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Homecoming
(FAR RIGHT) Ending the Homecoming parade, the cheerleaders lead a pep session with the 1967 Rose Bowl team on stage as special guests (RIGHT) The football slips through the fingers of fullback Ric Enis during one of the many fumbles that plagued the IU team in the Homecoming game. (BELOW) Aqua Queen candidates line up for rear view judging.
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Hoosier
by Stu Courtney
Homecoming is supposed to be a bright and festive occasion.
Torrential rains and a bad case of fumble-itis left the 1977 Hoosier football team with a case of the blahs.
IU was vying for the Old Brass Spittoon, one of the lesser-known traveling trophies in the game. The Michigan State Spartans had so dominated the recent meetings between the two participating teams that even Lee Corso was not aware of the trophy. "I've never heard of it, never even seen the thing," Corso said. But then the natural huckster within him came out. "We'll still try very hard to win this valuable trophy," he said.
The Hoosiers, 2-3 going into the game, were seeking their first back-to-back Homecoming wins in over a decade. And
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statistically, they should have won it.
The Hoosiers had 30 first downs to the Spartans' 14. In total game yardage, it was the Hoosiers' 498-255. But the most telling statistic was the one that erased any IU edge and boosted MSU to a 13-13 tie: fumbles.
IU dropped the rain-slick ball five times and lost them all. The Spartans fumbled the ball twice and lost one. It was the one they didn't lose which hurt IU the most.
With a first and goal at the IU one-yard line in the closing minutes of the game, an IU tackler jarred the ball from MSU ball carrier Steve Smith.
The slick ball squirted straight up in the air, and Spartan tackle John Malinosky, who had missed his block on the play and was lying face up in the end zone, found himself the recipient of a face-saving gift he didn't have to catch so much as not drop. "That fumble went straight up in the air and, so help me God, he didn't have to move to catch it," said part-time playby-play announcer Corso.
The touchdown cut the Hoosier lead to a single point and the IU defense, along with the few thousand soaked spectators still in attendance, suspected a two-point make-or-break conversion attempt was coming. But the Spartans surprised everyone — even the MSU assistant coaches — by going for the tie on a kick.
Corso, who officially had no comment on the conversion, still managed to make his feelings evident. "All I know is we tried to win this one in EVERY conceivable way possible," he said. "We threw a screen pass to our wingback for a touchdown. We ran wing around, split end around, all sorts of weird stuff. "And WE were still trying to win it in the last 18 seconds when we went for that long one at the end." (The bomb pass was intercepted). Despite the outcome, the ever-optimistic Corso had the smile of a winning coach. "We played like crazy," he said. "We were denied a helluva hard-earned victory. I'm proud of the way our guys played this one. We gutted it out. Would you say that was a big-league football team out there in the red?"
The statistics said yes. The scoreboard said otherwise.
But the day wasn't a total loss. There were several representatives from the 1967 Rose Bowl team in town for a 10year reunion at the game. And many harkened to this "victory" as a premonition of another trip to Pasadena in the near future. Even Corso smiled at that one.
By the way, the spittoon remained in Michigan. After all, as Corso was to say later, "How the heck do you split a spittoon?"
Fred Friendly discusses impact of television
by Jean Weinzapfel
People probably learn more from television, radio or the newspaper than they do in school, Fred Friendly, former president of CBS News, told a full crowd at the Fine Arts Auditorium on Friday, Oct. 21.
The problem is that most people do not understand how to read a newspaper or how to watch television, Friendly said. Because of this, he added, people do not know much about the world they live in.
Friendly called himself a spokesman for what can be done when the institution of television is used right. Television is the best instrument of teaching, he said. There is enough good stuff on television for professors to teach with and make their classes really good, Friendly said.
Friendly, producer of the "See It Now" CBS News public affairs series during the 1950s and author of "Due to Circumstances Beyond Our Control," was in Bloomington for a three-day seminar sponsored by the Poynter Center. The seminar focused on news( J Dis a teaching tool.
Friendly uses television in the classes he teaches at Columbia University. "The best teaching aid around is Walter Cronkite or John Chancellor," Friendly said. "By using the accoutrements of the real world, I was able to teach journalism," he said. There is no better way for students to get the real feeling of McCarthyism than to see it on film, he added.
Friendly talked of the nervous breakdown of the First Amendment. "The First Amendment is supposed to be a right, not an alibi for sloppy journalism," he said.
There are a great many things a journalist can do that are not against the law, Friendly said. We have "the freest news system in the world," he said, alongside of which is a responsibility on the reporter that is much heavier today than 25 years ago.
Friendly demonstrated the responsibility that goes into editorial decisions by having the audience play a game in news judgment. The audience assumed the roles of editors, reporters and lawyers. Hypothetical situations were created and members of the audience were asked whether they would print or televise certain information.
Nervous donor relates experiences
by Patty Ward
You enter the dark caverns of Alumni Hall.
For a moment you reconsider: Does anyone really need my blood? You notice that everyone else appears calm and confident. Well, you think, if they can do it, so can I! Squaring your shoulders, you march into line.
Friendly Red Cross personnel begin to ask questions. Next, a nurse calls you to a table where your ear is pricked. The resulting drop of blood is placed in a bottle to check if it is full of iron, or if you should be taking Geritol. Your blood proves to be full of pep.
Suddenly, you find yourself with a thermometer in your mouth. After your temperature is taken, you're subjected to a Red Cross propaganda film showing a person giving blood. You're fine until you see the needle going into the person's arm. You cringe and look away.
Now you begin to wish that your blood had been in desperate need of a load of iron or that your temperature was 101 degrees. As you start to get your blood pressure checked, you fervently hope that it will blow the gauge.
After being quizzed about your medical past, you're led to a table of cookies and juice. Ah! Free food! This can't be as bad as it looks! You enjoy the cookies until you hear two people talking about the times they both fainted. Shuddering, you shove the cookies away.
Looking up, you see a Red Cross volunteer motioning to you. Swallowing your stomach to get it out of your mouth and back into its accustomed place, you go with her.
Another worker cheerfully helps you get on the table. You nervously ask how long it takes to give blood. You don't hear the answer; you're too busy staring at the long needle and complex tubing the nurse has brought. You watch apprehensively as she prepares your arm for the procedure. You brace for pain. There isn't any, or at least not as much as you expected.
You rest comfortably for the next 10 minutes while your blood flows gently into a small bag. The nurse returns and unhooks you from the bag. She helps you from the table, and a volunteer guides you to another table where you're fed sandwiches and Pepsi.
Aside from feeling a little lightheaded, you've never felt better in your life. You wear your "Be nice to me, I gave blood today" sticker with pride.
(LEFT) Sophomore Eric Pressel holds a gauze bandage to his arm after donating a pint of blood during the fall semester blood drive.
Evangelist conducts seminar
by Paul Peck
Kim Norris raised an open hand and spoke into the microphone, "I want to tell you about the word of Jesus." Amid , 'amens" and "hallelujahs," the former IU student led about 70 people gathered in the IMU's Georgian Room for a seminar on receiving the Holy Spirit.
Norris came within one semester of getting his degree in special education when he decided to travel the country as an evangelist. That was almost two years ago. Now, he travels thousands of miles a year, conducting revival meetings and seminars such as this one, which was sponsored by the Bloomington Jesus Student Fellowship and Pentecostal Assembly Church on Oct. 11 and 12.
For about three hours Norris and others talked about their lives with Jesus Christ and encouraged others to seek the power of the Holy Spirit. The meeting climaxed when several members of the group came forward to help each other accept the Holy Spirit's power.
Then, as quickly and quietly as it began, the meeting dissolved. A small group headed for the Pentecostal Assembly where Norris baptized IU senior Heather Beverly, an anthropology and environmental studies major.
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Bayh encourages services for blind
by Marianne Gleissner
Although many people in the audience could not see the keynote speaker, they heard and applauded his words. In fact, the keynote speaker, Indiana Sen. Birch Bayh, received a standing ovation at the sixth annual convention of the American Council of the Blind of Indiana, Inc. "Enhancement of Life" was the theme for this year's meeting, conducted in the Indiana Memorial Union on Oct. 21-22.
The thrust of Bayh's speech concerned government aid for services to the handicapped. As a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Bayh works with monetary allocations for the Department of Health, Education and Welfare.
Appropriations (or lack of them) for health services has been of great concern to Bayh. One great disappointment in this area, according to Bayh, is that Indiana "is a reluctant recipient as far as getting tax dollars back." "The government must act within the boundaries of reason and humanity to see that persons, handicapped through no fault of their own, are able to pursue (their) goals," Bayh said.
These goals can be achieved with the power each person possesses. "One of the real strengths we have is the ability to affect our destiny, with all of our shortcomings, with all our failures," the senator added.
Bayh encouraged the audience to push for more health services for the handicapped through the government. "What we must do through government programs is to assure that everyone is provided with the means to live up to his or her potential. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness is what Americans are all about," he said.
g (LEFT) Expressing his concern about the lack of health I-- services for the handicapped, Sen. Birch Bayh addresses a receptive audience of conventioneers.
Dancers disco on riverboat
by Katherine Hobble
Dressed in their most dazzling finery, 260 disco dancers boarded six buses destined for Cincinnati and what they thought would be the hottest Club Lautrec of the year But, the eager dancers were to met. n,,re than one surprise before the night of Oct. 22 was over.
Their first big surprise came when the buses pulled into the Cincinnati landing where the riverboat, the Chaperon, was docked. "Surely that's our boat over there," said Club Lautrec Director John Pearson, pointing to a nicer looking boat across the river. But no, that was she, the Chaperon, a big yellow over-sized houseboat. "We should have gone out and seen things for ourselves," Pearson said later, "but they sent us a picture of the boat. It looked so nice, painted up, with hundreds of people waving and showing their pearly-white smiles." He said they were led to believe that the Chaperon was the most popular boat in the Cincinnati area. "So," Pearson added, "we said O.K."
Advertisements showing a grand paddleboat invited students to wine, dine and dance on the Ohio River. Most people imagined something somewhat elegant. What they found when they boarded the Chaperon was a cafeteria dinner, featuring ground steak, baked potato and warm iced tea. People were herded through lines, juggling plates, glasses, silverware and desserts. Couples found their seats on the dimly lit deck of the boat.
A voice trumpeted over the loud speaker giving instructions, "Everyone sitting at the first five tables on either side, farthest from the bars, will be expected to move immediately after supper." With those words, men began taking down the tables and stringing wires to set up the sound system.
The dancing began and the grumbling subsided, replaced by the energetic, rhythmic sounds of disco music.
Everything went more smoothly then. The music was lively, the conversation was bright and the drinks were strong. Some couples danced to every song, dipping and bumping the evening away. Others gathered on the crisp and breezy top deck to talk, laugh and watch the shore drift by.
The final setback, and the most dramatic one, came when everyone filed off the boat and boarded the buses for the return trip. One of the buses simply refused to start. Even after laymechanics tried to revive it, the bus still wouldn't budge. Then a second bus fizzled out and wouldn't start again.
Finally at 4 a.m. Cincinnati time, approximately 100 sleepy-eyed people ran to meet the two Greyhound buses that would take them home after their fourhour wait.
Junior Ken Cogswell was one of the many stranded students. After it was over he said: "I loved the dance. I don't even care that we had to wait four hours in Cincinnati. We just had to make the best of it."
(ABOVE) Weary dancers waited long into the night for Greyhound Charter buses to arrive and return them to Bloomington. (FAR RIGHT) Foreign UN delegates board the charter bus which will take them on their campus tour. (RIGHT) Club Lautrec's floating dance floor awaits the arrival of IU students.
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UN delegates tour campus
by Marianne Gleissner
The chance of finding a hayride amid the skyscrapers of New York City is quite slim. But, delegates to the United Nations (UN) in New York had the opportunity to have some "down home" fun during a visit to IU on Oct. 21-23.
As part of the trip sponsored by a New York travel agency, a group of 33 delegates and several of their wives came to Indiana to see a different part of America. Janice Smith, a student involved with the trip, explained that the delegates spend most of their time at work in New York City and rarely have the chance to see other parts of the country.
After a day in Indianapolis, the UN visitors came to IU via buses. While here, the delegates stayed with faculty members, townspeople and students in Greek houses and dormitories. Several of the delegates fit quickly into life at IU — they spent Friday evening "barhopping" with their student hosts.
The weekend activities, sponsored by the IU Student Foundation, continued on Saturday when the delegates participated in discussion groups with faculty members. After lunch in Eigenmann Hall, the visitors were treated to a cocktail party at President Ryan's home. Saturday evening was open for the delegates, and many used their free time to attend the opera.
An Australian delegate and his wife received a dose of Hoosier hospitality when they went on a hayride with Alpha Omicron Pi members. The foreign couplc had never been on a hayride and enjoy roasting hot dogs and s'mores.
Su. ay afternoon the delegates greeted students from their native countries at a reception in the Frangipani Room.
All too soon, the delegates packed their souvenirs and new IU T-shirts and headed back to the skyscrapers of New York City.
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(TOP) Receiving individual team standings, Jerry Tardy prepares to announce which group has secured the greatest number of contributions. (ABOVE) Patiently waiting for someone to answer, university Chancellor Herman B Wells tries his hand at contacting a potential contributor. (RIGHT) Tired team captain Valerie Terzes, senior, watches the board for final totals after a long night of calling.
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IU reaps Telefund benefits
by Kathleen O'Hare
The fifth annual Telefund, sponsored by the IU Foundation, raised a record amount of $450,787.78 for Indiana University and the Foundation. The Telefund was only a part of the '77 Giving Campaign, which ran all year to raise money for the university.
The Telefund lasted seven days, from Oct. 24 to Nov. 3. During that time, student and faculty volunteers telephoned alumni to solicit donations. Oct. 31 was the night set aside this year for the Music, Journalism and Optometry schools to telephone not only alumni, but also special friends of their schools.
Approximately 98 percent of the money pledged during the Telefund is restricted to specific departments by the donors, according to student cochairman Jo Davis. The rest of the donations are dispersed at the discretion of the IU Board of Directors. This year most of that money will go to the Music, Journalism and Optometry schools since they have demonstrated the greatest need. The money received is used to finance scholarships and make improvements within the departments.
The last night of the Telefund was devoted to obtaining pledges for the Armstrong Endowment Fund. The fund was instituted by comedian Bob Hope in honor of William Armstrong's 25th year as president of the Foundation. The money goes to the Student Foundation, with the hope that it will eventually become self-supporting.
(CENTER) The busy atmosphere of the Big Red Room finds Steering Committee member Mike Evans, in an attempt to block out some of the noise, phoning from under a table. (BELOW) Telefund workers cheer the announcement of their group as top money raisers for the night.
Game highlights Parents' Day
by Cheri Thickstun
Making reservations for an October weekend in June? It may sound a little too precautious, but IU moms and dads were simply p reparing for Parents' Day.
IU and Bloomington anticipated such an influx of parents for the Oct. 20 festivities that area hotels began taking reservations four to five months in advance. The Indiana Memorial Union started accepting reservations by mail on July 1. L Jcal restaurants readied themselves for the crowds by adding extra staff and creating special football menus.
The main event on Parents' Day was the football game against the Minnesota Golden Gophers. Parents were treated to a good game, as the Hoosiers buried the Gophers, 34-22.
During halftime, the winners of the sheet-decorating contest displayed their artwork before the crowd. Sigma Chi and Kappa Alpha Theta tied for first place in the competition sponsored by the Student Athletic Board. Their creations best expressed the theme for the activities, "It's Ap'Parently Your Day."
After the game, a student alumni pitcher party drew people to a local bar. For parents who wanted to dance the night away, the Club Lautrec discotheque offered a fun opportunity. Different varieties of music were heard at two other special events — a Jazz Fable's concert and a musical by the Black Culture Society.
(TOP) Pompon girl Chris Lalioff supports the Parents' Day greeting that will soon be demolished by a charging line of football players. (RIGHT) Parents' Day brings Susie Rothkopf and her father together to watch an IU football win over Minnesota. k
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Students celebrate Halloween in style
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(TOP) Vonna Miller, the daughter of Briscoe's coordinator, picks freshman Mike Villa as an early winner of the dorm's costume contest. Sophomore Bob Vitkus looks on. (LEFT) Dressed as a wind-up doll, sophomore Sherri Mahan was one of the many students who wore costumes to the Halloween dinner in Wright Quad. (ABOVE) Terry Robinson waits patiently for the results of the Wright Quad Halloween costume contest.
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Sock Hop recalls '50s era
by Laura Manske
The girl sat at a table and eagerly read the last chapter in "Dating and Going Steady." Her pink-ribboned pony tail bounced to the beat of "B-B-Benny and the Jets."
The boy, clad in a white T-shirt, a black leather jacket and rolled-up straight-legged jeans, spotted her across the crowded room. He removed his "shades," combed his greasy hair into a ducktail and strutted over to her. "Ya wanna dance, baby?" he asked, flexing his biceps. "Who are you?" she drawled, popping bubble gum and straightening her circular skirt. "Heyyyy! I'm da Fonz!" he announced confidently. Hearing those words, she screamed and flung her arms around him. They scampered to the dance floor and rocked around the clock on Nov. 4.
However, it was 1977, not 1957. And the magical time machine recapturing the nostalgia of the '50s was Alumni Hall in the Indiana Memorial Union.
Sponsored by the Union Board, the "Sock Hop" proved that rock 'n' roll is here to stay. About 100 costumed people twisted to songs such as "Teen Angel," "The Last Date" and "Have You Heard," all performed by "B-B-Benny and the Jets."
The band members, Moose, Hot Dog and Benny, were the stars of the evening. While they performed the music of Bobby Darin and Frankie Avalon, female fans grasped and pawed at them in front of the stage. "Autographs! Autographs!" they yelled, clapping their hands. "Yeah, clap those hands. That's what they are there for, among other things," Benny hollered back.
The band also judged four contests: a jitterbug dance, a Teen Queen pageant, the greatest greaser and an Elvis sing-alike. Winners received record albums by '50s musicians.
The "Teen Queen" pageant provoked laughter and excitement in the crowd. Benny urged women to come on stage and announce their names. Each girl attempted to outdo the previous one as she curtsied, giggled, batted her lashes or kissed Benny.
Suzy Smucker, Union Board Director in charge of Galas and Holidays, was pleased with the turnout. "I think everybody is having a great time," she said.
From the dialogue of a couple, exiting arm in arm, Smucker seemed to be right. "Ya wanna take a spin on my motorcycle?" the boy asked, flashing a wide smile. "Only if you respect me," she answered, dropping the dating manual into her skirt pocket.
(TOP) Senior Dan Regenold and Julie Carlson, junior, pause to show-off their costumes before going to the "Sock Hop," sponsored by Union Board.
Frolic attracts young and old
by Laura Manske
About 100 people did the "hokeypokey" in Dunn Meadow on Nov. 6 at the "Woodsmen Frolic." Sponsored by members of R367, Social Recreation, the community event and major class project invited young and old to an afternoon of square dancing, sack races, corn husking, tug-of-war and Indian wrestling.
Dave Tindall, project chairman and a senior recreation major, masqueraded as Smokey the Bear. Children flocked around him as he passed out coloring books. "Remember, only you can prevent forest fires," he warned the children. "I know that!" a small freckled-face boy exclaimed, as if Tindall's warning was perfectly obvious.
Frolic plans began the second day of class. Jeff "Lumberjack" Wendell, copublicity chairman and senior recreation major, said the class received support from Bloomington merchants and schools. "It was hard work getting everything together. The number of class members (about 35) made the organization difficult at first. But in the last week everything worked out."
The project offered events for every age. For the less-active crowd, quilting, basket weaving and outdoor cooking were displayed. College students and older children enjoyed square dancing. Knee-high tots followed, rolled and tumbled after recreation students who dressed as lumberjacks or pioneers.
It seemed to be an enjoyable afternoon for everyone present. Even the Dunn Meadow Frisbee players tossed their discs to the beat of a foot-stomping guitar band.
(LEFT) Doing the "hokey-pokey" in Dunn Meadow was only one of the many activities included in the "Woodsmen Frolic." The event was sponsored by the members of R367, Social Recreation, as a class project. (CENTER) Learning folk dances was part of the celebration during the "Woodsmen Frolic" in Dunn Meadow.
Cromwell elected RHA president
by Nanci Hellmich
Approximately 2,200 students representing 25.2 percent of all IU dorm residents, turned out to elect Residence Halls Association (RHA) leaders on Thursday, Nov. 10.
Candidates from the Student Catalyst Party filled every office, with one exception. Freshman John Wray won the position of internal affairs vice-president.
Dennis Cromwell, a junior and president of McNutt Quad, was elected the new RHA leader. He hoped that his administration would add a lot of continuity to the RHA program. "RHA has built itself a name as a creditable organization," Cromwell said.
Two projects in which the new RHA president showed interest involved the dormitory libraries and floor damage policies. Cromwell hoped to establish a new funding base for the libraries. He also planned to "run an educational program to make students aware" of the costs of damages to their dorm floors.
The Cromwell administration continued the concert program started during the fall of 1977 Harry Chapin appeared in a concert sponsored by RHA in February.
Other officers chosen in the RHA elections were sophomore Jana Terrell, external affairs vice-president; sophomore Jennifer Riely, communications vicepresident; sophomore Kim Keeney, vicepresident of research and planning, and sophomore Terry Tucker, education vice-president.
(RIGHT) A dorm resident marks his ballot in the RHA elections.
by Laura Manske
Women have a right to orgasm with or without a partner, advocated Shere Hite at the IU Auditorium on Nov. 7. Sponsored by Union Board, the attractive, blondehaired author of The Hite Report, a best-selling book on female sexuality, talked frankly about her study to approximately 3,500 people.
Hite said she had no idea what replies the essay-type questionnaires would provoke. The purpose of the project was to let women anonymously define their own sexuality, and not have male doctors or "authorities" tell them what they should or shouldn't feel, Hite explained.
Many of the answers did surprise and enlighten her, Hite said. "I don't think women were just writing to me. It was a soul-to-soul communication answering to women throughout the world."
Initially, she distributed the questionnaires through nation-wide mailings to women's organizations. Then, announcements in various women's magazines informed readers that they could write for a questionnaire. Eventually, Hite went to church groups. Totally, 3,019 completed surveys from all over the United States were returned from women between the ages of 14 and 78.
Usually a project of this size is funded by an organization. However, Hite and many of her friends went into debt and lived like paupers while compiling the study. For four years and over 13,000 "women hours," they sat in her cramped apartment and deciphered handwritings. "But I felt it had more meaning," she said, "than working for IBM."
According to Hite, the book made three important contributions. First, it allowed women to hear other women's opinions on the subject. Second, it offered a new cultural and historical definition of "What is sex?" Finally, it provided new information for sex research, especially on how women achieve orgasm.
This last finding was the most important discovery, she said. Sexual intercourse is not the primary way for women to achieve orgasm. Only 30 percent of the surveyed women experienced orgasm during intercourse, Hite said.
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"Our whole society's definition of intercourse is sexist," the softspoken but outspoken Hite said. The word "penetration" sounds as if the woman is just supposed to lie there, she added. "Women's sexual lives reflect their positions in society as a whole," she explained. Women think they must be dependent on men for stimulation.
Hite said this belief is wrong. If she chooses, a woman should be able to orgasm without a man. "The fact is, women know very well how to have orgasms easily, quickly and with a great deal of pleasure."
Hite asked the audience, "Why is there such a stigma against masturbation? Why shouldn't women give themselves orgasms while men kiss and hold them? I'm advocating that women have control over their own sexuality." Hite added: "Women have to have a choice because until then it will be an emotional issue. You are under the power of someone else to give you pleasure, and that can cause resentment.
DNA forum informs public
by Julia Corbett
Public understanding of a complicated, scientific issue was the focus of a threeday public forum held at IU Nov. 10-12. The topic was recombinant DNA, or the transferal of gene information from one cell to another. Conference speakers dealt with the social, ethical and moral implications of changing the basic make-up of cells, possibly creating new life forms.
The forum, sponsored by the Poynter Center and the Indiana Committee for the Humanities, featured a spectrum of viewpoints from scientists, lawyers, environmental group representatives, politicians and citizens.
The speeches and open panel discussions which followed each of the five sessions showed that it is extremely difficult to weigh the possible benefits of the research against the possible hazards. There was some general agreement that there should be restrictions on DNA research, but views differed greatly on how extensive restrictions should be, and at what point they would infringe on the right to free inquiry.
The opening session on Thursday evening was a lively one with three distinguished speakers: Frank Putnam, distinguished professor of molecular biology and zoology at IU; Walter Gilbert from Harvard University and American Cancer Society Professor of molecular biology, and Leibe Cavalieri, division of genetics, Sloan Kettering lnstitue for Cancer Research and professor of biochemistry at Cornell University.
Putnam was against restrictions on DNA research and said if we had had to know all the answers that research would produce, we would not be where we are today. "The risks and benefits are speculative . . . but it's highly unlikely (the research) will lead to anything (dangerous). Man has been changing the nature of life since the beginning of time," he said. "It's even more dangerous to limit inquiry into this issue. The right to seek new information is important to this country," Putnam added.
Cavalieri asked, "How can we weigh the risks against the benefits, when the risks are unknown and are represented by a concerned, uneducated few?" Cavalieri supported freedom of inquiry, but within responsible ethical and moral boundaries. "We should not confuse freedom of inquiry with freedom of technology," he said.
The morning session of the conference's second day dealt with the legal problems of hazardous research. Patrick Baude, IU professor of law, said intellectual freedom is a value recognized in the Constitution. But, the state may reasonably regulate the time, place and manner of hazardous research, though not the research itself, in order to protect the health, safety and welfare of the people.
Roger Dworkin, IU professor of law, said the present legal institutions are inadequate to deal with any of the fears of accidents, potential applications of the research or willful misuse (such as by terrorists or even the government).
The third session on Thursday afternoon began with a speech by Burke Zimmerman, research associate from the U.S. House of Representatives, who said federal controls on DNA research will not harm the research as much as some scientists fear.
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Zimmerman has prepared a bill that would restrict some DNA experiments, in an attempt to limit the risks of such research without stifling scientific inquiry. "Knowledge itself is not dangerous, but the application may be," Zimmerman said.
Judith Randal, science correspondent for the "New York Daily News," said public policy cannot be made without public participation. "Since the public at large very likely will be exposed to these products without their specific consent, it would seem to me that even if tax funds weren't paying for most of the research, society could legitimately insist on having some voice in how the technique is used," she said.
The Friday evening session dealt with public interest, specifically corporate and citizen viewpoints. Roland F. Beers Jr. of Miles Laboratories in Elkhart, Ind., and Francine R. Simring, from the environmental group Friends of the Earth, agreed that successful and safe DNA research is dependent on some form of
regulation.
But Simring said the only regulations that exist, the NIH guidelines, are not uniform and do not apply to all. "The function of the NIH is to promote science. The conflict is that the NIH must regulate the very science it's promoting," she said.
In the discussion that followed the session, Cava lieri said in order for him to be convinced that DNA research should continue, he would "need to see this research being used to fill a human need, not just improving a technique for a company."
William May, IU professor of religious studies, was the first speaker of the final session on Saturday morning. "DNA research is not just a right to knowledge but the right to create," he said. "The right to know is not an absolute right. The right to know shouldn't flow into the right to manufacture without full assessment of the harms and benefits. Not only do we harm people if we don't give them consideration, we wrong them," May said.
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(CENTER) Speaking at the forum's opening session, Liebe Cavalieri of the Sloan Kettering Institute for Cancer Research expresses his concern over the speed of DNA research. (TOP) An audience member presents his views at a panel discussion entitled, "The Public Interest: Corporate and Citizen Viewpoints." (ABOVE) A member of the Cambridge Experimentation Review Board, Sheldon Krimsky explains the different safety and containment levels for DNA research.
Anti-Nazi campaign:
by Marianne Gleissner
Though it happened less than 40 years ago, the horrible thought of the slaughter of Jews in concentration camps is quickly fading from the memories of many Ge r
-mans. "In Germany today, the time is running out and the German people feel less and less guilty," Beate Klansfeld said in a lecture in the Fine Arts Auditorium on Nov. 16.
Klansfeld, a 36-year-old German, spoke of her campaign against the rise of neo-Nazism and anti-Semitism before a crowd of 300 people.
Preceding the lecture, co-sponsored by the Indiana Memorial Union Board, the United Jewish Student Appeal and the Israeli Activities Committee, the audience viewed the film, "The California Reich." This documentary related the activities of the California wing of a neo-Nazi group, the National Socialist White People's Party. Over 2,000 Americans in 25 U.S. cities belong to this party.
Klansfeld centers her campaign in Germany, but the film showed a strong rise in neo-Nazism in the United States. Klansfeld hoped to spread news of the movement and encourage people to "fight actively against anti-Semitism and to help the Jewish people whenever they are persecuted."
Coeds view Greek life
by Valerie Terzes Tanke
"What house is this?" "I forgot my name tag!" "Are you sure this is the right sorority?" "I can't stand waiting for 15 minutes between every party!" "It's cold!"
Fourteen hundred coeds experienced the trials of fall open Rush while previewing each of the 17 sorority houses in only three days.
Indiana University's Panhellenic Association offered each female student the opportunity to view sorority houses as an alternative to living on campus.
Weeks of theme preparations and skits by the sorority members helped the rushees distinguish one house from the next.
Rushees were greeted at each door with smiling faces and lively songs, as houses tried to convey the meaning of their sorority to each of the 1,400 coeds.
Not every girl that went through open Rush pledged a house. After the weekend in November, many coeds decided that Greek life was not right for them.
A 2.0 grade requirement, with a minimum course load of 12 hours, prevented many girls from continuing through the final rounds of Rush in Janua ry.
(TOP) Freshman Sally Tardy looks on as Diane Tischler, freshman, jots down distinctive characteristics about each house. (LEFT) A group of rushees leave the Delta Delta Delta sorority.
Hoosiers 'Puck Furdue' again
by Mike Siroky, Stu Courtney
It's PURDUE WEEK.
If you're a Hoosier, it's that most important of weeks, the week when IU football will be judged for an entire season's performance.
It's the last football weekend of the season and a game with the team from West Lafayette serves as the final exam for a whole year's work.
If you're IU football coach Lee Corso, it's the week you set your watch by and the one by which you start your calendar. A winning record this one week can make or break a coaching career.
If Corso wins this year, it would mark his first non-losing season as the Hoosier's coach. It would be IU's first
non-losing season since 1968. It would be the first team in over 30 years to beat a Boilermaker squad in back-to-back seasons.
Then there's the Old Oaken Bucket, the traveling trophy that has been in Bloomington for only 12 months of Corso's tenure. He's grown quite attached to this assemblage of oak and brass in that time.
He claims it nestled between he and his wife, Betsy, the night they escorted it home from West Lafayette. It's been confirmed that it served as the centerpiece on the family's Thanksgiving dinner table.
The latest rumor is Corso will have it permanently grafted to his left palm if the Hoosiers win it again.
Corso is putting in his longest work week to keep the thing. "There's no tomorrow," he says, knowing he's the surviving coach of last season's game, after which Purdue's Alex Agase was dumped even though he had beaten Michigan, the best team in the Big Ten and the nation. It was Agase's only loss to Corso.
His own current situation is not that tenuous, but he is well aware that the alumni lynching party is never far behind the losing coach in this game.
So the week begins, hectic and headachy. Monday, he plots strategy in the office that has the permanent welcoming sign: "What Have You Done Today to BEAT PURDUE?"
Wednesday, it's back to work with a new dedication — win the game for the family of Scott Etherton, a player killed the previous weekend in a car accident. This is also the day Corso first considers sequestering his team the night before the contest, away from the generdl hubbub of the game.
Memorial Stadium has been announced as a sellout, the first since 1973 (also a Bucket game), and Corso is worried about the extra pressures and distractions from a party crowd of that size in Bloomington.
Thursday and the old Corso hype begins. He stops a closed scrimmage to point to the corners of the now-empty Stadium.
He mentions how there's going to be a fan in every corner of the Stadium at the game and says: "Most of you guys have never seen this place that full. Hey, I've never seen .this place that full."
The weekend finally arrives and the team is isolated in a Brown County motel.
The city they left behind is rocking. Dormies are sharing their meager quarters with friends from Purdue, and the only thing that can drown out a Fleetwood Mac turntable concerto is an argument over the next day's game.
All the local motels are packed as well. "And this here's a FOOTBALL weekend," a local innkeeper says, shak-
ing his head at the marvel of it all happening in his lifetime.
Saturday, Purdue Week, 1977. Game day has finally arrived and Memorial Stadium looks like it never has before.
The stands are full of warm bodies, and "Screw Purdue" T-shirts are the dress uniform of the day. The total attendance of 52,914 makes it the thirdlargest football crowd in IU history.
The game is on, and the lead goes back and forth until the Hoosiers triumph on a Scott Arnett and Darrick Burnett drive that goes 84 yards in 17 plays. The Hoosiers have stomped the Boilers, 21-10.
If only Corso could have seen them, the guys in the corner were cheering just as loudly as the guys on the sideline. "I'm so proud of them," Corso said of his senior players. "They came here when maybe it wasn't so popular a choice to make — to attend Indiana to play football. They all came here when Indiana wasn't worth a damn. "But now, as they leave what they've built, playing for Indiana is worth it."
(FAR LEFT) Sophomore offensive guard Jeff Phipps is congratulated after the Purdue game by Steve Applegate, a member of the 1967 Rose Bowl team. (CENTER) On the field after the game, Corso is congratulated by sophomore walk-on Dave Harangody.
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(TOP) Junior Darrick Burnett breaks numerous tackles on the way to a 21-10 victory over Purdue. (ABOVE) A fan celebrates that two-year high of beating Purdue in bock-to-back seasons for the first time in over 30 years.
(RIGHT) On the field for introductions prior to the IU-Purdue game are Harry Gonso, quarterback of the 1967 Rose Bowl team, and offensive guard Jerry Grecco. (BELOW) Back together again, the coaching staff of the 1967 Rose Bowl team beam proudly for photographers. Left to right are Bob Hicks, defensive line coach; Herb Fairfield, tight ends; John Pont, coach; Jake Van Schoyck, backfield coach, and Nick Mourozis, defensive backs.
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'Cardiac Kids' reunited 10 years later
by Mike Siroky
The final game of the 1977 football season will be remembered for something other than yet another victory over the team from West Lafayette; it also marked the first official reunion of the team that gave IU its glory year in football.
Yes, that's right: year, singular.
The 1967 Hoosier squad was the only one in the university's history to go to the Rose Bowl.
So the year 1967 will always have a special meaning to those close to IU football.
It was the year of impossible comebacks for a team dominated by sophomores who, in the era of freshman ineligibility, were just supposed to be learning the game.
The heartstopping finales earned that squad the nickname "Cardiac Kids," and the Hoosiers, for once, captured the imagination of the whole country as they came from nowhere to be ranked among the Top 10 in the country.
So what if they eventually lost that Rose Bowl? The fact they got there was miraculous enough for any tried-and-true Big Red fan. And, that it took an O.J. Simpson to beat them "only 14-3" makes that memory rest easier with each passing year.
So here they were a decade later, being introduced prior to the opening kickoff just as they had been years before.
They all wore their original jerseys, even though some had swelled a bit in the stomach area. They also received an ovation from the first sellout crowd to occupy Memorial Stadium since the final members of that team graduated. "I didn't think it'd mean much," said Harry Gonso, the '67 quarterback who is now an IU Trustee. "No, I don't mean it wouldn't mean much, I mean I thought I wouldn't get so worked up. "Hey, we were all up. It was like preparing to beat Purdue all over again. Guys were jumping up and down and all. We were ready to play again."
And the crowd was ready for them to do so. When you get one great memory in the entire history of IU football, you don't let it lag when the reunion rolls around.
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Candlemakers visit IU
by Marianne Gleissner
A crowd gathered around the wooden booth in the center of the IU Bookstore. Everyone watched curiously as a core of hot wax was carefully carved into a spiral rainbow of colors. Once again, "the candlemakers" had come to peddle their wares at IU.
The three craftsmen set up their exhibit for a week in November, giving students a good opportunity to order custommade candles for Christmas gifts.
As he dipped a star-shaped core of wax in a colorful mixture of outer layers, one of the candlemakers explained that their business is "mostly regional, but we do make some excursions to far-off, exotic places." Hawaii is one such place the Cincinnati-based trio has visited.
After the craftsman finished giving the candle as many as 35-40 layers of color, the wax object was ready to be carved.
Then it was Mike's turn to work. Mike, a candle carver for three years, had 10-15 minutes to sculpt the pliable hot wax into twisting, swirling towers of light. When the process was finished, he dipped his masterpiece in a protective coat of clear glaze.
IU was just one stop for the candle craftsmen in the fall of 1977. From here, the trio moved onto exhibitions at other colleges, shopping malls and craft shows.
(TOP) The Wax Works, a small candlemaking company which travels the year-round, stopped at IU to give a demonstration at the IMU Bookstore. (ABOVE) Michael Kensinger puts the finishing touches on a candle before it cools. 73
Boyle convicted
The first months of 1978 proved to be very hard for coal miners, especially one man, former United Mine Workers' (UMW) President W.A. "Tony" Boyle.
In mid-February, Boyle was convicted for the second time of the 1969 murders of UMW rival Joseph "Jock" Yablonski, his wife and daughter. The guilty verdict upheld the decision reached in Boyle's first trial in 1974, in which he received sentences of life imprisonment for each of the three counts of first-degree murde r.
The verdict came as a setback to Boyle, a man who had survived other drawbacks in recent years — a suicide attempt, a recurrent heart ailment and the murder convictions.
Marianne Gleissner
Winter trials
Two strange stories came to a close with the trials and convictions of all the defendants in a pair of unusual crimes.
Residents of Hollandsburg, Ind., rested easier after suspects were convicted in the slayings of four teenagers from their community. The victims, Ralph, Reeve and Raymond Spencer and their stepbrother, Gregory Brooks, were shot to death by four men on Feb. 14, 1977.
Eleven months later, those four were found guilty of the murders and sentenced to life in prison. Roger Drollinger and David Wayne Smith were both convicted on four counts of first degree murder. The other defendants, Daniel Stonebraker and Michael Wright, testified for the state and pleaded guilty to lesser charges.
Mandatory life sentences were imposed on three men convicted of kidnapping with bodily injury in Chowchilla, Calif.
James Schoenfeld, his brother Richard and Fred Woods were found guilty of kidnapping 26 school children and their bus driver on July 15, 1976. The trio demanded $5 million in ransom, but never had the opportunity to enjoy their wealth.
Woods and the Schoenfelds were arrested after the school children and their driver, Ed Ray, dug their way to freedom. The abductors had entombed their hostages in a van in a Livermore, Calif., rock quarry.
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UE tragedy
A tragedy in the sports world touched close to home for IU students, when a plane carrying the University of Evansville "Aces" basketball team crashed shortly after take-off from Evansville on Dec. 13. All 29 persons on board, including the entire 14-member team, its head coach and several team and university officials, were killed.
The crash came as a sudden shock to the community, which has traditionally taken great pride in its college team. Under former head coach Arad McCutcheon, Evansville teams won five NCAA national championships in Division II competition.
The beginning of the 1977-78 season ushered in a new flourish of excitement throughout the community, as the Aces stepped up to the ranks of Division I competition. The school hired a young, aspiring coach and three talented assistants who succeeded in recruiting several of the Midwest's most promising players.
This new air of excitement in Evansville was suddenly wiped out when the season came to a tragic halt after only four games.
The day after the crash, the university canceled classes on the numbed campus. Hundreds of students gathered in the school chapel for memorial services.
News of the accident prompted thousands of monetary contributions from across the country to help rebuild the school's shattered basketball program. (IU fans contributed over $5,000 in a collection taken during the IUAlabama game). Within a month after the crash, the memorial fund had accumulated over $100,000.
Despite the tragedy, Evansville announced its intention of remaining in Division I competition and soon began searching for a new head coach.
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Grain disasters
The United States' worst grain industry accident, and a second grain disaster five days later, produced much concern over safety standards for the nation's grain elevators.
The first explosion in an elevator in Westwego, La., claimed 36 lives on Dec. 22. On Dec. 27, 18 persons were killed in a similar explosion in Galveston, Texas.
The Federal Grain Inspection Service
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ruled out sabotage as the cause of the blasts and said low humidity and rapid temperature changes may have contributed to the accidents. Although 45 percent humidity is the required safety margin to prevent grain dust from igniting, the humidity before both explosions was about 30 percent. Grain dust, jarred loose from grain kernels being loaded into elevators, is even more volatile than gunpowder.
The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration had been criticized for emphasizing minor safety regulations, but had recently stepped up its inspection programs for grain elevators. Thirteen federal grain inspectors were killed in the two blasts.
Julia Corbett
Prisoner exchange
Flying his chartered DC-9 sled to Mexico, Uncle Sam played Santa Claus to 61 American prisoners, including 53 drug offenders.
His present? They were released from Mexican jails in time to celebrate Christmas in the United States.
However, they were not granted immediate freedom. Soon after landing in San Diego to a cheering, tearful crowd of friends and relatives, the prisoners were transported to a downtown detention building. After processing, some obtained freedom; others petitioned for pa role.
But their happiness stemmed from their transfer out of the Mexican jails, known for unfair, poor and abusive conditions.
Yet, the prisoners were just the first bundle old Sam carried back as part of an unusual prisoner exchange between the United States and Mexico. The program permitted convicted offenders to complete their prison terms in their home country.
Sam will haul 234 of the 577 Mexicanjailed Americans back to the U.S., while 36 Mexican convicts will depart for south of the border.
Mexico, a land with stiff penalties for drug users (5 years, 3 months minimum sentence without parole) was delighted to return the prisoners. The country's tough drug laws had strained government relations and created a sag in tourism. Enacted by the Mexican government in 1969, the laws were a result of strong American pressure and a healthy U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency budget.
However, some government officials speculated that without the fear of harsh Mexican jail sentences, drug movement across the border will grow.
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Laura Manske
Russian satellite
It all seemed to be a scientific version of "Chicken Little." But this fairy tale was not as humorous.
In mid-December, a nuclear-powered spy satellite from Russia fell out of orbit and came barrelling toward the Earth. By late January, the satellite, COSMOS 954, was close to crashing the atmosphere.
Experts tracked the path of the wayward object and estimated a time and path of re-entry. On Tuesday, Jan. 24, COSMOS 954 crashed near Yellowknife in Canada.
During its descent, the satellite apparently emitted strong levels of radiation. U.S. and Canadian search teams detected "an extremely dangerous" amount of radiation in a sparsely populated wilderness.
The satellite had been expected to burn up or explode upon re-entry. The high levels of radiation indicated that fragments of COSMOS 954 had reached the ground. One woman saw the object which "looked like a jet on fire. There were dozens of little pieces following the main body, all burning and each with its little tail of fire just like the big piece."
Health and environment officials were extremely concerned about the radiation levels. But, as the weeks passed, the fragments of COSMOS 954 posed less and less problems for neighboring Canadians.
Marianne Gleissner
Charlie Chaplin, "The Little Tramp" with the twitching mustache, bowler derby and swinging cane, died on Christmas Day in Vevay, Switzerland, at the age of 88.
Chaplin satirized life with films like "The Gold Rush" and "The Great Dictator." His movies brought him worldwide admiration; his personal life was embroiled in international controversy.
Chaplin faced heavy criticism for his leftist political views in the 1940s. Forced to prove his "moral worth" to gain reentrance into the United States, Chaplin instead chose to settle his family in Switzerland.
The actor was honored in 1972 with an Academy Award praising his effects on and contribution to the motion picture industry. Queen Elizabeth II placed the title "Sir" before Chaplin's name when she knighted him in 1975.
Chaplin's contributions to the motion picture industry are felt in virtually every facet of filmmaking — production, direction, writing and acting. "The Little Tramp" excelled in all of them.
Kathleen O'Hare
Kiritsis acquitted
Tony Kiritsis, the man accused of kidnapping real estate executive Richard Hall in February of 1977, was back in the news again. Kiritsis, who had admitted his guilt, was acquitted of the crime on a reason of insanity plea. Though Kiritsis received a favorable decision from the jury, he was not a free man.
In a November hearing, Marion County Superior Court Judge Michael T. Dugan found Kiritsis to be "dangerous and incompetent." Dugan placed him in the hands of a state mental agency, which was to determine Kiritsis' future — freedom or commitment to a mental hospital.
The case prompted legislation to be introduced in the Indiana General Assembly. State prosecutors now carry the burden of proof in sanity cases. The new bills would require defense lawyers to prove insanity at the time the crime was committed. The legislation would also alter verdicts in such cases. Defendants would now be found "not responsible by reason of insanity," rather than "not guilty by reason of insanity."
Marianne Gleissner
Farmers raise cain
For the first time since the Great Depression year of 1932, U.S. farmers went on strike this winter.
The farmers were protesting a drop in farm income. The striking farmers complained it took an average of $5.06 to raise a bushel of wheat, but they only received $2.07 per bushel.
Plagued by several problems, the strike had little effect on Americans during the winter. The farmers had a difficult time trying to organize.
Added to the strikers' problems was the fact that few of them looked as though they could justify their claim of being broke. Many were still living off the period of prosperity between 1973 and 1975 and were driving air-conditioned tractors. "This is the richest-looking group of broke people I've ever seen," said one trucker.
By spring, it appeared that the strike was almost over. Few farmers had stopped their spring planting, and rising prices had boosted the hopes of many farmers.
Patty Ward
New FBI director
Federal Appeals Court Judge William H. Webster was named by Attorney General Griffin Bell as the new FBI director in January. Webster replaced Bell's first choice, Federal Judge Frank Johnson, who had removed his name from consideration after becoming ill.
The 53-year-old Webster, a Republican and Nixon appointee, became the third FBI director in history. He succeeded Clarence Kelley, who retired Feb. 15. Webster's reputation as a "straight arrow" was considered just what the FBI, recently shaken by several scandals, needed. At his first press conference, Webster praised the agency and said he would promote people from within the FBI to fill vacant positions.
Patty Ward
Marston fired
The "Mr. Clean" image of the Carter administration was dirtied some when the president recommended the dismissal of a Republican U.S. Attorney in Philadelphia.
That attorney, David Marston, was investigating the activities of prominent Democrats in Pennsylvania. Marston
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secured the conviction of Herbert Fineman, state speaker of the house, on charges of obstructing justice. Another prominent politician, state Sen. Henry J. Cianfrani, pleaded guilty to 106 counts of various charges — tax evasion, mail fraud and obstruction of justice.
As he was preparing cases against more politicians, Marston was relieved of his duties by Attorney General Griffin Bell.
Marston was sharply criticized as "a Republican political animal with visciousness in his heart and for only one reason — to get Democrats," said House Speaker Tip O'Neill.
The dismissal served only to mar Carter's image. The investigations started by Marston were to be continued by his staff and assistants.
Marianne Gleissner
Hubert Humphrey
Sen. Hubert Humphrey, known as "The Happy Warrior" of American politics, died on Jan. 13, after a long fight against cancer. The 66-year-old former vice president died at his home in Waverly, Minn., with his family at his bedside.
Humphrey was praised and honored by political colleagues who both opposed and supported him. President Carter said that when Humphrey first visited him in the Oval Office, "I felt he should have served there." Vice President Walter Mondale, a Humphrey protege, said, "He taught us all how to hope and how to love, how to win and how to lose. He taught us how to live and, finally, he taught us how to die."
During a memorial service at the Capitol Building in Washington, Mondale asked Mrs. Muriel Humphrey to forgive
him for being unable to completely follow her husband's instructions that his funeral services be a joyful occasion.
Humphrey, three times denied the office he most wanted the presidency, may have had more influence than many presidents in his role as a social legislator. President Carter stated that Humphrey might have been more important to the American people than any of the three presidents present at his memorial service. It was Humphrey's death that brought Richard Nixon out of his selfimposed exile from Washington. Nixon joined former President Gerald Ford in paying tribute to the Senator from Minnesota.
The American people paid their tribute to Humphrey by braving cold temperatures in both Washington, D.C., and St. Paul, Minn., to pass by Humphrey's casket. A black man, who refused to give his name, phoned United Press International and said, "We all lost our innocence when he died." Asked if he knew Humphrey, the man said, "No . . . I just loved him."
The woman who loved Humphrey more than anyone, his wife, Muriel, was later chosen to fill his vacant Senate seat. Minnesota Gov. Rudy Perpich appointed Mrs. Humphrey to serve the remaining eleven months of her husband's term.
Patty Ward
Storms sweep nation
As the snow piled deeper and deeper in the Midwest, rain washed away more and more of the California coastline. In yet another example of freakish weather, blizzards and floods hit opposite ends of the nation.
Drought-hardened earth slowly absorbed part of the torrential rains in California. The state had received 125130 percent more rain than normal.
High winds accompanied the rains, causing great walls of water along the West Coast. Homes lining the beaches sustained much damage due to huge mudslides.
While the West floundered in floods, the Midwest began digging out from one of the biggest blizzards in history.
Over 31 inches of snow blanketed most of the Ohio Valley, as hurricane winds created gargantuan drifts. States of emergency were declared in much of the Midwest, as National Guardsmen began rescue operations for snowbound motorists.
Marianne Gleissner opponents. Spinks, however, solved this strategy as he battered the champ whenever Ali went into his cover-up.
By the tenth round, it became obvious that the champ had given away too many rounds in the early going. The strategy changed, the action picked up. By the fifteenth, Ali's situation was desperate; the champ answered the bell looking for a knockout.
In his previous fights, Ali had been able to turn the clock back and regain his youthful vigor for a crucial round or two. But this time Father Time refused to be denied. In Spinks' corner exuberance grew, in Ali's corner shock and disbelief.
Ali loses title
He was "The Greatest." For over a decade, he dominated the sport of boxing as no other man had ever done before. Muhammad Ali was boxing — the Foremans, the Fraziers, the Qua rrys and the Nortons just seemed to be co-stars in his show. And what a show it was.
It began with Ali's pre-fight antics and taunts and culminated with the champ striding proudly into the ring amidst the crowd's chant, "Ali, Ali, Ali."
But things change. The sound of the crowd grows weak, and the butterfly loses its sting.
It was a different Ali that entered the ring the night of Feb. 16 in the Las Vegas Hilton Pavilion. Gone was the fanfare, the poems and the usual jibes at the opponent. A far more serious Ali took the traditional stroll from the dressing room to the canvas. In the opposite corner stood the challenger, an ex-Marine whose major credentials were his Gold Medal performance at the 1976 Olympics and the gap in his smile. His name — Leon Spinks.
In the early rounds, Ali played with his youthful adversary. The action was limited, except for the famous Ali rope-adope that had worked so well on previous
A dejected Ali walked back to his dressing room; he was crying, but his head was still held high.
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Burns replaced
After advising and occasionally opposing six U.S. presidents, Arthur Burns was relieved of the chairmanship of the Federal Reserve Board by President Carter in January. The president praised the 73year-old Burns' work, though the two men had often been in conflict during Carter's first year in office.
Burns' surprising replacement was G. William Miller, chairman of Textron, Inc., a $2.6 billion conglomerate. Burns approved of the choice. Most businessmen would have preferred that Burns stay, but they accepted Miller as the new chairman.
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Madrigals, 'Nutcracker' mark Yuletide season
by Kathy Ellin
Certain events in Bloomington are a reminder that the holiday season has arrived again. "The Nutcracker Suite," with guest artists Patricia McBride and Richard Hoskinson, opened for its 19th consecutive production on Dec. 9.
Performed by the IU Ballet Department, the story of Clara and her nutcracker is well-known to all. The ballet was first brought to the United States in 1934 by the Sadlers Wells Ballet (now the Royal Ballet). In 1954, the Nutcracker achieved its status as a Christmas tradition in the United States when the New York City Ballet premiered choreographer George Balanchine's version.
The audience was filled with children "oohing and aahing". Especially beautiful was McBride's Sugar Plum Fairy. If anyone could inspire young girls to become ballerinas, McBride's Sugar Plum Fairy could.
The special effects in the production were marvelous. The Christmas tree grew, and snow fell during the "Waltz of the Snowflakes." These extra touches helped to heighten the ballet's magical feeling.
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Especially tun was Mother Goose and her children. The children, who study in Bloomington ballet schools, did a professional job and brought the ballet even closer to the children in the audience.
All of the "children" in the audience, both young and old, could not help but become involved with Clara, her nutcracker prince and the lands they visited. Constantly filling the thoughts of the audience were the dances from the different countries, the Reed Pipes with their long, thin bodies, Mother Goose and her children and the waltzing flowers. Perhaps the audience, like Clara, did not know whether it was a dream or reality.
by Julia Corbett
In many ways and to many people, the first few weeks in December seemed to bring little more than final exams. But these weeks also brought the Madrigal Dinners, a 29-year-old Indiana University tradition that escorts in the most celebrated day of the Christian year. The holiday musical feast, sponsored by the Indiana Memorial Union and the School of Music, has grown and improved to satisfy the capacity crowds. But in many ways, the response remains the same each year. "Christmas is the only season that puts me in this kind of spirit, and the Madrigals always start the season perfectly," remarked one woman after attending the dinner. Ushered into the decked hall by serving wenches and waiters, guests sat at long, candlelit tables. The singing lords and ladies then proceded to the high table with trumpet fanfares. Allan Ross, conductor of the Chamber Singers, invited the guests to "share in good food, 4111 good fellowship, good music and help us celebrate this Christmas season." The wassail bowl was served to the entertainers at the high table with a second fanfare, and guests joined in a toast to the season. After waiters carried the boar's head down the long aisle, the lords at the high table sang a round of "This is Christ the Lord." The guests dined on roast beef with Yorkshire pudding, rice pilaf and green beans. The court jester strolled from table to table, entertaining adults and tying balloon animals for children. The singers performed a special rendition of "The Twelve Days of Christmas" with a swimming swan that spouted water and a symbolic pear that proved tasty to one lord. Flaming plum pudding arrived with a fourth fanfare and a chorus of "We Wish You a Merry Christmas." After the dinner, guests settled back to listen to 15th and 16th century carols and madrigals that told the Christmas story. The enthusiastic Chamber Singers, who shared madrigal performances with the Pro Arte Ensemble under the direction of John Raymond Howell, enjoyed this special part of the program. The candles dripped down to small stubs, as verses of "I Saw Three Ships," "The Holly and the Ivy" and "He is Born, the Divine Christ Child," were sung. Christmas was coming.
Artists show various talents, herald in Christmas season
by Kathy Brosmer
The IMU Craft Shop, lounge area and Trophy Room overflowed with many hand-designed goods during the Christmas Craft Show, Dec. 5-6.
The IMU Craft Shop and Union Board stage two craft shows annually, one in the summer and the other in December. Local artists are very carefully screened by the sponsors who judge the craftsman by his work, the price charged and the quality of the craft. Prices must be economical enough to fit student budgets, and the crafts must also be handmade.
The December craft show revealed a wide range of talented artists. Exhibitors displayed hand-thrown pottery, macrame plant hangers, crocheted Christmas ornaments, leather goods and hand-woven placemats and purses.
Karen Cherrington presented a large display of feather jewelry at the show. "I get the feathers in big bundles, then I work up my own creations. No two pieces of jewelry are exactly alike," she said.
For Bill Preston, the show was an excellent opportunity to display his handcrafted, solid wood, mountain dulcimers. The dulcimer is a popular musical instrument in the Appalachian Mountain region.
Preston first learned of the dulcimer from his father, a native of Appalachia. "I built my first dulcimer about six years ago from a kit, and I've been building them now for two years," Preston said. He estimated that it takes him approximately 40 hours to complete one instrument. Displayed at the craft show were dulcimers handcrafted from Baltic birch, cherry and walnut spruce woods.
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(RIGHT) Marya Carr, 5, tells Santa Herman B Wells what she wants for Christmas. The former university president's portrayal of Santa Claus has become an annual Christmas tradition at IU. (ABOVE) Prospective buyers inspect the various handicrafts at the IMU's Christmas Craft Show.
(ABOVE) Tuba-playing Santos entertain Bloomington crowds. (LEFT) Junior Cathy Lingle helps with the festive decorations on the Christmas tree in the IMU.
New semester adds 'registration blues'
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Activities Fair informs students of campus groups
by Marianne Gleissner
For two days during the first week of classes, the Indiana Memorial Union Alumni Hall is the scene of a fair. This fair doesn't have a merry-go-round or game booths. Instead, the Union Board Activities Fair, sponsored every semester, has information from various campus organizations.
Students milled through a maze of tables at both Activities Fairs this year. Campus groups like the Volunteer Students Bureau, a spelunking (caving) club and political organizations used the fair to attract new members.
At the fall Activities Fair, over 1,500 girls visited the Panhellenic Association's booth to sign up for formal and open Rush. Other organizations, including religious groups like the United Jewish Student Appeal, used the fair to publicize their activities.
Entertainment was a new feature at the Activities Fair this year. A jazz band shared the stage time with members of the Society for Creative Anachronism, who performed Renaissance skits and fencing scenes.
(TOP) Bill Smirga, assistant coordinator of Union Board programming, mans the group's booth at the spring semester Activities Fair. (LEFT) Junior Thomas Edging listens as senior Virginia Kvaalen (left) and freshman Kari Winter tell him about the Day Star Ministries.
