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Live rock and roll in Friday Music from the Hearts of Space in Friday : i|ii.Mi............wwv.y.w...AlU'.'^ ': i*?!*?!*?!*!*^^ Friday, February 22,1985THEBGLNEWS Vol. 67 Issue 85 Chernenko Contest deathly ill donors Successor discussed respond by Caroline Langer ATO fraternity staff reporter percentage wins The Soviet Union is again experiencing controversy concerning its Communist party leader. For the third time in as many years, a by Stacey Longacre Soviet leader is reported seriously ill and talk has turned to who his reporter successor might be. President Ronstantin Chernenko has been reported to be incu- In response to the American rably ill and has not made a public appearance since Dec. 27,1964. Marketing Association's chal- Chernenko was named Party Leader on Feb. 13,1984 at the age of 72, lenge to all campus or- making him the oldest man ever to achieve the peak of Soviet power. ganizations, approximately 200 Chernenko was groomed and promoted for the position of Party people representing various Leader by the late President Brezhnev, said Joseph Krauter, clubs responded to donate blood associate professor of Political Science. at the Red Cross bloodmobile However, when Brezhnev died, Yuri Andropov succeeded him. last week. When Andropov died 15 months later at age 69, Chernenko was The winning club was the ATO appointed. fraternity with 31 percent of its Joseph Krauter said the Politburo, the chief policy making members responding, said Jon committee, appoints older men into office for two reasons. Harding, AMA member, "the ONE REASON is experience. Leaders are always chosen from the only fair way to pick a winner Politburo and the senior members are survivors of the system; they was to base it on the percentage become "tried and true" and have years of experience and expertise of members representing a which can be taken advantage of, Krauter said. club." The Arnold Air Society, an The other reason is that there is no limitation of the time in office. honorary fraternity organiza- "If a younger man were to be named president, there would be no tion affiliated with the ROTC, way to protect him from abusing power," Krauter said. He added placed second. that the USSR learned problems of long-term leaders when Stalin Joe Gottron, AMA president, was placed in power at age 45 and dictated from 1924-1953. said the idea for the blood drive A possible choice for the next-in-line is Mikhail Gorbachev, 53, who challenge came about last is currently the minister of defense. spring when his adviser, mar- Just as Chernenko was a protege of Brezhnev before becoming keting professor Mike Pearson, president, Gorbachev is well-liked by Chernenko, Krauter said. suggested it might be effective The Politburo, which is made up of 16 members (11 of which have in recruiting volunteers. The voting power) elects the Party Leaders. But Krauter said since the original idea called for an April Soviet Union has no formal means of leadership succession, it is bloodmobile challenge, but Har- hard to tell which one of the members will be chosen. ding explained that "we thought response might be lower in April "MAKING PREDICTIONS about the Soviet Union is hazardous," because of senior membership Krauter remarked. in clubs," so they went ahead Krauter said that since much of "Kremlinology" is guesswork, it Joe Phelan and challenged a week before is hard to predict who is next in line - it may be Gorbachev or it may the bloodmobile arrived in Feb- be someone we have not even heard of yet. Waiting ruary. "I sent out notices to the Whether Gorbachev is the next Soviet head or not, it probably will Bowling Green eighth-grader Percy Bautista waits to get into Eppler South gym to shoot baskets. He plays for News and memos to let as many affect the U.S. very little, Krauter said. When Soviet leaders change, St. Aloyslus' parish CYO basketball team and Is preparing for a tournament game this weekend. people know on such short notice the ideology remains the same because the nature of the system allows for very little change. as I could," Gottron said. THE ONLY problem Gottron encountered was with the pro- motion of a "keg" as a prize for the winner. Under University Springfest delayed for one year policy, AMA was not allowed to promote free beer. Instead, they offered a $30 dollar gift certifi- cate so the winner could "buy a by Nancy Bottwtck dergraduate Student Govern- THE EVENT was to include various campus organizations, pus later in the evening and ment, Graduate Student Senate, an all day music festival with Bob Wade, USG president said. keg if they wanted to," Gottron staff reporter would not attend the concert. said. "Otherwise, everything the Bowling Green Chamber of various other activities, includ- The feasibility of Springfest ran pretty smoothly." Due to the lack of a sufficient Commerce, and the city met to ing a flea market and conces- was discussed at the last meet- The committee will be able to sions, on campus, ending with a arrange for a well-known band "fin pretty happy because a amount of time to plan Spring- discuss the event. ing of the Intra-University Pres- lot of people gave that have fest, the project is being delayed The committee had originally concert by a well-known band, ident's Council. and be able to present a detailed report to University and city never given before, which might until next year, according to Bob planned to have the Universi- Stovash said. "Without a major band, they help the Red Cross in the long Stovash, USG national, state ty/city sponsored festival on- (the council) did not feel atten- administration if they begin Problems arose when the planning this year for Springfest run," Gottron said. "I had never and community affairs coordi- campus April 28. dance would be high," Wade given blood before, so it was nator. The cost of Springfest was committee investigated the pos- said. 1966. Stovash said. sibility of bringing a well-known kind of a break-in for me, too. I The decision to wait until next possibly going to be financed by Because Springfest was to be would give again if they came year was made at the Springfest loans from the University and band to campus on short notice. the last weekentfbefore the end The committee plans to meet back." Committee meeting Wednesday city, which would be paid back A second problem for having of the semester, the Council again in one month to begin night. with the revenue from the event, the event this year was the lack believed the majority of stu- planning for next year's Spring- • See Blood, page 5. Representatives from the Un- Stovash said. of support from presidents of dents would want to leave cam- Athletes realize value of degree lt*s all French Returning to complete education is top priority to the English LONDON (AP) - In their stall, promise to pay up "in- Editor's note: This is the last of a four-part infinite capacity for misunder- stamment," which merely series on academics and athletics. standing each other, the means soon, not instantly. If French and the English are you plan to pay right away, not helped by the similarities tell him money will arrive by Steve Qulnn between their two languages. "incessament," which is not a assistant sports editor Time and again, the Faux promise of everlasting riches Amis, or False Friends - but an assurance the aforesaid Some University athletes have come to words which look alike but payment will arrive immi- realize the value of a college degree in- mean different things - work nently. creases as they realize then* chances of their mischief between the two IF YOU STALL and your playing a professional sport are minimal. peoples. creditor mentions "decep- Several players from last year's hockey Englishmen need to remem- tion," do not take offense. lie team have this concern for their education. ber that when a Frenchman is only expressing disappoint- • Pete Wilson and Dave O'Brian, are makes "une demande" he Is ment, not questioning your enrolled in graduate school at the Univer- only asking; that "une af- honesty. sity. faire" is never sexual; that Marcel Proust once scolded • Wayne Wilson turned down opportuni- "sensible" has romantic over- his fellow Frenchmen for ties in professional hockey in favor of re- tones undreamed of in its En- "calling everything vaguely turning to the University to complete his glish sense. British Dy a name that it does degree last semester. He plans on attending Now relief is at hand in the not have in England." the University next year as a graduate form of "Faux Amis and Key The great novelist was ref- student and will assist head coach Jerry Words," a dictionary by Leeds erring to such oddities aa "le York in coaching next year's team University professors Philip smoking," for dinner jacket, And those athletes who do choose a profes- Thody and Howard Evans list- "le footing" for walking and sional career accept the fact their athletic THESE ATHLETES are finding their in personnel labor relations, working in ing more then 1,000 "looka- "un tennis1' for a tennis court.