Bridgewater State University Virtual Commons - Bridgewater State University The ommeC nt Campus Journals and Publications 1980 The ommeC nt, February 28, 1980 Bridgewater State College Volume 54 Number 5 Recommended Citation Bridgewater State College. (1980). The Comment, February 28, 1980. 54(5). Retrieved from: http://vc.bridgew.edu/comment/438 This item is available as part of Virtual Commons, the open-access institutional repository of Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, Massachusetts. The Com ent Vol. LIV, No.5 Bt"idgewater State College February 28, 1980 Spe.aker Discusses Kennedy by Jean M. Hemill"'rd Room. Class of the Class of 1980, greeted - Sheila Kennedy', \'vlfe of Joseph Opening remarks were made by Mrs. Kennedy and welcomed her to Kennedy Ill. spoke to a gathering of Ms, Sue Ellen Silva, Kennedy the BSC campus. approximately 70 students, faculty, Campaign Coordinator' for Mrs, Kennedy spoke for and administrators last Thursday in Bridgewater State College. Ms. approximately 7 minutes and the Student Ul~ion Demollstration Annette Guy. Vice·President of the touc he d u po n man y issues, including inflation and Senator Kennedy's proposed National Health InsurancE,' Plan. "The United Scholarships States is the onlv nation in the industrialized wa'rld, with the exception of South Africa, without a National Health Plan," she said. "It's Available a disgrace!" Dressed in a plain tan skirt and The Bridgewater State' College in Engltsh. In the event that no jacket suit, Mrs. Kennedy Alumni Association is proud to senior qualifies, the Fellowship of emphi:lsized that "we are entering a announce thdt scholarships and $500 may go to an Alumna, Alumnus new decade, and the next·to-the - grants·in·aid totaling $5,600.00 will already in graduate work. A last decade of the century. We must be awarded to undergraLluC1te committee from the English take care of foreign matters, but students at Alumni Day in Mi1Y. Department will select the recipient. also remember that domestic Scholarships will van; in amount See Dr. Harold Ridlon. matters are equally as important." frorn $100.00 to 5250.00 each. The Delta Kappa Gamma In a mild attack on President Students with high academic Award iJ1 the amount of $100 will be Carter, she noted that he promised records cmel or iinancial need are awarded on Honur's Day to an an energy policy and a health particularlyencollrc1ged to apply. In underclassWOllliJl1 student who is insurance program four years ago in Education. additioll, in cH.:cordance with fund planning a c;)reer and that neither of these exist today. specificatiulIs, se',Jeri:l1 scholarships' Applicants should show potential for distinctive service in the field of Senator Kennedy's niece (by will be cw.. .1iwc!ed to dssist students marriage) continued her speech by specifically planning a career in ::ducdtion as well as earnestness of )urpose ()nd loyalty to responsi. saying that "Ted stands out in front [ducation. The Class oi 19.26 Award )ility. Applications m()y be obtained on these tough issues. He alone Mrs. Sheila Kennedy speaks at BSe. WIt! be given to a student wt10 has a speaks out. against the big oil relative who is a Bridgewater :rom the Chairpersons, of the Dep'lrtments within the Division of comparlles. He alone stands up for Alumnus. Olympics in· Moscow, Mrs. thought v,-,ere Kennedy's biggest (,'rcfeSSIOI1Ll1 Edw'ilti\)l1, !h~ OIfICe the ',;.:orkin9 p .. ~()ple." Ken:l£dy confirmed .. tha.t the """'''"''' ,~,~,'"".-<,,~~h(.;:a!ion5 may bt! obt.ained accorrtplishments in .the Senate, she ::;f Student Services, the Financial In reference to President Seriator supports the' Presiden't's from the Office of Student Services, Carter's refusal to debate Senator noted that the Senator was a leader A.id Office or the S.U. Information decision as a symbolic gesture·not in Civil Rights; Labor Reform, the finilncial Aid Office and the Kennedy, the Kennedy camp feels Booth. Final candidates wil be as part of a foreign policy. The Elderly Relief Programs, Education, Student Union Information Booth. thai he is Llsing the foreign problems nterviewed by rnembers of the New Hampshire primary was Women's Issues (he's in favor of an Allli1atctials must be returned to as . an excuse while he sits in the Kappa Chapter Scholarship discussed in detail and was extension of the E.R.A movement), the Office of Student Services b\( 'Rose Garden'. Committee. Completed applica­ recognized as an important state for ahd most importantly for the friday, April 4, 1980. Before fielding questions from the tions must be subrnitted by Friday, Kennedy. National Health Insurance plan audience she made a plea soliciting The following is a list of the A.priI4, 1980 to th~ Office of Student When asked about the possibility which she feels we would have now volunteers to help the. Kennedy scholarsh.ips which .are available Services. of Kennedy withdrawing fr<::lm the if Ted were in The White House. now. The· Kappa Delta Pi Society campaign. She noted t hat college race, Mrs. Kennedy indicated: "He students provide a vital support to a The last question concerned the The Barbara Chellis Memorial 5.cholarship is awarded to an plans to stay. He is 'committed to Senator's fall in popularity from last campaign. Fellowship is awarded by the _mdergraduate or senior student in staying in the race until the end." year when he easily led the When questioned about Chellis Memorial Trustees in honor :1igh academic standing with a major Concerning' the problems in the President nationwide in the midst of " of a gifted teacher to a senior English :w minor in education who plans to Kennedy's opinion on the decision Middle East, Mrs. Kennedy outlined to withdraw from the summer "Draft-Kennedy movements". He is major going on to graduate studies con't on pg.4 the Senators proposed plan of currently trying to even stay c10s e action as follows: 1.) To work with to the President. She explained that our allies and 2.) to decrease our it is a "temporary dip, and he's on dependence on" foreign oil with the way up again. The President is Energy Grant Awarded domestic programs and by allying the President", and she said, "and in ourselves with other parts of the terms of crises, there is always a The United States De'partment of Schools". Vinevard and i'aunton. world who produce oil. tendency to rally around him. And Energy has awarded the Dr. Robert Dillman, Chairman of Dr. Adrian Rondileau, President Mrs. Kennedy indicated that thE it's always difficult to challenge an Kennedy camp feels that our Department of Earth Sciences and the Department and Project ·of·the College, noting this is the third incumbent. When the crises are Geography at Bridgewater State Director, says the $9,898.00 grant Department of Energy grant to BSC relations policy with the Russians is over, the Senator will come up in the very hazy and that its un clearness College another grant to continue a will be used to provide in·service within two years, saidy "We are all standings." , (as with the President's response to far·reaching project titled "Energy workshops for elementary teachers proud of the efforts of our faculty to . The lecture lasted for a. total of the Soviet presence in Cuba) invited and Conservation in the Local in New Bedford, Fall River, Martha's help find ways to ease the nation's approximately 35 minutes and .was critical energy problems. This the Afghanistan problem. sponsored by the Class of 1980, project is significant because of the long range dividends it promises to When asked about what sne[ pay In terms ot educating our youth to the value and techniques of energy conservation.'- Assisting Dr. Dillman in· the project will be department In This Issue colleagues, Dr. Robert Boutilier, Dr. Ira Furlong, Dr: Richard Enright ane Professor Paul Blackford. • Under the terms of the approved Announcements----3,5 proposal, each of the school systems will provide fifty elementary school teachers to participate ir. Candidate Profiles 4 - three fall workshops and one follow· up workshop in January, 1981. Classifieds --~--8,9 "The. fall workshops. will begin with an examination of energy consumption in schools," explains Entertainment ____ 5,6 Dr. Dillman, "and then proceed to an examination of community energy, used. Alternative energy Letters 2 uses and possibilities for conservation will be discussed. The Sports 10,11 last fall meeting will provide a fiels . experience." He says the workshops will provide. a field workshops will stress the development of materials for use in grades K-6 involving local energy Or. Robert Dillman, uses and· conservation. 2 1 he Comment rebruary Lb, 1 'JbU I :I:F r AM ELECTeD wcn-4 tHIS BABY RIG.HT HERE. PReS'JD'ENr -rHERE WILL HE: No DRAFT 'REG ISTRAT I ON, OUR. NEwEST Cl\rnPAt&N TACTIC. :t"t"'\ TOLD IT W 1 Ll- D€,STRo'f ~ ~:o~~~::~~:r' NO ::e :=c~:~o::::\ E\)6R'{THttJG- ON "'fHE FAcE:. OF THE: . 1 To DO "THIS S \R ? EARTH IN 4.3 SE"CONDS. AN D NO mo~£ c ",me: IN our< STRE£IS PJ ~.~ ~ .~ ~g n Response to I Letters to the EditorI New Ballroom. Untdrtunately, we only Need sold 150 tickets previous to the Commentary event, and in order to insure that we Brothers Sue, h to would break even, we were forced before they shoot off their mout to open the dance to all ages. Most I was very touched and impressed about something not in keepikg with of the people who came were over Each yeur during the spring by your Commentary on The their natural expectations is that 20, and if they had taken the time to Communicate sen-lester, the Brotherhood of Comment in your last issue.