- Otir OaklandOaktattil University/Rochester, Michigan/ Vol IV, No. 35/March 29, 1979 WHAT'S NEW WITH POT LAWS? The decriminalization struggle continues By Elise D'Haene Sail Staff Writer Most OU students If you're one of the 45 million Americans who have smoked marijuana at least once, favor $25 fme what is going on in Lansing and what a group called UMSOM (United Marijuana Several OU students were asked if they Smokers of Michigan) is doing, may be of would favor a $25 fine state-wide for interest. posession of small amounts of marijuana: Legislation is presently being considered —"Yes, for small amounts, I would be in to reduce the penalty for possession of 100 favor. The fines should be constant." Elena grams (approximately 3/1 2 ounces) or less of Germano, 19, Management. marijuana to a $25 civil fine. The bill is —"Yes, I think it's about time that the sponsored by Senator Jerome Hart, D- double-standards between dope and alcohol Saginaw. are reduced." Ken Konchel, 19, History. "I sponsor bills I believe in," said Hart,"I —"I'm impartial. 1 don't smoke it." Laura think we are spending too much money in Kazmier, 19, Business Management. law enforcement and judiciary, and not —"I'd like to see a $5 fine. I think it should getting anywhere." be uniform, but I tend towards legalization BECAUSE PENALTIES for possession or a small fine." Sherrie Frank, 19, Physical of marijuana are different throughout the Education. state, Hart is striving for uniformity within LAWS STILL INCONSISTENT: The penalties for smoking marijuana remain —"Yes, because it's so widespread around the law. "Judges ten miles apart give sporadic throughout Michigan despite efforts by lobbyists to get a $25 state-wide fee here I don't see what you can hope to different sentences for the use of marijuana," passed. acomplish with a stiff penalty." Kevin he said. Appleton, 19, Undecided. According to an article published by By legalizing the use of marijuana, "this motivated glamorization," as stated from a —"Yes, because marijuana is a drug as much UMSOM, 25 million Americans are regular would put an end to people selling PCP letter written by Kile. as alcohol is one. Alcohol is a legal marijuana smokers, and of these, 2 million treated marijuana to elementary kids," said BY FULL LEGALIZATION of marijuana, depressant, it breaks down the body's have been arrested since 1965. In Michigan Chuck Kile Jr., president of UMSOM. UMSOM is convinced that drug dealers defenses. Marijuana doesn't have any alone, 17,000 persons were arrested in 1976. Also, UMSOM feels that "in order to with the incentive to sell harder drugs would significant detrimental effects on the brain." UMSOM is working towards full eliminate the 'black market' distribution of be discouraged. Fred E. More, 24, Physics. legalization of marijuana, although it is in marijuana, it should be similar to that of Kile is trying to get more professionals —"Yes, there is a fine of $25 for liquor so favor of Hart's bill. alcohol, without the full-scale, profit- (continued on page 3) (continued on page 3) BZZZZZ! Those alarms can be alarming By Kevin Kassel unexpectedly for over two weeks. "If and when they shut a pump off, Sail Staff Writer Physical Plant employees are bubbles get in the line," he said. All was quiet in the Hamlin Hall baffled by the alarms which go off HAMLIN'S FIRE alarms, as dorm room. On television was late at night or early in the well as all the buildings on campus, reporter Joe Rossi of the Lou morning, for a few seconds at a have a sprinkler system which relies Grant show,standing in surprise as time. on the movement of water within Croatian terrorists unveiled their "We haven't confirmed what the the pipes. "When the (water) explosive nuclear bomb hanging problem really is yet," said Roger pressure is slowed, water begins to on a net in their Los Angeles Davis, assistant director of plant flow backwards; when the pressure headquarters. BZZZZZZ! Thus operations. He thinks bubbles in a is restored, the switch (alarm) is another evening was ruined by the pipeline, which burst in the south made," said Davis. irritating sound of the Hamlin fire tower of Hamlin February 18, may Asked if the problem could be alarm which has been going off play a part in causing the alarms. caused by the switch in the pipe, Davis said,"I think that if it is not a malfunction at the switching place, qicketmongers' leave 37 it's a matter of checking the whole system. If a switch is doing what it Tiger fans disappointed is designed to do, that is, to detect motion, then the switch is not the By Kevin Kassel problem." Sail Staff Writer The sprinkler systems have not Detroit Tiger fans who hoped to enjoy the thrill of victory at the been activated because they Tiger opener April 5 will be disappointed if they don't have their respond to a certain amount of tickets already. heat, not the motion of water. OU students, hoping to buy tickets at the CIPO ticket office PHYSICAL PLANT employees Wednesday morning, began lining up at 7:30 a.m. By 10:05, five are checking with the (Detroit) minutes after the window opened, tickets were sold out. City Water Department to see if a Three students, out of a crowd of 40, purchased all the tickets. Of problem there may be causing the the 47 tickets available, one person bought fifteen, another bought alarms in Hamlin to go off. twenty-one, and said she still "didn't get all that she needed." The problem could remain as THE PRESENT CAMPUS ticket policy enables students to buy long as Maintenance is unable to two tickets per student I.D. card in their possession. The students who figure it out. With every building at gobbled up the tickets brought along their friends' I. D.'s who wanted OU having a similar alarm system, tickets, but who didn't want to stand in line. problem alarms could appear The last thirty-seven people in line did not seem to be too pleased throughout campus. with this policy, but Joe Euculano, CIPO assistant director and If the water pressure is causing coordinator for campus information and services, said that the policy the alarms however, they will couldn't be changed for this event before the office opened continue to plague only Hamlin. Wednesday. Hamlin is the first building at OU Scoring down South Jan Kulaik, coordinator of campus programs, explained that the along the water pipeline from CIPO office had to push sales of Tiger opener tickets last year, and 50 Detroit and would absorb any Rance Aguirre scores OU's first run of the 1979 baseball was enough. He added that if groups who had planned on buying fluctuation of water pressure season in Mobile. Alabama against the Southern Alabama would leave tickets had approached the office about obtaining them ahead of time originating there. This Jaguars. Unfortunatelyfor the Pioneers it was their only run in a campus buildings (over a month before the opener), CIPO would have gotten them. pressure in other 15-1 loss. For a complete rundown of the team's spring trip see the Students who planned on driving down to Detroit for tickets can consistent. story on page six. (Photo by Stu Alderman) forget that idea too. Even the bleachers are sold out. BZZZZZZ! Thursday, March 29, 2 The Oakland Sail 1979 Sail Viewpoints Hats off to OU artists THE MARSHALL ARTS Stages of new life have been fomenting, one by one, in Varner , Hall during the Fall and Winter semesters. Now, distinct .of emerging success have blossomed for OU's characteristics gA 79 k,Ot..40to,si,11 — (i Sony Couo,Nie Tam ArsS00,4;1 performing arts programs and groups. -, It is apparent by the increased audience size that quality lc, 1-lowEvER,YoufEEL. WILLING To PAY performances and well organized publicity efforts have begun to draw TEND:LLARsqglicar,Fggi4APs the badly needed patronage. 11 The concept of OU's umbrella flyer, ONSTAGE, was conceived '-. --'lc'--, ',.-------TsG-c-,------ic-, . viccomp wcai; our A trril.$ DEAL-, r( 0.00 ,_ - . during the summer of 1978 "to promote upcoming productions and sttk-A- — - .----7 'Atke ---, (to cultivate) long-term audience development." All events were listed 4-•ircf,j4,\ as part of a unified promotional effort to incorporate all of OU's fine , \ arts events under one identifying brochure. Evi.Nrry eVEla• \ ,:= • The mailer includes events scheduled by OU's Department of -"'-,_ , Ti CKET fRicES. r ( Music, Theatre Arts Program, Student Enterprise Theatre, Dance 54...aems; so Program, Afram Jazz Ensemble, and the Slavic Folk Ensemble. Pel2 XD CARD— \ 1 C ALTHOUGH THE 1978-79 International Series began weakly I " with the Mannhattan String Quartet in November,(only 20 percent of the f Recital Hall's capacity was filled), Russian pianist, Youri Egorov, rf , followed in February and according to a summary of ticket sales, the ,./ i • concert virtually sold out. Fifty extra chairs were placed on the stage with i I'D LIKE ALL Egorov's permission to accommodate members of the media, and an 5°° TIC KET5 overflow of patrons who were willing to sit onstage during the TLEASE HERE , , performance. ARE 2.ko OF flY OU Theatre Arts Program productions of Equus and The Rivals FRIENDS .I.D drew 76 percent and 55.5 percent of audience capacity, respectively, in CARDS ••• the Studio Theatre. OU's Dance Theatre and Afram Jazz Ensemble presented two performances of Tribute to Pops: Louis Armstrong and Thad Jones in December.