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.the uwsp Pointer SERIES VIII, VOL. 17 UW-STEVENS POINT, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1973 NO. 10 FEATURE FINDER: Grad Meeting~-page 3 Calendar--page 8 Placement--page 4 Record Review- -page 13 Letters- to the Editor -page 6 Every once in a while, someone comes up with a stunt Campus Fashions that draws a iot of attention. · Such was the case last week -page 10 when these students carried their instructor on a sedan chair between classes. Comm Dept.--page 13 Genetic Symposium -page 5 Academic Bankruptcy A member of Sigma Pi social fraternity occupies a mock -page 12 flagpole in Memorial Forum (the Sundial ) during the "Operation Wheelchair" ceremonies. The progrjlm was set up to raise money for the handicapped. Robert H. Krueger, basketball coach. (See basketball season preview, page 14). The Pointer "dog" outfit was a witness to the Pointers' 17-14 upset over Plattev,lle (see story, page 15). Krueger is also director of athletics. This "experiment in off campus housing" was built from construction site supplies and pine trees which were cut down.CStory,- page 5). Page 2 THE POINTER November l, 19-73 ,, ...on the challenge . .on friendship EDITORIAL Great things are done You may not need to thank a friend for his helping you. when men and mountains meet. Possibly, your friendship . .on being humble An Explanation <Blake) with him Pride comes is in-and-of-itself a way of and then shame saying . by Dave Gneiser But wisdom thank you. We sometimes receive complaints as to why an article is with the humble (Doremus) didn 't appear in print. <Proverbs 11 :2) ...on your goal One of the primary reasons is our budget. We only have We are all one- funds to print a limited number of pages. Within those born into this rich earth pages, ·we attempt to strike a balance between news , ..o n prejudice into the human experience. fe,ature, opinion, sports and humor articles. Prejudice is a vagrant We carry a dream , a special opinion . vision inside , - If we should· go over our budget in order to print without visible means of and · when the lolld gets everything, we would not be able to go to press every week. support. heavy, We have set deadlines for the material to be printed. If the !Ambrose Bierce) we can reach for that material comes in late, we simply do not have the time necessary to set the copy. We have only limited access to dream. the machines that print the columns of type. If one of our .. .on overanalysis Through it, life unfolds and staff consistently misses his deadline or otherwise fails in F'rogs. humor and love , we find strength, faith , his duties, he is summarily fired. can all be dissected love. but in the process ( Kenny Rankin ) Sometimes the reason an event isn't covered is that we . .on friendship ... all are destroyed. find out about it too late or not at all. In both cases we are When a friend asks, (E. Sherwood ··woody" not able to assign a reporter to the story. there is no tomorrow. Bishop) Peace, The only way we can serve yo u better under our present (uhknown ) Doremus limitations, is for you to respect our policies. ---------------:i • rr: l \ .. The Pointer is a second class I ,·! un iversity publi cation. 1 pu_blished week ly during the I .... ,_.. school ye~r in Stevens Point, I ··1:_1~i Wisconsin 54481. It is published r:._ under th e authorit y granted to .;;;_ the Board of Regents of State 1to Universities by SectiofV 37 .11, ;'i " ... ::., Wisconsin Statutes. PubJication -" costs are paid by the State of . • -J . Wisconsin under contracts •••• • ••• * • .i •• ......-.. •••••••• - - ? -- awarded by the State Printi ng The " Power to all the oppressed" slogan -painted on a Section, State Department of construction building-remains from the "radical era". Is Administration, as provided in radicalism necessarily dead? St at e Printing Operational Bulletin 9-24 of August t6, 1973. Whal kind of control is there over those who litter and cover the campus with the posters like those covering this Editor: sign? WE WANT YOU Robert Kerksieck Assistant Editors: If you'd like to be a Pat Di Ulio , Dave Gneiser and Reporter for Terry Wilt the POINJER Ads: Paid Poshions Are Available. · Cindy Kl!ufman and Nancy Repplinger Come On tn and Talk To Us. Business Manager: POINTER~' OFFICE, 2ND ·nooR u.c. Diane Evenson Would you buy a used car from~ -~ Photo Editor : " Step right over here folks and I'll make you an off you Roger Barr can't refuse. Now I realize that Pierce Agnew I sold ou in Photographers: t968wasn'tsuch a good deal," said salesman Dick. Tom Halfmann and Bill "It certainly wasn't," said John Q. Hardright. Paulson "How was I to know that it would cheat on its mileage and guzzle extra gas?" pleaded salesman Dick . Point Blank Sports Editor : " Not to mention polluting a lot of air," jested Norman Jerry Long Farleft. "Well , I've given the new model a lot of considerati on. It's by Bob Ham jr. Sports Writers: the pick of the lot. At first, I thought I might sell you thal Sue Anderson, Joe Burke, yellow Connally over there. It's a nice car that has been " THE NIXON STATEMENT--THE HONEST TRUTH Dennis Cox, John Fritsch, driven in Texas, btlt it often tends to switch sides of th e Jim Habeck, Diane Pleuss <WE HAVE THE F'ACTS) ABOUT WATERGATE, road," said Dick. CAM BODIA, THE TAPES, SAN CLEMENTE AND SPIRO and Mike Yauck ff "I could see that to be a problem," said Harvey Mid AGNEW" dleroad. Graphics : sta Salesman Dick continued, "Then I was going to sell you _·'Tossing aside all fancy phrases and ctiscombobulateo Dennis Jensen - that long, green Rockefeller behind us. But it is expensive to foolishness , and getting right down to the nitty gritty, let me I say this about that. I wish to make this all perfectly clear. Writers: run and in view of the gas shortage had my reservations. When I found out it wasn't responsive to my handling Make no mistake about that. In all probability, you ha ve Lydia Abell, Mary Budd'e, already engaged in some general speculation as to what I Tony Charles, Bob Ham, jr., during a test drive, I ruled the Rockefell er out." am gomg to say. How ever, while there is no doubt in my Debra Hill, Laura Hinz,11 "Just what have you selected?" asked Hardright, F'arleft mm? that you kno_w what you think I'm going to say, I Lorraine Hm1lihan, Perry I and Middleroad simultaneously. don t thmk you real12e that what I am going to say and what Jewell , Mari Kurszewski, I Dick smiled and pointed at an older model Ford bus . you thought I was gom"J! to say may not be what I meant al Mary Lem berger, Mary-Annel " You 're kidding !" said F'arleft. Moore, Kri s Mourn, Kathy I " Now it is a very nice used F'ord that had been in storage all . In fact, 1t may be 'entirely( different. O'Connell, Keith Otis,: on Capitol Hill for 25 years," tounlered Di ck . Even when you've heard what I have to say, what you Robe rta Pearson , Don " It 's only got ohe large bucket seat," said Middleroad . 1 thmk I meant , a nd what I actually did mean may not agree. Reeves, Kathie Rossmiller, 1 "That's what you get when you spend 25 years on Ca pitol In such a case I would be forced to deny ever saying it. Not Mark Vollrath and Lawrence, Hill ," smirked Farleft. th at I would ever deny saying what I meant when I said it . Wilson I "It handles well , has been driven conservatively and has but I would certainly deny saying what you think I meant I lots of miles left in it," said Dick hopefully. when you thought I said it. In such a case as we are faced Tech : I " After being driven so conservatively , the head is with then , ii would seem to me that there is no use in my Penny Gillman, Chris Kroll,I probably full 01 carbon." said Middleroad and muttered as say111g an~•thing, inasmuch as you already have preco1F Patti Morzenti and Shirley i he walked away, " F'ord is not a better idea!" ceiv~d notions as to what yo u think I will say, and will take Spittlemeister " But its interior is spotless and th e paint is without 1 it ~I, wrong a nyw~y wh en I say it, and then proceed to blemish!" protested salesman Dick . defamate my character and destroy my otherwise un Secretaries: i ··1 would rather hitch-hike," said F'arleft as he stormed ~1.r111 shed reputation with foul misquotes and viscious Debbie Denson , Ruth( off, "and I don 't like that German imporl in the State slander. even though you may mean me no intentional Granger, Judi Guth, Linda ( Department either!·· harm · You can understand my position under such a strain . Molitor and Jane Thiel I "Well , will you bu y it?·· said Dick turning to llardright I " We can finance it through the Key Biscayne Bank .·· · Thcrcfor_e, to protect my clean record and to protect you Advisor: I " ! might as well . You've been ·taki ng me for a ride all r:om _:nakrng a foul, vi scious, and slandering fool out of Dan Houlihan- I these years," shrugged Hardright.