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Montana Friday, January 14,1983 Today and tomorrow, sunny and warm. High today 35, low tonight 20, high tomorrow 38. aiminMissoula, Mont. Vol. 85, No. 44 B ASUM constitution to be reviewed By Jerry Wright "Basically we're just chang­ KtteinRiporttf ing it (the constitution) to The Constitutional Review policy, making things more Board will present a revised dear and getting rid of ob­ ASUM Constitution to Central solete practices," said Firpo. Board later this month for For example, the current review and CB approval. The constitution provides for spring revisions have been made to elections to fill CB and ASUM update the constitution to re­ officer positions for the follow­ flect current policy and to clar­ ing fall, he said. However, ify points In It that have been ASUM elections have been controversial in the past, ac­ held during Winter Quarter, cording to CRB Chairman Matt with officers taking positions Firpo. the following Spring Quarter. The current constitution is 12 Freshmen, under the current years old and has several constitution, are allowed to policy measures that have not elect a number of freshman been followed for years, said representatives in the fall, a Firpo. Also, the current con­ policy that isn't followed either, stitution was never signed by a Sftid Firpo. THOUSANDS OF COOKIES per hour roll toward the end of the line at Missoula's new Big university president, so techni­ The current constitution also Sky Baking company. See story on page 3. (Staff photo by Doug Decker.) cally at least, ASUM doesn't has a policy In which CB mem­ exist, he added. bers are elected from four rep­ resentative districts: Married Student Housing, the Greek Handicapped students to head for the slopes system, off-campus students and on-campus students. Firpo By Ann Joyce by the UM Outdoor Resource sled and skier onto the lift. night camping trips, horseback said that districting doesn't Kamofttport* Center, the Wilderness Institute Once up the hill and off the lift, riding in the wilderness, float­ really work because students Downhill skiing and other and the UM Handicapped Stu­ one volunteer skis beside the ing trips down the Blackfoot or don't have to be members of a outdoor recreation will soon be dent Union. Farnum said the handicapped person while the Clark Fork rivers and kayack- district to run in that district, available to handicapped stu­ sponsors are developing the other, who is connected to the ing. The schedule of events will and voters can vote in any one dents as Mountain DOG, Mon­ program “In hopes that the sled via rope, skis behind the eventually be formed entirely district they want. tana Disabled Outdoor Group, people involved will take it over sled — tethering. by the members, Farnum said. One problem of clarity that develops, said Dustin Famum, — a common adventure idea." Farnum, who recently re­ “With kayacking, people who the revision deals with is the handicap coordinator at the One of the Mountain DOG'S turned from a training session are paraplegic are In their ele­ requirements for CB members University of Montana. first adventures will be downhill at Winter Park in Colorado, ment — they can fully partici­ and ASUM officers. Currently, With more than 200 handi­ skiing at Marshall Ski Area, said the success of the pro­ pate," Farnum said. members and officers must capped students at UM, Moun­ east of Missoula. With the help gram will depend on the money tain DOG will “instigate and Coni on p. 12 Coni on /;. 12 of volunteers, Farnum said the the group makes during OPEN provide outdoor recreation for ski program will be able to deal DOORS, the Mountain DOG handicapped people in the with persons with spinal inju­ kick-off next week. Much of the Missoula area." Farnum said. ries, cerebral palsy, multiple money raised, he said, will be Mountain DOG arose from a Warmer weather sclerosis, amputees and those used to acquire sleds that "big need" he said. “There is blind or deaf. would be made available to no recreation, let alone any Volunteers will be trained to anyone trained in their use. outdoor recreation, in Missoula lift and tether a polk sled. The Training sessions will be of­ brings street repairs for these people so conse­ handicapped person is fered once the sleds are ac­ quently many of these people strapped Into the polk sled, an quired, he said. By Gary Jahrig However, due to the nice don't do anything," he said. KffflWlRppOrt* oblongated shell on skis. It Gary Henricks, Handicapped weather, the 15 to 20 city em­ Mountain DOG is sponsored takes two people to lift the polk Student Union president said, The unseasonably warm ployees who normally clear “the average person would weather that has settled in Mis­ snow and sand roadways in think, without knowing the pro­ soula for the past week has January have been shifted to gram, that it is dangerous." given the city’s street mainte­ road-repair duty. However, Henricks. who also nance crews a head start on Even though there are sev­ visited Winter Park, said Winter their 1983 road repairs, ac­ eral potholes and rough spots Park has had only two minor cording to Gary Botchek, Mis­ in Missoula's streets this time accidents involving handi­ soula street superintendent. of year, Botchek says, he has capped skiers since the con­ “As long as the weather is received "surprisingly few ception of the program there good our crews will be out pav­ complaints" from Missoula 13 years ago. Lloyd’s of Lon­ ing and filling in potholes," he residents about poor road con­ don, he said, insures Winter said, adding that Missoula is ditions this winter. Park with no additional cost for one of the few cities In Mon­ Any serious complaints re­ the handicapped program. tana that has an asphalt plant garding personal Injury or "Safety is our prime concern," operating year-round. property damage resulting he said. Street repair work usually from bad road conditions are Mountain DOG, which hasn't commences about the begin­ turned over to the city attor­ begun a membership drive as ning of April and continues into ney's office for further invest!- late November in Missoula. of yet, will also try to offer over- Corn on p. 12 A national holiday January 15 should be a national holiday. On that date In 1929, Martin Luther King Jr. was bom. He went on to become a man who embodied the best of what this na­ tion can produce. Congress should pass the bill Intro­ duced by Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) to make the birthday of Or. Martin Luther King Jr. a national holiday. Kaimin editorial King represented the struggle for peace, liberty, truth and justice. He was much more than a leader of the black struggle for justice. He awakened the slumbering conscience of the United States. King looked at the Bill of Rights of the Constitution and the Declaration of Inde­ pendence and asked why minorities and the poor were being excluded from the rights embodied in those docu­ ments. He saw war and demanded peace. He saw injus­ tice and demanded Justice. He saw hate and spoke of love. King, more than any other American of this century, embodied the lofty ideals that Americans are so proud of. King stood up to politicians, conservative and liberal alike, and demanded they listen to those who had been disenfranchised for so long. He demanded that the sys­ tem simply deliver what it had long promised. In other words, he demanded a piece of the American dream for the poor and minorities. He preferred to talk, but when that didn't work he peacefully challenged the system in the streets. He was one of the first to condemn the Viet­ nam war and to speak of the correlation between oppres­ sion abroad and the oppression at home. For this and other reasons, they killed him. BLOOM COUNTY by Berfce Breathed But his legacy will not be forgotten. They can't kill the Letters policy dream by killing the dreamer. His struggle goes on and Letters ehwM ba typed (prataratty tnpta* will continue until all forms of Injustice are eliminated. t paced), aignad arm to autbor'a name, data Charles F. 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