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This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Activities at CORE Scholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Guardian Student Newspaper by an authorized administrator of CORE Scholar. For more information, please contact [email protected]. r- The Daily Guardian April 15,1981 Issue 93 Volume XVH Wright State University, Dai/ton, Ohio

Inside 'Turtleman'

Saga rated fair Wright State had a •casual visitor to campus Thurs- pag« 2 day afternoon In the fans at a part-human and part-anfanal crea- ture. Sosu people know him aa Mb Armstrong, battels knswu beat an "Mr. Turtlegram." Columbi&l&nds Armstrong waa here Thnraday to deiiver - ose at Ids fsm.ns safely Turtle grams to a person aa campna. Far a TartWgram, Arm- page 3 strong dreoaea up as a tntk and delivers a meeaage and a soag, with guitar accwnpaalmat. IW / Armstrong said be daAvers to the area swroudksg his baalnoas hi New Carlisle foe about $15, bat Thihk he win travel farthe? far assre money. Arit music Armstrong said the Tartto- gram, patterned after the singing page4 te le grama at the part, waa bis Idea. He started Us Turtiegram service when he was kid off baa his Job at Antioch Coflege. Armstrong said he made a good Hvtng last year, aad R Is a lot of Off the wire fun tor him. Abe, be said, "I enjoy betrg self-em ployed." Noevidenceto Student input is low on ban herbicide

BvEDV*ARD KOBV •' . WASHINGTON UPI -There lj« BO '•"scientific-evidence lo Justify bushing . ' (he traditional uses of (he herbicide 2,4,5-T, Hi Ingredient In (he.Vie (nam defoliant Agent Orange, a study ' " Second a series released yesterday concludes. Cu^culum-Committee Chairman Steve ; By MIKE MILLER the student on the committee helped get a The American Council on Science Frederick -said both students on his- and .Health, a non-profit group of Guardian Staff Writer break fot the students." scientists special/ring hi public Falkner said the Calendar and Elecjioni committee attended 'meetings regularly h«ial(h Issues, said s todies on committee meets about five times annual- during ' fall • quarter, but missed every humans did not support repeated Student Government appoints students meeting the committee held during the charges the herbicide - even when to about 30 university committees. •fy, but studentsparticipation is'only needed properly used - causes grave Illness. However, many of these comittees never ' in two of the meetings. wintef. ' However,'the report did not deal Frederick said the^ meeting times with claims by U.S. servicemen who obtain student input, because the students . " • \ ' "I'M HNDy of disappointed the conflicted with one of the student's classes say their exposure to Agent Orange - appointed to them never attend. and the other studetjt's^work schedule. during ib^war In Smftlsst Asia has "There are always a lot of problems with never ihow up," Falkner caused cancer, btrtH defects and Ited. "It could be the calendar simply "They particip*ted*-A lot when, they ; other UllSesses In the*, and their students not attending committee meet- hasn't caused any problems for students." attended." . he said, "they 'had good D children! ings," Government Chairer Brenda Walk- suggestions and they initiated a survey •er said. "We try to replace students' who Library Committee Chairman James Anon said there Han't been a student at dealing with the Liberal Arts fourth hour lose interest (in their committee respon-y problem. Thefstudents are well-informed Little optimism sibilities) as fast as possible." / one of his committee meetings the entire and'quite helpful." When Government realizes that a maj^r year. . « FREDERICK SAID students have ade- issue will be discussed at a meeting, - . Anon said his committee dealc in miners'strike quate' representation on .his committee-- •Walker said she makes sure representa- problems ranging from students lea two students and five faculty ) tives attend. food in the library to formulating a members. By DREW VON BERGEN budget. • .f While students are outnumbered on the BUT WHICH issues are important and "If a student sat to on a meeting where, WASHINGTON UP1 - Bsnalsen Curriculum Committee, they enjoy e 6-5 which ut not? we were discussing our budget^\he reopened talks Tswday ks an edge oc the Food Service "Committee. attempt to bring stHUu coal miners How does Government know that probably wouldn't return." Anon said, . Food Service Committee Chairer Kay back to work, bat the chief Industry something not included on.the agenda "because it is a mind-boggling problem. negotiator said be waa "Net apdnsla- Greenup said students regularly attend her. won't betti^cussed? But studentscould.behelpfuli? there was a Me" about a qalck settlement. meetings and provide a lot of input. The union opinsd the talks by Government certainly isn't omnipotent, student-orienied problem to be dealt "We have a represe'ntative bom each of demanding restoration of a dropped but Registrar Lou Falkner, Chairer ofthe with." ' clause on non-anion ceal whose the -groups around campus," Greenup elimination prompted rank-and-f^rv Calendar and Elections ^Committee, said A AMON SAID A student representative insisted, "so everyone is well-represent- rejection of a tentative agreement. - Government has attended only one meet- stopped by his office and collected some ed." (There are sis students, twoOfaculty, The 'walkout began' March 27 when s ing of .his committee since 197S. tlje contract eipJrad between the ,» information about the" committee, bot one classified stiff, one unclassified staff, United Mine Werfcets and the soft "There wouldn't have been a spring break that year (1975)." Falkner said, ""but never attended any meetings. (Sea MEETING page 2) • coal industry: J • • 2 THE DAILY GUARDIAN April 15, 1981 Attitude Panel rates

make any in-depth study. My managers and 1 will ;sit down and look it over, and we can say more id a coiiple of weeks." Roger Holmes, "assistant director of student development pre- sented the results to the Food Service Cotnmittee after two weeks of tabulation. The survey was officially completed March 31. with a reported 57 percent return. Meeting attendance is low

the Budget Review • Committee, "but Sayer said she works hard and provides valuable input.. Sayer said it is "damned essential" for students to attend committed meetings, but • he realizes that some meetings simply aren't appealing. "A lot has to do with the nature of the (Tom mitt ee." Sayer "stated, "Some committees are real inter- esting. while others are just plain boring."

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Reagan 'ahead for the president's plan, I' have recently begun my major in rehabilitation and .heard package while Congress is on was shot in the. chest in a March Especially - the •" three-year, 30 about a field in rehabilitation that was new to me- The name of Easter, recess, met with top aides 30 attempt on* his life. percejt cut in tax rates. Key the occupation is a peripatologist. I understand that this Tuesday to plan future tax and The- public got' its first post- Democrats want, a one-year tax occupation works with people who are visually impaired. But budget battles on Capitol Hill. hospital glimpse of Reagan when rate reduction. • Jt that is all I know. Can you give me some additional information? Acting White House press he waved from a second floor Speakes said 'the group con- Sincerely. secretary Larry Speakes said the window at a pack of circus cluded many important votes lie • Interested president was "full of questions" elephants, clowns and trainers ahead, "and we're confident that Dear Interested: when he sat down to a meeting in wKo'stood for a tjme on Pennsyl- as the congressmen return home, the second floor Treaty Room. vania Avenge as a publicity stunt. people will let them know how What a coincidence. .1 ran across an article last week in the fj Among those in the 30-minute He wore a cardigan sweater and they feel. ' Spotlight Newsletter from Ball State University. discussion were Vice President waved both hands above his So here is a shortened version of that article: Peripatologists, George Bush, counselor Edwin head. '"WE FEEL there is an increas- more commonly, called orientation and mobility instructors; are; Meese, budget director David ing tide of public opinion that - defined as persons ultimately responsible for a blind person Stockman, chief of Staff James SPEAKES, REFUSING to div- favors the president's program regaining the ability to move about safely, efficiently -and Baker and congressional liaison ulge specifics,.called the meeting ' and we think-'that is the message independently in the environment. \ . 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By DENNIS MCCURDY Adam "Ant, - who wrote or and the Gang of Four. Guardiaa Muk Writer co-wrote all the songs on the American critics tend to dis- album, is fascinated~you might miss Adam Ant as a latter-day KINGS>£ OF< TH E WILD FRON- say obsessed-with the romantic • Gary Glitter, perhaps because of TIER, Adam tad the Ants (Epic). image of the noble, savage. the youth and fanaticism of his This album has been getting a. lot TKB~oBsession is responsible British followers and the tribal/ •of bad press in this country, so 1 for Adam's bizarre costume, celebratory nature of his musk. fee! obligated to come fo its which combines the feathers and But where Glitter was' a gro- defense. warpaint of a Plains Indian with tesque,, old, and fat parody of a It's true that the music is pretty items culled from pirate and rock star} (whose polarity in simple, both in conception and in cowboy mythologies, and tot Britain in the early seventies still performance. The fact that the songs celebrating, among other mystifies me) Adam and the Ants Ants include two drummers is no strong-and-silent types, Clint are young themselves, and at- indication of rhythmic complex- . Eastwood's nameless ~ western tractively strange in appearance. ity,' either; Terry Lee Miall and drifter. Merrick flail about in unison A MORE ACCURATE compar- most of the time. rrs ALSO responsible for ison, I think, would be with the And it's also true that the lyrics many of Antmusic's good points. late Marc Bolan of T. Rex. Bolan are far too selfcongratulatory to The pounding, - aboriginal was every bit as romantic as be of much' lasting interest or rhythms that kick off the title Adam Ant, and his early work, significance. Most of the songs track are incredibly potent; The with all its gods and wizards, is ' are about how neat it is to make or last song, "The Human Be- very.similar in tone and attitude listen . to "Antmusic"-they're ings"--whose lyrics consist.simp- to Adam and the Ants' music. ADAMANT -basically narcissistic. ly of that phrase and the chanted The whole glitter-rock scene, • 3^ y "". names of several American Indian which culminated in Ziggy Star- IN THE MEANTIME Kings of Crowd," Dobie Gray's hit of the BUT ^O whatT It's fun. Kings tribes-is quite an effective piece. Just and the first three Roxy the Wild Frontier is. quite'enjoy- early sixties? Jps no coincidence of tfte Wild Frontier may not And there's much to be said for Music LPs (and of which. Gary able. As for the complaint of that Bryan Ferry chose to record stand up to in-depth analysis, but Ant's worship of the heroic Glitter was only the worst repre- other critics that the material is that song as glitter-rock was lAind it to be eminently listen- archetypes as a response to the sentative) is the true a/w-ecedent too self-promoting, I would only dying. able. , In fact, I've probably increasingly pervasive feeling of . of Antmusic. suggest that thi? is nothing new. played it more than any other negativity and cynicism repre- .Consider David Bowie in 1971. ADAM AND THE Ants have record I've'gotten ip the last two sented by bands as diverse as the If Adam Ant and his -cohorts ' Both "All the Young Dudes not resurrected the sound of months. Stranglers ("No More Heroes") can avoid -getting hung up too (recorded by Mott the Hoople, glitter-rock, but they have adopt- completely on image and appear - but written and produced %y ed its attitude. Of course, atti- School Daze byTedLyde ance-and write more sohgs about . Bowie) and "Changed" . from tude, image, .and posture were things other than themselves and Hunky Dory ("better make way not all Bowie, Ferry, and Bolan their fans-they could prove to be for. Homo superior") are' pretty. had to "offer. But I don't beleive more enduring than-most of us self-righteous. they're all: Adam and the. Ants expect. And what about "The In have to offer, either. r. THOUGHT FOR TODKY: „ sophomores £atch a Aljing sfarond^ ^ • i n..rN/VW^I, [/our i ' 'J

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