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(Eonnecttcut Satltj Gkmuub Serving Storrs Since 1896 Drug scene at UConn: Today's Forecast 'S9*stirtiirttrrrrrrr—~mm**m " ••••———••««—• Let's do a bone. See page 8 Here comes the sun... Mostly sunny Thursday with highs in the 60's. Clear Thur- sday night highs again in the 30's. (Eonnecttcut Satltj GkmuuB Serving Storrs Since 1896 Vol.LXXXVNo. 122 University of Connecticut Thursday, April 22,1982 Bill 620goesbefore Senate today By Dawn Shamborski "Few would contend that Staff Writer the legislature can The controversial Bill 620, adequately assess whether which proposes to reorganize the Lower Slobbovian studies the state's Board of Higher program at Southern is bet- Education, is scheduled to ter than the Lower Slob- appear on the Senate floor bovian studies program at today. If passed, the bill will UConn, if the state cannot go to the House of Represen- fund both," Cibes said. tatives for a final vote before Cibes said it would be more submission for approval by rational to have a group of Governor William O'Neill. "educational policy- The passage of the bill will makers" to make these mean establishment of a decisions. Board of Governors, made Another important con- up of individuals from the sideration contributing to private sector, to replace the legislative support of Bill present board, which is in- 620, which was cited by both tegrated with members Cibes and Representative representing both private Otto Neumann (R-Granby) is business and education. a predicted decline in college Bill 620 has been the object enrollments. of criticism by represen- "The underlying problem Palestinian gunners manning anti-aircraft guns fire at Israeli war planes in Damour as the tatives, including Student facing higher education in planes attacked Palestinian positions in and around Damour. Twenty-five were reported Trustee Steve Donen. Connecticut is declining killed and about 80 were wounded during the raid (UPI photo). Many legislators support the population," Neumann said. bill, however, and it is He predicted a 30 to 40 per- viewed favorably at the cent drop in the number of' Israeli raid on PLO ends capitol, according to Joe college-age people during Kubic, a legislative intern. the next decade. In a memo issued to Kubic, Neumann said that the ad- nine-month-old truce Education Committee ministrators of the past were "experienced in expansion, in a hail of bombs and Israel confirmed the raid member Rep. William Cibes BEIRUT , Lebanon (AP) — not retrenchment." Con- Israeli jets blasted Palestine rockets. and the Lebanese gover- said Bill 620 deserved the The Israeli air attacks were nment and the Palestine support of students and sidering the potential strongholds south of Beirut decline in college enrollmen- and downed two Syrian mounted after an Israeli Liberation Organization said faculty because the bill would soldier was killed by an anti- the jets set off fires and drew provide "coherent guidance ts, Neumann said the state MIG's in dogfights today, needs administrators who ending a 9-month-old truce tank mine in Lebanon. heavy anti-aircraft fire. of the state's system of Lebanese government sour- higher education" in a time "step into a fight and ces said first estimates were of fiscal troubles. separate the antagonists, that at least 19 Palestinians Cibes also discussed the like a hockey referee" rather Symbols of school life to were killed and more than 30 problem of duplicate than a more passive "tennis wounded. programs in different state referee," a label which The Israeli command in Tel colleges being "funded Neumann ascribes to past be buried for 100 years Aviv said its jets downed two twice" by the state. Bill 620 education administrators. by Dawn Shamborski 1981 yearbook, two Huskies Syrian jets. The Syrian would provide a central The restructuring of the Staff Writer spirit caps, and Wed- government in Damascus agency to make decisions as board will occur over a three- nesday's issue of the Daily said its surface-to-air to which programs remain year period, ending July, UConn's Second Century Campus. University missiles and jets engaged funded, Cibes said. 1985, Kubic said. Time Capsule, a metal cylin- organizations contributed to enemy jets in a dog-fight. der containing donations the time capsule, according The result was the hitting of representative of the Univer- to Joan Weicker, chairman one Israeli plane and two Students, town urged sity's first-century history, of the BOG Lecture Commit- Syrian jets. was ceremoniously tee, who helped sponsor the The Christian Voice of dedicated before an audien- event. Lebanon radio said the to support ce of 50 outside the Student Two packages of cigarettes, Israeli jets downed Syrian Union Wednesday. donated by Thomas Ahern of MIG-21's that scrambled af- Special Olympics The original mold of the the Student Union, attracted ter the Israelis rocketed centennial medallion, much attention. Ahem, the Syrian missile sites in the Special Olympics will the 100 yard dash, an egg donated by the Office of the recently retired Director of Bekaa Valley. But the Icome to the UConn Graduate toss, and pie eating contests. President, and a centennial the Student Union of 30 Moslem Voice of Arab Field this Saturday, April 24, About 150 volunteers, or watch donatated by the years, said he donated a Lebanon radio said Syrian starting at 10 am. "huggers," mostly UConn faculty alumni highlighted package of Camels because SAM-7 missiles downed two The all-day event is co- and Quinnipiac students, the capsule's contents. it is the only brand which has Israeli jets in the Bekaa, 7 sponsored by UConn's will greet the participants at Among the historical items not changed its wrapper sin- miles east of Beirut. student American Physical the end of each event.with a was the Class of 1916 School ce the Student Union The Christian radio also Therapy Association and big hug. of Agriculture banner. opened. A package of said the Israeli jets dropped Quinnipiac College's School "We'd really like campus Other donations included: a Carltons was included decoy balloons south of of Allied Health. and community support to tee shirt with the caption: "I because they are the most Beirut to lure away the About 70 Mansfield help cheer everyone on," Did It At UConn," slides and recent brand to be sold. Palestinians' heat-seeking Training School residents said Patty Sullivan, pictures of the University, a SEE TIME PAGE 3 missiles. will participate in events like president of SAPTA. Page2 Connecticut Dally Campus, Thursday, April 22,1982 —Commentary balls of the nation. They soon grow in number. Collegus professorus: They nourish the nation. The difficult time will The success of schools or departments is soon be forgotten. measured only with the outside grants that they a dying species? Today, whatever is the reason (not to blame the receive. The purpose of a grant or the quality of economy alone), our institutions are in danger. research interests no one including the researcher. Many Species of the past are no longer in existen- The shortage of money, among the many other If it requires only a pencil and paper, it must not be ce. Some of them were big and strong, some were symptoms, appears to have many precedents. If worth anything. What counts is the quantity of beautiful and delicate, some were small and one examines it carefully, however, one will notice money spent for it, not the quality of saving for it. numerous. Some have vanished a long time ago, that this time it is a little different than those some are about to vanish. When environmental If a professor is not capable of bringing in outside conditions become unfavorable, some species get money, he might as well teach. weaker and weaker and are eventually eaten up by their enemies. The survival of the fittest. If he teaches too well, there must be something Whatever did happen to many prehistorical seriously wrong with him, he must be spending animals or what is happening to some endangered much time preparing his lessons; obviously he ones today obviously will continue to happen. When does not know his subjects well. we look back, we notice that not long ago there was a species who was strong yet graceful, who was If he spends much time with his students; ob- handsome yet humble, who was firm yet flexible. viously he does not get along well with his No one could perceive that such a species could colleagues. possibly be subject to any danger. It was so respec- ted by others that it could only get stronger and If he is praised highly by his students; obviously more elegant. Yet it did not. It only took a few he is very easy 6n them. generations for that species to be in real danger. There are difficult times for everything in life. The He is now in real danger. There is no way he can empires rise and fall, corporations come and go, in- survive. The pressure on him builds up, he will be stitutions flourish and fade. Armies might be shuffled here and there, the unfavorable evidence defeated, politicians might flee the country, people will be gathered about him and the future will soon might surrender to the enemy. Values might be previous ones. The toll is not only confined to be denied him. He will still have two options totally lost, the future of a nation may not seem to equipment or to manpower. It is not external or available to him: to give in or to get out. In the for- be so bright. Once the storm is over, once the ashes localized. It is much deeper in the body.
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