The Comment, March 6, 1980
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Bridgewater State University Virtual Commons - Bridgewater State University The ommeC nt Campus Journals and Publications 1980 The ommeC nt, March 6, 1980 Bridgewater State College Volume 54 Number 6 Recommended Citation Bridgewater State College. (1980). The Comment, March 6, 1980. 54(6). Retrieved from: http://vc.bridgew.edu/comment/437 This item is available as part of Virtual Commons, the open-access institutional repository of Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, Massachusetts. The Comment VoL LIV No.6 Bridgewater State College March 6, 1980 Students Active In• Model U.N. , . i \, On the weekend of February 21- B.S.C. represented the third resolutions which defined both. I 24, students of the Bridgewatl:'r wnrld Central African nation of Liz Luster, a senior, and Jane State College' Political Science Chad. Once the assignment was Walsh. a junior. discussed the Department particIpated in the recieved. two months of intense Kurdish questloi1 as well as the Harvard Model United Nations. preparation began. current situation in Kampuchea on Sponsored by the Harvard , Cathy Cox, a senior, was placed the Special Political Committee. International Affairs Council. this on the Humanitarian and Cultural This committee after two days of conference dates bad; to 1925 when Committee. This committee intense debate passed a resolution it was t he Harvard Model League of discussed the issues of primary establishing the rights of the Kurds. Nations. The conference had over health care and the rights of migrant Bill MacKinnon discussed the 1000 student participants workers in the· third world. They need for diversification and the representing t:SS schools from the developed resolutions in both areas reconstructing of the current United States and CJnada. one of which was passed by the ecoriomic order in the Economic Participants came from i:\S far away general assembly, and Financial Committee, A ~IS Fle) .. T eXdS. and Colorado. The Bruce Frasier represented Chad resolution was passed calling for the Conference' was set up along the on the Legal Committee. They establishment of the new order, same lines as The United Nations in di::.cussed the issues of terrorism giving third world nations the major New York. dnd diplomatic assylum, passing say in further developments. John Paul Rosario on the Political and Security Comm:ttee discu;sed the ever volital questions of the From left to right, front: Bruce'Frasier, Jane Walsh, Kathy Cox, back row: BSCClub decolonization of Puerto Rico and Bill McKinnon, Brian Sutlivan, John Rasario, Liz Luster, Dr. Michael the delicate question of Zimbabwe· Kryzanek, Dr. Walter Ad~mson. Rhodesia, as well as the Palestinian Organizes· question. The closjng speaker, th~ difference in nations, people and Brian Sullivan. the Chadain renouned . scholar and former their cultures, solutions are possible representative on. the Plenary assistant to the Secretary General if p€,!ople are willing to work for Committee discussed the question John G. Stoessinger expressed them. Demonstration of disarmament and nuclear hope for mankind in the future. We would like to take this proliferation as well as voti1l8 on the Citing mans' political nature opportunity to give thanks to the A large group of BSC students education (including a display on the issues that came from various Stoessinger hoped that instead of people who made our participation and faculty from the Department of Children's Phyical Developmental committees, guns, Mankind could use the U.N. in this conference possible. Dr. Health, Pbysical Education, ~md Clinic), a film on heart disease, Hi-lites of the conference ~osolve the proble~s that are global, Doiron, History Department, The Recreation ·.were on hand at the blood pressure testing, folk dancing, included a crisis simulation, in which 111 nature and reqUire a global effort Political Science staff and Faculty, South Shore Plaza on Saturday, games, juggling and more. delegates were given limited time to to solve them. the Political Science Clu~ the March 1, to give. an on· going The program was organized by solve a complex problem which if The delegates in this two day Alumni Association,,'The prosr bD1. from 1;00 pm to 4:00 pm in the students' of BSC's Health, not solved would lead to war. A conference learned that there are Comment, and special tha;\lks to observance of National Physical Physical Education Majors Club. SecuriiyCouncil session in which no text book solutions to any our adivisor . .Dr. Walter Ad~mson Education and Sport Week. Hundreds of interested visitors Afganistany rebels achieved problems. International Relations is of the Politic'al Science DeP,arlment The demonstration featured stopped to watch, pick up observer status after two d<,ys of actually the art of compromise. whose guidance and aS$i..S\' ance athletic training, adaptive physical information, and participate. almost around the clock activity. They learned that despite the proved{nvaluable.. \ " \ "..... " \ . Professor Conducts l Election Survey April· 3rd ! \ by Kim' Cleghorn Communication disorders voting behavior can be predicted Next Issue \ If you live in the Bridgewater area, conducted a survey· of Massachu· with a high degree of accurac~ from and received a phone call last week detts Democratic primary election the number of things people like and from a BSC student who asked you voters from Monday, February 25 dislike about the candidates. What of a few questions about the March ·throu'gh Sunday, March 2. Dr. is most important in this model is the. fourth presidential primary election; Hantz drew up a questionnaire, theory that the content is irrelevant. you may be interested in this article. which was used to conduct the The Candidate's position on the The Comment You have participated in a very survey, to test the following environment has as much effect as interesting study theories: his smile, as a predictor," This 1 Dr. Alan Hantz of the l. The Kelley-Mirer Model of mode! has never been tested in a 1 Department of Speech Communi· Voting' Behavior. Dr. Hantz primary election environment. (As J ci'ltion, Theatre Arts, and explained, "this model suggests that of 2:00, March 4th, this model had j failed to be supported by the results of the survey and the primary 1 election.) 2. The Agenda Setting Model of l Mass Media Effect. -' Dr. Hantz described this monpl 0.;:) holding that In This Issue "things which people think are I1 important about political ,ffairs (candidates, etc.) are a mirror of J " . that which .the· media say are important. We are 'content analyzing' new.s and (political) ads which appeared on T.V. and in the Announcements--------------":- 3,4 papers. We will compare what people say were important issues to Classifi~ds ___________ ~ ---------~-----' .8, 9 what issues occurred in the media and to what frequency they Editorials ___ -- ______________ ---.- ---- -- __ 2 appeared", ' 3. A Theory Based on Berlyne's Enterta·inment __________________ 6,7 Theory of Curiosity. This theory measur'es the degree of· disassociation of information from Forum _": 7 __ -' _ .. _____ ~ _ - - - - .• ------------ -- - _1 0 its source .... whirh means "people obtain decisionil '~;lformation from Political Scene ______________________ 5 mass media, bu. ')nee they have incorporated it :n a dedsional Sports ___________ -__ -__ ------ -- ----- -- ---- 11 structure, they forget whe~eit came from because now.it is theIrs". Dr-. HantZ· further explained ·that ·these three theories were being tested to One or the many volunteers aiding iJ1 Dr. Alan Hantz"ssurvey ,0.f find if and· to what extent they Bridgewater area voters. (Cont. 0I)p.3) 2 The Comment. March 6, 1980 b~ YOuR 'soyfRIENt> t «10£ SUGAR? April3rd Next Issue of by Karen Tobin counter to Its interests. The Israeli I would like to comment on a couple of things which I h,\I)<:' observed Army, the only contemporary force The Comment lately, which have caused me to wonder abuut the attitude on members to use women in combat of the college community towards the College. discontinued that practice in 1973, Everyday, when I am walking toward the Grove Street Building, I see after the Mideast War. Arab units people stepping. climbing, crawling over the branches thill have been that engaged these intergrated placed across the lawns. I really have to wonder about tht'sE' people. Israeli units fought that much harder What could they be thinking'? "Gosh, the branches all fell in d row. Isn't to avoid the humiliation of defeat by nature wonderful? I don't like to think that my fellow students are that women; casualties on both sides dumb. Perhaps some feel that defying the hranches IS a sti1tement oj were higher in these engagements. There will be a staff meeting on independence. Such a worthy cause! It is more likely thi:1t there ;l~e many Although I am against the who believe that the branches were placed to make life l1S qiffii.'ult dS registration and draft altogether it is at ,In possible. Of course this is not true. For those who have not figured it out, a delicate situation of whether or not March 25th 11:00 The the branches are meant to prevent the lawn from l}eing ('(instantly I would go. But if women wer to be trampled. No one wants to look at an ugly, muddy lawn. The branches put into combat, it would pot us too Comment Offic·e .. are not in themselves beautiful. but they are certainly iessann(1ying in far ahead of society. The Armed appearance than a rAnee would be. Maybe land mines should be the next Forces should be treated correctly step. as a reflection of society rather than A second example of questionable attitudes was illustrllted <1t th(.> its vanguard. There is harassment performance of the Stone Funk Jazz Band. at the Rathskell<1r .,)ll and sexism even where women Members, please attend this staff meeting as we will be holding elections Thursdpy evening.