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/U'picann ?- o FEB 14 PW g >■- == —: SK an ' C H J C- O Connecticut Daily Campus >-- Serving Storrs Since 1896 u- Hi VOL. CXV1, No. 71 STORRS, CONNECTICUT TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1962 m f Cheating, Suitcasing: H TO Senate To Face Problems Uconn Request Aid About Higher Education For Building Projects On Wednesday, February 7, the Student Senate passed a The University of Connecticut resolution to send a letter to the has requested more than 20 mil- Faculty Senate, expressing their lion dollars for new building pro- discontent with the present situ- jects. But Uconn indicated that ation as concerns cheating at the Federal Government may for this University. The Senators the first time pay a substantial also set up a committee to study part of the cost. the "suitcasing problem"' at President Albert Jorgonsen told Uconn. -Nominations were made the state building program Com. for the office of Vice Presi- sission the help may come unde" dent, which Senator Medieros a proposed Federal Aid bill for made vacant. If the qpr's of the higher education. The bill is before Various candidates have been congress. ( checked by this Wednesday In fact. Jorgensen said, the pos- night, the Student Senate will sibility that the Federal Govern- vile on the nominations. ment might pay two-thirds of the cost of the new state medical- Senator Joe Hamerman (ISO) dentai school means that the stated that Mr. Dunlop had State would no' have to put in been unsuccessful in his at- any further money of its own tempts to control cheating, thei- The medical-dental school is ex- Very, and the defacing of pro- pected to cost more than ten mil- perty on the campus. He said lion dollars but the Stale has al- that he would go to Mr. Dun- ready provided two million, and lop from the Division of Student ! another one and a half million is Personnell Committee to discuss available from private grants. the possibilities of a Student Other projects that will be re- Judiciary Board. commended to the 1963 legislature The Senators passed to a dis- arc: cussion of the cheating problem. Three and a half million dollars Senator Matthew Egan (ISO) for a general science building. Stated, that being realistic, I Two million for engineering, re- there was an upswing in cheat- i search and development building. ing, but rather an upswing in JOH?tf BROWN'S BODY: Arlene Mann and The production is under the direction of I One and a half million for a new success that was disturbing Robert Howard take on the characterization of Dr. John Hallauer and John Pollein is directing i Hartford Branch building. And everyone. Civil War figures in Stephen Vincent Benet's the chorus. The play is being presented in the nearly three million for pkystesl He stated that "the students epic poem. This unique production, presented Studio Theatre in the Fine Arts Center and will education facilities, wer uniformly behind cheating in conjunction with the Department of Music, run through Saturday of this week. Tickets may except in principle." He further substitutes a chorus for scenery thereby provid- be purchased at the Box Office for one dol- Stated that the only way to curb ing an atmosphere through the use of songs lar. (Campus Photo- Fogelson). Uconn Launches It was through authoritarian and intermittent use of dialogue. control. Senator John Perry i ISO i in disagreement, stated New Course At that a study committee of com- peent individuals would be more Two Sororities Adopt Children; to the point. Bloomf ield Plant Under New Business, Senator The University of Connecticut Ann McLaughlin (ISO) proposed has launched a new off-campus that a letter be sent to the Fac- To Provide Food, Financial Aid course in "numerical analysis" for ulty Senate to "feel them out" engineers and scientists at Com- and see if they are responsive to Phi Sigma Sigma and Phi Mu bustion Engineering Corp.'s Naval Setting up a faculty - student each adopted a child through Reactors Division in Bloomfield. Committee to study the problem. the Foster Parents' Plan. Inc., Offered by the University's Di- If they are not. Senator Mc- Laughlin suggested a "commit- recently. Park Soon Ok. a thir- vision of Continuing Kducation tee of our own.-' The motion was teen year old Korean girl, was Services, the 40-hour, non- Carried by a vote of 23-0. adopted by Phi Sigma Sigma,' course is part of a larger educa- Senator John Perry introduced tional program structured to meet and Corazon A. Doria from the the diversified needs of Connecti- a resolution on the floor of the Ptriliplnes is the child now under Senate to set up a study com- cut business and industry. mittee to investigate the pro- Phi Mu's care. Some 20 young technologists, blem of "suitcasing" on the The children each will receive mathematicians and physicists, Uconn campus. The resolution monthly cash grants of $8.00, whose academic backgrounds Stated that whereas "higher ed- food and clothing supplies, and range from the bachelor's to the ucation involves more than mere special medical care. In addition doctor's degree, attended their attendance at classes and taking the sisters can correspond with firsl class meeting Thursday at ro-ol examinations, and full- their foster child regularly and the Bloomfield plant. time residence, seems to con- will receive letters In return. | Durnig the next IS weeks, these tribute to the over-all purposes Though the aid of Phi Sigma advanced students, who are In- ©I higher education," the Stu- Sigma. Soon Ok. will be able to Jtent Senate set up a committee volved in projects connected with continue her education and be the nuclear capability of submar- oi Senators and non-Senators to less of a burden to her preverty- Study the problem with an eye ines, will intensively explore prob- Btricken family. Her father died lems of numerical theory and iis toward a possible solution for of TB in 1959. leaving his wife making the week a 7-day one. and three children, penniless application. Instead of a 5 - day. Suggested After the father died, the moth- , Teaching them "ill be Lewis Solutions to be considered were er began to peddle orange March Of Dimes Bell, a physicist and mathemati- •lie extension of a 7-day meal $io the cian, who is a senior experimental plan, and a 6-day class week. engineer with Pratt and Whitney The committee so far consists ir* .bully ST. 3. H °r ° •«- ?*—■• The financial circumstances of March of Dimes <lurine a five"day Aircraft and a lecturer on the as* eight people to be approved mlve Uconn Continuing Kducation staff. by the Student Senate. The res- Inside Pages Corazon Doria are just as poor. conducted last w.«ek by the She lives with her sister, broth- sisters of Alpha Kpsilon Phi Over According to Thomas F. dim- olution was passed by a vote of In depth reporting SB DS" ming!, assistant director of the 12-1-0. «laulle's tribulation* In Algeria, er, mother and uncle in a tiny 130 sisters participated in the pro The nominations for Vice from the Associated Preas . President were John Perry see page 8. RlSO), Joe Hamerman (ISO). A pictorial presentation of Bob Reilly (USA), and Dick the highlights of Winter Weeft- sThorsell (ISO). The following i-nd . see page 5. Her ambition is to In-come a pro- (,riV(l was furmsned bv the Rock- ly unlimited. Senators were nominated and de- t niim vcrHlls I urns', in what fessional singer. | yiUp Mj|,, of Dimes Center. This morse Is also designed to clined: Joan Marino (ISO), Den- should he an exciting MMitesI Previously, Phi Mu supported 'ITie money collected will be help exrvand the intellectual hori- tils Lepak (USA), Kevin Dunne tonight in the Field House . a (heck girl named Georgia sent to the National Mile of sonss of .management leaders IgUSA), Kathy Bland (USA), A round-up of intermural Maviaki. With the sorority's Dimes Center where it will be I Mr. CusnmtmtS indicated that end Ralph Palmesi (USA). The assistance, Georgia was able to used to buy research equipment I the University is prepared to con- basketball after its first week finish school and is now support- and pay scientists' salaries in thejsider all requests from Connectl- Brote will be held this week if of play . see page 7. •lie qpr requirements have been ing her mother, father and sis- search to cure birth defects and cut firms wishing to implement •necked. ters. arthritis. I similar onsite courses. PAGE TWO CONNECTICUT DAILY CAMPUS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1962 Connecticut LETTERS TO THE EDITOR To The Editor: can stop cheating, and we had better be- As many of us are quite aware, there fore it ruins us. is a great amount of cheating going on at this University. Whether the extent of To the Editor: Daily Campus cheating here is relatively greater or les- It is said that we live in an ever chang- ser than at other universities is immat- erial. The point is that actions of this na- ing world. Upon witnessing the events of ture lower the quality of the university. the past week-end concerning the ex- TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1962 This happens in either of the following change of Powers for Abel, we can say ways: that this statement is very true. The ex- change of Powers for Abel was a complete 1. If the cheating is undiscovered and the "student succeeds in graduating as an farce. America might just as well chalk intellectually and socially inferior in- it up to its ever growing list of blunders.