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Coal Crisis
Energy shortage shuts down IU
by Tom Charlier
As if it weren't enough to have to suffer through the worst winter on record, a 110-day coal strike caused a serious energy shortage to make things even more unpleasant for Hoosiers.
The strike came as no surprise to anyone, though; disgruntled miners had been threatening the walkout as soon as their contracts expired. Anticipating the strike, IU stockpiled a 38,000-ton coal supply in hopes of averting a crisis. University officials were told that this would be enough to last 95 days in normal winter weather. IU also took further measures to obtain coal from non-union mines in the area. So, when 160,000 United Mine Workers (UMW) walked off their jobs on Dec. 6, university officials saw little need for immediate alarm.
Even these efforts were to prove futile, however, as no one could foresee the determination of the miners to hold out for a favorable contract or the bitter weather that most of the nation was to endure.
Throughout December, below-average temperatures forced the physical plant to burn nearly 500 tons of coal daily. In January, the winter weather turned from bad to worse. Frigid temperatures were made even more uncomfortable by an all-time monthly record of 29 inches of snow — 14 of which fell in a two-day blizzard with below zero temperatures.
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(TOP) After striking miners resumed work, a coal caravan crept into Bloomington to replenish IU's dwindled coal supplies. (ABOVE) A workman chisels coal out of the hoppers during the coal crisis.
As coal supplies began to dwindle in mid-January, Public Service Indiana (PSI), which supplies most of IU's power, began asking customers to conserve fuel by 15 percent. IU responded by turning down the heat in some campus buildings and cancelling many extracurricular activities. These measures amounted to a cutback of only eight percent; the university planned a stricter set of guidelines for energy conservation.
Faced with the "virtual inevitability" of an upcoming PSI mandate ordering a 25 percent reduction of electrical use, IU Vice-President Robert O'Neil announced a series of more drastic steps to blunt the impending crisis. This new plan, called "Phase Two," consisted of six major features: many elevators around campus were shut down, including three at the main library; all campus escalators were turned off; coolers which refrigerated the hundreds of water fountains on campus were also shut off; outside lighting was reduced wherever safety was not seriously impaired; electric hand dryers in the bathrooms were shut off, and the ventilating fans for campus buildings were turned off for longer periods of time. Further steps taken after this action called for the heat in many campus buildings to be lowered to 60-65 degrees — and in some cases lower. The lights in many classrooms were turned off when windows could provide the necessary lighting.
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1978 was the winter the impossible happened ... the Blizzard of '78 canceled classes for two days, and the coal miner's strike threatened to shut down the power plant and succeeded in closing IU for three weeks. Nobody would have believed it — or believed the mountainous work load that awaited students returning from spring break. After this semester, nothing could surprise us. — Dan Dornbrook, IU junior
On Feb. 6, the conservation drive was dealt a serious blow. A tentative agreement between mine owners and the striking miner's bargaining council caused the public to relax their willingness to conserve energy. The jubilation was shortlived as the rank-and-file union members rejected the pact by a 2-1 margin the following week. The crisis became imminent.
Further steps to cut power usage brought home the reality of the emergency to IU students. The HPER building was closed at night, curtailing intramural activities; the Spirit of Sport All-Nighter, a charity sporting event which annually raises money for the Special Olympics, was called off, and evening varsity basketball games were played in the afternoons.
The strike continued, and the coal shortage grew worse. As IU and PSI supplies became critically low, university officials contemplated closing classes in order to avert an emergency. Any hopes that classes could remain in session were dashed when the Public Service Commission ordered power companies with less than a 40-day coal supply to mandate a 50 percent reduction of electrical consumption. Since PSI conceded that it would soon reach that level, IU President John Ryan approved an order for an emergency recess; the campus could not operate on a 50 percent reduction level.
The emergency led to an extended three-week spring break from March 4-27, instead of the official recess scheduled from March 18-27. The two weeks of lost class time were made up by having classes on Saturdays. Also, final exams were delayed nearly a week to allow for the necessary extension of classes.
When students returned to campus from break, the crisis had waned. The break had been successful in allowing the university to cutback electrical usage by nearly 55 percent daily, an effort helped significantly by warmer weather. Also, the UMW had approved a new contract and began returning to work in late March. PSI lifted its restrictions. The crisis was over.
Scott Goldsmith
(LEFT) Briscoe Quad stands dark and quiet after the forced mass exodus of IU students for the extended spring break. (BELOW) The challenge of a mandatory cutback in energy usage forced IU residents to decrease their consumption of electricity.
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Tom Cruze
(CENTER) Hoosier basketball fans sacrificed house lights during halftime to save energy. (BOTTOM) Robert H. Garrett, director of administrative services, locks the doors to the Business building in compliance with orders to save energy. (LEFT) Freshmen Mary Beth Kinman (left) and Wendi Wilson tell each other goodbye before leaving for IU's extended break.
Will Geer
After secretly being hospitalized for nearly a month, Will Geer, known to millions of television viewers as Grandpa Walton, died in April of respiratory arrest.
Though best-known for his portrayal of the family patriarch in the CBS program "The Waltons," Geer was an accomplished theatre and film actor. He also crusaded for various political and ecological concerns. In the 1930s Geer often accompanied folksinger Woody Guthrie on tours.
Geer also had a reputation as a talented Shakespearean performer. He established the Shakespearean Gardens at Stratford, Conn., and the Globe Theatre in San Diego.
A native of Frankfort, Ind., Geer received an Emmy for his performance as Grandpa Walton in 1975.
Patty Ward
Korean scandal
After several months of accusations and indictments which cast a shadow over Congress, South Korean businessman Tongsun Park finally talked in March.
He talked, but he didn't tell the House Ethics Committee much more than they had already known. Accused of giving over $850,000 in illegal contributions to many members of Congress and Richard Nixon's re-election campaign, Park denied any wrongdoing on his part. "What I have done in Washington constitutes an American success story on a small scale," he said.
The Korean scandal involved several prominent House members, including House Speaker Thomas (Tip) O'Neil, who received a set of golf clubs and two lamps from Park, and Indiana's House Majority Whip, John Brademas, who reportedly received $5,250 in illegal contributions. One Representative, Richard Hanna of California, was sentenced in April after pleading guilty to accepting money from Park.
At the end of April, Park remained in Washington for further questioning by House investigators, including former Watergate prosecutor Leon Jaworski.
Patty Ward David R. Lutmon
Black majority rule
Chances for peace in Rhodesia improved in 1978, when Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith announced an agreement with three of the nation's black leaders. The agreement provided for a one mon/one vote election system and protection for Rhodesia's 250,000 whites. Smith called the agreement "a victory for moderation." The three black leaders, Chief Jeremiah Chirau, Bishop Abel Muzorewa and Dr. Elliot Gabellah, were also pleased. "We are all very happy," Muzorewa said.
Less pleased were British Foreign Secretary David Owen, American U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young and black guerrillas. The guerrillas called the agreement a "sellout." Owen reluctantly said it was "a significant step toward majority rule." Young warned the settlement could lead to a "black-on-black civil war."
Patty Ward
The Great Wallenda
For 57 years, Karl Wallenda had walked the high wire, usually without a net.
The walk between two hotels in San Juan was supposed to be a simple promotional event for the Great Wallendas' appearance at a circus that night. But Wallenda's friends and family still warned him against the walk. They feared winds gusting up to 30 miles-per-hour. "Don't worry," Wallenda said, after checking out the wire and wind. "The wind is stronger on the street than up there."
The walk began smoothly. Then when he had reached the midpoint of the wire, Wallenda began to lose his balance. "Sit down, Poppy, sit down," yelled a young member of his troupe. Wallenda began to crouch, but a gust threw him off balance. He grabbed at the wire, was unable to hold it, and fell silently. The Great Wallenda was dead at 73.
He left behind one of the greatest circus legends of romance and tragedy. The Great Wallendas' best trick was the seven-person wire pyramid, always performed without a net. Disaster struck the pyramid on Jan. 30, 1962, in Detroit. The pyramid collapsed and two members of the group were killed, including Wallenda's nephew; his adopted son Mario was paralyzed from the waist down.
In his later years, Wallenda increasingly performed alone. When he was 66, he walked over Georgia's Tallulah Gorge, 750-feet deep. A year later, during a walk over Philadelphia's 640-foot high Veterans' Stadium, he performed a double headstand. "The dead are gone and the show must go on," Wallenda said. "I do not work for myself, but for those who need me."
Patty Ward
Reasoner leaves ABC
TV's most incompatible couple, Harry Reasoner and Barbara Walters, ended their co-anchorage of the ABC Evening News this spring when network officials tried once again to beset the show's third-place ratings.
Reasoner, who had publicly criticized his employers at ABC and had expressed a desire to return to CBS, was dropped from the show. Walters, however, was retained as the network's star interviewer.
With Reasoner and Walters both gone from the anchor seat, ABC decided to shift the broadcast from New York to Washington, where Frank Reynolds took over as news anchorman.
Kathy Bock
Palestinian bus attack
The worst terrorist attack in Israel's history had a single purpose — to kill innocent people.
In March, 11 Palestinian terrorists, a "death squad," commandeered two buses of tourists and sightseers and headed toward Tel Aviv.
Israeli troops threw a blockade around the city, spreading nails across highway surfaces to stop the buses. When the terrorists neared Tel Aviv, the fighting began. Gunfire and exploding grenades took a heavy toll. Thirty-seven persons were killed, and 76 others were wounded in the battle.
The attack drew sharp criticism from around the world. Israeli Prime Minister Menahem Begin angrily warned: "We shall not forget."
The Israeli's began plans for a massive retaliation The offensive, "Operation Stone of Wisdom," moved into South Lebanon and wiped out Palestinian hide-outs.
As the fighting continued, the once high hopes for peace in the Middle East became even dimmer.
Marianne Gleissner
Burnett ends show
For 11 years, she's been "so glad to have this time together" with hundreds of audiences. But Carol Burnett won't be singing her theme song anymore. In March, the comedienne taped the last of her weekly variety shows.
During her hour-long shows, Burnett gave birth to a large cast of zany characters. Eunice, the frustrated housewife; Nora Desmond, an archaic silent movie star, and many others kept the audiences laughing. With her regular cast of Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner, Harvey Korman, Tim Conway and Dick Van Dyke, Burnett presented songs, skits and parodies of famous movie musicals.
Though she said she'll return to TV with special programs, she won't be closing her show with her familiar theme song and tug of the ear anymore.
Marianne Gleissner
110-day coal strike
After 110 days, two contracts and an energy crisis, the United Mine Workers (U.M.W.) finally settled with coal operators and approved a new contract.
Most miners voted for the contract because they were running out of money. Burl Holbrook, a miner in Cabin Creek Hollow, W. Va., said "Principles are nice, but you can't buy food with them." The new contract was opposed by many miners not because of wages, which were raised a hefty 31 percent over the next three years, but on the issue of medical benefits. Miners now have to pay $200 of their medical costs annually. The old contract required no payment from miners. Pensions were raised to $275 a month, instead of the $500 the U.M.W. had asked for.
The energy crisis caused by the strike resulted in a three week spring closing of IU. The effects of the crisis quickly began to disappear after the settlement. But other effects may be more lasting.
President Carter's public image took a beating as a result of his actions toward settling the strike. An Associated PressNBC News poll, taken before the ratification of the contract, found that two-thirds of the American people felt Carter had performed badly during the strike. According to the poll's findings, Carter
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acted too late in implementing the TaftHartley Act, thereby forcing the miners back to work.
Also greatly affected by the strike was U.M.W. President Arnold Miller. Mike Adkins, financial secretary of Local 1759 said, "The mine operators haven't hurt us half as much as our leadership." By the end of the strike, there was a strong call for Miller's resignation.
Patty Word
Ky. rescinds ERA
Proponents of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) were dealt a heavy blow when the state of Kentucky rescinded the amendment in March.
Kentucky legislators voted 61-28 to rescind the amendment. The Bluegrass state became the fourth one to rescind the ERA. Thirty-eight states must approve the amendment before it can be ratified. The deadline for complete ratification of the ERA is March 22, 1979. Thus far, 35 states have accepted the proposals.
Marianne Gleissner
Ex-FBI head indicted
L. Patrick Gray III, former FBI director, was indicted in April on charges of investigating too thoroughly.
A federal grand jury indicted Gray and two other top FBI officials on charges of "conspiring to violate the rights of citizens through unlawful break-ins." If convicted, Gray could be sentenced to 10 years in prison and fined $10,000. Attorney General Griffin Bell personally handled the case and said that "documentary evidence has been uncovered which indicates that officials at the highest levels of the FBI authorized certain illegal activities in the Weatherman cases."
Bell was referring to investigations of the Weather Underground, a radical organization of the early '70s.
Rather than simply charge people in regional FBI offices, Bell said he had "determined" that in this case the most severe sanction of the criminal prosecution should be brought to bear at the highest levels of authority.
Gray issued a statement claiming he had "never participated in or knowingly authorized any illegal conduct during (his) tenure as acting director of the FBI."
Marianne Gleissner
Aldo Moro
The already unstable political situation in Italy took a deadly turn in March. On March 16, Italian Premier Aldo Moro was kidnapped by members of Italy's radical Red Brigade. In capturing Moro, the terrorists also killed his five bodyguards and chauffeur.
The Red Brigade pulled off one of its greatest terrorist acts in kidnapping Moro, who has been at the center of Italian postwar politics. A member of Moro's Christian Democrat party said that a deal with kidnappers was "doubly out of the question — simply because it is Moro. He stands as a bastion of our democratic process. Other political leaders agreed that Moro was the center to any political stability in Italy.
The Christian Democrat's refusal to bargain with the Red Brigades led to Moro's murder on May 9. His bulletriddled body was found chained and stuffed in the back of a parked car in downtown Rome.
Moro's family, embittered with the Christian Democrat government's refusal to bargain for the Italian Premier's life, ruled out a state funeral or any other type of official mourning ceremony. During his captivity, Moro had appealed in handwritten letters for his government to deal with the terrorists. Two weeks before his death, he requested in a letter that no government or party official attend his funeral.
Patty Word, Eileen Widmer
Neutron bomb
President Jimmy Carter dropped another bomb in April when he postponed production of an "enhancedradiation weapon," the neutron bomb.
In the summer of 1977, Carter cancelled development of the B-1 bomber and OK'd research into production of the bomb. But the president decided to modernize present weapons for future adaptation to the neutron system, rather than approve work on a totally new neutron project.
Carter's decision, or rather nondecision, caused a big stir among administration officials and members of Congress. Some experts felt that the president's plans relied too greatly upon the actions of the Soviet Union.
Carter said that Soviet activities played a part in the bomb discussions. According to Carter, "The ultimate decision (to build the neutron bomb) . . . will be influenced by the degree to which the Soviet Union shows restraint in its conventional and nuclear arms programs and force deployments affecting the security of the United States and Western Europe."
Marianne Gleissner
Wall Street euphoria
Euphoria swept across the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on April 14, as Wall Street celebrated its biggest trading day in history.
A record 52.3 million shares of stock changed hands that day, surpassing the previous high of 44.5 million.
During the six-day buying spree, an impressive 264.6 million shares were traded while the Dow Jones industrial average jumped 37.6 points.
No one knew what set off the bull market stampede. It could have been increased money-supply figures, rising stock prices or a stronger dollar.
Whatever the cause, a yearlong slump on Wall Street had ended, and the stock market went wild with renewed belief in the American economy.
Kothy Bock
Affirmed affirms it
For 18-year-old jockey Steve Cauthen, there couldn't have been a better birthday present than riding the winning horse in the 104th running of the Kentucky Derby — even though his present was five days late.
Riding one of the favored horses — Affirmed — Cauthen wisely controlled his horse to finish 11/2 lengths ahead of top contender Alydar in the May 6 race at Churchill Downs. Believe It and Sensitive Prince followed in third and fourth place, respectively.
Although Affirmed was the second best betting choice in the race, the horse set a pace of 2:01.46 — two seconds off the Derby record set by triple-crown winner Secretariat.
At 14, Cauthen vowed to win the Derby for himself some day. Some day came very soon: just two years and one week after he had received his jockey's license.
Cauthen had won $1.8 million in prize money from other races this year before taking the $186,000 Derby prize money.
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Chayefsky, rebuked Redgrave for "exploiting the occasion . . . for (her) own political propaganda" when "a simple thank you would have sufficed."
Bob Hope, the master of ceremonies, dubbed the show "the real 'Star Wars'." The intergalactic film picked up six awards for its stunning effects and costuming.
Allen, the evening's big winner, was not in attendance. He stayed in New York to play the clarinet in a Dixieland band. He later explained his absence to NBC's Gene Shalit: "It's just not my style. And I've been playing here for six years every Monday night. If it were a special occasion or something I might do it. But I'm not interested in an inanimate statuette of a little bald man. I like something with long, blond curls."
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Academy Awards
Woody Allen's bittersweet comedyromance was the big winner; Vanessa Redgrave the big controversy and C3PO and R2D2 the big scene stealers at the Academy Awards' 50th anniversary show. "Annie Hall," Allen's semiautobiographical story, won four of the biggest awards, including Best Picture, Best Actress (Diane Keaton), Best Director (Allen) and Best Original Screenplay (won by Allen and writer Marshall Brickman).
The only award the bespectacled comic didn't win was that of Best Actor, which went to Richard Dreyfuss for his performance in "The Goodbye Girl." Jason Robards won an Oscar as Best Supporting Actor for the second consecutive year. He portrayed Dashiell Hammett in the film "Julia."
Robard's co-star in "Julia," Vanessa Redgrave, received the Best Supporting Actress award and provided the fireworks for the evening. A political activist, Redgrave had been the target of campaigns against her nomination due to her involvement with a film supporting the Palestinian cause. On the night of the ceremony, militants of both the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Jewish Defense League demonstrated outside. In her acceptance speech, Redgrave denounced her detractors as "a small bunch of Zionist hoodlums." The audience, and later playwright Paddy
One hundred and twenty million people watched NBC-TV's "Holocaust." The fictionalized account of the death of six million Jews during World War II created controversy among Jews and non-Jews.
Many Christians found themselves reexamining their attitudes toward the Holocaust. "It raised the question of Christianity as it is properly practiced and actually practiced," said John Roth, a California philosophy professor, who is not Jewish.
Some survivors of the Holocaust were put off by the merchandising and commercialization of the program. "We Jews don't need people trampling over our graves for a TV show," said Fred Grubel, a survivor of Buchenwald, a German concentration camp.
Others criticized the show for not showing the true horrors of the Nazis' war against the Jews.
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A man, a plan, a canal
A man, a plan, a canal. The man was President Jimmy Carter; the plan was a treaty with Panama, and the canal was a waterway bisecting that Latin American country.
In March, Carter won a hard-fought battle to transfer control of the canal to Panama. With a vote of 68-32 (one more vote than the required two-thirds majority), the U.S. Senate approved the first of two canal treaties.
This first plan gave the United States the right to protect the canal's neutrality after Panama takes control in the year 2000.
Carter was pleased with the Senate vote, saying, "This is a promising step toward a new era in our relationships with Panama and with all of Latin America."
But not everyone reacted the same as Carter. Mario Parnther, secretarygeneral of the Panamanian Students' Federation, said Carter had "promised that the treaty removed the right of the U.S. to intervene militarily in Panama, and now that is changed."
A second treaty providing the actual transfer of authority to Panama was passed by the Senate in mid-April.
Marianne Gleissner
"Hustler" magazine publisher Larry Flynt's obscenity trial did not result in a prison term. Instead, Flynt received an indefinite sentence in a hospital bed after he was shot in Lawrenceville, Ga.
While walking to a cafeteria for a lunch break during his trial, Flynt and his attorney, Gene Reeves Jr., were gunned down. Flynt was shot twice in the abdomen. In later operations at Atlanta's Emory University Hospital, doctors removed a .44 Magnum slug lodged near Flynt's spinal cord. The bullet had cut his spinal nerves, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down.
Reeves suffered bullet wounds in his chest and arm and was hospitalized in satisfactory condition.
Linda Dunn
Beaches to Bloomington break brings relief
Tom Cruze
I
photos/Scott Goldsmith
(TOP) Four p.m. is usually a hectic time on the IU campus buses; but on the Friday before spring break ended, this bus was far from crowded. (ABOVE) Three Wright Quad coeds feed the sea gulls while walking along Daytona Beach.
by Jerry Leone, Kathy Furore
(Editor's note: Jerry Leone stayed in Bloomingtc for the first port of spring break, while Arbutus sta member Kathy Furore spent part of her extende break in sunny Florida.)
For some students, the three wee break in March was an unexpected plec sure. For others, it was a time of uncei tainty, confusion and boredom. Student from the Middle East and Europ couldn't afford to fly home for only thre weeks; their only alternative was lounge room in Eigenmann. Others, lik myself, borrowed friends' apartments.
Coming from New York, I had nev€ seen the IU campus empty. It seemed was always one of the last to arrive an one of the first to leave. The prospect c staying in a deserted Bloomington didn
(LEFT) College students from all over the country migrated to the 25-mile-long Daytona Beach area to spend their spring break basking in the sun. (BELOW) For freshman Julie Defiori, there wasn't much to do in Bloomington over spring break except study. Defiori was unable to go home to Germany, so she set up temporary housing in Eigenmann Hall.
exactly send shivers of excitement up my spine. I figured the best way to handle it would be plenty of partying, mixed with a little TV watching and an occasional study break to remind myself I was still a student.
Bloomington was like I had never experienced it: eerie, dark and mysterious. Driving through the campus at night was unnerving, to say the least. At times, I felt like an actor on a deserted, darkened stage.
The most disquieting thing about the campus was the feeling of foreboding and loneliness which the empty buildings exuded. For the first time in over 30 years, the campus was shut down in the middle of a semester.
Campus police relentlessly patrolled the campus in search of any wrongdoing, seemingly motivated as much by boredom as by a sense of duty.
Business in town came almost to a standstill. Huge economic losses were reported by Bloomington's stores and bars. For a town whose lifeblood is its student population, Bloomington subsisted (barely) on a fairly anemic blend of residents and students.
After the first week, the town's last snowstorm hit, covering everything with an 8-inch blanket of slush. It didn't last though — three consecutive days of rain washed it all away.***********
The vitality that so quickly drained away in Bloomington during those three weeks in March flowed directly to one particular state in the sunny South. As far as I could tell, vitality was abounding on the beaches and at the bars in such famous Florida cities as Daytona and Fort Lauderdale.
Putting Indiana (both the weather and the university) as far out of mind as 'DOSsible, I turned my attention to the difficult task of getting a suntan, not getting a sunburn and trying to stretch $175 worth of traveler's checks to cover hotel, restaurant and barhopping expenditures.
None of the tasks, however, proved as easy to accomplish as I had originally an-
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ticipated. After buying Hawaiian Tropic lotion with sunscreen and basking in the 80-degree sunshine for only two hours (instead of my usual four or five), my suntan was nonexistent, and my sunburn was glowing beautifully. My Florida fund was down to $10 after only one night at the bars. The hotel management had discovered that our two-girl room was harboring five college coeds. So much for an instant tan and the hope of going home with cash to spare.
The week-long excursion to the Sunshine State wasn't a total disaster. I did get to meet Tigger and Goofy at Disney World; and the two evenings spent on "the Strip" will go down in history as two of the most memorable occasions of my college career.
Spring Break '78 was definitely a good time. But I must admit that my vitality began to run dry right along with my traveler's checks. In spite of the snow, it felt nice to be home — peeling shoulders and all.
Villanova busts Indiana's bubble in NCAA game
by Mike Siroky
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — In his press conference immediately prior to the NCAA tournament game nobody dreamed the Hoosiers would be in, IU coach Bob Knight aptly summed up the pressures on his young team as "sitting on a bubble."
That bubble lasted until there were but a dozen teams in the country left to vie for the 40th NCAA title. Villanova, however, was the team to finally burst the Hoosiers' dreams for a storybook end to a Cinderella season.
After leading 43-35 at the game's halfway point, the Hoosiers simply became a one-dimensional team for the rest of the game.
Sophomore guard Mike Woodson scored six field goals in the second half. Up until the time when there was a little over four minutes left in the contest, Woodson scored all of the Hoosiers' second-half field goals.
Only an earlier free throw by senior guard Wayne Radford and a closing basket apiece by senior guard Jim Wisman and freshman guard Tommy Baker prevented Woodson from scoring all of IL.J's second-period points. The Hoosiers were outscored 27-17 in the closing 20 minutes of the game.
Yet it seemed they were still capable of winning this Eastern regional semifinal game.
With 1:51 to play, Radford stepped to the free throw line for IU's third attempt from there in the second half. The Hoosiers were also leading by one.
Visions of Radford's last-second clutch shooting which downed Notre Dame; of the Butch Carter free throws that defeated Furman in the opening round of the NCAAs; of the Wisman clinchers which upset Purdue at Assembly Hall — all these thoughts raced through the
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minds of the 1,000 Cream and Crimson faithful huddled at their end of the massive Convention Center.
But it was not to be another "we won by the whisker of an eyelash" story for the Hoosiers.
Radford missed. Villanova rebounded and worked for the shot that would give them the one point advantage.
IU scrapped from there. Wisman hit his one basket of the game, but Villanova came downcourt, set up and scored the game-winner with 39 seconds remaining.
Radford's prayer-shot from 35 feet at the buzzer was both wide and hard, and the Hoosier end had arrived.
Afterwards, a visibly upset Knight said, "I'm proud of our team . . . I think we came about as far as we could. We played very close to our potential."
Then, as the tears began to creep into the corners of the eyes of this suddenly very tired man and the famous voice began to falter with emotion, Knight strode off the podium and down the hall to round up his team and head for home.
(ABOVE) Two Villanova players fight with senior Wayne Radford for the rebound, as sophomore Mike Woodson looks on. IU lost the game, eliminating them from the NCAA tournament.
Banana Olympics proves 'fruity'
by Marianne Gleissner
Everybody went bananas on a warm, sunny afternoon in Dunn Meadow. Leon Varjian, one of IU's most famous campus clowns, was back in town to preside over the third annual Banana Olympics on March 31.
Varjian originated the unusual event in 1976; this year, the games were sponsored by the Indiana Memorial Union Board (IMUB).
A paper replica of the Chiquita banana lady dangled from a tree branch and served as an Olympic committee member for the event.
The festivities began with the traditional arrival of the official banana torch at Dunn Meadow. All the sports events required great skill in handling the long, yellow fruit.
Varjian judged contests in banana balancing, rolling and throwing. Some of the other fruity events were the banana in your ear (yes, that's right, ear) contest, the backwards banana walk and the banana in the haystack hunt.
With accompaniment from the IMUB kazoo band, Varjian presented the Banana Olympic winners with appropriate awards. You guessed it—they were gold, silver and bronze bananas!
ABOVE) Resident clown Leon Varjian embraces its Chiquita banana. Varjian acted as emcee for the 3anana Olympics on March 31. RIGHT) Vito Scarpia blows bubbles as she waits or the start of the Banana Olympics.
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Tom Cruze
(TOP) "What's Rush" sang the Kappa Kappa Gammas and the Sigma Chis in their IU Sing act. (ABOVE) The Comedy Troupe, a group of walkons, performed between acts. Left to right are Sharon Tevault, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Paul Shapiro, Teter, and Nancy Riffer, Alpha Phi. (RIGHT) David Rose, Sigma Chi, and Ann Brannon, Kappa Kappa Gamma, strike a grand finale pose.
(LEFT) "You deserve a break today" crooned IU Sing emcees Jill Wachholz and Ernie Ritchie. (BELOW) Chi Omega and Phi Kappa Psi brought a different mood to IU Sing with their act entitled "Alternatives." Their efforts won them fourth place in Division B (39 or more participants).
by Laura Manske
Shuffling and sliding, jumping and gyrating across the IU Auditorium stage an March 30-31 were emcees Jill Wac-tholz and Ernie Ritchie, bellowing the 1978 IU Sing's appropriate opening lumber, "It's a Miracle (The Miracle of You)."
You are what IU Sing, "The Big Event," is all about: hard work, fun, achievement and talent. An incredible amount of creative effort was pooled to bring off a successful production which hurdled over many obstacles. A large problem was the rearrangement of dates due to the energy crisis. Many groups dropped out of the competition after the postponement.
Jill Wachholz could easily have performed her own show. Energetic, vivacious, always smiling, Wachholz moved around the stage revealing show biz bubbling in her blood. Her excellent vocal and physical imitation of Elvis Presley in a skit had the IU Sing Comedy Troupe males clawing, screaming and fainting. Then she mellowed to soft, lusty love songs, and the audience cheered loudly. Her facial and body contortions were expressive, emotional when needed, and comical when appropriate.
She powerfully captivated the crowd's attention. By the middle of the second night, the audience sat up at attention as she strolled or scurried on stage.
Singing "We're All Alone" and "Daybreak," Ernie Ritchie's voice came across strong. After shaking a case of opening night jitters, Ritchie complimented Wachholz with his fresh, confident performances.
This year, three new groups entertained the audiences at IU Sing. A comedy troupe provided laughs between acts, while a backup band and singers kept everyone's feet tapping.
But they were only one visible part of an enormous network of talent and cooperation. The IU Sing Steering Committee, the producers, the fantastic orchestra conducted by sophomore Greg Strang, the contestant groups — the show's success was dependent on all.
While a picture of each winning group was projected as a backdrop for the award given, 12 categories were presented.
IU SING WINNERS
Best Costume—
Kappa Alpha Theta and Kappa Sigma Best Choreography —
Alpha Chi Omega and Phi Delta Theta Best Choral —
Sigma Delta Tau and Lambda Chi Alpha 3rd place, Division A (1-39 participants) —
Zeta Tau Alpha and Alpha Tau Omega 2nd place, Division A —
MRC 1st place, Division A —
Read 4th place, Division B (over 39 participants) —
Chi Omega and Phi Kappa Psi 3rd place, Division B —
Sigma Chi and Kappa Kappa Gamma 2nd place, Division B —
Kappa Sigma and Kappa Alpha Theta 1st place, Division B —
Alpha Chi Omega and Phi Delta Theta Steering Committee Award, (most cooperative) —
Kappa Sigma and Kappa Alpha Theta Traveling Trophy (overall best act) —
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IU students learn Jewish customs at Israel Bazaar
by Marianne Gleissner
For many IU students, Israel is now more than just a Middle East country thanks to the first Israel Bazaar. Sponsored by the Israel Activities Committee, B'nai B'rith Hillel and the United Jewish Student Appeal, the bazaar displayed many facets of the culture and ways of Israel.
The Indiana Memorial Union's Alumni Hall, North and South Lounges, were the scenes for the day's activities. Interested students saw bits of Israeli and Jewish customs, as they watched performances of traditional folk songs and dances and the celebration of a Yemenite wedding.
A bazaar wouldn't be a bazaar without booths advertising various things. The Israel Bazaar was no exception. The Israeli way of life was displayed in booths offering jewelry, posters, books and food. Hummus and pita (a spread of chick peas and spices on flat bread) tempted hungry passers-by.
Children attending the bazaar had their own special corner where they painted, colored and built things depicting their ideas of Israel.
The bazaar offered more than just fun and games. Two booths were set up to publicize tragedies in Jewish history. One exhibit commemorated the Holocaust of World War II, in which Nazis murdered over six million Jews.
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(ABOVE) Amy Baum (left) and Anne Glick perform a traditional Yemenite Bridal Ceremony at the Israel Bazaar in Alumni Hall. (RIGHT) Members of the Israel Activities Committee pass out pamphlets and balloons at the first Israel Bazaar.
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Feminist author mixes art, politics
Larry Levin
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There is an old Irish proverb which ;ays that "a person who tries to mix art and politics is plumb crazy!"
Kate Millett is one of these persons. 3ut she's very sane. A best-selling iovelist and excellent speaker, she :harmed a packed Alumni Hall audience an April 5. Sponsored by Union Board and IUSA Women's Affairs, Millett a lked about murder, torture, politics and he art world.
At one moment the crowd was laughng because of her amusing anecdotes. end then, they were stunned. Many nouths dropped open and shoulders shi'ered when Millett showed slides of an nhumane murder 13 years ago. The vicim, an Indianapolis girl named Sylvia Ly(ins, had "I am a prostitute and proud of t" carved on her abdomen. "But you don't understand," Millett .mphasized. "That's what it was like. In >etween torturing this child to death, they ate peanut butter, played cards and watched TV. And they were Americans! "My identification with this story was entire. With this story, I entered into politicization of my art."
The story is the topic of her new book, "Situ." While Millett is famous for her books, "Sexual Politics," "Flying" and "Prostitution Papers," she considers herself a visual artist.
But until Sylvia Lykins' death, she hadn't been provoked enough to make conscious political statements through her sculpting. The art world, Millett said, belonged to a fraternity who felt they were above politics. "The point was that you talked about the world's problems when you got drunk, but you didn't do anything about it." Millett said that she was so naive. Even when her sculpture changed, she refused to acknowledge it. "We all believed in the great American boom; the renaissance of American art. And we dreamed of Rockefeller in the morning."
But now she expresses bitterness toward the upper class patriarchy. "Art was run by princes, moronic bureaucrats. How does merit make its way if it is bought by these rich creeps?"
Later, she realized the game. She recalled a wealthy woman who wanted to pay twice the amount of Millett's price for a sculpture. Millett was stubborn and refused to sell it for twice its worth. "The rich like snotty, expensive presents. They equate art worth with money."
Then the bitter Vietnam conflict developed. Students from Columbia University arrived with facts and figures at New York City artists' hangouts. They revealed the names of the Museum of Modern Art's Board of Directors, who owned property in countries that were against the U.S. war effort. "I saw men lie on the floor and cry who wanted their work to hang on the Museum wall. They didn't know they were being exploited. All they had lived for was no longer acceptable. This was beautiful but terrible to see, because this was their whole lives. The Museum was our temple."
(BELOW) Brian Clarke (left) and Ron Solada, the newly-elected IUSA president and vice-president, preside over their first meeting.
Clarke, Solada win IUSA posts over seven others
by Marianne Gleissner
Though many of the candidates in the April 12-13 Indiana University Student Association (IUSA) elections worried about voter turn out after the three-week spring break, a near-record 6,805 students cast their ballots.
Juniors Brian Clarke and Ron Solada received 55.7 percent of those votes, winning the presidency and vicepresidency over a field of seven other candidates.
While discussing plans for his administration, Clarke said, "Basically, we're talking academics." IUSA intends to "establish an Academic Concerns Office."
Clarke said that the goals of the office will be to work for the creation of a bachelor of general studies degree in Arts and Sciences; expansion of the Arts and Sciences Placement Office; upgrading English proficiency standards for professors and Als; upgrading faculty salaries and compensations; an increase in faculty on campus; a decrease in class size, and improvement in faculty evaluations.
One of Clarke's goals for IUSA is increased cooperation with other university groups. He said that voter registration drives may be conducted jointly by IUSA and the Residence Halls Association. IUSA also plans to work with the Indiana Memorial Union Board to revamp the book co-op.
Clarke said that IUSA plans to reestablish an Environmental Concerns Office, which will handle state and national issues. But the program will start at the university level, concerning itself with "power plant issues, litter and traffic problems," among other things, Clarke said.
With all these new plans, Clarke said that IUSA's "No. 1 priority is to reestablish the voluntary check-off system at registration."
Clarke added that he hopes IUSA will "be a little more responsible to the students' wants and needs.-
IMU cafeteria gets new look
by Marianne Gleissner
It was lunchtime and you were too busy to go home to eat. Rather than sit through your next class with a growling stomach, you headed over to the Indiana Memorial Union's Cafeteria. Something had changed; the place looked different. That something was the cafeteria's $457,000 remodeling job. The grand opening of the newly-decorated room took place in April, four months after construction work began.
The renovation not only improved the looks of the cafeteria, but food service was made more efficient. Rather than stand in a jumbled mess vaguely resembling a line, customers now move quickly past counters laden with creamy pies, crisp salads and steaming entrees.
In addition, the cafeteria's dining area received a restyling job. Wooden and upholstered booths now provide customers with comfortable privacy to enjoy their meals.
Shawn Spence
(ABOVE) Besides sporting a new, modern facade, the cafeteria offers a wide variety of foods. (LEFT) Peepholes in the window allowed students to keep track of the progress being made on the renovations.
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Founders' Day honors students
by Marianne Gleissner
It's a Wednesday in mid-April. Girls with dresses and guys in three-piece suits stroll through campus with their parents. Morning classes are canceled — it must be Founders' Day again.
The purpose of Founders' Day is "to pay tribute to those students who have probably come closest to realizing the academic ideals of the university's founders," said Charles Coffey, IU's Director of Special Events.
The main activity of the day is a program in the IU Auditorium for honor students. This year, Founders' Day fell on April 19. Students, parents and campus visitors took part in other traditional Founders' Day activities.
President John Ryan led the annual pilgrimage to the grave of late IU President Andrew Wylie. Tours of Wylie's home were also conducted, with Chancellor Herman B Wells offering interesting facts about early university days.
(RIGHT) On Founders' Day, IU President John Ryan congrotulates a student for her academic achievements.
photos/Shown Spence
(ABOVE) Many students, parents and visitors attend the traditional Founders' Day activities.
Changing societal roles topic of Mead's lecture
by Nanci Hellmich
"The main difference between men and women is that women have babies and men don't. Men still don't carry babies, but I expect they'll try," said
Margaret Mead with a smile.
The gray-haired anthropologist and award-winning lecturer was greeted with a standing ovation when she walked to the center stage of the Auditorium on
Wednesday night, April 19. Mead spoke to a receptive audience for nearly two hours on the changing roles of men and women in America.
Mead said that besides the physiological differences between men and women, most of the other differences are a result of their childhood experiences.
From early childhood, boys and girls are conditioned to act in a certain way, she said. "What we call masculinity and femininity is only one potentiality of the human race," she said.
By grouping people into occupational roles on the basis of their sex, 50 percent of the human potential is being thrown away, Mead said. "We've been wasted. Women have wasted capacities, and men have wasted capacities," she said, and the audience applauded.
Mead said that traditionally, occupational choices have been divided by sex. "In general, whatever men do is achievement, and whatever women do is lesser achievement."
According to Mead, women have been expected to stay at home since cooking was invented. "The minute that fire and cooking were invented, the family was localized, and women stayed at home."
The division of labor on the basis of sex has been present in all societies throughout history, she said. "There has never been a culture where women are dominant."
Mead stressed that occupational choices must be disassociated from sex roles. According to Mead, the change in sex roles will affect one of the world's oldest institutions — the family. "The image of the family is terribly strong and must be kept intact."
She concluded her lecture by answering questions from the audience. Her lecture was sponsored by the Indiana Memorial Union Board in conjunction with I the Horizons of Knowledge.
