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OBSERVER Vol. 13 No. 4 April 30, 1975 Front Page Save Quasha Alison Dale Co-Chairman, Lit. Club Lori Chips Co-Chairman, Lampeter Muse Petition Ignored Page 2 The Pill A Question Of Safety Minor Side Effects Major Risks And Contradictions Page 3 Don’t Tread On Me! Page 4 Bard Evaluated Rebecca Rice Page 5 All’s Roswell . Mark S. Callahan . That Ends Roswell Michael Shea Page 6 Administration Offers New Solution To Pet Problem Two Films Capone Jeff Watnick A Woman Under The Influence P. B . Recordings Corea Marcus J. Page 7 Dorm Living Made Easy April Dworetz Student Court Proposal Jamie Fishman Peter J. Pratt Allende Exile Page 8 Perspectives Jeff Watnick Photographs Cleveland Storrs Page 9 Continuation Of Previous Article Page 10 Omitted From Recommended Merchant’s Listing Jamie Fishman Plain Speakin’ Decisions, Decisions Sign Of The Times? Getting It Straight OOPS! Tex’s Country Corner Tex S. Goldberg Photograph Vassar Clements Page 11 Letters [“ . Regrets to the Beverage Way . For not having their name listed . .”] Michael Wilkins Page 12 [“Boca Raton, Fla.-Police here arrested Nicholas Condon . Legalizing marijuana farming”] Page 13 It’s The Amazing Newshow Page 14 Is Facism Legal? Page 15 Gay Mother Wins Custody Special Meeting Held Jamie Fishman Peter Pratt Resisters Resist . Again Rubber Money Dead Woman Gets License Page 16 Photograph how bard measures up ... student court .. pill revisited .. volume 13 number 4 april 30 1975 TEN CENTS We have felt that George Quasha has quired 172 narnes. These names represent with us at commcncement. We followcd his had a very positive effect on a great number students of all divisions and all collegc lcvcls. suggestion, and have not receivcd any indica of students at Bard, and we feel that it impor We feel that it is obvious that George Quasha's tion that this issue is bei ng considered by the tant that he remain here next year. We took influence has been far-reaching and important. administration. the responsibility of circulating a petition in Copies of this petition were scnt dur Wc fecl that this is an irresponsible order to determine the degrce of student sup ing spring break to Mr. Leon Botstein1 Mr. and disrespcctful act. The students who took port coneerning this issue. We feel that George David Pierce (Acting PresidentL Mr. Peter an intercst and participated in this petition Quasha,s diverse acadcrnic abilities and inno Sourian (Chairman, Literature and Languagc should be aware of this situation. vative teaching methods are important to the DivisionL and the Committee on Vacancies. education offered at Bard College. Aftcr the pctition was sent1 a unani Because of the lirnited arnount of time mous silenee enused. We have recently re Alison Dale before spring break, we made this petition a ceived a note from Mr. Botstcin, advising us Co-Chairman 1 Lit Club vailable to the student body for two and a half to speak to Peter sourian and David Pierce. Lori Chips Co-Chairman, Larnpcter Muse days. I n this short arnount of tirne 1 we ac- Boststein said he would bc happy to speak We feel that a position should be made for George Quasha, visiting professor in the Language and Literature Division, for the 1975-76 school year. In a short arn ount of time, he has becomc an inspiration and catalyst in our education. He has given a very large arnount of time and energy to students, both those who are enrolled in his classes, and those who are not. His influence has been so positive 'that we don't want to Jose him. Previously, the number of students interested in writ ing p,oetry much exceeded the ~umber of teachers necessary to accomodate their rreeds; George Quasha's effective presence has alleviated this situation. 87. Henry Packer 1. Suzanne P. Fedak 44. Kim T ouchette 132. Merrill Bradley 88. Clyde Cottingham 2. S e th Friedman 45. Shelley Weinstock 133. Jay Brown 89. Nancy Littlejohn 3. Dawn Zalutka · 46. Barbara Kandel 134. Nina Phillips 90. Cynthia Sah 4. Margo Fireman 47. Jennifer Fischer 135. * 91 . Lora J acobs 5. Janice Fitzpatrick .-:.s. Elliot B. Caplan 136. Bob Reseln:~an 92. Linda Hirsch 6. J ay Winshaw 49. Pauline Ores 137. Julie Busby 93. Linda Cassidy 138. Claud Stein 7. Jeanne Voisin 50. Hillary Hurst 94. Donna Fromkin 139. Matt Meyerson 8. Russell Shane 51. Beth Weinberger 95. Mary Caponegro 140. Ellen Russell 9. Deborah Fehr 52. Sarah Schwartz 96. Martha Mitchell 141. Gerald Druker 10. Amy Halsted 53. Shari Nussbaum 97. Susan Schlenger 142. Duncan Youngerm 11. Mary Lou Maroun 54. J effery Seward 98. Mark S. Callahan 143. Philip Davies 12. Mary Jean S teele 55. Doug Milman 144. John Gonzaliz, Jr. 99. Kate Thompson 13. James Treanor 56. Mark Kramer 145. Jean Francois Loui 1 OO. Larry Perlman 14. Ava Nodelman 57. Helen Rennolds 146. Gerry Pierre 101. 15. Elizabeth Flower 58. George Andrew J ones * 14 7, Dorothy Bodman 102. Joanne Tolkoff 16. J oh n Cline 59. Valery Shaff 148. Robin Crawford HB. Mary Duffy 17. Liza Wherry 60. Regina Richardson 149. Sheila MrTighe 104. Julie Coughlin 150. Ann Saltzman 18. Mark C. Peters 61. Sarah Sugatt 105. Susan Clancy 151. Pam Verge 19. Catherine Williams 62. Harold Saulson 106. lain MacKenzie 152. Ellenor Alcorn 20. Lori Lienhard 63. Lindsey Houlihan 107, Th ian Kitrilakis 153. Jan ice St roozum 21. Ledlie N. Borgorhoff 64. Victor Victoria 108. Sylvia Sim s 154 Delii ah Jacob 22. Gina Moss 65. Bruce Eager 109. Peggy Oldach 155. Randy Musgrave 23. Alan Bigelow 66. Karen Triebal 110. William H. Moss, Jr. 156. Emily Cowenhove11 24. Stephen McKenna 67. Eric F uchsman 157. Elizabeth Tisdale 111. Bennett Bolek 25. Dorothy Lifka 68. Jon Peterson 158. Daria Albini 112. J .C. Brotherhood 26. Patty Farber 69. Audrey S. Miller 159. Clifford Forrest 113. M. Christine McKenna 27. Richard Blackshaw 70. Michael Simmons 160. Dorna Giesmann 114. Neftali Martinez 28. Mark B. Pinney 71. Philip N. Carducci 161. Janet Jnsolia 115. lris Levy 29. Frances Alchek 72. * 162. Shawn Wanzer 116. Wendy Feilds 163. Chcryl Seth 30. Constance Targonski 73. Richard Tobin 117. Katheryn Green 164. RoJando I rizarry 31. Stuart Marcus 74. lee Orelowitz 118. Noreen Norton 165. Patricia A. Guff 32. Dacky Reece 75. Ruth Carlin Wolkowitz 119. Rodolfo Medrano ·166. M. Shane Brodie 33. Kathleen McKenna 76. Michael Sweet 120. Aren Stone 167. Grant Reid 34. Katherine Egli 77. Cassandra Chan 121. Rebecca Davidson 168. Michelle Shulman 35. Pamela L-otsch 78. Joanne Gere 169. Polly Corman 122. Ron Wilson 36. Dawn M. Birgensmith 79. J on-Martin Green 170. J effery Crist 123. Angefa Manno 37. Sandra Edge Ladley 80. Peter J. Pratt 171. R. Altcr 124. Barry Paisner 38. Karen Heller 81. leah Morss 172. R. Rice 125. Harvey Nosowitz 39. Elyse Glassberg 82. Anita Littell 127. J im Amburn 40. Kelly Polan 83. David Fleming 128. James Cuetara 41. Jeff Watnick 84. Michael Shea *Name is illegible. 129. Hugh Rowland 42. J oh n Burnett 85. Jeff Scher '86. Felice WaJdstein 130. Niles A. jaeger 43. Fred Morgan 131. Gigi A:lvare Heart Attack 2 NEW YORK (LNS)-- The combined ·major risks and oral contraceptives currently being prescribed The incidenee rate of heart attack in the United States consist of a combination among women is rare. Nevertheless, the of synthetic estrogen and progestogen given contradictions British Report indicates a risk of about for three weeks with one wcek off the med five times greater in users than in matched ication for withdrawal bleeding. · Cancer controls) and some American researchers The primary mcchanism of the com Because pf the long latency period, feel that women who have other high risk bined steroids is to inhibit ovulation . Also, and trye recent introduction of the pill, no factors (~making, obesity etc.} should not the cervical mucus is altered becoming thick evidence can be considered absolute, but take the pill. to interfere with sperm penetration. The uterine lining is also changed so that it the on-going British study indicates that could not support a fertilized egg--shöuld one there is no difference in the incidenee of Stroke occur. Finally, the ovary's function is dim breast cancer in oral contraceptive·users Several studies show the incidenee of inished. than in medical controls. stroke is about six times higher in pill-users These two steroids, estrogen and pro Although the British report did than iri non-users. Recent findings in America gestogen, ma.ke up the variaus "low-dosage" not have sufficient eviden ee to eval uate on stroke in young women find the most sig oral contraceptives currently available. Since the relationship between pill use and cervical nificant risk for hemorrhagic streke in womQn 1969, when studies indicated. that the ris_k of abnormalities, the K~iser study of over 9,000 to bc severc hypertcnsion. Howcver, the data thrombo-embolism(blood clots) was prob women found no increased susceptibility in also suggests that heavy smoking may interact ably greater in the "high-dosage" (75mcg. pill users. with oral contraccptivcs to increase this risk. or abovc) cstrogen pills, most physicians Nevertheless, because hormones The researchers have prcscribed the low dosage (50mcg.) are recomt'r!end that any woman estrogcn medication. However, different known to aggravate existing cancers, women with any dcgrec of high blood pressure avoid pills may have varying potency although with known malignancies should not take the pill, and that heavy smokers should use they have the same weight. the pill. Some doctors also advise that women oral contraccptives cautiously. To add to the confusion, some pro with a family history of cancer not take the Women who have in the past had gestogens have variaus estrogenic effccts and pill.