- THE CRITERION Volume 44 No. 51 Mesa College Student Newspaper · Grand Junction, Colorado· Friday February 23, 1979 24 Pages th is week Reinstate the draft_? j Mandatory enlistment may be reality by JOHN EBY The program took effect in the all-volunteer program. that they are having to accept Managing Editor 1973 in an attempt to create an 1. RISING COSTS. In order an increasing number of high­ all-volunteer armed forces. to make ·the program work the school drop-outs. · Although the nation has been Western Slope Army Recruit­ military has had to beef up · There seems to be two sides chilled the past several weeks ing Staff Sergeant William benefits to. lure more people to of the fence in this area. One by the onslaught of world Eastman said, ''Our reserve join. This luring has absorbed side argues that the military is events, an even bigger chill forces across the nation are over 55 percent of the mili­ stacked full of undisciplined tary's $113 bilfion budget. The and lazy recruits and that our for some may be on its way - just running short on person­ the draft. benefit beef-up has sharply nation could be in grave nel ... the job market Is Increas­ curtailed funds needed for danger because of it; the other Rising concern about the ing so you have less and less state·of the military has been weapons, training and sup­ side affirms that for most part people who are willing to go escalating the past two years, plies, and Is expected to shoot the military has plenty of into the service." up by as much as $8 billion by but talk seems to be grow­ Because of this situation, ing louder in both the U.S. 1985. continued on page ·a Eastman said he wished the House and Senate about the 2. RISING EMPLOYMENT. draft was in effect right now. reinstatment of the Selective The Baby boom of the 50's is Service. '' I do believe they are going Eastman on its last legs. There is an . INSIDE TOUAY'S CRITE; Several bills are now on to institute a draft, especially ever growing shortage of 18- Senate drawing boards in an for the reserves and National teer program and where did it year olds to supply the The Criterion Health Supp l'e­ attempt to relieve the pressure Guard. My own firm opinion is go wrong? , military therefore the job mar­ ment-a tool for attainJng from the nation 's seemingly that it will be within the next There seem to be a few ket is increasing. The service wholeness of body, mind and undernourished Volunteer year.'' areas which shed some light i~ having such a hard time spirit. Service program. What happened to the volun- on the vast problems facin g meeting its recruiting goals Page 2 CRITERION Friday February 23, 1979 Draft ----co-n-tln-ued-_-,,o-m_pa_g.-, quallfied and competent re­ But despite Eastman's feel­ cruits. ings towards recruitment on by LOU ANN JAMES invalidated. Eastman says that recruiting the Western Slope, the fact Criterion Staff Writer Dr. Alan Workman, direc­ in Western Colorado is ''ex­ still remains that a heavy Maynard Ferguson won't tor of student activities, tremely successful," and that political climate is brewing said Ferguson "held out for he feels the quality of recruits among the nation's leaders. be here for Springfest, but the Ohio Players, Firefall, more m'oney,'' and prob­ is increasing. "Recruiting The climate may lead to a ably wants to perform at a command as a whole is going rather long and hot summer the Little River Band, Dan Fogelberg, or England Dan larger school where he can up, they've gone up from for the issue of compulsory get more. Workman added about 54 percent in 1974 up to military service. and John Ford Coley might be, according to the Stu­ that the SBA is considering-­ about 70 percent of high Editor's riote: This story is several smaller bands. school graduate content, so it dent Body Association. first in a series to be presented Gary Calhoun, Mesa Col­ has been improving." on the draft. A check for $3,500 was mailed to Maynard Fergu­ lege business manager, son's agent recently. The was unaware that Ferguson check amounted to half the had cancelled his appear­ price for his performance. ance. When asked to verify A day later, Mesa College the fact that payment of the received a telegram stating check had been stopped, he ''due to circumstances be­ did so, although he was yond our control, Maynard unaware that the concert Ferguson will be unable to had been cancel led. appear at Mesa College.'' The SBA is looking into Payment was stopped on the possibility of the other the check and the contract Walch er bands, hoping to get one of with Ferguson has been them for Springfest. ETS testing procedures questioned by CAROL ROSS by the pervasive power of ETS obtains on nearly two considered an educational in­ Nairn continued to argue Criterion Staff Writer Educational Testing Service, million families is more detail- stitution. that ETS not only influences otherwise known as ETS. ed than a mortgage applica- ETS has more customers how institutions judge indivi­ How many times have you ETS has formulated stand­ tion or an IRS return. This per year than General Motors duals, but also how individu­ sat in front of some standard­ ard tests for almost every­ information is used to deter- ·and Ford combined. It makes als judge themselves. '' A false ized test, clutching a No. 2 thing: college entrance, grad­ mine who is eligible for finan- ' more than a million dollars 'a ·self-estimate ... is instilled in penci I, I isten i ng to someone uate school entrance, scholar­ cial aid and how much they year in "non-profits." The the mind of the individual. read the test instructions to a ships, access to jobs and even will receive. revenues from test fees have Although the scores are signi­ , whole roomful of anxio"us for passing from first into ETS is not confined to the financed a 400-acre head­ ficantly. determined by social strangers, knowing that this second .grade. United States. There are ETS quarters in Princeton, New class, he is told that they are test could make all the differ­ As a college student, you're consultants shaping allocation Jersey; a $250,000 home for objective, scientific measures ence in the world to your life? familiar with SAT, LSAT, GAE and hiring policies in scores of the president, William Turn­ of the individual." How often has that test and GMAT tests. As a future countries. There are ETS test bull; and a three-million dollar The discriminatory aspect of score meant the difference worker, you will be confronted centers in 20 countries. conference center. ETS tests has drawn the fire of between being considered for by other alphabet soup tests to What is ETS? These revenues have allow- the Reverend Jesse Jackson, a job and rejected, between determine whether you may ETS is a non-profit corpor- ed ETS to double in size every who is asking why the ETS being admitted to college and work in the field of your ation, exempt from federal five years from 1948 to 1972, a National Teacher Examina­ staying home to be a cashier? choice. All of these have been and state taxes, beyond the rate of growth faster than tions have systematically eli­ You are one among millions devised by ETS specialists. reach of most anti-trust laws. IBM. minated qualified blacks from whose I ives have been shaped The financial information It has no stockholders. It is ETS claims that it has teaching jobs. developed ''the science of The Federal Trade Com­ mental measurement.'' One mission has found that, con­ ETS executive said, "No mat­ trary to ETS claims, cramming ter what they try to tel I you for the tests can help raise about how we really don't scores. Several members of have any power, we know we Congress are calling for in­ do. We know we're the na- vestigation of the entire test­ ~ JUST LOOK AT tion's gatekeeper." . ing industry. Students and lawmakers are Meanwhile, ETS is busy beginning to question this devising a test for newborn WHA-T WE~RE power. In New York, Ohio and infants to determine their Texas, student-run public in­ potential IQ. terest research groups have Nairn urged students to introduced "Truth in Testing" start fighting the power of DOING NOW! legislation In their state legis- ETS. "Students now have latures. opportunities to challenge th6 Even Ralph Nader's associ­ test makers.'' Otherwise, you ates have joined the battle. may become just another one l 0% off all Allan Nairn, one of Nader's of the roughly 90 million Rafders, has written a lengthy people who have taken ETS report questioning the legiti­ tests and never questionep their validity. · macy of the ETS tests. Nairn said, "The tests mea­ "Test takers are .subject to sure nothing more than how numerous i nj ust ices," said you answered a few multiple Nairn. "These · range from choice questions. The corre­ incorrect scoring of tests, to lation between SAT late reporting of applicant scores and first-year grades in information, to secret evalua­ tion of grades and test scores First Quality, no seconds college, for example, is often -and they have no recourse.'' lower than the correlation "We must begin to examine l between the scores and the the examiners," he conclud­ test taker's oarents' income." ed.