from using expletives , try
counting to 10.
After officer Snag dya finishes
telling Lisa she 'd been timed at
doing 75 m.p.h. in a 55 m .p.h.
zone, he hands her a ticket for
$96. Lisa begins cry ing.
This is mistake number four.
Never cry after the ticket has
been handed to you . This advice
is an essential for most women
drivers . Crying beforehand gives
the driver the chance to appeal to
the officer 's emotions before the
ticket is given. Cry ing afterwards
might appear as groveling.
As Lisa puts the keys in the ignition , she swears what most people do as they pull away, "I
swear I will never speed
again "(comparable to the statement made by the individual with
a hangover , "I swear I'll never
drink again. ")
But , just as the drinker usuall y
ends up drinking again , a leadfoot usually ends up speeding
again.

bend, sitting in the blue and white
patrol car, Trooper Snagdya
sits—waiting .
Out of the corner of her eye
Lisa sees him and quickly slams
on the brakes.
Mistake number one is made.
If you think you 've been spotted
by a policeman , slowly lift your
foot from the pedal. This way the
screeching of your tires won 't
draw unnecessary attention to
your car.
Lisa knows she's in trouble.
As Trooper Snagdya motions
for her to pull over , Lisa suddenly forgets everything she learned
in driver's ed class and pulls over
to the left shoulder of the road .
Mistake number two is made.
The policeman is already going
to nail you for doing over 55
m.p.h. Pulling over to the wrong
side of the road is only going to
add fuel to the fire . Remember ,
always pull over to the right side
(for those who can 't remember ,
it 's the hand you use when you
say 'The Pledge of Allegiance ').
By now , our friend Lisa is in
quite a tizzy and needless to say
her traveling partner , Tom , is
now fully awake.
As the sergeant begins walking
over to her car , Lisa hurriedly
rolls down her window.

Don Motel and Jay Kase take in some of the newfound sun in Bloomsburg. (Voice photo by Alex
Schillemans)

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Outlook bleak for Amerika'
by Harriet Van Horn
L.A. Times-Washington Post Service

Controversy over its merits
may blaze on for month s, but to
the eye of a critic , ore hard truth
is clear: God has not blessed
"Amerika. "
Whether your politics lean left
or right , this nightmare fantasy
about the Soviet occupation of the
United States is heavy going . It 's
preachy, it 's pious , muddled and
righeous overmuch.
Starting Sunday ni ght on ABC,
"Amerika " will run for 14
hours , straight th rough Friday
night , with the conclusion next
Sunday
ni ght.
In mood , the story ranges from
grim to violent-to sadistically
sick. When the plot sags-as it
does with yo-yo reqularityanother steamy sex scene is hurl ed into the breach .
No enterprise m TV history has
enjoyed-if that 's the word-such an
avalanche of pre-air publicity .
Critics on the left have called

"Amerika" the ultimate paranoid
fantasy of the radical right. Peace
groups have condemned it as a 14
hour commercial for "Star
Wars. "
George Kennan , former U.S.
Ambassador to the Soviet Union ,
has said flatl y, "The scenario is
devoid of reality" and called it "a
serious disservice to public
understanding. " Elliot Richardson , who served two Republican
administrations , has charged
"McCarthy ism. "
And now that samples of the
maxi-series have been shown ,
voices on the Far Right have expressed dismay that "Amerika "
is "too soft " on the Russians.
Donald Wrye , the writer , director and executive producer of
"Amerika ," says he chose not to
indulge in "Russky-bashing . "
Describing himself as a Kennedy
Democrat , Wry e tells interviewers that the show takes no
stance , left or right
"It deals with fundamental

American principles , with the
natu re and responsibility of the
individual in a free society, "Wrye tells interviewers .
Wrye also states , in an ABC
"promo " tape , "I do not personally believe in the likelihood
of the Soviets occupy ing the
U.S. " It 's an astonishing statement , considering that virtually
every scene of "Amerika " runs
counter to that view .
Wrye 's plot cannot be crammed into a jiffy capsule . It sprawls ,
it reiterates, it winds around itself
like a 10-foot serpent . Imagine
that it is 1997 and the Soviets
hav e occupied this dear land for
10 years . They took us without
dropping a sing le bomb. Clever
chaps , they simply knocked out
our defense system with an
electro-magnetic pulse that
computers ,
disabled
all
telephones , TV and radio
systems.
See AMERIKA page 6

Two of BU's women also find time to get outside and enjoy nature once more . (Voice photo by Alex
Schillemans)

Friday the 13th date
for 'Horror ' at BU
by Mara Gummoe
for The Voice

Friday, February 13, 1987
marks a first in film history at
Bloomsburg University . 'The
Rocky Horror Picture Show' will
be shown in Centennial Gymnasium at 11 p.m.
Often considered "America's
favorite midnight movie", 'The
Rocky Horror Picture Show ' is a
science-fiction horror satire about
a young couple who stumble into a castle inhabited by weirdos
from planet Transylvania. Dr.
Frank N. Furter is a transvestite
Frankenstein in rhinestone heels.
The film has songs and scenes
in which the audience can participate. Rice, newspapers, bells,
toilet paper , toast, playing cards ,
flashlights, confetti, umbrellas ,
and water in plastic containers are

Squealer's
Corner
From page 4

tie more difficult and drastic
measures must be taken. A
romantic walk on a moonlit night
can be effective , or even a midnight swim in the summer breeze.
The main thing is to make that
person drop all defenses and fall
hopefully in love with you . Once
that special someone has told you
that he or she can 't live without
you, the relationship is secured
and you 're ready for the next
stage .
Watch f o rthe conclusion to
'Squealer 's Comer ' in Monday's
issue.

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prairie neighbors.
Though her role is barely credible, Mariel Hemingway looks exquisite as an actress in an
underground theater. Her lover
and protector is Col. Denisov of
the KGB. He is played by Sam
Neill , from New Zealand, whose
Slavic accent comes and goes like
a frog in the throat. It is Denisov
who utters the most quoted line
in the film: "You lost your country before we even got here . "
Regrettably, critics have been
allowed to see only six hours of
the 14 coming up. Producer
Richard O'Connor said , in a recent telephone chat, that the press
was not being deprived intentionally. "We have a tremendous
coordination problem ," he said
earnestly. "I even had to go to
Australia to record some additional lines by Wendy Hughes
and Sam Neill. "
The major event on these six
hours of tape is a Lincoln Day
parade filmed in the town of
Tecumseh , Neb . Local folks
march with banners bearing the
faces of Lincoln and Lenin.
Ordered to address the crowd .
Milford stands mute in protest.
Then a contingent of World
War II veterans headed by his
father (Ford Rainey) marches by
with Old Glory upside down , a
classic distress signal. Suddenly,
a few brave souls begin to sing
"The Star Spangled Banner. "
The anthem has been forbidden
for years. Slowly, a great chorus
swells, and faces in the crowd are
smiling. After 10 years, their flag
is still there.
In later installments , the
Soviets blow up both houses of
Congress and murder the president. Writer-director Wrye has
referred to this series as "12
hours of civics lessons. " (That
was before the show was extended to its present length.)
What happens to this captive
nation in the final hour? Producer
O'Connor says there is "an uprising of the spirit. " Offhand , one
would have to say spiritual
rebellion is not enough .
Amerika
reportedly cost
more than $35 million to produce. That 's a sizeable outlay at
a time when ABC is in third place
among the networks and is cutting expenses to the quick.

ment included a fronta l lobotomy .
What seems more likely is that
director Wrye ordered him to
"Just stand there, Kris. " Or sit
there or lie there. Kristofferson 's
performance in these scenes can
best ber described as inert.
Long identified with libera l
causes , Kristofferson met with
peace groups in Canada (where
most of the film was shot) to
apolog ize for accepting the lead
in "Amerika. " In an interview
on CNN he said , "It was important that the hero be played by
somebody of my orientation
rather than an actor from the
right. Later this month, Kristofferson plans to visit the Soviet
Union- "to educate myself. "
Out of prison , Devin Milford
discovers that his beautiful wife ,
Marion(Wend y Hughes), has
divorced him and turned one of
his two sons against him. Marion
is now the mistress of a Russian
gereral who has made her a
magistrate in the mock court that
dispenses Amerikan justice.
Wearily, Milford returns to the
bleak, rundown farmhouse where
his extended family now lives in
misery. Outside, the "exiles" are
stripping bark from the trees for
food.

United Nations troops in Darth
Vader uniforms keep order , pausing in their duties now and then
to gang-rape a Nebraska teacher
or fire on a roving band of "exiles ," Americans whose crime is
dissent , now an un-Amerikan
activity .
The stars and stripes have been
replaced by a flag blending the
United Nations peace wreath with
the hammer and sickle. In a letter of protest to ABC , United Nations Secretary Genera! Javier
Perez de Cucllar has called the
series "a travesty " and asked that
the U.N. peace-keeping force is
being portrayed as a gang of
killers and rap ists .
Children in 1997 are taught that
Karl Marx is the father of their
country and that their ancestors
were wicked capitalists. This is
called "social humanism. "
Nobody in "Amerika " looks
prosperous except the mistresses
of Soviet bigwi gs who dress like
the women in "Dynasty " and
wear lots of gaudy baubles.
Everything that once came easily to most Americans is now in
short supply. In. the first hour
there ' s much ado over the lack of
map le syrup for breakfast
pancakes.
Housewives stand in line for
hours to buy one tomato. U.N.
helicopters on maneuvers drop
small explosives. Advises Donald
Wrye in another astonishing feat
of reason , "'Amerika ' is try ing
to deal with the nature of who we
are as a people, not a hypothetical
possibility of a Soviet takeover. "
To appreciate the full horror of
the Soviet occupation we must
view it throug h the sorrows of
one family. They are the
M i l i o r d s , third generation
farmers in Milford , Neb. Devin
Milford (Kris Kristofferson) our
hero, was defeated in 1988 for the
presidency .
As the story opens tonight ,
Milford is being released from
seven years in the gulag. He is so
passive you wonder if his punish-

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(Christine Lahti) opens her arms
to him. Allie is one of the film 's
more colorful characters . A hi gh
school teacher , she describes her
life to Devin as "boozin ' and
whorin ' " It 's an accurate statement . We see her drunk and we
see her in a murky but kinky love
scene with her protector , the
ruthless East German commander
of the U.N. peace-keepers. It is
Allie who is gang-raped by this
brutal horde.
Devin soon renews old ties
with his first love, Amanda (Cindy Pickett) , who married his best
friend , Peter Bradford (Robert
Urich), now chief administrator
of the Central Area. This would
be Nebraska , Kansas and
neighboring states, soon to
become a separate nation-state
called, wittily enough , Heartland .
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EASTERN
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Millersville
Kutztown
Bloomsburg
Mansfield
Cheyney
Shippensburg
West Chester
B. Stroudsburg

Conference
W-L
Pet.
9-1
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7-3
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7-3
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6-4
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6-4
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2-8
.200
2-8
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1-9
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W-L
19-3
14-8
12-10
16-5
10-10
6-14
5-16
2-19

WESTERN
DIVISION
Lock Haven
California
Indiana
Edinboro
Slippery Rock
Clarion

Conference
W-L
Pci.
6-0
1.000
4-2
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4-2
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3-3
.500
1-5
.167
0-6
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17"5
12 -!0

Leading Scorers
Men
Clarence Green , CH
Dana Zajicek , CA
Tom Pedersen , WC
Jose Davis , ED
Brian White , MA
Herman Willis , SR
Daryl Norfleet , CA
Wil Jones , CH
Joe Miller , CA
Bill Connelly, BL

Avg.
20.9
19.7
17.8
16.9
16.9
16.3
16.0
16.0
15.6
15.3

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Conference
EASTERN
W-L
Pet.
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1.000
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West Chester
8-2
.800
Bloomsburg
6-3
.667
Millersville

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.636
.545
.762
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.300
.238
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Kutztown

4-5

.444

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W-L
15 .7

15.5
12-6

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.444
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.222
2-7
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Conference
Overall
W-L
DIVISION
Pet.
W-L
5-1
Clarion
.833
13-7
4-2
Lock Haven
.667
12-7
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3-3
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.500
12-9
3-3
.500
Slippery Rock
5-13
£-4
California
.333
7-14
1-5
Edinboro
.167
7-13

Pet.
-773
-545
-450
.619
.26 1
-316

Leading Scorers
Avg.
Women
Theresa Lorenzi, BL26.6
Tina Moynihan , SR 22.5
18.6
Sue Brecko, IN
.17.3
Patty Gruber , KU
17. 1
Tina Brooks , CH
Sandy Stodolsky , CA 16.9
16.5
Sue Heckler , MI
15.1
Fran Metz , KU
Cecelia Rodden , WC 14.8
14.3
Kim Sabol , SR

Leading Rebounders
Men
Avg.
Brian White , MA
13.5
Jonathan Roberts , ES 10.4
Anthony Robinson , CH9.7
9.2
John Fox , MI
Marty Eggleston , KU 8.9
Joe Miller , CA
8.8
8.7
Ricky Jordan , ED
8.6
Alex Nelcha, BL
Mike Mathews , IN . 8.3
8.2
George Lee, CH

Pet.

682

752
.667

550

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.42 1
.316
.105
.000
Status
Pet.
.650
.632
.571
.278
.333
.350

Leading Rebounders
Women
Avg.
Kath y Aheimer, CA 13.6
Valerie Galatic , CA 11.4
Viola Bournes , SR
11.2
Amy Miller , ES
9.9
Amy Wolf , BL
9.8
Jeanne Herring , CH 9.8
Tina Moynihan , SR 9.8
Bonnie Hawkins , CA 9.0
Patty Gruber , KU
8.9
Kim Gillcrese, ED
8.6

The women's team earned an easy victory last night as Mansfield forfieted.
(Voice file photo)

Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference standings (games thru Feb. 9)

Wrestling matches not quite her sport
by Diane Van Fleet
for The Voice

The buzzing crowd hushed at
the strains of "The Star Spangled Banner. " Team members
were introduced to the cheers of
the onlookers. Athletes slapped
one another 's hands in a spirit of
comraderie.
Cheerleaders
chanted rhythmic incantations exhorting the team to victory . Once
the contest began , however , the
differences between this contest
and other sports events became
obvious.
For a sports fan , the assignment to cover a sporting event
over the weekend seemed simple
enough. As other obligations ,intruded , the only event it.; was
possible to attend was the Saturday afternoon wrestling match
between Bloomsburg and West
Virginia. No problem. After all
the world of sports flaunts its
moments of triumph to the delight
of its fans.
In baseball , the grounder hit to
left center field brings the
baserunner across home plate and
a run is scored
In hockey , the point is recorded as the puck crosses into the
net.
A slam dunk on the heels; of a
fast-break scores two points in
basketball , while a run across the
goal line on into the opponents

-wrestling pits opponents of
equal weight in hand-to-hand
combat. After all this is an
honored sport as old as the ancient Greeks , not some
schoolyard scuffle between the
120-pound neighborhood bully
and an 80-pound weakling

end zone and a spiked ball
translates to six points on the
football scoreboard .
Few Americans are unaware of
these elementary facts unless they
have somehow avoided watching
television on a Sunday afternoon.
Therein lies the problem. The
fault is not in the stars , but in the
reporter herself.
In retrospect the question , "So
how many colleg iate wrestling
matches have you seen on television on a Sunday afte rnoon?" , is
a haunting one.
Lacking the wisdom of such
hindsight , this would-be sports
reporter joined the throngs at
Nelson Fieldhouse to witness the
Huskies
take
on
the
Mountaineers.
When , after being badgered by
questions , a classmate remarked ,
"This isn 't your sport, is it?" the
problem crystallized.
A fan and follower of any sport
is not necessarily, and in fact ,
rarely, an expert on the game's
intricacies.
Still , having a sincere interest
in the sport and knowing
something of its structure is
usually enough to get by. Wrestling, however , would appear to
rank with chess in subtlety and
complexity .

-wrestlers score points for
themselves by various maneuvers
and that a winning match adds
points to the team score
-the team with the highest score
wins the match. This is not golf ,
folks.
-wrestlers wear one-piece
garments called singlets. This fact
was gleaned i from a particularly
difficult crossword puzzle a while
back and has been held in reserve
for the right occasion.

by Ellen Van Horn

The Bloomsburg University
men 's bowling team was able to
catch a bid to the sectional tournament this past weekend.
At Philadelphia , BU lost to the
University of Mary land 12-7,
which broke a four way tie between Bloomsburg , Penn State,
Salisbury State and Shippensburg.
A three game position round
was bowled. Penn State defeated
Salisbury to win the conference
title and an automatic bid to sectionals in March at Pittsburgh.
Penn State ended the season with
a 12-2 record .
Bloomsburg outbowled Shippensburg 11-8 which placed the
Huskies and Salisbury , who lost
to Penn State , in a tie for second
place with 11-3 records.
BU bowler Tony Dunn lead the
Huskies with a 627 series against
Mary land and a 626 series against
Shippensburg .
Since the top two teams from
the conference compete in sectional play , the tie was broken by
rolling the best of three Baker
Series.
In a Baker game each person
of a five man team bowls two
frames of a game.
The Huskies defeated Salisbury
190-168 and 204-178. Since BU
won the first two games, the third
was negated and Bloomsburg

P.S. Bloomsburg won , 19-15.

March 1to April 4T 1987

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enough to get by, and if the
reporter has any further delusions
about
sports writing,
a
psychiatrist should be called .

from page 8

to play the lead role in "Mr.
Chi ps Tackles Runaway Football. " An SMU alumnus , he was
born and raised in Dallas. His
first contact with the campus was
as a boy , when he ushered at foolball games.
As a boy, "I thought football
was all there was to SMU. " Today he and others are dispelling
that misapprehension.

Facts which became obvious during the match included :

won the second bid to sectionals.
Bloomsburg men 's coach
Dary l Sowers was pleased with
the outcome. "We were hoping
to win the conference , but we 're
glad to be able to get the bid .
We've worked really hard . "
In other action this weekend ,
the women's team beat Lincoln
University , 16-3, before losing to
conference winners Penn State,
12-7.
Karen McKenna and Ellen Van
Horn bowled high games of 208
and 201 respectively as BU
finished the conference with a 6-8
record.
Both the men 's and women 's
teams will compete in postconference competition at ABC
East lanes in Harrisburg on
Valentines Day in a conference
tournament.

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-the referee is the boss

success.
As Linda King said , ".She
should do real well in her next
two years at Bloomsburg . "

-the most dramatic way to win
a match is to pin one's opponent
to the mat long enough for the
referee to notice.

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from page 8

In terms of future goals , Lorenzi would like to win the Conference Champ ionshi p and ,
hopefull y, win a National Championshi p by her senior year.
Coach Bressi has asked her to
stay an extra year at Bloomsburg
to coach with him. After her extra year she would like to continue coaching at the college or
hi gh school level.
Lorenzi thinks coaching might
be difficult at first because she
won 't be able to play , but she will
enjoy it.
With a winning attitude and her
"biggest fans ," her parents who
attend every game , backing her
up, she is well on the road tc'

-much groping , grasping, grabbing and grimacing takes place
and results in liberal amounts of
sweating and panting . This is
wrestling, folks.

Men bowlers win bid f^
Staff Writer

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Connelly sparks BU win
by Mike Mullen
Sports Editor

Freshman standout Mark Banks makes an attempt at takedown during his match with John Barret last
(Voice photo Jim Loch)
night at Nelson.

Huskies edge Lock Haven
by Mary Ellen Spisak
Staff Writer

The Bloomsburg University
wrestling team narrowly defeated
Eastern Wrestling League foe
Lock Haven. 18-17 , last ni ght at
the Nelson Fieldhouse.
Dave Kenned y gave the
Huskies their first points as he used a take down and an escape to
defeat Jeff H u s i c k at the
126-pound bout.
Rocky Bonomo, back in action ,
tied the team score at 6-6 when
he took Anthony Melfi by a decision of 5-1.
Again , the Eag les took the
lead , but at 158. Mark Banks won
over John Barrett , 2-1 , again tying the team score at 11-11.
At 167 , Roger Leitzel attemp-

ted a comeback , stirred by the
fans , but fell 15-10 to Jody
Kasam.
Bruce Wallace added team
points at 190 when he beat Bill
Freeman by a score of 6-2.
In the Huskies ' first meeting
with the Eagles, Bloomsburg won
17-16 and it happened again last
ni ght.
The deciding bout was at
heavyweight as Jack Yocum
earned back points and take
downs to finish off Mike Pucholik
of Lock Haven , 10-0.
The
final
score
was
Bloomsburg 18, Lock Haven 17.
Ei ghth ranked Bloomsburg
hosts Army tomorrow night at
7:30 and Cleveland State on
Saturday at 2:30.

Bloomsburg 18 Lock Haven 17
118 Crai g Corbin (LH) pin John
Supsic (BU) (1:16)
126 Dave Kenned y (BU) d. Jeff
Husick (LH), 4-3
134 Rock y Bonomo (BU) d. Anthony Melfi (LH), 5-1
142 Mike Lingenfeltes (LH) d.
Darrin Cummings , (BU) 9-4
150 Dave Morgan (BU) dra w
Thane Turner (LH), 4-4
158 Mark Banks (BU) d. John
Barret (LH), 2-1
167 Jod y Kasam (LH) d. Roger
Leitzel (BU), 15-10
177 Jeff Kasam (LH) d. Frank
Spencer (BU), 13-11
190 Bruce Wallace (BU) d. Bill
Freeman (LH). 6-2
Hwt Jack Yocum (BU) d. Mike
Pacholik (LH), 10-0

Lorenzi is main key to success
by Anne Richardson
for The Voice

Theresa
Lorenzi ,
a
Bloomsburg
University
sophomore , is leading the nation
in scoring for the Division II
women 's basketball team.
This 5-9 forward has scored
559 points so far this season. She
is second on the list of all-time
scoring at Bloomsburg University
to Jean Millen who scored 1 , 113
points. With the points she has
already gained , she is hot on the
trail of Milieu 's record .
This year Lorenzi broke the
school record for most points is
a game , was named WNEP
Sports Star of the Week , and has
been ECAC and PSAC Player of
the Week many times.
What insp ires such success?
The answer is simple. Persistence.
When Lorenzi first started
play ing basketball in seventh
grade , she was cut from the team.
The following year , she did not
play and her freshman year she

sat on the bench.
Her father , who played basket
ball in hi g h school , and her uncle encouraged her to work at the
sport. She attended basketball
camp during the summer and
finall y made it on to the West
Hazleton Hi gh School varsity
basketball team.
She did we!! enough during her
school
career
for
hi gh
Bloomsburg University to offer
her a scholarshi p, which she
accepted.
During her freshman year at
Bloomsburg , Lorenzi scored 357
points , led the team in scoring,
was in the top five in the state in
the same category and was named to the All-Conference team.
Success has not gone to her
head . According to Linda King,
co-captain of the Huskies , "She 's
a very team oriented player. "
Theresa is very proud of the
team 's success. She doesn 't contribute it to herself , but to their
new coach , Joe Bressi. Lorenzi
said that he is a good coach and
has a good relationship with all

Swim teams split
by Kirsten Leininger

Staff Writer

The Husky men 's and women 's
swim team hosted West Chester
University in dual meet action
yesterday at Nelson Fieldhouse
pool.
The women Huskies swam to
a 139-65 victory over the Rams.
The win ups their season mark to
6-3.
First place winners for the
Huskies were Beth Roeder (200
fly and 500 free), Kim Stasko (50
and 100 free) , Debby Legg (200
back), Carol Gurniak (200
breast) , Kim Youndt (200 free)
and Karen Pfistere r (1000 free) .
Divers Amy Cole and Mimi
Mikalac each picked up a first in
the 3-meter and 1-meter events ,
respectively .
The 400 medley relay team of

Youndt , Gurniak , Kirsten Leininger and Carol Lohr also finished first as did the 400 free relay
team of Pfisterer , Roeder , Gurniak and Youndt.
Although the men 's team lost
to the Rams 112-79, they had
some impressive swims, taking
first in five events.
Recording wins for the Huskies
were John Schneider (200
breast) , Todd McAllister (100
free) and Andy Savarese (500
free) .
In addition , the 400 free relay
team of Jack Carr , Savarese ,
Jerry Shantillo and Potter finished first.
The women Huskies end their
season with a dual meet against
Clarion University this Saturday
at Nelson Fieldhouse pool , 1
p.m.

the players which has made all the
difference.
Most noticeabl y on Saturday
against Millersville . which according to Lorenzi was the best game
the team ever played. The team
worked together for an exceptional win.
see KEV , page 7

Freshman Dave Carpenter nailed 6-7 free throws , and Joe
Stepanski hit on 4-4, in the final
three minutes of the game as the
Bloomsburg University men 's
basketball team pulled out an
86-80 victory ove the Mansfeild
Mounties last ni ght.
Bloomsburg scored first on two
foul shots by Carpenter to take a
2-0 lead .
Then the Mounties took total
control. They went on an five
minute , 14-4 run to take a 14-6
lead and coach Chronister quickly
called a time out.
After the time out , the Huskies
pulled to within three , 21-18, only to have Mansfield pull away
again and establish a 29-22 lead
with 7:00 to go in the half.
The onl y thing that kept the
Huskies in the game was their excellent foul shooting as they hit
on 17-19 in the first half and cut
the deficit to three , 43-40, by
halftime.
Bill Connelly, who did not start
the game, came off the bench to
score 15 first half points , including a 7-8 performance fro m
the charity stri pe.
Stepanski chi pped in wiht 11
while Alex Nelcha , John
Williams and Dave Carpenter
were held to four points and nine
rebounds between them.
As the second half opened ,
Nelcha began to take control inside. He scored four of BU's first
eight points in the half as the
Huskies scratched to within one.
49-48.
After a Connell y lay-up and a
Mansfield three-point shot ,
Bloomsburg went on a 10-4 run
to take the lead for good , 60-56,
with 11:30 to go in the game as
Mansfield quickly called time
out.
The two teams then traded
baskets down the stretch when
with 6:18 left in the game Matt
Wilson fouled out while the
Huskies held a 72-68 lead .
After closing the lead to 73-71 ,
the Huskies scored nine strai ght
points on a Nelcha foul shot and
four strai ght points by Carpenter ,
four strai ghtj by Stepanski , and

From the locker room

another deuce by Carpenter put
BU up 82-71.
Mansfield battled ri ght back
however as they nailed a pair of
three-point shots to narrow the
marg in to 84-77 with :27 seconds
left.
Connell y hit a shot with :05
seconds but Mansfield nailed
another three-pointer to close the
scoring at 86-80.
Althoug h the Huskies were
outrebounded in the first half ,
21 -14 , they made up the slack in
the closing frame , 18-11 ,
finishing dead even at 32. The
Huskies committed 20 turnovers
to the Mounties 24.
So the Huskies move to 13-10
overall and 8-3 in the league taking over sole possession of se-

cond place , after Millersville 's
pounding of Kutztown.
The Mounties drop to 10-11
overall , 6-5 in the league and
almost no chance of making the
playoffs .
The Huskies not prepare to face
East Stroudsburg at East
Stroudsburg this Saturday for
another conference battle.

Bloomsburg
Stepanski 21 , Williams 8, Nelcha
7, M. Wilson 9, Carpenter 10,
Simpkins 4, Connell y 26, D.
Wilson 0, Melchior 0
86
Mansfield
White 19 , Brodrick 16, Claybon
5, Fisher 18, Frali g 20, Scurry
0. Johnson 2. Hamilton 0....80

Bill Connelly scored a game high 26 points in last night's victory over
Mansfield.
(Voice file photo)

SMU should get 'death penalty '

College athletics is in a state of
disorder. Many realize that it is
time to start punishing those who
break the rules. George Will
donates his learned op inion to
this delicate issue in a p iece that
usually would have run on the
commentary page.
by George Will
Editorial Columnist

William Stallcup, interim
president of Southern Methodist
University, is a biolog ist interested in the potential extinction
of a species. The endangered
species is the horse.
The SMU football team , the
Mustangs , who should be called
the SMU Recidivists , will soon
learn if it is to be the first victim
of the National Colleg iate
Athletic Association 's "death
penalty " for cheating : termination of the football program for
two years.
SMU is the most rule shattering school (six probations
in 28 years) in the scofflaw
Southwest Conference, in which
fou r of the nine schools are currently on probation or under investi gation. It is elig ible for the
"death penalty " because its most
recent infractions (players receiving payments) were committed
while it already was on probation.
This ignited a cleansing fire of
fury among faculty , students and
the community . Even Gov.
William Clements, former chair-

man oi SMU s board of governors and not generally thought of
in terms of delicate sensibilities ,
is shocked enough to say SMU
football must be scrubbed clean
or scrapped.
SMU will not protest its
punishment , whatever it is. And
punishment slightly less severe
than the "death penalty " might
do more than halt the disease of
football elephantiasis.
Punishment might include two
or more seasons with few athletic
scholarships permitted , and no
non-conference games, which
would mean a shrunken, seven
game schedule. That might mean
a permanent, wholesome shrinking of football to a scale commensurate with SMU' s size (only
9,000 students) and academic
seriousness.
A two-year suspension of football might be followed by a robust
return to the bad old ways by
some alumni and hangers-on who
would hanker for more glory
days, however purchased.
Some reforms can serve the interests of anti-reformers who
favor elephantiasis. So pervasive
is the cynicism in college
football~a giant entertainment industry grafted onto higher
education—some football factories
are supporting one reform in
order to combat another reform .
Last year the NCAA adopted
Proposition 48 , which says
freshmen recruits who do not
meet minimal academic standards

can not compete as freshmen.
These standards , although hardly rigorous , sidelined 11 of 23
football recruits at the University of Oklahoma.
Now some football factories
favor ending freshmen eligibility. So the new recruits can study
more? Hard ly. That would just
keep the freshmen off the field on
autumn Saturday afternoons.
They could still practice , attend
team meetings and wei ght
training—a full-time vocation.
No , some football factories
want all freshmen to be ineli gible so more responsible schools
will not be able to play their more
academically qualified freshmen.
Needless to say , there should be
both higher admission standards
and no freshmen competing, and
only three years of athletic
eligibility .
One reason for corrupt
recruiting is money : Winners
wallow in it. Last year college
sports had gross revenues of $ 1
billion , double the revenue of
eight years ago. In 1986, 18 bowl
games generated $41 million , up
from $8 million in 1975. A bowl
team can take home $2 million.
But the biggest source of corruption is the animal spirits of
boosters , something Texas , and
especially Dallas , has more than
its fair share of. A fine school like
SMU can be brought low by a
few reckless alumni and others
who live vicariously, and
deliriously, through the boys they

have bought.
Fortunately, it is possible to
hope that the tide is turning across
the nation. Consider the Tide.
The University of Alabama's
president , Dr. Joab Thomas, stirred controversy when he hired as
the Crimson Tide 's new coach
Bill Curry , who was not one of
"Bear 's Boys" (a player for famed 'Bama coach Bear Bryant) and
did not have a winning record
coaching at his alma mater ,
Georg ia Tech. But what Curry
has are two valuable memories.
One of his coach , Tech' s Bobby Dodd , running him up and
down the stadium steps at 6 a.m.
because he had cut a chemistry
class. Another is the memory of
learning, when he was president
of the NFL Players Association ,
that only 37 percent of the pro
players had college degrees.
At Houston 's Rice University ,
the administration of President
George Rupp is determined to
decide whether academic standards are compatible with competitiveness in the Southwest
Conference.
Already
Rice
athletes '
scholastic aptitude scores ,
although somewhat lower than
the average for the Rice student
body , are equal to the averages
of student bodies elsewhere in the
conference.
SMU's Stallcup, a gray-haired
gentleman in gray tweed , could
have been sent by central casting
see SMU, page 7