Who will win the Today's forecast Kentucky Derby? Sunny in the morning, partly cloudy by afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s. Winds northerly 10 to 20 mph. Clear tonight with lows in the 30s. Winds northerly 10 mph. Sunny and seepage 24 warmer Friday, highs in the 60s. (Eonnecttcut latlg (Uampus Serving Storrs Since 1896 Vol.LXXXVNo. 127 University of Connecticut Thursday, April 29,1982 Vriticcdpoinf: Britain sets war zone, Argentina plans fight By The Associated Press It said Prime Minister Britain on Wednesday Margaret Thatcher has declared a "Total" war zone "taken her gloves off." 200 miles around British defense sources said the Falkland Islands, Argen- weather conditions in the tina's navy was reported in South Atlantic were the zone ready to fight and "deteriorating rapidly with the United States warned the 70 mile-an-hour winds on the situation had reached a way,' heightening critical point. speculation that Britain's The Defense Ministry in armada would act quickly. London said the "total ex- Argentina, while saying it clusion zone" would take ef- was studying a U.S. peace fect at 7 a.m. Friday, and the plan relayed by Secretary of British Broadcasting Corp. State Alexander M. Haig, said there was a strong Jr., put its forces on possibility of a British attack "maximum alert" and Friday night or Saturday predicted a British attack on morning. SHE PAGE 4 Register to vote now! Today is the final day the Young Democrats' voter registration drive will be held. Registration will be held at the Student Union, the library and at the following new Computer Center operations locations: Fenwick. Trumbull. Troy, Beard B. Crandall D, Crawford A, Russel B, Terry A. Batterson D, and questioned by State Auditor McCoughnagy Cafe, from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. HARTFORD (AP) — A puter services bids and an similar to language in state auditor has raised more appearance that the request brochures of the Rochester, questions concerning was "tailored" for one ven- N.Y. computer programming operations at the UConn dor, said state auditor Leo V. company that helped plan computer center. Donohue. UConn's computer The latest concern involves The request for bids con- operations, Donohue said. a UConn request for com- tains language that is very The draft of the request appears to rely "on data prepared by an organization 1200 students called Information Associates Inc.," the auditor wrote in a Jan. 26 memo to petition Co-op Elisha C. Freedman, com- missioner of the state Depar- By Jean Cronin tment of Administrative Ser- Staff Writer vices. A group of UCorm students petitioned the Co-op Board of The request details the Directors Wednesday night, calling for the $300,000 UConn needs of an organization and Co-op surplus from this year to be given to the University spells out the services or library. products a vendor should be The group of students from Sprague Hall appeared before able to supply. the board with 1,200 signatures on a petition which they Arthur L. Gillis, Vice collected from students all over campus supporting their call. President for Finance and UConn President John A. DiBiaggio's signature led the Administration, denied the petition. document was tailored to "We have researched this proposal and found it to be legal favor Information under a by-law of the Internal Revenue Code. sec. 1501c3 for Associates, which changed tax exempt organizations, which is the code under which the its name to Westinghouse Co-op operates." said Steven Psarellis. a member of the Information Services in student group. "We have a legal argument. We feel this will November 1980. greatly benefit the University. The library is the heart of the John Chaney, a consultant University. If that goes — we go." with Information Associates The Co-op Board of Directors voted last week to reduce the who also worked under con- Co-op student deposit fee each year, starting in the fall of tract last year for the com- 1983 and giving each student a $10 rebate on their initial puter center, also denied any Co-op fee sometime next fall. The Co-op fee would then be impropriety. further reduced each year. Donohue said the infor- The board also voted that 5 percent of the money returned mation was brought to his at- SEE PAGE 3 SEE PAGE 3 Page 2 Connecticut Daily Campus, Thursday, April 29,1982 Editorial But where does the family stand who must (Euuuecticut Satlg (fiatupus wait with baited breath and open checkbook A private right to life knowing that they may never again com- Serving Storrs Since 1696 municate with the member of their family who will never leave the hospital? A family member's death, although tragic, leaves a positive sentimental memory. A timeless Managing Editor Mark Almand The controversy surrounding whether or eulogy. What about the person who lingers News Editor Joe Whiting not a person has the right to terminate his near death, who may have made the Sports Editor Chris Cluccl or her own life when they are incurably ill decision to die long before they lost their Arts Editor Steve Hewins refuses to die, so to speak. Yesterday the Wire Editor Stephanie Rutty Connecticut House of Representatives ability to make the decision? Is that not a right more personal and private than Production llenise Koch voted, after much long and emotional anybody of legislation, with their S ha on Rock debating, to defeat a bill that would allow Typists... UsaStenza persons to make out a "living will." that generalities, can ever put into hard, cold legal terms? Alison Orlando which would put in their own hands the right r Night editor Bob Brennan to be taken off of life-supporting medical equipment. The debate has been raging for over two years, and the bill was defeated by only a narrow margin. Since the arguments on both sides of the issue are so strong, one Commentary can assume that it will come up again for debate in the future. With the advances in modern medical technology that save more lives every year, there comes a point when one must deter- An incidental view mine exactly what "life" means. Not philosophically jbut in terms of the quality of of alcohol existence. The argument in favor of the bill stands on the premise that life is not worth Being a great lover of com- twelve year old to accom- living if the life is devoid of normal actions, petitive sports at the age of plish against an adult, reactions and response tc stimuli. That a twelve, a game of ping-pong especially one so respected life hooked up to a system of pipes and offered the .much enjoyed as Dad. wires and electrodes is no life at all. opportunity for victory over a But as Dad had seen it The opposing argument, and it's a good There are presently ten states that have parent or sibling. It was at through his just barely one, is that no one has the right to ter- passed legislation allowing persons to make that same age that I was altered state, the point had minate anyone's life for any reason. Even if that decision. These states have written the beginning to acquire great been his. The ball, he said, it's his or her own. That life should be legislation sensitively enough so that respect for a father who had not even crossed over prolonged indefinitely if possible because decisions as to whether a person is irrever- taught me many things, from the net. the intentional termination of life is nothing sibly ill will be left up to those most direr-My building duck houses to It was so clear to me that I if it's not murder. The same sort of involved. That point between life and death playing a game of ping- had won the point that I argument that makes capital punishment cannot be written into law, but must be pong. It was during one par- ♦bought he was kidding illegal in most states. determined on a incident by incident basis. ticular match between my when he said, "You can't father and myself that 1 first be a sore loser, Brigie." Then learned the effect., however I looked at him again and nonviolent, of alcohol. noticed an odd nonchalant Looking back on that in- posture that gave him a look cident answers some of my of indifference. This was the own questions about the same father who will still do drinking age controversy. almost anything to make his Dad had come back late children smile. from a party. He was tipping I walked away crying. I ever so slightly on his funny didn't understand his altered red, white, and blue shoes as state, even after Mom ex- he crossed the room to the plained thi-t he had been ping-pong table. He didn't drinking "just a little too seem different enough from much." the Dad I had seen a few His judgement had been hours before for me to find altered, just as any 18 or 19 anything wrong. year old's judgement would "How about a quick hvae been altered after game?" he said. drinking a comparable We picked, up the paddles amount of alcohol. While and I tossed the ball over the Dad had only misjudged a net. It bounced evenly two or ping-pongball.and not a traf- three times back and forth fic light, and while it may be before I saw the chance at a true that more vandalism drop shot.