The Dorms—By Dean Dexter CHRIS HARRIS (Ed.) JOHN DAUGHTRY FEATURE JAY NEEDLEMAN DEAN DEXTER ( Assist
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Reporter 17 Jan 69 Volume 45, Number 6 PUBLISHER PRODUCTION PAT COLLINS DICK BOISSONNAULT EDITOR GRANT HAMILTON ART 8 Thirty days without a bath—by N. R. Pitt, MD MANAGING EDITOR SKIP BLUMENTHAL, BOB KIGER GARY DE FRANCO BUSINESS GRAPHIC ARTS 11 Open letter to student bodyby Greg Evans ED CAIN CONSULTANT NEWS DAVE FOLKMAN SID BARSUK, PHOTOGRAPHY 12 So, you live in the dorms—by Dean Dexter CHRIS HARRIS (Ed.) JOHN DAUGHTRY FEATURE JAY NEEDLEMAN DEAN DEXTER ( Assist. ed) SPORTS ADVISOR GREG ENOS MR. THOMAS OBRIEN SECRETARY COVER: Illustration by Ed Parker ED. AT LARGE BEVERLY CREGO NEIL SHAPIRO The REPORTER is published weekly by students of Rochester Institute of Tech- nology, One Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, New York, 14623. Editorial and production facilities are located in room A238, of the RIT College Union. Phone, 464-2212. WHATS h APPENING NEIL SHAPIRO Talisman Film Festivals are shown in TELEVISION Jan 22: THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT the Main General Studies auditorium, JAN. 17: The NET Playhouse BRIGADE. The Cinema Theatre, ALL the admission is $.50 for students and presents the National Theatre of. the Week: THE NIGHT THEY RAIDED $.75 for the public, and the showtimes Deaf, on channel 21 at 8:30 P.M. The MINSKYS at The Stoneridge. are 7 and 9:30 P.M. College Union program will include a selection of Showtime films take place in the poems and a version of Giacomo LECTURES ON CAMPUS General Studies Auditorium also the Pupccinis comic opera GIANNA JAN. 23: College of Business Dis- admission to these is free and showtime SCHICCH I. The Theatre of the Deaf tinguished Lecture Series will be bring- is at 8 P.M. was formed during the summer of 1967 ing Mr. Jackson Martindell to RIT. Mr. by Eugene ONeill Memorial Theatre Martindell is Chairman of the Board at JAN. 17: Talisman presents FIRES Foundation, and since then has made the American Institute of Management. ON THE PLAIN. This movie was filmed two tours across the country, appearing He will speak on the "Lack of Manage- in Japan during 1959, and utilizes in over 40 cities. The theatre was not ment in High Places." 8 P.M. in the English subtitles. The story is billed by only formed to give deaf people an alumni-Union Auditorium. Free admis- the Talisman Festival as being "A outlet "unique" to themselves, but also sion. passion film with a new view of hell." It it was designed to create a total new BASKETBALL is "...the revelation of-mans extraordi- innovation in the Dramatic art. The Jan. 18; away at Hobart. VARSITY nary passion for life even in an inferno." theatrical performances combine mime, WRESTLING dance, manual sign language and music, Jan. 18; home versus Cortland. JAN. 18: The College Union presents with simultaneous narration. The pro- FRESHMAN WRESTLING STALAG 17. This film stars William gram will be repeated on Jan 19, at 9:30 Jan. 18; home versus Cortland. Holden, Don Taylor and Otto Premin- p .m. VARSITY HOCKEY ger. This is a drama of suspicion and JAN 20: Also on channel 21, the NET Jan. 18; away at Ithaca. intrigue among the inmates of a German Journal presents a special program titled Jan. 22; home versus Ithaca. POW camp during WW II. "The Nixon Administration," two hours FRESHMAN HOCKEY devoted to analyzing Nixons inaugural Jan. 22; home versus Ithaca. JAN. 19: Another Talisman film, this address and assessing the prospects for VARSITY FENCING ti me the film classic "Frankenstein," his administration. The special will be None Scheduled. starring Boris Karloff. This is the seen at 8:00 a.m. This one also will be VARSITY SWIMMING original 1931 version. repeated; Jan 26 at 6:00 p.m. None scheduled. Keough OK, so Bert Parks may not be available, but thats never feet in the pool will be considered show-offy and dangerous stopped anyone yet. Stopped anyone from staging a beauty to both the judges and spectators. Points will be deducted. pageant, that is. BOUYANCY It is mandatory for the contestant to Once again, the RIT REPORTER has seen its destiny never raise more than 98% of the surface of her body above spelled out for it by circumstances nearly beyond its control. the water level. If she does, the entrant will be automatically Yes, what with television nightmare-extravaganzas such as: disqualified and her records and name turned over to the "The Miss Teenage America," "Mrs. Middle age Menopause," Duke University Institute for Psychical Research. and the "Miss Universal Gradient of Human Lust" Pageants ARTIFICIAL AIDS It will be considered bad our duty was clear. As by now you have probably already sportsmanship, unfair conduct and cheating for any noticed, not one of these shows ever presents the girls in one competitor to be wearing inflatable devices. And, of course, of the most beautiful ways any woman may be shown. it will be poor form in the event the judges are forced to We of course refer to how a girl looks underwater. administer the Pin-Prick Test. Remember, a wet girl is a GREAT girl. Towards this end (no pun intended), the RIT RE- Prizes will be awarded to the individual winner. Next PORTER is sponsoring what is sure to be only the beginning weeks REPORTER will list these in detail and they will of the "Miss Underwater" Pageants. be well worth competing for. The contest will be open to all RIT campus organiza- Deadline for entries is January 31, 1969. Entry forms tions and school departments, such as fraternities, sororities, must be then have been turned in at the REPORTER office, social clubs, academic clubs, the Photo department, the in the basement of the College Union. Entries should list the Co Printing Department, etc. following: contestants name; entrants school and year; if e The only qualifications being that your group must have the girl is not an RIT co-ed a brief summary of her a GIRL representing them in the contest and, that the girl occupation and place of employment; and the name of the must know how to swim. The second rule may be discarded, sponsoring organization. MOST IMPORTANT a picture of but the RIT REPORTER, in such a case, will refuse any the candidate. responsibility for the resultant welfare of that groups The contest will be held during the latter part of representative. February. Issues from February 7 until the contest, will A girl need NOT be a RIT student in order to compete contain advance photos and names of the competitors and but she must be sponsored by a campus group. who is sponsoring them. And, needless to say, the The girls will also be judged on how they appear above REPORTER will fun full coverage of the Pageant in the water due to the prevalent philosophy that a girl can only issue immediately following it. look good wet, if she first looks good dry. Remember, this may be YOUR groups big chance to Underwater, the girl will be judged ( among other achieve fame and glory and, for some lucky girls, a chance things) on the following attributes and characteristics: at what promises to be some pretty groovy prizes. THE WAVE SYSTEM Leaving a wake of over forty See you at the pool! DTORIALS syracuse finks out E Just about everything was ready for Sunday nights city rescinds hockey game. The fans were anxious, the players were ready and the new scoreboard was just waiting to be used. Although the city has temporarily backed down in its But it was decided, somewhere on the spacious, attempt to tax property it considers "not strictly used for prestigous campus of Syracuse, that the hockey team wasnt educational purposes," its policy of asking Rochester institutions for "voluntary contributions" to the city budget going to play. apparently still stands. "They called us at 2 in the afternoon and told us they werent comming," commented hockey menotr Daryl Arthur Deutsch. city public information director, says Sullivan. "It really makes me mad. " Needless to say, it the citys position is "that most of the tax exempt property made a few other people mad too. in the county is in the city of Rochester and the city people Syracuse isnt the power in hockey that it is in football. are the least able to carry this burden and afford this luxury. In fact, the Orangemen take it on the chin quite often. So "The city desperately needs money," Deutsch says, "and its not surprising that they would take the easy way out. needs money in lieu of taxes." He justifies the citys stand in The forfeit goes on RITs record as a win. It was about that the city "provides tax abatement, fire and police as pleasing as a win over the Nazareth College freshmen. protection, and street lighting" for these exempt properties Final exams this week were the reasons put forth by the which include both churches and educational institutions. people from Syracuse. It wouldnt be hard to find out when Look again, Mr. Scher, and note that R.I.T. IS giving the final exam will be a year from now, but apparently the money to the city of Rochester in lieu of taxes: people that do the scheduling didnt take into consideration 2 0,68 Rochesterians attended R.I.T. in evening the fact that such things occur on most college campuses. college and summer school last year, adding to their Now we arent belittling final exams. Theyre just great knowledge, job potential, income, purchasing power and hockey games shouldnt interfer with them.