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Council supports m o u t a u a UM proposals By Ace Ramel support for the ASUM program Kaimin Contributing Reporter stated the representative could participate in city government The Missoula City Council last k a i i n i n by: night passed resolutions in sup­ • attending council meetings. port of the formation of the • speaking at council meetings Tuesday, December 8, 1981 Missoula, Mont. Vol. 84, No. 38 MontPIRG research group and on issues pertinent to the Univer­ the naming of a student represen­ sity of Montana, consistent with tative to the council. council rules. ASUM President Steve • requesting that the council Spaulding, who originated the initiate legislation or other ac­ UM’s 2,4-D order approved student representative proposal, tion. said after the meeting he would • attending and participating begin advertising the position in council committee meetings, in for restricted campus spraying today and would eventually accordance with council rules. By Jim Marks 2,4-D is a herbicide that kills control the application of the choose an applicant, who must The resolution is a revised then be approved by ASUM ’s Kaimin Reporter broadleaf plants such as the herbicide because solids do not Central Bohrd. dandelion. It is highly drift with wind currents as The University of Montana The council’s resolution of Cont. on p. 8 degradable, but may contain liquid 2,4-D would. administration gave final ap­ dioxin. Dioxin is the non- Ken Reid, pest control com­ proval last week for the purchase degradable toxin that has caused mittee chairman and UM ’s head o f the herbicide 2,4-D for applica­ miscarriages in humans. sanitarian, said his committee tion on university grounds. Whether 2,4-D contains dioxin will continue to gather informa­ Concert, vigil However, under stipulation is not known. The Environmental tion on 2,4-D’s health effects as made on the purchase by the UM Protection Agency says 2,4-D is the information becomes administration, the herbicide will safe to use, but Canada has available. The pest control com­ to commemorate not be applied to the oval or other banned it. mittee governs herbicide and open areas on campus. Purchasing 2,4-D in a granular pesticide purchases and Patricia Douglas, UM fiscal form allows the Physical Plant to applications. Lennon’s death affairs vice president, who ap­ LIVERPOOL, England (AP) -r Leach picked the St. George’s proved the purchase, also A concert and candelight vigil are Hall Plateau for the outdoor stipulated that the 2,4-D be planned today, the first anniver­ concert. It overlooks Liverpool’s purchased in granular rather Better teachers and sary o f John Lennon’s death, in Lime Street and is opposite the than liquid form. It will be this industrial city where the Empire Theater where the applied only on the south campus teaching methods Beatles began chronicling by Beatles played their first big grounds such as Domblaser song the changes of the 1960s stage show on Oct. 28, 1962. Field, the UM golf course and could cure ‘mathphobia* that swept the world. American rock singer Little other areas with controlled “They’re coming in the Richard topped the bill then. access. Many elementary and secon­ thousands from every comer of On the eve of the tribute, The actual purchase of 2,4-D By Melinda Sinistro Kaimin Contributing Reporter dary school teachers “ don’t know the world,” said Sam Leach, a Merseyside County Council, has not yet been made, Ted enough math to teach it effective­ promoter o f Beatles concerts 20 which governs the region encom­ Parker, director of Physical Plant ly, and rely on obsolete teaching years ago and organizer of passing this northwest England administration, said yesterday. Developing better educators methods that fail to catch the tonight’s free concert in memory port city, published a 72-page The Physical Plant staff has not and teaching methods in students’ interest,” he said. of Lennon. guidebook, “ In the Footsteps of completed an evaluation of how mathematics will cure future One reason teachers are under­ “Americans, French, Dutch, the Beatles.” much 2,4-D will be needed, he cases of “ mathphobia” now suf­ qualified, he said, is that re­ Germans and a lot from Canada Asking visitors to respect the said. fered by many, according to quirements for elementary educa­ — the place will be packed,” he privacy of people now occupying In an intra-campus memoran­ University of Montana math tion majors at most colleges said, predicting 30,000 would turn the former homes of John, Paul, dum, Douglas said the data on Professor Shlomo Libeskind. include only one quarter of math. out. George and Ringo, the book 2,4-D’s health hazards was insuf­ Most people who fear or dislike Thus, prospective teachers with Five bands will perform records such landmarks as Ox­ ficient to grant unlimited ap­ math did poorly and were dis­ little math experience other than Beatles hits from the 1960s. A t 10 ford Street Maternity Hospital, proval. By limiting and con­ couraged in the subject at an what was needed to complete p.m., a candlelight vigil and where Lennon was bom on Oct. 9, trolling 2,4-D usage, danger to early age because they had in­ their degree requirements can be silent prayers will close the human health is minimized, she competent teachers in grade certified to teach. gathering. said. school, he says. Cont. on p. 8 Degree requirements are more extensive for majors in secondary education, but grade standards U M F a m ily Housing given annexation option should be higher, he said, since prospective secondary math By Karen McGrath “ It’s important for people to have an increased police patrol. The questionnaire also asks teachers not proficient in math Kaimin Reporter respond to this thing, so ASUM The county sheriffs department Family Housing tenants if they can pass with low grades. can take some kind of action,” provides patrolling in the area would favor the establishment of Prospective teachers also Mike Copeland, a member of the now. a UM Housing Tenant Advisory Residents of University of Mon­ should learn more innovative AUSM Legislative Committee If the area is annexed into'the Board. tana Family Housing will receive teaching techniques, because and resident and Married Stu­ questionnaires today that ask city, some tenants would face a Copeland said there has never teaching methods now in use dent Housing, said recently. mill levey increase of about 18 whether they favor annexation been a board where Family Hous­ place too much emphasis on basic percent. into the city of Missoula. The university owns Married ing residents could bring mathematics, Libeskind said. Only owners of airplanes, boats Married Student Housing is the Student Housing land. The ad­ problems or voice opinions. “The child gets a page o f long only section of the university ministration and ASUM would and motor homes and other Copeland and ASUM Vice division, all the same type of whose residents are not allowed have to initiate the annexation recreational vehicles will have to President Eric Johnson, prepared problem, misses six or seven and to vote in city elections. The rest process. pay for the 18-percent increase, gets an ‘F’. It’s discouraging and of the university, including the the questionnaire. because residents of the city of not necessary, since we have dormitories, are part of the city Copeland said that along with Missoula pay a higher tax for Completed questionnaires may calculators to do this type of math and can take part in city elec­ voting privileges, the Married recreational vehicles than do be returned to the Family Hous­ for us. There is not a job today tions. Student Housing area would residents of Missoula County. ing Office. that requires one to do mathematics without the help of a calculator,” he said. Children should be taught some basic mathematics “ so they can get the feel of math,” accor­ ding to Libeskind, but instructors should focus on teaching students to use calculators. Libeskind also stresses the importance of a “creative classroom atmosphere conducive to learning mathematics,” which he said could include mathematical puzzles, games of skill and computers to “ motivate students to want to learn math.” Libeskind advocates computer teaching techniques such as the new Turtle Geometry, in which a tiny triangle on the computer screen is presented to children as a “ turtle.” BIRDS-EYE VIEW OF MISSOULA shows Married Student Housing, tenants of which are considering being annexed into the city. (Staff photo by Paul VanDevelder.) 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