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, Oct. 6, 1977 Issue 292 UNIVERSITY OF " - ST. LOUIS Plans to highlight Homecoming

UMSL's annual homecoming Homecoming candidates in· week will include a .. 8eat the clude as king candidates: Jerry Goalie" day and bonfire, c nding Alongi. Sigma Tau Gamma. a wi th a parade. soccer game and senior majoring in business; dinner-dance on October IS. Marty Ball. Alpha Phi Omega, a October 13 will be " Beal the junior biology major; Joel Ben· Goalie" day. Students will be nett. Tau Kappa Epsilon. a charged 25 cents and allowed to senior in speech communica· tat.e th ree shots al the Xoa1ie . tions; Damon Moore, Minority Winners will be awarded a free Studcnl Service Coalition. a coupon 10 Wendy's. junior accounting major; The event will be held from to Queen candidates include: a, m. to 2 p.m., in front of the Deni Blaho, Alpha Xi Delta, a Thomas Jefferson library. soph omore in special education; Cassandra Butler. Epsilon Beta Gamma, a senior business ad· The bonfire will be on Oct. 14. beginning at 7 p.m., in the area ministration major; Bridget between Oark Hall and the Fochs, Zeta Tau Alpha, a senior parking garages. The UMSLsoc· majoring in music education; eer team and cheerleaders will Jeanne Grossman. Delta Zeta. a junior English major; and WHERE TO PARK!: Stadent puldDa Iota belllDd Lucas Hall are ....uy on by 9130 or 10 a,JD, TWa be present. area, eommoaJy refened 10 .. "the valley," .. lUI eu.mple of ulna ..y available area 10 UMSL will play. soccer game Mary Miller, Alpha Phi Omega. a junior majoring in biology. ~oda le atDcIeat .,.,.... Ia the btIdcp.... . the dally partdJ:Ia lot reOeet. the __ her of acudea. .. on Oct. 15 against University of who drive 10 IIChoeI aDd do aoI have putina penDI ... {pheto by Debra K_II: Delenua.al. lIIinnis·Chicago Circle, followed Elections will be held on . by a dinner-dance starting at 6 October 11 and 12. Ballot hoJ.es p.m. arc located in the: University Committee solves grievances The homecoming day will be· Center and SSB lobby. gin at 10 •. in. with • parade A dinne r·dance for students. faculty. staff and alumni will be ..... starting from Ascension Church -_ There are a number of dupli· "The Grivance Committee is held that night, at Holiday Inn at Ascension and Natural Bridge The Central Council Grievance cates, especially about the lack not charged to ruJe on tic:ll:ets, North, Interstate 70 and Lind· Roads. of peDcH sharpeners in build· that Is in the Student Court'. DaD flaDdin. parade chair· bergh Boulevard, Committee has been handlin, in,s , Flana1in said. Most com· man. said the parade will in· A cocktail hour at 6 p.m. will more grievances this year. clude floats designed by student begin the evening, follo~ed by a Dan Flanatin, chairperson of plaints, however, eenter around Almost 25 per cent of solved organizations. . antique cars, dinner at 7:30 p.m. and dancing the ten·member committee. at· the lack of parting and traflic grievances have been to the Shriners circus clowns, members at 9 p.m., Entertainment will be tributes the increased numbe-r to' tickets. students' benefit. of the St. Louis baseball Cardi· provided by the Younger Broth· addltkmal grievance hozes Most tk::tet grievances arc "Many students have com· nals and homecoming king and ers Band. around campus, allowing more concerning set school regula­ plaints and don't know where to queen candidates. Tickets for tbe: dinner·dance student input. tions. Accordin, to Flandin, tum for answers and solutions," are S4 per person for students "We have handled about 80 "The best we can do when they said Deaner. "This way the The parade will travel west on and 58 per person for faculty , complaints so far this year." break a traffic rule is to tell problem is brought to' the at­ Natural Bridge to the UMSL staff and alumni. campus, along West Campus Stude nt tickets are being sub­ said Flanakin. them they should have read the tention of the committee and the Drive, and west to the Multi· sidized with student activities According to Donna Denner, traffic relulati.ons." proper action can be taken." Purpose Building. funds. committee member, "This is a "Other complaints vary from A recent complaint on lack of The soccer game will begin at Tickets are on sale at the considerable increa.se from last the prices set by the cafeteria enough trash cans on campus 1:30 p.m. The homecoming University Center Information year, and the complaints are and bookstore to the need for was solved after the Physical coun will be introduced at Desk or through the Alumni concerning more - important more trash caDS and the school Plant was made aware of the half·time. Association. things. " environment," said Deaner. grievance. The charge of the committee. Flanakin said, "We want to is to find and answer to a do everything possible to effect grievance, but not in favor of ISee "Committee," paae 51 Greeks increase membership one particular ~up .

Rev Pfeifer u.n.. TKE has 39 active members Curt Watts. nKA president, and accepted 18 pleges thJs expects 80 to 90 per cent of the Most fraternities and sorori· semester. their largest class to pledges to activate in January. Central Comcil plans ties have uperienced luger· date at U~SL. " We ezpect them to do six than-usual pledge classes this "We usual1y average 10 to 12 things for the fraternity, u a year. (pledles)," ..id Carter. "This group," said Watts. " This is to The increase appears to beJhe summer we put together a good make sure they are willing to do old program revivals result of an all-out effort by rush effort and the result was their share of the wort in the these groups to attract more our largest class." fraternity .• , Central Council is currently students help by typing papers students to their organiutions. Another fraternity, Pi Kappa rtKA currently has 31 aetive planning a reception for Marian for a small charge. Tau Kappa Epsilon is current· Alpha, pledged 27 this semester. members. Oldham, a member of the Board Afternoon concerts, to be he ld Iy the largest fraternity on This· also was l'IKA's largest Delta Zeta, an UMSL sorority, of Curators, reenaeting the typo in the University C~nter student ~ampus , accordinl to Ed Carter. class. Their next largest group accepted 2J pledges in their ing service and reviving after· lounge , are being considered by fraternity president. pledged was 25, two years ago. latest dus. noon Lounge concerts. Council. These concerts, played According to sorority presi· Oldham has expressed con· by local artists and bands. would dent Donna Borgmeyer. the eern in helping UMSL from replace the current disco music Incoming students elect class is twice as large as usual within the UM system. The by Streiker on Wednesdays. pledge classes and larger than Executive Committee of Council Similar concerts were discon· -their active membership of 21. Coun,cil representatives has arranged a reception for her ti"ued in of 1916, due to Another sorority, Zeta Tau e1ctioo coordinator. There was to give members 0 the UMSL problems y.-ith trash in the Si.J: new students have been Alpha. has ezperienoed an in· also 128 votes cast in the community a chance to share lounge and student behavior. elected to serve as Central crease. , elctions , which is also a high proble ms and mutual concerns the concerts would be funded Council representative for the During formal rush, they took turnout rate. \ about the campus. through Council or Program coming year. EJections were 17 pledges. Mary Myracle, The reception is planned for Board. According to Council. the September 28 and 29. To be eligible for elction. a sorority president, ezpeets___ to student had to be attending the second week in October. No cost involved in holding the take three to six additional They are: Mark Knollman, UMSL for the first time. exact date or time has been set. concerts would not be prohibi. pledges through informal tush. who ~eived 53 votes; Kelly The number of positions avail· Barbara Bufe. Council mem­ tive. Informal rush is for those Enderson. 48; Sharon Angle. 46; able for these students was ber, is in charge of the typing council has also rc:ceived JS students who did not participate Dan Nichols, 43 ; Cheryl Morgan. determined by allowing one: re· service. The service was discon· applications for the Student Bud· in the formal rush by aU sorori· 38; and. Joe Tator, 36. presentative foc every 500 in· tinued last year beeause of lack get Committee. Nine positions ties, but still want to join a The field consisted of seven· coming students. of people willing to offer their are available. After review by Greek organization. teen candidates. This is a larger Vogel.Frand said the number typing skills. Council and Conney Kimbo. Council hopes to build up a dean of student affairs, students number of students than usual, of incoming students is approd· ISee " Greeks," page 5) according to Jeane Vogel·Franzi, mately 3000. large pool of typists and offer will be notified of their approval. •

Pqe :2 Odobet- 6, 1m UMSL CUllUNT New faculty have varied backgrounds

An African historian, former He received his B.A. in history Dlinoi.s State Penitentiary in specializing - ill painting and education as an assistant profes­ prison warden, Cherokee Indian, from Yale College. and his M.A. Joliet. and was most recently printmaking. "',. former school superintendent and Ph.D. in comparative world regional administrator of adult and a physicist researching loog­ history from the Uwversity of field services for the Dlinois Smith's works are represented Rebore received his master's range weather forecasting are Wisconsin. Department of Corrections. in over 30 private collections and and doctorate from St. Louis among new faculty members Ilt several public holdings. A Cher· University with major emphuis ·OMSL. Joseph G. Cannon, appointed Cannon received his B.S. in okee Indian, Smith has devoted Oil educational administration, assodate professor of admini­ social administration, and his much of his research to the counseling, and guidance. He John A. Worts, who recently stration of justice (AOJ), has master's of socia] work CM.S.W.) study of Nonh American Indian has npe.rience in teachiIlg, returned from five years of served as the chief administrator in com:ctionaJ admnistratioo cwture. counseling, and secondary research and academic work in of corrections for the states of from Ohion State University. school administration. Maiduguri, Nigeria, has been Maryland and Kentucky. He has He has held assistant profes­ named assistant professor of also held posts as the deputy A native St. Louisan, James sor positions at Western Dlinois Rebore has served as presi. history. He is the author of the commissioner for corrections in Michael Smith, joins the UMSL University in Macomb and at dent of the policy council fOl" the book, " PilgOns in a Strange Minnesota for the juvenile and faculty as an assistant art pro­ Spoon River College's at­ Head Start progrsm of the Land: The Hausa Communities adult divisions. As such, he fessor. Smith earDed his master tendance center in Macomb, D1. Human Development Corpora­ in Chad." c.haired the parole boards of of fine arts degree from the tion of Metropolitan St. Lous. both divisions. University of Dlinois·Cbampaign, Nestor Alberto Lugones joins He has also served on commit· Worts is a former Fulbright­ and hi. bachelor degree in fine the modem foreign languages tees of the Cooperating School Hays International Study Fello. Cunon was warden of the arts at the University of Kansas, and literatures department as an Districts of St. Louis County, assistant professor of Spanish. A Inc. in various capacities. native of Argentina, Lugones Wyatt to head commission earned his doctorate in phil­ osophy at the Univenity of Robert F. Cahalan, named Texas at Austin where he ma­ visiting assistant professor of Ex«'Utive Board of the An­ Addie L. Wyatt. labor' leader Some of Wyatt's other activi­ jored in medieval Spanish liter­ physics, earned his master' s and and minister, who was recently cia. ties include membership in the ature. doctorate from the University of appointed by President Carter to Her record includes 20 years League of Black Women and the the International Women's Year as lllternational Union represent· NAACP. She wu a labor -Urbana. He recently con· Commission, will speak on labor ative and 13 years as an em­ advisor and co-worker with the Lugones has held several ducted research on weather and tbe Equal Right Amendment ployee in the meat pacting and late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. teaching positions in Argentina changes at the National Center food Industry. (ERA), at Southem Illinois Uni· She has also served as a and the United States, including for Atmospheric Research in She has been a membeT of the committee member appointed by venity at Edwardsville, Tues· the University of Texas at Austin Sowder, Co. day, October 11 at 8:15 p.m. in Black Trade Unionists and the the late Eleanor Roosevelt on and Washington University. Merldia Ballroom. Area labor Jewish Labor Committee Pr0- President Kennedy's Commis· leaders will also be honored at gram and national vice-president sion on The Status of Women. Ronald W. Rebare, former Cahalan has participated In that time. of the Coalition of Labor Union Among her bonors and a· superintendant of the Valley several international physics Wyatt has a distinguished Women, and she is also the wards, Wyatt has been cited for Park School District, has joined conferences and has held teach· record of service to U.S. labor director of Women's Affairs of being Chicago's Mother of the the department of administra· ing posts at Syracuse and West· unions and is-.the f1tSt ,,.oman to Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Year, and she was listed in tion, foundations and secondary ern Kentucky universities. be elected to the International Butchers. Woo's Who Among 81ack Amer­ icans In 1975. She .....as selected as one of the 12 women of the year by "Time" magazine and Bacon moves to post holds an honorary doctor of law BR degree from Anderson College in Indiana. in extension division Tickets for Wyatt's presenta· Both HAS MOVEDI tion are 52 for non-students and Dorothy L. Bacon has been appointed to the new post of director 51 for SlU-E students. They are . sha mpoo, haircut of special programs for the UMSL Continuing Education-Extension available at the University Ticket division, Wendell Smith, dean of extension, has announced. Office and at the ERA-NOW & d ry, still Bacon. formerly manager of constituent relations for UMSL, will headquarters, 2145 Pontoon assist with the development of new programs to be offered at Road. Granite' City, and the 771 1 Clayton Rd . UMSL's downtown location at S22 Olive Street. Alton ERA headquarters, 217 7 27-8143 . $ 6.00 Among her duties will be conswting with downtown businesses W. Third Street, or by calling and organizations to establish appropriate courses fot their (618) 931-5400 or (6 18) 46S-028O. employees. Bacon joined the UMSL staff in April, 1976 after spending a year in public relations with Downtown St. Louis, Inc. She holds a master's degree in English from Pcnnsylvania State Univcrsity and a bachelor's degree in the same field from Carlow College in Pittsburgh. 'Tear after year, semester I after semester, the CollegeMasterOfrom Fidelity Union Life has been the most accepted, most popular plan on campuses all over America.

Find out why. Call the Fidelity Union CoU~eMaster· Field Associate What can we say, • after we say myourarea: Earl Scruggs? Bnlce Weston Kin Lavender Earl Scruggs has always stood Judy Nu Delman for unsurpassable musicianship. Paul.· Hedg-peth Every perfomlllnce, every albwn Carol B1l.1ing·slea by The Earl Scruggs Revue, is memorable and enjoyable. It ~es without saying. 371-4444 On ·Columbia Records and 'Japes. ~ I • '-.. ~.- ... - ---...... _... _--.- ... ---...... _- UMSL CUJUtENT October 6. 1977 Paa- 3 Air bag demonstration NewsinS,ief to be held in quadrangle Redmond to entertain The public is invited to attend the automobile user untU a crash and 3 se<.'Onds, which is more and participate in a demonstra· occurs. thao 50 rimes slower than a with poetry, readings tion of an air bas pulve reo In a crash, air bags lnflate in deployment in an actual colli· straint system OD Wednesday. about lI2Sth of a second to pro­ sion. The slower ionalion speed Eugene Redmond, one of America's leadina black writen, will October 19, at UMSL, the I)e. vide a soft aismon a.ainst which is desianed to allow viewen a read from hil own worb at UMSL. October 14 at 12:40 p.m., in partment of Transportation has protedS the driver or passenger closer look at how an air bag room 318 Lucas Hall. announced. from collldini with the steering system works to cushion front The demonstatioo. designed to wheel. dashboard. 01' wind· seat occupants. Redmond is the author of five boob of poetry. editor of two acquaint consumers with the shield. The baas then begin to The demonstration_ bags can anthologies, literary ezecutor of the Henry Dumas estate, and Iife.savina potential of thl. de­ deflate gradually. hi a matter of then be repacked and the cyc:le publisher-founded of Black River Writers Press. vice, will be I,."onducted by the seconds. repeated in approIimately three department's National Highway The air baa systems in the minutes. Redmond abo writes, produces and directs stage and television Traffic Safety Administration demonstration are installed in a The technician at the demon· dramas and document~a. He has made one recotd a1bum of his (NHTSA). It will be hdd at the 19n Chevrolet Impala. Two stration will be available to own poetry with jazz accompaniment, and is the author of University Center Quadranale nitrogen tanks in the trunk of answer questions and printed . "Drumvolces:' a major work of litenry history and criticism from 10 '.m. to 2 p.m. the vehicle are used to supply material dealing with passive studying Afro-American poetry from its inception to the prnent. Last June, Transportation Sec· the aas that innates the bags. restraint systems will also be retary Brock Adams announced once they are activated by an available. Redmond is a native of East St. Louis, DUnois. and is presently that an new passenaer cars will automatic switch controlled by Persons interested in seeing a on leave from ' hls position as Professor of English and Poet In have to be equipped with auto­ the NHTSA technidan. passive belt demonstrated can Residence In The Ethnk Studies Program at California State matic crash protection, such as Deployment of the bags in this do so by visiring any Volkswa· University in Sacramento. The reading here is sponsored by the air bags Of passive safety belts, demonstrarion takes betwen 2 gon dealer. Department of English. at all front seat positions by the J984 model year. Passive systems will be re­ quired on a phase.in schedule Tu,ne,becotneshead Committee holds forum beginning with standard sue cars in the 1982 model year and Intermediate and compact size of curriculum association on athletic purposes - cars in the 1983 model year. Passive restraints are systems Harold Turner, professor of education at UMSL, is the new An open forum to discuss the goal of athletics at UMSL will be that protect automobile occu· president of the Missouri Association for Supervision and held on October 13. from 1-3:30 p.m .. in room 126, J . C. Penney. pants from collision Injuries . Curriculum Development. automatically, without the need The forum was developed from a mandate issued by Cha.ocellor to fasten safety belts or to take Turner was elected to the post during the association's annual Arnold 8 . Grobman lor Central Council Athletic Committee to draft any other action, conference held September 29 through October 1 at the a formal policy on the athletic goals at VMSL. The NHTSA estmates that Breckenridge Spanish Pavilllon. . The forum is open to all interested persons. 9,000 lives could vbe be saves The assocIalion is composed of approrirnately 200 educators who and tens of thousands of injuries hold positions in curriculum development. from the elementary could be prevented by passive throuab the univenity level. CAD seeks tutors restraints annually once they are installed in all cars on the road. Turner has served as e:.:ecutive secretary of the association for qualified in all areas Air bags are designed to the past nine years. provide occupant protection in The Center for Academic Development is currently seeking _ frontal or frontal angular colli­ He has been a member of the UMSL education faculty since tutors in all subjects. s)ons. They are installed in the 1966 and presently serves as chairpenon of the department of If anyone feels qualified to a certain area or would like to dashboard and the steering administration. foundations and secondary educatton. recommend a qualified student for any position, send the name to: wheel hub and are invisible to Tutorial Services, CAD. room 507, Tower. The Center welcomes any recommendations. For further infonnation on CAD and its services. contact CAD at SI94.

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