Grand Valley State University ScholarWorks@GVSU Volume 23 Lanthorn, 1968-2001 9-14-1988 Lanthorn, vol. 23, no. 03, September 14, 1988 Grand Valley State University Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/lanthorn_vol23 Part of the Archival Science Commons, Education Commons, and the History Commons Recommended Citation Grand Valley State University, "Lanthorn, vol. 23, no. 03, September 14, 1988" (1988). Volume 23. 3. http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/lanthorn_vol23/3 This Issue is brought to you for free and open access by the Lanthorn, 1968-2001 at ScholarWorks@GVSU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Volume 23 by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@GVSU. For more information, please contact [email protected]. - I . Insult < Ipimnii 1* ' ( iiinpus 1 ilt l> q Spur Is p '> " Oh, / wish / had an Oscar ( 'liissifled \(Is l>- 1 Mayer. " Sec page 2 \ uliiinc 22; Issue NiiiiiIh r I * ^ Si'jjIcmlH'i 14, IWS (inintl V;ilk'v Sliilc* I niursih IH] You may even have received a The ticket in one of your attempts to make that 8 a.m. class on time. But did it slow you down? C ounty’s The number of speeding citations issued along M-45 in OttawaCounty has risen as a result W atching- of increased attention to a span of road many call “accident alley’’. But it will take more than tickets Are You? to make the road a safer place to travel. According to Lt. Larry Beld of the Ottawa County Sheriff’s By Stu MacKenzie office, the immediate problem of News Editor safe passage on M-45 rests with motorists. If you’re one of the estimated “In those cases where alcohol 2,000daily G VSU commuters who was not a factor, then speed was travel to the Allendale campus almost always involved.” said along Lake Michigan Drive (M- Beld. “We ran an air survey of 45) each weekday, you’ve speeds this past spring, and found probably seen the new signs. They the majority of traffic moving ator announce a 20-mile zone of above freeway speeds.” beefed-up patrols for traffic law Although slated for extra funds violators, extending from the Kent that will allow added patrols County line to U.S. 31 on the dedicated to the area, the needed A sign of the times, as Ottawa County attempts to meet the challenge o f enforcement on M-45 , western edge of Ottawa County. __________ See Watching, p,4 despite roadblockedfunds. Photo/Stu MacKenzie OKB set to install money machine By Stu MacKenzie News Editor “Insert card for service.” “This machine now dispenses S5 bills.” Modern words of comfort such as these will soon be a common sight as the Allendale Campus adjusts to the reality of ready cash. An automated teller machine (ATM) is set to be installed in Kirkhof Center by Old Kent Bank. The date of installation will not be set until Old Kent makes a final determination of cost, although a bank spokesperson said the job should be completed “within a couple of weeks.” JTie machine, an Action Bank 2-4 ATM, can be used by members of cither the Cirrus, Magic Line, or Action Bank networks. Transactions with Action Bank cards are free. Users of Cirrus and Magic Line cards will be charged SI per transaction. The project began in March, 1988 with a survey of student attitudes toward the machines and banking habits. Next week’s Lanlhorn will carry a story on the marketing considerations of ATM’sand shopping for the best network. Lights— Camera™Education By Nicki Sharko Journey”. The course is an intro­ by Roos. ing on the project since late Iasi covered.” News Writer duction to literature set in a “life The telecourse will be in adocu- summer. The project is still in the “It’s about literature as much as stages” framework and is similar mentary form and will include developmental stages and major the stages of life,” Ford added. Grand Valley professors Milton to the current Grand Valley course interviews with published authors funding ofabout$l million isstill “We’re connecting literature... Ford and Barb Roos have pro­ called Life Journey. and dramatizations on segments needed. Ford said he hopes to hear with the issues people deal within duced a pilot for an instructional The series’ pilot episode will air of literary works. Materials for a decision from Washington on a the various stages of life.” Ford television series that will air on October 9 at 6 p.m. on channel the course will consist of an an­ grant some time this week. wants people to see that “writing WGVU- TV, channel 35 in Octo­ 35. It will cover a section in the thology text and a study guide. The focus of the telecourse is a and reading are really parts of the ber. course on adolescence and will be Ford hopes the program can “look at the issues that emerge in same.” English Professor Ford and called “Adolescence: Boundaries fulfill two roles: its educational the various stages of life “ said “I hope that people can begin to Communications Professor Roos and Beyond”. The pilot was devel­ goals, and that of general interest Ford. “Identity, love, and creation see literature as something that are working on a telecourse series oped and produced by Ford and to the public. and how they consume people in was written by people out of their entitled “Literature and the Life created for television and directed Ford and Roos have been work­ the various stages of life, will be own human experiences.” Pag# 1 Tito I unthofn ApiMmtwr 14, (Mil lM liLHNAIlQm NATIONAL .STATE NOTABLE kiiin I'lmilniiM to fnM In flond- Hurricane Florence filled mil The Silver I.like State Park was Th« Drug Enforcement marijuana, f.h iipcd Bangladesh, which no far Friday, nfterhHving sent thousands closed Sunday due to 12 mile* of Agency'x head administrative lew Atom Club officials havs pro hiw It’ti more lhan } million ion* of Gulf const residents out of their shoreline being awash in medical Judge has urged reclassifying tested the plan, since the c hemic a of rice and seen two thirds of ill homes In precautionary evacu­ waste, Including used syringes, marijuana as a "Schedule 11" drug is non-discrimlnatory in what population displaced by flrxxl ations. needles, tampons, and pills. The to allow doctors to prescribe It as green- and animal- life It attacks waters that have covered as much The stormsuddenly developed DNK has been called in toclean up a nausea-relief agent for Paraquat also produces illness in as W)ri of iLs countryside. into a hurricane Friday morning, the beaches, but faces problems chemotherapy patients. humans who ingest it. In a mission reminiscent of the and headed for land at 15 mph. getting its machinery over the 200 Pormer laws allowing doctors Ground tests of "Spike", trade Apollo 7 mission, a Soviet space Forecasters had expected 10-inch foot high dunes (hat separate Silver to prescribe Cannabis Saliva were name of the herbjcide that the P.l crew facing dwindling oxygen rainfalls, with ten foot surge waves Lake from the affected area. “sunsetted” off the books several Lilly company refuses to sell for supplies and a malfunctioning in some areas. The storm died out Officials are unsure as to the years ago. Since then, N.O.K.M.L., aerial use in South America as a guidance system managed to land soon after making landfall though, point of origin for the debris. the National Organization for control agent for coca fields, have safely in Soviet Central Asia. and damage was estimated as light. Twocandidates for positions on Reform ofMarijuanaLawsclaims concluded. The Reagan Admini The Soyuz caps ule, not intended George Bush struck back this state university governing boards that many physicians and patients stration wants to start acria for long periods in space, fired its week, calling Mike Dukakis’ were rejected by 5th District have had to go “on the street” to spraying immediately, despite re-entry engines for only 60 of the attacks on him as “McCarthy ism”, Republicans who didn’t like their find pot, a practice which, Lilly's arguments about safety. 230 seconds needed to slow the and stated that that voter’s can, answers to questions on abortion according to the organization, pu ts The coca farming business in craft enough to “punch” through “smell the garbage.”^ Bush also and. homosexuality. A victory in them at unneeded risk. Peru is estimated to have resulted the earth ’s upper atmosphere. The ridiculed Dukakis’ reversed stance the battle toguide Michigan’s uni­ Part of that risk cou Id come from in the loss of over 1.7 million acres craft had been bringing supplies to on SDI, which the Massachusetts versities was won by Edward the government’s renewal of the of tropical forest, while coca paste acrew aboard the Mir space s tation. governor now says is something Liebler, who termed himself as Paraquat program. The DEA has processors have spoiled at least A second try on the re-entry he “won’t rule ouL” Bush told a very pro-life". He was aided by a decided to resume limited spraying 150 rivers into which they have engines was successful. group in Illinois, “The governor’s brochure distributed by former of the herbicide on domestic sites dumped used processing chemi The International Monetary going to have to explain himself.” Pat Robertson campaign organiz­ suspected of being cultivated with I cals. :und reports that GNP growth for Carl Rowan, the columnist ers which questioned candidates the industrialized nations should whose pro gun-cgffool stance about their stands on abortion, rise by 3.8% in 1988.