Eastern Illinois University The Keep The Post Amerikan (1972-2004) The Post Amerikan Project 3-1975 Volume 3, Number 11 Post Amerikan Follow this and additional works at: https://thekeep.eiu.edu/post_amerikan Part of the Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Ethnicity in Communication Commons, Journalism Studies Commons, Publishing Commons, and the Social Influence and oliticalP Communication Commons narcs: a special supplement section; recession; more MARCH 1975 Bloomington ···Normal VOL. III No.11 BULK RATE U.S.. POSTAGE ADDRESS PAID CORRECTION NORMAL, ILL. REQUESTED 61?61 POST SELLERS BLOOMINGTON .Mail, which we more thar( wleome, c o me m ore than a reader. We welcome should be mailed toa The Post­ · all stories or tips for stories . The Joint, 415 N . Main Amerikan, 108 E. B eauf'ort St., Bring stuff to a meeting (the · DA' s :biquors , Oakland and Main Normal, Illinois, 61761. schedul e is printed below) or mail Medusa's Bookstore , 109 w. Front it to our office. 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East Vernon (Towanda Bi-Rite) reach folks at 828-6885,or 828-0945. Minstrel Record Parlor, 311 We encourage you, the reader, to. bt.� s. Main N ewman Center, 501 s. Main Student Stores , 115 North St. Mother Murphy's , 111t North St. ••• 101 IN. 1' f4LITSHELL Ram, Broadway Mall \ Al's Pipe Shop, 101 Broadway Mall Hendren ' s Grocery, 301 w. Willow Thomas Michael's , 108 North St. SW Corner, North and Fell St. Sugar Creek Book Co-op, ·108 Beaufort The Galery (right in front ) Lobby Shop , ISU Union Cage , ISU Uni on Recreation Center, ISU Midstate Truck Plaza, Rt. 51 North North Rt. 51 (in front of the Falcon) TABLE of con1enr1 Page 3--- MEG Allianc e with ISU? Normal Kops Lose Their Pants Pages 4 and 5--- Twin-City Unemployment· How to Lie w/ Statistic s Pages 6 a nd 7--- R udnicki , Abortion Page 8--- Letters Page 9--- State Investigation and Builders Page 10--- Bicentenniel page Pages 11-14--- MEG exposed Page 15--- Movie Review Page 16--- Lesbian Nation Rap Page 17--- Cystitis Exposed Page 18--- Pregnancy Journal Page 19--- What about the Water? Pages 20 and 21--- Fixing Cars Page 22--- Vegetarianism Page 23- -- Classy Fried Ads about telecable Those of us who have paid for l him what you Telecable for the purposes of to an swer your call, and if you're Call him up and tei calling on a weekend, you're watching Chicago television must feel ab out Telecable's rec ord of be feeling pretty annoyed now-­ liable to waste your time talking ruined transmissions. what with local Tel ecable's to the company's an sw ering service Better yet , tell him you endorse seeming inability to broadcast anyway . a program wherein all sub scribers . either Channel nine or forty-four We at the Post-Amerikan believe in are refunded part of their bill for1 without some interference or ' the individual s r ight to complain each program that is ruined for malfunctioning totally destroying ab out corporate fuck-ups. As a them by sudden interference. tran smission of a movie or sports service to our readers, we are (It's a real drag to have to event. printing the numb er of the local have a Sherlock Holmes my stery ble manager, Ray Kolbus. movie chopped off in the last Calling Telecable whenever some Teleca fifteen minutes by some mal­ foul-up occurs seems to be ber is1 662-1591. function.) hopeless; they're always too busy His num Posr-AMERIKAN 3 MARC 1975 MEG WANTS ALLIANCE W ITH ISU At its executive board meeting in late l�U officials are being non-committal January , MEG decided to ask Illinois about whether they intend to ally with State Un iversity to contribute money the MEG squad. ISU President Gen e . or manpower to the undercover spy Budig has left himself open to com­ SAM FfNK,. group . munity pressure to combat the "drug problem" ever since his press release "We spend a lot of time there, and after the December drug raids at ISU. they haven 't contributed much to the Remarkable for its compelling naivete , MEG uni t," Jerry 'Superspy ' LaGrow Budig's statement said somethin� like was quoted in the Peoria paper. "Gee, I didn 't realize there were drugs at ISU." The ISU Vi dette picked up on the story, and ISU students react ed quickly to Being a man known for taking firm ac­ the prospect o f University officials tion when necessary , Budig formed a actively enc ouraging narcs on campus. commi ttee to study drugs on campus . Whether ISU's annual Rites of Spring A petiti on circulated only haphazardly r.ock festival will be held this year on campus quickly netted more than 600 is now in doubt, because people smoke signatures opposing ISU c oop eration pot at rock festivals . with the narcs. Bruce Amsbury, peti­ tion author , said that the petition 's circulation was restricted mainly to Since the ISU President took the posi­ one dorm. There wasn't time to or­ tion that he didn't realize there were ganiz e a campus-wi de solicitation of drugs at ISU, he may now be forced to signatures , Amsbury indicated. take the position "Now that I know there 's a problem , I will take action The question of MEG agents on the ISU on it ," That act ion could take the campus has even become an issue in form of joining the MEG unit, Time the s tudent government election cam­ w ill tell , paign this spring . Act Hyped Over Drugs "Insufficient" or "Suppressed"Kops least get a license number, but to friend's damaged car. The officer in ba - Evidence---How These Terms Affect no avail. the ck up car asked Gorrell, "Would you get out and come to the Drug and Other Charges1 Uncertain about what they should do, back of the car, please?" Gorrell Anyone leafing through a copy of Gorrell and his friend locat ed an did s o, was searched, and placed the Daily Pantagraph i s likely t o ISU Security patrol car at Redbird under arrest. stumble across an article which IGA. The !SU policeman explained to lists what specific criminal Gorrell's friend that ISU Security had When the matter was brought in charges against individuals have no jurisdiction in the matter and court, Gorrell's counsel asked been dropped for either insufficient radioed a Normal policeman t o take Churchill to differentiate the smells of t bacco and marijuana or suppressed evidence. But, to the the complaint. o smoke, especially in a windy, rainy average reader, what do these terms Officer Churchill of the N or al mean? They can mean that the m P.D. soon arrived at the Redbird IGA and criminal ju stice system in McLean asked Gorrell's friend to environment. Churchill could County, which requires an air-ti h sit in the g t not make distinction, case for prosecution, has a big hole squad car to describe what happened. the and the Suddenly Churchill's probabl� cause for the arrest, liter­ in it . trusty olfactory nerve detected something was wrong. ally, went up in St)'lOke. I nstea d of functi oning in their roles of peace Specifically, take a look in a back­ officers, Churchill issue of the Pantagraph, Say, the He asked Gorrell's friend to close and the other officer served as Wednesday, February 19 issue, evening his eyes and shined his flashlight at agents for harassing edition.