VOLUME 99 CAMPUSNUMBER J.kr ALLEGHENY COLLEGE MEADVILLE, PENN1SYLVANIA TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 1976 Springsteen concert dominates ASG's opening session Strenio seeks to fill Cabinet posts this coming week By AL SYLVIA should apply as soon as possible. elude: Office hours of the President are Treasurer Sunday, night was the first ASG 6:30-7:30 p.m., Monday thru Director of Residence Life meeting under the new ad- Thursday. Director of Student Services ministration of Strenio and Colloquy will be held from Director of Educational Affairs Ryan; beginning of the term April 30 to May 2. The keynote Director of Community business was light. Glenn Parry speaker will be Arthur Goldberg, Relations announced that Bruce former Supreme Court Justice Director of Public Relations Springsteen will be appearing on and U.N. ambassador. If anyone Director of Social and Public campus Friday, April 16. Tickets is interested in hosting or housing Events will cost students $6.00 and non- a Colloquy guest, he or she should Director of Computer students $7.50. Thursday and contact Chris Hausner. Operations Friday, April 8 and 9, are the only mom. =I OM MI ■ Concert Committee Chairman two days on which students will MI MN IIIIII MI MN INN NM MINI NMI II Interested students should be able to buy tickets on campus. Interviews for ASG Cabinet contact either Scott Strenio Jr The tickets will be sold in the Post positions will be held from April Chris Ryan by Wednesday, April Office, the Campus Center and all 7-10. Positions to be filled in- 7 at the latest. the dining halls. It is suggested that everyone get his ticket early because the concert will probably WARC to curtail hours sell out. The total cost of the By BILL FERTIG damental reasons. "First, the concert is about $12,000. Again, it equipment just cannot handle 24 must be stressed that smoking in WARC-FM will initiate many hours of broadcasting without the auditorium is illegal; this rule changes in its programming breaks." He added that signing will be strictly enforced during format when it returns to the off for four hours will be the concert. airwaves today. Most apparent beneficial in providing proper Strenio announced that ASG will be the four hour break in maintenance while enabling the cabinet positions are open, as daily operations between 2 AM engineers to install the new well as positions on the student and 6 AM. According to Jay emergency broadcasting faculty and student trustee Silberblatt, WARC General equipment, required by the committees. All those interested Manager, there are two fun- Federal Communications Commission. The second contributing Practice MCAT set factor is WARC's effort to conform to all FCC regulations. The CounselingCenter will offer and the like. Secondarily, it will Silberblatt commented, "We've interested students a chance to expose students to the various types of questions and tasks most been illegal in the past and we take a practice Medical School won't be illegal in the future." Admissions Test on Monday, likely to be expected in theactual test. Experience suggests that For the first time, all WARC April 19, in 204 Carnegie at 1:30 announcers must possess an FCC p.m. practice sessions may help to alleviate some of the feelings of Third Class Operator's License It will be a partial test (2-3 with a Broadcast Endorsement. hours) given under conditions tension associated with taking the actual test. Unfortunately, only a few It's true! Bruce Springsteen and his E Street Band will appear in that simulate those in a. qualified for licenses when tests trial exam . The main ad- concert in the CC Auditorium, Friday April 16th, at 8 p.m. It's high were administered March 2, energy rock and roll, with folk and jazz influences. Springsteen has vantage is to enable students to Any students wishing to par- Emphasizing a policy to appeared this fall on the cover of both "Time" and "Newsweek". become familiar with the stan- ticipate may sign up at the dardized testing procedures such Counseling Center no later than become as "progressive as Tickets are $6 for students and faculty, available only .on Thursday, possible," WARC-FM is April 8th and Friday, April 9th. SEE EDITORIAL P. 2 as the pre-test directions, the April 9. A fee of $1.50 will be timing of the individual sections, charged to offset costs of printing, striving to) "capture more ears than ever before" by appealing to a larger audience. Moving away CC offers Practical M from a format which stresses otters lecture series only one type of music during By CINDY NATALI alcholism and the drugs ,which Some of the possible topics for Association, will present "AAA-A each time slot, they will attempt Campus Asst. Copy Editor are abused, myths about lectures included consumer Sales Pitch Sort Of." He will to "mesh various types of music alcholism, and alcholism as a protection, pets, an area which discuss T&R car care and (rock, jazz, country, rhythm and "How to Spend Your Insurance progressive illness. would have special meaning for maintenance, travel planning blues, and classical) within their Dollar" will be presented The idea for the series blacks, hair styling, bicycle and budgeting, imcome tax one show." This Friday evening tomorrow at 7 p.m. in the C.C. originated with President repair, marriage, pizza making, deduction, what car is best for WARC will reinstitute "open- activities room by Mr. Thomas Pelletier as a project to develop and mixology. you, and purchasing a new car. lines," a phone-in show scheduled R. Drexler, Assistant Education and provide a series of practical Although Mr.Casale expressed "Women's Health Problems this week to deal with WARC's Director of the Erie Insurance matters sessions on the subjects disappointment with the size of and Birth Control" is Ms. Gail new programming policies. Exchange. that students will be immediately crowd attending the kickoff Vogel's subject for April 21. She ppor97 . 4ipop ,„ concerned with when they lecture, he also feels that the is counselor of the Family This is the second lecture of a graduate. - subject matter may have been a Planning Service of Crawford series of six concerning practical According to C.C. Director Mr. factor. He believes that in- County. Her topic will cover matters. The topic of the first Joseph Casale, the lecture set formation on drugs and alcohol is venereal disease, contraception lecture was alcohol and drugs, was chosen from a list of about 30 "valuable, but possibly and its side effects, common given by Ms. Annette Eccles who areas that would be of practical misplaced in a practical matters women's health problems, and is the Community Counselor at interest to students. This series series." Students are looking for the gynecological exam. the Crawford County Center for is a "pilot program that will information conducting their Mr. Harry G. Solnack, con- Alcholism an Drug Abuse. The allow us to test the value and tell business lives rather than their sultant for Blue Cross of Western talk, entitled "Living in a us if there is enough interest to personal lives, he thinks. Pennsylvania, will talk about Chemical Culture" dealt with continue," he said. Therefore, he does not feel that "Health Care Costs and the first talk was a true reflection Benefits" on April 21. His lecture AFROTC to leave Alkgh•ny of the student interest. will include areas of coverages, By CANDY COOPER program to graduate and be Mr. Casale thinks that the health care costs, and develop- commissioned at Allegheny. lectures, which run about one and ments in proposed National The Allegheny detachment of Results of this petition will be one- half hours, will definitely Health Plans. the Reserve Officer Training known shortly. All other benefit students. He cites the Closing the series on May 5 is Corps is being disbanded at the Allegheny students in the main difficulty in making lec- "Banking Is", presented by Mr. end of June, according to Captain program (10 sophomores and 22 tures like these successful as Paul Graham, the Assistant Vice H. E. Nestlerode. freshmen), will be forced to bridgin the gap of understanding President of Pennbank. He will Nestlerode said that they transfer to other schools with the importance of the subjects be speaking about checking and received orders to close out the ROTC programs. with students and calling their savings accounts and consumer program from AFROTC Nestlerode cited Allegheny's attention to them. loans. Headquarters on March 10th. small Allegheny enrollment, a "If people will stop and ask if All of the _lectures are on Allegheny is one of 12 detach- cutback in the defense budget, a the oppurtunity of hearing Wednesdays at 7 p.m. ments being discontinued in this increasing, demand for officers discussion of these matters by Mr. Casale would like to en- year's cutback. with tecnnical skills as possible experts have any meaning, the courage reaction to the value of President Lawrence Pelletier reasons for the Allegheny close- answer has to be yes," asserted the series from students. petitioned the AFROTC out. Mr.Casale. Feedback, negative or positive Headquarters for a one year AFROTC has been a fixture on On April 14, Mr. Jon Sherman, is needed to determine if the Gator tanker takes off the block extension of the closing date to the Allegheny campus for 25 Assistant Manager of the continuance of future series in last week's NCAA. See story allow current juniors in the years. Allegheny Automohilia would he worthwhile. on page 9. Page 2 Campus Tuesday, April 6, 197G * Editorials * As of now, the administration of Scott Strenio and Chris things out of context for the sole purpose of sen- Ryan has officially begun, marking the passing of the sationalism.