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Utah State University DigitalCommons@USU The Utah Statesman Students 3-2-1984 The Utah Statesman, March 2, 1984 Utah State University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/newspapers Recommended Citation Utah State University, "The Utah Statesman, March 2, 1984" (1984). The Utah Statesman. 1515. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/newspapers/1515 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Students at DigitalCommons@USU. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Utah Statesman by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@USU. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Friday, March 2, 1984 UT AH STATE UNIVERSITY Lollan, Utah 12 Pa11es ---------1 A reward is being offered for information A career in some human services areas concerning a vandal's act over the weekend besides sports beckons Karen Logan as in the Student Center. The police have run USU loses its women's basketball coach out of leads .................... Page 3 after two seasons. ...... Page 7 illfue lUfc& lfu 'LC@1C~~ ffiffi@,ill\ Gayle Milli, a USU senior. repain a pin setter in the Aggie Bowl. Some have said lack of interest in bowling and the deteriorating equipment are reaaon1 for a change there. Steve Adarru photo Student opinion 'thumbs down' on bowling alley By DONALD PORTER According to the survey, the favor, 10 percent; somewhat In addition 10 ques1ions pertain staff writer controversial plus /minus grading favor, 36.2; somewha1 oppose, ing 10 individual reasons behind system, instituted this past fall 31.2; strongly oppose, 16.5; and favoring or opposing the change Do you want lo see the quarter, seems to have as many 6.2 percent undecided . All this and suggestions for possible altera plus/ minus grading system supporters as it has detractors. adds up to 46.2 percent of USU tions, the survey asked students to changed or do you like it just the The survey, authored by Wyatt, students in favor of a change com provide an estimate of their grade way it is? Do you think the bowl asked the question , 0 As you know pared to 4 7. 7 percent opposed to point average: "In order to ing alley in the SC should be the university has changed its a change, with 6.1 percent understand which students are in renovated or ripped out? grading policy from the straight undecided. favor of or opposed 10 the grading ~cstions similar to these were A, B, C, D and F to a When Wyatt refigured the system, I wo.uld like to ask one =cndy asked of 340 USU plus/minus system, overall would survey results excluding freshmen additional question. Which of the students in a survey administered you say that you ... 1) strongly from the process, he said it didn'1 following categories would your by Scott Wyatt, ASUSU executive favor; 2) somewhat favor; 3) alter 1hings too much. "Fifty-two grade poin1 average fall within vice president, and the results somewhat oppose, or; 4) strongly percent were in favor of a change I) 3.5 or higher; 2) 2.5 or oppose this change?" and 48 (percent) were against it," might be surprising to many (continued on page 3) 111:udcnts. The resuhs were: s1rongly he said. Paae 2 The Utah Stateaman Friday, March 2, 1984 ~ W(Q)rrIlcil 1rlh~ W(Q)rrIlcil 1rlh~ W©rrIlcil 1rlh~ Wc ~Ih0 W©rrllcil1rlh~W©rrllcilThe World1rlh~ Glenn and Hart continue struggle for votes Hollings and Askew drop out of race for Democratic nomination By The Associated Press results "got me back to a hard reali caucuses. Bowing out of the race, Hollinp Democratic presidential candidates ty." Hart was the surprising winner of said, "I announce today that I wll invaded the South on Thursday with Ai,kcw got only I percent in New the New Hampshire primary, and the stepping aside as an active ca~ John Glenn proclaiming himself the Hampshire and told a Miami news Co lorado senator quickly was challeng this presidential contest." "new underdog" and Gary Hart say conference, "I tried to be true to ed by WaJter F. Mondale to compete "It was one of the best educac ing he would fight for votes in 1he myself and my deepest convictions." for support throughout the South. l 1ve ever had," he added. region. At the same time, two "Well, Fritz, here I am," Hart said Hollings said he wasn't cenaan southern contenders were forced out of Glenn spoke to the Alabama Legislature at the state Capitol in on his arrival in Alabama. which of the remaining contenden the race by dismal finishes in New might support for the nominatioa. Hamp shire. Montgomery, while Hart stopped at 0 1 think 1he voters of Alabama just the city's airport for a news conference won't be bashful," he said, addils Sen. Ernest F. Holling s of South like the voters of New Hampshire will that he would announce his choa Carolina and former Gov. Reubin at which he said, "I don't expect to be send a message to the Washington rejected in the South." the time of the March 17 South Askew of Florida brcame the second es1ablishment and the special interests Carolina caucuses. and third victims of New Hampshire Glenn told the Legislature , "I guess and will not submit to insider control "The usual statement is 'a funaJ of the Democratic Party,'' he added. voters. I'm what you would call the new thing happened 10 me on the way H ollings, who received 4 percent of underdog today." The Ohio senator Mondale was in Washington on the White House,"' said Hollinp. Tuesday's primary vote, told a finished a distant third in New Hamp· Thursday and planned to campaign in "Nothing happened to me on the Washington news conference the shire after winding up fifth in the Iowa Maine and Georgia on Friday. to the White House." Meese's commitment questioned Soviet election speeches WASHINGTON (AP) - Edwin Meese, William French Smith. President Reagan's nominee for attorney Meese pledged to pursue "even-handed celebrate party and policy general, came under sharp questioning Thurs · justice and equal protection of the law for all day from senators conce rned about his commit MOSCOW (AP) - The Soviet national election citizens regardless of race, color, sex, creed, me111to ending racial discrimination and ''campaign'' - now in full swing with major speecha - background or economic circumstances." whetlu-r he would be the president's or the peo a far cry from the competitive electioneering of the Wear Meese also said he would avoid "partisan plt-'s lawyer It is an orderly celebration of the Communist Pany, the political activity" as attorney general. Partisan squabb ling marked the first day of only party that will be on Sunday's ballot when the nation the S<·nate Judiciary Committee's hearing on But the pledges failed to satisfy Democrats votes for 1,500 deputies to the Soviet Parliament that will lht· nomination of M eese, Reagan's counselor and one Republican, Sen. Charles Mc Mathias for the next five years. The two-chamber body, whote fulc and dos<."friend, to replace A11orncv General of Maryland. tion is to approve the decisions of the party, meets twice 1 year for one or two days. Gemayel winds up meeting with Assad Outsiders still take interest in the events leading up to preordained outcome, especially in the week preceding By The Associated Press news conference in Damascus and said nothing voting. That is when each of the top Soviet rulers - tbe Leba nese President Amin Gemayel com else. members of the Politburo - gives a major address dunn, plt·tt·d two clays of talks with Syrian President An official Syrian spokesman said Assad, one election "meeting" with the constituency the Polilbula I lafe1. Assael in Damascus on Thursday and whose government has been supporting Shiite decided he would represent. Lebanon's state radio said Gemayel had agreed Moslem and Druse militias against Gemayel's The speeches this month are being closdy watched b- uy to ranee! the Israeli-Lebanese troop withdrawl government, told Gemayel that Syria will clues to a change in Soviet policy since Konstantin U. agrecmerll "assist Lebanon in its efforts to safeguard its Chernenko became general secretary. Gcnmycl said his three rounds of talks with freedom, its Arab identity , and the unity of i1s Chernenko will hold his constituency meetinR" in the 1 Assad were ''qu ite excellent, ' but called oIT a land and people." Kremlin Palace of Congresses on Friday. nerve gas home. patrolman, but later found Aerial spraying Gordon Kent Burke, 42, the cause 10 be suicide. Hearing is set and his wife, Suzanne L. Base spokeswoman Carol &r«I\I hra«I••" LOS ANGELES (AP) - Burke, 36, who kept youths Ann Keck identified the vic Kn•UCll .. 111«J•r It lx·gan last November, Paula S11111&aicll GENOLA (AP) - Utah in their custody for Great tim as Sgt. Kenneth David hardy 1wo wt·t·ks after the County authorities said ,o &oo1n1 Basin Youth Services, were Fry, 26. She said Fry was Crall LaAo,;,o;-o firs! Mexi can fruit fly was Thursday they may seek found slain in their home on from Mobile, Ala., and had C.N. Ch&ll«rlo«J. found in a trap in suburban adult certification for a &rue« Ad•••· ••• their five-acre farm here. been assigned to Hill since Huntington Park , 15-ycar -old boy being held in V1luaAo.,_..•···• The bodies were last November. ,.,w ......., Hc·litoptcr s took oIT to the slayings of a couple who discovered about 7:20 a.m.