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.. oStea WEDNESDAY J <^ __ ________________________e___'_* * *** ____ SEPTEMBER 29 ,0 w. ..->I,-~, 197).( Sit,. Brook.I \<'% Nork I Volume 20 NuniLer 6 ^ ___^~~~~~~ - w - f Is r WI I - * Polity- 'a Electionss Youth Studies Chairman: Students vote today in the annual Fall Polity elections. Polls will End of YCS Planned be open until 8 PM. On the ballot will By RAYMOND A. RIEFF consultation of the Faculty Senate." be races for all Polity Senators both The Youth and Community Studies Toll, however, denkis that YCS will be residential and commuter, freshman, program is in jeopardy according to hurt by the change and says it will junior representatives, and one Professor Martin Timin, its chairman. improve under Social Sciences. lie also Judiciary seat, in addition to four Timin stated that "while the President is emphasized the distinction between "a Polity referenda. not saying it, his actions are threatening decision of appointment renewal and the .... -Story on page 3 to make the program defunct." question of the continued existence of a University President John Toll fired program." T11o insisted that he did not - co(nsultation and that it was ~~~~~~~~-I Timin effective June, 1977, despite act without recommendation from a special YCS not possible to act in accordance with the review committee to consider him for recommendations of every committee. 'The Front' tenure. Toll, however, refuses to discuss Provost of the Social Sciexnces Woody Allen, has always been the specific reasons why Timin is not .DePpartment Klselle Janmes said with known as a great comic mind, even being rehired. , Socail Sciences, students of similar when he was a relatively obscure gag Toll has however accepted the intellectual pursuits and common writer. "The Front," Allen's latest recommendation of a committee interests would meet and that she "did pictu recently opened in New York, appointed by Liberal Arts Vice President not see why it ,vould ruin it". 'The results be marking the first time that Allen has Patrick Hellan last Spring, to include the of the committee findings wit according to albeit one Social Sciences Department, which will available in mid-October, attempted cinematic drama Acting Dean of Uindergraduate Studies with comic overtones. "The Front" be an umbrella organization for YCS and other programs. , .Robert Marcus. Jams ao said that starred Zero Mostel, and Hershal also Combination Program students would have greater access to Bernardi. YCS is a program which combines support . personnel including Review on page 15 academic study with community administrative guidance and secretarial 0 ,,,. :: A., involvement. Typical community service services. undertaken by students would include According to Marcus, there is a "faitly Footall Loa6 -- ' :- ;- organizaing . environmental groups, substantial body of documents coming With starting quarterback Rich coordinating ecological efforts, and out of various sources" indicating that Domenech sidelined with torn volunteering for civil liberties programs. "the futun. of the program and its ligaments in his left knee, the Stony Timin said that he feels that by director are two different things". Brook football club was beaten by ,including YCS in the SocialSi-w- :^ApparenUtly, "a number of students Norwalk Community College -Department and by eliminating him, the ,copr ned .about the direction, Saturday, 21-12. Backup quarterback program will deteriorate and in several instruction and degree to which the be an academic program lived up to its expectations", he Jim McTigue had a good day for the years it will no longer also accuses Toll of being -said, adding that this is true of any 12 of 20 passes major. He Patriots, completing "unconcerned with the quality of experimental program. for 191 yards and a touchdown, but undergraduate eduation, hypocritical in He said that he feels YCS is "beltter off was overshadowed by Jeff Bowen, his actions and acting against the advice -with closer connections to Social who threwthree touchdown passes for of the Curriculum Committee of the Sciences, and how to do this and retian Norwalk. .. - 'College of Arts and Sciences, against its value is the issue to be dealt with by ' Story on page 24 student demands ,and without the James committee.." ;A I-I :. F - v T I N - - ^/ %ft. - c. - * -Employees Children Live in Student Room By WILUAM HARTS and DAVID RAZLER maximum. occupancy of four, so as part of his room. Residence Life Director Roger Phelps said that An Assistant Housing Director mandated to live on agreement with Residence Life, he was given a form he expected to have all students on the waiting list campus by his job currently has assigned to him both a formerly used to house students for his two teen-age housed within a week. four-room college apartment and a regular dormatory daughters. Phelps added that he did not feel that it was proper room in Stage XII A for his children. Currently 60 students are still on waiting lists who to deprive the University of a good staffmember For the past two years John Williams, his wife and need and were promised campus housing. Several more because of the waiting list. He added that Williams was three children have occupied the apartment and dorm are housed in vacant college apartments and several required to live on campus because he had to be call at room. Williams said that he could not fit his five more are housed in vacant college apartments and night. member famUnilyinto the apartment designed for a several more have valhntrly dpecided to live three to a Williams said he did not feel that his use of a student *room was in any way improper. He said he did not like having to live on campus and deal with outages, roaches and other common problems in the dorms. He added that he would move off campus if the University would compensate him for the expense. Williams currently makes between $12,000 and $13,000 annually, according to a University spokesman. University employees living in apartments pay a token maintenance fee. There are 39 college apartments on campus. Currently several are being used to house students waiting for rooms; eventually however 21 will house Residence Life personel, with the remaining apartments housing counselors and other University employes. :. Phelps also said that there were several reasons for the size of the waiting list; among the, the fact that there was no idea until after the last orientation session of how many students would have to be housed and that there was no involuntary tripling this semer. "I would much rather have a waiting tt thuan tdpk · ~dh. t'" IJna -- o~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.j . N l -_________ - --A .00,e Viking Project Scientist Speaks: ·No Sign of Mars Life Found amcouldhave liquid water." By SHARON DURST and ALAN GERBER Besides Owen, many people in the FDS "There is no evidence that anyone can point to Lebanese War Flares Up department have research grants from NASA, yet that says there is life on Mars," reported at least seven other faculty members. a Professor Toby Owen, in a lecture held the evening including Artillery shells set Lebanese mountainside villagles afire yester currently performing experiments -t of September 23. Owen, a member of the Earth They are as Syrian troops and Christian forces launched an offensive aga analysis of moon samples and infra-red and Space Sciences Department, is part of a team involving leftist Lebanese and Palestinian guerrilla positions east of Beirut. observations of astronomical objects. Owen called of scientists responsible for the Gas t he The military action touched off a verbal duel between Chromnatograph and Mass Spectrometer the ESS involvement with NASA "extensive." project consists of two landers on Egyptian and Syrian governments. experiments in the Viking Space Project. The Viking Isolated ground clashes were reported, but there was no sign ofa Owen said that, "To get big creatures, you need the surface of Mars and two orbiters revolving major battle or infantry push. Christian commanders said Sylrian an environment that nourishes them, and we don't around the planet which are still sending data to will armnored units were advancing slowly in five columns and specula kted see that kind of environment on Mars now." He Earth. As Mars moves behind the Sun, NASA lose contact with equipment, but scientists are that the slow advance was to allow the Palestinians to ret:reat admitted that although there probably are certain without a bloody showdown. micro-organisms that can survive on Mars the expecting to reestablish contact as the planet moves out from behind again. Palestinians, however, claimed it was the beginning of an all- out environment cannot support higher forms of life Owen said that "My colleagues and I are Syrian attack to crush the leftist alliance. In Cairo, Egypl tian because there is no liquid water on the surface of an the planet, and no carbon in the soil. Owen added opposed to any military use of space projects or President Anwar Sadat charged that the Syrian attack was supression of information coming out of NASA attempt to destroy the Palestinian movement and shatter A rab that besides the micro-organisms, "there may be forms of life we haven't seen yet." Research. Information should be accessible to efforts to end the war. He warned that Syria "will never escape The lecture included a slide show of recent everyone." He added, "Militarily, it doesn't make punishment of history." Viking photographs of the planet's surface. One sense. The Russians could knock anything out of Syria slashed back angrily. The government news agency n g slide showed a dry riverbed, which Owen and commission." t o Damascus said "the chief of the Sadat traitor regime" had nothinl others think indicates that "conditions seem to Owen described the technology behind the la te sell his people except criticism of the Achievements of the I have existed for there to have been life on Mars." spece program as "one of the most expensive Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser.